The candle shadow shook red, the sky was full of ice and snow outside the tent, but the inside of the tent was warm like spring, I sat in front of the table in a long coat and looked at the map on the case, my heart was uncertain, I don't know if Ling Duan and Qiu Yufei can return to the Northern Han Dynasty, although these two are perseverance and perseverance, and I intend to indulge, but the world is impermanent, if none of them can go back, I will be in vain.

The lights bloomed, which woke me up, and I suddenly laughed, the plan over there was going very well, but Qiu Yufei and Ling Duan couldn't go back, at most, the effect was worse. I had already ordered Dayong's secret spy in the Northern Han Dynasty more than ten days ago to incite the feud between Quartz and Duan Wuving, and now Quartz must have reported Duan Wuving's crime to Long Tingfei. After reading the information about quartz, in addition to fighting, he is really a person who does not understand the world, if it were not for Long Tingfei's weight and protection, I am afraid that he would either die outside the battlefield, or be abandoned on the battlefield, and only he would have a dispute with Long Tingfei's other henchman, Duan Wuving, so easily.

Suddenly had a whimsical idea, if it is not in line with my plan, Long Tingfei believes in quartz too much, and Qiu Yufei and Ling Duan have not been able to bring back information that is unfavorable to quartz, will Duan Invincible, the most calm and dignified of the generals under Long Tingfei, become a victim, if he can do this, it will be an unexpected gain, but I don't dare to hope like this, Duan Invincible's combat can be described as rigorous and less mistaken, such a person, it is difficult to condemn him to death, I am not greedy, and it is also beneficial to leave Duan Invincible, I don't want the Northern Han Army to lose its fighting spirit, and having such a general with outstanding defense is an important reason why the Northern Han Army dares to fight bravely.

Maybe in the end it was not as I expected, Quartz escaped, but this period has been enough to cause the estrangement between the generals and the shaking of the army's heart, to put it mildly, occupy the advantage of troops, my strategy is just to minimize the losses of our army, with the use of troops by the King of Qi, and the situation is more unfavorable than the Northern Han army, it is only a matter of time to defeat the Northern Han Dynasty, but if the loss is too much, the pace of Dayong's unification will slow down a lot, and more importantly, if this battle lasts for a few years, when can I go home?

Feeling a little tired, I stretched my waist and prepared to go to Chuang to rest, at this time, Hu Yanshou reported outside: "My lord, there is a messenger in the capital, it was sent by the princess, is your lord receiving it?" ”

I was shocked, how could Changle send a messenger, her letters were all sent through the post station, that is, some relatively confidential matters, and often used the channel to transmit military information, it was something that happened to let Changle send a messenger. It shouldn't be, although there are changes in Southern Chu, and Dongchuan is also unstable, but there are many talents in the court, although His Royal Highness King Qing is not tamed, but he should not blatantly resist Yongdu at this time, I didn't take those things too seriously, after all, the enemy I am facing now is the Northern Han Dynasty, if the emperor can't even stabilize such a situation, he will also call himself Mingjun.

Anyway, I hurriedly summoned the messenger, as soon as the tent door opened, the cold wind penetrated, I shivered, a handsome, fair-skinned and crystalline young man slowly walked in, but it was Dong Que who came in person, I was even more worried in my heart, Dong Que is my right-hand man who stayed by Changle's side, Changle is a princess, and now that the mansion is outside, if there is no person like Dong Que to obey orders, there will inevitably be many inconveniences. He is here in person, and it must have happened something extremely important, and probably our own business.

Dong Que stepped forward and gave a big salute, I glanced at Hu Yanshou who was following behind, Hu Yanshou retreated very interestingly, although he had the responsibility of supervision, but he knew that there were some things that it was best not to investigate. When he was about to leave the camp, I said wearily, "Go and call Xiao Shunzi over." Hu Yanshou hurriedly agreed, but his face was also a little worried, and he had already noticed the strange atmosphere.

Dong Que saw Hu Yanshou go out, bowed down and said: "My subordinates received a secret report from Dongchuan, the matter is urgent, and I have to come to report to my son." ”

I waved my hand and said, "No need to be polite, wait until Xiaoshunzi comes, lest you have to say it twice, does the princess know about this?" ”

Dong Que said: "The princess didn't ask much, but ordered her subordinates to bring a letter from home." "Saying that, I handed over a letter, while Xiao Shunzi had not yet arrived, I opened the letter, Changle didn't know about Tianji Pavilion and the Splendid Alliance, and he never asked about these mysterious people around me, so there was nothing special on the letter, just mentioning that Huo Cong's studies were making rapid progress, and Roulan was studying with him, and she was no longer as playful as before, Shen'er was lively and cute, and there was no trouble at home. But I can feel a faint worry between the lines, after all, the husband and wife have been married for several years, although some things have not been mentioned to him, but Dong Que needs to come to see me in person, presumably the princess also knows that something inappropriate has happened.

I read the letter, my heart has calmed down, no matter what happens, it is useless to be nervous, after a while, Xiao Shunzi opened the curtain and entered, a few days ago said that Qiu Yu flew thorns, although I had the heart to release water, but Xiao Shunzi was still very dissatisfied with the ability of the Tiger Guards to deal with the top masters, so these people were free to play tricks with them in their camps, even at night often gave special training to some people, I often saw the guards around me with blue noses and swollen faces, and some sympathy, but I thought that Qiu Yufei was just a little disciple of the Demon Sect, There are still masters above him, so I won't say anything, just send them the best wound medicine. Xiao Shunzi walked up to me, looked at Dong Que, and asked coldly, "What happened?" ”

Dong Que said: "The subordinates received a letter from Mr. Chen, King Qing eradicated dissidents in Dongchuan, in addition to the civil and military officials who tended to the imperial court, the secret spy of the Ming Jian Division beside King Qing has been revealed, fourteen people were killed, two surrendered, only one escaped, King Qing pretended to capture the secret spy of Nanchu, Da Suo Dongchuan, that person has been saved by Mr. Chen, but we have no cooperation with the Ming Jian Division, and King Qing is very strict, Mr. Chen does not want to take risks, so he has to put the man under house arrest, that person does not know our identity, He also refused to ask us to help send information to Yongdu. Moreover, King Qing has recently been more respectful to the remnants of the original Shu State and the rebel forces, and there are envoys who have found the Splendid Alliance and asked us to submit to him, and he promised to support the son of the King of Shu as the king and re-establish the Shu Kingdom. ”

I frowned and said, "Aren't the families of the King of Shu all in Yongdu?" ”

Dong Que shook his head and said: "King Qing's messenger said that before the King of Shu surrendered, Mrs. Jin Lian let the two pregnant palace maids escape with the tokens, and Yiwang left a bloodline for the King of Shu, and one of the palace maids later gave birth to a boy, which is said to have fallen into the hands of King Qing, and the messenger of King Qing claimed that they held the identity token of the King of Shu to prove the identity of the boy. King Qing's messenger promised that King Qing would make a blood oath and never covet the throne of Shu. ”

I feel a little headache, although I look down on King Qing for being narrow-minded, but he really rebelled or surprised me, after all, he is the prince of Dayong, his status is respected, even if he rebels, he should seize the throne of Dayong, but I didn't expect him to be the minister of Shu, but after thinking for a while, I also admire his determination, he is ready to support the puppet king of Shu, and then fight with Southern Chu and Northern Han to carve up Dayong, this person can also put down the splendid Central Plains.

Sighing, I recalled the information of King Qing in my mind, and there was a faint outline in my heart, it seems that King Qing has had this heart for many years, and he is forbearant enough, and he once put on a posture of not standing with Fengyimen, with the help of the sympathy of the Emperor Taishang and the emperor, occupying Dongchuan, sitting on soldiers and horses, and now taking advantage of Dayong's full strength to attack the Northern Han Dynasty when he secretly rebelled, it seems that for him, it is better to be a prince than to be the prince of Dayong, his hatred of Dayong is not only in Fengyimen, I am afraid that the royal family of Dayong is the enemy he hates in his heart, Come to think of it, when Li Yuan's self-confessed compensation was just a humiliation for him, he would always remember that the Dayong royal family degraded and gave up on him for the sake of Fengyimen.

Over the years, he guarded Dongchuan, did a good job, and deliberately formed a good relict of the original Shu State, just to use the power of the Shu people to rebel, although from now it seems that he is still fledgling, and will not openly rebel, but if there is a slight gap, he will launch a thunderous blow to the hinterland of Dayong, and the position of Dongchuan is too important. Now that I think about it, a few years ago, Sima Xiu's misdeeds in the palace were wrong, I am afraid that it was his instigation, using Sima Xiu's killing by a rod, jumping up the dissatisfaction of the Shu family, and now for the sake of King Qing's face, the emperor did not publicize Sima Xiu's crime to the world, under the separation of King Qing, Sima Xiu's death symbolized the rejection of the Shu people by the Dayong court, and the Shu people who lost the strength to resist will rely on King Qing.

Thinking about the whole thing clearly, I can't help but be glad that I let the Splendid Alliance and Dayong put aside the relationship at the beginning, and now everyone knows that the Splendid Alliance is an elusive Shu rebel force, and I deliberately asked Chen Zhi to include those characters who have the ambition to restore the country into the alliance, and use the Splendid Alliance to restrain them, which is much smaller than letting them destroy it on their own.

After thinking about it, I asked strangely, "Mingjianji's secret spies in Dongchuan have all been controlled by King Qing?" In this case, Xiahou Yuanfeng is too incompetent, I think this person should have a back hand, he is not a desperate person, but King Qing's blockade of the news is very strict, if it weren't for the Jinxiu Alliance's control of the local Shu people's power, this information must not have been transmitted, and the imperial court should not know about King Qing's rebellion now? ”

Dong Que said: "We don't know about this, we are respectful of the Mingjian Division, but King Qing's methods are indeed clever, as Gongzi said, he cut off the connection between Dongchuan and Guanzhong, even if the Mingjian Division still has manpower, we can't send the news back, we passed through Shuzhong, and transferred the information to Yongdu through the South Chutian Pavilion." Moreover, Mr. Chen estimated that King Qing would let the surrendered spy continue to send false information back, so that Yongdu would not know about Dongchuan now. ”

I stood up, motioned to Xiao Shunzi to take out the map of Dongchuan, and said repeatedly: "King Qing rebelled, now is not the time, I think that when we are fighting hard with the Northern Han Dynasty in the next spring, it will be a good opportunity for him to make trouble, this matter is irreparable, even if the court knows now, it is impossible to change the situation." Dong Que, you immediately go to Mr. Chen in person, let him agree to return to King Qing, and when King Qing rebels, I hope that the Splendid Alliance will become the greatest help to King Qing, since the situation is irreparable, we will take advantage of the situation and tell Mr. Chen that the Kingdom of Shu is dead, and it is impossible to rejuvenate in the hands of King Qing, I just ask him how to do things, I only ask him that when my edict arrives, he can destroy King Qing's party in one fell swoop. ”

Dong Que's eyes were shining, he didn't expect Jiang Zhe to deal with it like this, and asked again: "Childe, don't we inform the court of this matter?" ”

I smiled deeply and said: "Xiahou Yuanfeng is not an ordinary person, I don't believe that all the forces of the Ming Jiansi have been eradicated, although it may be later, but soon the court will know about it, in fact, I hope you will intercept the news, over the years, the emperor has always been wary of Dongchuan, and there are heavy troops between Yongdu and Dongchuan, even if King Qing raises troops, it will not work immediately, I am confident that I can destroy the Northern Han Dynasty within a year, but it doesn't work, and they can also make them have no power to fight back. Maybe you can spare some extra sweetness, Dong Que, when you see Mr. Chen, you also have to figure it out, if he and Manager Han have the heart to revive Shu, I can't say that I can't take care of the old feelings, Bai Yi, Yulun, Shanzi, and Qu Huang are now the deacons of the Jinxiu Alliance and Tianji Pavilion to control the power, if there is a change, you will pass on my secret order and put Chen Zhi under house arrest. ”

Dong Que said: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen is loyal to his son, and he will never do anything foolish." ”

I nodded and said, "I'm just taking precautions, okay, you work harder, go to Dongchuan overnight, don't stay in the barracks, King Qi is not perfunctory." ”

Dong Que nodded silently, looked at the thin figure under the light, and said in his heart: "This person always has no idle life." ”

After Dong Que left, Xiao Shunzi suddenly asked: "It's okay not to tell others, but if you don't tell the emperor, I'm afraid that the emperor will blame the prince in the future?" ”

I smiled bitterly: "Not now, if the emperor knows about this, I am worried that he will act in a hurry because he wants to protect King Qing, I will not do this kind of thing, King Qing will not get rid of it, Dayong will be uneasy, and-" I paused, showed a mysterious smile, and said: "The emperor's secret decree before me reprimanded me fiercely, saying that I should not take risks lightly, although he is kind, but when did I suffer such anger, and was ridiculed by King Qi, so let him worry a little more, even if it is revenge." ”

Xiao Shunzi smiled bitterly and shook her head slightly. Although the master is already in his prime, he still has childishness from time to time, which always makes him laugh, but in this way, the resentment in his heart some time ago has also disappeared, and he said with a straight face: "Childe, since this is the case, the affairs of the Northern Han Dynasty need to be cut through the mess quickly, and it can't be delayed." I nodded and said: "That's right, I am determined to pacify the Northern Han this year, but also a helpless move, Daizhou is an important place to resist the barbarians, if the barbarians attack the Northern Han, we not only can not step up the attack, but also slow down the offensive, this is worried that the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty is desperate, let the barbarians go south, as long as the barbarians do not have the intention of attacking on a large scale, the Northern Han royal family is still called virtuous, and will not make this kind of criticism of the move." ”

Xiao Shunzi said thoughtfully: "Gongzi sent Chiji to the barbarian land, isn't it just to confirm this matter?" ”

I smiled faintly and said: "After Chiji returned, he showed me that the grassland is rich in water and grass this autumn, and all the barbarians have no intention of plundering, so Daizhou is only slightly violated this year, and there is no big war, but this winter the barbarian land suffered from snowstorms, which I determined after watching the celestial phenomena according to the information obtained from the barbarian land, the barbarians will definitely attack in the spring of tomorrow, but I have already arranged it properly, before the snow melts in next spring, the barbarians will suffer from the plague, and there will be no more than one in ten cattle and horses, so that although the barbarians have the intention to attack, they are hindered by the lack of combat power, Daishu is more than enough to defend against their infestation. When our army attacks the Northern Han Dynasty, if the Northern Han lord is really mad and wants to use the barbarians to fight with us, then first of all, the Daizhou Lin family will definitely be resolutely opposed, and secondly, the barbarians are weak, and our army can easily drive them away after destroying the Han. If it is delayed until the autumn of next year, the barbarians will recover their vitality, and in order to make up for the losses, they will inevitably attack on a large scale, and if we attack the Northern Han again, it will be equivalent to echoing the barbarians, which will harm the reputation of Dayong, and it will not be conducive to Dayong's future rule here, so we must take the Northern Han within this year, and for this purpose, the affairs of Dongchuan and Nanchu must be put down. In fact, the lord of Southern Chu is suspicious, and King Qing is not broad-minded, as long as the emperor handles it properly, it will not affect the war in northern Xinjiang. ”

Xiao Shunzi listened silently, and said for a long time: "Gongzi wants me to assassinate Long Tingfei, if he dies, the Northern Han Dynasty will have no power to return to heaven." ”

I was serving tea to drink, and when I heard his words, I squirted out the tea at once, and hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense, don't say that there is a grandmaster in the Northern Han Dynasty, but you don't need to do these things, this kind of assassination is mostly a means used by the weak side in order to win by surprise, and now that Dayong has a strong army, you don't need to do this kind of thing." And-" My face gradually sank, and I said: "Long Tingfei is a famous general of the Northern Han Dynasty, the Northern Han people respect warriors the most, and it is understandable to weaken the enemy in advance, but if they cannot be defeated on the battlefield, the Northern Han people will never be convinced of Dayong's rule, if Long Tingfei dies in assassination, I am afraid that the Northern Han people will rush to avenge him within a few decades, and only by letting him die on the battlefield will the Northern Han people completely lose the confidence to resist." ”

Xiao Shunzi said indifferently: "Since Childe said so, then forget it, originally I thought that the Northern Han people would dare to assassinate Childe, it was too rude, and I just wanted to repay it." ”

I smiled wryly and said, "If you want revenge, there's always a chance." "The hateful figure of King Qi suddenly flashed in front of me, and an idea suddenly occurred in my heart, or at the same time that I took revenge on the Northern Han for this assassination, I also had a chance to take revenge on this nemesis.

The imperial fragrance is ethereal, nine deep, Li Zhen sat behind the imperial book case and looked at the fold in front of him, frowned, and handed the fold to Shi Yu who was sitting on the chair on his left, Xiahou Yuanfeng stood below with low eyebrows and a very respectful expression. Li Zhen sighed and said: "Xiahou, although your Mingjian Division is a little late, but finally sent the news back, alas, the third brother is really confused, he is a noble of the heavenly family, as long as he keeps to himself, he is one of the best magnates, but he is not greedy enough, and he wants to rebel, does he really think that he can take the throne, whether it is fame or merit, he is not even as good as the sixth brother, let alone me." Xiahou, do you have no more people around King Qing that you can use? ”

Xiahou Yuanfeng said: "The minister is guilty of capital crimes, except for one or two secret agents, all the people of the Mingjian Division have been eradicated, and the life and death of one person are unknown, but the minister thinks that he has no chance of survival." ”

Li Zhen said with a solemn expression: "Dongchuan has changed, Dayong's strength has regressed to before the destruction of Shu, although Li Kang, the rebel has not yet launched, but when Zezhou raises troops in Mingchun, he will definitely not sit idly by, but I should say that since I can capture Dongchuan, I will not be afraid of him today, Ziyou, in your opinion, should I temporarily stop attacking the Northern Han?" ”

Shi Yu got up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is absolutely impossible, now Southern Chu, King Qing, and the Northern Han Dynasty will trap me in Dayong, if I blindly defend, it will only weaken the national strength of Dayong, if I can't break through one, Dayong is in danger, His Royal Highness the King of Qi and the Marquis of Chu Township have excerpts saying that the Northern Han can be attacked, Your Majesty might as well appease King Qing, and at the same time be careful to guard against Dongchuan soldiers and horses, although Dongchuan has the heart of self-reliance, but King Qing's command are all Dayong soldiers, and the Shu people are not necessarily convinced of King Qing, King Qing is absolutely impossible to attack in a hurry, Your Majesty might as well slowly try it, Southern Chu is weak, His Majesty can be willing to appease the lord of Southern Chu, when the time comes, Lu Can alone can not attack Dayong without authorization, the south can be defended, the north needs to be attacked, Your Majesty issued a secret edict to order the King of Qi to be attentive, with the help of the Marquis of Chu Township, the Northern Han can be broken. ”

Li Zhen's eyes fell on Xiahou Yuanfeng, and seeing that his expression was disapproving, he asked, "What is Xiahou Qing's opinion?" ”

Xiahou Yuanfeng said respectfully: "The minister is not familiar with the military, but he also knows that the outside must first be settled, although the Southern Chu and the Northern Han are enemy countries, but it is a small trouble, we don't attack, they may not dare to attack, but King Qing's rebellion is the internal worry, the internal worry is uneven, the court is uneasy, the minister's opinion, it is better to suspend the offensive in the north, appease the Southern Chu, and concentrate on dealing with King Qing." ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly and said: "Xiahou is right, Dongchuan is to be pacified, but if I am entangled in civil strife, I will fall into the hands of the Southern Chu and Northern Han monarchs, Xiahou, now King Qing does not dare to rebel blatantly, you have to think of sending people to instigate rebellion and discord, these things do not need me to teach you." After I ascended the throne, I set up Si Wencao in the military department to serve as the assassin of the army, and I will issue a secret decree to set up the Southwest County Division, which is responsible for the military intelligence of Dongchuan, Western Shu and Yungui, and the Southwest County Division will be temporarily handed over to you to act, and I will treat King Qing as the former King of Shu, can't Dayong do what he has done a second time. Ziyou, let Gou Lian send an envoy to Southern Chu, let him bear the heavy responsibility of appeasing the lord of Southern Chu, the Chu people are afraid of Dayong, and they must not dare to go to war, and Lu Can alone can return to the sky. North, I'm not worried, but Ziyou wrote a letter to Suiyun on behalf of me, I don't believe he doesn't know about Dongchuan, let him not hide it, I won't be soft-hearted, let him take a charter. ”

Shi Yu only knew a rough idea of these things, but he also vaguely knew that Jiang Zhe had some private power that had never been handed over, and the emperor acquiesced in this matter, so he nodded yes.

Xiahou Yuanfeng heard this, but his heart moved, he didn't know a lot about the things before King Yong's succession, but listening to the emperor's tone, it seems that Jiang Zhe has some private manpower in Dongchuan, if so, then it would be great, he was worried that he couldn't properly reorganize Dongchuan's intelligence network in a hurry. Suddenly thinking of something, he said tentatively: "Your Majesty, four days ago, Dong Que, the housekeeper of Princess Changle's mansion, suddenly went north, and it is said that he went to Zezhou. ”

Li Zhen and Shi Yu looked at each other and smiled, Li Zhen shook his head and said: "This Suiyun has always been in the clouds, and it is rare to see each other honestly." ”

Shi Yu smiled and said: "This is also Your Majesty's tolerance, otherwise with a surname like Marquis Jiang, who else has the stomach to use him?" ”

Li Zhen said with a bright face: "The most proud thing in my life is to get Jiang Zhe in my hands, Ziyou, you can send the letter urgently with eight hundred miles, otherwise, this person doesn't know when he will give me a quasi-letter?" ”

Shi Yu smiled and promised, and while Xiahou Yuanfeng laughed, he was once again shocked by Li Zhen's favor to Jiang Zhe, and once again rejoiced in his original choice.

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