During the deliberations of the Xun Dynasty, the only surviving son of the Deng royal family reported that the news of the entire territory of the Deng Kingdom was dedicated to the Wu Kingdom, which was only known among the upper echelons of the Wu Kingdom.

In a house somewhere in Wancheng, it is already June, and it is raining heavily, making Wancheng hot and humid, but it is still an airtight house, and there is even a stove in the house to dissipate moisture.

Huang Wuzi opened the thumb big bamboo card in his hand, glanced at it, and threw the bamboo card into the fire, and there was a person beside him, looking at his face It seemed that he was still a woman.

The fifth prince coughed and asked, "How is the eldest brother of the emperor?" ”

The woman replied: "Although the eldest son is reluctant to send back the news from the gray sparrow, he still does what His Highness instructs. ”

"Ahem, ahem...... Don't force him, he is the eldest son after all, he is arrogant and arrogant, and it is already beyond my expectations to be able to do this. The fifth son of the emperor said so, then looked at the burned bamboo plaque in the fire, coughed twice and said: "The imperial court is ready to send troops, and the supervision army of the Wangcheng Guard has already entered Gongzixin's city defense camp, tell the gray bird to see the opportunity to act, although I want to bring down Gongzixin, but after all, the Wangcheng Guard is a force in this southern expedition, and we must not let it collapse!" ”

"Whoa!" The woman answered.

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The city defense battalion, the recent period is to be panicked, there are rumors that the imperial court will send the city defense battalion to the south to reinforce, which can scare the soldiers in the city defense camp, the city defense camp belongs to Gongzi Xin's moderation, not like the patrol battalion, the city defense camp is now more than 3,000 people, most of which are the old clans to ask for Gongzixin's house, the children of the clan stuffed in.

And they do this, not to train the juniors in the clan, but after all, the city defense battalion is the royal city guard, and the welfare treatment is naturally not the same as elsewhere, and even a little happier than the border soldiers.

Therefore, today's city defense battalion has no combat effectiveness at all, or the last time, thousands of people from the city defense battalion were dispatched, and they did not take down a small Chang'anju garrisoned by hundreds of old and weak soldiers.

The moisture in it can be imagined!

As soon as they heard the news of the emergency in the south, the first thing that these soldiers of the Wangcheng Guard thought of was not to go to the south to fight, but to leave the army.

In particular, there are rumors in the army that some powerful children have found a way out and quit the city defense battalion, and the chief general of the city defense battalion, Ji Qing, has arranged for border soldiers to replace those good families.

Thinking of the extra unfamiliar faces in the army these times, and the familiar faces that continue to disappear, these rumors have gradually been confirmed.

On the night of 18 June, a fire burned the military registration office of the city defense camp, and the next day, Gongzixin's Zong Wei Qing gathered his soldiers and counted more than 600 people.

As for who it is, even if the military registration office has not been burned, and Xi Qing follows the interests of his Royal Highness, he does not dare to investigate, and now that the military registration office has been burned, there is no way to investigate.

"The city defense battalion controlled by the second emperor brother actually had a camp roar?!"

Lin Yuyan, who got the news from Wen Xiangheng, was also very surprised, the second emperor brother was so cautious, and now it was the time to send troops, how could he make such a big mistake?

Wen Xiangheng nodded and said: "Well, Your Highness, I heard that the rumors have spread badly in the past few days, so that Gongzixin's temperance city defense battalion got the news, saying that the imperial court is preparing to send them to the south to fight, and most of the sergeants and soldiers in the army are the children of the old clan, so it is possible to burn the military registration office, so that after escaping from the military camp, the imperial court will not be able to find out......"

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan also said: "This time, the second emperor brother can be regarded as lifting a stone and hitting his own feet, so he originally wanted to borrow the patrol battalion to win over the old clan, but this time the city defense battalion had a camp roar and escaped, and the second emperor brother and the old clan will inevitably have a gap between each other." ”

But then, Lin Yuyan also asked: "Could this matter be manipulated by someone?" ”

Hearing this, Wen Xiangheng thought for a while: "Your Highness, Yingxiao has already burned the military registration office, it is impossible for no one to organize, most of them are the children of the old clan who want to escape, so they did this together, and I am afraid that the old clan will also contribute to the future......"

"Alas......" Lin Yuyan let out a long sigh, after this incident, if he is held responsible, the prestige of the second emperor brother will be lost, and the power of moderation of the city defense camp may also have to be handed over, it is precisely because of this that the second emperor brother thinks that the old clan has killed him, so that he will guard against the old clan in the future, and the old clan will also stay away from the second emperor brother because of this matter.

The final result of Yingxiao's incident is to let the second emperor brother, who is now in the middle of the court, pull down the altar.

"Where is the second emperor brother now?"

Wen Xiangheng responded: "I have been recruited into the palace by His Majesty." ”

Seeing Lin Yuyan get up, Wen Xiangheng also asked, "Your Highness, are you going to the palace?!" ”

"Well," Lin Yuyan nodded and replied, "It's a favor for the second emperor's brother......"

In the Xuanzheng Palace, Emperor Wu Long Yan was furious, and Gongzi Xin kept kneeling on the ground, not even daring to raise his head.

"The city defense battalion roared, and more than 600 people ran away, this is the all-out effort you promised me?! This is the power of your Lin Yuxin's temperance!! ”

Gongzi Xin bowed his head to the ground and said, "The son is guilty!" The son is guilty! ”

"Guilty! Do you know that nothing can happen to this stall, I handed over the city defense camp to you, and that's how you rewarded me?! Emperor Wu scolded, and then instructed Gao Jin: "Unload his city defense camp tiger talisman for me!" ”

Hearing this, seeing that Emperor Wu was so angry, Gao Jin didn't dare to say anything, walked to Gongzixin's side, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, please......"

Gongzi Xin stood up at the waist, the tiger talisman of this city defense camp is generally carried by him, hanging under the belt, he has been wearing it for a long time, and now he is about to unload it suddenly, and Gongzi Xin is quite reluctant.

"What? Do you want me to do it myself? Emperor Wu scolded.

When Gongzi Xin heard this, he dragged the tiger talisman down to Gao Jin.

Emperor Wu threw a few bamboo cards in front of Gongzi Xin, and said sharply: "I once thought that among all the sons, you were the smartest, in the battle of the Koreans, you burned the grain and grass of the Koreans, so you handed it over to the city defense battalion to control, but over the years, you have not been as good as a year!" Even the eldest son went to Lecheng to make a small persuasion order for the south, and then look at your stay in Wancheng, only know how to fight for power and profit, and do not retreat, I am very disappointed in you! ”

Gongzixin raised his head and looked at the bamboo plaque thrown by his father, on which were several paintings of farming in the fields, and one of them was a black figure, although rough, but Gongzixin still recognized this person.

The eldest son, Lin Yuren!

Emperor Wu said angrily: "In order to cover up your mistakes, you transferred people from the third child, I didn't say anything, after all, it was for the southern expedition after the autumn, but you actually gave me the sharpness of the three thousand soldiers of the city defense battalion, you said, how should I punish you as a rebel!" ”

Gongzi Xin clenched his fists and said: "Erchen is willing to join the army as a guest from Fuzhong Gate to make up for the difference between the city defense camp!" ”

At this moment, a crisp voice sounded outside the Xuanzheng Palace.

"Erchen is willing to lead three thousand Wuyang troops for the second emperor brother to recover Nanjun!"

Hearing this, Emperor Wu raised his head and looked at the figure entering the main hall: "Yu Yan...... How do you come here and do it! ”

Not far from the Xuanzheng Palace, Lin Yuyan heard his father's thunderous voice, and it seemed that the city defense camp roared against his father's scales.

"Erchen please fight, send troops to rescue the southern border!" Lin Yuyan cut the road categorically.

Gongzi Xin said in a deep voice: "Yuyan, there is no need to be like this, the royal brother's fault will be borne by the imperial brother himself!" ”

Emperor Wu was even more angry: "Yu Yan, how old are you...... War is not child's play, how can I leave it to you! ”

Although Lin Yuyan knelt on the ground, his waist was straight, and he said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Father, the son naturally knows that fighting is not a game, therefore, the son can quell the bandits at the age of sixteen, the second emperor brother can burn the granary of 80,000 Han troops at the age of seventeen, and the third emperor brother is at the same age, leading the army to guard the northern frontier of Wuguo!" Let me ask my father, why can't my sons lead the troops to the battle?! ”

Hearing this, Gao Jin also found an opportunity to remind Emperor Wu: "Your Majesty, now His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince is controlling the 3,000 troops of Shanglin Yuan, and its leader is Fang De, the 2,000-strong general of the Nanyang Army. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Wu sat on the throne and was silent for a long time, then raised his head to look at Lin Yuyan and asked, "Are you really willing to go on the expedition?" ”

"Erchen has no regrets!" Lin Yuyan replied extremely firmly.

After a long time, Emperor Wu looked at Gongzixin and asked: "Yu Ren has already gathered young men in Lecheng and is ready to support Xinye's Xinye army, and now even the youngest Yu Yan is willing to lead troops to the south, what about you?!" ”

Hearing his father's question, Gongzixin also clenched his fists, not against Lin Yuyan, but at Lin Yuren's straw bag, Gongzixin always thought that he was one step faster than that straw bag, but he didn't expect that this time he was so far behind!

Thinking of this, Gongzi Xin kowtowed and said: "Erchen is willing to lead the soldiers of the city defense battalion to make meritorious contributions!" ”

Only then did Emperor Wu say with a calm face: "In this case, the patrol battalion is still handed over to you for moderation, but I will also send 2,000 elite soldiers to Yuren, this time the three of you brothers will each lead 3,000 people to support the southern border, do you have any objections?!" ”

Where is the meaning of Emperor Wu's question, and the forced Gongzi letter can't refuse.

However, Gao Jin had to remind: "Your Majesty, the southern border is dangerous, and there must be a prince left in Wancheng......"

Emperor Wu directly interrupted him: "I see that you don't fight weekdays, so I simply put you on the battlefield to fight, and now that the position of the East Palace is undecided, I will judge this southern expedition!" ”