Chapter 45: Victory and Defeat

Looking at Xue Wuchang in front of him, Chu Mo and the others, Chu Xuan secretly thought to himself, if he wanted to do it, now was the best time to kill Chu Mo.

First, Chu Mo had just passed the punishment of heaven, and his strength was greatly damaged, and it was easy for him to kill him; second, the shadow guard was by no means loyal to him, and killing him by himself was a good thing for Xue Wuchang, not only could he clear the obstacles for the third prince Chu Dan, but he could also frame the crown prince in the future.

But Chu Xuan thought about it again and again, but still didn't do it. He knew that if Chu Mo died now, the Great Zhou Kingdom would inevitably fall into civil strife, and Kyoto didn't know how many innocent people would die. Thinking of this, he still planned to wait and see first, to see if it was the crown prince or the third prince who won the final victory in this forced palace. No matter who wins, this Great Zhou Kingdom finally has a new master, and if he kills Chu Mo again, he will not have any worries.

The shouting and killing sound in the back mountain was getting closer and closer, and soon there were countless armor soldiers, wielding all kinds of weapons, killing like a tide.

Xue Wuchang put away the holy decree, and while leading the shadow guards to protect Chu Mo and retreat, he ordered people to launch fireworks into the sky that transmitted signals, so as to notify the three princes to support quickly.

"Father, the son-in-law heard that the third child planned to force the palace, and sent Xue Wuchang to put you under house arrest here, and specially led the East Palace guards and some forbidden soldiers to come to the rescue! "The voice of the prince Chubai came from the chaotic army.

When Chu Mo heard this, he was really angry and angry in his heart, his two sons were all raccoon dogs, and he wished that he would return to the west as soon as possible so that he could take over the throne of the Great Zhou.

Before Chu Mo could say anything, Xue Wuchang had already replied for him: "The crown prince is really eloquent, and he insists on saying that the usurpation is an escort, but the crown prince, do you really think that relying on a group of rabble, you can take away Your Majesty from our shadow guards?"

"Xue Wuchang! Do you think this prince has no backhand? When this prince catches you, he has to chop you into meat sauce!"

After Chu Bai's words were finished, a very brave armor warrior suddenly appeared in the chaotic army, different from the ordinary forbidden army and the East Palace guards, these people were all monks of the Heavenly Spirit Realm, and the strength of the shadow guards was on par, and the number was also equal.

This group of armor soldiers is the hard work of Chu Bai for many years, at this time, it is like being mad, his eyes are red, he roars incessantly, it seems that he has taken some kind of medicine, holding a weapon, and he is not afraid of death to rush towards Xue Wuchang and the shadow guards behind him, and even Chu Xuan's thunder guards are also affected.

The shadow guards were immediately shocked, and passively fought against these armorers. Chu Xuan also suffered from the unjustified disaster, and had to fight with these madmen while secretly thinking about what he should do next.

Although the shadow guards were all extraordinary, they couldn't stand the other party's lifeless momentum, and after fighting for half an hour, the shadow guards gradually gained the upper hand, and they were about to be defeated. The situation on Lei Wei's side was even worse, if it weren't for Chu Xuan's hard support, I was afraid that many people would turn around and flee for their lives.

Seeing this, Chu Bai knew that the time had come, and waved his hand, intending to let the armor soldiers around him rush up and end the battle.

At this time, someone in the chaotic army suddenly shouted: "Oh no! Prince! A large group of armor soldiers have been killed in the imperial city, and judging by their clothing, I am afraid that they are the border army and the people of the three princes!"

"Who dares to talk nonsense and mess with the hearts of our army! There is no forgiveness for killing!" Although Chu Bai was shocked, he pretended to be calm: "Pass my order, all the soldiers will follow me to kill, kill the rebels of the Light and Shadow Guard, and rescue my father!"

As long as Chu Mo is snatched and a copy of the holy decree of inheritance is obtained from him, Chu Bai believes that things can still be turned. In any case, the hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops in the capital have always been loyal to Chu Mo, except for a small number of people who were bought by Chu Bai, the others are neither his forces nor Chu Dan's forces, if he can get the holy decree written by Chu Mo himself, those forbidden troops will only help him, not Chu Dan.

"Pass my order, this escort is over, all the living shadow guards and Lei Wei will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of bounty, and they will be hereditary!" Seeing that the situation was urgent, Xue Wuchang had no choice but to make a wish on behalf of the third prince Chu Dan.

The chaotic army is overwhelming and unstoppable, and the shadow guards and thunder guards are limited in number after all, so I am afraid that they will not last long. Chu Xuan even decided to find an opportunity to leave here first, no matter how chaotic the situation was, as long as Chu Xuan wanted to, he could leave at any time.

However, at this moment, the 100,000 border troops led by Chu Dan finally arrived in time, and the situation was suddenly reversed.

The back mountain was already narrow and the road was rugged, and at this moment it was crowded with tens of thousands of rebels from Chu Bai. Seeing this, Chu Dan immediately ordered the border army to release arrows from the foot of the mountain. The rebels were not in front of them, nor were they in the back, and they still had torches in their hands, which became a live target for the other side.

But after half a cup of tea, the rebels who were hit by the arrows began to scatter and flee, because of the narrow mountain road, the rebels began to push and shove each other in order to survive.

Seeing that the defeat was decided, but Chu Mo still hadn't arrived, Prince Chu Bai suddenly felt a burst of despair. He had already heard of Xue Wuchang's methods of torturing people, and if it fell into his hands, it was better to cut it off himself. Anyway, he couldn't escape, thinking of this, he simply pulled out his saber and killed himself on the spot.

Chu Bai's death, the rebellious army was even more leaderless, and it didn't take long for it to be easily pacified by Chu Dan.

After pacifying the crown prince Chu Bai and his rebellious army, Chu Dan suddenly became full of spirit and came to the cave in Houshan in person to meet his father.

Chu Mo was slightly injured in the chaos, but it was finally fine, but it was Xue Wuchang's shadow guards who were almost killed and wounded in this battle.

"Father, the son is too late to save the driver. Chu Dan walked up to Chu Mo and didn't salute, but said lightly.

"Your Majesty, this time His Royal Highness the Third Prince has made a meritorious escort, do you think you should pass the throne to Your Highness?" Xue Wuchang also spoke slowly, although his voice was neither happy nor angry, but the threat could be heard by everyone.

"Presumptuous, you rebels, dare to treat Your Majesty like this!"

Seeing that Chu Mo was threatened, Zhen Rumeng immediately reprimanded loudly. Among all the people present, if there is anyone who is the most loyal to Chu Mo, it can be said that she is the same.

"Sister Zhen, I advise you to recognize the situation, now the master of the Zhou State is the third prince, Your Majesty is already old, and when you are old, you should let the young people take care of the country. ”

"Xue Wuchang, I have long seen that you are not a good thing, but it is a pity that my father-in-law did not believe my words before, and he has always been very fortunate to you. ”

Seeing the two arguing, Chu Mo suddenly sighed and said weakly: "Okay, you brothers and sisters don't quarrel anymore." Dan'er is favored by the heavens, and she is more capable than me, I can abdicate to him, and I will write an abdication edict now. ”

Xue had no common situation, and immediately ordered someone to get pen and ink. Chu Mo wrote tremblingly for a long time, and finally took out a jade seal from his arms, occupied the seal and covered it.

"Father, do you think this jade seal should be handed over to his son?" Chu Dan was already a little impatient.

Chu Mo looked down at the jade seal in his hand, and his heart suddenly had mixed feelings, this jade seal was still taken from his nephew Chu Xuan, but now it was about to be taken away by his own son.