Cai Ying nodded in agreement after hearing this.
Upon seeing this, the prince asked: "Guo Qing, I heard that you have always been in the habit of raising dead soldiers. How many people do you have in your hands?"
Guo Huan said: "Reporting to His Majesty the Crown Prince, I have a lot of plans in mind. I have summoned everyone. There should be about two thousand elites."
The prince said in surprise: "Two thousand people? Not bad! Not bad! There are actually two thousand people."
Guo Huan said: "Your Highness, I have no shortage of weapons now, but I am short of armor. If we want to succeed, we must also have siege equipment. It is difficult to gather these in a short time. The first thing we need to do when we start an uprising is to seize them." The arsenal in Qingyang City.”
Qin Shao nodded after hearing this and said: "Yes, if I can obey Qingyang's order Cao Huan, the possibility of taking over the arsenal will be much greater. There are only 500 troops stationed in the arsenal. We are mobilizing the people in the city to select the best from them. , distribute weapons and armor, and give heavy rewards, you can get at least tens of thousands of soldiers. The Tai Chi Palace is only guarded by three thousand lieutenants, and it will only be a matter of time to capture the Tai Chi Palace."
Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this.
Guo Huan said: "My two thousand dead soldiers are all good warriors of the martial arts, and they regard death as home. If they can get the armor from the arsenal, they will be even more powerful to help His Highness take the Tai Chi Palace and kill the traitors. When I go back, I will let the dead soldiers sneak into the city in batches to provide support. .”
Liu Yu clapped his hands and said: "Brother Guo is indeed a brave man. From now on, I feel that we are at least 60% sure."
The more everyone discussed, the more they felt that the matter was promising, and the prince seemed to be full of fighting spirit again. He did not expect that when it came to making trouble, he actually had so many trump cards in his hand to play...
At this time, the previously suppressed emotions in the Taiji Palace had relaxed a lot, and Huo Zheng had just finished his interview with His Majesty. Now the Emperor wakes up more and more frequently, and His Majesty will be able to truly regain consciousness.
Returning to the Xuanzhengyuan, Huo Zheng frowned after reading the report. Sure enough, in accordance with the emperor's wishes, the vigorous suppression of the princelings still had a great effect, and the activities of the princelings almost disappeared.
Huo Zheng sighed and said to himself: "Your Majesty, please be patient for a little longer. As long as His Majesty wakes up completely, I can summon you to pay tribute to the emperor..."
The East Palace seems to be full of murderous atmosphere. Qin Shao brought the prince's letter and coaxed Cao Huan to Qingyang. In fact, Cao Huan was also worried about the current situation. Since the Taiji Palace leaked incident, , the government and the public were talking a lot, and now the Taiji Palace suddenly imposed martial law in Qingyang City, and everyone in the prince's party was deported from the capital. Why did the prince summon him at this juncture?
Of course, although the current situation is gloomy and unclear, Cao Huan also has reason to believe that His Majesty's suppression of the prince's party is just a routine operation. Hasn't he done this many times in the past ten years? It shouldn't be anything serious.
When Cao Huan entered the hall, he saw the prince sitting on the throne in the middle. Qin Shao, Liu Yu, Guo Huan and other princelings were also in the hall. They were all wearing armor and had serious expressions. Cao Huan was heartbroken when he saw this battle. , then he started to retreat.
Seeing this, the prince quickly stood up and took Cao Huan's hand to greet him. Before Cao Huan could react, the prince forced Cao Huan to his seat.
At this moment, Cao Huan felt that ten thousand mythical beasts and grass mud horses were running through him. Even though he was confused, he also understood that the prince's party might want to cause trouble. Seeing that they were wearing armor, this would be a big deal. Maybe his whole family would have to answer for it. .
Cao Huan turned around and glanced resentfully at Qin Shao, who had tricked him into coming here. On both sides of the seat were two of the prince's confidants, holding their swords in their scabbards tightly with their right hands and looking at him. If he disobeyed even a little bit, he would immediately die on the spot. He could see it. These lunatics just wanted to force him into the water.
At this time, the prince presided over a meeting and explained the intention of the war in detail. After seeing that everyone had no objections, the prince walked up to him and told him the cause and effect of the entire incident in detail.
The more Cao Huan listened, the more frightened he became. He really didn't expect that the people in Tai Chi Palace would really abolish the elders and establish the younger ones?
Cao Huan's face was gloomy and he was thinking about it. They are against them. Do they have anything to do with me? I haven't lived enough yet, and I always feel that the Crown Prince's party seems to have little chance of winning, so I quickly stand up and want to persuade His Highness the Crown Prince to stop in time, and maybe there is a possibility of saving it.
Cao Huan said: "Your Highness, I have been dragged into the water by you now. It is absolutely impossible to completely get rid of the involvement. However, I have the following questions. Please clarify them. It doesn't matter whether Your Majesty is alive or not in Taiji Palace now. "
"But the tiger talisman for dispatching the army is still with your majesty. If the old thief Huo Zheng uses the tiger talisman to dispatch the soldiers of Beiying to rescue him, I am afraid that even if we gather tens of thousands of people, we will not be able to accomplish it! Moreover, Taiji Palace is only a few steps away from the Beiying military camp. It’s only a two-hour journey, and if you add in the time it takes to attack the city, I’m afraid it won’t be enough!”
Without waiting for the prince to explain, the prince washed his horse and Qin Shao stood up and said: "Master Cao, whether we can win the Taiji Palace in one fell swoop depends on whether Master Cao can fully cooperate with us. As long as we cooperate with us to win the Liangcheng arsenal, it will be a big deal." Certainly."
Cao Huan said: "But there are 800 guards in the arsenal, and they don't listen to my orders?"
At this time, Guo Huan explained: "Master Cao, you don't have to worry about it. Once my dead soldiers arrive, taking down these eight hundred soldiers is like searching for something. As soon as you take the arsenal, you will immediately order the whole city to be blocked. Don't Let anyone leave the city, and we must not let Taiji Palace get any news in advance. Once we mobilize the people and arm ourselves with young people, leave the rest to me!"
Upon hearing this, Cao Huan had no choice but to nod in agreement, and looked at the prince's cronies who were staring at him. There was nothing he could do if he didn't agree. If he didn't agree, don't leave the house today!
At this time, another person came outside the door. His long hair was flowing, his face was slender, his eyes were shining, and he was dressed in plain robes, which made him look like someone from otherworldly places. He must be a practitioner. When Cao Huan saw this person, he seemed to be... Where have you seen it? But I can't remember it.
At this time, Cai Ying stood up, smiled and came forward to greet the visitor, turned around and explained to everyone: "His Royal Highness, colleagues, he is a god who practices in Yinshan, Jidong County, and is very good at divination. Shu, I have been here for such a long time just to ask this immortal to come down from the mountain and divine fortune for us."
Cai Ying thought in her heart that the prince didn't believe in these evil ways at all, especially when His Majesty favored Zhang Daoling and others to practice some bullshit immortality technique. The prince was very disgusted with such people and wished to kill every one he saw.
Cai Ying originally wanted to find this person in private to figure out what was going on with the Taiji Palace Emperor. But now that the situation had suddenly changed to what it is now, she had no choice but to change her strategy and introduce him directly to the prince. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, it was a good way to use her remaining energy. .
Anyway, there are many people who are superstitious about metaphysics nowadays, so it would be good to let them pretend to be gods and ghosts to boost their morale.
The man came straight to the point and said: "Wang Shen, a poor Taoist, has followed his master to practice numerology and divination in the mountains since he was a child. Now, at the invitation of his good friend Mr. Cai, he has come to help His Royal Highness."
Although the prince had settled his anger with Cai Ying in advance, he still couldn't help but feel disgusted when he saw this so-called wandering alchemist.
In this situation, one can only treat him politely and let him finish his performance, then immediately let him disappear from his eyes, pretending to be polite and let him sit down.
Liu Yu, like the prince, had no regard for this kind of alchemist in his heart, so he stepped forward to try to embarrass him and see if he was really capable, and said:
"Oh! Since the Immortal is proficient in the art of divination, Liu would like to ask the Immortal about my life story."
When Wang Shen was about to come, he did some fortune-telling and calculated Liu Yu's life story. At first, Liu Yu sneered at Wang Shen, thinking that it might be Cai Ying who gave this charlatan in advance. If the stick is deflated, it won't be taken seriously.
In fact, he could also see that it was the prince who invited everyone to perform a performance to boost morale and cohesion. At the end, Wang Shen inexplicably whispered a poem, which made Liu Yu look surprised.
It is impossible for outsiders to know the events behind the poem, not even the prince, let alone Cai Ying.
This made Liu Yu couldn't help but take a high look at Wang Shen. Seeing that he was inseparable, she nodded and praised him and sat down at the apprentice table. No matter whether he was real or fake, she just cooperated with the prince in his plans.
When everyone saw that Wang Shen was so miraculous, they all came forward to ask him to calculate. Afterwards, they all praised Wang Shen's divination skills.
Guo Huan naturally stepped forward and asked Wang Shen to do the calculations. After Wang Shen made the calculations, he looked at Guo Huan's face again and lost his voice in surprise.
When Guo Huan saw this, he was startled and asked, "What advice does the immortal have?"
Wang Shen stared at Guo Huan and said: "How wonderful! How wonderful! I see that Brother Guo has a majestic face and is beyond words. You are destined to be very noble. You will be a great minister, and you will be honored as a prince!"
Everyone present looked at each other in shock. They had never seen anyone praise him so much! However, this time the military remonstrance really has to rely mainly on Guo Huan's two thousand dead soldiers. Maybe Guo Huan can win over those ten thousand marquises by virtue of his contribution to the dragon.
Guo Huan was overjoyed when he heard this. He turned around and knelt down to the prince and said, "Your Highness, you heard me. I, Guo, will become a prince in the future with Your Highness. This shows that our action will definitely succeed!"
When the prince saw Guo Huan's burning eyes, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up. He was also very happy and said: "Guo Qing, as long as you work sincerely, I will definitely grant you the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households after you ascend the throne."
Guo Huan was very excited and said: "Your Highness, from now on I, Guo, will be your Highness's order. No, it will be His Majesty's order. Long live Your Majesty."
Everyone was overjoyed when they saw this. It seemed that great things could really happen. They all came forward and knelt down to call the prince long live.
As soon as the prince heard, everyone changed their name to him as your majesty, laughing loudly and even saying "good"!
When the prince saw that Wang Shen had shocked everyone, and the effect was much better than he expected, he bowed respectfully this time and asked Wang Shen the most critical question, saying:
"Immortal, I just want to ask, is His Majesty still alive in the world today?"
Wang Shen stroked his beard and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is just asking for peace of mind. Although I have never been concerned about life and death, in this current situation, I have to make an exception for Your Highness."
