Chapter 461 Prelude

The cold wind howled all night. ReadМ

In the early morning of the next day, Yancheng was already dyed white by snow.

After Zhao Xu washed up and finished eating, he greeted Zhao Heng according to the rules.

"Your Highness, the Emperor said he is not feeling well and has ordered that no one be seen today." said the soldier guarding the courtyard.

Zhao Xu nodded. The soldiers came from the royal family's army, so naturally they would not lie to him.

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head.

The emperor was expressing his dissatisfaction with him in this way.

After all, his warning yesterday was too blunt, which was tantamount to speaking out.

In this regard, Zhao Xu was mentally prepared to bear Zhao Heng's anger.

However, he has no regrets. Some things must be made clear.

Otherwise, Zhao Heng would have no bottom line when negotiating peace and agree to anything in a panic, which would harm his interests.

Two more days passed.

The imperial army from the capital arrived in Yancheng.

Zhao Heng's body finally felt "comfortable".

"King Yan, there is no need to send you off again. When the northern territory is stabilized and the world is at peace, I will issue a decree for you to go back to the capital to visit your relatives." Zhao Heng smiled.

The arrival of the Forbidden Army gave Zhao Heng reassurance.

On that day, he decided to drive to Sizhou Qinguan to negotiate peace with Beidi.

After all, this matter is urgent and cannot be delayed.

"Yes, father." Zhao Xu, along with officials and generals, sent Zhao Heng to the west gate.

Zhao Heng had no intention of letting him go to Qinguan, and obviously did not want him to participate in this peace negotiation.

Because in Zhao Heng's view, he is a staunch fighter like Yang Feng, Mo Kuan and others.

Let the main war faction participate in the peace negotiations, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble.

"Well, after I leave, you must continue to guard Yanguan and guard my Dasong Gate. You must not have any inappropriate thoughts." Zhao Heng looked at Zhao Xu, and the tone of his words was slightly harsh.

Then his expression softened, "Your mother-in-law misses you very much, don't let her down."

Hearing this, Zhao Heng stiffened for a moment. He raised his eyes and met Zhao Heng's eyes. He said, "Father, please rest assured. I will always remember that I am the prince of Da Song, and I will never do anything detrimental to Da Song or the royal family." Bad things."

Zhao Heng nodded lightly.

Although his time in Yanzhou was short, it was enough for him to understand his ninth son.

Unlike when he was in the capital, Zhao Xu always looked cowardly and humble.

Zhao Xu now gave him a very uncomfortable feeling.

This feeling is like an aging lion king facing a strong male lion in his own group who is about to reach adulthood.

Especially Zhao Xu's performance was so strong.

Therefore, he thought it was necessary to beat Zhao Xu just like he beat Han Qi.

He grabbed the powerful clan with one hand and King Yan with the other, just to play with the two in the palm of his hand.

How can any party escape from his grasp?

If Zhao Xu really had evil intentions, he would have no choice but to completely fall to the powerful clan.

He will not allow anyone to challenge his throne.

However, he still had a guess.

Just as Zhao Xu said, his brain disease has not completely recovered yet.

This can also explain his sudden change in temperament and many of his actions that confront him.

And this gave him even more headaches.

Normal people can still guess his thoughts, but he really can't deduce what Zhao Xu is thinking.

Maybe Zhao Heng's toughness doesn't have any malice, but he just speaks bluntly?

But no matter what, knocking is still necessary.

For this reason, he also moved out Zhao Xu's mother and concubine.

Throughout the ages, the concubines in the palace were valued based on their sons, but at the same time they were also tools to restrain the princes in the palace.

With his mind spinning, Zhao Heng boarded the car.

Under the escort of 30,000 Forbidden Army soldiers, they headed towards Qin Pass.

Simon.

Watching Zhao Heng leave, Zhao Xu frowned.

The most ruthless emperor's family, he had a deeper understanding of this sentence today.

Obviously, Zhao Heng has used Concubine Mi as a bargaining chip to control him.

If he is obedient, Concubine Mi will be more respected in the palace.

And if he rebels, Concubine Mi will become a hostage.

"Tsu Hark." Zhao Xu called.

"Your Highness." After hearing this, Xu Ke stepped forward and waited for Zhao Xu's order.

"Send more people to Jinling and plan a few plans to escape from Jinling safely in case of emergency." Zhao Xu whispered to Xu Hare.

He had no thoughts of rebellion at the moment.

But Zhao Heng reminded him that there were people in the capital who were very important to him.

His mother-in-law, Mi Guozhan, his uncle Mi Yan, etc.

If General Da Song's situation deteriorates, he must have the ability to safely evacuate them at any time.

To save them from slaughter and humiliation.

"Yes, Your Highness." Tsui Hark responded.

Then, Zhao Xu asked again: "Is there any news about Chai Wu?"

"Not yet, but two people have already sneaked into Goryeo to search for his traces. The official is also preparing to send more people to collect information about the situation in Goryeo."

"Well, you should communicate with Zhou Yi at any time about the news about Goryeo. In addition, Japan should also think of some ways to take root." Zhao Xu said thoughtfully.

The situation in Dasong is too complex and drastic changes may occur at any time.

He must leave a way out for himself.

Tsui Hark responded again. During this war, he had already been preparing for this matter and had some ideas.

It won't be long before people from the Fourth Academy will take root in Korea and Japan, sending a steady stream of intelligence to Yanzhou.

After telling Xu Hark about this, he sent someone to notify Chang Wei and Zhou Yi, asking him to return to Yanguan and wait for the final outcome of the peace talks.

If there is peace, they will continue to guard Yan Pass.

If there is a war, they will re-formulate strategies to deal with Beidi.

In the next few days, his orders arrived at Chang Wei and Zhou Yi successively.

On the banks of the Daling River, 130 miles away from Yanguan.

Chang Wei received the order and immediately moved his camp back to Yanguan.

His mission was to save Zhao by attacking Wei. The longer he delayed, the more disadvantageous it would be for him.

Chrysanthemum Island.

Zhou Yi and Bai Shang were still not satisfied.

They were not like Chang Wei, who slept in the open air and did hard work.

In recent days.

The warships galloping on the sea, like the cavalry on the grassland, took them from one place to another at a very fast speed.

Although the Beidi reinforcements came, they could not catch them and were always led by them.

This finally made them vent their anger.

In the past, when the Beidi were hunting in autumn, they could only watch the Beidi cavalry come and go like the wind, killing and looting.

And they had no way to do anything.

Now, the Beidi also tasted the pain they once suffered.

"Beidi negotiates peace, temporarily stops harassment, and builds Chrysanthemum Island..." Zhou Yi read out the order.

"Hehe, this Mulehong is really powerful, but he still has to be timid when he meets our prince." Bai Shang leaned on the side of the boat, and he couldn't help but sneer a few times when he heard it.

Zhou Yi grinned, their harassment this time was just the next move of the Prince of Yan.

This move seemed to be successful, but he felt a little regretful.

It was not that they were dissatisfied with the peace talks, but that they had not robbed enough.

However, although they were pirates in name, they were generals under the command of the Prince of Yan after all, and their orders must be obeyed.

And the Prince of Yan was right in his consideration, and he had to build Chrysanthemum Island into a fortress right now.

Firmly rooted in the belly of Ningjindusi to prevent Beidi from taking it back.

At the same time.

After Zhao Heng left Yancheng, he returned to Sizhou by the same route.

When he arrived at Qinguan, Prime Minister Dou Wei had arrived and was waiting for him.