Chapter 1210: Appearance and Dependence
The lieutenant generals also stopped them.
They still have nearly 20,000 people now. Is it so easy to enter this mountain?
Even if they were not afraid of wild beasts because of their numbers, the mountains and forests were not like flat roads. There was no connection between the front and the back, so it was easy to get lost, and they could not guarantee that they could get out.
Even the best local hunters have never crossed these mountains and forests to reach Mianzhou. Who knows what is inside?
They would rather risk their lives to find a way out than take the foolish move of crossing the mountains.
So the lieutenant generals suggested, "Your Highness, let's fight our way out. We will protect you even at the risk of our lives."
The King of Yizhou sighed and said, "Then I'll leave it to you generals. If this is accomplished, you will surely be the first to contribute to the founding of our nation."
The soldiers were overwhelmed with emotion when they heard this.
The King of Yizhou also mentioned the Queen Mother and several ministers in the court who were on good terms with him, saying that they all supported him.
He said, "The Crown Prince has been married for many years but still has no children. The Third Prince is also very ambitious, and all the ministers are very worried. In addition, my eldest brother and third brother's former ministers have also contacted me. The situation in the court is very good. Once we take over Maozhou, Mianzhou, and Yizhou, we can start uprisings in various places."
Pei Ziwen lowered his eyes and put on an excited expression like several other lieutenant generals, but his heart was not very moved. Instead, he was more worried.
Because these lieutenant generals had been training their troops in the mountains for a long time, they knew little about what was happening outside. They didn't even know that the King of Yizhou had failed and been imprisoned.
This time, it was not so much that the King of Yizhou launched the rebellion calmly after completing all preparations, but rather that he was forced to do so hastily.
If things are not kept secret, they will leak out. Can a secret uprising be successful if it has been leaked?
At this moment, Pei Ziwen remembered what his good friend Master Guan once said, "The world has been in chaos for a long time, and the people long for peace. Your Highness has missed it, and it's a missed opportunity. You should persuade Your Highness to follow the will of heaven."
"Going against the will of heaven will not end well."
"Ziwen?" The King of Yizhou couldn't help but raise his voice. Pei Ziwen came back to his senses and bowed hurriedly. "What are your instructions, Your Majesty?"
The King of Yizhou frowned, "What are you thinking about? Why didn't you respond even after I called you several times?"
Pei Ziwen smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, I'm old now and rarely stay up this late, so..."
The King of Yizhou then shook his hand and sighed, "I was not thoughtful enough. I am sorry to hear this."
"It is our blessing to serve the prince..."
The two exchanged a few words of confession, and then the King of Yizhou took Pei Ziwen back to the main courtyard, saying something privately, "I've already told Xin'an and Xinping not to let any news of what's happening in the capital leak out. It takes a thousand days to raise an army, but only a moment to deploy it. We absolutely cannot let morale drop at this moment."
Pei Ziwen agreed.
But having said that, the King of Yizhou himself was worried.
Those lieutenant generals and soldiers knew nothing, so they could be blindly confident, but the King of Yizhou could not do that.
He still couldn't understand why. "Dongxi Village is fine. The Xiang family's remnants weren't completely wiped out, so some of them were left out. But how come someone in Maozhou also found out about it so early?"
He entered the mountains and sent out his troops right after, but he was ambushed and killed. If he hadn't known about it in advance, he would never have been ambushed so accurately.
Pei Ziwen also frowned. "This is a bit strange, but Maozhou has always maintained strict military discipline, and with Governor Zhang covering it up, it shouldn't have leaked out."
Speaking of Governor Zhang, the two fell silent again. They both knew that the situation in Maozhou City was probably very dangerous.
The King of Yizhou's years of planning were ruined in an instant. He pursed his lips tightly, clenched his fists, and said, "I wish I could go back to those days and clean up the families of those involved."
The whole thing was caused by the descendants of Bai Qi and Zhou Yin. When he was imprisoned in the palace, the King of Yizhou regretted it more than once.
I shouldn't have spared their lives just because the Bai family was a small family in Longzhou and was worried that the matter would get out of hand.
Pei Ziwen also felt regretful, but things had already come to this point and there was no point in regretting it. Besides, they couldn't find out Zhou Yin's identity back then.
Even if Bai Qi's entire family was killed, Zhou Yin would still be missed.
Who would have thought that the people of Qili Village were so bold as to tell such a huge lie to the entire village?
The King of Yizhou asked, "Longzhou is fine, as it's not within the Jiannan Road. But have you sent anyone to Luojiang County in Mianzhou? We must completely wipe out the Zhou family and prevent any future trouble."
Pei Ziwen said quickly, "Your Highness, it's not the right time yet. Once you conquer Mianzhou, not only will you be able to take over the Zhou family, but even the entire Qili Village will be at your disposal. Why rush now?"
He had just arrived here after picking up the Queen of Yizhou from the capital and had traveled all night, a bumpy ride. He had just entered the mountains last night and was about to send troops out to capture Maozhou early this morning. However, while they were still waiting for news, the fleeing soldiers came back and said they had been ambushed...
Where would he find the time to send someone to seek personal revenge?
Pei Ziwen said that there was no need to take the personal grudges between the Zhou and Bai families too seriously. When they succeeded, or were halfway there, and occupied Longzhou or Mianzhou, you could kill them or cut them up as you pleased.
There is really no need to spend too much manpower and energy on this kind of thing now.
Before in the capital, he did not agree with leaving so many people behind just to kill two teenagers.
But seeing that the King of Yizhou was unable to swallow his anger and wanted to establish his authority, he selected all the best fighters and took them out of the capital, while the rest were left in the capital.
Thinking that these assassins were enough to kill two young men with insufficient foundation, he also ordered the killing of their relatives in the capital as an extra gift to the King of Yizhou.
At this point, it is not known whether they succeeded or not.
The reason why the King of Yizhou specifically sought out Pei Ziwen to speak was to appease him. After all, apart from his death squads and guards, he was the only person who knew the truth.
As for Dongxi Village, he did not tell the lieutenant generals explicitly, but only hinted that it was discovered by the patrolling imperial censor, who thought that Dongxi Village was full of bandits, so Suizhou and Mianzhou borrowed troops to capture all the people.
He hoped that Pei Ziwen could confirm this matter and not reveal the fact that they were in a bad situation.
Pei Ziwen felt that the matter was not so easy to conceal. Those lieutenant generals were not fools. Their troops were ambushed as soon as they set out. Who would believe that the situation outside was good?
However, Pei Ziwen still agreed with a smile.
The King of Yizhou sighed in his heart, "If only Guan Qing were still here."
Pei Ziwen lowered his eyes and did not tell him that Master Guan did not approve of his plan to raise an army.
In fact, the King of Yizhou had really bad luck. It should be said that all the people who were pulled onto this ship by the King of Yizhou had bad luck.
At that time, the emperor and the third prince were fighting fiercely, and most of the court officials were implicated. Even the prince's officials were divided into two groups, some supported the third prince, and some supported the current prince.
Of course, because the former crown prince preferred the third prince, most of the former crown prince's people chose the third prince.
And just when they were fighting so fiercely, the fifth prince, who was eager to join in, was named King of Yizhou and sent to his fiefdom.
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