[After you used a trick to "incite rebellion" to pretend to be Lord An Guo, you quickly blocked the news that the real Lord An Guo was dead, and summoned his cronies to discuss matters with his order. 】
At An Guojun's family banquet, An Guojun's cronies gathered together.
Since "An Guojun" quickly blocked the news, most people did not know that the real An Guojun was dead.
A few people noticed something was wrong, but they came in a hurry and didn't have much preparation.
"Where is my lord? Why didn't my lord come?" A close relative asked "Mr. An Guo".
An Guojun said: "He will be here soon. Let's drink first."
[Everyone was drinking and eating food, and the wine and food were all poisoned.]
After a while, someone realized something was wrong and asked: "Where is the lord? Why hasn't he arrived yet? Who gave us the order?"
"That's right, this is not the way my lord does things!"
"What the hell are you doing?"
Everyone questioned the fake An Guojun.
An Guojun smiled and said: "Don't worry, you can go down to accompany him soon."
[Everyone was shocked and angry, and just as they were about to resist, the axemen who had already ambushed them came up to kill them. Because everyone had been poisoned, even if they were not poisoned, they were all killed because they were unable to fight with four hands. 】
[After killing An Guojun’s cronies, you truly took control of An Guojun’s power. An Guojun expressed his surrender to King Yan and was willing to hand over his military power and territory. 】
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Two months later, Zhang Beichen and Yan Qingwu had returned to Jicheng.
After Guo Guang heard about Zhang Beichen's operation, he was filled with emotion and said: "In terms of personal strength, Zhang Beichen is not as good as me. But in terms of strategy, I am not as good as Zhang Beichen!"
"Your Majesty, this is a true general and prime minister. It is a pity to let him become an assassin!"
Yan Qingwu also knew that letting Zhang Beichen become an assassin was really overkill.
She then reappointed Zhang Beichen as prime minister.
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[King Yan has appointed a new prime minister, Zhang Beichen.] Wei Yao was very angry when she heard the news. If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't open a chat group now, she would definitely have a few words against Yan Qingwu.
"This Yan Qingwu, who kept saying she wanted to kill Zhang Beichen before, actually hid him secretly! How shameless!"
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"It seems that she has also seen Zhang Qing's charm!" Zhao Yun became vigilant. Now that Zhang Beichen is in the Yan Kingdom, her own Zhao Kingdom will be in danger in this round!
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"Is it the Yan Kingdom this time?" Ying Yiren was also observing the information, "But it seems a little late."
King Yan only appointed Zhang Beichen as prime minister at this time, and other countries were already on track.
No matter how powerful Zhang Beichen is, this game will hardly lay the foundation for Yan to compete for the world.
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"Jun Beichen is in the Yan Kingdom, and it seems that Yan Qingwu has not been able to escape his temptation!" Han Mengshu secretly laughed inwardly.
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After Zhang Beichen was appointed prime minister, he began to manage the reform of Yan State.
Compared with other countries, Yan State is really too backward. Because it has only been restored for a few decades, all systems are imperfect and still use the old system from hundreds of years ago.
Coupled with the hidden danger of King An, it delayed the development of Yan State.
When Zhang Beichen took office, he first started to reform.
[You carried out reforms in Yan State, which attracted opposition from many old nobles. Some of them suddenly died suddenly or died at home, and the opposition quickly disappeared.]
[Three years later, the reform initially achieved results, more and more people supported the reform, and Yan's national power increased slightly.]
At this time, the State of Yan was not considered a powerful country, because when King An was causing trouble, both Zhao and Qi took the opportunity to invade and occupy Yan's cities.
Coupled with the continuous plundering by the Donghu and Xiongnu, the Yan State can now barely protect itself and has no ability to attack other countries.
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Just when Zhang Beichen was doing his best to strengthen the Yan Kingdom, Dong Hu beside him couldn't sit still.
The Donghu plundered the Yan State and the Xiongnu all the year round. If the Xiongnu in the north were also growing, the same was true for the Yan State next to them.
If Yan becomes stronger, what will happen to Donghu?
[Donghu sent 30,000 cavalry to invade, but the defenders were defeated and lost several cities.]
The urgent report was sent back to Jicheng, and Yan Qingwu summoned the officials to discuss it.
Li Fu worriedly said: "The Donghu cavalry is so powerful that even the Xiongnu cavalry is no match for them. Our country of Yan lacks both horses and knights, so we can only defend the city tightly!"
Qing Bai said: "The last general is willing to lead troops to resist Donghu."
Zhang Beichen did not speak because he had no good way to resist Dong Hu for the time being.
The difference between the Yan State and the Qin State is that the Qin people are very militaristic. Although they have impoverished the country, there are many good warriors! They only need to train them, and they will have an elite army in no time!
As for the Yan State, although there are many generous and tragic things, they are really not good at fighting.
Training soldiers requires population, time, energy, money, food, horses, and equipment. Yan State lacks these, so how to train them?
At present, we can only hope that Qing Bai can stop the Donghu people and give the Yan Kingdom time to breathe.
[The King of Yan ordered Qing Bai to lead 100,000 people to resist Donghu.]
[The Donghu cavalry were extremely fierce and flexible. Qing Bai tried his best to resist, but was still defeated.]
Qing Bai didn't stop him either, and Yan Qingwu had a headache.
So, she sent people to negotiate with the Donghu people.
Although the Donghu plundered the land of Yan, they rarely occupied Yan's cities. They themselves were not good at farming and weaving. They waited until the Yan people had planted food, woven cloth, and fed livestock before going out to plunder.
The envoy from Yan State went to Donghu and met King Donghu.
At this time, Donghu was a large tribal alliance.
King Donghu is the leader of the largest tribe among them. He is extremely brave and can tear apart tigers and leopards! He also wears an ornament made of human bones, which looks very scary.
The envoy from the State of Yan said to King Donghu: "My king sent me to negotiate peace with you. You have repeatedly invaded our State of Yan, and you are going too far!"
Hearing his words, all the tribal leaders laughed.
Someone laughed and said: "We just robbed you, what can you do?"
"Meet peace? Who wants to make peace with you? You come to ask for peace!"
King Donghu even sarcastically said: "You want to negotiate peace with me, but you don't have the qualifications!"
The envoy from Yan State was frustrated, but the country was weak and his words had no weight.
He could only say: "How can your Majesty be willing to retreat?"
The tribal leaders put forward conditions one after another, saying: "Of course you will provide us with food, ironware, and pottery!"
"There are also horses, cattle and sheep!"
"Silk, I like silk from the Central Plains!"
"I heard that your King Yan is a young lady, why not send King Yan to be my concubine!" King Donghu smiled unscrupulously.
The envoy from the State of Yan suppressed his anger and said: "If you have this attitude, then I, the State of Yan, would rather fight to the end!"
"Hahahaha!" The barbarians all laughed.
After laughing, King Donghu's staff reminded him in his ear: "Your Majesty, there is no need to continue fighting. Just ask them for enough benefits."
All the people of Donghu are soldiers, but the population is insufficient and they cannot manage so many cities.
King Donghu then listed a series of conditions, that is, Yan State should pay money to accompany the food.
In order to gain a short-term peace, the envoy could only agree.
The staff reminded King Donghu again: "Your Majesty, don't forget that person. If he is here, Yan State will become a big trouble for us!"
King Donghu nodded and said to the envoy of Yan State: "My last condition is that you send Zhang Beichen, the prime minister of Yan State, to Donghu as a hostage!"
The envoy from the State of Yan said angrily: "That's ridiculous. How can the Prime Minister of our country come to be a hostage?"
"Then I will not retreat, and I will fight all the way to Jicheng!" King Donghu said scornfully, "It is not a bad idea to destroy your Yan Kingdom!"
The envoy from Yan State had no choice but to say: "I need to return to my country to report this matter to the king."
"Okay, remember, Zhang Beichen must be sent here, otherwise I will never retreat!" King Donghu threatened.
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[The envoy from the State of Yan returned to Jicheng and reported to King Yan the terms of King Donghu.]
The officials were angry: "These conditions are too much. I, the Yan State, have managed to save a little wealth, but they will all take it away!"
"The prime minister is still asked to go to Donghu as a hostage. In a place like Donghu, there is no return!"
The last person to go to Donghu as a hostage was the previous An Guojun. His death was so miserable that the An Guojun Rebellion broke out.
Yan Qingwu also said angrily: "Since he doesn't agree, then I will fight them!"
During this period, the intimacy between Yan Qingwu and Zhang Beichen has been increasing and is about to reach love.
At this time, Yan Qingwu was no longer willing to let Zhang Beichen die.
However, Zhang Beichen didn't think so.
He knew that if Yan State were to fight Donghu, the only outcome would be destruction.
Instead of doing this, it is better to go to Donghu to look for opportunities. Anyway, it is a simulation. Even if you die this time, you can accumulate experience and do better next time.
He then said to King Yan: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Donghu and serve as a hostage."
"You want to go to Donghu? No!" Yan Qingwu refused directly, "I won't allow it!"
Zhang Beichen was a little speechless. Yan Qingwu looked cold-blooded on the outside, but actually she had a little girlish temper in her heart.
Zhang Beichen had no choice but to say tactfully: "I went to Donghu just in time to explore the reality of Donghu. Only when you know yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles! If you don't understand the enemy, how can you defeat the enemy?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely protect myself and wait for Master Wang to defeat Dong Hu!"
"Are you serious about going?" Yan Qingwu still hesitated.
"It's absolutely true!" Zhang Beichen affirmed.
"Then... you go ahead." Yan Qingwu agreed.
After discussing everything, Zhang Beichen went to Donghu as a hostage.
Outside Jicheng, Zhang Beichen was about to leave when he saw a petite figure standing in front of him.
"Your Majesty?" Zhang Beichen looked at Yan Qingwu and said with a smile, "Did your Majesty come here specifically to see me off?"
Yan Qingwu was a little sad at first, but after hearing his words, she put on a fierce expression and said, "What you think is wrong! I am just warning you that your life belongs to me, and no one can take it away!"
"Haha!" Zhang Beichen stepped forward and touched her little head.
"You, damn it, you are disrespectful to me again!" Yan Qingwu said harsh words, but did not make any move.
"Your Majesty, this is how I bid you farewell. I hope that the State of Yan will grow smoothly!" Zhang Beichen said.
"Don't worry, in a few years, I will be able to destroy Donghu in one fell swoop!" Yan Qingwu swore.