Chapter 612: Speculation
The Wuji Army and the Qinglian Army fought in Zhengdong Zhenfang, and Yacheng, which had not seen a sword soldier for more than 20 years, suddenly fell into chaos.
The battle for the throne between Chen Liao and Chen Zhihao faintly tore apart the entire Dazhen.
Chen Liao has Chen Xiao's edict in his hand, but Chen Zhihao has Chen Xiao's edict in his hand.
Both said that they were legitimate and compliant heirs to the throne, but obviously neither believed anyone. Of course, it doesn't really matter whether they believe each other or not. What really matters is who is believing in them. Zuo Xiang Ji Kui naturally believed in Chen Liao, and Zhendong General Shen Li believed in Chen Zhihao even more.
The game of the two dragons playing with pearls has been completed, and those who want to climb the dragon beard, climb the ladder, and receive a share of the dragon's work have completely become two factions.
Yacheng became the battlefield of the Wuji Army and the Qinglian Army, and both armies held high the righteousness of counterinsurgency, and turned from comrades to enemies.
The first to suffer was Zhengdong Zhenfang, and because the Dazhen Wufang Army had a rotation system, it did not abandon military discipline. But in general, because the Qinglian Army is facing the grassland people in the northeast, as well as the Yebai Country, it is generally higher than the Wuji army. In addition, the Qinglian army came prepared, and the Wutu army hurriedly met the enemy.
When the two armies touched, it turned out to be the Wuji army that was defeated and retreated, and was caught off guard by the Qinglian army that forcibly crossed the Renyuan River. However, after Bai Fan arrived, the Wuji army quickly stood up and began to rely on the terrain to counterattack.
The Qinglian Army had just gained a foothold in Renyuan River and did not want to give up control of Renyuan River, so the battle in Zhengdong Zhenfang instantly became fierce.
The battle lasted all day, and it was not until the evening that Xu Liao, the king of the side, intervened, and the battle subsided slightly.
The Wuji army drove the Qinglian army out of Zhengdong Zhenfang, but the Qinglian army still firmly occupied the bridge in the eastern section of the Renyuan River and blocked the connection between the northeast of Yacheng and the outside world.
After a day of fermentation, everyone in Yacheng knew about the two dragons competing for the throne. The war has been ignited, and I am afraid it will not stop until you decide to live or die. Therefore, the first reaction of the residents of Yacheng was to stay away from Yacheng and avoid the war.
From the afternoon, people packed up and left Yacheng one after another, and in the evening, the north and south directions were crowded with people who wanted to leave the city. But because of the crowding, getting out of the city has become more difficult. Coupled with a series of riots caused by the war, the entire Yacheng can be said to be a mess.
The garrison had to order martial law throughout the city, except for those who had already reached the various piers and bridges, all the others were to return home and were not allowed to go out. Violators will be executed.
Li Mu was in the mansion of the lord of Yunrong at this time, and Nu Luo found the mother worm, collected the smoke Gu, and relieved the siege of Xuanguizhuang. After that, he worked with Qin Bi to save them to detoxify the poison of the brain, and to treat the people who were mistakenly poisoned. Coupled with the previous rescue of Chen Xiao, it can be said that he has exhausted his energy at the end of today. So when I returned to the county lord's mansion, I went to bed early.
Seeing that she was so tired, Li Mu couldn't bear to take her out of the city overnight. So just rest for the night at the county lord's mansion and make plans tomorrow morning.
Li Mu sat under the orange light, holding a pen, writing and drawing on paper.
"Shangguan Yin rescued me once and asked me to take Jia Shiye into the city, and then the emperor was in Gu. Then his purpose is to kill the emperor. Li Mu wrote this sentence on paper. This is something that can be confirmed. "Then, I entered the palace to protect the emperor's life with blood, plus Nu Luo and Heishi and others, and successfully extended the emperor's life. ”
Afterwards...... Li Mu stopped writing.
After that, at the meeting of the thirteen leaders, Shangguan Yin appeared, poisoned Gu, kidnapped the crown prince Chen Zhihao, went outside the city from the tunnel, and joined the Qinglian army.
"It doesn't make sense. Could it be that Shangguan Yin is a person from the imperial court?" Li Mu wrote down the five words of Shangguan Yin, the imperial court. He really couldn't figure it out, Shangguan Yin took such a big risk, just to send the crown prince outside the city, what good could he do by doing so?
Li Mu calculated that if Shangguan Yin was not a member of the imperial court and a member of the princelings, then he would not have any benefit. As far as Li Mu's understanding of Shangguan Yin is concerned, it is impossible for him to do thankless things.
Li Mu looked at these words, and Li Mu thought of another question. "Even if Shangguan Yin is a princeling, he is much better informed than the real princeling. ”
Here Li Mu thought of Zhuge Qin Demon, as one of Chen Xiao's henchmen, he was also the one who supported the prince, but even he didn't get the news, how did Shangguan Yin plan and arrange it in advance?
Did Zhuge Qinmo really not know? Or did Chen Xiao hide something from him? Or did he deliberately pretend not to know? Behind these three situations, there are many things involved behind each situation.
Li Mu felt that he had a headache, so he simply put aside Shangguan Yin and deduced it in reverse.
For example, who is most in the best interest of the current situation.
There is no doubt that the first and most beneficial one must be Chen Liao, who now firmly grasps the general trend through the edict that Ji Kuo took. With the general trend and the division becoming famous, he can mobilize the Wuji army as the new emperor. Moreover, with Ji Yu taking the lead, the six departments also reacted quickly.
The current situation is very unfavorable for the crown prince. The original logical succession has become something that needs to be obtained by competition.
But when it comes to the crown prince, I have to mention a problem that once plagued Li Mu - the figure behind Shangguan Yin. It was the person who instructed Shangguan Yin and asked him to send Jia Shiye to Chen Xiao to give Gu to Chen Xiao. Is it the second prince, or the crown prince?
If it is the second prince, in terms of motivation, there is no problem at all. But in fact, there is a contradiction here that cannot be ignored.
Under the premise that the person behind Shangguan Yin is Chen Liao, then it is obvious that killing Chen Zhihao in Xuanguizhuang is the most profitable, the safest, and the best choice. As soon as the prince dies, he will be gone, and even if someone wants to use some crooked brains, there will not be such a puppet to get up. Even if the rumors circulate behind him, there will be no substantial harm to Chen Liao.
But what did Shangguan Yin do? In order to escort the prince out of the city, in the presence of the thirteen leaders and the Tianzi Grandmaster, he insisted on a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle. The crown prince cannot fall into the hands of the leader and the grandmaster. The martial arts of the leader and the grandmaster are very high, but the grandmaster hall directly obeys the emperor, not the prince. As for the leader, there is a mixture of fish and dragons, which can only coerce and lure. If they have different intentions, then Chen Zhihao will also be very dangerous.
Only when the prince joins with the Qinglian army who came to obey the secret edict can he have the potential to turn the dragon upside down.
You see, for the sake of the prince so much, and dare to take such a big risk for the prince. If Shangguan Yin is Chen Liao's person...... Either he rebelled, or he was not Chen Liao's person at all!
So what if it's the prince's person? Then the prince is in a hurry to ascend the throne and wants to replace him.
It's still a small problem, but there's a bigger problem coming.
Whether it's the secret edict of the Qinglian Army, or the tunnel of Xuanguizhuang. It's all ready before today.
Especially the Qinglian Army, Linzhou in Qiangzhou is not far from Lanzhou, but it is not close. Even if the secret edict were to order a rapid march on the same day, it would take about a month. The time difference here made Li Mu a little confused. What's more important is that there are so many people in the Qinglian Army marching, and no one has reported to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War along the way, which is a big problem in itself.
Speaking of the tunnel that rotates back to the village, the excavation time is obviously not long. Moreover, there is a fact that must not be ignored. That was the original meeting of the thirteen leaders, which was placed in the palace and presided over by Emperor Chen Xiao himself! Later, because Chen Xiao was in the Gu, just in case, Xu Zhilei moved to Xuanguizhuang.
Wait a minute...... Li Mu was suddenly stunned.
"Xu Zhilei?"