The three princes fought among themselves, bribing the lords and officials of various prefectures and counties, requiring a large amount of gold and silver, and it was far from enough to rely on the salaries issued by the imperial court.

When Chu Wen was in power, many things were not too obvious, most of them were carried out secretly, since the last big cleanup, the princes no longer had any scruples, some robbers killed people and sold goods, as long as they gave enough money, they would not attract wanted by the government, and officials at all levels of the prefecture and county could profit from it, and no one was publicized.

Occasionally, once or twice, it doesn't hurt, after a long time, the whole prefecture and county are full of bandits, there is no room for the people to live, the people are dissatisfied, and it is useless to make trouble with the yamen of the prefecture and county, and gradually the people will understand that most of these are the actions of the government, and there are even government soldiers who pretend to be robbers to earn dirty silver.

Some prefectures and counties are because the lord of the prefecture has increased taxes a lot, collected the people's fat and ointment, and frantically amassed wealth, resulting in all walks of life in the prefecture and county being unable to operate and closing down one after another, and these prefectures and counties were overthrown by the people and included in the Northern Regions Alliance.

For example, Li Zheng, the head of Baichuan Mansion, Wang Xuewen, the head of Beijun Mansion, and Zhou Hao, the head of Mobei Mansion, have increased dozens of taxes such as new official taxes, construction taxes, and protection taxes when they have just taken office.

There are also prefectures and counties, such as Huang Hao of Wencheng Mansion, who is governed in an orderly manner and does not collude with others, but was deliberately targeted by Zhou Hao and the three of them, not only impeached, but also suspected of colluding with bandits, Huang Hao also played, but was beaten back by the prince, ignored it, but was often investigated in detail by officials of various ministries, fortunately, Huang Hao was usually cautious and did not find the slightest problem, which has been stable so far.

When everyone around you is greedy, if you are not greedy, you will not survive! Many well-governed prefectures and counties were also subjugated to the Northern Regions Alliance for this reason.

For a while, most of the northern territory fell into the hands of the enemy, and Liu Cheng no longer had the heart to intrigue, so he summoned officials at all levels and organized troops to go south to ensure that the rest of the prefectures and counties did not betray.

The folk bandits are wandering, Liu Cheng is not unaware, but he turns a blind eye. It is impossible for a new monarch to take office without his own courtiers, so Liu Cheng has always encouraged the prince to buy courtiers, whether it is the former prince or the current prince.

Liu Cheng introduced many new policies to crack down on bandits, reduce taxes, and increase conscription salaries, but it was too late.

Fortunately, the Northern Regions Coalition Army did not rush south, but integrated and deployed the northern prefectures and counties to capture the wandering bandits, and all of them were beheaded to make people happy.

The main figure who caused the betrayal of the northern prefecture was Li Jun, he first persuaded Huang Hao of Wencheng Mansion, and through Huang Hao, he met many mansion masters, who were as ambitious as Huang Hao and could not afford to perform, and then with his three-inch tongue, these people had a heart of betrayal, and then defeated with the iron curse of the Quartet, and took advantage of the situation.

The north immediately implemented the system of promoting meritocracy, and the talents of all parties were directly appointed officials, which were completely determined by talent and conduct, and Li Jun was responsible for review. Many of the unsuccessful talents of the Destiny Warriors have gone north to take refuge, these people are the people who are really talented and have the world in mind, and the top three of the Destiny Warriors are just a joke!

Some of the prefectures and counties close to Wushuang City had more soldiers, and coupled with the stationing of the Weitian Army, there was no commotion, but there was also panic, for fear that the ruler would change overnight.

Qiao Chu was defeated, but Liu Cheng did not punish him, but let Qiao Chu and Lu Yu temporarily take the position of personal guard, other people's lives are never as important as their own lives, and the protection of the two great grandmasters can make Liu Cheng feel at ease.

A few days before the dynasty, the ministers under the dragon case had no choice, and even the three dukes, who had always been resourceful, chose to remain silent, which made Liu Cheng angry and the prince panicked.

"You bunch of waste, you usually enjoy the glitz and glamour, why don't you say a word now?"

Liu Cheng didn't pay attention, not just at this time today, but from the day Qi Ping'a was killed, they had learned to be silent.

Who doesn't want to keep their official hat? Who will ask for the lives of the people?

Liu Cheng glanced at it, but no one answered, so he could only point at Li Wei, the Taishou Taibao, and said angrily: "You say, if you can't say it, you don't have to come to the court again in the future!" ”

Li Wei stood up with a sigh of relief, "Qi Qi Sheng, the two hundred prefectures and counties in the north have betrayed, their foundation is not real, most of them are grass on the wall, the Northern Regions Alliance Army only has a main force of 1.5 million, and it is impossible to control such a vast area, we just need to attack the east and the west, and comprehensively attack the border prefectures and counties, so that they can't care about each other, after a long time, they will withdraw their troops sooner or later!" ”

Finally someone said something decent, Liu Cheng also felt that this plan was feasible, and sat back on the dragon chair with a little discouragement.

Taifu Taiwei Dongcheng also stood up at this time, "Qiqi Shengshang, even if we lose the Quartet and the Iron Curse, as well as the Dragon Array and the Hundred Beasts, the main force can compete, not to mention that there are two million Weitian Army, plus the nearby government soldiers, there should be tens of millions of troops, it should not be a problem to hold them back, we will immediately increase the recruitment efforts, expand the Weitian Army, occupy the terrain, after a long time, the enemy army does not have enough supplies, and defeat is only a matter of time!" ”

"Well, just do as you say, and leave this matter to you three dukes, including the transfer of military power!"

As soon as the decree was issued, officials at all levels immediately took action, although the Qi Dynasty had been deeply decayed, it had also been prosperous for thirty years, with a solid family background, and most of the wealth above Kyushu was concentrated, and with money, many things could be done, attracting many people who were desperate for money.

As the crown prince of the prison dynasty, he was already stupid by this situation, and thought that he could sit on the throne without wind and waves, but the entire dynasty was suddenly in turmoil, so that the court did not dare to say more.

The plan of the Three Princes was good, the emperor also agreed very much, and officials at all levels were also very cooperative, and the conscription was carried out quickly, but unexpectedly, the originally stable Northern Regions coalition army suddenly galloped straight to Wushuang City.

The Northern Regions Coalition Army was not prepared to fight a war of attrition at all, and the 1.5 million army marched south, so that the policy just formulated by the imperial court immediately turned into a bubble, and the lords of all prefectures and counties quietly returned to their mansions, saying that they were sick and retired to the court, so that they could withdraw or surrender in time.

The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, these mansion masters who were promoted by the crown prince and the former prince did not have any loyalty at all, they were more concerned about their own future and interests.

Liu Cheng was also a little panicked, and hurriedly asked Li Wei to find a way to drag down the coalition forces, and even began to make a plan to evacuate.

A large number of gold, silver, jewelry, and antique treasures have been sold into silver tickets, so that they can be easily carried when they go. In the haste and chaos, Li Wei hurriedly ordered the remaining two main forces to fight, but he didn't want Si Yeqi to listen to the order at all, and the Hundred Beasts Temple had even made contact with the Northern Regions and watched from the wall.

The only army that can still be ordered, led by Li Cheng, set off, without Long Yu's dragon formation was scattered by the Northern Regions coalition army in less than three rounds, fleeing, surrendering, and surrendering, the actual combat power is not so vulnerable, but the dragon array army has been led by Long Yu for many years, and suddenly the commander has become rebellious, many people can't accept it, and they have long lost their fighting spirit, not to mention that not everyone is a fool, and several generals died violently before, and there are still some clues left.

Along the way, the number of allied forces in the Northern Regions not only did not decrease, but increased, and some older people saw that the Qi Dynasty had collapsed, so they hoped that the Northern Regions could unify Kyushu as soon as possible, and the future of the province would fall into the war-torn era many years ago.

The Weitian army under his rule did not dare to face the battle, and the arch guard was outside the Wushuang City, in a vain attempt to rely on the terrain of the Wushuang City to hold the last capital.

Wushuang City is very large, larger than ordinary prefectures and counties, the city has sufficient resources, and there is arable land, Liu Cheng thinks that as long as the city is not broken, it can still hold on for a while.

Before the Northern Regions Alliance arrived in Wushuang City, the surrounding prefectures and counties had been abandoned, and all the soldiers who could obey the orders were gathered inside and outside Wushuang City to protect Liu Cheng, who had been the emperor for more than thirty years.

This is also the first time in the history that such an order has been encountered, and before the enemy army has captured it, the civilian emperor Liu Cheng has given away the territory, and Liu Cheng, a civilian emperor who has fought one soldier at a time, has made such a stupid decision.

In the future, the record of history books is only afraid that it will be a bait that will make future generations laugh.

The person concerned, Liu Cheng, didn't know or maybe didn't care about what the history books said about him, he was more worried about his life, the hard-won life of the emperor.

The only advantage of giving up the surrounding prefectures and counties in advance is to buy some time, the Weitian Army has arranged countless hidden arrows outside the walls of Wushuang City, increasing the thickness of the city walls, two million people, plus the city walls of Wushuang City dozens of meters high, it looks like a bit of copper and iron.

Perhaps after a long period of fear, it will fade, and like other emotions, it will become blurred and weakened due to the relationship of time.

Liu Cheng has been in a state of fear since the failure of besieging and killing Long Yu, and now he is about to face the desperate situation of soldiers approaching the city, and that silent fear has weakened, so that he can fall asleep early before night falls.

can sleep or not, they are all sad, but they should not sleep and sleep, the time limit has come, Liu Cheng slept peacefully, but he forgot how many things he had done and how many people he had killed in the night in the past.

In the inner courtyard of the palace, in an unknown side hall, two uninvited guests were welcomed.

Guards with knives Lu Yu and Qiao Chu.

Lu Yu knocked on the door of the hall gently, and a voice came from inside the door: "No vain, no relatives!" ”

Lu Yu replied: "The emperor's order!" ”

There was a creak, a slight sound, and the door of the temple was opened.

"How is Lord Lu?"

"Lord Zhao is here? The emperor has an order! ”

"Please!" Inside the hall was a man dressed in black, who led Lu Yu and Qiao Chu in.

The man in black opened an underground passage and walked down to a huge secret room.

Liu Cheng established an assassination team, a full five hundred small grandmasters, all in this secret room, and their leader was Zhao Mu, who only obeyed the emperor's orders.

Zhao Mu saw Lu Yu and Qiao Chu, frowned and asked, "Why are the two adults here, you and I have always had a different division of labor, what orders do you need to convey in person?" What about Yu Wan? ”

Lu Yu: "Due to personal reasons, Yu Wan will no longer serve as the contact person for the annihilation, and from now on we will be directly led!" ”

"Under your direct leadership?" Zhao Mu was very suspicious of this order, and when it was established, the emperor personally issued an order and only obeyed the emperor's order, which was very strange!

"What about the Divine Decree?" Zhao Mu didn't believe it, so he wanted to check the holy decree, if it was fake, there must be no holy decree, not to mention that he had never seen the holy decree for so long.

"This is the Divine Decree!"

As he spoke, Lu Yu took out a pair of yellow scarf rolls from his arms and handed them to Zhao Mu.

"What a decree!?"