Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 110 Naive Delusion

"Qingzhou."

Su Yuan and Lu Wuyou were in the battle room of the palace, looking at the big map on the wall.

The former pointed to the location of Qingzhou on the map: "I plan to capture the entire Qingzhou in one month."

"One month..."

Lu Wuyou thought in his heart that Su Yuan was the only one who could take over the state within a month.For other generals, unless every city is sacrificed and surrendered, it will take at least three or four months if everything goes well.

"Why, do you think it's slow? There's nothing you can do about it. After all, unlike Mozhou, Qingzhou is bigger and has a larger population. And the capital will definitely not give up easily, and they should send troops to defend it."

No, my lord, you completely misunderstood me...

Lu Wuyou said: "It's not slow, the subordinates feel a little fast."

"Quick?" Su Yuan smiled, "Actually, I think it's been too much talk for a month. You also know that many generals in Qingzhou already want to surrender directly."

"Yes."

Several friends of Wang Jian sent another letter.

The letter stated that many generals of the Qingzhou faction did not want to be enemies with Su Yuan anymore, and wanted to surrender.

Whenever Su Yuan led troops over, they would open the city gates wide and let people in to take over.

Whether the content of this letter is true or not, Su Yuan is still not completely sure.

But he thinks there is a high probability that it will be true.

Because after the defeat of the North Army, Qingzhou no longer had the strength to fight against him.

Even Li Shengtian fell, do they think they are stronger than Li Shengtian?
Surrendering now is, frankly, a wise move.

It's not necessary to save Su Yuan from entering, and another bloodshed.

"If the generals of Qingzhou are willing to surrender, it won't take long to occupy the entire Qingzhou." Lu Wuyou said, "I'm afraid that the capital will not just sit back and watch this happen."

"They do theirs, we do ours. No matter what they do, we just push it steadily."

"What the lord said is very true."

The two talked to the map for a while, and decided not to take a detour, but to fight from the west.

The first city to be fought was Guocheng, which had previously stored the Northern Army's rations.

As for when it will start...

And have to wait for a few days.

There is no way, the previously reserved arrows are almost exhausted, and now they have to be processed.

In addition, it is also crucial to investigate more intelligence.

Whether it's from the capital, Qingzhou, or from the rivers and lakes, it's necessary to collect them.

Especially after he declared war on the beggar gang, the information on the rivers and lakes is also unavailable, so you need to know some.

The reason why Su Yuan chose to speak out and declare war on the Beggar Gang is very simple, that is, the participation of the masters of the Beggar Gang.

Their participation in the war meant that they stood on the side of the imperial court... Su Yuan would never show mercy to this kind of enemy, and would definitely break up his organization completely.

But what he didn't expect was that early the next morning, a young eunuch came to the capital, saying that he brought an imperial edict written by Emperor Qingxiang himself and asked to see him.

……

Xiao Dezi has been restless since entering Taiyuan.

The emperor chose him to send the imperial edict because he was alert, smart and observant.

The purpose of his visit was to send the marriage edict, and the other was to secretly observe.Learn more about Taiyuan City under Su Yuan's rule.

This observation has started since he entered Taiyuan.

In the imperial palace, the eunuchs and court ladies all privately said that Su Yuan was a barbarian with a green face and fangs, and that his rule was also dark and tyrannical, with endless cruelty.

The common people live in dire straits, like hell.

But when he arrived, he discovered that the reality was seriously inconsistent with the rumors.

Although Taiyuan City is not as luxurious as the capital city, most of the people live and work in peace and contentment with smiles on their faces, and they don't seem to feel oppressed.

Unlike the ordinary people in the capital, even if they live in the capital of a country, they often have sad faces on their faces. Most people still have to work hard for two meals a day.

Xiao Dezi thought, but couldn't observe more.From the moment he entered the city, he was led by the Bei'an army and walked all the way to the reception hall of Bei'an Prince's Mansion.

When he saw Su Yuan with his own eyes, he realized how outrageous those rumors were.

"Eunuch De, please sit down."

Su Yuan motioned for an empty chair.

"Thank you, my lord, no need..."

Xiao Dezi looked at the handsome and cheerful Su Yuan in front of him, but he couldn't connect it with the rumored "green-faced fangs".

He took out the imperial edict and said: "Here is the handwriting of the Holy Master, my lord, you...uh..."

In the past, after he took out the imperial edict, the ministers would immediately kneel down to listen to the edict, but now seeing Su Yuan sitting there upright, Xiao Dezi was not used to it for a while.

Lu Wuyou, who was beside Su Yuan, saw what he was thinking, and said displeasedly: "Elder-in-law, could it be that our prince is your emperor's servant?"

Xiao Dezi was taken aback, and then realized that he was in the headquarters of the rebel army, and hurriedly apologized, and handed the edict to Su Yuan.

Lu Wuyou took it on behalf of Su Yuan, and he read it a priori, and after reading the content, he also showed surprise.

He asked Xiao Dezi to go down first to wait for the news, and then handed over the imperial edict to Su Yuan.

The content is exactly what Chang'an, the imperial court official, said that day.Emperor Qingxiang said that he had a misunderstanding with Su Yuan, saying that Su Yuan's father, Su Tufeng, had made great contributions to the court, and the tiger father had no dogs, so he did not expect his son to be so outstanding.

He also said that if the two sides continue to fight, it will be very detrimental to the country and the people.In order to prevent the war, the imperial court is willing to formally seal Su Yuan as King of Bei'an and give him the entire Mozhou.Moreover, to show the sincerity of the royal family, the seventh princess Zhou Shu will be sent to make peace with Su Yuan, and they will be friends forever.

After reading the content of the imperial edict, Su Yuan smiled lightly and said, "Marriage, land fief, the imperial court is really scared."

"Yes, my lord."

This conspiracy is not difficult to see through, and the court does not think that Su Yuan can be fooled.

But the reason why Yangmou is called Yangmou is because it usually has extremely high temptation and force majeure.

Now the temptation of this edict is on the surface, and the biggest temptation is to crack the soil and seal the king.

Unlike rebellion and self-appointment, the emperor personally issued an imperial decree to confer the land, which was very deceptive in ancient times. This is also related to the ancient people's belief that the imperial power is granted by heaven. If the emperor grants you, it really belongs to you from now on.

The point is that it is justifiable.

As for the marriage, it was just an addition, used to add icing on the cake to the crowning of the king, so that Su Yuan felt that after becoming a relative of the emperor, the probability of the emperor going back on his word would be reduced.

Seeing that Su Yuan was not moved at all, Lu Wuyou said, "It seems that the prince doesn't care about this edict at all."

"Is it necessary to take it seriously? No matter how you look at it, it is the imperial court's plan to slow down the army."

"That's true. But from the point of view of my subordinates, the prince can follow his plan and pretend to agree. If he secretly speeds up the preparations for the army, the court will be caught off guard. Anyway, if he agrees to this matter, the prince will not lose anything."

Su Yuan nodded: "Well, that's okay."

He adopted Lu Wuyou's opinion, as the latter said, nothing would be lost anyway.

"My lord, in order to paralyze the court, my subordinates suggest that my lord ask for some extra benefits, so that they will be more likely to believe it."

"Haha not bad!"

Su Yuan summoned Xiao Dezi and said that he agreed to the matter.

Just as a smile appeared on Xiao Dezi's face, Su Yuan said again: "However, I have something to say first. The princess is going to marry, so the dowry must be a must."

"...This is natural."

Xiao Dezi was speechless. When the princess gets married, even if it is a marriage, the dowry must be indispensable.

This Su Yuan was born as a prince after all, so it is rare for him to be so greedy for money.

"What's natural?" Su Yuan snorted coldly, "Listen to me, little eunuch, I will make a list of dowry, and you can bring it back. If there is one missing at that time... don't blame me for turning my face and denying people!"

"This……"

Xiao Dezi was dumbfounded.

"Why, no promise?"

"No no, my lord, I will take the list back and ask the Holy One to make a decision."

"That's not the end."

After sending Xiao Dezi away, Su Yuan entrusted Lu Wuyou to do the lion's mouth on the dowry.

Lu Wuyou knew it already, he didn't ask for food and grass, that would only make the court wary.What he wants are all kinds of gold and silver property, rare treasures.

These things are more valuable, and he believes that the imperial court will definitely give them to them, so it must not be for nothing.

Later, Xiao Dezi returned to Beijing with the dowry list.

After he left, Su Yuan found that Lu Wuyou hesitated to speak, so he asked.

"Worriless, you seem to have something to say?"

"Yes, my lord..." Lu Wuyou hesitated for a moment, "Butler Yang asked me to persuade my lord on this matter."

Su Yuan faintly thought of something when he heard the words.

Sure enough, Lu Wuyou expressed what he was thinking: "My lord, Steward Yang wants me to persuade my lord that it's time to find a woman to marry."

With black lines on Su Yuan's face, he knew it was the case.

Before he went to Tianmenguan, the housekeeper Yang Zhen had told him about this several times, saying that he was not young and should get married.

Su Yuan shied away a few times, but he didn't expect that Yang Zhen would not give up and started to mobilize Lu Wuyou.

"I've talked to Mr. Yang about this matter several times, and I really don't know why he's in a hurry." Su Yuan said.

Lu Wuyou smiled and said, "My lord, I can actually understand Old Yang's painstaking efforts. And not only Old Yang, but the subordinates actually hope that the lord can get married soon."

"You want it too? Why?"

"It's mainly children, my lord. You have a certain foundation now, but you don't have an heir..."

Su Yuan suddenly realized.

Only then did he realize that, indeed, having a legal heir was very important in ancient times.

Especially for the power of the princes, if the leader does not have a child or an heir, then the people below will also be anxious.

They are all afraid that if something happens to the leader, if there is an accident, no one will inherit it, it may lead to the collapse of the entire power.

It is also likely to cause subordinates to compete with each other for the position of leader and kill each other.

For this reason, many princes in ancient times had a lot of children, and they would select the smart ones for training early to prevent accidents.

"Before I knew it, I was in this situation..."

Su Yuan felt emotional in his heart, and only then did he understand why Yang Zhen and Lu Wuyou were both anxious about this matter.

only……

As a modern time traveler, Su Yuan still couldn't start a loveless marriage.

But having said that, he is so busy every day, he doesn't have time to meet any women and cultivate relationships.

"Let's put it aside for now." Su Yuan said.

He did not strongly object to this matter, after all, Yang Zhen and Lu Wuyou were thinking of him.

"Yes, my lord."

Lu Wuyou didn't say much, and left to go about his own business.

Su Yuan calculated the time by himself, and he would be able to summon again tomorrow.

Now he is really looking forward to the weekly summons, even undead wizards can have them, what else can't they have?
"In case a Gundam is summoned, I will drive directly to blow up the capital, haha."

Su Yuan was in a happy mood, but now Shen Lian came.

"Shen Lian has met your lord."

"Here we come." Su Yuan asked him, "How's the statistics going?"

"My lord, all the statistics have been completed. There are a total of thirteen sects in Mozhou, three of which are opened in Taiyuan in the form of martial arts. The members of these sects have also been investigated in detail. Go get the information."

Shen Lian's investigation was previously ordered by Su Yuan.

After returning from Tianmenguan, he asked Shen Lian to start the matter and investigate all the Jianghu sects in Mozhou.

The reason was Li Shengtian's last plan.

It has to be said that dozens of masters of the beggar gang, cooperating with the elite troops in the sneak attack, did catch Su Yuan a little by surprise.

If he didn't have plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, and Zhenmiao, he might really suffer a lot.

But then again, if there are no experts around, then Su Yuan will not easily let Zhao Yun lead the army away...

In any case, this incident taught Su Yuan a lesson.

That is the master of the rivers and lakes, and we still need to pay attention to it.

So after he came back, he asked Shen Lian to start an investigation, the purpose of which was to have a detailed understanding of the situation in Mozhou's rivers and lakes.

Shen Lian's efficiency was also very high, and the investigation was completed within a few days. It was probably due to the willingness of these sects to cooperate so quickly.

When Su Yuan asked, sure enough, Shen Lian said that after he released the news, several sects took the initiative to come to him, and took the initiative to tell the news about his gang, as if he was "reporting".

Su Yuan could understand. He first destroyed the Yunshan faction, and then killed dozens of masters from the beggar gang. This caused a lot of scolding in the Jianghu circle, but it also caused fear.

The sects in other states are out of Su Yuan's control at the moment, but there are probably no sects in Mozhou who are not afraid of him.

That's why they cooperate like this.

"That's good." Su Yuan ordered to Shen Lian, "You communicate with these sects and say that I plan to meet their leaders at the same time."

He intends to personally communicate with these sects to make them let go of their guard.Tell them that as long as they don't gather crowds to make trouble and don't violate the criminal law, the Bei'an Army will not pose a threat to them.

At the same time, Su Yuan also wanted to see if any of the masters in these sects wanted to be loyal to him and be used by him.

The people in the rivers and lakes are not involved in the affairs of the court?

In Su Yuan's view, this was purely a naive delusion.

Unless everyone in the rivers and lakes can be as profound as his grand master Zhenmiao, who can eat wind and drink dew without eating fireworks in the world.

Otherwise, living in the world, in the world of mortals, it is difficult to avoid contact with other people.As long as you contact other people, you will form a relationship and form a group. How can this avoid the court?The previous incident of the beggar gang was just a slap in the face for those words.

(End of this chapter)