Half a year later, the Imperial City of Beimu Kingdom.
Today is the day when the Nine Princes return in triumph, and all the people are waiting on the streets, waiting eagerly.
It has been half a year since he left. In the past six months, the imperial city has undergone earth-shaking changes. The Nanmen clan has been suppressed for some unknown reason. It is said that it was because the Ninth Prince was framed and the evidence was conclusive.
Now, half of Nanmen Ye's military power has returned to the royal family, but what no one expected is that his military power fell not into the hands of Emperor Qiwen, but into the hands of Prince Zhan Yuheng.
As for Emperor Qiwen, it is said that he was deeply aware of his original mistake and posted imperial notices across the country more than a month ago to confess to the Ninth Prince and to invite the Ninth Prince to come back.
It is said that Emperor Qiwen personally went to Phoenix City three times to welcome the Ninth Prince back, but the Ninth Prince was not even willing to meet him.
It is truly unheard of and unheard of for a king of a country to put himself in such a low profile for the sake of a prince.
What happened half a year ago that caused the Ninth Prince to leave Phoenix City and never want to come back?
Naturally, the people didn't know, but they knew very well that in the six months since the Ninth Prince left, all the people inside and outside the imperial city were in a state of panic and lived uneasy days.
It is said that the five big cities in the south are now under the control of the Ninth Prince. The reason for this comes from the battle with Yuhe half a year ago.
Half a year ago, the Long Wu Army and the Yan He Army led by the Ninth Prince suddenly started fighting, and the war lasted for three days and three nights.
This was originally a war of defense, but the Ninth Prince directly turned into a war of aggression. Three days later, Yuhe was defeated. After that, King Yuhe hanged himself, and the capital of Yuhe fell.
Yuhe has now become the land of the Ninth Prince and turned into the city of Yuhe.
This was originally a good thing. The Ninth Prince returned triumphantly, and the Holy Master should reward him heavily.
But what puzzled all the people in the world was that when the Ninth Prince sent troops to attack Yanhe, the Holy Emperor not only did not send troops to support him, but he even wanted to send troops to Phoenix City on trumped-up charges.
Unexpectedly, there is a General Mu in Phoenix City. Compared with the strategy of the Ninth Prince, General Mu is no less generous.
With a mere 50,000 troops, he was surprised to defeat the 150,000 troops combined by Emperor Qiwen and the Nanmen clan.
Afterwards, General Mu took advantage of the victory to pursue and attack several large cities in the surrounding area.
In addition to the original three big cities of the Ninth Prince, the other two big cities were also completely integrated by them. As long as all the soldiers surrendered, they would forget about it and be included in the establishment of the Longwu Army.
After the Ninth Prince returned to Phoenix City, he immediately sent troops together with General Mu to completely occupy the southern area from east to west, with Phoenix City as the center.
Today, the military power in the hands of the Ninth Prince is at least two-fifths, if not equal to that of the entire country.
The territory he occupied was almost half of the country!
The south is relatively desolate, and the population is not as dense as the surrounding large cities where the imperial city is in the north. Therefore, the number of troops in the hands of the Ninth Prince is less than half of the country's, but it occupies almost one-half of the country.
Everyone thought that the Ninth Prince was going to become a king on his own. The people of the Imperial City didn't know how miserable they felt. He was clearly their God of War, so why did he suddenly become their enemy?
However, the Ninth Prince did not become king. He was still the Ninth Prince, the God of War of Beimu Kingdom.
However, he has been unwilling to come back, and even Emperor Qiwen's invitations and even pleadings were of no avail.
Of course, Emperor Qiwen's current situation is not very good. A large part of the troops in the big cities occupied by the Ninth Prince originally belonged to Emperor Qiwen.
Only he himself knows how many troops Emperor Qiwen still has.
As for why they were so eager to invite the Ninth Prince back and why they were willing to demean themselves so much, the people certainly didn't know.
However, I heard that the Ninth Prince has been looking for someone in the past half month. It is said that she is a girl?
The specific details of the matter are unknown to outsiders, but there is a legend in the countryside that the Ninth Prince has traveled to all the surrounding small countries in order to find his beloved girl.
How many girls have been made sad every day because of this legend. The most perfect lover in everyone's heart, the Ninth Prince, is already in love with her. Can you not be sad?
However, these are just legends. Who knows whether they are true or false?
Anyway, now the Ninth Prince is willing to return to the imperial city, this is a fact!
At dawn that day, the streets of the Imperial City were filled with people from Beimu Kingdom. My brother stretched his neck to wait.
Even Prince Zhan Yuheng personally led his team of guards and left the city early to greet him.
I don’t know how long it took, but on the ancient road outside the city, a fast horse came from a distance, and finally brought back exciting news: the Ninth Prince is back!
This time, the Ninth Prince came back with a huge team. He actually came back with an army of 100,000 people, and the army was stationed outside the city.
However, Emperor Qiwen and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not complain at all about the Ninth Prince's move. The army only stationed outside the city and did not enter the city. This was the best result.
Originally, they were indeed a little worried that the Ninth Prince would lead his army into the city willfully.
However, the Ninth Prince is always the Ninth Prince of Beimu Kingdom. The entry of a hundred thousand troops into the city will inevitably affect the lives of the people in the imperial city and make them panic.
The prince is their most respected god of war. The people love the Ninth Prince, and the Ninth Prince does not want to embarrass the people.
After seeing that city for half a year, looking at each other from a distance, I felt that it was both familiar and yet somewhat strange.
Zhan Qingcheng narrowed his eyes. Half a year later, he was colder and more solemn than half a year ago, and even more unapproachable.
Even Yu Jingfeng, who is next to me, has not dared to talk to the prince in the past six months. It should be said that it is because the prince is not very willing to talk to others.
In the past six months, the prince has never been colder, lonely, taciturn, without even a little smile on his face.
Everything stems from the battle half a year ago. After that battle, Feng Jiuer disappeared.
It's like disappearing into thin air, with no information at all in this world.
They even went to the Imperial Capital of Yanhe and brought back Xiaoying, Qiaomu and even Xing Zizhou, but there was no news about Feng Jiuer.
Later, after Little Cherry recovered from her illness, the three of them left Phoenix City disheartened and never disappeared.
The Ninth Prince didn't care either. Apart from Feng Jiu'er, there weren't many others who could make him care.
After the first stop in Yanhe, the prince leveled almost all the surrounding cities. After taking possession of the territory, he always had people launch a carpet-like search, even the barren mountains and mountains were not spared.
But, no, no news at all!
Feng Jiuer disappeared completely after that battle. No one knew if she was still alive, no one knew if she would... In the chaos of the war, even her body could not be recovered.
