Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

"Emperor, the troops outside the city can only be mobilized with the Tiger Tally. Yang Dechang only has half of the Tiger Tally, and the other half is with me. Where can Yang Dechang mobilize the troops to enter the palace and cause chaos?"

Su Mengjiao's brows were tightly knitted together, and a pale look appeared on her peerless and beautiful face, but she suppressed the uneasiness in her heart and said.

Among the soldiers and horses outside the city are many sons of nobles.

Without the tiger talisman, no one can move it.

Although Yang Dechang had considerable power in the army, he was not so powerful that he could cover the sky with one hand.

Unless, Yang Dechang has already bribed most of the nobles?

Can you mobilize the army without the tiger talisman?

But if that were the case, Yang Dechang would have rebelled long ago.

The more Su Mengjiao thought about it, the more unreliable it seemed.

Ye Chen snorted lightly.

"Queen Dowager, in addition to the troops outside the city, powerful officials can also raise assassins!"

As a time traveler, Ye Chen is quite familiar with some historical allusions of later generations.

He remembered that a powerful official named Sima privately raised three thousand assassins and then successfully usurped power.

"But Your Majesty, it is impossible to defeat the palace guards with just the death squad."

Su Mengjiao still felt that it was not very reliable. The armor and weapons of the palace guards were first-class in the country, and they were trained frequently. If the death warriors she wanted to raise were equipped with the armor and weapons of the imperial guards, it would cost a huge amount of money.

Moreover, there are many nobles in the capital, and Su Mengjiao doesn't believe that Yang Dechang can raise a large number of death warriors without anyone knowing.

"Empress Dowager, in short, I have determined that Yang Dechang is very likely to let outsiders into the palace. Now what we need to find out is not whether the people Yang Dechang let in are assassins, but where he let them in from!"

Ye Chen waved his hand, the imperial aura on his body was breathtaking, and his tone was unquestionable.

He trusts his own judgment.

In his opinion, Yang Dechang's method was too naive.

"Queen Dowager, you have the palace guards under your command. It should be easy for you to know the situation of each palace guard guarding the palace gate tonight."

"You should also know which generals in the Imperial Guards are related to Yang Dechang and his followers."

"Then you should be able to easily find out about any unusual movements within the Imperial Guards. Then, you'll be able to prove what I said is true!"

Hearing this, Su Mengjiao was slightly stunned, and then cast a strange look at Ye Chen.

At this moment, Ye Chen was extremely calm, with no sign of panic on his face.

Compared to Su Mengjiao herself, Ye Chen truly has an immovable aura like a mountain.

Because of this, she actually felt a sense of peace of mind, and her previous panic gradually subsided.

"Qiu'er, go check it out immediately!"

"Yes!"

Shen Qiu turned and left.

At this moment, Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and thought carefully.

Yang Dechang's decision to bring outsiders into the palace to initiate a coup was extremely bold, but it was also an opportunity for Ye Chen.

The spy planted by Yang Dechang in the palace.

Ye Chen wanted to take the opportunity to wipe them all out.

Then place your own people in!

After about an incense stick of time, Shen Qiu came back.

"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, I have heard that Zhang Nan, the commander-in-chief of the Outer City Imperial Guards, suddenly changed the list of generals guarding the Outer City's North Gate. Not only will he be guarding the North Gate himself, but he has also assigned his trusted associates to take on the night patrol duties around the North Gate."

"Furthermore, I've also noticed that the number of arrows allocated to the Inner City Guards today is much less than usual!"

Shen Qiu's face was as cold as ice, and a cold light flashed in her beautiful eyes.

Without enough arrows, the imperial guards defending the city could only engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Normally, no one dared to cause trouble in the imperial city.

The Imperial Guards didn't really care whether the weapons and equipment they received were more or less.

But today, when Ye Chen judged that Yang Dechang was going to launch a palace coup, the arrows suddenly became less, which became a big problem!

Upon hearing this, Su Mengjiao frowned and was quite shocked.

Ye Chen was right!

"How audacious! How audacious indeed!"

Su Mengjiao gritted her teeth, but her pretty face turned a little pale.

She could almost guess that there must be quite a few outsiders allowed into the palace this time.

If she can't stop it, her life will be in danger.

"Queen Mother, is Qiu'er's deployment of troops as impressive as her martial arts?"

Ye Chen suddenly asked.

Hearing this, Shen Qiu opened her eyes wide and glared at Ye Chen. She felt a little uncomfortable being called so affectionately by Ye Chen in front of Su Mengjiao.

But since they were talking about serious matters at the moment, she couldn't refute it.

"this."

Su Mengjiao immediately frowned.

When it comes to martial arts, Su Mengjiao has confidence in Shen Qiu, but leading troops into battle cannot rely solely on bravery.

Shen Qiu doesn't know much about this.

"Queen Dowager, why don't you hand over your Imperial Guards and Qiu'er to me today?"

Ye Chen suddenly said something shocking.

Hearing this, Su Mengjiao and Shen Qiu opened their eyes wide and looked at Ye Chen in surprise.

Ye Chen's face was solemn, and every word he spoke was extremely clear.

"The number of assassins Yang Dechang has brought in this time is definitely no less than the inner palace guards controlled by the Queen Mother. However, war is all about the right time, place, and people. We don't have the advantage in terms of people, so the time and place are not on their side!"

"I can easily set up ambushes in strategic locations within the palace. Once the enemy enters, I can cut off their retreat. Beat the drums, and the ambushes will be deployed. We will surely defeat them!"

Ye Chen had never fought in a war, but even though he had seen pork, he had seen pigs run.

As a history enthusiast, Ye Chen knows a lot about various classic battles.

Ye Chen watched and rewatched various god-level war TV series such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Not to mention the many classic strategy games on the computer, which Ye Chen also likes to play.

After hearing Ye Chen's words, Su Mengjiao was quite surprised.

As the princess of the North, she had read some military books, but all she could think of at this moment was to let the guards defend the city and resist layer by layer.

I would never think of someone like Lin Ziyun who would close the door and ambush foreign enemies.

"Emperor, how sure are you?"

Su Mengjiao bit her lower lip with her silver teeth and asked hesitantly.

"Oh, Queen Mother, things on the battlefield change rapidly, and I can't say I'm completely confident, but if we try now, there might be a glimmer of hope. If those assassins really break in, even if we hold the city, how can you guarantee that there aren't any of Yang Dechang's men inside the palace?"

"What if someone sneaks open the city gate? What should we do then?"

Ye Chen said with a calm temperament.

After hearing Ye Chen's words, Su Mengjiao became more confident. If Ye Chen had said right away that he could wipe out all the invading enemies, Su Mengjiao would not have been willing to hand the people over to him.

At some point, Ye Chen actually brought him an inexplicable sense of security.

After thinking it over again and again, Su Mengjiao finally gritted her teeth.

"Okay, Emperor, I'll trust you this time!"