Rebirth: The wedding night, my whole family was exiled, I raised 500,000 soldiers

"No, no, my father is in good health. If I take action at this time, it will not be an attempt to purge the emperor, but treason!" Zhou Ruyuan said this, but his heart was very flustered and confused.

Jiang Wuya said decisively: "If Your Majesty does not make a desperate effort and just goes back like this, Shen Lanxi will definitely frame you with a crime. By then, the court will order Your Majesty to be dismissed from his military post, and Your Majesty will never be able to turn things around again."

This is what Zhou Ruyuan was hesitating about. If he hadn't known in advance that Bai Qingling was the one who did it, he would definitely have thought that Shen Lanxi was forcing him to start a rebellion.

Now it was Bai Qingling who forced him to start a rebellion, and he was not in the right.

Jiang Wuya knew that Zhou Ruyuan must be very conflicted right now, so he didn't urge him and just waited on the side.

Flames shot up into the sky from the southwest, and these flames were like dark clouds pressing down on Zhou Ruyuan's head.

If he didn't take action, he would be waiting for death. If he took action, he would probably be cursed and attacked by the world. Even if he succeeded, he would be a criticized emperor in history books.

……

While Zhou Ruyuan was struggling, Shen Lanxi received letters of surrender from the Wolf Clan and other tribes.

It was not a peace talk, not a negotiation, but a letter of surrender.

Shen Lanxi raised her lips and smiled, then raised her hand to write a letter back to the wolf tribe.

The sky brightened and the fire gradually dimmed, leaving only black smoke after the fire was extinguished, which continued to rise into the sky. The entire camp was filled with black ash, making people feel heavy.

The Southwestern Army, who had been chopping trees all night, were exhausted and wished they could just lie down on the ground and sleep.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers can't hold on any longer. The fire in the southwest seems to be smaller. Should we ask the soldiers to stop?"

Shen Lanxi: "We can't stop. We can't see anything in the daytime. What if the fire spreads while the soldiers are asleep?"

Although the soldiers were somewhat reluctant, they knew that Shen Lanxi was right.

This isn't a fight on the battlefield. It won't kill you. It's just chopping down a few trees. Cut!

Just after the afternoon solstice, the scouts suddenly brought an urgent report.

"My Lord Regent, this is bad. The foreign tribes have assembled a large army and are heading towards our Southwestern Army. They want to seek revenge on us, saying that we set the fire and burned many of them to death!"

Shen Lanxi's eyes were heavy: "Gather all the soldiers here!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers, who were so sleepy that they could hardly open their eyes, came down the mountain and gathered in a moment.

"Regent, the main force of the Southwest Army has been taken away by the prince. Let's quickly call them over for support!"

"Lord Regent, there are less than 2,000 people in our camp. We have been chopping trees all night and have not eaten or drunk anything. We are so tired that we can't even hold our weapons!"

Now is the time.

Shen Lanxi stood up with a solemn look in her eyes and said loudly: "Soldiers, the fire was so big last night, even if Zhou Ruyuan led the troops out for training, he should have returned by now."

"He hasn't come back yet, so he's obviously betrayed you and given up on you."

More than a thousand southwestern soldiers showed panic on their faces. Has their prince, the Great Zhou God of War, abandoned them?

Shen Lanxi sighed: "Zhou Ruyuan must have colluded with the foreign tribes in the southwest and wanted to use our lives to prove his loyalty to the foreign tribes. Zhou Ruyuan is really ambitious and treacherous. He has gone crazy for power."

A soldier suddenly shouted.

"Kill the princess..."

Soon after, many people started shouting together, and all of them believed that Zhou Ruyuan and Bai Qingling were in collusion.

Looking at the excited generals and soldiers, Shen Lanxi said resolutely: "I am the regent of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even if the sky falls, I can hold it up!"

"Send the scouts to deliver the message to the foreign tribes, telling them that I want to negotiate with their leaders!"

Guard: "Yes!"

Shen Lanxi sighed and said, "Zhou Ruyuan doesn't care about your lives, but I do!"

"I have devoted my life to the Great Zhou, unlike Zhou Ruyuan who has no bottom line and only wants to use all means to get to the top!"

"You are not only the army of the Great Zhou, but also the people of the Great Zhou. No matter what time it is, I will stand with you!"

Many soldiers were so moved that their eyes turned red when they heard Shen Lanxi's words.

Before, they looked down on Shen Lanxi because she was a woman, and always speculated that she had climbed to her current position by dishonorable means. They said that she was not as good as their prince, and that women would never be as good as men.

They are wrong.

The great god of war in their hearts used their lives to exchange for the support of foreign tribes. On the contrary, the woman they had always looked down on stood with them at this moment and negotiated with the brutal foreign tribes for them.

Many soldiers lowered their heads in shame.

Shen Lanxi took these people's reactions into consideration and immediately drafted a document of attack against Zhou Ruyuan, and had someone send a copy to the capital.

Within three days, the news of Prince Zhennan's rebellion will spread to every street and alley in Da Zhou.

An hour later, Shen Lanxi took all the soldiers to negotiate with the foreign tribes.

"You wait here, I will go there alone!"

The crowd of soldiers had complicated expressions, including shame, emotion, and uneasiness.

……

"The Regent is truly a man of foresight. He was able to figure out in advance that someone was trying to sabotage the peace talks between the Great Zhou and my wolf tribe." Meng Xiangka smiled happily, but he felt a heavy stone weighing on his heart.

Shen Lanxi glanced behind Meng Xiangka without leaving a trace. When they met before, she was alone, but now she couldn't do that.

Shen Lanxi sat calmly opposite Meng Xiangka. Now the situation had been reversed. She was strong and the enemy was weak, so she should be strong.

"Our Great Zhou is a great country, and there is no such thing as peace talks. However, the foreign tribes in the southwest can follow the example of the vassal states and submit to our Great Zhou. In the future, they can enjoy the treatment of our citizens. What our Great Zhou has, you will have. If a strong enemy invades, our Great Zhou and the foreign tribes in the southwest will resist together!"

Mengshanka's face changed and the smile on his face froze.

This was different from what she had initially expected.

Shen Lanxi said this, isn't she afraid that the Great Zhou and the southwestern tribes will go to war again?

"Your Highness, we agreed before that everything will remain as usual. Da Zhou and the Southwest will continue cultural exchanges, help each other, and benefit each other!" Then their southwestern tribe will be able to take the opportunity to learn advanced technology from Da Zhou, and bring all of Da Zhou's grain and tea varieties, as well as sugar and salt refining technology back to their tribe.

Shen Lanxi acted like a superior, and said calmly, "I did say that we can have mutual benefits with foreign races, but the prerequisite is that you foreign races must submit to my Great Zhou!"

Meng Xiangka stood up angrily, pointed at Shen Lanxi, and said angrily: "You never said before that I should be a vassal of other races. You people of the Great Zhou are all insidious and cunning."

Shen Lanxi's face turned cold: "I didn't say it before, but I'm saying it now. My Great Zhou is powerful, and all nations come to pay tribute. You are just a small foreign tribe in the southwest. My Great Zhou army can destroy you with a wave of a hand. Why do you think you can be on equal footing with my Great Zhou?"