Chapter 26: King Pingnan rebels again!

Just a few days before Wang Yue rushed back, the Dayue troops suddenly had an internal conflict and then suddenly withdrew.

When Wang Yue returned to Youzhou and told Yan Mu about the process of the operation, he realized that the withdrawal of Dayue Kingdom was caused by him.

Because he kidnapped the remaining young and strong people from more than a dozen large and small tribes along the way, and took away many slaves, making it impossible for those tribes to survive in the winter, they sent people to the army to contact the leaders of their own tribes.

When the army was in a stalemate, it greatly shook the morale of the troops. In order to maintain the morale, the general in charge killed several leaders of small tribes and only then was the situation barely suppressed.

However, what General Dayue did not expect was that Wang Yue actually led his troops to attack the royal court. After Emperor Dayue had fled westward, the general gave the order to retreat.

After Wang Yue knew what was going on, he asked in confusion, "Father, it is incredible that the little emperor Shen Lang did not take the opportunity to send troops into action."

Seeing that Wang Yue was still so naive, Yan Mu handed over a letter, "This is written by your cousin Xie Wei, telling us not to kidnap the relatives. Also, he said that although General Ma, who was transferred from the northwest, is young and promising, he is his man. He asked General Ma to deliberately slow down the march to buy us a month at most. Fortunately, you came back in time, otherwise we would be attacked from all sides."

After reading the letter, Wang Yue finally understood what was going on. It turned out that this marriage was indeed a conspiracy of Shen Lang.

The emperor sent his own sister away in order to stir up conflict between the Yan family and the Dayue Kingdom, and then took the opportunity to let General Ma lead his troops north. Even if he could not destroy the Yan family army, he could at least capture Youzhou.

What the emperor never expected was that not only did General Ma delay the march for various reasons, but Wang Yue and Yan Mu did not follow Shen Lang's script at all.

One was bold enough to launch a surprise attack on the imperial city, while the other directly sent out a large army to lure the ambushing Dayue army.

What made the emperor even more upset was that something happened in Nanjing as well.

Because the Yan army stationed in Tongzhou to guard against Nanjing returned north, Shen Lang transferred 100,000 troops from the northwest to Jizhou in order to guard against the Yan army.

Later, in order to replenish the troops in the western border, Shen Lang took advantage of the situation and once again mobilized troops from Shu, Hanzhong and Jingzhou to replenish the troops in the northwest, which led to a shortage of troops near Yangzhou.

He originally thought that the mobilization time was very short, and it would not take long to replenish the troops from other places.

What the emperor never expected was that the Prince of Pingnan in Nanjing suddenly rebelled.

The King of Pingnan had been planning this for a long time. In less than a month, he had swept through Yangzhou and occupied half of Jiangdong.

Looking at the aggressive look of Prince Pingnan, it is more fierce than that of the alliance with Prince Pingnan 20 years ago. If it were not for the timely reaction and appropriate response of the garrisons in Yuzhou and Ganzhou, Prince Pingnan might have once again attacked Kyoto.

The young emperor Shen Lang had originally planned to take advantage of the falling out between the Yan family and the Dayue Kingdom to gather a large army to quell the Yan family's rebellion, but he did not expect that the King of Pingnan suddenly stabbed him in the back, causing his subsequent plans to go down the drain.

He sat on the high dragon throne, looked at the quiet courtiers below, coughed several times in succession, and then said angrily,

"Everyone is dumb. No one can help me solve my problems? Thank you, please tell me something!"

Xie Wei sneered in his heart, but his face showed no expression. He stepped out of the line and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I think we should send troops to suppress King Pingnan right now!"

Duke Xue didn't know that the Yan army had already breached the Dayue Imperial City. He thought this was the best opportunity to execute his old rival, so he immediately retorted, "No, General Ma's army has already reached Jizhou, and now the arrows are on the string, we must not give up halfway!"

Xie Wei glanced at Duke Xue and said firmly, "Duke Xue, the Yan family army has not officially raised the flag of rebellion, and they are fighting against the Dayue Kingdom. We should take this opportunity to quickly destroy the King of Pingnan, and then turn around to deal with the Yan family army."

The two men each held an opinion, and the court was divided into three factions. One faction remained silent, while the other two began to argue.

The emperor was very good at the art of ruling, but he was not good at governing the country, and he was only good at talking about military campaigns.

He was now also annoyed that the Yan family ignored the emperor's grace, so he agreed with Duke Xue's opinion. He saw the endless arguments below, and then shouted, "Enough! According to Duke Xue's opinion, let the soldiers of Ganzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou hold on, and wait until Yan Lin is destroyed, and then come back to deal with the King of Pingnan!"

After he finished speaking, the quarrel below ended. Even Xie Wei didn't say much. He could only pray that Youzhou would move faster, or even hold on.

The emperor was very satisfied with the result. Just as he was about to dismiss the court, someone suddenly ran over from outside the hall in a panic, shouting, "Urgent news from Jizhou! Urgent news from Jizhou!"

The emperor's heart sank, and he had a bad feeling, but he suppressed his anger and said,

"Xuan!"

After the captain ran into the hall in a panic, he immediately knelt on the ground and shouted happily,

"Your Majesty, Duke Yan made a surprise attack thousands of miles away and destroyed the capital of Dayue, forcing the troops of Dayue to retreat. Now the danger at the border has been resolved!"

When the emperor heard the good news, he could no longer suppress his anger. He spat out a mouthful of blood and then fainted from "excitement".

It was only in his hazy state that he vaguely heard someone exclaiming,

"His Majesty!"

When Xie Wei looked at the emperor who was vomiting blood, he thought of his childhood when he had an archery competition with the eight-year-old Shen Lang. Just because he won, Shen Lang was furious and could not afford to lose at all.

But I didn’t expect that after twenty years, this person is still narrow-minded and can’t afford to lose at all!

He understood why the emperor vomited blood, it was because the emperor used a trick this time, just to use the hand of Dayue Kingdom to take the opportunity to eliminate Yan Lin.

In order to achieve this goal, he even sent Princess Leyang away, bringing shame to Daqian.

But now it seems that His Majesty's behavior this time only resulted in a loss rather than a gain, and Yan Lin's fame was made in vain. He couldn't help but spit out blood in anger.

You know, Yan Lin had no military achievements before, so not all of the Yan Family Army would truly be loyal to him. But this time it’s different. After this battle, Wang Yue’s position as the new leader of the Yan Family Army has become unshakable!

Xie Wei was also very surprised. He had been in Beijing for four years and knew a lot about Wang Yue.

He had always thought that Wang Yue was a simple person, but he did not expect that he would change almost overnight, and he could no longer control him. 39288679.

Chapter 27: Prince Linzi is deposed

Just like this time,

After Xie Wei heard about the conspiracy between the emperor and Duke Xue, he hurriedly sent someone to deliver a letter to Youzhou, fearing that Wang Yue would go to snatch the bride.

But Wang Yue really went to grab it!

What he didn't expect was that Wang Yue not only captured the person, but also dealt a severe blow to the Dayue Kingdom, making it impossible for the Dayue Kingdom to have the courage to cause trouble to the Yan Family Army again for the next three to five years.

Xie Wei felt that he could no longer treat Yan Lin as a child, but as a partner with whom he could cooperate.

He adjusted his mentality quickly, but this made Emperor Shen Lang depressed.

The emperor mobilized so many troops, originally intending to strike the Yan family army when it was attacked from both sides, but he did not expect to face the Yan family army head-on with almost no losses.

The Yan family army of more than 200,000 is not so easy to deal with. Even if General Ma joins forces with the troops of Jizhou, Qingzhou and Bingzhou and wins by chance, he does not have extra troops to deal with King Pingnan.

If the Prince of Pingnan were allowed to attack the capital, both the Xue family and the Shen family would basically be wiped out. It would be better for the Yan family army to attack the imperial city. At least the Yan family army still has humanity.

Because of this, the emperor could not accept the blow and suddenly vomited blood and fainted.

The emperor had no biological son, only a pregnant concubine, Qin, but she was of no use.

After he fainted, the empress dowager did not rush to criticize the rebellion, but took the opportunity to rule the country from behind the curtain again, and issued an imperial decree to allow Prince Linzi to attend court as the crown prince and rule the country together.

In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, this world can only belong to her son, no matter which son it is.

The emperor is now in a coma, and it is unknown whether the child Concubine Qin is carrying is a boy or a girl. The empress dowager made this decision, and the ministers, considering that there are more urgent foreign threats, did not object and collectively agreed to this opinion.

Now that the matter has been settled, we began to discuss whether to go north or south?

In this matter, the Queen Mother once again listened to the advice of Duke Xue. After all, she was a member of the Xue family and had to protect the interests of the Xue family.

Therefore, General Ma in Jizhou, even though he was reluctant, began to mobilize his troops to the north.

However, the Yan family army had already prepared for it, and had already set up a defense line before General Ma sent his troops to attack. In addition, Wang Yue and Old Man Yan had discussed a strategy, which was to use the "Tongzi Jue" to buy time for the King of Pingnan, and the defense line became more stable.

General Ma was unwilling to fight in the first place, and after several battles with the Yan army, he was unable to break through the defense line, and the two armies were in a stalemate.

After all, the emperor is the empress dowager's biological son, and the two are of the same blood. In the emperor's eyes, only his son can inherit the throne.

After he woke up, he heard the news that Prince Linzi became the Crown Prince. He was furious and almost fainted from anger again.

He already has a son, that was determined by the imperial physician. How could he give the throne to someone else, not even his own brother?

So, the emperor was furious and gave an order to Zhou Yinzhi, asking him to take people to kill Prince Linzi. He felt that as long as Prince Linzi was killed, the throne could only belong to his son.

What he didn't expect was that Zhou Yinzhi was a man who was used to hedging his bets. Of course he would not disobey the emperor's order, but he secretly sent his confidant to inform Duke Xue.

In Zhou Yinzhi's opinion, Duke Xue had long wanted to marry his daughter Xue Shu to Prince Linzi, and would definitely send people from the Xingwu Guard to protect her.

But what he never expected was that Duke Xue also had his own plans. He had no intention of sending anyone to rescue. He even killed the person Zhou Yinzhi sent to report the news.

Zhou Yinzhi quietly came to the residence of Prince Linzi. After waiting for a long time without any rescue, he saw that the time was almost up, so he had to take action.

He also had some guesses in his mind that Duke Xue had become too ambitious and no longer wanted to be a duke.

The only thing Zhou Yinzhi was worried about now was the Queen Mother. If he really killed Prince Linzi, the Queen Mother would definitely kill him, and the Emperor would not protect him at all. But that was all for the future. If he didn't take action today, he would definitely be the one to die.

He no longer hesitated and led his men into the Prince of Linzi's mansion and headed towards the Prince of Linzi's bedroom.

Prince Linzi is now preparing to get married. He can hardly sleep at the thought of marrying the person he loves.

In the end, it actually saved his life.

After all, how could the servants go to sleep if he, the master, hadn't slept yet?

Zhou Yinzhi landed in the yard and was discovered by the guards before he reached the main courtyard.

Thus, a sneak attack turned into a fierce battle.

Although the guards in the Prince of Linzi's mansion were no match for Zhou Yinzhi and his men, they also knew that if they died today, it would be the end of all. But if they survived and the Prince of Linzi died, then all nine of their clans would be finished.

With the desperate protection of the palace guards, Prince Linzi finally escaped from the palace, but Zhou Yinzhi chased him relentlessly and chased him for five streets.

Although Prince Linzi was always protected, he was still stabbed by two swords. He was unable to dodge one of the swords and was injured on the cheek. The other sword cut deeply into his leg and embedded in the bone. He was about to die on the spot.

At this moment, a group of people suddenly emerged from the darkness. They killed Zhou Yinzhi and rescued him.

When Prince Linzi woke up again, he had already left Kyoto and was in a carriage with Jiang Xuehui.

It turned out that when Yan Mu saw the two armies starting to fight, he was worried that the Jiang family would be used as a threat, so he asked Wang Yue to send people to rescue them.

Wang Yue felt that Youzhou was being watched and it was inconvenient to send people, so he asked Zifeng, who was in Jinling, to lead people to take action.

Zifeng received Wang Yue's order and quietly came to Kyoto with his men. They entered the city through the secret passage. They had just quietly brought people out of Jiang's house, and before they had time to enter the secret passage, they encountered this scene.

Originally Zifeng didn't want to get involved, but Jiang Xuehui recognized that the person being hunted was Prince Linzi, so she asked Zifeng to help.

Zifeng hesitated for a moment, thinking that this group of strong men were coming towards the secret passage. If he didn't go to rescue them, the situation would sooner or later spread to this side, and the secret passage would no longer be hidden.

Zifeng has been undergoing training recently, and now he is working under King Pingnan with bandits. He made the decision in an instant.

He asked people to escort the Jiang family out of the city, and he led people to rescue Prince Linzi. He saw that Prince Linzi had been deposed, and it was better for such a Prince Linzi to be alive than dead.

But Zhou Yinzhi had no intention of killing him, so with his leniency, Zifeng rescued the man easily.

It's just a pity that the cut on Prince Linzi's face will definitely leave a scar, and the cut on his leg was too harsh, he will probably be disabled. I don't know if it will affect his walking. 3928869.

Chapter 28: Xue family replaces Shen!

When Jiang Xuehui saw Prince Linzi again, he had fainted due to excessive blood loss. Fortunately, Zifeng had someone with him who was familiar with military medicine, who gave him a simple hemostatic bandage, thus preventing Prince Linzi from dying from the heavy bleeding.

She was somewhat worried about her fiancé, so she took the initiative to take care of Prince Linzi.

Even so, Prince Linzi had already fainted. Zifeng had to change his itinerary and took Prince Linzi to see a famous doctor for treatment.

After the emperor learned that Prince Linzi had been rescued, he sent out a large number of Jinyiwei to search for him. He simply stated that Prince Linzi had connections with Yanlin and ordered the Xingwuwei to conduct a thorough investigation.

Of course, the emperor could not have said that he was hunting down Prince Linzi, but rather that Prince Linzi was being held hostage by rebels, which is why he sent Xingwu Guards to rescue Prince Linzi.

Zifeng knew that it was impossible to reach Youzhou with the seriously injured Prince Linzi, so he simply arranged for him to recuperate in the mountain stronghold where they were originally stationed.

The Xingwu Guards chased northward for a hundred miles but still could not find the person, so they confirmed that Prince Linzi was missing.

Although the emperor was unwilling, he thought that he could basically rest assured. After all, the empress dowager had no other choice but to support him and his unborn child.

In fact he was half right.

The Empress Dowager had no choice, but Duke Xue did. He instructed the Xue family members around the Empress Dowager to give the Emperor a non-toxic but counteractive medicine when they went to the Emperor's palace for medical treatment.

The emperor had been in poor health to begin with, so he had been relying on medicine to maintain his health. After taking the medicine that was incompatible with his health, he could not bear it at all and died instantly!

After the emperor died, Concubine Qin lost her protection. She was so frightened that she gave birth prematurely, but she died and only gave birth to a son for Shen Lang.

After the emperor died, the empress dowager urgently summoned Duke Xue to the palace. She drove everyone out of the palace, and then she couldn't suppress her anger and said, "Xue Yuan, why!"

Duke Xue knew that he had poisoned the emperor, and he couldn't hide it from the Queen Mother at all. He immediately dropped a bombshell and let a dead man take the blame, "Queen Mother, I am also thinking about our Xue family!"

If it weren't for the Xue family, the Queen Mother would have killed Duke Xue long ago to avenge her son. She sneered, "Humph, for the Xue family, isn't the Xue family's honor and favor enough?"

Duke Xue quickly knelt down, tears streaming down his face, and said, "Queen Mother, do you know why Prince Linzi was so well in the capital, and was suddenly captured by thieves?"

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