The Blood Crown

In the First Battle of Yanzhou, the Feng family army suffered more than [-] casualties, and had to surrender more than [-] troops.

Overnight, the casualties exceeded their expectations. Now it is midsummer, and even though they buried the corpses as quickly as possible, they still couldn't stop the rotten and bloody smell that wafted through the city, and it couldn't dissipate for a long time.However, taking Yanzhou and Qingyang as their bases, taking down the weak and small cities around them is already a bag for them. They will recruit more soldiers and horses and more food and grass from these mansions, and then go to conquer larger cities. The city, the wider country.

After stabilizing Yanzhou, Fengye immediately sent envoys to Taiyuan, firstly to surrender, and secondly to wait for an opportunity to bribe Taiyuan officials. The tragedy of the first battle in Yanzhou made Fengye and Yan Sikong no longer want to fight the siege battle. Taiyuan has a strong city with high walls and plenty of soldiers and food. It is difficult to conquer such a city.

They also received some reports that the imperial court planned to transfer another [-] troops from the two lakes to reinforce Taiyuan, and to attack Qingyang.As a result, the imperial court will be unable to send more troops to Yunnan, and Chen Kui will have a chance to breathe. Now that the two sides are at a stalemate, the next step may be to fight for food and grass.

Chen Kui wrote again, saying that the imperial court's grain and grass would not be able to survive the winter, but Zhongqing's grain and grass would also be difficult to survive the winter, so he decided to go out of the city to fight.

Yan Sikong hurriedly wrote back to him, telling him to defend against the danger and not to fight the enemy, until the day when the imperial court couldn't hold back and retreated, victory would come at hand.

After writing the letter, Yan Sikong called Ali and asked him to deliver the letter.

With the letter in hand, Ali left the tent, but soon, he retreated step by step respectfully.

Yan Sikong turned his head and saw that Feng Ye was striding in.

"Ali, you go down first." Yan Sikong said.

"Stop." Feng Ye's voice was not loud, but majestic.

Ali looked at Yan Sikong in embarrassment.

"What's wrong?" Yan Sikong asked puzzled.

With his hands behind his back, Feng Ye looked Ali up and down, and said expressionlessly, "Take it out."

Yan Sikong was startled, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Ali looked at Yan Sikong and didn't move.

"Take out the letter." Feng Ye emphasized his tone.

Yan Sikong said softly: "Ali, take it out, and then step back."

Ali took out the letter, handed it to Feng Ye, and exited the tent.

Feng Ye opened the sealed secret letter in front of Yan Sikong, scanned it hastily, but found that there were many secret words inside, and he couldn't explain the meaning in detail.

Feng Ye looked at Yan Sikong and questioned: "How long have you and Chen Kui been exchanging letters secretly?"

"It has always been there." Yan Sikong said calmly, "Why, did the wolf king just know that I was helping him?"

Feng Ye's eyes turned cold: "You want to communicate with him, why don't you use my messenger, but secretly use She Zhun's tricks of the rivers and lakes, and write code words that only the two of you can understand, you said you would never lie to me again. "

"I have always been in contact with the King of Chu in this way. If he changed the channel rashly, wouldn't he be suspicious? I told you earlier that I will deal with the crisis in Yunnan, and you agree. How can you deceive me?"

"You are my counselor, but if you privately communicate with Chen Yu in this way, you are not afraid that I will be suspicious?" Feng Ye threw the letter on the ground fiercely.

"I contacted him to help him keep Zhongqing, accumulate strength, join forces with you in the future, and conquer the world." Yan Sikong frowned, "Why are you doubting me?"

Feng Ye pursed his lips and clenched his fists behind his back, even though he knew that without Yan Sikong to stabilize Chen Kui, Chen Kui might not be able to keep Yunnan, but when his scouts found out that Yan Sikong and Chen Kui were in secret contact, When he was still using code words, he couldn't help guessing what the meaning behind these code words was, and whether there was anything he didn't want to see.

Yan Sikong picked up the letter, panicked in his heart: "This letter is for me to advise Chen Kui to calm down, not to send troops, and to retreat naturally when the enemy's food and grass are exhausted. What do you think I will tell him?"

Feng Ye took a deep breath, as long as personal matters related to Yan Sikong were involved, he would always find it difficult to restrain his temper. After so many years, he still couldn't treat this person indifferently, he whispered: " Whether it's public or private, I don't like your correspondence with Chen Yu in code words that I don't understand."

Yan Sikong sighed: "I can tell you what these code words refer to."

"You can make it up, too."

"Then what do you want from me?" Yan Sikong said in a deep voice, "You want me to control Chen Kui, but you don't want me to contact him? If you can control him, you don't need me..."

"I can do it sooner or later!" Feng Ye growled.

Yan Sikong froze and stared straight at Fengye.

Feng Ye said coldly: "Sooner or later, all you need to please me is enough."

Yan Sikong felt a chill in his bones, the more Feng Ye controlled, the more he looked like the "Wolf King", and the simple and wanton boy in his memory gradually drifted away, he was really afraid that one day he would be on this man's body , and could no longer find the shadow of Feng Ye he was familiar with.

Seeing Yan Sikong's stiff expression, Feng Ye paused for a moment, walked over, and took him into his arms: "I'm busy with everything, so I can't help being irritable, you understand."

"……Um."

Feng Ye stroked Yan Sikong's back: "I said I would treat you well, and I will do it, but you can't hide anything from me. If you have contact with Chen Kui in the future, you must tell me."

Yan Sikong said expressionlessly: "Okay." The days around Fengye were still on thin ice, even though it was much better than before, he never dared to let go, for fear that something would arouse Fengye's suspicion again. A question and a dispute.

"After I take Taiyuan, I'll let you lead the troops, how about it?" Feng Ye whispered in Yan Sikong's ear.

"Thank you, Wolf King."

Yan Sikong's indifferent tone made Feng Ye feel flustered. He raised Yan Sikong's chin: "Don't you want military power? I will give it to you. If Chen Kui can give it to you, I will give it to you, Chen Kuang If I can’t give it to you, I will give it to you.”

Yan Sikong stared fixedly into Feng Ye's eyes: "To me, Chen Kui is only a relationship between a monarch, a subject, a teacher and a student, so you don't have to be so afraid of him."

"What I'm afraid of is his unreasonable thoughts about you." Feng Ye lowered his head and pressed a kiss on Yan Sikong's lips, "As long as I think of him wanting to do this to you, I can't bear it."

"Then don't think about it."

Feng Ye showed a sneer, and kissed the soft lips again: "I will let him, I dare not think about it."

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After the envoys to Taiyuan came back, they found out some new information. Luo Ruoxin was the general of Taiyuan, but Wang Mei, the general who sent [-] reinforcements to Taiyuan by the imperial court, had conflicts with that time, especially among Luo Ruoxin. After lying down, she looked down on him even more, thinking that he was just trying to gain fame.

Yan Sikong sent people to inquire about this Wang Mo, this person was born in Wuju, it is said that he looks handsome, suave, and he has his own way of leading soldiers in battle, he is a general, he, like Luo Ruoxin, wants to fight in Taiyuan Luo Ruoxin was afraid that he would steal the credit, so he was not taken into the camp at all, but instead was handed over to him. The relationship between the two became more and more delicate.

After discussing with Fengye, they planned to use the conflict between the two to drive a wedge between them.

They first spread rumors in the city that Wang Mo intended to surrender, and then bought Luo Ruoxin's servant with a lot of money, and hid a portrait of Wang Mo in the boudoir of Luo Ruoxin's concubine. , which made the local women admire her, Ruo Luo Ruoxin found out that her concubine had hidden Wang Mei's portrait, and she was afraid that her face would turn green.

Then, Yan Sikong wrote a letter to Zhu Lanting.

Since Yan Sikong left the capital, for the sake of safety, he has had very little contact with Zhu Lanting, but it has never been broken. She Zhun and Zhu Lanting are his main sources of information about the situation in the capital, and Zhu Lanting is also waiting for him to support the king of Chu to enter the capital to succeed Datong.He wanted to play Emperor Zhaowu at Lanting, and impeach Luo Ruoxin for his incompetence.

When Luo Ruoxin heard the news, under the public enmity and personal hatred, he must strike first and find a way to get rid of Wang Mo, and the best way to get rid of Wang Mo is to borrow a knife to kill people, this knife is naturally the best It is the sword of Feng Jiajun.Wang Mo is also a smart person, it is impossible to be unprepared, they can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and see what the two of them can achieve.

This estrangement plan is the number one tactic that has been tried and tested on the temple battlefield since ancient times. As long as the plan is successful, it can even easily overthrow a country. It is difficult to break through from the outside. They have to find a way to defeat it from the inside!

Not long after, they received the news that Luo Ruoxin was impeached. As early as the beginning of the fall of Yanzhou, Luo Ruoxin had already written a letter to plead guilty, explaining the original reasons. He thinks that although he has had it before, he will not be replaced, but it is different now that he is impeached.

The imperial court has not yet made a decision, and the news has already reached Taiyuan. Yan Sikong expected that Luo Ruoxin must be extremely anxious at this moment. After all, the capital is so close to Taiyuan. An imperial edict will arrive in two or three days. I'm afraid it won't be guaranteed.

Soon, Luo Ruoxin instructed his fellow censor in the court to write a letter saying that there were rumors in the market that Wang Mei had been bought by Fengye, and he was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason.

Wang Mo quickly ordered the messenger to deliver his memorial to the capital.

So far, the two of them are in the same situation, they only need a chance to explode.

Feng Ye and Yan Sikong watched the two fight quietly for two months, and felt that the time had come to take action and take the opportunity to get rid of one person.