It's no one else.

Paradigm family - Fan Yi.

Since Zhao Ning is going to come to the Dadan Royal Court, he is still planning a big matter, and there is no reason not to prepare in advance. Fan Yi and Su Yeqing's team has not entered the grassland for a day or two, and now they have initially gained a firm foothold.

Su Yeqing is not in the Dadan Royal Court, so it was Fan Yi who came to see Zhao Ning today.

After Fan Yi sat down, the two didn't say too much to each other, and went straight to the point.

"Based on these observations, it seems to us that the court of Dadan has decayed.

"The Khan is arrogant, the corpses of the powerful are vegetarian, and the people in power sit and enjoy peace. The only thing they want to do is how to get more wealth from the people and from the people.

"As for the outside, on the one hand, the Dadan royal court preached the barbarism of the Tianyuan royal court, and on the other hand, it showed how rich, strong, just, and peaceful its own tribe was, fooling the people and making them willing to be oppressed by them. ”

Speaking of this, Fan Yi's bookish tone paused.

It seems that the Great Qi Dynasty is similar to this. Compared with the hard-working and ambitious Tian Yuan tribe, the first two are very dark and should be eliminated and replaced.

Of course, this is just a fleeting thought, and it will disappear immediately, she is a Qi person after all.

She continued: "There are not no shrewd and capable people in the court of the Dadan King, these people are led by the evil king Batu, they know relatively more about the situation in the grassland, and the caravans under their command are not less in contact with Tianyuan, Khitan, and Jurchen tribes.

"Unlike Prince Dadan's gentleness and restraint, not seeking merit but seeking no fault, the evil king is determined to forge ahead. He had mentioned it to Dadan Khan more than once, asking him to be wary of the ambitions of the Tianyuan tribe. ”

Zhao Ning pondered for a moment, but was still a little strange: "Is the Evil King Batu really so wise?

In less than twenty years, the Tianyuan tribe has gone through bloody battles from a small tribe in Mobei, and finally dominated Mobei and established its own royal court.

To say that the major tribes are not at all vigilant against the Tianyuan Royal Court, this is obviously unreasonable.

But the problem is how big this vigilance is, and how deep their understanding of the Tian Yuan tribe is.

Prior to this, the Tian Yuan Khan had repeatedly preached that the Tian Yuan tribe only wanted to restore the deeds of their ancestor, the Turkic Zuo Xian King. Then after the establishment of the royal court, their purpose was achieved.

In the past few years, the Tian Yuan tribe has not fought outside, and on the surface, it seems that it has indeed become very peaceful.

But what outsiders don't know is that during the Naadam Conference three years ago, Tianyuan Khan used his strong cultivation and combat power, with the cooperation of many kings and powerhouses of the Tianyuan tribe, to secretly control the Khitan, Jurchen Khan and a large number of powerful and powerful people with big means.

In the past three years, this result has been quietly digested by him step by step, and the Khitan and Jurchen departments have been actually possessed by him. Because of this, the Tian Yuan clan began to plot against the Dadan tribe at this time.

But how did Batu get a glimpse of this situation that Daqi didn't know?

The corners of Fan Yi's mouth moved slightly, and his smile was very shallow, almost invisible, and the meaning was not very clear:

"The evil king is very ambitious and intends to compete for the position of crown prince. But in peacetime, he could not obtain such capital and could not succeed. So he needs merit, great merit.

"Even if the Tian Yuan army does not attack the Dadan Royal Court, as long as Daqi is willing to support, Batu is willing to lead the troops to fight and fight for us. In this way, he can take the opportunity of the war to strengthen himself, expand his troops and horses, and win his wings.

"Propagating the ambitions of the Tian Yuan Imperial Court is nothing more than his means, in order to find war targets.

"It's kind of crooked. ”

Fan Yi, as Zhao Ning's core arm, knows a lot of things.

Paradigm had already colluded with the Tian Yuan clan, and was somewhat mentally prepared for their schemes, and had a strong ability to act - this was also one of the reasons why Zhao Ning had chosen to give Paradigm a way out and make them an ally of the Zhao clan.

During the period of entering the grassland, the elite of Paradigm and ****** also found a lot of clues under multiple investigations. After all, they are not ordinary people, they have experienced a lot in Yanping City, and they can see a lot of things that others can't see.

Therefore, among the current Qi people, in addition to Zhao Ning and the Zhao family, Fan Yi and the people of Fan Yi and Paradigm have the clearest understanding of the ambition of the Tianyuan tribe.

The existence of Batu in the Dadan royal court is an unexpected joy, Fan Yi can find out this so quickly, and Zhao Ning is even more satisfied. In fact, people like Batu, who have little status, but are talented and ambitious, abound everywhere.

Although the throne of Daqi is stipulated to be inherited by the eldest son, the other princes are not coveted at all.

"Since this evil king is useful to us, let's use it well. ”

Zhao Ning touched his chin, recalling that at the banquet just now, Batu had an almost active attitude with him, if nothing else, Batu would continue to get closer to him in the future.

"Do we need to ally with the Evil King now?" Fan Yi asked.

"Of course not. ”

"Why?"

"His ambition puts him in opposition to Prince Dadan. ”

"Our close relationship with him too soon will make Prince Dadan unhappy with us?"

"What we need more at the moment is Prince Dadan. Right now, he has a greater influence on the court of Dadan and the Khan of Dadan. ”

"But we still need the Evil King to our advantage. ”

"I have my own way. ”

Fan Yi didn't have a problem, "Gongzi has already decided to take Prince Dadan to the Khitan and Jurchen departments?"

"You can't take Dadan Khan, of course, you can only take Prince Dadan. ”

"With his position, when he sees what he should see, he can come back and convince Dadan Khan. ”

"It's not easy to take Prince Dadan out, he may not agree, what can you do if you don't have it?"

"Yes. ”

"Are you sure?"

"Great!"

Zhao Ning glanced at Fan Yi deeply.

The latter said calmly: "As long as the evil king wants to go, Prince Dadan will definitely rush to go." ”

Zhao Ning's eyes lit up slightly, "You have already made arrangements?"

"Just wait for the child's order. ”

Zhao Ning couldn't help but look at Fan Yi seriously.

The other party looked as serious as ever, and explained: "What Xiao Yan can do, we can also do." ”

Zhao Ning nodded, "Very good." ”

......

The next morning, Batu came to visit Zhao Ning and brought a lot of wine and food.

Zhao Ning chatted with him for more than half an hour. During the banquet, Batu asked Zhao Ning's intention, and the latter did not hide it at all, and told the truth.

"Doesn't this mean that the Dadanbu is already on the cusp?" Batu's eyes suddenly brightened, and there was no trace of worry in them, but they were full of hope.

Zhao Ning sighed: "It's a pity that the Khan and the crown prince both think I'm talking nonsense." ”

"What evidence does General Zhao have?" Batu hurriedly asked, "As long as General Zhao has evidence, I will be able to convince the Khan to believe it!"

Zhao Ning shook his head and said regretfully: "Military secrets, where can there be tangible evidence? However, this news was all exchanged for the lives of our spies, and it is absolutely true!"

"The general might as well make it clear that the Khitan Ministry is already mobilizing troops and horses, and they will provoke a war with the Dadan Ministry, and finally the Tianyuan Ministry will send troops in the name of helping the Khitan Ministry.

"Although the Dadan Department is strong, it is not so easy to block the coalition forces of the two royal courts, right?"

The fact that the Khitan Ministry sent troops first is the memory of Zhao Ning's previous life.

It was precisely because of that war that it was originally a battle between the Khitan and the Dadan tribe, and the Great Qi did not respond in time. For Daqi, the competition between the two equally powerful royal courts in the grassland will inevitably hurt each other, and they are happy to watch the fire from the other side.

After the Tianyuan tribe entered the war, the war ended quickly, and at this time, the Great Qi army had not yet been mobilized.

Afterwards, the Tianyuan royal court always advertised that it was invited by the Khitan Ministry, so it sent troops to help, so the attention of the Great Qi court was shifted to the Khitan Ministry.

Two big tribes joined forces and destroyed a big tribe, although the speed was faster, but it was better than one tribe easily destroying the Dadan royal court, which was much easier for Daqi to accept, and it was not so jealous of Daqi.

In order to let Daqi lower his vigilance, Tianyuan Khan also directed a good play: let the Khitan Department and the Tianyuan Department have a very unpleasant quarrel on the issue of dividing spoils and territory after the war, and they fought each other.

Each other was more humble and sought the support of the Great Qi court.

In addition, the Dadan Department has been destroyed and cannot be changed, and the civil officials of the Great Qi Gate do not want to send troops to the grassland, so the action of the Great Qi Wang Division has been postponed again and again, and finally it has not been done.

At that time, Xu Minglang's strategy to pacify the grassland was to intensify the contradictions between the Khitan and Tianyuan tribes, so that they could fight each other and reap the benefits of the fish. The civil servants felt that this was the most labor-saving and cost-effective to implement.

Therefore, when two years later, the Khitan royal court and the Jurchen royal court announced that they had merged into the Tianyuan royal court, and the Tianyuan army waved millions to the south, the Great Qi government and the opposition were all extremely surprised.

Batu groaned, his eyes flashing rapidly.

He asked, "Since the Celestial Empire has learned about this, why don't you send troops immediately?"

"Of course, the dynasty has already begun to mobilize troops, but it will take time. As long as the war breaks out, the Yanmen army will enter the grassland first!"

Zhao Ning's words were convincing: "The reason why this general is here is because we have just received the news, and the matter is urgent, I hope you will take precautions as soon as possible, and not be defeated by the Khitan and Tianyuan with one blow." ”

Batu obviously couldn't sit still, but he still barely held his temper, "Then why don't you see the edict of the Celestial Empire?"

"There can be no edicts, let alone envoys. ”

"Why is that?"

"Think about it, the two departments of Tianyuan and Khitan have long planned to annex the Dadan department, so how can they not place people in your royal court? Once the edict arrives, the news will leak and cause more accidents. ”

Zhao Ning's face was solemn, "So Your Majesty asked the Yanmen Army to dispatch several troops and horses to the north in the name of patrolling the grassland and clearing out horse thieves from all over the country, in order to cover up the true purpose of the general!"

Batu suddenly realized: "It turns out that the Celestial Empire also wants to take this opportunity to clean up the Tianyuan and Khitan departments!"

Zhao Ning smiled meaningfully, but didn't say anything.

Batu, a hot-blooded, combative, and ambitious person, had better fool around.

However, Zhao Ning quickly changed his words and sighed: "It's a pity that the Khan and the crown prince don't want to believe this. ”

Batu's eyes suddenly twinkled.

At the end, Zhao Ning said: "No matter what, Daqi will send troops, and the Tianyuan and Khitan departments will definitely perish!"

Batu's expression became resolute, and it was clear that he had made up his mind.

At this moment, Prince Dadan came.

After Prince Dadan arrived, he kept talking to Zhao Ning warmly, without giving the evil king a chance to interject, the latter was left aside, sat for a while, and had to get up to say goodbye.

When he left, Zhao Ning noticed the faint disdain and hostility in Prince Dadan's eyes.

Daqi is a powerful state of the Celestial Empire, and it is also the suzerainty of the various tribes of the grassland, of course the prince of Dadan does not want it, the evil king has a close relationship with the future governor of Daqi and the prince of Zhenguo, and he has gained Zhao Ning's favor and even support.

That would threaten his position.

The Evil King is determined to forge ahead and covets the position of the crown prince, even Fan Yi and Zhao Ning can know about this, and Prince Dadan himself naturally knows better.

After Batu left, he returned to his tent and immediately summoned his confidants to discuss secretly.