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"Your Highness, is Taicang too risky?" Looking at the position circled by red, Duke Heng felt that either his highness was mad or he was mad.

"How many opportunities do you think we have?" Prince Zhao asked.

"Your Highness says Is North Vietnam ready to fight back? "

"That's not necessarily true. According to the situation that we passed the customs successfully, North Vietnam may not be able to fight back."

"Why is this a good time to attack Kyoto? Half of North Vietnam was captured. It is time to accumulate strength and fight us to the death. At this time, it is not easy to capture the city. "

"The reason why we chose this time is that North Vietnam will have no time to take care of us in the next three months, and we have to make the illusion that we can't attack Xuzhou for a long time, so that they can relax their vigilance." Prince Zhao made a mark on Xuzhou, the nearest city to Yanzhou.

The Duke of Heng was shocked. After thinking about it carefully, he still didn't understand why the North Vietnam had no time to separate himself. "Did your highness still use other tricks?"

Prince Zhao didn't say it clearly, but from his manner, Duke Heng could guess one or two. Just like North Vietnam buried a chess piece in Chuzhou for decades, did they never do anything similar in the Southern Jin Dynasty?

This kind of dark line can only be used once in a lifetime, and they have only one chance. Some people even have no chance to serve their country in their lifetime.

The Duke of Heng didn't ask. After all, it was a confidential incident. I'm afraid even the king may not know about Prince Zhao's deployment.

He stroked his beard and said with a smile, "in this way, we will be able to return triumphantly soon, right? I'm looking forward to it

In my lifetime, if I could see that the Southern Jin dynasty ruled the whole country, and I was personally involved in it, I'm afraid that this glory would be immortal.

Duke Heng is very satisfied that he was sent out by the king at the moment. He is the only one among the seven great powers. When he goes back, he will not envy him!

"By the way, Duke Lu's illness..."

Prince Zhao moved his eyebrows and said without changing his face: "the military doctor said it was a stroke. He has been sent back to Yecheng. Has the Duke ever visited him?"

"No, maybe he was seriously ill and walked slowly. When the minister left, he did not return to Yecheng."

"Oh." Prince Zhao didn't care about Duke Lu's health, but it was not good to let him die outside. So he sent many people to escort him all the way. He only wanted to be stable, not fast. It was normal not to arrive.

"But even if he is in good health, I'm afraid he can't bear it. The king is angry."

"It's really cheap for him to die like this. Do you know what he did?" Prince Zhao's face was angry. Duke Heng was surprised and asked, "what's the matter?"

He thought that the most important reason for the Duke of Lu was that he could not bring good soldiers, or he could seize the military power with his royal highness. How could it be more than that?

"When the army set out, they raised countless medicinal materials with the strength of the whole city. There were more than a dozen vehicles carrying medicinal materials. But who knows that the army has been in Chuzhou for only half a year, and after only one battle without fighting, some medicinal materials have disappeared."

"What? Then... "

"He was a good liar. He bribed the assistant officer of the military doctor. The chief officer was an old fool who didn't care. They colluded with each other to resell valuable medicinal materials and made a big laugh at the national financial difficulties."

"What a nuisance!" Duke Heng didn't expect that those who went to the battlefield together to fight for military exploits in the past would fall into this situation. Is he still short of money?

Even if we are short of money, we can't exchange our lives for money, right?

"Has this ever been reported to the king?"

Prince Zhao shook his head, "lonely do not want to let the Crown Princess know, first hide it, then there will always be a chance to settle."

"I'm afraid that the sinner won't live that long!"

"Even if he is lucky, the scenery of the Xia family has come to an end."

The Duke of the state of Heng was silent. At that time, the Duke of seven kingdoms and the Duke of Zhenguo had already broken up and their titles were taken away. The Duke of Lu was about to disappear. The rest of them did not know how many generations they could inherit.

However, the Duke of Heng was very open to all these things. When his son was not a success, he did not want him to revitalize the Pingjia family. Now, what else can he ask for when his son has made great achievements?

As long as he keeps his house in peace before his eyes shut, he will be able to close his eyes.

"Your Highness, you have been taking care of you these years. Thank you very much." The Duke of the state of Heng sincerely saluted.

"The prince and princess should be the one to thank if he can be today. However, he also strives for success. Otherwise, the mud will not be able to support the wall."

"Yes, the old minister's kindness to the crown prince and princess will be remembered."

"He doesn't ask for much. As long as his sister can live well, he will be rewarded."

The Duke of Heng laughed, "please don't worry about this. Aya is dignified, virtuous and straightforward. There is no better daughter-in-law than this. If one day shun'er dares to bully her, the old minister will not accept it first!"

Prince Zhao nodded and didn't want to interfere too much in the minister's family affairs. "Go and invite deputy marshal Lu and others to discuss the important matters of attacking the city together."

The Duke of Heng stopped him and reminded him, "Your Highness, since you want to keep secret, it's better to let some people know." No one can guarantee that there are no spies from North Vietnam in their army, but there can be no mistakes in this war."What the Duke is worried about is!"

One night later, the whole army got a message. Prince Zhao ordered the army to move on and attack Xuzhou 200 miles away.

The news was not abrupt, and no one felt anything wrong, but in the afternoon, another order was delivered.

According to his Highness's estimation, the number of guards in Xuzhou is limited, and it is really unnecessary for them to go out to fight together. So he only asked Lu to lead 30000 troops to attack Xuzhou, while his royal highness took people to attack another city by a long way.

In addition, a secret letter was sent to Chuzhou. His royal highness ordered General Hu to lead troops northward all night. Taking Yanzhou as the base area, he must guard the gate of Yanzhou. In case of failure, Yanzhou will be a place for them to breathe.

However, in this way, the city of Chuzhou has become a paper like city, as long as the enemy attacks on it, it can be easily broken.

Prince Zhao left 5000 heavy armour soldiers in the team to attack Xuzhou. He took another 5000 black armour guards and nearly 50000 troops to go to Kyoto in light.

They did not take official roads, avoid all the cities and towns, and chose the difficult paths. However, although the roads were difficult to walk, they did not spend more time on the road than planned because they walked in a straight line and crossed mountains and mountains.

Near Kyoto, Prince Zhao did not ask people to continue their journey. Instead, he found a deep mountain for temporary rest, and sent people to inquire for information.

At this time of the year, spring has begun in North Vietnam. Occasionally, there are several spring snows, which frostbite a lot of people. Fortunately, the Chilblain Cream prepared by Tang Yue is very effective. If you use a small bottle of frostbite by hand, you will not have a big problem if you freeze it for a few days.

After a day and a night's rest, the talents sent out came back with a happy look on their faces.

"Your Highness, good thing!"

"Say it."

"The king of Beiyue died." As soon as the voice dropped, the adjuncts gathered around and asked what the situation was.

"It has been spread all over the streets and alleys. The king of North Yue is very old this year. It is said that it was due to repeated defeats in the war, the occupation of territory, and the impatience and attack of the emperor."

"Which Prince succeeded him?"

"The king of Beiyue attached great importance to power and did not set up a prince in advance. Before that, he intended to set up the four princes of North Vietnam. However, a few days ago, the four princes suddenly died at home. The king of Beiyue was angry, and he vomited blood that night, and he had no voice in the early morning. Now, the court of northern Yue is in chaos. Each has his favorite successor. He is fighting fiercely. However, it is said that Kyoto is under complete martial law and the city gate is tight Shut up. Don't let in or out. "

"It's a good time. There are no leaders. North Vietnam is now in a state of loose sand." Wang Dingjun suggested: "Your Highness, let's wait for a few days, and then we'll do the same thing when the princes fight each other to death!"

Prince Zhao was silent for a long time and did not speak. When people thought he would agree with the proposal, he suddenly asked the soldier, "are you sure that the fourth Prince died in the house?"

The soldier was stunned, and then nodded, "indeed, what I heard is the fourth prince, but whether the news is wrong has not been found out."

"What's wrong, your highness?" The crowd looked puzzled.

Prince Zhao did not hide, "do you know who is the most talented Prince of North Vietnam? Who is most likely to be our biggest enemy? "

"It is said that the fourth prince was wise since he was a child. He studied great sages and advocated benevolent government. He is the most popular prince among the people. In addition, the seventh Prince seems to have a greater advantage. His mother is humble, and he stands out among many princes by virtue of his own ability. His literary, political and martial arts skills are good. It is said that he is also appreciated by the king of northern Yue."

"These two people, the four princes are too indecisive, difficult to become a big climate, seven Prince narrow-minded, haggard, is not the choice of Ming Jun

"Are there any other princes who can't resist it?"

Prince Zhao nodded and wrote a "two" on the ground.

"This Isn't it the abandoned second prince more than ten years ago? It is said that at that time, it was rumored that he would be the crown prince, but he colluded with the general of the imperial court to extort confessions and revolt. However, it did not happen. Only some clues were found, so he was imprisoned by the king of northern Yue. "

Naturally, Nanjin knew about such a big thing, but we didn't expect that the person who should have been out of the game would have become the most likely person to become a Mingjun in the prince's mouth.

"These years of verification have proved that the second prince is innocent and framed. He has endured for more than ten years and cultivated his influence secretly. What he has been waiting for is the moment when the king of Beiyue dies. Originally, he wanted to take his life, but the person who died would be the fourth prince."

"I don't know if there is any news about the second prince." Wang Dingjun looked at the soldiers who were searching for information.

A few looked at each other and shook their heads. "I haven't heard of it. Why don't you go back to your humble position?"

Prince Zhao waved his hand, "you've been tired for many days. You should rest first and change a group of people. You must find out the information about the second prince."

"Here it is."