Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 905
Shangguan Xu is dead...

Yan Mu frowned slowly, he was here waiting for him to come, but he was already dead.

He was his adoptive father who took him out of the Yan family, taught him Kung Fu, and showed him love. He also used him thoroughly. He is dead.

It's hard to explain how I feel at this time. It's not a happy one.

Qin Feishi came in from outside. The atmosphere was not right and he asked what happened.When Liu Yunxiang told him about Shangguan Xu, he was stunned for a moment and then sneered.

"As I get older, there will always be such a day."

Marquis Jing'an stood up, swept around the people in the tent, and finally looked at Yan Mu and said: "Five days from now in Lishan, we, Darong and Southern Jin, as well as Northern Jin and Xiyue, will have peace talks with all parties. Your Highness and all of you are here Take a good rest for a few days, there will be a tough battle ahead."

Yan Mu narrowed his eyes, "Jing'an Marquis is here under orders. I wonder what order the emperor gave you?"

Marquis Jing'an stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Of course I will assist the prince. I will obey your orders in everything."

"In this way." Yan Mu nodded, "Then I would like to ask again, where is General Su Huisu?"

"His command errors on the battlefield caused Ling'an City to fall to the enemy. He was too timid to fight and retreated to the miasma forest. The emperor has issued a decree to remove him from his duties as a general. He was detained and returned to Shengjing for trial early the morning before yesterday." Jing'an Hou Dao.

"He was originally commanding Bian Nan's army, and Bian Nan's soldiers only trusted him. Wouldn't sending their commander to Shengjing for trial at this time be tantamount to disrupting the morale of the army?" Yan Mu said in a deep voice.

Marquis Jing'an shook his head, "I don't agree with what your Highness said. Su Hui relied on the Emperor's distance and failed to follow the Emperor's orders many times. This time he committed such a serious crime. If he is not severely punished, how can he show his dignity to the imperial court? How can we give an explanation to the thirteen cities in Lingnan?"

"He can get away with it and make meritorious service!"

"The emperor ordered me to take charge of the Biannan Army Camp. I also acted according to the order. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

What this means is that he is the commander-in-chief of Bian Nan Military Camp, he has the final say, and Yan Mu uses his status to suppress him, so there is an emperor above him.

Yan Mu snorted coldly and strode outside.

Returning to his tent, Yan Mu asked the guards to call Wen Zhuqing.

Wen Zhuqing was wearing armor and was leading troops for training in the school field. When he saw Yan Mu, he knelt down and said, "Your Highness, please give General Su another chance. He has brought the army out of the miasma forest and is ready for battle. And He also contacted the defenders of the other twelve cities. If he is escorted back to the capital at this time, wouldn't it mean that the connection with the twelve cities is cut off?"

Yan Mu narrowed his eyes, he was the one who told Su Hui to contact the defenders of the Twelve Cities. I think Su Hui also told Marquis Jing'an, but he still escorted him away.The Marquis of Jing'an was also a military commander. He should have known that it was taboo to temporarily change the commander during a war, so he decided to do so.

"General Wen, I order you to lead people to chase General Su and be sure to bring him back to the military camp!"

Wen Zhuqing hurriedly responded: "General, go right now!"

Wen Zhuqing hurriedly left the tent, but Qin Feishi didn't agree, "What you did is tantamount to disobeying the emperor's order."

"Marquis Jing'an is right about something he said."

"what?"

Yan Mu twitched the corner of his mouth, "The sky is high and the emperor is far away."

Without the emperor's order, he is the biggest, so everyone has to listen to him!
In the evening, Zijin came back with Su Ruqing.

Mo Heng agreed to let the Su family out of the city. Liu Yunxiang and the others were eager to return to the military camp, so she asked Zi Jin to accompany Su Ruqing to find her family.It's just that she and the two came back, but no one else was seen.

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly went up to meet Su Ruqing. Seeing that Su Ruqing's face was not good, she hurriedly asked Zijin what was going on.

"We went to the house where the Su family was imprisoned, but the door was wide open and there was no one inside. We asked General Mo again, and he said that maybe when the people left the city a few days ago, the Su family also left the city. . We rushed back in a hurry, and when we came to the military camp and asked, there was no news about them."

"My father too..." Su Ruqing frowned.

"The prince has ordered General Wen to lead people to chase your father. Don't worry, your father will be back soon. As for your family, I will send people to look for them elsewhere first. Maybe they didn't come to the military camp immediately."

Su Ruqing nodded, "Excuse me, Princess." Liu Yunxiang asked Zijin to take Su Ruqing down to rest first, and she went back and told Yan Mu about it.

"I'm afraid the Su family is still in the city." Yan Mu said.

Liu Yunxiang nodded, she was also worried about this.

Su Hui returned to the military camp on the third day. When Marquis Jing'an learned about it, he didn't say anything.

"The peace talks are about to take place. Let's put all the other things aside for now."

That night, Yan Mu held a banquet and invited the governors gathered in the other twelve cities in Lingnan as well as the Central Plains Army and Dingxi Army who came to assist. However, everyone was present except Lu Changan.

"I forgot to tell His Highness that the Emperor issued an order for King Suping to return to Xizhou and withdraw so many troops guarding the Western Frontier. The Emperor was worried about changes and asked him to go back quickly." Marquis Jing'an said.

"If the peace talks fail and the two countries start fighting, has the emperor never considered this possibility?" Yan Mu asked with a stern face.

"The emperor said that with His Highness' ability, the peace talks will definitely be successful." Marquis Jing'an said.

As soon as these words came out, the governors of the Twelve Cities put down their wine glasses.

The prerequisite for the peace talks to be successful is that the imperial court agrees to cede twelve cities to the Southern Jin Dynasty.

Yan Mu sneered coldly, "Your Majesty has too much trust in me. Let's see if the Southern Jin Dynasty is willing to return Ling'an City and get out of our Da Rong territory."

"Your Highness..."

"We, Da Rong, won't give in an inch of ground!"

Marquis Jing'an was speechless with one sentence. Marquis Jing'an was startled for a moment and then smiled, "Your Highness has also been on the battlefield, right?"

"Go up."

"In front of the absolutely strong, the so-called self-confidence is just showing off."

"The Marquis of Jingan has also been on the battlefield, right?"

"of course."

"Being convinced that you are inferior before a real fight is called cowardice."

"Da Rong can't afford to fight."

"If everyone works together, how can we not fight?"

"Your Highness!"

"Jing'an Hou, the emperor ordered you to assist me. If you can't obey my order, then keep your mouth shut and don't disturb the morale of the army."

Marquis Jing'an raised his head and drank the wine in his glass. He got up and left on the grounds of feeling unwell.

After he left, Su Hui called the twelve city governors to Yan Mu to discuss the plan they had made before.

"This battle will definitely happen, and we must seize the opportunity. You will hold peace talks in Lishan, and we will march in the rear and place our troops outside Ling'an City. Once you give the order, we will attack the city immediately and fight to a quick victory. Take Ling'an back first." Su Hui told Yan Mu while pointing out the march route on the battle map.

"It's just that there is a kind of chariot in the Southern Jin Dynasty that is extremely lethal. We suffered a loss then."

Yan Mu looked at the battle map, pointed out a point, and said: "If you attack the city from here, I will send the Zhenbei Army to assist you. They have a secret weapon in their hands. Let them rush in front. You can help from both sides."

Su Hui and the Twelve City Governors looked at me and I looked at you, wondering how powerful this secret weapon could be, and how powerful it could be, and how much it could open the city gates?

(End of this chapter)