Li Yang looked ugly, Zhou Yanfeng was in a bad mood, and the two were in the same camp. Now that Li Yang was besieged, his interests would naturally be damaged.

Originally, the two of them were discussing that they were about to launch the Ninth Prince, but now the incident of Nanling City being captured suddenly happened, which caught the two of them off guard. In this case, the matter of launching the Ninth Prince would naturally push back.

"This matter cannot be completely blamed by Li Shangshu." Zhou Yanfeng couldn't help but come out to speak for his allies: "Now, everyone knows how rampant the rebels are in our Yanfeng Kingdom. It takes step by step to wipe out the rebels. It is impossible to destroy the rebels in a short time. What's more, destroying the rebels also requires the assistance of the city lords of major cities. Nanling City was captured. This is completely accidental. It is the lord of Nanling City's lords' responsibility. No wonder Li Shangshu."

Zhou Yanfeng's words not only helped Li Yang shirking responsibility, but also put the blame on Duan Wanming.

They did not know that Duan Wanming intended to control the eldest prince Zhao Xuan. In their perception, Duan Wanming and Zhao Xuan were in the same group, and they could even be said to be the most staunch supporters behind Zhao Xuan. Striking Duan Wanming means attacking Zhao Xuan.

Zhou Yanfeng naturally didn't mind suppressing Duan Wanming. After all, he and Zhao Xuan were not in the same camp.

But Yuan Ji is different. Yuan Ji has already contacted Zhao Xuan at this time. He has secretly joined Zhao Xuan's camp, so he naturally cannot watch Zhou Yanfeng suppress Zhao Xuan's help in helping Duan Wanming.

"What Zhou Shangshu said is inappropriate." Yuan Ji said with a cold face: "As we all know, Li Shangshu, as the Minister of War, has the responsibility to coordinate all the troops in the country. When the late emperor was still alive, he also ordered Li Shangshu to be responsible for the extermination of the rebels. Now something happens, it is naturally Li Shangshu's full responsibility. He has not fulfilled his duty to be the Minister of War at all."

"It's not appropriate for Secretary Yuan to put everyone's responsibility on Li Shangshu." Zhou Yanfeng sneered: "Are tens of thousands of troops in the southern city dead? Even the rebels can't stop it? Moreover, the city was lost so quickly that he didn't give any chance to react. Even if Li Shangshu wanted to help, there was no way. Isn't this the responsibility of the Lord Duan? In my opinion, he, the Lord of the City, did not do anything at all. He should change to someone with more ability to be the position of Lord of the City."

"After saying this, isn't Li Shangshu's Minister of War also unqualified? After so many years of suppressing bandits, the rebels have suppressed more and more. Shouldn't it be time for the position of Minister of War to be replaced?" Yuan Ji refused to give in.

Hou Yi was watching both sides verbally and was secretly happy.

Both of them are not in the same camp as him. At present, attacking each other is exactly what he wants to see. It would be best to make Li Yang and Duan Wanming get out of here, that's the best.

Qi Kai and Guan Zhuo also watched the show, but neither of them was in a good mood as Hou Yi, nor were they as bad as Zhou Yanfeng and the other two.

"Everyone!" Guan Zhuo saw the quarrel between Zhou Yanfeng and Yuanji becoming more and more intense, and couldn't help but say, "Now is not the time to discuss who is responsible for this matter. What we should discuss most now is how to regain Nanling City from the rebels?"

"Not bad." Qi Kai also said: "Who is responsible for this matter? It will not be too late to discuss it after recapturing Nanling City. Now, we should find a way to recapture Nanling City as soon as possible. Everyone knows that it is the gateway of the imperial capital. If it falls into the hands of the rebels, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang looked at Qi Kai with dissatisfaction, obviously blaming Qi Kai for not speaking for them.

Qi Kai also felt the dissatisfaction in the eyes of the two, but his expression remained unchanged, as if he hadn't seen it. Wu Fan's words had some effect on him before. At this time, he was becoming more and more disgusted with Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang.

Moreover, there is nothing wrong with his words. Even if Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang are dissatisfied, they can't do anything to him.

Zhou Yanfeng and the other two did not continue to quarrel. They also knew that it was indeed the most important thing to regain the Nanling City at the moment. They naturally knew that if they had been in the hands of the rebels, they would be unable to sleep or eat in the imperial capital.

"Actually, I don't think everyone has to worry so much." At this time, Hou Yi spoke again: "There are tens of thousands of troops in Nanling City, and they are all warriors. Although they didn't know why they were defeated by the rebels before, I believe that they still have the ability to regain control of Nanling City."

"I agree with Mr. Hou's words, Lord Duan can definitely regain control of the Nanling City." Yuan Ji said: "As for Mr. Li, I think that at this time, the troops near the Nanling City should be dispatched to encircle and suppress the rebels around the Nanling City to prevent them from supporting the Nanling City."

Although Yuan Ji was unhappy about Hou Yi, he still had to agree with Hou Yi when it comes to Nanlingcheng because Hou Yi's words were more in his interests.

Yuan Ji did not want Li Yang to directly interfere in Nanling City. If Li Yang and others would extend their hands to Nanling City, it would obviously not be in line with Yuan Ji's interests, because Nanling City is Duan Wanming's territory and Zhao Xuan's sphere of influence. Once Li Yang intervenes in, it will affect this pattern and will obviously be very unfavorable to Zhao Xuan.

Therefore, Yuan Ji suggested that Li Yang wipe out the rebels around Nanling City. As for Nanling City, Duan Wanming was still recaptured. Yuan Ji also believed that Duan Wanming could do it.

Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang didn’t know Yuan Ji’s thoughts. Li Yang sneered and said, “Leave the matter of regaining Nanling City to Duan Wanming? Shangshu Yuan, what do you think? He can lose Nanling City even if he holds tens of thousands of troops. Do you think he can still regain Nanling City? Siege is more difficult than defending the city! If you really want to hand over this matter to Duan Wanming, I’m afraid I won’t be able to regain Nanling City in a few years.”

"No," Zhou Yanfeng also echoed: "Duan Wanming can no longer be responsible for this matter. He does not have the ability. I think that the matter of regaining Nanling City should be personally responsible for Li Shangshu. He is in charge of the center and can dispatch troops from all sides. With coordination and cooperation, it is not a problem to regain Nanling City."

"Li Shangshu rarely goes to the south neighbor city and is not familiar with the south neighbor city, while Duan Wanming is different. He is the lord of the south neighbor city. He is very familiar with the south neighbor city. It is undoubtedly more appropriate for him to take back the south neighbor city. Li Shangshu should do a good job of destroying the rebels around the south neighbor city. Otherwise, not only will the south neighbor city be in danger, but other cities are also in danger of being broken." Yuan Ji said immediately.
Chapter completed!