EBE Chapter 126 Chaos in Jianggu City
Chapter 126 Chaos in Jianggu City
Jianggu City.
Eastern Qin military camp.
"Your Highness, news has come from the capital of Southern Qi that all four princes of Southern Qi have died, and the Sword King of Southern Qi was also assassinated last night."
Liu Feng entered the commander's tent and reported yesterday's events to Qin Wu.
"What's going on? Wasn't it supposed to be a battle between the four kings?"
Qin Wu glanced coldly at Liu Feng.
What he wanted was a struggle among the four kings, not their deaths.
"Your Highness, there's nothing we can do about this. The four princes died in their own internal struggles."
“Initially, the three kings attacked and killed the eldest prince. We thought that the death of the eldest prince was in our best interest, since he was the eldest son of the legitimate wife, and the neutral faction in Southern Qi also began to lean towards the eldest prince.”
"After the death of the eldest prince, his men went mad and began to take revenge on the three princes. In the end, the third prince was killed by mistake."
"Now only two princes were left, and they ended up dying together."
Liu Feng was also helpless; he never expected that the four princes would end up dying together.
They didn't have many people in Southern Qi to begin with, so there was nothing they could do to stop them.
Qin Wu was speechless after hearing this.
These four people really left him speechless.
Four idiots completely ruined his plans.
"What about the Sword King? With his strength, the poison we gave him shouldn't have rendered him powerless to resist."
Qin Wu then inquired about the Sword King.
"On his way back, the Sword King encountered several assassination attempts, all by assassins. During the attempts, he was also poisoned by several different kinds of poison."
"However, these poisons are not fatal; they can be neutralized in a few days."
"As a result, the four princes died one after another. The Sword King was so angry that he couldn't control the poison in his body and fell into a coma. In his coma, he was killed by a large number of assassins and killers sent by several major clans."
Liu Feng said speechlessly.
Sword King can be said to be the grandmaster who died the most unjustly.
"..."
Qin Wu was speechless once again.
What is this all about!
What's the current situation in Southern Qi?
Qin Wu could only ask helplessly in the end.
"The Southern Qi royal family began their final frenzy, starting a massacre in the Southern Qi capital, and many people died at their hands."
"The entire capital of Southern Qi is currently in chaos."
Liu Feng reported the situation in the capital of Southern Qi to Qin Wu in detail.
The Southern Qi royal family has gone mad, and the other clans are not to be trifled with either.
After the Southern Qi royal family lost its last support, it no longer tolerated the situation.
The counterattack against the Southern Qi royal family has begun. It can be said that the capital of Southern Qi is now a killing field, and one careless move could lead to death.
Many officials have begun to secretly flee the capital of Southern Qi.
It wasn't just officials; ordinary people were also eager to escape this killing field.
Chaos has begun to break out among the imperial guards and city defense troops in the capital of Southern Qi, and it seems that a melee will soon erupt.
"Can this message reach Jianggu City?"
Qin Wu inquired what would happen if this news reached Jianggu City.
It seems that Jianggu City will also be thrown into chaos, and he will be able to conquer it without much effort.
They could also take the opportunity to seize the entire Southern Qi.
Although it differed from his plan, the goal was still achieved, and the results were even better than he had anticipated.
No one knows what the Southern Qi emperor did to make these clans hate the Southern Qi royal family so much.
"We haven't received any news yet. It's probably the work of the major clans of Southern Qi. They probably don't want us to break through Jianggu City."
Liu Feng shook his head.
"Hmph, you think you can use Jiang Gucheng to stop us and wait for them to decide the winner? Dream on."
Qin Wu sneered, instantly guessing what these people were up to.
But will he let them have their way?
"Have the Imperial Shadow Guards spread the news about the Southern Qi capital, and try to incite chaos among the armies of various factions in Jianggu City, preferably to break them into a fight."
Qin Wu gave the order.
It wasn't that he didn't want his secret guards to do it; after all, his secret guards had only infiltrated Southern Qi for a short time, and it would be difficult for them to accomplish such a task, especially since they needed to see results in a short period of time.
The Imperial Shadow Guards were different; they had long been established in Southern Qi, so it wouldn't be difficult for them to do this.
"Yes."
Liu Feng immediately understood what Qin Wu wanted to do.
Not long after Liu Feng left.
News of the Southern Qi capital spread to Jianggu City.
The army belonging to the eldest prince heard that the other three princes had joined forces to kill their master.
They couldn't hold back any longer. They knew that with the death of the eldest prince, they would never again have the merit of following the emperor.
This would ruin their future, especially the eldest prince's die-hard supporters, who were furious.
That very night, they launched a mutiny.
The group wanted to eliminate the other three princes, and just as the eldest prince's men were about to make their move...
The Third Prince's men also received the news and took action against the Second and Fourth Princes' men that very night without hesitation.
Just as they were about to take action, the last to receive the news were the men of the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince, who also learned that their masters had been killed.
However, what they didn't know was that all four princes were dead, and they all believed that the other side's people had killed their master.
That night, half of the army in Jianggu City mutinied and a chaotic battle ensued.
The commander of Jianggu Castle also received the news immediately.
"What's going on? Why are the four princes' men attacking each other?"
The commander inquired.
"General, see for yourself!"
The lieutenant A handed over the results of his investigation to the commander.
The commander was stunned.
He hadn't received any news that all four princes had died.
But why are the four princes fighting each other? Their masters are all dead, what's the point of fighting?
Even if you want revenge, there's absolutely no need once everyone is dead!
"General, this humble general suspects that the four armies probably only know that their master is dead, but are unaware that the other three princes are also dead!"
The lieutenant, A, reluctantly voiced his guess.
Otherwise, he really couldn't understand why the four armies would have to fight each other.
Slogan or revenge...
This is truly outrageous...
Upon hearing this, the commander immediately suspected that someone was deliberately stirring things up to create chaos.
"Immediately send someone to stop them and inform them of the situation in the capital."
Once the commander understood, he immediately gave the order.
"General, I'm afraid it's too late. Now it's not just the four princes' armies that are in chaos; other forces have also started fighting."
"Our Jianggu City is finished."
Another lieutenant rushed in.
He wanted to stop them, but they were already in a bloodthirsty frenzy.
They wouldn't listen to any advice, and the key problem was that the chaos spread, dragging several other armies into it as well.
The entire military camp was in complete chaos.
"What? What's going on? Why have other armies joined in?"
The commander was somewhat bewildered; what exactly was going on?
"General, this is the intelligence I've gathered. When the four princes' forces were really fighting, a message spread through the army that all four princes were dead. This message should have been a good thing, as it could have stopped the four armies from fighting."
"Then another piece of news came out: the four princes were killed by the clan. The clan wanted to seize the Southern Qi kingdom. When the four princes' army, which had just stopped fighting, heard this, they were furious, and this is how the situation ended up."
"The only thing that hasn't fallen into chaos right now is our army. However, on my way back, I heard some news: the prince was assassinated by the clan."
The lieutenant B recounted all the information he knew in one breath.
Each of these news items was enough to shock everyone.
"What? You're saying the Sword King was killed?"
The commander could no longer remain calm; he was one of the Sword King's men.
Now that he heard that the Sword King had been killed, how could he possibly bear it?
"Yes, bring the person up."
The lieutenant ordered someone to bring up a spy.
The commander immediately interrogated him, and through this questioning, he finally understood how the Sword King had died.
"Ah! I'm going to kill the clan members! How dare they plot against the prince!"
The commander roared in anger, unable to hold back any longer.
He owes his success entirely to the Sword King's promotion; without the Sword King, he would not have achieved what he has today.
Otherwise, the Sword King wouldn't have made him the commander of Jianggu City.
Now that the Sword King is dead, he can no longer hold back, and he doesn't care whether Jianggu City will be breached.
He planned to annihilate the clan's army and then lead his troops back to slaughter those clans.
"By my order, annihilate the clan's army and return with me to the capital to slaughter the clan and avenge the prince."
The commander-in-chief issued orders recklessly, completely losing his rationality.
"General, what should we do with the Eastern Qin army?"
Lieutenant A couldn't help but ask.
"The prince and several princes are all dead. Southern Qi is finished. What do we care about the Eastern Qin army? What we need to do now is avenge the prince. So what if Eastern Qin invades Southern Qi? As long as it's not the people who killed the prince."
The commander roared, this was his last shred of rationality.
Seeing this, the other generals said nothing more, after all, they were all Sword King's men.
They were all people who had gone through life and death with the Sword King; their lack of ideas before was because no one had made the decision.
Now that their leader has made a decision, they no longer hesitate.
A group of people then walked out of their command tent and gathered their army.
The commander even sent people to contact the four princes, telling them about how the clan had killed their master, and of course, he embellished the story.
The result can be imagined.
Two-thirds of the entire army surrounded and annihilated the clan's army.
The fighting lasted for a night and half a day, and did not end until noon the next day.
Without even cleaning up the battlefield, the commander gathered all his troops, abandoned Jianggu City, and marched towards the capital of Southern Qi.