The shock in King Luo Bin's heart could not be greater this time. He really didn't expect that Li Jingye would actually be as His Highness the Crown Prince said. He could judge His Highness the Crown Prince's true intention from a simple sentence.
And just when King Luo Bin was shocked by Li Jingye's meticulous and perverted mind, the Yue King Li Zhen and Langya King Li Chong in the Yue King's Mansion became even more restless than Li Jingye outside.
Li Chong, the king of Langya, was walking back and forth, looking worried and anxious. Li Zhen, the king of Yue, was sitting in the first seat, closing his eyes and meditating, and ignored Li Chong's sighs.
"Father, why is this? The situation has changed too fast, right? How come the situation has changed so much in just one night? Why has it suddenly become out of our control?" Langya King Li Chong stopped and said, Looking at Yue Wang Li Zhen, he asked with some annoyance.
Even before today, although they and Li Jingye had their own plans, they had not yet come to the point of fighting each other. The two sides were still in the stage of using each other.
But why did everything completely change after one night, and Li Jingye suddenly surrounded the mansion.
The King of Yue slowly opened his eyes, looked at Li Chong with a tired look, sighed and said: "This is all because of the arrival of the prince. If it weren't for him, we and Li Jingye would not have fallen out so quickly. "After saying that, the King of Yue sighed again and closed his eyes again, as if he didn't want to see the situation that was becoming more and more unfavorable to them.
"Prince? Can Yangzhou City be turned upside down overnight?" Li Chong asked with some confusion.
It is true that Li Hong has influence and it is true that he has a deterrent effect on them, but it is incredible to say that he just went to Yangzhou, did nothing, and then pitted them against Li Jingye. .
"We have underestimated the influence of His Highness the Crown Prince, and even underestimated the impact of his arrival on us. The Crown Prince came alone this time and never thought of suppressing Li Jingye through powerlessness..." Li Zhen He closed his eyes and said calmly.
"Then what does he rely on to suppress Li Jingye and take back Yangzhou from Li Jingye?" Li Chong asked impatiently.
King Li Zhen of Yue did not immediately answer Li Chong's words, and the hall suddenly fell into silence. It seemed that even the patrolling footsteps of the soldiers outside the palace could be heard clearly.
After a while, Li Zhen said: "Self-disruption! This is the purpose of the prince coming to Yangzhou alone, and it is also his confidence in himself..."
"Arrogant, could it be that he..." Li Chong interrupted Li Zhen with some disdain.
"But he did it, so the prince has a very clear understanding of himself. He knew how much psychological pressure he would put on us and Li Jingye when he came to Yangzhou alone. With his arrogance and powerful momentum, he entered Yangzhou alone. His posture made us easily fall into chaos." Li Zhen stood up slowly, walked to the window, and looked at the courtyard wall in the distance. Outside the wall was Li Jingye's army.
Li Chong watched Li Zhen turn around in front of the window, facing him with a bitter smile, and said with the desolation of some heroes in his twilight years: "I still remember when the spies came to report and Prince Li Hong suddenly disappeared on the official road, we What was your mood at that time? Forget it, let’s talk about yesterday, when Prince Li Hong suddenly appeared thirty miles away from Yangzhou, whether it was me, your Uncle Cao, or yourself, including Li Jingye, what did each of us do? What's the look on his face?"
Li Chong looked at Li Zhen's somewhat lonely, even desolate smile. He couldn't help but think of the strange, terrifying and frightening atmosphere that flowed in the hall yesterday when he heard that Prince Li Hong was only thirty miles away from Yangzhou City. .
As for everyone's expression, including myself, the muscles on my face seemed to have stiffened at that time, and even smiling seemed like crying. Especially inside, I felt indescribably at a loss, and I even thought that the situation was over.
Li Zhen looked up to the sky and sighed, her figure seemed to be getting older: "That's right, father, I was in the same mood as you at the time. The sudden news made my father's first reaction be that the situation was over, and he even felt that the situation was over. The desperate situation of reversal. We discussed how many troops Prince Li Hong would bring to Yangzhou and whether they would go by water or land. In addition to worry, we were afraid, and this was the crown prince's purpose. He knew it very clearly! By the time he disappeared and then appeared thirty miles away from Yangzhou, what kind of consequences and psychological burden would this kind of news have on us if we knew it.
So we have been trying to figure out the prince's intentions, his military strength, and how he will attack the city. But we don't know that when the prince set out from Hangzhou, he was already planning and calculating us. From the time he disappeared to the time he appeared, he caught us off guard. He was like the straw that broke the camel's back, ultimately leading us to the point of disintegration, causing us to become disorganized and create discord between ourselves. "
Li Chong was shocked, and his whole face turned pale. After thinking about Li Zhen's words, he murmured: "So he deliberately kidnapped Chen Jingzhi at the first time, which made us even more confident that he was fearless and would do anything." Therefore, we and Li Jingye, who had no trust in each other and used each other, were completely divided by him. "
"Yes, the kidnapping of Chen Jingzhi made us think that the crown prince's primary target was Li Jingye. As a result, we relaxed our vigilance and misjudged the situation. We believed that under such a situation, Li Jingzhi had only one way to rebel, and that was the only way. We can only survive if we can rely on our reputation. And we can sit back and watch the fight, and when the prince and Li Jingye fight to the death, we will reap the benefits." Li Zhen said bitterly.
"But Li Jingye thinks that the prince Li Hong, who only carries two hundred personal guards, is not something to be afraid of. There are no soldiers on the land and there are no soldiers on the water. In addition, he is not willing to be used by us while he and the prince are fighting to the death. That is to say, the fisherman has benefited, so he turned against us." Li Chong continued to follow Li Zhen's words and murmured.
"Yes, the reason for all this, in the final analysis, is the influence and lethality he can have on us without saying a word when he comes to Yangzhou alone. Having said that, after all, it is because we are shocked by him from the bottom of our hearts. We are also afraid that we may have misjudged his plans and tactics, causing us to lose our position and defeat the enemy without fighting. This is the best strategy in warfare." As Li Zhen continued to speak, he could not hide the haggardness and loss on his face, Xin said. After months of hard planning, I didn’t want to be easily cracked by Prince Li Hong in just one night.
"Then... what should we do now?" Li Chong had lost his opinion at this time and suddenly became panicked.
"I don't know, the initiative is now in the hands of Crown Prince Li Hong. It is now up to him to decide how to play this game." Li Zhen sat back on the chair slumped, her whole body suddenly looked much older, and she said weakly.
"But...but don't we still have these thousands of soldiers? We also have Wei Chao whom Uncle Cao persuaded on the periphery, plus a fake King Pei, don't we have any chance? The prince only has two hundred people, how can he deal with it? How many people?" Li Chong was anxious. He refused to accept it and supported Li Xian as the crown prince. Then they could even control Li Xian and even force Li Xian to give him the throne a hundred years after Li ruled.
But... But now all this, a dream I have had for a long time, is about to become a reality. How come it was shattered overnight? How could he be willing to do this!
"Uncle King Cao? Haha, I'm afraid the situation is now in danger." Li Zhen's eyes were lifeless. If he had it to do over again, would he still be so afraid of Li Hong
"Ah? How is that possible?" Li Chong was completely panicked now, and he even felt as if someone was holding his throat tightly, unable to breathe and about to suffocate.
"If my prediction is correct, King Luo Bin should be Li Hong's man. Two years ago, Li Hong suddenly transferred King Luo Bin, Yang Jiong and others from Anxi to Jiangnan. This was obviously premeditated. What's more, Li Hong has always been good at Using tricks to win over people's hearts, King Luo Bin was willing to follow him to conquer Anxi without complaining. Why did he start complaining about the unfair treatment of the prince when he arrived in Jiangnan? "
The more Li Zhenyue thought about it, the more incredible it became. Why could Li Hong be one step ahead of them? No! Even several steps! He couldn't figure it out. No matter what, he couldn't figure out the connection and why.
"Father, let's keep the green hills and don't worry about running out of firewood. Now we are leading a thousand people to rush out. Even if we have to fight to the death, it is not difficult to escape, right?" Li Chong gritted his teeth and looked a little ferocious. said.
Now I don't care about so much. If it is true as my father said, Uncle Cao is now in danger, then the top priority now is to save his life first.
"I'm afraid it's difficult. You often travel between Luoyang and Chang'an, but you don't know the prince as well as your father." Li Zhen was really disappointed this time. After hearing Li Chong's words, Li Zhen felt that if With just a few of them, it would be harder than climbing to the sky to bring down Li Hong.
Li Zhen was now extremely desperate. After dawn, there was still no news from King Cao Li Ming, and he was surrounded by Li Jingye outside the gate. At that time, he had realized that the situation was over.
Being surrounded by people outside already showed that the mansion in Yangzhou City was probably completely controlled by Li Hong, and he would not be able to escape even if he had wings.
"What do you mean by your father's words?" Li Chong became even more confused. With his father like this, could he just sit back and wait for death? Don't you even resist at the most basic level and just wait quietly to be questioned by Prince Li Hong
Li Zhen looked at Li Chong's anxious expression and whispered, "Because of Bai Chun."
(End of chapter)