Amidst the flames of war, the city was engulfed in flames.
Sure enough, the two patterns were exactly the same.
"Tell me, how does Empress Dowager Xiao want me to assist you?"
"The world is in chaos now, and Zhang Xianzhong's forces are going all out to deal with Jiang Tian."
Zhang Xianzhong might not be a match for Jiang Tian, but he could stall for ten or eight days.
At this point, a smug look appeared on Pang Hao's face.
"What about ten or eight days later?" Feng Huo Liancheng retorted without any politeness.
"At that time, I had already forced His Majesty to abdicate in my favor."
And so I became the rightful emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Pang Hao has been mentally unstable ever since his son died.
He knew perfectly well that Jiang Tian was getting closer and closer to the capital, but this guy was just too eager to become emperor.
However, this situation is understandable.
Before his death, Yuan Shu of Huainan reigned as emperor for a few days.
This has been the case countless times throughout history.
Many emperors in Chinese history reigned for only ten or eight days.
But in the end, they couldn't resist wanting to be emperor.
"You don't need to worry about this. Even if I'm only emperor for one day, I'm still the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty."
Feng Huo Liancheng looked at Pang Hao with disdain.
"General Feng Huo Lian Cheng may not be fully aware of my strength."
"To be honest, I funded all 18 rebel armies of the Great Xia Dynasty. Although Jiang Tian destroyed three of them, I still have 15 rebel armies under my control, each with between 100,000 and 500,000 men."
These rebels, united as one, numbered greatly.
"They're nothing but a rabble," Feng Huo Lian Cheng sneered.
Two days ago, Feng Huo Lian Cheng and Jiang Tian fought a battle.
Only when the flames of war reached the city did we realize that our numbers outnumbered our opponents, rendering our efforts utterly ineffective.
Jiangtian has 2,000 people and only two trains.
But before the angel could even see how the battle was launched, his troops were utterly defeated.
Of the thousands of people who were taken away by the beacon fire, almost all of them died.
He himself was also blown up and covered in blood.
"General Feng Huo Lian Cheng said, 'Don't put it so harshly. Even if those rebels are a rabble, they can still play a role in crucial moments.'"
Pang Hao then waved the letter, which was supposedly written to him by Empress Dowager Xiao, in front of Feng Huo Lian Cheng.
"The most important thing now is for you to come to court with me tomorrow."
"I still have 5,000 people here."
These 5,000 people secretly entered the city last night.
These people are armed, and their abilities are extraordinary.
Feng Huo Liancheng: "What can you give me in return for helping you?"
"You are one of the founding heroes. When the time comes, it will only take a word from me to bestow titles and make you a high-ranking official."
Upon hearing this, Feng Huo Liancheng laughed and said, "I don't want these empty words. These bullshit things are worthless to me."
“One million taels of silver.” Pang Hao simply held up one finger.
Feng Huo Lian Cheng was surprised by the other party's generosity: "One million taels of silver is too little. When you supported the 18 rebel armies, you spent more than this amount of money."
Give me five million taels of silver, and I'll do it for you.
"Isn't five million taels of silver a bit too much? General Feng Huo Lian Cheng, you don't need to ask for such an exorbitant amount."
We'll have many more opportunities to cooperate in the future.
"Five million taels of silver, not a single tael less, otherwise, you can choose someone else."
"If the transaction is for five million taels of silver, then it is five million taels of silver."
...
The study of Empress Qian Renxue in the capital's imperial palace.
"Your Majesty," this time, besides the chief eunuch Lü Fang, the seal-holding eunuch Liu Jin also knelt beside the Empress.
"Grand Secretary Pang Hao said that he has fully recovered and can attend the morning court session tomorrow."
Lu Fang quickly said, "Could this guy be plotting something?"
"Your Majesty, this man has tens of thousands of soldiers outside the city. Our men are monitoring Pang Hao's manor outside the city."
It was discovered that this involved tens of thousands of soldiers, and two large-scale mobilizations.
Upon hearing this, Qian Renxue sat up straight: "Which two large-scale mobilizations?"
"The first time was four days ago, when the other side mobilized thousands of people."
However, only four or five hundred people returned after they left.
“This is something we should be wary of,” Lü Fang said.
Empress Qian Renxue glanced at Liu Jin: "Little Liu, you can go down now."
Liu Jin respectfully kowtowed to Empress Qian Renxue and withdrew.
"The message I received today by carrier pigeon was a letter from Shangguan Wan'er."
She said that Jiang Tian's team encountered two ambushes along the way, each involving more than 5,000 enemy troops.
Upon hearing this, Lü Fang was extremely worried: "Jiang Tian only brought 2,000 men into the capital. These two ambushes could cost him his life."
Qian Renxue smiled slightly: "Jiang Tian escaped unscathed. On the contrary, the two groups of ambushing soldiers suffered heavy losses. Shangguan Wan'er said that wherever she went, the ground was littered with blood and brains."
Lu Fang breathed a long sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good."
"I heard that Zhang Xianzhong's troops are also heading towards the capital. I really don't know what his troops are going to do here." Qian Renxue looked out the window.
The little girl's relaxed state of mind tensed up again.
"Zhang Xianzhong should also be a rebel army supported by the Grand Secretary."
Zhang Xianzhong was an extremely cruel man.
Although his troops were not as numerous as those of Li Zicheng, Zhang Shicheng, and Chen Youliang.
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