After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

"The prince said that as long as we occupy the palace, everyone will be rewarded with one or two taels of gold!"

"Bah! Look at what you have accomplished. If you capture a high-ranking official, you will get ten taels of gold. If you capture the emperor alive, you will get one thousand taels of gold!"

The other person rubbed his hands, with a somewhat obscene smile: "I am not interested in gold or silver, I just want to touch the precious body of the Queen."

Someone immediately started laughing: "Dream on! How can you be the Queen?"

The man said angrily: "Concubines are fine too. I don't mind them being second-hand goods."

Someone else joined the discussion: "In my opinion, it's better to find a palace maid. If you're lucky, she's still a virgin. The palace is so big, the emperor won't be able to take care of it."

Everyone laughed again, and their laughter contained an intention that all men understood.

However, their fantasies only stop there.

Now they could only look at the high city walls and the wide moat and sigh.

Some fearless people tried to swim over, but they were shot to death by the Jinwu Guards guarding the city wall.

They followed Prince Ruyang in rebellion in order to become rich and powerful, get promoted and make money, not to lose their lives.

They immediately calmed down and no one took any risks anymore.

The composition of Prince Ruyang's army was complex. Its core force was made up of his personal guards who had followed him since childhood, the death squad he had trained himself, and a group of people he had tried every means to gather in his fiefdom, all of whom were loyal to him.

These are his most loyal troops and his confidants.

But the number was small, only about five thousand.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break through this limit.

Later, the military advisor advised him not to be stubborn, as loyalty is hard to come by, but interests can motivate people and help you find useful people.

He agreed with this and used this method to gather an army.

Because of this, there were many desperate criminals and people who sycophanted with the powerful in Prince Ruyang's army. They did not know what loyalty was, and did not know how to write the word "loyalty".

After all, this is not a chaotic time where people are living in misery.

Xie Shu certainly had selfish motives in his administration, and the major families had done many things that were criticized by the people, but Xie Shu still had his dignity and wanted to leave his name in history, so he did enough work on the surface.

Prince Ruyang's rebellion lacked a substantial mass base.

The slogan of "clearing the court" is even more nonsense.

Except for those who are loyal to him, even he himself does not believe in it.

Prince Ruyang attacked all the way to the capital, seemingly with great success, but only he knew the inside story.

He must be quick and make everyone who follows him taste the sweetness and see hope.

Otherwise, the unjust army he had gathered would be in danger of falling apart.

He massacred the city not only to make an example of others, but also to let his ferocious soldiers taste the sweetness.

But he is also helpless!

Speaking of this, we have to mention the eldest princess again.

Prince Ruyang has been operating for many years with the aim of creating a situation where the noble families are arrogant and oppress the common people, and the royal family is incompetent and disregards human lives, so that he can take advantage of the situation to launch an uprising.

Xie Shu was able to quickly seize power because of the fuel he added in secret.

The purpose is to let Xie Shu be consumed by the desire for power, indulge his family members to act recklessly and arouse public anger.

Originally, everything was going smoothly.

Until two years ago, with Lu Yi being divorced and the Lu family's reputation damaged, their power was greatly reduced; then the Xue and Cui families were successively driven out of the capital; and the Xie family had to restrain themselves because of their involvement in the granary case during the hail disaster.

The family's arrogance is no longer as strong as before.

Restraining family members, lying dormant for the time being and waiting for opportunities, or even taking the initiative to repair bridges and roads to please the people, has become a consensus among the major families.

Correspondingly, the royal family became more famous.

Cui Yongwei was arrested at the Xie Family Guild Hall by order of the emperor himself. Under the promotion of the royalists and the Qingliu, voices began to be heard among the people praising the emperor's wisdom.

Next, as Leyang paper and pens were widely promoted and used throughout the country, the school supervisor provided paper and pens for students to study for free and also taught people to read. Princess Leyang became famous throughout the world.

The entire situation became increasingly unfavorable for Prince Ruyang.

Can't wait any longer!

Prince Ruyang's temper became more and more violent, so he had to take a risky move. He took advantage of the opportunity of Qin Yaoguang's diplomatic mission to recapture Shazhou and lure Yan Changqing out of the capital so that he could start a rebellion.

He wanted Qin Yaoguang's life.

If it weren't for her, how could we have come to this point.

He simply had no idea what kind of magical power this woman Qin Yaoguang had that could make so many people rush to her for her.

He was able to escape from the trap he had set, and even killed the Tibetan general Pabala and recaptured the Juyan City.

How on earth did she do it?

unimaginable!

When Prince Ruyang received the secret letter sent by his subordinates at full speed from Hexi, his eyes went dark.

He had no choice but to be faster than her.

Compared with the previous plan, this one is even more dangerous. He has no confidence in winning at all. He can only seek speed but not stability.

All of this was forced out by that damn woman.

He was forced to wait no longer and had to build up momentum for his army, while he actually led 5,000 elite troops with a small entourage and headed straight for the capital.

That's why his speed was so fast, faster than anyone expected.

Among the five thousand elite soldiers, two thousand were his trusted followers and three thousand were desperate criminals.

He also wanted to bring loyal and reliable people with him, but loyalty did not mean having the strength to match it.

Prince Ruyang had no choice.

And such a team can only be led by him.

Attacking the palace was such an important matter that he didn't trust anyone else.

What if his subordinates became greedy and sat on the throne directly? Wouldn't he be making things difficult for others?

Regardless of whether the bloodline is authentic or whether it can convince the public, he does not want to take even a one in ten thousand risk.

More than ten years ago, he mistakenly trusted Xie Shu, which led to his missing the throne by a hair's breadth, and he had to return to his fiefdom to live in seclusion.

Today, I will never make the same mistake again.

Everything is going smooth.

The secret agent he had planted in the capital sent him a signal to open the south gate and let them in.

It was still morning.

Then, everything went haywire.

He wanted to command his subordinates to capture the palace in one go, but he didn't expect that those country bumpkins who had never seen the world would be dazzled by the glamorous world of the capital, and relying on their horses and swords, they started burning, killing and looting.

Misbehavior.

To them, a capital city that had no defenses at all was like a girl with her clothes opened, ready to be ravaged by anyone.

Unfortunately for Prince Ruyang, although the soldiers of the Jingji camp did not have time to enter the capital, there were still armed forces such as the Wucheng Bingmasi, the Dali Temple runners, and the Jingzhao Prefecture constables.

Relying on his familiarity with the topography of the capital, he dealt with them, causing heavy casualties to Prince Ruyang and bringing about revenge.

Looking at the fires burning everywhere, King Ruyang wanted to eat someone.

He came to seize the throne, not to see a devastated capital city.

How will future history books record him allowing his soldiers to oppress the people before he even ascended the throne?

With great difficulty, he used the huge bait of the imperial palace to gather the troops, but a rough count revealed that seven or eight hundred people were killed.