Yuan Zhao closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "Your Majesty, the possibility of attacking the old city of Anyang is very low, and Anyang must be on guard. But if Your Majesty really wants to attack Anyang, it is not completely impossible. After we enter the border of Anyang, we will directly attack it, and there will be a great chance of success. We don't need to attack all of Anyang, just attack Anyang's current deputy capital Dingshan City. It is enough to capture Dingshan City, or force Dingshan City to surrender. Then, with Dingshan City as the boundary, the north of Dingshan City will still be under the jurisdiction of Li Xian; the south of Dingshan City will be under our jurisdiction. In this way, the connection between Luliang County and the imperial capital Wuyang County can be opened up, which will help Your Majesty control Wuyang County and the Great Xia Kingdom. Of course, it will also make Your Majesty famous."
Li Xian, Xu Ren and others would never have thought that Yuan Zhao not only did not dissuade them, but instead gave them advice; although he did persuade them, he was more of an instigator, and he also gave them advice and guided the new emperor on how to fight.
Why did Yuan Zhao do this? It was simple. If he succeeded, it would be great, as he could eliminate the great enemy Anyang. But if he failed, the frustrated emperor would be easier to control!
Yuan Zhao's idea was to "use the emperor to control the princes", which was the same idea as the Wang family; and in order to do this, it would be best to have a weak emperor. The third prince's fake emperor was only 12 years old and was completely controlled by the Wang family.
If the Yuan family wants to control this scheming new emperor, they need a "failure" to make the new emperor suffer failure and setbacks, which will be easier to control.
In fact, the possibility of failure is very high; even if it succeeds, it will suffer heavy losses; in this case, the new emperor must rely on the Yuan family to gain a foothold.
But just before the team reached the border of Anyang County, a fast horse came from behind and said, "The eldest prince has also moved into the palace and ascended the throne to become emperor!"
What!
Yuan Zhao and the others were shocked. This eldest prince was really a... anxious and honest person. However, this had little impact on Yuan Zhao's plan.
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Anyang, an airplane slowly landed, bringing the latest news to Anyang.
Li Xian immediately convened a meeting of all the ministers.
"The Wang family was defeated and fled with the third prince Xia Guang and the fake emperor."
"The Second Prince, Crown Prince Xia Shu, was supported by Nanyang County and Songzhou County, and ascended the throne to be the emperor. He then left Wuyang City and marched towards the east with a mighty army. The army is currently well disciplined, and I'm afraid they are coming with ill intentions. In addition, after the Second Prince ascended the throne, he sold out the Kong family and named the Third Prince 'King Wen', with his area of responsibility including Nanyang County where the Kong family is located."
"After the second prince left, the first prince Xia Xu re-entered Wuyang City and held a coronation ceremony. The first prince's coronation ceremony was even more grand, and he announced that the second prince was cowardly and abandoned the imperial capital, which was unworthy of his status as an emperor; the third prince was underage and was not eligible to inherit the throne."
These three pieces of information made Li Xian, Xu Ren and others ponder for a long time. Li Xian chuckled, "Retribution is coming fast. Previously, Kong Xiang drove the Yuan family out of the imperial capital. Now the second prince has also done the same, granting the Nanyang County where the Kong family is located to the third prince. The second prince left, and the eldest prince ascended the throne and became emperor. Now there are three emperors and several separatist regimes in one country. Hey, it's interesting, what a mess."