Become a feudal king from today

"I asked you to come here today because of the invasion of Beidi."

The affairs of some merchants are trivial matters after all.

After letting Liu Fu and others complain, he spread the map of Yan County on the desk and asked the county magistrates to come forward.

"I have received news that Beidi is about to go south. In ten days at most, the front cavalry will appear in Yan County." Zhao Xu said.

Whether it was Yan Wei's secret guards or the guards' investigation, they brought him basically the same news.

Massive troop movements are difficult to conceal.

Or Beidi had no intention of covering it up at all.

During the autumn hunting in previous years, they entered Yanzhou with great fanfare, looted, and left in a swagger.

And Yanzhou has no power to stop them.

The Yuan family only cared about their own Fan Yang, and they defied the imperial court in the matter of encircling and suppressing the Beidi people, and tried their best to preserve their own power.

The most important duty of the Yanguan garrison was to guard Yanguan, and they could only send a small number of cavalry to expel the Beidi people.

One year, before Mo Zhai arrived at Yan Pass, the then Yan Pass guard couldn't stand it anymore.

He sent half of his troops to fight fiercely with the Beidi cavalry in Qiu Shou in various counties of Yanzhou.

Unexpectedly, Beidi seized the opportunity and suddenly came with a large number of troops, almost losing Yan Pass.

At this time, the Yanguan guard realized that the Beidi people's autumn hunting was not a purposeless robbery.

On the one hand, they are plundering people and materials.

On the other hand, they are forcing Yanguan to move their troops out of Yanguan.

Once the number of Yanguan defenders is reduced, they will launch a thunderous blitz.

After that, Emperor Zhao Heng was furious and put the Yanguan guard in prison and asked Mo Zhai to go to Yanguan.

At the same time, Mo Zhai was strictly ordered not to dispatch Yanguan soldiers to participate in the Beidi Autumn Hunting unless he had the emperor's order.

The Yuan family is only asked to deal with the Autumn Hunting of the Beidi people.

But this allowed the Yuan family's strength to expand arbitrarily in Yanzhou.

But Mo Zhai is indeed a famous general.

With the example of the former guard general, he naturally did not dare to send a large number of troops to Yanzhou to deal with the Beidi people.

But he adopted the strategy of attacking in lieu of defending, retaliating in kind.

Once Beidi gathered a large number of troops and entered Yanzhou, he immediately led 50,000 troops and went straight to the Beidi king's tent.

After learning the news, Beidi immediately withdrew most of its troops to respond.

But when they returned, Mo Zhai withdrew to Yanguan.

Since then, Beidi people have not dared to go out in full force every autumn hunting.

This invisibly reduced Beidi's damage to Yanzhou.

"Ten days, so fast." The faces of the county magistrates were ugly.

Especially the magistrate of Wu'an County.

There are seven counties in Yan County, and Yan County, where Yan City is located, is located in the center.

Of the remaining six counties, three are in the north of Yancheng and three are in the south.

Among them, Wu'an County is the northernmost. Every year, Beidi people who cross Yanshan always appear near Wu'an County first.

Therefore, Wu'an County is the poorest county in Yan County.

The remaining two counties in the north, Zhu County is in the southeast of Wu'an County, and Yishui County is in the southwest, forming a corner with Wu'an County.

"What? Are you scared?"

The faces of the county magistrates were noticed by Zhao Xu.

Liu Fu kept telling him that the fear of Beidi among Yanzhou people was engraved in their bones.

This time he believed it.

However, he did not blame the officials because it was not their fault.

"I'm not afraid of His Highness's jokes, but my subordinates are indeed afraid," said Wei Yang, the magistrate of Wu'an County.

He was from a poor family and was placed in Wu'an County by Liu Fu.

Sighing, he said: "Not only the lower officials, but also most people in Yanzhou are afraid. Every year Beidi invades, and everyone in Yanzhou is in danger. Officials and wealthy families live in Wubao, and they are still singing and dancing, and the Yuan family The cavalry always arrives late after the Beidi people plunder, and they even kill good people and take credit. Your Highness, no one can protect the people of Yanzhou. "

The other officials were all silent after hearing this.

They have experienced this and feel the same as Wei Yang.

"So, what we are actually afraid of is not the Beidi people, but being abandoned again and again." After Wei Yang finished speaking, he finally looked at Zhao Xu with burning eyes.

Yes, Yan County has indeed undergone great changes since King Yan came.

This change made them happy and was also the reason for them to follow King Yan.

It's just that they still have one last doubt in their minds.

After all, King Yan is a prince, just a vassal king sent here by the imperial court.

If the situation takes a turn for the worse this time, will King Yan stick with them until the end?

Just like the Yuan family, they abandoned the people and pretended to govern this place again after the Beidi people left.

"Hahaha……"

Zhao Xu suddenly laughed, he was very happy, at least Wei Yang told the truth.

Before the war broke out, it was good to expose the trust issues that Yan County had in him.

The laughter stopped and he said sternly: "I am not abandoned and thrown into this Yan County. It can be said that except for Yan County, I have nothing. Abandoning you, what is the difference between abandoning yourself and abandoning yourself? Since you are not at ease, This king will issue a military order with you. Anyone who escapes from the battle will be killed with this sword."

After speaking, Zhao Xu took off the sword hanging on the wall.

This is the exclusive sword of King Yan.

"Liu Fu, I leave this sword to you." Zhao Xu put the sword in the hands of Liu Fu, who had been silent.

"Your Highness, this..." Liu Fu's hands trembled slightly.

With red eyes, he suddenly knelt in front of Zhao Xu and said, "Your Highness, this official is guilty and should not doubt Your Highness."

"Get up, I don't blame you. Three feet of ice is not a day's cold. The people of Yanzhou have suffered too much these years. The imperial court's powerlessness in Yanzhou and the Yuan family's domineering behavior in Yanzhou have made people feel a little cold. "Yes, it's normal for you to have doubts at this critical moment of life and death." Zhao Xu said.

Liu Fu usually acted like a flatterer in front of him.

But Zhao Xu knew very well that this boy had a great ambition to save the lives of the people.

This time his silence was as uneasy and suspicious as that of other officials.

Now he gave the sword to Liu Fu, giving him the power of life and death.

He can definitely kill the escaped official. If he really ran away, with this kid's courage, he would really dare to kill him.

Because following his original intention is the beautiful blueprint he drew.

If he really escapes, he will definitely go crazy as his faith collapses.

"Your Highness is a righteous man, and I will follow you to the death."

Zhao Xu's actions shocked all the county magistrates.

Since ancient times, he has never heard or seen a vassal king cutting off his own rights to his subordinates.

If King Yan is like this, what else can they say?

The worry in each of their eyes disappeared, and firm determination was slowly revealed.

Liu Fu stood up, with a look of guilt on his face, "Your Highness, after the Autumn Hunting, I will let your Highness do what you want."

Zhao Xu frowned and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Do you think this king really made you the king's tutor because you know how to flatter? Or are you the best flatterer in Yan County? Now let's talk about how to resist the Beidi people. It’s something to do, she’s so verbose as a girl.”

Sweat broke out on Liu Fu's forehead instantly.

He nodded repeatedly, "Yes, Your Highness."