In the past few months, the Jin army's campaign against Yan has progressed quite smoothly.

Under the continuous attack of the Jin army, the Yan army was defeated one after another, and now it can only concentrate on defending a few key cities.

But even so, the cities of Yan were seized by the Jin army one after another, and Pingzhou, Zhuozhou, Jizhou and other places fell into the hands of Yan State, and even Youzhou City is now surrounded by Jin State.

Some time ago, Yan Lord Liu Shouguang ordered Shan Yan to lead 10,000 elite soldiers out of the city to fight with Zhou Dewei, and the two sides fought at Longtougang.

Shan Yannai is a famous fierce general of the Yan State, after the battle of the Jin army, he personally led the troops to attack the Jin army's large array, but he did not expect to be captured alive by the Jin army in the end.

Zhou Dewei took this opportunity to launch a counterattack with cavalry, and finally defeated the Yan army, beheading more than 3,000 people.

Shan Yan, a fierce general, originally had a great reputation among the Yan army, but now that even he was defeated and captured, the Yan army was suddenly demoralized and panicked.

Fortunately, Liu Shouguang dared to be the emperor, of course, because he was arrogant, but it was also because the strength of Yan was indeed very strong; In addition, the Yan Kingdom in this life has not been suppressed by the Liang State, and its strength is stronger than in history.

Therefore, even if the morale is low, the Yan army still has a large number of troops, and the money, food, and materials stored in Youzhou City are still enough, so there is no need to worry about it in a short time.

The only thing that makes Liu Shouguang feel anxious is that the situation in Liang is not very good now, if there is no Liang army to come to the rescue, Youzhou is a lonely city, no matter how tightly defended it is, it will fall sooner or later.

It's a pity that the matter has come to this point, even if he is anxious in his heart, he can only support it, hoping to wait for the day when the reinforcements of the Liang army arrive, or the Jin army has something else to do and retreat on its own.

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In the city of Wanzhou, compared with the calmness of Li Cunxuan, the king of Jin, Wang Jian, the lord of Shu, was even more shocked by the result of the battle of Jiangling.

Nearly 50,000 Shu troops, plus the same number of Liang and Jingnan armies, were defeated by the Wu army in just half an hour, and Jiangling fell into the hands of Wu.

This result was something that Wang Jian never expected.

In March of this year, he had already made peace talks with Li Maozhen, the king of Qi.

After all, in the past nearly a year of war, although the Shu army had the upper hand, the losses were also not small; And after a year-long war, the officers and men of the Shu army were exhausted and urgently needed to rest.

And the Qi army, as the defeated side, needs time to rest.

In this way, the two sides quickly reached a settlement.

In this case, Wang Jian's energy was naturally transferred to Jiangling's side.

So after reaching a reconciliation with Li Maozhen, Wang Jian arrived in Wanzhou with his own family, firstly to inspect Dongchuan, and secondly, to understand the Jiangling battle situation more conveniently.

You must know that the war in Jiangling was originally not directly related to Shu, even if the Wu army captured Jiangling, it would not have any impact on Shu in a short period of time, and Shu would be able to block the Wu army's attempt to attack Shu as long as it held Yongchuan and other dangerous places.

The reason why Wang Jian sent troops to rescue Jiangling was mainly because he focused on the future and didn't want the power of Wu to be too great, so he would unite with Zhu Wen.

However, what he didn't expect was that after the war, not only did Jiangling not be saved, but the Shu army suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers of the Shu army who fled back in the end were only 10,000.

And Xiazhou also randomly fell into the hands of Wu, and Guizhou was also threatened by Wu's army.

Stealing chickens does not make rice, this is how Wang Jian felt at this time.

And the random news that Xiangzhou fell into the hands of Wu Guo made Wang Jian completely break his mind.

"That's it, since Jing Xiang has fallen into the hands of Wu State, it is pointless to be an enemy of Wu State, but it may attract the anger of Wu State. Why don't you send an envoy to rebuild? Wang Jian thought to himself.

He didn't expect to send troops to recapture Jingxiang from Wu now, after all, the chances of that were too low.

In his opinion, Wu Guo should not make a move against Shu in a short time, so that the two sides will have a chance to reach a reconciliation again.

As for saying that this would not lose face, Wang Jian didn't care at all.

Face or something, is it still important to be affordable?

"I just hope that Liang Guo can hold on for a longer time and not fall down so soon!" Wang Jian whispered to himself.

He didn't know that Zhu Wen had reached the last stage at this time, and he had a premonition that his time was running out while lying on the hospital bed.

If it was said that he was frightened by a false news and fled overnight, which made Zhu Wen seriously ill because of shame and anger afterwards, then the news of the defeat of the coalition army from Gangneung a few days ago was to kill him.

You must know that before this, the news from the south was that the situation was very good, as if it was only a matter of time before the coalition forces won victory.

So during that time, Zhu Wen's mood was not bad, and even his condition improved slightly.

However, when the news of the coalition's defeat came, he completely fainted.

100,000 coalition troops, including the Shu army and the Jingnan army, not to mention, no matter how many deaths Zhu Wen will not feel distressed; But the Liang army, which invested more than 60,000 people before and after, made Zhu Wen feel heartache.

You must know that the situation in the north is extremely tense now, although the focus of the Jin army's attack is still Yan, but Zhu Wen does not dare to relax his vigilance against the north.

In this way, he did not have many troops left in the hinterland of the Central Plains in the south, and most of these small troops were handed over to Kou Yanqing and Liu Jun.

Now that the coalition forces in Jiangling World War I have suffered a crushing defeat, it means that the entire hinterland of the Central Plains is in a state of emptiness, and Wu Guoyu is allowed to take it.

At this moment, he really saw the crisis of the fall of the Liang Kingdom!

So under the anger, Zhu Wen's condition further worsened, and by mid-May, Zhu Wen himself felt that his life was imminent.

And at this time, there was news that the Wu army had captured Xiangzhou.

After Zhu Wen reluctantly ordered Yang Shihou to lead 50,000 troops south to resist the Wu army, he passed out.

A day later, Zhu Wen came to his senses and ordered to summon the eastern capital to stay behind, and Zhu Youwen, the king of Bo, came to Luoyang to prepare for the future; At the same time, he ordered the demotion of Zhu Youqi, the king of Ying, to the assassin of Laizhou.

As soon as the news came out, the entire Liang Dynasty was in an uproar.

Zhu Wen's meaning turned out to be that he was preparing to pass on the throne to Zhu Youwen, the king of Bo!

Although there is no clear edict, let alone canonization of Zhu Youwen as the crown prince, at this time, Zhu Wen summoned Zhu Youwen to Luoyang, but belittled Zhu Youqi, the king of Ying, who was originally in Luoyang, to Laizhou, which has a very obvious meaning.

However, even if Zhu Wen's meaning is clear, there is still a lot of criticism among the ministers in the court.

After all, Zhu Youwen is just Zhu Wen's adopted son.

If Zhu Wen does not have a biological son, the inheritance of the throne to his adopted son can still be accepted by the ministers; But Zhu Wen obviously has biological sons, such as Yingwang Zhu Youzhen, Junwang Zhu Youzhen, etc.

Since he has a biological son, he wants to pass on the throne to his adopted son, which naturally puzzles many people.

Of course, even if there is some criticism, this is a decision made by Zhu Wen after all.

As the so-called Tiger Old Yu Wei is here, even when Zhu Wen is about to die of illness now, his coercion has not weakened, and the ministers still dare not question his decision in the slightest.

That night, King Ying's Zhu Youqi was in the house.

"Your Royal Highness, the concubine body just got the news that the Wang family has gone to the Eastern Capital with the jade seal of the heirloom country, and is ready to summon King Bo to Luoyang. It looks like we're only a few days away from death! "A young couple was in tears.

These two are Zhu Wen's son-in-law, Zhu Youqi, the king of Ying, and his wife Zhang.

Zhu Wen was old and faint, and he indulged in singing and dancing, not only the wives of the ministers were touched by him, but also several of his daughters-in-law did not let go.

Among them, Wang Shi, the wife of Bowang Zhu Youwen, and Zhang Shi, the wife of Yingwang Zhu Youqi, are naturally no exception, and the two are often called into the palace by Zhu Wen to serve.

As for Zhu Wen's plan, the two of them were naturally very clear.

Zhu Youqi's mother was originally just a camp prostitute, so although he was Zhu Wen's biological son, he was never loved by Zhu Wen.

Another time he made a small mistake, he was severely beaten by Zhu Wen and almost died.

It can be said that there is no father-son relationship between him and Zhu Wen.

And this time he was relegated to Laizhou, and although the official edict had not yet been issued, he already felt his own crisis.

You must know that according to Zhu Wen's character, all the ministers of the DPRK and China who are relegated to the local government will basically chase their lives and give them death halfway.

So after learning that he was going to be relegated to Laizhou, his heart was naturally even more frightened.

And even if Zhu Wen thought of the love between father and son, let him go to Laizhou to do assassination history with peace of mind; But if Zhu Wen dies and Zhu Youwen succeeds to the throne, can he still live safely in Laizhou?

Zhu Youqi didn't dare to guarantee this, at least he felt that if he was Zhu Youwen, he would never let go of himself, Zhu Wen's parent.

Therefore, no matter whether Zhu Wen wants to kill him or not, as long as he can't ascend the throne, then his death will not be far off.

Zhu Youqi and Zhang were in tears and panicked in their hearts, and his entourage was also terrified.

Just when everyone didn't know how to deal with this life-and-death crisis, an entourage suddenly stood up and said: "Your Highness, now that the matter is critical, Your Majesty's determination has been decided, if it is an ordinary method, it is impossible for Your Majesty to change your mind, so why don't Your Highness find another way?" ”

"Another way? What else can be thought of in today's situation? Zhu Youqi was in a trance, and responded casually.

The battle for the throne, what a big deal is this?

Since Zhu Wen has made up his mind, it is impossible to change it.

Not to mention that Zhu Youqi is just a son that Zhu Wen doesn't like very much, even if he is deeply loved by Zhu Wen, it is impossible for Zhu Wen to change his mind in the current situation.

After all, Zhu Wen may die of illness at any time, and if he changes his mind casually at this time, isn't that a hidden danger for the country? At that time, the succession to the throne will inevitably give birth to chaos.

Although Zhu Wen was unconscious, he didn't get to that point.

So although Zhu Youqi was frightened in his heart, he didn't feel that he could think of anything else.

"Maybe honestly accept my father's arrangement and go to Laizhou to make a history of assassination with peace of mind; If I'm lucky, maybe King Bo won't kill me? He thought to himself, not reacting to the man's meaning.

However, his wife Zhang understood a little at this time.

Her face turned pale suddenly, and her tone was a little trembling: "You mean, the first strike is stronger?" ”

Rao knew that now their husband and wife had reached a critical point of life and death, but she still trembled at the thought of this entourage's idea.

What kind of person is Zhu Wen? That's a Megatron figure for more than 30 years.

In addition, Zhu Wen has a brutal and murderous temperament, that is, he has no affection for those old ministers who have followed him for many years, that is, his eldest son Zhu Youyu was killed because of Zhu Wen's suspicion.

Who is not afraid of such a murderer?

At this time, Zhu Youqi also understood what the two meant, and looked at the two with the same pale face, while thinking about the feasibility of this matter in his heart.

"Well, my father is old, and he himself has nothing to worry about; The only thing to worry about is those guards in the palace, they are all loyal to their father! ”

"It's a pity that I didn't make friends with those ministers and generals on weekdays, but now I don't even have a trustworthy helper!" Zhu Youqi sighed secretly in his heart.

In fact, it was not that he didn't want to associate with those ministers and generals, but that he didn't dare to associate too closely with those people, so as not to be suspicious of Zhu Wen.

You must know that he was not loved by Zhu Wen in the first place, and usually Zhu Wen's other parents or adopted sons basically held positions such as assassins or festival envoys in various places, but he could only stay in Luoyang to be an idle prince.

In this case, where would he dare to casually associate with those ministers and generals?

Zhang obviously understood his situation, and immediately reminded: "Your Highness, even if you don't have any good generals, but Your Majesty's temperament has become more and more impatient and murderous in recent years, and many meritorious veterans have been killed, and there must be many people in the rest who are panicked in their hearts." Why doesn't Your Highness start with this? ”

Zhu Youqi was shocked when he heard this.

Yes, now is the critical moment of succession, you must know that whenever there is such a time in history, it is often the time when those heroes and heroes are the easiest to lose their heads.

Because the old emperor was often worried that the prestige of those heroes was too high and the new emperor could not be subdued, they would put to death those meritorious veterans who made him feel jealous before they died.

At this critical time, those old emperors will not be soft at all, let alone have any scruples.

And Zhu Wen was originally a brutal and murderous person, and he usually had a "bad record" of killing heroes, but now at this critical time, who knows what he will think?

Therefore, Zhu Youqi is sure that among those meritorious veterans in the DPRK and China, there must be many people who are as worried as him.

If you can unite with these people, maybe you can strike first and seize the throne!

As for whether it would be difficult for him to accept such a thing as cannibalism, it would be even more unlikely.

There was no father-son relationship between him and Zhu Wen, not to mention the succession to the throne and the lives of his own family, at this time, if he was soft-hearted, it would be their family who would die in the future!

"It's done! This matter should be done sooner rather than later, and this king will go to contact someone tomorrow! Zhu Youqi finally made up his mind.