Kou Xiang smiled coldly at Wang Qin's back, and then turned his head to the third son and said: "Third son, father-in-law, please go and report to the emperor, just say that the prime minister wants to talk to the emperor about counterinsurgency."

The father-in-law of the third son hurriedly said: Kou Xiang, wait a minute, we will inform you.

After that, he pushed open the door and walked in, and then came to Zhao Heng and knelt down and reported: Your Majesty, Kou Xiang asked to see him outside, saying that he wanted to talk to the emperor about counterinsurgency.

Zhao Heng hurriedly said: Hurry up and invite Kou Xiang in.

The third son answered: Obey!

He stood up and hurried out.

After a while, Kou Xiang walked in from outside and knelt down in front of Zhao Heng to worship: The minister sees the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!

Zhao Heng waved his hand: Kou Xiangping.

Kou Xiang stood up from the ground.

Zhao Heng pointed with his hand to the chair that Wang Qin had just sat on: Kou Xiang sits.

Kou Xiangdao: Emperor Xie.

Then sat down in that chair.

Zhao Heng asked: Kou Xiang, has the strategy for counterinsurgency been formulated?

Kou Xiang nodded: It is basically formulated, but it has not yet been finally formed, so the minister will talk to the emperor first to see what opinions and ideas the emperor has.

Hearing this, Zhao Heng nodded: Kou Xiang, please speak.

Kou Xiangdao: The minister communicated with Marshal Yang Liulang and the Li Governor of Kaifeng Mansion, and the three of us agreed that the hundreds of thousands of troops of the King of Luoyang were not terrible, nor were they difficult to deal with, and what was terrible and difficult to deal with was the force of the rivers and lakes that assisted the King of Luoyang in his uprising, and the most terrible of the forces of the rivers and lakes was the four major demons who had retired from the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years and reappeared in the rivers and lakes.

According to Governor Li, the corpse king of the four demons has trained a team of dead people, because the people in this team are all dead, so they are not afraid of life and death at all, when fighting with them, no matter how our people kill them, they will not die again, even if they cut off their legs and arms, they can still fight you, and in the end, there is only one head left that is cut down, and this head will still jump high to bite you to death.

Hearing this, Zhao Heng shuddered with a shiver, and couldn't help but be afraid: My God! Is there really such a terrifying and terrifying team, could it be that the smoke deliberately released by Uncle Wang scares us?

Kou Xiang shook his head: No, there is indeed such a team of dead people, six months ago, when Li Zhifu went to Luoyang to take office, he encountered it, and he also fought with them, with the help of Li Zhifu's master, Li Zhifu repelled this dead team.

Zhao Heng nodded: It turns out that Governor Li can deal with this terrible team of dead people.

Kou Xiangdao: This is only one of the four teams, and there are three more terrifying and difficult teams to deal with: Earth Worm, Heavenly Demon, and Ghost Fox.

Zhao Heng hurriedly asked: What kind of teams are these?

Kou Xiangdao: According to the master of Governor Li, the ground worm has trained a giant ant soldier, which grows on an island in the middle of the ocean, and is bigger than a pig, and its strength is infinite. The Heavenly Demon and the Ghost Fox, one is good at using magic sounds and poison, and the other is good at ingesting people's souls, which are not something that the army of our imperial court can deal with.

Hearing this, Zhao Heng's face turned white with fright, and he was very panicked: Then ------ what should we do, what should we do?

Kou Xiangdao: Li Zhifu and his master have been prepared, they selected 660 masters from the 14 major sects of the Central Plains martial arts for special training, and rehearsed a Zhou Tian array, this large array can deal with the Luoyang King's Jianghu force, so the old minister suggested that the imperial court against the Luoyang King's rebels in a unified command.

Hearing this, Zhao Heng was secretly surprised, and hurriedly asked: Does Kou Xiang mean that he wants me to hand over the 300,000 troops guarding Kyoto to the command of Governor Li, but he is a civil official, okay?

Kou Xiangdao: Lao Chen considered all the generals in the capital, and did not come up with a suitable one for this handsome position, although Li Zhifu is a civil official, but he has a superb martial arts, and he is also familiar with military strategies, especially he has a very good relationship with the heads of various martial arts sects in the Central Plains,

Those people listened to him, this time we fought against the Luoyang rebels, and the Fourteen Great Sects of the Central Plains Martial Arts were a great force.

Without their support, we have no chance of winning at all, but this powerful force is not something that anyone can command, but Governor Li can command them, and with the assistance of Governor Li's master, we have the certainty of winning this battle, therefore, Lao Chen believes that Governor Li should be the best candidate for the position.

Zhao Heng thought about it and didn't speak, but he was secretly scolding in his heart: This old man is really treacherous, first made up a about me to scare me, and then desperately praised my brother for how amazing he is, isn't his purpose to fool me into handing over the military power to my brother, this is obviously to set a trap for me to drill, how can I fall for your old man's ghost.

Kou Xiang didn't know what Zhao Heng was thinking at this time, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he asked: What does the emperor think of the minister's proposal?

Zhao Heng prevaricated: This matter is very important, I can't decide it alone, so I will decide after I go to Cining Palace to ask my mother.

Kou Xiang nodded: This matter is indeed very important, and the emperor should ask the queen mother for her opinion.

After speaking, he paused, and then said: Your Majesty, there is another thing that we must take precautions as soon as possible.

Zhao Heng asked: What's the matter?

Kou Xiangdao: It is absolutely impossible for the king of Luoyang to act alone this time, and it is not possible to join forces with the Liao State in the north, that is to say, when the rebels of the king of Luoyang marched east and attacked Bianjing, it was also the time when the army of the Great Liao State in the north invaded our border pass in the south, so the old minister thought that the family visit leave of Yang Yanzhao, the marshal of Sanguan, should be ended immediately, and he was ordered to return to the border pass as soon as possible to prevent the southern invasion of the Liao army.

Hearing this, Zhao Heng secretly sneered and thought: What a wishful thinking, first fool me to hand over the military power of the 300,000 army in Bianjing City to my brother, and then let Yang Yanzhao return to the border pass to control the military power of the hundreds of thousands of troops at the border pass, so that you can cooperate inside and outside and control the whole situation from afar.

Wouldn't you force me to force the palace to let me give up the throne to my brother, it seems that Wang Xiang is right, this Kou Lao'er and Yang Liulang have already sided with my brother.

So he remained quiet: Then let Marshal Yang return to the border early tomorrow morning.

Hearing this, Kou Xiang was happy: Minister, obey the order.

How did he know that this little emperor Zhao Heng was very treacherous, and he had already dug a pit for them, waiting for them to jump.

Early in the morning, the Luoyang Palace in Luoyang City was under martial law, with three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and teams of mobile patrols shuttled outside the walls of the palace.

At the gate of the Luoyang Palace, dozens of soldiers with sharp blades stood to strictly examine the officials who entered the gate of the palace.

Luoyang Acting Governor Huang Juntong was also among them, I saw him come to the door with a red invitation, a person with a head to look at the invitation carefully and put it away, and then waved his hand to him, Huang Juntong nodded a few times, and then walked cautiously towards the door of the house.

The reception hall of the Luoyang Royal Mansion was full of officials from the Luoyang area, and the officials seemed to have a premonition that something important was happening, and everyone sat quietly with a straight face, without saying a word.

Huang Juntong walked in, and a steward led him to an empty chair and sat down.

After a few more moments, the king of Luoyang, accompanied by eight generals dressed in military uniforms, entered the council hall.

All the officials hurriedly stood up from their seats to greet them.

The king of Luoyang raised his hand with a smile and waved to everyone: You don't have to be polite, sit, sit.

He went to the front of the chair and sat down.

The officials then sat down.

The king of Luoyang first glanced at the officials sitting on the chairs on both sides, and then cleared his throat and said: This king invited you to come to my palace early in the morning to tell you something.

After that, he paused, looked at everyone's expressions, and continued: Maybe someone has already seen what I want to say to everyone from the tense situation in Luoyang City.

As he spoke, he pointed to Liu Jiedu with his hand: Liu Jiedu can make it

I already know if I can.

Then, he asked Liu Jiedu: Liu Jiedu, am I right?

Liu Jiedu smiled: Lord Wang, the envoy already knows, and the envoy has been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Hearing this, the king of Luoyang nodded: Okay, very good.

Then he said to the people: Who else already knows, raise his hand and let the envoy take a look.

Immediately, more than half of the people raised their hands.

After seeing it, the king of Luoyang smiled: It seems that half of the people don't know if they don't see it.

After that, he continued: This king thinks he can save some trouble, but it seems that he still needs to explain it.

Then his face sank, and it was very solemn: this king now announces one thing to you, twelve days later, that is, on the twelfth day of the first month of this month, this king officially raised his army, waved his army eastward to seize Bianliang City in Kyoto, and then this king succeeded to the throne and officially called the emperor.

As soon as the words of the King of Luoyang fell, Liu Jiedu's envoy took the lead in applauding for fear of sycophancy, and then those who had raised their hands also applauded.

The king of Luoyang waved his hand to those who applauded: You are all officials in my Luoyang area, and you have worked with this king for many years. Therefore, this king sincerely invites you to join this king, and on the day of success, you will be the great heroes of my new dynasty, and important positions in the court will be selected from you.

At this time, an official about thirty years old, wearing a four-grade official uniform, suddenly stood up and asked the king of Luoyang: "Lord, is it voluntary to participate in the incident with you?"

The king of Luoyang smiled: Of course it is voluntary.

The official immediately said: Is it okay not to participate in any lowly position?

Liu Jiedu was furious and scolded the official: Lord Wu, what are you talking about, the prince usually takes very good care of you, how can you not participate in the prince's trouble.

The king of Luoyang waved his hand to Liu Jiedu's envoy: Liu Jiedu's envoy, everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be forced, so let him go.

Lord Wu hurriedly saluted the king of Luoyang and said: Thank you for the magnanimity of the prince, and resign from your humble position.

With that, he left his seat and walked out of the hall.

Driven by Lord Wu, several officials stood up and saluted the king of Luoyang in unison: he also withdrew from his humble post and resigned.

After that, let's go outside together.

Huang Juntong hesitated and wanted to stand up and leave, but as soon as his body moved, he suddenly saw the murderous aura on the face of the king of Luoyang, and then saw the king of Luoyang give a look to a general beside him, the general nodded, and then walked out behind the person who left, and after a while, he heard the screams of people being killed from outside.

Huang Juntong's body shook violently, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice: God! It's a good thing I didn't leave with them, otherwise my life would have been gone.

King Luoyang looked at the remaining officials in the field and asked with a smile: Are there any who have withdrawn?

All the officials hurriedly said in unison: Humble and swear to follow the prince to the death.

There is the previous example, and now the remaining officials dare not quit even if they want to, after all, their own lives are the most important.

Hearing this, the king of Luoyang excitedly raised his head to the sky and laughed, and said with a smile: Okay, very good.

Then he stretched out his hand and took out a piece of paper full of words from his bosom and showed it to the officials: This is the book of alliance drafted by this king, and all those who participate in the army with this king must sign their names on this alliance book.

After that, he got up from his seat and walked to a table and spread the paper on the table, then picked up a pen and wrote his name, followed by Liu Jiedu, and then the officials lined up to write their own names one by one, Huang Juntong was the last, and his hands trembled very much when he wrote his name.

He was frightened, because he knew how serious the consequences of doing this were, if the king of Luoyang rebelled successfully, then he would undoubtedly follow the official into the knighthood, but once the king of Luoyang rebelled and failed, it would be a big crime to cut off the head, and it would also affect their whole family to be beheaded and exterminated.