Outside Jixian County.

Yuan He jumped down from the horse and quickly stepped forward to bow down to Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan: "Grass people Yuan He greets King Yan and his wife!" ”

The officials and generals of Youzhou also knew the reason why Yuan He was able to be rebelled by the black-clothed guards at this time, just because Yuan He's brother Bald Bao Zhou rebelled in Guzang, and the momentum became bigger and bigger, and the imperial court sent Xi Sui to lead troops to quell the rebellion, which has not been eradicated for several years.

Some people in the imperial court were jealous of Genga's military power, so they slandered Tuoba Toshijin and said that they should guard against Genga's collusion with his brother Bald Bo Zhou and Wai.

At first, Tuoba Jun felt that the slanderers were suspected of dividing the monarch and ministers, but after a long time, he couldn't stand it, and his ears gradually softened, and his throne was not easy to come by, so he was suspicious and conspired with his henchmen to seize Yuanhe's military power.

Genga got the news in time, and with the assistance of the black-clothed guards, he escaped from Pingcheng with his family.

Zhao Junsheng stepped forward to help him up and said with a smile: "General Yuan is not a grass people, now that you have come to Youzhou, how can this king let you be a general?" About your military position, when you settle down, this king will tell you in detail, let's go to the city! ”

Zhao Junsheng attached great importance to Yuanhe's service, personally inquired about the house and servants arranged for him, and appointed him as the general of the Flying Spinning Army.

On September 12, less than ten days after Yuan Hecai surrendered, the black-clothed guard sent a message that Rouran Khan Wu proposed to invade Huaishuo Town and Woye Town with 30,000 troops in the south, and the northern defense line of the imperial court was in an emergency.

The military forces in the north of the Governor felt that the defense force was weak, and sent envoys to the imperial court for help, hoping to send reinforcements.

On this day, Zhao Junsheng convened all the officials and generals to discuss the formation of a naval army, and after the discussion, he informed everyone of Rouran's invasion of Huaishuo Town and Woye Town.

After hearing this, the officials had mixed reactions, some thought that they should send troops from the east to contain Wu Ti's army, so that they would have some scruples; But some people objected, believing that it would be easy to provoke Wu Ti and would likely lead to anger.

At this time, Dongfang Chen stood up and said loudly to Zhao Junsheng: "Lord, this matter is very happy, the imperial court is now worried about internal and external troubles, since they have sent troops to reinforce Woye Town and Huaishuo Town, the strength of Pingcheng is even weaker. Why didn't the prince send an envoy to Pingcheng to ask the court to allow the prince to establish a country in Yandi, and still respect the emperor and the court? ”

Zhao Junsheng was stunned, "You mean to let this king establish a country?" Country name swallow? This ······ Can the imperial court agree? ”

Dongfang Chen smiled: "Is it a difference whether the court agrees or not?" Now the prince is the king of Yan, there are hundreds of civil and military officials, but there is no name, if it is a country, the Yan country is the vassal state or vassal state of the Great Wei, can establish a small court, with a small court has a name, it will be much more convenient to do many things in the future, even if it is to let a prince like Sima Chuzhi come over, he will not feel that his face is irrelevant! ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at the other ministers and asked, "What do you think?" ”

It is not easy for officials with no weight to stand up and speak, and officials with weight are silent, most of these people were officials of the imperial court in the past, and they all have some feelings for the imperial court in their hearts, if it were not forced by the situation, they would not choose to serve Zhao Junsheng. At this time, let them say the words that hurt the old club, they really can't say it.

Fu Peng Lisong stood up, he arched his hand and said: "Lord, the minister thinks that what Mr. Dongfang said is very true, at this time, the imperial court has no ability to take care of the affairs of my Youzhou, and after the establishment of the Yan Kingdom, they still respect the emperor and the imperial court to give them the first step, they will not die and do not agree, this is beneficial to my Youzhou!" ”

Zhao Junsheng touched his cheeks and said to everyone: "Isn't the country name Yan too unlucky?" You see, the Yan Kingdom of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was destroyed, the former Yan, the Southern Yan, the Later Yan, and the Northern Yan were all destroyed, and when these countries were still there, they all took Yan as the country name, what was the name of the former Yan and the Hou Yan and the South Yan and the North Yan were all given by the history books. What will be the name of the history books after the demise? Dongyan? Dongyan is not right, where did Dongyan come from without Xiyan? With Yan as the country name, historians can't name this dynasty well! ”

"Come on, people's names are rotten, are we still holding on to this swallow word, is it a brain disease? Princes think again, don't use the country name used by the predecessors! ”

When the officials heard it, it was also ah, the country name Yan had been used by the predecessors, should the Yan character be used as the country name in Yandi?

Gao Yun boasted of his brilliant writings, and first stood up and proposed: "The prince was previously named the king of Liaodong, why don't you take Liao as the country name?" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "It's not good, it always sounds like a barbarian and a small border country, change it!" ”

Kou Qianzhi stood up and proposed: "Lord Wang, how about taking 'Zhou' as the country name?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said helplessly: "I said big brother, people have jade beads in front, and the east and west have a total of eight hundred years, if you take Zhou as the country name, no matter how beautiful you are, you can't cover the previous Zhou Dynasty!" ”

The officials finally understood, but all the country names that had appeared in history could not be passed by Zhao Junsheng, so the officials used their brains, and all kinds of strange country names were put forward one by one, and Zhao Junsheng was angry and funny when he heard it.

"If there is chaos today, the princes are fighting endlessly, regardless of the life and death of the people, only the prince has great ambitions to set the world, and the minister suggests that the word 'Qian' of Qiankun should be used as the country name!" Peng Lisong of the General's Mansion stood up and said.

Zhao Junsheng's eyes lit up on the spot when he heard this, "Okay, this dry character is good, just use 'Qian' as the country name!" Where is Li Ji? ”

Li Ji stood up and arched his hand: "The minister is here!" ”

"Take you as a messenger, prepare more money, and lead the team to Pingcheng to make this mission!"

"Command!"

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Qizhou.

A few months ago, although Tan Daoji, the general of the Southern Dynasty, withdrew to Qingzhou with his troops, he occupied all the territory under the jurisdiction of Qizhou before withdrawing to Qingzhou, making Qizhou an isolated city.

After that, every ten days and half a month, he brought troops to attack, after five sieges, the Qizhou city wall battalion was beaten to a broken and crumbling state, and the troops under the command of Sima Chu were exhausted, from more than 12,000 people at the beginning, to less than 3,000 people left.

The grain and grass in the city and the materials for defending the city are basically exhausted, and there is not a grain of grain to be found in the whole Qizhou city, the livestock and poultry have long been slaughtered and eaten, and the hungry people catch mice and cockroaches everywhere in the city to satisfy their hunger, and sometimes fight for a mouse or cockroach, and the head is broken and the blood flows.

The trees in the city were also cut down, the bark was gnawed away by the hungry people, the timber was carried up to the city wall for defense, and all the door panels of all the houses in the city were torn down, including Sima Chuzhi's palace.

After the end of another onslaught, the army of the Southern Dynasties still failed to break through the city of Qizhou, and under the leadership of Tan Daoji, the army slowly withdrew to Qingzhou.

The day after the withdrawal of the Southern Korean army, a fleet rowed from the north bank of the Yellow River to the south bank, and a caravan came down from the fleet, and horse-drawn carriages came to the shore from the fleet, and the carriages were full of grain, and there were 300 carts.

The caravan laden with grain and grass was shortly thereafter when it came across a Southern Korean patrol.

The patrols of the Southern Dynasty found that this caravan was guarded by a lot, and there were only about a dozen people on their side, and if they started, they would inevitably suffer losses, so they immediately sent people to report the situation to the city.

Soon, a force of up to 300 Southern Korean soldiers rushed over and blocked the caravan's way.

"Stop!" With a loud shout, the caravan stopped.

The Southern Dynasty soldiers pressed up under the leadership of the leading general, and the head of the caravan asked: "I don't know why the general led the troops to stop me and others on the way?" ”

The leading general was Tan Daoji's henchman Xue Tong, and he asked coldly, "Where are you merchants?" Don't you know that there is a war going on in Qizhou? ”

The caravan chief said: "General, we are a Youzhou caravan, the caravan will not care whether it fights or not, as long as there is money to earn, no matter where it is, the caravan is willing to go!" ”

"Hey, you guys really want money and don't want to die, it's not a small courage! General Ben suspects that you are an enemy soldier who has come to spy on our troops. Come on, take them all! Xue Tong gave the order.

"Wait!" The caravan leader shouted loudly and said to Xue Tong: "The general wants to arrest us and others, and we can't resist, but there are some words that the villain still has to make clear to the general!" We are the caravan of Youzhou, now Youzhou and the Southern Dynasty although there is no friendship, but there is no evil, if the general detains the Youzhou caravan, it is hostile to Youzhou, now the king of Yan is worried that there is no excuse to send troops to rescue Qizhou to attack the Southern Dynasty, the general arrests people and kills people is small, and it is a big deal to cause trouble for your master, the general must think about it carefully! ”

Xue Tong's face flashed murderously when he heard this, "You are so bold, dare to threaten General Ben!" ”

"The villain doesn't dare, the general has a heavy army, and the villain is just the head of the caravan, and he has no power to restrain the chicken, how dare he threaten the general? The villain is just reminding the general, so as not to regret it in the end if he does something wrong! ”

Xue Tong stared at the caravan leader, holding the hilt of his sword, as if he was about to draw his sword and cut people at any moment.

After a long time, Xue Tong waved his hand, and the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty retreated, making way for a passage.

Seeing this, the caravan leader turned his head and shouted to the back: "Let's go!" ”

It wasn't until the caravan passed through the encirclement of the Southern Korean army that Xue Tong asked the surrounding generals: "What are these cars loaded on?" ”

"If the last general guesses correctly, it should be food!"

Xue Tong thought about it for a while, and summoned a cronie to order: "You hurry to Qingzhou to report this matter to the marshal!" Ask the marshal, if this caravan is going to Qizhou, what should the general do? ”

"Yes!"

After the messenger left, Xue Tong followed the caravan with a large army, keeping a close eye on the caravan, as long as Tan Daoji replied to let him arrest people, he would not hesitate to lead people to pounce.

The news was quickly sent to Qingzhou, Tan Daoji heard the report and asked the staff how to deal with the matter, and the staff suggested that at this time, it was still not to have a bad relationship with Zhao Junsheng, the king of Yan, so as not to cause extraneous branches, even if the caravan was to transport grain to Qizhou, let them go, Qizhou City was already dilapidated, and it would be attacked at any time, even if Sima Chuzhi got grain and grass, it would not last long.

Xue Tong received an order from Tan Daoji to only monitor and not allow the Youzhou caravan to be moved, he could only watch this caravan transport grain into Qizhou City.

"The villain Youzhou businessman Chen Million visits the prince!" The caravan leader bowed down after seeing Sima Chu.

Sima Chuzhi raised his head: "Chen Yuanwai, please get up, you are ······"

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