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Jing Ke killed himself, and his subordinates all lost their weapons and surrendered to Qi Xiaobai, and the Yan rebellion ended.
"Did Yan Dan and Ji Li find it?" Qi Xiaobai looked at everyone and asked.
"General, according to the report of Yan Guo's surrender, Ji Li and Yan Dan fled to northern Hebei, preparing to go to Zhao State and flee to Luoyang!" A young general of Qi reported to Qi Xiaobaiyu.
Qi Xiaobai nodded: "Contact Le Yi and ask him to issue a notice to me, I must arrest Yan Dan and Ji Li alive." ”
And Guan Zhong on the side sighed and said, "Gong, Ji Li and Yan Dan can leave from here, and they basically can't catch up with them!" ”
"Why?" Qi Xiaobai asked incomprehensibly.
"Although Le Yi signed an agreement with us, and Le Yi is willing to respect us as the master, but Jibei is actually under his control, I'm afraid he won't do anything to Yan Dan and Ji Li!" Guan Zhong said on the side.
"Isn't this an opportunity for him to show my loyalty?" Qi Xiaobai said puzzledly, he felt that since Le Yi wanted to become his courtier, he should go all out to arrest Yan Dan.
"A person who holds the heavy army of the Yan Kingdom, respecting us as the master is only in name!" Guan Zhong has seen it for ten centuries.
Le Yi respects them as the main one, but they are really holding 300,000 Yan State Iron Cavalry, the most elite army of Yan State, not to mention that in addition to Yan Country Iron Cavalry and Yan State Hebei Standing Army, etc., this combat power is enough to ignore Qi Xiaobai and become a prince.
"Then we will beat him and surrender to us!" Qi Xiaobai said suddenly.
"Don't ......"
"Gong, don't ......" Guan Zhong objected after speaking, and Tian Dan next to him also said that he was opposed.
And Gongsun Cao, the secretary of Yan State on the side, also said: "Duke Huan, don't ......."
"The north of Hebei is a foreign race, what if we attack Le Yi and the foreign race takes advantage of the weakness? Now the alien race is attacking northern Hebei, if we attack northern Hebei, this Le Yi is desperate and surrenders to the alien race, then we are the sinners of the entire empire! Guan Zhong said to Qi Xiaobai.
The vassal states attacked each other, fought back and forth, they were all of the same race, they were all from the Zhou Empire, but it was different outside of northern Hebei, where it was not under the jurisdiction of the empire, it was the territory of the nomadic Hu people.
There were four countries in the north of the entire empire, Xiongnu, Goguryeo, Donghu, and Bohai, and the largest country in the north was the Xiongnu, but the Xiongnu were not connected to Yan, but to Zhao in the north.
The Yan Kingdom of Hebei bordered Donghu, Goguryeo, and Bohai to the north, and these three countries formed the Triple Alliance in order to fight against the Xiongnu.
In the past, these three countries came to fight against Yan one by one, but now they are united, and when they attack Yan State, they also go out together.
However, they only fought against the Yan State and did not advance in a big way, after all, their biggest enemy was the Xiongnu.
The Xiongnu have always aimed to unify the grassland, a long time ago, the Xiongnu swept away the grassland tribes, when there were only these three countries left, the Zhou Empire was afraid of the unification of the Xiongnu, causing a crisis, so it took advantage of the time to help the three countries defeat the Xiongnu and block the pace of the unification of the Xiongnu.
However, at that time, when the Zhou Empire was at its strongest, the princes worshipped the emperor one after another, so the empire had that ability, and now the imperial family of the empire no longer has the ability to command the princes of the world.
After the failure of the Xiongnu's Eastern Crusade, there was civil strife, and now rebellions still occur from time to time, completely cutting off the pace of the Eastern Crusade, and at that time the Zhou Empire was afraid of the unity of the Three Kingdoms, which was also a crisis for the Empire, and also took the opportunity to provoke the War of the Three Kingdoms, and did not let the alliance of the Three Kingdoms continue to be united.
Originally, the Three Kingdoms would not have been aligned, but now that the Xiongnu rebellion had basically stopped, they once again realized that the Xiongnu were the enemy and had to unite and unite.
Of course, although they united against the Xiongnu, they did not fight with the Xiongnu, but attacked the Yan State, because they knew that this empire was not the other empire, and they wanted to enter the Yan State and plunder the property of the Yan State, so as to ensure that they would have more strength when fighting against the Xiongnu.
After all, the grassland country is poor in resources, and the combined economy of the three countries may be comparable to that of the Yan country, but the grassland people are brave and good at fighting, and their army is very strong.
The cavalry of the Yan State and the Hufu cavalry and archery of the Zhao State are all the military characteristics of the grassland country that they have learned.
Now that the three kingdoms are jointly attacking northern Hebei, if Qi Xiaobai is playing Le Yi at this time, it is indeed possible to become a sinner of the empire, and it may also put Qi in danger at that time.
After hearing Guan Zhong's words, Qi Xiaobai had to think about it seriously, as Guan Zhong said, if he wanted to fight Le Yi at this time, he would very likely become a sinner of the empire, and it was more likely that Qi Guo would also be in danger.
Yan Guo can deal with the Three Kingdoms, that is because northern Hebei has the world's most dangerous pass, 'Shanhaiguan', and only by virtue of this pass can the country of the Three Kingdoms be rejected.
But once the Three Kingdoms entered the empire, it would be difficult for the vassal armies to defeat the Three Kingdoms unless they united again.
Although the economy of these three countries is not very good, this nation is a nation that grows on horseback, and people are born to receive the training ability of soldiers, and they are all soldiers, so you can imagine how strong this combat power is!
"I see!" Qi Xiaobai dispelled the idea of using force to make Le Yi surrender.
"But if the Qi State wants to absolutely unify the Yan Kingdom, this Le Yi still has to solve it, and it can't be solved by force, we can choose another solution!" Guan Zhong looked at Qi Xiaobai and said.
"What is the solution, please say it!" Qi Xiaobai looked at Guan Zhong and said.
"As long as we maintain a good relationship with Le Yi, as for him to be a prince, then let him be, as long as he can help us defend the north!" Guan Zhong said to Qi Xiaobai.
Tian Dan also said on the side: "What Zhong Jun said is reasonable, as long as Le Yi can help us guard the north, we just need to be friendly with him, what about giving him autonomy?" ”
Indeed, from a large point of view, even if Le Yi surrenders and there is no autonomy, there are still people in the north who have to guard it, rather than changing people to guard it, it is better to let Le Yi guard it, after all, Le Yi has the experience of guarding the north.
"With the land of northern Hebei, I can make the north of my Qi country undisturbed, this is a very worthwhile deal!" Guan Zhong said to Qi Xiaobai.
Qi Xiaobai thought about it deeply, Guan Zhong was right, exchanging the autonomy of northern Hebei for a worry-free northern Qi country is indeed a very worthwhile deal, as for worrying about Le Yi's rebellion, it is unlikely.
After all, Le Yi's location is not suitable for rebellion, if he rebels and allows foreign races to invade, then he may become a sinner of the empire and be attacked by the princes of the empire, and the Le Yi family, who has guarded the north for generations, and the three countries of the grassland can be said to be generations of enemies, and it is unlikely that he wants to take refuge in foreign races, after all, his family has been stained with foreign blood for generations, and the same foreign race has also been stained with his blood for generations.
It can be said that Le Yi and the alien race are mortal enemies!