After crossing, I was forced to hold on to my thighs and build a kingdom

February 2nd is the day when the dragon raises its head, and it is a beautiful day with clear skies and sunny weather.

Unfortunately, for the people in the capital, this day became a nightmare.

The number of northern soldiers who had been waiting outside the city for several months had doubled without them noticing. The Prince of Dingbei personally led an army of 100,000 and surrounded the entire capital tightly.

The capital city, which used to allow people to enter and leave freely, has since been tightly guarded by the northern border troops.

The people of the capital who had become accustomed to the northern border troops surrounding them without attacking also wore out their last bit of vigilance in the silent, boiling-frog-in-warm-water attitude of the northern border.

In addition, there have been continuous famines and poor harvests in the past two years, and the entire capital has not made large-scale preparations for food and fodder.

Now that the city has been suddenly cut off from the outside world by the northern border troops, the food stored in the city can only sustain the people in the capital for two months at most.

Thinking of this shocking discovery, everyone from the imperial court to the common people fell into immense regret and fear.

What I regret is that I didn't stockpile supplies in advance, and I didn't expect that the Prince of Dingbei would turn against me so suddenly.

What was terrifying was that a mere fifty thousand soldiers from the northern border had already placed the capital under tight security. With just a few attempts, they were able to completely annihilate the same number of defenders within the capital, rendering them unable to cope.

Now that the Northern Border Army has suddenly increased its troops to 100,000, the brave and invincible Northern Border Army cannot withstand the charge of the Northern Border Army with only 50,000 to 60,000 veteran soldiers in the capital who have few actual battlefield experiences.

After three days of chaos and war, the people of the capital launched a small-scale battle against the city defense forces on the fifth day of February.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Marquis Jingchuan ordered the city defense troops to retreat quickly into the city. In this battle, the city defense troops lost another 5,000 soldiers.

The remaining soldiers, thinking of the bravery and fearlessness of the northern border troops during the battle, were frightened and turned pale and trembled.

Marquis Jingchuan knew that these people had not seen much bloodshed and were mostly soldiers from the capital who were sent in by their elders to gain experience.

Even if he were alive, he would have become a disabled person and would be unable to face another battle with the northern border troops.

Shenyou was so anxious at this time that he scratched his head and could not sleep or eat. He no longer had the confident look he had a few days ago when he talked to the Northwest Army and the Southern Border Army.

Now the military pay he sent to the two places was still on the way, and Su Cheng'an did not play according to the plan. He suddenly increased the troops and the army pressed on the city, surrounding the huge capital like an iron barrel.

Even if he wanted to send someone out to deliver the letter, no one could reach the city wall.

Now he was really regretful and afraid. He couldn't help but feel annoyed at this moment that he didn't listen to the advice of Li, the staff member in the mansion, and was stubborn and stingy with the military pay in the two places, and only sent 1.5 million taels of military pay to the northwest and southern borders.

If the two generals were not satisfied with the amount of military pay and did not take action, then his capital would be in danger. If the capital was in danger, how would he, as the crown prince, be able to survive?

At this point, he could only grit his teeth and hope that Generals Liu Zhongquan and Chen Guang would be loyal to the court, put aside their past grudges, and lead their troops back to support the capital.

At the same time, he also prayed that Su Cheng'an would not take advantage of the situation and rashly lead his troops into the capital.

Fortunately, this time his prayer worked!

The result was exactly as he expected. Su Cheng'an's troops arrived at the city gate. After giving the city defense army a small lesson and driving them into the city, he actually guarded the capital quietly for half a month.

On February 16th, another piece of news came from the Dingbei Palace.

Ye Jinchu, the daughter of former Wu'an Marquis Ye Shengpei, once again spoke out for justice on behalf of more than one hundred people who died unjustly at the hands of Wu'an Marquis.

They also produced strong evidence that many powerful people in the capital, including Li Wenyan, the former Minister of Personnel and current Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and a group of civil officials, colluded with Chen Tianyao, the then General of the Northwest and Ye Shengpei's right-hand man, to fabricate charges and frame Wu'an Hou Ye Shengpei.

The emperor of the time was afraid of the border guards, so he closed his eyes and ears and showed no mercy to his subjects even though he knew that Marquis Wu'an was loyal and sincere to the court.

Instead, for his own selfish reasons, he condoned the treacherous and corrupt officials and fanned the flames, which together led to the unjust case of Wu'an Marquis Mansion nine years ago.

Such a court, such a foolish ruler and such treacherous ministers, do not deserve the loyalty of the people of the world!

As soon as this news was released, it was like a drop of cold water splashing into a hot oil pan, causing people in the capital to talk about it again.

Who is Ye Jinchu? She is the current Crown Prince Consort of Dingbei Palace!

Since she took the lead in developing a highly mellow white liquor two years ago, she has subsequently developed the even more eye-catching white salt.

As soon as white salt appeared, it defeated the previous green salt market and quickly and fiercely occupied the daily diet of everyone from high-ranking officials to peddlers.

The famous Northern Salt Administration was established under her leadership.

In the past two years, white salt has made huge profits for the Dingbei Palace, and people jokingly call the Dingbei Prince's wife the Goddess of Wealth in the North.

It is said that this princess was born in a humble family, lost her parents at a young age, and has a young younger brother by her side.

Such an orphan girl and little brother are worlds apart from the noble, handsome and elegant Prince of Dingbei, Su Cheng'an.

However, Su Cheng'an, the prince of Dingbei, who is a master of strategy and intelligence, condescended to this girl and pursued her relentlessly.

Finally, his hard work paid off. He moved the girl with his sincerity, and made Miss Jinchu nod in agreement and follow the prince to Youyun City in the northern border.

After arriving in the northern border, the Crown Prince's Consort, with her dedication to purifying white wine, immediately won the admiration of the King of Dingbei and Princess Du. Immediately afterwards, this young lady, Jinchu, continued to work tirelessly to reach new heights, directly developing a process for purifying white salt, which brought her widespread fame.

After the marriage, this hardworking and meritorious princess was valued by the eunuch Prince Dingbei, loved by her mother-in-law, and cherished by her husband, the prince, who loved her like a treasure.

Born in the countryside, beautiful as a flower, intelligent and pleasant, valued by parents-in-law, loved by her husband, and she is also very wealthy. Such a life is simply a perfect life that countless girls in the Dajin Dynasty dare not even dream of!

However, he never expected that such a princess consort would be the legitimate daughter of the former Marquis of Wu'an, Ye Shengpei.

In the face of Ye Jinchu's conclusive evidence, people's gazes towards the Zichen Palace gradually became confused.

Anyone who is a little older knows that nine years ago, because the Northwest General Ye Shengpei colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, all the more than 100 people in the Wu'an Marquis Mansion were beheaded.

After all, the Ye family of Wu'an Hou has been guarding the Northwest Floating Cloud City for generations, and their reputation for loyalty and patriotism is well known to everyone. When he was accused of treason, the people sighed.

The Ye family has been dedicated to serving the country for generations, but no one expected that Ye Shengpei's generation would produce such a traitor. Everyone felt deeply sorry for this.

Now we know that General Ye Shengpei, Marquis of Wu'an, was actually killed unjustly by collusion between treacherous officials inside and outside the court, and the old emperor took advantage of the situation.

Thinking of this, everyone felt a chill down their spines, especially those sons of military families who were defending the border.

If even loyal ministers and good generals like Marquis Wu'an can be persecuted and exterminated at will by the villains under him because of the emperor's groundless suspicion, then in the future, when they bravely take the lead, charge into battle, and risk their lives to achieve numerous merits, will they be suspected by the king for no reason and go down the same path as the Marquis Wu'an Mansion?

Thinking of this, the generals felt disappointed.