After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

Mr. Jiang, who knew very well that these people were by no means ordinary bandits, obeyed their requests obediently and worked as free labor force for the village together with his more than 30 followers.

Of course, this obedience is only on the surface. While working hard and without complaint, he has actually been collecting intelligence and looking for opportunities to escape.

What Mr. Jiang, who was concentrating on saving himself, didn't know was that at this moment, Yu Zizhen had actually received news that Zhenbei Prince's Palace was approaching the border with heavy troops.

She never thought about hiding her true identity forever. Her response strategy to those in the Zhenbei Palace was to delay as long as she could, and concentrate on running the prefectures and counties she had already acquired while she could.

This is why she directly sent out "mountain bandits" to take down the envoy team led by Mr. Jiang without any bloodshed by virtue of their numerical superiority and convenient location.

When this matter can no longer be postponed, Yu Zizhen's plan is to show off his cards and openly admit his identity as a woman.

Anyway, she didn't want to hide it for the rest of her life. After all, this was not something that could be hidden for the rest of her life.

As for her subordinates.

Those who can accept her identity as a woman will stay and do whatever they have to do.

Those who cannot accept her identity as a woman will depend on the other party's reaction. If she has no intention of harming her, but simply cannot bear to be loyal to a woman, then she will wait for the storm to pass and send them away directly.

But if anyone thinks they can go to heaven because she is a woman and wants to rebel against her, then she can simply get rid of him directly.

Yu Zizhen is not afraid that her identity as a woman will be made public. Naturally, she will never give up the things she has planned so hard and vomited blood to have just because of her identity.

King Zhenbei, who didn't know that all his arrangements had been seen by Yu Zizhen, immediately sent people directly to contact Lu Mingyuan, the border guard general on Yu Zizhen's side, after receiving the news that Mr. Jiang and others were missing for no reason.

The other party sent a counselor from their side. As soon as the man arrived, he asked Yu Zizhen and their border guard general Lu Mingyuan where they had taken Mr. Jiang and others.

"When the two countries are at war, they still haven't killed the envoys. What's more, we are all citizens of Daqi. Aren't you afraid of causing public anger by doing so?"

The skinny old man with a goatee looked distressed. Those who didn't know the truth would have thought that Yu Zizhen and the others had done something outrageous.

Lu Mingyuan, who had been instructed by Yu Zizhen for a long time, showed off the best acting skills in his life. He looked at the skinny old man with a puzzled expression, "I wonder who this old man is talking about, Mr. Jiang? We don't know." Capture anyone who comes over the northern border."

The skinny old man was not surprised at all that Lu Mingyuan refused to admit his guilt, but there were more than two hundred people in Mr. Jiang's team.

In addition, they also wear armor and robes that are completely different from ordinary people, and ride tall horses that are difficult for ordinary people to get even if they have money. Anyone who sees them on the road will definitely be impressed by them.

As the saying goes, the passing geese leave traces and the passing people leave a sound. It is simply impossible for the people on Yu Zizhen's side to kill them quietly.

He was patient and surprised the King of Zhenbei that his eldest son was still alive. He was overjoyed and immediately sent an envoy to confirm. As a result, the envoy team disappeared collectively not long after entering Yu Zizhen's sphere of influence. Now he is in trouble. The matter of not seeing dead people or corpses was mentioned from beginning to end. Lu Mingyuan listened attentively, and after the old man finished speaking, he said sincerely, "In that case, I, the general, will help you inquire with all parties to see if anyone has seen the weapon you mentioned. Team of messengers.”

The skinny old man's eyes twitched when he called him "old man", but he was indeed over fifty years old. When people called him old man, he even suspected that they were insinuating that he was still restless despite his age. He still had to accept the "honorific title" given to him honestly.

However, accepting the title does not mean that he will accept Lu Mingyuan's solution.

Not to mention that their time is limited now, even if they are not in a hurry, the skinny old man does not believe that Lu Mingyuan will really go out of his way to help them find someone.

He even had the same suspicion as Mr. Jiang. He felt that the disappearance of Mr. Jiang and his team must have something to do with these guys from Yu Zizhen's group.

But unlike Mr. Jiang, who personally experienced the hijacking, he did not have any evidence on hand that could be used to challenge Yu Zizhen and his family.

"That's one thing. On the other hand, I hope General Lu can arrange for us to meet with your family leader as soon as possible."

Although it was urgent to find Mr. Jiang and the others, compared with the huge power in Yu Zizhen's hands, the safety of Mr. Jiang and others was not worth mentioning at all.

He eagerly wanted to see Yu Zizhen and wanted to persuade Yu Zizhen before Duke Jing could react.

If he could convince Yu Zizhen to put down his authority and return to the inner palace, or persuade Yu Zizhen to continue to contribute to King Zhenbei's grand cause while letting go of his authority, then all the counselors under King Zhenbei would definitely follow his lead.

And when the King of Zhenbei actually sits in that position and rewards everyone for their merits, he will definitely be able to make marquises and prime ministers for his great achievements, and be kind to his descendants.

By then, those guys who originally looked down on him and worked together to exclude him from the inner circle will definitely be firmly stepped on by him.

The skinny old man eagerly wanted to slap in the face the core group of advisers of King Zhenbei, including Mr. Jiang, and eagerly wanted to seize this opportunity and make unparalleled achievements for himself.

However, Lu Mingyuan, who had been instructed by Yu Zizhen for a long time, had no intention of satisfying this domineering old guy. According to what Yu Zizhen said, he dealt with it with false words and delayed as much time as possible while continuing to calmly dispatch troops to guard against Zhenbei. The king's soldiers and horses caught them by surprise.

They were fighting with each other in the north, while the envoy sent by Duke Jingguo came slowly from the south.

As the envoy, the fourth son of Duke Jingguo and as the deputy envoy, Chen Hushan, the eldest grandson of Duke Jingguo, were both smart people. They did not rush straight to their destination, but slowly went to Jiangning City where Yu Zizhen was, while Without arousing resentment among Yu Zizhen and others, he could inquire about the latest news without leaving any trace.

Yu Zizhen was also well aware of what they were doing. After thinking about it for a while, Yu Zizhen had people directly sell the news that she was a woman at a high price.

As the leader of the new mysterious force in the eastern region, many people are very interested in Yu Zizhen's personal information.