“……”

Cao Gan looked at the slightly yellowed edict in his hand with a slightly yellowish meaning that made him dizzy, subconsciously swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, hesitated for a long time, and asked,

"Before I came over, I heard rumors that Wen Duqiao and the Wen clan were robbed in Xuzhou, and I heard rumors that Han Linggong was detained when he received an edict from the first emperor of Great Chu to see Wen Duqiao before he was killed-so Wen Duqiao was in Tangyi at this time?"

"Does Lord Cao want to see Gong Wen at this time?" Han Qian asked in a deep voice.

"It doesn't have to be." Cao Gan shook his head, he also knew in his heart that Han Qian had disclosed such a confidential matter to him, and if he insisted on seeing Wen Duqiao, he was afraid that he would be looked down upon.

However, Cao Gan still couldn't suppress the shock and excitement in his heart, he didn't expect that the secret that Tangyi could easily rob the Wen clan from Xuzhou was actually here, which also meant that Han Qian would no longer have a substantial obstacle to recruiting Liang Bo and the Luoshan defenders.

Cao Gan's heart was racing for a long time, and when he came back to his senses and saw Han Qian, Feng Yi, Guo Rong and others staring at him, he coughed lightly twice, resolved the embarrassment, and said:

“…… The head of my family is in a worrying physical condition, but he is bent on being the emperor, and no one can persuade him. And if Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian really succeeded in leading their troops to capture Guanzhong, so that the prince Li Hongyi supported the establishment of the country as the emperor, Sichuan and Shu are afraid that there will be no place for my marquis to stand - when Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian are trapped in the pass, it may be the last chance for my marquis, and I also ask Han Marquis to help, he has asked for something from Japan and Han, and my marquis will never forget today's feelings. ”

Listening to Cao Gan talk about their plan, Feng Yi and Gao Shao thought secretly, thinking that there was really no difference from their previous expectations, no matter how stupid Wang Yong was, he would inevitably wait until Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian led 70,000 elites to enter Guanzhong, and it was best to wait until Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian suddenly launched a mutiny to control Shudu when they besieged Yongzhou City (Chang'an).

In that case, Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiao would withdraw their troops from Yongzhou and retreat to Liangzhou after getting the news first, and it would be three months before it went well.

This gave him plenty of time to grasp the situation in Shuzhong and send troops to block the passage between Liangzhou and Shuzhong.

However, they can also tell that Cao Gan is not completely telling the truth.

Feng Yi glanced at Han Qian, not knowing whether to continue to ask Cao Gan more details about the mutiny:

For example, how many people did Changxiang Hou Wang Yong arrange near Shudu, how many officials in the Shu Dynasty supported Changxiang Hou Wang Yong, and for example, among the generals of the forbidden army who stayed in Shudu, who had been bought by them, could ensure that the Yuzhou army entered the Shu capital as soon as possible, rather than being blocked outside the towering Shu capital by the forbidden army left behind.

Of course, it was impossible for them to persuade Cao Gan and Wang Yong to abandon their plans to mutiny and usurp the throne at this time.

There is no turning back when the bow is opened, even if the news is accidentally leaked at this time, it will only make Wang Yong, who is on the bow, act in a hurry and let go.

"You really want to do something, you can't wait until the situation is critical to borrow troops from Xuzhou - the elite of Xuzhou is not a god general, if it really comes to the point where you have to borrow troops, Lord Cao thinks that three or five thousand elites go down the Qianjiang River and enter Shuzhong through Yuzhou, what can it do?"

Han Qian knew that it was impossible for Cao Gan to reveal all their plans and hole cards, and he had no intention of asking too much, so after taking back the edict, he motioned to the guards to bring the mat and asked Cao Gan to sit down in front of his case, and said,

"If you really want to make a move, you must prepare for the worst from the beginning, for example, Wang Hongyi may get the news in advance, for example, the partner you choose at this time is very likely to be ill-intentioned, and for example, Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian waved their troops to help faster than you expected, and for example, you did not succeed in sealing the passage between Shubei and Liangzhou......"

"If you want to do great things, how can you not take a little risk?" Cao Gan naturally knows their plan, there are many risks, which are mainly directly related to the people and strength they control, if the people and strength they control can completely eliminate these risks, then what kind of usurpation will they usurp, and wait for the lord Wang Jian to die and succeed to the throne?

"If you want to make a big plan, you need to take some risks, but why does Lord Cao think I must be willing to get involved?" Han Qian asked.

"What does Master Hou need?" Cao Gan asked.

has talked about this step, of course Cao Gan wouldn't think that Han Qian still wanted to stay out of the matter, there was no need for the lion to open his mouth and sit on the ground and start the price, right?

"I don't want to get anything, but I hope that the Marquis of Changxiang and Lord Cao can reduce the risk to a lower level," Han Qian said, "I will send Han Donghu to lead a thousand elite cavalry to take the merchant ship of the Chishan Society, and go directly to Yuzhou with Lord Cao, but Yuzhou must prepare a thousand war horses in advance, after all, there are more people to hide in the cabin of the merchant ship, but to transport a thousand war horses from Tangyi, the goal is too big, and at the same time, after Han Donghu arrives in Yuzhou, I hope that the Marquis of Changxiang can directly write an edict and call Shu a minister and not call him an emperor......

In a two-thousand-stone warehouse ship, four or five hundred people can barely fit in, but it may not be able to fit a hundred horses, so Han Qian sent cavalry generals to go over, and the war horses could not follow them, so they needed to prepare an additional batch of war horses from Yuzhou.

As for asking the Marquis of Changxiang to directly write an edict to Shu as a minister, it has no substantial impact on the military and political affairs of the State of Shu after the successful usurpation of the throne by Wang Yong and Cao Gan, the Marquis of Changxiang, and they can also change their names and justifiably obtain the support of the Chu court.

For Tangyi and Han Qian, it can resolve the blame they will face if they borrow troops without authorization to cooperate with the Marquis of Changxiang to launch a mutiny and usurp the throne.

Cao Gan did not express any objections, and patiently listened to Han Qian continue:

“…… It is best for Yuzhou to cooperate with the Chishan Society as soon as possible to completely cut off the channel between Shu and Chu, so as not to spread the news to Jinling too early and make it difficult for me to be a person inside and out; Lord Cao should also know that the princes of the Great Chu Dynasty, especially the relics of the previous dynasty, such as Lu Qingxia, at least at this time, would never want to see anyone sabotage the Chu-Shu coalition army's crusade against Guanzhong. ”

Cao Gan's eyelids jumped, but he still didn't object.

"When Lord Cao returns to Yuzhou, help me hand over this letter to someone by the way, whether the Changxiang Marquis can succeed or not, this is the key," Han Qian handed the letter he had just written to Cao Gan, and said, "I will directly order Tan Yuliang to lead three thousand elites to send troops directly from Wuchuan, and arrive in Yuzhou in about a month and a half." This should be the best time for you to make a living. Since the best time for you to launch a mutiny is only so short, even if I lend you tens of thousands of sets of armor, I am afraid that you will not have time to expand your troops and horses, so there will be no need for this......"

Cao Gan couldn't help but ask in shock when he heard Han Qian urging them to directly launch a mutiny in a month and a half at the earliest:

"How can Master Hou be sure that Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian will be able to attack Guanzhong within a month and a half?"

There is no doubt that no matter how hasty they are, they will inevitably wait for Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian to lead 70,000 elites to attack Guanzhong before they attack, but how can they be sure that Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian can open the pass to advance into the hinterland of Guanzhong within a month and a half?

"May I ask Lord Cao, if Li Zhihe, Xu Mingzhen, and Yang Yuanyan besiege Huaixi with Jinling four-way soldiers and horses, should I divide the four-way soldiers and horses to meet them and keep the enemy out of Huaixi, or let them enter Huaixi and fight again?" Han Qian asked, "If Lord Cao and Changxiang Hou can't even boldly confirm this, this matter will really be in suspense!" ”

Cao Gan understood what Han Qian meant when he said this, and they also considered that Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang would take the initiative to give up the defense of the outer checkpoints in Guanzhong and let the enemy troops enter Guanzhong, but they were not as sure as Han Qian.

"Don't think about it. If the Liang army divides its troops to stick to the periphery, first of all, the northern front will be frozen by the Yellow River and the Wei River, making it difficult for both Hejin and Tongguan to refuse the small group of enemy troops to drive straight in, which will inevitably stir up the hinterland of Guanzhong full of wolf smoke, black smoke and miasma, and rumors, and at this time, the loss of any pass city will very likely induce a series of routs of the Liang army like an avalanche, and finally the situation will be completely out of control. Compared with dividing troops to defend the periphery, Zhu Yu's greater opportunity is to let all the soldiers and horses enter the pass, so that he can rely on a few fortified cities such as Yongzhou, take advantage of the vigilance and vigilance between the enemy troops on all roads, concentrate elite combat forces, and attack the enemy troops on the Weihe Plain. ”

Han Qian said calmly,

"Of course, although Wang Xiaoxian is more than brave and lacks strategy, but Zhao Mengji is a rare good general in Shu, you want to wait until Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian's troops were severely injured by Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang before making a move, maybe it will take half a year to make it possible, but can you have the patience to wait for so long? Many people involved in the plot, I'm afraid they are all on pins and needles at this time, Lord Cao can guarantee that they will not be able to detect flaws in half a year, so that Wang Jian, the lord of Shu, and Wang Hongyi, the prince of Shu, will never notice the flaws? ”

The matter was very important, why couldn't Cao Gan reply to Han Qian on the spot, and said, "I'm afraid that I have to consult my marquis before I can make a decision?" ”

"The matter has come to this point, and you can't help but hesitate anymore, Lord Cao, and you don't have time to go back and forth to Yuzhou to send a message and ask for instructions. will be outside, and the monarch's decree will not be granted, which is the truth. Lord Cao, you should give me a clear answer today," Han Qian said in a deep voice, "If the whole thing is really as procrastinating and hesitant as Lord Cao planned before, it will definitely drag Xuzhou into a place of no return, I believe that Lord Cao will never want to force Han to make a decision that is unfavorable to the Marquis of Changxiang, right?" ”

Listening to Han Qian's threatening words, Cao Gan was also stunned and speechless for a long time: "......"

"My lord shows this edict to Lord Cao, which is our greatest sincerity, and only if the Marquis of Changxiang succeeds, can I rely on Tangyi, Lord Cao, what do you have to hesitate about?" Feng Yi wasted no time in pushing the flames next to him and asked.

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Yesterday there was only some light snow drifting down in Liyang, there was no appearance, after the fog cleared this morning, the weather was quite clear, but Feng Yi took Han Qian's proposed recital in the afternoon, took a boat down the river, and entered Jinling City before dark, and the gloomy sky fell goose feathers and heavy snow.

Feng Yi is the governor of Tangyi at this time, in addition to being fully responsible for the civil affairs of Huaixi, he also leads the history of Chaozhou, if it is not a particularly urgent and important matter, he will not come to Jinling in the past two years.

As for matters such as submitting the folds and liaising with the Central Council Division, there are also special officials in charge of the Metropolitan Department, and they will not directly bother Feng Yu.

Therefore, Han Duan, who learned that Feng Yi crossed the river and was dragged to Yanyuan Tower for a banquet and was somewhat upset by the current situation, also rushed back to the mansion as soon as possible, and saw that in the Ming Residence Hall, except for his father and uncle Han Daoming, the old man, who rarely asked things directly in recent years, also sat behind the desk with a solemn face and listened to what Feng Yi was saying.

"What is the urgent matter, bother Lord Feng to cross the river in person?" Han Duan walked in and asked.

The Han family had already sent Han Jun and his wife and children back to the old house in Xuanzhou to recuperate, regardless of what old grievances Han Duan had with Han Qian before, after the Han family and Tangyi completely merged, these all disappeared.

And Han Duan's status among the younger generation of the Han family has always been on par with Han Chengmeng and Qiao Weiyan.

At such a critical moment, there are some things that also need him to participate, Feng Yi sighed slightly, and said: "Yuzhou Sima Cao Gan secretly arrived in Liyang yesterday to meet with Hou Ye, Changxiang Hou will send troops back to Shu from Yuzhou to usurp the throne of Shu in a month and a half at the earliest......"

"......" Han Duan opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say for a long time, he didn't expect that Tangyi's abduction of the Wen clan had just spread the news in Jinling City, and at this time he would directly participate in the conspiracy of the Marquis of Changxiang to usurp the throne of the lord of Shu.

Han Duan felt that his heart was a little unbearable.

Feng Yi also just walked into the Han Mansion and sat down in the Ming Mansion with his front foot, so he simply repeated what he had just said to Han Daoming to the frightened Han Duan:

"Changxiang Hou is worried that something is wrong and wants to borrow troops from Xuzhou, Hou Ye has decided that there will be a thousand elites under the leadership of Han Donghu as soon as tomorrow, and directly follow Cao Gan to take the merchant ship of the Chishan Society and secretly rush to Yuzhou by the Yangtze River waterway. Worried that there will be any accidents in the flying pigeon to pass the book, the messenger who went to Xuzhou to pass the order has already taken Hou Ye's handwritten secret letter on the road at noon today, if it goes well, Tan Yuliang will lead 4,000 elites to Yuzhou along the Qianjiang River waterway in a month and a half, and meet Changxiang Hou and Cao Gan. The most important thing now is to recruit the defenders of Liangbo and Luoshan in the shortest possible time, and I crossed the river this time to send a presentation on behalf of Han Qian and meet His Majesty......"

Feng Yu is also the assassin of Chaozhou, so he is naturally qualified to directly enter the political hall on behalf of Han Qian, but what shocked Han Duan was that Han Qian actually thought that he wanted to recruit Liang Bo and the Luoshan defenders in the shortest time, so he couldn't help but lean forward and asked:

"Li Zhihe's hard bone, it's not so easy to gnaw, what if he doesn't give in? Besides, Wen Bo will definitely choose to descend Tangyi instead of descending Li Zhihe? ”

Now it is rumored all over the city that Han Qian has sent people to abduct the Wen clan from Xuzhou to Tangyi.

Although after the news came out, Li Zhihe did not rush to attack Luoshan City, but in addition to sending reinforcements to the walled city east of Luoshan City to prevent Han Qian from provoking a war, he even did not hesitate to attack Wuguan with the new Zuo Wuxiang Army, and asked Chai Jian to lead the main force of the Zuo Shenwu Army to move to the east flank near Gwangju, making it clear that he would not easily retreat.

But more importantly, Han Duan didn't think that if the Wen clan fell into the hands of Tangyi, Wen Bo would definitely descend to Tangyi!

Everyone knows that Wen Duqiao is one of the culprits who killed the third uncle Han Daoxun back then, and even if Wen Bo surrenders to Tangyi happily, it is impossible to have much trust between them.

Could it be that Tang Yi really dared to use Wen Bo to lead the troops, or that Wen Bo really believed that Tang Yi would use him to lead the troops unsuspectingly?

The best result is that Wen Bo hand over the military power, or directly disband the Luoshan defenders, and the Wen clan will return to the mountains and forests.

In the eyes of outsiders, Han Qian was able to finally allow the Wen clan to return to the mountains and forests, which can already be said to be benevolent.

After learning the news of the abduction of the Wen clan to Tangyi, Han Duan also knew that his father and eldest uncle were even worried that Han Qian would be self-defeating by doing so, which prompted Wen Bo to surrender to Li Zhihe more firmly.

Han Daoming and Han Daochang also leaned forward, Feng Yi had just said this before, but they were interrupted by Han Duan walking in, they still didn't know what confidence Han Qian had to recruit the defenders of Luoshan.

In fact, in their opinion, the purpose of Han Qian to send people to kidnap the Wen clan was only to use the Luoshan defenders to muddy the waters and contain the Xiangbei army, so that they could not unite with the Shu army to attack Guanzhong.

If it was just that, preventing Li Zhihe from absorbing the Luoshan defenders in a short period of time, and even forcing Li Zhihe to capture Luoshan City at a heavy price, would be the goal for them, but how could Tangyi easily make the Luoshan defenders surrender?

How sure can Han Qian tell Wen Bo to let go of his scruples that he is very likely to be liquidated in the future?

"When Han Gong received an edict in Lanting Lane and went to the palace to discuss matters, and then was detained and directly mutilated, this edict was not forged by Empress Xu or Wen Duqiao, it was indeed written by Emperor Tianyou himself, so Wen Duqiao was not the culprit who harmed Han Gong. Wen Bo also knew about this, so he only needed to force Li Zhihe's troops to retreat from under Luoshan City, and there would be no obstacle to recruiting Liang Bo. Feng Yi said.

"How is it possible, why did the first emperor help the rebel and then harm the third uncle?" Han Duan's reaction was exactly the same as Feng Yi's, and he was so shocked that he was about to jump.

"Emperor Tianyou was the first person to realize Hou Ye's ability, and he should have realized that he had been poisoned soon after Shen He's death, so he specially arranged for Hou Ye to send an envoy to Shu to welcome his relatives and summon Han Gong back to Jinling to serve as Jing Zhaoyin. Emperor Tianyou's arrangement should put an end to the possibility of Hou Ye being co-opted by the Anning Palace. After all, with the thoughts of Han Gong and Hou Ye at that time, they still wanted to avoid Da Chu falling into civil strife as much as possible, and they didn't particularly care who sat in that position, but Emperor Tianyou would not tolerate this. In fact, Hou Ye has long suspected this, this time he took Wen Duqiao to Tangyi, and the original edict was in Wen Duqiao's hands, which finally confirmed this. Feng Yi said.

Han Daoming, Han Daochang, and Han Duan could not suppress the shock in their hearts.

Han Wenhuan sighed, as if he had already speculated about all this.

Feng Yi said: "The outside world doesn't know the existence of the edict, so it will also be determined that there is no possibility of a complete reconciliation between the Wen family and the Hou Ye, and it will also be determined that Wen Bo is wary of the Hou Ye - so the meaning of the Hou Ye is that he hopes that Lord Shangshu and the Second Lord will let out the news in Jinling, so that Tangyi's ultimate goal is to break up the defenders of Luoshan and exile the Wen clan, so that many things will become relatively easy to ......"

"That's right," Han Daoming nodded and said, "Don't talk about others, Your Majesty doesn't want to see Tangyi's good, but he definitely doesn't want to see ......the Luoshan defenders surrendered by Li Zhihe."

Han Daochang also nodded and said: "As long as Shouwangfu, Shen Yang, Yang En, Huang Jia, Zheng Shi, Zhang Chao, Zhang Han and others mistakenly think that the fundamental purpose of Tangyi is to prevent Li Zhihe from recruiting the Luoshan defenders, and eventually break up the Luoshan defenders, they will definitely not object, and will even secretly connive at Tangyi to make some outrageous actions......"

Han Daochang said that the clues can be glimpsed from the fact that Tangyi borrowed the Chenzhou crisis and won back control of Shiliang County from Huaixi.

That time, Tangyi got great benefits, but it was Huaidong's interests that were damaged, and everyone else was happy to see it, and finally forced Huaidong to accept the reality.

"After recruiting the defenders of Luosan, is the next step to force the Xiangbei Army to withdraw from Gwangju?" Han Duan asked.

Gwangju is traditionally subordinate to Huainan West Road, not to mention that after the surrender of the Luoshan garrison, the six counties of Gwangju, Luoshan, Le'an, and Huangchuan are all under the jurisdiction of Tangyi, and the expectation is under the control of the Shouzhou Army, only Yiyang and Tongbai County on the west wing are under the control of the Xiangbei Army.

Especially after the surrender of the Luoshan defenders, the total strength of the Tangyi camp will be expanded to more than 75,000 people again, and the strength will surpass that of Xiangbei and Huaidong.

"It should be, but it still depends on the progress of Changxianghou's side, if he can successfully usurp the throne, and Changxianghou's side fulfills his promise to Tangyi, many things will become convenient." Feng Yi answered Han Duan's question vaguely, and said, "Now someone needs to enter the palace to send a message to Wang Guifei, if Wang Guifei can help say a few more words in the palace, it will also be useful." ”

Naturally, it is impossible for ordinary people to casually come into contact with the lord of Qingyang, who lives in the Changxin Palace, but the female relatives of each family are all virtuous wives, and they all have the opportunity to enter the palace to visit the harem concubines.

Not to mention that Han Daoming's daughter is one of the four concubines herself.

Han Zhou's family entered the palace to visit his daughter, and then found an excuse to visit the county lord of Qingyang to pass on a message, which was naturally a breeze.

At present, Han Qian can't wait to lead his troops west to Huangchuan, threaten the flanks of Li Zhihe's department, and force them to retreat.

They talked secretly for a long time about creating momentum and meeting him, but before he knew it, the night was dark, and Han Daoming remembered that Feng Yi had entered the city, and he hadn't arranged a banquet for him.

"Feng Yi go to my yard to eat some supper and then go back to the guest house to rest, I can't sleep well at night at my age, just listen to Feng Yi talk more about Tangyi," Han Wenhuan stood up with great difficulty on crutches, stretched out his hand and asked Feng Yi to go over to hug him, and said to Han Daoming and Han Daochang, "You think more about how the whole thing should be done, don't make any mistakes, Feng Yi still rushed back to Donghu after seeing His Majesty, and he couldn't stay in Jinling for too long, it would be too delayed." ”

"Yes, father." Han Daoming and Han Daochang stood up and watched Feng Yi help their father walk towards the courtyard to the north.

In the Han mansion, there is a small guy in front of him carrying a lantern to light the road, in the dead of night, the paving stone road between the courtyard walls has accumulated a layer of snow, and it makes a slight noise when stepping on it.

"Qian'er is going to do more than just said, right?" Han Wenhuan asked, leaning on crutches.

Feng Yi was slightly stunned, and said: "Hou Ye said that the world is in turmoil, and the Hu people are planning far, and Tangyi has no possibility of calmly watching the changes in the situation, the old lady has always said that he wants to live in East Lake, or this time he can ...... with Feng Yi."

"Okay, my old man, it's enough to know this, if you don't have the strength to do anything, just stay in Jinling and watch the changes in the situation, you can assist Qian'er well." Han Wenhuan waved his hand, interrupted Feng Yi's words, and helped him back to his residence......