Chapter 552: Being Tricked
The plan went smoothly, and half of King Cheng's troops had surrendered to the court.
After handing Fang Xinkai and others over to Yang Yingqin and his confidants, Xie Zhan returned to the government office with his men.
As soon as he came back, the official in charge of collecting information immediately sent a letter.
Xie Zhan took it and knew it was an urgent letter from Jiang Boya.
He quickly opened the letter, and after reading the message from Jiang Boya, he couldn't help but frowned.
Xie Zhan knocked on the table. His original plan was to release Zhao Biao and his 50,000 troops, so that King Jin's 100,000 troops and Pingzhou soldiers would fight each other and consume each other...
In the current situation, it is obvious that Pingzhou will not be fooled, and they just don't want to have a big consumption.
Then he can only change his strategy.
He sighed in his heart, Zhao Biao, you can only blame your bad luck.
There was a lot of noise in the south that night. The Gu family, Lu family, Chen family, Zhang family and other noble families, as well as the core members of Xie Zhan's forces, were shocked and excited when they learned that their masters had joined forces with the emperor!
Recently, the South has been besieged by the court and the two kings, and the future is obviously uncertain. Now it's good. Their master Xie will definitely have a bright future, and so will they.
Knowing that Xie Zhan is back, Gu Huaisheng, Lu Fei and others came.
In the conference room, as soon as they sat down, Zhao Yutan broke in.
"Madam, wait, the clan leader is in a meeting, you can't go in."
"Madam, please allow me to report."
"Get out!"
The servants couldn't stop her.
Zhao Yutan walked in directly, completely ignoring the other people in the conference room, and looked at Xie Zhan angrily.
Seeing this, Xie Zhan raised his hand and said in a calm voice, "You go down first."
When everyone saw that the situation was not right, they left quickly after hearing his words.
Everyone went out, and the servants closed the door of the conference room for the two of them.
Xie Zhan asked Zhao Yutan, "What's the matter?"
Zhao Yutan asked him back, "Don't you have anything to tell me?"
Xie Zhan was silent, he knew she must have found out.
"Where is Lin'er?" Zhao Yutan saw that he didn't speak, and shouted angrily, "Speak! Speak to me!"
"I trusted you so much and gave the child to you. Now the child is gone. Tell me, where is the child now?"
Xie Zhan rubbed his forehead, "Calm down first, the child is safe now."
"I ask you, where is the child?" Zhao Yutan asked this question stubbornly.
"In Chang'an."
Zhao Yutan was confused for a while, "Why is the child in Chang'an, why did you send the child to Chang'an?" She suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart.
"I have cooperated with the emperor, and I need Lin'er to stay in Chang'an temporarily."
Speed is of the essence in war. Now Yang Yingqin has led a large army to the southwest. Fang Xinkai and others want to atone for their crimes. They will return to the southwest in the name of reporting good news. After entering the city gate, they will cooperate with General Yang to settle the matter.
Therefore, Xie Zhan told Zhao Yutan about this without hesitation.
Zhao Yutan couldn't believe what he heard. Isn't this a hostage?
Bang!
In agitation, Zhao Yutan slapped Xie Zhan in the face. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she shouted at him, "You are so cruel! Do you know that he is your only child!"
"If I hadn't felt something was wrong and sent someone to the manor secretly, how long would you have kept this secret from me?"
Xie Zhan was slapped in the face, and he didn't even frown. He said in a calm voice, "As the eldest son of the Xie family, the family is in crisis. Without endangering his life, he has the responsibility and obligation to help the family overcome the difficulties."
"He is only over one year old, less than two years old! What responsibility does he have?" Zhao Yutan asked back while wiping tears.
At this moment, Zhao Yutan's biological mother Luo rushed over.
"Mother-in-law, you are here, sorry to bother you." Xie Zhan stood up, "I have something to deal with here, so I'll leave." Since he decided to take action against Zhao Biao, he had to be quick.
"Xie Zhan, stop right there, you are not allowed to leave!" Zhao Yutan wanted to chase him, but was stopped by her mother.
"My daughter, think more open-mindedly." Luo sighed and advised.
Just now, the son-in-law asked someone to invite her, and the eldest son Zhao Minglou also hurried home. Only then did the Zhao family know that the son-in-law had done such a big thing. Then, the eldest son also participated in the action last night.
"No egg is left intact under the overturned nest. The South is in danger, and the son-in-law is also forced to do it." Although it is pitiful for the grandson to leave his biological mother, at least everyone can survive, right? The crisis in the South is not only the crisis of the son-in-law, but also includes their Zhao family. But this is too cruel, Luo didn't say it.
"Wuwuwu, I don't want to listen!" Zhao Yutan buried his face in the quilt.
Luo comforted her daughter, "The grandson is the only child of the son-in-law. He is a hostage in Chang'an. The emperor will not let Lin'er get into trouble."
And the son-in-law promised to let his daughter get pregnant as soon as possible. The second child of the son-in-law will still crawl out of her daughter's belly. This is the current situation, and they can only look forward, right?
Outside Lingnan City
Zhao Biao covered his abdominal wound and looked at the wounded soldiers on the ground. He couldn't believe it. They were fine yesterday and agreed to attack Lingnan together. Now Dong Guowei turned his guns against them?
"Why?" Zhao Biao asked Dong Guowei who attacked them. He was puzzled. Even if the court regretted and wanted to eliminate them, it should have waited until the South was destroyed. Isn't Dong Guowei giving the South a chance by doing this?
Dong Guowei sighed. He didn't want this to happen.
But God knows how surprised he was when he saw Xie Zhan at dawn and saw the emperor's edict in Xie Zhan's place.
Facing Zhao Biao's question, Dong Guowei did not answer, but stepped aside.
"Master Xie is here!"
Master Xie? Zhao Biao's heart jumped. When he saw Xie Zhan, who was in an empty space, a flash of inspiration suddenly came to him, and he understood!
Xie Zhan came to Zhao Biao, stood not far away, and said to him, "All the land under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people are the king's subjects. General Zhao, surrender, don't be stubborn anymore."
Hearing this, it also confirmed his previous guess. Zhao Biao smiled bitterly. King Cheng lost, and King Jin also lost.
But they lost unjustly. Who would have thought that the emperor could join forces with Xie Zhan?
The emperor first agreed to cede two territories to each of the two kings, and then he actually joined forces with Xie Zhan who rebelled against him. Such great courage and forbearance...
Almost all forces were calculated by the two of them, including King Cheng and King Jin, as well as Pingzhou, which agreed to form an alliance with the South. Once this plan was implemented, Zhao Biao could already predict that after one round, King Jin and King Cheng would be weakened by the court. As for Pingzhou, it was hard to say how much strength it could retain.
"What about Fang Xinkai? Did he surrender too?" Zhao Biao said affirmatively.
Xie Zhan smiled slightly, "General Fang and his 50,000 troops have surrendered to the court. At present, he has followed General Yang Yingqin to the southwest to quell the rebellion."
Hearing the three words Yang Yingqin, Zhao Biao was stunned. In order to eradicate the rebellions of King Jin and King Cheng, the emperor actually transferred all the troops supporting the Sun family army in Bingzhou to the south!
Zhao Biao could now fully feel the emperor's strong determination to eliminate the two kings.
"Sure enough." Zhao Biao sighed, "I, Zhao Biao, am convinced! I surrender!"