Emperor’s Battlefield: I, Zhu Houzhao, like to push horizontally

Chapter 164: Allies are meant to be a trap.

"Dear His Majesty the Ming Emperor, in addition to the gifts on the gift list, our Majesty has also given you a special gift."

Although Zhu Houzhao said something in his heart, he thought it was a fart, but the minister still showed a happy smile on his face, and also presented the gift specially selected by his majesty.

"Oh, what is it? Bring it here and see!"

Zhu Houzhao pretended to be interested and asked the other party to bring the things up.

The entire Ming Dynasty was under his control. How could Zhu Houzhao not know what was coming from the outside?

If there is something Zhu Houzhao doesn't know about, the Jin Yiwei responsible for the inspection can pull them all out and chop them down.

The minister bowed slightly, turned around and looked outside the door.

"Tap tap..."

A series of footsteps sounded from outside the door.

Zhu Houzhao knew what it was, but the ministers didn't know, so they all looked outside the hall with their peripheral vision.

The blazing sunlight shines on the door of the hall, emitting rays of light.

In the light, a knight's figure walked in.

Some ministers frowned.

If the other party sent horses, then just bring them in directly. Why did the knights ride in? This was a provocation to Ming Dynasty.

However, before these ministers could stand up and scold them, the light at the door of the hall dimmed, and they could clearly see the scene outside the door.

"Forehead…"

Everyone was stunned.

The blazing light shines on the long silver hair, reflecting the dazzling light.

That perfect face and curvy upper body make people's hearts ache.

However, looking down, everyone felt awkward.

Behind the straight legs is a body like a horse.

Although there is no hair on this body, just like human skin, it also has straight and slender legs, but it makes people feel uncomfortable no matter how they look at it.

Centaur, this is not the first time Zhu Houzhao has seen it.

Back when he was in the Welfare Battlefield and the World War, he had encountered centaur warriors.

At that time, Zhao Kuangyin also lamented that it was a pity that they were all men.

When Zhu Houzhao looked at him, he gave him a meaningful look and said something that you were still young and didn't understand.

At that time, Zhu Houzhao just complained and didn't think much about it. He didn't expect to meet him today.

Looking at the silver hair blown by the breeze and the timid eyes, Zhu Houzhao had to sigh in his heart. If the body of the horse was ignored, the appearance and figure of this female centaur warrior could be said to be a disaster for the country and the people.

No wonder the Jin Yiwei who reported it said that the centaur warrior was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

She is indeed very beautiful, no, it can no longer be called beautiful. Only the legendary fish sinking and falling wild goose, the moon shy of the flower, can be worthy of this centaur woman.

"I wonder if His Majesty the Ming Emperor likes the gift our Majesty gave you."

Seeing that many people's eyes were attracted by the female centaur, the minister showed a smile.

This is the leader of a tribe they conquered. After being defeated, he chose to surrender and became a slave of the Flame Nation.

The other party was also dedicated to Xun Yan. In their concept, good things are given to the emperor.

After Xun Yan received it, he was also extremely surprised, but he did not move. Instead, he planned to keep it by his side as a weapon.

Now it was taken out and given to Zhu Houzhao.

Men know men best.

Her unworldly beauty and peculiar body structure are absolutely fatally attractive to men.

"Brother Xun Yan is interested."

Zhu Houzhao replied with a smile, then withdrew his gaze.

He is not the kind of person who can't walk around when he sees a woman.Although the other party is beautiful, it's not like Zhu Houzhao has never seen beautiful women before.

Not to mention others, the appearance of my own Queen Cai Die is not nearly as good as that of others.

Zhu Houzhao's performance made the minister feel coldly.

Even though he was pretending like that, he was probably as anxious as a cat scratching his head.

Asking the palace maid to take the female centaur to the harem and hand it over to Cai Die, Zhu Houzhao looked at the minister.

"Brother Xun Yan sent you here not just to deliver gifts."

The minister bowed his hands.

"His Majesty the Ming Emperor is wise!"

"Your Majesty sent us here. In addition to sending friendly gifts, we also want to work with your country to conquer the Kingdom of Shang."

"Our Majesty stated before our departure that as long as the Ming Dynasty is willing to fight with us, after the war our country is willing to share everything in Shangzhi with your country, including its territory, population, property and resources."

Zhu Houzhao narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, and quickly figured out the meaning.

Xun Yan probably has three goals.

First, use war to estimate the military strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Second, take advantage of this cooperation opportunity to deepen the relationship between the two parties. When fighting against the Sky Empire in the future, they can form an alliance to destroy the Sky Empire first.

Once the Sky Empire is destroyed, he and Zhu Houzhao will be the only ones left.

Having already figured out Ming Dynasty, they have a greater chance of victory.

The third one is even simpler. It just wants Ming Dynasty to join the war and solve the problems of the Shang Kingdom as soon as possible so that it can enter a new war of conquest.

As for paralyzing Ming with a counter-attack, this is unlikely.

There is not much difference in the strength of the three parties. The three parties will not rashly start a war unless it is absolutely necessary.

Even if a conflict occurs unintentionally, the two parties will try to resolve it as peacefully as possible.

Guessing what the other party was thinking, Zhu Houzhao did not refuse.

The other party wanted to trick him, so why didn't he want to trick the other party?

"I will consider this matter seriously and will give you a reply as soon as possible."

Although he had decided in his heart to form a temporary alliance with the other party, Zhu Houzhao did not give his affirmation immediately, but said he would consider it first.

Although Zhu Houzhao said he would consider it, everyone understood what Zhu Houzhao said.

The alliance was agreed to in principle, but some of the small benefits still required the Ming Dynasty's ministers to negotiate with the other party.

After three days of intense discussions, the conditions for a temporary alliance between the two parties were finally set.

When Zhu Houzhao signed the alliance letter and stamped it with the national seal, the alliance between the two parties was officially concluded.

Over at the Fiery Flame Kingdom, Xun Yan had already signed his name and stamped his credential before setting off.

As for the small conditions of the alliance, Xun Yan had already explained them long ago, otherwise the ministers would not dare to agree privately.

As the alliance between the two parties officially came into effect, Zhu Houzhao sent a legion to the Flame Empire to fight with the other party to destroy the Kingdom of Shang.

As for the conquest of other tribal kingdoms, Ming Dynasty never stopped.

On the second day after the army left, the imperial court issued a new order to establish a permanent defense line on the border between the two countries.

The two sides will not start a war until they finally break up.

But to nip it in the bud, Zhu Houzhao must prepare for future wars now.

On the other side of the Flame Empire, seeing that the Ming Dynasty was beginning to prepare fortifications, they also began to recruit civilians to build positions.

When the two parties met, they greeted each other cheerfully, as if they were relatives and friends. However, when they came to work, they were not lazy at all.

Absolutely, although we are allies, this does not affect my intention to guard against you and want to kill you.

(End of this chapter)