Cabinet Minister Zhang Shizhi once again came outside the emperor's study.

"Du Jiang, the governor of Guangxi, and Yuan Tianzhao, the governor of Guangxi, jointly impeached the thousands of households in Guangxi Dongchang, Du Chang, who killed Ning Chongyao, the prince of King Gui, for no reason. The murder of the royal family is a conspiracy, please condemn your majesty!"

Then, Zhang Shizhi kowtowed heavily.

The emperor in the study was silent.

Cabinet Minister Zhang Shizhi said again: "Guangxi Dongchang thousands of households have changed, murdered members of the royal family, and conspiracy, please surrender your majesty!"

There was still no sound in the study.

Cabinet Minister Zhang Shizhi kowtowed for the third time and said: "Du Chang murdered members of the royal family, please condemn Your Majesty!"

After a long while, the voice of Emperor Tianyun came from inside: "Yunzhu intends to decree that Ning Chongyao, the prince of King Gui, is cowardly and ignorant, lives up to his hopes, and is not worthy of inheriting the throne of King Gui, so he ordered the Zongren Mansion to remove Ning Chongyao's status as a royal family and demote him to a concubine." ”

Suddenly, Cabinet Minister Zhang Shizhi was completely stunned.

Converting time, now the Li family's 100,000 army should start besieging Baise City, and Yuan Tianzhao's 35,000 army has also entered Xuanhua County.

Zhang Shizhi also came to sue Du Bian, mainly to find a legitimate reason for Yuan Tianzhao to lead the army to attack Du Bian.

The second is to drive a wedge between Du Chang and the emperor, and even more to disgust the emperor.

Dusk Jun, you see, your favored little gelding dog is so arrogant that even members of the royal family dare to kill him. Today he dares to kill Ning Chongyao, the prince of King Gui, and tomorrow he will dare to kill you Emperor Tianyun, you are really blind and favor such an arrogant person.

Unexpectedly, the emperor still did not have any punishment for Du Chang, but demoted Ning Chongyao to a concubine.

However, in Zhang Shizhi's opinion, the emperor's heart must be vomiting blood, and he must be extremely angry with Du Bian, but now Du Bian is the emperor's only life-saving straw in the southwest, so he can only endure it.

Immediately after, the emperor's voice sounded again.

"Proposed decree, I adopted the county lord of Lijiang as my daughter, and you canonized her as the princess of Lijiang. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Shizhi was even more stunned.

The emperor said lightly: "Although Zhang Shizhi and I are difficult to leave the palace, I am not blind in my eyes and deaf in my ears. Ning Chongyao was stupid and stupid, and was used by traitorous ministers to murder Du Bian at the juncture of the war, but was killed by the lord of Lijiang County, and I was very heartbroken. Heartache King Gui and my brother are so heroic, they have such an unscrupulous son. You want to drive a wedge between Du Chang and me?

Zhang Shizhi's face turned blue suddenly, and he said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty, Du Bian's order to kill the members of the royal family is conspiring to rebel, and His Majesty will not severely punish such a crime, how stupid?"

The emperor said: "I know what you want to get, you want Du Jiang and Yuan Tianzhao to get the name of attacking Du Bian, don't waste your efforts, you don't want to get anything from me that is not conducive to Du Bian!"

Cabinet Minister Zhang Shizhi said loudly: "The ancestors of the Daning Dynasty, open your eyes and see, the rivers and mountains of the Daning Empire have been corrupted to this point, and a small eunuch party murders members of the royal family without any punishment, the country will be gone, the country will not be a country!

The emperor said lightly: "Zhang Shizhi, don't jump, go back! The battle over there should be about to start, let's wait quietly for the result, isn't it?"

If Du was defeated, the southwest of the empire fell, and the emperor issued an edict to explain his sins to the world, followed by abdication.

If the emperor insists on not abdicating, the capital may face a coup d'état, which is extremely unfavorable to the crown prince. With the character of the emperor, he will not push his son into a corner.

Since the ministers forced the emperor to abdicate, the crown prince knelt outside the emperor's study for half a day, and stayed in his prince's mansion for the other half of the day, closing the door of the palace and not touching anyone.

Not only that, but the prince has committed suicide three times, all of which have been rescued.

Every time the crown prince cried bitterly, he never wanted to become a tool of the ministers and a tool to force his father to abdicate.

Moreover, the crown prince has connected more than a dozen songs, saying that he is weak in virtue and unworthy of becoming the prince (monarch) of the empire, and asks the emperor to abolish his position as prince.

Maybe the crown prince is a little heavier, not as honest as the emperor, but his performance in the past few months has been flawless, and he has always stood with the emperor from beginning to end, trying to fight against the ministers.

At that time, because the emperor was seriously ill, he had been supervising the country and replacing Emperor Tianyun in charge of the government.

But since the emperor and his ministers turned their faces, he also immediately resigned from the prison and never contaminated with half of the government again.

Therefore, if Du Mutiny is defeated this time, even if it is for the sake of the crown prince, the emperor will abdicate and will not wait for the coup d'état.

Zhang Shizhi kowtowed and said: "The minister retreats!"

Then, he retired completely.

He probably won't come again, because as soon as the news of Du Chang's defeat comes, the emperor will abdicate.

And according to his understanding of the emperor's character, he will never become the emperor, which is a great shame, and it is also the prince's great unfilial piety.

The so-called abdication is death.

In this war, Du Chang will undoubtedly lose.

Therefore, the next time Zhang Shizhi sees the emperor again, it should be a corpse, and it will be Emperor Daxing.

He guessed right!

The emperor has everything ready.

For the sake of the crown prince, there must be no coup d'état in the capital.

Because once a coup d'état occurs, if the crown prince ascends the throne is unfilial, he will become a murderer who forced the emperor to abdicate. If the crown prince does not ascend the throne, then other royal families ascend the throne, and the prince will definitely die.

And with the proud character of Emperor Tianyun, he is absolutely unwilling to abdicate in shame and become the emperor, which will put the prince in a desperate situation.

Therefore, as soon as the news of Du Chang's defeat came, Emperor Tianyun would die by himself, and then the crown prince would succeed to the throne normally.

At this time, the emperor stood motionless in front of the map!

This map was painted by Du Chang and was presented to the emperor by Zhennan Gongjin. Emperor Tianyun still remembers how amazing he was when he first saw this map, and he also remembered the name Du Bian at that time.

This was actually last year, but it seems to be far, far away.

The city of Baise, which is insignificant on this map and almost difficult to find, decided the fate of the empire and the life and death of him, the emperor.

"Du Bian, our two are really fate. Emperor Tianyun smiled.

It's really fate to live and die together.

And the queen mother knelt on the ground, gently knocked on the wooden fish, and kept whispering: "Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless Baise City without loss, Du Chang is undefeated." ”

Li Lianting knelt on the side, his forehead pressed tightly against the ground, and his fists clenched tightly.

At this time, he really wished that the emperor was a tyrant, a real faint king.

The emperor is not without strength in his hands, Zhennan Gong has 100,000 troops in his hands, Princess Ning Xue also has 15,000 troops in his hands, and there are 18,000 troops in Liaodong and Dongjiang General Zhang Enlong, plus more than 30,000 troops in Du Bian.

The emperor had nearly 200,000 elite troops in his hands, and if he was a faint king, he ordered all these troops to defend the vicinity of the capital.

Don't care about the Jurchen Empire in Liaodong, don't care about the Annan Kingdom, don't work hard for the Daning Empire, just for his own power, then with these nearly 200,000 elites, who can force him to abdicate?

But he can't, he can't let the empire fall into the hands of aliens, so he sends out troops loyal to him to support the situation of the empire.

And some people seem to be majestic, because they only need to take care of themselves, they don't need to be in charge, they don't need to take responsibility, they just need to desperately make money, desperately dig the foundation of the empire to support their own army, of course, how cool they are.

Why didn't the master behind the Fang family directly rebel, why didn't he directly usurp the throne?

Just want the Ning clan to continue to work hard to support this mess, so that he can annex the empire little by little. If it directly seeks to usurp the throne, won't it have to directly face the Northern Tartars and the Jurchen Empire?

Accumulating grain and slowly becoming the king is a truth that people understand very well.

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Baise City!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Li's 100,000-strong army is black and black, constantly approaching, constantly approaching.

Inside the basement of the city!

"Ah...... Yes...... Ah......h

There were cries of pain and the sound of heads banging against walls.

"Sikong Ye, you idiot, you idiot, why can't you handle it?"

"It's been two months, why can't you figure it out?"

"You still have the face to claim to be a genius? shameless, shameless......

No one scolded him, it was the dwarf prophet Sikong Ye who scolded himself and slammed his head against the wall desperately.

The Great War is about to break out, and his secret weapon of mass destruction has not yet succeeded.

Hundreds of experiments have been done, not a single one has been successful.

In front of him, there were piles of alchemical utensils.

It is filled with all kinds of liquids, and the core is the water of the polluted holy well in the abyss of the forbidden place of the peerless dungeon.

He wanted to use the polluted water of the holy well to create an astonishing weapon of destruction.

He had a little bit of inspiration, a little clue, but this bit of inspiration was like a thread in a mess, and he couldn't find it at all.

Hundreds of experiments, all of them failed.

This made Sikong Ye completely doubt himself, maybe his genius was fake, right?

"Ah...... Yes...... Ah......h

He's self-harming again, for the fifth time in two months.

Every time he had great hopes and was disappointed, he couldn't help but want to hurt himself, as if this would ease the pain in his heart.

So, by this time, his arms were already scarred.

Du Bian rushed over quickly, snatched the dagger that snatched the dwarf prophet Sikong Ye, and slammed it off.

"Big city lord, big city lord, I don't think I'm an alchemy genius at all, I'm just a waste, I'm a waste......"

"You must have mistaken me, and you have spent so much money to recruit me, I am actually a waste!"

Sikong Ye sat on the ground and cried.

"The enemy is already in the city, and my secret weapon has not yet been made, and I don't even have a clue, I am a waste, and I am an ugly dwarf who does not deserve to live in this world. ”

Then he slammed his head into the ground again.

Du Bian stepped forward, firmly grasped his head, and said word by word: "Sikong Ye, you are a genius, you are a genius, you know?"

"Really?" Sikong Ye looked at Du Yan suspiciously.

Du Bian said: "You are definitely a genius, you instinctively perceive that the polluted holy well water contains two extremely powerful energies, and they are mutually exclusive energies, as long as the impact of these two forces is stimulated, it will explode with great lethality." If you can spot that, you're a genius. ”

Sikong Ye said: "However, I can't find a way to stimulate these two energies at all. I've been experimenting hundreds of times, it's been two months, and I haven't made any progress. ”

Du Bian said: "Don't worry, don't worry! Maybe one day, you will have inspiration from nine days away in your mind, and everything will be solved." ”

What Du Bian said is the truth, the great scientists in history discovered great achievements because of talent and hard work. But luck and inspiration from beyond the nine heavens are just as important, even very important.

Sikong Ye said: "But it's too late, the big war is about to break out, and the enemy's 100,000 army has already come." ”

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Even in the basement, the sound of an army of 100,000 approaching the city walls could be clearly heard. It was as if a huge beast was approaching.

The whole earth trembled, and all the instruments in the laboratory trembled.

Du said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! In this big war, we can't use this secret weapon, even if you develop it, I won't use it." Because this war can be won with the existing strength in our hands?"

The dwarf prophet Sikong Ye said, "Really, there are 100,000 enemies, which is three times our number. ”

Du said: "Really, I guarantee that we can win, not only to win, but also to strive for the smallest casualties and the greatest victory!

"Okay, okay, I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry......" The dwarf prophet Sikong Ye breathed desperately, desperately trying to calm himself down, and then his eyes seemed to be full of fighting spirit, and he forced himself to calm down: "Big city lord, go out, I'm going to do an experiment." ”

Du Yan originally wanted to say, you haven't slept for a few days and nights, but looking at the extremely excited Sikong Ye, it is impossible to let him go to sleep at this time, he will definitely toss himself until he is exhausted before going to sleep for a while.

"Then you're busy, don't be in a hurry......" Du Bian grabbed Sikong Ye's shoulder hard, and then walked out.

......

Coming to the city wall and looking out of the city, Du Yan's eyes shrank suddenly.

He had never seen an army of 100,000 before, and now he finally saw it!

This visual impact is unprecedented, and it is simply not comparable to the cinematic picture.

There are more than 10,000 soldiers and 100,000 soldiers!

The open space outside the city, several miles long, and all of it was black, and the ground was barely visible.

Truly overwhelming.

This picture looks as if this group of people surged up directly, just like the black tide water, which can completely submerge the Baise City of Du Chang.

Two kilometers away, on a fiery red carriage, there is a small mobile palace.

The Holy Fire Sect of the Great Yan Kingdom, Li Wanwan, stood in the mobile palace, as beautiful as a fairy and as enchanting as a demon.

All around her was the color of a flame, a full twenty thousand Holy Fire Cult troops, the most fanatical and elite of the 100,000 army.

Li Rulong was on the left, leading the 30,000 elites of the Li clan, wearing armor and looking like a silver military formation.

The majestic Sha Long Shuo was on the right side, and he led an army of 50,000, 40,000 of whom had surrendered, and 10,000 of which were the barbarian army of his own Shalong tribe, and dozens of elephants roared in the sky.

Li Wanwan gave an order: "Drink!"

Suddenly, the whole army took off the wine bag and drank a few sips.

The others had real wine in their bags, and the wine drunk by the 50,000 troops of Shalongshuo was adulterated with the Holy Fire Cult potion.

After drinking!

The eyes of the 50,000 army gradually turned red, the skin of the whole body also became red, and the spirit of the whole person was completely invigorated, as if it was about to fly.

The whole body is full of restlessness, full of a powerful sense of power.

All fear is completely gone, only infinite restlessness, infinite excitement, infinite urge to kill.

Fight, fight! I will fight! I am invincible, I am fearless!

Shalongshuo's barbarian army, which was already fearless, felt even more powerful at this time, and turned into beasts.

And the 40,000 ragtag troops who surrendered also instantly became fearless war reckless, without any fear, only an infinite desire to fight.

"Whew, whew, whew, whew......"

Thousands of strong men, pushing more than a hundred large catapults, continued to advance, and continued to advance towards Baise City.

This kind of giant trebuchet is much larger than the trebuchet used in the previous war between Dongchang and Li Jingsi, each trebuchet is more than a few thousand catties, and it can project a boulder projectile more than 400 meters.

In order to attack Baise City, the Li clan dispatched more than a hundred giant trebuchets, which was an amazing siege force.

"Huhuhuhuhu......"

Thousands of Hercules desperately pushed the trebuchet forward, and the army behind kept keeping up, because they wanted to protect nearby.

It took more than half an hour, and thousands of strong men finally pushed more than a hundred trebuchets to a distance of four hundred meters from the Baise city wall, and then fixed them.

The Li army was thirty meters behind the trebuchet position, about four hundred and thirty meters away from the Baise city wall.

Four hundred and thirty meters is an absolutely safe distance in this world, and a trebuchet can't defeat it so far.

"Pull, pull, pull, pull......"

Shouting slogans, thousands of Hercules desperately opened the trebuchet with all their might.

After a few minutes, more than a hundred trebuchets were all opened, and huge stone projectiles were placed into the throwing plate, each weighing nearly 100 pounds.

There are also trebuchets Du Chang, and they are smaller and more advanced than the Li family, but the number is only about fifty.

Because Du Chang's key weapon is not a trebuchet, but more than a thousand super powerful crossbows in the peerless dungeon. But even so, the fifty trebuchets of Du Chang have amazing lethality and will create huge surprises for the enemy.

"Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang......"

Within the city walls, thousands of Hercules also shouted slogans and opened their trebuchets with great force.

This trebuchet is more than a third smaller than the outside, but it may be even more powerful. Because it uses alien tendons, it can project the boulder an astonishing 460 meters away, exceeding the enemy's so-called safe distance.

Li Wanwan stood in the moving palace of the Holy Maiden, looking at Du Chang on the city wall with beautiful eyes, without any arrogant words, and directly said coldly: "Attack!"

"Attack, attack, attack!"

The thousands of Flame Cult troops under her command shouted in unison.

"Bang bang!"

The drums of war are sounding!

"Release, release!"

More than a hundred Hercules hammers in their hands, slammed down!

"Whoosh Whoosh ......"

More than a hundred trebuchets violently threw boulder projectiles, roaring in the air, and smashed towards Baise City.

......

Meanwhile.

Du Bian yelled: "Release, release, release......"

Inside the city, fifty advanced trebuchets catapulted.

"Whoosh Whoosh ......"

The same stone bullet of more than 100 catties roared and smashed wildly towards the Li army outside the city.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

A loud bang!

More than a hundred stone bullets cut arcs in the air, and then smashed fiercely on the city wall, making an earth-shattering loud sound.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The boulder projectile fired by the Du Bian trebuchet crossed a longer arc and directly launched four hundred and fifty meters, smashing into the dense military formation of the Li army with great ferocity.

An astonishing four hundred and fifty meters, a distance of fifty meters more than the world's strongest trebuchet, and the farthest safe distance that Li Shi knows.

So, the consequences are staggering!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

In an instant, countless Li clan's legions flew with flesh and blood, shattered to pieces!

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