This scene involving Dugu Cheng was practically no different from an open rebellion.
Smelling the stench of urine in the air, Dugu Cheng frowned, waved his hand, and said, "You spineless coward, you're a disgrace! You dare to dirty my camp, drag him out and behead him!"
Two soldiers dragged the eunuch away. Sima Canjun Yu Ziqi frowned and walked to Dugu Cheng's side, saying, "General, things are getting worse."
"Our relationship with the Thirty-Six Great Bandits is far too close. Now, some of them have even defected to Yang Cheng. This can't be kept secret any longer."
Dugu Cheng sneered, "I didn't expect to be able to keep it a secret either, but I didn't expect that Zuo Yuan would be such a useless bastard. His own confidants were turned against him by Yang Cheng, and he didn't even notice."
Eighteen men launched a surprise attack on the capital overnight, only to be wiped out completely, and this even caused my position in the court to decline. Useless! Utterly useless!
Dugu Cheng was not angry at the imperial decree ordering him to come to the capital for trial, but rather at Zuo Yuan for being such a useless fellow.
In less than a month, the thirty-six bandits were completely wiped out, which makes Dugu Cheng seem even more useless.
If he were on the side of the imperial court, he would definitely be dissatisfied as well.
Therefore, after learning of Zuo Yuan and his group's annihilation in the battle, Dugu Cheng had already anticipated this day.
Although he had never met Yang Cheng, they had clashed so many times from afar that he knew Yang Cheng's style of doing things very well.
If he didn't take the opportunity to set himself up and dig a hole for himself, then Yang Cheng wouldn't be Yang Cheng.
"So what do you plan to do now, General? In my opinion, we should first make a show of force and tell the outside world that we have been continuously cracking down on the forces of the Thirty-Six Great Bandits for the past three years, which is why Yang Cheng was able to take advantage of the situation."
There are also many people in the capital who are on our side. We can also encourage them to write to the emperor, saying that Yang Cheng is a wolf in sheep's clothing, falsely accusing you, General, and attempting to disband the Wuwei Army and sever the backbone of our Great Zhou.
Furthermore, those who accuse you, General, are all disloyal and unjust traitors. How can their words be taken seriously?
With this series of actions, the imperial court will definitely hesitate, and we can also turn the tide to some extent.
Dugu Cheng stood up, a cold glint in his eyes: "Old Yu, you and I both know what the imperial court is like."
I originally intended to wait until the world descended into chaos before taking decisive action to clean up the mess, but then Yang Cheng came along and caused trouble, and now I can't bear it any longer.
The methods you mentioned might work, but I wouldn't bother using them.
Who am I, Dugu Cheng? How could I possibly stoop so low as to argue with those idiots and good-for-nothings in the imperial court!
Yang Cheng is quite capable; he has never openly laid a hand on me, yet he has driven me to this point.
But does he think that by occupying the capital and fooling those incompetent officials, he can control me? What wishful thinking!
"Old Yu, issue an order to Li Daogan, Yu Wuyai, and Zhang Jun: the Wuwei Army is to march collectively to Beijing!"
Yu Ziqi was immediately startled.
"General, what are you doing? Are you rebelling? But if we make a move now, we'll become the target of everyone's anger!"
Although the imperial court is now in decline, it still has 200,000 elite border troops.
If some second-rate elites from various parts of the Great Zhou were to be selected again, there would be four or five hundred thousand people.
If you, General, openly rebel, wouldn't that give Yang Cheng an excuse to consolidate the court's power to deal with you?
Even if you openly rebel, many within our Wuwei Army will not accept it!
Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Great Zhou Dynasty appears to be in decline, it still has some troops stationed in various places and on the border.
Many of the 300,000 soldiers in the Wuwei Army were recruited by Dugu Cheng from other second-rate armies and then trained.
Therefore, if Dugu Cheng were to openly rebel, many soldiers of the Wuwei Army would be unable to accept it and would leave the Wuwei Army.
The Great Zhou Dynasty lasted for hundreds of years. Although the common people did not live well, as long as they could survive, they would not rebel.
Therefore, until the very last moment, there will still be people who support the Great Zhou dynasty.
Dugu Cheng said calmly, "Who said I was going to rebel? I'm just purging the court of corrupt officials!"
Send a message to the outside world, saying that the late emperor entrusted me, Dugu Town, to guard the Great Zhou Dynasty, but now a treacherous official has appeared by the emperor's side!
Yang Cheng of the Zhenwu Hall and Grand Tutor Cai Yan misled His Majesty and wantonly framed loyal officials; they deserve to be torn to pieces!
I, Dugu Cheng, am fulfilling my duty as a regent: to purge the court of treacherous officials and eliminate corrupt ministers!
Yu Ziqi shook his head helplessly; no idiot would believe that excuse.
However, Dugu Cheng didn't care whether they believed him or not; he only needed to give himself a reasonable excuse.
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