In the spring of March of that year, the twelfth year of the Holy Emperor's reign of the feudal country, the "White-clothed Heavenly Maiden" represented by Princess Buluan of Qingxuan officially announced an uprising, and with Gongsun Yu, the general under the command of the Holy Emperor, as the general, led an army of 40,000 to directly attack Yicheng, where the garrison is not enough now, and Zhang Cheng, the defender of Zhongcheng, led an elite army of 50,000 in strict accordance with the order left by the Holy Emperor before leaving. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This directly led to the fact that most of the troops of the "White-clothed Heavenly Maiden" were able to extricate themselves from the predicament of needing to stick to Shengcheng, and directly attacked Yicheng, where the garrison of the feudal country was insufficient. At this time, this is a considerable test for Zhou Yan, the defender of Yicheng and the henchman of the Holy Emperor. He now only has 5,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 temporary militia groups, which add up to only 10,000. How such an army could resist the approaching 40,000 troops, Zhou Yan really couldn't think of any good coping strategy. For this reason, he even sent more than ten distress letters to Zhongcheng in a row, and even did not hesitate to exaggerate the situation he had detected now in the distress letters, but so far all the news has been like a stone sinking into the sea and there has been no response to the news, such a situation makes Zhou Yan extremely helpless, but he can't think of a good coping strategy.

In just half a month's effort, the 40,000 elite troops of the former feudal war society led by Gongsun Yu have already arrived at the city of Yicheng. Gongsun Yu has always led the strategy of leading the army, and he has always attacked with the fastest lightning speed. Just like this time, the straight-line speed and travel speed from Shengcheng to Yicheng would have taken at least nearly twenty days. However, Gongsun Yu has always used his most rapid troop strategy, whipping the 40,000 troops under his command day and night, but it is only half a month's work to come to Yicheng City. Obviously, at this time, the arrival of these 40,000 troops is directly tantamount to giving the defenders at the head of Yicheng a basin of cold water, turning the little expectation that still existed in their hearts into ruthless disappointment.

Zhou Yan, who had climbed the city tower, stared at the military camp outside the city that stretched for dozens of miles, and he once again saw the banner of the Imperial Family of the Feudal Kingdom, which was very familiar to him, and this had no less impact and shock on him than the current 40,000 army of Chen soldiers appeared outside Yicheng City. And at the forefront of the 40,000 fully armed soldiers of the Imperial Family, Zhou Yan clearly saw a former comrade-in-arms of his, who had once existed as a former confidant of the Holy Emperor with him. Later, Gongsun Yu, the governor of Lingcheng, who held an important military position on the road of the Holy Emperor's gradual grasp of military power, even had a good relationship with the two in private. But at this moment, Gongsun Yu clearly reappeared in front of him as his opponent, as the opponent of the Holy Emperor he was loyal to, which made Zhou Yan's mind extremely complicated. His momentary thoughts flew to the time when they first met a long time ago, and he didn't even notice that Gongsun Yu had come to the edge of the moat on a horse alone.

Gongsun Yu raised the red cherry golden gun he was holding in his hand, exercised the breath in his body, raised his head and shouted loudly to the soldiers standing next to the city cave at the head of Yicheng City: "Chengshang, let Zhou Yan come to see me!"

At this moment, Gongsun Yu, who appeared outside Yicheng City, was wearing a golden battle armor, a golden red brocade helmet, a white battle robe, lined with heart tiger skin soft armor, and a pair of short boots made of deerskin. Under the crotch is a maroon red war horse, this war horse is extraordinarily tall, and it is protected by silver-white armor around the body, iron hooves are like the wind, and the whip is clenched on Gongsun Yu's right hand. He appeared outside Yicheng City alone like this, in fact, because he was confident enough to persuade the governor of Yicheng, who was once his close comrade-in-arms Zhou Yan, to do this.

Zhou Yan actually stood on top of the city tower and stared at the situation below, but his attention at the beginning was stuck on the memories of the past. Under the reminder of the soldiers beside him, he quickly walked down the city tower and walked out of the city hole, and shouted to Gongsun Yu, who was riding alone under the city: "Gongsun Yu, you don't know what to do, His Majesty the Holy Emperor has the grace of reinvention for us, and since we were children, we have all sworn that we will never betray His Majesty the Holy Emperor in this life." He trusted you so much that he named you the governor of Lingcheng, and even asked you to preside over the battle of the Northern Expedition to the Xuanling Continent. Why, now that you have deceived the king and rebelled, and have lost the grace of God, I have naturally severed my righteousness with you, and what else can I say? Have you forgotten the oath you made yourself?"

Why Gongsun Yu betrayed the Holy Emperor and pledged his allegiance to the royal family was related to the fact that no one in the Demon Spirit Continent knew. Because at that time, there were only three parties involved in this matter: Princess Qingxuan Buluan, Princess Liuli Bu Yuehan and his father-in-law Sun Yu. Now he naturally didn't need to explain to Zhou Yan what kind of purpose he was doing at this moment. So, Gongsun Yu responded with a smile: "Brother Xian's words are wrong, if His Majesty the Holy Emperor is really like the prince in our memory now, I naturally won't do such a thing." He would even apologize in front of him, but if he thought about it carefully, His Majesty the Holy Emperor had a very different personality from usual since he ascended the throne. Although I can understand that the throne of the emperor can change people's minds and minds, he will become afraid to carry out many things. Even those of us who have been loyal to him since childhood have become extremely suspicious. Also, don't you know why His Majesty the Holy Emperor disappears for nearly five months every year, and why the court is closed for five months every year? Moreover, if I am a rebel now, and the 40,000 troops behind me are all loyal to His Majesty the Holy Emperor, wouldn't they rush up and directly slash me to ask His Majesty the Holy Emperor for credit, but will follow me here?"

Zhou Yan heard Gongsun Yu's conclusive words, and then looked at Gongsun Yu's resolute expression, Zhou Yan couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, he began to silently recall a series of things that he and other henchmen and guards had done since the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, and he was already half-convinced of Gongsun Yu's words, because he recognized the army led by Gongsun Yu behind him, it was the army under the command of Wei Xu, the governor of Dream City, this army was definitely loyal to the Holy Emperor, if they thought Gongsun Yu was not credible, they would have killed him a long time ago。 But even so, he wondered what kind of purpose Gongsun Yu had come here now, just to prove to him the point he had gotten.

"Then what do you want to do when you come here now?" Zhou Yan pondered for a long time, and finally asked what he wanted to know most in his heart now. At this time, the thousands of feudal soldiers on the city tower were involuntarily silent, and the city tower was quiet for a while, and the sound of dust rolled up by the breeze around them could be heard clearly. Everyone's eyes were focused on Gongsun Yu, who was single-handedly under the city tower.

Gongsun Yu smiled indifferently, and then said with a straight face: "I naturally want to invite Brother Xian to help me save His Majesty the Holy Emperor together, so as not to let him continue to fall into the control of others, so as to change his initial and initial thoughts and actions." As his most trusted and confidant, I can learn from his loyalty, but it is precisely because of this that we need to save him, instead of continuing to follow the controlled Gongzi to continue to do evil and harm the common people! If Gongzi is not controlled by others, but does so voluntarily, I will take away all the power he now has, and return the throne of the emperor that does not belong to us to the royal family. Then I would naturally choose to kill myself in front of him............"

"Brothers, think about it, we are all brothers and comrades-in-arms, and I don't have to force everyone to follow me and turn allegiance to the royal family. But which is more important, I hope that every brother can think about it, we are all the henchmen and soldiers of His Majesty the Holy Emperor, and we will naturally not forget His Majesty's deep friendship with us. But it is precisely because of this that we must save His Majesty the Holy Emperor, and we cannot allow him to make wrong decisions and commands while being controlled by others. Brothers, think about it! Brother Xian, I will give you three days to make a decision, and I will not force you, but I really hope that we will not fight each other. After speaking, Gongsun Yu turned around and returned to the main formation of the 40,000 army directly.

Gongsun Yu's words were so loud that every soldier standing on the city tower could easily hear it, and at this time, this voice was really no less deterrent to every soldier on the city tower than Zhou Yan. They are all elite troops under the guidance of the Holy Emperor and Wei Xu, and they have absolute loyalty to the Holy Emperor. At this moment, their eyes were fixed on Gongsun Yu, who was riding away and directing the army to temporarily withdraw to the camp, and they didn't know what to do.

It was precisely because of their infinite loyalty to the Holy Emperor that this army was now particularly shocked by what Gongsun Yu said, but they couldn't make a decision. As a result, the thousands of feudal soldiers on the city tower invariably turned their eyes to Zhou Yan, the governor standing in the middle of the city tower, but they were surprised to find that Zhou Yan didn't know when he left the city tower. Although these soldiers were very surprised in their hearts, their years of experience and experience in the army made them instinctively do what they should do and continue to inspect the castle towers, and everything was the same. It's just that a little unknown variables have been added to everyone's hearts.

Zhou Yan had indeed left, and when Gongsun Yu pulled out his horse and left, he had already returned to his governor's mansion with dozens of personal guards.

What appeared and happened today was too shocking to him, and no matter how he dealt with this matter, he still had to explain the situation in front of him to the generals of all forces under his command. More importantly, he also needs to ask for the opinion of another person.

On the street of Yicheng, Zhou Yan hurried towards his mansion, dozens of guards followed him closely, and the surrounding people were all surprised to see in front of him, the Governor who had always been unhurried, was so anxious today, and the people who were standing on both sides of the street as usual were also a little confused, not knowing what had happened today.