, Ouyang Chen used Songyun as his base, contacted the personnel and troops that he had previously hidden among the people, and quietly spread rumors that the new emperor was a false emperor, and that the real emperor should be the eldest prince Ouyang Chen, who would sooner or later lead him.
Soldiers invaded the imperial city, seized the throne, and established a new dynasty.
Once the rumors started, they could not be stopped. The common people almost rushed to tell each other and spread the exciting good news. At this moment, Ouyang Chen won without a fight and used his connections and troops to occupy Bixin.
Several important towns in the country officially declared war with the puppet emperor Ouyang Xun. The entire imperial city was in panic. Although they knew that Ouyang Chen had not been beheaded and would fight back sooner or later, they did not expect that his actions would be so swift and violent.
Ouyang Xun, who was absent from the court and was sleeping with his head covered under the quilt of a certain concubine, heard the news and jumped up from the bed in shock. The concubine beside him was also scared and screamed. Just this sound
Screaming, the concubine perished under Ouyang Xun's sword.
He was already very angry when he got up, and if someone dared to scream in his ear, it was life-threatening.
The anger did not bring much benefit to Ouyang Xun. On the contrary, people in the court were also discussing Ouyang Chen's seizure of several important cities and wanted the new emperor to come up with an idea on what to do.[
Some people even proposed to divide the territory into two countries, using a certain town as a symbol to divide the country into the north and the south, so that Ouyang Chen could not come to the imperial city and just make him the king of the other half of the country.
This idea made Ouyang Xun furious. He had always been stubborn, how could he allow others to divide his territory like this? Wasn't it just a war?
He had also led troops to fight, so he decided to defend the imperial city and surrounding towns to prevent Ouyang Chen from having the opportunity to break into the imperial city. Therefore, many troops were asked to move into the imperial city, and they no longer even guarded the border.
As a result, borderland territories are also constantly flowing out.
This situation made Ouyang Chen very anxious. While thinking of ways to deal with Ouyang Xun, he also had to allocate part of his troops to the border areas to prevent the country from being annexed and cannibalized by neighboring countries.
Ouyang Xun and Ouyang Xu came in handy at this time. They resumed their duties and rushed to the border defense with new military symbols and Ouyang Chen's seal.
The false emperor did nothing, but the destiny prince sent troops to reinforce. Moreover, the third prince and the seventh prince were the generals loved by the border warriors. Seeing them return, everyone was very happy and did not take the false emperor's orders seriously at all. Therefore, the border soldiers
People's hearts quickly turned to Ouyang Chen's side. With the support of the border residents, the army's supplies were guaranteed, and the neighboring countries did not dare to act rashly. For a time, the border gradually calmed down.
The external strife is gone, but the internal worries are still there. Ouyang Chen continues his long road to the great cause of unifying the country, approaching the imperial city step by step. Ouyang Xun seems to be ready to resist to the end, but he does not believe it. With his powerful team
, unable to fight against Ouyang Chen's skirmishers.
Indeed, judging from the strength of the army, Ouyang Chen's side seemed to be unable to resist at all, but Yu Lixiao gave him an idea, saying that it would be better to start from within the imperial city.
I heard that one of the generals guarding the imperial city was General Li Mingyuan, the father of Li Jingrou. Speaking of which, she was the eldest prince's unmarried wife.
Thinking of the past in the palace, it feels like a lifetime ago, which is really sad.
After dusk that day, standing on the city wall of Lixia Town, a small town about five hundred miles away from the imperial city,