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"Humph, we defeated Suiyang so quickly..."

When Zhao Hongrun said this, he curled his lips slightly and did not look very happy.

Seeing this, Zhao Que, who was waiting at the side, asked in confusion: "Isn't His Highness happy that the anti-rebel army won the battle? Could it be..."

"What?" Seeing Zhao Que blinking at him, Zhao Hongrun felt a little funny and reached out to pinch her chin.

This intimate gesture made the lady's face turn red with embarrassment, and her eyes involuntarily drifted towards the two palace maids who were standing with their heads lowered, as if they were afraid of being laughed at by them.

These two palace ladies are the maids assigned to Zhao Que by the chamberlain. Although Zhao Que is only a concubine to the outside world, Zhao Hongrun has never paid attention to this. Therefore, even Wei Jiao, Lu Mu and other Zhao Hongrun's clan guards also

Everyone calls Zhao Que "Mrs. Que", how can the eunuch dare to neglect him?

What's more, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne as king in the future, this Lady Que will obviously be one of the concubines.

Seeing Zhao Que's blushing face and erratic eyes, Zhao Hongrun also felt a little funny. Even though Zhao Que and Mi Jiang were usually as cold as ice, sometimes, when Zhao Hongrun made intimate gestures to them in front of outsiders, they would still do it.

Blushing - even Mi Jiang, who has given birth to a son, Zhao Wei, to Zhao Hongrun, has almost zero resistance in this regard.

Among the girls, Oona was the most cheerful and forthright. Even in front of her servants, she hugged and kissed her man whenever she wanted. She even took the initiative to seduce Zhao Hongrun, but instead let the maids waiting nearby

Face flushed.

It has to be said that the usually cold and frosty woman suddenly shows off her girlish attitude, which is even more exciting. This is one of the reasons why Zhao Hongrun likes Zhao Que very much - in fact, the same is true for Mi Jiang in this regard, but...

Mi Jiang would never overly tolerate Zhao Hongrun's demands that were unacceptable to her, but Zhao Que had no reservations about Zhao Hongrun and was obedient.

Over time, Zhao Hongrun will of course prefer Zhao Que.

However, considering that Zhao Que was not very familiar with the two palace maids, Zhao Hongrun did not tease Zhao Que too much. After pinching the latter's chin, he ended the intimacy and said with a chuckle: "You don't want to

Say, I have a personal grudge against the King of Nanliang, so I am not happy when he wins the battle?"

"..." Zhao Que blinked his eyes. Although he did not speak, looking at her expression, it seemed that he was silently expressing: Isn't it?

To be honest, it is not a secret that there are many conflicts between Prince Zhao Run and Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo. It is precisely because of this that the government and the public were so shocked when Zhao Hongrun forgave Zhao Yuanzuo, the Nanliang King a while ago.

"Of course not." Zhao Hongrun shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "I sent Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, to attack Suiyang. If I didn't expect him to win the battle, why would I send him there? Isn't this an unnecessary move?

What?"

"Then-?" Zhao Que became more and more confused.

"This is a victory that came too soon." Zhao Hongrun raised the battle report in his hand, took a breath, and said solemnly: "We attacked Suiyang on the ninth day of March, and broke through the city at noon on the eleventh day. We suppressed the rebels with more than 40,000 soldiers. We only needed

In less than two days, they captured the former royal capital of the Song Dynasty, which was garrisoned by tens of thousands of rebels..."

After hearing this, Zhao Que asked in confusion: "I heard from the rumors that the King of Nanliang is a commander who is not inferior to your highness. Isn't it possible that Suiyang can't be captured in two days?"

"That's not the case." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said: "I conservatively estimate that after Huan Hu annexed Nangong Yao's old tribe, the number of rebels under his command was at least 50,000... these more than 50,000 rebels

Soldiers, even if they do nothing and line up to be massacred by the anti-rebel army, I am afraid it will take a day and a night, not to mention that this rebel army is stationed in Suiyang and has the convenience of a city wall... What's more, this

Huan Hu, the leader of the rebel army, is as capable of commanding troops as the ten tycoons of North Korea. Combined with this, even if I personally lead the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army to conquer, I am afraid that it will be difficult to capture Sui in less than ten days and a half.

Positive."

Hearing this, Zongwei Lu Mu, who had been acting like a fool next to him, frowned and interjected: "What your Highness means...the King of Nanliang lied about his victory?"

When saying these words, Lu Mu's expression was very strange, because even he himself felt that this speculation was inexplicably absurd - although he also hated Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Nanliang, he also understood that Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Nanliang, would not do this.

There is such a thing as lying about military exploits and victory.

Firstly, it is meaningless, and secondly, the pride of Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo does not allow him to do such a thing.

"No." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and revealed: "What I mean is that Huan Hu has probably already made preparations to evacuate Suiyang... Only in this way can we explain that he has 50,000 troops and a city wall.

Why was it that the battle was defeated in just two days when it was convenient?" After taking a breath, he added: "And if this is true, it may mean that Huan Hu may have secretly moved the people in Suiyang County.

Everything that was taken away was quietly evacuated, such as the gold and silver treasures that Nangong Yao had collected from Song County in the past ten years... What was left to the anti-rebellion army was probably just an empty city."

After saying that, he frowned and felt unhappy.

You know, he sent Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo to attack Suiyang. On the one hand, he certainly wanted to recapture Suiyang County. After all, Suiyang County was like a nail driven between Song County and Chu State. Such a strategic location, or

It would be better to collect it as soon as possible; as for the other aspect, Zhao Hongrun is also thinking about Nangong Yao's savings.

You must know that it is rumored that Nangong Yao never stopped plundering Song County when he was ruling the Wei Dynasty. Over more than ten years, the amount of wealth he has plundered is believed to be very considerable - there is no guarantee that Nangong Yao will take all the money from Song County.

The wealth collected by Song County was all accumulated in Suiyang County, but it is certain that Suiyang County must have a larger share of it.

Thinking that he might not be able to eat this cup of sweet soup, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.

"Could it be that...Huan Hu could have guessed that the civil strife in Daliang would be settled in a short period of time? Or was it that he saw through the fact that I faked my death at that time?"

Zhao Hongrun felt a little incredible.

You must know that his act of cheating death was something that even Xiao Luan had deceived, so that Zhao Hongyin, the king of Yi who wanted to be an oriole, jumped out without any expectation.

However, Huan Hu seemed to have seen through his plan and had been preparing to transfer the treasures in Suiyang City for a long time. Even if it was a subjective estimate, Zhao Hongrun knew that it was absolutely impossible to transfer the treasures in just a few days.

It will take at least a few months or even half a year.

In addition, he escaped the hidden danger of Huan Hu again. Zhao Hongrun rubbed his brow bones tiredly, took a long breath and murmured: "Nangong Yao didn't catch that batch of treasures, and Huan Hu escaped again. This is really..."

Zhao Que walked up behind Zhao Hongrun quite obediently, and gently rubbed his forehead with his hands.

Seeing that Zhao Hongrun seemed troubled, Lu Mu lowered his voice and said: "Your Highness can order the suppressing rebel army to pursue Huan Hu..."

Zhao Hongrun shook his head after hearing this and said: "That will only stimulate the Bei Bo Army and affect the formulated Song County strategy... According to my guess, Huan Hu's retreat destination is most likely to be the eastern part of Song County, or Song Lu

The border, for the time being, is beyond our control..."

After saying these words, his eyes flickered twice.

He was considering whether to send the Black Crows to get rid of Huan Hu.

Of course, this was not because Huan Hu had ever offended Zhao Hongrun, nor was it because Huan Hu had attacked the camp of Wei King Zhao Yuancai. The most fundamental reason was that that man was a destabilizing factor.

At best, this is called acting out of common sense; at worst, it's called neuroticism.

For example, back then, Huan Hu kidnapped Queen Wang's brother Wang Ming and demanded a huge ransom from Zhao Hongrun. At that time, Zhao Hongrun sent merchant navy troops to surround the hill where Huan Hu was located. He confidently went up the mountain to negotiate with Huan Hu. He originally wanted to pass

He used hard and soft methods to force Huan Hu to release Wang Ting, but in the end, Huan Hu's temper was even greater than his own. Even though he knew that he was surrounded by Shangshui Legion, after the negotiation broke down, he still deliberately released Wang Ting in front of Zhao Hongrun.

The head was chopped off.

I remember that Zhao Hongrun was dumbfounded at that time. He really couldn't understand why Huan Hu chose the worst outcome when he clearly had many choices.

This is the most typical example: you have no idea whether Huan Hu's action of drawing the knife was to cut off the rope on Wang Ting's body, or to cut off the latter's head.

For this kind of person, I believe that as long as he is a "chess player", he would not want him to stay on the chess board - because it is difficult to grasp the movement patterns of this chess piece and it is difficult to control it.

Therefore, for a moment, Zhao Hongrun thought about sending the Black Crows to kill Huan Hu.

But in the end, Zhao Hongrun gave up this plan because he suddenly felt that even if Huan Hu escaped again, it would not be without benefit for the court.

You know, as long as the imperial court reaches an agreement with Song County, while Song County will get the convenience of "autonomy", the Beibo Army will lose a large space for movement and can only shrink to the eastern part of Song County——

Moreover, this territory will become smaller and smaller in the future as the imperial court intensifies its attack on the Beibo Army.

Under such circumstances, Huan Hu, the "second rebel army" of Song County, also fled to the east of Song County, which was equivalent to occupying the living space of the Beibo Army in disguise.

For example, when it comes to grain, Wei, Lu, and Qi will not sell grain to these two rebels. Even if there are some profit-seeking black smugglers, they trade grain privately with the Bei Bo Army or Huan Hu. But the problem is, just those black smuggling merchants.

Can food feed both the Bei Bo Army and Huan Hu's rebels? - Obviously, the Bei Bo Army got more food from smugglers, so Huan Hu's relatively less, and vice versa.

in this way.

Under this circumstance, if things go on like this, even if the Beibo Army and Huan Hu are still allies for now, they may not turn against each other and kill each other in the future.

Not to mention, there is Nangong Chen, the eldest son of Nangong Yao, in the eastern part of Song County.

Song Yun, Huan Hu, and Nangong Chen, the three forces gathered in the eastern part of Song County. Under the pressure of the Wei court, they had to invade each other's soil in order to survive...I was afraid that they would even knock out their brains.

Wanting to get here, Zhao Hongrun completely gave up the idea of ​​sending black crows to assassinate Huan Hu. He secretly expected that in the future, Huan Hu and Song Yun would turn against each other, and Huan Hu would be able to get rid of Song Yun for the court - compared to Huan Hu.

Hu, a completely evil party, and Song Yun, the leader of the Beibo Army, are the heroic figures who influence most people in Song Dynasty. If there is an opportunity to adopt the strategy of killing people with borrowed swords, it is best not to let the court get involved.

After all, the imperial court will still govern Song County and manage Song people in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun ordered someone to hand him pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and he wrote a letter in his own hand.

Immediately, he handed the letter to Lu Mu and ordered: "Send someone to deliver it to Zhang Qigong immediately!"

"As you command!"

Lu Mu responded with cupped fists.

At the same time, in the "Huan Mansion" in Suiyang County, Song County - the former residence of Nangong Yao, General Pang Huan ordered the anti-rebellion soldiers to dig open the secret vault in the mansion.

Just as Zhao Hongrun guessed, this secret vault did not contain the mountains of gold and silver treasures that Pang Huan expected. In the empty secret vault, there were only a few abandoned boxes and a few insignificant copper coins on the ground.

Seeing this scene, even though Pang Huan opened his mouth and said nothing, the expression on his face seemed to say: How could this happen?

"really……"

Beside Pang Huan, Nanliang Marquis Zhao Yuanzuo looked at the empty secret vault with his hands behind his back, and all the doubts in his heart were suddenly swept away.

Just as Zhao Hongrun found it strange, in fact, Zhao Yuanzuo, Marquis of Southern Liang, also found it incredible that his anti-rebel army could capture Suiyang in less than two days.
To be continued...