The camp of the Central Army of Plains County

The fourth prince, Ji Huai, took the will that had just been transmitted, and warmly beckoned the eunuch to rest, and turned around with a change of expression.

Behind him, Jiang Zhong is his confidant, who has been his adjutant since the beginning of Northern Xinjiang, and is now also his deputy commander of the three armies. Seeing this, Jiang Zhong dispersed the rest of the tent.

Ji Huai narrowed his eyes: "Huaiyi (Jiang Zhong's character) What do you think Father means by this?"

Jiang Zhong naturally understood what Ji Huai was asking, he had just come to the decree two days ago, and His Royal Highness Wang Yun invited him to make Feng Yingrui the envoy of the plains to control the four states of Cang, Tang, Kang, and Ba under the rule of Pingyuan County, and concentrate his troops to exterminate the remnants of the Holy Maiden Sect. Unexpectedly, after two days, the will to summon the fourth prince to return to Beijing came, although it was full of good words, what hard work, what unbearable to run, what the situation was stable......

Not only the fourth prince Ji Huai, but also Jiang Zhong saw that the imperial court first gave them a reassurance, and then gave Ji Huai a lot of honor, and the ultimate goal was to remove him from his position, take his power, surrender his soldiers, and eliminate his power.

Jiang Zhong and Ji Huai did not hide it in private, and said directly: "Your Highness, it seems that the matter of the Third Highness has stimulated the king." ”

Ji Huai groaned for a while: "What do you think of the timing?"

Jiang Zhong said: "Although I don't recommend Your Highness to do this, if Your Highness has made up your mind, I have to say that now is the best time." ”

Ji Huai didn't have an expression and just said, "Let's talk about it." ”

"Yes, let's talk about me personally, I don't recommend His Highness to do it, that's because no matter when this kind of thing is a strategy, not only is it extremely risky, but also righteous and reasonable. ”

Ji Huai nodded: "Go on." ”

Jiang Zhong said again: "On the other hand, now is indeed a good opportunity, first, since the battle of Fuzhou, the entire army of the Eastern Battalion was wiped out, and the army of the three highnesses was lost, and now the soldiers in the hands of His Highness are the only remaining elite of the imperial court in the north, and the military is in charge." Second, the new defeat of the Third Highness, the reputation and strength have been greatly damaged, Your Highness, you are in the sky, if you give up this advantage at this time and return to the capital, the king will definitely try to let you and the Third Highness balance again, then the results of our return will be meaningless. Third, over the years, our arrangement has been effective, and I am afraid that the Third Highness has also been alert, if you go back to fight with him this time, won't it hinder our arrangement. Of course, His Highness should already have a draft in his heart, and how to act, Jiang Zhong will obey His Highness's orders. ”

Ji Huai nodded and waved his hand, Jiang Zhong understood that the fourth prince had to make the final consideration, so he left. As he said, Ji Huai had already made a decision, but he was too careful and didn't care a thousand times, so he wanted to hear Jiang Zhong's retelling, of course, it was only a retelling, and he didn't expect Jiang Zhong to give him an idea.

Ji Huai sat in the empty tent, secretly thinking about the truth of Fang Cai, now is indeed a good opportunity, if you really don't seize it, I'm afraid you will have to fight with your third brother for a while when you go back. Moreover, many generals arranged by themselves will definitely be attacked, and their plans will be in vain at that time.

He understands that his father has intended to make himself the prince, but it is by no means the right to pass on the throne now, after all, the king is in the prime of life, but now the strength in Ji Huai's hands and the military exploits on his body are too prominent.

Then I thought about Jiang Zhong's words again, it was really heartfelt, it was too risky to take the position by force, and the reputation was not good, in case there was a mistake, there was not even a way out.

But after thinking about it again, he held the army in his hands, the capital was empty, and even the last barrier through the cloud pass was under his control, and the only thing to worry about was the Taishi Demon Cloud Sea, but Ji Huai knew that the Demon Cloud Sea was loyal to the Great Zhou royal family and not a certain person, as long as he successfully ascended the throne, the Demon Cloud Sea was not a problem. After all, not every one of the four generations of kings served by the old lady passed on the throne safely, and in contrast, if he was able to take the throne with his own hands, he might be able to make people look high.

Weighing the pros and cons, Ji Huai strengthened his belief, winning or losing in half, it is worth gambling, you must know that Ji Huai not only wants to ascend to the supreme position, but also has a greater ideal, that is, to level the world and unify the world. There is no spare time to fight with the third prince, and the father is not such a bold person, it is better to take the throne by himself, and then there will be his own 100,000 elite soldiers and more than 100,000 southern expeditionary troops of the Demon Cloud Sea Taishi, plus the proud soldiers and fierce generals arranged everywhere, integrate all the princes, revive the Great Zhou, and rebuild the prosperous era is just around the corner.

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On the second day, several secret envoys of the fourth prince went around, and he left 30,000 horses for Ying Rui, the new plain town envoy, and then personally led 70,000 troops back to Beijing, declaring to the court that the north had been pacified, and there was no need to stay in such a military force in the local area, so that these 70,000 people would retreat to the cloud pass.

In private, Ji Huai sent letters to the local generals of his faction, meaning that they would make an appointment for everyone to meet in the capital and admonish them together. Follow the ancient rites and raise your shoulders to take the seat.

With the opening of the army, within two days the capital already knew, and sent history to inquire, so that the army stayed in place, the fourth prince Ji Huai insisted that the army go to the cloud pass to rest on the grounds that the army was huge and could not afford it.

At the same time, Guan Ying, the general soldier of Leizhou, Yi Xueliancheng, the general soldier of Yongzhou, Xuan Qixi, the general soldier of Dingzhou, Lin Yue, the chief soldier of Yuanzhou, and Xia Yuan, the general soldier of Baizhou, all received Ji Huai's letter.

Lin Yue looked at the contents of the letter, and Su Shun and Wu Yan were also in front of him, Lin Yue said, "What do you think?"

Su Shun said: "This matter is very implicated, let's better watch from the wall." ”

Wu Yan said: "No, you can only make a move in this matter, who doesn't know your identity and origin in the capital?" If you stand by and put your hands on the side, it is very likely that both sides will not be good, if the Fourth Highness wins, you will naturally have the reputation of a traitor, even if the Fourth Highness loses, you may not be able to hide from it, it is better to fight than this." ”

Wu Yan also just became the military sacrificial wine of Yuanzhou, but he didn't expect to encounter this kind of choice to compete for the position. He looked at Lin Yue worriedly, now the three people present were already tied together, Lin Yue's decision was related to everyone's net worth, and the two couldn't help but get nervous.

Lin Yue thought about something else, the jade seal of the country, the master of human spirits...... This chaos in the capital may be an opportunity, he doesn't plan to care who sits in the world, just take advantage of this time to get rid of the official position, anyway, there is a sea of demons and clouds, as long as he doesn't do too much, this court can't do anything to himself.

Looking at the two people in front of him again, Lin Yue thought to himself, now that there are a lot of people in Yuanzhou who rely on me, I can just leave, what can they do?

Not to mention that if they fail, they will already be connected, that is, if they win, they are not in Yuanzhou, and it is difficult to guarantee that the next general soldier can take care of them like this, after thinking about it a few times, Lin Yue said: "Su Shun." ”

"The last general!"

"Gather the soldiers and horses, and send 3,000 men to the north with me. ”

"Yes!"

"Wu sacrificial wine. ”

"The subordinates are here. ”

"Prepare a military horse, money and food, and gather within two days to prepare for the army. ”

"Yes!"

The two of them got the order to act immediately, Su Shun also immediately changed from Mingzhe to desperate, in addition to dispatching troops, he also got in touch with the mutual aid association in the capital, on the one hand, to obtain information, on the other hand, it was to entrust the family, since he wanted to go to the dark with Lin Yue, then breaking out was the wealth of the sky, and it was just a life to fold inside, and the mutual aid association was hidden from himself, and no one would suspect them.

In fact, the mutual aid association in the capital is also ready to take advantage of this opportunity, although the mutual aid association is very united, but everyone is a small official and has limited influence, this time the two princes compete for the throne to give them a chance, like Su Shun, there are several in the camp of the four princes, and there are also some on the third prince's side, they have already entrusted their families to the care of neutral ones, if they meet each other another day, they will not leave their hands to cut and kill directly.

Originally, there were only more than 1,000 old and weak soldiers in Yuanzhou, but the young and strong people on Black Tiger Mountain added some of them, and made up enough of 2,000, plus Lin Yue's strong support, the money and food were in place. Su Shun and Wu Yan each showed their means, and in half a year, the number of soldiers and horses in Yuanzhou has reached more than 3,000. The training between the ranks is also good, but it has not seen blood yet, and it lacks actual combat. But there is no problem with Lin Yue leading the team to fight a smooth battle.

The other generals who received the letter from the fourth prince also took action, and they knew that they could only follow Ji Huai, otherwise they would really not be people on either side.

And the third prince Ji Shi, who was wary of Ji Huai's layout around the capital, also began to deal with these generals, and it was too late for the fourth prince to return to Beijing and be dismissed, so he could only hope that those local families could contain them.

And in Yuanzhou, Lin Yue faced such a problem, both one article and one martial arts put pressure on themselves, the martial arts were to help the Marquis of Shun, they privately mobilized a thousand parts, they should be some long-trained halberds, the strength is unknown, but the lineup is stronger than Lin Yue's recruits in the past six months.

And the text is more of a headache, it is Lin Yue's cheap father-in-law, the Tao family of the Duke of Dingnan's mansion, and Taojian in Yuanzhou. Wu Yan just came to report that Tao Jian refused to send food, not only because there was no grain and grass for the army, but also because there was no normal grain and grass for next month.

Lin Yue suddenly had a headache, not because of the grain and grass, but because of the family. And that night, Tao Jian came to see his son-in-law in person, and Lin Yue knew that another trouble came to the door.