Chapter 459: Jade-Faced Young Master

"Minister, I will send someone to get Yuan Li. Read"

It's hard to get off the tiger.

Han Qi hesitated, agreed with his mouth, but his eyes were wandering.

Zhao Heng nodded with satisfaction.

No matter what, he couldn't tolerate Yuan Li this time.

Last time the Yuan family attacked Yanguan, he let it go lightly out of selfishness and the protection of the powerful families.

He reminded Yuan Li to curb his ambitions and be a chess piece to contain the King of Yan.

But Yuan Li did not repent and did such a thing of colluding with the enemy and selling out the country. How could he tolerate it?

What's more, the King of Yan was dissatisfied last time.

If he continued to favor Yuan Li, it would ruin his plan to use the King of Yan to check and balance other powerful families.

At the last banquet, although the King of Yan did not say it directly, he had already reminded him implicitly.

"I can't restrain my generals." This sentence is telling him that if he continues to favor Yuan Li, Yanzhou will no longer listen to the court's orders in the future.

This means that he, the King of Yan, will establish a separatist regime in Yanzhou, just like the powerful families.

At present, the King of Yan is dominating Yanzhou, far away from the capital, and he also masters the method of forging cannons, with a strong army and strong horses.

If he really wants to establish a separatist regime, he really has no way.

Although, he can let the powerful families send troops to suppress the rebellion, and the powerful families will definitely be happy.

But if the King of Yan is destroyed, he, the emperor, will no longer have any bargaining chips to suppress the powerful families.

Therefore, even if a pig sits on the throne, he will make a decision to let the two tigers fight and benefit himself.

Moreover, he will add fuel to the fire when the two tigers fight.

This is why he clearly supports the King of Yan.

He deliberately gave up the three southern counties, the right to maritime trade, and even the position of the crown prince.

All these are to stimulate the powerful families and let them fight with the King of Yan next.

"Does Wangzhou Mu have anything to report?" After scolding Han Qi, Zhao Heng cast his eyes on Wang Kang.

Wang Kang looked embarrassed. In the eyes of the powerful families, Zhao Heng has always been cowardly.

They were surprised that he was so tough in front of them this time.

He was invited by the Han family to lead the troops here this time.

His purpose was naturally to take back the three southern counties and vent Yuan Li's anger.

But obviously, Zhao Heng, who was in the fief of King Yan, was emboldened by King Yan and did not give them any face.

This time he was determined to take down Yuan Li.

"Your Majesty, I learned that the emperor was trapped in Xiancheng, and I have been worried day and night. I learned that His Royal Highness King Yan rescued the emperor, so I rushed to protect him overnight." Wang Kang said.

Zhao Heng nodded, "I am very safe in the fief of King Yan. The troops of your two families should not enter Yanzhou, but I accept your kindness and will reward you after returning to the capital."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Kang and Han Qi were delighted and bowed in response.

Zhao Heng smiled slightly. Taking Yuan Li was to calm the anger of King Yan.

Rewarding the two governors was to remind King Yan.

Even if he, the emperor, is in Yancheng, he should not act presumptuously.

The soldiers and horses that protect him are at the border of Yanzhou.

After talking about the time when he was trapped in Xiancheng, Zhao Heng asked Wang Kang to return to the army temporarily to wait for orders.

The war is not over yet, and he may be useful.

Han Qi followed the order and went back to get Yuan Li.

The two set out from the south gate and were about to go their separate ways at the fork in the road.

Wang Kang asked: "Brother Han, are you really going to take Yuan Li? If Yuan Li dies, it will be difficult to control the Yuan family soldiers under his command."

"Brother Wang, you worry too much. Will I do such a stupid thing? At that time, just drag Yuan Li to set himself on fire and hand over a charred corpse." Han Qi sneered.

"Great, really great." Wang Kang gave a thumbs up, "In this case, Yuan Li is grateful to Brother Han and will listen to Brother Han's advice in the future. Yuan Li hates the King of Yan and will definitely act as a pawn against the King of Yan."

Han Qi became more and more proud, and suddenly his expression became stern, "When I went out, the Second Prince said something to me. This time the emperor seemed to be a little too partial to the King of Yan. Not only did he give him the three southern counties, but he also said that he also gave him the right to maritime trade and even relaxed his grip on the throne."

Wang Kang frowned, "Although the King of Yan saved the emperor this time and reversed the situation, The Northern Expedition was defeated, but the reward this time was too generous, which was completely different from the previous two suppressions of the King of Yan. "

"This is not simple. The situation in the northwest was frustrated this time, and the imperial army suffered heavy losses. The royal prestige that the King of Yan had previously played was lost. He fell behind the powerful families and would even be unable to recover in the future. So the emperor loosened the shackles on the King of Yan, praised him high, and forced our powerful families to suppress the King of Yan, so that he could profit from it. "A handsome young man with a face like a bright moon next to Wang Kang said.

Han Qi looked at the young man and was dazed for a moment.

If he hadn't known the young man's background clearly, he would definitely think that the young man was a woman dressed as a man.

But Wang Kang did give birth to such a handsome son.

And among the children of the same generation in the Wang family, this Wang Xie can be said to stand out from the crowd.

He is much more capable than the eldest son of Wang Zian, the head of the Wang family.

"My nephew's words have opened my eyes." Han Qi tilted his head and smiled.

After a pause, he said, "But does my nephew have a plan to deal with it?"

"It depends on what Beidi will do next. There are different ways to fight and make peace, but both will make it difficult for the royal family to turn over." Wang Xie raised his head with a proud look.

Han Qi nodded slightly, and he said, "The emperor is also waiting for Beidi's next move. In this case, I would like to listen to my nephew's advice later."

"Hahaha..." Wang Kang laughed, "Brother Han is polite, Xie'er is just a little smart."

The three of them said a few more words and left.

Yancheng.

After Wang Kang and Han Qi left, Zhao Heng suddenly became nervous about the current war.

After all, Zhao Xu was very confident in his plan to "encircle Wei and rescue Zhao".

Therefore, he is very concerned about whether the siege of Xiancheng will be solved?

Although he escaped from Xiancheng this time, Yang Feng and others were still in Xiancheng, and they could not hold on to food and grass for too long.

He didn't care about the life or death of the powerful soldiers and horses.

But he couldn't bear to lose the Forbidden Army he had built with real money.

"By the way, isn't Ulanba imprisoned in Yancheng Prison? He sent someone to tell Muller Hongzhen to let the Xiancheng troops retreat into Qinguan and then let his son go." Zhao Heng said.

Thinking that Ulanba was Zhao Xu's prisoner and worrying that Zhao Xu would be dissatisfied, he explained: "Ulanba is worth nearly 200,000 troops and horses."

"Father, I am at ease. My son and I have the same thoughts as my father." Zhao Xu said.

Yang Feng, like Mo Zhai, is the only remaining general in Da Song.

Furthermore, although the Dasong soldiers and horses in Xiancheng belong to different camps.

But they are all Dasong people.

Internal fighting is internal fighting, there is no need to let them die in Xiancheng when he can save them.

At the same time, he felt that this was also an opportunity to win people's hearts.

Despite saving them, they would not commit themselves to his service.

At least, I had a life-saving grace for them.

If we meet at war in the future, there may be some benefits.

However, he felt that it was better not to act too hastily and make it appear that they were eager to seek peace.

Then he said: "However, father still needs to wait patiently. Whoever moves first will lose one step first."

Zhao Heng thought for a while and finally nodded, trying to hold back his temper.

However, just six days later, he could no longer remain calm.

It's like burning eyebrows.