Chapter 337 That year, the end of the year

Not only Wang Kang, but also Zhou Qing looked at the man named Wang Chen in front of him with a look of shock.

The Dingbian City Defense Force is so famous, not because of its military exploits, but because this army is a rebel!

What is a rebel? Their intention is to rebel against the imperial court!

Facing Wang Kang's shocked expression, Wang Chen looked calm. Perhaps this was his original intention. Since he said it, he had no intention of hiding it.

Wang Kang looked at Wang Chen and his thoughts suddenly arose.

Dingbian is a county outside Kyoto. An army is stationed here for a long time to protect the capital, so it is called Dingbian City Defense Army!

This started three years ago.

At that time, the old Emperor Zhao was still on the throne, and the current Emperor Zhao at that time was still just a prince.

That's right, he is just a prince, not a prince, and he is also the youngest prince among the heirs of Prince Zhao.

That year, the end of the year.

It's New Year's Eve.

It was also the 20th year of Old Emperor Zhao's reign. He was so happy about his success, so he naturally wanted to celebrate it grandly.

The whole country celebrates!

It was supposed to be a great day, but on this day, the original eldest prince, the then crown prince, launched a mutiny without warning!

Lead the troops to force the palace and ask the old Emperor Zhao to abdicate!

What no one expected was that the prince, without leaving any trace, actually gathered most of the powerful officials in the court and wrote a letter to force the old Emperor Zhao to abdicate.

Four city defense armies guarding Kyoto.

Huai'an, Dingbian, Xiangfen, Nanhe.

Three of them are controlled by the prince!

It can be said that since the prince's mutiny has been planned for a long time, he has been fully prepared and has a foolproof strategy.

Old Emperor Zhao was completely confused. He never thought that his son would turn against him?

Outside of Kyoto, it was obviously too late for troops stationed in other places in Zhao to come to the rescue.

After waiting, the dust settled and the day lilies were cold.

In Kyoto, Emperor Zhao only had the imperial forest army and a city defense army. What role could these people play?

Everyone was helpless. The other princes were trembling and too busy to take care of themselves.

No one expected that at this time, the youngest prince of Old Zhao Huang, only twenty-three years old, would stand up...

He led the Royal Forest Army and fought against a city defense army. At a critical moment, he even instigated a rebellion against a city defense army originally controlled by the prince!

Wang Kang didn't know exactly what happened. He only knew that that day was known as the Bloody Day in Kyoto.

In the end, the prince's rebellion failed.

Kill yourself!

This incident is also known as the stupidest mutiny to force the palace.

Because the eldest prince himself is the prince, Emperor Zhao will step down sooner or later, and the throne is yours after all.

Can't you wait?

The son forced his father to bear the infamy for eternity.

The key is that it failed.

After this, the young prince, who had never shown any signs before, walked in front of others, not long after the incident happened.

The old Emperor Zhao suffered a serious blow and became seriously ill, and an imperial decree was issued to replace the throne with the young prince.

This young prince is the current Emperor Zhao.

The first thing he did after he ascended the throne was to start a liquidation. He and the prince raised an army to rebel against the officials and imprisoned them all.

The worst thing was of course the two city defense armies that accompanied the prince in the uprising, the Dingbian City Defense Army and the Xiangfen City Defense Army.

These two city defense armies were controlled by two nobles.

The general of the Dingbian City Defense Army was given the title of Marquis of An Yi, and was even executed by his entire family!

The entire army, dead, wounded, and remnants were scattered.

After this time, Zhao State, which was already in decline, experienced this civil strife and was even more seriously injured, leading to its current situation.

Emperor Zhao also issued a silence order on this matter, and no one was allowed to mention it again.

In fact, this is understandable. The royal family kills each other. This is a family scandal and should not be publicized...

Wang Kang only knew about these things during this period, and his father had never mentioned them to him before.

There must be a deep secret in this. As the prince, why did the eldest prince raise an army to force the palace?

How can the young prince, who is now Emperor Zhao, quell the rebellion?

There are also all the things now, all of which can prove that this Emperor Zhao who has never met before must be an extraordinary person...

That's why Wang Kang was so shocked when he saw Wang Chen.

The Dingbian City Defense Force was branded as a rebel and had been banned, but the man in front of him was actually born here, and he was also... a hundred-man general!

The infantry of the State of Zhao is organized into corps of five, with one corps commander, two corps commanders, one commander commander, five militia commanders, one camp commander, two militia commanders of hundreds, and one hundred generals.

Five hundred people, let there be one general of five hundred.

One thousand people, suppose one thousand people will be one...

And this Wang Chen is a hundred-man general. It is not easy to reach this position in the army.

Then it is very possible that he... participated in that coup...

After turning over his thoughts, Wang Kang calmed down, looked at the person in front of him, and asked in a deep voice: "Wang Chen, is that your real name?"

"yes!"

"How many years have you been in Xinfeng County?"

"Three years!"

Three years, that incident happened to happen three years ago, so he came here right after the incident.

"I have a distant relative in Xinfeng County," Wang Chen explained, as if he knew what Wang Kang was thinking: "At that time... I only had one idea, to leave Kyoto..."

He said and closed his eyes, seeming to recall some unbearable memory.

"So, I chose this place." Wang Chen took a deep breath, "Xinfeng County is very closed and is the most suitable place for me to stay."

"You could have lived a normal life. If you didn't reveal your identity, no one would know you existed,"

Wang Kang asked doubtfully: "Why do you want to come to Zuozhao and join the army?"

"I'm a soldier!"

Wang Chen looked at Wang Kang and said solemnly: "I have served in the Dingbian City Defense Army for five years. I have been waiting for the opportunity to go into battle to kill the enemy, to fight for Zhao State, and to fight for my country!"

"But what I didn't expect was that I would end up cutting my weapon on my comrades,"

As he spoke, his voice became deeper and deeper, "The four city defense armies of Kyoto are under the emperor's feet, guarding the capital. Even if there is a war, they will not send us to the battlefield."

"Therefore, our four city defense armies often perform military exercises and battles. We are in a competitive relationship, but we are also brothers. Over time, we are all familiar with each other, but in the end..."

Wang Kang listened, he could understand Wang Chen's mood. The most cruel thing is this, when fellow comrades meet and swords are facing each other,

They are innocent.

A soldier must obey orders.

Wang Chen continued: "In the past three years, every time I close my eyes, I can think of the cruel scene that day. I am lucky and can survive by chance."

"But precisely because of this, it was a kind of torture for me. For three years, I was in a state of confusion, like a walking zombie, with no goals and no direction!"

Wang Chen looked at Wang Kang, "Since I'm alive, I don't want to be like this. I want to change and seek a goal, so I came to join the army!"

"After all, I was once a soldier!"

After listening to what Wang Chen said, Wang Kang looked at him deeply, but his tone gradually became higher,
Chapter completed!