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The governor of the northern army came to Daqian and felt that the defense was weak, so he sent envoys to ask for help from the imperial court, hoping to send troops for reinforcements.

On this day, Zhao Junsheng called all the officials and generals to discuss the formation of the navy. After the discussion, he informed everyone about Rouran's invasion of Huaishuo Town and Woye Town.

After hearing this, the officials reacted differently. Some people thought that sending troops from the east to contain Wu Ti's army would make them scruples; but some expressed opposition, thinking that this would easily anger Wu Ti and might cause him to get angry.

At this time, Dongfang Chen stood up and said loudly to Zhao Junsheng: "My lord, I am very happy about this matter. The imperial court is facing internal and external troubles. Since they have sent troops to reinforce Woye Town and Huaishuo Town, the strength of Pingcheng is even weaker. Why don't you send envoys?" Go to Pingcheng and ask the court to allow the prince to establish a country in Yandi, and still respect the emperor and the court?"

Zhao Junsheng was stunned for a moment, "You mean to let this king establish a country? The name of the country is Yan? Can the court agree to this?"

Dongfang Chen smiled and said: "Is there any difference whether the court agrees or not? Now the prince is the king of Yan, with all civil and military officials, but he has no name. If it is to establish a country, Yan will be a vassal state or a vassal state of the Great Wei. It can establish a small state. The court, with a small court, will have a name, and many things will be much more convenient in the future, even if a prince like Sima Chuzhi is hired, he will not feel that his face has nothing to do with it!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the other ministers and asked, "What do you think?"

It is difficult for officials without weight to stand up and speak out, and officials with weight are silent. Most of these people used to be officials of the imperial court, and they still have some feelings for the imperial court in their hearts. If they were not forced by the situation, they would not choose to serve Zhao Junsheng.At this time, if they were asked to say something that harmed their old club, they really couldn't say it.

Li Song stood up, and he cupped his hands and said, "My lord, I think what Mr. Dongfang said is true. At this time, the imperial court has no ability to take care of my Youzhou affairs. After the establishment of the Yan Kingdom, it is also for them to respect the emperor and the imperial court." At the first step, they won't hold on to their disapproval, and doing so will be beneficial to Youzhou!"

Zhao Junsheng touched his cheek and said to everyone: "Isn't the name of Yan too unlucky? You see, the Yan Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods was destroyed, and the former Yan, Nanyan, Houyan, and Beiyan were all destroyed. When the country was still there, Yan was the name of the country. The former Yan, the later Yan, the southern Yan, and the northern Yan were all names given by history. If this king uses Yan as the name of the country, will it not last long? After the demise, Shi What name will it be named? Dongyan? Dongyan is not right, how can Dongyan come from without Xiyan? If Yan is the country’s name, historians will not be able to name this dynasty!"

"Come on, people have chosen bad names, are we out of our minds if we still cling to the word Yan? Think again, gentlemen, don't use the country name used by the predecessors!"

When the officials heard it, it was true. The country name Yan has been used by the predecessors. Is it necessary to use the word Yan as the country name in Yan?

Gao Yun boasted of his literary talents, and he first stood up and suggested: "My lord was named the king of Liaodong before, why not take Liao as the country's name?"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "It doesn't sound good, it always sounds like a foreign country, a barbarian, or a small border country, change it!"

Kou Qianzhi stood up and proposed: "My lord, how about taking 'Zhou' as the name of the country?"

Zhao Junsheng said helplessly: "Brother, I have jade beads in front of me. The two weeks from east to west lasted a hundred years. If Zhou is the name of the country, you can't surpass the previous Zhou Dynasty in terms of glory!"

The officials finally understood now that Zhao Junsheng couldn't pass any country titles that had ever appeared in history, so the officials used their brains, and all kinds of weird country titles were proposed one by one. Angry and funny.

"Nowadays the world is in chaos, all the princes are constantly conquering, regardless of the life and death of the people, only the prince has the ambition to determine the universe, and I suggest that the word 'gan' in the universe be the name of the country!" The general's mansion, Li Song, stood up and said.

Zhao Junsheng's eyes lit up on the spot when he heard this, "Okay, this dry character is good, let's use 'gan' as the country name! Where is Li Ji?"

Li Ji stood up and cupped his hands: "The minister is here!"

"Use you as the envoy, prepare more money, and lead the team to Pingcheng for this mission!"

"The minister takes orders!"

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Qizhou.

A few months ago, although Tan Daoji, the general of the Southern Dynasties, withdrew his troops back to Qingzhou, he occupied all the territory under the jurisdiction of Qizhou before withdrawing to Qingzhou, making Qizhou an isolated city.

Since then, troops have been led to attack every ten days and a half months. After five sieges, the Qizhou City Wall Battalion was beaten to pieces and crumbling. Sima Chuzhi's troops were exhausted. There are more than 1 people, and now there are less than 3000 people left.

The food, grass and defense supplies in the city were basically exhausted. There was not a grain of grain to be found in the entire city of Qizhou. The livestock and poultry had been slaughtered and eaten up long ago. The skinny and hungry people were catching mice and cockroaches everywhere in the city to satisfy their hunger. Sometimes there was a big fight over a mouse or a cockroach, and the blood was broken.

The trees in the city were also cut down, the bark was eaten by the hungry people, and the wood was carried up on the city wall for defense. A bench, but all the wood and iron were seized and made into defensive tools.

After another fierce attack, the army of the Southern Dynasty still failed to break through Qizhou City. Under the leadership of Tan Daoji, the army slowly retreated to Qingzhou.

On the second day after the army of the Southern Dynasties withdrew, a fleet rowed from the north bank of the Yellow River to the south bank. A caravan disembarked from the fleet, and horse-drawn carriages came to the shore from the fleet. car.

The caravan full of grain and grass walked southward from the shore and soon encountered a Southern Dynasty patrol.

The patrolling soldiers of the Southern Dynasty found that there were many guards in this caravan, and there were only a dozen or so people on their side.

Soon, a Southern Dynasty army of as many as 300 people rushed over and blocked the way of the caravan.

"Stop!" With a loud shout, the caravan stopped.

The generals of the Southern Dynasty pressed forward under the leadership of the leading general, and the head of the caravan asked, "I don't know why the general led the troops to stop me from going there?"

The leading general was Tan Daoji's confidant Xue Tong. He asked coldly, "Where are you businessmen? I wonder if Qizhou is at war?"

The head of the caravan said: "General, we are the Youzhou caravan. The caravan doesn't care about fighting or not. As long as there is money to make, the caravan is willing to go no matter where it is!"

"Hey, you really want money and don't want your life, you are not small! This general suspects that you are the spy of the enemy, and they are here to investigate our military situation. Come, take them all!" Xue Tong issued an order.

"Wait a minute!" The head of the caravan yelled, and said to Xue Tong: "The general wants to arrest me, and I can't resist, but there are some words that the villain still wants to arrest."

Make it clear to the general!We are a caravan from Youzhou. Although Youzhou and the Southern Dynasty have no friendship, they have not turned against each other. If the general detains the Youzhou caravan, he is hostile to Youzhou. Now King Yan is worrying that he has no excuse to send troops to rescue Qizhou to attack the Southern Dynasty. , the general arresting people and killing people is a small matter, but causing trouble for your master is a major matter, the general must think carefully about it! "

Xue Tong heard a murderous look on his face, "You are so brave, you dare to threaten this general!"

"The villain doesn't dare. The general holds a heavy army, and the villain is only the head of the caravan. He has no power to restrain the chicken. How dare he threaten the general? The villain is just a reminder to the general, lest he do something wrong and regret it in the end. Too late!"

Xue Tong stared at the head of the caravan, holding the hilt of his sword, as if he would draw his sword to cut someone at any time.

After a long time, Xue Tong waved his hand, and the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty retreated to make way for a passage.

Seeing this, the head of the caravan turned his head and shouted to the back: "Let's go!"

It was not until the caravan passed the siege of the Southern Dynasties that Xue Tong asked the surrounding generals: "What are these cars loaded on?"

"If the general guessed right, it should be food!"

Xue Tong thought about it for a while, and summoned a close friend to tell him, "Hurry up to Qingzhou and report this matter to the commander-in-chief! Ask the commander-in-chief, if this caravan is going to Qizhou, what will be done with it?"

"As ordered!"

After the messenger left, Xue Tong led the army to follow the caravan, keeping a close eye on the caravan. As long as Tan Daoji replied to let him arrest people, he would lead people to jump on them without hesitation.

The news was quickly sent to Qingzhou. After hearing the report, Tan Daoji asked his staff how to deal with the matter. The staff all suggested that at this time, it is better not to have a bad relationship with Zhao Junsheng, the King of Yan, so as not to cause trouble, even if the caravan transported grain. Qizhou, let them go too. Qizhou City is already dilapidated and will be breached at any time. Even if Sima Chuzhi gets food and grass, it won't last long.

Xue Tong received an order from Tan Daoji to only monitor and not allow the Youzhou caravan to move. He could only watch helplessly as the caravan transported grain into Qizhou City.

"The villain Youzhou merchant Chen Wanwan pays respects to the prince!" The head of the caravan bowed down after seeing Sima Chu.

Sima Chuzhi raised his head: "Mr. Chen please stand up, this is..."

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Chapter 618

The businessman Chen Wanwan stood up and bowed his hands to Sima Chuzhi and said: "So that the prince can know that the villain was sent to the prince by the order of the king of Yan. The grain and grass have been delivered now, four thousand five hundred shi, a total of three hundred carts. Please ask the prince to send someone to check and receive it, and write a receipt, so that the villain can take it back to His Highness Yan Wang!"

Sima Chuzhi is not very old, only 45 years old. Even when Qizhou City was short of food for more than a month and was attacked by the army of the Southern Dynasty for several months, he was still clean and tidy all over his body. But the person has lost several laps, looks haggard, and seems to be in good spirits.

Sima Chuzhi took a look at the receipt from Chen Wanwan, then raised his head and asked, "What does King Yan mean?"

"The villain is a merchant, how can the villain guess His Highness King Yan's thoughts?"