After the Cannon Fodder Awakened, She Married the Female Lead! [Quick Transmigration] 100

Chapter 100

From the moment he had killed the imperial envoy, Li Mo had already rebelled. By the time the news had reached the capital, Li Mo had already successfully broken up Gu Xiuwen’s sixty thousand men and arranged them into the twenty-five thousand Pingnan army.

Before the imperial court could react, Li Mo had drawn out another ten thousand men and formed her own personal guard army, and began to have them undergo various training, planning to turn them into multi-talented people.

The emperor almost fainted from illness when he heard the news, scaring the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital quite a bit. Before the imperial physicians could finish examining the emperor, the Sixth Prince had directly fainted from anger, and it was only after he had vomited blood that he had fainted.

This was also very easy to understand, because in the Sixth Prince’s eyes, Li Mo should have been his ally. In the end, his ally had actually backstabbed him without even saying hello. The shock he had received was definitely greater than the emperor’s.

“Father, this subject is willing to lead the troops to quell the rebellion!” To clear his relationship with Li Mo, the Sixth Prince directly stated his attitude in front of all the civil and military officials in the morning court.

The emperor did not immediately agree. After the Sixth Prince had eaten up the Third Prince’s power, his prestige in the imperial court was already very high. Now that the Prince of Pingnan had rebelled, it was a good opportunity to suppress him.

“Father, this subject is also willing to share my father’s worries. The military books that my father gave me before, this subject has already finished reading them. All that is left is to continue to learn from practice,” the Ninth Prince would naturally not let go of such an opportunity.

The Prince of Pingnan was said to have three hundred thousand troops. If they wanted to quell the rebellion, the number of troops would definitely not be less than three hundred thousand, and they could also take the opportunity to gather the local military power. This opportunity absolutely could not be given to the Sixth Prince.

“Little Nine, I understand your intentions, but your experience is too shallow. You are not suitable to lead the troops alone,” the emperor frowned slightly. “What do you think, my dear subjects? Should I send the sixth one, or let Little Nine go?”

The ministers in the court exchanged glances implicitly. Neither the Sixth Prince’s people nor the Ninth Prince’s people had stood out.

The emperor was not in a hurry either. After waiting for a while, he directly called the prime minister’s name and asked for his opinion on this matter.

The prime minister was a proper Third Prince’s party. Even if the Third Prince was dead, he had not changed his camp. The reason was also very simple. Although the Third Prince was dead, he had left behind a child, and it was a legitimate son from the prime minister’s legitimate second daughter’s belly.

“Your Majesty, since both Your Highnesses have the intention to share your worries, why don’t you let the two Your Highnesses go together,” the prime minister lowered his eyes and began to hint at the emperor. “When brothers are of one mind, their sharpness can cut through metal. The rebel army is coming fiercely this time. If the two Your Highnesses go on an expedition together, they will definitely be able to quell the rebellion in the shortest time.”

There were some things that the prime minister did not say too clearly, but the current situation was clearly not suitable for the Sixth Prince and the Ninth Prince to continue to fight internally. If they did not have a common goal, who knew who would be sitting on the dragon throne.

The emperor did not nod or shake his head, but just said that the prime minister’s proposal was not bad, and then there was no follow-up.

The emperor did have such a thought, but he was more worried and doubtful. One was that he was worried that the two of them would still target each other after they went on an expedition together, thus affecting the battle situation. The second was that he was worried that both of them would have an accident. At that time, who to choose as the heir would be a big problem.

After hesitating for a long time, the emperor still planned to wait and see. He just ordered the local officials to enter a state of combat readiness and stop all transactions with the rebel army. The cities in the south were only allowed to enter and not to leave, and a strict curfew system was implemented to prevent spies from leaking information and cooperating with the rebel army from the inside.

After about ten days, just as the emperor had drawn out the local army to form a so-called five hundred thousand strong army, another piece of news came.

The Prince of Zhenbei had also rebelled. The reason for the rebellion was that the emperor had condoned the prince to collude with the barbarians, causing the old Prince of Zhenbei to die. They demanded to get justice for the old Prince of Zhenbei, demanded that the emperor write a confession, and handed over the Sixth Prince and the related people to the Zhenbei army to deal with.

This time, both the emperor and the Sixth Prince were dizzy. They were both angry and scared. One Prince of Pingnan was already enough of a headache for them. With five hundred thousand against three hundred thousand, they were still confident of winning.

But now! With five hundred thousand against six hundred thousand! And three hundred thousand of them had just come down from the battlefield. What was the difference between this and looking for death?

The first thing the Sixth Prince did after he woke up was to go and find the emperor. He pushed all the blame to the Third Prince in one go, wanting the emperor to come forward and protect him.

“Father, the two princes have had ulterior motives for a long time. These reasons are all made up by them. This subject has absolutely not done anything to collude with the barbarians!” The Sixth Prince began to panic. He was very clear about the current strength of the imperial court. It was no problem to quell the rebellion of one prince, but to quell the rebellion of two princes was absolutely impossible.

The emperor closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. “You can withdraw. Let me think about it.”

“Father, this subject…” Seeing that the emperor had not answered him directly, his heart became even more flustered.

“I told you to withdraw!” The emperor opened his eyes and couldn’t help but start to vent his anger on the Sixth Prince. “Get out!”

What a useless thing. Since he had decided to make a move, then he should have just crushed the Zhenbei army in one go. He didn’t follow up when the Zhenbei army was half-dead. Now, the other party was clearly coming back to take revenge.

Idiot, a real idiot!

It wasn’t that the emperor was reluctant to part with a son and a few ministers. If he could appease the Prince of Zhenbei just by handing them over, he would have packed them up and sent them over as soon as possible.

Just as the Sixth Prince had said, avenging his father and clearing the emperor’s side were all excuses, just excuses for rebellion. Even if he sent the people over, the Prince of Zhenbei would definitely come up with other reasons and then make more excessive demands.

Since he could not compromise, then he could only fight.

The emperor stayed up all night, called all the ministers he could trust to have a small court meeting, and issued one imperial edict after another. Besides leaving fifty thousand imperial guards to guard the capital, he had handed out all the military power he could use.

The Sixth Prince and the Ninth Prince did not have to fight this time. One went south and one went north. Each of them was sent out as a mascot. Before the rebellion was quelled, neither of them could come back.

After a stick, it was time for a sweet date. The emperor summoned the two of them separately and made the same promise. Whoever quelled the rebellion first would be enfeoffed as the crown prince and inherit the throne.

After scraping together, the Sixth Prince and the Ninth Prince each led more than a dozen old generals and five hundred thousand troops drawn from the local areas, and the so-called million-strong army to quell the rebellion set off.

At the same time, Li Mo and Wen Runan’s side also had a great progress. Without a large-scale battle, they had taken several cities, and the distance between the two of them was getting closer and closer.

Three months later, the Zhenbei army and the Pingnan army had joined forces and had become a bright army with seven hundred thousand soldiers, and were advancing towards the capital at a faster speed.

The Sixth Prince and the Ninth Prince could not stop the offensive of the bright army at all. Even without any internal strife, they were still defeated one after another. By the time the new year was approaching, the two of them had directly retreated to the capital.

Perhaps it was because the difference in combat power between the two sides was too great. Usually, the local army would run away halfway through the fight, and then not long after, those deserters would become a member of the bright army.

Actually, it was also very easy to understand. The Zhenbei army and the Pingnan army had already joined forces. The already corrupt imperial court was no match for the coalition army. Since the outcome was already decided, why should they die in vain?

Seeing that the new year was about to arrive, the atmosphere in the capital was not happy at all, because the bright army, which had already become a million strong, had surrounded the capital tightly. It looked as if it was possible to launch a general attack at any time. The common people were all staying at home and did not dare to go out, worrying and looking forward at the same time.

Li Mo and Wen Runan were not in a hurry to attack the city. After confirming that the emperor and the others could not run away, they began to prepare for the new year.

Under the envious gazes of many soldiers, they held hands and set off fireworks, sat together on the main seat, and had a good drink.

Seeing the two of them supporting each other and returning to the same room, many young generals couldn’t help but slam the table and applaud, wishing they could drag the two masters to the wedding hall and get married now.

That’s right. Wen Runan’s disguise had already been mostly taken off, and her identity was basically known by everyone. Because the timing of her identity being revealed was very good, it did not cause any waves.

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When the South Army and the Zhenbei Army had just joined forces, the atmosphere between the coalition forces was actually not very good. The middle and high-ranking generals had been secretly competing with each other.

The reason they did this was also very simple. There was only one person sitting on the throne, either Li Mo or Wen Runan, and none of them wanted their own master to lose.

Seeing that both sides had a relatively large opinion of each other, Wen Runan’s disguise also became more and more perfunctory. In three months, she had let most of the middle and high-ranking generals discover her real identity.

Thus, the original rumors about the two of them being homosexual had changed, and had become a story of the two of them being childhood sweethearts and a match made in heaven. The generals who had been secretly competing also stopped competing and instantly cast aside their previous enmities, as good as real brothers.

After the Lantern Festival was over, the emperor couldn’t take it anymore. If he didn’t surrender, he would probably be tied up and dragged out of the city gate by the already wavering ministers.

To maintain his last bit of dignity, the emperor issued a confession on the twentieth day of the first month, admitting that he was incompetent and was willing to abdicate to the Heir Apparent of the Prince of Pingnan, Li Mo.

Li Mo accepted the emperor’s surrender, and then cut down the Sixth Prince and the Ninth Prince. Under the emperor’s terrified gaze, she announced that he would be confined for the rest of his life.

With great power in her hands, Li Mo was soon supported by her subordinates as the emperor. After a cliché push and pull, Li Mo officially became the new master of the world.

The enthronement ceremony was set for seven days later. Under the surprised gazes of the new civil and military officials, Li Mo held Wen Runan’s hand and ascended the imperial carriage, and walked through the entire set of the heaven-worshipping enthronement process together.

Both of them were wearing dragon robes. Besides the difference in the position of the dragon pattern, they were identical from the fabric to the workmanship.

During the enthronement ceremony, Gu Xiuwen was standing in the very front row.

Seeing the original emperor and empress combination turn into an emperor and emperor combination, he was stunned for a moment. It took him a long while to digest this news.

Then, when the ceremony was about to end, Gu Xiuwen made a new discovery.

He saw that when Li Mo and Wen Runan were standing together, the dragon patterns on their bodies could actually be pieced together. Looking at them together, it was a very complete golden dragon that was wrapped around the two of them.

Gu Xiuwen was stunned again, and then let out a soft chuckle. It seemed that his goal could not be achieved. It was estimated that for the rest of his life, he could only be under two people and above ten thousand.