The last trace of suspicion about King Luo Bin disappeared without a trace. He pressed King Luo Bin's shoulders affectionately, asked him to sit down, and said casually: "Tell me, how is the city defense tonight? How many people and others escaped?"
"It's just twos and threes. Some timid people who are afraid of getting into trouble will run away if they think they're going to run away. If they stay in Yangzhou, they think it's a bad thing." King Luo Bin thanked Li Jingye and cautiously sat down on a chair beside him.
"Okay, that's all. By the way, are there any changes in the soldiers secretly controlled by King Cao?" Li Jingye continued to ask.
King Luo Bin immediately replied: "Don't worry, sir. After finding out, the subordinates have begun to control them in all aspects. Now the horses, weapons, etc. they can use are just enough, and there is nothing extra. It’s good to have about ten arrows per person in the crossbow.”
At that moment, Li Jingye immediately smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "Prince Li Hong only has 200 people. Even if one is as strong as ten warriors, facing an army of nearly 10,000 people, he is not afraid. So as long as Prince Li Hong does not go out of his way." Jiang Yuan, don't pay attention to him. The top priority is that after dawn, Zhechong Mansion needs to immediately surround the residence of King Cao and others, giving them two ways, either to surrender to us or to be captured alive by us. "
Seeing King Luo Bin's astonished look, Li Jingye was very proud that no one could figure out his plan, and then said: "So you and Wei Siwen will have to lead troops to surround King Cao and his residence before dawn. I hope they will come here for Just in case, Zhechong Mansion will be mobilized to guard their mansion, so be careful in everything, understand?"
"Yes, I understand." King Luo Bin stood up from his chair, glanced at Wei Siwen, and then said firmly to Li Jingye.
"Okay, let's go down." Li Jingye waved his hand to signal them to leave.
In the hall, Li Jingye, who had been sitting blankly for a while, suddenly flashed a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and then murmured: "Hmph, I want to see you take advantage of me and Prince Li Hong after we both lose in a fight. Do you really think that I, Li Jingye, am a fool? Now, if I, Li Jingye, cannot stay in Yangzhou City, I can still lead my troops to Jinling and Runzhou, which are about to be conquered. And you, haha... just stay here and fight to the death with Prince Li Hong. When the time comes, I, Li Jingye, will come back to you. Collect the corpse!"
But he didn't know that Prince Li Hong, who was standing by the lake at the moment, had already given the order before him and began to encircle and suppress the army led by Li Jingyou, Li Jingzhen and Li Zongchen.
"Princess Qianjin is dead? How is that possible?" On the other side, King Cao, King Yue, and King Langya, who had just received the news of Princess Qianjin's death through Li Hong, were immediately shocked.
"Needless to say, this must be Li Hong's doing!" King Langya was young and energetic. He was the first to stand up and said viciously.
"I don't know if Princess Qianjin has seen Zheng Jingxuan. If she has, she will die. If she has not, the situation at this time will no longer allow us to send people to Kuozhou. This is not good for us." The King of Yue pulled Li Chong's hand and motioned for him to sit down.
King Cao Li Ming also glanced at Li Chong worriedly, and then said worriedly: "I am now afraid that Li Jingye has become suspicious of us and knows that we are using him. In this way, the line between Zheng Jingxuan in Kuozhou will be cut off. After that, our situation will become passive.”
"Li Jingye has nothing to worry about. He has an arrow on the string now and has no choice but to take action. At this time, internal troubles have arisen due to the crown prince Li Hong, and foreign troubles will probably come. Although King Xu Li Sujie has never led an army, Li Xiaoyi is good at attacking and defending. Li Jingye, a military commander with both wisdom and bravery, would not be able to easily capture Jinling and other places." Yue King Li Zhen also frowned.
"But if Li Jingye is not used by us, what should the prince do? We only have one person from Zhechong Mansion. It will be difficult to give Li Jingye the death of the fake Li Hong." The more King Cao thought about it, The more I feel that the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to me.
"Yes, I'm afraid that Li Jingye will make a fool of himself, put the prince aside, and target us instead. Then we will be really passive. So... Chong'er, in order to prevent us from being controlled by others, you should come out now. Mansion, mobilize all the soldiers of Zhechong Mansion to ambush the manor. In this way, whether Li Jingye or the prince wants to harm us, they will have to think carefully." The King of Yue thought for a while and decided to be on the safe side and kill the people first. It's safer to be transferred to the government.
Chen Jingzhi was kidnapped in the prison, which was like a fuse, quickly igniting all the forces in Yangzhou City. Now, whether it is Li Hong, Li Jingye, or King Cao, they all have a slight affection for each other. of fear.
What Li Hong fears most is that King Cao and others will promise Li Jingye what conditions, and then they will join forces to deal with him.
Therefore, in order to prevent this situation from happening, King Luo Bin must risk his life and cause a misfire after surrounding King Cao and his mansion early in the morning, thus forcing the two sides to confront each other head-on.
"Your Highness, Li Chong mobilized the soldiers to go to the mansion." Bai Chun walked to the lake, looked at Li Hong who was sitting quietly by the lake with Princess Dalai, and said softly.
"According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, the number of people in Shangzhe Chong Mansion is 1,200, the number of Zhong Zhe Chong Mansion is 1,000, and the number of Xiazhe Chong Mansion is 800. Yangzhou has three mansions, Shang Zhe Chong Mansion, with a maximum number of 1,500 people. . The rest are Zhongzhe Chong Mansion, there are nine Zhechong Mansion in total, the third one is the one whose position is uncertain. General Pei Zhong has won the fourth mansion. King Cao and others have one mansion. To put it bluntly, Li Jingye has only one mansion at this time. Zhe Chong Mansion’s troops!”
Li Hong turned his back to Bai Chun and made a simple calculation about Yangzhou Zhechong Mansion. Then he stood up and looked back at Bai Chun and said: "Inform Lawless and Futu Camp to continue to be led by Pei Zhong, and immediately go to Manjiang Garden. Lawless and Fang Zhan, Heng Qiao, lead the Jingwei to immediately go to the three Zhechong mansions where the position is uncertain. Tomorrow morning, I want to see the heads of the captains of the three Zhechong mansions!"
A real murderous aura spread from Li Hong in the dark night. Princess Dalai, who was sitting quietly beside her, couldn't help but shudder and looked at Li Hong with some horror. Seeing Li Hong's murderous aura, It seemed like I was back that night on the stormy sea.
"Yes, Your Highness, I'll go right away." Bai Chun nodded calmly, saluted and left again.
In a short while, almost at the same time, Li Jingye ordered the three Zhechong Mansion led by King Luo Bin and Wei Siwen to slowly come out of Zhechong Mansion, walk to the street, and start walking in the direction where King Cao and others lived.
On the other hand, Zhe Chongfu, under the order of King Luo Bin, was sent to Manjiang Garden according to Li Jingye's wishes to monitor every move of His Royal Highness.
The captain of Zhechong Mansion was the thousand-man Futu Camp led by General Pei Zhong. The remaining two thousand people were all packed into the other three Zhechong mansions that were won. This was not only to increase the number of people, but also to monitor other people.
As the two Zhechong Mansion began to rush towards their respective destinations, Li Jingye also personally transferred a Zhechong Mansion under his firm control with a population of 2,000 to guard his governor. Around the house.
Langya King Li Chong, who also had a solemn look on his face, led 1,500 people or even more Zhechong Mansion to guard outside their mansion.
In the entire Yangzhou City, nearly 10,000 troops were mobilized before dawn.
The remaining ones that have not been dispatched are the three wavering Zhe Chong Mansion. Today, the old god is still watching the situation in Zhe Chong Mansion.
Li Jingye knew very well that if he wanted to win these three Zhechong mansions, he had to let the three captains know that he now firmly controlled Yangzhou.
This was one of the reasons why he had to surround the residence of King Cao and others. Only in this way could the other three captains see his determination and make them submit to him.
And these three Zhechong mansions, in this dark night, became the meat and potatoes in the eyes of the three parties. Li Jingye sent his cronies to negotiate, hoping that even if he was unwilling to follow Li Jingye now, he would try his best not to be taken over by others. .
After Langya King Li Chong returned to his mansion, he saw King Cao leading the fake Li Xian hurriedly outside. Before he could ask questions, King Cao lowered his head and said hurriedly: "I don't want to elaborate, your father. Know all this."
After that, he hurried out, not even sitting in the carriage. Instead, under the protection of more than a dozen soldiers, he and the fake Li Xian got on their horses and ran towards the direction of the three Zhe Chong Mansion.
Pei Zhongjiang returned to Li Hong again, his eyes became extremely red due to the tense situation that night. When he approached Li Hong, he threw the horizontal knife in his hand to Mang Zhong next to him, and then quickly walked towards Li Hong to apologize. : "The general was incompetent and failed to win their consent."
"No need, I have already sent someone." Li Hong looked at the starry night sky and said with a long sigh: "Some people are like this, wavering and have to wait until there is no way out before they cry and pray. You give him a chance, so... The Tang Dynasty does not need such helpless captains. The Zhechong Mansion led by them will probably be a bunch of deserters after they go to the battlefield. "
Bai Chun stood aside quietly and listened. At this moment, she truly understood the purpose of Prince Li Hong's visit to Jiangnan. It was not only to redistribute the forces of the three Jiangnan provinces and rectify the officialdom, but also to even the Zhechong Mansion here. He put it on the list of rectification and reform.
"Your Highness, the last general... The last general thinks that we should fight for it again. Now Li Jingye and King Cao will probably send people to fight for them. If they win by then..."
"They want what I can't get? Who is firmly in control of Yangzhou City now, and who has the most troops? Li Jingye concealed this information from the beginning, making King Cao and the others think that he, Li Jingye, had complete control The troops in Huainan Road are just to give King Cao and others a reassurance," Li Hong said easily.
If the news of Princess Qianjin's death had not been released, and the news that Zhe Chong Mansion was not controlled by Li Jingye, King Cao and the others would not have thought of fighting for these Zhe Chong Mansion.
(End of chapter)