Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Hua Yunhong only hopes that his troops can reach Shenmu City as soon as possible.

He used military force to hold all officials hostage and quickly ascend to power.

His years of hard work finally paid off.

Although he failed to gain many connections, there were still many opponents in the court.

But there is one thing in which he is better than anyone else, and that is that the military power is firmly in the hands of Hua Yunhong.

As long as he maintains this point, no matter how others try to break away, they will never be able to shake his position.

Even if things turned out badly and everyone pointed at him and scolded him, Hua Yunhong had no time to care.

This time the old emperor died too suddenly.

There was not even a candidate for successor, so it was natural for Hua Yunhong to accept this position.

But this also left people with a huge topic of conversation.

Many people know that before the old emperor died, he angrily denounced Hua Yunhong's actions. It is very likely that he wanted to change his heir at this time.

However, Hua Yunhong did not conduct any investigation at all, nor did he discuss it with anyone in the court.

The tough ones led their troops north and prepared to enter Shenmu City.

Such an urgent move caused panic among the people in the court.

In addition, many officials within the court who opposed Hua Yunhong continued to fan the flames outside, causing public anger and fear among some high-ranking officials.

Many people have begun to feel insecure.

They were afraid that after Hua Yunhong led his troops into Shenmu City, he would directly liquidate the forces that had previously opposed him.

In order to maintain their good life, the people chose to unite together, and the officials chose to unite together to maintain their lives.

The voices against Hua Yunhong became even louder.

At this time, Hua Yunhong had already woken up from his coma early, but his body was still extremely weak in the past few days.

But as soon as I opened my eyes, I was faced with overwhelming pressure.

"Your Highness, several counties along our route seem to be closed and won't let us in."

When the army was preparing to return to the city, Du Zi suddenly came to him and reported a piece of news that was somewhat chilling.

"Who are they? Make a list and give it to me."

This is human nature, when Hua Yunhong was in charge of the entire dynasty and was in its heyday.

Everyone thinks that he is likely to be the next successor in the future.

It was a foregone conclusion that he would ascend to the throne, but he had caused such a huge mess that he had not yet cleaned up the mess, and was even scolded by the old emperor before he died.

This directly shook the legitimacy of his taking over the throne.

When something goes wrong, everyone starts to blame others.

Even the county magistrates of some counties along the way began to choose sides.

They chose to stand against Hua Yunhong and even refused to accept their army's stationing.

This meant they had fewer supply points on their way back to the city.

When he thought of this, Hua Yunhong's anger almost burst out.

He wanted to write down all those who opposed him.

As long as the army can reach Shenmu City, he can ascend the throne smoothly.

None of these people who have ever been in his team will be good!

He wants to liquidate these guys one by one and exterminate all nine generations of their clan!

Seeing Hua Yunhong's angry face, Du Zi beside him suddenly whispered to him:

"Your Highness, why don't we reconcile with them and not make a big fuss? Everyone knows you'll settle accounts with them after returning to Shenmu City. Let's do the opposite and act like a benevolent person in front of them."

Du Zi meant that we should stop compiling a list of those people.

Even if they are on the wrong side, as the ruler of a dynasty, you must have the magnanimity to accommodate them.

But his words obviously made Hua Yunhong a little angry. He turned his head and stared at Du Zi angrily.

"What do you think is the reason why the Shenmu Kingdom has been able to gain a foothold in the world, pacify the surrounding small countries, and achieve great unification?"

"I don't know."

Seeing him like this, Du Zi suddenly felt something was wrong. He quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead and shook his head in response.

"We rely on not giving the enemy a chance to survive. Anyone who dares to oppose the Shenmu Kingdom will be immediately eliminated! It is because of this ruthlessness that we can gain a foothold and bring stability to the entire kingdom!"

"And now you're telling me to be kind? That's just an excuse for the weak to seek peace!"

"This kind of hypocrisy will never allow the Shenmu Kingdom to move forward!"

He stared at Du Zi sternly.

After feeling the other party's spicy attitude, Du Zi opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing.

"Okay, go ask Mu Liuming and Changsun when they can come back."

"They should be able to catch up with our main force in another two weeks. Your Highness, there is one more thing we need to pay attention to."

"what's up?"

"Recently, Tongbao Pavilion has been taking advantage of the chaos to engage in large-scale smuggling. Chu Ying is also assisting them and transporting a lot of goods from Daqian. Should we intercept some of the goods?"

Du Zi mentioned Chu Ying who was still smuggling.

They certainly can't control the smuggling issue now, as this will only make them more enemies.

But they have another choice, which is to take more supplies to replenish their army during the chaos. After all, they may be under tremendous pressure on this trip to Shenmu City.

Qin Ming, who was far away in the Western Regions, must have known the situation here.

They had just fought a war with the Shenmu Kingdom, and their plans in the Western Regions were frequently obstructed by Hua Yunhong.

Although Hua Yunhong failed in the end, this still created a grudge between the two sides.

Qin Ming is a man who will avenge himself.

If they are put under pressure from outside again, Hua Yunhong will definitely have a hard time.

"Take some of it, and you won't be afraid of offending them."

The thought of returning to Shenmu City and the possibility of being attacked by political enemies arose.

There are also three kings far away in various regions who actually have the opportunity to inherit the throne. At this time, he suddenly felt a huge sense of crisis.

If necessary, it is safer to expand your own strength first.

"Yes!"

Soon, the troops arranged by Du Zi to rob smuggling trucks met Chu Ying's men.

They wanted to carry out the robbery on a large scale, so they involved a lot of people, more than 3,000 people.

These people have been roaming along the border.

As soon as they see a smuggling truck, they will rush over and rob it crazily.

I thought that with so many officers and soldiers, they would be able to easily defeat some delivery convoys.

But when they really got close to the smuggling carriage, they found out that they were wrong, and extremely wrong!

Soon, the news that most of the 3,000 people were killed or injured reached Hua Yunhong.

His eyes widened in disbelief.

"Are you saying that more than half of the troops we sent out to plunder supplies died?"

"How is this possible? Who killed them?"

"We suspect that it was Fang Yuanjian who took action, or it was the Daqian troops stationed in Xishu."

Du Zi's face looked a little ugly, and he responded in a low voice.