Peter soon found that most of the people on Zhao Hu's side were not very good-looking, and couldn't help but explain: "Zhao Hu, this trouble is not caused by me, the main reason is that my master issued an order to seize the smuggling route you control on the way to this province on the way to escape from the imperial capital, who called the smuggling business extremely profitable." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's ears pricked up.

Zhao Hu first glanced at Sun Jie, and saw that Sun Jie shook his head helplessly, knowing that he had not learned about this kind of confidential matter, after all, secret agents were not omnipotent, so he asked out loud: "Who is the master of your family?" Why did you escape from the imperial capital? ”

"The Seventh Prince. After the death of the emperor, it was rumored in the imperial capital that a powerful figure was ready to wipe out the other princes and magnates, except for a few royal magnates who had no power and power, and the other royal magnates left the imperial capital. ”

Speaking of this, Peter smiled mockingly: "Hehe, during the state funeral, the prince and the magnates left the imperial capital, which was the crime of cutting off the lord and executing him in the past, but now no one pays attention to it at all, it seems that the empire is like this." ”

"What?! The emperor is dead! ”

Zhao Hu and the others immediately jumped up and exclaimed. No wonder they were so surprised, because they didn't hear anything at all.

Peter glanced at the portrait of the emperor placed in the center of the main wall of the hall, nodded and said, "That's right, you died on the day you set foot on the territory. ”

Zhao Hu glanced at Sun Jie and said to Peter: "Your news is so fast, it will take ten days and a half months for the imperial capital to come here and gallop quickly." ”

"Well, we have many special communication methods, and the speed is determined by the importance of the message, and this time is the fastest, and I got the news the day after His Majesty's death." Peter said disappreciatively.

Sun Jie was bitter for a while, because the intelligence system under his control did not have this news at all, or he had already received the news but was still in the process of transmitting it. It seems that the method of messaging needs to be improved, otherwise the enemy will come to the door and you will not know about it.

Zhao Hu couldn't help but ask out loud: "Provincial Governor, you said that the powerful princes and magnates have left the imperial capital?" What's going on? It stands to reason that they should at least fight for the throne and wait for defeat before escaping, right? Are they really afraid that some powerful person will wipe them out? Together, their forces are all possible to destroy the imperial capital! ”

Peter nodded and said, "The combined power of those powerful people is very strong, but I think they are planning their plans, and it is even possible that the rumor was spread by one of them." ”

Zhao Hu asked suspiciously, "Huh?" Why would they do it? I remember that in the history of the empire, there was such a thing in the history of the empire, it was the princes who fought for it in the imperial capital, and only after the defeat did they run back to the territory to gather troops and prepare to turn the tables, and there was never a situation where the winner had not yet appeared, and the candidate ran directly back to the territory to prepare for the fight. ”

"The empire really has the strength to compete for the throne is the second, third, and fourth princes, and the other princes are divided into local divisions. But because of this parity, the power of the imperial prime minister and the imperial marshal has become the most powerful in the empire, and the three princes can't believe these two old foxes, or they only believe in the army in their hands, so they simply run out to keep themselves safe.

Of course, other princes and magnates are not fools, who will stay in the imperial capital to look at people's eyes? Of course, he went back to the territory to be the emperor of the soil. Because of these messy things, there will be this kind of strange thing about the royal family and magnates leaving the capital during the state funeral. Peter explained.

"It's strange, the power of the marshal and the prime minister is so powerful, why don't you detain the prince?" Zhou Wen couldn't help but interject and asked.

"It's very simple, first, the power and prestige of the marshal and the prime minister are indeed powerful, and if they come forward in person, they can control eighty percent of the soldiers in the imperial capital. But it's just a soldier, and the more senior the officer, the more difficult it is to control.

Because officers will face all kinds of temptations of interests, in the long run, interests have long replaced the position of marshals and prime ministers, and the higher the status, the more obvious this phenomenon is. Don't you see that many generals disobey the orders of the marshal? Peter explained in detail.

"Second, the princes and magnates must have the mentality of being the first to get the moon near the water against the army guarding the central province, and it is definitely the target of their first infiltration, even an inconspicuous person like the Seventh Prince can buy a brigade of the Imperial Forest Army, let alone others.

Thirdly, although the soldiers admired and obeyed the marshal, the marshal could not personally face all the soldiers, so when something happened, the soldiers still habitually obeyed the orders of their immediate superiors. Therefore, even if the combined power of the marshal and the prime minister is monstrous, it cannot stop the princes and magnates from leaving the imperial capital. Peter took a leisurely sip of tea.

"Because of this, your master came to Haiquan Province? And ordered to seize my smuggling route halfway through? Zhao Hu said to Peter with a mocking expression.

Peter put down the teacup, sighed and said, "I believe you also know that Kate and I are the same master, right?" Kate fantasizes about getting a knighthood in the future, so she obeys the orders of the Seven Princes, but I am not optimistic about the Seven Princes, and I think it is better to plan for myself.

"Because I know that if the Seven Princes arrive in Ocean Springs Province, Kate may be delayed for a while due to his command ability, but I will be executed immediately, because Kate and I are both obstacles to the Seven Princes' complete control over the power of the two of us.

"It's a pity that Kate was dazzled by the title and didn't want to agree with me, so I came here to seek refuge."

"The division commander wants to lead his troops to seize the smuggling route? And what else can he control the brigade below? ”

Zhao Hu said a little surprised: "I heard about the confrontation between the two wings in Haiquan Province in Haibin Province, but I didn't expect the division commander to dare to lead troops to attack my territory, you must know that there are seven or eight counties between my territory and the provincial capital, can the division commander fight all the way?"

"If you can, why doesn't the division commander take control of the whole province first?"

Peter smiled and said: "Maybe you think Kate is just a rude and straightforward person, but let me tell you, he has a good hand in controlling his subordinates, and now among the five brigades of the entire local division, there are still two brigades that completely obey his orders, and the other three brigades are infiltrated by other princes and magnates, and they have never been his subordinates." As for not controlling the province, it is also because the Seven Princes do not want to attract attention, but after the arrival of the Seven Princes, Haiquan Province will soon be unified. ”

"Uh, that means the division commander has more than 30,000 regular troops in his hands?" Zhao Hu said softly. This is not the last time when there were only 3,000 veterans of 50,000 people, and they are also veterans who are scattered as officers, these are two well-formed brigades!

And on his own side, even if you add the territorial militia, that is, the appearance of two wings, when the soldiers have the same combat effectiveness, the side with more people will definitely have the advantage, and this time it will be troublesome.

Peter shook his head and said, "There are more than 30,000 troops, and Kate has also privately trained the city guards into regular troops with the help of the county government under the control of two brigades.

Anyway, as far as I know, the city guards and the two brigades are one, and the personnel of the two sides are often transferred to each other, and many retired soldiers have allowed Kate to settle in the control area, which means that Kate can call up a large number of veterans at any time. Based on the intelligence I have gathered over the years, Kate now has two combat-ready and well-equipped divisions. ”

When everyone was stunned by this number, Zhao Hu, who was still a little self-controlled, asked: "Well, since the division commander has hidden so many troops and is such a powerful figure, why would he not listen to your advice and be loyal to the Seventh Prince?" It is said that he can set himself up as king! ”

Zhao Hu's words made everyone wake up immediately, yes, it is impossible for a fool to have such outstanding results.

Peter was obviously a little confused, and suddenly he slapped his thigh at the memory of something, jumped up and shouted excitedly, "Oh my God! I know why he should be loyal to the Seven Princes! Damn it! I should have guessed when he used the smuggled profits to buy weapons! This guy wants to use the Seven Princes as a puppet! ”

Everyone swallowed their saliva involuntarily when they heard this, and Zhou Wen and others who had seen the division commander were even more stunned with their eyes wide open and their mouths, that stupid division commander was actually hiding so deeply? Such a powerful character is actually a small commander of the local garrison division! Seeing that his plan is so deep, he knows that being a regular army commander is more than enough!

Zhao Hu, who came to his senses first, said to Peter: "How is it? Are you going to tell your master the news? So that he can be prepared? ”

Peter shook his head a little disappointed and said: "Although the Seventh Prince is not very old, he also has the arrogant character of the magnates, this character is almost a magnate, at most it is just a difference between whether it can be controlled more or less, so those of us who are subordinates don't care about this."

But the Seventh Prince also has a very bad character, that is, greed and hypocrisy, he is so greedy that even the assets of his subordinates will be red, and his eyes will be red, if he is the master's mouth, even if his subordinates are unwilling, they will contribute an asset to it, but he is willing to secretly raid his subordinates and exterminate the clan rather than let people say that he is greedy for his money. If I hadn't known about his bad habit by chance, I'm afraid I would have given him the money to him. ”

"So you have no way out? Are your family members settled? Zhao Hu asked.

Peter smiled: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, before I defected to the Seventh Prince, I sent my family to the Freedom Alliance, and now my family members are all pretending to be slaves." ”

Everyone felt a little sweaty on their foreheads, and the provincial governors and division commanders who dared to belittle before were all incredible figures.