Become a feudal king from today

"My lord, I will send someone to fetch Yuan Li right now. Read"

It’s hard to get off the tiger.

Han Qi hesitated and agreed, but his eyes wandered.

Zhao Heng nodded with satisfaction.

No matter what this time, he could no longer tolerate Yuan Li.

The last time the Yuan family attacked Yanguan, he let him go lightly out of selfish motives and the support of the powerful clansmen.

Yuan Li was reminded to curb his ambitions and be a chess piece to contain King Yan.

But Yuan Li did not want to repent and did such things as collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. How could he tolerate it?

What's more, King Yan was dissatisfied last time.

If he continues to favor Yuan Li, it will ruin his plan to use King Yan to check other powerful families.

At the last banquet, although King Yan did not say it directly, he had already reminded him implicitly.

"You can't restrain your generals." This sentence was telling him that if he continued to favor Yuan Li, Yanzhou would no longer listen to the court's orders in the future.

It means that King Yan, like the powerful clans, will separatist power in Yanzhou.

At present, the King of Yan is in Yanzhou, far away from the capital. He also masters the art of forging artillery and has strong troops and horses.

If he really wanted to be ruthless and separatist, he really had no choice.

Although, the powerful clans would definitely be happy to send troops to quell the rebellion.

But if King Yan is destroyed, he, the emperor, will no longer have any leverage to suppress the powerful clans.

Therefore, even if a pig sits on the throne, he will make a decision to let the two tigers compete and benefit himself.

Moreover, it is necessary to add fuel to the fire when the two tigers are fighting.

This is why he unequivocally supported King Yan.

He deliberately let go of the three southern counties, maritime trade rights, and even the position of crown prince.

All this is to stimulate the powerful people and let them fight against King Yan next.

"Wangzhou Mu, do you have something to report?" After scolding Han Qi, Zhao Heng turned his attention to Wang Kang.

Wang Kang looked embarrassed. In the eyes of powerful people, Zhao Heng had always been weak.

He was so tough in front of them this time, which they didn't expect.

This time when he led the troops, he was also invited by the Han family.

The purpose was naturally to take back the three southern counties and vent his anger on Yuan Li.

But obviously, Zhao Heng, who was in the fiefdom of King Yan, was emboldened by King Yan and did not give them any face.

This time he was determined to capture Yuan Li.

"Back to the emperor, I learned that the emperor was trapped in Xiancheng. I have been worried day and night. When I learned that His Highness King Yan had rescued the emperor, I came to escort him at night." Wang Kang said.

Zhao Heng nodded, "I am very safe in King Yan's territory. Your two soldiers and horses should not enter Yanzhou. However, I accept your kindness and will reward you heavily after returning to the capital. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Kang and Han Qi were delighted and bowed in response.

A smile appeared on Zhao Heng's lips, using Yuan Li to calm King Yan's anger.

Praising the two state pastors was a reminder to King Yan.

Even if he, the emperor, is in Yancheng, he should not act arrogantly.

The escorting soldiers and horses are at the border of Yanzhou.

After talking about what happened when he was trapped in Xiancheng, Zhao Heng asked Wang Kang to temporarily return to the army to wait for orders.

Now that the war is not over, there may still be some use for him.

Han Qi followed his orders and went back to fetch Yuan Li.

The two started from the south gate and were about to separate at a fork in the road.

Wang Kang asked: "Brother Han, are you really ready to take Yuan Li? If Yuan Li dies, it will not be easy to control the Yuan family's soldiers and horses under his command."

"Brother Wang is overly worried. Would I do such a stupid thing? Then all I have to do is drag Yuan Li to set fire to himself and hand over a charred corpse." Han Qi sneered.

"High, really high." Wang Kang gave a thumbs up, "In this way, Yuan Li is grateful to Brother Han and will obey Brother Han's advice from now on. Moreover, Yuan Li deeply hates King Yan and will definitely act as a pawn against King Yan."

Han Qi became more and more proud, and suddenly his expression changed, "When I was leaving, His Highness the Second Prince said something to me. This time, the Emperor seemed to be a little too partial to King Yan. Not only did he give it to the three counties in the South, but it is said that he also gave it to Maritime trade rights, and even relaxed on the throne."

Wang Kang's brows furrowed, "Although the King of Yan rescued the emperor this time and reversed the decline of the Northern Expedition, which was a great achievement, the reward this time is too profound and completely different from the previous two attempts to suppress the King of Yan."

"This is not simple. This time the northwest war has suffered a setback, and the imperial army has suffered heavy losses. It has completely lost the royal power that King Yan had exerted before. It has fallen behind the powerful clans and will even be unable to recover in the future. Therefore, the emperor loosened the shackles of King Yan. , hold him up high and force our powerful clan to suppress King Yan, so that he can profit from it," said a handsome young man with a face as bright as the bright moon next to Wang Kang.

Han Qi looked at the young man, dazed for a moment.

If he didn't know the young man's details clearly, he would definitely think that the young man was a woman disguised as a man.

But Wang Kang did give birth to such a handsome son.

Moreover, among the Wang family's peers, this Wang Xie stands out from the crowd.

He is much more capable than the eldest son of Prince An, the head of the Wang family.

"My nephew's words made me enlightened." Han Qi tilted his head and smiled.

After a pause, he said: "Is there any solution for my deceased nephew?"

"It depends on what Beidi will do next. War and peace have different methods, but both will make it difficult for the royal family to stand up." Wang Xie held his head high and looked proud.

Han Qi nodded slightly and said: "The Emperor is also waiting for Beidi's next move. In this case, I would like to hear my nephew's advice at a later date."

"Hahaha..." Wang Kang laughed, "Brother Han is too polite, Xie'er is just a little clever."

The three of them said a few more words and then left.

Yancheng.

After Wang Kang and Han Qi left, Zhao Heng suddenly became nervous about the current war.

After all, Zhao Xu was very confident in his plan to "encircle Wei and rescue Zhao".

Therefore, he is very concerned about whether the siege of Xiancheng will be resolved?

Although he escaped from Xiancheng this time, Yang Feng and others were still in Xiancheng, and they could not hold on to food and grass for too long.

He didn't care about the life or death of the powerful soldiers and horses.

But he couldn't bear to lose the Forbidden Army he had built with real money.

"By the way, isn't Ulanba imprisoned in Yancheng Prison? He sent someone to tell Muller Hongzhen to let the Xiancheng troops retreat into Qinguan and then let his son go." Zhao Heng said.

Thinking that Ulanba was Zhao Xu's prisoner and worrying that Zhao Xu would be dissatisfied, he explained: "Ulanba is worth nearly 200,000 troops and horses."

"Father, I am at ease. My son and I have the same thoughts as my father." Zhao Xu said.

Yang Feng, like Mo Zhai, is the only remaining general in Da Song.

Furthermore, although the Dasong soldiers and horses in Xiancheng belong to different camps.

But they are all Dasong people.

Internal fighting is internal fighting, there is no need to let them die in Xiancheng when he can save them.

At the same time, he felt that this was also an opportunity to win people's hearts.

Despite saving them, they would not commit themselves to his service.

At least, I had a life-saving grace for them.

If we meet at war in the future, there may be some benefits.

However, he felt that it was not advisable to act too hastily and make it appear that they were eager to seek peace.

Then he said: "However, father still needs to wait patiently. Whoever moves first will lose one step first."

Zhao Heng thought for a while and finally nodded, trying to hold back his temper.

However, just six days later, he could no longer remain calm.

It's like burning eyebrows.