Emperor: When will the Seventh Prince rebel? I will open the city gates to welcome him.

Jinyiwei Zhou Changzhi said respectfully:

"Your Majesty, when I left, the King of Zhenbei told me that he would send a thousand composite military crossbows to protect your Majesty."

Emperor Dingwen was overjoyed:

"Yes! One thousand military crossbows are enough to ensure my safety."

Zhang Shoufu stepped out:

"Your Majesty! The war in southern Xinjiang is getting intense right now. We need weapons with such high lethality to deter the rebellion in southern Xinjiang."

"Yesterday, I received a report from the battle front in Southern Xinjiang. General Zhaowu Denian was poisoned by the Southern Xinjiang Gu, and the command of Southern Xinjiang was almost paralyzed."

Emperor Dingwen, sitting high on the dragon throne, frowned.

"General Zhaowu Denian was poisoned by the Southern Xinjiang Gu? Why did Prime Minister Zhang report it only now?"

"Is Nanjiang King Hongli unable to command the army?"

After hearing this, all the civil and military officials looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they were both princes stationed at the frontier, the gap between the two was as huge as the difference between heaven and earth.

"Your Majesty, the eldest prince Hongli has a lot of room for improvement in commanding the army, but he may be of great use in the future!" Chief Zhang said tactfully.

Emperor Dingwen frowned and said:

"It's not that he needs to grow up, but that no one in the southern border area respects him as a prince."

"As the King of Southern Xinjiang, he is the highest commander and ruler of Southern Xinjiang."

"After he arrived in Southern Xinjiang, those rebels and bandits dared to attack the cities of Southern Xinjiang. How could there be such a cowardly King of Southern Xinjiang?"

Not only Emperor Dingwen thought so, but all the civil and military officials in the court believed so.

Zhang Shoufu bowed and said:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the large-scale rebellion at the southern border against Dafeng has provoked a war. This is because the banditry and rebellion in southern Xinjiang have accumulated for a long time. The management of Yunzhou is limited, and it will explode sooner or later. The King of Southern Xinjiang has indeed tried his best."

"Humph! Is the imperial court's management of Yunzhou limited?"

Emperor Dingwen Hongjing snorted coldly.

"You don't have to speak for him. After General Zhaowu Denian was poisoned, he was unable to preside over the overall situation in Southern Xinjiang."

"It shows that he has been gone for such a long time and has no prestige in southern Xinjiang."

"After he went to Southern Xinjiang, the rebels and bandits became even more rampant. From this, we can see that the rebels in Southern Xinjiang did not take Southern Xinjiang King Hongli seriously at all."

Emperor Dingwen Hongli sighed leisurely:

"Only the King of Zhenbei can make me feel at ease! Where is the King of Zhenbei? The enemy is trembling! The people of Dafeng are living and working in peace!"

Crown Prince Hongze in the Hall of Supreme Harmony heard the hidden meaning.

But even so, he had no words to refute.

This is the case.

King Zhenbei Hongxuan is no longer the timid seventh brother of the past, but the invincible King Zhenbei who can command hundreds of thousands of soldiers and kill 180,000 enemy cavalry.

The King of Zhenbei possesses an advanced composite military crossbow, but even so.

To command an infantry of 120,000 soldiers and fight a decisive battle with 300,000 cavalry soldiers on the battlefield, and finally to kill 180,000 cavalry soldiers of the Northern Shang Kingdom, this kind of military achievement and this kind of record cannot be achieved just by having advanced weapons.

A strong command is required.

The military command ability of Zhenbei King Hongxuan has long been proven.

Emperor Dingwen looked at the officials in the hall:

"Minister of Rites! Publicize the great military exploits of Zhenbei King Hongxuan, and let those southern Xinjiang rebels and mountain bandits know how powerful our Great Feng Kingdom Hongxuan is."

Minister of Rites Deng Pan bowed respectfully and said:

"Your Majesty! I will do it immediately and let the people and those traitors in the southern border know that I am honored by the reputation of the King of Zhenbei!"

Just when the Minister of Rites Deng Pan was about to handle the matter,

Suddenly, an urgent report came from outside the hall.

"Eight hundred miles, urgent! Report! Eight hundred miles, urgent."

Everyone in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was discussing that in such a short period of time, two express deliveries of 800 miles had occurred.

A scout entered the hall.

He looked extremely miserable, and his face looked extremely pale, as if he was about to faint.

He came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony and saw Emperor Dingwen kneeling down and said:

"Your Majesty, the situation in the southern border has taken a sharp turn for the worse. General Zhaowu Denian has been poisoned by the southern border's Gu and has died!"

"The King of Southern Xinjiang has been captured by the Southern Xinjiang rebels, and his life or death is unknown! Yunzhou in Southern Xinjiang has been completely occupied, and the rebel leader Li Haicheng announced that Yunzhou has separated from the Dafeng Kingdom!"

Emperor Dingwen was shocked by the sudden news and stood up from the dragon throne.

When the civil and military officials heard the news, they were in an uproar.

General Zhaowu died?

The life and death of King Huangli of Southern Xinjiang is unknown?

Rebel leader Li Haicheng occupied Yunzhou? ?

These three pieces of news are more serious than each other.

Emperor Dingwen Hongjing's face turned pale.

"What! This! The situation is getting serious and changing so fast!"

Unexpectedly, after hearing the great news about King Tianda of Zhenbei a few days ago, today I heard the bad news that Yunzhou in southern Xinjiang had separated from Dafeng, and my son Hongli was arrested.

After the scout finished speaking, he fainted.

Two Jinyiwei immediately carried him out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The current situation is more urgent than Emperor Dingwen Hongjing imagined.

He looked at the civil and military officials in the hall and said:

"The bandit problem in southern Xinjiang has never been completely resolved, and now such a large-scale riot has broken out! Which of you can solve this disaster?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Not a single minister stepped forward during this time of crisis.

Emperor Dingwen Hongjing's eyes were cold:

"Useless! What's the point of the court keeping you? The eldest prince was captured in southern Xinjiang, and no one is willing to save him?"

He looked at Hongxiong:

"Hongxiong! Your elder brother is in danger now. Go to southern Xinjiang to rescue him."

After hearing this, the second prince's face changed drastically.

Kneeling on the ground hurriedly:

"Father! I am not good at both civil and military affairs. Southern Xinjiang is now a dangerous place with fierce wars. My elder brother has been captured. If I go there, I will also be captured."

Emperor Dingwen Hongjing was furious when he heard this:

"Hongxiong, do you really have any skills? In this palace, you are quite strong in palace fighting. All your skills are put into palace fighting."

Hongxiong quickly knelt on the ground:

"Father, I really don't have the ability. You must not send me to the southern border!"

"I cannot bear the hardship of war."

Emperor Dingwen kept shaking his head as he watched. He was completely disappointed in his son.

He looked at all the civil and military officials in the court, and no one could stand up to share his worries.

He turned his gaze towards the prince.

Prince Hongze shrank back.

Emperor Dingwen himself knew that if he really sent them, the bandit problem in Yunzhou would probably become more and more serious.

And Hongli will definitely die.

"Zhou Changzhi, send someone to tell the King of Zhenbei the news from southern Xinjiang as quickly as possible."

"Tell the King of Zhenbei to send troops to completely eliminate the bandit problem in southern Xinjiang."

Zhou Changzhi understood that now in the entire court, only the Prince of Zhenbei could solve this disaster.

"Your Majesty! Should I ask the King of Zhenbei to lead the troops himself or send his subordinates?"

Emperor Dingwen sighed:

"Let King Zhenbei decide for himself."

"The Northern Border has just solved the problem of the Northern Shang cavalry. At this time, I am worried that if the King of Zhenbei does not stay in the Northern Border, the Northern Shang Kingdom will send heavy troops to attack again."

"The rebellion in the southern border will definitely spread to the border of the Northern Shang Kingdom. Fortunately, Hongxuan solved the disaster on the northern border in time. If it was attacked from both the north and the south, it would be really dangerous."

Zhou Changzhi received the order.

Go and arrange for your subordinates to deliver the message to Zhenbei King Hongxuan.