The rapid sound of gongs and drums woke up Wang Xiao, who was resting on the couch, subconsciously grabbed the sword beside him, and looked around with sharp eyes.

Several pro-soldiers hurriedly rushed in and saluted, "My lord, the camp is out of water." ”

Wang Xiao, who had a stubbled beard and a tired face, didn't ask anything nonsense, and got up directly and rushed out.

The most feared thing about camping at night in ancient camps is camp roaring, which may greatly lead to the collapse of the whole army.

Wang Xiao, who rushed out of the tent, saw the flames in the horse camp not far away, and many people and soldiers around them were shouting and running away.

Without hesitation, he drew his sword out of its sheath, and cut down several panicked and screaming soldiers who ran to him in a panic. Wang Xiao shouted angrily: "Everyone go back to their tents!" Those who dare to run around will be killed! ”

The soldiers shouted along and scattered to maintain order.

As Lin Ruhai, Li Weizhong and others' personal soldiers also joined in, the chaos caused by the fire gradually subsided.

When I came to the horse camp, I quickly figured out the cause of the incident.

A few grooms who kept vigil made a few bottles of wine and lit a fire to roast meat. Drinking was overturned over the campfire and the hay was lit.

The offender will undoubtedly be dealt with by military law, and the general in charge of the horse camp will be unlucky. After Wang Xiao made the arrangements, he went to Lin Ruhai's tent.

"Isn't it time to take a break?" Lin Ruhai, who was full of tiredness, thought for a while and said, "There are more and more people who are left behind, and dissatisfaction in the army is also rising. I'm afraid that if I continue to march like this, I will collapse directly. ”

Lin Ruhai was born in Wenchen, and he has been pampered over the years, and he is also very haggard under the sudden forced march this time.

Wang Xiao raised his hand and pointed at the dark circles under his eyes, and then spread his hands helplessly, "I also want to rest, but the situation does not allow it." ”

He sat down directly on the side, "Now the middle is empty, and those tribes in the north may go south to Guanzhong at any time." Once the Emperor Taishang used this as an excuse to force the palace, the party of the abolished prince took the opportunity to exert his strength. The emperor's position was precarious. ”

He didn't say the rest of the words, but Lin Ruhai also knew.

Once the emperor's position is unstable, then the fate of these people in the imperial party will definitely be miserable and desolate, that is, the rhythm of misery and desolation.

Wang Xiao said with relief, "We are about to enter the customs now, as long as we hold on for a few more days, we can get to the capital." With more than 10,000 of our elites in charge, everything will be different. ”

Lin Ruhai nodded slowly, "Okay." ”

His attitude towards Wang Xiao is actually not complicated at all, it is completely based on the mentality of his son-in-law and the arrangement for cultivating a successor.

Lin Ruhai's physical condition is not good, and he has been holding on to help Wang Xiao take the position as soon as possible.

It's not for the four families, it's just for Lin Daiyu to have a good home.

As a father, his distress for his daughter has long exceeded his loyalty to the emperor.

Dark clouds are surging in the capital, and the Emperor Taishang, who has been dormant for many years, is about to move. The party of the abolished prince also secretly exchanged gatherings, waiting for the opportunity to prepare for the attack.

However, these were temporarily silenced after the news of the great victory in the east was delivered by the 600-mile fast horse.

Those who don't understand think that it is just a dozen dozen pirates and a dozen ships. What's so great about how much you dare to call it a great victory?

Only those who really understand understand the stakes.

The sea plague has been there since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Whether it is the sea bandits, the Japanese bandits, or the various red yi from the West, it has never been cut off.

The imperial court has sent troops many times, and when the scale was large, there were 50,000 or 60,000 troops, and even hundreds of thousands.

But as a result, most of them were just expulsions.

Especially those Hongyi from the West, although there are not many people, the ships are strong and the guns are very strong.

The Great Zhou Dynasty's method of dealing with them has always been confrontation, siege, and expulsion. It's not uncommon for it to take months or even years.

Like this time, it took less than a month for the army to drive there and directly destroy the enemy army, which was the first time.

The battle report clearly states that all of the Hongyi fleet was sunk or captured. The Hongyi on the island either didn't kill or was caught, and none of them ran away.

By comparing the secret reports sent by the secret agents in the army, the emperor confirmed that this was indeed a rare victory.

With the assistance of this great victory, the trend of criticizing the emperor for improper use of personnel, thus kicking off the prelude to forcing the palace, suddenly came to a halt.

The emperor immediately issued an order to knight Lin Ruhai. At the same time, he also instructed Xia Bingzhong to go to Ningguo Mansion to remove the supervision of Wang Xifeng, as long as he did not leave the mansion.

Of course, this does not mean that the emperor can rest easy.

News has come from the north that the tribal alliance on the steppe has begun to move south.

And the power loyal to the emperor here in the capital has been greatly weakened, at least before Lin Ruhai and Wang Xiao lead the troops back, in terms of the comparison of troops, it is the emperor Taishang who has the advantage.

People with different intentions did not give up on their actions because of this, and they began to connect more frequently, preparing to accomplish great things before Wang Xiao and them returned.

A few days later, in the mansion of King Beijing, a group of abolished princes were drinking and talking.

"Wang Ziteng's waste, 200,000 troops were buried by him, I really don't know how this kind of person can be the commander of the army."

"You should thank him, most of the soldiers and horses loyal to the emperor were buried by him, this is a godsend."

"The problem now is that the Emperor Taishang has been slow to make up his mind."

"It's very easy for the Emperor Taishang to say, in fact, the real reason lies in the status arrangement of the King of Longwu County!"

King Beijing raised his hand, and the noise gradually subsided.

Facing everyone's eyes, King Beijing stood up with a wine glass in his hand, "Everyone." We've been waiting for this opportunity for seventeen years! Now there are no soldiers and horses loyal to the emperor in the capital except for Long Banwei and two or three who stayed in the Beijing camp. Moreover, Wang Ziteng buried many children of the family in Saibei this time, and the Xungui family had nowhere to vent their anger, all when they were angry. Maybe Jingying will be cold to the sidelines at that time. ”

"As for the King of Longwu. We just need to make it clear to the Emperor Taishang, we fully support his reinstatement, as long as we can establish the king of Longwu County as the emperor's grandson, and don't mention anything else. If the Emperor can make up his mind, then great things can be done! ”

King Longwu is the eldest son of the abolished prince, who has always been protected by the emperor, and is also the spiritual leader and co-leader of their party of the abolished prince.

Among these people in the room, only King Beijing could see clearly.

Now everything is false, and the only thing that is most important is to let the Emperor Taishang make up his mind to force the emperor to abdicate together in both civil and military affairs.

Emperor Taishang has a huge influence among the ministers, holding the Imperial Forest Army in his hands, and can also influence some Beijing camps.

As long as it can be said that the Emperor Taishang, who has lost his enterprising spirit when he is old, will be mobilized, and they will cooperate with the mobilization of the soldiers and horses of the five cities and the forces of the court, there is a great possibility of success.

When the emperor abdicated and died of a violent illness, the emperor set up the king of Longwu County as the emperor's grandson, so that he could think about the rest of the matter.

Everyone nodded in agreement, thinking that what King Beijing said made sense.

"Ladies and gentlemen." The King of Beijing, who was in high spirits and felt that something big could be done, raised his wine glass, "Let's just..."

The door to the room was slammed open, and a lean man stumbled in.

King Beijing frowned.

He knew the person who came, and he was the deputy commander of the Dongcheng Terracotta Division.

As soon as he wanted to scold the person who came for not behaving properly, the person was already panting and shouting.

"Lin Ruhai and Wang Xiao's army has entered the city!"

'Smack! ’

The wine glass in the hand of King Beijing smashed to the ground and shattered.

"How is that possible?! They are far away from the sea, how can they come back so quickly! ”

Everyone was shocked, these thousands of miles, did they fly back?

The visitor shook his head, "I don't know." They went directly into the city and went to the palace to confront the dragon head plain, and also confronted the dragon head plain royal forest army. ”

King Beijing sat directly on the ground, looking dazed.

He knows too much about the emperor.

The elderly Emperor Taishang has long lost the sharpness of his youth. If it was possible to say that he would give it a go, then at this time, Lin Ruhai and Wang Xiao returned with a large number of elite soldiers, and they did not hesitate to confront the Royal Forest Army in Longshouyuan. The Emperor had absolutely no courage to make a difficulty.

Without the support of the Emperor Taishang, with their abolished princelings and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, nothing can be done.

Especially Wang Xiao!

Wang Xiao, as the inheritor of Rongguo, also took over the Ningguo Mansion. It can be said that the influence and connections of the second duke of Rongning in the army have all fallen into his hands.

With him on the emperor's side, it is absolutely impossible for Jingying to stand idly by.

"I hate it!"

For the sake of this opportunity, the King of Beijing even did not hesitate to secretly contact the person on the grassland to pass on the news. All the arrangements that can be painstakingly managed are all disillusioned at this moment.

King Beijing closed his eyes in pain and clenched his fists.

"Wang Xiao! You damn it!! ”

Wang Xiao, who was being talked about, sneezed heavily.

The emperor on the side asked kindly, "Aiqing, is she unwell?" ”

Wang Xiao and Lin Ruhai were meeting His Majesty, and the emperor was really very happy to learn that they were wearing stars and wearing the moon to lead the elite soldiers to gallop back.

With such an elite team that has experienced the baptism of war in his hands, as well as Wang Xiao's influence on the noble generals, those who have ill intentions have to think about it seriously.

"His Majesty Lao cares." Wang Xiao saluted: "Weichen is fine." ”

King Zhongshun, who was not far away, saw that Wang Xiao was in the spotlight, and the jealousy in his heart was directly expressed on his face.

If he can also have a heavy army, if he can also have a strong influence on the noble generals. If...

Forget it, if this was the case, the emperor would have attacked him a long time ago.

The emperor, who was in a good mood, instructed Xia Bingzhong to chair Wang Xiao and Lin Ruhai: "You guys are doing well." What's next? ”

Wang Xiao and Lin Ruhai said at the same time: "Everything is subject to Your Majesty's arrangement." ”

The emperor smiled and stroked his beard: "Good, good." But I want to hear from you. ”

Wang Xiao thought for a while and said, "If Your Majesty agrees, Weichen can lead the troops to attack Longshouyuan." ”

The Emperor and the King of Zhongshun changed color together.

Wang Xiao hurriedly explained, "It's just that I asked the Emperor to cultivate, and I have no other intentions." ”

said that it was Qing Xiu, but it was house arrest in disguise.

Although there were tens of thousands of Imperial Forest Troops on the Dragon Head Plain, Wang Xiao, who had taken over the remaining half of the Divine Machine Battalion, did not think that these Imperial Forest Troops who had been pampered for many years could stop his offensive.

This is the simplest, most straightforward, one-and-done solution.

The emperor pondered for a long time, and finally slowly shook his head, "Don't do this. ”

As an emperor, what he pursues is the general trend and stability. Wang Xiao's proposal seemed too radical to him.

Despised the emperor's indecisiveness in his heart, Wang Xiao got up and saluted, "It's Weichen Meng Lang." ”

The Emperor laughed, "It's okay. Aiqing's loyalty is commendable, and I am very comforted. The two Aiqing have traveled a long way, so let's go back and rest early. Loyal to the king, you send two Aiqing on my behalf. ”

When Wang Xiao and the others left, the emperor put away his smile and stood with his hands behind his back to think for a moment.

"Xia Bingzhong, pass on the message. I will stay at Fengzao Palace tonight. ”

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