One month later.

Bianliang.

Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The civil and military officials were separated on the left and right to discuss political affairs.

Zhao Chong pretended to listen on the dragon chair, but he was very happy in his heart, because King Yan, together with the three kings, issued an announcement some time ago to attack King Zhennan on the grounds that King Zhennan controlled the government, killed loyal people, and slaughtered the royal family.

Now there are millions of troops, heading towards Hanshui Pass.

Nowadays, the capital has only more than 100,000 imperial troops and no cavalry, and the remaining ones are not elites, because all the elites have been transferred to Jizhou, and the capital has insufficient food reserves.

Now that King Yan is attacking, it will be a disaster for the court.

All the ministers were discussing countermeasures to resist the fierce attack of King Yan.

However, Chen Mo's expression was quite calm. Although this matter was indeed a bit tricky, it was within his expectations.

The only thing he was worried about was that when he led the remaining troops in the capital to go north to resist King Yan, someone in the capital would cause chaos.

Because as soon as he left with his troops and horses, the capital was really empty and had no troops to defend it. If someone launched troops and horses to attack the capital, he would not only be attacked from both sides, but he might also be threatened.

After all, his family members are all in the capital.

Just when Chen Mo had an idea in mind, he did not go to meet the enemy, but transferred the gunpowder workshop from Nanyang to defend the capital.

"Report, good news - a great victory in Jizhou!"

The battle report from the front was rushed eight hundred miles overnight and delivered to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the Emperor and the Queen Mother.

In the cold winter season, this battle report was like a hot firewood, making the blood of all the ministers boil.

Wow——

After a while, the whole place was in an uproar.

Without the messenger having to say anything, he could roughly guess what the good news was about.

Because some time ago, the army had penetrated deep into the hinterland of Jizhou, defeating the Yellow Turban bandits without any chance of counterattack. Now more than a month has passed, and there is no bad news, but good news. It can only mean that the war in Jizhou is over.

Sure enough, Chen Mo took the battle report from the post envoy's hand and said loudly:

"Report, in the afternoon of December 16th, the second year of Kaiyuan. Our troops surrounded Julu and attacked Julu City like a broken bamboo. They used high-explosive thunder to break the gap. General Huangfu Hao quickly led his troops to rush in...

Until the end of the day, Julu was defeated, and sixteen ant thief Qu Shuai was killed, and three ant thief Qu Shuai were captured alive. He also killed the ant thief leader Zhang Jiao, his second brother Zhang Bao, and his third brother Zhang Liang, and captured alive the leader of the Five Dou Rice Cult.

Open your sleeves.

On the morning of the 21st, Zhang Jiao, the leader of the ant thieves, was killed by our army commander Zhao Qianyi in Heijiang. There is evidence of the head of the ant thieves leader and the nine-section staff in his hand..."

"OK!"

"Jizhou was finally recovered."

"The eldest princess is so powerful!"

"It was all King Zhennan who commanded the rear properly."

"Now that the war in Jizhou is over, we can only defend the capital. When the eldest princess returns with her troops, our army can lead an attack and attack King Yan's headquarters from both front and rear. By then, our Song Dynasty can return to the glory of Taizu."

After it was confirmed that Jizhou had been recovered and the war was calmed down, the civil and military officials looked happy. Now that the rebellion in Jizhou has been eliminated, as long as they can hold the capital and wait for the eldest princess to return with her army, they will chase the four kings away from now on. Will peace be guaranteed?

Came down.

After a period of recuperation, it is not impossible to return to the peak of Taizu's period.

Zhao Chong looked at the reaction of the courtiers, his eyes lowered, and his heart sank slightly.

Damn it, how did the war in Jizhou end so quickly?

Didn’t the Yellow Turban Army claim to have millions?

There is also the Five Dou Rice Cult to help.

Was he suppressed just like that?

Even if there are millions of pigs, they can't catch them so quickly, right?

What King Zhennan said is right, no matter how many people there are, they are still a bunch of rabble and cannot create a climate.

Zhao Chong was very worried. After the affairs in Jizhou were settled, the internal affairs were left to King Yan.

If King Yan loses again, then the entire Song Dynasty will completely fall into Chen Mo's hands.

At that time, when the world is at peace, he won't think about going further?

No one must be able to bear the temptation of this Nine-Five Lord.

Is this Song Dynasty really going to be ruined in my hands?

Zhao Chong was worried, but no one cared about him.

Chen Mo bypassed him and asked the Queen Mother for credit for the eldest princess and the others.

How can you not appreciate such a great achievement?

"In the opinion of King Zhennan, what should we do?" Xiao Yunxi looked at Chen Mo.

"It's up to the Queen Mother to decide." Chen Mo decided to give up this favor to Xiao Yunxi. This would be helpful for her to ascend the throne as the Queen in the future.

The royal family members narrowed their eyes slightly when they saw Chen Mo bypassing the emperor.

Chen Mo is too kind to Xiao Yunxi.

Let Xiao Yunxi participate in everything and let him take the lead.

At this time, even if someone said that there was nothing between Chen Mo and Xiao Yunxi, they would not believe it.

After the meeting.

Chen Mo returned to his residence, summoned Gao Zheng, and asked him to personally lead 10,000 troops to Nanyang to escort Tie Li and others to the capital, and then move the entire gunpowder workshop here.

Now that the situation in Jizhou has been settled, all he needs to do now is to lead his troops to defend the capital and wait for the eldest princess to return with the counter-rebellion troops.

After Gao Zheng left, Chen Mo sat in the study and gently rubbed his chin, thinking secretly whether he should take a risk and sneak into King Yan's camp secretly and assassinate him.

Judging from his current strength, it's no problem at all.

Even if he is discovered, he can fly away and escape.

The only worry is that he will be discovered by King Yan before he can kill him, and he will be surrounded by a large army and fall into a fierce battle. It will be a bit tricky at that time.

Of course, this is the worst possible scenario.

The probability of happening is very low.

How could Chen Mo's strength be discovered if he wanted to hide it?

The reason why I am still worried about this is that I am afraid that there is someone with extraordinary talent in King Yan’s team who can detect this.

Chen Mo thought for a moment and made a patch.

He can let the army support him outside, and even if the worst happens, he can still escape.

No, it seems that there is no need to respond.

As long as Zhao Jiang dares to surround the capital with troops, he will fire a few rounds of artillery bombardment first, and then lead his troops to kill him directly, kill him in front of him, and take his head.

In this way, there is no need to worry about the capital being empty.

Yes, why do I want to do so much? I can defeat all methods with my own strength.

Three days later.

Zhao Jiang led an army of one million soldiers from King Feng, King Wu and King Yue to garrison in the dangerous area outside Hanshui Pass.

These millions of troops, the armies of King Feng, King Wu, and King Yue, in total, did not exceed 50,000. The reason why Zhao Jiang brought them was simply to make himself look "just".

Among them, Prince Feng was the younger brother of the late emperor Zhao Ji.

The three kings also knew that Zhao Jiang was using him, but they did not dare to disobey, so they randomly sent some people to help, but none of them came.

Nuo's military tent was lit with candles, and dozens of people were sitting inside.

Zhao Jiang, who was wearing armor, was sitting on a chair with a teacup in his hand. On the left were more than a dozen military generals, and on the right were martial arts masters recruited from Youzhou.
Chapter completed!