Chapter 207 Meng Ke enters the mountain

Luojing, the residence of Cao Mo, the prime minister of the Empire.

Cao Lin walked into the study quickly, held his fists and bowed to his father Cao Mo and said, "I'll see my father."

Cao Lin is the eldest son of Cao Mo, the prime minister of the imperial court, and the commander of the Royal Guards of the Guanghui Empire.

Cao Mo waved and said, "Lin'er, come here."

Cao Lin walked to Cao Mo as he spoke and asked in a low voice: "Looking at his father's expression, have you received an urgent letter from the prince Feige?"

Cao Mo did not say anything, but handed Cao Lin the letter in his hand to Cao Lin. After reading it in a hurry, Cao Lin couldn't help but his face changed slightly, and he whispered: "What? The prince wants to imprison the Grand Highness and the Third Highness again? He also monitored all the nobles and veterans who had secretly had contact with the two His Highnesses, and took necessary measures when necessary? This..."

Cao Mo asked in a deep voice: "Lin'er, what do you think about this?"

Cao Lin pondered for a moment and replied: "If love is necessary, this is an emergency solution to stabilize the political situation. However, after all, this matter involves two Your Highness and hundreds of noble veterans. If you win them all, it will inevitably hurt the vitality of the empire. The child thought that as long as the prince could return to Luojing within a month, there was no need to do anything extra."

Cao Lin did not mention Meng Yan, who had succeeded to the throne, which shows that Meng Yan had no weight in the eyes of the father and son of the Cao family. Even though he had ascended the throne, in the eyes of the father and son of the Cao family, the regent Meng Ke was still the one who truly controlled the power of the empire. At least before the coronation ceremony, Meng Yan could not truly rule this huge empire.

Cao Mo waved his hand and said, "What I asked for for my father is not this. I asked you. When did the prince say necessary?"

"this……"

Cao Lin thought for a while and replied, "If the child was not wrong, what the prince said was necessary, I am afraid that he would refer to some accident and could not return to Luojing to preside over the government! Because only when such an accident occurs, it is necessary to take measures against the two high men and the noble elders who had secretly interacted with them. But don't worry, father, maybe this is just the prince's plan for the future and does not have to take action."

"I hope that's the case."

Cao Mo nodded and said in a serious tone, "But since the prince said so in his letter, we must do this matter, and we must do it! In this way, Lin'er, you immediately dispatch the Imperial Guards to "protect" the two His Highness's palaces. As for the nobles who have had some contact with the two His Highnesses, you should only monitor them secretly, and it is not advisable to act publicly at the moment."

"Yes." Cao Lin replied loudly, "I'll go make arrangements now."

After saying that, Cao Lin turned around and left.

Watching Cao Lin's strong figure leave, Cao Mo sighed quietly: "It's a matter of trouble, a matter of trouble..."

Qingniutun Houzhai.

Zhao Qinghan leaned tightly in Meng Hu's arms, listened to the whistling sound of the wind blowing by his ears, and said reluctantly: "The wind is blowing..."

"Yes, the wind is rising." Meng Hu said with some emotion, "I wonder how much turmoil this strong wind will cause?"

Zhao Qinghan couldn't help but give Meng Hu a blank look and said angrily: "What a foolish goose who is not romantic."

Meng Hu laughed, reached out to put his hand on Zhao Qinghan's slender waist, and said, "Yes, it's because I have no mood. I shouldn't talk about intrigues when I am in love with you, and I shouldn't talk about cruel political struggles when Miss Qinghan is in love. Why don't Miss Qinghan do this? Let's go to the woods ahead to have a good heart-to-heart talk? Of course, this time, you must be open and honest, and hehe..."

"Hate."

Two red clouds suddenly surged on Zhao Qinghan's fair pink face, and she spat at Meng Hu, "Who wants to face you with honesty and openly publicize it?"

Meng Hu's eyes suddenly turned affectionate, and his hands also slid down from Zhao Qinghan's waist, gently pressed against her plump buttocks, and said emotionally: "Why don't you go to Hebei, right?"

"I don't want to be separated from you either."

Zhao Qinghan raised her delicate face, stared at Meng Hu affectionately, and said softly, "It's not possible not to go. The King of Yan and the court have added such a great injustice to you. We must never eat this loss. However, the King of Yan is the regent, and he is even more unlikely to change his words on his own initiative. This confrontation will definitely continue, so I have to go to Hebei and Shanyang as soon as possible and discuss it with a few uncles and uncles."

Meng Hu said softly: "Qinghan, you have to think clearly. Don't have a quarrel with the court because of my affairs. This will bring a catastrophe to your Zhao family..."

Zhao Qinghan suddenly stretched out her little hand and gently covered Meng Hu's lips.

Meng Hu gently moved Zhao Qinghan's little hand away, then lowered his head slightly and kissed her bright red cherry lips heavily. Zhao Qinghan moaned softly in Meng Hu's arms. The mountain wind blew gently, wiping up a few strands of black hair in Zhao Qinghan's ears, gently brushing on Meng Hu's face, bringing a hint of itch to the man.

Xiling, Mengke's temporary headquarters.

Ye Xiao and Yue Meng entered the side hall, clasped their fists and bowed to Meng Ke, "See the Prince."

Meng Ke waved his hand and said calmly: "You are all here, let's sit first."

"Thank you, the prince."

Ye Xiao and Yue Meng thanked Meng Ke and sat on chairs on the left and right sides of the side hall respectively.

Meng Ke's eyes first fell on Ye Xiao and asked, "Ye Xiao, if I remember correctly, you should have been transferred to the Royal Guard Corps for seventeen years, right?"

Ye Xiao stood up and replied: "Report to the prince, I have been serving in the Royal Guard Corps for 17 years and six months until today."

"Sit down and talk."

Meng Ke waved his hand to signal Ye Xiao to sit down, perhaps to speed up the previous situation. Meng Ke had a smile on his face, "I remember when you were just transferred to the Royal Guards, you were still a young man in his early twenties. In the past seventeen years, you have already entered the Imperial General Forest."

Ye Xiao hurriedly said, "If it weren't for the prince's cultivation, how could there be a minister today?"

"I won't say it anymore." Meng Ke waved his hand and asked suddenly, "You have received the appointment order from the Ministry of War?"

Ye Xiao and Yue Meng replied in unison: "I have already received it the day before yesterday."

Meng Ke nodded and said, "Okay, now you are the commanders and chief of staff of the Western Legion. I called you here today just to hear how you will get along with the Western Governor Zhao Qinghan after taking office? How will you deal with the remnants of the Tiger Legion entrenched on Qingniu Mountain?"

Ye Xiao turned around and exchanged glances with Yue Meng, and responded respectfully: "I have exchanged views with General Yue Meng in this matter. I think that the Zhao family has a great influence in the western provinces, especially in Hebei, the two prefectures of Shanyang are deeply rooted, so we cannot break up with Zhao Qinghan at the moment!"

Meng Ke frowned slightly when he heard this and asked, "That's it?"

Ye Xiao continued slowly, "Of course, we cannot let the Zhao family go their own way. Regarding the issue of how to treat the Zhao family, I think General Yue Meng's words make sense. We should treat the Zhao family differently. We should support those who are willing to be in the court. We should try to win over those who are swaying between the court and Zhao Qinghan. We should firmly suppress those who are determined to follow Zhao Qinghan and Meng Hu!"

"Um."

Meng Ke nodded with satisfaction and asked again, "What about Meng Hu's remaining soldiers? How do you plan to deal with it?"

Ye Xiao hesitated for a moment, and said with a thorn intent, "Prince, this matter is not easy to deal with."

Meng Ke nodded slightly when he heard this. Of course, he knew that Meng Hu was difficult to deal with. If Ye Xiao patted his chest and took a big bag, Meng Ke should consider replacing people. On the contrary, Ye Xiao's cautious statement is deeply recognized by Meng Ke, which shows that Ye Xiao and Yue Meng have carefully analyzed Meng Hu and the more than 20,000 remaining soldiers under him.

Seeing that Meng Ke had no intention of speaking, Ye Xiao had to continue saying: "The prince may not know yet. In fact, Meng Hu had already started to operate the Qingniu Tun Dazhai as early as the Qingzhou army invaded. After the Qingzhou army was defeated, Meng Hu even gathered a large amount of food and supplies in Qingniu Tun through Zhao Qinghan's palace. As well as the families of the western soldiers, they were almost all taken to Qingniu Mountain by Meng Hu. Therefore, it is very difficult to solve this problem."

Meng Ke frowned and said, "It's certain that you have difficulties, but you should have thought about how to resolve them, right?"

Ye Xiao nodded and said, "I have already discussed with General Yue Meng. There is only one way to disintegrate Meng Hu's army."

"Oh?" Meng Ke asked happily, "What's the solution?"

Ye Xiao turned around and looked at Yue Meng and smiled and said, "They'll be told by the brothers Yue Meng to the prince."

Yue Meng nodded and said to Meng Ke: "Prince, if you want to dismantle Meng Hu's army, you must first destroy their morale. If you want to dismantle Meng Hu's remaining soldiers, you must first make them lose the hearts of the people. As long as Meng Hu and his army lose the hearts of the people in the western provinces, his army will become difficult to move forward and their morale will collapse."

Meng Ke said: "So how can Meng Hu and his army lose their people's hearts in the western provinces?"

Yue Meng said: "In one sentence, treat the person's body with his own way!"

Meng Ke said: "How do you say this?"

Yue Meng said: "The reason why Meng Hu was supported by the people of the west was not because he was brave and good at fighting, nor because he turned the tide when the Qingzhou army launched a large-scale invasion. I believe that the reason why the people of the west supported Meng Hu was entirely because Meng Hu distributed the land of the western powerful and church to the people in an almost barbaric and rude way!"

Meng Ke couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he heard this. After a while, he asked again: "So you plan to follow Meng Hujun Tianmu?"

"Yes."

Ye Xiao stood up and said solemnly, "Since the prince asked, the minister said bravely. If the prince cannot authorize the ministers to share the land equally, it will be very difficult to dismantle Meng Hu and his tiger and wolf army!"

Meng Ke slowly stood up, looked at Ye Xiao and Yue Meng with a burning gaze, and said in a narrow voice: "As long as we can eliminate Meng Hu's remaining soldiers, I will follow you!"

Ye Xiao and Yue Meng thanked each other: "The prince is wise."

Meng Ke waved his hand and said, "Do you have any other requests?"

Ye Xiao looked at Yue Meng and said, "Prince, I won't make any additional requests for soldiers and equipment ministers. Only the veterans of the Western Legion, except for the Sixth Division of the Imperial Guards, can I draw a few Semitic corps from the three major legions in the east, northeast and southeast?"

"Haha, this is OK."

Meng Ke said happily, "Mr. Ye will come later. I asked him to transfer all six Semitic corps from the three major legions in the east, northeast and southeast to the western legions."

Just as he was talking, Ye Haotian, the Minister of War, hurriedly walked in.

Meng Ke smiled happily and said, "Haotian, you are here just in time. Ye Xiao is asking me for six veterans from the Semitic Corps. Do you, the Minister of War, give it to me or not?"

Ye Haotian hurriedly smiled and said, "General Ye Xiao wants troops, how dare I not give it to me?"

After saying that, Meng Ke and Ye Haotian smiled at the same time. Ye Xiao and Yue Meng were not stupid. They saw that they had important matters to discuss. They immediately said goodbye to Ye Haotian and left.

When the two left, Meng Ke asked, "Haotian, is there something wrong again?"

Ye Haotian nodded and said, "That's right, Ma Sifeng from the Fourth Cavalry Division under the command of the Northern Governor Chongshan has already driven outside Xiling City with more than 2,000 remaining soldiers."

"What? Ma Sifeng!?"

Meng Ke suddenly remembered that when Kawahara divided the troops, Chongshan did hand over the Fourth Cavalry Division under his command to Meng Hu. He was shocked, suspicious, happy and worried, and asked in a deep voice, "This Ma Sifeng is still alive? There are more than two thousand remaining soldiers left in the cavalry under his command?"

"Who said no."

Ye Haotian nodded and said, "But Meng Hu didn't have any good intentions to release Ma Sifeng and these more than 2,000 remaining soldiers. He clearly wanted to use these more than 2,000 remaining soldiers to spread the truth about the Western Expedition. Therefore, I think that Ma Sifeng cannot stay, and these more than 2,000 remaining soldiers must be killed and silenced."

Meng Ke frowned when he heard this, and walked back and forth in the side hall with his hands on his back.

Ye Haotian's eyes moved back and forth with Meng Ke's footsteps, and he hurriedly advised: "Prince, you should continue to suffer from chaos."

Meng Ke suddenly stopped and thoughtfully said, "I remember Chongshan once mentioned this Ma Sifeng before. He seems to be the third child of the Ma family in Fengcheng? Well, Chongshan's comments on him are that he is good at riding and shooting, has extraordinary strength, and is especially good at leading cavalry. He is also a top student who graduated from the Royal Military Academy. This should be correct?"

Ye Haotian nodded and said, "This is a fact, and I have heard that Meng Hu will fight Wanli this time and be able to capture Xijing twice and capture Qiufengjin alive. Ma Sifeng and his cavalry division have made great contributions. If it weren't for Ma Sifeng and his cavalry, Meng Hu would have said that he would have escaped alive if he hadn't captured Xijing."

"Yes." Meng Ke sighed, "Wouldn't it be a pity if such a good general was killed like this?"

Ye Haotian retorted: "Meng Hu is not a good general, and it is several times better than Ma Sifeng, but the prince is not..."

“That’s different.”

Meng Ke waved his hand and said, "I am wrong with Meng Hu. Meng Hu is not only a fierce tiger, but also a fierce tiger that eats people. But Ma Sifeng is different. The Ma family in Fengcheng has always established a family with loyalty and righteousness. Ma Sifeng knew that this king was distorting the facts and knew that he might die when he came back, but he still came back. This shows that in his heart, the honor of soldiers and loyalty to the empire are supreme!"
To be continued...