Qi Nian Palace, the terrace on the second floor, Yingzheng and Zhongli.

The two of them stood at the top, and the people of Qi Nian Palace and Yongcheng looked at the two from a distance, and many people already knew that Chang Yu had gone to Xianyang. Chang Yu went to Xianyang, and actually brought many soldiers and horses over, what did he want to do? Everyone muttered in their hearts, no matter what he did, he was also Changxinhou.

As the marquis who holds the military power on the side of the Qin State, the only ones who can decide his life and death are the two standing on the terrace.

One is the King of Qin Yingzheng who has just been crowned, and the coming-of-age ceremony has been performed, which means that he has become a pro-government and has become the real King of Qin. One is the sword maid of Great Qin, holding the Qin sword, beating the unconscious king at the top and beheading the rebel ministers at the bottom, without needing to show it to anyone.

Originally, the Empress Dowager Zhao Ji also had this power, and the Empress Dowager had lived in Ganquan Palace for many years and had a very high prestige in Yongcheng. But the Queen Mother actually rested, and this attitude was very resolute, that is, to delegate all power to Yingzheng to help him establish his prestige.

Ying Hao was ready, just waiting for Ying Zheng's order, and the garrison army went to Xianyang to quell the rebellion. That's right, Chang Yu mobilized troops and horses privately, and he already had a heart of disobedience, which was a big crime of rebellion. At the same time, he can also feel that Ying Zheng doesn't want to kill Chang Yu, after all, he is Zhao Ji's face. But Zhao Ji rested so early, so that the people below didn't know what to do, and they couldn't guess Yingzheng's next decision.

Ying Zheng just came with a sentence, all the ministers returned to their duties, and all the soldiers and horses did not move, sitting and watching the situation in Xianyang.

At the same time, a steady stream of information was submitted from all over the place, and after summarizing, it was asked to be transmitted by Liji to the two on the terrace. After getting these news, Liji looked very confused, there were too many messages, and she didn't know which ones to choose.

Yingzheng is also very anxious, the news has not come for a long time, and his heart is always unsteady. He beckoned and let Liggie go up to the terrace and say in person. Yingzheng knew that Liji was not the material for intelligence at all, and Zhongli was responsible for this matter, but Zhongli was unwilling to leave for a moment.

Since Ying Zheng was assassinated, Zhongli didn't dare to go anywhere, especially tonight, Ying Zheng could only follow her.

Ying Zheng asked, "Li'er, tell me all the news below." No matter how big or small, as long as you tell tonight, you will say it. ”

Liji said distressedly: "There is a lot of news, and I don't know which ones are the key points, so I can only say everything." ”

"We have four news channels for the time being, one is Leng Yue and the Mo family, the second is from Ganquan Palace, the third is from Zhong Palace, and the fourth is from Yinghao, and there are several together."

"Chang Yu has 10,000 guards and 30,000 private soldiers raised by himself, with a total strength of 45,000 people. There were 15,000 guards in Xianyang City, almost 8,000 people in each mansion, 5,000 people in the Qin Palace Guard Mansion, and 30,000 people in the three barracks in the suburbs, adding up to 55,000 people. ”

"Chang Yu's soldiers and horses have arrived at the gate of Xianyang City, as if there is some internal dispute, and there is a contradiction between whether to attack Xianyang or not. Gu Spy told him that Xianyang City had their internal response, and the east gate had been opened, waiting for Chang Yu's order, and it was estimated that the army would soon enter Xianyang City. ”

"The mansions are guarded, Xianyang City has been curfew, only all the people in the Lu Mansion are gone, and Lord Lu Xiang doesn't know where he went, and no one knows his whereabouts. And Lord Mi Chen took his family and entered Huayang Palace to take refuge. I heard that Mrs. Huayang went to the Purple Bamboo Forest, but she returned quickly, and it is estimated that the Empress Dowager Xia Ji did not want to see her, but just ordered the guards to guard the palace gate. ”

The gate of the Xianyang School Palace was closed, and the students all hid in the secret room. Lord Changpingjun stood still in the garrison camp outside the city, as if waiting for something. ”

"Among them, the Qin Clan's ranch is very strange, I don't know where Sister Ling Yu sent the Praetorian Guard, she herself took the child to the Blood Fan Tower to hide. What's even more strange is that there are not many people at the Post House of the Nations, and there are many peers in all corners of Xianyang City, and it is not clear what they are going to do. ”

In a word, the situation in Xianyang is very unclear now, and everyone seems to be waiting for something. Li'er couldn't figure it out, the eldest brother was obviously in the Qi Nian Palace, so what was the use of tossing in Xianyang. ”

There was a lot of news, but Zhongli only heard a few of them, and said: "The last thing the nations want to see is the crown ceremony of the prince." No matter how frequent the wars are, there should be permanent personnel at the post house of the nations, and now that there are fewer people, it must be necessary to arrest some important people to the prince in Xianyang City, so that the prince will not be able to pay the crown with peace of mind. As long as this is achieved, then it is a success for them. ”

"There are many people in Xianyang City who are very important to Gongzi, such as those teachers in the School Palace and those concubines in the Qin Palace. But they thought too much, and when they left, we were all ready, and none of them could catch it. ”

"One more thing, why did Zero Yu go to the Blood Fan Building? The Praetorian Guard is Childe's descendant army, not her personal soldiers. Now the number of people in Xuefanlou is very small, and it is estimated that the sericulture girl let her get on the boat for the sake of her son's child. ”

Hearing these news, Ying Zheng grabbed the terrace and paced back and forth, carefully analyzing every possibility.

"Passing on the order of the widow, order Meng Wu to lead the garrison guards, Ying Hao, Meng Yi, and Meng Tian assist, and the whole army is dressed in armor, surround Yongcheng and Qi Nian Palace, and monitor all civil and military ministers. At the same time, he ordered all his subordinates not to go out at any time, and let Ying Hao be responsible for coordinating this matter, and those who dare to disobey the order will be beheaded. ”

Ying Zheng continued: "At the same time, a large number of scouts were sent to disperse to the surrounding cities of Xianyang to control the defenders in various places. Without my order, it is not allowed to send troops easily, Xianyang is already very chaotic, and the soldiers and horses are mixed in, which will only add to the chaos. ”

"Then send an order to Ge Mudan, and the headquarters will not move, and send a small number of Yiqu soldiers to patrol the Yiqu, Yongcheng, and Great Wall to monitor all suspicious things around. As soon as there is a little wind and there are more than 100 guerrillas, I will be arrested and tortured to see where they came from. ”

Liggie casually sent a message out, and there was a corresponding person under the terrace to give the order. As for why Yingzheng did this, Liji won't think about it, even if she can't understand it, as long as she implements it.

Zhong Li was puzzled: "Childe thinks that there are other forces fishing in troubled waters. ”

Ying Zheng said affirmatively: "If I were those monarchs, I would definitely try to create chaos during the crown ceremony period in order to consume the national strength of the Qin State. Since Chang Yu has done this, he will definitely attack Xianyang, and my Great Qin's national strength will inevitably be damaged. Especially the 10,000 deceived guards, after this battle, it is estimated that there will be very few survivors. ”

"Just pro-government, we still need to win the hearts and minds of the people and stabilize the internal situation. In my estimation, Great Qin will not be able to use troops against other countries for three years, and it will depend on how much it will lose tonight. If the loss is too much, it is estimated that the time for recuperation will be delayed. ”

"No wonder my mother doesn't miss the old love, she wants me to kill Chang Yu, my mother is the one who wants to fight back to Zhao State the most, the humiliation she suffered in Zhao State, I, as a son, must let Zhao Guo repay. Chang Yu is still too stupid, I know that he is still hesitating, especially the advice of Nei Shixi, Ling Qi and others. As long as the army does not invade Xianyang, there is room for explanations to the mother. Once it invades Xianyang, then this crime of rebellion cannot be washed away. ”

"Those people are waiting, waiting for Chang Yu to attack Xianyang, and they can complete their respective goals. All parties are playing, but Chang Yu is confused, I don't know, I have seen the shadow of many forces. Among them, there are those of the nations, those of the Ghost Valley, and those of our Great Qin magnates. As long as they send some dead soldiers, then Xianyang will become more and more chaotic, so I don't dare to send more other troops. ”

In Ying Zheng's view, as long as Xianyang is in chaos, all mansions will be impacted. Then the subordinates who came with him would be anxious, which is why everyone was not allowed to go out. When I arrived at the Qi Nian Palace, there were many masters such as Zhongli and Xuefanlou inside, and there were guards outside, and even a fly couldn't fly out, and I couldn't go if I wanted to, so I could only accompany Yingzheng all the way to the end.

Since he had already been crowned, he had to stay in Yongcheng for three days to complete all the activities of ancestor worship and rituals. Only by returning to Xianyang in that way can people be convinced, for the aristocracy, etiquette is very important, otherwise it will be a barbarian state.

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When Ying Zheng controlled the soldiers and horses from all over the country, at the gate of Xianyang East City, Chang Yu seemed indecisive.

On the side of the Qing monarch, the slogan he said at the beginning was very loud, and it also bewitched those garrison guards, but when he arrived at the gate of the city, he realized that this matter was terrible, and he didn't know whether to proceed or not.

Beside him, Wei Wei, Nei Shixi, Zo Ge, and Zhong Dafu Ling were all there. Among them, Wei Wei and Zuo Ge strongly demanded to attack Xianyang, and Nei Shi Shi and Ling Qi have been dissuading Chang Yu from entering.

Nei Shi persuaded loudly: "Today, I won't call Hou Ye anymore, just call me big brother." My eldest brother, we can't lead troops into Xianyang. As long as you don't enter this door, with the relationship between the eldest brother and the queen mother, the queen mother will naturally defend the eldest brother. ”

"The king is holding a crown ceremony, if we lead troops into Xianyang at this moment, we will not be able to escape from the charge of rebellion. The king has just been in power, and he is waiting to take someone to open the knife to establish the king's authority, and we can't send it ourselves at this juncture. ”

Ling Qi also said: "The most important thing is that the Hou Ye has not been going to Ganquan Palace for many days, and the relationship with the Queen Mother is a little estranged. For ordinary trivial matters, the king will not do anything to the queen mother for the sake of the queen mother's face. But now it is different, the king should know how these soldiers came from, this crime is already a fact. ”

"If we attack Xianyang again, it will be a slap in the face of the Queen Mother. The Hou Ye was recommended by the Queen Mother, and the soldiers of Yongcheng listened to the Queen Mother's words the most, and our family of people and horses all belonged to the Queen Mother's forces. I can think that the Queen Mother will not be able to sleep peacefully in the Qi Nian Palace tonight, and with the temperament of the king, she will definitely punish us severely. ”

Wei Wei exhausted himself and said: "The arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent." With an army of more than 40,000 people, how can the grain and grass needed be replenished if it is delayed for one more day? When we came out, there was no logistics at all. What I'm worried about now is that even if we enter the city, Mi Chen won't give us food and grass. ”

"Gu spy came to report, Lu Mansion is empty, God knows where Lu Buwei is hiding, we can't go to other mansions to search, that will easily provoke public anger. But we must enter this gate, and if we delay a little, let our soldiers and horses find that we have no food and grass for the next day, and it is estimated that tomorrow before dawn will cause a mutiny in the army. ”

Zogo tried his best to say: "I don't understand those, I only follow the orders of my eldest brother." No matter what decision is made, it can't cause a mutiny, that's terrifying. ”

For a long time, the army mutinied, and anyone who had led the soldiers knew the horror. The mutiny is mainly related to two factors, one is the positive situation, and the other is the treatment. And Chang Yu is a fake transmission of the Empress Dowager's decree, this matter cannot be known to the soldiers, and the other is that there is no food and grass, and there is a problem of treatment.

As long as it drags on, the paper will not be able to hold the fire, for example, it will cause mutiny. At that time, in order to survive, a situation of trampling on each other and killing each other will inevitably be formed. Maybe the 10,000 guards are very disciplined and will return to Yongcheng to ask for Yingzheng's forgiveness, but they are more of their own private soldiers, most of them are born in the rivers and lakes, where will they understand that.

Chang Yu hurriedly paced back and forth, and said sharply: "Don't make any more noise, let me think about it again." ”