King Yang Yuanyan held a banquet for the arrival of Wang Wenqian and Yin Peng in the mansion, and the banquet can be described as a joy for the guests and hosts.

At the end of the banquet, Yin Peng left the palace with Wang Wenqian, and walked from the mezzanine road to the post house on the east side of the palace, and inadvertently turned his head to see Wang Wenqian under the dim lantern light, and his face turned gloomy at some point, as if there were things piled up in his chest that were difficult to solve.

Yin Peng asked, "Are you worried about the dangerous situation in Huaidong?" ”

Wang Wenqian took a long breath before he said slowly: "If there is no battle at the beginning of the year, Huaidong can follow the established plan, turn 60,000 generals into tunding, and reclaim the silt west of Dongyang with his family, the situation may be eased and no longer so embarrassing." However, at this time, even if the civilian population is hungry, Huaidong's grain storage can only last for another three or four months, and this year, the nineteen counties in the three prefectures have been affected by military disasters and flooding, and the summer grain and autumn can only be collected for two or three out of ten; If you want to survive until next year, you need to add millions of stone grains. However, even if millions of stone of grain can be transferred, it may take four or five years to recover, and it will take four or five years for Huaidong to no longer be attacked by the Liang army on a large scale, but is this possible? ”

"Didn't you say that you would ask the court for help?" Yin Peng asked.

"That's a good thing, but the question is how to ask the court for help, and how to make sure that the court princes agree to help Huaidong, instead of falling into the well?" Wang Wenqian said.

Hearing Wang Wenqian say this, Yin Peng couldn't help but sigh.

Although King Xin and the three princes are brothers and sisters, where is the brotherhood of the royal family?

The third prince lived in seclusion in the palace in his early years, and King Xin had already left Chuzhou, and the two had not met much, so naturally there was no brotherhood.

In the early days of the Jinling Incident, although the two sides agreed to join forces against the Anning Palace in Qiuhu Mountain, and also jointly issued a document to discuss the rebellion, but then King Xin used the Taowu army led by Li Pu as bait to trap and kill an elite rebel army, laying the advantage of the Chuzhou army in controlling Wu (Su) and Changrun Sanzhou in the early stage, which directly led to the rupture of the relationship between the two sides.

Later, he formed and led the Chishan Army with Han Qian, and fought in the areas of Liyang and Jieling Mountain, and fought several bloody battles, and both sides lost a lot of troops and horses.

Seeing that the family forces of Jiangdong and Xuanshu Raochi Prefectures, as well as the sons of Yang Zhitang, the king of Yuzhang County, and the princes of Zhedong County, all fell to the three princes, King Xin was forced to retreat and lead the soldiers and horses of Chuzhou to withdraw to the north bank, seeking to divide Huaidong.

In the end, it was the three princes who were eager to recover Jinling and ascend to the throne, so they were forced to agree to King Xin's feudal domain and secede Huaidong, and Huaidong was also forced to recognize the three princes to inherit the throne.

How fragile the relationship between the two sides is, everyone can figure it out with their toes broken.

And King Xin made them out of Yangzhou, and made Zhao Zhen lead a heavy army to be stationed in Yangzhou, to put it bluntly, to prevent the imperial court from attacking Huaidong at any time.

Xu Mingzhen rebelled against Chu and Liang, resulting in the destruction of the main force of the Navy Division and the Right Shenwu Army, and at the same time threatening the life and death of Huaidong and the imperial court.

However, Han Qian's investment in his troops and horses, regardless of casualties, had several bloody battles on the front line of Chuhe River and Fucha Mountain, which frustrated the spirit of the Shouzhou army and made the imperial court stabilize the situation in Huaixi first.

In this case, Huaidong had a serious crisis after the war, why did they think that the imperial court would not take the opportunity to fall into the ground?

Why did they think that the imperial court would selflessly take out millions of stone grains and grains to make Huaidong easily relieve this breath?

Yin Peng certainly wouldn't be naïve enough to think that things would be so simple.

He and Wang Wenqian came to Chuzhou to see King Xin this time, and to put it bluntly, he wanted to discuss what concessions Huaidong could make at this stage, or what price he could pay, in exchange for the support of the imperial court.

He believed that His Highness, Ruan Yan and the others should also understand this truth.

It's just that they have just arrived in Chuzhou today, and it is impossible for them to directly discuss such an embarrassing topic.

At the night banquet, everyone looked at everything else, and the atmosphere was not bad, but Yin Peng didn't understand a little, the adults were obviously mentally prepared, why were they so worried?

He thought to himself, could it be that during the conversation between the banquets, the adults noticed that King Xin or Ruan Yan and the others had some meaningless illusions, which would make the situation in Huaidong worse?

It's just that he didn't feel that there was anything abnormal about the atmosphere during the night banquet!

Looking at some of the words of His Royal Highness King Xin during the banquet, he knows better than anyone else the current predicament that Huaidong is facing.

Although Yin Peng also had to be appointed as the Sima of Yangzhou, Wang Wenqian always regarded him as a close confidant, seeing his confused look, and some things were not hidden from him, so after they entered the city, he invited Ruan Yantong to take a carriage into the palace to write those words to Yin Peng, saying:

"They don't want to pay too much price, but they want to ...... with the tiger"

"Ah," Yin Peng was stunned for a while, and then stammered, "Ruan Yan said these words, is His Royal Highness wanting to use Miss Jun to marry Han Qian again, and then Han Qian and the Han family will put pressure on the imperial court to pay aid to Huaidong?" ”

"......" Wang Wenqian nodded bitterly.

"At this time, they were all sure that Han Qian had long known Wen Ruilin's identity, and they also knew that when Wen Ruilin offered a plan to lure the sailor into the encirclement of the Liang army in Hongzepu, Han Qian and others chose to sit idly by in Chuzhou, Your Highness, they should know that Han Qian is extremely ambitious...... "Yin Peng asked.

Yes, at this time, Huaidong also maintained cooperation with Xuzhou (Tangyi), but this cooperation was limited, and at the same time, it also maintained a high degree of vigilance.

They even blocked the passage west of Hangou to prevent displaced people from entering Tangyi.

The two sides exchanged more scarce materials such as warships, armor and weapons built in Xuzhou at equal prices; And the reason why they tolerated Chishan's foothold on the west bank of Fanliang Lake in the past was because they believed that it would not threaten Huaidong anything.

Now using Miss as a bargaining chip to cooperate with Han Qian's marriage, the situation is completely different.

It is impossible for Han Qian to be satisfied just because he can marry Wang Jun, and if he does not mention other conditions, he will help put pressure on the imperial court and send millions of stone of money and food to Huaidong to help Huaidong tide over the current crisis.

To put it bluntly, King Xin, Ruan Yan and others were unwilling to pay too much price, but wanted to use Wang Jun as a bargaining chip, and then use a smaller and acceptable price in exchange for Han Qian and the Han family's support for Huaidong.

However, this may prompt Han Qian to sit big in Tangyi!

They just thought that Han Qian was ambitious, and therefore thought that Han Qian had the possibility of asking for something from Huaidong and was willing to help; At the same time, they decided that with the situation of Han Qian and the Han family at this time, they only needed to pay a small price to satisfy Han Qian's appetite. Wang Wenqian sighed.

"But there's no need to use Miss as a bargaining chip?" Yin Peng said indignantly.

Two years ago, both parties had their own ghosts and re-mentioned the marriage between Wang Jun and Han Qian, but Han Qian escaped and returned to Xuzhou under the pretext of refusing to marry, and Wang Jun was extremely unbearable at that time.

What's going on now?

"They are worried that they will be calculated by Han Qian, and they are worried that Han Qian will go against their word, so this time they still have to mention the marriage first, forcing Han Qian to talk about other cooperation after there is no way out." Wang Wenqian said.

"Ruan Yan and the others have never been wary of Han Qian, why didn't they hesitate this time?" Yin Peng asked.

"It's very simple, Ruan Yan doesn't want me to be the assassin of Yangzhou anymore." Wang Wenqian said.

Yin Peng was slightly stunned, and then he also figured it out.

In the past, Huaidong paid equal attention to Chuzhou and Yangzhou, and according to Chuzhou, it could also expand the land on the north bank of the Huai River, and Haizhou had salt benefits, and the interests in all aspects were great, but after this war, the territory north of the Huai River was all lost, and Chuzhou was crippled, not to mention, in the foreseeable years or even more than ten years, the war in Chuzhou will be difficult to extinguish, and it will be the main area to resist the Liang army's southern attack on Huai, and it will only become more full of devastation.

In comparison, as long as Chuzhou City is defended, as long as Han Qian blocks the Shouzhou Army's troops in Tangyi, Yangzhou on the inner line can still maintain considerable prosperity.

Yangzhou will be the only remaining important town in Huaidong in the future.

After Wang Jun marries Han Qian, even if it is just to avoid suspicion, they will inevitably resign from the positions of Assassin Shi, Sima and others, and these important positions will inevitably fall into the pockets of Ruan Yan and others!

Therefore, Ruan Yan and the others were more for this level of calculation, thus ignoring their previous vigilance and precautions against Han Qian.

Yin Peng couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness summoned us this time, actually to discuss this matter?" ”

Wang Wenqian nodded.

"What do you want to say over there, Miss?" Yin Peng asked with a headache.

"Your Highness should have made up your mind, what else can you say?" Wang Wenqian smiled bitterly.

Yin Peng thought of something and asked: "His Royal Highness wants to use Miss to marry Han Qian again, maybe there is another layer of intention, which is to further expose Han Qian's ambitions, and urge the imperial court to be more vigilant against Han Qian, so as to slow down the suppression of Huaidong, right?" ”

Wang Wenqian nodded and said, "Your Highness, Ruan Yan, they should have this intention. ”

"Han Qian is such a smart person, I'm afraid he won't get into it easily, right?" Yin Peng asked.

"Whether you enter or not, it depends on what conditions Your Highness agrees to in the future, in short, let's talk about it first." Wang Wenqian said.

"What did the young lady say?" Yin Peng asked with a wry smile.

"Who called her my Wang Wenqian's daughter?" Wang Wenqian looked up at the miserable night sky and said quietly.

Seeing such an attitude of the adult, Yin Peng thought to himself that the adult might also think that this was an unavoidable method.

He thought about it in his heart, if there was no Han Qian to help each other, he really had to ask the court directly for money and food, and the imperial court asked His Royal Highness to give up the feudal domain of Huaidong, asked Yangtai and the two prefectures to be reincorporated into the central direct jurisdiction, and asked His Royal Highness and the Huaidong Army to return to the state of guarding the border towns before the Jinling Incident, can they really refuse?