The situation of Xirong

In the following period, many people paid attention to the situation in Xirong.

I have to say that Lu Yaoyao lit the fire very accurately.

Just like lighting up a gas station, the flames of killing and looting quickly spread across the Xirong grassland.

Just as Lu Yaoyao said at the beginning, the blood in the grassland does not dissipate.

Many weak tribes were wantonly robbed by some powerful ones, and they could only seek the protection of the Xirong Royal Court.

Since the Great Khan of Xirong became seriously ill, the eldest prince and the second prince fought for power, and the other weak princes shrank back in order to protect themselves.

Nowadays, when the second prince is in Dongzhou, most of the affairs in Xirong are handled by the eldest prince.

Faced with so many small tribes asking for help, the eldest prince was not surprised that they all chose to help.

After all, this is a good opportunity to accumulate reputation, even though these tribes are small and weak.

But there are so many people, and if they can unite them all, they will be quite a force.

No, the Xirong Royal Court directly sent troops to suppress it. As a result, it did not develop according to the eldest prince's ideas at all.

Originally, he thought that as long as the Royal Court sent troops and relied on its past prestige, it would be no problem to easily suppress the riots.

But in fact, the major tribes are now at war with each other, and all the old and new hatreds have burst out.

It was no longer just a matter of robbing wool and selling it for food, but more of a desire to retaliate for years of grudges.

Of course, it is best to destroy the opponent, so that not only can you get wool, but you can also take over more resources from the opponent's tribe.

From the very beginning, several powerful tribes had tasted the benefits and couldn't hold back at all.

Now the Xirong Royal Court still wants to suppress them?

It also released all their dissatisfaction with Xirong Royal Court in the past years.

When they were going through hardships, what did the royal court of Xirong do?

Every year they would pay tribute to many good things, but when they were facing hunger and cold, the royal court of Xirong asked them for food, but refused to give it.

When we attacked Beichu, how many people from the major tribes left? But how many came back?

Even though the people were gone and the battle was lost, when it came time to pay compensation to Beichu, the royal court of Xirong still asked their subjects to take the lead.

Now that they have found a way to survive, you, the Royal Court of Xirong, are going to stop them. Who would be happy?

No, all of a sudden, the original battle between the tribes evolved into a counterattack by the major tribes against the Royal Court of Xirong.

The fighting was so intense that in the face of the alliance of so many tribes, although the Xirong Royal Court had strong soldiers and horses, it could not withstand the large number of people and was beaten back steadily.

Many tribes who were originally loyal to the royal court of Xirong gradually began to have their own ideas when they saw this situation.

Xirong Grassland has been completely in chaos, and Xirong Royal Court has been outraged by the public. If they continue to follow, I am afraid that they will not be in a good situation in the end.

As a result, with the changes in people's hearts, the situation of Xirong Royal Court became even more difficult.

In desperation, the eldest prince had no choice but to turn his attention to the small tribes that had taken refuge and asked them to jointly send troops.

The continuous battles made the Xirong Royal Court, which was not particularly wealthy, even more difficult to make ends meet, and this was during the lean period of winter.

What happened was that the small tribes who originally sought refuge in the Royal Court of Xirong found that the Royal Court of Xirong could not do it either.

Many people were planning to leave again. How could the eldest prince agree to this situation?

It was for them that he made things happen like this in the first place. Now he has fewer and fewer people available to him. If these people are gone again, he is afraid that it won't be long before they are wiped out by those crazy tribes.

It's easy to say that it's not possible, so you can only use force. In short, after this pass, the eldest prince lost his wife and lost his troops.

He did not accumulate reputation, but instead made those small tribes hate him. After all, there were not many people in each family, and they were all forcibly arrested to suppress the rebellion, and many people died.

Moreover, the royal court of Xirong did not give them much food. If they did not have enough to eat, they would not die of hunger and had to work hard.

The second prince of Xirong, who is far away in Dongzhou, has been paying close attention to the situation of Xirong.

When he knew that his elder brother's gains outweighed his losses, he became very happy and anxious.

He quickly found King Ning and asked him again to send troops to help. Naturally, King Ning would not refuse and found Duke Zhen Guo again.

"You can send troops, but you can't suppress it by force. You should know what happened to the eldest prince of Xirong, right?"

King Ning nodded.

"So since forceful suppression is not advisable, what should we do?"

"They are just looking for food. As long as they are full, who will fight for it?"

"Then let's prepare some food."

Hearing this, Duke Zhen shook his head and said, "Why are you still planning to give it away for free? We will give the food, but we cannot give it away for free. You know the situation in Xirong very well. Even if the suppression is suppressed this time, it will also break out soon."

"After all, they have always been short of food over there."

This is true. Xirong does not do much farming and spends most of its time chasing water and grass. There is indeed a lot of food shortages.

Every year when there is a lean period, many people in Xirong have no food to eat, and these people will unite to raid the border and rob.

That was before, but now, Xirong is too weak, and they may not really dare to invade the borders of other countries again.

Inevitably, we can only plunder from within. If this continues year after year, will Xirong still be able to do well?

Therefore, Duke Zhen Guo has now wavered in his intention to continue supporting the second prince of Xirong.

More importantly, he wanted to get as much benefit from Xirong as possible.

"I will talk about this matter, so you don't have to worry about it."

For Prince Ning, Duke Zhen is not as enthusiastic as before. There is no way this child will grow up and have his own little ideas.

Moreover, King Ning now treats him very differently.

I will definitely support him if he continues to support it, but it is hard to say whether he will do his best. After all, Prince Ning's ascendancy is also a guarantee for him.

"Well, then I'll trouble my uncle."

King Ning couldn't ask for such a statement from Zhen Guogong.

His staff had already told him that Xirong's affairs were very troublesome, and if he wanted to be on good terms with Lu Yaoyao, he shouldn't worry too much about it.

Moreover, Lu Yaoyao might not necessarily give him face. Instead of trying to please both parties when the time comes, it would be better to agree to help Xirong overtly and prefer Lu Yaoyao's side privately.

Now the Duke of Zhen has said that everything should be left to him. In his opinion, this is the best thing.

When King Ning left the Duke's Mansion and returned to the palace, the Second Prince of Xirong was still there. As soon as he saw him, the Second Prince of Xirong stood up and asked about the situation.

"The Duke of Zhenguo has already made plans for this matter. It is definitely possible to borrow someone, but it cannot be suppressed by force alone."

"You don't want to be like your eldest brother, right?"

The second prince of Xirong nodded repeatedly, it would be a good thing if he could lend it to him.

"You should go back first. I estimate that Duke Zhen will find you soon."
Chapter completed!