Chapter 472 Three Strategies

"Your Highness, the Shanyu of Xiliang was beheaded by ambushed swordsmen and axemen when he met Mule Hongzhen. Then the Beidi army bloodbathed the Xiliang nobles who refused to surrender to them."

"At the moment, Xiliang has been completely controlled by Beidi, and Xiliang is dead."

"After that, Mule Hongzhen ordered the people of Xiliang to move to Ningjin Dusi, claiming that he would recruit the young people of Xiliang to build a strong army. He would soon join the army of Beidi to fight to the death with His Highness." A slight rise appeared on Xu Ke's forehead. beads of sweat.

The intelligence collected by the Fourth Academy from all aspects shows that Beidi is really going to get ruthless.

In addition to Xiliang, there was also movement on the grasslands north of Yanshan Mountain.

A Beidi King's tent migrated here, took over the remaining soldiers of the Black Iron King's tent, and officially replaced the Black Iron King's tent.

In An County, a large number of Beidi infantry and cavalry appeared near the iron mines.

Artillery also appeared nearby, and tens of thousands of slaves were driven by Beidi to work in the iron mines.

In contrast, the sound of forging in Jincheng's blacksmith shop continued day and night, apparently forging weapons and armor.

The roar of test guns was also more frequent than usual.

All this is preparation for war.

Coupled with the nearly two million Xiliang people who migrated to Ningjin Dusi under Muller Hongzhen, the purpose is self-evident.

When everything is ready, Mulehongzhen will set off a wave of war.

This time, due to the agreement between the Dasong court and Beidi.

King Yan can only face Beidi alone without any foreign aid.

"Mu Lehong is really insidious and cunning." Tsui Hark sighed, "This peace negotiation is a trap for His Highness. His Highness should not have agreed to it in the first place."

When Xu Hark introduced the situation to him, Zhao Xu never took his eyes off the map on the wall.

This map includes Dasong and the surrounding foreign territories.

His eyes stayed on Xiliang for a while, and finally moved his eyes to Ningjin Dusi.

Facing Tsui Hark's complaint, he said: "You are wrong about this. Regardless of whether I agree or not, this peace negotiation will eventually be accomplished. I am just taking the opportunity to ask for some benefits."

After a pause, he continued: "It's just that I didn't expect Mulehong to be so ruthless and outstanding, and to destroy Xiliang so quickly."

"My official didn't get any information about this matter in advance. It is estimated that Mule Hongzhen just made it up on the spur of the moment just to deal with His Highness. However, as a result, Yanzhou is facing greater pressure." Xu Ke couldn't hide the worry in his eyes. .

Zhao Xu smiled softly.

Muller Hongzhen's move will indeed increase Yanzhou's defensive pressure.

But it's not so bad that he can't handle it and is at a complete disadvantage.

First of all, these nearly two million Xiliang people moved to Ningjindusi and needed to be resettled.

It also takes a certain amount of time to recruit young people and train soldiers and horses.

And judging from these battles, he felt that Mule Hongzhen had a similar characteristic to himself, that is, he was not fully prepared and would not take action easily.

In this way, Yanzhou can get a period of breathing time before Mulehun actually launches the attack.

And this time is enough for him to do many things.

However, he had to hurry up, after all, this period of time would not be too long.

Of course, even with this preparation period, Beidi will definitely not be idle.

His back-and-forth skirmishes with Beidi would never stop.

"Crisis, crisis, there are opportunities in crises. So many people have migrated to Beidi, maybe they will eventually make wedding clothes for me." Zhao Xu thought of something else and responded to Xu Hark with a smile.

Among the population of Xiliang, people with Dasong ancestry are estimated to account for a large part.

Ningjindusi also had nearly half a million Dasong people enslaved.

It would be a waste to think of a way to rescue these people back to Yanzhou and capture Beidi and Xiliang people to dig mines.

Xu Hark was immediately inspired by Zhao Xu's confident and optimistic look.

Since King Yan said this, he believed that they would win next.

The fourth hospital he is responsible for will provide the most critical information to King Yan at all costs.

Even if the body is broken into pieces and the liver and brain are wiped out.

While he was thinking about it, he heard King Yan say: "To the northwest, your four courtyards can withdraw some people. The peace talks have been completed. Beidi will not conflict with the imperial court until I am eliminated."

After a pause, Zhao Xu continued: "Next, you will mainly focus on Ningjin Dusi, the capital, and Gaoli."

The three places he mentioned are related to his next strategy.

Ningjin Dusi was the battlefield between him and Beidi, so he naturally had to keep an eye on it.

The capital directly reflects the domestic situation in Dasong, which requires constant attention in order to deal with unexpected events.

Gaoli prepared it for Zhou Yi and others.

This time, Goryeo acted as a collaborator and assisted Beidi to go south and attack Yanguan. How could he let it go so easily.

The "Black Shark Pirate" played by Zhou Yi must give them a hard time.

Of course, the most important thing is that he needs to use Goryeo as an alternative market to Dasong.

However, he also knew that he did not have the ability to conquer Goryeo at the moment.

But it is probably not a problem for Zhou Yi and the others to use naval guns to force Goryeo to do business with the Black Shark pirates.

And this is enough for the time being.

In the future, when he has greater advantages, he will further set foot in Goryeo.

Let this vassal country that betrayed Dasong surrender under his feet.

…

Jinling.

Two days ago, Dou Wei and Yang Feng arrived here.

As soon as Yang Feng came back, he was immediately captured by the imperial guards and taken to prison.

Dou Wei said he was ill and was resting in his house.

For a moment, the entire Jinling seemed to be in the calm before the storm.

"Speaking of which, there are only seven powerful families left in Dasong now. As for the Ma family, it is not worth mentioning. Now it is this." Han Zheng raised his little finger.

It was still the Dou family's villa outside Jinling City.

At this moment, Dou Wei was in high spirits, chatting and laughing with Han Zheng, Liang Cheng and others. He didn't look sick at all.

"Hahaha..." The others laughed, and their eyes were full of disdain for Ma Han.

After laughing for a while, Han Zheng suddenly asked: "I don't know what advice Prime Minister Dou invited us to come this time. It must not be for drinking and watching dance, right?"

Hearing this, the others stopped laughing and looked at Dou Wei.

Dou Wei pretended to be sick at home for two days, but secretly sent them a message.

Dou Wei waved his hand to remove the singing and dancing, and his every move was full of confidence.

His eyes swept over Han Zheng, Liang Kai, Xiao Cheng, Wang Zian, Fan Xinglun, and Xie Duan, and he said bluntly: "This time, you are here to discuss an important matter, which will affect the future survival of our seven families."

Han Zheng and others looked at each other with doubts.

Compared with previous gatherings, Dou Wei seemed particularly excited this time.

They didn't know what happened to the head of the Dou family.

Seeing that everyone was shocked by his words for a while, Dou Wei slowly said: "This time the peace talks have been completed. Before Muller Hongzhen kills the King of Yan, the Dasong court and the Beidi will no longer have wars. Everyone, this is a good opportunity. If you don't show down the imperial family, when will you do it!"

The six people were slightly pale when they heard this.

Some people had similar ideas to Dou Wei, and their eyes flickered.