"Read!" Huang Yuanwu's eyes froze, and at this moment in the big tent, the eyes of all the generals looked at the letter in the herald's hand, and they couldn't take their eyes off it.

The herald received the order, immediately opened the letter in his hand, and read aloud: "The emperor of the Zidong Palace, the little prince of Yuanwu, personally opened: after years of farewell to the imperial capital, there is no more to meet, come in and hear that the little prince of Yuanwu led the army to the capital, and his heart is very happy, and he specially invites the little prince to the city to talk about it, and show the friendship of the landlord. The emperor of the North Prince's Mansion is paying homage at the beginning. ”

The herald's voice ceased, and when he heard the contents of the letter, there was a deathly silence in the tent.

All the generals frowned and looked angry.

What was said in this letter seems to be to let Huang Yuanwu go to the banquet, but in fact, this is similar to going to death, what kind of landlord friendship is simply nonsense.

Huang Yuanwu listened, but he was not angry, he took the letter and read it again, then waved his hand to let the herald go down, and he grabbed the letter in his hand and paced back to his seat.

"Little prince, the king of the north is too deceitful, the last general is willing to ask five thousand soldiers to go out of the city immediately and take the emperor Zhengchu!" A general was obviously furious, and as soon as Huang Yuanwu sat down, he immediately spoke out to ask for battle.

"In the end, there will not be 5,000 people, but 3,000, and the king of the north will reap the consequences!"

Subsequently, several generals asked for orders to go on the expedition, and for a time there was chaos in the big tent, and many generals were filled with righteous indignation, and they couldn't wait to rush up now, and the Northern Emperor was broken into thousands of pieces.

"Quiet. Huang Yuanwu's voice was a little low, but it clearly came into everyone's ears, hearing Huang Yuanwu's words, the big tent immediately fell silent, and everyone turned their eyes to Huang Yuanwu, but their faces were not good-looking.

His own boss is so humiliating, and this boss is not someone else, it is the actual ruler of the East Palace, the little prince Huang Yuanwu, the North King's letter is arrogant, he doesn't take the East Mansion seriously at all, all the generals present are military generals, and no one can stand such humiliation.

"Look at you, you are all generals of a hundred battles, what do you look like when you get angry when you encounter such a thing?" Huang Yuanwu sat in his seat, not angry and arrogant, his voice was low, everyone knew that he must be in a bad mood now.

Huang Yuanwu was indeed in a bad mood, especially after receiving such a letter. This letter conveyed two news, first of all, the news of Huang Yuanwu's march into the imperial capital, Huang Zhengchu may have known it a long time ago, but he did not send troops to stop it, and the previous seven passes were not blocked, it can be said that the road is unimpeded, which is enough to prove that Huang Yuanwu's guess is correct, the Northern King Huang Zhengchu must have reached some kind of agreement with Yang Qin, and this agreement must be aimed at the East Palace.

Secondly, the king of the north clearly wrote in the letter that the friendship of the landlords. This shows that at least in the imperial capital, the fact that the emperor has occupied the other two cities in the imperial capital has been acquiesced, and now there is no action in any provincial defenders, it can be seen that the emperor has not issued an order for the northern king to rebel against the party, and the emperor occupies the imperial capital at the beginning of the year, and after taking the East Palace, the next step is to ascend to the throne, which can be seen by anyone.

Huang Yuanwu was a little confused, Yang Qin should be very clear, if Huang Zhengchu ascended the throne, I am afraid that the first person to clean up is him, but he has no action to fight back now, except for supporting a puppet emperor, I have not seen him make any moves. Could it be that the purpose of Yang Qin's rebellion was simply to kill the emperor of the empire? If he wanted to do this and had no other intentions, then why did he support the new emperor to ascend the throne later?

Thinking of this, he looked down at the letter in his hand again, his eyes narrowed slightly, and an idea appeared in his heart.

"Order, all men on standout, inform my guards that they are ready to enter the city with me. As soon as Huang Yuanwu's words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

"Little prince!" Some generals immediately couldn't help it, he couldn't help but take a step forward and said, "This is obviously a trap, small."

The prince can't go, he definitely can't go!"

"Yes, the little prince must not go, this is obviously the Hongmen banquet, there is no return, the emperor is not at the beginning!"

"Little prince, you ordered, I will immediately lead the people to take the city of Huang Zhengchu, you are the leader of the East Palace, you must not be in danger alone!"

For a while, the whole big tent was full of gossip, all the generals did not agree with Huang Yuanwu's statement, only two people remained silent, one was Ding Jiang, and the other was Liu Yi who was standing next to Ding Jiang, he was not indignant like other generals, but looked at Huang Yuanwu with a calm expression.

"Okay, who do you want me to listen to when you say this?" Huang Yuanwu couldn't help frowning when he saw the generals present dissuading him, and said, "Say it one by one!" Then, he saw Liu Yi standing next to Ding Jiang, his expression moved, and said, "Liu Yi, tell me." ”

The generals' voices calmed down, and they turned their eyes to Liu Yi on the side, Liu Yi's face was solemn, his hands were clenched into fists, and he bowed slightly, and then said softly: "The last general thinks that the little prince can go." ”

"Liu Yi, what kind of heart do you have? This is obviously a trap, if the little prince goes, what are the three long and two short, how to explain?"

Before Huang Yuanwu could say anything, a general beside Liu Yi immediately opened his mouth and scolded, and then many generals around him spoke out at the same time, reprimanding Liu Yi's words. Huang Yuanwu looked at Liu Yi quietly, and this person didn't move, letting the other generals around him scold angrily, and he didn't return a word.

"Shut up. The voices of many generals made Huang Yuanwu a little upset, he glared at the generals below, and spoke in a higher voice, as soon as these words came out, the following immediately returned to quiet.

"Tell me, what do you think?" Huang Yuanwu looked at Liu Yi with more interest, this person had been following him before, and his personality was cautious and thoughtful, which was very incompatible with his rough appearance.

"The last general thinks that the little prince can go. Liu Yi's voice was neither humble nor arrogant, and she spoke loudly: "Judging from the current form, it is definitely not only our Dongwangfu side who is worried about the safety of the little prince, but there is also a person who is afraid that something will happen to the little prince." ”

"Oh?" Huang Yuanwu showed a smile on his face and said, "Who?"

"Yang Qin!" Liu Yi lowered her head and said the name in a deep voice.

"Yang Qin?" The generals around him immediately retorted: "Yang Qin occupied the imperial capital, betrayed the emperor, was heinous, and was the mortal enemy of my Dongwang Mansion, would he worry about the safety of the little prince?"

"Yes, I can't just break the body of the dog thief Yang Qin into pieces now, if it weren't for him, the old prince would ......" Speaking of this, the general immediately realized something, and everyone's eyes immediately turned to him, and everyone's eyes were full of resentment.

The old prince of the East Prince's Mansion died in the imperial capital, this matter is an open secret in the East Prince's Mansion, and Huang Yuanwu ordered that this matter should not be spread outside, but such a big thing must not be hidden. Now not only in the army, but also most of the people know the news that the old prince has died, but no one dares to say it publicly without confirmation from the East Palace. Now that the general suddenly said this, it can be said that he pierced this layer of paper in front of Huang Yuanwu, which is bound to arouse Huang Yuanwu's sadness, so all the generals glared at this person.

The general also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at anyone.

After Huang Yuanwu heard this, he was also stunned, and suddenly thought of his father, and a sense of sadness inevitably came to his heart, and his whole person was cold, his eyes were slightly cold, looking at the general, without saying a word.

The air seemed to condense for a moment, no one in the tent spoke, and the surroundings were as silent as death.

After a long while, Huang Yuanwu let out a long breath, and the sound of his sigh was like a boulder, smashing into the hearts of all the generals.

"Alright, don't talk about it again

。 Huang Yuanwu said softly, turned to look at Liu Yi, and said softly: "You continue." ”

Liu Yi's heart was also pounding, he knew that although the generals present were all experienced in a hundred battles, and some of them could not speak with brains, but he didn't expect that someone would mention the matter of the old prince in front of Huang Yuanwu, which really scared him, but Huang Yuanwu's reaction was quite calm and was not too affected by this matter.

"The current Yang Qin is not the Yang Qin of that time. Liu Yi said in a deep voice: "Now that the Northern Emperor has captured the two cities of the imperial capital, the next step is bound to force the palace to ascend to the throne, and he also has such strength." Even if Yang Qin took the opportunity to force His Majesty to death, but he didn't have too many soldiers and horses in his hands, if Huang Zhengchu attacked the city now, no matter what, Yang Qin had only a dead end. ”

"If he wants to live, he can only rely on the East Palace. Liu Yi paused slightly, and continued: "The situation has changed, so that Yang Qin now has to turn to reach an agreement with us, only by relying on the East Wangfu, he can have the strength to compete with Huang Zhengchu, although we and him are mortal enemies, but in the current situation, the Northern Emperor Zhengchu is the first butcher knife to cut his neck." ”

After Liu Yi's words were finished, all the generals present had nothing to say.

And that's exactly what happened.

Huang Yuanwu thought of this layer and decided to go to Huang Zhengchu's banquet, he concluded that Huang Zhengchu would not do anything to himself at the banquet, even if he wanted to, Yang Qin would do his best to make Huang Zhengchu unable to succeed. Only in this way can he gain more time to survive and find life in the gap between the East and North Palaces. Only if the East Wangfu and the North Wangfu wear each other down, and both lose, can Yang Qin live. Moreover, only when the matter of the imperial capital is completely settled, the governors of the surrounding provinces will not dare to act rashly, and will completely obey the orders of the new emperor.

This is what Huang Yuanwu thought of, and the only way for Yang Qin to survive. In this process, whether it is the retreat of the East Wangfu or the retreat of the North Palace, Yang Qin will definitely die.

"Okay!" Huang Yuanwu stood up after listening to Liu Yi's words, the look on his face eased a lot, he took a step forward, helped Liu Yi directly, and said: "I didn't expect that there were so many generals present, and only you saw through this layer, Liu Yi, I didn't misunderstand you." ”

"Thank you, little prince. Liu Yi was helped up by Huang Yuanwu, and he didn't dare to look up at Huang Yuanwu's face, but just saluted respectfully and took a step back quietly.

The other generals present were silent at the moment. Just now, almost everyone accused Liu Yi of talking nonsense regardless of the general righteousness, but now, no one said such things again.

Ding Jiang, who had not said a word since just now, turned around at this moment, glanced at Liu Yi behind him, and nodded lightly.

"Liu Yi has already explained to you, this time I go to the banquet, there will be absolutely no problem, Huang Zhengchu has no courage to kill me, as long as he dares to move, he will fall into a long-term war, if I die, there are three younger brothers who can inherit the throne, Huang Zhengchu wants to be the emperor's dream, I am afraid that it will never be completed. Moreover, Yang Qin, who is now in the imperial capital, will definitely not watch this happen, if nothing else, the news from the imperial capital will also arrive. ”

Huang Yuanwu was in a much better mood, he laughed, turned around and returned to his seat, and then ordered: "All the generals return to the camp and start building fortifications immediately, we now have seven passes, advance and retreat freely, since the imperial capital is undecided, we will help them." After speaking, Huang Yuanwu waved his hand and motioned for everyone to retreat, but glanced at Ding Jiang and gave him a look.

"Honorable Order!" all the generals below said in unison, bowing and retreating.

All the generals retreated, only Ding Jiang did not retreat, he bowed and stood in place, Huang Yuanwu left him, there must be something else to say.

"Recently, what happened to Liu Tianyang?" Huang Yuanwu squinted his eyes and asked softly.