The Demon Lords

Turning around,

Sun Ying looked towards the hall,

Father already knows what I’ve been doing behind the scenes for the past year, but he hasn’t explicitly stated it. This means that he actually supports me.

The dream of the Cheng State is also in father’s heart.

......

A team of Jingnan Army soldiers, who received orders, broke down the gate of Sun Ying’s residence. The house was quite large, but hiding more than a hundred people was obviously unrealistic.

Prepared Jin land warriors began with crossbows, then charged forward. Seizing the moment of surprise, they inflicted significant casualties on the Jingnan Army.

However, the space within the residence was limited, and the leading captain chose not to retreat but ordered to organize the formation on the spot while sending someone back to report.

The Jingnan Army soldiers are top-tier warriors, even without warhorses, they excel in infantry battles.

After forming the formation on site, despite being outnumbered, the disorganized attacks from the warriors could not defeat this entering Yan army. Instead, they were held back, causing a stalemate.

Meanwhile, with the exposure of Sun Ying’s residence, news of the uprising quickly spread through various channels, and suddenly, shouts of killing echoed throughout Ying Capital City.

...

Upon learning that Lord Pingye brought troops into the city and seized his Governor’s Mansion, Mao Mingcai did not fly into a rage, nor did he rush to his official office. Instead, he went to sit at the City Patrol Office.

Because he realized, at this point, the nature of things had changed.

With Lord Pingye already mobilizing forces,

what could Mao Mingcai do?

Initiate a direct confrontation?

Directly send someone with his governor seal to the other camps outside the city to mobilize troops for a battle against Lord Pingye?

Though he was a civil official, he had been the Minister of War and understood military affairs, aware of Lord Pingye’s prestige within the Yan army.

The Jingnan Army, mobilized by Lord Pingye.

If he then mobilized the Yan army from the West Gate camp to enter the city, although that Yan army was larger than the Jingnan Army, Mao Mingcai did not believe they would listen to him and attack Lord Pingye.

Most likely,

the Yan army from the West Gate camp he called upon, upon seeing the Jingnan Army and Lord Pingye,

would slice him down and join forces with Lord Pingye.

If the West Gate camp couldn’t mobilize troops, he could only mobilize Jin soldiers from the North and South camps.

But as Ying Capital City’s governor, as a Yan person,

mobilizing Jin soldiers into the city to fight against Lord Pingye commanding Yan troops,

Direct Thief,

what would this be considered?

Is it Lord Pingye acting rebelliously or Mao Mingcai here rebelling in the name of Jin people!

Imagine if such a scenario were to occur,

Mao Mingcai believes that if he were now in the court of Yanjing and learned of this news,

he would probably think he was rebelling!

Therefore,

unable to curse him,

that Lord Pingye is an expert at warfare,

when dealing with others, always unpredictable; seriously difficult to contend with.

When fighting,

aside from being unable to beat him,

the key point is, he cannot even fight him!

He’s out for blood,

he’s seizing property house by house,

he’s occupying my official residence,

Direct Thief,

if Zheng Fan wants to do something, let him do whatever he desires,

I won’t interfere!

If Lord Pingye has the courage to really commit such an unrighteous act, I’ll allow him to first chop off my head!

If he’s not rebelling, well, he has to go to the capital to meet the emperor, so let His Majesty decide.

Governor Mao figured it out,

afterwards, he took it openly.

Actually,

from the bottom of his heart, he doesn’t believe Lord Pingye will rebel.

Lord Jingnan is stationed at Fengxin, and the main forces of the Jingnan Army are with him. If Lord Jingnan suddenly wants to rebel, the Jin land would be doomed.

If Lord Jingnan doesn’t rebel, why would Lord Pingye dare to rebel?

Moreover, as the most celebrated and promising nobleman of Yan in the past two years, being valued by both Lord Jingnan and the emperor,

and also aligned with the Sixth Prince who presently overshadows the Crown Prince entirely;

no matter how one looks at it,

Zheng Fan has no reason to rebel!

It can’t possibly be because after capturing the Chu princess and being sweet-talked by her, he suddenly loses his mind, right?

Was it meant to be he snatched the princess just to defect back to Chu?

Why bother going through such trouble for no reason?

Ran Min stood to the side, watching his master’s expressions veer from somber to angry, puzzled to absurd.

As a close confidant, he didn’t know what to say or do.

In other situations, he could respond and should respond, but facing Lord Pingye, he admitted, he couldn’t handle it.

Earlier when blocking in front of the Academic Affairs Office, he wasn’t intimidated, his subordinates were first.

Suddenly,

outside, cries of battle erupted,

indistinctly,

shouts of "Revive Dacheng" "Expel Yan bastard" "Return my rivers and mountains" echoed.

Ran Min immediately shivered and shouted to his subordinates:

"Protect the master!"

"Yes!"

The City Patrol Office soldiers immediately surrounded him.

Mao Mingcai leapt from his chair and shouted to Ran Min:

"Go and see what’s happening outside!"

"Yes, master."

Inside Ying Capital City, chaos pervaded, this chaos completely different from earlier when the Jingnan Army was following orders to arrest people. Earlier was like a toothpick picking at meat, but now, the entire piece of meat seemed to be thrown into boiling water, with steam rising everywhere.