"Speaking of this, we should be very secretive about it, right?"
Xu Wenbi said softly to Zhang Weixian.
"Of course, no one will know about it, not even Shen Yicheng. If Shen Yicheng knew about it, he would have made a move on us long ago. He wouldn't have dragged it until now, and even brought so many people along. Could it be just because of the price?"
Zhang Weixian looked at Xu Wenbi.
Xu Wenbi looked puzzled and thought for a while.
"If that's the case, it's still okay. But Shen Yicheng is incompetent in military affairs, but he's good at playing politics. You and I are not as good as him. If he plays politics with us and plays tricks, even Xiao Ruxun will fall in it, let alone us."
"He really found out? That's not possible, right? We've done things so secretively, no matter how sensitive the old thief is, he won't find out so quickly, will he? "
Zhang Weixian looked at Xu Wenbi.
Xu Wenbi also looked at Zhang Weixian.
"In short, we have to leave a way out. We have people in all the guards in the capital, and the capital's defense is also arranged by us secretly. Even if Shen Yicheng finds out something, it's impossible for him to know everything. We still have a way to escape."
Zhang Weixian nodded.
"Anyway, let's be prepared. If Shen Yicheng plans to make trouble during the banquet, we won't pretend to be courteous with him. In this situation, Shen Yicheng's power is gone. Instead of waiting for him to bring us down with him, it's better to find another way to survive!"
Xu Wenbi also nodded silently.
"That's good. Be careful!"
The two of them silently made a plan to ensure the safety of the two families. As for the others, they didn't have the leisure to care about them.
After the restoration of the Emperor, he always needed someone to vent his anger and scapegoat.
The nobles decided to accept Shen Yicheng's invitation. Regardless of Shen Yicheng's plan, their military strength was not inferior to Shen Yicheng. Especially after the annihilation of the entire Ji Town Corps, and the death of Li Hualong, the military strength in Shen Yicheng's hands was greatly weakened, and his strength was greatly reduced.
Although the nobles did not directly hold military power, they relied on their status and privileges to recruit trusted aides in the army to indirectly hold power and train their own elite private soldiers. This was an open secret that everyone knew. Therefore, they still had a considerable number of elite forces in their hands.
When Shen Yicheng cooperated with them, this power belonged to Shen Yicheng.
When Shen Yicheng was no longer in line with their interests, this power would be used to destroy Shen Yicheng.
In the period when the imperial court's army was defeated and Xiao Ruxun's Northern Expedition Army was marching north, the capital was also in turmoil.
Or perhaps it could be said that the turmoil in the capital had never ceased.
On the afternoon of the twenty-seventh day of the banquet, Shen Yicheng had already left the cabinet to return home to prepare for the banquet. Within the cabinet, Xiao Daheng and Liu Huangchang handled the affairs. In any case, there were not many things to do and they were not complicated.
The cabinet was filled with the pessimism of a loser, and it had already affected Xiao Daheng and Liu Huangchang.
"Based on the current intelligence reports, Xiao Ruxun has more than one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers, close to two hundred thousand. The majority of them are experienced elites, and their fighting strength can be easily imagined. If they are allowed to continue north, the Imperial Court will be in a very passive position. At present, the Imperial Court has less than fifty thousand elite soldiers."
Xiao Daheng looked at the reports on the army and the intelligence reports from various places, feeling more and more strained.
"Xiao Ruxun knows how to use troops and is an expert in war. Jiangnan has not had a war for many years, so it is normal for it to be unable to react to the sudden attack. But the speed of its fall and the defeat of Li Hualong's army are truly difficult to adapt to. At present, we have no other options."
Liu Huangchang seemed even more pessimistic.
"Are we just going to watch as Xiao Ruxun fights his way to the capital?"
Xiao Daheng looked at Liu Huangchang.
"Unless we have another one hundred thousand soldiers, we might be able to fight another battle, but other than the thirty thousand elite soldiers in Gansu, we have no other soldiers that we can use. Can we still mobilize the soldiers of Jizhen? Do we still want to defend the northern border? "
"But we still can't … just watch …"
Xiao Daheng knew better than anyone what would happen to him if Shen Yicheng failed. The fact that Shen Yicheng's family had been captured by Xiao Ruxun had given him a massive shock. Xiao Ruxun was serious, not giving them any empty promises. He wanted to eliminate all evil, to cut the weeds by the roots, leaving no hidden dangers.
He had also begun to worry about his family, which was why he had sent people to bring them to the capital for protection. Otherwise, he would truly be worried that Xiao Ruxun would exterminate his three clans.
In contrast, although Liu Huangchang was also worried about his own fate, his mentality had subtly changed. When Xiao Ruxun had begun to make trouble, Shen Yicheng had the greatest influence, and no one believed that Shen Yicheng would lose. Thus, he was worried that once this matter was discovered, he would be killed by Shen Yicheng.
But now that the strong and the weak had switched, he realized that Xiao Ruxun might become the final winner, and as the greatest contributor to the winner's escape at the most dangerous moment, he might even receive Xiao Ruxun's special attention and thus survive.
He had begun to taste the sweetness of betting on both sides.
As for Xiao Daheng, who was too confident and did not leave a way out for himself, Liu Huangchang now had the mentality of watching a joke. He said that he was worried, but in his heart, he only wanted to survive before Xiao Ruxun killed Shen Yicheng, and then wait for Xiao Ruxun to enter the capital, he would appear again, and thus become a hero of the new dynasty.
Looking at the worry on Xiao Daheng's face, he even felt a sense of superiority.
Naturally, he would not continue to work hard for Shen Yicheng and Xiao Daheng. He was even happy to see Shen Yicheng's following actions. Who asked those guys to seek death and not leave a way out for themselves?
Did they really think that Shen Yicheng would not dare to act against them because of the noble title?
Did they really think that Shen Yicheng would be afraid of the so-called elite troops in their hands?
What a joke!
Shen Yi had many tricks up his sleeves, so many that Liu Huangshang was dumbfounded. However, Liu Huangshang had also learned a lot from him.
Now, at this moment, in Shen Yicheng's residence, Shen Yicheng was preparing the last dinner for those nobles.
It had to be said that at this time, Shen Yicheng's mood was not quite right. Liu Huangchang maintained his own reason to look at Shen Yicheng and found that Shen Yicheng's actions had been a lot extreme. Although this time the nobles took the initiative to seek death, most of them did not go to that extent, and there were not many people who really sought death.
However, Shen Yicheng decided to teach the nobles a lesson, so he had to be ruthless no matter what.
He did not know what would happen in the capital after this night.
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