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

When Gao Yunhe arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, he was still sneaky and looked behind him every three steps.

Wait until he comes in front of Yang Dechang.

Yang Dechang handed him the silk.

After reading it, Gao Yunhe hurriedly said, "This is bad! Your Majesty is marrying into the Kingdom of Dayuan in order to get the Qiang people to send troops to force the Tatars to withdraw."

"Someone, bring the map of the north."

Yang Dechang sat on a heavy sandalwood chair, his face as gloomy as an abyss.

Soon, the silk cloth with the map drawn on it was hung up.

Gao Yunhe stood aside, leaning forward slightly, with a serious and solemn expression on his face. He analyzed in a low voice: "Prime Minister, you see, the area where the Dongqiang is located is close to the entire grassland. This geographical location cannot be underestimated."

"Once the Eastern Qiang send their troops, the Tatars will have no defenses and will have no choice but to retreat to protect their rear. Dayuan is located behind the Eastern Qiang. The young emperor's marriage to Dayuan is probably in the hope that Dayuan will no longer be constrained by the Eastern Qiang."

"This way, Dong Qiang can send out their full force!"

Gao Yunhe pointed at the map and gritted his teeth before continuing, "I just don't know what bargaining chips the young emperor offered to get Dayuan to send a princess in marriage and agree not to send troops to threaten the Eastern Qiang."

Yang Dechang listened, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the table, his eyes filled with calculation. "At this moment, no matter what bargaining chips the young emperor gave to Dayuan, if the Tatars truly withdraw their troops and Your Majesty fulfills the promise he made three months ago, then we will lose everything."

When Gao Yunhe heard this, he felt a panic in his heart.

"Sir, what should we do?"

Yang Dechang suddenly stood up and waved his robe sleeves. The wide sleeves brought up a gust of wind, causing the candle flame to shake even more violently.

"Notify all the generals and nobles who are loyal to me to gather their retainers, take up arms, and gather a thousand men. At the same time, notify the remaining men in the city defense department to guard the four city gates."

Yang Dechang slammed the table hard, and the sound was like thunder in the silent room.

Then, his eyes became even more fierce: "Also, immediately send someone to Yanzhou to bring Prince Chenliu over."

When Gao Yunhe heard this, his face turned pale instantly, his legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

His eyes widened in horror, his throat seemed to be choked by something, and after a long while he stammered, "Prime Minister, you...you want to..."

"Humph!"

Yang Dechang snorted coldly, a gleam of determination flashing in his eyes.

"Brother Dingfang, at this moment, we must give our all to have any hope of victory."

Yang Dechang looked at Gao Yunhe and said, "Help me."

".yes."

Gao Yunhe swallowed his saliva. Yang Dechang looked at him with a cold and deep gaze.

This made him feel genuinely scared and his hands and feet went cold.

He also understood that he could not refuse, because the consequence of refusing would be that he would not be able to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion.

After Ye Chen hurried out of Tongguan, he galloped all the way to the capital.

During the days of traveling, he had no more contact with Direza, and Direza stayed in the carriage.

After all, they were about to enter the capital, and Direza was afraid of gossip if he continued to communicate with him.

However, the day before Ye Chen was about to arrive in the capital, Shen Qiu suddenly came to him and handed him a secret letter.

"It was sent by Murong Yan."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen was slightly stunned. Usually, Murong Yan's information would first be passed to Yun Fuyao and then to him. How could it be passed directly to him through Shen Qiu today?

It seems that it is no small matter!

Ye Chen quickly took the secret letter.

But when he unfolded the letter and read its contents, his expression changed instantly, and a hint of shock and anger flashed in his originally calm eyes.

The information in the letter made him realize the seriousness of the situation. The intelligence organization controlled by Yang Dechang had recently frequently sent people to the homes of many military generals and nobles.

Those military generals and nobles then went to buy weapons and armor, and the spies even heard the sounds of swords and guns being brandished from their courtyards from time to time.

I'm afraid Yang Dechang is about to take action.

"Qiu'er, send a message to Di Gui. Have him immediately dispatch 3,000 soldiers to the capital to replace the troops guarding the city walls. There must be no mistakes."

"promise!"

Then, Ye Chen looked at Shen Qiu again and said, "Qiu'er, you go back with 300 cavalrymen first to protect the Queen Mother and close the palace gates tightly. Don't let the Queen Mother get into any trouble."

"Tomorrow, bring the cavalry to the north gate."

Hearing this, Shen Qiu bowed slightly.

"The minister obeys the order."

"Also, notify the envoys from Dayuan and have the princess of Dayuan go directly to Di Gui's army and not return to the capital yet."

"promise!"

Shen Qiu quickly went down to pass on the order

When the Dayuan envoy Maimaiti learned the news, he was a little surprised, but he still agreed.

"Your Highness, that commander of the Imperial Guards is very unusual."

"Our people just heard that he directly asked General Di Gui, who was leading troops near the capital, to transfer troops into the capital."

"This is not something a commander of the imperial guards can do."

"This person's identity is very unusual."

Mai Maiti said in surprise.

Hearing this, Direza was slightly stunned, then asked Mai Maiti: "Who do you think this person is?"

"It's hard to say, but the only one who could directly command a general like Di Gui is probably Emperor Dayu."

Maimaiti said so.

Hearing this, Direza was shocked.

Immediately, her mixed-race face flushed red.

Before, she had tried to win over Ye Chen.

If Ye Chen is really the emperor, then what does her behavior mean in Ye Chen's eyes?

Isn’t this a joke?

After the shame, Direza became a little angry.

Isn’t it said that a king never jokes?

This liar.

Direza had an urge to hit someone, but thinking of the unquestionable domineering aura emanating from Ye Chen, although she was angry, she did not dare to really cause trouble for Ye Chen at this moment.

And arrange everything properly.

Ye Chen deliberately rested for a night, and early the next morning, he rushed to the foot of the northern city of the capital.

Then, Ye Chen led the cavalry to enter the city, but unexpectedly the city gate was suddenly closed.

The cavalry was stopped outside the door.

On top of the city wall.

The commander of the city defense army guarding the gate shouted, "This commander is under the order of the Secretariat. We cannot open the gate to let the bandits in."

Seeing this, Ye Chen was not surprised at all. Instead, he stepped forward under the escort of the cavalry, his eyes like lightning, and shouted loudly: "I am the emperor. If you don't open the door, are you planning a rebellion?"

Upon hearing this, the generals guarding the gate were stunned. They never expected that the emperor would suddenly appear before them.

Although he was a little flustered, he still pretended to be calm and said, "You said you were the emperor, but I can't confirm your true identity. I'm sorry, I can't comply."

Hearing this, Ye Chen snorted coldly.

Everything was just as he expected. It seemed that Yang Dechang was really determined to do something extreme!

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the city.

The gatekeeper was slightly stunned and turned his head away.

Then I saw a group of cavalry galloping out of the city!