When Jia Heng saw Zhao Shi killing all the palace guards in a rage, he was stunned for a moment.
"Your Majesty, something has happened. These people are Qin spies. They are all the king's men!" Jia Heng stumbled to Zhao Shi's side and whispered.
"I know everything you said," Zhao Shi looked at Jia Heng and said calmly.
"Your Majesty, why are you doing this?" Jia Heng asked with confusion on his face.
"I led the army to fight the Qin army on the front line, but in the end I gained the king's distrust. This prince has done too much. Since he has not let down his guard against me, I simply surrendered to the supporter.
Su, let him stop being on guard."
"Your Majesty, be careful what you say." Jia Heng looked around and quickly dissuaded him.
Jia Heng was worried that in addition to those people who had been killed by Zhao Shi, there were other royal spies lurking around Zhao Shi at this moment. Once they heard Zhao Shi say something like wanting to take refuge in Fusu, they might not be able to use it.
How long will it take for Zhao Shi to be in danger?
In the next few days, Zhao Shi, on the advice of his personal followers, sealed off Sihui County and suspended all reports sent to Panyu.
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On a riverside platform two hundred miles away from Sihui County, Nanhai County, a huge camp stared at Sihui County like a hunting lion. A dozen lookout posts towered around the camp, tens of thousands of people
Military tents are neatly arranged in the camp, and a huge Chinese military tent is hidden in this military tent.
This is the camp where Fusu's army is stationed. Fusu is currently reading the letter written by Zhao Shi and sent by someone from Han Chuan in the Chinese army's tent.
After Fusu finished reading it, he handed the letter in his hand to Peng Yue, and Peng Yue, Li Yan and others began to study Zhao Shi's letter.
After a while, Li Yan spoke first:
"Sir, I think it would be a good idea to persuade Zhao Shi to surrender. Sihui County is not as good as Bushan and other places. Since Sihui County and Panyu, the seat of the South Vietnamese Empire, belong to the same county, the city defense of Sihui County is better than Bushan.
Wait until the county town is much stronger. The most terrible thing is that there are still 70,000 troops in Bushan City. If we attack the city rashly, our army will not have the advantage."
"Sir, I think what Li Yan said is true. There are many strong soldiers in Sihui County, which is really not conducive to our army's attack. Just now, Li Yan ignored the most important point and did not prepare our army to attack Sihui County. The biggest challenge we will face
Speaking of difficulties, there are more than Zhao Shi's 70,000 troops and horses in South Vietnam. Zhao Tuo also has at least 150,000 troops. Once our army is dragged by Zhao Shi under the Sihui City, Zhao Tuo will definitely take the opportunity to take action.
When the time comes, shall we retreat or hold on?”
Peng Yue put on the table the biggest problem facing Sihui County.
"What you two said makes sense, so let's do as you say. Does anyone else have any opinions?" Fusu looked at Peng Yue and the generals behind Li Yan and asked.
"Sir, I think the two generals have made our intentions known, and we have no objections."
The reason why Fusu wanted to ask these people for their opinions was because Fusu saw these generals discussing in low voices after Peng Yue finished speaking. After all, there is always no harm in brainstorming.
"General Peng Yue, please send someone to tell our people lurking in Sihui County to let them continue to contact Zhao Shi. By the way, you can ask them to tell Zhao Shi that as long as he is willing to surrender, South Vietnam will
Let him collect it."
"Young Master, if you let him lead South Vietnam, I'm afraid he will create another little Zhao Tuo for our Great Qin."
Hearing that Fusu's conditions for Zhao Shi were a bit excessive, Li Yan quickly spoke up to remind him.
"Li Yan, if we don't give such conditions, will Zhao Shi agree to surrender to our country? This is asking people to betray me. It won't work without great conditions. As for letting Zhao Shi come to lead South Vietnam
, it’s nothing more than a temporary measure.”
"Young Master is far-sighted and overly cautious due to his humble position."
Seeing what Li Yan said, Fusu smiled and spoke again:
"But I really want to give Zhao Shi the title of Nanyue. After Zhao Shi returns and surrenders, I will place him next to me and let him nominally take charge of the four counties of South Vietnam. I want to transfer him in the name of Zhao Shi.
The South Vietnamese soldiers under his command went to annihilate Zhao Tuo. I want to make Zhao Tuo feel the despair of being attacked and killed by his own son. I will never use this poisonous trick against others, but I will do this to deal with Zhao Tuo. This is against him.
Punishment for secession.”
The next day, the informants sent by Peng Yue to Sihui County returned and brought back the news that Zhao Shi had blocked Sihui County. Peng Yue immediately reported the situation to Fusu.
On the same day that Fusu learned that Zhao Shi had blocked Sihui County, the South Vietnamese King Zhao Tuo also learned about Zhao Shi's blockade of Sihui County. Zhao Tuo ordered the minister to be summoned to the palace.
"Xiang Wu, the Crown Prince sealed off Sihui County two days ago. What's strange is that the Crown Prince didn't send anyone to inform me of this in advance, so I summoned the Prime Minister to analyze it for me."
After hearing the news that the crown prince Zhao Shi had sealed off Sihui County, Wu Jian fell into thinking.
After a while, Wu Jian stared at Zhao Tuo and asked, "I wonder if the king has ever done anything to anger the prince?"
"The prince is in Sihui County, and I am here in Fanyu City. How can I anger the prince?"
After hearing Zhao Tuo's answer, Wu Jian felt relieved.
"It's fine if it doesn't happen. As long as it's not the king's fault, it means that the Qin army has taken action. The prince's actions should be to prevent Qin spies from sneaking into Sihui County."
"After listening to what Prime Minister Wu said, I feel relieved. I haven't seen the secret report in the past two days. I was still a little worried. Now it's better. I have nothing to worry about." Zhao Tuo said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, what's the secret report?" Wu Jian asked doubtfully.
"It's not really a secret report. I just secretly sent a few of the royal family's followers to Sihui City to observe how the prince manages the government, and asked them to secretly send me the news in Sihui City every day."
After hearing Zhao Tuo's explanation, Wu Jian was about to collapse.
"My great king, how could you do such a thing? The prince's injustice has made him wary of you. Now you send people to secretly investigate the prince. It would be a bad thing if the prince knew about it.
.”
"Xiang Wu, you are serious. The matter is not as serious as you said. What's more, the people I sent out are all experts and will not be easily discovered by the prince."
Zhao Tuo felt that Wu Jian was making a fuss out of a molehill and explained.
"My lord, do you think that the only crisis in our South Vietnam is Fusu's army? The invasion of the Qin army is only an external crisis. At this moment, our biggest crisis in South Vietnam is between the king and the prince. The prince was unjustly imprisoned before, wasn't it because of the king?
Is it because you don’t trust the Crown Prince..."
"Shut up, is this what you should say?"
Before Wu Jian could finish speaking, Zhao Tuo interrupted Wu Jian angrily.
"Your Majesty, even if you want to kill me, I must finish your words. Now that the scholars have suddenly blocked Sihui County, I am afraid that it is related to the fact that you sent the royal family to accompany you. I am afraid that there will be Qin spies among them who will take the opportunity to sow discord.
"
Zhao Tuo ignored Wu Jian and became sulky.
After Zhao Tuo calmed down, he realized that what Wu Jian said was true and fell into silence for a while.
After a while, Zhao Tuo looked at Wu Jian and spoke.
"Xiang Wu, what do you think I should do?"
Wu Jian looked at Zhao Tuo with a solemn expression, not knowing how to answer.