Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 447

[Chapter 447 The Weird Capital]

“Throw all the branches over there.” In the

woods, Zhongli looked serious and meticulous.

After leaving Qinguan, they drove at night, and when it was almost dawn, they either hid in the mountains or went to rest in the deserted villages.

There is also this kind of forest that stretches for more than ten miles.

Thanks to binoculars, they are often able to spot enemies in advance and respond immediately.

Today, they finally touched the vicinity of Xiancheng without anyone noticing.

“My lord, Xiancheng is currently surrounded by the Beidi army.”

When everyone was busy, the cavalry in charge of the investigation returned.

Zhongli nodded, “There’s no need to investigate any more. Just keep an eye on the outside of the woods. If there is any movement, report it immediately.”

The closer you are to Xiancheng, the more Beidi scouts will investigate.

Now each of them holds a heart.

If found out, they are dead.

“Boom!” A tree was cut down by the soldiers and fell down, and was dragged to the depths of the woods by the soldiers.

After two hours of busy work, a circular open space with a diameter of fifteen meters appeared in the middle of the forest.

“Act at dawn tomorrow.” Zhong Li said to the nine hot air balloon soldiers.

In order to succeed this time, they brought three hot air balloons.

The nine soldiers were exactly divided into three groups.

“Yes, Captain Captain.” The soldiers answered yes.

Nodding his head, Zhongli let the soldiers rest, their actions tomorrow may determine the future of Dasong.

…

Jinling.

The news that Zhao Heng was trapped in Xiancheng by Beidi’s army reached here. After all, fire cannot be contained with paper.

Upon learning of this, the entire Da Song court was thrown into chaos.

At this moment, the eldest prince Zhao Gang was sitting on the side chair next to the dragon chair, crying loudly.

The officials in the hall also looked mournful, and some even kept crying.

After crying for a while, the eldest prince said: “My fellow ministers, what should I do now? Nearly 700,000 soldiers and horses from Beidi, Xiliang and Ma Jin besieged Xiancheng. When the food and grass were exhausted, wouldn’t the emperor be, wouldn’t it be, woo Oh, it’s really my misfortune…”

Zhao Gang began to cry again as he spoke.

Dou Wei lowered her head and kept wiping away her tears, but there was not a single tear in her eyes.

This time Zhao Heng was on his own expedition, and he expected Zhao Heng to be captured by Beidi every day.

Unexpectedly, his wish was actually fulfilled.

It’s just a pity that although the Northern Expedition had severely damaged Xiliang, Beidi’s army was defeated as soon as it came, and Beidi was not injured.

However, even so, he is not too sorry.

For him, what he hopes most is that Zhao Heng will be captured, and that is enough.

In this way, he will be able to send the third prince to the throne.

“Your Highness, you should immediately dispatch troops and horses to go out of Wuguan to break the siege of Xiancheng.” Mi Yan said as he stepped out.

When Zhao Hengyu drove himself to conquer, he didn’t agree.

Now that something went wrong, he was angry and worried at the same time.

After Zhao Heng went out to fight, Jinling suddenly became the world of powerful clans.

The Xie family, the Dou family, and the Liang family behind the eldest prince were fighting in the court hall with great joy.

Without Zhao Heng’s support, he, King Yan’s uncle, was completely rejected.

Dou Wei and other powerful ministers did not take him seriously.

“Mi Yushi, what you said is easy, but where can you mobilize troops to break the siege of Xiancheng?” Liang Kai snorted.

Dou Wei snorted, “Even if we mobilize troops from all over the country, it will take more than a month. By then, Xiancheng will have been taken by Beidi.” After

a pause, he continued: “But King Yan kept saying Loyal to the king and serve the country, why don’t you go to rescue the emperor at this time, instead lead the troops south to expel Yuan Li, I really don’t know what his intentions are!”

“You…” Mi Yan was at a loss for words for a moment, he also couldn’t understand what King Yan was doing now, Nature is powerless to refute.

Dou Wei sneered, “I have nothing to say? And do you know that the current state treasury is empty, and it will be unsustainable to mobilize a large army and mobilize the troops?

” The firearms, weapons and armor, plus the military pay for recruiting soldiers, cost a lot.

Of course, he knew better than anyone why the national treasury was depleted so quickly.

It’s one thing for Zhao Heng to build a new army, but it’s more for powerful officials to use various names to corrupt ink.

At the same time, in recent years, the imperial court has received less and less taxes from states controlled by powerful clans.

Naturally, they have tampered with it.

Zhao Heng was well aware of this matter, but he, the emperor, could not collect taxes himself.

Relying on officials from powerful and wealthy families, large and small.

Of course, Zhao Heng also tried to change this, so many years ago he supported a humble official named Nian.

But in the end they were killed.

“Then, what did the Prime Minister say?” Mi Yan suddenly felt very powerless. Yang Feng also went to Qinzhou, and was also trapped in Xiancheng. He really faced the powerful officials alone.

“It’s better to ask Beidi for peace immediately.” Dou Wei’s eyes rolled wildly.

He already had an idea in his mind that their clan had a secret connection with Beidi.

If the matter of seeking peace is agreed, he will deliberately delay it for a while.

After Beidi captured Zhao Heng, he sent someone to see Beidi Khan.

At that time, he will discuss with Beidi Khan to let the Beidi people keep Zhao Heng and prevent him from returning, so that he can take the opportunity to push the new king to succeed him.

At the same time, he will promise the old tribute, and even promise to cede Jinzhou to Beidi in exchange for peace between the two countries.

In this way, after the third prince succeeds to the throne, what he will get is a eulogy that there is no war outside and peace at home.

After working so hard for several years and destroying King Yan, this great eulogy belongs to his Dou family.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help feeling a little proud.

“What the prime minister said is very true, we should seek peace now.” Xie Duan agreed, and at the same time winked at the eldest prince.

The thoughts in his heart were similar to those of Dou Wei.

In his opinion, this is simply the best time for the eldest prince to ascend the throne as emperor.

The other powerful ministers also nodded.

Zhao Gang watched his uncle’s expression, guessed something in his heart, and couldn’t help but feel happy.

He said: “Since everyone has the same meaning, we will send officials from Honglu Temple to Qinzhou to negotiate a peace.”

Mi Yan opened his mouth, wanted to say something but kept silent.

In fact, he also understands that when the army is called up again, I am afraid that the war in Xiancheng is over, and it will be faster to send officials to negotiate a peace.

“Also, the King of Yan not only refused to save him, but fabricated evidence, avenged his personal revenge, and sent troops to the south. The minister suspected that the King of Yan had a heart of infidelity, and hoped that the eldest prince would uphold justice. , order him to go to the capital for trial.” Dou Wei suddenly said again.

He knew very well that King Yan would not wait to be killed, and the First Prince would not agree.

But he had to get rid of this shit bowl first.

When the time comes when he sends the third prince to the throne, he can use this as an excuse to say that his eldest prince is in collusion with King Yan and is not worthy of being a king.

Sure enough, after the first prince heard it, hesitant expression appeared on his face.

Although he is stupid, he also knows that King Yan is one of his bargaining chips at the moment.

How can there be self-destruct chips.

Furthermore, the reason why King Yan went south was that the Yuan family once again colluded with Beidi.

So he said: “This matter is complicated, let’s talk about it after finding out the facts, let’s go.” After

finishing speaking, he got up and left.

(end of this chapter)