(MTL) When will the eldest prince seize the throne?

141-150

Chapter 141

    Although Li Xun didn't know the specific content of Chen Taishi's secret peace talks at the Beirong military camp, he could guess about Emperor Jiayou's general plan.

    Both of them are in antagonistic relationship with him. Since they want to talk about peace, it is nothing more than joining hands to deal with him.

    From Beirong's side, the risk of the two parties rushing together to Sucheng to attack him is too great. When they arrive in Sucheng, they are likely to face the situation of being attacked by him and Daqi together.

    Then, based on Emperor Jiayou's behavior, the condition that the two can reach is mostly a truce between the two sides, allowing the Beirong army to go out and return to the grassland to contain him.

    In this way, for Emperor Jiayou, it can not only restore the peace along the Qinghe River and the Qinchuan Plain, but also cause trouble for him.

    But this is not enough for Hadan. After all, now that Beirong Grassland has fallen into his hands, there is actually no place for them to retreat outside the pass. Instead, it would be safer to stay in the Central Plains.

    At least until he was willing to help Emperor Jiayou, Hadan's tribe was safe.

    Therefore, whether he knows the specific content of the peace talks is not that important to him. If he finds out, it is only used to determine the progress of the peace talks between the two parties.

    If he can't find out, it won't make him too worried.

    What really made him feel difficult was how to ensure the safety of Liu Yuan's family.

    There are more than 200,000 troops in the entire northern Xinjiang, except for the Liaoyuan and Fancheng that he controls, there are still 210,000 troops in name that were originally directly under Liu Yuan's command.

    Excluding the part spent fighting Bei Rong and eating empty pay, and recruiting some new recruits, there are actually about 70,000 people left.

    Even if these people cannot be used for themselves, they must not become his enemies.

    On the one hand, Emperor Jiayou couldn't command him to attack him; on the other hand, he couldn't open the pass and let Hadan's tribe go back to the grassland.

    The shortest route for Hadan's tribe to withdraw from the Central Plains was to go northward and pass through Tiansha City.

    The nomadic cavalry is too mobile, and it is difficult to wipe out all of them on the flat grassland. If these huge regular troops make trouble on the grassland for a long time, the Beirong grassland that has just been unified by him will easily regenerate. It will seriously affect the development of people's livelihood due to the frequent invasion of Hadan's tribe.

    Therefore, if it was not a last resort, he would never allow Hadan's troops to retreat to the grassland in full.

    In fact, he was willing to believe that under normal circumstances, Liu Yuan would not let go of the Rong army who had a blood feud with the people of the Central Plains.

    But he had to guard against Emperor Jiayou's tricks and make Liu Yuan submit.

    For example, threatening Liu Yuan's family.

    For example, kidnapping based on national righteousness - Emperor Jiayou used the reason that he couldn't bear too many sacrifices of soldiers and people in the peace talks with the Rong people in the capital. The same excuse can be used today.