Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 209

[Chapter 209]

“I asked you all to come here today to discuss what to do now?”

Zhao Heng asked aloud after the sixth prince and Yuan Hang were dragged away, and the court returned to silence.

When Beidi entered the pass, it was impossible to drive him out of Yanguan only by relying on the power of the royal family.

After all, the Yanguan Forbidden Army that he relies on the most at the moment may have been completely destroyed.

In the south, the 100,000 forbidden troops of Tubo were guarding against Jiaozhi, Piaoman, and Tubo, and it was too late to move north.

If Jinzhou and the 80,000 imperial troops guarding Xiliang were transferred away at this time, Xiliang was afraid that Xiliang would take the opportunity to attack.

The 100,000 forbidden troops in the capital are responsible for guarding the imperial city.

If the capital is transferred out, who will guarantee his safety? He doesn’t believe in the conscience of these powerful families at all.

Thinking of this, he sighed in his heart.

Back then, when the Dasong Royal was at its peak, it had 820,000 forbidden troops, plus over a million local soldiers.

I didn’t expect it to be so bleak now.

“Your Majesty, you should immediately send envoys to Beidi to ask the Beidi Khan to withdraw his troops. What Beidi wants is gold, silver, jewels, food, grass and beauties. I praise the abundance of products, so I can give him some.” Minister of the Ministry of Officials Wang Zi’an said anxiously while wiping his sweat.

The territory of his royal family is Yuzhou. Once Beidi takes Yanzhou, Yuzhou will become a delicacy in front of Beidi people.

How is he not in a hurry?

“Are you willing to give it away, and Beidi is willing to accept it?” At this moment, a general came out and suddenly knelt on the ground and wailed loudly.

He is Mo Di’s eldest son, Mo Kuan. When he learned of his father’s death, he couldn’t restrain the grief in his heart, and cried: “Please ask the emperor to recruit soldiers and horses from the three families of Han, Wang, and Ma. With 50,000 forbidden troops, the general is willing to fight Beidi!”

“Your Majesty, although I am old, I am willing to fight.” Duke Yi Yang Feng came behind Mo Kuan and said loudly.

Zhao Heng looked at the second prince, Zhao Qu.

He didn’t reprimand the second prince just to give the Han family face.

The Qizhou of the Han family and the Yuzhou of the Wang family all border on Yanzhou, and there is only one Jinzhou between the Ma family and Yanzhou.

Deploying troops from these three places is naturally the fastest.

The current situation is urgent, and he has no objection to Wang Zi’an’s peace negotiation with Beidi.

But there must be soldiers and horses who can fight Beidi and prevent Beidi from going south.

Zhao Qu met Zhao Heng’s gaze and immediately dodged.

Wang Zi’an lowered his head and did not speak.

Zhao Heng wanted to find Ma Yuan, but suddenly remembered that Ma Yuan was not in the capital.

He suddenly felt angry.

In the battle of Ning Jin back then, these powerful clans were also so timid.

Dou Wei was happy to see the Ma family, the Wang family and the Han family suffer. He said with a stern look: “It’s a pity that my Jingzhou is too far away from Yanzhou, otherwise my Dou family will definitely send an army to go.”

“Indeed, Beidi is now, When everyone is united, the Xie family is willing to donate 300,000 dan of grain and grass.” The Secretary of the Household Department, Xie Duan, said in unison.

General Xiao Cheng of Zhen Guo, Fan Xinglun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Liang Kai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry directly chose to remain silent.

The three of them are the farthest from Yanzhou, so naturally there is no reason to send troops.

Han Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, was immediately annoyed when he saw that the other five families wanted to stand on the sidelines and let his own three families bleed.

He said: “Since it’s about the safety of the Great Song Dynasty, no one can be a coward. What if my three families can’t resist it? Your Majesty, why don’t you order all the mujus in all states to lead their troops to Yanzhou?”

Wang Zi’an saw Han Zheng took the lead and took advantage of the situation and said, “Shangshu Han is right. If Jiangbei cannot be guarded, how can Jiangnan be stable? We must work together to do this.”

Zhao Heng nodded slightly, and that was what he was waiting for.

Although the eight major factions are powerful in this state, they are almost separatist regimes, just like the Yuan family, but they are still Da Song’s courtiers in name.

They must obey the will.

Dou Wei’s expression froze when he heard this, he didn’t expect Han Zheng and Wang Zi’an to tear their faces apart.

If Ma Yuan was here, he might join in.

“What does the Prime Minister think?” Zhao Heng asked.

Dou Wei showed an embarrassed smile, the Han family and the Wang family had already talked about this, so he naturally couldn’t object.

After pondering for a while, he said: “Han Shangshu, Wang Shangshu’s words are reasonable, but I think that peace talks should be the main priority, and offensives should be supplemented. Now that Da Song is surrounded by enemies, don’t fall into a protracted war.”

Zhao Heng nodded . .

If Bei Di is willing to negotiate a peace, he will naturally agree with it a hundred times.

It’s better to give some money than this flowery country to be beaten to pieces.

What scares him even more is that he is afraid that he will lose his country and become a prisoner.

In this way, he, Zhao Heng, is a sinner of the Dasong royal family.

“Since that’s the case, let Qinzhou shepherd Ma Xuan, Yuzhou shepherd Wang Ziming, Qizhou shepherd Han Qi… take the troops and horses of the headquarters to Yanzhou immediately without delay.”

…

Yancheng.

Zhao Xu led troops and horses to enter from the east gate.

If he had just woken up, the Yuan family would have been a terrifying existence to him.

But I didn’t expect that it would become so vulnerable in front of his army now.

Before the infantry under his command arrived, it was only Zhongli’s cavalry that defeated Yuan’s army.

“King Yan!”

“King Yan!”

“King Yan!”

“…”

The cheers at the top of the city continued, at first it was only soldiers, and later the people who heard the news also poured out, shouting in unison on both sides of the road.

“Your Highness, Your Highness…”

Liu Fu came down from the city wall, and responded with snot and tears.

Surviving a near death, he wept with joy.

Zhao Xu patted him on the shoulder, and said to him: “Thanks for your hard work, Mr. Wang.”

“It’s not hard, I can see His Highness again, even though I’m dead.” Liu Fu’s excited lips were still trembling.

These few days seemed like years to him.

Yanzhou has never faced such a crisis.

He made up his mind several times that he must die, and he carried arsenic with him at all times.

If wounded and captured, he swallowed it.

But King Yan came back and once again created a miracle.

Now, he can’t wait to lift King Yan up with the officials and throw him high.

Although Zhongli had already heard the news that the Yuan family was defeated and Beidi retreated.

But he still wanted to hear it from King Yan himself.

“Your Highness, did you really win?” Liu Fu asked.

The officials around him all pricked up their ears, and the people around him also pricked up their ears.

Returning to Yancheng and leaving the oppressive battlefield, Zhao Xu felt much more relaxed. He said loudly, “That’s right, the soldiers of the royal residence defeated the Yuan family and guarded Yanguan. Now the Beidi people have retreated!”

” Aww…”

Zhao Xu’s words came out, and huge cheers erupted in the crowd.

Word of mouth spread the news to others.

The cheers stretched all the way from the east gate, and the entire Yancheng fell into a sea of carnival.

Among the cheering crowd, Zhao Xu saw Feng’er and Xu E, both smiling and looking at him.

He smiled and winked at both of them.

The smiles on their faces grew wider.

Zhong Li followed Zhao Xu, he had never felt such a scene.

But this is enough to prove how popular Yan Wang is here.

He looked at King Yan and felt deeply that he had made the right choice.

(end of this chapter)