The person who shocked Zhao Yi was the people of the Qu clan who came from the Jiukou River, and the most conspicuous of them should be Qu Yanqian, the patriarch of the Qu clan.

The appearance of the Qu clan made Zhao Yi chuckle in his heart, and he couldn't help but be a little nervous.

On the surface, the Qu clan has broken away from the government and opposition of the Fengchu Kingdom, and at this time it appeared in the palace of Yingdu, and it was still above such a big court meeting, Zhao Yi would inevitably suspect that there were other conspiracies hidden in it.

Moreover, he could also tell from the expressions of Qu Yanqian and the others, as well as the Xiong clan and the people of the three major clans, that there must have been some agreement between them, or rather, what conditions they had negotiated before they could get the support of the Qu clan.

Zhaoyi's guess is indeed not wrong, there is indeed an agreement between the Qu clan and Yingdu.

However, what really made the Qu clan dispatch was not these reasons, but because of Bai Yulu's letter to Qu Yanqian, they dispatched 100,000 border defenders early in the morning, and drove directly to Yingze City under the pretext of setting up for the Baiyue Wu people.

Zhao Yi knew about this matter, and after the Second Battle of Flame Stone Pass, the Feng Chu Kingdom ended in a fiasco.

And after this battle, the Feng Chu State lost more than half of the strength of the army, and the Baiyue Wu people, who had been watching them for a long time, and the Yue Qi State did not let go of such an opportunity, and not long after the news of the Battle of Flame Stone Pass spread, they brazenly sent a large army to attack the Feng Chu State.

However, what made the monarchs and ministers of the Yingdu of the Fengchu State, including Zhao Yi, not quite understand was that this time, whether it was the Baiyue Wu people or the Shenwei Juntianle of the Yueqi State, they did not aim at the Jiukou River, but directly spared it from the side of the Jiukou River and attacked Yingze City.

It was under this circumstance that the Qu clan launched the 100,000 border defense army of Jiukoujiang and drove directly into Yingze City, declaring to the government and opposition of the Feng Chu State that they would help Yingze City protect the city defense.

I believe many people still remember that the county guard of Yingze City is none other than Zhaoyi's youngest son Zhaolin.

This pampered and noble son of Zhaolin County Shou, although he is not the kind of mediocre person.

However, due to the pampered character cultivated since childhood, it has never been pretentious for anyone.

Therefore, when Qu Yanqian, leading the Qu clan and 100,000 border defenders, drove to the city of Yingze, Zhaolin did not open the city gate immediately, but asked Qu Yanqian why they appeared here and what was the intention of coming with a large army.

When Qu Yanqian asked people to tell Zhaolin that he was here to help him protect Yingze City, he was not accepted by the other party with such an explanation.

Zhaolin is not unacceptable to the 100,000 border defenders, with these 100,000 troops, as well as the people of the Qu clan, the city defense of Yingze City will only be stronger.

As we just said, Zhao Lin is not the kind of mediocre playboy, although he did not directly accept Qu Yanqian's explanation, but it does not mean that he should regard the Qu clan as an enemy, or drive him away.

Zhaolin asked Qu Yanqian to bring a message and let him admit that the Qu clan and Jiukou Jiangcheng were still under the jurisdiction and leadership of the Fengchu State, otherwise, they would never open the city gate and let the people of the Qu clan enter.

After Qu Yanqian heard what others conveyed, he just smiled coldly and contemptuously, and agreed to Zhaolin's request very happily and agreed to any questions he raised.

Zhaolin didn't expect that Qu Yanqian would be able to agree so happily.

From this, he could see from Qu Yanqian's actions that the other party was sincere in wanting to help him, so he ordered his subordinates to open the gate of Yingze City to the Qu clan and 100,000 border defenders.

What Zhao Lin didn't expect was that he put in a tiger.

When he entered the city that day, the patriarch of the Qu clan, who was still respectful and pleasant to himself, became a cold and cool official at night.

After it got dark that night, Zhaolin sent people to invite Qu Yanqian and important people in the Qu clan, wanting to give them a banquet to express his appreciation for their righteousness.

However, the people who went to pass the word came back in a hurry not long after leaving the county guard's mansion, with a bitter face, and told Zhaolin that Qu Yanqian told Zhaolin that they would not come to the banquet and would take over all the city defenses.

When Zhao Lin heard this, he immediately heard that something must have happened here.

Therefore, he immediately sent his men to the four city defenses to see if anything had happened. At the same time, he also ordered another part of the people to closely monitor the Qu clan's station.

The news soon came back from the two places, and all the defenders of Yingze City were disarmed and imprisoned by the 100,000 border defenders brought by the Qu clan.

On the Qu clan's side, of the five people who went to monitor them, only one escaped by luck in the end, and the remaining four, one was killed and three were captured by the local government.

Zhao Lin was shocked and speechless by the two news he heard, and looked at the subordinates outside the main hall who were anxiously waiting for his order.

The defenders of Yingze City in his hands are only less than 50,000, and most of them are now above the city defenses everywhere.

At this time, since the defenders on the city defense have been imprisoned by the border guards of the Zhao clan, the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized in his hands are less than 10,000.

Zhao Lin felt sincerely frightened, he was very remorseful, and he was originally suspicious of the Qu clan's abnormal behavior this time, but why did he finally let them in.

Zhaolin, who was stunned for a while, called all his thinkers over and asked them to discuss a way to deal with the Qu clan's current sudden trouble.

After some debate among more than a dozen think tanks, they all thought that the thief should be captured first, and let Zhaolin lead the remaining soldiers and horses under his command to attack the shogunate station of the Qu clan.

As long as Qu Yanqian is captured, Zhaolin can directly kill Qu Yanqian in the name of Yingze City and Zhaoyi's body.

As long as they killed Qu Yanqian, they thought that they would be able to deter the Qu clan and the 100,000 border defenders in their hands.

Because they think that no matter what the Qu clan wants to do, they are all Zhaolin, and it should be said that they will still be afraid of the Zhao clan.

Therefore, even if Zhao Lin killed Qu Yanqian, the rest of the Qu clan, considering the majesty of the Zhao clan and the future results of their Qu clan, would not do anything to Zhao Lin.

Zhaolin agreed to their plan, but what he didn't expect was that he didn't have the opportunity to kill Qu Yanqian at all, but instead sent it to others for nothing.

When Zhao Lin led his nearly 10,000 men and horses to the gate of the Qu clan's garrison camp, he had not had time to order his soldiers to rush in, and suddenly heard the earth-shattering sound of killing coming from everywhere.

It turned out that Qu Yanqian and the others had already expected that such a thing would happen, so they set up a trap for Zhaolin and them early in the morning, and waited for them to jump by themselves.

For this reason, Zhaolin couldn't help but not be able to kill Qu Yanqian, but instead made himself a hostage in the hands of the Qu clan.

In the following period of time, Zhao Lin could see from the movements of the Qu clan and their words and deeds that the purpose of their trip was actually Yingdu, and their goal was to eradicate this Zhao clan.

Zhao Yi had never received any news about the Qu clan, and he could see them in the palace today.

That's because, after Qu Yanqian captured Zhaolin and others, he cut off all the ways that could contact Zhaoyi and others, and escorted all the people who guarded Yingze City and County to Dajiukoujiang.

Subsequently, the people of the Qu clan, under the banner of Zhaolin, led the 100,000 border defense troops, and swaggered all the way into the Yingdu City.

And Zhao Yi let Zhao Guangwu lead away, and the only remaining army of more than 100,000 in his hands, most of which were border guards brought over by the Qu clan.

Therefore, their defeat in Yuyuan Mountain was actually not an accidental situation, but something that was planned by the Qu clan in advance.

For this reason, when he saw Qu Yanqian and others, Zhao Yi's heart also suddenly came over, since the army led by his youngest son Zhaolin entered Yingdu.

Because he had been troubled by things, he didn't summon his son, and now when he saw the people of the Qu clan, he immediately realized in his heart that his son Zhaolin might have been harmed by these people.

With such a thought in his heart, the anger in Zhao Yi's heart couldn't help but rise again.

He didn't care about so many people in the square, he walked directly to Qu Yanqian and the others, and after glancing at them coldly, he asked Qu Yanqian in a deep voice:

"What about the old man's son Zhaolin? What did you do to him? ”

Zhao Yi's direct inquiry made Qu Yanqian and the others still feel slightly surprised, but they didn't expect that after this old boy saw them, he could guess that Zhao Lin was stopped by them.

"To reassure Lord Yin, Prince Zhaolin is safe and sound, and he is cultivating in the camp outside the city. After the matter here is over, I will personally send Prince Zhaolin back to Lord Ling Yin! ”

Qu Yanqian did not deny it, and bowed slightly to Zhao Yi and said.

After hearing Qu Yanqian's words, Zhao Yi glared coldly, and reprimanded extremely angrily:

"The old man didn't expect that your Qu clan was far away in the Jiukou River, and actually came out to wade in this troubled water? The old man really can't understand what promise they can give to your Qu clan, and actually let you even move the border defenders? ”

When Qu Yanqian heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked again, he didn't know if this Zhao Yi was guessing, or if he already knew in advance, and he actually knew what he even brought to the border defenders.

However, he still smiled indifferently on the surface, and said to Zhao Yi:

"Lord Ling Yin, you might as well tell me bluntly that no one in Yingdu City has ever given the Qu clan a promise, let alone the benefit of giving the Qu clan a penny!"

Zhao Yi looked at Qu Yanqian's calm expression, he really didn't want to lie, he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, and asked:

"In this way, the Qu clan is really a loyal and brave clan?"

Qu Yanqian shook his head lightly and said with a wry smile:

"Lord Yin's words can only be regarded as half right. If it is finally Fengchu Country, my Qu clan will definitely be loyal. It's just that this time it's not because of the center of the Feng Chu country, but because of a person's request. ”

When Zhao Yi heard this, he was even more surprised, and he didn't know who this unexpected person would be.