At the early morning of the tenth day of the tenth month, in the southern suburbs of Lianzhou Prefecture, the place was dark with soldiers and horses. Fortunately, it was night time and tonight was the Shangxuan moon. The moon had disappeared and the whole world was hidden in darkness. Suddenly, a row of torches were lit up in an instant.
Shen Laiqing came over in military uniform, riding a tall horse, followed by several generals, all wearing armor and holding spears.
"Brothers, the dog emperor of the capital city stole the throne of His Royal Highness Prince Qing. Now that dog emperor has sent people to assassinate our Prince Qing. This is intolerable. Our Prince Qing, as the elder brother, chose to give in and gave the throne to the dog emperor for the sake of the royal family's reputation and brotherhood. However, he has been sending people to assassinate our Prince Qing for years. Now our Prince Qing is not going to tolerate it anymore and has decided to lead an army to the capital city to take back the throne that originally belonged to our Prince Qing."
The soldiers below did not shout loudly. It turned out that they had been instructed in advance that their actions tonight needed to be carried out quietly. If they shouted loudly at this time, it was estimated that everyone in Lianzhou Prefecture could hear it.
Shen Laiqing looked at the many soldiers below, and hatred in his heart was already ignited. For Prince Qing, he sacrificed his entire family. To this day, the Shen family members were still imprisoned in the capital? Who knew if they were still alive?
When Shen Laiqing arrived with a large army, Lu Zifeng had already discovered it. He watched Shen Laiqing talk to the person who opened the city gate, and then he led thousands of soldiers into Lianzhou Prefecture and headed straight for the Lianzhou Prefecture prefectural government office.
Lu Zifeng released the carrier pigeon in his hand, keeping his mental focus on it until it flew into the mountains. Only then did he relax. Next, he watched Shen Laiqing take over Lianzhou Prefecture. By dawn, the entire Lianzhou Prefecture had been completely controlled by the army brought by Shen Laiqing. Prince Qing then walked out and lived in the prefectural government office.
All the troops outside Lianzhou Prefecture have entered the city of Lianzhou Prefecture. With tens of thousands of soldiers entering the city at once, it does not seem crowded at all.
Inside the prefectural government office.
"Laiqing, what's going on?"
Shen Laiqing stood up.
"Your Majesty, the entire Lianzhou Prefecture is now under your control. However, the food reserves in Lianzhou Prefecture are probably insufficient. There is probably only enough food for the entire city to feed for a month."
Prince Qing laughed and said, "It's okay. We have already occupied Lianzhou City. We can rest for two days and then march towards the capital. The problem of food is not a big deal."
Shen Laiqing felt relieved when he heard Prince Qing say this.
"Your Majesty, is there any news from Prince Rui?"
When Prince Qing heard Shen Laiqing talking about Prince Rui, his face suddenly turned gloomy. This was because Prince Rui had not contacted him until now, so he was not sure whether Prince Rui had escaped the capital safely.
However, the arrow was already on the string and had to be shot, so he didn't dare to think about King Rui's help.
A few months ago, Prince Rui became mentally retarded for no apparent reason. In fact, Prince Qing had always suspected that Prince Rui had rebelled, and he did not want to get involved in his rebellion, so he did this?
"Don't count on Prince Rui for now. He's been mad for a few months now, and the current Crown Prince Rui is a hopeless case. There's no need to count on him either. Let's just rely on ourselves!"
Shen Laiqing looked at Prince Qing doubtfully. Why did he feel that Prince Qing was a little lacking in spirit? However, despite his suspicion, he didn't think much about it.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will get busy now."
Watching Chen Laiqing walking away, Prince Qing stared at the teacup on the table in a daze. In the past, he had always been thinking about regaining the throne, but now that it had really begun, he felt a little panicked in his heart for some reason. He always felt that this rebellion would not succeed.
Of course, Prince Qing also knew at this time that even if he had a bad premonition, he could only bite the bullet and move on at this point.
At this time, in the mountains of Anzhou, Situ Hao and Situ Yi were looking at the letters brought by the carrier pigeons.
"Brother Hao, let's get started! I think Brother Feng has already started."
Situ Hao nodded.
"Pass the order down. It is already 1:00 AM. Prepare to eat and set off at 1:00 PM."
Lu Zifeng sat in the house and monitored Prince Qing's every move. Looking at the corpses of the prefect's family in the prefectural yamen, Lu Zifeng's eyes couldn't help but reveal a hint of ruthlessness. Chen Laiqing, Shen Laiqing, it seems that you are going to die this time.
Looking at the sky, it was estimated that Situ Hao and Situ Yi would be able to lead their troops to Lianzhou Prefecture tonight.
In fact, Lu Zifeng was very curious about why Prince Qing had not yet raised the banner of rebellion. At least, the people of Lianzhou Prefecture did not know that Prince Qing had occupied Lianzhou Prefecture. They were just curious as to why there were so many more soldiers in the city overnight. However, as an ordinary citizen, he naturally did not dare to ask, but just looked at these soldiers with curiosity in his eyes.
Situ Hao and Situ Yi arrived at Lianzhou Prefecture with great fanfare at dusk. By this time, Prince Qing had already learned that Situ Hao and Situ Yi had brought their troops. He was very surprised, as he had concealed the news very well, yet the two had received the news so early and had brought their troops here.
Prince Qing immediately realized that the news must have leaked out, but he was not afraid at this time. He directly ordered Shen Laiqing to lead his troops to the city wall and raise Prince Qing's flag.
Situ Hao and Situ Yi led their troops to the north gate of Lianzhou City and stopped.
"Your Highness Prince Qing, so you're here? The Emperor was sending people looking for you a few days ago. Who would have thought you'd come to Lianzhou Prefecture and even rebel? Are you worthy of the Emperor? Are you worthy of the late Emperor? Are you worthy of the ancestors of the Situ family?"
Prince Qing sneered at Situ Yi and Situ Hao below the city.
"Don't try to confuse the people with your lies. The reason I rebelled is because of your emperor. My good brother won't tolerate us. Now your emperor has driven King Rui to stupidity. If I don't rebel, I'm afraid I'll end up like King Rui."
Situ Yi burst into laughter.
"Prince Qing, there's no need to exaggerate. Do you really think we don't know what you've done over the years? You've sent people to assassinate Prince Jing's uncle and Prince Jing's son multiple times. I know about it, not to mention others. My father, your brother, has also been assassinated multiple times. My father, thinking you were brothers, didn't want to embarrass you too much, so he's tolerated you all these years. I never thought you'd rebel now. You're truly a scum of our royal family."
"Don't say the Emperor stole your throne. You must remember that you are only a bastard. In our Dayu Dynasty, the legitimate heir is always appointed, not the eldest son. Since the death of the late Crown Prince, even though you are the eldest, you are not a legitimate son. How could the late Emperor pass the throne to you?"
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