The reason why Li Hong did this was that he didn't want these three Zhichong Mansions to become the final winners after the chaos in Yangzhou, so he had to use the hands of Cao Wang, Li Jingye and others to either take it for himself, or take advantage of tonight to let them not help each other in the wavering.

More importantly, Li Jingye and Cao Wang may not care, but Li Hong must consider whether these three government soldiers will take advantage of the fire to rob the people and create greater chaos in Yangzhou once Yangzhou City is in chaos.

Therefore, no matter what, Li Hong must not incapacitate these three Zhichong Mansions in a short period of time, and prevent the commanders of the three Zhichong Mansions from kidnapping the will of the soldiers of the Zhichong Mansion.

"Now it's better to be still than motionless, inform King Luo Bin, and after arriving at the mansion of Li Zhen, the king of Yue...... Immediately take down Wei Siwen, and then force Li Jingye to personally lead his troops to the Yue Wang's mansion, so that they can confront each other first. Li Hong turned around, looked at General Pei Zhong, and said with determination.

Otherwise, if Li Jingye nests in the Assassin's Mansion and doesn't come out, just seeking self-protection or waiting for news from Li Jingyou and them, then he should fall into passivity next, and he should face the Yue King and them by himself.

"Yes, Your Highness." Pei Zhong saluted and said.

After Pei Zhongjiang left, Mang Chong and Cheetah ran over at the same time, and said in a low voice: "It's confirmed, Cao Wang Li Ming and Pei Wang Li Xian went to Zhechong Mansion to persuade the three Zhechong Mansions." ”

"Do you know which one it is?" Li Hong asked with a cold look in his eyes.

"A folding mansion at the west gate of Yangzhou City, I just saw more than ten horsemen passing along the street, and there were King Cao and King Pei inside." Mang Chong said with a solemn expression.

"Prepare the horses and order Wei Tuqi to lead fifty people to set off with me." Li Hong took the horizontal knife in Mangzhong's hand and said coldly.

"Your Highness, the slave and maid will follow you."

"No need, prevent Li Jingye from suddenly attacking, you and Pei Zhong will guard this place." Li Hong said as he walked towards the back garden of Manjiang Garden.

There must be a lot of eyeliner from Li Jingye or Yue Wang and others at the gate, and there will definitely be one at the back door, but I unknowingly took care of a few eyeliners, and it was difficult to think of the mangzhong and cheetah.

"Hey...... How about I go with you? The princess ran over and looked at Li Hong and said hopefully.

"Save it, you want to see my Datang jokes, right?" Li Hong shook off the hand of the princess and said without looking back.

"I want to learn, learn how your Zhichong Mansion leads the troops, how to prevent them from rebelling." Seeing Li Hong's resolute attitude, the princess had no choice but to stand still and continue.

"Then you find Bai Chun, and she can teach you."

At the back door, Mang Chong and Cheetah nodded to Li Hong, indicating that there was no suspicious person at the back door.

Yu Tu Qi led a tall war horse to Li Hong, Li Hong took the reins, pointed at Yu Tu Qi and ordered: "Set off immediately, you lead the way." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Yu Tu Qi's deep voice sounded, as if it was about to shake the dark night.

A total of fifty-two horsemen slowly galloped from the back gate of Manjiangyuan, led by a lantern, and after leaving the end of the street of Manjiangyuan, they immediately let their horses gallop.

In the houses of the early risers on the street, the lights that were originally on were silently and quickly extinguished when a rapid sound of horses' hooves passed, and even the sound of some latches falling and locking the doors could be faintly heard.

At this time, Yangzhou City has begun to take shape, although it is not as large as the Song Dynasty, and it is not as large as the previous life, but it is no longer a small city at this time.

In about a quarter of an hour, Li Hong and the others slowly galloped to the gate of Zhichong Mansion, and the war horse had just stopped outside the range of the crossbow at the gate, and a crossbow swished over to warn them not to approach.

"Whoever comes, report the name." A loud sound came from inside the gate.

Wei Tu Qi glanced at Li Hong, and after seeing Li Hong nodding, he urged the horse to take two steps forward, and while being vigilant against the cold arrows in the night, he shouted loudly: "On the order of Lord Li of the Assassin Shi, I came to talk with Du Wei for peace, thinking that King Cao and King Pei had just entered just now, and Lord Assassin Shi was afraid of misunderstanding, and even more afraid that the road would not be peaceful, so he sent me and others to respond." ”

There was silence inside the gate for a moment, then he said, "Throw the token in." ”

Yu Tu Qi took the token thrown by Li Hong behind his head, and threw it in the direction of the sound without looking at it.

"Your Highness, will they agree? After all, King Cao and King Pei had just entered. After confirming that the token had been received over there, Yu Tu Qi urged the horse to retreat beyond the range of the bow and crossbow at Li Hong's signal, and asked in a low voice.

Li Hong was expressionless on his face, and said calmly: "I don't know, but if you reported my name just now, I'm afraid you have been shot into a hedgehog." ”

Wei Tu Qi was taken aback, feeling that His Highness was a little alarmist, but he didn't dare to refute it, nor did he dare to ask why, so he had to remain silent and wait for the results of checking the token over there.

Li Hong calmly said to Yu Tuqi: "If it were you, what would you do?" Now, knowing that there are three forces in the city, who will you choose and who will not choose? ”

This question stunned Wei Tu Qi, and he wanted to blurt out the words that naturally belonged to His Royal Highness, but after reaching his mouth, he was swallowed back hard.

Seeing that it was difficult for Wei Tu Qi to answer, Li Hong replied himself: "If I am the Governor of Zhichong Mansion, the first thing to be excluded and cannot be attached is us, because they know very well in their hearts that they were not persuaded by General Pei Zhong and King Luo Bin to belong to the Tang Dynasty at the first time, so now they will be attached to the Tang Dynasty, and in the end, when the turmoil is calm, the court will naturally not let them go, so they will never want to belong to the Tang Dynasty again." And what they can choose now is to see whether King Cao is powerful, or Li Jingye can control Yangzhou, and who will give them more benefits, and who will be attached to whom. ”

"This ...... Aren't these people too unstrategic, and they don't have the character and integrity of my Tang soldiers! Wei Tuqi was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief.

Li Hong was a little surprised that Yu Tu Qi still understood the meaning of style and integrity, but after thinking about it, since he came back from Zhengxi, when Wei Tu Qi had nothing to do, he had never heard that he went to Chang'an Pingkangfang every day, which gathered in Qinglou and other places to run, but I heard that he often wandered around the Chongwen Pavilion when he had nothing to do, and from time to time he flowed into the school, like a stupid big man, sitting in the last row to listen to Mr. Learn.

"This is Jiangnan, not the north, there are few Zhichong Mansions here, and most of them have not experienced real wars or real battlefields, so in their consciousness, every turmoil in my Datang Dynasty, in their eyes, is a good opportunity for them to get promoted and make a fortune, it is an opportunity to blackmail the imperial court or from other rebel forces, and even take advantage of the riot period, when the imperial court has no time to take care of them, they can burn and loot the people's finances, and when the riot subsides, according to the previous dynasty, or the way I dealt with them in the early stage of Datang is both positive and negative. So, they're used to taking advantage of loopholes at this time. ”

Wei Tuqi listened to Li Hong's analysis, clenched his casserole-like fists tightly, and said hatefully: "If such a person goes to the battlefield, won't it be useless at all, and will only drag him back!" There should be no mercy! ”

"Kill whoever kills, killing is not the solution to the problem, as long as they understand that the laws of the Tang Dynasty will no longer be the same as before, as long as their vital interests are deprived, they will not be able to stand in line for the first time in the future, and the era of wanting to eat both sides is gone."

As Li Hong's words landed, a voice came from inside the gate: "There are too many of you, leave some of them outside, and only twenty people are allowed in." ”

"Promise him." Li Hong looked at Yu Tu Qi's somewhat hesitant expression, and the horizontal knife scabbard in his hand stabbed Wei Tu Qi and said.

"Okay, no problem, can we go in now?" Wei Tuqi couldn't wait to devour the life in the Zhichong Mansion alive.

"Yes, horses are not allowed, only on foot."

Li Hong jumped off the horse as soon as possible, and didn't even take the horizontal knife in his hand, but threw it to the soldiers who stayed outside.

Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had dismounted, Yu Tu Qi immediately ordered twenty people, jumped off the horse together, followed closely behind Li Hong, and walked towards the Zhechong Mansion.

After walking to the gate, as Li Hong expected, hundreds of soldiers surrounded at once, and under the leadership of a captain, Li Hong and others were surrounded in the middle.

"Hand in all your swords, and then you can see our captain." The captain looked at Wei Tuqi and the others vigilantly, and when they were surrounded by everyone, they brushed the horizontal knife they drew and said loudly.

Wei Tu Qi slowly put the horizontal knife back into the scabbard, and then motioned to the soldiers to put the knife into the sheath as well, and vigilantly threw the horizontal knife at the captain's feet.

The captain looked at the twenty or so people, and finally put the knives on the ground, and then ordered the soldiers to take them away, and did not take them to see the captain as soon as possible, but said tentatively: "When you see our captain on weekdays, in order to show friendship, you never bring weapons, why did you bring weapons today, do you say...... You don't understand these rules? ”

"Tonight is extraordinary, the weapons that I had to bring as a last resort, in the past, Yangzhou City was still peaceful, what is the use of bringing a knife? Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived in Yangzhou, we must soon make a move, and we have to prevent the Crown Prince from intercepting us on the road, so cautious makes you laugh. Li Hong flashed out from behind Yu Tu Qi and said with a smile.

"So, you are feeling the pressure brought to you by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so you have come to ask us again? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now powerful, and my family is considering whether to take refuge in His Royal Highness the Prince. The lieutenant said with a sneer.

"So Lord Assassin Shi said, the position of Runzhou Assassin Shi is not negotiable, now the situation in Yangzhou is complex and changeable, after tonight, Yangzhou may be surnamed Xu, so I hope Lord Duwei will consider it carefully." Li Hong took two steps forward again, looked at the captain and said.