Chapter 948: Dingbei Army is Divided

Some generals who were unaware of the truth were actually fooled by him. They were filled with righteous indignation and were ready to gather troops and march to the capital immediately.

They want to avenge the old prince, seek justice for the soldiers who died fighting on the battlefield with the old prince, and find a way out for the Dingbei Army who have been stationed in the northern border for more than ten years in the bitter cold.

However, some sober and calm generals did not approve of such impulsive behavior. They advocated finding a famous doctor to save the old prince as soon as possible and finding out the truth before taking action.

The generals with different opinions gradually split into two factions. One wanted to persuade the other side not to be impulsive, while the other simply refused to listen and cursed the other side for being a coward who was afraid of death and was sorry for the old prince and the brothers who had sacrificed.

Countless quarrels caused the Dingbei Army, which was originally united and disciplined, to gradually become distracted.

The instigator of all this, Shui Gaoyang, returned to the sealed-off Shuifu under the pretext of returning to the capital to seek justice.

He used his home as a base for meetings, and every day he would summon those generals who were willing to follow him back to the capital to discuss how to gather troops, raise supplies and food, when to set out, etc.

At this time, Shui Gaoyang sat in the first seat with high spirits, as if he had already regarded himself as a general of an army.

"I say, everyone, we have been discussing this and that for more than ten days, but we still haven't come up with a plan. Should we go back to the capital to seek justice for the old prince?"

Looking at the generals who were gathered together and arguing with red faces, after a while, Shui Gaoyang finally shouted impatiently to stop.

Hearing this, the quarrel finally stopped.

A tall lieutenant general, eight feet tall, with a thick beard and a loud voice, also shouted impatiently:

"Discuss, discuss... what the hell are you talking about? If it's your opinion, we should just head straight to the capital! I want to ask the old emperor why he treats the old prince like this, why he treats the Dingbei Army like this? If he can't explain it, he can forget about being the emperor! Anyway, it's the Mo family's kingdom, and it's the old prince's turn to be the emperor! Then at least we can be appointed as a general!"

As soon as he said this, the hall became quiet, and then everyone became excited like boiling water.

Yes, anyway, when the old prince and the retired emperor were fighting for the empire together, it was agreed that the two brothers would take turns sitting on the throne.

But more than ten years later, the emperor no longer wanted to be emperor, nor did he hand over the throne to the old prince. Instead, he passed it to his son.

All the generals who had joined the retired emperor in attacking the palace were promoted. Although those generals who had followed the old prince in fighting outside the city were also promoted, they could only follow the old prince to guard the border in the northern border.

Why is it that we all fought together to conquer the world, but others can live in a big house in the capital, comfortably attend court duties, and enjoy a luxurious life with high salaries?

But they can only drink the north wind, eat ice and snow and fight the barbarians in this bitter cold land. Not to mention fine wine and delicious food, their military pay and food are often delayed and withheld by those bastards in the capital?

Sometimes the roads were blocked by ice and snow, and food and grass could not be brought in from outside. They could only tighten their belts and go out hunting in the wind and snow. They killed and ate the snow chickens, sheep, reindeer, snow rabbits, etc. that they had raised at home with great difficulty. In the most difficult times, they even had to kill war horses.

Although they had followed the old prince willingly for so many years, it was impossible for them not to have complaints against those guys in the capital.

Now, those people have caused the old prince to fall into a coma and want to seize the military power of the Dingbei Army.

How is that possible?

Suddenly, there was a chorus of cursing in the hall. Most of these generals came from rough and uncivilized backgrounds, and when they cursed people, they could use all kinds of vulgar and obscene words.

Shui Gaoyang looked at this scene, not knowing whether to be happy or annoyed.

Everyone wanted to attack the capital, this was the result he wanted.

But, after conquering the capital, let the old prince become the emperor? He doesn't want that!

Now he hated the old prince so much that if he didn't want to use the excuse of seeking justice for the old prince to incite these brainless idiots, he would have poisoned the old guy and sent him to hell long ago!

"Alright, stop arguing! We must attack the capital, and we must hurry up. If the news gets back to the capital and they're prepared, we can forget about seeking justice for the old prince! However, everyone knows the truth that 'food and grass must go before troops move'. But the food and grass for the winter this year has not arrived yet, and the remaining food and grass is not enough for ten days, and it's been withheld by General Duanmu, who refuses to give it to us as food and grass for attacking the capital."

When he said this, hatred was revealed in Shui Gaoyang's eyes.

Speaking of which, the Duanmu family and the Shui family have always had a very good relationship. Duanmu Xiong and his father were both deputy generals of the old prince. They have been through life and death together for so many years and have even blocked swords for each other. They are closer than brothers.

When I was a child, I often rode on Duanmu Xiong's neck and flew high in the sky, and chased him calling him uncle and asking for candy.

However, this time he wanted to incite all the generals of the Dingbei Army to lead their troops south to attack the capital, but Duanmu Xiong did not care about their past friendship at all and actually took the lead in opposing the attack on the capital. He won over most of the generals and insisted on waiting until the old prince woke up before making a decision.

Shui Gaoyang felt extremely angry when he thought that his plan had been greatly hindered because of Duanmu Xiong's strong opposition.

After hearing what he said, the other generals also began to worry.

Indeed, without food and fodder, everything is in vain.

"Oh, what should we do? Nephew, you have a lot of ideas, come up with a solution quickly. As long as there is food and grass, I, Huang Dabiao, will risk my life to lead my brothers to the capital and ask the emperor for an explanation!"

It was the same bearded lieutenant general who asked impatiently.

Huang Dabiao is a lieutenant general under General Shui, and he respects both General Shui and the old prince very much.

Now, one of these two superiors was killed by the old emperor, and the other was poisoned by the old emperor and fell into a coma. Huang Dabiao was so angry that he wanted to rush into the imperial city immediately and kill the foolish and cruel emperor to avenge General Shui and the old prince.

Shui Gaoyang glanced at the noisy Huang Dabiao, and a hint of dissatisfaction flashed across his eyes.

It was because this old guy just said that he wanted to let the old prince become the emperor. If this guy was not still useful, he would have wanted to send this old thing to accompany his father.

But at this moment, Shui Gaoyang still had to put on a smile and said humbly:

"Uncle Huang, don't worry. I do have a plan, but..."

He looked at the generals present hesitantly, looking very embarrassed.

The other generals couldn't think of a good solution, so when they heard that he had come up with a plan, they hurriedly urged him:

"Is there any solution? Tell me now!"

"Yes, if you have any ideas, tell us and let us discuss them together."

Huang Dabiao was even more impatient:

"Hey, nephew, hurry up and tell me! Don't hesitate like a woman! If you can come up with a good idea, I, Huang Dabiao, will treat you as my commander in the future!"

Although the others did not say that they would serve him as their commander, they all expressed that they would follow his arrangements in the future.