Then, the emperor appointed a new king to manage the affairs of the Zhao state.
But as soon as the news of King Zhao's death spread, several generals immediately blocked the news, preventing it from spreading further, and closed all the border checkpoints of the entire Zhao state!
One of the generals, Lü Fan, surrounded the palace, captured all the ministers, and prepared to declare himself king!
The Xiongnu have promised him that as long as Zhao Yong dies, they will support him to become the new king!
Then, taking advantage of Zhao's geographical advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack, they firmly restrained Jiang Ming's main force.
The Xiongnu will then return from the west and conspire to rule the world!
Lü Fan, along with the traitorous generals who had defected to the Xiongnu, ascended the throne directly in the palace and listed twelve major crimes committed by Jiang Ming: such as murdering the emperor, poisoning the people, being greedy, and seizing land throughout the land for his own private use!
All the officials who supported Jiang Ming were imprisoned by Lü Fan and are scheduled to be beheaded tomorrow for "treason"!
However, Lü Fan and the rebels were having a great time!
Suddenly, the capital of Zhao was besieged. The border general, carrying Zhao Yong's token, stormed into the palace and engaged in a fierce battle with Lü Fan's rebel army!
In no time at all, Lü Fan and some of the traitorous generals were captured, while Zhao Yong... walked out of the back hall of the palace as if nothing had happened!
Under the instruction of the spies sent by Jiang Ming, Zhao Yong played a trick of "turning the tables"!
He could take advantage of his "death" to see exactly how many had betrayed him and joined the Xiongnu.
This way, we can let them emerge on their own and then harvest them!
As a result, all the "traitors" that the Xiongnu had spent a lot of money cultivating in the Zhao court were captured and brought to justice!
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