Poor Family Chapter 759

  Chapter 759 The Weight of Ships

   "Are you sure that person is dead?" Zhao Huan stared at a guard leader kneeling below with serious eyes.

At this time, his eyes were full of viciousness and viciousness, and he completely lacked the charity and generosity that an emperor should have. When it comes to the issue of the throne, there is nothing wrong with her eyes.

The head of the guards in front of him is Wei Ping, a man from Jingzhao. He has followed Zhao Huan for ten years and is one of his most trusted confidantes. Due to the temporary shortage of manpower, their current task is mainly to secretly monitor the nine princes who have already left Kaifu.

   After Xu Shiwei sent by the father came into contact with King Kang and Zhao Gou on the first day, he was watched by Wei Ping's men, but they didn't startle the snake, and kept following Xu Shiwei secretly.

  The spies hiding on the roof opposite the military office today are the ones in charge of tracking Xu Shiwei, but they didn't expect that they would be discovered by Li Yanqing's personal guards so quickly.

   Wei Ping wiped the sweat from his forehead, and whispered: "The body has been found, and I have confirmed it personally. It is the person who secretly contacted King Yun. His name is Xu Chao, and he is the bodyguard next to the Supreme Emperor."

  Zhao Huan was a little confused. Father actually found Li Yanqing. Of course, finding Li Yanqing was inevitable. It would be strange if his father didn't look for him. But why did Li Yanqing kill his father's bodyguard? Even if he didn't want to agree to his father, he still wouldn't want to offend his father, just decline politely. Zhao Huan just felt at a loss and couldn't figure out the routine inside.

This is also Zhao Huan's weakness. Both EQ and IQ are mediocre. In addition, he is indecisive and lacks the determination and courage to do great things. He was only established as the prince because of the eldest son. He was very sober in choosing an heir. He had discovered Zhao Huan's mediocrity a long time ago, so he was extremely dissatisfied with him.

  Zhao Huan's vision and intelligence were limited. He never imagined that after Li Yanqing killed the messenger, he could send the messenger south by himself. Compared with Li Yanqing's statement, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji would never care about the life and death of a guard.

   Zhao Huan didn't want other ministers to know about this kind of secret matter. After a while, he asked, "Did Li Yanqing's subordinates discover you?"

   "No way!"

   Wei Ping said affirmatively: "If it is a scout from the intelligence department, it may be discovered, but the military yamen is just ordinary intelligence. We are all monitoring from a distance. It is impossible for him to detect us, and he has no performance after discovering us."

Wei Ping was telling the truth. Generally, when the surveillance is discovered, the other party will come to sabotage it soon, either arresting people or forcing them away. No, it must have not found them.

   Common sense judged this way is completely correct, but Wei Ping did not expect his opponent to be a nearly monstrous character.

  Zhao Huan was even more confused, "Why did Li Yanqing kill this guard surnamed Xu?" He said to himself, really unable to figure it out.

  Wei Ping thought for a while, and explained in a low voice: "I feel that Li Yanqing doesn't want to cooperate with the Jiangning Mansion, but he doesn't want to offend the other party, so he simply kills him and refuses to admit that he has seen this person."

Zhao Huan nodded. He could accept this statement and it was reasonable. It should be the truth. Li Yanqing finally chose to reject the Jiangning Mansion. However, Zhao Huan's dissatisfaction with Li Yanqing was only intended to deprive him of his military power, and he did not think of killing him. After all, Li Yanqing also had the merits of supporting himself in the matter of ascending the throne, and prevented Tong Guan's palace coup in time.

But when it comes to the throne, if Li Yanqing supports his father in robbing his own throne, then the nature is completely different. In any case, Zhao Huan must get rid of Li Yanqing. Nor will he tolerate it.

This is the reason why King Yun and King Kang are treated differently. King Yun has been under house arrest by Zhao Huan for secretly having an affair with his father, and King Kang handed over his father's secret decree in time, which can be regarded as clearing away his attitude, so Zhao Huan will let him go to Jingzhao , let him completely stay out of it.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Huan said to Wei Ping again: "Although King Kang let him go to Jingzhao, it doesn't mean that he can be treated lightly. You still have to send people to closely monitor him, especially to monitor him and the Jingzhao military. Relationship."

   "I obey the order!" Wei Ping saluted and went down quietly.

  Zhao Huan walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looked out the window and said to himself, "Father, there is only one emperor, please forgive my son for being unfilial."

It was already the beginning of February, and the ice on the Yellow River finally began to melt. The ice on the river gradually broke, and it was no longer possible to walk on the river. However, there were too many floes on the Yellow River. It was not until the end of February that large ships could be sailed on the river.

  This morning, a team of more than a thousand Jurchen cavalry came from Liyang County, and the person they guarded was none other than Marshal Wanyan Xieye, Marshal of the Southern Expedition Capital of the Kingdom of Jin.

Wanyan Xie also just came back from Yanshan Mansion. The wolf lord was obviously dissatisfied with his failure to capture Song Jing. Although he also expressed his approval of his efforts to attack the city, politics is so realistic, especially the king of a country. Looking at the results, if the goal is not achieved, no matter how hard you work, it will be meaningless.

  Wanyan Xie also looked gloomy, and spoke very little. Ever since he came back, he hadn't had a smile on his face. The generals who followed him were a little uneasy, and everyone felt a trace of invisible pressure.

Wanyan Xie also came to Liyang today not to inspect Cangcheng. Cangcheng was burned down by a fire, and more than 8,000 people died in battle, but this result was also concealed by Wanyan Xie. He will die in battle. More than a thousand people were changed to more than 8,000 casualties, and the nature is different.

  In addition to Cangcheng, Liyang County has an extremely important strategic position, that is, the Yellow River Ferry, which is the most important ferry on the Yellow River, and more than half of the Yellow River ships are concentrated here.

  Wan Yanxie also immediately stared at the cracked ice on the bank of the Yellow River, then looked at the hundreds of ships still stuck in the ice on the dock in the distance, and turned around and asked, "How many ships are there on the south bank of the Yellow River?"

After the Yellow River froze, the ships were all frozen in the ice, some were on the north bank and some were on the south bank. Although Jin Bing attached great importance to these ships, there was nothing he could do. This time Wanyan Xie also came to inspect the Yellow River, just for these Ships come.

The general in charge of guarding the north bank of the Yellow River is the deputy marshal Wanyan Yanmu. This time the Jin soldiers went south to attack the Song Dynasty. In addition to Marshal Du Wanyan Xieye, there were also four deputy marshals, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Jammu and Wanyan Jammu are at the bottom, and their status in the army is relatively low.

  However, his status in the family is not low. He is the eleventh younger brother of Wanyan Aguda, the uncle of Zongwang and Zonghan, and the younger brother of Wanyan Xiye.

  Wanyan Jiamu hurriedly said: "Report to Marshal Du, there are less than a hundred ships on the south bank of the Yellow River."

"Why?"

  Wan Yanxie was also taken aback. When he retreated to the north, he specially sent someone to count. There were at least 3,000 large ships on the line from Zhengzhou to Yunzhou. How come there are less than 100 ships now? The Yellow River has not completely thawed. These ships should not be able to move. Why did they drop sharply?

  He looked at Wanyan's mother sharply, asking him to give himself an explanation.

  Wanyan's mother smiled wryly, "Half a month ago, Li Yanqing sent a small team to burn all the ships frozen on the south bank of the Yellow River. It was too late when we got the news."

   "It's that damned Li Yanqing again!"

Wanyan Xie also punched the saddle hard. He had to admit that this young man was extremely decisive and ruthless, and he was an extremely difficult character. Even the wolf lord thought that if he wanted to win the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, he had to kill Li Yanqing. Kill him, even if he can't kill him, he will completely deprive him of his military power. He must use this negotiation to put pressure on the Song Dynasty.

   "How many ships are there on the north bank?"

   "According to the special statistics of the humble official, there are 1,260 ships with more than 300 shi, and the military has requisitioned them all."

  Wan Yanxie also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there are many ships on the north bank, otherwise it would be really difficult for him to explain to the wolf lord.

He immediately said to Wanyan's mother: "Don't wait for the ice floes to disappear completely, as long as the boats can move, immediately gather all the boats to Liyang County, recruit another 200,000 people to build a water village, and I will give you another 50,000 The army, we must strictly prevent Li Yanqing from sending troops to attack ships."

  (end of this chapter)

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