"Are you sure the man is dead?" Zhao Huan stared at a leader of the guards kneeling below.

At this time, his eyes were full of cruelty and viciousness, and he completely lacked the charity and magnanimity that an emperor should have, he was his own throne, and he could even temporarily tolerate Li Yanqing, who was highly meritorious, but when it came to his throne, he couldn't rub a little sand in his eyes.

The head of the guard in front of him is called Wei Ping, Jingzhaoren, has followed Zhao Huan for ten years, is one of his most trusted henchmen, after Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he secretly set up a palace supervision bureau, which is in charge of this Wei Ping, due to the temporary shortage of manpower, their current task is mainly to secretly monitor the nine princes who have been in the Waikai Mansion.

After the Xu guards sent by his father came into contact with King Kang Zhao Gou on the first day, they were targeted by Wei Ping's men, but they did not startle the snakes and kept secretly following the Xu guards.

The spies hiding on the roof opposite the military office today were the ones in charge of tracking Xu's guards, but they didn't expect that they would be discovered by Li Yanqing's personal guards so soon.

Wei Ping wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered: "The body has been found, and the humble official has personally confirmed it, it is the person who secretly contacted King Yun, his name is Xu Chao, and he is the guard next to the emperor." ”

Zhao Huan's heart was a little confused, his father actually found Li Yanqing, of course, it was inevitable to find Li Yanqing, it was strange that his father didn't look for him, but why did Li Yanqing kill his father's guards? Even if he didn't want to agree to his father, he wouldn't offend his father, just refuse politely, Zhao Huan only felt confused, and couldn't figure out the routine inside.

This is also Zhao Huan's weakness, both EQ and IQ are very mediocre, plus he is indecisive, lacks the determination and courage to do big things, only because of the eldest son was established as the prince, although Zhao Ji spends all day drinking, indulges in enjoyment, but is very sober in choosing an heir, he has long found Zhao Huan's mediocrity, so he is extremely dissatisfied with him, and wants to hand over Sheji to the third son Zhao Kai or the ninth son Zhao Gou, but the drastic changes in the country made Zhao Ji temporarily abdicate and escape.

Zhao Huan's vision and intelligence are limited, he can't imagine that Li Yanqing can send the messenger south after killing the messenger, compared to Li Yanqing's statement, the emperor Zhao Ji will never care about the life or death of a guard.

But this kind of secret matter, Zhao Huan didn't want other ministers to know, and after half a sound, he asked, "Did Li Yanqing's subordinates find out about you?" ”

"No way!"

Wei Ping said with certainty: "If it was a scout of the Intelligence Department, he might find out, but the military office is just ordinary intelligence, and we are all monitoring from a distance, it is impossible for him to find us, and he has not shown the slightest performance after discovering us." ”

Wei Ping is telling the truth, after the general surveillance is discovered, the other party will soon come to sabotage, either arrest people, or force people away, in short, they will not be tolerated to continue monitoring, but there is no reaction from the military government, then they must not be found.

Common sense is completely correct in this judgment, but Wei Ping didn't expect his opponent to be an almost demonic figure.

Zhao Huan was even more confused, "Why did Li Yanqing kill this guard surnamed Xu?" He muttered to himself, really couldn't figure it out.

Wei Ping thought for a while and explained in a low voice: "I think it should be that Li Yanqing doesn't want to cooperate with Jiangning Mansion, but he doesn't want to offend the other party, so he simply kills people and doesn't admit that he has seen this person." ”

Zhao Huan nodded, he can accept this statement, it is also reasonable, it should be the truth, Li Yanqing finally chose to reject Jiangning Mansion, at this moment, the murderous machine against Li Yanqing that had just risen in Zhao Huan's heart disappeared, so far, Zhao Huan's dissatisfaction with Li Yanqing only planned to deprive him of his military power, and did not think of killing him, after all, Li Yanqing also had a meritorious role in his ascension to the throne, and prevented Tong Guan's palace coup in time.

But if it comes to the throne, if Li Yanqing supports his father to snatch his throne, then the nature is completely different, no matter what, Zhao Huan has to get rid of Li Yanqing, and if he offends Zhao Huan's rebellion, even if he is his own brother, he will not tolerate it.

This is the reason why King Yun and King Kang are treated differently, King Yun secretly fornicated with his father, and has been completely placed under house arrest by Zhao Huan, and King Kang handed over his father's secret decree in time, which can be regarded as a clear attitude, so Zhao Huan will let him go to Jingzhao and let him stay out of the matter completely.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Huan said to Wei Ping again: "Although King Kang's side let him go to Jingzhao, it doesn't mean that you can take him lightly, you still have to send someone to closely monitor, especially to monitor his relationship with the Jingzhao military." ”

"Obey the order!" Wei Yan saluted and went down quietly.

Zhao Huan walked to the window with his hands down, looked out the window and said to himself, "Father, there is only one throne, please forgive your son for being unfilial." ”

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At this time, it was already the beginning of February, and the ice of the Yellow River finally began to melt, and the ice on the river gradually broke down, and it was no longer possible to walk on the river, but there was too much ice on the Yellow River, and it was not convenient to sail, and it was also unsafe, at least until the end of February, to drive big boats on the river.

On the morning of this day, a team of more than 1,000 Jurchen cavalry came to Liyang County, and the person they guarded was the marshal of the southern expedition of the Jin State, Wanyan Xianye.

Wan Yan Xian has just returned from Yanshan Mansion, and the wolf lord is obviously dissatisfied with his failure to capture Song Jing, although he also expressed his recognition of his efforts to attack the city, but politics is so realistic, especially the king of a country, he only looks at the results, if he does not achieve the goal, even if he makes more efforts, there is no point in making any more efforts.

Wan Yan Xian's eyes were also a little gloomy, and he didn't talk much, since he came back, there was no trace of a smile on his face, and the generals behind him were a little nervous, and everyone felt a trace of invisible pressure.

Today, Wan Yan Xian also came to Liyang not to inspect Cangcheng, Cangcheng has been destroyed by a fire, and more than 8,000 people have been killed, but this result has been concealed by Wan Yan Xian, and he changed more than 8,000 dead to more than 8,000 casualties in the war report, and the nature is different.

In addition to Cangcheng, Liyang County also has an extremely important strategic position, that is, the Yellow River crossing, which is the most important ferry port on the Yellow River, where more than half of the Yellow River ships are concentrated.

Wan Yan Xian also immediately stared at the cracked ice on the bank of the Yellow River, and then looked at the hundreds of ships still trapped in the ice on the dock in the distance, and turned around and asked, "How many ships are there on the south bank of the Yellow River now?" ”

After the Yellow River froze, the ships were frozen in the ice, some on the north bank, some on the south bank, although Jin Bing attached great importance to these ships, but there was no way, this time Wan Yan Xian also came to the Yellow River to inspect, just for these ships.

The general responsible for guarding the north bank of the Yellow River is the deputy marshal Wanyan Yanmu, this time the Jin soldiers went south to attack the Song Dynasty, in addition to the marshal Wanyan Xieye, there are also four deputy marshals, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Lou Room and Wanyan Yanmu, Wanyan Yanmu is ranked last, and the status in the army is relatively low.

However, his status in the family is not low, he is the eleventh brother of Wanyan Aguta, the uncle of Zong Wang and Zong Han, and the younger brother of Wanyan Xianye.

Wanyan Yan's mother hurriedly said: "Marshal Qiyudu, there are less than 100 ships on the south bank of the Yellow River. ”

"Why?"

Wan Yan Xian was also taken aback, when he retreated to the north, he also specially sent someone to count the large ships on the line from Zhengzhou to Yunzhou, at least 3,000, why is there less than 100 now? The Yellow River has not completely thawed, and these ships should not be able to move, right, why is it plummeting?

He looked sharply at Wanyan Yan's mother and asked him to give him an explanation.

Wan Yan Yan's mother smiled bitterly, "Half a month ago, Li Yanqing sent a team to burn down all the ships frozen on the south bank of the Yellow River, and it was too late for us to get the news. ”

"It's that damn Li Yanqing again!"

Wan Yan Xian also smashed his fist on the saddle, he had to admit that this young man was extremely decisive and ruthless, and he was an extremely difficult character to deal with, even the wolf lord thought that if he wanted to take the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, he must kill Li Yanqing, and even if he couldn't do it, he would completely deprive him of his military power, and he must use this negotiation to put pressure on the Song Dynasty.

"And how many ships are there on the North Shore?"

"According to the special statistics of the humble position, there are 1,260 ships with more than 300 stones, and the military has requisitioned all of them."

Wan Yan Xian also breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, there are a lot of ships on the north shore, otherwise it would be really difficult for him to explain to the wolf master.

He immediately said to Wan Yan Yan's mother: "Don't wait for the ice floe to disappear completely, as long as the boat can only move, immediately gather all the ships to Liyang County, and then recruit 200,000 people to build a water village, and I will give you another 50,000 troops, to strictly prevent Li Yanqing from sending troops to attack the ships." ”