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

Cao Kun was defeated.

His personal soldiers fought hard, but they were too few in number. When the imperial guards charged, they were all thrown to the ground and their army was completely routed.

Cao Kun dropped his helmet and tried to run, but was knocked down by one of his men.

"General, you can't run away. If you run away, who will bear the blame?"

The personal soldiers who suppressed Cao Kun said so.

Cao Kun's face turned green.

"I've been kind to you guys before!"

"Then General, please sacrifice yourself once more."

Cao Kun was eventually subdued by his own men and then brought to Ye Chen with his hands tied behind his back.

Ye Chen was somewhat speechless.

"Aren't these personal soldiers afraid that their families will be killed by Cao Kun?"

Ye Chen thought that the personal soldiers were the most loyal to the commander, but the facts were different from what he thought.

"Sir, I am not a servant of the Cao family. I am his relative, and only a distant relative."

The soldier who captured Cao Kun said so.

Hearing this, Ye Chen understood that some aristocratic families are powerful while others are weak, and some weak aristocratic families need to rely on powerful aristocratic families in order to survive.

There are more than one powerful aristocratic families, but there are only a few nine clans.

This soldier still knows how to make choices.

"I'll remember you. The court will reward you in the future. By the way, what's your name?"

"Wang Yong."

"Ah."

Ye Chen waved his hand and had Wang Yong taken away, then turned his attention to Cao Kun.

"You, you, you, do you know who I am? You, you actually dared to arrest me, do you know what the consequences will be?"

Cao Kun swallowed his saliva. Now was not the time to resent his subordinates. He stared at Ye Chen with fear, but threatened him calmly and strongly.

"Snapped!"

Cao Kun flew more than ten feet away and fell to the ground with his left cheek swollen and his eyes wide open.

"You, you, you hit me?"

Cao Kun looked at Ye Chen in surprise.

"So what if I hit you?"

Ye Chen found it a little funny. This guy obviously didn't know his own situation.

"I came here by the order of the Son of Heaven. If you disobeyed the imperial edict and led troops to stop me, how is that any different from rebellion? Do you realize that you have committed a heinous crime punishable by the extermination of your entire clan?"

Ye Chen's gaze was like a knife blade and his voice was like a bell.

Cao Kun's whole body was shaken. He was caught back and knelt in front of Ye Chen again.

"You, you can't kill my nine clans, and your majesty can't kill my nine clans either. I am the son of the Duke of Fuguo!"

Cao Kun said loudly.

"What? The son of Duke Fuguo can privately occupy the Qinling Mountains and open a copper mine, right?"

"I, I didn't do anything. I was just leading the troops on routine patrols in the Qinling Mountains. I didn't do anything else!"

Cao Kun frowned, his face was burning with pain, but he had calmed down.

He also immediately realized that he absolutely could not admit to such a serious crime that would punish the entire clan.

"You, you attacked the soldiers of the Beijing Camp for no reason. You used weapons for no reason. I will report you! The others in my Beijing Camp will not let you go either!"

"You can't get out of the Qinling Mountains. I tell you, you're dead!"

The more Cao Kun spoke, the more confident he became.

After all, he was an officer of the Beijing Camp. Even if Ye Chen had an imperial edict, it would be a serious crime to rashly attack an officer of the Beijing Camp.

Besides, this is the Qinling Mountains.

The area above the Qinling Mountains is the territory of the Beijing camp.

Cao Kun thought about it carefully and realized that he didn't need to be too afraid of Ye Chen.

"is it?"

Ye Chen smiled coldly.

"Snapped!"

"Ah!"

Cao Kun screamed, his facial muscles twisted in pain, and cold sweat kept dripping from his forehead.

His hand was stepped on tightly by Ye Chen's foot.

Ye Chen did not hold back his strength, and this kick almost broke three of Cao Kun's fingers.

"Whether I live or die is uncertain, but you are in my hands now. If you dare to threaten me again, you will definitely die."

"have you understood?"

Ye Chen stepped hard again, breaking all five of Cao Kun's fingers with ruthless and ruthless means.

"what!"

Cao Kun wailed in pain, feeling extremely terrified.

You have to know that he is just a kid from a wealthy family and is used to bullying others.

Now that he encountered such a strong person like Ye Chen, he immediately wilted.

"Did you understand?"

Ye Chen continued to step on Cao Kun, as if he wanted to break his entire arm.

"I understand, I understand. I understand."

Cao Kun burst into tears, completely broken by the severe pain and fear.

"I understand. Now let me ask you, are you developing a copper mine?"

"Yes Yes Yes."

"Qiu'er, write a confession immediately and have him sign it!"

Ye Chen snorted coldly, but turned his attention to the captured Beijing camp soldiers and the half-naked miners.

"Take all these people to the foot of Qinling Mountains. It's time for us to retreat."

Ye Chen waved his hand.

At this point, his goals had all been achieved.

There is evidence of copper mine development.

There are enough witnesses.

Ye Chen thought that this was enough to deal with the powerful officials in the court.

"Yes!"

Shen Qiu quickly wrote his confession, and Murong Yan also came up to help.

The imperial guards also began to bring prisoners and miners down the Qinling Mountains in batches.

Everything was in order and extremely fast.

Ye Chen also knew that the people from the Beijing camp would definitely come to kill him, so he had to leave quickly.

And just as Ye Chen thought.

The troops of the Beijing Camp near the copper mine had already been gathering, but they did not attack rashly. After collecting enough information, their generals decided to notify the main commander of the Beijing Camp at the foot of the mountain first.

Immediately, one by one, carrier pigeons took off and flew towards the foot of the Qinling Mountains.

In the Beijing military camp.

Cao Tao, the chief general of the Beijing camp, was gnawing on a leg of lamb when he received the letter from his men.

"Ok?"

Cao Tao put down the half-eaten leg of lamb, took the letter, opened it and took a look, his brows immediately frowned.

"Send the message! Reorganize the troops and send more scouts to patrol the foothills around the Qinling Mountains!"

"Since the Emperor has sent people to the Qinling Mountains, there's no way he wouldn't have arranged for someone to cover their retreat!"

Cao Tao narrowed his eyes. Although he was also from a noble family, he was not that kind of playboy.

He is a general who has really been to the battlefield and is well versed in military strategies!

He could tell at a glance that the soldiers going up the mountain must have also made arrangements at the foot of the mountain. If they could just cut off their retreat, the emperor's men would be trapped.

When the time comes, he will kill all these people!

The Qinling Mountains are of great importance.

He would never allow any news to leak out!