We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Not long after, after being trained by several "Ministers of Punishment", the four bloody rebels knelt down in front of Li Che.

"I don't know how to obey His Majesty in person. We deserve to die a thousand times! We deserve to die a thousand times!"

The person who had cursed the most fiercely just now now looked terrified, as if he had just walked through the Asura hell.

Li Che nodded slightly. He was indeed the Minister of Punishment. The treatment was very effective and took effect after one course of treatment.

Li Che narrowed his eyes: "Tell me, where are you from? Who is your leader?"

The captives gave a fragmented account of the rebels' situation, including the number of people, camp layout, etc.

Since these scouts were small-time figures, they didn't know much, but what they found matched what the scouts had discovered before.

"Where is the leader?" Li Che frowned and asked, "Who is commanding the rebels?"

"We don't know who he is... We heard the voice through the tent, he should be an old man." Another prisoner added.

Li Lin, who was standing beside him, was startled and asked, "Old man? Did you hear that clearly?!"

"He must be an old man, and he must be a prominent figure in the Yan army. I even heard him commanding those Yan army generals. Those generals always looked down on others, but they were submissive in front of him."

"How is that possible?" Li Lin stumbled backward and sat down on a rock.

Li Che frowned and looked at him, waved his hand, and several guards came forward to take the prisoner away.

"Is it your aide? Tong what's his name?" Li Che asked.

Li Lin looked at Li Che in despair: "Why is it him?"

"Why else? People's hearts are unpredictable." Li Che shrugged. "When you put power in the hands of one person, there will be such risks."

Although Li Che is not a master of politics, he also knows that power needs to be divided.

Even the supreme imperial power needs to be constrained, let alone a vassal state on the border?

For example, after Li Che left Fengguo, He Conglong, Chen Pingzhi, Jie Ping and other generals were responsible for checking and balancing military power, while Zhuge Zhe, Qian Bin and Tao Qian were in charge of political affairs.

With each person responsible for a specific area, there will be no major mistakes, and there will be no situation where one person holds all the military and political power.

Li Lin handed over all matters in Yan to one person to handle. Unless that person's name is Zhuge Liang, it will be a disaster sooner or later!

To put it bluntly, Li Lin is too naive and has the style of Liu Chan.

But Tong Wenjun is not Zhuge Kongming after all.

Li Lin lowered his head and remained silent. Li Che also did not say anything, but just squatted on the ground, deep in thought.

After a moment, Li Che said, "That Tong guy is also from a noble family, right?"

Li Lin was stunned for a moment, then replied, "It is indeed a small noble family in the north."

Li Che sneered, "Inciting the people to rebel is an old skill of the aristocratic family. Although it's not very creative, it does work."

Since ancient times, pure peasant uprisings have been very rare.

Behind countless rebels and traitors, there are always people from aristocratic families stirring up trouble.

This group of evil-hearted people are not satisfied with being blood-suckers of the country, they also use the lives of the people as swords just to achieve their dirty goals.

Li Lin said bitterly, "What should we do now? Tong...Tong Wenjun has been involved in military affairs for many years and has great power in the army. If I am no longer around, no one will be able to control him."

"With him here, the Yan army soldiers will have no doubts and will definitely fight to the end!"

Li Lin had thought about showing up in front of the enemy to let the Yan soldiers know that they were enemies of their own prince.

Not to mention whether Tong Wenjun and those rebels can give him a chance, just the fact that the two armies are so far apart and there are more than 100,000 people on the battlefield.

From a distance, a person is just a blurry black dot, and the soldiers in the front row can only see an outline and have no chance of recognizing themselves.

By the time he reached a position where he could be seen clearly by the Yan army soldiers, he had already entered the range of their bows and arrows and was shot into a sieve.

Li Lin pondered over it, and no matter how he looked at it, this was an unsolvable situation.

At this moment, Li Che suddenly asked, "How is the military discipline of the Yan army?"

Li Lin asked doubtfully, "What do you mean, Sixth Brother?"

"What I mean is, if the Yan army is not under your jurisdiction, will it harass the people?"

Li Lin felt a little guilty and said, "Well... they're certainly not as good as the Fengtian Army, but they're much better than other border armies. But if there's no one to control them, I'm afraid they'll harass the people."

Li Che nodded in understanding. All ancient armies were the same. It would be strange if they didn't harass the civilians.

"So, the city is now filled with rioters, bandits, and uncontrolled Yan troops. I'm afraid military discipline has completely vanished."

Li Lin's face was filled with shame. "It's my fault... I've caused this to happen to the people."

Li Che shook his head: "That's not what I meant. What I meant was... if you were from a noble family in the North, would you stay in Dongping County, which is full of rebel soldiers and bandits?"

Li Lin looked at Li Che in astonishment, as if he had thought of something: "The city is so dangerous, of course not!"

Li Che said slowly: "Yes, people from aristocratic families always cherish their lives and think that their lives are precious. They will never put themselves in danger."

"The other cities in Yan have been swept through by the rebels. Not a single soldier remains. They will definitely not hide there."

"So... where did these noble families go?"

Li Lin stood up suddenly: "They must be hiding in other counties in the north!"

Li Che smiled grimly. "Yes, they think of themselves as chess players, using the Yan army and the people as pawns, hiding in other cities to spy on what's happening here."

"Thinking I am above the chessboard, stirring up a storm in the midst of conversation and laughter, how delightful is that?"

Li Lin looked at Li Che's smiling face and shuddered slightly.

Why does Lao Liu look so creepy at this moment?

"Little do you know that I, Li Che, am not someone who sticks to playing chess on the chessboard?"

Li Che suppressed his smile and said coldly, "Playing chess? Only scholars can play chess! We barbarians have always been defeated in chess, so we just pick up the chessboard and smash the opponent's head until it bleeds!"

Li Lin's eyes widened: "What do you mean?"

"Search!" Li Che's eyes were blazing. "Scatter all your men out, not to Yandi, but to Beidi!"

"Find the hiding place of these noble families, find these fools who think they are above the outside world, and then..."

Li Che's face showed a fierce look, and he made a knife with one hand and slashed it fiercely in the air!

“Since we can’t solve the problem, let’s solve the people who created it!”

"I don't want to play this game of chess anymore!"

"This king...is going to flip the table!"