Chapter 423 I Miss My Wife

A few days later, in the capital.

Xizhou issued several manifestos to attack King Rui Huo Yang, accusing Huo Yang of regicide, seizing the throne, killing his father and brother. The news spread throughout the world in a short time.

Even many storytellers appeared in various counties and prefectures, telling the people about the evil deeds committed by King Rui Huo Yang, so that even illiterate people could know about the major events in the world.

When Huo Yang received the news, Huo Zheng had already personally led his troops to the capital and captured seven cities in five days.

Moreover, the officials of those cities directly opened the city gates to welcome the King of Chang'an.

When the battle report was sent back to the capital, Huo Yang angrily kicked the soldier who reported the news and said, "What did you say? Say it again?"

The soldier who reported the news had been kicked to the ground but had to repeat himself, "The Prince of Chang'an led a hundred thousand troops straight to the capital and captured seven cities in just five days!"

"What should I do?"

"When Prince Chang'an fought against the Xiling people in Xizhou, he won battle after battle. Now..."

Those who can still stand in the Council Hall now are all from the Rui Wang Party.

The idea of ​​having Eunuch Sun go to Xizhou to falsely convey the Queen's decree to summon Prince Chang'an back to the capital to attend the funeral, and take the opportunity to eliminate him, was something they had discussed together.

But it is true that Prince Chang'an is coming to the capital now, and he is bringing an army of 100,000 with him.

The imperial guards of the capital and the eight battalions have a total strength of only 100,000 soldiers, and half of them have not fought in many years. If they encounter the troops of Xizhou, they will have little chance of winning.

Now not only Huo Yang was anxious, but all the members of King Rui's party were anxious.

After this urgent war report arrived, three pieces of bad news followed.

The ninth prince Huo Yan is not dead. He ran away to Xizhou and is now serving as a witness to testify against the evil deeds of Prince Rui Huo Yang.

Prince Rui killed the king to seize the throne, and killed his father and brother. Prince Chang'an sent troops to suppress him, and the news spread inside and outside the capital.

Prince Rui Huo Yang persecuted loyal and good people without blinking an eye. The people were terrified when they heard about it, and everyone in the capital wanted to flee.

"You're such a good fellow, Huo Zheng! I knew Huo Zheng had something planned in Xizhou these past few years, but I never imagined he would actually raise an army of 100,000 and aim his sword at the capital! I'm afraid he's been waiting for this day!"

Huo Yang was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he said this. He had planned for so long to get to the current situation.

In the end, he ended up being a wedding dress for Huo Zheng. How could he be willing to accept this?

"Your Majesty, please take care!"

A group of Rui Wang's followers rushed forward to persuade him: "The outcome is still undecided, Your Majesty must take care of yourself!"

"The outcome is still undecided?" Huo Yang immediately looked up at the person who said this. "Yes, I have soldiers and so many hostages. Even if Huo Zheng comes, he can't defeat me!"

The man immediately said, "How can the Ninth Prince be considered a witness? He clearly murdered the Emperor, and now he's fled to Xizhou. I'm afraid he's already been colluding with Prince Chang'an! Prince Chang'an has quickly assembled a hundred thousand troops and is marching straight to the capital. He must have harbored rebellious intentions, spreading rumors and misleading the people, throwing all the blame on the Prince! We can't just sit there and wait for death. We must dispel the rumors as soon as possible and dispatch troops to suppress the rebellion in Xizhou!"

"Right." Huo Yang found these words very pleasing to the ear and spoke immediately, "Are they the only ones in Xizhou who can write manifestos? Write them for me too! If one isn't enough, write ten. If ten aren't enough, write a hundred! Huo Zheng can slander me without any reason, so I will fight back. Let's see which way this rumor spreads!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"I will write the manifesto right now!"

While flattering King Rui, the Rui Wang Party began to write manifestos.

"As for mobilizing troops."

Huo Yang was obviously more worried about this matter.

Previously, Huo Zheng suppressed the rebels in Xizhou and defeated the people of Xiling, becoming the god of war and wise king in the hearts of the people of Daxing. At that time, Huo Yang only thought that Huo Zheng was lucky, and if he went to Xizhou, he could still do the job well.

But this time, Huo Zheng sent troops to the capital and captured seven cities in five days. The speed was so fast that it was simply terrifying.

Huo Yang could no longer deceive himself that Huo Zheng was just lucky.

His seventh brother is really capable.

Seeing Huo Yang's worried look, the Rui Wang clique immediately began to offer him advice. "If we really want to compete in military strength, Your Highness holds the Imperial Seal and can mobilize the forces of the Eastern, Southern, and Northern Provinces in addition to the Western Province. Could it be that he can't suppress the Western Province alone?"

"The most important thing right now is to let everyone in the world know that the prince is a loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous man, and Huo Zheng is the traitor who is plotting rebellion!"

"Let's announce to the world that Prince Chang'an and the Ninth Prince are colluding in rebellion, so that His Majesty can suppress them in the name of suppressing the rebels!"

The struggle between emperors has always been a winner-takes-all situation.

No matter what the truth is, few people care.

Huo Yang was quite satisfied with the ideas put forward by his subordinates, "Then let's do it this way."

With the imperial seal in his hand, he can mobilize the troops from three sides to suppress the Xizhou Army. He will never lose!

Huo Zheng is coming to the capital this time, and he will definitely not return.

Jiang Hao knew what Prince Rui and others were going to do half an hour later.

Although Prince Rui detained Song Wan'er in the Prince Rui's Mansion to force Jiang Hao to work for him, he never regarded Jiang Hao as his own.

After all, Jiang Hao is a cruel and ruthless person.

Huo Yang wanted to use him, but was afraid that he might have second thoughts.

Therefore, Jiang Hao is never called in to discuss the most confidential matters.

Today, the news that Prince Chang'an was leading his troops to the capital reached the capital. Huo Yang also thought about letting Jiang Hao lead the troops, but after thinking about it, he felt that he could not give this person too much power, so he suppressed the idea.

So when the Rui Wang party was busy in Xizhou.

Jiang Hao came to the palace to see Prince Rui calmly and said to him, "I miss my wife."

When Jiang Hao said this, King Rui felt a pang of pain in his teeth.

He was busy fighting with Huo Zheng, and it was time to fight for the world and decide life and death.

Jiang Hao was bored, so he came to him and said, "I miss my wife."

Huo Yang was furious, "Didn't we just meet a few days ago? Why do you want to see him again? The general is so young, and it's not okay for him to only think about romantic matters instead of business."

"Does the prince have any important business to give me?"

Jiang Hao had already learned the news, but he didn't reveal it at all, and still seemed to be unaware of the current situation.

Seeing Jiang Hao's carefree expression, Huo Yang couldn't help but ask, "You really don't know that Prince Chang'an is leading a 100,000-strong army towards the capital? Xizhou was once your territory! Perhaps half of Prince Chang'an's 100,000 troops are your former brothers!"

"Is this really true?" Jiang Hao looked shocked. "The Emperor passed away, and the Prince of Chang'an should have returned to the capital to mourn. But now he's... bringing 100,000 people back to the capital to mourn the Emperor?"

These words almost made Huo Yang collapse in anger.

Huo Yang sneered, "Have you ever seen anyone bring 100,000 people to a funeral?"

Jiang Hao said, "I've definitely never seen this before. This really opened my eyes."

Huo Yang was speechless for a moment. He just wanted to use an axe to chop open Jiang Hao's head to see what was in his mind.

After a moment, Jiang Hao continued, "My wife has certainly never seen such a thing. She loves these kinds of legendary stories. Your Highness, could you allow me to take her to the front lines to broaden her horizons?"