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Chapter 735: Bad Reputation (II)

Zheng Chen spoke each word slowly, as if he had to chew his teeth until they broke, before he could squeeze out the three words "Jiang Shaohua".

Peng Sihai couldn't help but look at his master: "Does the young master hate the princess so much?"

Jiang Shaohua was already the emperor of Daliang. However, Zheng Chen never admitted this fact. Peng Sihai only addressed him by his old name.

Zheng Chen's eyes flashed with resentment: "If it weren't for her, Jiang Yi and I would have accomplished our great destiny on the day of the palace coup. I would have been the prime minister of Daliang long ago!"

How could he be hiding in Yuzhou like a stray dog ​​like now?

In the eyes of Zhao Wu and Lu Cheng, being able to occupy most of Yuzhou and having nearly 30,000 soldiers was already a great fortune. Little did they know that Zheng Chen only regarded this as a shame.

In his previous life, he was the prime minister of Daliang, stirring up the storm in the court and the palace. With one move, he would cause unrest in the court and everyone was in awe of him. His power was even greater than that of Prime Minister Wang at that time.

In this life, he was always one step slower than Jiang Shaohua. Half a year ago, Jiang Shaohua rushed into the Showa Hall with a spear and killed Jiang Yi in front of him. He knew that he had already lost.

He fled the capital in a hurry, not even daring to go to the border troops, and fled directly to the Yuzhou military camp, raised the banner of the rebel army and occupied Yuzhou. Afterwards, he killed officials and wealthy people, robbed gold and silver, robbed food, recruited new soldiers, captured civilians, and built city walls. All these actions were what the rebels and bandits he once despised the most would do.

He was able to plan and chat happily during the day without revealing anything, but when he was alone at night, he was actually in great pain.

Peng Sihai has been with his master for many years and knows Zheng Chen's pride best. Seeing his own son in such pain, he feels heavy in his heart: "My son failed that day and had no choice but to stay away from the capital. One day, my son will lead his troops back in glory. Then, I will settle the grudge with the princess!"

Zheng Chen sneered: "I will kill Cui Du first, and then kill Wang Jin. As for Jiang Shaohua, I will not kill her. I want to keep her life and torture her day by day to relieve the hatred in my heart."

No matter what Zheng Chen said, Peng Sihai agreed.

After Zheng Chen had gotten rid of all the anger in his heart, he went to bed to rest. It was already dawn after he had slept for less than two hours.

Peng Sihai also went to bed with a heavy heart. Thinking of the nearly insane young master, Peng Sihai couldn't help but sighed deeply.

If you take one wrong step, all steps will be wrong.

The young master's ambition was too great, and he even used his own father as a pawn. Now, wasn't he suffering the backlash?

This farewell letter written by Duke Anguo completely nailed the young master to the pillar of shame for being disobedient, unfilial, and treasonous. It will inevitably be recorded in history books in the future. With the young master's pride and arrogance, how could he bear it? How could he not go crazy?

And the princess... She ascended the throne as a woman and became the emperor of Daliang. In just half a year, she stabilized the court, suppressed the Empress Dowager, and even the arrogant General Zuo bowed his head and obeyed his orders, leading the army to suppress Yuzhou. Can my son really compare to such a powerful person?

When Peng Sihai thought of this problem, he felt like he was burned by fire. He couldn't help but turn over and continued to worry in his heart.

Rebellion is a matter of great possibility of failure and little hope of success. The Daliang Dynasty has been established for two hundred years, and none of the traitors have a good end.

As for the Yuzhou army, they are in chaos and have no military discipline. They are good at looting civilians. Anyone who is an expert can tell what their real combat capability is.

Not to mention the Nanyang County guards, even a random army in the capital can defeat the Yuzhou army.

In the past few months, we have recruited a lot of new soldiers. However, most of these new soldiers are from ordinary people, and not everyone is willing to join the rebel army. Most of them were forcibly conscripted into the barracks. Now they are all locked up in the barracks and undergoing some daily exercises. If they are really put on the city wall, who knows how chaotic the situation will be. There is no way they can be a match for the imperial army.

It all depends on your luck and how long you can last. My lord, your mind is as clear as a mirror, how could you not think of these?

Now they keep silent and build the city wall frantically, which means they are prepared to hold out for a while with the advantage of the city wall. It would be best if there are rebels in various parts of Daliang, or Rouran sends troops again, and the court has no time to take care of other things, so it can only let Yuzhou go first... Only in this way can there be a glimmer of hope.

The young master has already embarked on this path and can no longer turn back. He can only go all the way. His trusted personal guard can only be loyal to the end.

Peng Sihai let out a long sigh, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The next day, Zheng Chen appeared in front of Peng Sihai with a gloomy face and dark eye sockets.

Peng Sihai was familiar with his master's temper and didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Zhao Wu and Lu Cheng, on the other hand, asked Zheng Chen as soon as they saw him: "Did you not sleep well last night, sir? You don't look very happy."

"Well, there's nothing to worry about in the imperial gazette. Just eat and sleep well, young master, and ignore it."

"I have a few beauties here. I'll have them sent to your bed tonight to entertain you."

Among those mediocre women, only the two crude generals Zhao Wu and Lu Cheng enjoyed it.

There is no other way, I have to hang out with this kind of people.

Zheng Chen tried hard not to show his contempt on his face and responded, "Fan died not long ago. She and I were husband and wife, so I should observe filial piety for a year. I can only appreciate the kindness of the two generals."

Zhao Wu and Lu Cheng immediately flattered the young master: "Young master is really a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty."

"If Fan knew about this, he would have no regrets in his death."

Zheng Chen perked up and responded with a few words, then quickly got down to business.

The Yuzhou army currently has only three main tasks. One is to find wealthy families, kill them, and rob them of silver and grain. The Yuzhou army has average combat power, but it is enough to deal with wealthy families. In the past six months, most of the wealthy families in several counties of Yuzhou have been killed, and the silver and grain stolen have filled the military camp warehouses. It is enough for an army of 30,000 people to eat for five or six years.

The second thing was to train the new soldiers, and Lu Cheng was in charge of this important task.

The third thing was to recruit civilians to build the city wall. Zhao Wu mainly focused on building the city wall.

Zheng Chen now proclaimed himself the King of Yuzhou, and naturally he was in charge of the people's livelihood and government affairs in Yuzhou. Unfortunately, most of the officials in the counties of Yuzhou had been killed, and only a few weak ones were left, who surrendered and joined the rebel army. Zheng Chen did not have any important government affairs to deal with, and the imperial army had already arrived outside Yuzhou to station and settle down, so the top priority at the moment was to defend the city.

The three of them got together, Zheng Chen made decisions and gave orders, while Zhao Wu and Lu Cheng followed his orders, and the relationship was quite harmonious.

Suddenly, there was a commotion on the city wall.

Zheng Chen frowned, and went up to the city gate with Lu Cheng and Zhao Wu. From a high vantage point, they looked out into the distance and saw the flags of the British Guard Camp fluttering in the wind. In addition, there were two other large flags fluttering.

One is the flag of General Zuo, and the other is the red dragon flag.