Steel Dynasty - Chapter 535

[Chapter 535]

“Father, did you say that I was wrong?”

Zhao Yuanliang looked at his father uneasily. He had always been very afraid of his father.

After pondering for a while, King Zhao slowly said: “Yuanliang, this is not the time to deal with Xiao Ming. Wang Xi sees this clearly.”

“Father, if you don’t annihilate Xiao Ming in one fell swoop at this time, just I am afraid that Xiao Ming will take the opportunity to make a big move. I have been in contact with Xiao Ming. This person is very treacherous and must be guarded against. “

“Then what if other vassals take the opportunity to attack Chang’an while we are fighting with Xiao Ming?” King Zhao looked sharply. .

Zhao Yuanliang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Back then, Beishan’s hundreds of thousands of cavalry were beaten back by Xiao Ming. This time they must go all out to use their troops against Xiao Ming again.

If other vassal kings take the opportunity to attack Chang’an and the hinterland of Zhao at this time, they will be destroyed.

“My son, I understand. Now the first thing to do is to appease the other vassal kings.” Zhao Yuanliang said.

“Well, that’s right. You should go and arrange Xiao Wenxuan’s state funeral and the enthronement of the Thirteenth Prince now. After the new emperor ascends the throne, the attitude of the other vassal kings will be clear. It will not be too late to make preparations then.” Zhao Wangxuan Xu said.

“Yes, father.”

Zhao Yuanliang bowed and retreated.

Wang Xi turned around and walked out, but was stopped by King Zhao. He asked, “How is Wanrong doing now?”

“Back to Your Highness, I still don’t eat or drink. If this continues, I won’t be able to hold on anymore. “

.” Wang Xi said.

King Zhao sighed slightly, “I have suffered so much for my father’s legacy. I feel really guilty.”

“Your Highness, you cannot be merciful in this world. Your Highness is not wrong.” Wang Xi was careful.

King Zhao nodded and asked, “I asked you to send a message to the other vassal kings. Have they responded?”

“Your Highness, none of the vassal kings have responded so far. It is estimated that they will not come to Chang’an to attend the meeting of the late emperor .

It’s about the funeral and the new emperor’s enthronement.”

“Do I really want to deal with these vassals one by one?” King Zhao’s voice was filled with anger.

Wang Xi sighed and stopped talking.

Although they have taken control of Chang’an, they still have a long way to go before they can conquer the world.

With a cold snort, King Zhao waved his hand, signaling Wang Xi to leave.

Three days later, Xiao Wenxuan’s state funeral was held in Chang’an City. Along Zhuque Avenue, Xiao Wenxuan’s coffin was carried to the imperial mausoleum outside Chang’an City. The next day, the thirteenth prince, who was only six months old, ascended the throne and worshiped King Zhao as the Grand Supervisor of the State. General, in charge of state affairs.

The news from Chang’an spread, and the whole world was in an uproar.

Just a few days later, the King of Chu declared to the world, denounced King Zhao as a rebellious minister and a traitor, and then assisted the third prince in Lin’an to ascend the throne and establish himself as emperor. At the same time, the King of Shu made the third prince his king, and the southern kingdom changed hands in one day.

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In Qingzhou, news from all over the Chongqing Kingdom reached Prince Qi’s Mansion one by one.

During these days, Xiao Ming, besides settling old ministers and dignitaries from Chang’an, was also thinking about the situation of the Great Yu Kingdom.

When King Zhao staged the farce of enthroning in Chang’an, Feiji and Luo Quan sent envoys to Jinling City and Jizhou City successively. King Zhao’s conspiracy was exposed in their mouths.

After the King of Chu assisted the third prince to become independent, Feiji and Luo Quan also returned to Qingzhou from the fiefdoms of King Wei and King Yong.

“Your Highness, King Wei’s attitude is ambiguous, and he seems unwilling to form an alliance with Your Highness to jointly deal with the current crisis.” Fiji was dusty, and his face was full of anxiety.

Luo Quan came back two days earlier than Fiji. He said to Fiji: “My trip to Jizhou this time was quite fruitful. King Yong was very indignant about King Zhao’s rebellion, and he expressed his willingness to form an alliance with His Highness to deal with King Zhao’s military attack. “

Hey, it’s a pity that King Wei valued him so much back then. He didn’t expect that King Wei had already had rebellious thoughts. This time he was unwilling to form an alliance with His Highness. At this time, he clearly wanted to compete for the world.” Fiji patted him hard. table.

Xiao Ming was not surprised at all by this result. He said: “Fei Zhongshu doesn’t have to sigh, it may not be a good thing for this king. For this alliance, King Yong only needs to agree. After all, King Yong is a feudal state.” With the western barrier, as long as King Yong is here, I can block the attack of King Zhao and the barbarians from the west. As for the King of Wei, I have no excuse to attack him. “

Pang Yukun said: “Wei is rich and populated. If your Highness can annex Wei, your strength will be greatly increased.”

Niu Ben said: “If Your Highness wants to capture Wei, you must first capture Pengzhou. This Pengzhou is a strategic transportation hub. You can go south to attack Jiangnan. , you can enter the hinterland of the Central Plains by going west, and there are many mountains around Pengzhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. “

Fiji sighed after hearing this. Now that King Zhao is assisting the thirteenth prince in ascending the throne, he has great potential to threaten the emperor. The posture of the princes, while the King of Chu is establishing himself in Lin’an, and is said to have sent troops to attack the prefectures and counties that once belonged to the royal family. The King of Ruyang and the King of Huainan were not willing to be left alone, and took the opportunity to annex a large number of royal hometowns. From this point of view, the situation in the world It is already irreversible.

Now even if Xiao Wenxuan is resurrected, it will be difficult to stop the ambitions of the feudal kings.

But he was still worried, so he said: “Your Highness, I think that the biggest problem in the world is King Zhao. After all, King Zhao borrows troops from the barbarians to lure wolves into the house, and the barbarians are eyeing your highness and want to overthrow Qingzhou immediately, so in my opinion, I should The main thing is

to guard against King Zhao.”

Pang Yukun said at this time: “But King Zhao doesn’t seem to want to start a war with His Highness now. The so-called emperor’s order came from Chang’an two days ago and he praised His Highness.”

“Oh?” Showing surprise.

Xiao Ming gave the imperial edict to Fiji at this time. He said: “King Zhao is associated with poisonous snakes, and sooner or later he will be harmed by them. As for this imperial edict, we can just take a look at it. We cannot believe it completely. After all, the plan cannot keep up with the changes.”

After hearing this, everyone nodded. nod.

After a pause, Xiao Ming said: “King Zhao has done all his tricks, but the vassal kings in this world are not fools. Since the world is in chaos, they can only rely on their own abilities.”

“So, His Highness is really prepared to take advantage of Xia Pengzhou?” Fiji asked.

Xiao Ming nodded. Pengzhou in the Great Chongqing Kingdom is the modern Pengcheng, which is also Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu. It was the place where Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, lived.

This time he made up his mind to use troops not on a whim. It was to guard against the attacks of the barbarians and King Zhao that he prepared to annex Pengzhou. After all, Shandong and Henan have always been the areas hardest hit by food shortages in history. If he did not find a stable food supply for himself, origin, which would severely limit his expeditionary capabilities.

Moreover, Pengzhou and its affiliated prefectures and counties have a population of more than 500,000, which will provide him with a large amount of manpower. The most important thing is that as the Wei king’s territory closest to his fiefdom, the secret guards will of course have priority to infiltrate, and Qingzhou’s folk dramas will also be Pengzhou is quite influential. It can be said that the people here yearn for Qingzhou. The only problem that needs to be solved is the local wealthy families.

(End of chapter)