Chapter 857: Yangdu Situation

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed since Fang Quyin sent them a letter asking for help, and in the case of not being able to help Fang Quyin and them, Zhao Xu was very clear that the time to judge Lin Xuanzhong and their fate was coming.

In addition, in the past few days, because of a rain, the two sides have been cut off, and none of the two winged birds sent by Zhao Xu has returned, and the only specific situation they know now is that there was a rain on the side of Sword City. It was precisely because of the rain that the night army and the Yangguo side had not started a war, but now the road has basically recovered, and the two sides have the basic conditions for war.

From all aspects, the situation has developed to the most critical moment, and the only thing that remains unchanged is that they are still unable to help Lin Xuanzhong. In addition, Zhao Xu also knew very well that Bai Shuilian's night army would not be able to rush there to support at all, so it was not difficult to guess. Even if the Yang State side did not take the initiative to attack the camp, with Lin Xuanzhong's situation, they should also take the initiative to attack the city.

The problem is that although the Gu army has withdrawn, there is still little hope of capturing a fortified city with those more than 80,000 troops, because the siege conditions of the night army are too poor and the opponent will definitely defend the city. As long as the Yangguo side holds the city, it is their night army that will lose. After many days of worrying, Zhao Xu had actually accepted the worst outcome of losing that army. At the same time, Zhao Xu also has to deal with the flying country that is about to move.

In the past period of time, in order to give a satisfactory answer to the Qingyuan Great Power, the Flying Emperor finally rejected the deal proposed by Zhao Xu to them, and at the same time decided to send troops to crusade against the Night Army again, and all affairs are currently being actively prepared. When everything is ready, the Flying Nation will send troops to the Night Country again.

At the same time as there was an abnormality in Feiguo, the Lanyue Country, which had an abnormality on the border of the Wing Country, had already accepted further instructions from the Qingyuan Great Power and officially sent troops to harass the border of the Wing Country, although it was only a small fight, but it was undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire for Zhao Xu, who was already busy and difficult to take care of. As for why the Moon Country has only sent troops to the Night Country recently, it actually has something to do with some of the circumstances of the Moon Country itself.

As one of the first countries to submit to the Qingyuan Powers, the Lanyue Kingdom has been following the orders of the Qingyuan Powers to attack a medium-sized principality in the east with several other nations. In fact, the main targets of the Qingyuan powers have always been those medium-sized principalities, and this is the main reason why the Yang kingdom does not receive actual assistance from the Qingyuan powers. For the Qingyuan powers, those medium-sized principalities are the problem on their way to expansion.

In any case, the main mission of the Moon Nation is to attack the medium-sized principality with other countries, so there are not many troops on the border of the Wing Country, so they can only fight with the Night Army and cause some trouble for the Night Army.

After 10 days of hard work and exhaustion of various methods, the overall situation in the Wing Country finally has a momentum of stabilization. Especially from the border connecting the northern part of the Wing Country with the Snow Country, and extending to those places in Fancheng, because they returned to the Night Country early in the morning, and after seeing the style of the Night Army, those places were more loyal to the Night Country.

When rebellions appeared in other places one after another, and the calls for rebellion against the night army became higher and higher, they did not add chaos to the night army, and several cities that had been favored by the night army before, under the appeal of Ruan Sihai and Zhao Xu, also spontaneously organized people to help the night army solve some beast and bandit problems. With the help of those locals, more and more problems were solved, starting from the north of the country and extending to the south. Although many former wingers have been infamous for treason, the overall situation of the two sides joining forces with the lower wings is indeed getting better and better.

In order to deal with the various situations that he would face after losing the 60,000 night army, Zhao Xu had already begun to make comprehensive plans. At present, their troops are limited, and expanding their troops is a major problem, and Zhao Xu is already thinking about transferring troops from other places. At the same time, Zhao Xu is still trying his best to pay attention to the outside news.

The matter of the Five-Nation Alliance is related to the future fate of the Night Kingdom, and it is naturally among the many things that Zhao Xu cares about. It has been a few days since he last received the news of the Five Nations Alliance, and Zhao Xu feels that he should receive news again soon. As a commander of the three armed forces, Zhao Xu has too many issues to consider, and it is indeed understandable if he sometimes does something wrong. On the other side, Lan Feng has been studying military art with Zhao Xu recently, and now he has learned a lot of things.

Putting aside the situation on the side of the Wing Country, another day passed in a blink of an eye. Because Shi Jiangchuan and the others left too late, without horses for a long time, it was not until the evening that they could rush to Meteorite City, which was three hundred miles away from the camp.

Because Emperor Yang transferred a large number of troops to defend the city, when they arrived at the bottom of the city, everyone easily entered the city directly from a place where there were no city guards standing guard. After entering the city, according to the discussion on the road, in order to avoid attracting attention, the twenty or so people directly divided into several teams, and then went to an inn in the city to meet.

In order not to attract attention as much as possible, before arriving at the inn, those high-level martial cultivators changed into outfits that matched their strength, and Hong Yu was naturally responsible for helping them replace their outfits. Just as he was naturally suited to blending in unfamiliar surroundings, Hong Yu easily made others realize his usefulness. Speaking of which, the fact that everyone can rush to Meteorite City as quickly as possible actually has a lot to do with Hong Yu.

On the way to Meteoric City, because the speed of walking was too slow, Hong Yu led everyone to a place where people were putting horses, and became a horse thief with the others. It was precisely because of the use of those horses to help them drive one or two hundred miles that they were able to travel three hundred miles a day and reach Meteorite City overnight.

Aside from Hong Yu's role, for some people, everything in Meteorite City felt so familiar to them, their families were all in the city, but now they couldn't go back. If their family can still accept them, if they are handed over to Emperor Yang as fugitives, the whereabouts of everyone may be exposed, which is naturally not conducive to the purpose of their trip, so although some people want to go home to see, they can't go back for the time being, and everything can only be done according to the plan.

On the way here, everyone had already discussed together, and after they rested in the city for a night, the first thing they had to do tomorrow was to determine whether Emperor Yang was controlled by the people of the Qingyuan Great Power. The matter had to be confirmed by Hong and some people in person to the place where he had obtained the news. At the same time, others have to disperse to various downtown areas, places where idle people gather, such as some taverns and Fengyue places, and people who often mingle in those places like to take things that ordinary people don't know as their bragging capital, so those places are good places for them to get information.

More than half of the 20 or so Yang generals were from the city, so it was not difficult to carry out the first step.

After inquiring about the news separately that night, everyone checked into several nearby taverns as agreed, and then the designated people gathered in one place to exchange information with each other.

Perhaps the news obtained again from the black market is still not enough to be used as direct evidence that Yang Huang was held hostage, but there is a situation that can help them corroborate it from the side.

In the past ten days, Shangguan Hong used the help of Emperor Yang to set up a bureau to poison tea when holding a military meeting, and then with the help of the strength of those who opposed Emperor Yang and the Night Kingdom Alliance, in one fell swoop, all the ministers who originally agreed with the Yang Emperor and the Night Kingdom Alliance were put into prison, and more than half of the important ministers of the court were imprisoned at one time, and then Shangguan Hong defined the guilt of those ministers in the name of Emperor Yang.

With the disadvantage of the ministers and the disgrace of Yangguo as the main reason, without the knowledge of the families behind those ministers, Shangguan Hong's public statement made it impossible for the forces behind those ministers to question. It can be said that the current court of Yangguo is no longer the court of the past, and the ministers who originally disagreed with Yang Ting's opinions have occupied important positions, Shangguan Hong's plan to control the court is very successful, and now Emperor Yang's possibility of even getting the assistance of those ministers has been erased, and it is even more difficult to disobey Shangguan's orders.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why Shangguan Hong made up his mind to control the Yangguo Dynasty was that Emperor Yang secretly asked some confidants for help, but because of the leakage of the news, Shangguan Hong learned about it. So, before those ministers could act, Shangguan Hong had already taken the first step to arrest all the ministers who were interested in helping Emperor Yang.

Now those ministers are being held in prison, and the situation is unknown, and the forces behind those ministers dare not act rashly. The news of the ministers being questioned together has been spread throughout the city, and because there is no control, many people are talking about it, so that when someone hears about it, they can know everything by simply inquiring about it. Not only can you ask about the arrest of those ministers, but you can also inquire about the reasons why those ministers were questioned.

Of course, the most convincing claims in this case are rumors, and the real reason is known only to a very small number of people. Regarding the fact that those ministers were questioned and imprisoned by Emperor Yang at the same time, it was the side evidence that Shi Jiangchuan and they needed, plus the news that Hong Yu and others bought from the black market, the situation that Emperor Yang was held hostage by Shangguan Hong was basically true.

In the eyes of everyone, if Emperor Yang intends to ask the ministers, he should at least after solving the problems in the country. Now there are two night armies in the territory of Yangguo, and there are still beast problems in some places, which can be described as internal and external troubles, even if the fault of those ministers is great, Emperor Yang will not be in a hurry to ask them for their crimes, so the only explanation is that it is not Emperor Yang's original intention to catch those ministers. After having such considerations, Shi Jiangchuan and the others had to carry out the second step to find out the reason why Emperor Yang was controlled by Shangguan Hong, and then discuss the way to rescue Emperor Yang.