Chapter 526: Li Siyuan surrenders to the Qin Dynasty, and the Xia envoy arrives
The end of September in the seventh year of Taichu.
Li Shimin beheaded Li Keyong.
The various vassal states of Yan State were greatly shocked.
Li Siyuan replaced Li Keyong because of his meritorious service in exposing Li Keyong's rebellion.
He became the new King of Jin and commanded all the troops under the command of King Li Keyong of Jin.
Now, in Li Siyuan’s tent.
He was having a secret conversation with Zhang Yi, the Qin envoy.
"According to what you said, I have gained Li Shimin's trust."
"When can I surrender my troops to the Qin Dynasty?"
Hearing this, Zhang Yi asked with a smile, "I wonder how many troops the King of Jin still has?"
Li Siyuan frowned and said bluntly, "After the battles of the past few days, there are less than 100,000 left."
"How much exactly?"
"Seventy thousand."
Hearing this number, Zhang Yi shook his head and smiled, "Does the King of Jin think that with only 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers, you can gain important positions in the Great Qin?"
After hearing this, Li Siyuan felt that he had been fooled. He slammed the table and stood up suddenly and said:
"What do you mean? Are you going to burn the bridge after crossing it?"
Zhang Yi shook his head again and said, "No."
"I just hope that you can surrender to the Qin Dynasty with enough bargaining chips."
"In this way, you can also be valued in my Great Qin."
"Besides, you are now the King of Jin. The plan we provided by Qin State can be regarded as helping you to ascend to the throne. How can it be said that we are crossing the river and then destroying the bridge?"
Hearing this, Li Siyuan's mood finally calmed down a little. "Then what do you mean?"
Zhang Yi said bluntly, "As far as I know, including you, the Yan State's vassal forces still have nearly 150,000 elite troops. Is that true or not?"
Li Siyuan seemed to know what he wanted to do, nodded, and said:
"You are right, but forget about getting those vassal states to join me in rebellion."
"If Li Keyong were still alive, perhaps we could still do it, but now he's gone."
"Those vassal states believe that I have betrayed my adoptive father and are deeply trusted by Li Shimin. It is impossible for them to associate with me."
"If I try to persuade them to return to Qin, they will think I am sent by Li Shimin to test them."
Zhang Yi said, "I naturally understand what the King of Jin said."
"But the reason why Li Shimin wanted to make your exposure of Li Keyong public was to make you a lone minister."
"Besides that, there's another point. Li Shimin can't be blamed for killing Li Keyong..."
Having said this, Li Siyuan understood instantly.
Then, he followed Zhang Yi's method and secretly invited the generals of various vassal states to his own tent.
At the beginning, those vassal states were unwilling to go. After all, everyone knew that there was something fishy going on.
However, Li Siyuan still had some means. He appealed to the will of the people with both emotion and reason and invited more than half of the leaders of the vassal states.
Late at night.
Li Siyuan said to everyone:
"Everyone, the Emperor of Yan said that it was I who exposed my adoptive father, and that this constituted a capital crime, so the Emperor of Yan had no choice but to kill him."
"But what I can tell you is that my adoptive father did not rebel, and I did not frame him."
"All of this was Li Shimin's idea."
In fact, Zhang Yi had successfully completed the plan assigned to him by Dong Zhuo and others.
However, if he went back like this, he would only be able to complete his plan.
What he wanted was not only to complete the plan, but also to exceed it.
So, he set his sights on the vassal forces of Yan State.
Of course, there are risks in doing this.
However, if Zhang Yi wanted to have a chance to stand out in the Qin State, which was full of talented people, he had to seize every opportunity.
Even if it costs my life, I will do it.
After hearing what Li Siyuan said.
The faces of the leaders of the various vassal states changed drastically in an instant.
It's just because he revealed too much information.
"Are you trying to say that Your Majesty killed Li Keyong because you were afraid of him?"
Among them, a vassal general spoke slowly.
Li Siyuan nodded and said, "I'm sure you all know that our army has suffered a series of defeats and it's impossible for us to hold on to half of the northern part of the country."
"I have no choice but to flee south. However, my adoptive father has been managing the south for many years and has gained deep popular support. Li Shimin knows that if he flees south, he will not be a match for my adoptive father."
"So, he planned to strike first."
The purpose of saying this is to scare them.
Actually, let’s talk about it.
With Li Shimin's ability, he was capable of reducing the power of the princes.
However, Li Shimin was not the founding emperor of this era after all.
When he became emperor, the entire Yan Kingdom was divided into several warlords.
If Qin had not attacked Yan, Li Shimin would have been able to solve this problem.
But now... he no longer has time to do this.
Seeing everyone lost in thought.
Li Siyuan's mouth curled up slightly. He knew that he had achieved the result he wanted, so he began to pursue.
"Everyone, I don't need to explain what my adoptive father has done for our Great Yan, right?"
"Today he was able to plot to kill my adoptive father. How can you not know whether he will kill you tomorrow?"
"What's more, considering the fierce offensive of Qin State, whether Great Yan can survive in the future is another matter..."
I haven't finished speaking.
Someone chimed in, "What do you want to say?"
Li Siyuan said in a deep voice, "Li Shimin treated us so cruelly, why should we be so loyal to him?"
"Let's just go all out and turn against Yan and join Qin!"
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