The next morning, Su Renzhong and his son Su Yun'an, along with Wu Liping and the other two, and the Su family army, headed towards the capital of Northern Wei.
Their secret base was actually very close to the capital, and by noon they had already arrived in the capital of Northern Wei.
Su Renzhong led the Su family army directly into the capital, distributing them on the city walls to await the arrival of Helian Zheng and his men.
He handed over the task of defending the city to Wu Liping and the other two, while he took Su Yun'an back to the palace to report.
Helian Rong was very pleased to bring the two back: "Have you brought them to the capital?"
Su Renzhong nodded: "Yes, let them guard the city."
Helian Rong was satisfied: "My 300,000 troops have also been concentrated in the capital."
Helian Rong then took out his own military tally and handed it to Su Renzhong: "You are in charge of everything!"
“Okay.” Su Renzhong immediately accepted the military tally.
Helian Rong sighed and said, "Actually, my 300,000 troops consist of the Three Dragon Guards plus the garrison around the capital: 50,000 Azure Dragon Guards, 50,000 White Dragon Guards, 100,000 Black Dragon Guards, and another 100,000 garrison troops. All of these add up to 300,000 troops."
The capital city has 300,000 garrison troops, which is more than enough. In addition, there is a secret army that is stationed not far from the capital. Including that secret army of 300,000, it is more than sufficient.
He just never expected that those two rebellious sons would actually come to this!
They turned against the father who gave them life and raised them with weapons—how could these two unfilial sons do such a thing!
Helian Rong wanted nothing more than to strangle those two rebellious sons!
"That's enough," Su Renzhong said casually, not wanting to put too much pressure on the old man.
Looking at Su Renzhong's confident appearance, Helian Rong recalled Su Xuening's words.
My father may not be a good emperor, but he will definitely be a good general!
Helian Rong laughed and said, "Your name, General Su, is renowned in Eastern Chu, but we in Northern Wei have never witnessed it before. This time, let me have a good look at your military leadership skills!"
Su Renzhong bowed deeply and said earnestly, "Ci'er will certainly live up to your expectations!"
Helian Rong nodded in satisfaction.
These children are all of excellent character and ability; they just have different strengths!
Helian Rong thought of his three unfilial sons again. Ever since Yu'er passed away, he had tried very hard to cultivate them, but he ended up raising three deformed children. Just thinking about it made his head ache with anger.
Just as Helian Rong was rubbing his forehead, Wu Shou rushed over to report: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, the Young Prince, Prince Rui, and Prince Mu have led their troops to the outskirts of the capital."
Su Renzhong and Su Yun'an both frowned.
Helian Rong, forgetting all about rubbing his forehead, frowned and said, "You came pretty quickly!"
Helian Rong tapped his dragon-headed cane and reached out to Su Renzhong: "Help me go see those two rebellious sons!"
Su Renzhong looked at him with some concern: "With the two sides fighting, the city wall is dangerous. Swords and spears have no eyes. You'd better not go."
Helian Rong glared at him with displeasure: "Didn't you all protect me in danger? What, you can't even protect this old man like me!"
...This is a provocation tactic.
Su Yun'an immediately stepped forward and helped Helian Rong up, saying, "I will protect my great-grandfather!"
"Good lad!" Helian Rong praised Su Yun'an with great satisfaction.
...Su Renzhong glanced helplessly at his son.
That little sycophant!
What else could Su Renzhong do but step forward and support Helian Rong on the other side.
The two of them helped Helian Rong out, one on each side. Xuan Yuanzhan, Su Xuening, and Duanmu Junyu also arrived.
Su Renzhong frowned as he looked at the baby in Su Xuening's arms: "You're not all going to the city gate with me, are you?"
Even Xiao Bao was brought along!
The city walls are truly ruthless; do they even realize how dangerous they are?
Su Xuening knew what he was worried about, but said nonchalantly, "With Xuanyuan Zhan here, we'll all be fine. Besides, Xiaobao has the Xuanwu Divine Beast protecting him."
If Xiao Bao is really in danger, Xuan Yuanzhan won't even need to intervene; the Xuanwu Divine Beast will appear.
Su Renzhong was speechless.
Well, nothing he said mattered, so we had no choice but to go together.
The whole family arrived at the city gate together, without missing a single person.
Upon hearing that Helian Zheng and Helian Jun had arrived at the capital's gates, Helian Qin rushed to the city tower without stopping.
When Su Renzhong saw Helian Qin, his head started to ache.
That's great, now everyone's accounted for.
Everyone went up to the city wall together.
Below, Helian Zheng and Helian Jun indeed led a large army to block the city gate, seemingly preparing to attack it.
Upon seeing Helian Rong emerge, the two exchanged a somewhat guilty glance.
The old man has come out!
Is Helian Ci any capable? The old man is so old, yet he still sends him to the battlefield!
Helian Rong was enraged when he saw Helian Zheng and Helian Jun, and shouted: "You two unfilial sons, how dare you raise an army to rebel! I am giving you one last chance. If you surrender obediently, I will spare your lives out of familial affection!"
At this point, Helian Rong's words were no longer of any use.
Helian Zheng raised his head high and shouted back, "Don't bother! Ever since the day you defied the will of Heaven and passed the crown prince position to Helian Ci, there has been no blood ties between us!"
Helian Rong was instantly enraged by Helian Zheng's words and snorted coldly: "Defying the will of Heaven? How dare you say that! The will of Heaven is that An'er summoned the Azure Dragon Divine Beast and passed the throne to Ci'er and An'er!"
The moment the Azure Dragon mythical beast was mentioned, the soldiers below all became solemn and respectful.
Helian Zheng was also somewhat afraid of the Azure Dragon Divine Beast, and immediately shouted angrily, "Stop bringing up the Azure Dragon Divine Beast! Our three sons are nothing in front of you now! In short, if you bypass us and pass the crown prince position directly to Helian Ci, we will not accept it!"
Helian Zheng, not wanting to waste any more words with Helian Rong, raised his hand and said, "Attack the city for me!"
At Helian Zheng's command, the soldiers behind him immediately took action.
Su Renzhong, who was on the city wall, also raised his hand.
The Su family army, which had just been hiding, suddenly appeared as if by magic, each raising their bows and arrows and aiming them at the soldiers below.
Seeing the sudden appearance of so many soldiers, Helian Jun was stunned and immediately looked at Helian Zheng: "What's going on? Where did all these soldiers come from to guard the city?"
They had calculated before that the old man's forces, including the Three Dragon Guards and the capital's garrison, totaled no more than 300,000. Now, these newly emerged soldiers are estimated to number 300,000!
Helian Zheng never expected that another 300,000 troops would suddenly appear out of nowhere.
The two men were unsure where these suddenly appearing troops came from or how many there were, so they dared not make any rash moves.
Seeing that they had stopped, Helian Qin said smugly to them, "You don't know yet, do you? Our old man has a backup plan. This secret army was specially prepared for you by the old man!"
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