The battle between the eldest prince and the second prince can be said to determine the future direction of the kingdom and attract the attention of the nobles of the whole country.

The eldest prince's side was commanded by Tie Ming, leading 70,000 troops. The second prince was led by an unknown man, leading 30,000 troops, and the two sides fought a decisive battle in the Grand Duke's domain.

In a three-day battle, the second prince was defeated and lost the city, killing more than 10,000 soldiers, while the eldest prince killed more than 3,000 soldiers.

The scale of victory has been tilted in favor of the eldest prince, and the eldest prince has even sent messengers to persuade him to surrender.

At this juncture, instead of surrendering, the second prince changed his generals in battle, personally commanded his own team, and appointed a guy named Li Xingluo as a military advisor to continue to fight against the eldest prince.

The nobles of the whole country were eagerly awaiting, waiting for the news of the defeat of the second prince.

But this wait was seven days, but when the news of Tie Ming's defeat was reached, Tie Ming's army lost 10,000 people, was repulsed, and was forced to retreat fifty miles and camp. And the losses on the side of the second prince were less than a thousand.

After that, the two sides launched a tug-of-war of attacking and defending, and defending and attacking.

It seems that the scales, which had been tilted, are beginning to tilt back again.

This was Tie Ming's first defeat since he was canonized as a nobleman, so there was a discordant voice around the eldest prince, and some people began to slander, saying that Tie Ming was bribed to deliberately defeat, otherwise how could Tie Ming be defeated by a nobody.

The eldest prince ignored this at all, but trusted Tie Ming, and continued to send additional troops to Tie Ming, asking him to fight quickly and quell the war in the country as quickly as possible.

Seeing that the country could not calm the war for a while, the neighboring countries began to invade.

This is extremely bad news, but soon the eldest prince will not need to be distressed, because the direction of the invasion of the neighboring country is the direction of the little prince's forces, and the little prince just stands in the way of the neighboring powers.

As long as the little prince is not stupid, he will definitely not be in the same league as the armies of neighboring countries. Even if the eldest prince is in the same stream, he is not afraid, there is still a steady stream of nobles who come to gather at his orders, and his army is increasing every moment, even if he fights on two fronts, he will not be afraid in a short time.

Moreover, in the face of foreign enemies, the whole country is always united.

Soon the eldest prince received news that the younger prince's army was facing the army of a neighboring country.

Later, the eldest prince received news that the younger prince's army had not only defeated the tentative army of the neighboring country, but also invaded the neighboring country.

That's a big fool!

The eldest prince put down the news with a smile, a person who invades a neighboring country for the sake of a moment of anger is not worth fearing. However, there should still be vigilance, and the eldest prince has sent additional eyeliner on the periphery of the little prince's power to prevent the little prince from secretly repairing the plank road.

Under the continuous reinforcements of the eldest prince, Tie Ming received a total of 130,000 troops, which lasted for three months, but more than 20,000 people were killed in the battle. And even if the second prince's army is less than 10,000 left, with an absolute superiority of ten to one, Tie Ming can't help the second prince's army.

Li Xingluo, the second prince's military advisor, became famous, but there were more nobles who doubted Tie Ming's loyalty. As for Tie Ming's ability, no one doubted it.

After Tie Ming experienced another small defeat, in the face of overwhelming impeachment, the eldest prince finally became suspicious, and sent someone to find Tie Ming, and let another cousin with the title of legendary person go to command the army and destroy the second prince's army.

The cousin of the eldest prince lived up to the high expectations of the eldest prince, and after ten days of commanding the army, he beat the second prince and couldn't find the north, and drove back the fiefdom of his father-in-law, the eldest duke.

When the eldest prince was worried about how to deal with the death of Tie Ming, a courtier who seemed to be not so loyal to him, Tie Ming, who was under house arrest, repeatedly asked the eldest prince to see him, and said that defeat was imminent.

The eldest prince finally went to see Tie Ming.

Tie Ming showed his loyalty to the eldest prince, and at the same time told the eldest prince an unbelievable fact, the reason why he couldn't take Li Xingluo was not only because of Li Xingluo's resourcefulness, but also because Li Xingluo could kill the perverted ability of heroes.

At the same time, Tie Ming advised the eldest prince that the army was lured into the enemy's depth, and as the more territory occupied, the more serious the division of troops became, and at the same time, his cousin was in love with the enemy, and divided the troops in a vain attempt to encircle and suppress the second prince, giving the other party almost all the breakdowns, and the great prince's army was about to be destroyed.

The eldest prince was suspicious, and although he did not lift Tie Ming's house arrest, he still took a letter overnight to remind his cousin to be careful.

But it's already too late.

Overnight, the eldest prince's cousin was not only defeated, but also killed by Li Xingluo, and the second prince's army not only recaptured the lost territory, but also obtained a large number of prisoners, but after the surrender of the prisoners, the number of troops increased to 30,000.

The leaderless army of the eldest prince was either defeated or surrendered to the second prince.

The nobles of the whole country were taken aback, could it be that the eldest prince was going to be defeated? was turned over by the second prince. For a while, the second prince was in the limelight for a while.

Misfortune did not go alone, and worse news came later, Li Yi actually left the little prince's team and returned to his deprived fief, not only recaptured the fief, but also pulled up the rebel flag, crusaded everywhere, conquered the city, and the territory began to expand dramatically.

Li Yike is a hero with Tie Ming's name, which has become the biggest trouble for the eldest prince.

What's worse is that as Li Yi openly raised the flag of rebellion, some nobles began to break away from their camp, either declaring neutrality or simply defecting to the second prince.

Just when the balance of victory was tilted in favor of the second prince, another major event occurred in the country.

The second prince's military Li Xingluo begged the second prince to reward him as the grand duke and reward him with a vast territory, but the second prince refused, and was humiliated by the second prince's father-in-law, the grand duke. Both the second prince and the grand duke thought that he had achieved a great deal and began to be stingy with the land.

Immediately after a news that shook the entire empire, Li Xingluo betrayed the second prince, led an army of 5,000 to run, occupied a city and stood on his own, and shouted the slogan Princely General Xiangning has a kind, he does not support any prince, he wants to stand on his own and join this battle for the throne.

This news not only shook the country, but also the neighboring countries.

Li Xingluo's behavior was not supported by any nobles, and for the sake of his own orthodoxy, the king was extremely disgusted with this behavior, could it be that a capable courtier could replace the king at will, so how could they maintain the inheritance of their throne, this kind of behavior should be resolutely cracked down.

Although Li Xingluo's actions were not accepted by the aristocracy, he was supported by the common people. In addition, Li Xingluo and the 5,000 soldiers he took away were too strong, crusading everywhere and being invincible, no one was an opponent at all, so his team was expanding rapidly, and his sphere of influence was also increasing rapidly.

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