Crossing the river by boat, going to the quarrying and landing on the shore, and then galloping east overnight, entering the city in the early morning when the Xichang Gate opened, Yao Xishui was already tired, but the time was pressing, and she didn't have time to go to Changchun Palace to meet Lu Qingxia first, so she directly took her personal maid Ye Feiying and sneaked into Yang En's mansion.

After Yang Yuanpu ascended the throne, Yang En restored the title of Marquis of Liyang, but the mansion was not changed, and the house was still served by dozens of disabled veterans and their heirs and young families who were with him in the early years.

Yang En actually "disobeyed" these domestic servants, and forcibly dragged him away from the front of Changchun Palace, resentful and hateful, at this time he was sick in the house, and did not let these domestic servants serve in front of him.

Yao Xishui sneaked into the back house, Yang En just woke up from last night's hangover, and sat under the porch with a wine jug, looking at the remnants of snow in the garden, and pouring wine in a sip.

Seeing Yao Xishui and Ye Feiying coming in over the courtyard wall, Yang En only raised his eyelids, and continued to pour another sip of wine without paying attention.

"Marquis Yang said in front of the gate of Changchun Palace that Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang was good at hiding ambushes, and the forbidden army on the north bank attacked Chaozhou and would fall into it, but what basis is there?" Yao Xishui approached and asked.

"The ancients said that the weapon of the soldier is also the weapon of the saint, and the saint cannot use it, is it just because the use of the soldier is ominous?"

Yang En raised his pupils with three points of drunkenness, stared at Yao Xishui, and asked,

"It is already reckless for the sailors to rush to Hongzepu, is it not enough to be vigilant enough to be hit by this heavy blow? The forbidden army withdrew from Chaozhou, transferred the water camp of Xuzhou to the east, assisted in the defense of Jianghuai, and waited for the revival of the water division to attack Chaozhou next year, isn't it more secure and more likely to win than to send half of the elite of Dachu up to fight for a first-line opportunity? Why do you need to confirm whether there is a conspiracy in Liang Guo, and then choose the best? From the perspective of Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang, even if there was no plan before, even if the Huaixi Forbidden Army successfully took Chaozhou City, as long as the Great Chu had no water division available, it was still possible to send a large army south, unite with the rebels, and encircle the Huaixi Forbidden Army in Chaozhou City, and then make the remnants of the Lou Boat Army enter the Yangtze River waterway to cut off the communication between Jinling and Huaixi. Is it really necessary to come to this point and then go to the decree to transfer the water camp of Xuzhou to the east? ”

The Marquis of Liyang is good at workmanship, and the world knows it, but Yao Xishui doesn't want him to see the situation so thoroughly, hesitates for a while, and says:

"Your Majesty has made up your mind, Shen Xiang, the prince of the county, Li Guogong, Lord Erzheng, Han Hubu, Deputy Envoy Zhou, and Du Bingbu all support the use of troops, even if the Queen Mother agrees with Yang Houye's idea, I'm afraid I can't persuade Your Majesty to change your mind, right?"

Yao Xishui naturally would not directly pick out the secret edict of the Empress Dowager, after all, Yang En's original intention to forcibly break into the Changchun Palace was just to ask the Empress Dowager Wang Chan'er to stand up and persuade Yang Yuanpu and the princes of the court to change their minds.

"The Marquis of Qianyang is good at using dangerous tactics and the sword is biased, His Majesty is deeply influenced by the Marquis of Qianyang but is deeply jealous, and it is difficult to have a peaceful heart to manage state affairs. Yang En said.

Seeing that Yang En did not object to the Empress Dowager's intervention in politics, Yao Xishui thought about it for a while, and said:

"It's not a secret, Xinjin Marquis Li Zhihe is also worried that the attack on Chaozhou will be unfavorable for the Liang army, and he sent a secret envoy to Changchun Palace to play this matter. However, the Huai River is frozen now, and if the Liang State hides ambushes in Ying, Xu and other places, even if the Queen Mother summons the princes to discuss this matter, I am afraid it will be too late in time......"

Yao Xishui is not sure whether the Huai River has been frozen enough to walk cavalry, but she hopes that Yang En will agree to use a risky strategy - bypassing Yang Yuanpu and the princes of the court, and the Empress Dowager will directly issue a secret edict to make Li Zhihe and Han Qian cheaper, which is undoubtedly another adventure with serious consequences, and it will directly lead to many contradictions and serious confrontations between Yang Yuanpu and Wang Chan'er's mother and son in the future - the situation can only be used to force Yang En to join the court.

"......" Yang En stood there stunned.

He returned to the city from Changchun Palace, locked himself in the house for the past few days, deaf and dumb, there was no source, and how did he know if the Huai River was frozen at this time?

"Is it feasible for the Queen Mother not to convene the public affairs and directly pass on the edict to make the Marquis of Xinjin cheaper?" Yao Xishui asked.

Yang En stood there, unable to answer this question for a long time, he had not thought of this possibility beforehand, and he knew in his heart what it meant.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Yang En was still difficult to decide, Yao Xishui said: "Since Yang Hou Ye can't answer this question, Xishui can only go back to Changchun Palace, and ask the Queen Mother to sit and watch what happens, maybe to recover Chaozhou City, the situation may not be as bad as Hou Ye thinks." ”

"The Queen Mother and Her Majesty are mothers and sons, and the Queen Mother is in the court to interfere in politics, to correct state affairs, and when Dachu is thriving, she still has to take care of the palace." Ye Feiying interjected and said.

Yao Xishui glared at Ye Feiying, as if she was disgusted that she didn't understand the rules and talked nonsense, so she wanted to take Ye Feiying out of the Liyang Hou Mansion.

"This girl is right, Your Majesty may be unhappy for a while, but you can't sit back and watch Your Majesty continue to sink in." Yang En gritted his teeth and said.

How did he know that the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er had long fallen into the control of others, thinking in his heart that no matter how deep the contradiction between the Queen Mother and Emperor Yanyou's mother and son, there was room for relaxation, it was better than taking half of the elite combat power of Dachu to take this risk with limited chances of victory.

Yao Xishui showed the secret edict that should have been handed over to Li Zhihe yesterday, and said: "This is the secret edict of the Queen Mother, and I want to use the Xinjin Marquis cheaply, but the matter is very involved, and if you are not careful, you will lose all the plates......

Yao Xishui is the female official of the line of the Empress Dowager of Changchun Palace, Yang Enzhen saw that the edict was correct, and naturally did not suspect that the secret edict was fake, but the Empress Dowager Wang Chan'er changed her attitude in such a short period of time, so much that he did not expect.

What shocked him even more was that Li Zhihe, who was deeply trusted by His Majesty to be in charge of the Huaixi Forbidden Army, realized that something was wrong, and even bypassed His Majesty and directly begged for a secret edict from the Queen Mother.

This is tantamount to showing that Li Zhihe is the queen mother's person from beginning to end.

Yang En couldn't help but think, how many entanglements are still involved in the old genus of the Shenling Division, and it has not been clarified yet?

Yang En pondered for a while, hesitating in his heart, but he thought that he had to solve the urgent need in front of him first, and asked Yao Xishui: "If you don't adjust the water camp in Xuzhou to the east, it will be difficult to turn the crisis into safety, can the Queen Mother make proper arrangements?" ”

The corners of Yao Xishui's eyes twitched slightly, and finally suppressed the anger in her heart, and said softly: "The Queen Mother has made arrangements, and there have always been people in Xuzhou in Jinling." ”

Yang En also made up his mind, just temporarily with the Queen Mother, so he didn't ask any more questions, and immediately summoned several concubines to prepare carriages and horses - Yang En didn't think that he needed to hide any traces when he crossed the river to Chaozhou. Even if some people speculate that he persuaded Li Zhihe, they will only think that he is struggling in vain and will not stop him.

Yao Xishui wanted to go out of the city and cross the river with Yang En to Chaozhou Daying again, so he arranged for Ye Feiying to rush back to Changchun Palace to report the new adjustments......

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Outside the camp, the wilderness with remnants of snow was shrouded in a gloomy sky, and the cold wind blew the ground, scraping people's faces with pain.

Wen Ruilin stood in front of the gate of the camp, and when he saw Deng Tai, who had only rushed back to the camp with only a dozen guards, he invited him to rush to Liyang City, and asked with a puzzled face:

"General Deng, why didn't the Duke of Changguo and the Marquis of Xinjin supervise the battle under Chaozhou City, but they ran to Liyang at this juncture, and they want me to rush over at this time?"

Liyang City is located more than 90 miles southeast of Chaozhou Daying, located in the southeast corner of Chaohu Lake, and is across the river from Quarry Rock, a strategic place west of Gyeonggi.

The supplies and men transferred from Gyeonggi and Zhuzhou counties in Jiangnan East Province mainly passed through Yangseong, and the forbidden army on the north bank stationed 2,000 elite soldiers and horses there to ensure the smooth connection between the Chaozhou camp and Gyeonggi on the south bank.

"It is said that Xuzhou has made a new siege weapon, which is more powerful than a whirlwind cannon, and more than a dozen have been transported to Liyang. The Inspector and the Duke of Changguo couldn't wait to rush over, thinking about making sure that Xuzhou was not boastful, and maybe it would be transported directly to the city of Chaozhou tomorrow, in order to play a big role......"

Deng Tai grabbed the reins, and stared at Wen Ruilin with sharp pupils as he spoke.

Li Zhihe found an excuse at noon and pulled Li Pu, who was under the city of Chaozhou to see the final preparations for the siege, and rushed to Liyang to wait for Yang En to cross the river.

Li Zhihe thought in his heart that if he couldn't persuade Li Pu to act together on the secret edict of the Queen Mother, he would detain Li Pu in Liyang City, which was far away from the Chaozhou camp.

Deng Tai naturally did not tell Wen Ruilin the truth at this time, but according to the words made up in advance, he rushed to Liyang City together, so that he could find an opportunity on the way to get rid of him quietly, and said without changing his color,

“…… Chang Guogong said that Mr. Wen can understand the advantages of war weapons, so I came to Mr. Wen to rush to him, and bumped into Mr. Wen at the gate of Daying, which is the best......"

"Please General Deng wait here for a while, Wen has something to show to Grandpa Guo and the Marquis of Xinjin today." Wen Ruilin arched his hand and walked towards the camp.

Deng Tai was afraid of revealing flaws, so he didn't directly send someone to keep an eye on Wen Ruilin, so he waited at the gate of the big camp.

Half an hour passed, and Wen Ruilin was not seen, Deng Tai felt that something was wrong, and sent people into the camp to look for it, only to know that after Wen Ruilin went back in front of the gate, he led a horse, and went directly through the camp and fled out of the west gate, and was nowhere to be found at this time.

Deng Tai didn't think that he had exposed any flaws just now, but he didn't expect Wen Ruilin to be so cunning.

And half an hour has passed since Wen Ruilin escaped from the west gate of the camp, if he is not intercepted by the scouts along the way, it is too late for him to send people to chase after him, Deng Tai is so anxious that he jumps to his feet, and can only take people to Liyang to meet Li Zhihe to discuss remedial measures.

At this time, the only thing that can feel lucky is that Wen Ruilin has always been a strategist by Li Pu's side, and he has no influence in the army; And Li Pu crossed the river with his order this time, mainly to urge Li Zhihe and the generals to attack the city, and did not directly intervene in commanding the battle.

Therefore, Wen Ruilin fled out of the camp at this time, at least the Chaozhou camp and the former camp under Chaozhou City will not be directly disturbed for the time being.

Even if Wen Ruilin had the courage to go to other camps and talk nonsense, the guards of each battalion would detain him first and send someone to Li Zhihe for verification.

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When Deng Tai hurried to Liyang City, the sun was already setting in the west.

Yang En, who crossed the river and rushed over, accompanied by Yao Xishui and Changxin's servants, had just entered Liyang City at this time and met with Li Zhihe and Li Pu.

They hadn't exchanged a few words of greeting in the county government's back house, and Li Pu was secretly speculating about Yang En's intentions, so Deng Tai ran into the city with a frightened face, saying that Wen Ruilin had escaped from the camp.

Li Pu couldn't figure out what he had discovered for a while, but Yang En asked with a solemn expression:

"What's wrong with Wen Ruilin, what's wrong with him escaping?"

Li Zhihe glanced at Li Pu, he didn't want to reveal the real inside story, at this time, he could only say that Yang En and Li Pu broke Wen Ruilin to be Liang Guo's spies:

"My father has always sought stability and does not like to take risks, and he advised His Majesty to cause the main force of the water division to collapse in Hongzepu, and the child suspected that his father was secretly instigated, but he didn't expect that just when he was about to find Wen Ruilin to question him face to face, he was already alert and fled."

As an adopted son, Li Zhihe still maintained a deferential posture in front of Li Pu, but before Yang En could speak, Li Pu stood up as if his tail had been stepped on, pointed at Li Zhihe and asked loudly: "How is it possible, how is it possible?" ”

Li Zhihe stood there without saying a word.

Deng Tai didn't catch Wen Ruilin and cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and the situation suddenly became more urgent, but Wen Ruilin's lack of heart as a thief and absconding in fear of crime was clearly here, and he didn't need to explain anything more.