Ye Minyu realized that all this was a terrible conspiracy, but it was already too late.

He was a little strange. If he was killed on the way here, even if Ye Minzhao became the inevitable heir of the empire, the orthodox emperor might not feel comfortable.

After all, Ye Minyu died, and the biggest beneficiary was Ye Minzhao. It was difficult for orthodox people not to doubt him.

But now Ye Minyu finally understood that the so-called interception on the way was just a cover. He looked at Li Ling with a sad face and asked: "This king was attacked on the way, who gave you the news?"

Li Ling said, "It's Mr. Lu Jianlu. I know that he is a popular person around your grandfather Jinghaihou, so I believed him without hesitation!"

Ye Minyu smiled bitterly and said, "Where is that bastard Lu Jian now?"

"Is there something wrong with Lu Jian? After he informed me, he said he was worried about the prince's safety and rode alone to pick you up!"

"Did you know that someone made a black record against both of us in front of the emperor, saying that you and I colluded and plotted rebellion!"

"Ah?" Li Ling felt that this matter was unusual! There had been such news before, but this time it was him who came with thousands of troops to meet Ye Minyu, and inexplicably collided with the emperor's holy car.

Li Ling was an expert at leading troops, but he did not have much experience in political struggle. He said somewhat numbly: "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Ye Minyu slowly calmed down, and he said slowly: "What else can we do now? I won't be able to think about it for long, the emperor's army will be here, we can either be captured without mercy, or even if we save our heads, we will probably be imprisoned for life.

.Or, just rise up and truly rebel against the imperial court, maybe there is still a chance of survival."

"What?" Li Ling was so shocked that he almost jumped up. "We have no intention of rebellion at all. You are the emperor's beloved son. Can't you meet with the emperor to talk things over and ask him to dispel his doubts?"

Ye Minyu asked: "Now let's go and tell the emperor that we are not rebelling. Do you think the emperor will believe us?"

Li Ling thought about it carefully and concluded that Ye Minzhao's serial plan was too vicious. He probably set up this series of policies from the beginning to induce Ye Minyu and Li Ling to step into his trap step by step. Li Ling was worried about Ye Minyu's safety.

, Hao Shi Bu Si brought all the cavalry of the Zhenning Guards to meet him, and Hao Si Bu Si sent a team of men and horses to rush into the valley where the emperor was hunting with murderous intent.

Now if I go back and explain that everything was a misunderstanding, who would believe it? How could such a coincidence happen?!

He walked around in place, feeling confused for a moment. Ye Minyu looked at him calmly, waiting for his final decision. He would definitely not be willing to sit back and wait for death, but if he wanted to rebel against the imperial court, his determination was not that good.

Down.

The guards around Ye Minyu all quietly pressed their hands on the handles of their swords. They were all Li Ling's people. They were afraid that Li Ling would be driven to a dead end, so they caught Ye Minyu and reported their merits to the court in exchange for the court to be lenient and spare his life.

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Li Ling circled the spot several times and finally made up his mind. He suddenly turned over and fell at Ye Minyu's feet: "Your Majesty, General Xiang Ning has the guts. Your Highness, I will entrust my life to you. If one day you can,

When you return to the capital and ascend to the throne, please don’t forget the dozens of people who died in the general’s family!”

As the commander of the capital of Hebei Province, Li Ling's family must stay in Beijing as a matter of course. This is also an effective way to fear rebellion by people like them who hold military power. If Li Ling raises a rebellion, his whole family will needless to say.

I'm afraid none of them will survive.

Ye Minyu stretched out her hand to help Li Ling up and said: "If there is such a day, I am willing to rule the world together with the general!"

After making up his mind to raise an army, Li Ling gathered his troops. As expected, Chen Jia sent thousands of troops to attack. Ye Minyu and Li Ling's side were small in number, and they were fighting the emperor's personal soldiers. The morale of the army suddenly dropped.

They were scattered, and were defeated as soon as they made contact. Li Ling led people to protect Ye Minyu and fled back to Zhending Guard. Chen Jia, considering the safety of the emperor, did not dare to pursue him, which gave Ye Minyu and Li Ling an opportunity to take advantage of.

On the fourth day of the sixth lunar month in the 10th year of Zhengtong, King Zhao Ye Minyu officially launched a rebellion in Zhendingwei, Hebei Province. The name of the uprising was "Execute Chen Jia, Qing Jun Side" as a rallying cry, and spread the word to the world, enumerating dozens of crimes committed by Chen Jia and Xichang. At that time, the world

shock.

Ye Minzhao also felt the opposite at this time. The reason why he ended up where he was today was because Chen Jia did not play a good role in it.

Zhengtong rushed back to the capital from the summer resort day and night, and at the same time sent Chen Jia to lead tens of thousands of elite troops to besiege the Zhending Guard. After returning to the Zhending Guard, Li Ling immediately handed over the military power to Ye Minyu. He also understood that now this

Under this situation, he did not have Ye Minyu's appeal at all, and his rebellion had no legitimacy at all. In order not to be easily eliminated by the court, he had no choice but to hand over military power to Ye Minyu.

Ye Minyu reorganized the Zhending Guard as quickly as possible, lured the enemy deeper with 4,000 troops, and set up an ambush at Heihu Ridge dozens of miles away from the Zhending Guard, and defeated Chen Jia's 10,000 troops. Chen Jia was there.

Under the desperate protection of his personal guards, he risked his life to break out of the encirclement and escaped with only a few hundred people.

After this battle, Ye Minyu recruited more than 8,000 Yulin troops, plus more than 10,000 people from the Hebei Capital Commander's Department, the number of troops reached more than 20,000, and the momentum was huge. At the same time, everyone held a first meeting at Zhendingwei.

A military meeting was held to discuss the next direction of the rebel army.

Some people suggested that before the local area was ready for the rebellion, they immediately sent troops to attack several big cities such as Baoding and Handan in Hebei Province, and used them as a base to gradually encircle the capital. Some people were inspired by this battle to win with fewer people, and they were full of confidence.

It is suggested to attack the capital directly from Hebei. As long as the capital is captured, Ye Minyu can justifiably sit in the Dragon Court. At that time, they will all be heroes in the founding of the country.

Ye Minyu smiled bitterly. There were 200,000 elite soldiers in the capital, the city walls were thick, and there were mountains of food and grass. Not to mention that he only had 20,000 people in his hands. Even if he had ten times more, he would never be able to capture the heart of the Chu Empire. Not to mention the city.

There is also Ye Yichen, a victorious general.

Li Ling proposed a plan to attack Datong and Xuanfu in the north. As long as these cities on the front line of the Great Wall were occupied, they could contact Tuwu and form a coalition with the large tribes in Tuwu. They could help Ye Minyu regain the throne with the help of Tuwu's brave cavalry.

This method can be described as very ruthless. Tuwu and Dachu have been having constant disputes in recent years. As long as Ye Minyu raises his voice, the Tuwu people envy the prosperous life and splendid civilization of the Central Plains. As long as Ye Minyu is willing to join forces with them to attack the internal

They would definitely be willing to gather under Ye Minyu's command. At that time, they could gather hundreds of thousands of experienced warriors without spending any money or food. In the future, Ye Minyu would capture the capital and then go back to deal with the unexpected people.

This plan was very tempting and feasible, but it was rejected by Ye Minyu without hesitation. It is easy to ask the gods, but it is difficult to give them away. If you use unexpected troops to attack the court, even if it really succeeds, it will be the common people who will be unlucky in the future.

After some discussion, everyone came up with two plans, one was to go south, and the other was to go east. The south route started from Hebei, passed through Shandong, and went directly to Nanjing. Nanjing was the place where Taizu Longxing was founded.

It was the capital in the early days. Later, Taizong ascended to the throne and spent eighteen years building the Forbidden City in Beijing. Taizong moved the capital to Beijing in his later years.

Nanjing is now the second capital, second only to the capital in the north. Its political status is particularly important. If Nanjing can be captured, even if it cannot fight back to Beijing, it can also divide the river and rule with Beijing.

The disadvantage of this plan is that Nanjing is thousands of miles away from Hebei, and there are too many variables on the way. If you are not careful, the entire rebel army may be wiped out.

Another way is to advance eastward, march into Guanzhong, and control Shaanxi. The advantage of Guanzhong is that the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the momentum is reunited. In history, there is a saying of "One Hundred and Two Qin Passes". It means one hundred and two Qin Passes.

Ten thousand soldiers attacked Guanzhong, but 20,000 people were enough to resist them.

If Xi'an can be captured, I dare not say that we can unify the Central Plains, but there is still hope for separatist rule in one corner.

Ye Minyu thought hard for a long time and decided to advance to Guanzhong.

Ye Yichen heard the news about Ye Minyu's rebellion in Zhuangzi, Daxing, and he had a thousand feelings in his heart. Yulan also heard the news at this time. Shocked, he hurriedly came to discuss with the prince: "What did King Zhao say?

Rebellion? Isn't he the emperor's designated heir apparent? The emperor is in poor health. He will be able to ascend the throne and become emperor in a few more years. Why rebel at this time? It is really unwise!"

Ye Yichen said: "It is precisely because he is the emperor's designated prince that someone forced him to rebel!"

Yulan was shocked: "You mean the young prince? How could he do such a thing?" In Yulan's mind, Ye Minzhao and Concubine Hui had no power at all in the court, so how could he force them to do so?

Ye Minyu rebelled.

Ye Yichen smiled slightly: "Look, most people, including you, have been deceived by their mother and son!"

Yulan still couldn't believe it. If all this was a trick by Concubine Hui and Ye Minzhao, their thoughts would be too deep. Yulan didn't want to think too much. She came to the prince this time to urge him to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

"I don't want to know the specific inside story. Whoever becomes the emperor has nothing to do with me. It's just that the war is going on now and it's too unsafe to live here. Let's take the children back to Beijing as soon as possible! In case King Zhao leads someone to attack

It will be troublesome if you come here."

Ye Yichen chuckled and pulled Yulan to sit down next to him. "Don't be afraid! Ye Minyu is not a fool. With his little strength, if I just give him the courage, he won't dare to come and attack Beijing."

Yulan didn't know much about military matters, but she knew that the prince was a leader. Since the prince said that Ye Minyu would not attack Beijing, he would definitely not come.

She sat down next to the prince and discovered that there was a giant map on the prince's desk. She asked curiously: "If King Zhao can't attack Beijing, then where will he attack?"

Ye Yichen's eyes fell on the map. He had already judged Ye Minyu's movements and said to his wife: "He has three easy ways to go. Either go north to contact Suju, or go south to attack Nanjing, or east to attack Guanzhong. Most likely.

The only way to succeed is to go north. If it were Ye Minzhao, he would definitely go north to borrow troops from the Turks, because

He is a person who will do anything to achieve his goals. But with Ye Minyu's temperament, he should not be able to do such a thing! If he goes south, it is a long way to Nanjing. Shandong and Henan are well-equipped soldiers, and there are even more deployments along the river to guard against the Shu Han.

He has killed many soldiers and is in great danger. So his most likely destination is to go east and attack Guanzhong!"

Seeing him talking eloquently, Yulan's tone was full of confidence, and she couldn't help but said: "Then do you want to tell the emperor this?"

Ye Yichen said lightly: "This is a matter between father and son, what does it have to do with me!" He made it clear that he did not want to get involved. If he was willing to take action, it would be easy to deal with Ye Minyu, but he also felt sympathy for Ye Minyu. Before that

He refused to side with Ye Minyu, not because he liked Ye Minzhao more between the two brothers, but after weighing the pros and cons, he made this choice in order to maximize his interests.

He didn't want to get involved in the next thing. He also had his own account in his heart. As long as he didn't lead the troops to encircle and suppress him, Ye Minyu should be able to reach Xi'an smoothly! Emotionally, he didn't really want his nephew to die like this!

"Not only can we not go back, but you have to spread the news to the outside world, saying that I am sick. I am so sick that I can't even get out of bed."

Yulan looked at him in shock. He soon understood that he did not want to lead troops to attack Ye Minyu. When it came to fighting, the first thing that the emperor thought of now was Ye Yichen. Yulan didn't want Ye Yichen to go out to fight, even if he thought about it.

I agreed without thinking.

Yulan did not dare to neglect, and soon released the news that Ye Yichen accidentally caught a cold because he put too much ice in the house because he was greedy for the cold in summer. Because he did not pay attention at first, the fever did not go away and his condition was very serious.

Sure enough, the emperor returned to the Forbidden City and immediately sent eunuchs to announce that he would appoint Ye Yichen as the general to rebel and send troops to quell the rebellion. Under Yulan's make-up, Ye Yichen faced him tremblingly with a sick look on his face.

The eunuch who was delivering the edict said: "It's not that I don't obey the imperial edict, it's that I'm seriously ill. Ahem..." A burst of crazy coughing frightened the eunuch who returned to the Forbidden City holding the imperial edict.

Zhengtong had been so angry that Ye Minyu fainted while hunting. He had not gotten better these days. He was really seriously ill. When he returned to the capital, he received the news of Chen Jia's defeat. Chen Jia knelt in front of him.

Weeping bitterly, Zhengtong indeed loved him very much. He only reproached him a few times, and the defeat was easily dismissed.

The top priority was to choose a general to lead the army to fight against the rebellion. Ye Yichen refused to lead the army, so Zhengtong had to appoint Changxing Marquis Geng Junwen as the general and lead an army of 50,000 to encircle and suppress Zhao King Ye Minyu.

After a joint trial by the three law divisions, all the adult men of the Xiao family were beheaded, and all the women were sold into the Jiaofang Division as slaves. Xiao Zongchang, Xiao Zongsheng's wife clan, and the mother clan were implicated.
Chapter completed!