Cynthia felt very strange about Catherine's behavior, and immediately teased: "Does my sister have a crush on that Han man?" Catherine said in a panic, "No, no! Then he said angrily: "Sister, don't talk nonsense, I, how could I fall in love with him!" Cynthia saw that Catherine was in a hurry, and hurriedly apologized: "Okay, okay, I said the wrong thing, I apologize to my sister, sister, don't be angry!" Catherine gave Cynthia a blank look.

Yang Peng and Yan Ji returned to the inn, Yan Ji glanced at Yang Peng, looking like she wanted to speak and stopped.

Yang Peng looked at Yan Ji's performance in his eyes and said with a smile: "What's the matter, is there anything to say?" ”

Yan Ji couldn't help but ask, "Does Husband know the other woman who is here today?" ”

Yang Peng frowned and said, "She should be the Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, Catherine, otherwise who can be on an equal footing with the Empress of the Byzantine Empire?" I do think she looks a lot like someone I once knew, but she's never here, she should just look like it. ”

Yan Ji asked curiously, "Is the person that Fujun said about Fujun's former lover?" ”

Yang Peng laughed, "What a lover!" Well, it should be said that it is a person I once saved. I spent a few days with her, but I didn't even know her name. Yan Ji heard her lover say this, so she didn't say any more.

Yang Peng asked Yan Ji, "Fang Hong, how are they preparing?" ”

"Just as I was about to report to my husband, they were all ready, and the ship was ready. It's just that there is a difficulty in the middle, the naval army of the Holy Roman Empire has blocked the strait between the Mediterranean Sea and the Western Ocean (Indian Ocean), and I heard that the investigation has been very strict recently, and I am afraid that if they find out the identity of the husband when we pass through, it will be troublesome. ”

Yang Peng pondered: "This possibility is not non-existent, but it is not high. He looked at Yan Ji and said, "I mean, you don't have to worry too much. ”

Yan Ji shook her head and said, "How can it be done!" The body of the husband is ten thousand gold, and you must not take risks! ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "If not, what else can be done?" No matter what method is used, there are more or less risks! Yan Ji frowned and said, "You have to think about it carefully, and do everything possible to minimize the risk!" Yang Peng nodded and said, "Then let's think about it carefully." ”

At noon the next day, Yan Ji hurried back from outside. I found Yang Peng in the room again, and said happily: "Just now there was a news from Bianliang that the flying pigeons came to meet us!" Then he handed the flying pigeon biography he had just received to Yang Peng.

Yang Peng took the book, unfolded it and read it, nodded and said, "This method is good, but you have to agree on a time." Well, I wrote back to them and asked them to order the navy to launch a surprise attack on the strait on August 15. They are also advised to hide their whereabouts as much as possible before the raid is launched to reduce the possibility of uncertainty. Yan Ji replied and said, "I'll go and inform them." Then he hurried away again. Yang Peng walked to the window and looked at the bustling exotic city, but his thoughts had already flown to Bianliang, which was thousands of miles away.

The gaze turned to Tokyo, Liaoguo. Brother Ye Hugh held an emergency meeting and told all the ministers of civil and military affairs about Yang Peng's disappearance on the battlefield, and finally said: "Yang Peng is missing, there are many auspicious and unlucky, and now the Ming Dynasty is leaderless and chaotic, and according to the scout's report, most of our current main force of the Ming army has also been transferred to Western Liao." Now is the time to fight back and regain lost ground! ”

Everyone whispered, and the general Xiao Lou asked, "Your Majesty, is this news true?" Ye Hugh said: "The news is absolutely reliable! And I also got reliable news, the Mongols and the Japanese have also gotten this news, and are ready to send troops to the Ming Dynasty! ”

Everyone couldn't help but get excited when they heard this, and the general couldn't help but say excitedly: "If that's the case, this is really a good time to turn defeat into victory!" ”

Yehu Hugo glanced at everyone and said, "Our front is now dominated by military forces. The military government has limited combat strength and is by no means our opponent. Then he stood up and walked to the huge sand table placed in the center of the main hall, and a group of civil and military officers surrounded him.

Brother Ye Hugo pointed to the original Zhongjing Dading Mansion, and then pointed to the original Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, and said: "I decided to mobilize all the soldiers and horses to divide into two routes, I personally led one way out of Changchun Prefecture, crossed the Hunhe River to attack Shangjing, and the other route led by Xiao Lou Room out of Yizhou, along the Daling River to attack Dading Mansion. The two roads go hand in hand, and they must defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop to recover Shangjing and Zhongjing. The crowd nodded. The minister said respectfully: "Your Majesty is wise, but there should be enough troops to guard this Tokyo Road!" Several nobles nodded in agreement.

Yehu Hugo said: "This is natural. However, there is no threat around Tokyo Road, so there is no need to leave too many troops behind. Then he looked at the armored Ya Yu Sosuke, and said, "Ya Yu Sosuke, you will sit in Tokyo, and at the same time raise money and food for me in front of me." Ye Yu Zong bowed and promised.

At this moment, a general flashed out and bowed: "Your Majesty, the last general has an idea." ”

Everyone looked over and saw that it was Yang Xiong, the general of the Ming Dynasty.

Jerehugo asked, "What do you have in mind?" ”

Yang Xiong said: "Your Majesty, there are many defenders around Linhuang Mansion and Dading Mansion now, and the guards are originally our officers and soldiers of Daliao. We could have sent secret envoys to lobby them. If you can get them inside and outside, it will be much easier to expel the Ming army and regain the lost territory! ”

Yelu Hugo's eyes lit up and nodded.

General Xiao Lou frowned and said, "But since they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, how could they be anyway?" ”

Yang Xiong said: "Originally, it was difficult, but now this difficult thing has become not so difficult. Now that the Emperor of Daming is missing, people in Daming are panicking, in this case, Xiao Hong and others have to think of a way out for themselves. Obviously, anyway, it is the wisest choice to re-serve our Great Liao Empire and expel the Ming Army to regain lost territory. Brother Huce said happily: "What Yang Xiong said is very reasonable! ”

Yang Xiong said: "Your Majesty, in order to let them have no worries, I'm afraid you have to ask Your Majesty to issue an amnesty first, and the secret envoy will bring it." Brother Ye Hugh said without hesitation: "This matter is easy to do, so it is decided." Then he glanced at everyone and said, "If there is no problem, go and do something." Everyone agreed, and then bowed to Yehu Hugo, and Yuguan withdrew from the main hall.

Soon after, the 300,000 Khitan army began to assemble in the direction of Changchun Prefecture and Yizhou, and at the same time, more than 100,000 Mongolian cavalry also gathered, sharpening their swords and pointing directly at the Beihai fortress on the Ming side. The so-called Beihai Fortress is actually a city built by the Ming Dynasty not long ago with the reinforcement of an ancient city on the south bank of Lake Baikal, and at present, the Ming Dynasty has 200,000 military troops stationed in Mongolia, of which 50,000 horses are stationed on the Beihai Fortress. If the Mongols wanted to take the Mongol region, they had to take the North Sea fortress. At this time, the Japanese people naturally will not be idle, and Yongren, who was beaten to death by the Ming army, once again gathered troops and horses to prepare to counterattack Kyushu Island. All of a sudden, the war clouds in the northeast of the Ming Dynasty were thick, and the war was about to break out.

Let's put aside the Ming side for the time being, and let's turn our attention to Constantinople.

Yang Peng and others anxiously waited for Catherine's departure, and on this day, the news that Catherine left Constantinople and continued eastward finally came. Yang Peng and Yan Ji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Yang Peng said to Yan Ji: "It won't be long before Constantinople's vigilance will be relaxed, so let Fang Hong and them prepare." Yan Ji answered and hurried away.

By the next day, the heightened vigilance inside and outside the city had been withdrawn, and Constantinople had returned to its former state. Yang Peng waited in Constantinople for the arrival of August 15, and time passed slowly in anxious waiting. Finally, August 15 is not far away, and the bright moon in the sky is gradually full.

As soon as night fell, Yan Ji left the inn. Soon after, Yan Ji returned, didn't stay long, and left again. The Byzantine forbidden army guarding outside the inn had long been accustomed to Yan Ji's entry and exit, so they didn't care.

Yan Ji hurried to a secluded and gloomy alley, searching everywhere. Suddenly, a pair of powerful hands hugged him tightly, kissed her on the cheek, and teased: "It's dangerous for a beautiful woman to run around in the middle of the night!" Yan Ji said angrily: "I haven't escaped yet, I actually have the intention to tease the concubine!" It turned out that the man who suddenly hugged Yan Ji turned out to be Yang Peng. How did Yang Peng end up here, and how did he leave the heavily guarded inn?

Do you remember Yan Ji going in and out twice just now? The first time it came out was not Yan Ji, but Yang Peng in Yan Ji's dress. Thanks to the Islamic robe, although the body shape of Yang Peng and Yan Ji is quite different, but under the wrapping of the Islamic robe, unless you look closely, you can't tell it at all, and the Islamic woman has to wear a face tof, which perfectly hides Yang Peng's face, plus the dim light at night, Yang Peng wearing Yan Ji's dress did not arouse anyone's suspicion at all. The Yan Ji who returned to the inn after that was a subordinate of the local Hua Xu, and after she went back, the real Yan Ji would not arouse the suspicion of others. In this way, Li Dai was stiff, and Yang Peng and Yan Ji all left the inn smoothly.

"Your Majesty, it's time for us to go." Fang Hong reminded beside him.

Yan Ji pushed Yang Peng in annoyance. Yang Peng smiled: "Okay, let's go." Fang Hong responded and hurriedly went down to greet him. A moment later, a caravan loaded with various local goods left the alley and headed for the south gate. Although it was night, the streets were still crowded with pedestrians and caravanserais, and it was not long before the group arrived at the city gates.

The gates of the city were wide open, and pedestrians and caravans came and went. The group followed the flow of people to the outside of the city, and when they saw the guards, Yang Peng and Hua Xu were ready to attack, once the other party stopped them, they would immediately attack and break out of the city gate by force.

Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, only to feel that the eyes of the guards were fixed on them. Except for the city gate, nothing happened to the group, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Yang Peng and Yan Ji looked at each other and smiled. In fact, it is normal for everyone to be able to come out smoothly, Yang Peng is not a criminal after all, but he is under house arrest in the inn, even if the guards at the city gate have heard about this matter, it is impossible to receive an order to prevent Yang Peng from escaping, not to mention that the guards at the city gate definitely don't know Yang Peng.

Yang Peng had to get out of the cage, only to feel that the sky was high and the sea was wide. The group immediately rushed to the dock. Soon after, he rushed to the dock and boarded the big sea ship that Fang Hong had prepared in advance. All the goods were loaded onto the ship, and everyone was on board, and then the anchor was lifted and slowly made out of the port.

Not long after leaving the port, I saw a Byzantine patrol warship approaching. Everyone couldn't help but get nervous and ready for battle. A moment later, two large ships staggered by, and the Byzantine ships returned to port without asking a question.

Everyone could not help but want to leave quickly, although the sails were already full and the ship was carrying the big ship through the wind and waves, and the sailors still rowed hard. Yang Peng saw that the boat was moving very fast, but he frowned, and the other party said, "Tell the sailors not to paddle!" Fang Hong asked puzzledly, "Your Majesty, isn't it good to leave quickly?" Yang Peng said angrily: "In the middle of the night, there is such a strong wind in the third watch, and you are paddling so desperately, what would you think if you were a patrolman when you saw it?" Fang Hongden understood, bowed down and said, "Subordinates immediately go and give orders!" Then he ran down. Soon after, the speed of the boat slowed down a lot, and the sound of the oars hitting the water was no longer audible.

The night breeze calmed down and almost disappeared, and the big ship sailed slowly on the sparkling sea, and the moon was bright in the sky at night.

Yan Ji walked out of the cabin and saw her lover standing on the deck looking into the distance, so she walked over and put the robe in her hand for her lover. Chen Xiao turned his head, looked at each other, and smiled. Yan Ji couldn't help but lean into her lover's arms and muttered, "I'm finally going home!" Yang Peng couldn't help but sigh a little, "Yes, I'm finally going home!" Then he hugged Yan Ji and kissed him, and said with a smile: "The first thing I do when I go home is to take a shower, you all have to come to accompany me!" Yan Ji pursed her lips and smiled, raised her head and glanced at Yang Peng.

Yang Peng and the others had a very smooth journey, and they arrived near the strait two days before August 15.

There is a port nearby, Yang Peng and the others are going to go there, and wait there for their fleet to kill. In fact, Yang Peng could completely pass through the strait at this time, but this place was controlled by the Holy Roman Empire, and their inspection of the king's business travel was much stricter than that of the Byzantine Empire. In addition, now that Shenluo is fighting with Yan Yun, the obvious Han face of this ship is bound to be taken care of by the checkpoint guards, and in this case, no one dares to guarantee that Yang Peng's identity will not be exposed. Once exposed, the consequences are unimaginable. Therefore, to be on the safe side, everyone prepared to wait for their fleet to arrive in the port near the strait.

The ship turned east, and soon saw a small but prosperous harbor city. The sea-going ships sailed into the harbor and were submerged in a myriad of merchant and fishing vessels of all kinds, unremarkable.

The ship found a place to dock, and when a local port official came to collect the tax, and after paying the tax, the port official issued a certificate and left.

Yang Peng and Yan Ji were eating in the cabin, and Yan Ji said a little nervously: "In two days, our fleet will be back." ”

Yang Peng nodded.

Yan Ji asked, "Husband, can they open the strait and come to pick us up?" ”

Yang Peng said while eating: "Don't worry, there will be no problem." Seeing that Yan Ji still looked worried, she smiled: "Don't worry! Everything was as I expected! Saying that, he gave Yan Ji a fish maw with chopsticks. Yan Ji picked up the fish maw that her lover gave her, frowned slightly and said, "I'm about to vomit when I eat fish these days!" Yang Peng smiled and said, "I feel the same way." However, the fish here is more in line with our taste! Yan Ji said with a smile: "So it's better for Daming people to stay in Daming." Yang Peng smiled.

At this time, the ship had set sail and slowly sailed away from the port, and Yang Peng and Yan Ji were eating breakfast in the early morning sea breeze. Yang Peng talked to Yan Ji while eating and drinking, but found that he was the only one who spoke, and Yan Ji did not respond. couldn't help but look down, only to see that Yan Ji had fallen asleep in her arms. Yang Peng couldn't help but smile, infinite gentleness welled up in his heart, and whispered: "I still said that I am not sleepy, I can fall asleep while eating." Then he put down the steamed bun in his hand, gently picked up Yan Ji, and went back to the cabin.

The ships successfully exited the strait, traveled for another half a day, and finally joined up with their own fleet, and the officers and men of the fleet could not help but cheer. Then the fleet turned to the east.

"Your Majesty, this is an urgent report from the Cabinet that I just received." Wang Rong handed a flying pigeon to Yang Peng.

Yang Peng took the handbook, opened it and read it, his brows furrowed tightly, and then sighed. Yan Ji and Wang Rong could probably guess what was going on, and they glanced at each other, not knowing what to say.

Yang Peng asked, "Is there an latest report on the battle situation in Xiliao?" ”

Wang Rong immediately said: "I received a report two days ago that due to the arrival of various units of our army on the battlefield one after another, the crusaders have stopped the siege of Hu Si Ear. In addition, there is also a report on the battle situation in the northeast, the Liao army on both sides was defeated, and the Mongol army was originally besieging our Beihai fortress, but after learning the news of the defeat of the Liao army, it immediately stopped the attack and retreated, and also sent an envoy to ask our side for guilt. The situation of the Japanese was similar to that of the Mongols, who originally attacked the island of Kyushu, but also retreated after learning the news of the defeat of the Liao army. Now the crisis in the Northeast has been completely lifted! ”

Yang Peng nodded, his face thoughtful.

Yan Ji walked up to Yang Peng and comforted him softly: "Husband, don't worry, I think, I think the queen should have been instigated by someone." ”

Yang Peng said angrily: "If she doesn't have this kind of thought herself, what's the use of others instigating it!" Then he said sadly: "She was the first to follow me, I didn't expect to do such a thing!" ”

Yan Ji couldn't help but sigh and asked, "How does the husband plan to deal with this matter?" ”

Yang Peng shook his head bitterly, "I don't know what to do!" Immediately, his thoughts flew to Bianliang.

said that Yang Tong thought that Yang Peng had been killed, so he tried to make his son inherit the throne and become the emperor. However, the cabinet trip hit a wall, and all the cabinet ministers did not approve of the appointment of a new emperor at this moment. Yang Tong was disappointed, so he sought other ways, and Zhao Jinxi and others instigated him, so Yang Tong finally embarked on the road of no return, and even intended to use Guo Tong's soldiers and horses to succeed to the throne by force.

But Yang Tong miscalculated, Zhao Jinxi and Guo Tong all miscalculated, they didn't know that the Ming Dynasty was not another dynasty, and the soldiers' loyalty to the empire and Yang Peng could not be rebelled at all. When the soldiers learned of Guo Tong and the general Chang Sheng's intentions, they mutinied on the spot, and Chang Sheng and Guo Tong tried to suppress it, but they were tied up by the excited soldiers and sent Bianliang away. A military coup was declared bankrupt before it could really begin.

In fact, even if these soldiers really followed Guo and others to launch a mutiny, they would never succeed. Daming's intelligence system is no joke, when Guo Tong and Chang Sheng were about to start the operation, Daming's Jinyiwei intelligence system had already received an urgent report and reported to the cabinet, and the cabinet immediately responded and mobilized the surrounding military army to rush to Bianliang. However, the voluntary abortion of the military coup has made an impending civil war in the Bianliang region disappear.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.