Although the news of Hu Jiyao being assassinated was temporarily blocked, the assassination was too loud. Not only did the guards around Hu Jiyao suffer heavy casualties, but many innocent people were also implicated. Afterwards, Hu Jiyao pursued him again, which caused turmoil in the entire Shenglong City, so the effect of the blockade was not very good.

However, on the tenth day of the assassination, the entire Shenglong City suddenly became strangely quiet. All the officials who had investigated the assassin had disappeared for a moment, and the entire Shenglong City also returned to its previous calm. It seemed that the previous assassination had not happened.

Many people in Shenglong City were a little confused about this sudden change. After all, the Hu family was still shouting and killing the day before, and they rushed into the homes of various officials to search for assassins. However, just one day later, the entire Shenglong City became quiet, and this huge change made people feel at a loss.

At first, many people thought something had happened to the Hu family, so they suspended the investigation. However, in the next few days, Shenglong City was still calm, and even Hu Jiyao and his son began to handle official duties normally, and the army inside and outside the city did not have any abnormal movements.

Faced with this situation, many people finally felt relieved. In their opinion, this may be because Hu Jiyao did not find any useful clues after investigating for a few days, so he stopped the investigation, which also means that the matter has finally passed.

But for some people with keen feelings, this kind of calmness is very abnormal, and it is more like the calmness before the storm comes. After all, they know Hu Jiyao's character. The previous assassination caused him to suffer such a great loss, and even his life was almost lost. With his personality, he would definitely not give up.

In fact, these people felt right. Just one month after the assassination, Hu Jiyao suddenly attacked and sent someone to arrest General Fan Keyong, the cyclist and cavalry, because he had found tangible evidence. The previous assassination was planned by Fan Keyong and several other accomplices.

However, what Hu Jimao never expected was that Fan Keyong was prepared for a long time. As soon as the people he sent saw Fan Keyong, they were killed by Fan Keyong himself. Then Fan Keyong and the Zhu Kingdom Chen Ritou rose up to rebel together. Under the banner of killing the Hu family, the two raised 30,000 troops to attack Shenglong City in order to restore the Chen family's country and killed the Hu family.

​​Hu Jiyao had no choice but to raise an army to fight. He had an army of 60,000 under his command and occupied Shenglong City. He had an absolute advantage in terms of military strength and geographical geography. In theory, the rebellion of Fan Keyong and others could not be a big deal.

However, Hu Jiyao miscalculated again. Although he had the advantage of military strength, his arrogance and domineeringness had long aroused strong dissatisfaction in Annan. However, no one took the lead before, so this dissatisfaction did not erupt. Now Fan Keyong and others rebelled, and under the banner of restoring the Chen family's throne, it immediately attracted a response from Annan's domestic group.

Even in Shenglong City, many officials colluded with Fan Keyong. They took advantage of the night to organize a chaotic army and captured the west gate of Shenglong City in one fell swoop, and then opened the city gate and let Fan Keyong's rebels enter the city.

When the Hu family and his son got the news and wanted to organize troops to counterattack, it was too late. Fan Keyong led his army to rush left and right in the city, killing the Hu family's army into a mess. Not to mention counterattack, even a decent army could not be organized.

In fact, this is also a fault for Hu Jiyao himself, because in order to gain power in the army, he repeatedly purged the generals in the army, and even his brothers who had become sworn, let alone some generals loyal to the Chen family. This also led to the fall of the backbone of the army and replaced by him with the Hu family's children who were loyal to him.

However, although this behavior ensured the loyalty of the army, it greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the army. In contrast, Fan Keyong was one of the only remaining generals in the Annan army. Under his leadership, the 30,000 army was extremely fierce. He even rushed to Renshou Palace for one time, almost capturing the Hu family and his son.

Faced with this situation, Hu Jiyao could only avoid the edge and led his confidant to escape from Shenglong City. When he packed up the remnants of the army a few days later, he found that the previous army of 60,000 was still only more than 20,000 left. The remaining small part was killed in battle, and most of them surrendered to Fan Keyong and others.

When Hu Jiyao escaped from the city, Fan Keyong and others immediately elected King Chen of Zhuangding as the emperor, which also means that they officially broke with Hu Jiyao and his son. When the news came out, Hu Jiyao was furious and immediately organized more troops to prepare for a counterattack.

A month later, Hu Jimao led the 70,000 troops that had just been organized to counterattack Shenglong City. Although Fan Keyong's military strength was not as strong as the other party, he occupied the city's advantage, and the two sides were in a difficult position to separate. The city wall of Shenglong City was like a meat grinder, quickly consuming the power of both sides.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why Hu Jiyao was able to organize such a huge army within one month was mainly because he transferred the troops from Chameng back. Chameng was originally Annan's mortal enemy. The two sides had been fighting for hundreds of years. Even before Chameng, the capital of Annan, was once captured Shenglong City, which was the capital of Annan. However, it was eventually destroyed by Annan a few years ago, and Chameng was completely occupied by Annan.

In order to stabilize the situation in Cham City, Annan also stationed heavy troops in Cham City. However, this time, Hu Jiyao disregarded the overall situation and transferred the 50,000 troops stationed in Cham City back. In his opinion, even if Cham City was lost, he must regain Shenglong City and completely eliminate Fan Keyong and others, otherwise the Hu family might have no chance of turning around.

However, when Hu Jiyao's Fan Keyong was killed and killed in Shenglong City, they never dreamed that everything in Annan was under the surveillance of the Ming Dynasty. Just as their troops were repeatedly fighting for Shenglong City, King Zhu Zhen of Chu led a large army from Qiongzhou, first blocking the coast of Annan, and then launched a surprise attack on Annan in a clear weather.

Zhu Zhen was both civil and military, and his troops were quite like Lao Zhu. He commanded the army to raid the Shenglong line directly along the Honghe River, occupying all the towns along the coast, and then rushed towards Shenglong City without stopping.

​​​Hu Jiyao and Fan Keyong on the side of Shenglong City have been exhausted after many days of fighting. The dead bodies under Shenglong City have accumulated into mountains. In addition, the weather is hot, the bodies quickly rot and smelly, and the entire battlefield has become a purgatory on earth.

In this case, Hu Jiyao took the lead in proposing a truce and cleaned the battlefield. Fan Keyong also agreed very much. It was not because they were kind, but because they knew that if the battlefield was not cleaned, the rotten corpses would likely cause plague and no one would want to live. But at this moment, the Ming army led by Zhu Zhen finally arrived, but Hu Jiyao and the others did not receive any news in advance.
Chapter completed!