"Your Highness should know that the Su Family Army was established by my father. After my father's death, the Su Family Army recognized no one but my father's military seal!"
The matter of the Su family's military seal has always been a sensitive topic, and Su Xuening rarely mentions it to anyone. It just so happens that Xuan Yuanzhan is someone she trusts, which is why she mentioned it to him.
Xuan Yuanzhan nodded: "I've heard of that. I heard that when General Su died, Xuan Yuanpeng sent several generals to try to subdue the Su family army, but the Su family army simply did not obey those generals. Several generals went but to no avail. Instead, conflicts arose frequently, and troubles broke out in the military camp every day. It seems that in the end, Su Renyi took the military seal of the Su family army and finally subdued them."
This happened five years ago. He was fifteen years old then. Because he often heard people mention General Su, he greatly admired his ability to lead troops. That's why he paid special attention to the Su family army after General Su's accident.
“Yes, actually that wasn’t the military tally of the Su family army, it was my father’s military tally! The soldiers of the Su family army only recognized my father as the great general, and after my father died, they only recognized my father’s military tally!” Su Xuening also knew about what happened in the Su family army camp five years ago.
It was around that time that she believed her father had handed the Su family's military tally to Su Renyi. However, she never expected that Su Renyi and Su Huiyan had created a fake tally, and because of this fake tally, the Emperor directly bestowed her father's title upon Su Renyi!
Xuanyuan Zhan understood, but frowned and said, "But now your father is gone, and even Su Renyi is about to be beheaded. Since the Su family army only recognizes General Su's military seal, wouldn't Xuanyuan Peng be able to take control of the Su family army by taking back the military seal?"
Su Renzhong is dead, and Su Renyi is about to die too. It will be easy for Xuanyuan Peng to take back the Su family's military seal!
Su Xuening scoffed dismissively: "If it were really that simple, do you think the Emperor would have allowed Su Renyi and Su Huiyan to keep jumping around for so long?"
If obtaining the Su family's military tally truly meant controlling the Su family army, then Su Renyi, who held the tally, would probably be dead long ago.
Now that the Emperor has ordered the execution of Su Renyi, it seems he's after the Su family's military seal. He's still not giving up on the Su family army and wants to try again.
"You mean even if Xuanyuan Peng obtains the Su family's military token, he still can't control the Su family army? What's the logic behind that? Explain it to me in detail." Xuanyuan Zhan looked at Su Xuening expectantly, genuinely curious about the Su family's military token and the Su family army.
If you asked Su Xuening to seriously talk about the Su family army, she really couldn't explain it clearly.
The reason she felt that even if the emperor obtained the Su family's military seal, he would not be able to control the Su family army was because in the third year she was imprisoned in the cold palace, during the great war between Eastern Chu and Southern Qi, Xuan Yuanpeng wanted to mobilize the Su family army, but in the end, the Su family army did not participate in that battle.
Moreover, there was a conversation Su Huiyan had with her when she was imprisoned in the cold palace.
Su Huiyan once said that no one but her father could truly command the Su family army. She must have tried, but she couldn't mobilize the Su family army, even though she had a fake Su family military token, the Su family army didn't obey her!
And then there's Su Renyi. Even though he entered the camp with the military tally, it only stopped the Su family army from fighting. After her father passed away, Su Renyi never led the Su family army into battle. Moreover, in her previous life, until her death, the Su family army didn't mobilize for ten years after her father's passing.
All of this proves that commanding the Su family army is not as simple as having a military tally, or at least not as simple as having a fake military tally!
However, Su Xuening couldn't explain the events of her past life or the secret of the fake military tally to Xuan Yuanzhan: "Actually, I can't say for sure. I just feel that they can't command the Su family army. If the Emperor could easily command the Su family army, then Su Huiyan and Su Renyi wouldn't have plotted against my father!"
Su Huiyan wasn't stupid. If the Su family army could be easily brought under the Emperor's control, then killing her father would only lead to the Su family army falling into the Emperor's hands. At that point, she would have no leverage, and how could she protect her and Xuan Yuan Yu's positions?
Only if the Emperor cannot command the Su family army, and her father is dead, can she join forces with Su Renyi and use the Su family army to gradually gain a high position.
Perhaps she thought she could take over the Su family army after her father's death, but she never expected that she would find her father's true military seal and be unable to command the Su family army at all.
However, the Emperor was unaware of this, which is why he tolerated and indulged Su Renyi and Su Huiyan in every way because of the Su family army.
She knew the secrets of the Su family army, but she was certain that Su Huiyan did.
Even if Su Huiyan doesn't know now, or doesn't know much, she must have known something before she died in her previous life, which is why she said those words to her.
Su Xuening's words left Xuan Yuanzhan puzzled: "Did Su Huiyan and Su Renyi murder General Su?"
Mentioning this matter, Su Xuening's aura instantly turned icy, and she gritted her teeth as she said, "My father was killed by Su Huiyan and Su Renyi!"
"Didn't General Su die in battle?" Xuan Yuanzhan exclaimed in disbelief.
Although he was away from the capital for many years, when the news of General Su's death reached Xiangnan, many people felt sorry for him.
Because of General Su's death in battle, the Su family army was leaderless and had no one to lead the troops. Xuan Yuanpeng was unable to subdue the Su family army, so he transferred some troops to him in the hope of cultivating his own military power and army so that he could replace the Su family army in the future!
Thinking of her father's death, Su Xuening's gaze instantly turned into sharp, cold arrows: "Five years ago, the Northern Rong invaded the northern border of Eastern Chu. The Emperor sent my father to lead the Su family army to fight against the Northern Rong. The Northern Rong were scarce and few in number. At that time, the Northern Rong only had a mere 100,000 troops, while the Su family army led by my father had as many as 300,000. How could he have died in the Northern Rong Valley!"
Xuan Yuanzhan frowned: "I remember that battle. The Su family army won, but General Su died on the battlefield!"
Su Xuening angrily shouted, "Su Renyi came back and said that Father was ambushed by the Northern Rong. He was led into a large canyon by the Northern Rong general and died under the rocks. When Father's body was brought back, it was unrecognizable. If it weren't for the faint blue dragon totem on Father's left back, I'm afraid no one would recognize Father!"
Seeing Su Xuening so agitated, Xuan Yuanzhan sat down beside her and gently patted her back reassuringly.
Thinking of her father's unrecognizable appearance back then, Su Xuening's eyes reddened, and her voice choked with emotion: "But Father was a young commander, and he's encountered all sorts of spears and arrows on the battlefield. Besides his outstanding command abilities, Father was also very skilled in martial arts. Ordinary people couldn't harm him in the slightest. How could Father have fallen into someone's ambush so easily? He was tricked by Su Huiyan and Su Renyi!"
It must have been Su Renyi and Su Huiyan who plotted against Father, which is why Father fell into the Northern Rong people's ambush!
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