Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

Salem Yuan was very clear about his sister's strength. If it weren't for an ambush from all sides, it would be basically impossible to catch her.

The situation that can trap her must not be underestimated.

"Sister, did something unexpected happen in the capital?"

In response to Salem Yuan's question, Salem Meng said in a deep voice, "Just before you were about to attack the Wu Dynasty, Emperor Wu Zhou Wanjiang suddenly had a younger brother named Thousand-Faced Young Master Zhou Wuhen!"

"Zhou Wuhen?"

Salem Yuan was stunned. He had never heard of this name before. There was no information about this person in the information he had obtained in Liao Kingdom over the years.

"Is he great?"

Salem Meng shook his head, his eyes flashing with solemnity and panic: "It's not very powerful, it's simply terrifying!"

"hiss!"

Salem Yuan took a deep breath. How powerful must the person be to be evaluated like this by his own sister?

"I was nearly discovered by him several times. Although he didn't find my hiding place, he discovered my existence. Therefore, he had his black-armored guards quietly blockade the capital and closely monitor every corner. I was trapped in the city!"

"Until a while ago, Zhou Wuhen took Zhou Wanjiang out of the capital and headed for Lotus Mountain. At that time, I thought it was safe, so I was about to leave the capital to report to you. However, a few men in black blocked my way. I fought with them for a long time and almost couldn't escape!"

"It seems that they are all assassins under Zhou Wuhen, proficient in martial arts, and their attacks are all lethal, making it difficult to defend against them! It is hard to imagine how much terrifying power this Thousand Faces Master Zhou Wuhen has accumulated in the shadows of the Wu Dynasty."

Salem Meng shook his head, revealing the scars on his shoulders. "I couldn't even handle a few of his men, and in the end I could only rely on smoke bombs to escape! This shows how terrifying his strength must be!"

"The most terrifying thing is that he's known as the Young Master of a Thousand Faces. He rarely shows his true face to others. Sometimes, he'll disguise himself as an ordinary person and appear before you! He'll kill you when you're least prepared!"

After listening to Salem Meng's description, Salem Yuan finally put aside his contempt for this Thousand Faces Young Master. "It seems that the Wu Dynasty does have some real talent. Such a person can indeed extend the life of the Wu Dynasty for a while."

Salem Meng looked at Salem Yuan worriedly. "What are you going to do now? We still have 600,000 elite troops on the border of the Western Regions. If the Wu Dynasty suffers a devastating blow, they will be mobilized. Do you think our Liao army of 600,000 is a match for them?"

She was from Liao, so she was naturally very clear about the water content of this 600,000-strong army.

Although on the surface there were 600,000 troops, and the front ones were indeed elite troops, most of the ones behind were temporarily assembled, and even some family members took up weapons to fight the enemy.

The army that can truly be said to have combat soldiers is less than 200,000 or so, and the truly elite ones are only about 50,000 to 60,000.

But the Wu Dynasty was different. According to the information she received, the Wu Dynasty's 600,000 elite soldiers had inherited the throne from generation to generation, almost forming a country within a country. They were brave and good at fighting, just like a group of lions.

Salem Yuan was silent for a moment. "If we capture the capital of the Wu Dynasty, will the 600,000-man army still rush back to support us?"

Salem Meng shook his head. "It's hard to say. Let's first talk about whether you can take over the capital! You know, Zhou Chuxuan is not someone to be trifled with. Zhou Heng died at his hands, and even Yang Li's long-planned plan was finally seen through by him!"

"Who is Yang Li?"

"He was a person from a small country in the Western Regions, and he must have a high status. He once wanted to join forces with the Liao Dynasty to attack the Wu Dynasty. I didn't agree at the time because I didn't want to use his insider in the Wu Dynasty so quickly."

"But that guy couldn't wait any longer and activated all of Wu Dynasty's insiders at once, which ultimately led to our Liao Dynasty's insiders being implicated as well, resulting in heavy casualties."

"A small country in the Western Regions, haha!"

Salem Yuan sneered, "Don't worry about them. What great things can a bunch of thieves do? Sister, I have a plan!"

"Oh? Tell me!"

"We will write the rumors on letters and shoot them into the city with bows and arrows, so that the soldiers and civilians can read them, causing them to become restless and undermine their will from within."

"When there's internal unrest, we'll attack the city!"

Salem Meng nodded in agreement. "The capital is in a state of panic right now. This tactic might work wonders! Let's do it!"

The next day, Zhou Chuxuan had just walked out of the room when he saw He Jian walking in with a few pieces of cloth in his hands: "Your Highness, something bad has happened!"

"Huh? What is this?"

Zhou Chuxuan took the cloth and looked at it. It read: "Crown Prince Zhou Chuxuan of the Wu Dynasty has actually been secretly colluding with the Liao Dynasty and will surrender soon. Whoever opens the city gates in advance will be rewarded with first-class merit. The soldiers will be spared from slaughter and the civilians will be protected..."

"They shot arrows into the city, and we had no time to stop them. Many soldiers and civilians picked up their weapons, and now people are uneasy, especially the ministers in the court, who have begun to become suspicious."

Zhou Chuxuan tightly grasped the cloth in his hand: "This is exactly what I expected! In a siege, conquering the heart is the most important thing!"

"Don't panic! Wait for me to go find Master Xu Qinglong!"

When Zhou Chuxuan arrived at Xu Qinglong's mansion, the entire mansion looked extremely desolate, and there was not even a servant to clean the yard.

Only Xu Qinglong was there, holding a broom and slowly sweeping the fallen leaves in the courtyard. From time to time, he would stand up, cough a few times, and take a breath.

Zhou Chuxuan chuckled, picked up the broom leaning against the wall, walked to Xu Qinglong, and started sweeping the fallen leaves together.

Seeing that it was Zhou Chuxuan who arrived, Xu Qinglong was not surprised at all. He smiled and said, "Your Highness never comes to visit a temple for no reason. Let me think, you must be here for the matter of the cloth, right?"

Zhou Chuxuan smiled lightly: "Nothing can be hidden from my father-in-law. My father-in-law is now in charge of all officials in the court. These rumors are really troublesome for my father-in-law!"

Hearing this, Xu Qinglong stopped what he was doing, stood up and looked at Zhou Chuxuan, his eyes fixed on Zhou Chuxuan's: "Now that things have come to this, I also want a promise from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"What guarantee?"

Zhou Chuxuan was slightly startled. He saw a hint of strangeness in Xu Qinglong's eyes.

Xu Qinglong looked at Zhou Chuxuan for a long time before he said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, are you really not going to betray the Wu Dynasty?"