Become a feudal king from today

Fan Yang.

Yuan Li was inspecting Fanyang Camp.

After turning around, he found that many familiar generals from the Yuan family were missing from the camp, and he couldn't help but feel cruel to King Yan.

These generals are all core disciples of the Yuan family.

In the Battle of Yanguan, one-third of these generals died.

Only about 60,000 of his Yuan family's 100,000 elite soldiers were left, and the miscellaneous soldiers outside the elite were running away and dying, and almost the entire army was wiped out.

Even these days, the wealthy families in Yanzhou have supported many of their own private soldiers.

But these private soldiers are not even as good as his miscellaneous soldiers.

In this battle, the Yuan family lost almost half of its strength.

While he was gritting his teeth, Yuan Xiu came over and said a few words to him.

"Six hundred people are enough. Let them disperse and sneak into Yan County and wait for orders." Yuan Li narrowed his eyes.

The powerful clan and Zhao Heng hoped that he and King Yan would check and balance each other in Yanzhou.

This is just wishful thinking on their part.

How could the Yuan family be willing to become their pawns from now on, being manipulated by them like dogs?

For him, this Yanzhou can only have one master, either the King of Yan or him.

They are incompatible with each other.

After all, although the three southern counties of Yanzhou are richer than the four northern counties.

But having lost so much land and population, the Yuan family could not return to its heyday.

How could he endure it.

"Master, King Yan has always been full of tricks, can he succeed this time?" Yuan Xiu looked worried.

In the battle at Yanguan, he was frightened by the royal army.

"Of course it would be best if we succeed. If we fail, I will cause chaos in Ping County and Liao County and not give King Yan the chance to rule these two counties safely." Yuan Li said.

After a pause, he continued: "And sometimes cleverness can lead to mistakes. This time I considered the possibility that King Yan would find out about this matter, so I devised this trick."

Yuan Xiu nodded.

Eight hundred dead men from Beidi were responsible for assassinating King Yan at the banquet.

This is based on the fact that King Yan was not aware of their plan.

If King Yan notices, then the six hundred dead soldiers of the Yuan family will come in handy.

They would set up an ambush on King Yan's way back to the palace after killing Beidi's dead men.

At that time, King Yan must have neglected his precautions, and the chance of success was very high.

Of course, even if both ambushes ended in failure, he was not without some benefits.

He achieved his goal of destroying Pingjun and Liaojun.

It doesn't matter whether the two chess pieces, Xue Pan and Zhu Rong, live or die.

The wealthy families in the two counties would definitely be afraid that King Yan would use this to purge them, so they fled to Fan Yang with their private soldiers and wealth.

In this way, the two counties would be without officials, and King Yan would be unable to govern them at all.

And thanks to these wealthy families who escaped, he will definitely regain some strength.

In short, no matter what he did, it would not be a loss, which is why he encouraged Xue Pan and Zhu Rong to assassinate King Yan.

What's more, there are Beidi people supporting him behind this matter.

Like him, the Beidi people also wanted to use all means to hinder the growth of King Yan.

He was ordered to use it against King Yan whenever he had any chance.

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Prince Yan's Mansion.

When Zhao Xu came back, he called Liu Fu and Chang Wei over.

He told them about the Hongmen Banquet.

"It turns out they have been pretending these past few days in order to paralyze us. It's absolutely disgusting." Liu Fu pinched his waist, feeling extremely angry.

Thinking of Xue Pan's flattering face when he was in Pingjun, he suddenly felt sick.

Chang Wei frowned, "They are just two dogs of Yuan Li. In the end, it is Yuan Li's fault. The emperor and the powerful people left Yuan Li in Yanzhou to check and balance His Highness. This is simply too destructive."

Raising his fist, he continued: "If the Yuan family is immortal, I'm afraid they will continue to think of ways to deal with His Highness."

"You're right, Yuan Li has only been back for a long time, and this has started again. Your Highness, I think this can't be done like this. Soldiers always come to block the water and cover up the water. Sometimes we should give them some color, so we have to give them some color." Liu Fu looked angry.

Zhao Xu nodded. In the past, he had left a trace of face for Dasong Chaotang and the emperor.

But they were so mad that he didn't have to pay attention to their feelings for some things.

He must take care of the Yuan family, and he will not pay attention to their checks and balances.

"The Yuan family will naturally have to deal with it. I will always keep an eye on the Yuan family and take action whenever there is an opportunity. But now, since they are the first to attack, we will follow up first." Zhao Xu said.

After hearing this, the two looked at each other and smiled.

Chang Wei looked at Zhao Xu at this time, "Just using the royal family's troops will inevitably scare the enemy. I'm afraid that the Yuan family will be watching the royal family's troops at this time."

"Well, this is indeed a thing." Zhao Xu said.

Without the palace's personal troops, going to the banquet would basically mean going to die.

But if Xue Pan is scared away by dispatching the royal army, the matter between the two counties will have to be delayed again.

After pondering for a while, Liu Fu suddenly said: "Your Highness is confused. Isn't there a common method used to deal with the Zhang family in the past?"

Zhao Xu immediately understood that Liu Fu's intention was to steal the beam and replace it with the pillar.

The common people who transported grain and grass went in and replaced them with a group of soldiers.

He naturally thought of this, but he said it in advance.

"Exactly, in this way, people and armor and weapons can be brought out." Chang Wei said, he also thought of this old method.

Zhao Xu nodded. He had other purposes for calling Liu Fu here this time.

"Leave the soldiers to Chang Wei, and you have other tasks. Now send some officials to the countryside immediately and ask the people to watch the roads. If there are unfamiliar faces, report them immediately." Zhao Xu said.

The Yanwei personnel are limited. He is worried that Xu Ke can't count the number of assassins and neglects some details.

So he is ready to mobilize the people to keep an eye on them.

For the people on his fiefdom, he is ready to mobilize the spirit of "hundreds of millions of people, hundreds of millions of soldiers, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, thousands of miles of camps".

In his opinion, only by allowing the people to fully participate in the garrison, construction, and development of the fiefdom, can the four northern counties become prosperous and powerful in such a harsh environment.

In short, he has no one to rely on except the people of the four counties.

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Fu responded.

After fully mobilizing the people to fight underground warfare in the last autumn hunt and killing many northern Di soldiers.

The connection between the palace and the people has become closer.

And this connection with the people will continue to be strengthened in the future.

The three agreed on this matter and acted separately.

In the evening of the next day.

In Xiali Village, east of Yancheng, Li Er stopped at the entrance of the village and looked at the three people who left in a hurry.

As night fell, the hustle and bustle of the day disappeared and turned into silence. There were only a few barking dogs in the village.

The moon hung on the treetops, and the silver moonlight shone down, leaving mottled light on the ground. When the whole village seemed to be asleep, three black figures sneaked through the path in front of the village.

"My God, it's so late, and there are still people on the road. Something is going to happen." Li Er, who was hiding in the haystack, muttered.