Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 478: It’s all over

What about now?

If you want to have a future, you will have lost it. After all, if you participate in a rebellion, it will be fine if you succeed, but if you fail, even your family will be affected.

But despite this, there are still people who are willing to take a gamble, to bet on that one chance.

But now, the truth has just been revealed and they are already facing such big trouble. Can they still succeed?

This was a huge blow to morale. Coupled with the rumors spread by their families and the people of Xihu Pass, many soldiers had begun to waver and had completely lost hope. Even those who wanted to take a gamble no longer saw that hope.

Xihuguan was in complete chaos. First, the people mutinied, and then the army mutinied. Although the scale was small at first, it grew larger as time went by.

Marquis Xuanwu also sent people to the capital city at full speed to deliver letters, but the letters were like a drop in the ocean and there was no response at all.

He even doesn't know what the situation is in the capital.

At this moment, hearing the words of the person who did the attack, Marquis Xuanwu snorted coldly and said nothing.

He now had a very bad feeling in his heart, as if something big and extraordinary had happened in the capital.

Just as he had guessed, the capital was now in chaos. At first, the people cursed the King of Qin for his treason, and then some scholars followed.

However, as time went on, those officials, nobles, and aristocratic families began to panic as they did not see their heads of family leave the palace and did not get any specific news.

The population of the capital city is not comparable to that of Xihu Pass. There are nearly one million civilians alone. This caused an uproar. In addition, with the instigation of officials, gentry, and nobles, no one can enter or leave the Qin Palace now.

All kinds of rotten eggs and vegetable leaves almost filled up the gate of the Prince of Qin's palace. The people were all spitting on the Prince of Qin for his treason.

Look, he has lost the support of the people before he even came to power. The King of Qin is probably the most miserable one among all the rebels.

There is really no other way. The enemy is too powerful. I am not just talking about Huo Junyao here. Relatively speaking, although Huo Junyao's psychological warfare methods are very effective, it will be useless if no one can cooperate with him.

The people who need to cooperate are the civil and military officials of the court, as well as the retired emperor and others who are still besieged in the imperial city.

Although the King of Qin is powerful and can use some means to quickly control the imperial capital, he is somewhat weak in the follow-up. Faced with the old foxes in the court, the King of Qin now has no news support from Xihu Pass, nor the help of the advisers under the former Prince Yide.

He was alone, facing such a result, so naturally he couldn't help but panic. After all, he lacked a certain foundation. Although he was smart, how could he compare with the political masters in the court in terms of knowledge?

The reason why Huo Junyao asked Wang Xia to arrange people to capture Prince Yi De's old subordinates was that she said she wanted to drag them out of the city and kill them one by one. In fact, her real purpose was to cut off these people's connection with King Qin.

Because in her opinion, the reason why the King of Qin could arrange such a grand scene must be that there must be someone supporting him behind the scenes.

How could a prince who was under surveillance create such a big scene?
However, the former subordinates of Prince Yide who were scattered all over the place could help, and these people were old foxes. They must have used some secret methods to pass messages to the King of Qin. The fact that Emperor Zhaowu was unaware of it all these years was enough to show how shrewd they were.

Now, all these people have been captured by him. The King of Qin seems to have lost his mind and has almost no clever tricks.

"Victory is certain. It looks like we are just one step away."

After she finished speaking, Huo Junyao asked Wang Xia to find out how long it would take Li Jiujun to arrive in the capital.

Two hours later, Wang Xia brought news that Li Jiujun would be able to arrive in the capital by noon tomorrow at the latest.

"Well, then sort out all the information about Xihu Pass. I will need it tomorrow at noon." The next day, Huo Junyao got up early in the morning, had a delicious meal, and reviewed the information about Xihu Pass again. To make sure there was nothing missed, she asked someone to prepare the carriage.

Near noon, a carriage and a large group of people appeared on the outskirts of the capital.

This time, Huo Junyao brought not only her own guards, but also Li Jiujun's thousands of vanguard troops.

Such a huge commotion was immediately discovered by the Xihu Pass soldiers on the city wall of the capital, who immediately reported it to the King of Qin.

"She showed up at this time, is she planning to attack the city?"

The King of Qin has become much more decadent now. He is in very bad condition and looks exhausted.

“How many people did she bring this time?”

His men quickly told the situation again, and the King of Qin frowned slightly. Attacking the city with such a small number of people?
"Report!"

Just when King Qin was puzzled, a report came from outside.

"Come in."

Soon, an armored soldier came in from outside. After seeing the King of Qin, he clasped his hands and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, Princess Zhaode sent a message outside the city saying that she wants to talk to you."

Upon hearing this, the King of Qin subconsciously wanted to refuse. What else could he say now that things had come to this?

But before he could say no, the soldier spoke again, "She also asked me to send something to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin."

After saying this, he took out the letter that had just been shot up from outside the city.

Seeing the thick letter, the King of Qin stretched out his hand to take it out, and then tore it open.

When he saw what was written inside, his expression changed drastically, his face turned pale in an instant, and his eyes gradually became dull.

The current situation of Xihu Pass is very troublesome. No wonder he has not received support from Xihu Pass. It turns out that Xihu Pass is already in a state of difficulty. The control of Xuanwu Hou over Xihu Pass is declining, and even the soldiers under his command are no longer so obedient to his orders.

The King of Qin knew very well that his greatest reliance was Xihu Pass.

According to his original idea, he would first control the capital, and then quickly get support from Xihu Pass and do a good job of protecting the capital. In this way, even if troops from all over the country came to support the king, he would be able to stay safe for a while.

Then, he could take advantage of this period of time to seize the throne.

Even though he only gave the emperor three days at the beginning, that was just talk. He knew very well that three days was not possible at all. Not to mention the emperor, even the civil and military officials in the court would not be able to do it.

All he had to do was wait. As long as the troops from Xihu Pass arrived, with hundreds of thousands of troops at his disposal, he could guard the capital safely and slowly negotiate with the retired emperor and all the civil and military officials in the court.

After all, the longer the time drags on, the worse it will be for various parts of the Yu Dynasty. After all, without the control of the court, the various places will inevitably try to divide the profits. The emperor emeritus certainly does not want to see these things, and neither do the civil and military ministers.

If there were a few neighboring countries ready to make a move, everything would be successful, but Huo Junyao directly cut off his connection with Xihu Pass and made such a cruel arrangement for Xihu Pass.

It's over, completely over.

(End of this chapter)