Chapter 192: Chaos in the capital
Li Bin looked at the beautiful Joanna, frowned and asked, "I wonder where Miss Joanna was escorted by these Roland troops?"
Joanna hurriedly said in a sweet voice: "General, the old emperor of the Roland Empire coveted my beauty and forced my father to send me into the palace and become his concubine. These Roland troops were escorted me to the city of Kena, including more than fifty knights from the Golden Knights of the Roland Empire."
The city of Kena is the capital of the Roland Empire.
Li Bin pondered for a moment and said, "Miss Joanna, since you already know that I am the General of the Yan Kingdom of Rakshasa who killed countless Rolanders, then you must also know that the army of the Rolanders is surrounding me and my brothers. In order to avoid the Rolanders knowing that I have entered the Zhongjing Province with my brothers, there are two roads for Miss Joanna to choose. The first road is to follow me to leave the Roland Empire first, and the second road..."
Before Li Bin finished speaking, Joanna said anxiously: "General, I choose the first path. I also hope to leave the Roland Empire. You must know that the emperor of the Roland Empire is almost sixty years old this year, so I don't want to marry an old man."
Li Bin smiled slightly, "I'm glad Miss Joanna is so wise. I really don't want to see a beautiful and beautiful lady like Miss Joanna die in my hands. I hope Miss Joanna can still be so wise in the next journey."
Joanna barely smiled and said, "Please rest assured, General, I will definitely not cause trouble for you and your brothers."
Li Bin and everyone moved hundreds of Roland's bodies out of the valley, threw them into the woods outside the valley, and cleaned the entire valley battlefield before continuing to set off for the Eastern Province of the Roland Empire.
In order to ensure the speed of travel, Joanna and her two maids could not ride a carriage, but Joanna and her two maids could not ride a horse, so Li Bin carried Joanna to her war horse without hesitation, and Joanna's two maids were carried on the war horse by Joanna's two guardian knights.
Next, in order to avoid the Roland army's encirclement, Li Bin and his team still chose to lie down on the day and leave at night. Finally, at the end of August of the 24th year of Jianping, they passed through the Eastern Frontier Province of the Roland Empire and entered the territory of the Tuz Empire.
Along the way, Li Bin and the others did not encounter a large number of Roland's army, and the small number of Roland's army they encountered were silenced by Li Bin and the others.
After entering the Tuz Empire, Li Bin smiled and asked Joanna in his arms, "Now that he has left the Roland Empire, what are your plans next?"
Joanna rolled her eyes with a charming look on Li Bin, "I am all yours. What else can I do?"
Li Bin laughed and said, "Let's go! Let's go back to Dayan!"
Faced with a stunning beauty like Joanna, Li Bin felt that it would be a great regret in life if he didn't get it in, so he turned Joanna into his own woman halfway. Joanna's eight guardian knights also all served allegiance to Li Bin at the strong request of Joanna and joined the Knights of Glory under Li Bin.
After Li Bin and his friends entered the Tuz Empire, in order to reduce trouble, Li Bin took the initiative to contact his collaborator in the Tuz Empire, the largest sect in the Tuz Empire, the Holy Sword Sect.
With the help of the Holy Sword Sect, Li Bin and his group rushed forward. After about a month, they crossed the entire Tuz Empire and entered the Wenli Kingdom, a vassal state of the Great Yan Empire.
Next, Li Bin and his friends passed through three Great Yan vassal states, including Wenli Kingdom, and entered the Yuzhou Prefecture of the Great Yan Empire in mid-October of the 24th year of Jianping.
However, as soon as Li Bin and others entered Yuzhou Prefecture, Li Bin learned a series of shocking news.
Zhao Zhe, the emperor of the Great Yan Empire, suddenly suffered a serious illness on the evening of May 13, the 24th year of Jianping, and died that night.
After the death of Emperor Zhao Zhe, King Zhao Yu of Jin suddenly led his troops to attack the Prince's Mansion. Prince Zhao Chang was caught off guard and died in the chaos. Then King Zhao Yu of Jin forcibly seized the military power of the Left Renwei and Right Renwei under the command of Prince Zhao Chang.
In this way, King Zhao Yu of Jin held the military power of the three inner guards of the Zuo Ren Guard, the You Ren Guard and the Left Yi Guard, and the Imperial Guard, the Imperial Guard, the Palace also turned to King Zhao Yu of Jin.
On July 15, King Zhao Yu of Jin ascended the throne in the Dayan Palace with the support of the Luo family in the capital, the Ma family in the capital, and the Du family in the capital, and changed the yen name to Jinxing.
However, King Zhao Jian of Qin, King Zhao Zhi of Song, and King Zhao Jing of Yue did not recognize the legitimacy of their second brother ascending the throne and becoming emperor.
Then the three princes led the Right Yi Guard, the Left Li Guard, and the Right Li Guard, and the Left Xiao Guard controlled by the Tang family, the Right Xiao Guard controlled by the Zhou family, the Right Yi Guard controlled by the Cao family, the Left Yi Guard controlled by the Cui family, and the Right Tun Guard controlled by the Cui family, and the troops controlled by Zhao Yu were directly confronted in Yong'an City.
Because the Luo family in the capital, the Ma family in the capital and the Du family in the capital had already defected to Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu had the support of the five inner guards, the left Wu Guard of the Luo family, the right Wu Guard of the Ma family, and the right Wu Guard of the Du family and the left Hou Guard of the Du family.
In terms of military strength, Zhao Yu and his three younger brothers were almost evenly matched.
However, as the capital Xie family and the capital Wei family also turned to Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu immediately gained the upper hand in this confrontation.
The Xie family controlled the three inner guards of the Left Zong Guard, the Right Zong Guard, and the Right Guard in the capital. The Wei family also controlled the two inner guards of the Left Supervisor and the Right Supervisor in the capital.
After that, the Cui family, who had always supported the prince Zhao Chang, chose to surrender to Zhao Yu under the generous conditions offered by Zhao Yu.
At this time, six of the nine generals in the capital had already stood on Zhao Yu's side. The Tang family, Zhou family and Cao family knew that the situation was hopeless, so they were ready to persuade King Qin Zhao Jian, King Song Zhao Zhi and King Yue Zhao Jing to give up their plans to meet each other and become a prince in the rest of their lives.
Seeing this, King Zhao Jian of Qin, King Zhao Zhi of Song, and King Zhao Jing of Yue were ready to give up. At this time, fifteen of the twenty-two inner guards were already controlled by their second brothers. Including the four inner guards of the Tang family, Zhou family and Cao family, the three brothers together controlled the seven inner guards of the inner guards. Once they really fought, they would hit the stone with eggs.
But just when King Zhao Jian of Qin, King Zhao Zhi of Song, and King Zhao Jing of Yue were about to surrender to Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu in the palace was actually poisoned, which immediately made the situation in Yong'an City chaotic again.
After Zhao Yu was poisoned to death, the military power of the three inner guards of Zuo Renwei, You Renwei, Zuo Yiwei and Zuo Yiwei unexpectedly fell into the hands of three prime ministers of the Secretariat. After that, the three prime ministers of the Secretariat immediately supported Zhao Yu's nine-year-old eldest son Zhao Xin ascended the throne and became emperor, and changed his dynasty to Ruikang.
The three prime ministers here just supported Zhao Xin and proclaimed themselves emperors. King Zhao Jian of Qin, King Zhao Zhi of Song, and King Zhao Jing of Yue led the Right Yigu, Left Ligu, and Right Ligu launched an attack on the palace. Soon, the four inner guards of the Tang family, Zhou family and Cao family also sent troops to help the three princes attack the palace.
Although the three princes control seven inner guards and the three prime ministers of the Secretariat only control three inner guards and imperial guards, the three prime ministers occupy the palace.
The imperial palace of Yong'an City is 333 meters long from north to south and 219 meters wide from east to west. The city wall is more than fifteen meters high, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As a result, the three princes led the seven inner guards and imperial guards to attack for two days, but they did not attack the palace.
At this time, a news came, causing King Zhao Jian of Qin, King Zhao Zhi of Song, and King Zhao Jing of Yue to sank.
The Xiao family of Qizhou Prefecture, the Lu family of Xinzhou Prefecture, the Pan family of Yuzhou Prefecture and the Lin family of Weizhou Prefecture, suddenly jointly announced that they would support Zhao Xin as the new emperor and would send troops to Beijing to serve the king.
However, the situation in the capital changed again. The Xie family, Luo family, Wei family, Cui family, Ma family and Du family in the capital, which were originally viewed on the wall, suddenly announced that they would support the youngest son of the late prince Zhao Chang. Zhao Shuo, who was only five years old this year, ascended the throne and became emperor.
The other sons of the Crown Prince Zhao Chang died in the chaos with the Crown Prince Zhao Chang. They also had their youngest son Zhao Shuo. That day, they followed their mother back to their parents' home to escape. Zhao Shuo's mother Cui, came from a side branch of the Cui family in the capital.
For many years, the nine generals of the capital have been choosing to advance and retreat together with the Xiao family of Qizhou Prefecture, the Lu family of Xinzhou Prefecture, the Pan family of Yuzhou Prefecture, and the Lin family of Weizhou Prefecture, for many years, although they have always chosen to advance and retreat together in many matters, there are quite a few conflicts between them. The nine generals of the capital have excluded the four generals of the border in the distribution of many interests, which has long caused dissatisfaction among the four generals of the border.
The Xie family, Luo family, Wei family, Cui family, Ma family and Du family saw that the four generals and civil servants colluded with the civil servants, so they hurriedly pushed out the youngest son of the late crown prince Zhao Chang.
After the Xie family, Luo family, Wei family, Cui family, Ma family and Du family supported Zhao Shuo ascended the throne and became emperor, the Tang family, Zhou family and Cao family, which were originally united with the three princes, immediately changed their course and announced that they would support Zhao Shuo as emperor.
What was even more incredible next was that after being abandoned by the Tang family, Zhou family and Cao family, the three princes quickly reached an agreement with the civil officials headed by the three prime ministers, announcing their support for the nine-year-old Zhao Xin as the emperor.
Li Bin asked a leader of Yunshe in Yuzhou Prefecture in a deep voice: "What is the situation in the capital now? What is the situation in the prefectures of Dayan now?"
Yunshe is the intelligence agency of Zhennan Army. Now Yunshe's intelligence network is almost all counties and counties in the Dayan Empire.
The leader of Yunshe immediately said respectfully: "Qi Bian Marquis, Xiao family, Lu family, Pan family and Lin family have all sent many troops to the capital. The nine generals in the capital have also recruited many troops from all over the place to Yong'an City. Now the nine generals in the capital occupy the Dongcheng District of the outer city, Xicheng District, Beicheng District and Dongcheng District of the inner city, Beicheng District, civil servants and the troops of the four generals in the frontier control the Nancheng District of the outer city, Nancheng District of the inner city, Xicheng District, and the entire imperial city. The two sides are temporarily restrained and no war broke out in Yong'an City."
After pausing, the leader of the Yunshe Club continued: "Now the troops of the Thirteen Generals in various prefectures are expanding their troops, especially the four major generals on the frontier. In the past two months, we have expanded our troops even more crazily. According to the information obtained by our Yunshe Club, the total number of troops that the four major generals on the frontier should have exceeded two million, and the nine major generals in the capital can control almost three million troops."
Li Bin frowned, "Have the two sides not negotiated?"
"Marty, neither side conquers each other now, let alone support the new emperor."
"How did our Zhennan Army recently?"
"Marty, my subordinates only know the nine generals in the capital, the civil servants and the four generals in the border areas. They all sent people to try to win over our Zhennan Army. As for other situations, my subordinates don't know."
"Well, then you can arrange it and I will return to Guizhou City as soon as possible."
Due to this storm caused by the throne, Li Bin and his group did not reveal their identities after entering Yuzhou Prefecture.
Under Yunshe's careful arrangement, Li Bin and his team walked quickly and finally returned to the Zhennan Grand Governor's Office in Guizhou City on November 7, 2018.
"Husband, you are finally back." After Xie Yingying saw Li Bin, her eyes immediately turned red.
Li Bin hurriedly said, "You are worried about Yingying, but I am a lucky person. I am still safe and sound when such a big sea storm."
At this time, Princess Ruian Zhao Shuyi next to her said sadly: "Husband, why did you come back? Father, elder brother, second brother are gone, wuwu..."
Li Bin hurriedly comforted Zhao Shuyi. When Zhao Shuyi stopped crying, Li Bin hesitated for a moment and introduced Joanna to his two beautiful wives.
Then Li Bin slipped away on the grounds of handling official duties.
After Joanna gave Xie Yingying and Zhao Shuyi a treacherous look, Xie Yingying smiled and said, "Since we have entered the Li family's door, we will be sisters from now on. As long as my sister keeps her duty, Shuyi and I are easy to talk to."
After Li Bin returned to Guizhou City, he soon summoned four military advisors and generals in Guizhou City at the Zhennan Grand Governor's Office. After Li Bin told everyone about this nearly a year of experience, he asked the four military advisors in a deep voice: "Several military advisors, how are the reorganization of our Zhennan Army now?"
Zhuge Liang immediately said, "Report to the lord, our 40 outer guards of the southern army in Xiangzhou Prefecture, Guizhou Prefecture, Yingzhou Prefecture, Lingzhou Prefecture, Dazhou Prefecture, Caizhou Prefecture, Dongman Protectorate and Nanman Protectorate have been formed. In addition, the above six prefectures, two prefectures, and fifty-eight prefectures and military towns in the Congzhou Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, and Jiazhou Prefecture have been formed."
Li Bin asked again: "What do several military advisors think about the situation in Yong'an City?"
Zhang Liang said, "Lord, the nine generals in the capital and the four generals in the border have sent people to win over our Zhennan Army before, but the four of us mean to wait and see what they change."
Pang Tong followed and said, "Lord, the nine generals in the capital support Zhao Xin ascend the throne and emperor, and the four generals in the border and civil servants of the court support Zhao Xin ascend the throne and emperor. In this way, the two sides actually have no possibility of reconciliation. After all, everyone is afraid of being liquidated, so a big war should be inevitable. As for whom to kill, it is still impossible to see."
Li Bin frowned and said, "If both of them fight, it will be a war that shakes the foundation of my Dayan. Is there really no way to stop it?"
Chapter completed!