Chapter 53: A Tiger Without Shackles

After the emperor of this generation was elected, everyone in Nanli was shocked by it, for no other reason, just because this emperor is completely unknown among the princes of this generation, and he is obscure even if he is still a child.

There are far more people who know these little princes than they know this generation of emperors.

The origin of this generation of Emperor Li is not noble, his origin is only because of the accidental relationship between the previous generation of Emperor Li and a palace maid.

The background of the palace maid is even more lowly, just a daughter of a poor family who can't afford to raise her, and was forced to enter the palace as a palace maid who is responsible for doing chores.

After October, the palace maid gave birth to the eldest prince.

Yes, that's right, this palace maid gave birth to more than just a prince, at that time, there were no concubines from the emperor's harem, and the prince born from this palace naturally became the eldest prince.

Although he regretted leaving the emperor afterwards, he still canonized this palace maid as a concubine out of a man's guilt, although he has never stayed in the palace of any palace maid and concubine since then, but the thing that cannot be changed is that the prince she gave birth to, according to the etiquette, is the eldest prince of that generation of princes.

Later, less than half a year after giving birth to the eldest prince, the palace maid died of a strange illness, and it was rumored in the palace that the reason why she died mysteriously was because some concubines who were jealous of her giving birth to a dragon son did.

The eldest prince who had no mother and concubine became an unknown prince who had nothing to rely on, and it was not until later that he was pitied by the queen at that time, and after seeking the consent of the emperor, he was passed to his own name.

The queen also treated the eldest prince like her own son, and she didn't treat him badly until later, after the queen gave birth to a prince who really belonged to her, Zhou Dunyi.

At that time, Zhou Dunyi was on the cusp when he was born, whether it was the power of his mother's concubine, or the various talents he showed when he grew up, he recruited a lot of famous and surnamed disciples for himself, even if he was an official in the court, he was also extremely favored, and even more than once a minister proposed to leave the emperor Zhou Dunyi as the crown prince.

It's just that Emperor Lidi at that time had some other ideas, and this matter dragged on until he died, and there was no prince in Nanli's generation who had been ordained in the Eight Classics.

This also caused the time when the emperor was seriously ill, the Nanli court was in a mess, and the princes vied to show their desire for that position, they themselves were a group of extremely powerful princes, and the power formed by their own ability was not weak, plus the position of the prince has been vacant, and Zhou Dunyi, who is closest to that position, has also revealed more than once that he has never had an idea about that position.

The combination of these various reasons also caused the princes to change their faces for a while, the brotherhood between them in the past, and the disguised faces were all torn off without hesitation at that time, and at that time, they were full of only one thought.

That is to put yourself in that position and experience the feeling of that word that determines the life and death of thousands of people.

That feeling of being in charge of the world, they, the princes, are the most desired, because they have seen the power of their father more than once, and they just think that one day, they can also become like their father.

However, there was only one person who could sit in the position of the emperor, so they really tore their faces at that time.

What kind of sibling, if you don't help my brother, I can sit in that position, you still want to sit in that position, do you think you want to die?

As a result, the two brothers who were close to each other in the past turned against each other in an instant at this time, and the hatred between the two was the same as how big it was, and everyone knew what they were planning for each other secretly.

But it was precisely the most unknown and weakest prince among the princes, but in the end he became the emperor of this generation.

This ending not only shocked Nanli everyone, but also made the princes who were still fighting dumbfounded.

How can you be a guy with no skills to get into that position? What qualifications do you have?

But when they learned that the person who supported the emperor's ascension to the throne was the imperial brother Zhou Dunyi, whom he couldn't provoke, and the prestige of the imperial uncle, these princes could only break their teeth and swallow in their stomachs.

The power that these two guys have, even if the forces behind them are not anyone's opponents together, since they have come forward to support this generation of emperors, they will wash and sleep, and if they continue to fight, they may still be hated by them, and the ghost knows what will happen in the future, rather than let themselves live in fear in the future, it is better to obediently accept their fate, and each of them has recognized the legitimate right of this emperor, anyway, everyone can fall again with the title of a prince, Fugui can barely accept being a carefree prince in his life.

But when they quelled the battle for imperial power, they found that the original coalition forces of the countries had surrounded them and left the south, and the old marshal of the Bai family who was on the front line had also been escorted back to Beijing by the Jinyi guard because of the old emperor, and the Nanli army on the front line now did not even have a proper commander.

At this critical juncture, Zhou Dunyi stood up, and he got an edict of appointment from the hand of the departing emperor he supported.

This edict was also the first decree of the departing emperor after he ascended the throne.

That is, Zhou Dunyi was appointed as the generalissimo of Nanli's soldiers and horses, commanding all the armies in Nanli, and the edict also handed over the ownership of the frontline against the allied forces of the countries to Zhou Dunyi to solve it himself.

This series of powers, even the old handsome of the Bai family has never had.

At that time, Zhou Dunyi was just a young man who had just come out of the cabinet and was awarded the title of king, and everyone in Nanli was extremely afraid of this appointment.

Because even if he is optimistic about Zhou Dunyi's talent, but now what he has to deal with is a coalition of millions of people, and this kind of thing is the first time Zhou Dunyi has done it, who knows if this prince still has that kind of talent in this aspect, in case this prince loses, then he will become a minister of the country.

With the worries of everyone in Nanli and the edict of the emperor, Zhou Dunyi went on the road without hesitation.

As soon as he arrived at the battlefield, Zhou Dunyi used some small means to establish his prestige, and it didn't take long for him to truly dominate the 200,000 troops under his command.

After seven battles and seven victories in the front, Zhou Dunyi's seven battles made the allied forces of all countries directly lose one-tenth of their combat power.

In the end, Zhou Dunyi fought and retreated, and along the way he also used the power he had gained, ordering the people to move south, and not even a grain of rice was left for the allied forces along the way.

This kind of practice of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, to be honest, many people know it, because this is a very simple yang scheme, and the old man of the Bai family, as a representative of the yang scheme, naturally knows it, but why didn't he do it?

It's not because he doesn't have that power, but he doesn't have power, but Zhou Dunyi does, so the battle line of the coalition of countries is getting longer and longer, and the supply line is getting more and more difficult.

By the time Zhou Dunyi led the army and the people to the vicinity of Jinling City, the allied forces of the various countries had even cut a lot of food and grass supplies in the army at that time, and the soldiers of the allied forces of the various countries could not even eat a full meal at that time.

Noticing the daily changes in the fires on the tents of the allied forces, Zhou Dunyi ordered the officials near Jinling City to evacuate and take away some of the people, and retreated to a high mountain with his army.

The old commander of the alliance army at that time saw Zhou Dunyi doing this, and immediately felt that this hairy boy really leaked a flaw, didn't he know that the 200,000 army was nested on a high mountain, and he only needed to cut off the water sources around him, and he could let them win without a fight after a few days of siege?

The old marshal was as proud as he thought, and ordered the Legion of the League of Nations to surround the mountains and cut off the water sources around them.

The old marshal thought to himself at the time that he only needed to hold for a few days to easily solve all the combat power of Nanli, and then he could take Jinling City without much effort, so he didn't think about dividing his troops and pressed all his troops under those mountains.

Within a few days, the allied forces under his command had been reduced to the point that they could only eat one meal a day because of the problem of supply lines, but the Nanli army on the mountain was still imposing, and the old commander felt strange in his heart, but he quickly dispelled his idea.

Lao Shuai thought that this was the hairy boy who was bluffing and deliberately showing himself, so he didn't care about it.

However, just one day later, the old marshal was awakened by the sudden killing shouts, it turned out that Zhou Dunyi had already agreed with other generals that as long as he saw that the fire of the allied forces under the mountain had been reduced to a certain extent, he would charge the camp under the mountain in the early morning of the next day.

The 200,000 troops of the south are just like the tigers that go down the mountain, after entering the camp of the allied armies of the various countries, they rampage along the way, and the soldiers of the allied armies of the various countries can't even hold the hands of the weapons.

The rout of the million-strong army was so spectacular that Zhou Dunyi immediately ordered his army to pursue it immediately.

Along the way, Nanli relied on the 200,000 army to drive the millions of troops of the countries, and the corpses of the allied forces of the countries filled the entire river.

He couldn't imagine why he obviously occupied the right time and place, but why it was himself who became the first to be defeated in the end.

It stands to reason that isn't Nan leaving the army to cut off food by himself?

Why?

What is the reason for this?

The old commander didn't understand this until he died, because he knew one thing before he died, the young commander opposite was never a child on paper.

That guy's military talent is far beyond his own, but after all, he was clumsy and looked away, which made him lose his life, not to mention, and he also took the final outcome of this big battle in vain.

Nanli this time, he really released a tiger that was controlled by no shackles!