Hello Chang’an

Chapter 601 Don’t underestimate a woman’s intentions

 The army led by King Rong has arrived in the area between Fengzhou and Liangzhou, which is only 300 miles away from the capital. After Li Yin led the army to select a site and camp, he waited here for the arrival of the rear infantry.

Yesterday, when a scout from the army went to the front to inquire about information, they encountered Bian Jun, and a conflict involving a thousand people broke out, with more than a hundred casualties on both sides.

Less than a hundred miles ahead, there was a defense set up by Bian Chunliang. In addition, the people in several nearby cities, under the coercion or instigation of Bian Jun, were also spontaneously resisting the arrival of King Rong's army. They shouted that the new emperor had established a new dynasty in Daqi. The so-called King Rong of the Li family, but They are remnants of the previous dynasty and should be punished quickly.

Whether ordinary people or reckless bandits, they were all caught up in the fanatical atmosphere of building a new dynasty, with murderous intent and hostility overwhelming them.

In addition to these man-made obstacles, there are also natural obstacles such as mountains and rivers blocking the road between King Rong's army and the capital, especially since spring is over, summer is approaching, and the flood season is about to begin.

As for changing the offensive route, it is not feasible. The capital is surrounded by the Wei River in the north and the origin of the Han River in the south. Moreover, the Shannan East Road through which the Han River flows is exactly the route Bian Chunliang came from when he entered the capital. It has already been completely controlled by Bian's army.

King Rong's army could only attack from the back from the west. Although there were water dangers here, fortunately they were mostly tributaries, which were not as dangerous and difficult to cross as the Wei River.

Before launching the army, the counselors of Prince Rong's Mansion had repeatedly estimated that this battle would take at least half a year.

It had only been half a year. They had been strategizing and had full patience, but this time their patience was disturbed - "Chang Sui Ning" recognized his ancestors and returned to the clan in Taiyuan, deposed the crown prince and replaced him, thus occupying the name of orthodoxy and using it to recruit Forces from all sides use the theory of divine inspiration to confuse people's hearts.

They resolutely refused to recognize "Chang Sui Ning"'s royal status, but some people were willing to admit it.

Under such a situation, all the confidants and counselors of Prince Rong's Mansion were inevitably anxious. During the day's discussion, someone suggested to Li Yin: The war should be shortened, and the capital should be taken over as soon as possible, no matter the cost, to avoid being defeated by that " "Chang Sui Ning" takes the lead!

Li Yin, who was sitting cross-legged at the top of the tent, shook his head:

"No. The more this is the case, the less likely you are to act recklessly."

"It should be noted that there are poor people in the front." Li Yin: "The reason why Bian Chunliang incited them to resist my Li family's troops was to let me kill them and further confirm the cruelty and cruelty of the Li family's royal family. Cause public resentment, and then support the new dynasty of Daqi—"

"Even if I step on these mountains of corpses and seas of blood, kill and eliminate Bian Chunliang..." Li Yin said this, and smiled silently: "But it will only be a wedding dress for the new prince of Taiyuan with a bad reputation."

By then, his hands were full of blood, but the other party’s hands were clean...

This was a method he used to use before, so how could he allow himself to fall into the predicament of such a method.

Li Yin raised his eyes and looked at his confidants: "If you are confused now, you have fallen into the trap of two parties."

"That's right..." A counselor looked solemnly: "This is the most critical moment, and we must not act too hastily... The most important thing at this time is to protect the prince's reputation for benevolence."

Li Yin smiled.

yes.

Before that, the power that should be in his hands has been firmly controlled by him. He is the best candidate for the Li family. ...At this time, a more "orthodox" candidate suddenly appeared, and the power of people's hearts seemed to be divided and shaken. He had to pick up this decent benevolence again and use it as a blade to compete with it.

Not only did he have to pick it up, he also had to do better than before in order to keep this high ground in the hearts of the people.

Li Yin's eyes were full of mockery with a faint smile. Everything has been at his fingertips since he set up the situation, but now he is forced to be so restrained and continue to wear this heavenly garment called benevolence... It seems that God is really good at this. of virtue, determined to make him a long-lasting benevolent person.

The generals and counselors calmed down, and they began to discuss ways to ease the war. They planned to break down the civil forces first, either through lobbying and bribery, or by causing them to fight internally, and first to disintegrate the restless and obstructive forces from within. People's hearts.

Then he formulated a long-term strategy to fight Bian Jun.

Later, they talked about the possibility of Li Suining or launching troops in Luoyang - in their view, Li Suining would never let go of this right-spoken opportunity to seize Gyeonggi.

However, if she wants to mobilize troops, she will have to face Bian Chunliang's troops deployed in Gyeonggi Province and Shannan East Road. The resistance from a frontal confrontation is no less than their attack from the back. They will have to fight for at least half a year, and she, Li Suining, will also need at least half a year -

And this may not be all bad. If Bian Chunliang faces the enemy Li Suining head-on, his troops will be dispersed, which can actually reduce their resistance.

The best result would be to let Li Suining die in the battle to capture Gyeonggi and avoid subsequent conflicts.

If you want to kill him, you can't just rely on war plots -

Prince Rong's Mansion has been secretly running the network for many years, so it is natural that training and craftsmanship are indispensable. Since Li Suining's military strength and scholars under his command have grown so rapidly in the past few years, they certainly have not missed this opportunity to plant their own eyes and ears.

What's more, she also gathered the old troops left by Duan Shiang in Luoyang, and there were still many people among them who could be used by Prince Rong's Palace.

After several close advisers negotiated with Li Yin, they wrote secret letters and immediately sent them out secretly. Every letter was without exception a plot to kill Li Suining.

After that, some counselors proposed to further split and reorganize the imperial army, including Chai Ting's Xuance Army, which could also be split up for better control and to avoid the possibility of counterattack if they wavered.

Li Yin agreed to the first half of the proposal, split up the imperial army again, integrated it with the soldiers and horses of Prince Rong's Mansion, and replaced all important positions with trustworthy people.

But Chai Ting’s Xuance Army…

"If it is dismantled, it will no longer be the Xuance Army." Li Yin said.

The reason why the Xuance Army has become the most elite army in Dasheng lies in their military discipline and cooperative combat capabilities. To dismantle them is to break this sharp sword with your own hands.

"They hate Bian Chunliang to the core at this moment, and that's enough." Li Yin said: "As for the future, I will make them believe that there will be no better choice in the world than me, the wise master."

Now, half of these Xuance troops are willing to obey his orders.

As for Xuance Army General Cui Jing, he was just a general appointed by the Ming Dynasty. Cui Jing could convince them, and he, Li Yin, was confident that he could do the same -

This is the army brought by Ashang, and he is the person who knows Ashang best in the world. How to maximize the military morale of Xuance Mansion, he thought, no one knows better than him.

But, Ashang…

After everyone exited, Li Yin held an empty cup and looked at it, gradually applying force until the cup shattered in his hands.

Ah Shang is clearly gone, but there are traces of Ah Shang everywhere...

Ashang's soldiers and horses, Ashang's subordinates, the child whom Ashang saved in the past is her half-father's younger sister...

Since the Xu Zhengye Rebellion, this child who was born out of the blue has been constantly disrupting his plans. At first it was a wisp of wind, then it became a thorn, then it became a serious problem, until now, it became his The biggest opponent.

Is this considered revenge for Ashang?

Li Yin smiled silently, suppressed the emotions that had been surging secretly for many days, picked up a clean cotton towel on the side, and slowly wiped the blood drops on his fingers.

Dead is dead, traces are just traces.

If he can kill one princess, he can kill the second princess.

The snow-white cotton towel was stained with blood, like scattered red plum petals crushed in the snow.

In the tent used to handle official business, Li Lu held the blood-stained cotton towel in his hand and said to the doctor who was kneeling in front of him in fear: "The doctor has been treating me recently... It's just that my father is busy arranging for war. This matter It’s better not to tell my father that I’m here for the time being, so as not to upset my father’s mood.”

The doctor kowtowed: "Yes... you must keep your mouth shut." As the doctor left, Li Lu coughed again uncontrollably, and covered his mouth with a cotton towel, which was stained with dark red blood again.

After finally stopping his coughing, Li Lu seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and his face became increasingly lifeless.

He half-reclined on the bamboo couch with uneven breathing, looked at the ceiling of the tent, suddenly smiled, and said to himself in a hoarse and broken voice: "It's really... God's will to trick people."

After saying that, he laughed again, this time he even laughed out loud.

How could it be God's will to manipulate people? His broken body was clearly the result of human will...

But how could God treat him fairly?

He did not want to accept his fate, he tried his best to plan, he planned every step, including his wife, and he was always paving the way for future ideas... But God did not intend to give him the opportunity to have a "future".

And the woman he really admired and wanted to marry turned out to be his grandfather's sister...

Li Lu laughed again, and the corners of his eyes were covered with water from the violent cough just now.

However, the most ridiculous thing is his ridiculous life.

His broken chess piece will soon turn into dust under the manipulation of human will and God's will... It is really sad and ridiculous.

After taking a breath, Li Lu slowly sat up and looked at the hanging curtain. There was an unknown turbulent aura hidden in his calm eyes.

At the same time, in the tent behind, Ma Wan was holding a letter in her hand, her fingers trembling slightly.

"Girl...is this the prince's handwriting?" Lan Ying asked in a low voice.

"Yes..." Ma Wan slowly sat back in the chair, her voice trembling: "It belongs to him."

How could she not recognize the handwriting of the husband she had loved for so long?

"As expected!" Lan Ying said with a mixture of sadness and anger, "Young lady should believe it now!"

"He said that he no longer had any interest in Madam Chang, and that he only wanted to treat her wholeheartedly, but in the end, he secretly sent such a letter to Madam Chang!"

"Don't say that he deceived the Chang family girl for the great cause of Prince Rong's palace, doesn't he have no ambition? How can a person without ambition do such a shameless thing!" Lan Ying said, "Bah": "He is indeed a shameless person fraud!"

Ma Wan's eyes were fixed on the letter paper in his hand. The handwriting on it was pleasing to the eye and as indifferent as he made people feel. He used that indifferent handwriting to ask about the other party's current situation. His words were modest and he recalled the time when they first met in the back hill of Dayun Temple. situation…

There is no explicit purpose in the letter, but there are good intentions between the lines.

Ma Wan didn't know the specific purpose of his letter, but as Lan Ying said, the existence of this letter was contradictory to everything he showed. It was enough to show that he had been deceiving her with illusions. This wife…

Ma Wan trembled and pinched the edge of the letter. It took a lot of effort to look away from the letter. She raised her head and asked, "Lanying, who gave this letter... to you?"

His letter to Chang Suining—no, that letter from Li Suining must have been sent secretly. How could it fall into Lan Ying's hands?

Lan Ying: "When I just came back, I met a soldier. He bumped into me, took the opportunity to give me the letter, and told me in a low voice not to say anything... After that, I walked away. I didn’t even dare to step forward and ask!”

"So someone specifically let me see this letter..." Ma Wan murmured in a low voice, "Who could it be... and what's the purpose."

…

This letter written by Li Lu was written on the way to Yizhou on the day when the army was launched. At that time, Chang Suining had not yet recognized his ancestor and returned to his clan.

After the letter was sent out, it was accidentally intercepted by the agents arranged by Li Cong.

Li Cong had left Yizhou at that time, and this letter was delivered to his mother.

The person in charge asked the woman if she wanted to hand over the letter to the prince for disposal.

The woman sneered: "What's the use of giving it to the prince? Is it possible to get rid of Li Lu with this letter? Li Lu could have interpreted this as a plan for the family, to confuse and deceive Chang Sui Ning - I can't say for sure, it's really The father and son have made a plan. 】

[Sending it away for nothing, making a small fuss, but it dampened the prince's interest in coming to the capital, and it only aroused disgust. 】

The person doing the work frowned, could he just throw it away?

[Whatever you throw away will not work in front of the prince, but it may not work elsewhere. ] The woman smiled and said: [Send it to the Crown Prince's wife to have a look. 】

Thinking of the prince's wife who was born in the prime minister's house that the eyeliner often mentioned, the woman said: "Don't underestimate the woman's intentions." He, Li Lu, wanted to take advantage of Ma Xiang's influence so that he could use it in the future. Isn't it because of others' wishes that he could rely on? 】

[Send it away, it won’t take much effort anyway. 】

…

Who sent it and for what purpose?

Ma Wan quickly felt that this was not important. What was important was that the letter was true.

Lan Ying looked at her girl's slightly bulging belly, which had to be covered by a large coat: "Girl... let's go quickly!"

"good."

Ma Wan agreed very simply this time. She looked unusually calm. She stood up, lit some wax and burned the letter, while explaining to Lan Ying, her voice low and fast: "But you can't act rashly, you need to have a complete plan... You will think it later." I left the camp to seek medical advice."

"If they ask, they will say that my illness is not convenient for military doctors to treat, and they need to call in a doctor who is proficient in gynecology-"

"There will definitely be soldiers accompanying you, but don't be afraid. Go to a few more medical clinics, stay outside for a few more days, take the opportunity to note the route, bring enough money, and take care of things for us to leave later."

"After everything is arranged, you can come back to find me. We will go together when we find an opportunity."

Ma Wan said, taking out all the cash and valuable jewelry from the box, and asked Lan Ying to wrap them up and take them with her.

She explained one sentence after another, and her movements were very fast. Lan Ying followed the instructions hurriedly, not noticing that her girl's hands were shaking violently.

Ma Wan went to rummage in the suitcase again, and when she took out something, she accidentally dropped it to the ground.

Ma Wan hurriedly went to pick it up, only to find that the palm-sized Ruyi golden lock fell apart and something fell from it.

Ma Wan picked it up and saw that it was rolled up and folded paper.

Her heart was pounding and her fingers spread out quickly.

A big chapter, good night~