During the year and a half that Emperor Wu was in power, in order to suppress the rebellious princes in various places and resist the invasion of the territory, the Feng clan lost many brave men who could lead troops in war.

Other generals were talking eloquently in the court hall.

When they arrived at the battlefield, they found that there were not many who could really fight, and they were retreating steadily. Seeing that the territory was being ceded in large and small pieces, Feng Yan, who was the prince, requested to fight several times but to no avail, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.

As for Kitatukiyan, he was imprisoned as soon as he returned to Kyoto.

Originally, the old Emperor Wu wanted to find an excuse to rebel and eradicate his family. As for marrying his daughter, Heli could do it, but the child would have to die. Otherwise, some ministers and people would not be able to completely surrender to the new dynasty.

It's just that the Beiyue clan has been accumulating power for a long time, so some people don't dare to surrender, and some people are unwilling to surrender.

Therefore, Bei Yueyan's existence is definitely a disaster for the new dynasty.

Thanks to the prince's intercession, he believed that since Bei Yueyan was the source of the trouble, he should be allowed to lead the army to eliminate the cause of the trouble.

The ministers were in an uproar and strongly opposed, for fear of letting the tiger return to the mountain.

The prince knew what his father and ministers were worried about, and repeatedly emphasized that Bei Yueyan was a general, not a countryman. He was obsessed with cultivating immortals and had no ambitions for the throne, otherwise he would not have been captured.

At the beginning of the establishment of the new dynasty, it was the time to employ people. Killing him at this time would be like breaking one's arm.

Everyone had their own reasons, and the old Emperor Wu couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he had to temporarily confine Bei Yueyan and his family until he found a suitable opportunity to get rid of him.

However, God's calculations are not as good as those of man. Before the opportunity came, the old Emperor Wu exhausted himself to death.

After the death of the old Emperor Wu, Prince Feng Yan ascended the throne, with the reign title Fengyuan.

Each generation has one title, and the people call him Fengyuan Emperor.

After ascending the throne, Emperor Fengyuan released Bei Yueyan despite the opposition of his ministers and ordered him to lead his troops to quell the rebellion. Under Bei Yueyan's iron-fisted suppression, in the second year of Fengyuan, the princes and neighboring countries finally restrained themselves.

Therefore, he was sealed for a long time.

Having a salary and no fiefdom is the best ending for a king who has lost his country.

In the past, except for the Beiyue clan, who was willing to treat the subjugated monarchs and ministers kindly (and disdained to kill them), other countries regarded the subjugated monarchs and ministers as disasters, and either executed or assassinated them, or, like the current Beiyue clan, they were scattered and sent to various places for supervision.

As time goes by, these people will die quietly there.

Nowadays, the Bei Yue clan has declined, and it is only the mercy of the old Emperor Wu that such a small group of people can survive. As long as the Bei Yueyan family living in the capital is willing to stay in peace, those clansmen living in other places can survive.

Where to go depends on their family's choice.

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In the southern part of Wuchu, which is mainly characterized by mountains, there is a small town called Yansai.

It once belonged to the Yan-Shu Kingdom and was the only road leading to Wuchu, so it was called Yansai. Later, during the reign of the Old Beidi, it was captured by Bei Yueyan, the then King of Anping, and became part of Beicang.

The name has not been changed, except that it corresponds to Yan and Shu, and it is also a warning.

Warning Yan Shu to learn a lesson, not to take chances and listen to other people's instigations, and provoke Beicang regardless of life or death.

At the beginning, Yan and Shu, from the monarchs and ministers to the traders and foot soldiers, were so angry that they ignored the warning and allied with Da Qi. This move made Beicang's territory advance a step further, seizing a nearby Nanzhou from Yan Shu.

Already.

Yanshu was not a big country in the first place, but successive defeats made the monarchs and ministers become cowards.

For many years, in the face of the wooing of various countries, he hid as much as possible and tried his best to avoid conflicts with Beicang. During the Tyrant's reign, Yan Sai was treated as a reward and assigned to the children of the natal family of the Demon Queen (Bei Yuesheng's mother) as a fief.

Beicang died and dynasties changed. The Demon Queen's mother-in-law became more ambitious and took the opportunity to become an independent country.

During the Kaiyuan period of Wu Chu, man-made disasters continued, and the old Emperor Wu was too tired to deal with them, so he could not take action to deal with them. In the Fengyuan period, there were fewer man-made disasters, but natural disasters continued, and Emperor Wu could not take care of them for a while, so they lived happily for a few years.

In the seventh year of Fengyuan, 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Dingyuanhou Bei Yueyan descended from the sky like divine soldiers, catching the rabble by surprise and scattering like birds and beasts in an instant.

This place is thousands of miles away from the capital, and the situation is not stable. Emperor Wu is worried that there will be further troubles beyond his reach, so he asked Dingyuan to stay here and wait for the people to stabilize before returning to the capital.

In this way, half a year passed, and it was the eighth year of Fengyuan.

In autumn, there are rumors that black bears appear in the suburbs of Yansai. They often appear suddenly in dense forests or on both sides of river valleys. They not only harass the villagers living nearby, but also repeatedly attack passers-by from Yansai to Nanzhou.

When the local government heard the news, they couldn't wait to send people to encircle and suppress them.

You must know that although bears are ferocious and difficult to hunt, their paws are thick and wide, and the dishes made from them are plump and delicious. If you can get rid of them, it will be a great harm to the people. If you present them to your Majesty, you will win the Sacred Heart and your future.

Like brocade.

Kill two birds with one stone, why not?

However, the bear was not easy to get rid of. The officers and soldiers went into the mountain to search for the first time, but to no avail. The second time they went into the mountain, they were a little careless and were attacked from the front and back by two big bears. They were so frightened that everyone was pissed and fled in panic.

Not only did they return empty-handed, but two people died and five were injured.

Not only the officers and soldiers entered the mountain for the third time, but also the civilian rangers recruited by the government through notices. There was no other way, the officers and soldiers were afraid that there were more than two bears in the forest, and they would rather die than go back.

The government had no choice but to recruit knights to embolden them.

The rangers were highly skilled and brave, and they were not afraid of death. They were only afraid of death by mediocrity. When they learned that there was more than one bear in the mountains, or two, or even three or four, many of the rangers retreated, and only three of them drank blood wine to strengthen their courage.

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Before leaving the city, they boldly vowed not to return the favor until they got rid of the two major evils for the local people.

The people were so moved that at dawn the next day, they gathered at the city gate to see off the three martyrs and officers and soldiers. After that, people who had to support their families did whatever they wanted to do. The remaining few gangsters and a few cowardly rangers waited at the door and waited eagerly.

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The government also sent people to guard the place, hoping for good news today.

They waited from dawn to noon, and from noon to midnight, but no one was seen. Everyone was frightened and worried, and they all lamented for the warriors:

"It's gone, it's definitely gone, it was all eaten by bears."

"Is it impossible?" someone questioned, "More than thirty officers and soldiers and three martyrs, how can the bear eat it?"

"The government said there is more than one bear..."

There are definitely two heads. The officers and soldiers have seen it with their own eyes. If they can eat more than thirty people, there must be at least three or four heads in each nest, right?

Oh, how terrible!

Some timid people became more and more frightened as they thought about it, and hurriedly took their children home, fearing that the den of bears would kill them at the city gate.

There are also brave people who have been guarding the city gate, looking eagerly towards the suburbs...

At the same time, deep in the woods more than a hundred kilometers outside the city, a battle was in full swing.

On the country road in the forest, a short figure ran forward as if flying. The speed was so fast that the bun on the top of her head spread sideways and flew backwards. Behind her, a strong and ferocious beast roared towards her with an angry roar——

"Princess, roll right!"

Wow, the fleeing little figure rolled to the right. While facing upward, he quickly raised a sharp sword tightly in his hand and swiped it towards the shadow above his head... His face seemed to be sprinkled with tiny bits of hot air.

She closed her eyes subconsciously and rolled away in an instant.
Chapter completed!