Ch 396: Persuasion To Surrender
“That damned Fake Emperor, he caused my Senior Brother to meet such an outcome!”
“We served the country with unwavering loyalty, yet he treated us as tools, ultimately resorting to assassination!”
“I must avenge these brothers and sisters!”
Upper Clarity Sect and Divine Peak Mountain disciples clenched their fists, each wishing to flay the Fake Emperor alive.
Among them, the Tang Sect disciples were particularly grief-stricken and heartbroken.
They never imagined that their Sect Master had been deceived by the Fake Emperor until his death, and that even after their Sect Master, Tang Jue, died, the Fake Emperor still hypocritically gave him a grand burial.
Thinking back on it all now, it’s utterly nauseating!
On the other side, the Divine Palace Army, upon learning the truth, were in a state of utter shock.
They could barely hold their weapons steady.
This truth wasn’t revealed by just anyone, but by the Sect Masters of the major Sects themselves.
They were perfectly clear about the actions of these Sect Masters.
Naturally, righteousness came first; otherwise, they wouldn’t have sent their most elite disciples to the battlefield.
In other words, the truth is undeniably true!
Under the pretext of suppressing rebels, they waged a brutal war against the Bei Qi Army; however, the Bei Qi Army were not rebels at all, but innocent victims of injustice.
They could hardly imagine the complex emotions of the Bei Qi Army, enduring internal grievances while fighting them tooth and nail.
“Now that things have come to this, we don’t need to continue fighting,”
At this moment, Xiao Tiansheng looked towards Duan Wulou and spoke.
Duan Wulou snapped out of it, his expression complex as he looked at Xiao Tiansheng, opening his mouth to say something, but unable to utter a word.
Now that the truth is out, any rebuttal would be futile.
Moreover, he didn’t want to refute it now.
In the past, although he had never questioned the decrees, simply obeying unconditionally, this didn’t mean he was willing to submit to a Fake Emperor.
He had always served the Divine Palace’s Imperial Power, not a sham imposter.
Seeing Duan Wulou’s silence, Xiao Tiansheng didn’t mind, instead turning to the Divine Palace Army on the other side, his voice booming, “You were all deceived by the Fake Emperor. Are you still willing to obey his commands?”
“We all come from military backgrounds, and are all citizens of the Divine Palace Kingdom. To call ourselves brothers in arms is no exaggeration. The cruelty of the battlefield is something you all understand well, yet the Fake Emperor deceived you, framed us, causing us to fight each other to the death on the battlefield, treating our lives as a joke, toying with us at will. This act is simply outrageous; even slow slicing wouldn’t be enough to vent our anger…”
“I sincerely ask, are you willing to follow me into the Dragon Court and take the Fake Emperor’s head?”
The impassioned words reached everyone’s ears, making their feelings all the more complex.
They couldn’t help but ask themselves.
Are we truly willing to let a Fake Emperor seize the Divine Palace’s throne?
Are we willing to give everything to the Fake Emperor?
“Whoever wants to follow the Fake Emperor, go ahead. I’m not doing it!”
Someone shouted, without hesitation throwing his weapon to the ground, his eyes full of disgust.
“I’m not doing it either. I never served that Fake Emperor!”
Another person angrily threw down his weapon.
Seeing this, the rest also chose to follow their hearts.
Bang bang bang!
For a time, the sound of weapons falling to the ground was incessant.
Once their hands were completely clean, they all looked towards Duan Wulou on the roof.
Under the gaze of countless eyes, Duan Wulou let out a hearty laugh, his True Qi surging as the longbow in his hand instantly turned to powder.
“I’m not doing it either!”
Thus, the Divine Palace Army, along with their leader Duan Wulou, completely lost their desire to fight.
They didn’t want to become victims in this conspiracy.
“Good!”
A smile appeared on Xiao Tiansheng’s face: “Then I sincerely invite you to join us in overthrowing the Fake Emperor!”
With these words falling.
The Bei Qi Army behind him also put away their weapons, their gazes towards the Divine Palace Army no longer hostile.
The atmosphere completely eased.
Xiao Tiansheng knew how to win over a demoralized army. He ordered the Bei Qi Army to bring out the prepared supplies to entertain this Dragon Court army.
And proactively invited Lu Cangshan and other Jianghu people, and Duan Wulou, to hold a grand banquet right there in the courtyard.
Lu Cangshan and others, as well as Duan Wulou, had no objections.
After all, in a sense, they were all deceived, victims.
Moreover, they deeply hated the Fake Emperor.
The banquet lasted from evening to early morning, a peaceful scene everywhere.
Following Xiao Tiansheng’s persuasion, Lu Cangshan and the other Jianghu people decided to join the Bei Qi Army, together storming the Dragon Court to settle the score with the Fake Emperor.
Although Duan Wulou didn’t explicitly state it, he handed his tiger talisman to Xiao Tiansheng, its meaning self-evident.
The entire Yanzhou was thus conquered without a single loss.
And with the addition of the Divine Palace Army, the Bei Qi Army’s strength instantly increased several times.
Everyone’s heart held only one desire: to defeat the Fake Emperor.
At the same time.
The truth about the Fake Emperor spread rapidly, using Yanzhou as its center, constantly spreading to the various states of the Divine Palace.
The commoners, upon hearing these rumors, exclaimed in disbelief, “How is this possible?”
Emperor Yu Yang was actually an imposter!
However, the Divine Palace Army had indeed surrendered to the Bei Qi Army. Without any reason, why would they choose to surrender?
In short, the commoners had their own speculations, but being of low status, they could only silently watch the unfolding events.
The truth spread quickly, reaching the entire Dragon Court by the next day.
In the early morning, it was normally a day off for the civil and military officials in the Imperial Court.
But this time, they were exceptionally early, no longer concerned with the factional struggles between various groups, temporarily setting aside their mutual animosity, gathering together to discuss this matter that was enough to shake the Divine Palace.
“Our Divine Palace Army actually surrendered to the Bei Qi Army, this is utterly absurd!”
“Could it be that the one sitting above us is truly a fake?”
“This is a grave matter; how should we decide?”
“…”
Civil and Military Officials filled almost every space, discussing with excitement.
Even those who already knew about this and had silently processed it in their hearts, upon hearing it again, still couldn’t hide their shock.
“Is it possible that Xiao Tiansheng deceived Duan Wulou, causing the army’s downfall and the spread of rumors?”
A Minister offered his speculation, but stopped immediately afterwards.
The other Ministers silently shook their heads.
Duan Wulou has led troops into battle for so many years, how could he be someone who doesn’t understand the situation?
And they all knew that Duan Wulou was fiercely loyal to the Divine Palace; even in death, he would never rebel.
Yet the reality was that the army led by Duan Wulou not only joined the Bei Qi Army, but he himself appeared and declared his intention to storm the Dragon Court and settle the score with the Fake Emperor.
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