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Zhao Heng sat coolly in the chair and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"Li Chang'an, Black Armor Cavalry... sounds similar to the Iron Pagoda of Beiliang!"
"My ten thousand troops!"
"Li Chang'an deserves to die!"
Wang Linquan, sitting in the corner, didn't dare to breathe loudly.
He knew something about Zhao Heng's bipolar disorder, and he was afraid that Zhao Heng would use him as a punching bag if he wasn't careful.
After a long while, Zhao Heng had no choice but to accept reality.
"Since the troops left in the central army are so powerful, Li Chang'an must be vulnerable."
"Xun'er and Wei Dong are at Tianmu Mountain. I wonder how things are going?"
"With the help of my godfather's second disciple, Li Chang'an will surely be captured easily!"
Zhao Heng and Wang Linquan waited until late into the night, but there was still no news.
Several more scouts were sent out, but none of them returned.
An ominous thought rose in Zhao Heng's mind!
The two sat anxiously until dawn before the yamen runners from the prefecture finally arrived!
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened at the city gate!"
"Your Excellency, please come and inspect this place!"
Zhao Heng angrily said, "What important matter could it be? Why didn't the governor come to report it in person!"
The constable said, "This matter is of great importance. The governor dares not leave without permission. We request that Your Highness go in person!"
Seeing the yamen runner speak so solemnly, Zhao Heng dared not delay and immediately took a sedan chair to the city gate.
When Zhao Heng arrived near the city gate, he heard someone reading aloud the notice posted by the Tang Emperor.
"Last night, I arrested a group of members of the Green Robe Alliance and interrogated them overnight."
"I never imagined that these rebels had already colluded with military officers and wealthy merchants in the city, daring to besiege my carriage."
"I was personally appointed by the Emperor. To besiege me is to rebel. Fortunately, Heaven has protected me, and I have defeated the rebels in one fell swoop."
"I have already beheaded the culprit, and his head is now hanging on the city gate!"
"This is hereby announced to the public: Emperor Li Chang'an of Tang!"
Most of the common people were illiterate, and at this time, a scholar was reading out a proclamation.
Upon hearing these words, Zhao Heng's legs went weak.
Li Chang'an is not dead!
So, Xun'er and Gong Banque failed!
Zhao Heng's first thought was, where is Zhao Xun?
"No matter how audacious Li Chang'an is, he wouldn't go so far as to kill Xun'er!"
"Probably not!"
"Last time he captured Xun'er, and although he humiliated her severely, he still released her!"
As he was thinking this, the scholar began reading the list.
"Su Su, the crown prince of the fallen kingdom of Western Shu! A core member of the Green Robe Alliance, has been beheaded!"
"Zhao Dingxiu, former Grand Scholar of Western Shu! A core member of the Green Robe Alliance, has been beheaded!"
"Naval Commander Wei Dong and his son Wei Wei, together with the Green Robe Alliance, attempted to assassinate the Tang King and have been beheaded!"
"Naval Vice Admiral Li Hun, Zhang Kang... and others, whose crimes are the same as those of Wei Dong and his son, have been beheaded!"
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"Wang Linquan, a merchant from Qingzhou, provided financial assistance to the Qingyi Alliance. His entire family has now been executed, and the heads of his six sons and one daughter are here!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Linquan, who was outside the sedan chair, collapsed to the ground, his legs giving way.
Wang Linquan's face turned ashen, tears streaming down his face, and he couldn't even utter a curse!
Li Chang'an, what a vicious mind you have!
Just as Zhao Heng breathed a sigh of relief, the last person on the list shocked everyone!
"Zhao Xun, the heir apparent of the Prince of Jing'an, was bewitched by Wei Dong and his son and attempted to assassinate the Prince of Tang!"
"Even a prince is subject to the law! Zhao Xun has been killed on the spot, and his head is here!"
Zhao Heng was struck as if by lightning and tumbled out of the sedan chair.
He stumbled and crawled to the gate of Xiangfan City.
Dozens of bloodied heads lie on the city wall!
Right in the middle is his son, Zhao Xun!
Zhao Heng's eyes were filled with tears, his voice a mixture of shock and anger. "Xun'er! My son!"
"It's all my fault!"
"Li Chang'an! You've gone too far!"
Despite his extreme grief and indignation, Zhao Heng still discovered the trickery.
The heads of several ringleaders of the Green Robe Alliance were all disfigured by a series of knife cuts.
I fear that Li Chang'an is harboring remnants of the Western Shu and Western Chu.
However, Zhao Heng only had 20,000 remnants of his naval forces left, and they had lost all fighting spirit.
Without any troops at his disposal, he had no choice but to obey Li Chang'an's every word.
The city gate was once again crowded with people; Xiangfan City had been quite lively these past few days.
Since Li Chang'an arrived, several major events have occurred.
This case of the crown prince's rebellion is truly earth-shattering!
At that moment, the sound of galloping hooves came from not far away.
From afar, a troop of black-armored cavalrymen sped towards them like ghosts!
These black-armored cavalrymen exuded a fierce and menacing aura!
At the very front of the cavalry was Li Chang'an, dressed in black gleaming armor!
Zhao Heng's guess about the handling of the core members of the Qingyi Alliance was correct.
The real members of the Green Robe Alliance have been hidden by him in the military camp.
The heads on the city gate were just scapegoats with similar appearances.
Li Chang'an came to Xiangfan City because of Wang Linquan.
Now, only Wang Linquan remains of the Wang family.
The sound of horses' hooves thundered as they soon came to a stop at the gate of Xiangfan City.
Zhao Heng pointed at Li Chang'an with one finger, his whole body trembling, unable to utter a single word!
He only had a few personal guards by his side, how could they be a match for Li Chang'an's hundreds of Xuanjia soldiers!
Zhao Heng was furious, but he was also terrified!
The bloodstains on the heavy armor of the Xuanjia soldiers and their horses were still wet.
The air was filled with a pungent smell of blood, which made Zhao Heng very uncomfortable.
A scout from the Xuanjia Army handed a scroll to Zhao Heng.
Zhao Heng was puzzled, and he unfolded the book with trembling hands to take a look.
This is a commendation order from the military, but it's not from the Xuanjia Army.
It belongs to the Northern Liang army!
The commendation order was from a very long time ago and its contents were quite ordinary.
However, the scroll was preserved intact by its owner.
This shows that the person who issued the commendation order attached great importance to his identity as a member of the Northern Liang army.
"Wang Linquan, vanguard soldier of the Tiger Pounce Battalion of the Northern Liang Army!"
Zhao Heng was both shocked and furious!
Wang Linquan was actually Xu Xiao's mole!
Li Chang'an, on horseback, remained silent with a cold expression.
Zhao Heng had already drawn a saber from his personal guard.
"Wang Linquan! I'll chop you down!"
Wang Linquan was the richest man in Qingzhou and he also went to great lengths to curry favor with Prince Jing'an and his son.