The king of Guangnan, the king of Luzhou, and the king of Qingyuan were killed along with a family, and the Linjiang royal mansion was also destroyed in addition to the escape of the king of Linjiang, which caused a great shock in the society, and people knew that the imperial court would never tolerate the adulterers, and even the royal family was destroyed, who else dared to escape the punishment of the imperial court? People think of the imperial edict published in the civil declaration, "Anyone who colludes with the rebels will be guilty of the same crime as the rebels", if they do not draw a clear line with the rebels in time, the next step will be the Jinyi Mansion to come to the door to hunt and kill.

Jinyi Mansion was originally synonymous with fierce gods and evil, often doing something unexpected, this time night raids on the palace, there is no doubt that it is not Jinyi Mansion to do, even the bigwigs in the capital are shocked, but they do not suspect it, after all, the commander of Jinyi Mansion is very close to Han Fei, and it is reasonable to be instructed by Han Fei to hunt and kill the king who betrayed the court. It's just that the magnates in the capital are more in awe of Han Fei, and the methods they use to deal with the rebels this time are too shocking, and they are beyond people's understanding.

The rebels were also terrified by this, and the king of Changsha hurriedly led his men back to Changsha and closed the city, hoping to escape the fate of being killed. The king of Changsha originally assisted the king of Fengyang to raise food and grass for the rebels in Fengyang City, but after the king of Changsha fled back to his nest, only the king of Fengyang and the king of Linjiang, who had just taken refuge in Fengyang City, were left.

Fengyang City is the main supply of grain and grass for the rebels, and there are heavy troops in the city, and the King of Fengyang and the King of Linjiang think that Jinyi Mansion does not dare to enter Fengyang City.

The information from all over the country was continuously sent into Han Fei's big account, and Ling'er sorted it out and reported it to Han Fei one by one.

After listening to the detailed report, Han Fei sighed: "Mother's methods are too ruthless this time, killing King Fan will achieve the goal, why bother to destroy all the people?" She is taking the opportunity to take revenge on the Zhang family! ”

Ling'er hesitated for a moment and said: "Grandpa, although the old lady's methods are a little more intense, but the slave maid thinks that she has done the right thing, now we are already incompatible with those royal relatives, if we don't take this opportunity to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, we will leave future troubles, and many powerful ministers in history have encountered, and the grandfather can't be careless!" ”

"Ministers ......"

Han Fei didn't know that it was difficult to coexist between the ministers and the imperial power, the current emperor was young, and the queen mother was not a director, so he gave Han Fei the opportunity to control the world, once the emperor grew up, there would inevitably be conflicts, could he willingly hand over the power in his hands? Without the guarantee of power, is the Han family safe? The power to deter the world will inevitably offend many forces, and the Han family has no power, so it is inevitable that someone will fight back.

But now that the Queen Mother is her own sister and the emperor is her grandson, Han Fei can't bear to go too far, "Ling'er, I understand what you mean, I will protect the safety of our Han family to the greatest extent, but I have no further ambitions, and without my orders, you should not do anything excessive!" ”

"Grandpa, without your orders, the slave will not be in charge!" Ling'er sighed and said: "The queen mother and the emperor are close relatives of our family, and they will definitely take care of our family in the future, but those royal relatives are different, the kings all died in your hands, how can their descendants not hate our Han family?" With the grandfather here, of course no one dares to offend, but what about later? Why don't we take the opportunity to clear the hidden dangers for future generations? ”

Han Fei closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and said: "I don't object to you doing that, but it is only allowed to target King Fan and the main leaders of the rebels, and innocent people must not be implicated, and ordinary criminals must wait for the trial of the imperial court after the war!" ”

"Slave understands!"

"However, this matter can be done to make some articles, send a message back to Beijing, let the people declare and expand the publicity, agree to let the cabinet issue a document to the county governments in various places, and high-profile propaganda that betraying the imperial court is the only way to die, mobilize the whole people to rise up to denounce the Fanwang rebels, and cut off the relationship with the rebels!"

"Grandpa, what's the use of such a big fight?"

"This is psychological warfare, through a powerful propaganda offensive, to create psychological pressure on the rebels, who are already morally weak, to reduce their supporters as much as possible, and when the rebels are at the end of their rope, their demise is not far off. This war has been going on for more than a month, and it cannot be delayed any longer, otherwise Dahua's economy will suffer a heavy blow. ”

King Huainan has been very poor lately, and he has reached the point of exhaustion. When the rebels first started their troops, they marched all the way like a bamboo, and the king of Huainan thought that he was not far from the throne, and his confidence was high, and the battle of the Yellow River was like a basin of ice water, and he knew that the court was not so easy to bully. The successive thunderous measures of the imperial court were even more thunderbolts, the king of Guangnan, the king of Qingyuan, and the king of Luzhou were destroyed one after another, and the king of Linjiang became a homeless dog who lost his family, and the king of Changsha led his troops to flee back to his hometown.

At this time, King Huainan really understood how feared the strength of the imperial court was. The bad news came, the rebels were in mourning, the morale of the army was discouraged, the morale was low, the king of Huainan no longer dared to hope to hit the capital, how to save his life is an imminent problem.

The life of the king of Fengyang and the king of Linjiang in the city was not easy, the situation of the rebels took a sharp turn for the worse, and the big merchants who originally cooperated with the rebels retreated, looking for various excuses to distance themselves from the rebels, and the rebels were now very difficult to raise grain and grass and military supplies, and no grain merchant dared to transport grain to Fengyang.

However, before the two princes could come up with countermeasures, the situation was even worse, and the imperial court and the people jointly increased their propaganda efforts against the rebels, and the whole society formed a strong public opinion pressure on the rebels. At the same time, under the leadership of the imperial court, local governments are also liquidating those who have defected to the rebels. As a result, there are fewer and fewer wealthy families who are close to the rebels or provide assistance to them.

Although the rebels hoarded a large amount of military grain and grass, the consumption was also huge, and without the secret support of the grain merchants, sooner or later there would be a day when the food would run out. After all, the rebels are also under the banner of orthodoxy, and it is impossible to loot the people's grain and grass, otherwise there will be no supporters.

The situation was pressing, the rebels were in danger, the king of Fengyang and the king of Linjiang discussed and decided, and decided to go to the merchant's house to do ideological work.

After the king of Guangnan, the king of Qingyuan, and the king of Luzhou were killed one after another, the king of Fengyang and the king of Linjiang had been cowering in the heavily guarded Fengyang palace and did not dare to go out. The news that the two were going to leave the mansion was quickly transmitted by the secret agents lurking in the mansion.

King Fengyang and King Linjiang went out under the heavy protection of the guards, walked a section in front of the palace gate, and arrived at the fork in the road, ready to part ways. At this moment, on the ridge next to the fork in the road, several muskets were fired.

"Lord Wang—"

The guards panicked, and the sniper musketeers on the roof took advantage of the chaos and jumped into the side alley.

After the defeat of the Yellow River, the king of Huainan fought several defeats in succession, retreated to Runing Mansion, and prepared to rest for a period of time, and then fight a decisive battle with the imperial army.

"Lord Wang, Fengyang Mansion has an urgent report, King Fengyang and King Linjiang were assassinated by musketeers!"

"What?"

The king of Huainan was shocked when he heard the news, except for the musketeers who assassinated the two princes, there could be no one else, and the people of the court had already invaded the rebels' lair? King Huainan was really scared, he already smelled death.

"Come, pass on the king's order, the whole army retreats and retreats to Huainan City!"

(End of chapter)