Chapter 964: The decisive battle is about to break out

At this time, the princess of Jin, who was on the way back, I don't know if it was because someone was talking behind her, she felt that her nose was itchy for a while, but she was still riding on horseback, exposed to the public, Mo said that she couldn't restrain her sneezing, that is, she raised her hand to rub her nose and it was detrimental to her demeanor, so she had to endure it, and her face looked a little subtle, and she was noticed by His Royal Highness the King of Jin, who was aware of it, and approached with the reins, with a bit of banter in her tone: "On a hot day, even if the princess feels inseparable, there is no need to endure the scorching heat to accompany Xiao Wang to ride, as long as the princess speaks, Would I still refuse the offer to ride? ”

These words almost didn't make Eleven Niang break the gong and sneeze loudly, which was simply worse, and couldn't help but stare at He Ye.

Because of the long journey, even if the carriage is prepared, of course, it is not as open as usual.

But at this time, she did feel a little uncomfortable, and she really wanted to avoid others to relieve her, but He Ye said this again, if Eleven Niang really got off the horse and rode in the car, wouldn't it be a joke?

Fortunately, at this moment, a detective suddenly inquired about the whereabouts of the princess, and sent a secret report to the princess, the princess could not ride a horse to dismantle it, just change the car with.

Different from Wang Ji, Eleven Niang because of "early pregnancy of ghosts", all year round the secret news constantly, must be prevented in case the sender is arrested or other accidents, the secret report falls into the hands of the enemy, so the detective writes the news in secret language, so even if the letter is intercepted, others can not understand the meaning inside, and about all kinds of secret words, except for the generals in the army, it is very difficult for ordinary people to master the skills, so for example, King Jingzhao, if there is any vital secret that needs to be transmitted, in order to prevent leakage, it is usually conveyed through the tongue, and not in words.

But in other words, Shi Niang, don't say that He Ye has a secret guard left by He Yan under him, of course he will master the skill of secret language transmission, just say that He Zhan, there is a well-read teacher Jiang Duyu who knows both divination and trickery, and the letters he writes will not be clear to ordinary people at a glance, and what is even more unusual is that as long as He Ye and Shi Niang concentrate on what they want to remember, there is nothing that they can't remember, so at this time, although they got the document written by the detective according to the secret language, the two didn't need to compare the translation at all, because they had memorized the translation backwards. The secret report that seemed to others to be like a book from heaven, as long as the two of them corresponded to the translation in their memory, they could actually see the inner meaning.

"Empress Xiao and the eldest prince both died, and Xiao of Northern Liao was convicted."

When Eleven Niang understood the meaning of this short line, she suddenly didn't want to sneeze, but felt comfortable.

It turned out that as early as when Mingkong was still on the way home, Empress Xiao was already seriously ill, although the eldest prince said that he returned to Beijing immediately after receiving the news, and asked to visit the sick, but the king of Northern Liao did not allow it, and even scolded the eldest prince for returning to Beijing without an edict, intending to punish him, which almost attracted the opposition of the entire Northern Liao clan and the descendants, and the king of Northern Liao had to "understand" the filial piety of the eldest prince, but although the eldest prince was allowed to stay in Beijing, he was still not allowed to visit his biological mother.

The attitude of the king of Northern Liao has been quite obvious, because Empress Xiao instigated the ministers to admonish the prince, his anger at the descendants has been unbearable, even if Empress Xiao has been seriously ill and bedridden for a short time, he cannot save the slightest trace of Yeluhong's husband and wife, and even does not allow Empress Xiao to see the eldest prince again before his death, he just wants to let Empress Xiao die without turning a blind eye.

As for this divisive plan, Shi Niang was worried that the wise Queen Xiao had insight into the heavens, and at the critical moment, she did not gamble because of the desire for profit.

However, because of his resentment, the king of Northern Liao prevented Empress Xiao's mother and son from meeting, almost completely cutting off the back road between the eldest prince and Northern Liao Xiao.

When Mingkong returned to Shangjing under the cover of the caravan, met the eldest prince through the Xiao clan, and told the plan one by one, the desperate eldest prince and Northern Liao Xiao almost did not hesitate, and decided to follow the plan, poison the king of Northern Liao, and then mutiny, and put the eldest prince on the throne.

They didn't have a chance to discuss this matter with Empress Xiao at all.

However, where will the king of Northern Liao, who has already learned the news from Concubine Shu's mouth, let the eldest prince succeed? He didn't even bother to catch the eldest prince appearing, when he was sure that Mingkong had really sneaked back and met the eldest prince, he immediately took action and arrested the eldest prince with "stolen goods", because the eldest prince resisted, so he was killed on the spot for the crime of rebellion!

Xiao Yanda, as the eldest prince, was even killed in battle, but Mo said that the Xiao clansmen who guarded the military states of various ministries were so many adult descendants of Xiao Yanda, and most of them also escaped from the hands of the Northern Liao Forbidden Army under the cover of the soldiers.

But this escape, of course, the Northern Liao Xiao also sat in the name of rebellion, the original was already seriously ill Empress Xiao, after hearing a series of bad news, died that night, it is difficult to determine whether it was sick or died, but the king of Northern Liao did not even allow him to be buried with the queen's rites.

Although it is not written in the secret report that after Northern Liao Xiao was forced to retreat to Beijing, he openly held high the banner against Ye Luhong, but Shi Niang understood that at this point, North Liao Xiao had no other choice than to live and die with Ye Lu Hong.

"After returning to Jinyang, I will immediately go to Guangyang to discuss the battle plan with Wu Weihou and others, and strive to recover Youyan in one fell swoop!" Of course, He Ye was also overjoyed by this long-awaited message, although he also understood that he had to wait for the news of further civil strife in Northern Liao before it was really time to attack Youzhou, but this did not prevent him from agreeing on a plan first.

"Presumably, Pan Bo is still glad that the eldest prince and Northern Liao Xiao dug their own graves at this time, and Concubine Shu and the fifteenth prince will no longer be hostile and can be his solid backing." He Ye sneered: "He underestimated the strength of Northern Liao Xiao too much, and also underestimated the resistance of the Yelu royal family to Concubine Shu's mother and son. ”

For this, Shi Niang has a different opinion: "Pan Bo may have thought that Northern Liao Xiao would resist stubbornly and lead to civil strife, but although he is also wise and resourceful, he is still the first to consider his own gains and losses, otherwise he would not have acted to defect to Northern Liao and betray his ancestors to seek perfection." ”

Back then, Empress Dowager Wei did not hesitate to force Pan Bo to oppose Pan Bo in order to get rid of Pei Zheng and the two clans, didn't she also mistakenly expect that Pan Bo would actually sell the country to seek glory in order to save his life, and call him a vassal?

β€”β€”Although it has been difficult to die since ancient times, the vast majority of people will not wash their necks and wait for the butcher's knife to cut them, and nine times out of ten they will rise up to resist, but there are still very few people who are willing to risk the disapproval of the world and forget their ancestors and be pointed out by thousands of people.

Although Pan Bo may not be willing to surrender to Northern Liao at all, his plan is to use Northern Liao to claim the title of Emperor Chang'an after winning the rule of He Zhou, then the future history should be written by him, the victor, and the blame for the mistake should of course be borne by the femme fatale Empress Dowager Wei and the loyal and treacherous Emperor He Yan.

But the premise is that Pampo must be alive and be the ultimate victor.

The eldest prince and Northern Liao Xiao had become a threat to Pan Bo, so even if he found out that everything might be a discord between the Great Zhou, he couldn't take the risk.

Because in case Empress Xiao and the eldest prince win, they will no longer tolerate Pan Bo, the king of Anton, and then Pan Bo will face a desperate situation of the former wolf and the tiger, waiting for him, will be a tragic death in a foreign country, the end of the stench of ten thousand years, he did not hesitate to commit treason, bear the infamy, in addition to living for more than ten years, there is no value.

This, of course, was not accepted by Panbo.

"Your Highness should understand that Pan Bo is not as incompetent as Yao Qianzhi, even without the support of Northern Liao, His Highness is not 100% sure of capturing Youyan." Eleven Niang reminded again.

He Ye frowned and pondered for a long time, but he had to admit: "The rebels of the Pan Department also have hundreds of thousands of people, and Wang Jingu does not obey the military orders at all, and he can't expect the Yunzhou Department and the Guangyang Department to form a flanking attack. ”

"Moreover, Pan Bo should also get the news of the rebellion in Hengzhou, although it is difficult to affect Taiyuan for a while, but after this, it is even more unlikely that the two departments of Yunzhou and Guangyang will receive military aid from outside Jinshuo, and Pan Bo may think that the protracted war will cause more damage to Jinshuo, so he is not afraid of the civil strife in Northern Liao, and he will temporarily lose support." Shi Niang lowered her voice: "There is also Xinji, will you take advantage of the civil strife in the Great Zhou to break the covenant and raid the border of the Great Zhou!" ”

He Ye bowed his head: "If I am Pan Bo, I don't need to rush to attack Weize Pass, as long as I wait for Da Zhou to suffer from internal and external troubles, as long as I stick to Youzhou and do not lose, when the Wuwei Hou Department has made no progress, I will then make a divisive plan and instigate the traitorous ministers to attack the Wuwei Hou, if the Queen Mother listens to the slander, the Wuwei Hou will be punished......"

At that time, why did Pan Bo need to join forces with Northern Liao?!

He Ye took a deep breath: "Although the plan of discord has been successful, there is not much time left for us, at most two years, we must recover Youyan!" ”