Chapter 1338: Cowardly

At dawn the next day, Yun Zheng led his men away from Daci Temple.

After that, they chased all the way and finally met up with Shen Luoyan and the others near dusk.

At this time, they were not far from Jishan.

Yun Zheng and his team's return so quickly was obviously beyond the expectations of Shen Luoyan and others.

Yun Zheng didn't say much to them, planning to tell them in detail in the evening.

That night, they entered Sanshui County of Jishan County.

The county government office of Shanshui County became their temporary residence.

As they approached Jishan, they became more vigilant.

Even the food was prepared by their entourage.

After dinner, Yun Zheng called together several of his women, as well as Madam Shen and Wei Shuang, and ordered them to be on high alert and not let anyone get close.

Seeing Yun Zheng being so cautious, everyone understood that something big was about to happen.

In an instant, the expressions on everyone's faces became serious.

Yun Zheng raised his eyes and glanced at everyone, and said solemnly: "Father has decided to start the process of deposing the crown prince at the end of February! From now on, we must make full preparations!"

Abandoned prince!

As Yun Zheng finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Even though everyone had more or less guessed that Emperor Wen had met with Yun Zheng in secret about this matter, when they actually heard the exact news from Yun Zheng's mouth, they were still so shocked that they were speechless.

After a long while, Mrs. Shen came to her senses and asked, "What preparations do we need to make?"

Yun Zheng: "First, secretly deploy troops to the border to deal with emergencies!"

"Second, strictly investigate the officials within Shuobei. If they are suspicious, find a reason to detain them first!"

"Third, pay close attention to the movements of various countries to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation!"

"These are the three points I can think of for now. If you think of other things that need attention, you can also tell me!"

"Father's intention is to minimize the impact of this matter as much as possible!"

Listening to Yun Zheng's words, everyone began to think about it.

After a moment, Ye Zi spoke first: "I haven't thought of any other things that need to be paid attention to, but I'm afraid it's not realistic to secretly deploy troops into the pass, right?"

"Yes!"

Shen Luoyan also echoed, "The court has sent countless spies to Shuobei. Time is limited. No matter how well the army hides, it is impossible to move into the interior without anyone noticing!"

If there is enough time, they can slowly transfer troops to Fuzhou in batches.

But right now, time is too short.

Since Yun Zheng wants to mobilize troops to enter the pass, it must be at least 20,000 troops, right?

It is indeed unrealistic to hide such a large-scale troop mobilization from Yun Li's eyes.

Yun Zheng was stunned when he heard this.

You know what, this seems to be a real problem!

Along the way, he was thinking about what to pay attention to and didn't think about this matter.

Now that Ye Zi and Shen Luoyan had said this, he also felt that it was indeed unrealistic to quietly carry out a large-scale troop mobilization.

"This can be done in the name of changing defense!"

Madam Shen suggested: "Transfer the elite troops from Shuobei to Fuzhou in the name of rest and recuperation, and when they are transferred out, transfer some Tian soldiers out of the pass!"

Miaoyin: "We just carried out a large-scale rotation of defense a few months ago. If we change defense again now, will it arouse suspicion from those who have ulterior motives?"

"probably not."

Madam Shen replied, "Previously, the defenses were changed in various places in Shuobei, and this time it is changed with Fuzhou, which should be reasonable in name."

"Let's temporarily do this in the name of changing guards." Yun Zheng made a prompt decision, "If it really doesn't work, I will take the initiative to provoke the third brother, and then openly transfer troops to the pass!"

Soon, the matter was settled.

Afterwards, Yun Zheng discussed with them again and made the arrangements as thorough as possible.

After the chat, Yun Zheng said to them in a serious tone: "Don't tell anyone about this! If anyone asks, let him ask me!"

It is easy to remove the third prince from the position of crown prince.

But if they want to minimize the impact, they must be cautious.

Before this, Yun Zheng had planned to discuss this matter with Tuohuan.

But after thinking about it carefully, he gave up the idea.

Tuohuan is indeed trustworthy.

But he is from Guifang after all.

No one knows whether he wants to cause internal strife in Daqian to give Mondo an opportunity.

At this time, he would rather be a little mean than take any risks.

Once the third brother knows his father’s intention, he will definitely fight to the death.

By then, tens of thousands of people will have died!

Everyone knew the importance of this matter and nodded solemnly.

……

The next day, Yun Zheng and his friends settled down in Sanshui County.

Anyway, Emperor Wen still had to fast in Daci Temple, so they were not in a hurry.

It’s just right, I can take advantage of this time to make more arrangements.

In addition, more people were sent to investigate in the direction of Jishan.

They needed to act vigilant and let Xu Shifu know that they were always on guard against being wiped out, so that Xu Shifu would not dare to act rashly.

Of course, they do need to do this in order to prevent problems before they occur.

When you have a family, you can never be too careful.

If you capsize in the ditch at this time, it will not only be a joke, but also a life-threatening situation!

Sanshui County is not far from Jishan County.

As Yun Zheng sent out a large number of scouts, Xu Shifu soon received the corresponding news.

This result was also within Xu Shifu's expectations.

If he were Yun Zheng, he would also be so cautious.

In terms of numbers, the troops they can mobilize are more than twice that of Yun Zheng.

However, if a fight really breaks out, they will definitely be the losers!

If four or five thousand cavalrymen are unable to withstand their attacks, then these four or five thousand cavalrymen can be killed directly!

And if these thousands of cavalrymen block them for two or three days, Yun Zheng's troops stationed in Juping will surely come to support them quickly.

By then, Xu Shifu will be the scapegoat!

After receiving the news, Xu Shifu decisively took the gold medal and went to ask for an audience with Empress Xu.

When he saw his sister, Xu Shifu immediately handed over the gold medal with both hands, "When I came to see Your Majesty just now, I found this gold medal in the grass of the palace. Please keep it for Your Majesty."

"what?"

Empress Xu looked at Xu Shifu in astonishment.

He picked up this gold medal in the grass of the palace?

Can this be picked up?

There were so many palace maids and eunuchs coming and going in the palace, how could this gold medal not have been picked up by others?

Isn't this too unbelievably fake?

Empress Xu looked at Xu Shifu in confusion, then signaled all the palace maids and eunuchs around her to leave, and then asked Xu Shifu in confusion: "Brother, what's the matter with this gold medal?"

"Ugh……"

Xu Shifu sighed lightly, and then told Empress Xu what Emperor Wen had told him.

"Isn't this arrangement of your majesty a good one?" Empress Xu said solemnly, "You know the situation of the court and Li'er better than anyone else. This is indeed an opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop!"

"..."

Xu Shifu's face turned pale and blue, and his chest kept rising and falling...