The God of War is killing like crazy

Chapter 159 I recognize my husband as my elder brother 19

Now, because Gu Chengyuan led his army to capture two cities of Yu State and arrested Yu State's general Hong Yanshan, Yu State naturally could not sit still and sent people to the Great Zhou State for peace talks.

The envoy expressed his willingness to exchange ten thousand taels of silver and gold, countless beauties, and a large number of rare treasures of the Yu Kingdom for the two cities and Hong Yanshan.

The Emperor of the Great Zhou naturally would not agree to this condition. Those were two cities. Although they were rich cities in the Yu Kingdom, they were also real territory. There was no reason to return them.

However, compared with the State of Yu, the Great Zhou was indeed not as rich and powerful as the other. The victory this time was entirely due to Gu Chengyuan's good command and victory, so the Emperor of the Great Zhou wanted those gold, silver and jewelry to enrich the national treasury.

Finally, he let the envoy of Yu State stay first, and then called the ministers to discuss the matter. He also specially asked someone to summon Gu Chengyuan, who was on leave at home, to hear his opinion.

The emperor said that he wanted both the two cities and the gold and silver, and wondered if his ministers had any idea to get the best of both worlds.

The ministers discussed the issue, but none of them agreed. Some suggested that the emperor ask for less gold and silver and release Hong Yanshan, while others suggested that he only ask for a city and the gold and silver.

The ministers all felt that this victory over the State of Yu was a fluke and that they should not push the State of Yu too hard, otherwise, when they recovered and counterattacked, the loss would outweigh the gain.

The emperor was not satisfied with what the ministers said. His Great Zhou Kingdom had been coveted by the Yu Kingdom and the Mulan Kingdom for a long time. Now he had a rare opportunity to intimidate the two countries, and he did not want to give up this good opportunity.

So he turned his gaze to Gu Chengyuan, who had been silent all this time. The emperor thought that he would come up with a solution that would satisfy him.

Gu Chengyuan saw the emperor's expectant eyes and spoke slowly, "Your Majesty, I think that the conditions offered by Yu Country are only enough to exchange for one Hong Yanshan, and as for the two cities, Your Majesty can exchange them with Yu Country for their other two."

Gu Chengyuan pointed at the map in front of the emperor and said, "You can change to these two."

The ministers around also gathered around to see which two buildings Gu Chengyuan was referring to.

The emperor was also stunned when he saw them. These two castles were too remote and even more barren than the ones they currently occupied.

A minister raised questions on behalf of the emperor, "General Gu, let's not talk about whether Yu Nation agrees to exchange Hong Yanshan for the gold and silver you proposed, but the two cities you proposed are unreasonable. The terrain of these two cities is steep and the land is barren. They are not suitable for farming at all. For us, it would be useless."

Gu Chengyuan calmly explained to everyone, "Your Majesty, if you want Yu Country to exchange the gold and silver for Hong Yanshan, they will definitely agree no matter how angry they are, because Hong Yanshan is not only a general of Yu Country, but she also has another identity, that is, the eldest daughter of the great prince of Yu Country and the princess of Yu Country."

All the ministers were shocked by Gu Chengyuan's words. They did not expect that the Yu Kingdom would be willing to let their noble princess go to the battlefield and lead troops to kill the enemy.

Everyone present knew that, on the surface, the young emperor seemed to be the one in charge of Yu Kingdom, but in fact, all power in Yu Kingdom was controlled by the young emperor's uncle, the eldest prince. His eldest daughter was more noble than the princess in Yu Kingdom. Now that they, the Great Zhou, had captured the most noble princess of Yu Kingdom and wanted them to exchange her for ten thousand taels of gold and silver, they believed that they could only grit their teeth and agree.

The ministers were instantly excited and felt that what Gu Chengyuan said was feasible. Then they all waited for Gu Chengyuan to continue speaking.

"As for the two cities, I asked Your Majesty to change them because I accidentally discovered iron ore in the two cities I mentioned before. The purity is extremely high. Once it is mined and used to make weapons, it will definitely strengthen the strength of our Great Zhou."

The emperor and his ministers were very happy to hear this, so the emperor finally decided to follow Gu Chengyuan's method.

What Gu Chengyuan said were all his experiences in his previous life. This was also the biggest secret that Gu Chengyuan buried in his heart after his rebirth. In his previous life, they in the Great Zhou liked to know that Hong Yanshan was a general of the Yu Kingdom. Although the two countries prohibited royal marriages, between generals and ministers, he married Hong Yanshan, who took the initiative to abandon the Yu Kingdom and submit to the Great Zhou. The emperor of the Great Zhou was very happy and felt that this showed that his Great Zhou was more popular than the Yu Kingdom.

But in fact, all this was just Hong Yanshan's plan. No one knew that she was the princess of Yu State and the daughter of the regent of Yu State, so no one was on guard against her. That's why she could continue to marry into the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and come here to collect intelligence, including the secret order from the emperor to Gu Chengyuan. Gu Chengyuan was not on guard against her at all, so she knew a lot of information about the deployment of troops and secretly revealed it back to Yu State.

Then when Gu Chengyuan was leading his troops in battle, he discovered that the Yu army had figured out his plan thoroughly. Only then did he suspect that there was a rift within his own ranks. He suspected all the generals under his command, but he never expected that it would be Hong Yanshan who followed him to the battlefield to lend him a helping hand.

It was not until he was completely used by Hong Yanshan that she told him her identity as a princess. By then, she would soon no longer be a princess, but would become a crown princess, because her father, the prince of Yu Kingdom, had forced the young emperor to abdicate and became the emperor of Yu Kingdom himself.

Gu Chengyuan thought of the unbearable memories of his past life. He was too stupid to be used by that vicious woman. He didn't expect that the other party already had his child, and still spared no effort to plot against him, the entire Zhenguo Mansion, and the entire Great Zhou Kingdom.

In the end, the child was not born, and was cruelly aborted by Hong Yanshan with a bowl of abortion medicine. What did she say at the time? She said, "Haha, I was originally planning to get rid of this child from that idiot Liu Muyao, so I killed two birds with one stone. I didn't find that woman who was too stupid, and my good mother-in-law actually found out. Oh, I have to drink another bowl of this abortion medicine, which is really harmful to my body."

The two mining cities that Gu Chengyuan accidentally discovered when he was leading his army to fight eventually became Hong Yanshan's private mining land. In the end, she used the iron ore there to forge powerful weapons and led her troops to attack Da Zhou. After conquering Da Zhou, she turned around to attack Mulan Kingdom, and finally turned both countries into her vassal states. At this time, the prince suddenly died of illness, and she naturally became the empress of Yu Kingdom.

Gu Chengyuan recalled himself at that time. He had already been despised by the people of the Great Zhou and was tortured beyond recognition by Hong Yanshan. He finally escaped, but she sent people to hunt him down. In the end, he was forced to jump off a cliff.

Coming back to his senses from the tragic memories of his previous life, Gu Chengyuan continued to look at the border area between Yu Kingdom and Da Zhou in his study. This time he was determined to thwart Hong Yanshan's plan and seek justice for the people of Da Zhou who were harmed by her in his previous life.