"This must be the poisonous ploy of Zhang Qigong."

In the study room of King Su's Mansion, Zhao Hongrun said with emotion.

He originally thought that Yongwang Hongyu would vigorously suppress Qingwang Hongxin as he did when he overthrew "Zhao Hongli, the former prince of the East Palace", but he didn't expect that Yongwang Hongyu just made an understatement and pushed Qingwang Hongxin to the point where he was almost doomed.

Go to Song County to appease the people?

To put it lightly!

Is it so easy to appease the grievances of the people of Song County?

Don't look at Zhao Hongrun in Daliang, but he can guess to some extent that the so-called "Jinxiang Massacre" incident is likely to have the shadow of the "Northern Army" behind the scenes.

The reason is very simple, because the Northern Gang Army alone is not enough to resist the offensive of the Wei State - at present, it is still only the private army of some nobles in the Wei State, and the Northern Gang Army can still parry; But a few months later, when the Wei court requisitioned the grains planted this year, and used these expropriated grains as military rations, and sent elite divisions at the garrison level such as the Shangshui Army, the Yanling Army, the Wei Wu Army, and the Zhen Rebellion Army.

At least, Zhao Hongrun never thought that Song Yun's Bei'an army could resist the three armies of Shangshui, Yanling, and Youma under his command on the frontal battlefield - the gap between the two in terms of war experience and weapons and equipment was too great.

In this case, the only chance for the Northern Gang Army to win was to plunge the Wei State into the quagmire of "injustice", on the one hand, to incite the fear of the people in Song County, so that they would stand on the side of the Northern Gang Army to fight against the Wei Army; On the other hand, most of the Northern Army wanted the people of the world to interfere in this war.

After all, there are still many people in the world who are full of good deeds, in addition, I believe that Korea in the north and Chu in the south will also be willing to add to the Wei State in private, so that the Wei State will be caught in the "unjust" war, trapped in the quagmire of Song County, and unable to get out.

Therefore, it is believed that the Northern Gang Army will definitely not give Wei a chance to redeem it, and they will vigorously spread this matter, in other words, whoever comes forward to Song County in place of the imperial court is doomed to be in vain.

But the bad thing is that Qingwang Hongxin can't refuse, after all, as Yongwang Hongyu said, the bell must be tied to the bell, and your people provoke it, of course, you have to understand.

Objectively speaking, King Yong's suggestion can be called magnanimous on the surface, because he did not take advantage of this incident to attack King Hongxin in the temple.

Of course, this so-called generosity is only on the surface, but in fact, inside, this trick is very ruthless.

In the case that he was destined to be unable to appease the grievances of the people of Song County, he forced King Qing Hongxin to go to Song County on behalf of the imperial court to appease the grievances, which was clearly to take the opportunity to take King Qing Hongxin away from Daliang.

For Qingwang Hongxin, the worst case may be that he can't even reach Song County, and he will be eliminated by secret forces such as the Northern Gang Army, and the most optimistic situation is to spend three or five years in Song County.

In three or five years, God knows if King Yong Hongyu will ascend the throne as the king of Wei in these three or five years?

If it really comes to that point, King Qing Hongxin is far away in Song County, and King Yong Hongyu quickly ascended the throne with an edict to seal the former as a "King of Song County", the overall situation has been decided, what can King Qing Hongxin do?

That's why Zong Wei Gao Kuo said: Qingwang Hongxin basically has no chance with the big position.

"This trick is too ruthless."

Even if he had a bad relationship with King Qing Hongxin, Zhao Hongrun inevitably felt some pity for the five emperor brothers at this time.

obviously has enough power to compete with Yongwang Hongyu and even counter the former, but because Yongwang Hongyu has seized the handle, he is about to be forced to leave Daliang and go to Song County.

At the same time, in the Qingwang Mansion, Qingwang Hongxin also sent someone to invite Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, to the study to discuss countermeasures with him.

"Sanbo, King Yong used a conspiracy to harm me and wanted to take me away, what countermeasures does Sanbo have?"

Faced with King Qing's inquiry, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, also seemed a little at a loss.

It is undeniable that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, is indeed good at conspiracy, but the problem is that Zhang Qigong, a staff member around King Yong Hongyu, is not inferior to him in terms of conspiracies.

Just like the current trick, under the pretext of "asking Qingwang Hongxin to go to Song County to appease the people's grievances", Qingwang Hongxin was separated from the Great Liang, and even Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, did not expect it.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, said in a deep voice: "You and I have underestimated King Yong and that Zhang Qigong, and this confrontation is our defeat." ”

Hearing this, Qing Wanghong's confidence was suddenly cold, and his soul was not guarded.

After a long time, he lowered his voice and said, "Third uncle, can I borrow the ...... if my body is sick?"

As if he had guessed the idea in Qing Wanghong's confidence, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, shook his head and said: "Until now, no matter what, King Yong's side will not let go of the opportunity to break you apart. ”

"But ......" King Qing Hongxin said with a panicked face: "If I leave the beam, won't King Yong be alone?" ”

"There's no other way around now." Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, said.

When leaving the Qingwang Mansion, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, was inevitably a little depressed.

He thought of Quliang Hou Sima Song.

He became more and more suspicious that Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, was the secret chess piece that King Yongyu had planted among them, waiting to pit them at a critical moment.

In fact, on the day of the Zongfu trial, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, secretly summoned Hou Jiyan of Kuangcheng and asked about the specific situation of the village at that time.

It's a pity that Kuangcheng Hou Jiyan's rhetoric is the same as that of Quliang Hou Sima Song, and Kuangcheng Hou Jiyan also came up with some evidence to prove that the village was indeed a stronghold of the Song rebel "Northern Gang Army", and it was not Quliang Hou Sima Song who was playing tricks in it.

Therefore, because of the identity of Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, was not easy to act rashly.

But as he said that day, the cause of this incident was that Quliang Hou Sima Song sent a message to Pingcheng Hou Li Yang and others, but in the "Jinxiang Massacre" incident, Quliang Hou Sima Song happened to stay out of the matter, no matter how you think about it.

But the question is, how did Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, know that village was the stronghold of the Northern Army?

Moreover, he was obviously pursued by the private army of Quliang Hou Sima Song, but those Northern Gang soldiers still fled to that village, so that Quliang Hou Sima Song successfully discovered the key information of the Northern Gang Army's "If you go out, you will be a thief, and if you enter, you will be a citizen".

Obviously, before this, whether it was the Yongwang Party, the Qingwang Party, or even the Suwang Party, none of the aristocratic private armies of these princes' factions had ever discovered the secret of the Northern Gang Army, and they were like a headless fly hunting the Northern Gang Army, but they didn't know that the Northern Gang Army's counterpawns were hiding under their noses.

『…… Quliang Hou Sima Song, secretly communicating with the Northern Army?"

Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, suddenly thought of this possibility, but immediately, he shook his head and smiled.

Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, the dignified prince of Wei, fornicated with the rebels of Song County, this speculation is simply untenable.

But along this line of thought, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, suddenly thought of an old friend, Xiao Luan, the leader of the remnants of the Xiao family.

『…… If you think about it carefully, this method really seems to be Xiao Luan's handiwork."

Sitting in the carriage returning to the palace of the Southern Liang Dynasty, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, closed his eyes and thought about this matter.

Not only Yiwang Zhao Yuanyan and Xiao Luan are old acquaintances, but his Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo and Xiao Luan are also old acquaintances, of course, he will not be as naïve as his sixth brother Yiwang Zhao Yuanyan, so that he was used by Xiao Luan, and finally ended up committing suicide.

In the Zhongyang Emperor Hunt incident at that time, he took advantage of Xiao Luan's rebellion in turn and truly won the trust of Zhao Yuanxi, the son of Wei Tianzi.

All in all, for Xiao Luan, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, still knows a little bit, such as Xiao Luan's way of doing things.

『…… Quliang Hou Sima Song, could it be that he was from Xiao Luan's side? Can...... How could this be? Furthermore, why did Xiao Luan intervene in this matter? Could it be that it is to drag my Great Wei's army in Song County? But in this case, why choose Hongxin? Is it to get revenge on me? Or did he want to...... Wait, there's no reason why Xiao Luan will help King Yong......

Sitting in the carriage and thinking about this matter repeatedly, even if he was as cunning as Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, he couldn't help but be a little confused.

King Qing fell, King Yong ascended the throne, what good does this do for Xiao Luan?

Isn't it that King Qing and King Yong are at a stalemate, so that Wei State continues to maintain the confrontation between the princes, which is more beneficial to Xiao Luan?

A Wei state that is unified by the king's order is not good for the remnants of the Xiao family.

Suddenly, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, who lowered his eyelids, seemed to think of something, and his eyes suddenly widened.

『…… Wait, is it ......?"

I don't know what Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, thought of, and his face showed a look of horror.

Suddenly, he lowered his head again, frowning as if in deep thought of something.

The next day, Zhao Hongrun continued to ask Gao Kuo to pay attention to the situation in the DPRK and China.

As he expected, King Qing Hongxin panicked, and I believe that he also understood what it meant to leave Daliang for Song County at this time, and he didn't know when he would be able to return to Daliang.

Not surprisingly, the nobles of the Qingwang Party jointly signed a letter in an attempt to help Qingwang Hongxin intercede.

But unfortunately, in this matter, Yongwang Hongyu seems to occupy the highest point of morality, with some righteous words and reasonable words, blocking the Qingwang Hongxin and the Qingwang Party nobles are speechless - the trouble you caused, do you still expect others to give you the aftermath?

And what made Qingwang Hongxin feel desperate was that even Zhao Yuanxi, the son of Wei Tianzi, who was recuperating in the Ganlu Palace, did not mean to interfere after learning about this.

Zhao Hongrun was not surprised by this, after all, their father would never help them, and over the years, these brothers had obtained their current power and status by virtue of their own abilities - so did he, Zhao Hongrun.

In mid-July, His Royal Highness Vertical Gong issued an edict to King Qing Hongxin with the official position of "Song County Pacification Envoy".

During this period, King Qing Hongxin tried his best to try to redeem it, but unfortunately, King Yongwang Hongyu occupied the righteousness, and he had no choice.

A few days later, Yang Yu, the general of the rebel army under the command of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, was summoned by the imperial court to arrive in Daliang with 3,000 rebel troops and served as the general of the guard to escort King Hongxin of Qing to Song County.

On the day that King Hongxin of Qing left for Song County, Zhao Hongrun also went out of the city to see him off, watching the former smile and laughing, and he felt a little uncomfortable for some reason - perhaps, he was gradually tired of the brothers attacking each other for the throne.

Fortunately, this battle for the throne will finally come to an end.

"From today onwards, it is the fortune of King Yong."

Looking at the back of Qingwang Hongxin and his entourage, Zhao Hongrun felt a sense of relief.

But for some reason, he still felt a little uneasy in his heart.

It was as if a voice in his heart told him: This battle for the throne is far from over.