The king behind the empress

Chapter 358 Yu Wang stands on his own, and the whole world turns against him

Just when Mo Zi was training the army in an orderly manner and reorganizing the frontier army, King Yu, who was far away in Xiangcheng, also received information from the capital.

"Father, you called me and elder brother over, is there something urgent?"

In King Yu's study room, two of King Yu's sons were sitting upright at the bottom. Mo Chao, the second son, was a little impatient, and couldn't help but speak as soon as he arrived in the study room.

"Can't you be more stable?"

Seeing Mo Chao's turbulent appearance, Yu Wang, who was already in a bad mood, became even more upset. After reading the information from the capital, he knew that he was being plotted by someone, but he had no way to explain it. .

After all, the person arrested by Yu Zhisi was indeed sent by him to the capital to find out the news, and there were indeed spies he had inserted in Han Qu's frontier army.

But the problem is that when he sent these people there, he had no intention of asking them to do anything at all. He just wanted to prepare for a rainy day and make some arrangements, and occasionally pass on some news.

It turned out to be a good thing now, the group of people sent to the capital was inexplicably related to the group who plotted against Tang Shuyu, and those people who were placed in the frontier army were even more exaggerated, directly trying to provoke a fight between the frontier army and the Habayashi army .

This immediately made Yu Wang feel that a big black pot had fallen from the sky and firmly buckled on his forehead.

After listening to King Yu's story, Mo Tai, the eldest son of King Yu, frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "Father, this matter must be explained to His Majesty, otherwise Mo Zizai probably won't bear it." breathless."

"Explain? How to explain?"

King Yu sighed deeply, and said helplessly, "Tell Your Majesty that I sent those people, but I sent them there just to find out information?"

"Let's not talk about whether the imperial court will believe it, even if they do, how do you explain the fact that you put people in the frontier army?"

You are an idle prince, you put people in the army, what do you want to do, this matter can't be explained.

So after hearing King Yu's words, Mo Tai felt a little helpless. He couldn't explain it, and he couldn't explain it. This is really troublesome.

Unlike Mo Tai, after hearing these words, Mo Chao's eyes lit up immediately, and he said a little excitedly: "Father, if that's the case, then we might as well just go against it."

"To shut up!"

Mo Tai suddenly turned around and scolded his younger brother, and said with a serious face: "Is it okay to say the word anti?"

As the eldest son, Mo Tai is still very majestic. Hearing his reprimand, Mo Chao shrank his neck suddenly in fright, but he felt that what he said was not wrong, so although he didn't dare to refute Mo Tai, he himself He muttered in a low voice: "Our family has raised so many troops, and you and dad have recruited so many people during this time, isn't it just for the purpose of rebellion."

King Yu glared at his useless second son, "I and your eldest brother are just for self-protection!"

Mo Chao curled his lips and said nothing. They are all his own people. Is it interesting to say these foolish things?

I really thought that he didn't know anything no matter what happened. The seven or eight cities around Xiangcheng had long been secretly controlled by his family, and they still protected themselves. Who would protect themselves like this.

Looking at the unconvinced second son, King Yu wanted to continue to reprimand him, but was stopped by Mo Tai, and he said to Mo Chao, "Second brother, the things I did with my father were really just for self-protection. That's all."

"Don't talk, just listen to your elder brother."

Seeing that Mo Chao was about to refute, Mo Tai raised his hand to stop Mo Chao's words, and then continued: "Now that the imperial palace is about to collapse, the Great Zhou will inevitably fall into disputes. At this time, as feudal lords, if we don't have enough The strength of the people will definitely be swallowed by people even the bones, so we must have our own strength."

"It's not impossible to rebel like you said just now, or to be self-reliant, but there is a problem with it."

Motel paused at this point, and then said: "Since ancient times, which one have you seen who was the first to raise the flag of rebellion and made it to the end?"

Hearing what the eldest brother said, Mo Chao instantly understood that after co-authoring with him so much, the last sentence is the key.

Although Mo Chao has a quick temper, he is not an ignorant person. He frowned and thought about the history books he had studied. It seemed that there was really no one who was the first to rebel and waited until the end.

"So, what should we do now?"

Mo Chao frowned. He looked up at his father and elder brother, and asked, "You all know Mo Zizai's character. When he has assembled the frontier army, even if we are not self-reliant, he will probably be the first to help us." Hit us too."

"The explanation doesn't make any sense now, so we can't just send dad over there and let him deal with it?"

"For the current plan, I have to stand on my own first."

King Yu's face was wrinkled like a bitter melon, and he said, "Let's muddy the water first."

"Didn't it mean you couldn't stand on your own?"

Mo Chao was stunned for a moment. Just now he said he couldn't rebel, but now he said he should be self-reliant. Why don't you two play me here?
Not only Mo Chao was dumbfounded, but Mo Tai was also a little surprised. He looked at King Yu in puzzlement, and asked, "Father, if we are the first to stand on our own feet, Mo Zizai will never let go." Pass us."

"I know."

King Yu nodded silently, and then said, "But we have no choice."

"It's not just Mo Zizai who is staring at us now, but also him."

When talking about "him", King Yu reached out and clicked on the information sent from the capital, and then said: "It's easy to hide from the dark, and it's hard to defend against it. Since we've been targeted, even if we want to live in peace with Mo Zizai, 'He' wouldn't say yes either."

"Since that's the case, why don't we just stand up and muddy the water directly, then maybe my Prince Yu's Mansion can still have a glimmer of life."

Hearing what King Yu said, Mo Tai couldn't help but fell silent. He knew what his father said was right. The Palace of Yu Palace had obviously been targeted by someone. Those people in the dark wanted to force the Palace of Yu to be the first to stand up and rebel. The palace has dealt with this matter, and they may not be able to stop the next wave of calculations.

"Father, I understand."

Although he was very unwilling in his heart, Motel knew that this was the best way, so he nodded, agreed with King Yu's decision, and said, "I'll go to Mr. Tao and let him get ready."

After finishing speaking, Motel looked at Mo Chao again, and said, "Second Brother, since you want to rebel, then Big Brother will entrust you with a task."

Mo Tai took a map from behind King Yu's desk, then pointed to Mo Chao and explained: "Today's Pingzhou, with Xiangcheng as the center, almost one-third of the place is already in my Prince Yu's mansion. It's under control."

"so much?"

Mo Chao looked a little shocked. Although he knew that his father and elder brother had been idle all these years, he really didn't expect that they could take down so many cities without looking on.

"That's not the point."

Mo Tai shook his head, first introduced to Mo Chao the power controlled by Prince Yu's Mansion, then pointed to a city on the map, and said: "Here, Cangyi City is the first gateway to Pingzhou from the north. I want to You lead people to take this place, can you do it?"

"Take here?"

Looking at Cangyi City on the map, Mo Chao asked excitedly, "How many troops can Big Brother give me?"

"Thirty thousand, of which [-] are regular troops, and the remaining [-] are militiamen."

Motel looked at Mo Chao and said with a serious expression: "We still have other cities to guard, and there are only so many people we can transfer to you."

"Thirty thousand??? Big brother, where are there so many troops in Prince Yu's Mansion?"

Mo Chao was really frightened this time, the total number of soldiers in Pingzhou was only 1, how did the big brother get 5?And this is only for myself, defending other cities must also require a lot of troops. If such a rough calculation is made, my elder brother has at least [-] to [-] troops in his hands. Where did all this come from?
"Don't worry about that."

Mo Tai glanced at his father and didn't say much. After all, Prince Yu's Mansion is a vassal king who has been passed down for so long. How could he not have any family background? However, only the eldest son knows about this kind of thing, so there is no need to talk to Mo Chao. He said it so clearly, "You just said whether you can take Cangyi City? If you can, how long will it take?"

Seeing his elder brother and his father flirting there, Mo Chao guessed a little about the origin of this army in an instant, but he didn't bother to worry about these things, so he swore to Motel, "I've been to Cangyi City, and the county guards there will arrest you." Thieves are okay, but defending the city is not good at all.”

"Three days, at most three days, I will definitely be able to take down Cangyi City."

Thinking of those county guards in Cangyi City, Mo Chao couldn't help shaking his head, he had already overestimated them in three days, if it wasn't for the sake of insurance, he would dare to say that he would win Cangyi City in one day.

"Second brother, don't be too careless."

Seeing Mo Chao's arrogant attitude, Mo Tai couldn't help frowning, and tried to persuade him: "Second brother, don't be too careless. Although I don't know how the county guard of Cangyi City is, I know that the county magistrate of Cangyi City is a Difficult people."

Thinking of the county magistrate of Cangyi City, Mo Tai couldn't help but frowned. Not only was this person not good enough, but he was also quite capable. Not only did the oppressor fail to drive him out of Cangyi City, but he suffered a small loss himself, which shows that this person's ability is extraordinary.

"What's the use of being difficult with the county magistrate?"

Mo Chao said disapprovingly: "There is a saying that a clever woman can't cook without rice. No matter how difficult she is, how can she do it by herself without soldiers?"

Seeing what else Mo Tai wanted to say, Mo Chao directly interrupted him, "Brother, don't worry about leaving Cangyi City to me."

"No matter what I say, I am also the one who leads the army alone in the frontier army. Don't you worry about this little thing?"

"Up to three days. If Cangyi City can't be taken down in three days, I would like to come and see my brother."

Seeing what Mo Chao said, Mo Tai, who wanted to give a few more words, couldn't say anything more. He turned his head and glanced at his father. Gave it to Mo Chao.

"Second brother, this is all the wealth of my Prince Yu's mansion, don't be afraid, you need to be cautious when marching."

"Don't worry, brother."

Mo Chao said proudly: "I am a person who can lead an army alone, and I know this in my heart."

……

Now that self-reliance was confirmed, Prince Yu's Mansion did not delay any longer. Mo Chao assembled the army of Prince Yu's Mansion and marched towards Cangyi City overnight.

Immediately after Mo Chao's announcement, Prince Yu's Mansion issued an imperial edict, to the effect that the emperor had no right to kill ministers without authorization, and acted perversely. As a member of the royal family, Prince Yu's Mansion wanted to draw a line with the imperial court today and formally stand on its own.

As soon as this edict came out, it was like throwing a cannonball on the calm lake, and suddenly there was a huge wave.

"Is this old fellow Yu Wang crazy? How dare he jump out first?"

"This old guy has always been cautious, why is he so brave this time?"

"I heard that it was calculated by someone, and Mo Zizai was registered there."

"Oh, no wonder. I said how dare this old guy jump out suddenly. It's impossible not to express his feelings."

"But this is a good thing for us. Now that he is supporting us in front, we can move a bit more."

"You want to be independent?"

"Don't you want to?"

"Okay, then stand on your own!"

"..."

Similar to this kind of dialogue, it is happening in many places in Dazhou. People in power everywhere, whoever has some strength in their hands, have begun to take action. After King Yu became self-reliant, they seemed to have made an appointment and rushed to announce to the outside world. The statement said that he would draw a clear line with the imperial court and start to stand on his own.

The entire Great Zhou seemed to be heading for chaos in an instant, and entered an era where all heroes rose together.

……

Just as the imperial edict from Prince Yu's Mansion was spreading outward, Mo Chao led [-] King Yu's troops from Prince Yu's Mansion directly to the outside of Cangyi City.

Although Mo Chao didn't take Cangyi City's guards into his heart in his words, as a qualified general, he didn't despise Cangyi City too much when he actually took action, and stopped directly on the mountain more than 20 miles away from Cangyi City down.

The siege of a city has always been an unfair war. Under normal circumstances, the attacking side often pays several times more damage than the defending side. Therefore, Mo Chao did not plan to storm Cangyi City, but prepared to take advantage of it. The news of Prince Yu's self-reliance has not yet spread, so there is a wave of outsmarting.

"Vice General Li, pick three hundred powerful personal guards, take off their armor, and follow me into the city."

After Mo Chao and other deputy generals selected people, they opened their mouths and ordered: "You wait here with a large army, and I will take people to cheat the city first. If you see fireworks on the top of the city, you immediately lead the army to attack the city, otherwise you will not be able to attack the city." Move, do you understand?"

"I will understand at the end."

Lieutenant General Li nodded, but said with some hesitation: "It's just... isn't it a bit too risky for you to take someone there, Second Young Master?"

"It's just Cangyi City, don't worry."

There was a little disdain in Mo Chao's expression, "Even if they find out, at best, they can't cheat Cangyi City, and it's okay to get out of the way."

Mo Chao had the means to say this, as a marrow-cleansing physique, and with [-] elite soldiers, it was still very difficult to keep him in a city like Cangyi City where there were no experts.

After saying this, Mo Chao didn't give Lieutenant General Li a chance to speak, and directly took the soldiers who took off their armor and went straight to Cangyi City.

(End of this chapter)