Chapter 246: Behind the Scenes

Also in a secret room in Huainan City, four people who couldn't see clearly were also discussing.

"Lord Pan, what we planned was to ambush and kill the prince of Huainan in Xuanwu Gate, but we didn't bombard this part of Huainan Wangfu with thunder!" One of the four said angrily as he slapped the table.

Clearly, he was angry that things were out of his control. And the other two also looked at the man known as Master Pan with vigilant eyes.

"It is true that we did not make a plan to bomb the Huainan Palace, but after formulating the Xuanwu Gate ambush plan, I felt that we could go further, so we arranged for someone to do it." Pan He saw that the three of them showed annoyed expressions, but he still looked indifferent.

"Pan He, do you know that if you do this, you will completely destroy the king's plan!" The man who had raised the objection just now continued to scold angrily.

"Mei Buyu, you have to find out your identity, don't forget that when I came to Huainan Kingdom, the king appointed me as the leader." Pan He was obviously also angry by Mei's silent attitude.

"Even if you are the designated leader, you can't be so reckless, you will completely lose control of the situation by doing so." Although Mei Buyu was unable to get off the stage by Pan He's questioning, he still chose to have a hard fight with Pan He.

"Two, please dissipate the anger, do you have something to say!" Yao Junheng saw that Pan He and Mei Buyu were completely arguing, so he immediately got up and stood in the middle of the two and started to be a peacemaker.

"That's it, Mei Buyu, everything has happened, even if you get angry, it won't help." Fei Du also continued Yao Junheng's words.

It's just that his words seem to be persuading the two to make peace, but when you listen carefully, it seems that you are deliberately adding fuel to the fire.

Therefore, when Fei Du finished speaking, he saw Pan He looking at him with a hostile gaze. Fei Du couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, so he had to bow his head stupidly and stop talking.

was persuaded by Yao Junheng and several people fell into silence, so the entire secret room was extremely quiet.

This stalemate lasted only for a moment, and the four of them began to discuss again.

"Now that it's happened, there's no need to continue arguing now, now all we have to do is discuss what to do next." Yao Junheng, who acted as a peacemaker, was the first to break the silence.

"Now the first thing we need to determine is whether this explosion succeeded in killing the King of Huainan, and at the same time, we also have to see how many people in this Huainan King's Mansion survived." Fei Du thought for a moment and then came up with his own idea.

"You can rest assured that this time the Dove Organization has transported more than 200 Thunderbolts from the Yue Kingdom, and in order to ensure that this time is foolproof, we have used up more than 100 Thunderbolts. Even if the king of Huainan is copper-skinned and iron-clad, he will have to be blown to pieces. Pan He said with a smug smile on his face.

"So the king of Huainan and his children, his subordinates have been wiped out?" Mei Buyu's originally angry face began to soften when she heard this.

In fact, the reason why he opposed Pan's assassination of King Huainan was not because he had any good impression of King Huainan, but because he was worried that the revelation of this matter would affect their lord's plan.

But now that it has been confirmed that the king of Huainan will die, it is generally a good thing for his lord.

Although all the plans made by the Lord had to be revised, they still held the lead.

As long as they plan well, their goals can be easily achieved.

However, thinking that Pan He acted privately without discussing with them always made him feel uncomfortable.

"Since the king of Huainan will definitely die, what should we do next?" Fei Du asked with a little flattery.

"The first thing we have to do now is to stabilize the situation in Huainan and not let the situation continue to deteriorate." Pan He said slowly.

"But because of Zheng Gang's idiot, the Xuanwu Gate ambush plan failed, and now Mu Qingyun's kid has not been killed, and as long as he doesn't die, it's a little difficult for us to stabilize the situation in Huainan Kingdom!" Yao Junheng said worriedly.

"I really didn't expect that Mu Qingyun's life would be so hard, we arranged so many people in the Xuanwu Sect and used the thunder to kill him." Mei said silently, gritting her teeth.

"Why don't we arrange for those guys from the Dove Organization to assassinate this kid?" Fei Du cautiously made his suggestion again.

"There's no need, now that the Huainan Mansion has been bombed, his father has been killed, and he himself has been assassinated once, now he must be cowering in a safe place and dare not show his head, and now sending people from the Dove Organization to assassinate him is equivalent to sending him to death." Pan He shook his head, once again rejecting Fei Du's plan.

"So what do we do? You can't just wait stupidly! Fei Du said dejectedly.

"That's right, now that Huainan is in chaos, Zheng Gang is still leading his subordinates to confront Zhang Shuliang and others at this time, and Zhang Shuliang is ready to transfer personnel from the Huainan Army to suppress it." Yao Junheng is also worried that if the current situation continues, the situation is likely to get completely out of control.

"Now most of the Huainan army has been sent north by the imperial court to protect the imperial capital besieged by the grassland tribes, even if they can still draw out a part of the Huainan army, it is impossible to have too many." Pan He waved his hand and said.

"In that case, what are we worried about, as long as Zheng Gang can firmly control the city guard camp in his hands, he can steadily suppress the remaining Huainan army." Fei Du said in a very relaxed tone.

"But the problem is that Zheng Gang, the city guard battalion in Shouzhou City, has not been completely controlled, and most of the city guard battalion soldiers are still neutral, they are all waiting for the price to sell, otherwise why do you think the Xuanwu Gate ambush our plan is so good and will fail." Mei said in annoyance.

In fact, they had deliberately spread negative news about the Black-faced Army in the Huainan Army and the City Guard Camp a long time ago.

They did this in order to deliberately create confrontation with the black-faced army in the Huainan army and the city guard camp. And they did this because the Black Mask Army was the most powerful army in the Huainan Army, and if they didn't find a way to weaken their influence, it would be very dangerous for them to do something in the Huainan Kingdom.

Over the years, they have invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and finally the reputation of the Black Mask Army has been ruined.

Especially the soldiers of the city guard camp, they all felt that the king of Huainan was too good to the black-faced army, and the treatment given to them was too high.

On the other hand, the soldiers of their city guard battalion are always ignored by the world because they do not have the opportunity to go to war. Even ordinary people are dismissive of them.

They are often ridiculed as nothing more than vicious dogs who only know how to oppress the people. With everyone's ridicule, the soldiers of the city guard camp also began to slowly develop a dislike for the Black Mask Army and even the entire Huainan Kingdom.

"Actually, I had long expected that the soldiers of the City Guard Battalion would be unreliable, I originally expected that one fifth of the soldiers of the City Guard Battalion would be able to join Zheng Gang's command, not to mention that there are more people than I expected now, and more than half of them remain neutral." Pan He said disapprerovingly.

"But now there are not enough people on Zheng Gang's side, the remaining number of the Huainan Army is at least more than 5,000 people, including a small part of the Black Mask Army." Mei Buyu said with some concern.

He had already arranged for his subordinates to go to Zheng Gang's side to count, and the number of people in Zheng Gang's hands now was only 1,500 people.

Now it is necessary to use 1,500 ordinary city guard battalion soldiers to deal with 5,000 Huainan troops, and the probability of victory can be imagined.

"The current comparison of numbers is indeed quite different, and the comparison of strength is also very different, but I have already arranged this matter a long time ago!" Pan He's face suddenly showed a smug smile.

"Could it be that you have other manpower besides the fifteen hundred people in Zheng Gang's hands?" Mei Buyu looked at Pan He in surprise, and Fei Du was also full of surprise, only Yao Junheng's face was as usual, as if he knew the inside story from the beginning.

"Yes, there is another team." Yao Junheng said slowly.

"I said, how much else are you two hiding from us?" Mei Buyu's face was cold at this time, he felt that Pan He and Yao Junheng were doing a lot of things behind their backs.

"Hey, we were going to tell you about this, but due to an accident on the way, we had to hide it for the time being, and we had no choice but to do so." Yao Junheng spread out his hands and said with a look of grievance.

"Where the hell did this group of centaurs come from?" Fei Du didn't care if he was deceived and concealed, in his opinion, although everyone belonged to the same command of King Yue, but with the temperament of King Yue, he would not easily trust anyone.

Divide and conquer and contain each other is his way of employing people.

"Which general in the Huainan army did you buy again?" Mei Buyu immediately asked. In his mind, if he wants to have another person in the Huainan country, he can only win over from the Huainan army.

"They are not from the Huainan army." Yao Junheng shook his head and said.

"Not someone from the Huainan Army? Are you going to co-opt those mud-legged and water bandits? As soon as Mei Buyu heard that these people were not from the Huainan army, he immediately thought of the common people and the water bandits who were rampant in Huaishui.

Before, he had arranged for his secret son in the Prosecutor's Hall to send the water bandits he had attracted to attack and kill Mu Qingyun.

。 It was precisely by using these water bandits to attack the prince of Huainan in Bagong Mountain that he was able to force him to return to Shouzhou City from Xuanwu Gate in the morning.

This also indirectly contributed to the Xuanwumen ambush plan, and it can be said that these water bandits also played a certain role.

However, as one of the planners who planned the assassination of Bagong Mountain, he knew very well that Nansi and the Prosecutor's Office had been trying their best to win over those water bandits in Huaishui recently.

And the reason why they did this was to deal with the Cao gang that had dominated Huaishui for a hundred years, and further down the line, the imperial court was planning to weaken the strength of the vassal kings in various places.

But he didn't expect that Pan He and Yao Junheng were also fighting the ideas of these bandits like the Prosecutor's Office.

This is exactly the two thieves who put their hands into the same person's purse together, and once this matter is known by the other party, the two sides will definitely fight openly and secretly.

"You've only guessed half right, there are indeed some bandits in this team who have defected to us, but the main body of this team is not these bandits." Pan He still deliberately hung Mei Buyu's curiosity.

"Aren't the main body of this team the bandits? So who are they to make you so reassured? Mei Buyu really can't think of anyone else in this Huainan country who can have this ability.

"We won't sell Guanzi anymore, these people are the five hundred Yue troops who temporarily retreated from near the imperial capital." Yao Junheng said in a surprising voice.

Although his tone was as low as possible when he spoke, it still shocked Fei Du and Mei Buyu into speechlessness.

You must know that now is the day when the grassland tribes plundered the Dayu Dynasty, and Emperor Shengheng dispatched a large number of vassal armies from all over the country to be stationed near the imperial capital.

In general, an attempt to leave these units can be considered a defection. Therefore, trying to transfer people from these vassal armies is basically equivalent to daydreaming, not to mention more than 500 people, which is like a fantasy.

"Pan He, Yao Junheng, your jokes are too substandard, five hundred Huainan troops were transferred from near the imperial capital, aren't you infected with the wind and cold?" Mei Buyu really couldn't believe what the two said.

"I didn't lie to you, these five hundred people have actually been in Shouzhou City for several days, but they have been training those water bandits in the water village by the Huaishui!" Yao Junheng directly told Fei Du and Mei Buyu where these five hundred people were now.

"How is this possible?" Although Yao Junheng had already said it very clearly, Mei Buyu still felt like a dream.

"There is nothing impossible, but this time King Yue took great pains to transfer these five hundred people to the south, and even took advantage of the death of his own son." Speaking of this, Yao Junheng covered his heart with his own hands, and the other three people also covered their hearts with their hands when they saw Yao Junheng's gesture of mourning.

"I understand that these five hundred people are ostensibly the team that went to Anzhou Prefecture to escort the remains of the two sons back to China." Mei Buyu heard Yao Junheng say that the two descendants of the Yue Kingdom who died, and he immediately guessed where these five hundred people came from.

"But even if Zheng Gang has these five hundred people, the sum is only two thousand, and there is still no huge gap compared to the five thousand people in Huainan Kingdom." In Mei Buyu's opinion, it is still difficult to win.

"The army is not only judged by the number of people, but also by the combat strength of the soldiers." Pan He couldn't help but say jokingly when he heard Mei Buyu's inquiry.

"Could it be that there is a gentleman's army in the army this time?"

"That's right, this time there are two hundred gentlemen out of five hundred, and they arrived a day earlier than the other three hundred." Yao Junheng said all the specific numbers.

"In addition, it is Nan Ye Nan who is leading these 500 people south this time."

"What? The team was led by Nan Shuai? Fei Du said with his mouth growing incredulously.

"That's right, this time it was indeed Nan Shuai who led the team, which is why we thought that Zheng Gang's 2,000 men could defeat the Huainan army." It is said that self-confidence comes from strength, but sometimes the shadow of a person's famous tree is likely to change his perception under the influence of his famous name.

"In this way, I am relieved, as long as there is Nan Shuai in the other party's numerical advantage, I will basically wait for the same joke." Mei Buyu's originally hanging heart can finally land.

"Then now we can just put people in place and get started." 、、、、、、、、 at the same time, on the ruins of the Huainan Palace, Mu Qingyun was sitting in the burned world beyond recognition, as if he had lost his soul.

In the morning, due to the explosion of thunder, the entire Huainan Mansion was completely destroyed, and the fire after the explosion burned the Huainan Mansion into a pile of white ground.

Smelling the unpleasant smell of the burning wood behind him, and the collapsed houses behind him were not yet wisps of smoke and dust, Mu Qingyun's heart was like a knife.

He really didn't expect to become a homeless person. Thinking of his father Mu Qingyun, who had been blown to pieces, he was even more sad, and he covered his eyes with his hands helplessly, curled up and choked.

Although he tried to restrain himself, the tears in his eyes were still uncontrollable. Because his mother died early, he and his younger brother Mu Qingxiao were raised by their father King Huainan since childhood, it can be said that although King Huainan is a man, he has been a father and a mother over the years, and he has dragged Mu Qingyun and Mu Qingxiao brothers to grow up.

Therefore, King Huainan can be said to be the most important person in the world for Mu Qingyun.

"Have you found my father's body?" Mu Qingyun asked in a hoarse voice.

"We haven't just found twelve corpses from the ruins of the palace, but due to the fire, some of them have been burned beyond recognition." One of Mu Qingyun's side replied.

This person is also Ye Qiutong's apprentice, and he is loyal to the King of Huainan and the prince of Huainan.

"Is there a way to confirm the identities of these twelve?" Mu Qingyun said slowly.

"Although there is no way to confirm 100% for the time being, there is a high probability that they are servants in the palace." The man replied.

"Keep searching, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you will find my father's body." Mu Qingyun spoke at this time as if he had lost any emotion.

"Although His Royal Highness the Prince said it was a little disrespectful, judging from the explosion at the scene, if the king stood within this range, it would be very difficult to find their bodies and stones." The man continued to speak slowly.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Mu Qingyun looking at him with an indifferent gaze. The man shuddered, and he immediately shut up and turned around and ordered the people to continue searching.

And in the periphery of the Huainan Palace, there are thousands of people protecting the ruins of the palace in the middle. But beyond the thousands, there are really these people who are armed and ready to fight.

"Zhang Shuliang, I advise you to surrender quickly, now that the king of Huainan is dead, it makes no sense for you to defend it." Zheng Gang was shouting loudly to everyone at this time.

Although Zheng Gang seemed indifferent at this time, it seemed that everything was under his control. But in fact, he was very anxious in his heart, after all, this kind of rebellion was afraid of making trouble with his head.

At the same time, he was also very worried about the safety of Bao Wenqin, the side concubine of King Huainan, and he didn't know if he would have lifelong regrets in his life.