Moments later, Qingcheng was completely captured.
Yu Guozhang, Qi Ming, and a group of disheveled generals were dragged in front of Feng Jiu.
"Yu Guozhang, I heard you've prepared a trap for me?" Feng Jiu said sarcastically.
Yu Guozhang sneered, "The victor is king, the loser is villain. There's nothing to say. You, surnamed Lin, are just more cunning than me! If you have the guts, kill me. I am a meritorious official. Although I cannot kill you, a traitor, I will die with honor! Future generations will remember me!"
"Meritorious officials?" Feng Jiu sneered. "Everyone in the world knows the true character of aristocratic families. Don't you know who the common people have been cursing all these years?"
"Stop spouting nonsense. Who cares about the thoughts of commoners? Guns are in the hands of the powerful clans, and cattle and horses can only bow their heads in submission. History is always written by the victors!"
Yu Guozhang said arrogantly, "Although Feidong has been defeated, the Western Border Army stands like the Great Wall, blocking the throat of the capital. You have no chance of entering Yan. I'm afraid that before you even return to Yandu, everything will be settled! The aristocratic families have already taken power. You, Lin Yu, are an outright traitor!! The greatest usurper in a century, deserving of eternal infamy!"
"As for me, Yu Guozhang, although I did not kill the traitor, I stopped him at Feishui. I am a loyal and virtuous man for all ages, and my descendants will be buried on Jiubaoshan!"
"Oh, really?"
Feng Jiu sneered and slowly removed the mask from her face.
"You think you're worthy to be my young marshal's opponent? You're dreaming!" he said with a half-smile.
Yu Guozhang was stunned.
"You're not Lin Yu, you..."
After all that, it turns out it wasn't Lin Yu who did this to him... This is unbelievable...
puff!
Seeing that he could no longer be a meritorious official, Yu Guozhang was so enraged that he coughed up three liters of blood and fainted.
Yandu.
Outside the Forbidden City.
Time passed second by second.
Zhang Yi and the others were like ants on a hot pan.
Their hopes are all in the South.
Only if they win in both Shanghai and Feidong can they be considered to have victory in their grasp and be absolutely certain of success.
If we lose.
That would be a bad situation.
Even though the Western Border Army can stop the Jinling Army, if Lin Yu were to lead his troops north, that would be a different story altogether.
This could very well lead to a stalemate between the North and the South.
It should be noted that the Lin family also has the Fengtian Army. Even if they take over the north, once the Fengtian Army resolves the Japanese crisis and forms an encirclement with the Nanjing Army, they will be in for a lot of trouble!
public opinion?
It's completely useless!
Prince Yan, Zhu Di, was also a rebel, but people will only remember the Yongle Encyclopedia!
How cruel was Genghis Khan?
All they know is how to bend a bow and shoot a giant eagle!
He too became a illustrious emperor!
This world is results-oriented!
It is also defined by the strong!
The common people are now calling you a traitor, but they'll give you some favors once you come to power.
Reduce taxes and corvée labor, or enact some good laws, and they'll do anything for you!
It is common knowledge that the weak are the most fickle; that's human nature!
That which is above form is called the Way.
Those who stand atop the clouds have the right to look down upon everything!
Below the clouds, all is but mud and clay; even the most powerful clans, once defeated, are nothing but clay chickens and earthen dogs.
"Your Excellency, something terrible has happened!"
Just then, the intelligence officer came to report.
Zhang Yi, Xu Huai, Chen Hu, and the others all shuddered.
"What the hell are you yelling about? If you dare to disrupt morale, believe me, I'll kill you!" Chen Hu grabbed the intelligence officer by the collar.
"Old Chen, don't get agitated!"
Zhang Yi quickly tried to dissuade him, and then asked the intelligence officer, "Tell me what exactly happened!"
The intelligence officer swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice, "Lü Yanlong has been defeated. The Shanghai army cannot cross the Huangpu River. Yu Guozhang from Feidong has also been captured alive!"
"What??"
The old men's heads buzzed, and their minds went completely blank.
Damn it!
Despite operating on three battlefields and deploying troops in multiple locations, they failed to gain the upper hand in any of them and were instead defeated in all of them!
Originally, they believed that as long as either Shanghai or Feidong could win, their chances of winning the battle would be over 60-70%.
But now, not only are they in a dilemma in the Forbidden City, but they have also lost in Shanghai and Feidong.
What's the point of playing anymore?!
"Stop waiting! I told you long ago we should launch a full-scale attack, kill Hua Zhen first, and get the Imperial Seal. But you guys have been waiting and procrastinating, dragging the situation out like this!" Chen Hu glared with his tiger eyes.
Zhang Yi shook his head and sighed, slowly clenching his fist. "It's no use saying all that now!"
He looked up at Yang Zonghua, who had remained silent, and said, "Old Yang, hurry up and send your son back to Yandu to help. The only way forward now is to seize the imperial seal first, then surrender the imperial edict and send troops to attack Fengfu. The Feng army is currently tied up by the Japanese, so we have a chance to win if we defeat them. Only by taking down the Feng army can we be sure of defeating the Jinling army!"
Although the Western Frontier Army was the second largest army after the Fengtian Army, Wang Zhonghou's troops were not to be underestimated and were known for their fierceness.
By taking over Fengfu, we will have no worries about the future and our strength will be increased, which will surely ensure our victory over the Jinling army.
Yang Zonghua's old eyes flickered, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
Xu Huai snorted coldly, "Old Yang, at a time like this, don't try anything else. Are you going to bow down to that brat Lin Yu? We planned this together. Do you think he'll respect you more if you betray him now?"
Yang Zonghua's eyes flickered; he hadn't expected that Xu Huai would see through his plan.
However, what the other party said was true.
There's no turning back!
"Alright, I'll call my son right now and have him send his elite troops to raze the Forbidden City to the ground!"
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