Yang Xun looked indifferent and sneered: "Your elite troops have been completely wiped out by me. Even if we don't surrender, how long do you think you can hold on to Xiangzhou without us?"
As soon as these words came out, Prince Xiang's face suddenly became very ugly.
Xiangzhou's elite have been lost in the battle with the Xuanjia Army. Now Xiangzhou only has a few defenders in each city. If Beiyan launches an attack on Xiangzhou, it is impossible for Xiangzhou to be able to defend it. .
But he wouldn't be willing to surrender just like that!
King Xiang thought for a while and said: "Yang Xun, Xiangzhou is a fiefdom given to me by the imperial court. How can you take it as soon as you say it? Do you still take the imperial court in your eyes?"
"Are you thinking about the imperial court at this time? Why didn't you think about the imperial court when you withdrew troops from the front line privately? Stop talking nonsense to me. I will only give you three days. If you don't write a letter of surrender after three days, I will definitely let you Father and son, let’s understand what life is worse than death!”
After Yang Xun finished speaking, he glanced at King Huai again. This sentence was also meant for him.
After Yang Xun left, King Huai slumped on the ground helplessly, while King Xiang looked at Li Xu's injuries.
"Son, aren't you in Xiangzhou? How come you were captured by Yang Xun and brought to Beiyan?"
Li Xu did not hide anything, and told the story of his failure to bring people to rescue King Xiang.
King Huai on the side couldn't help but sneer after hearing this: "I thought your son was so powerful, but he was also a fool because he was caught by Yang Xun!"
Although he said this, King Huai still felt sour in his heart. At least King Xiang's son could personally rescue King Xiang regardless of danger, which was something his useless son could not do.
At this moment, Li Xu suddenly looked at King Huai and said angrily: "We were ambushed as soon as we arrived at Zhenbei King's Mansion. Obviously Yang Xun had been prepared for it. I only told Li Dan about this matter. If Li Dan hadn't reported it, , how could Yang Xun know that I was coming to rescue my father?"
"Okay, Li Ri, it turns out that your little bastard betrayed my son!" Prince Xiang was also angry.
This Li Dan is simply a beast. It doesn't matter if he doesn't come to save his father, but he betrays Li Xu. How the hell is he a human being?
King Huai was stunned. With his good-for-nothing son's character, it was really possible for him to do such a thing. He clearly didn't want him to go back and wanted him to die in Beiyan!
But even though he had doubts in his heart, King Huai still said firmly: "You can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. What evidence do you have to prove that my son betrayed you?"
"I prove it!" Li Xu went up and punched Prince Huai in the face without saying a word.
One night, he was first punched in the pocket by Yang Xun and lost all his teeth. Then he was shot with two arrows by Yang Xun. After he was caught, he was beaten for an hour. How could it be described as miserable?
All the people he brought are dead, and the only one who knows about this is Li Dan. Who else is not betrayed by Li Dan?
Now that Li Dan's biological father, King Huai, was in front of him, he naturally wanted to vent his anger on King Huai.
After receiving a punch, King Huai was furious and rushed towards Li Xu.
"Li Ri, if you dare to touch my son, I will kill you!"
Seeing that King Huai wanted to fight back, King Xiang naturally supported his son and immediately rushed up to fight with King Huai.
King Huai had fought with King Xiang more than once before, and each had his own victory or defeat, but it was different now that Li Xu had joined.
As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands. Soon King Huai was pinned to the ground by Prince Xiang and his son and beaten severely. The entire dungeon echoed with King Huai's screams.
After a while, King Huai huddled in the corner with a bruised nose and a swollen face, his eyes full of resentment.
Originally he was hesitant to surrender, but after being beaten so badly by Prince Xiang and his son, he figured out that he had to live!
The son is unreliable and even wishes for his death. He will be bullied by King Xiang in prison. If this continues, he will have to die here.
Compared with his life, territory, throne, etc. are not important. As long as Yang Xun can keep him alive, he is willing to do anything!
Thinking of this, King Huai quickly shouted outside the dungeon: "Is there anyone there? I want to see Yang Xun. I surrender!"
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After receiving the letter of surrender from King Huai, Yang Xun announced to the world that Huaizhou was now included in the sphere of influence of Bei Yan, and as the king of Zhenbei, he commanded the four counties and fifty-two counties of Huaizhou, allowing all the defenders of Huaizhou to Kaicheng surrendered immediately.
Yang Xun also gave King Huai a full meal as agreed, and then sent him on his way.
After all, King Huai is also the overlord of the party. Yang Xun still understands the principle of eradicating the roots. Since Yang Xun got what he wanted, he will naturally not let King Huai continue to live in this world.
Maybe King Huai never expected Yang Xun to be so cruel until his death. Even though he surrendered, Yang Xun still refused to let him go.
After Yang Xun handled the matters related to Beiyan, he rushed to the border of Xianghuai and planned to take over Huaizhou with Xue Rengui.
At first there were some cities that resisted stubbornly, but after the Xuanjia Army broke through the city, all the defenders were killed, leaving no one alive.
For those cities that surrendered, Yang Xun not only exempted them from taxes for a year, but also rewarded each of the defenders with one tael of silver.
As time went by, wherever Yang Xun went, the defenders opened the city and surrendered one after another.
At the same time, in Huaizhou City, in the largest box of Wangchun Tower, a group of gorgeously dressed merchants were gathering, each with a deep sadness on their face.
"I heard that Beiyan's army has already reached Songzhi County, which is less than twenty miles away from our Huaizhou City!"
"Yes, when King Huai was here, the salt selling business in Huaizhou was handed over to us. Now that King Zhenbei is here, the sales rights in our hands may have to be taken back."
From ancient times to the present, the local salt sales business has been handed over by local officials to businessmen they are familiar with. To put it bluntly, they need to have connections.
They had a good relationship with King Huai, but they didn't know Yang Xun. Yang Xun's occupation of Huaizhou must have handed over the salt selling business to Yang Xun's own people, and it was impossible for them to get involved again.
Although none of the people present started their business by selling salt, no business can be as profitable as selling salt, and no one wants to hand over the right to sell salt in vain.
A fat businessman thought for a while and said: "In my opinion, we must not compromise on this matter. Our Huaizhou is a coastal area. What we have to do now is to control all the salt in Huaizhou." !”
"Oh? What does Brother Wang mean by this?"
"Think about it, the salt eaten by both Beiyan and Xiangzhou is produced in our Huaizhou. If all the salt in Huaizhou is in our hands, and we continue to suppress it, then there will be no salt for Beiyan and the entire Huaizhou. , the price of salt will skyrocket, and by then not only will Yang Xun not dare to take back our right to sell salt, but he will also have to act based on our faces!" the fat businessman said with a smile.
As soon as he said this, he immediately won the unanimous approval of the surrounding businessmen.
"Brother Wang, this is a clever plan. We have all the salt in our hands. So what if Yang Xun takes back our right to sell salt? In the end, he will have to come to us to buy it. If we don't sell it, can he still kill us? "
"That's right, I will go back and ask all the workshops and shops to stop selling salt and store all the salt in the warehouse. Even if Yang Xun is a dragon, he will have to lie down for me when he arrives in Huaizhou!"
Just as everyone was talking to each other, the fat businessman suddenly looked at a middle-aged businessman in his forties and asked: "Boss Bai, you are the richest man in Huaizhou, what do you think of this plan?" ?”
