Chapter 1363 The Tacit Understanding between Father and Son
Imperial City.
Zhao Ji's urgent message of eight hundred miles was delivered to the imperial city at the fastest speed.
After reading the urgent report in his hand, Emperor Wen just smiled faintly.
Ok?
The ministers looked at Emperor Wen in confusion.
what's the situation?
Emperor Wen could actually laugh at Zhao Ji's urgent message sent over eight hundred miles?
"Okay, let's retreat!"
Emperor Wen put away the urgent report and stood up, smiling and said, "It's not a big deal, my dear ministers, don't worry, I will think about it carefully and discuss it again at the court meeting tomorrow!"
After saying this, Emperor Wen left the throne.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
Although the ministers were confused, Emperor Wen said that they would discuss it tomorrow, so they did not dare to ask any more questions.
After leaving the court, Emperor Wen's face suddenly fell.
Lao Liu divided his troops into three groups and launched a rebellion!
Does Lao Liu need to rebel?
He now needs to think carefully, whether Zhao Ji is spreading false military intelligence, or Lao Liu has really raised an army!
What benefit would Zhao Ji get if he falsely reported military intelligence?
If Zhao Ji did not spread false military intelligence, there must be a reason why Lao Liu suddenly raised an army.
rebellion!
Two words, but with many layers of meaning.
There is no need for the Sixth Brother to rebel!
But what Lao Liu did was an act of treason!
There can only be one reason why a person who does not need to rebel suddenly rebels!
Lao Liu is conveying the message to him in this way!
Someone in the court is planning a rebellion!
Now, the person most likely to rebel in the court is the third brother!
Except for the third brother, no one else has the ability to rebel!
The third one?
Did he see anything?
Or did Xu Shifu see something?
He knew very well that as soon as they returned to the imperial city, the third brother went to the Xu Mansion to visit Xu Shifu!
Did something go wrong, or did my series of actions make them aware of the crisis?
Emperor Wen carefully recalled all his arrangements.
Soon, he understood.
It wasn't that there was a mistake in his arrangement, nor was it that someone leaked the news.
The third brother and the others have become smarter!
The fact that he returned to power and asked the third brother to rest well was in itself a dangerous signal for the third brother.
"Is it finally going to come to this?"
Emperor Wen let out a long breath.
It seems that it is impossible to depose the crown prince without bloodshed!
After all, I overestimate myself.
Throughout history, there has always been bloodshed when a crown prince was deposed.
Either the prince bleeds, or the prince's forces bleed.
After returning to his bedroom, Emperor Wen began to think quietly again.
Now, bloodshed has become inevitable!
What he needs to consider is whether to bleed more or less.
After pondering for a long time, a fierce murderous intent suddenly burst out in Emperor Wen's eyes.
That's it!
There will be bloodshed anyway!
Then let's bleed more!
Now that we have come this far, let’s be thorough!
If you want to feel pain, feel it completely at once!
To avoid the pain every now and then in the future!
After making up his mind, Emperor Wen no longer hesitated and immediately called Mu Shun: "Go to Qin Liugan and Xiao Wanchou's residence in person and tell them that the Third Brother can't sit still anymore. Tell them to get ready!"
"According to the order."
Mu Shun obeyed the order.
"besides!"
Emperor Wen called out to Mu Shun: "Mole, it's time to move!"
Hearing Emperor Wen's words, Mu Shun's body shook violently.
No one except Emperor Wen knew better than him the consequences of enabling moles.
Once the mole is activated, this imperial city will be a river of blood!
After hesitating for a moment, Mu Shun slowly knelt down and said, "I beg Your Majesty to take back your order!"
Emperor Wen narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Neither you nor I can be a Bodhisattva!"
"I beg Your Majesty to revoke your order!"
Mu Shun kowtowed again, his voice trembling: "Your Majesty, please reconsider!"
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At noon, Yun Zheng led his troops to bypass Guangling and head straight for Pingshan.
They received a report from the front army that the gates of Pingshan City were closed, and the Pingshan County Magistrate refused to open the city and even cursed Yun Zheng from the top of the city.
Although Yun Zheng was a little surprised by this result, he could understand it.
When he was in the Lulin camp, he heard from the generals there that the prefect of Pingshan County was Zhao Ke, a cousin of Zhao Ji.
This person is definitely Zhao Ji's confidant.
It can be said that Zhao Ke's fate is tied to Zhao Ji's.
Under such circumstances, it was normal for Zhao Ke to refuse to open the city gate.
However, the entire Pingshan County City only had one thousand county soldiers, plus one thousand soldiers responsible for guarding the weapons manufacturing workshop.
With such a small number of people facing more than 20,000 elite cavalry, whether to open the city gate is not up to Zhao Ke!
As Yun Zheng arrived with the main force, the commander of the vanguard army immediately rushed over.
"The one on the tower is Zhao Ke?"
Yun Zheng put down the clairvoyance in his hand and asked the commander of the front army.
"Yes!"
The commander of the front army replied: "Zhao Ke is a bastard who refuses to be persuaded and insults Your Highness and our army on the city wall. He is really hateful!"
"Let's go and meet him!"
Yun Li called Shang Lin Ji and went straight to the north gate of Pingshan.
Soon, they arrived outside the north gate of Pingshan.
Yun Zheng looked at Zhao Ke on the city wall from a distance of a hundred feet. "How dare you, Zhao Ke, collude with Zhao Ji and the crown prince to rebel! Open the city gate quickly, and I may be able to show you a lighter sentence!"
"fart!"
Zhao Ke cursed angrily: "Yun Zheng, you traitor, it was you who raised the army to rebel, yet you dare to turn the tables on me! I have never seen such a shameless person!"
"Stop trying to deceive people!"
Yun Zheng snorted coldly and said loudly: "If this king wanted to rebel, he would have ordered people to attack the city long ago!"
"Do you think the few men in Pingshan can stop the 200,000 troops behind me and me?"
"Zhao Ke, I know that you and Zhao Ji were both deceived by the crown prince, so I'm giving you a chance to redeem yourself. If you continue to resist, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Faced with Yun Zheng's advice, Zhao Ke was not moved and laughed out loud on the city wall.
"What a traitor who confuses right and wrong!"
Zhao Ke stared at Yun Zheng intently and shouted, "Everyone says that you, the King of Jingbei, are invincible. Today, I want to see how you can break through the gate of Pingshan!"
There is a weapons manufacturing workshop in Pingshan.
Pingshan has sufficient military equipment.
They really only had two thousand men.
However, there are still hundreds of thousands of people in this city!
Even if Pingshan cannot be defended in the end, he will break one of Yun Zheng's teeth!
"very good!"
Yun Zheng glanced at Zhao Ke coldly, and immediately ordered Lin Ji: "Pass the order, everyone shout to the soldiers and civilians in the city, tell them that Zhao Ji colluded with the prince to rebel, and the king is coming to the king's defense!"
"I think they were deceived by Zhao Ke, so I will not hold them accountable!"
"Anyone who captures Zhao Ke alive or presents his head will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins!"
"If you refuse to open the city and surrender, after Pingshan City is captured, all your nine clans will be exterminated!"
Time was running out, and Yun Zheng didn't want to waste time talking to Zhao Ke.
As Lin Ji passed on Yun Zheng's order, 20,000 troops immediately dispersed to the four city gates in the east, west, south and north, and shouted into the city together.
Listening to what they were shouting, Zhao Ke couldn't help but curse loudly while standing on the city wall.
Shameless traitor!
It was clearly him who committed treason, but he dared to accuse them of treason?
Does he really think that he has the final say in everything?
This is Guannei!
Not Shuobei!
As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Ke immediately called the county commander: "Take your men and mobilize the people in the city to help defend the city! Tell the people that Yun Zheng is plotting treason. If Pingshan cannot be defended, everyone will die at Yun Zheng's hands!"
