Chapter 167: Putting death on the line for the future, all parties are plotting! (Subscribe)
Jianghua County, Yunfu City!
The news that King Zhenbei's army was heading south had spread all over the city and everyone knew about it, which undoubtedly pushed the war to a climax.

In the streets, teahouses and taverns, people were discussing the upcoming war, and their faces were filled with worry and expectation. At this time, everyone knew that a storm was coming, and the decisive battle between Daqian and the rebels was about to begin.

This war is undoubtedly a climax in Daqian's history, and its outcome will directly affect Daqian's future destiny. Whether the country can continue for 500 years and whether Daqian's rule can be maintained, all this will be decided on the battlefield.

at the same time,

Hanzhou, inside the Qianqing Palace!
The young emperor Liu Wulie stood on a high platform, with his hands behind his back, looking into the distance.

The gorgeous sunset glowed on his face, setting off his young and resolute face. The magnificent mountains and rivers of Daqian were in full view, but his mind had already flown to the distant battlefield.

"Uncle, please don't let me down this time!" Liu Wulie whispered to himself, with a barely perceptible hint of nervousness in his voice.

He knew what this move meant. It meant that his ambitious uncle would become more prestigious and more difficult to control in the future.

But given the current situation, he has only this one way to go.

He will be the one standing till the end!
At this moment, a cold light flashed in his eyes, which was captivating.

If this trip goes smoothly, not only can the traitor Lin Zhongyun be eliminated, but the emperor's uncle, who has been so successful that he threatens the emperor, can also be severely weakened. Why not kill two birds with one stone?

At this time, the hall was once again filled with civil and military officials, and the number was obviously much larger than before.

When they heard about the mighty army of rebels, many people were already trembling with fear and would excuse themselves from court meetings on the grounds of illness. However, now they appeared in the hall one after another.

At this moment, their faces were flushed, and they had put aside their previous nervousness and sense of crisis. They hid their hands in their sleeves, with an expression of being in control of the situation on their faces.

"Your Majesty, the King of Zhenbei is the pillar of our Daqian. We will surely return victorious from this expedition." An elderly civil official said with a smile, his voice full of confidence.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the King of Zhenbei has made great military achievements and will be able to put down the rebellion in one fell swoop." Another general echoed, with a determined light in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, with the King of Zhenbei here, he can protect our country for thousands of years!"

"Now that the King of Zhenbei has gone to suppress the rebels, Your Majesty can rest assured this time!"

……

As they spoke, they rushed to speak, fearing that they would be forgotten by the young emperor if they did not show up in front of Liu Wulie. Everyone had a calm look on their faces, and with their eloquent speeches, it seemed as if Daqian's victory was already a foregone conclusion.

The now somewhat noisy hall is in stark contrast to the depressing atmosphere of the past few days where one could hear a pin drop.

Liu Wulie sat on the dragon chair, listening to the ministers' words, a stern look flashed across his eyes, and he couldn't stop sneering in his heart. Why are you talking so excitedly now? What were you doing before?
He lowered his head and took note of the ministers who were talking so eloquently at the moment. These people were all incompetents who could only try to smooth things over all day long. When good things happened, they would rush ahead of everyone else, but when big things happened, they would run away faster than anyone else.

These ministers were all protecting their own interests, without any regard for the safety of the country and the people. They were not only useless to the court, but also the parasites of Daqian. It was because of these people that Daqian lost the support of the people and the war continued.

When he first ascended the throne, he had lofty ambitions burning in his heart, and vowed to become a wise ruler who would serve the people and the country and allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

However, reality dealt him a heavy blow.

Although he is an emperor,

However, the right to make arbitrary decisions is a right only enjoyed by the emperor in wartime, not to mention that he is a young emperor with insufficient prestige and immature wings.

These ministers have complex power and high prestige in the court. If one person is touched, the whole body will be affected.

Therefore, as for the control over people like his uncle, he could only let them do whatever they wanted.

But now everything has changed, including the situation in the court.
The situation in Daqian has now collapsed to this point. The rise of the rebel army is weakening the power of the imperial court on the one hand, but it is also weakening the power of the families of those corrupt officials who are just sitting there doing nothing.

This is actually a good thing for him!
Destroy and then build,
Five hundred years had already made the Daqian system corrupt.

Now is the time to make a clean break and change all this!

At this moment, a new hope ignited in his heart. He knew that now was the time for him to show his ambition. He wanted to use this opportunity to completely eliminate these corrupt ministers and restore the glory of Daqian.

"Lin Zhongyun, this is your opportunity, but it's also mine." He murmured to himself in a low voice, with a determined light flashing in his eyes.

He Liu Wulie,

He has always been a wise ruler of Daqian, not a ruler who brought ruin to the country.

With the praises from civil and military ministers, the obsession in his heart became deeper and crazier!

At the same time, in Jianghua County, Yunfu City, Yuan Chenghuan went to the high platform to inspect military discipline.

"Who would have thought that the rebel army, which was once as insignificant as an ant, would one day threaten Daqian?"

He frowned and looked at the flags of the rebel army fluttering in the wind. His face was gloomy and his heart was extremely heavy.

As the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, he naturally has to see farther and deeper than the average person. Only in this way can he go further and stand higher in this turbulent torrent.

Just as he expected, the rebel army has been continuously dispatching troops from Cang and Yu states in the past few days. According to his estimation, the rebel army now has as many as 700,000 to 800,000 troops.

Of course, these 700,000 or 800,000 troops are nothing compared to the nearly two million troops of the imperial court. On the surface, they still have the advantage in military strength.

However, the annihilation of the 50,000-strong rebel army in Leling City had become a source of worry for him, and he did not feel that the imperial court had a huge advantage at the moment.

In fact, it was not only this that made him so worried, but also the upcoming King of Zhenbei and the dissatisfaction that was spreading in the army.

First of all, there is the powerful King of Zhenbei, Liu Jiuren.

There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. The uncle of the current emperor would definitely not allow anyone to stand over him and command his army. I'm afraid the first thing that person would do when he gets here is to give him a warning.

Although his understanding of the King of Zhenbei was limited to some old rumors, after observing him for some time, he found that the King of Zhenbei was not only ambitious, but also a little bit underestimated the enemy.

Along the way, Liu Jiuren was very high-profile. Wherever he went, he held banquets and made sure everyone knew about it.

He spread the word everywhere that the elite soldiers under his command had survived life-and-death battles with the Northern Barbarians' cavalry, and that each of them was a veteran of hundreds of battles and was far from being comparable to the straw bags of the Yangzhou defenders.

He even made a bold statement that the elite troops under his command were enough to crush the offensive of the invincible righteous army and to put down the rebellion that was wreaking havoc on the entire Daqian.

Such underestimation of the enemy,
This was something Yuan Chenghuan had never thought of before.

At this time, he began to understand why the King of Zhenbei had made no achievements in guarding the northern border over the years.

In fact, he could already foresee the tragic end of these veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles in the North. In addition, there was another thing that worried him even more, and it was also the most urgent thing to solve at the moment, that was the morale of the army.

Originally, because of Lin Zhongyun's psychological warfare, the people's hearts had already been shaken. If it were not for his strict military discipline, the army's morale would have finally been stabilized.

However, this time, the news of the Northern Barbarians' retreat completely ignited the anger in everyone's hearts. As the war approached, everyone became more and more impetuous.

Thinking of this, his gaze turned to the large camp in the distance. The conditions in the camp were poor, most of the soldiers were thin, and they couldn't even find a piece of better armor.

These people were none other than the militiamen who had come from various states to respond to the impending events. Most of them were civilians from poor backgrounds, and it was this group of people who had the greatest reaction to the news of the collusion between the imperial court and the northern barbarians.

He could understand these people's anger very well. After all, they all knew that once the war started, they would be cannon fodder at the front and would be doomed.

However, this is the case. The imperial court is colluding with the northern barbarians. Doesn't this make them feel disheartened?
Let me ask you, who would be willing to risk their life for a court that is colluding with the northern barbarians?

But, he understood it.

As the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, he must take these people into consideration.

He knew very well that although these people were not strong in fighting, if they mutinied, the consequences would be disastrous.

All it takes is one more fuse to make these people explode and mutine, which would undoubtedly be a further blow to the imperial court.

This made his frown deepen and his heart was filled with worry.

Just then, there was a commotion outside the tent, and his deputy general walked in with a nervous look on his face.

"What's going on?" Yuan Chenghuan asked sternly.

The deputy general looked embarrassed, looked around and saw that it was not the person who spoke, so he invited Yuan Chenghuan back to the tent.

"What must we talk about here?" Yuan Chenghuan looked confused, but he was not angry. He still trusted his deputy general.

The deputy general walked out of the tent and confirmed that there was no one around. Then he took out a secret letter from his pocket mysteriously: "General, there is a secret letter from the emperor!"

"A letter from His Majesty?"

Hearing this, Yuan Chenghuan's heart suddenly tightened, and he immediately had a bad premonition.

Now the war will begin,

The emperor has sent a letter, and it is a secret letter. I am afraid that...

Without time to think about it, he opened the secret letter. His vicious expression became more and more complicated as the content of the secret letter appeared. Finally, he murmured in a low voice: "Your Majesty, will this matter really develop as you said?"

……

Jianghua County, Jialing County.

Since Jialing County is an important county in Yangzhou and controls the communication between the various counties in Yangzhou, more and more people are coming and going in Jialing County.

Standing on the city wall, I could see a steady stream of people walking towards Jialing City on the distant horizon, like a long snake winding across the earth, one after another.

Most of these people were in groups of five or five, scattered here and there, some big and some small, supporting each other, and they were not dressed well. They did not look like a caravan but more like refugees from various places.

But in fact, these people were civilians who came voluntarily from Cang and Yu states to participate in this war. They were desperate at the beginning, and it was Lin Zhongyun who gave them a way to survive.

They had already become disillusioned with Daqian, so even though they were thousands of miles apart, they were willing to contribute their own strength to Lin Zhongyun.

They did this not only to repay Lin Zhongyun for giving them a new life, but also to protect their own happy lives with their own hands.

Li Zhongwu looked at the endless stream of reinforcements and a sense of pride spontaneously emerged in his heart. Now, King Wu was the only one in the world who could be so loved. He also had more information about this war.

"Brother, after working day and night these days, our people are almost all equipped with full sets of armor and weapons, except for these reinforcements who came spontaneously. In addition..."

He took a deep breath and reported all the preparations he had made in recent days to Lin Zhongyun.

"Ok!"

Lin Zhongyun smiled with satisfaction at this result, and then said: "Those people who came here spontaneously must be well settled and must not be allowed to suffer.

The old, weak, women and children should all be housed in the city. If they are willing, they can be allowed to help the blacksmiths in the city, but they must not be allowed to go to the battlefield. "

"Although we are now much smaller than the rebels in terms of strength, all of us good men are still alive. If an old man were to wear armor and a child were to go into battle, it would be our greatest shame, even if we won the war!"

He said this in an excited tone.

This is his true feeling from the bottom of his heart.

He has always believed that war is a matter for adults, and this is his bottom line.

"Yes, I'll give the order right away!"

When Li Zhongwu heard this, he was also very excited. He originally wanted to propose this idea to Lin Zhongyun, but he didn't expect Lin Zhongyun to bring it up first.

Then, he continued, "According to our information, the army of the King of Zhenbei will arrive in Yangzhou in three days. The people in the court are in a state of uncertainty. If we take the initiative to attack at this time, we will definitely catch them off guard.

In this way, even if the Zhenbei King’s army arrives, we will be under less pressure.”

However, Lin Zhongyun shook his head unexpectedly at this result.

He turned around slowly, his face no longer showing the excitement, but a calm and confident expression. "No, we should stay put. I want all their forces to gather together."

"What? Stand still?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhongwu's pupils shrank, and the look of reverence on his face was instantly replaced by an expression of disbelief.

Even though he was obedient to Lin Zhongyun, he couldn't help but hesitate at this moment. There was only shock and confusion in his eyes when he looked at Lin Zhongyun.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, and asked again with a serious expression: "Brother, what are you doing? Isn't it too risky to do this?"

In response to this, Lin Zhongyun smiled mysteriously and said calmly:
"Fear is like a plague that will spread. From one person to ten, from ten to a hundred. Of course, the more people there are, the better!"
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