Faced with Uesugi Kenshin's uncompromising conditions, Zhu Yougui was extremely conflicted. After all, how could he just give away the land belonging to his ancestors?
But if we don't agree to their conditions, it means we won't get their help. We're already at a point where we have no choice but to act...
"Your Highness, why don't you release my father and let him persuade this Uesugi Kenshin?"
Li Zimu said in a low voice from the side!
Zhu Yougui rolled his eyes at him, thinking to himself, "If I could bring him back, I would have done so long ago. Why would I have waited until now?"
"Uesugi-kun, how about we compromise? I'll give you a city."
This was already the limit Zhu Yougui could bear; a city meant tens of thousands of people, a value that could no longer be measured in monetary terms…
"No... I want an entire continent..."
Uesugi Kenshin retorted without backing down an inch!
Zhu Yougui's eyes suddenly lit up as he came up with a freebie idea. He thought to himself, "Since you're so unethical, you can't blame me for being the sixth one..."
It's just a continent, I'll give it to you. You didn't specify which continent you wanted, and I didn't specify which one I'd give you. I'll just give you any one I want. Whether you get it or not is your problem. Anyway, I've already given it to you…
Thinking of this, Zhu Yougui pretended to grit his teeth and said...
"I can give you a continent, but you must do everything in your power to help me accomplish what's to come..."
"Of course, if His Highness can afford the payment, I, a ronin, will naturally do my best to serve you..."
Uesugi Kenshin didn't think much of it. He had only made an unreasonable request and didn't expect to get it. After all, with the divine messenger around, once Zhu Yougui was defeated, the request would be impossible to obtain. So, both sides reached a tacit understanding with their own ulterior motives...
After arranging what Uesugi Kenshin needed to do, Zhu Yougui quickly returned to the Prince of Jin's residence and met with his father…
Inside the room, Zhu Yougui was kept outside the sheer curtain. Hearing his father and wife's voices, he knew what they were doing…
Especially since the sheer fabric was practically invisible, Zhu Yougui could see everything clearly through it…
Zhu Yougui remained unmoved. This wasn't the first time; faced with such a debauched and immoral father, his desire to replace him only intensified…
"My son... how is the matter going?"
Zhu Wen's voice came from inside the light veil, accompanied by labored breathing...
“Father, these powerful families all have private armies that they contribute to the royal court, but the number is very small. I suspect that these people are not giving their full strength. They are all thinking about self-preservation and leaving themselves a way out, and are unwilling to fight alongside Jin against the enemy…”
Zhu Yougui quickly added fuel to the fire in his reply!
"Is that so? These powerful families really deserve to die. In such a critical moment, they still think about hiding their strength and killing someone to establish their authority. I don't believe that these family heads who have been in high positions for so many years are not afraid of death..."
Zhu Wen said coldly!
"Yes, Father..."
Zhu Yougui immediately made the arrangements…
Private camp!
A large group of people gathering together is bound to cause trouble, let alone nearly ten thousand people...
Soon, several of Prince Jin's personal guards entered the crowd and began punching and kicking the troublemakers. As they beat them, they cursed them as trash, only fit to be used as human shields, and wouldn't survive a single volley on the battlefield...
Everyone who was cursing was filled with anger; even a guard from the Prince of Jin's residence accidentally killed someone...
This immediately provoked public outrage, and the two sides began shoving each other. However, these personal guards, accustomed to their domineering ways, continued to hurl insults and profanities at the group of private soldiers…
It's unclear who made the first move, but once they saw one of the guards fall to the ground by a stone, the other guards immediately swarmed in and killed the remaining guards...
Fueled by their ferocity, the private soldiers glared menacingly at their men, who were now barely recognizable as human, wishing they could deliver a few more kicks...
"The head of the Feng family intended to defect to the enemy; he was executed on the spot as a warning to others..."
Just then, an old man was pushed in front of the private soldiers. In front of ten thousand soldiers, the head of the Feng family didn't even have a chance to protest before his head was chopped off...
After the scalding blood splattered onto the ground, the private soldiers fell into a brief silence…
"Tell your families that if they continue to outwardly comply but inwardly defy you, the Feng family head will serve as a cautionary tale..."
The soldier in charge of the executions shouted arrogantly. This was Zhu Yougui's special instruction: these cavalrymen must be intimidated, or they would be roaming around on their heads in the future...
"Master..."
The Feng family members roared, their eyes bloodshot...
"I'll fight you to the death..."
The Feng family's private army wasn't large, only a little over a hundred men, but seeing their patriarch beheaded and used as a negative example to humiliate them, they immediately lost their composure...
Looking at the arrogant soldiers of the Prince of Jin's mansion in front of them, they no longer cared about rebellion. Since their patriarch was dead, their biggest concern now was to avenge him...
"Kill... We, the descendants of the Feng family, swear to avenge our patriarch..."
With a roar, these private soldiers immediately charged towards the soldiers of the Prince of Jin's residence...
At this moment, the soldiers of Prince Jin's mansion finally felt fear. After all, they were outnumbered and facing more than a hundred men, they would be wiped out in minutes...
"What...what are you trying to do? Are you planning a rebellion?"
The soldiers of Prince Jin's mansion questioned the private soldiers of the Feng family who were rushing towards them!
"So what if we rebel? Prince Jin is licentious and tyrannical, can't we resist? Brothers, the fate of my Feng family head today is the fate of your family heads tomorrow. Why don't you come with me to kill these guards, and then I'll accompany you to march on Prince Jin's mansion. You save your family head, and we'll take revenge. What do you say?"
Upon hearing the call to arms from the Feng family's private soldiers, someone immediately responded.
"good…"
"Kill them..."
"Break into the Prince's mansion, save the patriarch..."
As roars echoed throughout the camp, the pent-up anger in everyone's hearts was ignited, and they charged towards the private soldiers who had just killed the head of the Feng family...
Even though these personal guards fought desperately, they couldn't withstand the sheer number of private soldiers, and within moments they had all perished in the military camp…
The next moment, the group charged towards the Prince of Jin's residence, unaware that those who had been shouting the loudest had quietly slipped away from the group...
All of this was exactly as Zhu Yougui had anticipated; at this moment, he was waiting for news at the Prince of Jin's residence…
"Report..."
Just then, a messenger rushed in in a panic. Seeing his appearance, Zhu Yougui knew the plan had succeeded…
"Your Highness Prince Jin, the private armies of those aristocratic families are charging towards the Prince Jin's residence. We request Your Majesty to send troops to suppress them..."
"What? How dare they be so lawless? Aren't they afraid I'll kill their patriarch?"
Zhu Wen suddenly sat up and roared angrily!
"Father, what happened?"
Zhu Yougui suddenly appeared in the room and asked…
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