Listening to the report from his subordinates, Zheng and Zhao, who were sitting in the private room, looked solemn, and it was Zhao Guogong who spoke.
"Old Zheng, it seems that our Majesty is still reluctant to part with the Dongshan Marquis. He asked the deputy commander of the imperial army to lead the team. Once he goes to Xizhou and has His Majesty's decree, Xizhou Mu wants to touch Su Qi'an. He is afraid that It’s all difficult.”
Zheng Yuan thought for a while, but shook his head, "I have a different view than you."
"Old Zhao, what this imperial edict says is that after Liu Xin sees Su Qi'an, he will be brought back to Kyoto as quickly as possible, but it is very manipulative."
"What if Liu Xin can't see Su Qi'an? Or what if Su Qi'an insists on resisting? Do you think you can still leave Xizhou alive?"
Zheng Yuan's series of rhetorical questions made Duke Zhao's eyes flash, and then Zheng Yuan continued to add.
"If His Majesty really couldn't bear to part with Su Qi'an, he would not have agreed to dispatch 10,000 Xizhou troops to come back for reinforcements. After all, the 2,000 Dongshan troops causing such a big fuss in Xizhou still makes His Majesty deeply dissatisfied."
"I guess your Majesty's intention was to use the Dongshan Army to protect his safety along the way. Who would have thought that Su Qi'an would fight Tang Feng directly in Xizhou."
"With this nature, if he was not valued by His Majesty and is still a member of the royal family, I am afraid that it would not be Liu Xin who would go down, but the mighty Xizhou army."
"Your Majesty probably did this to give an explanation to both parties in the dispute, and also to remind Su Qian. After all, our Majesty's usual method is balance."
"As long as the DPRK and China are balanced, nothing is a big deal."
"I see, I have learned a lesson."
Zheng Yuan nodded, as if he had thought of something, and asked his subordinates, "I want to ask you, who blew the wind in His Majesty's ears, allowing His Majesty to make such a quick decision."
Zheng Yuan's understanding of Su Xuanyong is not 100% absolute, but based on his thoughts, he is at least 70% to 80% sure.
In the past, it would take at least half a day for His Majesty to make a decision, but now, counting the time, it only took an hour, which is very abnormal.
The subordinate quickly replied, "When I returned home, I heard that I made the decision after asking the Sixth Prince and listening to the Sixth Prince's advice."
Zheng Yuan waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to step back. He murmured the name of the sixth prince and his eyes flashed.
"Old Zheng, what's wrong? Do you think there is something wrong with this sixth prince?"
Zheng Yuan shook his head and denied Zhao Guogong's speculation. "That's not true. Maybe it happened by chance. After all, the last time Huang Feng was assassinated, it was the Sixth Prince who saved him. If it weren't for the Sixth Prince's crutch, His Majesty would have been in danger." .”
"Because of this, this somewhat neglected sixth prince is somewhat loved by His Majesty."
"If it weren't for the hidden dangers caused by his injured leg in his early years, it's hard to say that the sixth prince would really be a strong competitor for the two royal highnesses. It's a pity that the emperor of Great Liang will never be a cripple."
The thoughts in Zheng Yuan's mind quickly dissipated, and he didn't pay much attention to the sixth prince.
As he said, the prince and emperor of Great Liang will never be a cripple. For three hundred years of Great Liang, in addition to having extraordinary wisdom and sharp ways of doing things, the prince's appearance is also very important.
After all, it represents the dignity of a country. If a cripple had taken the position, he would have been ridiculed by foreigners.
Moreover, the sixth prince has shown no interest in political affairs since he became lame, and he does not even have a single confidant in the court.
He has the air of a laid-back prince, and his fiefdom is on the southern coast.
The south is not only rainy and humid, but also has a very underdeveloped economy. Japanese pirates are rampant along the coast.
If he hadn't happened to catch up, the prince and princess would return to the capital every three years to pay homage to their father, and the sixth prince would not have had the chance to come to Kyoto.
Not even Zheng Yuan was interested in such a prince who wanted power but not power, wanted military strength but not strength, and wanted ambition but not ambition, not to mention the two highnesses.
Maybe they just happened to meet each other and asked about it by chance. His Majesty thought the idea was good, so he agreed. There weren't so many conspiracies.
At this time, Zhao Guogong was awakened by Zheng Yuan's words and suddenly asked, "Old Zheng
, there is something I have always wanted to ask you, but I didn’t mention it when I saw you lost your son last time. "
"You want to ask about Huang Feng's assassination, right?" Zheng Yuan saw Zhao Guogong's thoughts and said directly.
"Yes, you know that Huang Feng is very close to us. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a partner placed beside His Majesty, but why did he assassinate His Majesty at that time?"
"This is probably not what your Highnesses meant."
Zheng Yuan curled his lips and said, "You are not talking nonsense. There was a crisis in Kyoto at that time, and it was too late for the two highnesses to act. How could they have the leisure to instruct Huang Feng to assassinate His Majesty."
"And don't forget, the cooperation between Huang Feng and us will never pass through the hands of our two highnesses. No matter how stupid your highnesses are, there is no way they can bypass us and directly find Huang Feng to assassinate."
"You are right, but I have never been able to figure it out. Huang Feng has a very high status and is His Majesty's confidant. His cooperation with us is only to use money to trade information. Who was he instructed by? To assassinate in public, this is not are you crazy?"
Not to mention Duke Zhao, even Zheng Yuan, an old fox, is puzzled.
Although he didn't know why Huang Feng did this, he was sure that there was definitely an expert behind Huang Feng.
And it can make him willing to die. This high person's status is definitely not low.
And it was very well hidden. In order to prevent any accidents from happening to the two Highnesses in the future, they still had to remind His Highnesses about this matter.
Zheng Yuan and Zhao Guogong looked at each other, passed through the back door of the private room one after another, and left.
At this time, in Xizhou.
The encirclement and suppression of Su Qi'an has been continuing. Although most of them did not cause too many casualties to the Dongshan Army, they could at least delay the Dongshan Army until they could not breathe.
Just a few days passed, and the court's request and imperial edict to Tang Feng soon arrived in Xizhou City.
After bidding farewell to the chamberlain who announced the edict, Tang Feng stood up and looked at the edict in his hand with a smile on his lips.
But Tang Xiao beside him was not too happy. There were only ten thousand Xizhou soldiers who came back for reinforcements, and they were still led by the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army. This obviously meant that he did not trust his father.
Tang Feng said nothing, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Tang Xiao.
Tang Xiao glanced around, the unhappiness on his face wiped away, and he said with a bit of excitement.
"Father, it turns out that you have known about this news for a long time. Next, we have to make preparations so that the deputy commander will not see Su Qi'an."
Tang Feng shook his head and said, "Xiao'er, this is not urgent, I have a better idea for my father."
As Tang Feng whispered in Tang Xiao's ear, Tang Xiao nodded repeatedly. After a while, Tang Feng turned his head, looked ahead, and said softly.
"Xiao'er, Su Qi'an will definitely die, but remember, never be the knife that kills people. It's true that Duke Zheng and his father have reached a cooperation, but don't be too aggressive in everything."
"Our ultimate goal is not to be just Su Qian. We should take a longer-term view. In the future, this land of Great Liang will have many opportunities to display our ambitions for our father."
"My child, please accept your father's teachings." Tang Xiao nodded heavily.
In the dense forest, countless figures flashed. Their hair was disheveled, most of them didn't even have armor, and they were very scattered as they moved.
But they kept in touch and kept traveling through the dense forest.
I don’t know how long I traveled, but finally, I stopped in a slightly more open area.
This open area, in the middle of a dense forest, is full of people, but if you look carefully, you will find that there are a large number of people scattered within a radius of ten miles in the open area.
These figures are wearing camouflage clothes made of leaves. If you walk forward, you will not be able to find them at all. They blend perfectly with the surrounding environment.
These are warning posts, Su Qi'an's eyes hidden in the dense forest.
As for the figure walking in the dense forest, it was Su Qian's investigation.
These scouts returned and reported to Su Qi'an the surrounding terrain and the progress of the soldiers they were pursuing.
After listening to the report, Song Biao couldn't sit still and said, "These guys are dogs, right? Their noses are so sharp, they can move step by step without stopping."
Press. "
"Sir, why don't you just give me a team of men and let me set up an ambush to lure him in and ambush him."
As soon as Song Biao finished speaking, he was hit by Er Meng, "Biaozi, let's forget it. It's not like we haven't done it before. People are smart now. If they want to go out, they go out as a group. It's not like that." If I don’t give you a chance to ambush you alone, let alone lead a team, even if we all go out, we will definitely be entangled.”
"We can't ambush, and we can't run, so what do you think we should do? These bitches are really fucking difficult to deal with."
In fact, it was not only Song Biao who was in mood, the entire Dongshan Army was also somewhat depressed.
It's not that they can't be defeated, but that most of the soldiers in this encirclement and suppression group are soldiers from counties and counties in Xizhou, that is, local soldiers. Even though they are under the command of Tang Feng, they are still his compatriots.
Su Qi'an was not a person who killed indiscriminately. Except for some of Tang Feng's confidants, Su Qi'an was merciless. He wounded these soldiers, not killed them.
Because of their mercy, the withdrawal speed slowed down, and they were naturally overtaken, making it difficult for them to have a chance to breathe.
In addition, traveling without purpose in Xizhou will be a blow to morale after a long time. .
Feeling everyone's emotional complaints, Su Qi'an and Huang Wenyan looked at each other and said.
"I know that you have grumbles in your hearts and want to have a vigorous fight, not just a small fight like this, but don't forget that any strong army grows through battle after battle."
"There is no big or small battle, all you have is your attitude toward war. War is not always grand and fierce. Most of the time, it tests your patience and will."
"This feeling of being chased is not pleasant, but you didn't realize that your temperament has been tempered, and the cooperation between you has become more and more tacit."
Listening to Su Qian's narration, everyone's agitated hearts calmed down a little.
They understand the logic, but they urgently need to make a big move to vent their oppression for so long.
Seeing everyone's mood gradually calming down, Su Qian knew that the time had come.
Huang Wenyan spoke at this time, "You are all complaining, sir, but the time is not right now. Now it is your turn to test your strength."
"Sir, military advisor, give us the order on what we will do next."
Su Qian smiled and said, "In the next battle, we will wipe out the Heilu army."
When Song Biao, Er Meng and other officers heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.
