"Inform him that Gu Yan has raised troops internally and is now a shared enemy with the Great Mongol Empire." Zhao Hong's voice seemed to come from the depths of hell, icy and piercing, "If they are willing to send troops to attack the flanks and rear of Gu Yan's rebel army, and thus delay his southern advance, the court is willing to offer an annual gift of three hundred thousand taels of silver, five hundred thousand bolts of silk, open border markets, and allow unrestricted trade."
"Furthermore... allow them to take the grazing lands five hundred li south of Yin Mountain and north of the Yellow River, excluding essential military regions, for twenty years."
This is an extremely difficult choice to make.
But Zhao Hong has no choice.
If Gu Yan weren't so extreme, he would never make such a decision.
But now Gu Yan is coming for him.
To have a public trial!
Life and death, power and position.
All these are forcing Zhao Hong to make a choice.
