The businessman Chen Million got up and said to Sima Chuzhi: "So that the prince can know that the villain was ordered by the king of Yan to send grain and grass to the prince, and now the grain and grass have been delivered, four thousand five hundred stones, a total of three hundred cars, please send someone to count and receive, write down the receipt, and the villain can also take it back to His Royal Highness the King of Yan!" ”

Sima Chuzhi is not very old, only forty-five years old, even when Qizhou City has been short of food for more than a month and has been attacked by the army of the Southern Dynasty for several months, he is still clean and tidy all over his body, but he has lost weight several times, his expression is haggard, and his spirit seems to be good.

Sima Chuzhi took the receipt handed by Chen Million, looked at it, looked up, and asked, "What does King Yan mean?" ”

"The villain is a businessman, how can the villain guess the thoughts of His Royal Highness King Yan?"

Sima Chuzhi took the brush from a scribe next to him and signed his name on the receipt slip.

"The villain says goodbye!" Chen Million took the receipt, saluted and turned to leave.

After Chen Million left, Sima Chuzhi looked at the generals and officials in the hall and asked, "What do you think about this?" ”

Sima Daogong stood up first and said: "I think Zhao Junsheng is afraid that he also knows that we have no food and grass, so he sent someone to send grain and grass so that we can last a little longer, and his purpose should still be to force the prince to agree to his conditions!" ”

Sima Chuzhi pondered for a while: "Regardless of Zhao Junsheng's purpose, in our current situation, how long can we support it?" ”

Sima Shunmin replied: "If the grain and grass sent by Zhao Junsheng are only for the army, it can last for a few months, but if it is for the people of the whole city, it can only be eaten for twenty days at most, but what is the use of this?" Because of the war for several months this year, the people have been moved into the city for refuge and given up production, even if the army of the Southern Dynasty retreats, the 30,000 people in the city still have no food! ”

"So this king has no choice but to take refuge in Zhao Junsheng, and getting his support is the only way out?"

Sima Shunming hesitated for a moment and did not say anything.

Sima Daogong said: "Lord Wang, there is no movement between Du Chao and Du Gui, if it is possible for them to send troops to reinforce us, they would have sent troops a long time ago, I suspect that this father and son are only afraid that they have already colluded with the Southern Dynasties, and I am afraid that they will not be able to count on them!" As for the captain's side, it is even more unlikely, there is Du Chao's territory in the middle, even if the lieutenant wants to reinforce us, we can't pass through Du Chao's territory, and there is no news of the people sent to the captain's side until now! ”

The next day, Sima Chuzhi was commanding his men to go out to cut down trees and transport them into the city, and a fast horse ran over and shouted under the city: "Lord, great joy, Wang Huilong, the Taishou of Xingyang, rushed down the river with 5,000 men and horses to reinforce the team, and they just repelled the men and horses of Xue Tong, the general under Tan Daoji!" ”

Sima Chuzhi was overjoyed and immediately asked, "Is this true?" Can you see clearly? ”

"Absolutely not wrong, the villain also met Wang Taishou!"

Sima Chuzhi immediately ordered loudly: "Open the city gate and follow this king out of the city to greet Wang Huilong!" ”

Wang Huilong's family was wiped out by Liu Yu when he was an hour, he had a grudge against Liu Song of the Southern Dynasty to break his family and kill his relatives, in order to survive, the fourteen-year-old Wang Huilong fled to the Northern Wei Dynasty, at first he was not trusted by Tuoba heirs, and was later appointed as the captain of the Southern Barbarians, and arranged to serve as the general of Annam under the command of Sima Chu.

Wang Huilong and Sima Chuzhi's experiences are somewhat similar, they are both the targets of Liu Song's pursuit, the two are of similar age, they worked together very happily during their partnership, and they regarded each other as confidants.

In terms of talent, Wang Huilong is not inferior to Sima Chuzhi, and even surpasses it, but you must know that this world attaches great importance to birth and family background, no matter how the Sima family falls, it is also the royal family of the previous dynasty, and no matter how Sima Chuzhi is down, it is also the Jin Dynasty clan, and although Wang Huilong's background and family background are also very good, but they cannot be compared with Sima Chuzhi, the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Hei attaches great importance to his background and family background, so Sima Chuzhi is more valued and reused than Wang Huilong.

"Brother Huilong!"

Wang Huilong immediately reined in his horse and jumped down to greet Sima Chuzhi with a fist: "Lord Wang, Huilong's rescue is too late!" ”

"It's not too late, it's not too late, let's go into the city!"

When he entered the city, Wang Huilong couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the scene in the city, it was a miracle that such a tragic situation had not been breached.

When he arrived at the palace, Sima Chuzhi said to Wang Huilong: "You have also seen the situation in the city along the way, and now I am afraid that this scene will not last long!" Yesterday, Zhao Junsheng, the king of Yan, sent someone to send a batch of grain, which can last for a while, but after all, it is a drop in the bucket! What's going on on your end? ”

Wang Huilong said: "Xiaguan brought 5,000 stone grain and grass. At the beginning, the lower official asked the lieutenant to send troops to reinforce the prince, but the lieutenant did not agree, and the subordinate had to prepare secretly, while collecting grain and grass, while ordering people to secretly build ships, it took four months to prepare, and now the subordinate has given up Xingyang and brought all the soldiers and horses to Qizhou! ”

Sima Chuzhi was very moved when he heard these words, but he also felt sorry for Wang Huilong, and said: "You are too impulsive to do this, how can you give up Xingyang?" Now that you're here, if we can't hold Qizhou, you won't even have a way out! ”

Wang Huilong smiled bitterly and said: "It's not okay if I don't give up Xingyang, if I go back, I will only become a ghost under the sword of the captain, and now that I have come to Qizhou, it is not in vain to be able to live and die with the prince!" ”

Sima Chuzhi didn't know what to say, and after half a ring, he said to Wang Huilong: "You have also seen the situation of Qizhou City, the city wall has been attacked and dilapidated, Liu Song's army fought once, we will repair it once, but each time it has been damaged more seriously, the people are not united with us, they just want to live a stable life, it doesn't matter to them who is in charge, so we can't put our hope on the people at all, and we can only let them help repair the city wall, but the food in the city has been eaten up, The people are easy to lose control if they don't have anything to eat, and if they don't make trouble, something big will happen, so if there are no other external forces in this Qizhou to force back the army of the Southern Dynasties, we will never be able to turn over! ”

"For now, our only way to survive is to hope to get reinforcements from the Yan King, but the Yan King has put forward the condition to make me loyal, I have also considered it these days, and I seem to have no choice! For the lives of tens of thousands of people in this city, I can only serve Zhao Junsheng, Huilong, you brought troops to help me and be grateful, but you are too reckless this time! ”

Wang Huilong was silent for a long time when he heard this, but said with a smile: "I think it is also a good choice to serve King Yan, since he has put forward conditions, we will bargain with him!" ”

"Oh?" Sima Chuzhi was surprised and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Wang Huilong smiled and said: "It's okay to serve King Yan, and the prince can also propose to listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement!" ”

"Listen to the tune or not?" Sima Chu was stunned, "This seems to be a good idea!" ”

Sima Chuzhi brought the strategist Mu Qian and appointed him as a secret envoy to go to Youzhou to meet Zhao Junsheng and negotiate with Zhao Junsheng.

After Mu Qian set out, Li Ji, the envoy sent by Zhao Junsheng, had also arrived in Pingcheng at this time and met with Emperor Tuoba Jun.

"What? What did you say? Zhao Junsheng wants to establish a country and set the name of the country 'Qian'? Did he really think I wouldn't dare to touch him? Tuoba Jun roared.

Li Ji's face was light: "Your Majesty, although my prince has established a country, he still respects His Majesty as the lord and the court, why should Your Majesty be so annoyed?" ”

The minister of the clan, Tuoba Hun Tie, said with a blue face: "Li Dianke, Zhao Junsheng has repeatedly challenged the bottom line of the imperial court, does he really think that the imperial court has no way to deal with him?" ”

"The prince's words are not good, why is my prince challenging the bottom line of the imperial court? Has Youzhou's taxes to the imperial court ever been less? Has my prince ever paid less tribute to the imperial court? Your Majesty and the prince, dare to ask the princes of all over the world who has my prince so loyal to His Majesty and the court? Have they ever paid taxes? Have you ever paid tribute? Only the prince of my family still cares about His Majesty and the court! Isn't that true? ”

Tuoba Jun and the Manchu Dynasty were so stunned by Li Ji that they couldn't speak, they obviously felt that Zhao Junsheng had a strong and obvious disobedience, but they were helpless against him.

Tuoba Jun was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and waved his sleeves away in anger, and the court meeting naturally couldn't go on, and the courtiers dispersed.

At night, Li Ji came to Doulu Luyuan's house.

Dou Lu Luyuan watched Li Ji command a few entourages to walk in with a few boxes of gold cakes and belongings, his heart was greedy, but he was a little hesitant, Zhao Junsheng's request this time was too much, he actually wanted to establish a vassal state, and the country was called a god, which was also too much.

"Li Dianke, you ······"

"Old Taibao, this is a little meaning of my prince, about the things in the court during the day, please ask the old Taibao to say a few more kind words in front of the emperor, please, please!" Li Ji gave up again and again.

Dou Lu Luyuan was very reluctant to take his eyes off his belongings, and said with a helpless face: "Li Dianke, this time the old man is afraid that he won't be able to help you, Zhao Junsheng's request is too much, he is slapping the face of the court, slapping His Majesty's face!" ”

Li Ji pointed out without hesitation: "Old Taibao, this face is earned by yourself, not by others!" The prince let the officials come to leave dignity for the court, and let the court issue an edict, which is better than my prince unilaterally announcing it, right? Besides, does it make a difference whether the court agrees to this matter or not? My prince wants to establish a country and become king, and the court can't stop it, and people all over the world will think that the court has ······ But if the edict is issued by the imperial court, the situation will be very different, what does the old lady think? ”

Dou Lulu Yuan sighed in his heart, the big tree of Dawei only has such a little effect now, so let's make a fortune and leave more property for future generations, so that they will not starve to death when the troubled times come.

In November 435, the imperial court issued an edict to canonize Zhao Junsheng as the king of Qian, and established the state of Qianguo with the jurisdiction of the king of Qian.

When the news reached Jixian County, the officials, civilians, and soldiers in various places under Zhao Junsheng's rule were greatly excited.

Before Zhao Junsheng could order a celebration, Cui Hao came to report: "Lord Wang, Sima Chuzhi sent a secret envoy here!" ”