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Chapter 398: The Chivalrous Woman and the Romantic Young Prince (32)

Before he finished speaking, someone suddenly rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened. News has come from the south that the Prince of Xiping has proclaimed himself king in the five southern states.

And according to the news, a spy was found in the Xuanjia Army, saying that His Royal Highness Prince Sheng was shot in the back and died, and there was a military doctor to testify.

And said, and said...”

Emperor Wu De was furious, "What else did you say?"

The eunuch who reported back looked up at Emperor Wude, lowered his head and whispered,

"They said that the spy was arranged by your majesty, and that the assassination of Prince Sheng was also arranged by your majesty, and that the late emperor intended to pass the throne to Prince Sheng.

But Prince Sheng has been at the border, so Your Majesty was able to take advantage of this opportunity."

Emperor Wu De was so angry that he almost vomited blood. "What the hell, that guy is just talking nonsense."

When the court officials heard the report, they also discussed it.

"What? It's actually the Prince of Xiping?"

"How is that possible? He's a playboy?"

"What exactly is going on?"

Emperor Wude raised his eyes and looked at the ministers' discussion. No one mentioned the throne, so he felt relieved.

He sat down and said bitterly, "I was so blind! I actually raised a tiger to cause trouble!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. What should we do now?" someone asked anxiously.

"Your Majesty, what should we do?" Prime Minister He suddenly thought in horror, "Oh no, General Feng and our 100,000 soldiers are gone!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, our 100,000-man army is gone!"

Emperor Wude's chest was heaving with anger. He actually sent 100,000 men to that brat.

"Your Majesty, Xie Shian still has 50,000 elite soldiers under his command. Together with the five southern states, their strength should not be underestimated."

Emperor Wude shouted loudly, "Where is General Han Yongzhong?"

"I'm here!" Han Yongzhong responded.

"I order you to lead an army of 400,000 men to Weijiang immediately, build ships to cross the river, and bring the Prince of Xiping back to me, dead or alive!"

"Yes, sir!" Han Yongzhong took the order and left.

Looking at Han Yongzhong's departing back, Emperor Wude felt relieved. That young man had just become king and his foundation was unstable. There must be many people who were dissatisfied and doubtful about him.

Now is the best time to strike him. Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in Emperor Wude's eyes.

"I must tear him into pieces!" Emperor Wude thought with gritted teeth.

However, they did not know that the South had undergone tremendous changes at this time.

A month ago, Duanmu Ci ascended the throne as king in the five states and named himself "King Cheng".

On the one hand, this title reflects his confidence in his own strength and status; on the other hand, it is to commemorate and pay tribute to his father.

The first thing Duanmu Ci did after becoming king was to issue a decree: to reduce taxes for a period of three years.

This move made people from all five states excited.

Although the five-state region has always been known for its abundant grain production, it has been plagued by frequent disasters in recent years.

Today, Cheng Wang’s tax reduction policy has undoubtedly brought good news to local people.

In addition, Duanmu Ci also sent an additional 100,000 troops to the Weijiang River, commanded by Xie Shian.

"Prince, Han Yongzhong has now brought 400,000 soldiers and horses to the banks of the Wei River and is currently building ships."

Hearing this news, Yan Xue's eyes flashed with excitement, and the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously: "Really? Shipbuilding is good."

Duanmu Ci looked at the girl's expression and knew what she was thinking. He smiled and touched the top of her head, and asked softly, "Why, do you have another idea?"

Yan Xue smiled proudly, with a confident light in her eyes: "Needless to say, who am I, your wife?"

Duanmu Ci gently took the girl's hand, placed it on his lips and kissed it gently, saying affectionately: "You are my life."

Qin Yu on the side quietly retreated, secretly sighing in his heart: These two people are really showing their affection all the time! Eating dog food every day, I am almost full.

A month later, the 5,000 small boats built by Han Yongzhong were finally completed.

Each small boat can carry forty people, and the entire fleet sails towards the other side in a mighty manner.

Han Yongzhong planned to have 200,000 soldiers board ships and launch a direct attack, with the remaining 200,000 staying on the shore as support.

The night before, he specially selected some soldiers who were good at swimming and ordered them to swim secretly to the other side, preparing to launch a surprise attack.

In this way, by attacking from both inside and outside, they can take control of Wei Jiang in one fell swoop.

Yan Xue looked at the boat of Secret Mama on the other side, a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes, and she said to Bao Ya beside her: "Go, sprinkle fish food in the river for me."

"Yes, Miss." Baoya responded, released the mechanical bee, and scattered all the fish food into the river.

At this time, Han Yongzhong was sitting on the largest boat, looking at the opposite bank not far away, feeling happy.

Can a river 60 feet wide really stop his 400,000-man army? It's a joke!

Following Han Yongzhong's order, countless ships sailed towards the opposite bank at the same time, while Han Yongzhong stood at the bow with a smug look on his face.

However, just as the boat reached the center of the river, an accident occurred.

The river water suddenly began to roll violently, as if something was stirring underwater.

Immediately afterwards, many boats capsized as they shook, and the soldiers who could not swim fell into the water one after another. For a moment, the entire river was in chaos.

Han Yongzhong was shocked and asked hurriedly, "What's going on?"

A deputy general quickly replied: "General, I don't know what happened, but a lot of big fish swam in the river and overturned some boats."

Han Yongzhong took a deep breath and looked at the overturned boat, his face becoming extremely gloomy.

He knew that these fish were definitely not ordinary fish, but were caught intentionally by someone.

However, now was not the time to think about these things. The army had to cross the river as soon as possible, so he shouted, "Full speed ahead."

Following his roar, all the ships sped up and headed towards the other side.

The soldiers who fell into the water were rescued by other ships and continued to move forward.

At the same time, Duanmu Ci on the other side of the river also saw this scene. He frowned and said to Qin Yu: "Go down to the river to save people."

But Han Yongzhong didn't expect that when they were still thirty feet away from the other side, the crossbow arrows from the other side had already been shot over!

He opened his eyes wide and looked towards the other side of the river in disbelief - it was still thirty feet away from the shore!

How is this possible? Could it be that the other side has an archer who can shoot an arrow through a hundred steps? No, even if there really is such a sharpshooter, there can't be so many of them!

They could only fight hard against the rain of arrows while moving forward at full speed.

However, the opponent's rain of swords was too dense for them to resist.

Some soldiers following behind, seeing the scene, couldn't help but feel frightened and slowly slowed down their pace.

They found that as long as they stood thirty feet away, the arrows would no longer be shot at them.