Little is known about the prince's arrest and imprisonment, and the interrogation was made by Song Zhen himself.

For a lowly Xiao Tong, Song Zhen didn't even waste much effort to get all the plans he had with Xiao Huai'an and Xiao Buxian, the king of Huiji.

If it weren't for the subordinate who caught King Huiji in the first place, the court really couldn't see through it.

Such plans are one after another, but unfortunately in the end, they still fall short.

Chase 5 years, February 15, Eastern Front.

The Shence army led by Ning Shuo's general Liu Xuan won the last siege battle and successfully captured Qiyuan City.

However, this time there were a lot more casualties in the imperial court, but fortunately, Xiao Buxian's subordinates suffered more casualties.

Qiyuan City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Liu Xuan's ability to take it in such a short period of time also reflects his outstanding military talent.

And just when Liu Xuan planned to continue the pursuit and take down the rebels in one fell swoop, Ge Rong, who claimed to be the king of Nanping, got Xiao Yuanhuai's order to lead his troops to rush.

Although Ge Rong's 20,000 soldiers and horses are stragglers with little combat effectiveness, they are better than a large number of people, and the 30,000 Shence army has been killed and wounded more than 7,000 after two sieges.

After these two battles, the imperial army also successfully advanced more than 100 miles, and half of the territory of Huiji County has been recovered.

It was also at this time that the people knew that Xiao Buxian, the king of Huiji, was going to unite with the other two kings to rebel.

Since then, the war in the east has entered a brief period of calm, and the overall situation is quite favorable to the imperial court.

On the southern battlefield, since Zhao Dang got the emperor's secret letter, the imperial army will no longer continue to advance, and the 30,000 Shence army plus the reinforcements of Linyao and Qinghui counties add up to more than 50,000.

However, the soldiers and horses of the two kings of the rebellion are now entangled with more than 70,000, and although 8,000 were annihilated in the first battle, it is not a threat to them on the whole. Moreover, at the moment, they still have the support of the soldiers and horses of Yuzhang County from the rear of the imperial army, and it is not advantageous to run into the imperial court head-on.

Because Zhao Dang divided the team into four parts from the beginning, the soldiers and horses of Yuzhang County, who were gathered alone at the moment, knew very little news about the battle array.

After Xiao Huai'an rushed back to Yuzhang County to officially take over the affairs, he immediately sent a secret letter to the Yuzhang County Governor Feng Duhuan, the king of Changsha, Xiao Yuanhuai, and the king of Shangguang, Xiao Jingshan, the content of which was probably the official start of the incident with them, and the time was set five days later.

The general Zhao Dang had vaguely predicted that the commander of Yuzhang County would rebel through his control of the entire battlefield situation, so he ordered the army to be ready to retreat at any time as soon as he received the secret letter from the imperial court.

And because there were soldiers and horses from Yuzhang County on the back road of the imperial army, Zhao Dang wanted to take them by surprise before the other party rebelled.

On the night of 16 February, the enemy was in the tent of the Chinese army.

Xiao Yuanhuai and Xiao Jingshan gathered together tonight because they both received a secret letter from Xiao Huai'an.

Although Zhao Kang's 50,000 soldiers and horses are a hard nut to crack, if they can beat them up and take measures, Zhao Kang will not have the strength to fight back.

Now the whole situation is very good for them, there is the prince in the southern capital as an internal response, and there are their own people in the hostile camp in the battle array, no matter how you look at it, the balance of victory is already tilting in their favor.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiao Yuanhuai and Xiao Jingshan were raising their glasses and drinking, and the rest were accompanied by their deputy generals.

Although there can be no women in the army, there are several coolly dressed women dancing in the banquet tonight.

Xiao Yuanhuai is suspicious by nature, so he always likes to take into account the perfect law when thinking about things.

Even if the advantage is on their side at the moment, he doesn't take it too lightly.

He sat on the throne and cupped to the rest of the tent, and the rest of them likewise raised their glasses and drank together.

In fact, Xiao Yuanhuai has always been a little disappointed because he did not win over Xu Mu, the king of Xiangdong, but after thinking about it, if Xu Mu joined the current position, it would not be something he could do.

After drinking a cup, Xiao Yuanhuai said, "Jingshan, there is actually one more thing that I have been worried about."

Xiao Jingshan retracted when he heard this

Stopping at the girls' gaze, he said, "Oh? Yuan Huai, if you have any concerns, you might as well say it directly, now at this time, we must not cower and stagnate."

When Xiao Yuanhuai heard this, he said, "Although we bypassed Xu Mu's territory when we raised our army, his reaction seemed normal and somewhat abnormal to me."

Xiao Jingshan didn't take it seriously when he heard this, but said: "To put it bluntly, Xu Mu just doesn't want to rebel now, his strength is so strong, he can openly argue with the imperial court. But Xu Mu's daughter is still in the capital now, and saying that she is going to meet His Majesty is actually under house arrest and proton, how can he, Xu Mu, really let go of his hands and feet."

Xiao Yuanhuai nodded and said, "I understand the reason, but this is also what I'm worried about. Since he, Xu Mu, can he not make a move because of his daughter, will he also bite us back at a critical time, if he is caught off guard like Xiao Huai'an, then our situation will be dangerous."

Hearing this, Xiao Jingshan's expression became serious, and it was not impossible to think about it carefully.

Xiao Jingshan said: "Then should we send someone to meet Xu Mu again, and by the way, find out our position." It's a big deal, when I take the world in the future, I will allow him Xu Mu to split out, and everyone's well water will not interfere with the river water."

Speaking of the world, for them, the world is now in their pockets.

So after Xiao Jingshan finished speaking, the two of them looked at each other and understood each other's meaning.

Xiao Yuanhuai said slowly: "Jingshan, who do you say will be the one who will do the position after the world is won?"

Xiao Jingshan pursed his lips and said, "Judging from the current situation, it is still Xiao Tong's kid who is the most likely, after all, it is only natural that he is the crown prince to succeed to the throne."

As he spoke, Xiao Jingshan began to get irritable, and he was clearly unconvinced.

After a while, Xiao Jingshan said indignantly: "The matter of killing the head is all the two of us charging forward, if he Xiao Tong becomes the emperor in the future, if he doesn't give our two uncles some real benefits, I won't just give up."

Xiao Yuanhuai smiled when he heard this: "This matter is actually not our turn to be in a hurry, not to mention that he is the crown prince, even if he is the emperor, he Xiao Tong may not be able to sit firmly. What do you think Xiao Huai'an's kid is a good thing? Could it be that he is really just trying to kill the old emperor, who is not interested in that position, he is also tempted. As long as the world is really defeated, then each of us will have different concerns."

Xiao Jingshan thought for a moment after hearing this, and said, "That Yuanhuai, should we stand in line in advance?"

Xiao Yuanhuai waved his hand and said, "This matter is not in a hurry for the time being, if Xiao Huai'an has no ambitions, it will be fine, if he waits for them to fight and lose both sides, we will not have a chance, slowly figure it out."

Xiao Jingshan smiled when he heard this: "Okay, Yuan Huai still has a good way for you to compete with each other for our fishermen to profit."

Xiao Yuanhuai nodded and continued: "Xu Mu still has to send someone to contact him again, even if he doesn't know his true purpose, you have to know his movements, and you can't be attacked by him from behind. Now is the time to remember to be careless."

Xiao Jingshan smiled and said, "I'll handle this matter, nothing will go wrong."

In the end, Xiao Yuanhuai drunkenly remembered Xiao Lan, the king of Shu, and he said a little angrily: "Xiao Lan's old thing is really getting older and less courageous, and he doesn't even have the courage to raise troops with us, if he also agrees to raise troops, then our chances of victory can be two more percent."

Xiao Jingshan also drank a little too much, and he said groggily: "Without him, Xiao Lan, we can still make trouble, and when we take the world in the future, I won't kill him." Old thing, I sent a doorman to give a gift, and he didn't even see him. The more he talked about it, the more angry he became, he Xiao Lan didn't do anything less about the pickling things in the capital, and at this time he patted his ass and pretended to be a good person, he thought the old emperor would really let him go? Jokes."

As the night deepened, both of them were a little drunk, and Hu Tianhai scolded for a long time before stopping.

Several coolly dressed women in the big tent were called down, and a team of guards came in to help Xiao Yuanhuai and Xiao Jingshan down.

Although their troops were a little hasty, it was still very beneficial to them in terms of the current situation, so they were not worried about Yu Shengli, they just had to wait patiently at the moment, and good things could naturally be done.

In the rear imperial army camp, Zhao Kangzheng and several lieutenants were on the sand table

Calculate how to take down the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Yuzhang County at the lowest cost and the fastest speed.

Fengdu is still on the far left side of the four-way army, and the closest one is Zhao Kang's army.

In fact, the safest way is to mobilize the other two groups of people to come over and encircle, but this approach is too noisy, and it is very likely that the army has already been seen by the other party before it moves.

Therefore, Zhao Dang planned to send a team of men and horses to Fengdu to return the ministry to pretend to pass orders, but in fact to cover the encirclement of the army.

Although the feudal capital returned to the ministry for the time being, they did not know that the imperial court had learned of their purpose, but they must be extremely vigilant at all times, so not everyone could be up to this task.

After Zhao dared to say his plan, one of his lieutenants named Cao Jingzong took the brunt of the task.

Cao Jingzong is the son of Cao Xin in the previous dynasty, although it was passed down to his generation, the family was a little middle-class, but he supported the entire Cao family with one person.

Cao Jingzong made great contributions when Xiao Yan conquered the world, and later rose all the way by virtue of his merits, and is now awarded the title of General Pingxi.

Cao Jingzong saw and heard with loyalty and courage, he could have led a large army alone, but because this expedition was headed by the general Zhao Kang, he was willing to follow only the deputy general.

After Cao Jingzong stopped him, the rest of the people, including Zhao Kang, had no objections.

Cao Jingzong said confidently: "General, give me two hundred horsemen, as long as I enter the camp of the feudal capital, I will make him turn the world upside down."

Although he is a veteran, he is not bad at courage and bravery.

Zhao Dang smiled, "What's so difficult about this? If Jingzong goes well, the army can advance quickly and create chaos for you on the periphery, and then you will be on a rampage, and no one will be able to stop you."

Cao Jingzong smiled heroically when he heard this: "That is, the king of Yuzhang is not in the army, otherwise I would have arrested him together."

Zhao Dang knew his bravery, but there was still no room for mistakes in this battle, so Zhao Dang still told Cao Jingzong to act properly, as long as he was unprepared, it would not be difficult to take them down in one fell swoop.

Both sides of the southern front now have their own plans, and the time lag between which side will finally win depends on that time difference.

Early in the morning of 17 February, just as Cao Jingzong was about to take people to the camp of the Fengdu Returning Army, Taiwei Chifu, who had traveled from the capital under the starry night, and a group of Jinyilang secretly rushed to the garrison of the army.

After listening to Zhao Kang's plan, Wei Chi Fu felt that it was feasible, and at the same time, he handed over the brocade clothes he brought to Cao Jingzong, so that he could confuse Feng Duhuan's sight even more.

Wei Chifu's arrival was something that Zhao Dang did not expect, but Wei Chifu had already made it clear that he was only here to supervise the army, and he would only participate in the real deployment of the troops and would not interfere, and he didn't have to worry about everything for any reason.

They all came out of the battle formation and knew that the commander must have majesty, so Wei Chi relinquished power to Zhao Kang, and Zhao Kang did not have any excuses.

After Wei Chifu explained this, he was personally taken by Zhao Dang to the big tent to rest.

The imperial court sent Wei Chifu also showed the importance of this war, and Wei Chifu also brought news that Xu Mu, the king of Xiangdong, and Xiao Lan, the king of Shu, were about to send troops, and the rebellious army would no longer be able to resist when the time came.