Chapter 598: Stabilizing the Flank

"I am tired, and I will go back to rest. You can discuss the rest with the King of Yan. Zhao Heng stretched out his hand, and Liang Cheng immediately helped him up and walked to the inner courtyard.

Liu Fu, Chang Wei, Zhu Tuo and other fief officials were all beaming with joy.

Although Yang Feng and Mi Yan were not as excited as them, they also felt that this was reasonable.

The King of Yan had done his best to allow the emperor who had tried to send him to Beidi as a hostage to maintain his dignity.

Moreover, they also did not want Zhao Heng to interfere in the affairs of Yanzhou.

In their view, since the King of Yan came to Yanzhou, and today he drove Beidi out of Ningjindusi, this fully proved the ability of the King of Yan.

As Zhao Heng said, in the chaos that followed, only the King of Yan could turn the tide.

They must absolutely obey the orders of the King of Yan.

After Zhao Heng disappeared, Zhao Xu asked the ministers to Dispersed, leaving only Yang Feng and Mi Yan, Liu Fu and Chang Wei.

Since the rest are all his own people, there is no need to keep so many people to discuss government affairs.

After all, there are many people and many mouths. Although these ministers are loyal to him, they are not loyal to him, so he should be on guard against them.

Confidential matters should be discussed with core subordinates.

"Your Highness just said that you should strike first. Are you preparing to attack the Han family?" Yang Feng said.

To the north of Yanzhou is the northeast, to the east is the sea, to the west is Jinzhou and Sizhou, and the only side left is also the weakest side of Yanzhou's defense, facing the Qizhou of the Han family.

There is no doubt that the Qi State established by the Han family poses the greatest threat to Yanzhou.

Zhao Xu nodded, "Yes, but before attacking the Qi State, there are two things to do, one is the sixth prince of Jinzhou, and the other is the Ma family of Sizhou. ”

He and Chang Wei had discussed this matter, but he had not yet told Yang Feng and Mi Yan.

Mi Yan nodded slightly. When he was in the capital, he could only know Zhao Xu from rumors.

After coming to Yanzhou, through this period of time, he understood more and more that his nephew was able to gain a foothold in Yanzhou, relying on absolutely not luck.

For example, the decision he made this time was exactly what Yang Feng and he had discussed carefully before coming.

The result was the same as the decision made by the King of Yan.

The Sixth Prince was stationed in Jinzhong, while his uncle Yuan Li was currently in Qi.

If the Yanzhou army went south, the Sixth Prince would certainly respond to Qi from north to south.

Although the Sixth Prince's army was nothing but a chicken and a dog in front of the Yan Wang's troops.

But if he was like Beiji will take some sinister means, which will still pose a great threat to Yanzhou.

Therefore, the Sixth Prince must not be given the opportunity to cause chaos in Yanzhou.

As for the Ma family's Sizhou, the location is quite important.

Since the last time the court negotiated peace with Beidi, the Dou family has made a lot of money in the border market with Beidi.

If the border market can be attacked, Nanliang and Beidi can be curbed at the same time.

More importantly, when I went to the Royal Courtyard today, a merchant from Nanliang brought very important news.

A few days ago, a Beidi cavalry escorted their envoys to Xiangcheng, and then the news of the alliance between Nanliang and Beidi came out.

It is said that Nanliang and Beidi have agreed to govern the country as brothers.

If Nanliang is attacked, Beidi It is obliged to send troops to assist the Southern Liang army to resist the enemy's attack.

Similarly, if the Northern Di is attacked by the enemy, the Southern Liang is also obliged to help the Northern Di.

Moreover, if necessary, both sides can send their own troops to each other's territory to assist each other in fighting.

This incident not only shocked them, but also quickly shocked other powerful families.

In order to fight for the world, it is obvious that the Southern Liang has fallen into madness and is willing to invite wolves into the house and cooperate with the mortal enemy of Da Song.

However, although they hate Dou Wei, they have to admire Dou Wei's courage.

This former prime minister of Da Song is indeed a sophisticated man.

The Northern Di is a man-eating tiger. If it were the heyday of the Northern Di, Dou Wei would certainly not dare to sign such an alliance with the Northern Di.

But Not long ago, Beidi suffered a heavy blow at the hands of King Yan and turned into a wounded tiger.

This tiger is not so scary.

And in order to be able to recover from the injury at ease and at the same time contain and weaken King Yan, Beidi will cooperate with Nanliang in the west of the city.

Mulehong is really not stupid enough to provoke a war with Nanliang before eliminating King Yan.

So at this time, the position of the Ma family is very important. Outside the Qinguan is the former territory of Dasong, Qinzhou and Yongzhou.

This area is also the passage for Beidi to enter Nanliang.

As long as we can control this place, we can destroy the cooperation between Nanliang and Beidi.

And to do this, we must ensure that the Ma family is truly in the same mind with them.

"How does your highness plan to deal with the Sixth Prince and Ma Han?" Mi Yan asked.

After a pause, Zhao Xu said: "We must take gentle measures against Ma Han. This king plans to let him come to Yancheng to test his attitude. If his Ma family is indecisive, this king can support his Ma family and also destroy his Ma family. "

After a pause, he continued: "As for the Sixth Prince, I am going to ask the Emperor to issue an imperial decree to let him go to Yancheng."

"The Sixth Prince hates and fears me, he will definitely disobey the order, so I can take the opportunity to take him down."

"Great."

The four people nodded when they heard this. This is the best way at the moment.

After deciding this, Zhao Xu ordered Chang Wei to go to the three southern counties to prepare for the southward march to Qi.

Let Liu Fu take Mi Yan to familiarize himself with the government office, and at the same time go to the government affairs school to study for a while to familiarize himself with the government affairs management methods of Yanzhou.

After that, he went to Ningjindusi to be in charge of the government affairs there.

As for Yang Feng.

Zhao Xu had no plan to assign him a position in the court.

This was his own request, and the old general was too old to go out to fight.

Even if I learn the tactics of the new firearms army now, I can't keep up with the young generals.

So, just let him stay in the court and be an advisor.

The next day.

Two teams of cavalry set out from Yancheng, each carrying the imperial edict to Jinzhou and Sizhou.

A day or two later, the imperial edict arrived in the hands of the Sixth Prince and Ma Han respectively.

Jincheng.

The Sixth Prince scanned the imperial edict up and down and threw it on the ground.

His eyes showed deep hatred, and he pointed to the direction of Yancheng and said: "Bah, now the world is in chaos, and everyone is a king. This imperial edict is still a fart. You, the dog King Yan, want to trick me into Yancheng and kill me. How can it be so easy."

Looking at the imperial edict, he stepped on it again.

"Your Highness, calm down. This just shows that the King of Yan is desperate and has tried all kinds of methods. Seeing that the Han family has established a country, he panicked and wanted to annex Jinzhou to expand his strength. However, he thought too simply to take Jinzhou with just an imperial edict." A middle-aged official next to the Sixth Prince said.

He was Yuan Hang, the former Minister of Personnel in the court.

He was imprisoned with the Sixth Prince because of Yuan Li's attack on Yanguan.

Later, the powerful family decided to let him go to Jinzhou, and he also came with the Sixth Prince.

The Sixth Prince smiled grimly when he heard this.

He said, "My uncle wrote to say that the strength of Japan is strong, and ten Kings of Yan are not its opponents. The Han family has established a country, and Japan has officially allied with Qi. Its close relationship even surpasses that of Nanliang and Beidi. Now the King of Yan is really going to die."