Chapter 157 - 156: Room for advancement and retreat, Killing two birds with one stone
Chapter 157: Chapter 156: Room for advancement and retreat, Killing two birds with one stone
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An innumerable number of feathered arrows zipped through the air, raining down towards Pei Xuanjing, seeming like a torrential downpour.
Subsequently, almost five thousand soldiers formed their ranks and started to encircle Pei Xuanjing.
“So what if the Ning King is rebelling? It’s not like I, a lowly military commander, can take down the Ning King’S vast army, right?” Yang Yunhui looked at Pei Xuanjing with a cold gaze and thought to himself, “Instead, I can just capture and kill you, a remnant of the Shenxiao Sect, to earn some merit.”
Just six months ago, the emperor who had been peaceful for two years once again wished to travel down to the south and tour the world. His plans for this southern tour sparked massive protests from the courtiers.
In this context, Ning King Zhu Chenhao, who had always been ambitious, had risen in rebellion a month prior, citing the emperor’s debauchery and unjust ways as excuses. He first killed the governor of Yangzhou, then beheaded the deputy inspector and defied the current emperor.
He set up a parallel imperial court within his own mansion, assigning the posts of left and right chancellors, secretaries of the six ministries, etc. He amassed an army of a million by rallying the masses and launched diatribes against the imperial court across the country. Half a month ago, he left a general in charge of his main camp and led a fleet downstream the river, capturing cities and territories on his way, straight towards South Capital Yingtian Prefecture. He wanted to restore the status of Yingtian Prefecture and declare it as the rightful capital.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Ning King’s actions had left many people stunned and not knowing how to react.
In just over a month, Ning King had almost claimed entire Yangzhou and seemed to be expanding further out.
As the commander of the Guard Command Department, Yang Yunhui understood the vast influence of Ning King better than anyone else.
Despite commanding a sizable army, facing the million-strong force of Ning King seemed just as difficult as reaching the high heavens.