The army of Sheng Guo pursued and approached the city.

Li Lu guarded the city gate stubbornly, resisting stubbornly, waiting for news from Chu Yichen.

"Siege!" Mu Yaotian gave an order, and the army of Shengguo, which had high morale, rushed to the city gate one after another, and Li Lu asked the soldiers guarding the city gate to release arrows, and the long arrows rained down.

Sheng Guo's shield soldiers opened the way in front, and a row of soldiers behind also shot arrows at the city wall.

Bands of soldiers rushed forward with ladders.

It was not easy to attack the city, Li Lu asked people to shoot arrows desperately, and seeing that the soldiers kept falling, Mu Yaotian finally ordered the troops to retreat.

Since the attack lasted for half a day, the soldiers were exhausted, and if they continued to attack, they would only suffer heavy casualties.

Although the attack was stopped, Mu Yaotian camped his army under Qiyang City and waited for the changes.

"Great, this battle is really beautiful, I believe that soon, we will be able to capture Qiyang City." Vice General Yue was very satisfied with today's battle situation.

Mu Yaotian was ashamed, and he was naturally in a good mood, and waved his hands at the prince, saying, "I really have to thank His Royal Highness the prince for his help this time, otherwise I don't know when I will win this battle." ”

"It's not me who General Mu wants to thank, it's Huanyan, and she has also paid a lot."

"This matter has nothing to do with me, the solution is all thought of by His Royal Highness the Prince, don't be so modest." For Mu Huanyan, she didn't need these military exploits, but Ling Ran was different, with these merits, it would be more helpful to establish his prestige.

"This time, in addition to the effect of our strategy, the most important thing to win the battle is the time of day, and Emperor Xiang suddenly died at this time. Chu Yichen naturally had no intention of resisting, and went back to the dynasty to deal with business, seeing that most of the soldiers were basically taken away by him, presumably the Xiangguo Palace was in chaos now. ”

Mu Yaotian nodded and said, "What the prince said is very true, let's take a good rest, then we can attack again, and we must take Qiyang City." ”

At this time, in the Xiangguo Palace, the eldest prince was already planning to ascend the throne.

All the ministers knelt in the palace of Emperor Xiang. Mourning. Empress Zheng and the concubines kept crying and crying.

The henchman of the eldest prince Chu Yifeng, Zuo Xiang Zhu Yuan, knelt in the palace and said loudly: "The first emperor has died, and now the front line is still fighting, and the country cannot be without a king for a day." Please ask the eldest prince to inherit the throne as soon as possible. to set the record straight. ”

As soon as Zuo Xiang Zhu Yuan said this, he said. Behind him, a group of ministers began to follow: "Please ask the eldest prince to inherit the throne as soon as possible." ”

The eldest prince was overjoyed, he had been waiting for this day for so many years. This time, there is no room for error.

Right Prime Minister Luo Guoxin said: "The new emperor also needs an edict to succeed to the throne, you keep saying that the eldest prince will succeed to the throne, may I ask, where is the emperor's holy purpose?" ”

Seeing that someone came out to sabotage, Empress Zheng was very angry in her heart, and he pointed to Luo Guoxin, the right minister, and said: "The emperor died suddenly, how can there be an edict?" Moreover, Xiangguo has always adhered to the rules of Lichang, and it is reasonable to have a great prince to continue the throne. ”

Zhu Yuan followed and said: "What the queen said is very true, the eldest prince is the eldest son of the previous emperor, and he was born to the queen mother, and his identity is the most noble one among the princes, and this throne should be inherited by the eldest prince." ”

"The emperor is not only the eldest prince, but also the second prince and the third prince, how can he make such a hasty decision, he must wait for the second prince to return to Beijing before making a decision."

Zhu Yuan glared at Luo Guoxin, "It's true that the second prince is the prince, but he still has the elder brother of the eldest prince on his head, even if it is the turn of the second prince, the eldest prince is the real dragon emperor, and the eldest prince should inherit the throne." ”

"Since there is no edict, how can it be said that the eldest prince is the true dragon emperor."

Zhu Yuan and Luo Guoxin argued.

"The emperor has just died, and you are shouting here, what kind of system have you become?" Chu Yichen's biological mother, Concubine Hua, pointed angrily at the ministers in this room.

"Concubine Hua's words are wrong, if the new monarch is not established as soon as possible, how can the emperor be buried?" Zhu Yuan said unrelentingly.

There was a noise in the hall, and Empress Zheng said: "Ministers, the establishment of the new monarch is imminent, but it can't be so noisy here, the two prime ministers, tomorrow in the main hall to discuss, don't make noise here, it is appropriate to prepare for the emperor's funeral in advance." ”

"A qiē abide by the arrangement of the queen mother."

That night, the eldest prince gathered his subordinates to plan for his accession to the throne.

Now that the second prince is not in the palace, the subordinates of the eldest prince decided to block the palace and not give the second prince a chance to enter the palace.

As soon as the discussion was ready, the throne was at his fingertips, and the eldest prince couldn't sleep for a night of excitement.

Chu Yichen hurried up, changed five BMWs along the way, and didn't dare to make any stops.

During the court discussion, the Great Prince's Party was overwhelming, and some ministers were watching, after all, it was a big deal to determine the new emperor, and if you accidentally stood on the wrong side, it was very likely that you would fall into a catastrophe.

And the eldest prince is already determined to win the throne, and a qiē has been deployed in the palace, not to mention that the second prince is not in the palace now, even if he rushes back, there is no chance.

Just when Zhu Yuan was holding the prepared imperial robe and was about to add it to the eldest prince, the second prince had already entered the palace and walked into the main hall.

"The second prince has arrived—"

A long voice sounded, and the eldest prince, Zhu Yuan, and all the great prince's henchmen were taken aback, how did he enter the palace.

At this time, Chu Yichen walked into the main hall wearing a white armor.

Of course, they didn't know that the commander of the inner guard and the commander of the Nine Gates, Mingyi, were towards the great prince, and in fact they had long been Chu Yichen's people, and of course Chu Yichen's could enter the palace without hindrance.

He raised the holy decree and shouted: "The will of the emperor is here, and the ministers will receive it!" ”

The ministers knelt on the ground one after another and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

This holy decree was handed over to him in advance last time, when Emperor Xiang was seriously ill and summoned Chu Yichen back to the palace, and Emperor Xiang was also worried that his body would have accidents, so he prepared the will early.

Chu Yichen handed the holy decree to his father-in-law, who was the personal eunuch of the former emperor and the chief eunuch in the palace.

"Come to my father-in-law, read the holy decree."

"Yes."

Father-in-law took the holy decree from Chu Yichen's hand, walked to the middle of the main hall, and began to read it.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, the second prince Chu Yichen has both virtue and righteousness, wisdom and luxury, including holy filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, generous temperament, virtuous and virtuous, will be able to bless the people of the world, so after a hundred years, I will inherit the unification, Kuang Fu Chu Xiang great cause, thousands of generations, admiration!"

The father-in-law who came to close the holy decree, and the people who were loyal to the second prince knelt on the ground one after another, shouting: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Then Luo Guoxin got up and walked to Chu Yichen, kneeling on the ground again, "The minister sees the new emperor, long live your majesty, long live, long live!" Then he kowtowed respectfully to him.

"No, I don't believe it, this decree must be false! The second prince fabricated the holy decree, the crime is inherent, come on, take down the second prince! Chu Yifeng's eyes were already red, he didn't believe that the throne was already in his hands, so he was unwilling to change hands like this.

However, his shouts did not call out anyone, and the people outside had already been replaced by Chu Yichen's.

Zhu Yuan looked outside, and knew the truth, the eldest prince was exhausted, I was afraid that there was no place to turn over, Zhu Yuan fell to the ground softly, and shouted at Chu Yichen: "See the new emperor's majesty, long live the new emperor's majesty, long live, long live!" ”

Even Zhu Yuan knelt down and called his minister, what else did the other ministers have to say.

Then, the ministers of the whole hall knelt down together and shouted "Long live the new emperor!"

Chu Yichen approached the dragon chair step by step, flicked his cloak, and sat solemnly on the dragon chair.

The voice of His Majesty sounded again, and the sound was like a knife piercing the intestines and slashing the heart of the great prince.

When Empress Zheng learned about this in the harem, she laughed, she lay on Emperor Xiang's coffin, looked at his remains, and cried and laughed.

"It turns out that you have already made an edict, and in your heart there is only that slut and the son of a slut!"

The tree fell and scattered, and Empress Zheng knew that the second prince would inherit the throne, and her end was already doomed, so he slammed into the pillar with a smile, blood splashed all over the ground, and the fragrance disappeared.

Three days later, Xiangguo held a ceremony for the enthronement of the new emperor.

The new emperor ascended the throne, the whole country celebrated, and the world was great.

Chu Yichen rewarded some meritorious ministers, posthumously named Empress Zheng as Empress Xiaode Zhaorenyi, crowned the eldest prince Chu Yichen as Prince Zheng, and the third prince Chu Yi was promoted to Prince Ying, and finally read out the edict of Feng's biological mother Hua Fei Niangniang as the queen mother.

At the same time, Qiyang City was lost, and Li Lu led the remaining soldiers and horses to retreat to Qidong City.

Ling Ran and Mu Yaotian led their troops into Qiyang City, due to the battles of the past few days, many people had already evacuated from this place, and there were still some people who were too poor and did not want to leave their hometown.

Walking into Qiyang City again, a city that was originally lively and lively, is now silent.

After capturing Qiyang City, it was necessary to count the remaining people, as well as the affairs of the entire city, plus the soldiers were also very tired, and there were many wounded and soldiers who had sacrificed for the country to be resettled, Ling Ran and Mu Yaotian discussed, not to attack for the time being, to rectify first, and sent a note to send the battle situation back to Kyoto to see what arrangements the emperor would have.

Chu Yichen first ascended the throne, the foundation was unstable, there were already many things to deal with in the country, and there was no way to return to the front line to drive the expedition, after repeated consideration, he decided to negotiate peace with Sheng Guo.

Before Yixue was ashamed of being a vassal to Sheng Guo, and now he was going to write a peace letter again, Chu Yichen felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and when he wrote a peace letter, he secretly swore that one day, he would get back all the lost money!

Mu Yaotian's victorious twists and turns had arrived in the prosperous country of Kyoto, and Ling Shu learned that he had captured another city, and he was overjoyed, applauding Mu Yaotian very much. It was also clear that Qidong City was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Ling Shu informed the ministers of this matter and discussed whether to continue the attack? (To be continued......)