Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

The situation in Dingxiang City was almost stable after Chu Ning opened the city and conducted an assessment.

Zhao Yu, Guan Yun and others who were attacking the other four cities were also attacking the cities step by step.

However, because the enemy occupied the city, their siege was not fierce, and they adopted the strategy of besieging the city and attacking its reinforcements.

Besiege one city with heavy troops, wait for the other three cities to send reinforcements, and then destroy them along the way.

But the Zhao army was not stupid, and they did not send anyone to support.

Chu Ning was not surprised when he heard the news. He immediately ordered them to surround the city and wait until the food in the city was exhausted, and the Zhao army would be defeated without a fight.

Time is on the side of the Chu army, and Chu Ning is not in a hurry at all.

What's more, keeping these Chu troops would allow them to fight against the imperial court.

And after today, the emperor in Kyoto finally received news from Chu Ning.

"Hahahaha, a great victory, it really is a great victory!"

The emperor held Chu Ning's victory report in his hand and ran out of the Yingwu Hall with a smile on his face.

"God bless our Chu country, God bless our Chu country!"

The emperor was very excited: "Come here, summon all the civil and military officials to discuss this matter immediately. I will give Chu Ning a huge reward!"

Such a great victory naturally deserves rewards.

I thought Chu Ning went to the front line just to be a scapegoat, but I didn't expect Chu Ning to win!

What an unexpected surprise!

This brat is really full of tricks. He deliberately leaked the news of the grain transport team to Zhao Jun, but in fact he had secretly sent people to infiltrate the grain transport team.

The Zhao army had never seen Chu Ning's insidiousness, so they never thought that the news about the grain transport team was leaked deliberately.

"This boy is so sinister!"

The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that Chu Ning had inherited some of his abilities. He lowered his head and took another look at the victory report in his hand, with an amusement look on his face.

Not to mention that the Zhao army didn't know what kind of person Chu Ning was. Even if I knew that Chu Ning was a smart guy, I would never have thought that he would take the initiative to reveal the news of the grain transport team.

After this battle, the Zhao army will not be able to pose a threat to Bingzhou for a long time, and the stone in my heart has finally fallen!

Now that the front line is stable, I will have time to deal with matters at court!

The emperor narrowed his eyes, and a hint of cruelty flashed across them.

Half an hour later, everyone who received the news rushed to the palace with disbelief on their faces.

On the way to Yingwu Palace, the ministers gathered in groups of three or four, discussing the matter.

"Lord Feng, I heard about the great victory on the front line. What do you think about this?"

"I have not yet received any specific information, so I dare not make any comments."

"Your daughter is on the front line. Didn't she contact you?"

"Yes, Lord Feng's daughter is at the front. We will definitely inform Lord Feng of such a great victory."

Many people set their sights on Feng Anguo!

But Feng Anguo shook his head and said, "My girl has a stubborn temper. I have written many letters to her, but she has not replied to any of them."

Everyone was a little disappointed that they didn't get first-hand information, but everyone knew Feng Mulan's reputation and didn't say much about it.

However, the prince who rushed over had a gloomy face and looked at Feng Anguo coldly.

When everyone saw the prince coming, they all bowed and saluted.

Under normal circumstances, the prince would still be perfunctory with everyone, but now he was not in the mood and just wanted to go to Yingwu Palace.

The ministers were not surprised by this. Everyone knew that Chu Ning had originally gone to the front line as a scapegoat, but now that he had made great contributions, the prince was of course unhappy.

Not only the crown prince, but all the other princes who arrived one after another all had gloomy faces at this moment, as if others owed them millions of taels of silver.

The ministers did not dare to provoke them at this moment. They greeted them one after another and made way for them.

Soon, everyone came to the Yingwu Hall and stood in two lines.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"

The emperor smiled and said, "No need to be polite, everyone. Chu Ning won a great victory on the front line this time. Come and listen to the battle situation."

Zhao Ming, who was standing by, immediately read out the victory report: "Father, in this battle, I used the grain transport team to cleverly lure the enemy into battle. I secretly sent troops to the grain transport team and wiped out the enemy's grain-robbery and ambush troops in one fell swoop."

"Then they opened the city gates and lured the main force of the enemy to the south of the city. When the enemy camp was empty, they sent out the cavalry that had been prepared long ago, burned the enemy camp, and then took advantage of the situation to charge into the central army and kill Murong Zhu!"

"This battle wiped out 200,000 enemy troops, and the remaining 100,000 troops occupied four cities and defended them. I have ordered people to attack the cities."

"But our army lost more than half of its troops in this battle, and now only has 60,000 men. I hope that your Majesty will allow me to recruit soldiers and allocate food support. I will be able to recapture the four cities occupied by the enemy in a few days."

As the good news was read, the scene fell into silence.

Even the prince, who was originally preparing to find reasons to find fault with this victory report, was now completely speechless.

I am still thinking about how to discredit Chu Ning's record.

But Chu Ning directly destroyed 200,000 troops of the Great Zhao. How can this be considered shameless?

The original scapegoat became a hero, and had such an amazing record, which was completely beyond control.

Sitting on the main seat, the emperor glanced at everyone, taking in their expressions.

Are you dumbfounded?

Everyone wanted my son to die, but they didn’t expect my son to have such a record of success!

This is what is called "if you don't make a sound, you will make a big splash"!

The emperor was very happy and said to everyone with a smile: "My dear ministers, what do you think about this matter?"

After hearing this, everyone came back to their senses and immediately saluted, shouting: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, our army won a great victory on the front line, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Penglai played an indispensable role!"

"very good!"

The emperor stroked his beard and chuckled, "My son Chu Ning won a great victory in this battle. He will surely be famous all over the world. I have decided to make him a prince and give him the title of King of Chu!"

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

In the Great Chu Dynasty, the title of King of Chu was used. Did the emperor want to change the crown prince?

The title of King of Chu cannot be used casually. It was used by the founding monarch. In addition, the country's name was Chu, so even if there were seventeen princes, they would not have the title of King of Chu.

But now, the emperor actually wants to give the title of King of Chu to Chu Ning!

For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to the prince.

If you were to ask who is the most panicked right now, it would of course be the prince.

King of Chu, that would directly challenge the identity and status of the Crown Prince.

At this moment, the prince's face was gloomy, his hands were clenched tightly in his sleeves, trying hard not to let the emperor see his anger.

But the more I suppressed the anger in my heart, the more it rose up.

A mere illegitimate child, who had the luck to win this battle, was actually named King of Chu and directly challenged my position?

Damn Chu Ning, why don’t you die on the front line!

No, we have decided that Chu Ning cannot be crowned King of Chu.

The prince made up his mind and immediately stood up to salute, saying in a deep voice: "Father, although my eighteenth brother has made great achievements in this battle and is worthy of being named a prince, is it too much to be named the King of Chu?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes, looked at the prince deeply, and asked calmly: "Then according to your opinion, how should Chu Ning be rewarded?"