The trouble occurred inside the palace wall, and the old monk was frightened in the middle of the night.

The body of the broken arrow is broken, and the blood in the sheath has not yet coagulated.

Seeing Wu Santong covered in blood in front of him, even Master Yideng, who had always been as calm as water, could not calm down for a moment.

At this time, the three imperial grandsons who were practicing martial arts with Master Yideng in the temple also rushed over. Naturally, Wu Santong and the others also knew each other. This was their third uncle.

"Master, the descendants of the Gao family suddenly launched a rebellion. Not only did they collude with the Miao people from the Qilan and Luopan tribes, but they even showed up with thousands of Tibetan soldiers."

"Dali City has been captured by them, the entire palace has been burned to the ground, and His Majesty and several young princes... also died tragically in the palace -"

"What? Third uncle, you said that my father died?"

Duan Xiangxing, who has just turned twenty-two, is at the age where he is in full swing. Not long ago, with the help of his grandfather, he finally broke through to the second-rate level.

Yesterday, he was still thinking that his mother's birthday would be in a few days, and he wanted to go back to the palace to celebrate her fortieth birthday and then come back to learn from his grandfather.

Unexpectedly, before I could go back, I would hear such bad news.

"San Tong, my son Zhixiang is also considered to be a successful man. Even if there was a rebellion by the thieves, why couldn't he even escape?"

Yes, Duan Zhixiang, the king of Dali, was a second-rate master after all. His martial arts was not as good as that of Zhu Ziliu, but he was better than Wu Santong. How could he die in the palace?

"Master, no one knows that the thieves in this rebellion are Miao people from the Qilan tribe. They are good at poisoning and they quietly poisoned the people in the palace."

"When the disciple rushed after hearing the news, the palace was already a sea of ​​fire. The disciple failed to break in even though he broke in several times."

"I heard from the palace guards that His Majesty was blocked in the palace and never came out from the beginning to the end."

After listening to what Wu Santong said, Master Yideng calmed down.

Since the capital of Dali has been captured by the rebels, the number of rebels must be at least tens of thousands. Otherwise, how could the palace guarded by three thousand imperial guards be easily captured?

"Santong, Ziliu, we can't stay here for a long time. Let's pack up and go to Dali City, thirty miles east of Dali City. There is a Wubao there. If Zhixiang doesn't die, he will go there."

"If we can't wait for them in three days, we will evacuate to your senior brother in Huichuan Mansion first, and send someone to inform your second senior brother to guard Shijun City so that we can have a chance to counterattack in the future."

The reason why Master Yideng proposed to go to Wubao, which is thirty miles east of the city, was because he knew that in the palace, the emperor's bedroom had a secret passage leading to the east of the city.

This secret passage has existed for more than a hundred years, and it may come in handy today.

If you look at the history of Dali, you will find that there was a brief break in the Dali Dynasty of the Duan family, and among them was a country named "Dazhong".

Cutting off the history of Dali Kingdom, Dali Kingdom became the "pre-Dali" and "post-Dali" periods.

At that time, the powerful minister Gao Shengtai forced Duan Zhengming, the last emperor of the former Dali Kingdom, to become a monk. He abolished the name of the Dali Kingdom and changed it to "Dazhong". At the same time, he changed the name of the Dali Kingdom to "Shangzhi".

However, perhaps because God could not bear to see Dali perished, Gao Shengtai suffered a stroke in his second year as emperor and soon died of a serious illness.

Before his death, he summoned his son Gao Taiming and ordered him to return the throne of emperor to the Duan family after his death, so that the Dali Kingdom could continue.

Although the Duan family came to power again and restored the title of Dali, their actual control over the state capitals was far less than before.

Some places, such as Qilan tribe and Luopan tribe, are only nominally under Dali, but in fact they have a high degree of autonomy.

Although the Gao family gave up the throne, the title of Marquis Shanchan was still retained, and the entire Shanchan Mansion and Xiushan County were under their control.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, the descendants of the Gao family would rebel again.

Master Yideng, Wu Santong, Zhu Ziliu and Duan Xiangxing, three of the emperor's grandsons, took the remaining two hundred personal guards and rushed to Wubao in the east of the city overnight.

Master Yideng and the others waited in Wubao for three days, but still did not wait for the Dali Emperor Duan Zhixiang. However, bad news came overwhelmingly.

In the entire Dali Kingdom, except for Jianchang Prefecture, which is far away from Dali City but closest to the Song Dynasty, only Huichuan Prefecture and Shicheng County where Master Yideng's two disciples are stationed have not yet fallen. The other state capitals have been replaced by "Dali".

"China" flag.

When Master Yideng and others retreated north to Huichuan Mansion, they received another unfortunate news: Emperor Duan Zhixiang of Dali and his several young sons were captured.

The person who ascended the throne of Dazhong Emperor was a middle-aged man named Gao Jiong, who was in his thirties, but he studied under the Dalun Temple in the Daxue Mountain of Tubo.

Speaking of seniority, we should also call Hun Shouluo who stirred up troubles in Xixia "Uncle Master". This Gao Jiong also had a second-rate status. It was through Dalun Temple that Gao Jiong was able to borrow a title from Tubo.

Thousands of elite soldiers.

Of course, Gao Jiong also had to pay a price. Dandang County, which was closest to Tubo, was included in Tubo's territory as "military expenses" for Tubo's troops.

Emperor Dali was captured. Five days later, both Huichuan Prefecture and Shicheng County received the imperial edict from Emperor Dazhong, ordering the two fishermen and woodcutter to surrender immediately, otherwise the Duan family would be killed.

The imperial edict sent to Huichuan Mansion was personally received by Master Yideng.

Seeing the content of the imperial edict, the old monk sneered.

"Go back and tell you, the emperor of Dazhong, that no descendant of the Duan family in Dali is afraid of death. From now on, Duan Zhixiang has abdicated and is no longer the emperor of Dali."

"The new emperor Duan Xiangxing has already ascended the throne in Huichuan Mansion, and the abdicated Duan Zhixiang can be regarded as the Shenzong Emperor of Dali——"

The envoy delivering the edict was dumbfounded. The old monk said that the sweet pastry in his hands was worthless at all. In the blink of an eye, even the name of the temple came out.

After the envoy left, Master Yideng personally presided over the ceremony, allowing the 22-year-old Duan Xiangxing to officially ascend the throne. Wu Santong continued to be the general manager of his imperial army, but unfortunately there were only 800 people together.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Establishing a new king can only be regarded as a temporary measure to make the bargaining chip in Gao Jiong's hand useless.

They already knew the size of the rebel army. Tubo sent 10,000 reinforcements, the Gao clan had 10,000 troops, and the southwest Miao people also had more than 10,000 people participating.

On the other hand, in Dali, there are only 5,000 garrison troops in Huichuan Prefecture, and there are still 2,000 garrison troops in Jianchang Prefecture behind them, and there are only 4,000 garrison troops in Shicheng County. It is good if they can protect themselves.

"Ziliu, go and get the reinforcements—"

No matter how he deduced it, Yideng felt that his side had no chance of winning.

Dali's soldiers and horses have never been good at fighting. The number of rebels far exceeds their own. If nothing else, they cannot resist the 10,000 Tibetan elite cavalry alone.

"Master, where can my disciple go to bring in reinforcements? The Luo Shi Ghost Country in the east has an extra 8,000 elite cavalry in recent years. It would be great if they don't add insult to injury, so how can they help us?

?”

"Hey, idiot, why have you forgotten that man? You go north from Jianchang County to Chengdu Prefecture to Luoyang, which is now the territory of the Song Dynasty."

"Guo Mo, you still remember, right? He is now His Royal Highness the King of Yan of the Song Dynasty. He has more than 200,000 strong troops in his hands. If we use Xiangyang's 'Loyal and Shun Army', we can arrive in Dali in as little as half a month. I'll wait for you

I can barely support it.”

When talking about Guo Mo, Yideng also felt a little emotional.

Thinking about it, more than six years ago, he was just a young boy in his twenties, but his talent and understanding in martial arts were far beyond ordinary people. This has already subverted Yideng's cognition.

Unexpectedly, in just over six years, this young boy has become the most popular figure in the Song Dynasty, and even in the entire world.

The territory he has built in the past few years is already as large as several Dali kingdoms.

"But, what should I say when I see Guo Mo? Even if we send troops from Xiangyang, it will be more than three thousand miles away. The cost is not small. What can we give back to them?"

"Besides, Guo Mo and I only have a one-time relationship. I have traveled thousands of miles to ask for you, will he really come?"

Zhu Ziliu's worries are not unreasonable. The current strategic goals of the Song Dynasty are obviously in the north, Jin Kingdom, Xixia, and Mongolia. None of them are fuel-efficient.

Would Guo Mo send an army to travel three thousand miles across mountains and rivers just to have a chance to meet with them?

"Give him Dali——"

"If Guo Mo can send troops to solve the rebellion at hand, our Duan family is willing to submit to the Song Dynasty from now on, become the emperor and become the king, and hand over the military and political affairs of Dali to the hands of the Song Dynasty."

"But, grandfather——"

Yideng spoke categorically, although there was a lot of reluctance in his heart. After all, it was the inheritance left by his ancestors. Duan Xiangxing, who was standing aside, swallowed it half-sentence.

"Master, in this case, Dali will be considered subjugated. What's the difference between it and being stolen by the Gao family now?"

Wu Santong on the side couldn't hold it back and asked the doubts in his heart.

"Hey, now is a time of great strife, and the Central Plains has been divided for hundreds of years. A few decades ago, the Kingdom of Jin was the strongest country, but now it is declining."

"A few years ago, I watched the Mongolian Genghis Khan as my teacher. He was considered a hero, and the Mongolian cavalry was even more brave. I thought it was the Mongols who would wipe out Yunei."

"But I didn't expect that the Song Dynasty would turn out to have His Highness the King of Yan. In a few years, the entire Song Dynasty would be completely renewed. Two-thirds of the territory of the Jin Kingdom has become the possession of this King of Yan."

"Although we in Dali are relatively safe, we may not be able to escape the disaster of national subjugation, not to mention that we are already on the verge of national subjugation now?"

"If it is replaced by the Song Dynasty, or to be precise by His Highness the King of Yan, Dali will have a good destination."

Master Yideng's words left everyone in the room speechless. No matter how unwilling you are, can you stop the rebels?

The only person who felt the most frustrated was Duan Xiangxing, who had just ascended the throne. After all, he was a young man at heart, but he did not dare to disobey his grandfather's decision on this big matter of right and wrong.

In this way, Zhu Ziliu left Huichuan Mansion and headed north, then east.

This road was farther, more than 4,000 miles long. Even if a first-class expert like Zhu Ziliu traveled alone, it still took him fifteen days to reach Luoyang City.

It took a full half hour for Zhu Ziliu to introduce what happened in Dali to Guo Mo in detail. Zhao Rushu and Lao Chengju were also listening.

Frankly speaking, Guo Mo was a little confused. He felt that the changes in Dali, thousands of miles away, had a lot to do with him. In the original time and space, Dali did not suffer this disaster of national annihilation.

Butterfly effect?

It's still too far. It's easy to go alone, but it's very troublesome to move with an army. Moreover, to go to Dali, you have to deal with climate and altitude sickness.

Seeing that Guo Mo remained silent after listening, Zhu Ziliu became a little anxious.

"His Royal Highness King Yan, before coming down, my master once told me that if we can help us successfully put down the rebellion in Dali this time, the Duan family in Dali will submit to the Song Dynasty from now on."

"My emperor will only retain the throne, and the military and political affairs of Dali will be handed over to His Highness King Yan——"

Although Zhu Ziliu didn't know Guo Mo's true identity, he figured out one thing along the way.
To be continued...