The eldest son is fierce

Fan Yong has his own channels, and news of what happens in Kyoto will be passed to him at an extremely fast speed.

It was precisely because he knew everything about Kyoto and knew that Tang Yi had caused heavy losses to the Fan Party in Kyoto. In just over two months, he had lost more than a dozen core ministers.

Among them were the Minister of Punishments Lou Gong, the Minister of Revenue Liu Wen, and the Vice Minister of Personnel Tang Jing, which led to a significant decline in his control over the three provinces and six ministries in the court.

This forced him to take a risky tactic and follow the route of the Northern Di army to enter the capital.

This is his only way!

In order to prevent him from returning to Kyoto, whenever he travels alone, he will be hunted down by a mysterious force. It is obvious that someone does not want him to return to Kyoto.

Besides Emperor Yanwen, who else didn't want him to return to Kyoto at this time?

He must go back to Kyoto. If he delays any longer, Kyoto will probably no longer be the Kyoto he is familiar with.

Because he keenly noticed from the letters during this period that the attitude of the Kyoto nobles towards Tang Yi had begun to become ambiguous, which was not a good thing.

Fan Yong was worried, but Yuwen Tao laughed out loud after hearing what he said: "Dayan Military Academy? Newly established? Is your Great Yan Emperor crazy? To do such a stupid thing."

"What? Emperor Yanwen really thinks that his new army, which has been trained for less than a month, can defeat my five thousand elite troops? My most powerful army in all of Northern Di?"

"How ridiculous!"

"All Emperor Yanwen can do now is lead the entire court of civil and military officials to kneel outside the north city of Kyoto and welcome our army into the city!"

"Then, just like before, hand over all the beautiful women, concubines, princesses, and all the wealth in the court!"

"In this case, perhaps I can consider sparing his life."

"Otherwise, I will surely make the Great Yan Capital flow like a river of blood, which will not dry up even after three months of rain!"

Fan Yong thought about it, smiled and shook his head, saying, "That's right, I must be worrying too much."

"Even if Tang Yi has some skills and even if he has the emperor's trust, he can't train an army strong enough to rival the Northern Di cavalry in just one month."

"I still have great confidence in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's cavalry."

He had seen the Northern Di cavalry and the Dayan border army fighting each other a few days ago. One hundred cavalrymen besieged more than a thousand Dayan border soldiers, and the Dayan border army general did not dare to say a harsh word!

If the border troops who have been fighting against the Northern Di army for many years are in such a state, how can the Great Yan capital, which has not experienced war for more than ten or twenty years, be a match for the Northern Di cavalry?

I'm afraid that before the Northern Di army even reaches Kyoto, the troops guarding Kyoto have already fled.

"I guarantee that Your Highness will return triumphantly and earn a great deal of money on this trip south. However, Your Highness had better not forget the conditions you promised me."

Fan Yong looked at Yuwen Tao and bowed to him.

Yuwen Tao walked out of the water, leading his warhorse, and said with a smile, "Is it really necessary to go through so much trouble? I can just dethrone Emperor Yanwen and support you to become emperor, right?"

"After all, I, Beidi, also need an obedient dog to offer sacrifices to Beidi every year."

When Fan Yong heard this, a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes.

It was just hidden so well that Yuwen Tao didn't see it.

He suppressed his anger and chuckled, "Your Highness, you don't know that my Great Yan is different from the Northern Di. In the Northern Di, it's customary for the son to inherit the father's inheritance, and for the younger brother to inherit the elder brother's inheritance, but in our Great Yan, we value inheritance!"

"Killing Emperor Yanwen and becoming emperor would be neither just nor legitimate. If things go wrong, the whole world might rebel."

"So, I need to support this useless prince to ascend to the throne, and then let this useless prince abdicate to me, so that I can sit on the throne legitimately."

Yuwen Tao took out a wool blanket and wiped the water off his horse. He smiled and shook his head, "That sounds too profound. I don't understand. You scholars from the Great Yan people have a lot of theories, but they are all cowards on the battlefield!"

“No, there are also tough ones.”

Yu Wentao raised his head, his eyes becoming fierce. "Twenty years ago, when my father was still the crown prince, he massacred the capital of Great Yan. This is the Jingkang Shame that you Great Yan scholars consider shameful. The prime minister at that time was very courageous."

"His name is Du Huaifang, the most courageous scholar in Great Yan. My father broke his legs and forced him to kneel and kowtow, then he signed an alliance outside the city with him and withdrew his troops north."

"In the end, Du Huaifang didn't kneel. Even though his legs were broken, he still fought hard to stand up and made a bet with my father."

"Within twenty years, Great Yan will surely destroy Northern Di. My father, in awe of his courage, agreed to his bet and signed the Outer City Alliance to withdraw his troops and march north."

"You, Da Yan, are ultimately lacking such a man of integrity."

At this point, Yuwen Tao licked his lips and grinned, "I'm going south this time to help you deal with Emperor Yanwen, which is just one of the reasons."

"Secondly, I am fulfilling a bet on behalf of my father."

"Twenty years have passed. My Beidi has grown stronger, while Da Yan is still half dead."

"Haha, I want to stand in front of Du Huaifang and ask him in person, how does Da Yan... intend to destroy my Bei Di?"

After hearing what Yuwen Tao said, Fan Yong's face turned very ugly.

It was because Du Huaifang signed the Outer City Alliance that Beidi chose to withdraw his troops. As a result, he became a hero of Dayan and was admired by countless people.

It was he who paid a huge price to turn the Alliance Outside the City into a notorious and humiliating treaty, and nailed Du Huaifang, who had made an unprecedented contribution, to the pillar of shame. Du Huaifang was so disheartened that he chose to retire.

Otherwise, how could he be the current prime minister of Dayan?

Now hearing Yu Wentao praising Du Huaifang so much, he felt as unhappy as if he had eaten a fly!

As for the bet that Yuwen Tao mentioned, he was not aware of it. When the alliance outside the city was signed, there was no such clause in the treaty. This should be a gentleman's agreement between the Khan of Beidi and Du Huaifang.

But I'm afraid Du Huaifang didn't expect that after twenty years, not only he was still alive, but even the former Prince of Beidi, now the Khan of Beidi, was still alive.

Then he is bound to lose this bet.

To destroy the Northern Di, huh, even if the Great Yan uses all its national strength, it is impossible to shake the Northern Di at all.

It's just a mayfly shaking the tree!

"Then congratulations, His Royal Highness. Du Huaifang is now in Kyoto."

Fan Yong smiled and bowed, saying, "After the Crown Prince leads his army to capture Kyoto, you can have Emperor Yanwen and Du Huaifang kneel outside the city to welcome him."

"I also want to know how Du Huaifang... will destroy the Northern Di!"

"Moreover, his granddaughter and Tang Yi have an unclear relationship."

When the Northern Di prince heard this, his face suddenly turned fierce and cruel: "Oh? If that's the case, then it's even more interesting."

"Prime Minister Fan, tell me, is the man that Du Huaifang was talking about who can destroy our Beidi Tang Yi? Hahaha..."

Listening to the crazy laughter of the Northern Di prince, Fan Yong smiled and said provocatively:

"Your Highness is right, maybe it really is Tang Yi!"

"After all, Tang Yi must have some ability to be so highly regarded by Emperor Yanwen."

The Northern Di prince snorted coldly and said, "Then this king will grind him into slag!"