A sudden turn of events

Author: Ran Xi Nian

The things he didn't ask for arrived, but he was scolded instead. You can imagine how frustrated Xiao Cheng felt.

He had always wanted to get that thing along the way, but the Duke of Zhen refused to give it to him.

Now he actually said that he was not good enough. The anger that had been accumulated over the past few days was completely ignited at this moment.

"Today, you have to give even if you give, and you have to give even if you don't."

Xiao Cheng roared in anger, and the next moment, many people appeared around the forest, all holding bright weapons in their hands.

They were all secret guards he brought along.

Seeing this scene, Duke Zhen Guo narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "How do you say you are going to take action?"

When his voice fell, many people came out from behind, and the two sides confronted each other.

"You may not get any benefit from doing it now."

"Huh, if you hand over your things, we will have a chance to cooperate in the future. If you don't hand over your things, you will die today."

Xiao Cheng was holding back his anger all the way and wanted to deal with this bastard for a long time.

Now that he is about to arrive in the North, he still hasn't handed over his things. How can he endure it?

Some people may think that this is going to the Northland anyway, so why don’t we ask for it again when we are in the Northland?

This is a good idea, but it also has a problem. When we get to the Northland, Zhen Guogong's lair, whether we want to get it or not is still one thing.

Even though his eldest brother is currently in charge of the army in the North, the situation in the North is a bit complicated and his eldest brother doesn't have much power at his disposal right now.

Let’s not talk about the people who are the Duke of Zhen. There are many people here who were arranged by King Jin when he took charge of the North. These people are not considered their people. Although they can be mobilized, it depends.

What kind of thing is it not.

In addition to these two people, there are also people from Emperor Hongwen, especially the tens of thousands of people who came to support this time. The real leader is not Prince Li, but a general promoted by Emperor Hongwen.

Therefore, the number of people that Prince Li can use here is only 20,000 to 30,000, and they are all those who just follow the crowd and have no specific team to stand on.

Moreover, this kind of transfer is only for legitimate reasons. If these people are called to carry the banner of rebellion, many people will leave almost immediately.

Therefore, Prince Li still needs time to train his own people, but the training time is too long. Therefore, from the beginning, they planned to use Zhen Guogong.

Firstly, they wanted to get ironclad evidence from him, and secondly, they wanted to incorporate the other party's secret power.

But I never expected that the Duke of Zhen was so ignorant.

It's okay if you don't hand over the things, so you can have nothing to fear along the way. Xiao Cheng finally understood that this guy has been thinking about Beidi Beidi.

I'm afraid that if he really enters the Northland, they won't be able to suppress him.

Therefore, after secretly communicating with Prince Li, he decided to use force to first seize the things in the hands of Duke Zhen, and then imprison him directly, and squeeze out the forces behind him little by little.

Prince Li's original words were that Duke Zhen Guo must not be allowed to enter the North.

So why didn't Xiao Cheng take action for so long, and only took action when the North was about to arrive?

Naturally, he was waiting for support, so when he left the capital, the Duke of Zhen had already made the people around him appear.

The men he led were no better than the ones he led. If he wanted to capture the Duke of Zhen, I'm afraid it wouldn't be enough.

So he asked Prince Li and Prince Li to arrange for people to come over to provide support.

"It's not a small talk, but my father-in-law wants to see how you let me die."

When the voice fell, the support from Xiao Cheng's side had not yet shown up. On the contrary, there were many more people from Zhen Guogong's side.

"Do you really think that my father-in-law doesn't know about the things you do secretly?"

"Young man, you are still too young."

The Duke of Zhen smiled coldly and continued: "If you want to cooperate, then send your Duke to the Northland safely, otherwise I will kill you today, and then kill your elder brother after my Duke enters the Northland."

"Kill me, young master, you."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the Duke of Zhen.

"There's no need to wait for reinforcements, those people have already been taken care of by my own country."

Xiao Cheng's expression changed, but he soon returned to normal. He didn't believe it, and then immediately sent out a signal. However, after waiting for a while, there was no movement.

At this time, his face looked a little panicked.

There are only fifteen or sixteen people around him now. On the other hand, Zhen Guogong has forty or fifty people. If he really takes action, he will definitely not be able to see enough.

After hesitating for a long time, he put on a forced smile and said, "Mr. Zhenguo, it's not that I'm angry. It's really that you didn't act as we did at the beginning of our cooperation."

"You see, you have left the capital safely now, but you didn't give me any of those things, which makes me suspicious."

Seeing him lower his head, the Duke of Zhen smiled coldly in his heart.

"My father-in-law wants to come and make a promise. If you don't believe it, you don't have to save him. Why does my father-in-law need to rely on your Prince Li's Mansion if he wants to leave the capital?"

"To put it bluntly, my father-in-law just wants to find an ally to cooperate with."

"such a pity."

"I originally thought that Prince Li was a person, but I never thought that he was just a drunkard. In this case, why does the Duke of Zhenguo need to cooperate with you?"

He used Prince Li because he valued Prince Li's status as the elder of the royal family.

It would be much better for him to come forward to reveal Emperor Hongwen's identity.

As for the others, he really didn't like Prince Li's family. He originally thought that if they cooperated with him wisely, he could give them a happy death, but he never thought that Prince Li's family were all arrogant people.

To actually try to capture him and annex his power is really a death sentence for an old man.

Since the other party has such big intentions, there is no need to cooperate.

"Let's do it. My Lord must seize the time to enter the Northland."

After he finished speaking, the people behind him immediately drew their swords.

"If you dare to kill me, you will never enter the Northland in your lifetime."

"Only you?"

The Duke of Zheng curled his lips disdainfully.

As soon as they started to move, in the dense forest in the distance, Yan San and Gu Jian both looked at each other with frowns.

None of them expected that these two people actually had their own agendas. What they thought was a half-matched matter now suddenly turned into a crushing situation.

"What are we going to do now?"

Yan San turned around and asked.

"Xiao Cheng is certain to die, but we cannot let Duke Zhen Guo take it easy. It seems we have to change our target."

"Um?"

Hearing this, Yan Sanyi was startled and asked in puzzlement, "Let's attack the Duke of Zhenguo? Is this possible?"

"Don't forget, what the Emperor's Guard has to do, if the Duke of Zhen were to get rid of Xiao Cheng so lightly today, then he would go to the Northland faster and there would be no time to complete the layout."
Chapter completed!