Just when Mo Zizai was training the army in an orderly manner and reorganizing the border troops, King Yu, who was far away in Xiangcheng, also received information from the capital.

"Dad, you called me and my elder brother over here. Is there anything urgent?"

In King Yu's study, King Yu's two legitimate sons were sitting upright below. The second son Mo Chao couldn't help but speak as soon as he arrived at the study.

"You can't be more steady?"

Looking at Mo Chao's hot appearance, King Yu was in a bad mood and became even more unhappy. After reading the information from the capital, he knew that he was being plotted against, but he had no way to defend himself.

After all, the person arrested by Yuzhishi was indeed sent to the capital to inquire about the news, and there were indeed spies he inserted into Han Qu's border army.

But the problem is that he sent these people over and had no intention of asking them to do anything. He just wanted to prepare for the future and occasionally convey some news.

As a result, the people sent to the capital were inexplicably related to the group of people who plotted against Tang Shuyu, and the people who were stationed in the border army were even more exaggerated and they were going to provoke the battle between the border army and the Yulin army.

This immediately made King Yu feel a big black pot falling from the sky and slamming it firmly on his forehead.

After hearing King Yu say the matter, King Yu's eldest son Mo Tai frowned for a while, then said, "Dad, you must explain this matter to Your Majesty, otherwise Mo Zizai would probably not be able to bear this tone."

"Explanation? How to explain?"

King Yu sighed deeply and said helplessly: "Tell your Majesty that I sent those people, but I sent them to find out the news?"

"Will the court believe this? Even if they believe it, how can you explain the matter of putting people in the border army?"

You are a idle prince who is putting people into the army. What you want to do can't explain it.

So after hearing what King Yu said, Mo Tai was helpless. He couldn't explain, and he couldn't explain. This was really a bit troublesome.

Unlike Mo Tai, Mo Chao's eyes lit up after hearing this and said excitedly: "Dad, if that's the case, then we might as well just turn the other way."

"Shut up!"

Mo Tai suddenly turned around and scolded his younger brother, and said with a serious expression: "Can you say this word "anti-no" casually?"

As the eldest son, Mo Tai is still very majestic. When he heard his scolding, Mo Chao shrank his neck suddenly. However, he felt that what he said was not wrong. Therefore, although he did not dare to refute Mo Tai openly, he muttered in a low voice: "Our family has so many troops, and you and your father have attracted so many people during this period. Isn't it just to rebel?"

King Yu glared at his incompetent second son fiercely, "Your brother and I are just to protect ourselves!"

Mo Chao curled his lips and said nothing. He was all his own people. Is it interesting to say these foolish words?

I really thought he would know nothing if he was in charge of things. The seven or eight cities around Xiangcheng had been secretly controlled by his own family and he still protected himself. Who would protect himself so much?

Looking at the second son who was a little dissatisfied, King Yu originally wanted to continue to scold him, but was stopped by Mo Tai. He spoke to Mo Chao and said, "Second brother, what I did with my father is really just for self-protection."

"Don't talk for now, listen to the elder brother."

Seeing that Mo Chao was about to refute, Mo Tai raised his hand to stop Mo Chao's words, and then continued: "Now the imperial court is about to collapse, the Great Zhou will inevitably fall into disputes. At this time, as a vassal king, if we do not have enough strength in our hands, we will definitely be swallowed by people even their bones, so we must have our own strength."

"It's not impossible to rebel or independence as you mentioned just now, but there is a problem here."

Motai paused at this point, and then said, "Since ancient times, who have you seen the first person who raised the flag to rebel to the end?"

After hearing what the elder brother said, Mo Chao understood instantly. After saying so much, the last sentence was the key.

Although Mo Chao had a relatively anxious temper, he was not a ignorant person. He frowned and thought about the history books he had learned. It seemed that there was no one who rebeled until the end.

"Then, what should we do now?"

Mo Chao frowned. He looked up at his father and elder brother and asked, "You know Mo Zizai's character. When he has arranged the border army, even if we are not independent, he will probably beat us as soon as possible."

"The explanation is not clear now, so you can't send your father over and let him deal with it, right?"

"For the sake of the present plan, I have to become independent first."

King Yu's face was wrinkled like bitter gourd, and he spoke, "Let's muddle the water first."

"Didn't you say you can't stand on your own?"

Mo Chao was stunned for a moment. He just said that he could not rebel, but now he said that he was independent. What should you two do to me if you guys do this?

Not only Mo Chao was stunned, Mo Tai was also a little surprised. He looked at King Yu in confusion and asked, "Father, you can shoot the first bird. If we are the first to be independent, Mo Zizai will never let us go no matter what."

"I know."

King Yu nodded silently, and then spoke, "But we have no choice."

"There are not only Mo Zizai who is eyeing us now, but also him."

When talking about "him", King Yu reached out and clicked on the information sent from the capital, and then said, "It is easy to avoid hidden arrows and cannot be defended. Since we have been targeted, even if we want to live in peace with Mo Zizai, 'he' will not agree."

"Since that's the case, we might as well stand up openly and muddle the water directly. In that case, my Prince Yu's mansion might have a glimmer of hope."

After hearing what King Yu said, Mo Tai couldn't help but feel silent. He knew that his father was right. The Prince Yu's Mansion was obviously targeted. Those people in the secret wanted to force Prince Yu's Mansion to stand up and rebel first. Even if Prince Yu's Mansion dealt with this matter, they might not be able to stop the next wave of calculations.

"Dad, I understand."

Although he was very unwilling to give up, Motai knew that this was the best way, so he nodded, agreed with King Yu's decision, and said, "I'll go find Mr. Tao now and make him ready."

After saying that, Mo Tai looked at Mo Chao again and said, "Second brother, since you want to rebel, then I will give you a task."

Mo Tai took a map from King Yu's desk, then pointed to Mo Chao and explained: "Now Pingzhou is centered on Xiangcheng, and almost one-third of the places are under the control of my Prince Yu's mansion."

"so much?"

Mo Chao looked a little shocked. Although he knew that his father and elder brother had not been idle for the years, he really didn't expect that they could win so many cities without looking.

“This is not the point.”

Mo Tai shook his head and first introduced the forces controlled by Prince Yu's Mansion to Mo Chao, then pointed to a city on the map and said, "Here, Cangyi City, is the first portal to enter Pingzhou from the north. I want you to lead people to take this place. Can you do it?"

"Take this?"

Mo Chao looked at Cangyi City on the map and asked with a little excited expression: "How many people can brother give me?"

"Thirty thousand, of which 20,000 are the main army, and the remaining ten thousand are militia."

Mo Tai looked at Mo Chao and said with a serious expression: "We have other cities to guard. There are only so many people who can be transferred to you."

"Thirty thousand???Brother, where do you have so many troops from Prince Yu's Mansion?"

Mo Chao was really scared this time. The total number of county soldiers in Pingzhou was only 10,000. Where did the eldest brother get 50,000 troops? And this was only for himself. It would definitely take a lot of troops to defend other cities. If you calculate so roughly, your eldest brother has at least 80,000 or 90,000 troops in his hands. Where did this come from?

"Don't worry about this."

Mo Tai glanced at his father and didn't say much. After all, Prince Yu's mansion was a vassal king who had been passed down for so long. How could he have no family background? However, only the eldest son knew about this kind of thing, so there was no need to say it clearly to Mo Chao, "You just want to take down Cangyi City? If so, how long will it take?"

Seeing the elder brother and his father being there, Mo Chao instantly guessed the origin of the army, but he was too lazy to worry about these things. He promised Mo Tai with confidence: "I have been to Cangyi City. It's okay for the county guards there to catch thieves, but it's not possible to defend the city."

"Three days, up to three days, I will definitely be able to take down Cangyi City."

Thinking of the county guards in Cangyi City, Mo Chao couldn't help but shake his head. He had already overestimated them for three days. If it weren't for the sake of security, he would have dared to say that if he had won Cangyi City in one day.

"Second brother, don't be too careless."

Mo Tai looked at Mo Chao's a little arrogant attitude and frowned and persuaded him: "Second brother, don't be too careless. Although I don't know what the guards of Cangyicheng County are, I know that the county magistrate of Cangyicheng is a difficult person."

Thinking of the county magistrate of Cangyi City, Mo Tai couldn't help frowning. This person not only failed to get in, but also had great ability. He couldn't buy him. Later, he planned to plot against him several times, but he was unable to drive him out of Cangyi City with his power, but he suffered a small loss. This shows that this person's ability is extraordinary.

"What's the use of difficult magistrates?"

Mo Chao said disapprovingly: "There is a saying that a good woman cannot cook without rice. No matter how difficult he is to deal with it, can he still get on his own without soldiers?"

Seeing what Mo Tai wanted to say, Mo Chao interrupted him directly, "Brother, you can rest assured to leave the matter of Cangyi City to me."

"No matter how I say that, I am the one who leads the army alone in the border army. Are you still worried about this little thing? "

"At three days at most, if I can't take down Cangyi City in three days, I would like to come and see you brother."

Seeing that Mo Chao said this, Mo Tai, who was willing to give a few more advice, couldn't say anything else. He turned his head to look at his father. Seeing that he nodded, he stopped saying anything and handed over the talisman to Mo Chao directly.

"Second brother, this is all the wealth of my Prince Yu's Mansion. Don't be careful when marching."

"Don't worry, brother."

Mo Chao said proudly: "I am a person who can lead the army alone, I know this in my mind."

...

Since he had determined to be independent, Prince Yu's Mansion did not delay any further. Mo Chao integrated the army of Prince Yu's Mansion and marched towards Cangyi City overnight.

Just after Mo Chao set out, Prince Yu's Mansion issued an edict, which was the general idea that the emperor was unrighteous, killed ministers and acted against the enemy. Prince Yu's Mansion, as a royal family member, would draw a clear line with the court today and officially establish itself.

As soon as this edict was issued, it was like throwing a shell on a calm lake, and it immediately caused huge waves.

"Is this old guy Yu crazy? How dare he jump out first?"

"This old guy has always been cautious, why are you so brave this time?"

"I heard that someone had planned it and I had registered the account for Mo Zizai."

"Oh, no wonder, I said, how dare this old guy jump out suddenly? It's impossible not to have feelings come out."

"But this is a good thing for us. Now that we have him in front of us, our movements can be bigger."

"You want to be independent?"

"Don't you want to?"

"Okay, then let's be independent!"

“…”

Similar to this kind of dialogue, it happened in many places in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Anyone in power in various places, who had some strength, began to take action. After King Yu became independent, they seemed to have made an appointment and rushed to issue statements to the outside world, saying that they would draw a clear line with the court and start to become independent.
To be continued...