Chapter 209 Attacking the Capital

Everyone expressed their approval.

The second year of Jiaxing.

Originally, Prince Zhongyi and Yang Jingchen died in the battle, and the officials in the court were somewhat panic-stricken, and they could not celebrate the New Year in peace.

The Minister of War was ordered to immediately mobilize the troops stationed in the capital.

On March 20th, Lu Zhanyan led a million elite troops to capture Qingzhou, and the commander fled back to the capital under the protection of his personal guards.

Emperor Jiaxing was furious and killed the commander-in-chief. He also summoned the cabinet and the Ministry of War to discuss the matter.

The Minister of War suggested that Prince Ping be appointed as the General of National Defense and lead the troops to resist the rebels from invading the capital.

Your Majesty adopted the proposal and transferred troops from all over the capital to the capital.

King Ping had no choice but to accept the order and led hundreds of thousands of troops to station in the border area of ​​Yuzhou and the capital.

But before the troops from various places could arrive in Beijing, on April 10, Yuzhou, 500 miles away from the capital, was besieged.

The armies of King Ping and Lu Zhanyan began to fight.

The capital city was suddenly in chaos. Rice was more expensive than gold. Robberies of shops, silver shops, officials and wealthy families occurred from time to time, but there was no one to manage it and everyone was in danger.

War is cruel and will never be changed by anyone's will!

In the following days, there was no peace in the entire capital city.

Relying on their large numbers, Lu Zhanyan's army crushed King Ping's army and forced them to retreat step by step.

King Ping had no choice but to lead his army to retreat to within a hundred miles of the capital's gate. As long as he continued to retreat, the capital would be captured by the rebels.

During the truce, Prince Ping was filled with anger and pounded the table fiercely. He hated Lu Zhanyan, and he hated his royal brother even more for asking him to resist the rebels. Wasn't this obviously asking him to die?

How can an army of hundreds of thousands defeat an army of millions?

"Where's the princess?"

The subordinate quickly responded, "Your Highness, the princess pretended to be hunted down, and now she has been rescued by the rebels. I think she will be able to enter the rebel camp soon."

King Ping couldn't help but pray, hoping that Lu Zhanyan would believe Su Xianxin.

In the past, he resented Lu Zhanyan for being engaged to Su Xianxin, and he didn't want Su Xianxin to have anything to do with Lu Zhanyan. But this time, he actually wished that Lu Zhanyan still had feelings for Su Xianxin. Anyway, that woman was already dirty, so why not contribute a little to himself?

At this time in Yuzhou City.

Gu Xuyao ​​led many officials to personally welcome Lu Zhanyan and others.

The new prefect had been beheaded long ago, and now the entire Yuzhou is Lu Zhanyan's territory.

In the study room of the Governor's Mansion.

An official said excitedly: "My lord, success or failure depends on this one move!"

The others also had happy faces.

There is only one capital city left, the others have been taken. As long as the capital city is captured, the rebellion will be successful.

Lu Zhanxing leaned lazily on the back of his chair, but couldn't help but fan himself happily with his fan. He was getting closer to becoming a king.

When he looked up, he saw his brother's smiling eyes. Lu Zhanxing felt a little embarrassed and used his folding fan to cover his face which was smiling too brightly.

But those smiling eyes still fell into Lu Zhanyan's eyes, but as if he thought of something, Lu Zhanyan's smile faded.

This guy Xingdi smiles so brightly, I guess he wants to be the free and easy king again.

Alas! No matter how I tried to persuade her, she wouldn't listen. Once I tried to persuade her, she said she wanted to accompany her. It was really ridiculous.

Although I knew she was joking, I didn't dare to agree.

That's it!

As long as Xingdi doesn't go too far, there's nothing I can do to her.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will definitely not treat you unfairly when this is done!"

After receiving the lord's promise, everyone became even more excited.

"Report——"

Lu Zhanyan asked someone to come in and report.

Huai Mo came in to report: "My lord, the Princess of Ping was being hunted by the men of the Prince of Ping, but was rescued by a few patrol soldiers. I was asked to come and ask how to deal with her."

"Princess Ping?"

Everyone was startled, but Prime Minister Su was the one who reacted: "Is it Su Xianxin?"

"Exactly. She said that King Ping thought she was useless and not only killed her son, but also hunted her down. She managed to escape and wanted to ask the Second Young Master's wife to take her in."

Lu Zhanxing raised his eyebrows first, then looked at Lu Zhanyan, and remembered the rumors they had spread.

Gu Xuyao ​​frowned and said, "My lord, this must be a trick. Princess Ping must have some conspiracy. My lord, please don't be fooled."

Others also gave their advice.

Lu Zhanyan looked at Prime Minister Su and asked, "What is your opinion, Lord Su?"

This was an attempt to test whether Prime Minister Su was on the side of his youngest daughter.

When Prime Minister Su thought about how he had been killed and had no descendants, how could he have any sympathy for Su Xianxin?

"My lord, to be honest, I have severed my father-daughter relationship with her a long time ago. I think you must have heard those rumors. Princess Ping is not my daughter, so no matter how you deal with her, I have no complaints."

Seeing that Prime Minister Su had expressed his opinion, Lu Zhanyan nodded with satisfaction.

Lu Zhanxing said, "Let me handle this matter, you guys continue."

After saying that, she left the study without going to see Su Xianxin.

She remembered that Su Xianxin was the heroine. In the book, the heroine hurt her wife Su Xianye, and also hurt her brother, the villain, badly. Her brother remembered Su Xianxin's kindness until his death.

But little did he know that Su Xianxin was a woman with a hypocritical heart. Since he knew that Su Xianxin was not a good person, he would naturally not let her have an easy time.

Su Xianxin definitely had no good intentions when she came to see them this time.

Now that I'm here, I won't let her succeed.

Don't even think about hurting your brother and wife.

"Bai Jing, you go there. Death is too easy for her. Send her to the border to work in the coal mines! Remember to find a few people to keep a close eye on her. It would be best if you handcuff her. Don't let her run away."

Lu Zhanxing couldn't help but want Su Xianxin to suffer. A pampered rich girl would not be able to survive for long if she went to work in a coal mine.

Even if she is the heroine, she is not a threat at all. This time she wants to send the hero Chu Ji to hell. Without the hero, how can she be considered the heroine?

Bai Jing responded, turned around and left.

Su Xianxin could never have imagined that she would be sent to the border to dig coal...

At this time, in the palace, Jiaxing Emperor Chu Xiao was like an ant on a hot pot. You have to know that eight out of ten of the world have been lost. Now that Yuzhou has been broken, the capital is in danger!

On April 20th, Lu Zhanyan led a large army to press against the city gates of the capital.

The two sides continued to fight. King Ping knew he was no match for the enemy, so he fled with 10,000 of his personal guards.

When the news reached the palace, Emperor Jiaxing was furious and immediately sent the Minister of War to take over the position of commander-in-chief.

He also sent Mei Ge Lao and several officials to negotiate with Lu Zhanyan in order to seek peace.

Mei Ge Lao was willing to negotiate peace. As soon as he arrived at Lu Zhanyan's tent, he knelt respectfully and said, "My lord, we welcome you back to the capital!"

Lu Zhanyan personally helped him up: "Thank you for your hard work, elder!"

Lord Wei and Prime Minister Su both widened their eyes in disbelief. Lord Mei was actually Lu Zhanyan's man?

This... this is too hard to believe. Lord Mei is the deputy prime minister!

The two looked at each other and couldn't help but be glad that they had switched sides early, otherwise they would have no idea who Lu Zhanyan's spy was.

When Mei met Wei and Prime Minister Su, he smiled and said, "You two, how are you?"

Prime Minister Su and Lord Wei once again looked away tacitly, not wanting to pay any attention to this traitor.

He hid it so well that no one knew he was Lu Zhanyan's man...