After killing Jian Ze, Søren met with the generals of the Southwest Legion and the officials of the Rebellion Suppression Army in his tent on the mountain.
On the first day of the battle at Sky Wolf Pass, Jian Ze had staked everything on a single attack, resulting in more than fifty thousand casualties, most of which were soldiers of the Southwest Legion.
Currently, the entire Southwest Legion only had about forty thousand soldiers left. However, there were still nine lieutenants left, and only one had died.
On the other hand, the Southeast Crusade Army was formed by the local officials after Sauron abandoned the Southeast Province. In order to curry favor with Feng Li, the local officials spent money to recruit ruffians and nobles.
During the battle at Sky Wolf Pass, Jian Ze simply didn't send the so-called Rebellion Suppression Army into battle.
This motley crew was completely useless on the battlefield. They could only bring disaster to the battle situation. Their only use was to break through Sky Wolf Pass and enter Tianshui City to loot and burn.
Thus, up until now, the Rebellion Suppression Army had barely suffered any casualties. However, after hearing the news of Zhi Li's defeat yesterday, forty to fifty thousand of the hundred thousand soldiers had fled, and the remaining half were prepared to flee at any time.
As for the officials of the Southeast Administrative Province, more than half had also fled. The remaining half felt that the entire Raging Wave Kingdom was Søren's territory, so where else could they flee to? Thus, they gritted their teeth and stayed behind to lick Søren's boots.
"I heard that Turingtuo sent someone over to persuade you to bring troops to White Cloud City to join him?" Søren asked.
"Yes!" The generals of the Southwest Legion bowed.
"Then why don't you go?" Søren asked.
The officers of the Southwest Army glanced at each other, not knowing how to reply.
Because they still hadn't made up their minds about Turingtuo. It wasn't appropriate to say anything good or bad about Turingtuo.
After thinking for a moment, one of the lieutenants said, "We are the generals of the Southwest Legion, so we should listen to the royal family's orders. Moreover, we have received orders from the commander-in-chief with His Majesty's seal, not Duke Turingtuo's personal orders! "
Look, there are many acting masters everywhere.
Søren said: "In other words, you are willing to obey the king's decree?"
The captains present all knelt down and said, "We obey Your Majesty's decree!"
Who didn't know that the King's Imperial Seal was with Søren, and all the edicts were drawn up by Søren?
Immediately, Søren took out a decree and said, "Count Tully, receive the decree!"
City Lord Tulliwen immediately knelt down.
Søren said: "Long Chengyan, the King has decreed that the Lord of Luanyang City, Tuli Wen, is temporarily appointed as the Commander of the Southwest Army. Hereby!"
"Your subject understands, thank you!" Earl Tully kowtowed.
If Tu Liwen became the commander of the Southwest Legion, what would happen to the affairs of Luanyang City? This was not something that the king could interfere with, but generally speaking, it was the heir of the city who took over the territory.
Of course, according to the tradition of the kingdom, vassals were not allowed to hold any position in the kingdom, let alone enter the Supreme Commander's Department or the cabinet.
However … all rules were broken by humans.
Earl Sauron had been the Commander of the Dragon Guard a few times, but he was an upright person and never entered the Supreme Commander's Department. Moreover, he would only become the Commander of the Dragon Guard in times of war. Every time, it was clearly written that it was a temporary order.
Currently, Earl Tully was also the temporary Commander of the Southwest Legion, but how long this temporary was completely up to the King's words.
The King said that thirty to fifty years was temporary, and no one could do anything about it.
"Do you have any objections to Earl Tully becoming the Commander of the Southwest Legion?" Søren asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The captains kowtowed, then continued to listen attentively to the most important content, which was their own fate.
After all, it was a great crime for them to follow Zhi Li to suppress Søren, but the law could not punish too many people, and they could not all be killed.
Moreover, this was a kingdom's civil war, and no matter which side won, they had to be magnanimous.
Søren said: "Your Southwest Legion has ten captains, and one is dead. Let Janine replace him! Jianning, come and meet your colleagues! "
Janine stepped out and cupped his hands. "Greetings, colleagues. From now on, we will all be in the same pot."
The generals present couldn't help but admire Janine. This Janine was amazing. When Prince Zhi Li was still around, he became the King's confidant. Now that Prince Zhi Li had lost, he had become Søren's confidant.
It seemed that the descendants of aristocratic families were indeed different.
"The so-called Southeast Subjugation Army, return to your original base. Those who don't leave camp before tomorrow will be killed." Søren finally ordered: "The original Southwest Legion, stay in camp for now."
…
A day later, in White Cloud County!
Turin Tuo flew into a rage because he had received a piece of news yesterday. Count Chu Ye was leading an army of 230,000 to cross the Nu River and was entering White Cloud Commandery!
What did he mean by this?
If they wanted to attack Søren, they should have crossed the river at Nanlin Ferry, not White Cloud Ferry.
If they wanted to lead the army back to their base, they should have headed west instead of entering White Cloud County.
He only had one goal in entering White Cloud County, and that was to attack Turin Tuo!
Even with Chu Ye's guts, he wouldn't dare to attack Turin Tuo. Søren must have promised him something.
What could Søren promise Chu Ye?
Of course it was to replace Turin Tuo!
This made Turin Tuo very angry. You Søren, you could tolerate Chu Ye and Jian Ze (He didn't know that Jian Ze was dead, but he knew that Jian Yong had surrendered to Søren), but why couldn't you tolerate me, Turin Tuo?
At first, he sent Tu Ningchen to negotiate with Søren, but the answer he got was that he wouldn't negotiate without seeing Turin Duo.
Now it seemed that everything was an excuse. You just want to destroy me, Turin Tuo?
Now, Turin Tuo had three plans in front of him.
The first plan was to lead the army north to intercept Chu Ye's army while they were still crossing the river.
However, he only had eighty thousand soldiers. At that time, there were more than two hundred thousand soldiers who fled, but only eighty thousand were willing to stay by Turin Tuo's side. This showed the poor morale and fighting spirit.
Leading eighty thousand dispirited soldiers to attack Chu Ye's two hundred thousand soldiers, his chances of winning were slim.
Moreover, when he was in the middle of a battle with Chu Ye, it would be dangerous if Søren sent tens of thousands of cavalry to attack.
The second plan was to take advantage of the fact that Chu Ye's army had not finished crossing the river. Turin Tuo would immediately lead his army out of the Southeast Province and head for King City!
However, he couldn't come to a conclusion with Søren. Why would he return to King City?
Moreover, Zhi Li also fled to King City. Was Turin Tuo going back to continue colluding with him?
Most importantly, the eighty thousand soldiers he led were short of rations and warhorses. The journey back to King City was a few thousand miles. Whether it was Søren's army or Chu Ye's army, they could both chase after them. In less than a thousand miles, these eighty thousand soldiers would be defeated.
Yesterday, he sent Tu Ningchen to persuade the generals of Southwest Legion to lead the surviving forty thousand soldiers to meet him at White Cloud Prefecture City.
Until now, Tu Ningchen had not returned. What would the result be?
If they were willing to meet with Turin Tuo, Turin Tuo's army would increase to one hundred and twenty thousand.
"Duke, Crown Prince has returned." Outside, his trusted warrior's voice came.
"Quick, let him in." Turin Tuo said urgently.
Travel-Worn and skinny, Tu Ningchen quickly rushed into the mayor's residence. He knelt in front of Turin Tuo and said, "Father, the generals of Southwest Legion are not willing to lead their army north to meet with us."
"Betrayal, betrayal …" Turin Tuo was furious. He smashed the table in front of him.
"Naked betrayal." Turin Tuo roared, "Why don't they think about who promoted them? Who gave them glory, splendor, and wealth? How dare they betray me now? What about Jian Ze? Did he surrender to Søren? "
Tu Ningchen said, "Jian Ze was killed by Søren!"
"Killed?" Turin Tuo said in disbelief.
"Killed!" Tu Ningchen said, "Søren led Princess Jung Yeon to Southwest Legion's central tent and beheaded him!"
Turin Tuo said, "Then the Southwest Legion and Southeast Legion let him kill Jian Ze?"
Tu Ningchen said, "After learning of Zhi Li's defeat, half of the Southeast Legion fled on the same day. I had a good discussion with the generals of Southwest Legion. Half of them expressed their willingness to lead their army north to meet with us at White Cloud Prefecture City. But after Søren and Princess Jung Yeon entered the camp, they immediately changed sides and rejected me! "
Turin Tuo said with a trembling voice, "He, he killed Jian Ze? Why is that? Jian Ze has enough seniority and is good at war. Most importantly, his foundation is shallow, so he won't be too big to handle. As long as Søren shows respect, Jian Ze will definitely kneel down and pledge his loyalty. To Søren, Jian Ze is the best candidate to be the Dragon Guard Commander. Søren shouldn't have killed him, right? "
Tu Ningchen said, "I heard that Jian Ze cares about his reputation. Back then, in order to win him over, His Highness Zhi Li stood outside his courtyard for three days. He probably wanted Søren to stand there for three days, but Søren got impatient and beheaded him. You also know that Søren is a casual person. He didn't fawn over anyone during his most difficult times, let alone now. "
"Yes!" Turin Tuo said, "You are right. Søren killed Jian Ze because he was unhappy."
Tu Ningchen said, "He made Tu Liwen the commander of the Southwest Legion, and made Jian Ning the commander of the Southwest Legion!"
Turin Tuo sighed and said, "Jian Ning has it easy. If he doesn't take the wrong path, the Southwest Legion will be his in the future. He sold all of his dignity and finally became Zhi Li's confidant in exchange for the position of ten thousand cavalry commander of the Dragon Guards. In the end, he did not expect that the things he got from Søren were much more than what he got from Zhi Li. From now on, the Jian family will become Søren's loyal dogs. They'll bite whoever he tells them to bite. "
Tu Ningchen said, "Father, since Søren is so concerned about his face, why don't you let him go? If you personally pay a visit to him, kneel down, and pledge your loyalty to him, will he let us go? "
Turin Tuo's face twitched!
This was indeed a line of thought. Jian Yong and Jian Ning were Zhi Li's confidants. They had once completely offended Søren. In the end, they ran over to lick his boots and were actually placed in an important position by Søren.
Jian Ze was the most important person to Søren. In the end, because he liked to put on airs and waited for Søren to fawn over him, his head was chopped off.
Suddenly, Tu Ningchen said, "Father, Søren is a petty person who only likes to bootlick, but he killed the stubborn Jian Ze. It seems like he is also a fatuous ruler."
Turin Tuo shook his head and said, "Fatuous ruler? You read too many books. You've read too many books about being close to virtuous subjects but far from petty people. Subjects are most afraid of this kind of ruler. Temperamental and unpredictable! If Søren is a fatuous ruler, how could he use Tianshui City to defeat Zhi Li who has the entire Raging Wave Kingdom? "
Tu Ningchen said, "But there are countless rulers in history who were very wise and farsighted when they started their business. But once they became a ruler, they became fatuous? "
Turin Tuo shook his head and said, "No, Søren didn't change. He has always been like this. Before he took back the Tianshui City Lord position, he liked people's obedience. No matter what he did, he would do as he pleased. A person like him is extremely intelligent. It is possible for him to become a tyrant, but it is impossible for him to be a fatuous ruler! "
Tu Ningchen said, "If father kneels down and surrenders, you can exchange for Søren's forgiveness. I think … it is still worth it!"
…
Raging Wave Palace!
The king had a stroke and was on his deathbed for almost two years. He didn't show his face at all and it had been more than a year.
So many people in the kingdom guessed that the king was already dead.
And Zhi Li wanted to turn this guess into reality, and then forcefully ascend the throne!
The kings of the Raging Wave Kingdom had been assassinated countless times. Chi Hua had been assassinated more than once.
But this was the first time that he directly charged into the palace for an assassination!
How to assassinate the king? There were two plans.
The first plan was to directly lead tens of thousands of people and forcefully attack the palace. With the strange medicine from the Elf Continent, and a few hundred strong warriors to open the way.
If he did this, he would be surrounded by tens of thousands of Imperial Guards. Moreover, it would clearly tell the world that it was Zhi Li who wanted to assassinate the king.
But Zhi Li could use the excuse of rescuing the king to say that Søren and Jung Yeon had colluded to imprison the king, and that Zhi Li had forcefully attacked the palace to rescue the king.
Once the king fell into his hands, the power to write the decree would fall into Zhi Li's hands.
The second plan was for Li Chenglian to send top experts to directly fly into the palace on griffins, avoiding the battle with tens of thousands of Imperial Guards, and directly attack Amethyst Mountain at night to assassinate the king.
If he did this, he would directly clash with the Shadow Pavilion that protected the king. But in order to help Søren, the Shadow Pavilion had already lost many experts. For this great battle, even Gao Yin had personally gone to Tianshui City.
Therefore, the forces protecting the king should be relatively weak.
In the end, Zhi Li still chose the second plan. He let dozens of top experts, with the medicine from the Elf Continent, attack Amethyst Mountain at night!
Midnight!
Five griffins carrying dozens of top-notch experts flew into the Royal Palace of Wrath Waves from a height of several thousand meters. Above Amethyst Mountain!
The king's life was in danger!
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