From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 585

Chu Feifan and others came quickly and surrounded Zhou Yuan to ensure that no suspicious person could approach him.

After all, the people in the Yangzhou garrison camp were not trustworthy, and Li Yu'an's worries were not unreasonable.

"Quick! Take her back to the mansion!"

Zhou Yuan hurriedly said: "Guan Lu, send someone in person, send someone you can trust..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yu'an pressed the back of his hand and gritted his teeth and said: "No need, I have my own people, you take care of yourself, I won't feel at ease until this battle is over."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "Don't worry, you take good care of your injuries, and the battle will be over today."

"I made a mistake, I can't believe they can get artillery."

Li Yu'an looked around and said: "Zhuang Xuansu is also injured, not less seriously than me, don't let her get into trouble, otherwise the court will think it was you who did it."

"I understand."

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said: "Go and rest, leave this to me."

The matter had been foreshadowed long ago. Li He brought a full 30,000 people here, waiting for Zhou Yuan's order at any time.

Although he is now the commander of Zhejiang and no longer a subordinate of Zhou Yuan, Zhou Yuan, as the governor of three provinces, controls the power with the Emperor's Sword, so everything is justified.

The opponent has already played all the chess pieces, and it is time to close the net.

"Defend Yangzhou and let Li He support it as quickly as possible."

"Guan Lu, our people are about to move. The female guards of the inner court have already rushed to the thirteen salt mines. They can conquer them all within today."

"You must find out the origins of the twelve thousand people under the tower within today, back up the list, and then hand it over to the inner court."

"We must arrest people as quickly as possible, and not miss any of them."

"We can also take action in Shandong. Bao Shanru has lived a good life for so many years, and it's time to die."

Guan Lu said in a deep voice: "I understand, I will arrange it now."

It was not until this time that Zhou Yuan saw Zhuang Xuansu who was supported by the inner guards.

At this moment, her face was pale, her body was covered with blood, and she could hardly stand steadily. She relied on the support of two female guards.

Zhou Yuan strode over, and Chu Feifan and others naturally followed, which immediately put infinite pressure on the female guards and Zhuang Xuansu.

"Zhou Yuan! What are you going to do!"

Zhuang Xuansu raised his eyebrows and shouted.

Zhou Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "Don't be on guard against me. If I want to move you, the only dozen or so inner guards around you can't stop me."

He was not in the mood to argue, so he sighed, "Forget it, you take a rest and go to the mansion to recuperate. I will take care of the affairs in Yangzhou."

Zhuang Xuansu said, "No, as the head of the inner court, I want..."

Zhou Yuan frowned and said, "Do you want Song Shanzi to send you back by force?"

Zhuang Xuansu stopped talking. She knew that she had no right to refuse at this moment.

In the end, she just whispered, "Zhou Yuan, Lord Zeng came to Yangzhou today. He brought the imperial edict. You'd better calm down. Do what the imperial edict says."

So this is what she was worried about. Is she so afraid that I and my senior sister will break up?

Zhou Yuan smiled, but did not answer. He just looked downstairs.

After the bombardment of artillery fire, 12,000 people have begun to attack the city. They are obviously in a hurry. There is no priority. They all rush over like locusts.

The 3,000 people in Yangzhou are indeed too few. They were also stunned by the artillery fire. It is obviously very difficult to resist the crazy attack of 12,000 people.

Zhou Yuan frowned and wanted Xiaoying to use poison, but he held back.

After all, the effect of using poison is limited. Killing dozens or hundreds of people is useless. The key is that these are all soldiers of the court after all, and they don’t know what happened.

If they are really killed with poison, it will not be very beneficial to Xiaoying.

Zhou Yuan said: "The whole city is recruiting warriors. Those who dare to go up to the tower to defend the city will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."

"Those who perform well will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver and will be incorporated into the Beijing Camp."

"Those who make great contributions will be rewarded with one thousand taels of silver and can be granted a hundred households."

In order to keep it secret, Li He is about two hours away from Yangzhou City. It always takes time to get here, and it needs to be fought for.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan looked at Chu Feifan and said: "You have deep internal strength, help me shout."

It's too noisy now, and Zhou Yuan's internal strength is not enough to shout a voice that everyone can hear.

Chu Feifan understood, and his internal strength surged outward, shouting: "The Duke of Wei has an order! The Wusheng Sect has been wiped out! Yangzhou is safe! Stop the siege!"

The voice was like thunder, really sweeping the world, and it lasted for a long time.

But these soldiers received a death order, and even when they heard that the Duke of Wei was there, they did not stop for a while.

Zhou Yuan did not let Chu Feifan shout again, but waited patiently.

After waiting for about an hour, the Yangzhou garrison camp had suffered heavy losses and was almost on the verge of collapse.

At this moment, GuanLu finally came back.

He hurriedly said: "Sir, they are indeed the garrison camps of Taizhou, Suzhou, Jinling, and Fengyang, and the commander is the Jiangsu Governor Qin Zhaoxian."

"Good!"

Zhou Yuan roared: "Chu Feifan, keep shouting, Qin Zhaoxian is rebelling."

Chu Feifan immediately roared: "Listen to the garrison troops of Taizhou, Suzhou, Fengyang, and Jinling. Jiangsu Governor Qin Zhaoxian colluded with salt merchants, conspired to rebel, attacked Yangzhou, and wanted to kill the imperial envoy. He deserves death."

"You are innocent if you are unaware, but if you dare to attack the city again, all your families will be executed!"

"Don't retreat! Save your life!"

As soon as these words came out, the attacking army panicked. They had no idea what was going on, but the four words "the whole family will be executed" were really unbearable!

Just when they were hesitating, the horn sounded in the distance.

Li He, wearing armor, led a team of cavalry to charge first, and shouted fiercely: "I am the Zhejiang Command Office! I was ordered by the imperial envoy! I came to quell the rebellion!"

"You are unaware, surrender and I will not kill you! Put down your weapons!"

There are only two thousand cavalry, almost the total number of Zhejiang cavalry, all of whom were pulled over by him, and they are very imposing at this moment.

The garrison troops of various states had no confidence to begin with, and they lost their fighting spirit after being swept by the momentum of the cavalry, and knelt down stupidly one by one.

Li He shouted: "All kneel down, hold your heads with your hands and don't move, whoever moves will be killed."

"Catch all the leaders for me!"

He galloped with the cavalry and rushed towards the command center at a high speed.

Seeing this scene, Qin Zhaoxian's face turned pale. He suddenly looked at Guan Lindu and said in a trembling voice: "Master Guan, the troops from Zhejiang are coming. How could you not know?"

Guan Lindu's expression was also stagnant. He murmured: "No... Impossible, my people have been keeping an eye on the Zhejiang army. I have dozens of secret sentries, watching day and night."

"They... They said there was nothing unusual!"

Qin Zhaoxian was furious and said: "Bullshit! I think you just want to betray us! You want to live alone!"

Guan Lindu couldn't help but said: "I want to live, why should I rebel? I just need to go to the palace to beg for mercy!"

Qin Zhaoxian said: "It's over, we are all finished, all finished."

Soon, Li He's army had all arrived and controlled everyone, and the situation in Yangzhou was completely stable.

Until then, Zhou Yuan sighed and said, "The dust has finally settled in Yangzhou. The next step is just to close the net."

"According to the eight major families and the garrison camps of each state, continue to dig upwards, and the entire private salt chain can be dug out."

"It's all over."

Li He hurriedly went up to the tower, half-knelt down, clasped his fists and shouted, "This general pays homage to the commander!"

Zhou Yuan glanced at him, then said, "Set up camp outside the city, keep a close eye on the people in the garrison camps of each state, and take all military commanders to jail. I will personally try them."

After speaking, Zhou Yuan looked at his side and smiled, "Chu Feifan, how about giving you a task? There is a man named Guan Lindu among the captives, you should know him."

"I want you to kill him."

Chu Feifan's face froze, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Duke! Leave me a way out! Considering that I have been useful in the past year."

Fuck, this kid is not confused!

But Zhou Yuan really didn't want Li Yu'an to kill him, the charge was too difficult to bear.

If the senior sister turns hostile in the future, this will become a life-and-death feud.

I will be a good person to the end, and I will be a bad person to the end, so I, Zhou Yuan, will kill him myself.