Chapter 100: Reincarnation of Queen Wa (Part 2) Update
Xiguan County a few days ago.
Liu Ziye appeared in the barracks with a new identity. After Chi Mu's injury stabilized, he set off back to Yucheng.
The last barrier on his body was torn off. Although everything seemed to be the same as before, Liu Ziye felt a long-lost sense of freedom and happiness.
After seven years of disguising herself as a man and pretending to be the prince, she was almost accustomed to her subconscious male behavior habits when facing the world.
But now she feels more comfortable and relaxed.
She is who she is. No matter whether she is a man or a woman, she is Liu Ziye, an ancient person with the soul of later generations.
Gender is just an appearance to her, a simple appearance. She can live in peace and harmony with any form of self-presentation.
When they met, Du Hui, who saw her dressed differently for the first time, was not surprised at all.
It was as if the young marquis in front of her, no matter what he was wearing, could naturally blend in with her aura.
He had a sincere and serious smile on his face. After knowing Liu Ziye's itinerary, he waited outside the mansion.
"Young Marquis, you're back."
Liu Ziye got out of the car and walked over on the steps: "Mr. Du."
She asked, "Sir, you are really quick-witted when it comes to folk songs."
Du Hui: "These are mere trifles. The imperial edict held by the young marquis is the real deal!" He sighed, "I never imagined such a secret existed back then. Liu Jian, driven by his own selfish desires and his desire to ascend to the throne, disregarded the Emperor Shengzu's will, tampered with the edict, seized control of the palace and the court, and has kept it secret to this day!"
He imagined how angry and sad the King of Xiguan would be when he knew the truth.
The two of them entered the mansion one after the other and sat down.
Liu Ziye added, "My father suddenly received this imperial edict from the late emperor the second year after he left Yanjing and entered Xiguan County. He never found out who delivered it to him until his death."
Du Hui paused for a moment, "This matter is of vital importance. However, at the time, the King of Xiguan was weak, and the person who delivered the late emperor's edict may have been forced to remain hidden due to the situation. But given the current situation in Xiguan, I believe it will not be difficult to identify the person behind this."
"In fact, young marquis, you only need to wait for the right time, and the people of that time will come forward."
Liu Ziye nodded: "Not bad."
Du Hui thought for a moment and said, "Young Marquis, since you have the Emperor Shengzu's edict in hand, the imperial edict that's about to arrive from Yanjing to accuse and arrest you will be of no use! In my opinion, when Liu Ziyan's 250,000-man army arrives at Xiguan with the edict from Yanjing, that will also be the time when the Emperor Shengzu's edict sees the light of day."
Once the Emperor's edict was issued, Liu Jian and Liu Ziling of Yanjing would fall from the supreme ruler of the dynasty to the status of usurper regardless of who won or lost.
At that time, if the remaining person is willing to give in, then the war within the Zhou Dynasty can be avoided.
Today, their sources of information in various places have expanded much more than three years ago.
Moreover, in fact, they can be said to have a great advantage in terms of manpower and weapons to launch a Jedi counterattack.
At this time, he rose up in rebellion, relied on the imperial edict of the previous emperor to establish himself, and ruled a region. Starting from Fanyang County, he gradually swallowed up the counties of the Great Zhou. His chances of winning were not small.
However, since Du Hui and Liu Ziye met today, they had a tacit understanding and no one raised any opinions on this matter.
That day in the barracks training ground, Liu Ziye showed the imperial edict openly, and someone immediately raised the question -
With the imperial edict in hand and your immense power, why should we acknowledge that fake emperor of Yanjing?
Zhu Bing had only been following Liu Ziye for a short time, so upon hearing what he said, he wanted to stand up and express his agreement!
He has been in the Great Zhou for many years. Judging from his experience, as long as the young Marquis of Xiguan takes action, the twelve guards of the central army of the Great Zhou will be no match for her!
But just as he popped his head out, he suddenly saw Jin Jie looking at him.
That look was clear as day, telling him to sit still and not speak nonsense.
Zhu Bing's deep admiration for him made her swallow back her previous surge of passion in an instant.
He sat obediently on the chair, not saying a word, and followed Liu Ziye's instructions.
Liu Ziye just glanced at Jin Jie.
Since the beginning of military training, Jin Jie has always known his attitude towards soldiers.
As a private soldier of the Marquisate, he had always been in charge of the military affairs of the Marquisate of Xiguan during the expansion of the army over the years. However, he always made sure that the soldiers in the army were not arrogant or conceited, not to think that they were superior to ordinary farmers, artisans or common people, and not to disrespect the spirits of life.
He is the first general beside the young Marquis of Xiguan and wields a powerful weapon.
But he always did as he once said, preparing his horses and sharpening his weapons, hiding his weapons, and appearing dull to others.
The changes in Xiguan over the years have made him more aware of the importance of construction, but he never talks about military affairs casually even though he is in charge of the troops.
Now, seeing the imperial edict in his hand, as a general, the first thing he could think of was not to show his killing weapons to expand the territory, stir up military affairs, and achieve unprecedented achievements.
Liu Ziye understood how precious it was for a person like him who came from a grassland nation that advocated killing, bellicosity and admiration for strength and grew up in this era to achieve these things.
At this moment, how could Mr. Du, who was sitting opposite him, not be the same?
In the original world line, Du Hui was the one who dared to incite and provoke King Yiyang, who had no legitimate title to the throne, to rebel first!
In this life, he also learned to exercise restraint in military affairs.
Liu Ziye really should feel lucky for herself, as her right-hand men and left-hand men both understand and support her wholeheartedly.
But she has never been naive. She knows that she has now reached the center of the storm. If she wants to return to a calm place, she cannot avoid some of the storms that are sweeping over her, but must fight them head-on.
She looked at Du Hui and replied, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
"After the imperial edict is announced to the world, Xiguan will officially join the fight for world domination!"
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At this time, the 250,000-strong army led by Liu Ziyan was stationed at the Fangshan Pass, which is the border between Fanyang County and Xiguan County.
Because of the dispute in Yanjing over Chi Mu's death in battle, Liu Ziyan was originally dismissed from his post as General of the Expedition, and the army was ordered to stay where it was and not return to the capital without permission.
But just two weeks later, he received another imperial decree ordering him to return to Xiguan as the second prince, still under the auspices of Deputy General Qin, with 250,000 troops. Liu Jian sent other people to take over the remaining troops, to support Yanjing and the rebellion of Prince Yiyang in the southeast.
Liu Ziyan had also heard the news that the young Marquis of Xiguan had led his troops to fight Yao Can. He had also heard the folk ballad about a daughter ascending the throne even earlier, as he lived between Xiguan and Yanjing.
Putting all these pieces of information together made Liu Ziyan believe that all the information was fake news released by Xiguan County!
Liu Ziyan was already very unhappy because he was dismissed from the post of general.
Just as she was about to return to her comfortable home in Yanjing, she was sent back to Xiguan County, where she had to endure the hardships of the military journey. Her rage was directed at this young Marquis of Xiguan, who had the audacity to disguise himself as a man and covet the throne of the Great Zhou.
He complained to Deputy General Qin in dissatisfaction, "What on earth are the King of Xiguan and his worthless daughter doing? A woman taking the place of the Crown Prince and Marquis for over twenty years is simply unheard of. It's causing my Great Zhou to waste so much energy just to punish her! Even more sinister is that the people actually dare to sing the ballad 'Daughter Ascending the Dragon Platform'. What a pipe dream!"
Of course, Deputy General Qin was also shocked by this incident.
However, now that the soldiers have returned to the Xiguan border, there is no point in complaining.
He consoled him, "Your Highness, think about it, this might actually be a good thing."
Liu Ziyan looked over in disbelief: "Good news? What's good about it?"
"Because of the Chi Mu incident, His Majesty in Yanjing has been forced to temporarily yield to the Crown Prince's power and has ordered you to remain where you are and not return to the capital. If this stalemate continues, perhaps even all the credit you've earned from this hard-earned expedition will be wiped out!"
"But if we take advantage of the momentum of our army and eliminate this rebellious girl from Xiguan in one fell swoop, and kill all the rebels in the area, it will be an indelible achievement no matter how you look at it!"
Seeing Liu Ziyan's expression begin to soften, Deputy General Qin continued, "My Great Zhou army has been in and out of Xiguan for three years, and I've never seen the young marquis's so-called soldiers and generals, nor have I seen those otherworldly possessions! In my opinion, those so-called claims are mostly lies spread by this woman. Even if she truly has tens of thousands of scattered soldiers as the rumors say, how can she be a match for your army of 200,000, Second Prince?"
Liu Ziyan listened silently, thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense."
Even if Crown Prince Liu Ziling was successfully taken down by his father, his father also had other princes besides him. He must have some achievements that others could not achieve, so that he could sit firmly on the position of crown prince in the future.
"Assemble the troops and enter Xiguan tomorrow!"
This time, Liu Ziyan was first ordered to take away his title and announce the imperial edict. Therefore, in terms of action, he still had to read the edict to Liu Ziye as usual. If Liu Ziye did not obey the imperial will and intended to resist, he would send out a large army to encircle and annihilate him in one fell swoop.
Three days after entering Xiguan, he adjusted the military deployment.
He led 50,000 elite troops straight to the East Gate of Yucheng and ordered the young marquis of Xiguan to go out of the city alone to receive the order. The remaining 150,000 troops were stationed outside Yucheng to prevent the enemy from causing unrest and breaking out.
This time the march was different from the previous one that went through Xiguan and directly into the border pass, so the route was naturally very different.
When Liu Ziyan and Qin's deputy general, with an army of 50,000, encountered the legendary hard stone road for the first time, Liu Ziyan reined in his horse in shock.
He jumped off his horse and stomped back and forth on the ground several times.
Incredibly, he asked the equally bewildered Deputy General Qin, "What kind of road is this? Why is it so hard? This prince has never seen one in Yanjing!"
Deputy General Qin couldn't answer, but he thought of some rumors about the appearance of Xiguan.
After a moment, he continued, "Second Prince, don't panic. I think Liu Ziye has some intelligence and knows how to distinguish truth from falsehood. She'll have to come up with something to make her lies more convincing. Let's continue to explore further."
Now that he was here, Liu Ziyan had no other choice.
"Then go ahead."
After they continued to move forward for a while, they had to admit conscientiously that this road surface, which they had never seen before, was extremely smooth, which made the marching speed of their team of horses more than double!
When they were still a hundred miles away from the gate of Yucheng, Liu Ziyan sent Qin's deputy general to lead people into Yucheng and inform Liu Ziye to go out of the city to wait for orders.
He himself stationed his troops on the spot.
Holding the imperial edict in his hand and with hundreds of thousands of troops behind him, Deputy General Qin was not afraid when he went to face the young marquis Liu Ziye of Xiguan.
Take the order and leave.
Liu Ziyan waited for news in the camp outside the city. He thought that since the distance was only a hundred miles, it would be afternoon when Deputy General Qin left. When Liu Ziye saw Deputy General Qin, if he was very sensible, he would immediately set out from the mansion and follow Deputy General Qin to their camp. It would take at least the afternoon of the next day.
But who would have thought that before night fell and when the army was just about to bury the stove and cook, a soldier came to report.
"Second Prince, Deputy General Qin is back!"
Liu Ziyan was already feeling a little sleepy, but upon hearing this, he immediately woke up.
He was surprised and asked hurriedly, "You're back so soon? Where's the young Marquis Liu Ziye of Xiguan?"
The soldier said, "The young Marquis of Xiguan returned with Deputy General Qin. But..."
When Liu Ziyan heard that the young marquis of Xiguan had surrendered obediently, he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he heard the soldier say something wrong.
He immediately scolded, "Just what!? Can't you just say what you want to say? Is it your tongue or your neck that's itchy?"
The soldier was already a little panicked, and frightened by Liu Ziyan's words, he knelt even more sincerely and said hurriedly, "It's just that Deputy General Qin's appearance and expression seem a little strange. The carriage that Deputy General Qin and the young Marquis of Xiguan are riding in is even more monstrous than anything we have ever seen!"
"Monster? What monster!"
The soldier said, "It seems to be the 'car' that was rumored in Xiguan before, the one that doesn't need horses to pull it, but spews white smoke and runs like flying! I and everyone else stationed here saw it, and that 'car' is two or three times faster than any horse!"
"Deputy General Qin got out of a car like that. When he got out, his legs were so weak that he almost couldn't stand..."
Liu Ziyan stood up and said, "What? How is this possible?"
"This prince will go and see for himself!"
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