Ye Yunting spent a lot of effort to coax the frightened old princess to go back to the courtyard to rest.

When they came out of the old princess's yard, they saw Li Fengqi waiting in the pavilion in front of him, with his hands behind his back and the corners of his mouth straightened. The dark light cut his profile into a thick ink painting, and Ye Yunting looked at it from a distance.

, I just felt that he was surrounded by extremely violent energy, as if it was blending into the thick shadow, which was frightening.

The maids and servants in the courtyard all took a detour from the other side, not daring to pass by the pavilion for fear of disturbing him.

"What are you going to do next, Your Majesty?" Ye Yunting walked quickly to his side and wrapped his fisted hand in his palm.

After investigating all the way, they thought that the tragedies of the previous generation were all caused by the late emperor, but they did not expect that Emperor Chengzong was also involved.

The words of the old princess revealed that the death of the old King Yong'an was not due to the onset of an old illness. I am afraid that Emperor Chengzong killed people to silence him in order to stabilize the country.

Imagine a prince who has military power, knows the secrets of the royal family, and has the late prince's posthumous son in his hands. If he has the intention to overthrow the dynasty, it is just a matter of a thought. Emperor Chengzong will definitely not tolerate such a confidant.

The old prince probably had no choice but to commit suicide in order to save the lives of the old princess and Li Fengqi.

Even the matter of Li Fengqi's ascension to the title, I'm afraid Emperor Chengzong felt ashamed of his grandson and his son and his wife, so he made this arrangement.

It's a pity that Emperor Chengzong had all the calculations, but he didn't expect that the late emperor would die of drunkenness and sex after only five years of reigning. And the late emperor's descendants would repeat the scene of killing his brother to seize the throne.

I don't know if Chengzong, who knew better, would regret his decision to ignore the late Emperor's paving the way.

"Rumors are spreading all over the world today. The army has already attacked Beijing. If you don't wait, let's stop the rumors." Li Fengqi spoke slowly, his voice hoarse.

There was unbreakable cruelty in his eyes: "When we attack Shangjing, we will drag Li Qian's body out of the imperial mausoleum and whip it!"

The former Crown Prince, the former Crown Princess, the old King Yong'an, Aunt Hao... He must personally recover all the blood debts, so that the dead souls can rest in peace.

"Okay." Ye Yunting's voice was soft, and he patted the back of his hand gently: "Just mobilize the troops, and we will prepare food, grass and baggage at the rear. Given the current situation, it will not be difficult to capture Shangjing."

Li Fengqi stared at him deeply for a long time, then put his head in his arms and closed his eyes tiredly.

Ye Yunting patted him gently along his back, silently comforting him.

***

As the cold winter never ends, more and more refugees are forced to join the army.

Ever since the rumors of the late emperor's improper access to the throne came out, the emperor's throne has also been questioned. Everyone is saying that if the emperor still has a conscience, he should meditate on his own or issue an imperial edict to punish his subordinates.

Apologize.

The uprising armies in several nearby states gathered together based on this rumor, held high the banner of "supporting orthodoxy for the country's roads", and approached Shangjing all the way.

Refugees from Central Guizhou, Fanzhou, California, etc. gradually joined, numbering 300,000.

Zhong Sheng, who was ordered to lead the army to intercept, could only fight for a few times before being defeated by the angry refugees. He could only shrink back to the hinterland of California and defend it.

The rising army almost reached the border of Jizhou without any hindrance. As long as they crossed Jizhou, they could go straight to Beijing.

However, today's Jizhou is not occupied by rebels, but is guarded by the Northern Xinjiang Army, led by the famous King Yong'an.

The menacing and unstoppable uprising army stationed itself on the border between Jizhou and California. The two forces within the army were quarreling over whether to fight or not.

This large-scale rising army was composed of small-scale rising armies from various regions. Their respective leaders were sealed as the four kings of Dongshan, Xishan, Nanshan, and Beishan, and the most powerful one

The leader who raises an army calls himself the King of Zhongshan.

In front of the king of Zhongshan was a butcher. He was tall and powerful, but he was illiterate. The army fought all the way, relying on the advice of his brother, the king of Dongshan. The king of Dongshan was a white-faced scholar.

He has an ordinary appearance, but his eyes are narrow and slender.

The King of the West Mountain was originally a cook, wearing a statue of Maitreya Buddha, and he was a tiger with a smiling face; the King of the South Mountain was a businessman, good at calculating; only the King of the North Mountain was silent and taciturn, and he was able to raise an army in this country.

He doesn't stand out in the team, and rarely gets involved in fights among a few people.

‌Today, in order to conquer Jizhou City, several people were divided into two factions. King Dongshan was very ambitious and insisted on conquering Jizhou and going directly to Shangjing.

"We fought all the way, don't you still want to back down? King Yong'an uses troops very well, but we have 300,000 troops. As long as we find the opportunity to make a surprise attack, we may not be unable to win!"

The King of Xishan smiled and said: "Second brother, if you want to fight, you can, then we will send someone to be the vanguard."

King Nanshan also made a fuss: "Yes, I don't know how powerful King Yong'an is. I don't want to coax them to lead people to die."

"Short-sighted!" King Dongshan said displeasedly: "Jizhou City is no better than other states and counties. To conquer it, sacrifices are bound to be made. A small sacrifice today can be exchanged for being granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister in the future!"

"Then there must be destiny." King Nanshan muttered in a loud voice.

"‌!" King Dongshan glared at him, but unfortunately King Nanshan was not afraid of him. Compared to King Dongshan, who acted as a military advisor, the other three people all held ‌‌ and held soldiers. Although they respected King Zhongshan as ‌

, but it does not mean that you will bow down to the King of Dongshan.

From the beginning, this team was just trying to survive, and it has grown and developed. Now, it has already had preliminary divisions of power and struggles.

"Why don't we capture California and become a local emperor directly there?" King Zhongshan, who had been silent, spoke at this time. His face was fierce, but his words were filled with fear: "Wang Lianxi of Yong'an

Even if we can destroy them, killing them is like killing pigs, right?"

He is a butcher. Although he has never read a book, he still knows not to touch an egg against a stone.

The faces of King Xishan and King Nanshan were not very good, but after hearing his words, they immediately looked thoughtful. King Zhongshan's words were rough and unreasonable. There were quite a few of them at the moment, but no one was sure that they could do anything.

Take Jizhou. Don't lose the rice by stealing the chicken and losing all the benefits.

Only the King of Dongshan looked gloomy. He glanced at the King of Zhongshan who was sitting at the top, gritted his teeth and said: "Brother, we haven't even fought yet, how can we destroy our prestige? ‌‌‌ On the battlefield,

It may not be worse than King Yongan!"

Although King Zhongshan has no brains, his strength is amazing. The two custom-made pig-killing knives are heavy and heavy, but when he swings them in his hands, the enemy is half as big as the pig to be slaughtered.

Cut in half.

"Second brother, don't talk nonsense!" King Zhongshan almost jumped up when he heard this and waved his hands repeatedly: "How can you compare with King Yong'an? You can't compare, you can't compare."

After saying that, he remembered something and stood up and said: "Go to the piglets in the pig shed and let's discuss it."

Then he got up and ran away quickly.

King Dongshan looked at his back, licked his teeth, and cursed a stupid pig in his heart.

He turned his gaze to the still silent King Beishan: "Fifth brother, do you have any ideas?"

The King of Beishan looked up at him with a calm expression: "Listen to us. Just discuss it with us."

Dongshan King: "..."

Damn, what a bunch of trash.

In the end, there was no result from the discussion. The king of Zhongshan only thought about piglets, and the king of Beishan couldn't beat him with a stick. The king of Xishan and the king of Nanshan were ambitious, but both of them were smart.

‌ I just want to follow behind and take advantage and let them take the lead. It is absolutely impossible.

King Dongshan's eyes were filled with gloom and he could only announce that the meeting was adjourned and that the matter would be discussed later.

Several people went back to their campsites.

No one noticed that King Beishan did not return to the camp, but carefully avoided the patrolling soldiers and went to the woods outside.

He still had that loyal and dull expression on his face, but he put his finger to his lips and imitated a few night owl calls. Not long after, there was a rustling sound in the forest, and a gray wolf came from the forest.

He came out from the depths, asked him to hang the bamboo tube around his neck, and then quickly got into the depths of the forest.

***

The gray wolf then came to Ah Xuan, and the Beishan King was ordered to sneak into a secret guard of the Qi army.

As early as when the number of the rising troops increased, in order to prevent the rising army from getting out of control, Li Fengqi ordered the secret guards to disguise themselves and blend in so that they could control the news at any time. The secret guards originally only had a small army with them.

However, when they arrived in California, they bumped into several other rebel armies that had formed an alliance. In order to get inside, they simply joined them and became the King of the North Mountain.

Li Fengqi was inspecting the military camp when he received the news.

With his permission, Jiaozuo had "inadvertently" leaked the life story of King Yong'an. Now the news has spread in the north. The people scolded the late emperor for being inhumane while openly supporting him.

King Yong'an raised an army to overthrow the faint king and regain the throne.

There are even many capable people who come to help us.

In short, regardless of the real purpose of these people coming to work, their purpose of creating momentum has been achieved.

These days, several generals were gearing up and preparing for war, just waiting for a fight. However, Li Fengqi suppressed them and refused to move, saying that he would first conquer the 300,000-strong army in California.

‌ Today's drill is to prepare for dealing with the Qi army.

When the Wolf King came back with the secret message from the secret guard, several generals gathered around him.

Li Fengqi raised his hand and waved, and the Wolf King left on his own. He took several generals to discuss matters.

"From now on, the army is not united." General Li Fengqi finished the secret letter and circulated it to several people: "The army has raised 300,000 people. If we are to fight, we will inevitably suffer casualties, so why not start with the army?"

Disintegrate them internally."

These soldiers were originally from the people of Beizhao. Li Fengqi was not willing to use his sword against them unless necessary.

"This Dongshan King's ambition is not small." Zhu Lie said: "The brotherhood between Zhongshan King is not very deep, so we can start with these two people."

Li Fengqi tapped on the table with his finger and said: "While they haven't reacted yet, Zhu Lie will take one hundred thousand troops to the border without fighting, just to create momentum and frighten them."

It cannot be said that these rising armies were completely ineffective if they could march to California and gather 300,000 troops. But their shortcomings were also very obvious.

Several leaders each have their own ideas, and King Zhongshan obviously cannot make them follow him wholeheartedly. Once they are pressed by the army and faced with a life-and-death crisis, the current small dispute may develop into internal strife.
Chapter completed!