Chapter 202

However, he made no response or took any action regarding this matter!

He simply let these people make a loud fuss, paid them no heed at all, and went straight into the room!

He had just finished with Princess Princess Yushu not long ago; now he was going to try Yan Yan Lingji!

To see which of the three—Yan Yan Lingji, Princess Princess Jieyou, or Princess Princess Yushu—was the more moist!

Taiyuan!

This was a very ancient city!

Ever since the Zhou Dynasty subdued the Rong and Di tribes and incorporated this place into the Great Zhou's territory!

This place had become a crucial city for preventing northern Xiongnu invasions!

By the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, because Zhao Wuling adopted the custom of wearing Hu clothing and riding horses to shoot, he drove the Xiongnu beyond the frontier and expanded the border cities to outside Yan Sect Pass!

Only thus did the situation of Taiyuan being constantly invaded by the Xiongnu change!

Yet this place remained the second line of defense against the Xiongnu!

It was also a major military stronghold.

Whether it was the former State of Jin or the later Zhao Guo, they all stationed troops here to resist the Xiongnu!

When the Qin unified the world, the First Emperor Seeing Ying Zheng stationed a hundred thousand troops here, echoing Meng Tian's three hundred thousand great army, to resist the Xiongnu!

Inside Taiyuan City!

At this time, Prince Prince Fusu was well-equipped with strong soldiers and sturdy horses!

First, after the Xiongnu crossed the Great Wall, Prince Prince Fusu retreated here with one hundred and sixty thousand men!

Afterwards, he conveniently took command of the hundred thousand troops stationed within Taiyuan City!

Then came Tell Meng Wu's great army!

Yes, Tell Meng Wu's three hundred thousand great army had also come to Taiyuan!

Now, the command of the great army was in Prince Prince Fusu's hands!

And speaking of this matter, it was a rather long story!

On Tell Meng Wu's way back from Neishi to Xianyang City, he learned the news of the Xiongnu invading the border passes.

Thus, he received an imperial decree from the First Emperor Seeing Ying Zheng, ordering him to immediately lead his three hundred thousand great army to Taiyuan and resist the Xiongnu together with Prince Prince Fusu.

Although news later arrived that Li Yuanba had repelled the Xiongnu, the great army had already arrived at Taiyuan, so they did not act rashly!

Now, Taiyuan City held not only the originally stationed hundred thousand great army, but also the one hundred and sixty thousand men who had retreated with Prince Prince Fusu, as well as Tell Meng Wu's three hundred thousand great army!

Adding the three great armies together, there were fully five hundred and sixty thousand great troops gathered!

And looking at Tell Meng Wu, General Meng Tian, Li Yuanba, and the others before him.

Then looking at a letter in his hand!

Prince Prince Fusu's fists clenched tightly again and again, and loosened again and again!

All because... one character on this letter!

"Get lost!"

That's right!

This was indeed the reply letter from Seeing Ying Zheng to Prince Prince Fusu!

Telling him to get lost!

To speak reasonably, this single character "get lost" truly made Prince Prince Fusu furious!

This father emperor was still, just as before, numb and unfeeling, cruel and heartless!

Back when he wanted to build the Great Wall, I had already advised him!

Now that the nation was just settled and the hearts of the six states were unsettled, this was precisely the time to nurture the people; under no circumstances should large projects be built, exhausting the people and wasting wealth!

But... this father emperor would not listen, insisting on building the Great Wall!

He not only wanted to build the Great Wall, but also to construct the Epang Palace!

The Epang Palace!

What a colossal project!

He looked at the blueprints; it was simply larger than thirty Outside Xianyanggong combined!

He became even more furious, demanding that Seeing Ying Zheng stop the construction!

But... Seeing Ying Zheng would not listen, continuing to persist!

Later, when he burned books and buried Confucian scholars alive, I had also advised him, but he still would not listen!

Even because of this, he banished me to the Great Wall!

Yet even so, I had not the slightest complaint!

Upon learning that the sixth brother Facing Ying Su had raised an army to rebel and killed fifty thousand garrison troops at Outside Xianyanggong, my first thought was to lead troops back to Xianyang City and drive Facing Ying Su from the throne!

Afterwards... to respectfully welcome the father emperor back to the throne!

That's right!

It was to respectfully welcome the First Emperor Seeing Ying Zheng back to the throne!

Although I had also thought of becoming emperor, in my heart, only the heir designated by Seeing Ying Zheng was qualified to sit on the imperial throne.

Any other method was an unfilial act!

And Facing Ying Su's action was a great unfilial deed!

I must help the father emperor regain the imperial throne!

But why did I not act later?

Because shortly after this thought of mine first arose.

I received a piece of news!

The First Emperor announced his abdication, and Ying Su succeeded to the throne!

It was precisely this news that made him abandon that idea!

For, in his view, moving troops without the Emperor's order was an act of treason, disloyal and unfilial!

And as for treason, he, Prince Fusu, would never commit such a deed.

Precisely for this reason, he did not lead his troops to storm Outside Xianyanggong!

Indeed, he even harbored the delusion that Ying Su would be a good Emperor!

A good Emperor who loved the people as his own children!

But... when Ying Su killed his teacher, Kill Chunyu Yue, upon ascending the throne, it enraged Prince Fusu!

Later, all alchemists were expelled from Outside Xianyanggong!

Moreover, people were killed over this, which made Prince Fusu even angrier!

Still later, forcing nobles to pay taxes drove the nobles to form a coalition army, making Prince Fusu furious time and again!

He believed Ying Su was more brutal than Ying Zheng!

But no matter what, these matters could still be endured!

Yet seeing Li Yuanba kill nearly seven hundred thousand soldiers and civilians of the Xiongnu with his own eyes, he could endure it no longer!

That was nearly seven hundred thousand people!

And they were killed by Li Yuanba just like that?

Add to that the three hundred fifty thousand he killed before, and that totals nearly one million!

Nearly a million people, all dead at the hands of the butcher Li Yuanba, drove Prince Fusu to the brink of madness!

Foreigners?

So what if they are foreigners?

Are foreigners not human?

Can foreigners be slaughtered so indiscriminately?

He was filled with immense rage!

Finally, he wrote letters to the First Emperor and Ying Su separately, demanding they kill Li Yuanba!

But... the reply arrived!

It contained only a single character: "Get lost!"

Prince Fusu was furious, utterly enraged!

At this very moment, gazing at Meng Wu, General Meng Tian, and Wang Ben before him, he made a decision:

"Now, Donghuang Taiyi of the Yin-Yang School, the Grand Master of the Mohists, and Master Master Xiaomeng of the Daoist School are gathering all the experts under heaven to go to the Xiongnu and kill Li Yuanba!"

"But I feel they do not have enough people!"