Zhao Junsheng had already decided to divide the territory and no longer obey the dispatch and decrees of the imperial court, but as for whether to break away from the Northern Wei court, he had not considered it clearly, and now Dongfang Chen suggested that he should not break away from the Northern Wei Dynasty for the time being, and he was still a little undecided, but Dongfang Chen's ideas and opinions were still very in line with the actual situation in Youzhou.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi, "What do you two think?" ”

Cui Hao also said: "Lord Wang, it is not recommended for subordinates to leave the court and stand on their own!" ”

"Why? Now that the decrees of the imperial court can no longer come out of the Gyeonggi region, and all parts of the country are no longer respecting Tuoba Jun, this king has left the imperial court to stand on his own, what can the imperial court do with me? Zhao Junsheng asked.

Cui Hao smiled and asked, "Does the prince know about Emperor Cao Cao of Wei Wu coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes?" Now although the prestige of the imperial court has declined, the decree can not be issued in Gyeonggi, but after all, there is still a great name of righteousness, if my Youzhou is separated from the imperial court and stands on its own, it will be a rebellion for the imperial court, although the imperial court does not have the strength to send troops to attack my Youzhou, but it can use this place in Youzhou as a bait, so that the princes from all over the country will attack it, and then my Youzhou will face the attack of many princes, and it is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists! Does the prince know how Yuan Shu died? ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, of course he knew that among the princes of the late Han Dynasty, Yuan Shu was the first to claim the emperor, so he attracted the siege of all the princes, isn't this the reason why the gun shoots the first bird?

"Okay, since several gentlemen have said that they can't stand on their own feet without the court for the time being, this king will temporarily maintain a vassal relationship with the court!"

Cui Hao said again: "Wuchuan Town General Gao Xiu, this person used to be your subordinate, right?" He is still loyal to you, and if you choose between the court and you, is the prince sure that he will choose to be loyal to you? ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "You're right, Gao Xiu is the king's person, he still has to listen to the king's words, Cui Gong has something to say directly, no need to beat around the bush!" ”

"The subordinates must be sure that you have control over Gao Xiu before you can put forward your own suggestions and ideas, since the prince can be sure that Gao Xiu is loyal to you, then the minister suggests taking Shanggu and connecting Youzhou and Wuchuan into a line, so that from Liaodong to Wuchuan, the vast land between the inner and outer Great Wall is controlled by the prince, which is double the territory controlled by the prince now!"

Zhao Junsheng heard that Huo Ran got up and walked quickly to the map by the wall, and looked at it, sure enough, the place of Shanggu separated Youzhou and Wuchuan controlled by Zhao Junsheng, as long as Shanggu was controlled, and then the eastern Eile north of Shanggu and Youzhou could be subdued, Youzhou and Wuchuan could be connected, and the territory was more than doubled, you must know that the boundary line between the Northern Wei Dynasty and Rouran is not the line of the Outer Great Wall, but the desert boundary hundreds of miles north of the Outer Great Wall.

"Sir's words are wonderful!" Zhao Junsheng turned around excitedly and said, he hadn't thought of this before, but he frowned again: "Now that we can't openly tear our faces with the imperial court, how can we control this place in Shanggu?" ”

All the officials and generals in the hall were very puzzled, yes, just now Cui Hao and Dongfang Chen said that they couldn't openly tear their faces with the imperial court for the time being, but if they want to hold Shanggu in their hands, if they don't use force, is there any other way?

I only heard Cui Hao say: "The subordinates remember that the valley Taishou seems to be Luo Yan, and the prince might as well be stationed at the border, first deter by force, and then send a lobbyist who can speak to the valley to meet Luo Yan and force him to be loyal to the king!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was stunned, is this okay? "Will he say yes?" he asked. ”

Cui Hao asked rhetorically: "Does he dare not agree?" If he doesn't agree, the prince has a way to clean him up, for example, a mountain bandit fled to the valley, and my Youzhou army sent troops to pursue it into the upper valley, and it was too late for him to find out. The prince can rest assured, Luo Yan is a person who understands current affairs, and he will not not be unable to see the situation and do it against the prince! ”

"Bang!" Zhao Junsheng slapped the desk and shouted: "Okay! Where is Chang Kun? ”

Chang Kun stood up and hugged his fists and agreed: "Order you to lead 5,000 foot riders to enter Juyong Pass, and pull this king out from time to time to scare Luo Yan!" ”

"Yes!" Chang Kun clenched his fists and retreated to the side.

Zhao Junsheng looked at the civil officials, and his eyes fell on Zhonglang Li Ji, "Li Ji, you can be eloquent, this king wants you to go to Shanggu and Eastern Eile, and meet Luo Yan and Baluotu, the leader of Eastern Eile, respectively, what do you think?" ”

Li Ji stood up and bowed his hand and said: "Thanks to the trust of the prince, my subordinates will go to the soup and fight the fire, and they will not give up!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded with satisfaction, "Do you have any requirements to put forward!" ”

Li Ji said: "To deal with Luo Yan, his subordinates thought that he only needed to deter immediately, and Luo Yan would definitely compromise; As for Baluotu, his subordinates thought that they should still focus on bribery, supplemented by deterrence, so they asked the prince to allocate more gold and treasures to his subordinates! ”

Zhao Junsheng instructed Pei Jin: "Master Pei, prepare two thousand gold for Li Zhonglang to take away!" ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

Soon after Chang Kun's 5,000 men and horses set off, Li Ji took his retinue and guards to Shanggu Fuyang City with a scepter.

Shanggu Taishou Luo Yan had already received the news of Juyongguan's increase in troops, and there were 5,000 more soldiers and horses at once, which was more than the entire Shanggu soldiers, Luo Yan was so frightened that his heart trembled, and he wanted to report to the imperial court, but he also knew that the imperial court was afraid that it would not have the ability to administer justice to him now.

When the news that Youzhou sent an envoy to Luo Yan here, Luo Yan knew that the meat show was coming.

"Oh, Li Zhonglang's arrival really adds a lot of glory to my upper valley, please go into the city and talk about it in detail!" Luo Yan personally led the officials and generals out of the city to greet them.

Li Ji stepped down from the carriage and came to Luo Yan and arched his hand: "The general of Zhengdong, the governor of Youliao, the military of Youliao, the assassin of Youzhou, and the Zhonglang Li Ji under the account of the king of Zhao in Liaodong have seen Luo Fujun, and Fujun is too polite!" ”

The two exchanged polite manners and rode into the city in a carriage together to go to the Taishou Mansion.

On the carriage, Luo Yan really didn't know the bottom in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Li Zhonglang, I don't know what the king of Liaodong sent Zhonglang to Shanggu to order?" ”

Li Ji smiled and said: "Without him, my prince has heard of the reputation of Luo Fujun for a long time, and knows the official reputation, talent and morality of the Fujun, so he is thirsty for talent, and wants to invite the Fujun to live in Jixian County for a few days, listen to the high opinion of the Fujun in governing the country, I don't know what the Fujun wants?" ”

Luo Yan was so frightened that his face turned white, go to Jixian County? I'm afraid that there will be no return, right? Where did he rush there, and hurriedly said: "I don't want to be a cheap name that has also entered the ears of the king of Liaodong, and the lower officials are flattered and terrified, but there are too many official affairs on the side of the government, and I am afraid that I won't be able to spare time······"

Li Jidao: "Otherwise, after a few days, my prince can't leave the prince in Jixian forever, just stay for a few days, is it possible that the prince won't even give me this face?" ”

"This ······" Luo Yan felt bitter in his heart.

Li Ji continued to persecute: "Don't you know that it is very scary for my prince to be angry, you know the king of Goguryeo, Gao Lian?" He killed Deng Tong, the prince of my family, and as a result, the prince of my family was furious, and sent troops to attack Goguryeo, ambushed millions of corpses, Goguryeo destroyed the country, and its king, royal family members and civil and military ministers all surrendered and were captured, and all were killed in a landslide on the way to Youzhou, which is called a tragedy! ”

Luo Yan's heart trembled, Nima's, landslide? Do you think the outside world will believe your nonsense? Luo Yan also knows, what can he do if he doesn't believe it? Who would dare to look into it?

If you don't go, you can't do it, Luo Yan knows very well that if you don't go, I'm afraid that you will die miserably, although he is a county guard, his strength is not less than one-tenth of Zhao Junsheng's, Zhao Junsheng can crush him with a finger!

"This ······ Okay, the next official will go to visit Prince Zhao, and when the time comes, I will ask Li Zhonglang to say a few kind words to the official in front of the prince! Luo Yan was scared and compromised.

Li Ji didn't expect Luo Yan to be so unfrightened, and before he arrived at the Taishou Mansion, Luo Yan was so frightened that he agreed.

The next thing was simple, Li Ji stayed in Fuyang City for two days, and when Luo Yan went to Jixian County, he sent two people as guides and accompanying monitors, and he himself took the rest of his entourage to cross the Great Wall north to the eastern part of the city.

The eastern Eile people live in a vast area, but their sweat tent is in the upper reaches of the water, and a radius of hundreds of miles is their pasture and range of activities.

The eastern Eile people lived in the upper reaches of the water for a very long time, the longest was only twenty or thirty years, Emperor Daowu, Emperor Ming Yuan and Emperor Taiwu all marched north successively, and all brought back some Eile people from Mobei, and the Eile people were also Gaoche people.

The eastern Eile people are composed of various tribes, a total of more than 200,000 people, and the leader of the tribal alliance is called Baluotu.

He was in his fifties and a little old, but that didn't stop him from riding a horse and shooting arrows, and he was a warrior when he was young, otherwise he wouldn't have been recognized as a leader by all the tribes.

"Zhonglang Li Ji under the tent of the King of Liaodong has seen the leader of Baluotu!" Li Ji, under the leadership of a high-speed man, approached the sweat tent and saluted to Baluotu, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Baluo Tu looked at Li Ji, "I don't know what advice Li Zhonglang has for coming to Ben Khan's Khan's court?" ”

Li Ji didn't answer, and asked, "Does the leader know that you and your clan are in a bad situation?" ”

Baluo Tu frowned: "What do you mean by this?" Scare Ben Khan? ”

This guy is just a small leader, and he actually calls himself Khan, Li Ji secretly laughed in his heart that he was inadequate, he said: "Definitely! Chief, you and your tribes are located in the south of Shanggu and my Youzhou, and Shanggu is now under the control of my prince, your west is Wuchuan Town, Wuchuan Town General Gao Xiu is also the old general of my prince, it is said that Kumoxi in the east does not have a good relationship with you, and the northern Rouran people are your mortal enemies, if you offend my prince, do you still feel that you are scaring you below? ”

Beads of sweat appeared faintly on his forehead, his lips were a little dry, he took a sip of mare's milk, and asked in an interfering voice: "Li Zhonglang, tell me what you mean!" ”

"Now that the court is in decline, I feel that you need to find a new master to serve you, I think my prince is good, what do you think?"