Chapter 403: Prince's Revenge
Before taking action, Wang Yue went to see Yang Guang, who was already in a serious condition. While he was still in good spirits, Wang Yue told Yang Guang his plan.
Yang Guang sighed and said helplessly, "I can't help you anymore. I can only live for a few more days. I hope you can stabilize the situation as soon as possible." Wang Yue understood. Yang Guang was leaving a heir for the Yang family
. Lu, if Wang Yue were defeated, he would only sacrifice one Shi Yi at most.
However, Wang Yue didn't care. He smiled and nodded and said, "We in Qingzhou have strong soldiers and horses, and we are not afraid of challenges. But this time the imperial edict is so weird that it leaves such a big loophole?" Yang Guang suddenly coughed, and
then After a while, he rolled his eyes at Wang Yue and then said, "The palace issued two decrees one after another. One of them was to transfer you to serve in Beiqing Prefecture, but the Prime Minister withheld it. After all, the governor of Beiqing Prefecture is still there. , we still need to study where the original Qingzhou governor will be transferred. But what the prime minister didn't expect was that the Queen Mother couldn't wait any longer and issued another decree for peace and separation." Wang Yue twitched the corner of his mouth, and he didn't write the wrong word in emotion
. He said helplessly, "In order to stop me and Shi Yi, the Queen Mother actually ordered people to reconcile. She is a little crazy. Aren't you afraid of being reviled by the world?" Piao Guang didn't want to say anything more. The matter had reached this point
. Resigned to fate, the Emperor of Zhongzhou is dead, and the new emperor is still debating. I don't think I have time to take care of Wang Yue at this moment.
When Wang Yue and Min Shiyi returned to the office, they called Xiao Yan, who was idle and bored.
Wang Yue glanced at Xiao Yan, who was in good spirits, and said with a smile, "Do you dare to go south for revenge?"
Xiao Yan glanced at Wang Yue and said helplessly, "My father and two children died in Xiaohuang If I don't take revenge, my Buddha's heart will not be stable."
Wang Yue rolled his eyes. Anyone who believes that Xiao Yan really wants to be a monk is a stick. He said with a smile, "There is an opportunity now, and I am ready to use it. The army goes south to avoid a war with King Xiao Nanchen."
Xiao Yan glanced at Wang Yue. He also knew the situation in Beichen. He nodded and said, "I wonder how successful King Qingzhou's preparations for sending troops this time will be?"
Wang Yue did not hide anything and said very casually, "I am going to send 200,000 troops to go south and capture the northern and southern Yunzhou of Nanxiao. The troops are approaching Jiankang. If there is a chance, it is possible to capture Jiankang."
Xiao Yan twitched his lips, Jiankang was the capital of Southern Xiao, he said helplessly, "It is still possible to go south and north to Yunzhou, but there is basically no hope of taking Jiankang, let alone revenge. It's possible, the city lords from all over the country won't just sit idly by."
Wang Yue was very calm. He looked at Xiao Yan and said with a smirk, "If it's in the name of you, you are borrowing troops from me to avenge me, we will fight all the way. , even if you think about it, soldiers and horses from all over the country will not be loyal to the king."
Xiao Yan did not expect Wang Yue to be so shameless. He asked depressedly, "Will the northern and southern Yunzhou captured in this way be in my name?"
Wang Yue He didn't care about Xiao Yan's ridicule at all, and said with a smile, "If you take revenge, you will be the emperor of Southern Xiao. North and South Yunzhou will be considered as your bargaining chip to borrow troops. If you don't take revenge, North and South Yunzhou will be the emperor." It’s all in your name, it’s all mine anyway, I don’t care about the name.”
Xiao Yan took a deep look at Wang Yue, he didn’t expect Wang Yue to be so thick-skinned, and felt that Wang Yue simply didn’t want to fight with King Xiao Nanchen. Then he took the initiative to attack Nan Xiao. If Wang Yue really fights with Xizhou, Xizhou may not win. The main reason is that King Xiao Nanchen and his apprentice are too thin-skinned.
Having said that, as long as Wang Yue doesn't rebel, no one will care about the fight between him and Nan Xiao. Even if Beichen expands its territory, all the civil and military officials of the dynasty will watch from the other side.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Yan sighed, and then said, "You are as empathetic and righteous as King Xiao Nanchen, and you have taken great pains."
Wang Yue twitched the corner of his mouth and quickly explained, "I am just doing it for my family. For the sake of the lady, after all, King Xiao Nanchen is her master."
Xiao Yan did not expose it. At the beginning, Wang Yue's Xiaoyao Valley was a fox pretending to be a tiger. Only in this way can it develop steadily and rapidly. It is probably because of this that Wang Yue was unwilling to marry Xiao Nan. King Chen is the enemy.
Xiao Yan would not believe that a man who could easily secure the position of King of Qingzhou and have nearly half a million troops would change his mind because of his children's affair. He smiled noncommittally and then said, "It's all the same."
After Wang Yue and Xiao Yan discussed it, Wang Yue's soldiers deployed at the Nanxiao border quickly broke through the Nanxiao defense line, and the follow-up troops quickly followed.
Nanxiao was unprepared and was defeated by Wang Yue's surprise attack. The land north of the Huai River was all owned by Wang Yue in a few days.
By the time the news was received from various places in Southern Xiao and Northern Chen, Wang Yue had already occupied Northern Yanzhou in Southern Xiao, and an army of 200,000 went straight to Nan Yanzhou in Southern Xiao.
At this moment, a fleet came from the sea and sailed upstream. Ignoring the vigilance of Jingkou (South Xuzhou), it went straight to the Jiankang Nanxiao Navy Camp. In one fell swoop, it destroyed the Nanxiao Elite Navy and took control of the city. From south Xiaonan to Xuzhou to the river area near south Yuzhou.
After the naval camp was destroyed, Jiankang immediately received news that Wang Yue's navy was unable to achieve the effect of a sneak attack. Seeing this, Wang Yue's
navy commander Muskrat decisively turned around and headed north to attack Xuzhou, a lonely city near the water.
The garrison troops and horses of Southern Xuzhou all went north to defend Wang Yue's land troops. They did not expect that the powerful Nanxiao Navy would be destroyed. They were captured by the Qingzhou Army without much resistance.
At this point, Wang Yue's first-stage goals have been achieved.
In various places in Southern Xiao, as Wang Yue expected, after hearing that Xiao Yan borrowed troops to seek revenge, they did not send troops to serve the king. They just waited for Xiao Yan and Emperor Xiao to decide the winner and then they would be loyal to the new emperor.
Emperor Nanxiao was also surprised three times in one day in Jiankang. Wang Yue's speed in going south was really too fast. The defenses he deployed were like paper, and Wang Yue easily captured the land of the two states.
The destruction of Jiankang Navy, the largest navy in Southern Xiao, also made it possible for Jiankang to be besieged by Xiao Yan's troops crossing the river at any time.
It was only at this time that Nan Xiao quickly sent an envoy to prepare for peace talks with Xiao Yan.
The situation in Zhongzhou was a bit strange. The emperor suddenly died, and Wang Yue took over several states, but the Zhongzhou royal family did not respond.
Just when various states and counties were about to take action, Wang Yue suddenly came up with a prince's revenge. He sent troops to attack Nanxiao and captured the two states of Nanxiao in one fell swoop. Even the largest navy of Nanxiao was wiped out by Wang Yue.
The feud between Wang Yue and Nan Xiao has become serious. In the eyes of Beichen ministers and city guards, Wang Yue was able to attack so sharply just because Nan Xiao was unprepared, and there would definitely be a tug-of-war later on.
Therefore, Wang Yue of Qingzhou doesn't have to think about it for the time being. He has no time to go west to Zhongzhou.
Zhou Shengchen also knew the situation in Zhongzhou, so he quickly arrived at Zhongzhou with thousands of cavalry.
At the same time, when the Queen Mother ascended the throne with her newborn child in her arms, the Prime Minister, who had already discussed with Zhou Shengchen, prevented the child of unknown origin from ascending the throne. After all, the child was born before the due date. It was really impossible to say clear.
However, what disappointed the prime minister was that given such a great opportunity, Zhou Shengchen was only prepared to imprison the Queen Mother, but refused to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. He only said that he would guard Xizhou forever and choose someone from the clan to be the emperor.
The Prime Minister looked at Zhou Shengchen who turned to leave and sighed helplessly.
At this time, Wang Yue and Xiao Yan were standing by the river, looking at Jiankang on the other side, and asked with a smile, "Nan Xiao has prepared for peace talks, what kind of results are you planning to achieve?" Xiao Yan glanced at Wang Yue and
discovered He really had no intention of going south, because he knew that Wang Yue didn't know his identity, and he didn't want to explain. With Wang Yue's methods, sooner or later, everyone in the world would be named Wang.
Xiao Yan sighed and said helplessly, "I don't know what to do anymore. Emperor Xiao has been kind to me in raising me. I don't want to kill him." Wang Yue didn't know what Xiao Yan was thinking, so he shook his head
. He shook his head and said with a smile, "How about you ask Emperor Xiao to abdicate, and give you an explanation, and give you the land of Wuyue and make it your territory?"
Xiao Yan was speechless after hearing this. He was really He doesn't want to be the emperor, but looking at Wang Yue's appearance, he will compete in the world sooner or later. As Wang Yue's only blood relative, he cannot stand idly by.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan sighed and said, "You'd better capture Jiankang first."
Wang Yue was a little surprised. He asked suspiciously, "You don't want to negotiate?"
Xiao Yan rolled his eyes at Wang Yue, pretending to be vicious and said, "Seeing that revenge is in sight, it would be foolish to talk about peace at this time. Once the peace talks are concluded, the troops of King Qin from all over Southern Xiao will come soon." Wang Yue nodded
. , said with a smile, "I thought you would be fooled."
After making a plan with Xiao Yan, Wang Yue mobilized troops and horses. Taking advantage of the fact that the navy elsewhere in Nan Xiao had not yet supported Jiankang, he quickly mobilized a hundred thousand troops to cross. across the Yangtze River and surrounded Jiankang.
Nan Xiaojun and his ministers were still discussing how to negotiate a peace, but they were suddenly besieged in the city, and they were panicked for a while.
Just when Wang Yue felt that it might take a lot of effort to capture Jiankang, there was sudden civil strife at the city gate. Wang Yue's 100,000 troops took advantage of the situation and entered the city gate and attacked the palace.
Wang Yue looked at the Nanxiao Palace and asked Xiao Yan who was beside him suspiciously, "Are these people your back-up men?"
Xiao Yan shook his head and said with a smile, "There are still some people who are grateful for my father's kindness. I want to come here." These are the loyal ministers of my father."
After Xiao Yan finished speaking, he went to talk to the generals who opened the city gate. Before leaving, he glanced at Wang Yue. The generals chatting with him also didn't stop. He looked at Wang Yue carefully.
Wang Yue was looked at calmly and calmly, and he felt a little scared in his heart. He suddenly felt that since he had earned a vote this time, it would be better to leave early.
Everything went smoothly. Wang Yue's troops captured the imperial city without much effort. Then Wang Yue was about to hand over the imperial city to Xiao Yan, who came after hearing the news. He was ready to withdraw his troops and go north.
(End of chapter)