Half of the surrounding ministers stood behind Zhao Shu, only a few stood behind Zhao Zhen, and a third did not choose a side, most of them were ministers of Ezhou, these people were a little confused at the moment, how could King Xin lose the edict, even if they wanted to support King Xin, they also felt that the elders and young were orderly, and in terms of identity ranking, it was also King Qi to preside over the overall situation of Jiangnan.

Zhao Zhen saw Jian Chunye standing in the middle, not choosing a side, and couldn't help sneering, today's change of these guards was all done by him, and now he still wants to pretend to be a good person.

At this time, Ma Guang and Cao Bangjie lowered their heads and walked behind Zhao Zhen and stood still.

Zhao Zhen was so angry that his nose was smoky.

"You still have the face?"

Cao Bangjie cried with a sad face.

"Your Royal Highness, we didn't know that there would be such a scene, His Royal Highness King Qi said, he is here to join forces with you to fight Beijing, as long as we help him introduce him, we can save our lives, who knows that he wants everyone to choose a side, I knew that this is the case, and I dare not come back if I am killed!"

Ma Guang complained: "It's you, you have a bad idea, we just want to come back and ask for a sin, so that Your Highness can forgive us, and now your Highness will be pitted!" ”

Lu Baiqian scolded: "You two are pig brains!" ”

Zhao Shu saw that Wei Xing did not choose a side, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that Wei Xing was scrupling to abolish the elder and the young, he was an old minister, and he had experienced many years of solitary confinement, if he stood in the wrong position, he might never have a chance to get up again. Thinking of this, Zhao Shu was a little proud.

Seeing that the ministers chose sides one after another, Zhao Zhen was obviously lonely here, Lu Baiqian blew his beard at Wei Xing and glared, he felt that the old general was choosing the fifth prince Zhaoshu.

Zhao Zhen shook his head.

"Lord Lu, you don't have to be angry, even if General Wei and the rest of the ministers come over, Xiao Wang is still less than the fifth brother, and choosing a side will definitely be our disadvantage."

Ma Guang gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, do you want me to rush out and transfer the garrison to surround the mansion!" ”

Zhao Zhen glanced at Ma Guang.

"Do you think this king can still believe you?"

Ma Guang felt that Zhao Zhen's voice was cold, and then he understood that King Xin had lost trust in him, who knew whether he would go out to stop the defenders or mobilize the defenders to relieve the siege.

Cao Bangjie cried with a sad face and scolded: "The surname is Ma, you don't know what you are, you can move the defenders as a defeated general?" ”

Ma is furious.

"Okay, if you don't believe it, I'll show you!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly rushed out, banged the door and ran towards the outside of the mansion, the guards standing inside didn't react, they wanted to stop, but Ma Guang had already run out.

I only heard a few oops from outside the door, someone fell, Cao Bangjie knew that Ma Guang had a lot of strength, and if the guards outside didn't use weapons, it would be difficult to stop him.

Zhao Shu didn't expect Ma Guang to actually defect again, he looked at Guo Ziyu nervously.

Guo Zihu also knew that time was urgent, so he stood up and gave Zhao Zhen a deep look.

"Your Highness, look at it, the peace negotiation is what everyone wants, so you might as well abdicate."

Zhao Zhen sneered.

"This king swears to live and die with Da Wei, you want to surrender Dajing, and use despicable means to make this king hand over power, don't think!"

This is Zhao Zhen's statement, and he swears to defend his position to the death.

Among those neutral ministers, some were infected by Zhao Zhen's determination, and the three of them stepped out and stood behind him.

Guo Ziyu was heartbroken, he knew that there were not many guards for Jian Chunye to help him change today, and there were all Zhao Zhen's people outside, that Ma Guang wanted to mobilize the defenders, although it was not so simple, but he didn't have much time, he had to kill Zhao Zhen before he could, as long as there was only one prince left in Jiangnan, then there was no choice.

Guo Ziyi nodded to Jian Chunye, now at the last moment, since Zhao Zhen refuses to let go of power, the only way is to kill him.

Jian Chunye hesitated, when Guo Zihu wrote to him, he swore to him that he would be able to force King Xin to hand over his power, and he would never kill anyone unless he had to, but now he wants to kill the lord himself, which can't be done, the key is that the guards he mobilized didn't know that there was such an order, they just restricted Zhaozhen's actions and didn't let him go out of the palace.

Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Shu and Guo Ziyu coldly.

Guo Ziyu's old face was bruised, and he shouted at the door: "Someone-"

Outside the gate, a team of guards walked in, this is the people brought by Zhao Shu from Tanzhou, they are holding swords in their hands, and they are all menacing.

Lu Bai stood in front of Zhao Zhen with a sigh.

"What do you want to do, do you want to rebel!"

Cao Bangjie saw that the situation was wrong, and he also stepped out to block Zhaozhen, he knew all these guards, and they were the entourages brought by Guo Ziyi.

"Jin Zhou, what do you want to do, do you know which Highness this is!"

Jin Zhou was the leader of the guards, he didn't care what Cao Bangjie and the others said, as soon as he came in, his eyes were fixed on Zhao Zhen.

Guo Ziyu nodded at Jin Zhou, confirming that the person he wanted to kill was Zhao Zhen.

Jin Zhou stepped towards Zhao Zhen with his knife.

At this time, the ministers standing behind Zhao Shu, Hulala ran out of six people, and they ran in front of Zhao Zhen to block them, preventing this team of guards from approaching.

Someone shouted at Zhaoshu: "His Royal Highness King Qi, what are you going to do here, are you going to kill people after choosing a side?" ”

Someone else shouted, "Yes, if you want to kill His Royal Highness, then we will not follow you!" ”

Guo Zihu was so angry that he scolded secretly, did these guys take the wrong medicine, they ran around and didn't have a position at all, and waited for King Xia Qi to get power, and saw how to clean them up.

There was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside, and Guo Ziyu and Zhao Shu were shocked and changed color, they didn't expect Ma Guang to bring people so quickly.

"Newspaper—"

There was a sound of proclamation outside, and someone ran into the main hall as fast as possible.

Zhao Zhen knew that the only thing that could go straight to the government was the emergency war report.

What surprised Guo Zihu was that the people outside actually let the messenger in.

Running into the mansion was a scout, his appearance was very embarrassed, obviously he came from a long journey, as soon as he entered the door, he gasped non-stop, in fact, the people brought by Guo Zihu wanted to stop this scout, but he was frightened by his hurried appearance, and no one stopped him.

Zhao Shu frowned and asked, "What's the matter to report?" ”

The scout was immediately astonished when he saw the tense scene in the palace, especially when the person who asked him was not King Xin, but a strange young man.

Zhao Zhen nodded to the scout.

"If there is any military information, report it quickly!"

"Yes—"

The scout walked up to Zhao Zhen and knelt down on one knee.

"Your Royal Highness, last night's battle of Linjiang, Wan Yan Congfu led a large army to attack Linjiang, Wu Tiandang was defeated, Linjiang Town was washed in blood, and King Qi's 100,000 army was wiped out——"

"What?"

When Zhao Shu heard this, he almost fell.

When Guo Zihu heard the news, his body shook, what he was most worried about finally happened, he clearly warned Wu Tiandang, but he still missed his defense and was defeated.

Zhao Zhen was also shocked.

"Wan Yan Congfu's sneak attack, isn't there any warning at all?"

"Yes, Wan Yan Congfu sent the military division Chi Tuoman to Linjiang, and someone saw him bring three heavy boxes, and then General Wu ordered Linjiang's defense line to shrink, but was attacked by Wan Yan Congfu when it was shrinking!"

"What, Chi Tuo Man has arrived in Linjiang?"

"Yes, it was this person who found out the truth of Linjiang Town, and Wan Yan Congfu dared to attack."

"Then, what about Wan Yancongfu?"

"He hit Linjiang, turned around and went to Runzhou, as if he was going to cross the river and go back."

Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Shu and shook his head again and again.

"Fifth brother, look at what kind of person you use, that Wu Tiandang is from Shui Yan, how can there be morality at all, he must have an agreement with Chi Tuo in private, but he was calculated by the other party, you dare to use such a person?"

In fact, Zhao Shu couldn't use Wu Tiandang, because he really couldn't find a general who led the troops to fight, and he couldn't be the master of this matter, everything was Guo Zigang's decision.

Seeing that Zhao Shu was silent, Zhao Zhen said again: "Fifth brother, wake up, you know what is the nature of robbers, we are talking to Dajing Guo that is a fool's dream, the only way is to beat them to the ground, and never dare to turn back!" ”

Zhao Shu was still in a daze, half of the ministers behind him ran to a neutral position, and two ran to Zhao Zhen's side.

Guo Zihu yelled at Jin Zhou: "What are you still doing in a daze, do it quickly, there is only one king in Jiangnan to recruit envoys!" ”