Chapter 140 Lin Xiao saves his brother
Lin Xiao's worries did not come out of nowhere. During the period when he was in charge of the country, he worked extremely hard both internally and externally, and the internal affairs of Yan naturally had to be solved by him, the front line was on the march to fight, and the rear must prepare grain and grass to ensure that the grain and grass on the front line were sufficient.
According to the news sent back by the members of the Black Clothes Society lurking in various countries, the affairs outside Yan also made Lin Xiao work hard.
In the past two months, King Zhao Heng began to be bedridden, his health was getting worse and worse, his condition was getting worse and worse, he had already ignored the government and politics, and taking advantage of the fall of the royal power, the Li family of Zhao took the opportunity to control the military and political power, and was ready to support the great prince Zhao Xu as the king.
However, Zhao Guowenchen, small and medium-sized landlords, and wealthy businessmen supported the third prince Zhao Fan, while the sixth prince Zhao Ke of the people had the highest voice.
If it's just like this, it has nothing to do with Lin Xiao, after all, no matter how chaotic Zhao Guo is, it's also an internal matter of Zhao Guo.
Things happened when Lin Feng entered the grassland, but there were amazing changes, the sixth prince Zhao Ke was assassinated in the mansion and failed, with a group of henchmen, fled to the south of Chen Guo to seek refuge, and by the way prepared to borrow troops to return to China, Chen Guo did not agree happily, but just ate and drank for him.
Lin Xiao consulted with Situ and came to the conclusion that before the situation in Zhao State was completely clear, Chen Guo would not easily agree to support Zhao Ke.
The problem is that Chen Guo does not support Zhao Ke, and it is said that the matter has nothing to do with Yan Guo, but the Song State in the east is restless and claims to support Zhao Ke, which makes Lin Xiao very annoyed.
Zhao Ke, who was in the state of Chen, took advantage of the banner of the Song State and the support of the merchants of the Song State, returned to China with great fanfare, and relied on the support of the Song State chaebol to recruit troops and buy horses, not long ago, he finally had a fight with Zhao Xu, the third prince who was suspected of sending someone to assassinate him, but unfortunately Zhao Ke was defeated again, and fled to the north with several henchmen and took refuge in the general Li Mu.
At this time, it stands to reason that the situation in Zhao has nothing to do with Song State, but for some reason, the eldest prince Zhao Xu jumped out again, claiming that Song State has been supporting him from beginning to end, relying on the financial resources and family of Song State, and Feng Zixiu, the general of the Southern Battalion, and the support of Taiwei, relying on the identity of the eldest prince, on the pretext that Zhao Fan disregards brotherhood and fratricide, and attacks Zhao Fan.
At this time, no matter how stupid Lin Xiao was, he could clearly see this farce in the court of Zhao State, and it turned out that the ultimate goal of Song State was to support the talentless prince Zhao Xu to succeed to the throne.
Once Zhao Xu succeeds to the throne, this loser will only make the Zhao State decline rapidly, which is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Song State, which has long wanted to dominate the north.
The decline of the Zhao State, the rise of the Song State, the change of the situation in the north, and no one can contain the Song State, the Yan and Song States border, and the Yan State became the second victim after the Zhao State.
Fortunately, when Lin Xiao was worried about Zhao Xu's succession, a cavalry from the north controlled the nine gates of the capital of Zhao and pulled Zhao Xu off the throne.
Li Mu's strong approach caused the dissatisfaction of the supporters of the great prince, the Zhao Guomen lord Li, and the general of the Southern Battalion, Feng Zixiu, who led 100,000 troops of the Southern Battalion into Beijing in the name of capturing the king, preparing to fight with Li Mu.
At this time, a dramatic scene happened, King Zhao Heng, who had already claimed to be bedridden, recovered overnight, and ordered the arrest of the eldest prince, Feng Zixiu, and most of the people and property of the Li family of Zhao State, and the throne and the sixth prince Zhao Ke.
Finally, after a series of changes, the truth of the farce of Zhao Guo completely surfaced, it turned out that although King Zhao Heng was stubborn and self-serving, flaws must be reported, but he also knew that Zhao Guo was harmed by the family, and when it came to the moment of not breaking or standing, he hoped that before he died, he would clear the Zhao family and leave a good environment for the successor to change the law.
Therefore, taking advantage of a serious illness, he deliberately fell unconscious, causing the power to fall, so that the prince and his supporters revealed their true colors, and gave Li Mu a handwritten letter in advance, ordering him to enter Beijing at the right time.
Zhao Ke succeeded to the throne, the dispute between the three princes of Zhao was over, and King Zhao Heng did not live long, and three days after Zhao Ke succeeded to the throne, he went to the west.
The Li family and the eldest prince were imprisoned, but the Li family had been operating in the Zhao State for a hundred years, and the party henchmen were all over the government and the opposition, and there were many people in power in the army, so they strongly demanded that Zhao Ke release the Li family.
Soon after Zhao Ke ascended the throne, the throne was stable, and he did not want to cause turmoil in the Zhao State because of the Li family's affairs. Therefore, in line with the will of the people, the amnesty of the world, but also released the eldest prince Zhao Fan, but Zhao Fan was demoted to a commoner, Zhao Guo Li family, was confiscated half of the property, expelled from Zhao State, and made a rule, Zhao Guo Li clan people, within a hundred years, can not step into Zhao State half a step.
The Li family was also domineering, and in a fit of anger, he left the Zhao State three days ago with countless money and grain, and when the Li family stepped out of the land of the Zhao State, the Li family's confidants began to wreak havoc on the counties and counties they were in charge of, and took away all the money and grain under the jurisdiction of their cronies and left overnight, following the Li family of 60,000.
In such a trouble, Zhao suffered heavy losses, hundreds of millions of dollars and grain in ten counties were swept away, and the military expenses of 300 million silver in Nandaying were also swept away.
Zhao Ke, who was newly enthroned, was originally at odds with the family gatekeeper, and after such a fuss, he was ruthlessly put on a line by the family's gatekeeper, and in a fit of anger, he issued a wanted warrant to hunt down the Li family and his cronies, and released a bold statement that any country in the north to take in the Li family is an enemy of the Zhao country, and the two sides will not die.
As a result, the northern countries have expelled the Li clan, and many of the Li clan's collateral families have been driven out of the country, all of them with their families and wealth, all of them into the Cangmang Mountain area, which was a place of refuge for the Li clan hundreds of years ago, and the Li clan has never given up this place for so many years.
For the Li family, Lin Xiao is not worried, there are no members of the Li family in the Yan country, and according to the situation between Zhao and Yan, the Li family will not come to the Yan country for refuge, he is worried about the Song country, the Song country that is eyeing the east.
In the rebellion of the three princes of Zhao State, the Song State invested money but failed, especially on the surface to support Zhao Ke, but secretly supported Zhao Xu, after Zhao Ke registered, the grievances were clear, and all the money and grain of the Song chaebol in Zhao State were confiscated, and they were also expelled from Zhao State.
At present, the Song State suffered a big loss in the Zhao State, and the Zhao State took away a huge amount of wealth because of the Li family and his cronies, even exceeding the treasury income of the Zhao State for three years, and the economic losses were heavy, and it was difficult to recover within two or three years.
So when leaving, he expressed his concern about the situation in Yan Kingdom. If it weren't for Lin Feng being in danger, he would never leave the court for half a step, lest the small people supported by the Song State take the opportunity to make trouble.
At noon the next day, Lin Xiao and Bai Yisheng arrived at Shanshi City with 100,000 cavalry, and before the two brought their troops, Wen Jishi and Feng Shihu took it by surprise and annihilated the death row troops entangled with Zhang Yu.
At this time, there was no opponent on all sides of Shanshi City, and the two armies merged one step, Zhang Yu was ready to take 90,000 cavalry to personally go deep into Hulin County to find Lin Feng's traces.
When Lin Xiao and Bai Yisheng arrived, Zhang Yu could only temporarily cancel the plan to send troops, and discussed with Lin Xiao how to find Lin Feng's traces, and how to rescue Lin Feng and tens of thousands of troops who had no whereabouts.
When Wen Jishi arrived in Shanshi City, when he learned the news from Zhang Yu's mouth, all the tribes of the three counties of Hunhe were recruiting troops, and after setting up two lines of defense in Hulin and Xiapi, they continued to go to the Hunhe region.
This is the only few news that Zhang Yu has learned when the news is blocked, however, Wen Jishi is not an ordinary person in the end, and soon filtered out the clues in the micro news, the two counties set up two lines of defense, and now the cavalry of various tribes has gone to Hunhe County, obviously somewhere in Hunhe, there is a big war brewing.
The current situation on the grassland, the Borshu army is in the west, and the grassland in the east, I am afraid that the only one who can make Donghu so jealous is Lin Feng.
"Lord Wen, what do you think, the emperor's safety is very important, time is pressing, there is really no way, no matter how many lines of defense he sets, I will directly lead the cavalry from Hulin County to Hunhe County, I don't believe that I can't find any trace of the emperor." Zhang Yu was a little impatient, looking at Wen Jishi, Lin Xiao, and Feng Shihu who didn't speak for a long time, they couldn't hold back.
Lin Xiao clutched the spear, his face was anxious, and he couldn't think of a good way and couldn't help but say: "Lord Wen, before I came to Shanshi City, Lord Situ gave me a handwritten letter, on the way, I read it, Lord Situ suggested that in the absence of other methods, leave 50,000 people from Hulin County to the north to look for it, and the remaining more than 100,000 troops went straight to Longcheng." No matter where the imperial brother is, once Dragon City is attacked, the Donghu people will definitely come to the rescue, which will invisibly relieve the pressure on the imperial brother and leave him a chance to break through. ”
After hearing this, Wen Jishi's face did not change, thinking about Situ's suggestion, and soon said: "Situ's suggestion is good, and the feasibility is extremely high, however, on the side of Donghu Wangting, there are more than 200,000 troops in Zhuo Lige and Tallinn, and there are still 50,000 troops in Xiayong and Beiwa, no matter who takes this army to the north, it is very risky, in case there is a wing, it may also be besieged, and the emperor cannot be rescued, but on the emperor's hard work in the past two years, half of the cavalry will be destroyed."
I suggest that General Zhang or General Feng lead 30,000 cavalry to silently attack the Donghu tribe in Hulin County, incarnate a group of Hu cavalry, blend into the Donghu army, and move with the Donghu army. And our army conquered the other side one by one to set up a defensive line, once the emperor's position was discovered, the army rose to the rescue, if it joined forces with the emperor, more than 200,000 troops, it was not something that Donghu could destroy in a moment, and the army was merged together, and it was possible to reverse the situation and swallow the three counties of Pi.
The only drawback of this method is that the 30,000 soldiers who infiltrate Donghu will not carry much grain and grass, and if they are discovered by the Donghu people, they may also be in danger. ”
"Lord Wen, this method is good, find the imperial brother, even if you don't take the three counties of Hulin, Bor's technique has been reversed, and Donghu will fall into **** sooner or later, at that time, we will have the opportunity to go north and kill him again." Lin Xiao said, this will, he just wants to rescue Lin Feng, and other things can be considered later.
"Yes, it is important to save the emperor, as for the Donghu clothing and weapons, the relics left behind by the previous extermination of the Amur troops and the death row troops are enough to equip 30,000 cavalry, so I will send someone to prepare and personally lead the troops." Zhang Yu said.
"Okay, Lao Zhang, you blend into the enemy camp, I will press the back, rest assured, there will be no danger!" Feng Shihu smashed his fist on Zhang Yu and said proudly.