Chapter Eighty-Five: On the City of Thistle

Jicheng

Yanshan in the north of the city

There were two people slowly climbing to the top of the mountain, and although one of them was ragged and haggard, he walked like a fly, and climbed the mountain like a leisurely stroll, effortlessly. The other person was dressed in brocade, but he was a little embarrassed to climb.

Climbing the mountain is a little embarrassed is the king of Yan, the king of Yan looked up at the person in front of him, only to see that the person has long disappeared, must have already reached the top of the mountain, hurriedly lowered his head to concentrate on climbing the mountain, and when the king of Yan finally climbed to the top of the mountain, he saw that all sides were empty, and he had an unobstructed view.

Jicheng at the foot of the mountain is like a chessboard, and the people in the city are densely packed like ants, and the whole Jicheng can be seen in their eyes. The man stood on the top of the mountain, with his hands on his shoulders, looking north. His figure was originally a lot haggard, but at this time, under the blowing of the mountain wind, his ragged and shabby clothes fluttered in the wind, and when he looked at it from a distance, he actually had a trace of elegant feeling, which made people can't help but admire.

King Yan and this person have been standing here quietly, neither of them spoke, kept silent, and in the blink of an eye. The sun was setting in the west, and the sky was getting darker.

At this time, King Yan saw his guards at the foot of the mountain waving his hands again and again, constantly gesturing to himself, which means, Your Highness, you hurry down and get down, it's time to go back to the city, it's not too late.

King Yan glanced at the person standing on the top of the mountain, showed a bitter face, shook his head with a smile, and waved his hand to indicate that he would wait a little longer.

King Yan coughed lightly, wanting to remind the man on the top of the mountain.

At this time, the man suddenly said, Taixuan, what do you think of this place in Jicheng?

King Yan was stunned, Jicheng is a good place, so he blurted out: Jicheng is backed by mountains and rivers, the tiger is located in Youzhou, sitting in the north and facing south, which is the foundation of the princely hegemony.

When the man heard King Yan say this, he turned his head and smiled at King Yan and said, Okay, you Sima Taixuan, it turns out that you have already had a heart of disobedience in your heart? It's really a good son and grandson of Sima Lao Thief! After that, he said to the sky, Sima Yan, open your eyes and look at your good brother, he is always thinking about ripping the earth and sealing the king! Hahaha!

King Yan's face turned dark, and he said angrily, "It's too white, you don't want to annoy me!" Do you really think I dare not do it to you?

The man smiled and nodded, Sima Taixuan, I won't sell anything to you, no matter what your Sima family's world becomes? However, as long as you guard the place of Jicheng, it can be regarded as retaining a trace of blood for your Sima clan! Speaking of this, the man paused and said, I seem to have forgotten what this sentence said, you have no heirs? Yes? Hahahaha!

King Yan frowned and said, Brother Taibai, it's not interesting for you to say these words, right now, the first emperor has just died, and although Yang Jun is in the court, there is a chaotic government, but all places are under the control of the feudal town, so there shouldn't be any big problems, right? Where did the world chaos come from?

The man laughed and said, I laugh at you for being shallow and ignorant, and now the various feudal towns have obviously separated from the central court, this was a sign when Sima Yan was alive, and now that the new emperor is on the throne, it will only be more obvious, plus now that Yang Jun controls the government, the king of Runan is cowardly and timid, do you really think that the other princes of the Sima clan are the same as him? It's coming, it's coming! All that is needed now is just a suitable opportunity!

King Yan asked curiously, Taibai, you are locked in prison every day, where did you get all this news?

The man looked at King Yan strangely, and after looking at it for a while, he showed a weird smile, Taixuan, do you really think that I am isolated from the world inside? Then you are underestimating me!

Although King Yan had some doubts in his heart, there were more important things at the moment, so he asked, Taibai, what should I do now? What I can do now is to strengthen the city, I can't do anything, I actually want to do something, but I always don't know the point, it's too white, what should I do?

The man pondered for a moment, sighed, and said, "Okay, I'll tell you about it today!"

King Yan showed a hint of joy on his face, and hurriedly made a gesture, saying that he would like to ask Brother Taibai for advice!

The man turned to look into the distance and said, although Jicheng has undergone repairs from generation to generation, it is still cramped and unbearable to use soldiers, but when the Central Plains is in turmoil, you can recruit displaced people from various states to pick up young and strong, organize and train into an army, and then you can levy people to build castles and build fortresses with Jicheng as the core.

Speaking of this, he beckoned to let King Yan come forward, compared with the topography of Jicheng in the distance and said, Yanshan Jishan from there to here, build the city, this section can rely on the terrain, and then you can turn to the east, along the Luanhe River and Zhanghe to build a peripheral castle If everything goes well, it will be more than three or five years, less than one or two years, it can begin to take shape, after completion, it will form a defense system with Jicheng as the core, and the surrounding castles as the auxiliary.

The man swallowed his saliva and continued, once the construction is completed, there will be steep mountains and rivers outside the city of Jicheng, and large and small castles inside, no matter whether the enemy from the south comes to attack or the north invades, there is nothing to fear! It's impregnable! With Jicheng as the foundation, ten years of life and gathering, the north can be determined!

King Yan listened to what this person said, carefully pondered the grand plan in this person's plan, and after thinking for a while, King Yan said. Jicheng is my foundation, and it is definitely imperative to build a big city, but now the people of Youzhou are poor. The land is sparsely populated, where do so many people come from? Brother Taibai, after the chaos in the Central Plains you mentioned, what's the point of us repairing those cities?

This person listened to King Yan's worries, smiled slightly, and said, Since you are worried about the problem of the people, then I will show you a clear way. Speaking of this, the man pointed to the northeast of Jicheng with his hand.

King Yan immediately understood, Brother Taibai, do you mean Duanbu Xianbei?

The man nodded slightly, exactly.

King Yan pondered for a moment before he said slowly, but I have reached a consensus with the Duan Department, for the tribes in the north of the Saibei, I have always adopted a policy of gentleness, let the tribes belong to me first, send troops to help if there is a war, and let him graze freely if there is no war, this kind of subordination relationship is established by me, but it must be broken by me? Doesn't this seem like I'm half-hearted, and I change my order every day! Yu Benwang's reputation is not good, huh?

The man listened to the words of King Yan, and fell into deep contemplation, did not speak for a long time, and King Yan did not bother him, just stood quietly on the side, this person was none other than his old friend a few years ago, and was originally the seventeenth son of Sun Hao, the late emperor of Eastern Wu, Sun Bai, the king of Zhongshan, and the word was too white.

After Sun Hao surrendered, Sun Bai came to Luoyang, as a descendant clan was raised in Xuchang, and later met Sima Ji of the same age, the two sympathized with each other, fell in love, and became a confidant, and later Sun Bai was implicated in an unjust case, Sima Ji in order to protect him, this brought him to his fiefdom Jicheng, in order to hide people's eyes, Sun Bai was specially put in the secret room in the prison.

This time, it has been ten years, and in the past ten years, although Sun Bai is still mocking Sima Ji, Sima Ji has also treated Sun Bai as always, and outsiders don't even know that in the distant Jicheng, there is a former Jiangdong royal family living in prison.

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Bai saw Sima Ji's contemplative appearance, and snorted, I said Sima Ji, what are you doing with your crooked brains? Thinking about how to poison me in my food?

King Yan smiled, I don't have that leisure and elegance, what do you think? Tell me about it!

Sun Bai said to Yan Wang Zhengse at this time, the significance of Jicheng is not just an impenetrable fortress. More importantly, we must take Jicheng as the core and operate the entire Youzhou, Liaoxi, Liaodong and even the vast Saiwai. Taixuan, you have to think about it! Either join forces with Duan Xianbei to advance and retreat together.

Sun Bai's expression suddenly became fierce, and his tone became different from before, or, destroy these Xianbei people! Did you know that there is a saying that those who are not of my race will have different hearts?

When King Yan heard Sun Bai say this, the muscles on his face couldn't help but beat, and he was about to open his mouth to agree, but after thinking about it, forget it, the words came to his mouth, and he didn't say it.

King Yan's expression was a little gloomy, and he said, It's better to appease Duan Xianbei, even if I destroy Duan Xianbei, there are also Yuwen and Murong Ministries, as well as many tribes large and small, I can't destroy them all! What's more, the situation in the section is a bit complicated now, if I just mobilize the soldiers and horses in Youzhou, it's really not easy to get it, and if I don't do it, I will steal chickens and rice! It's going to be a real joke!

Sun Bai glanced at Sima Ji and said disdainfully, Sima Taixuan, Sima Taixuan! You're such a character! If it weren't for your temperament! Are you going to be sent to this place? Why can't you just get out of the town? Why can't you just defend the east side of the river? In the final analysis, in the eyes of Sima Yan's old man, you are always outsiders!

King Yan let out a long sigh, arched his hand at Sun Bai, and said, Let's go, Brother Taibai, let's go down the mountain, it's not early.