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Xue Poye didn't know what was going on in the capital these days, and he didn't know anything about the political confrontation between the imperial court and the royal family. But seeing the royal family's army besieging the capital, he already understood in his heart that the four princes under the banner of The two royal families are on opposite sides.

The three-way rebels besieged the city of Kyoto on all sides, and the situation in Kyoto was already in jeopardy.

The four gates of the capital are tightly closed, and it is completely impossible for Xue Poye to pass through the rebel formation and enter through the four gates.

The rebels did not immediately attack the city, as if they were waiting for something.

Looking at the rebels with banners covering the sun, with bright armor and white iron guns, the densely packed army array is arranged under the city of Kyoto. Looking at the huge number of rebels, the garrison on the top of the city unexpectedly gave birth to a little panic.

The three major garrison troops in Kyoto are the absolute elite army of the Great Chu Kingdom. While the garrison troops in Kyoto are still spending time on the city walls day after day, the garrison troops are practicing day and night. The country's military equipment, the garrison army is undoubtedly ranked first, they have the most solid armor, the sharpest blade, but in terms of combat effectiveness, they are no more than the three garrison armies.

In the eyes of real soldiers, ignoring the [-] troops in the Wuzhou camp this time, the nearly [-] garrison troops alone are not [-]. Compared with ordinary troops, their combat effectiveness is definitely more than [-].

The shortcomings of the Great Chu State's emphasizing culture over military affairs have caused the weakness of the Kyoto garrison's combat effectiveness. The Kyoto garrison, which has not experienced too many battles, began to look cowardly in front of the cloud-like garrison.

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"My lord, they really turned against each other!" Ximen Leizang looked stern, looking at the army below the city, his voice finally showed panic.

Xue Poye sighed, pointed at the banner of the rebel army and said: "Look, they not only played the banner of the Great Chu, but also the banner of the Fourth Prince. From this point of view, I am afraid that the Holy Majesty is really...really His death...!" At this point, Xue Poye's whole body felt cold.

Ximen Leizang stared at Kyoto, suddenly knelt down on the ground, and respectfully kowtowed nine times in the direction of Kyoto, and the Habayashi guards behind him also kowtowed.

The Habayashi guards are the imperial guards of the emperor. For them, the emperor is the person they swear allegiance to.

"They seem to be waiting for something." Xue Poye looked at the rebel army approaching the city like a dark cloud, very puzzled, the so-called noble god of soldiers, why the rebel army did not take action for a long time, what are they waiting for?Is it going to consume the morale and energy of both parties?

"The longer you wait, the worse it will be for the rebels." Ximen Leizang said in a low voice, "Duke Liu and Duke Ye are both people who understand military principles, why do they do this?"

Xue Poye frowned, and sighed after a long time: "If the capital city is to be captured, the rebels may also suffer heavy casualties. This is the root of the royal family, and they don't want to suffer too much loss."

"Surround and not attack?" Ximen Leizang also frowned: "But if we go on like this for a few days, once the local government finds out, I'm afraid they will send out the king's army. This...then the rebels will face the situation of attacking from front to back. gone."

"King Qin's army?" Xue Poye sighed, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it will be very difficult. The nearest state capital, Mozhou, has also rebelled. In addition, the nearest camp to Kyoto also needs a two-day journey, and the state and county At this kind of moment, even if you know that there are changes in the capital, you will not act rashly. You must know that this time the rebellion is not under the banner of the courtiers, but... the banner of the prince. This belongs to the scope of the imperial power struggle. The states and counties do not have amazing courage, so they dare not act rashly."

"As long as there is a jade seal affixed with the King Qin's document signed by the Privy Council, the battalion army dare not refuse to help!" Ximen Leizang said with certainty.

Xue Poye shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Captain Ximen, you have also seen that the royal army is approaching the city, and the army is orderly and not flustered. Can the documents be sent to the state capitals? Not to mention that ambushes have been set up around the capital, there are probably people sent by the royal family waiting at the gates of the state capitals, and they will kill the messengers as soon as they arrive."

Ximen Lei Zang pondered for a while, and acquiesced to Xue Poye's guess. Since the royal family had long been prepared, they had already expected the King Qin's army, and they had already prepared countermeasures.

"Then they are waiting around?"

Xue Poye rubbed his nose and pondered for a long time before saying: "Since they don't want to spend too much military force on the outside attack, then they obviously want to have problems in the capital... There is an idiom called self-destruction, and I don't know if they are now thought."

"Civil turmoil in Kyoto...!" Ximen Leizang thought about it.

Xue Poye suddenly said: "Captain Ximen, there are five major military forces in the capital city that have the ability to disrupt the situation, there is the Kyoto garrison, there is the four-door admiral's mansion, there is the capital mansion, and there is the Metropolitan Procuratorate... Well, there are also our feathers. Lin Ying, where do you think there will be turmoil?"

Ximen Leizang was puzzled and said, "My lord, you mean... one of the five places will be an internal response of the royal family?"

"I'm not sure, and I don't want to believe that these are the loyal subordinates of the Holy Majesty. I hope they all firmly support the imperial court... However, if the royal family is really waiting for internal turmoil, then it can only be the one in the middle of these five places." A certain place... or a certain few places!" Xue Poye's eyes glowed calmly.

Although he has not been in the officialdom for a long time, and he has not experienced too much political storm, his natural sensitivity, adaptability and analytical ability let him understand the twists and turns of the political stage and the ever-changing human nature.

"My lord...I...!" Ximen Leizang didn't seem to want to express his views on his colleagues in the capital.

Xue Poye said sternly: "Captain Ximen, don't shy away too much at this critical time."

Ximen Lei Zang pondered for a while, before saying: "Although the people in the capital city and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are extremely capable individually, they are too small in number and they restrict each other. No matter who wants to rebel, the other party has enough ability to deal with it , should not cause too much shock to the situation in Kyoto."

Xue Poye nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, if there is only one Kyoto Prefecture or Metropolitan Procuratorate, then it will be a huge potential threat to Kyoto, but if two exist at the same time, this kind of threat can be avoided... Your Majesty is really wise... ...!"

"There must be nothing wrong with the Kyoto garrison...!" Ximen Leizang pondered, "Otherwise, as soon as the royal army arrives, they will open the door and surrender."

"Then what about the four-door admiral's mansion?"

"Simen Admiral's Mansion? Lord Hou Jingzong was the Holy Majesty's personal servant when he was young, and he was loyal to the Holy Majesty without any second thoughts. Otherwise, the Holy Majesty would not have entrusted him with such an important task as the four gates of Kyoto. Take a step back and say, Hou If my lord wants to rebel, he is in charge of the four gates of the capital, and he will be the one who opens the door." Ximen Lei Zang said with great certainty: "My humble opinion is that even if everyone in the world is rebellious, Lord Hou has no such possibility."

Xue Poye laughed and said: "Then only our Yubayashi camp is left? The three major battalions of the Yubayashi camp have an army strength of over [-]. Apart from the garrison, the Yubayashi camp is the most powerful."

"Impossible!" Ximen Leizang said categorically: "Our Habayashi Battalion is the Imperial Guard, a loyal and elite army. Every Habayashi guard is a reputable man and will never commit treasonous acts. .”

When he said this, his face was full of pride and self-esteem as a Habayashi guard.

Xue Poye sighed and said: "Captain Ximen, I also believe that Yulinying is the most loyal guard of my Great Chu to the royal family. Xue is convinced of this." Sighing, he said lightly: "Master Teng Suddenly suffering from a serious illness, the holy dragon died, and the Yulinying was a forbidden iron-blooded guard, I... Hehe, maybe I was just worrying too much."

"My lord, my humble position is stupid, I don't understand what my lord means."

"Captain Ximen, until now, I have been wondering about one thing, why Master Teng fell ill at such an important time." Xue Poye said with a cold face: "If it is really because of grief that the Holy Majesty left, that's fine. But if someone is playing tricks in the dark, there may be something wrong with our Habayashi Camp. You should understand that the Habayashi Camp has orders and prohibitions. No matter how weird the boss's order is, the subordinates must follow the boss's order. This point, you should Will not deny it!"

"Yes." Ximen Leizang nodded and said: "Our Habayashi Camp has strict military regulations, and orders and prohibitions are also my Habayashi Camp's iron-blooded rules."

"That's exactly what I'm worried about." Xue Poye said with a wry smile: "Perhaps our Habayashi guards are all good men who serve the country loyally and never have any wrongdoing in their hearts, but who can guarantee... Hehe, who can Guarantee that the order given by the boss is correct or wrong?"

Ximen Leizang thought about it, and suddenly his face changed drastically: "My lord...you mean...!"

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The Nanlin Camp rebels who besieged the east gate of Kyoto had a well-organized formation. Less than five miles away from the city of Kyoto, there were banners and drums, and it looked as if they were about to attack the city of Kyoto at any time.

The fourth prince rode on a strong horse, looked at the uneasy garrison on the top of the city, and sneered: "Father, have you ever thought that your garrison looks like a tail in front of my Nanlin army?" like a rat!"

Behind the fourth prince is Ye Dao, the tiger-mounted general of the Nanlin Camp, who is dressed in blue-red battle armor. The tiger-mounted general appointed by His Majesty the Emperor has been executed in the mutiny of the Nanlin Camp, and has been in actual control of the Nanlin Camp Ye Dao of Quan Quan came to power immediately. He is the son of Ye Guogong and the uncle of the fourth prince.

Ye Dao is currently commanding the East Route Army of Nanlin Daying, and Ye Guogong personally sits in charge of the South Route Army.

In a sense, in the eyes of the royal family, this mutiny is likely to be something that can be easily captured.

After strict confirmation, the royal family affirmed the death of His Majesty the Emperor. Only after confirming this, they dared to do many things that they dared to think but dared not do.

The royal family was still thinking about what kind of excuse they would use to stage a coup. Their goal was simple, that is, to ask the new monarch to give them more power, and to fundamentally change the situation in which the king was strong and the king was weak in recent years. .

Of course, they did not have the ambition to snatch the throne. After all, the three major royal families check and balance each other. Whoever has that kind of heart will definitely end up miserable.

It's nothing more than pulling out a prince as a banner for them to gain benefits.

The prince is controlled by the queen mother. From the queen mother, it is impossible for the royal family to get too much benefit, let alone change the status quo of the king being strong and the king weak. Therefore, in the hearts of the royal family, the prince is definitely not a suitable candidate for the new king.

The third prince Liu Zizheng, who sticks to the frontier and has a military temperament, has no blood relationship with the royal family. If he fails, he will kill the royal family, so of course he is not the candidate for the banner of the royal family.

The second prince, Liu Ziyin, is dead. As for the man in Wuyan Palace, no one will think about anything else. A prince who is so crippled that he is not as good as a pig or dog is of no use, so the royal family has targeted the fourth prince, Liu Zifu. .

At least one candidate for the Ye family is the Fourth Prince.

In order to win the throne from the crown prince, the fourth prince is willing to cooperate with the royal family. As for the various conditions proposed by the royal family after ascension to the throne, the fourth prince naturally fully agrees at this time.

He is an ambitious prince, maybe he knows that the royal family is using him, but he is not using the royal family.

After ascending the throne... the fourth prince always thought coldly in his heart: "At that time, I will deal with you again!"

However, he may not even feel this kind of thinking... Zhenxue is a bit whimsical, young people are always arrogant and unscrupulous, always thinking that many things develop according to their own ideas, but they always forget a sentence talk.

Ginger is old and spicy, you... are too tender!

"Your Highness the Fourth!" Although he is the uncle of the Fourth Prince, Ye Dao did not lose his etiquette in addressing him. In the hearts of the royal family, the Fourth Prince is the Great Chu Emperor who will soon be enthroned as the Great Treasure: "Your internal response, Will you make some moves today?"

The fourth prince looked indifferent, turned his face to look at Ye Dao, and said calmly: "They are loyal to the royal family... Don't forget, uncle, I am also a prince, and allegiance to me is allegiance to the royal family!"

Ye Dao nodded slightly, glanced at the cold Nanlin army, and said slowly: "I'm just worried that my soldiers will bleed too much!"

"The new era... will always be covered with blood." Prince Fu said coldly.

Ye Dao looked at his nephew, from his indifferent eyes, there was endless ambition and passion, maybe as a born prince, he was destined to have these things in his eyes.

"Your Highness the Fourth Prince... naturally needs bloodshed and unscrupulous means before sitting in the world, but when you really sit in that position, besides bloodshed, you need more benevolence." Ye Dao seems to want to imbue the Fourth Prince with some morals of being a king in advance , although he raised troops, deep down in his heart he did not want the future monarch to be a ruthless emperor.

The fourth prince frowned slightly, but Ye Dao was his uncle privately, and publically the real commander of this army. He was not stupid enough to refute, but just nodded lightly and hummed.

"Uncle...!" The fourth prince called softly, and suddenly asked: "After the matter is completed, what should the Situ family do?"

Ye Dao said indifferently: "According to His Royal Highness, how should we deal with it?"

"They belong to the prince." The fourth prince said coldly.

Ye Dao was silent for a moment before replying: "They are also members of the royal family!"

The fourth prince clenched his fists, his handsome face was full of hostility: "People from the royal family? Sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, just wanting to get something they shouldn't have?"

Ye Dao shook his head and reminded: "Don't forget that the Situ family is related to the queen mother and the prince by blood after all. They didn't point their blade at us, which is already considered their sense of humor."

The fourth prince gritted his teeth, murderous intent flashed across his eyes, but he didn't speak.

"When my flag is erected on the top of the city, we can attack the city." After a long silence, the fourth prince dropped this sentence, turned his horse's head, and returned to the camp to rest.

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Xue Poye looked at Ximen Leizang, although Ximen Leizang didn't speak clearly, but he understood Ximen Leizang's meaning in his heart, because Ximen Leizang's meaning was exactly what he was most worried about now.

Ximen Leizang's face was a little pale, and he murmured: "No wonder... no wonder he has been winning people's hearts recently, and no wonder he wants to take charge of the Fenghuo camp temporarily... But... my lord, he is too courageous!"

"When the Holy Majesty is around, he may be able to be honest and loyal." Xue Poye sneered: "But when the Holy Majesty passed away, he must find a new backer. No credit, but if he can help the fourth prince ascend the throne, he will be a meritorious minister. As far as I know, he is even more of a lustful person. When the Holy Majesty was around, his nature was suppressed, but at this time, But it is the best way to buy him."

"buy?"

"Ordinary people may not be able to buy it, but the prince certainly can."

Ximen Leizang suddenly stood up, his face was livid, and he said bitterly: "If Li Wu really sells my Yulin Ying, I will definitely tear his body to pieces."

"Nowadays, talking about dismembering thousands of corpses can only be said, and it's not important anymore." Xue Poye stared at the simple and heavy capital city with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "If what we expected is right, I'm afraid Today, under the command of Li Wu, the Yulin Camp will become the internal support of the royal family's army, and that will be an extremely terrifying situation."

"My lord...then what should we do?" Ximen Leizang was obviously in a hurry.

Xue Poye rubbed his nose and said, "What should I do? Hehe, there's nothing I can do, just take a gamble, break through, and fight hard."

It was very strange to say this, and the Habayashi guards looked at Xue Poye suspiciously.

Xue Poye thought for a while, pulled Xiaoshitou, and said to Ximen Leizang: "Captain Ximen, I am ordering you as the deputy general guard of Fenghuo Camp to protect Xiaoshitou's safety with all my strength. Spread the news of the siege of Kyoto, there will always be some righteous people in the great Chu.”

"My lord, then you...?" Ximen Leizang asked in shock.

Xue Poye said leisurely: "I said, I want to fight, if I don't go to the city, how can I fight?"

All the feather guards looked at each other, not knowing why.

"Go." Xue Poye waved his hand and said, "When soldiers approach the city, everyone is in danger. If you protect the little stone, it is a great achievement."

"Master, I won't leave, I...I want to be with you!" Xiao Shitou trembled.

All the feather forest guards knelt down together: "We are willing to live and die with you!"

Xue Poye turned cold and said, "There are too many people, I'm afraid I'm really going to die. Do you want to disobey my order?"

Everyone said they didn't dare.

Xue Poye sighed and said: "The turmoil will always pass, you can take care of it yourself." Hugging the little stone, he smiled and said: "You said that you want to be a great hero, but even a bear can't be a bear if you die."

At this time, it was nearly dusk, and the afterglow of the setting sun reflected a very strange picture.

"Liwu, Liwu...!" Xue Poye clenched his fists, "I hope I guessed wrong!"