Seeing that the fifth watch was approaching, Xing Chengbiao, the general of Fuyuan, who was just lying in his clothes, turned over suddenly and sat up from the folding couch that was not very comfortable.

He did not call the two soldiers who had been waiting outside the tent to fetch water for him, but still sat on the folding couch in a muffled voice, blinking a pair of small triangular eyes, and pondering the thing that troubled him so much.

The 100,000-strong army hurried for several days, and as soon as he arrived at the imperial tomb, the edict of His Royal Highness King Ji followed closely, ordering him to start attacking as soon as dawn, and to capture the imperial tomb where the holy car was located before sunset.

Since receiving this edict, Xing Chengbiao's heart has been uneasy.

To be honest, the reason why he accepted King Ji's solicitation and promised to help him seize the throne was mainly to come up with the grievances that had existed in his heart for a long time.

He Xing Chengbiao has been stationed in the western border for many years, and it can be said that he has been conscientious and conscientious in fulfilling his duties.

Although there are only a few weak vassal states adjacent to the western part of Dayu, and there is no military disaster, after all, the garrisons of the Western Route Army are all in remote places, and they really cannot be compared with the prosperous places of the Central Plains.

The daily life of the officers and soldiers of the Western Route Army is far less comfortable than that of the forbidden army in the capital.

Therefore, his greatest wish of the Fuyuan general is to have the opportunity to return to the capital and live a comfortable life with fine wine and beautiful women again.

In fact, as early as five years ago, he, a great general who had the skill of saving the driver, had a great opportunity to sit on the position of the commander of the Beijing Forbidden Army. As a result, Zheng Yong's traitorous eunuch intervened and got this fat shortage for his own godson Zhao Zhan.

Even if the emperor gave him the title of Fuyuan General in order to appease Xing Chengbiao, and put all the 100,000 Western Route Army under his control, it could not completely calm the resentment in his heart against Zheng Yong's father and son.

What's more, with this promotion came that he was far away from the prosperity of the capital and stayed in the wild land in the west all day long.

Therefore, when he heard that Zhao Zhan was beaten to death in a martial arts competition, Xing Chengbiao was very happy at the same time, and his mind couldn't help but start to be active again.

He felt that this was another rare opportunity given by God to finally be able to take the position of the commander of the forbidden army.

But soon after, his hopes were disappointed again!

And this time, the person who defeated him was actually a Weiyuan general who was younger than Zhao Zhan and had much less seniority - Song Qingfeng.

This Song Qingfeng is just a young man in his early twenties, although he made military exploits when he fought against the Rong army at Jinmen Pass, but compared with his contribution to General Xing Da's rescue back then, it can be said that it is not worth mentioning at all.

Moreover, this Weiyuan general, who leads the fourth rank, does not have a strong background backer like Zhao Zhan, and has a general manager who stays by the emperor's side all day long as his father-in-law.

Song Qingfeng's father, Song Xingye, although he was the commander of the Northern Army, his rank was not half a point higher than him, the commander of the Western Route Army. What's more, this Song general has resigned from his military post and has become an idle marquis who has nothing to do.

And what made Xing Chengbiao feel extremely unwilling was that in order to win the position of the commander of the forbidden army, he also deliberately sent people to Beijing to carry out activities.

Not only did he do what he liked, but he also gave a heart to the Zuo Prime Minister Leng Yiqing, who was also a privy envoy and was directly responsible for the nomination of the commander of the forbidden army-an extremely rare and precious ancient inkstone.

Moreover, Xing Chengbiao also gave Prince Ding, who was favored by the emperor, a generous gift that was enough to make his heart move.

Who would have expected that in the end, this matter was personally approved by the emperor's imperial decree, and Song Qingfeng, the former deputy commander of the forbidden army, was directly selected to take over the post of commander.

The desire to return to the capital to enjoy a comfortable and beautiful life was shattered.

And this time, Xing Chengbiao directly hated His Majesty the Emperor.

At this time, the secret envoy sent by King Ji found him, which immediately made Xing Chengbiao hope again.

Because the condition that King Ji made to him, the general of Fuyuan, was to help him seize the throne, and after success, the position of the commander of the forbidden army that he had longed for for a long time would belong to him.

The two sides hit it off, and carefully planned a conspiracy to kill the king and seize the throne.

Now that this conspiracy is about to succeed, His Majesty the Emperor who is trapped in the imperial tomb has become a turtle in an urn, and will become the food in his Xing Chengbiao's mouth at any time.

However, at this moment, this general Xing, who should have been complacent, began to hesitate-

At the beginning, for the position of the commander of the forbidden army, he did promise His Royal Highness King Ji to send troops to help him seize the throne.

But if you want to kill the king before seizing the throne......

This is one thing that makes Xing Chengbiao feel extremely uneasy.

Although he is a rough man from a martial arts background, he has read some history books and understands that since ancient times, there will be no good end for those who kill monarchs.

And once it is branded as a monarch killer, it will not be able to get rid of it for the rest of his life, and he will always be a shameless rebellious minister and thief.

No matter how the future generations will be criticized by the people of the world, the stench will be left for 10,000 years, even when he is alive, I am afraid that he will inevitably be guarded against by the new monarch who was personally supported by himself.

Therefore, Xing Chengbiao thought about it, but he was still unwilling to gamble his own reputation and even his life for the position of the commander of the forbidden army.

However, now his 80,000 Western Route Army has surrounded the Imperial Tomb, which is like a rebellion. And King Ji's edict to attack the imperial tomb at dawn also came, and he was already difficult to ride a tiger at all.

Moreover, in addition to the crime of killing the monarch, he couldn't afford it, Xing Chengbiao was actually worried about another thing.

That is, when the Western Route Army attacked the Imperial Tomb with all its might, Song Qingfeng, who was said to be very good at using soldiers, was likely to take the opportunity to lead the forbidden army to launch a surprise attack on him from behind.

In that case, the consequences would be terrible.

Although the Western Route Army was brave, it was still not as elite as the forbidden army.

Besides, at this moment, the Western Route Army is stationed around the Imperial Mausoleum, and its forces are scattered, if the forbidden army is concentrated on one point to attack, it is likely to be defeated and dispersed, with heavy casualties.

But Xing Chengbiao's worries could not be explained to His Royal Highness King Ji.

Because with his shrewdness and sophistication, he has long seen that the eldest son of the emperor is not as good as he appears in front of the world, a virtuous king who can speak widely and accept advice.

At the beginning, Xing Chengbiao once persuaded King Ji to accumulate strength first, be patient and wait, and don't rush to do anything.

Because he had heard some rumors before, the contradiction between the emperor and the left minister who was in power was intensifying day by day, and he could openly turn against him at any time.

The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits.

Xing Chengbiao persuaded King Ji to be the fisherman who ultimately profited.

It's a pity that His Royal Highness the King of Ji, who is anxious for quick success, can't listen to his advice at all, and wants to go his own way, wanting to take advantage of the emperor's opportunity to go to the imperial tomb to guard his filial piety and raise troops to seize the throne.

This also made Xing Chengbiao see clearly what kind of status he was in the mind of His Royal Highness King Ji.

The eldest son of the emperor, who was from a noble background, did not take his so-called insight as a martial artist general in his eyes at all. What King Ji really values is actually the 100,000 army in the hands of his great general.

Because of this, Xing Chengbiao could not take the slightest risk and gave Song Qingfeng any opportunity to swallow the Western Route Army, and finally made himself lose the only bargaining chip in his hand that could negotiate terms with King Ji.

Thinking of this, the general of Fuyuan couldn't help but slap the folding couch under him, and finally made up his mind-

will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected!

Anyway, His Royal Highness King Ji doesn't understand military affairs at all, so why don't you take the opportunity to perfunctory him?

On the surface, it creates a momentum of attacking the Imperial Tomb with all its might, but in fact it only carries out small-scale feints. The benefits of this are twofold:

First, it can preserve its strength and deal with the sneak attack of the forbidden army at any time.

Second, the time for the capture of the imperial tomb can be temporarily postponed, so as to avoid the terrible charge of "killing the king".

The reason why Xing Chengbiao thought that he might have a chance to escape the crime of killing the monarch was because he suddenly thought of a person - Yan Jiwu, Marquis of Dongping.

I heard that this person has always been happy with his achievements, but he is reckless and violent by nature. And the Eastern Navy under his command is also fierce and cruel and murderous.

However, the 100,000 Eastern Navy, which is not good at land warfare, should not be difficult to guess the number of victories and defeats against the 100,000 elite forbidden troops this time-

Yan Jiwu will definitely not be Song Qingfeng's opponent.

However, now Song Qingfeng's opponent is not only Yan Jiwu, the Marquis of Dongping, but also Xing Chengbiao, the general of Fuyuan who has led the army for many years.

Song Qingfeng can be said to be under attack at the moment.

With Yan Jiwu's recklessness and belligerence, he will inevitably let the Eastern Navy attack with all his strength at the beginning.

No matter how resourceful Song Qingfeng is, when he encounters such a fierce opponent who is not afraid of death, he does not dare to take it lightly, and at least he has to invest more than half of his troops to deal with it. Then look for opportunities to find its weaknesses and defeat them in one fell swoop.

And this is the opportunity for him Xing Chengbiao.

As soon as the forbidden army and the Eastern Navy start a head-to-head confrontation, he will gather all the main forces of the Western Route Army that have not been engaged in the battle of attacking the Imperial Tomb at all, and pounce on Song Qingfeng's back.

In this way, he could work with Yan Jiwu to form a front and back attack on Song Qingfeng, and completely defeat the forbidden army in his hands in one fell swoop.

repelled the forbidden army, and with Yan Jiwu's temperament of great joy, he will inevitably attack the imperial tomb non-stop.

And in the heart of this reckless man, there should be no scruples about the crime of killing the king at all.

I'm afraid that he will still be in a hurry to grab the credit, and he doesn't want this first merit of killing the emperor to fall on someone else's head.

In this way, he does not have to bear the charge of killing the king, but also can keep most of the strength of the Western Route Army, and use it as a bargaining chip, and finally get the position of the commander of the forbidden army from the hands of the new monarch who ascended to the throne......

Just when Xing Chengbiao was still daydreaming, he suddenly heard an unusual commotion outside his handsome tent.

Then, one of his personal soldiers ran in to report: "General, there is news from Jingyang that His Royal Highness King Ji's camp has been attacked!"