The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Chapter 187 There is movement in Prince Huai's Mansion

Han Dingtian saw that his son looked anxious.

Han Dingtian thought about his attitude and said, "Shixian, you should calm down and think about it, otherwise you will suffer again sooner or later."

Don't give him a chance to refute and let him go home obediently.

Looking at his son leaving, Han Dingtian felt helpless.

He couldn't say anything harsh to his son now.

But he could also see that his son was still seriously dissatisfied with the Sixth Prince.

But for now, the Han family can only rely on the Sixth Prince.

The fourth prince of the capital is dead.

There are a lot of rumors about the specific situation.

However, as a direct descendant, Han Dingtian knew very well that the Sixth Prince was the one who was orchestrating this.

In addition, he also knew that the second prince had been defeated.

In the court, the only one who can truly compete for the throne is the Sixth Prince.

If the Han family doesn't surrender to the Sixth Prince, is there any other way out?

Moreover, Han Dingtian had already defected to the Sixth Prince. If he changed his allegiance again, it would be against the rules.

Likewise, the Sixth Prince had done nothing wrong to the Han family. The military rations the army was eating now were the benefits gained by the Sixth Prince during his efforts in Jiangdong.

Han Dingtian attached great importance to the news sent by Ning Yi and also took the Sixth Prince's request seriously.

At the military meeting, all generals were required to make full preparations for defense.

The source of the information will not be told to them.

But Han Dingtian guaranteed that he was at least 80% sure that the barbarians would make a big move.

Military pay and weapons must be in place, and the city walls must be properly repaired.

Anyone who dares to be careless at that time and causes the loss of the city wall garrison will be guilty of a serious crime.

He, Han Dingtian, the great general at the border, was the first to deal with them.

If you ask them to join in the rebellion, most of them probably won't agree.

However, if anyone is not proactive in resisting the barbarians, Han Dingtian will severely punish them, and even the Martial Emperor will support them.

As for Han Shixian who pestered him every day, Han Dingtian was so annoyed that he just gave him a place to garrison.

Han Shixian was very excited to be able to join the army again.

He even hoped that the barbarians would really attack, so that he could make them suffer heavy losses.

Of course, he also felt that it would be fine if the barbarians did not come to attack. He could then make a good propaganda and Wu Lingyun would be talking nonsense. There was no such thing as a large-scale attack by the barbarians. It was obvious that he was a prince who knew nothing and just wanted to show off.

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After Ning Yi received Han Dingtian's reply, he felt a little relieved.

As long as the border can withstand the barbarian attacks, there is nothing to worry about within the country.

For several days in a row, there was no movement outside, but Ning Yi didn't dare to rest.

The army was constantly training rapidly, the base was also working hard to build weapons and equipment, and even purchased a large number of military equipment from the Dongfang family.

No matter whether others are honest or not, no matter what others do, everything will continue to be peaceful and prosperous.

But Ning Yi knew that a storm was about to come.

Sure enough, on this day, Ning Yi suddenly received news from the Intelligence Department again.

As for Shanhu Pass, there has been more contact with Huaizhou recently.

In the direction of Huaizhou, King Huai, who has always been relatively low-key, has recently begun to recruit new soldiers.

Ning Yi immediately ordered the Intelligence Department to keep a close eye on King Huai.

In the past, although the Intelligence Department paid attention to the vassal kings in various places, it did not reach the level of importance.

Now we have to take it seriously.

Not long after, the Intelligence Department spent a lot of effort and finally got accurate information from Prince Huai's Mansion.

King Huai, a low-key vassal king, actually started to reorganize his military before the New Year and is still expanding his army now.

As far as we know now, King Huai has almost reached an army of 100,000.

There are only a few people in Huaizhou Prefecture, but he can mobilize an army of 100,000. What does he want to do?

You have to know that the Dawu Kingdom, except for a few vassal kings in the border towns, has more soldiers and horses because it also has to resist foreign invaders.

But the maximum number of troops is only 50,000 to 60,000, which is already the limit.

It is considered good for a vassal king in the country to have 20,000 to 30,000 people.

After all, many of them are just one prefecture, and the princes can only occupy a few places.

Most of the local financial and tax revenues would be submitted to the imperial court.

It was very difficult for the princes to increase their troops.

But King Huai actually gathered so many heads.

After a little inquiry, I found out that the reason was that there was a disaster in Huaizhou area a few years ago, and there were many victims, many of whom were recruited into the army by him.

As long as they are provided with a meal, many disaster victims are willing to join the army.

Ning Yi frowned as he looked at the news sent by the Intelligence Department. According to the map, Huaizhou was eight hundred miles away from the capital.

To the west of the capital, that area is not taken seriously.

However, this low-key King Huai not only kept in constant private contact with Duke Dingguo Fang Chengyu.

He also quickly recruited soldiers and horses, so it goes without saying that King Huai was also on the verge of a rebellion.

Ning Yi wrote "barbarians", "Duke Dingguo", and "King Huai" on the paper, in three directions.

He finally determined that the barbarians must have contacted King Huai, but no one knew what they were planning.

"The Huaizhou prefect is a piece of crap." Ning Yi threw down his pen. "Prince Huai made such a big move, and he didn't even report it. This kind of guy can't get things done, and he'll only cause trouble."

The local prefect of a vassal king has two tasks: one is to protect the country and the people; the other is to keep an eye on the vassal king's mansion.

Any action taken by the vassal kings must be reported immediately.

After all, every vassal king has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command. Once they rebel, they can quickly mobilize more than 100,000 soldiers by coercing the people, which will pose a great threat to the local area.

Zeng Rou helped His Highness pick up the brush and cleaned it thoroughly in the brush washer. She then said, "Your Highness, this prefect may have been controlled by Prince Huai."

"Or maybe he has already surrendered."

This is the only explanation at the moment, otherwise the court would not have not received any news until now.

Ning Yi suddenly laughed and said, "It seems that this uncle of mine has been suppressed for too long and is unwilling to accept it."

King Huai was Emperor Wu's younger brother.

After Emperor Wu ascended the throne, he was extremely cruel to his younger brother who had competed with him for the imperial power.

Either they were imprisoned to death or assassinated, no one survived.

However, the few younger brothers who did not compete for the imperial power were all granted fiefdoms in poor areas.

They were even kept imprisoned in the capital, and the enfeoffment of fiefdoms was delayed for many years.

The reason is that the Dawu Kingdom is now unstable and there is no money or food to grant them a vassal state.

This younger brother was very low-key and never tried to fight for the throne. Before Emperor Wu ascended the throne, he was obedient and respectful to him.

For this reason, he was granted the title of vassal ten years ago, allowing King Huai, who had been cowardly in the capital for most of his life, to finally leave the capital and be free.

However, when King Huai arrived at the local area, he was still honest and did not dare to conflict with the local officials and prefects.

He also actively paid taxes and limited his military strength to only 10,000 elite soldiers.

It can be said that he is the most loyal example among the vassal kings.

The advantage is that he is much freer than Emperor Wu’s other brothers.