Xichuan City, inside the Commander's Mansion.

Yang Fei frowned and paced back and forth in the hall.

"That damned Zhao Zhen actually betrayed us and was spying on us with that kid's men!"

"Lord Yang, why don't we assemble our troops now and wipe out that brat's garrison in Xichuan City?"

"You mustn't be reckless!" a general named Sun Xing hurriedly advised. "That brat left four thousand elite troops in the city, while we only have less than three thousand. How can we possibly defeat him?"

"Go to the border and redeploy troops!"

"How dare you say that?" Sun Xing grinned. "Let's not even talk about how it would take half a month to transfer troops from the border. First of all, how are we supposed to sneak out of the city right under Zhao Zhen's nose?"

Secondly, even if a large army is brought in to wipe out that kid's troops.

What happens next? How do I explain this to His Majesty?

Without warning or reason, did they secretly send border guards to assassinate the King of Shu?

"So we're just going to do nothing? Wait for that kid to take us down one by one?" another general roared. "Have you heard the news? The bandits of Shulong Mountain have been wiped out by him. Six thousand men, all annihilated in just a few days!"

“I think this news is fake,” Sun Xing said. “That kid only took eight hundred soldiers out, how did he manage that?”

"Didn't he say that he had ten thousand elite soldiers following him?"

“That’s even more impossible. If a large army were gathering in Shu, we would definitely receive the news!” Sun Xing said, puzzled. “And another thing, supplies. Where did that kid get supplies?”

How could the Ministry of Revenue possibly allocate rations to someone exiled by His Majesty?

"You're asking me? How the hell would I know!"

And so, everyone started arguing amongst themselves.

"Silence!" Yang Fei finally spoke. "This general will personally go to the border and settle this brat's score!"

"What?"

Everyone was astonished by these words.

Has Yang Fei gone mad? Is he really going to fight Lin Mo to the death?

"Gentlemen, I won't waste any more words," Yang Fei said. "If that brat returns victorious with ten thousand elite troops, will we still have a chance to survive? Our only option now is to take a desperate gamble, wipe out that brat, and then ask General Li for help!"

If General Li is willing to lend us a hand, all the better; if not, we'll rebel!

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence.

After a long pause, Yang Fei continued, "Of course, I will not force you any of you." He said, "Those who are willing to stand with me through thick and thin may stay; those who are not, the door is right there, do as you please!"

"We are willing to serve the general to the death!" the crowd shouted.

Yang Fei's gaze turned cold. "Thank you all!" he said sternly. "My lords! If we succeed this time, we will all be rich and powerful. If we fail, then we will all meet again in the netherworld!"

He lowered his head, a cold glint in his eyes, and shouted again, "Start an uprising!"

"Start an uprising!"

However, at that moment, a subordinate rushed in to report: "General Yang, something terrible has happened!"

"What's wrong? Tell me in detail!" Yang Fei said angrily.

At this critical moment, with the atmosphere interrupted, Yang Fei really wanted to chop the person who came in with a knife.

"General Yang, the King of Shu, he..."

"What happened to him? Is he dead?" Sun Xing really wanted to hear that answer.

"No, the King of Shu has returned!"

"Huh? What!"

~~~

At this moment, Lin Mo's troops, like a dazzling river formed by the fusion of steel, surged into the gates of Xichuan City.

When he left, he was followed by only eight hundred soldiers, but when he returned, he was followed by more than three thousand elite soldiers.

To his left, Qin Zhixing had already changed into the armor of a Great Xia general, looking imposing and awe-inspiring.

To Lin Mo's right was a bald man in his forties, dressed in black, with a serious expression and even a hint of worry on his face.

This person's gaze was extremely calm, as if he had everything under control and was confident that everything was in his grasp.

Who is the bald man in black? I'll keep you in suspense for now.

First of all, this person was naturally obtained by Liu Mo using 3,000 points.

Previously, when Lin Mo wiped out the bandits of Shulong Mountain, the system gave him a reward for exchanging.

Since then, he has been trying to sleep as much as possible.

The points have increased by 1.5 times. I can get them done in five days by sleeping ten hours a day.

However, in order to exchange for the general as soon as possible, Lin Mo risked his life, enduring the risk of being partially paralyzed, and forced himself to sleep for twelve hours a day, eventually accumulating enough points in four days.

Despite his physical discomfort, he opened the system and accessed the general exchange mode.

[Would you like to pay 4,000 points to exchange for a random high-star general?]

"yes!"

[Prompt: The host already possesses one powerful general, but is currently lacking a strategist general. Do you wish to accept a substitute assignment and draw a general from the strategist general pool?]

"So harmonious?" Lin Mo grinned from ear to ear. "Acceptable!"

[The system has scanned the host's interpersonal relationships and detected the host's current situation. The system has specially assigned a more suitable strategist to assist the host. Do you accept?]

"Given my current situation, assign me a suitable person? What's there to ask? Only a fool would refuse!"

[Ding!]

[Redeem successful!]

After a flash of golden light, a bald monk dressed in black appeared in front of Lin Mo.

"Your humble servant Yao Guangxiao greets Your Highness!"

Indeed, the one summoned was none other than Yao Guangxiao, the renowned black-robed prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.

The system displays:

[General Type: Strategist]

[Military officer's name: Yao Guangxiao]

[General Rank: Four Stars]

[General's Special Skill: Poisonous Words. There is a certain probability that enemy troops fighting against his command will turn against each other.]

[Note: This guy really likes to rebel!]

Just as the system had described, Yao Guangxiao spoke immediately after the worship was completed: "Your Highness, with your humble servant's assistance, you will surely achieve imperial success..."

"Your Highness, when shall we rebel?"

Lin Mo "..."

Dude, do you really have to be so blunt?

Although Lin Mo wanted to seek justice from the Empress and remove her from the throne, he didn't have to be so blatant!

Is this something that can be discussed face to face? Aren't you afraid that bad guys will overhear and wipe out my entire Lin family?

At the same time, this system is indeed harmonious.

Even Lin Mo's attempt to rebel could be detected by scanning.

Then they arranged for a historically renowned expert in rebellion to be appointed!

When Zhu Yuanzhang passed the throne to Zhu Yunwen, the latter was eager to reduce the power of the princes as soon as he took the throne, which harmed many of his uncles.

Therefore, Yao Guangxiao decisively encouraged Zhu Di to rebel, and was responsible for planning the rebellion for Zhu Di, while Zhu Di was responsible for carrying it out, thus launching the Jingnan Campaign.

After that, the two cooperated seamlessly, acting decisively and ruthlessly, killing anyone who stood in their way.

He ultimately defeated Zhu Yunwen and seized the throne.

With Yao Guangxiao by his side, Lin Mo explained his current situation to him.

After listening to the demonic monk, he soon devised a plan for Lin Mo.

"Send General Xu Chu with two thousand elite troops to suppress the bandits. The rest of the soldiers will follow Your Highness back to Xichuan City and wipe out Yang Fei's gang!"