"Good! Good! Good, good, good!" Shang Dongyang laughed heartily, saying "good" five times in a row, so excited he almost jumped up.

But he also slammed his fist on the table three times with a triumphant air, then stood up with a smug shrug, waved his long arm, and said in a very pretentious manner: "Let's go, I will personally go out of the city to muster the troops, and then lead these hundreds of thousands of troops straight to the palace!"

“But Your Highness…” Wang Jian hesitated.

Shang Dongyang was in a good mood and didn't mind that Wang Jian hadn't responded to him in time. Instead, he stopped in front of Wang Jian with great patience and a very high attitude: "What, do you not believe me, or do you not believe in the invincible army trained by the Ninth Prince?"

"Your subordinate dares not," Wang Jian lowered his head even further and reminded him, "What I mean is that His Majesty ordered the Second Prince and Gao Chengwei to besiege the Ninth Prince's residence; given the Ninth Prince's favoritism towards Princess Chonghe, I feel that the Ninth Prince is unlikely to surrender easily, and there is a risk of chaos in the capital. Your Highness, would it be more prudent to observe and wait before making a decision?"

"Slap!" Shang Dongyang raised his hand and slapped Wang Jian, laughing, "Are you stupid? Wouldn't it be better if they started fighting like dogs and caused chaos in the capital? At that time, Gao Chengwei would have taken most of the Imperial Guards to the Ninth Prince's residence, leaving the palace defenses weak. When we led our troops into the palace, it would be like entering an empty place. Wouldn't that be twice as effective?"

After saying that, Shang Dongyang strode away with a wild, arrogant, and domineering gait.

Wang Jian opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't dare to utter another word.

He was the Crown Prince's closest confidant and understood him better than anyone else.

Anyone who dares to repeatedly dampen the Crown Prince's spirits,

Even if it's a golden piece of advice, it's still pure suicide!

Shang Dongyang rode out of the city with great enthusiasm, heading straight for the assembly point of the two armies—a dense forest at the foot of a mountain in the western suburbs of Kyoto.

As luck would have it, it happened right next to the dense forest where Shang Xiye had previously set up camp.

The demon beasts, including Ghost Face and Ancestral Beast, who did not follow Shang Xiye and Ji Fengyao to the capital, happened to be temporarily residing in this forest.

However, without Shang Xiye's order, the Ghost Faces rarely allow them to come out.

Looking at that vast army, almost covering the entire mountainside;

Especially the army under Shang Xiye's command,

They were all well-equipped and their ranks were well-organized, clearly indicating that they were elite soldiers and generals.

Shang Dongyang couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

He had previously secretly kept a private army.

Even at his wealthiest, he only had tens of thousands of private soldiers, which could not compare to the current situation.

After dismounting, Shang Dongyang felt his legs go weak.

He quickly grabbed a tree nearby: Holy crap, so many soldiers!

Happiness came too fast and too fiercely. Let me lean on a tree for support and slow down a bit.

Wang Jian arrived shortly after, quickly dismounted, and tried to help him up: "Your Highness..."

"No need, no need, this prince can do it!"

Shang Dongyang waved his right hand with an unusually pretentious air, as if he were the commander of the world's most handsome, coolest, and most powerful million-strong army.

Stand up, head up, chest out, stomach in!

Shang Dongyang strode confidently before the two armies, exuding an aura of dominance. He cleared his throat with an imposing air and proclaimed in a deep voice, "Greetings, esteemed soldiers! You must all recognize me, yes! That's right! I am the... of the Great Zhao..."

"All soldiers under the command of the Ninth Prince's Palace, listen to my command!"

Shang Dongyang hadn't even finished his pretentious self-introduction when...

Suddenly, a very deep and majestic voice came from the air behind him.

"Yes!" All the soldiers under the command of the Ninth Prince answered in unison.

The loud, unified sound was like a tsunami.

It startled countless birds in the nearby mountains.