Back then, Young Master Xiaoque and Young Master Si formed an alliance in Xucheng."
With some emotion, Li Jie looked at the lake in the distance. There was no lake here originally. After the depression was flooded, a lake was formed.
With the arrival of summer, egrets have gathered in groups, and among the reeds and calamus, there are many herons, tapirs, and even herds of elk.
However, these elk herds are not wild.
There were people following the elk on horseback around the herd, most of whom were from Luyi, Huaiyi. After seeing Li Jie's ceremonial guard, they all restrained the elk and did not dare to collide with them.
The "princess" Bai Gu of Luyi is now a man's wife.
"Shou Li, do we really want to sacrifice the young master?"
Except for a few of the crocodile captains, everyone present was not very happy.
After all, they had grown up under the oppression of the Wu State in their youth. They only had fear and hatred for the Wu State, but no respect.
If it is true, it is also the young yearning of the remnants of "Black Jiaosha".
I yearn for the prosperity of Gusu City and the dignity of Suzhou City.
Unfortunately, these days, these are completely irrelevant to their experiences.
"Why, you don't want to?"
"Shou Li, even if we have a fight with Wu Jia now, I only need five thousand troops! I will definitely..."
Before he finished speaking, the crocodile captain stopped talking and stood there angrily.
Because Li Jie was already looking at him with an indifferent look. This kind of look was too familiar to them.
Over the years, I have been beaten in such indifferent eyes.
"Why are not you talking?"
"I am guilty..."
Li Jie ignored the crocodile people's thoughts. It was certain that they had some thoughts. Today's territory of Hanzi Kingdom was built with swords and guns, and was not obtained through the charity of others.
Asking them to sacrifice the young master, it seems to be a bit like forcing the cow's head to drink water, and he is dissatisfied.
"Now that we have sacrificed to you, Master Si, this is a sign of respect for the Emperor. If we go to Gusu City in the future, who can say that we are making trouble unreasonably?"
"Um?"
The crocodiles were a bit unable to turn around, but they could also feel that this seemed to have some meaning. It was hard to explain, but it was certainly not simple.
The several captains looked at each other and wondered, will they go to Suzhou in the future?
"Okay, let's kill a few pigs for fun, and then the tribute will be divided among the people in Xucheng."
"yes!"
The crocodiles suddenly got busy. In addition to killing pigs and cattle, they also went into the water to catch a few big fish.
When I was catching fish, I found some smaller "dragons", not much bigger than a half-grown boy. These dragons had bumps on their heads, just like toads.
After killing a few alive, skinning them, and taking out the skulls, some "Confucian scholars" in Xucheng took the crocodile skulls and threw them in a bonfire for roasting.
After the skull was cracked, the words "Confucian" were carved on it, and it became more clearly visible.
Based on the cracked texture of the crocodile skull, the "Confucian" came to a very auspicious result.
This time we go north to "resist Qi and aid Lu". With God's blessing, we will definitely win a great victory.
The crocodiles didn't understand that they could win without throwing crocodile skulls into the campfire before.
I just didn't say anything about my doubts, and there was no need to say anything. Anyway, just follow the boss and do things.
"Based on the feedback from Wu Shui and others, it is very likely that Young Master Shen of the Yan Kingdom arranged for the assassination of Young Master Shen. But now, they are only pointing to Young Master Shen based on the interests and some clues. There is no solid evidence.
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Li Jie said and smiled, "But what kind of evidence do you need to do something these days?"
According to the state of Young Master A and the fate of the tiger dragon in the North Sea of Yan Kingdom, Li Jie also believed that Young Master Shen of Yan Kingdom should have done this.
After the "Wu Jin Mutual Kings" incident actually failed, the international situation became extremely turbulent.
Because of the particularity of the Wu Kingdom's system, the king's personal charm is extremely demanding. When the successor turns from an adult to a child, the old monster's huge family fortune is almost impossible to pass on.
As for the Jin State, the original direction of its operations was the Wei State and the Yan State. Of course, the strategic goal cannot be said that, it can only be said to deal with Chang Di and Chi Di.
But now that he is king internally and has said goodbye to Wu State, it is no longer enough to rely on just one or two barbarians to establish prestige.
A big country, a weak big country, a big country that can be ravaged by the Jin State, is the best cornerstone of the king's hegemony.
The Yan State is too weak and not qualified. It has not been king before. It needs to be considered in the long term. It will definitely slowly reduce the national strength of the Yan State.
It is a pity that as the Yan Kingdom becomes king, the strategic goals will be significantly tilted. As long as Emperor Zhou does not publicly say that he wants to kill the Jin Kingdom for one day, the old Ji family in the world will not be able to rush in and attack the Jin Kingdom.
Of course, the most important reason is that no one has the courage to provoke Jin.
It can be said that the death of Young Master has changed too many policy trends.
Even thinking about it from his perspective, Li Jie felt that if he had been the prince of Jin at that time, he would definitely have left a shadow.
What's more, after the young master Xiaoque returned, he became the prince, and now, he is the king of Jin!
The dignified King of Jin has experienced so many ups and downs, but the government is controlled by powerful ministers. As he grows older, how can he not have any ideas?
After diverging his thoughts, Li Jie stood in front of a lake in the northeast of Xucheng and said with emotion: "Prince Shen of the Yan Kingdom is really capable of doing things."
"Shou Li, Wu Shui and the others will definitely assassinate Prince Shen of the Yan Kingdom, right?"
"What do you think?"
"I think so."
"Then I think so." Li Jie smiled and said, "As I said, no one is going to tell you the evidence these days. As long as I think you are, I'm two or three points sure, and that's it."
Prince Shen of the Yan Kingdom was indeed very smart. He was able to force his eldest brother, Ji Jia, to flee abroad to survive. There was absolutely no choice in his tactics.
He is so sinister and ruthless, but unfortunately, Li Jie doesn't think highly of him.
For Wu Shui and others who want revenge, their lifelong obsession is to complete their mission of revenge.
After killing Prince Shen of the Yan Kingdom, even if you die, it is still worth it.
Ji Shen's politician-like thinking is totally useless when faced with the guards of the Suzhou Palace.
At this moment, Li Jie was standing by the sparkling lake, offering sacrifices to the little snake Ji Si who had died long ago. In addition to letting the people in Gusu know, he also wanted to remind Wu Shui and others in the north.
It’s time to put an end to your mission and your life.
President Li doesn't mind cheating Prince Shen of the Yan Kingdom. This birdman has done so many things secretly, and he can't be allowed to get away with it.
What if this bitch comes to trick him one day?
Anyway, from President Li's point of view, a vicious and vicious guy like Ji Shen will definitely sacrifice everything for his own ambition and hegemony.
Instigating relations between two major countries, triggering a war, or even launching a war are all insignificant matters. As long as the goal can be achieved, it is worthwhile.
In fact, this is also the case. Except for those who went south and those who went to Huaizhong City to take the exam, many people from the Central Plains countries chose to go north.
Among all countries, except for those real barbarians, there are still people who will defect to the yang people.
However, Yan State is really difficult to describe. Its geographical location is so bad that in winter, a large number of people will freeze to death and starve to death.
This kind of natural endowment has no appeal to traditional scholar-bureaucrats.
But because of the war, the turmoil, and the political strife within the big country, many people fled and chose the country of Yan, which was also Lao Ji's family.
A country with strong roots and prosperous growth should always be more dignified.
Yan Guo has really made a lot of talents from various countries by recruiting them one after another.
In addition, the "Beihai Tiger Jiao" was killed, and the Beihai clan fell apart. After Ji Shen took control of the Yan State, the strength of the Yan State increased rapidly.
Moreover, judging from the information revealed by the Gao family in Qiancheng Yi, Yan State also absorbed two groups from Beidi and formed a sizable cavalry force.
Originally there were six to seven thousand tanks in reserve. With such strength, it would not be a problem to bulldoze several small countries in the south.
While dealing with the Danhao people in Qiancheng Yi, the Gao family also formed a partnership with the Yan people. Originally, there was no need to form a partnership, but the current situation made it impossible not to form a partnership.
This time Qi State took the opportunity to follow the behavior of the princes and made it clear that it wanted to create a fighting space.
The strategic target is obviously Hanzi State, but the short-term strategy is to annex Lu State. Even if it cannot be digested, Qi State's Great Wall defense line will be pushed from the north of Daishan Mountain to Mengshan Mountain and Liangfu Mountain.
As long as Yangguan south of Wenshui River is controlled by Qi State, Qi State can go out to meet the enemy at any time in the future.
The freedom of movement and retreat also greatly reduces costs.
Just counting the logistics, at least 170,000 to 80,000 civilians will be saved.
Then there is Daishan Mountain, and the resources of Liangfu Mountain can be used in the future, because Wenshui is in our hands.
It can be said that the Marquis of Qi spent too much resources on it, and it is impossible for the remaining power to be given to the Gao family in Qianchengyi.
And it happened that the Gao family in Qiancheng Yi was planning to hide the territory of the five tribes. In this case, they just connected with the Yan State, and the two sides hit it off, which made the situation of the Yan State under the control of Prince Shen reach the level that it had been since the founding of the feudal state.
The highest and best.
Jin, the oldest overlord, is now focusing most of its energy on Hexi and Guanxi. Jin wants to restore Haojing and even plans to rebuild Haojing. This slogan and ambition have spread to the Yan region.
This is simply a good thing for Yan State.
Prince Shen has launched several small-scale wars and has successfully wiped out a small country south of Yishui.
Although the overall size of the Yan State's cavalry force is small, it is quite useful for reconnaissance.
When the Marquis of Wei responded to the call of the Marquis of Qi and went to Wuyan to form an alliance, there were already Wei Guo garrison troops in the northern region of the Wei State, and they saw the activities of a small group of Yan people.
At this time, the Yellow River runs from northeast to southwest. To follow the Yellow River to the sea, you have to walk in the northeast direction.
The Wei people took a boat down the river and saw your Yan army in Hebei.
In the past, there should have been dog barbarians running around here, but now, the dog barbarians did not see it, neither Chang Di nor Chi Di. Instead, there were groups of Yan Kingdom knights patrolling there.
After this news reached Weiguo, spies soon heard about it.
Li Jie knew that there were such changes in Hebei as early as last autumn.
With this understanding and the feedback from the Gao family in Qiancheng Yi, with the advent of the Qilu War and the battle for Yangguan becoming the focus, Li Jie boldly speculated that the people of Yan could not just stare.
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How could someone as sinister and vicious as Prince Shen just watch?
At least Hebei will be unified, that's for sure.
Li Jie even boldly guessed whether Prince Shen would let the barbarian dog work for him?
No matter what the method is, it doesn't matter whether it is coercion or inducement. As long as the barbarian gives his life to him, or just becomes cannon fodder and a scapegoat, he may invade the Wei Kingdom or the Jin Kingdom.
The subtlety of the matter lies here. The Kingdom of Wei and the Kingdom of Jin had just experienced a very cerebral palsy in the "War of Wei and Zheng". The outcome of the bloody battle between the two sides was that they could not recover for several years.
As for the Jin State, it is currently experiencing a war.
The arrival of summer caused the Qin State to carry out unprecedented mobilization, and even underage men were pulled to the front line.
The rear area can only guarantee the most basic food farming, and the remaining adult men must be dragged to the front line to fight for food.
The hard power of the Jin State is much greater than that of the Qin State. Even if the Qin State carries out general mobilization and frantically draws Ding, it will not be able to compete with the Jin State.
Since last year, Qin's defense line has changed from multiple long sections of the Eastern Great Wall to now a defensive position that protects Xianyang to the death.
After the New Year, Qin State even began to abandon Jingyang and defend Xianyang to the death.
The situation of Jin State in Hexi Province changed drastically due to Wei Cao's personal visit.
But even so, Qin cannot sit still and wait for death. As a Western overlord, they still have considerable strength. Coupled with the special characteristics of a certain goddess, they can get a good amount of military assistance.
So far, with the advanced weapons provided by a certain goddess, the Qin army has finally resisted another wave of Jin army's offensive, and the battle line has changed from a long battle to a focused defensive battle.
With both parties so invested, they no longer have any extra energy to get involved in trivial matters.
For example, the Yan State secretly hacked one or two of the Jin State's enclaves in Hebei, because these enclaves themselves were more difficult to manage, and the input-output ratio was disproportionate. In addition, it was originally a long-term strategy.
With such an enclave, therefore, for the war in front of us and for the overall capture of Hexi, Xianyang was completely conquered.
The Jin State actually held its nose and admitted it. Prince Shen of the Yan State, at the critical moment of the Qin-Jin war, sent an envoy to Jiangcheng, and then took out a sum of money and told the King of Jin that this was the land purchase fee...
This matter quickly reached Luo Jing. To people at the time, it was just a trivial matter. But when it passed through three passes and reached the ears of Li Jie in Handong, President Li dared to conclude that the Yan people were trying to
Let's go all out to cause trouble.
As the saying goes, what comes and goes goes, but it is rude to not go back when you come back.
Didn’t Prince Shen send dead soldiers to assassinate the young master?
Now that President Li is offering sacrifices to Young Master Si, he wants to remind guys like Wu Shui not to stand still and learn from your enemies. Let's do it too!