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Chapter 1082: Chapter 440 Xian An Mutiny_3 Chapter 1082: Chapter 440 Xian An Mutiny_3 Liang Mingyu, compared with his brothers, had no advantage at all, except that people like He Ba Yuan were willing to support him in the struggle for succession due to the circumstances of forming an external alliance.

Inside Liang, no one really believed in him, let alone came to serve him.

Even due to his participation in the succession contest, he had faced the hostility and suppression of several other popular princes, which had resulted in him enduring many a cold shoulder over the years.

For example, the Innates of Liang, including He Ba Yuan, who certainly did not lack strength and were veterans of the battlefields, were never given key positions within Liang.

Not to mention commanding the front-line armies and controlling military power.

Even important official positions in the court and local government were out of their reach.

It was only through Liang Mingyu’s efforts that He Ba Yuan secured the position of Commandant for Donglai Prefecture, gaining control over thirty thousand county soldiers in the jurisdiction, which was some measure of military power.

However, comparing this to the tens or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers under the control of other princes’ supporters, these meager thirty thousand local troops seemed hardly worth mentioning.

But last year, with the Northern Expedition of Chu State, Liang suffered a crushing defeat, and the six western prefectures were all lost to the Chu people in one fell swoop.

The generals supporting the Third Prince, Xin Wang, were mostly from that area, so with the fall of the west, Xin Wang’s influence was severely damaged, and many of the central figures of his faction, who were Innate Generals, fell during the first Northern Expedition by Chu.

Hit by this blow, Xin Wang’s power plummeted to the same level as Liang Mingyu’s, greatly diminishing his hopes of winning the succession struggle.

On the other hand, Liang Mingyu’s side saw a turn in fortunes because He Ba Yuan became the Commandant for Donglai Prefecture when Tang forces invaded Qingzhou last year and launched an attack on Donglai Prefecture.

As the defender in charge of Donglai Prefecture, He Ba Yuan resolutely resisted during this period, repelling Tang’s assaults several times.

He mobilized the local populace to form militias and arranged multiple defense lines, effectively halting the Tang army’s invasion until Yan Yunqing’s massive forces arrived to reinforce them.

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During this time, because of his outstanding performance, He Ba Yuan also received praise from Yan Yunqing, Liang’s second most prominent general, who petitioned the Emperor on He Ba Yuan’s behalf for a commendation.

After the war, due to Yan Yunqing’s support and because Liang indeed suffered heavy losses and urgently needed a large amount of fresh blood to bolster the army’s strength,

He Ba Yuan was promoted to the Chief Commissioner of Qingping, tasked with leading three hundred thousand Liang soldiers to defend against Tang State in the northeast.

And other Innates from Zhou Country also took this opportunity to be promoted to positions such as Commandant of Donglai Prefecture, replacing He Ba Yuan,

or they were assigned to the border areas of Qingping and Jiaodong, where they took charge of a portion of the army.

The power of King Rui’s party thus rose, now controlling an army of four or five hundred thousand.

Of course, although Liang Mingyu’s strength had increased, he still fell short when compared to the Big Emperor Son and the Tenth Emperor Son.

The Big Emperor Son had deeply cultivated his power in Great Liang and could effectively command over a million soldiers from the vicinity on the grounds of righteousness.

The Tenth Emperor Son, leveraging the power of his maternal family’s Dan Ding Path, had a profound influence in Shanyang County, as well as the neighboring Jiaoxi, Rencheng, and Yingling prefectures.

This area just happened to be under the control of Yan Yunqing, the commander of Liang’s southern defense region.

Therefore, nearly half of the nearly two million strong southern defense force could be considered under the Tenth Emperor Son’s party.

Even using their influence, those two million troops could be swayed and utilized to some extent by the opponent.

Compared with these two, King Rui, the Sixth Emperor Son, still fell short by a significant margin.

But isn’t that unfortunate?

This year, during Chu State’s second Northern Expedition, Great Liang directly fell.

Not only did the Emperor fail to escape, but the Big Emperor Son, Tai Wang, also perished in the city.

The opponent’s power that controlled a million-strong army was eradicated by the Chu army one by one.

The party of Tai Wang was completely swept away by Chu State.

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And the Cheng Wang, the tenth prince, found his greatest support in the Dan Ding Path located within Shanyang County.

Cheng Wang’s faction, which held the most influence in the southern defense zone, also suffered a major defeat in this year’s campaign battle, losing over a million troops and horses to the eastern expeditionary army of Chu State.

Not only did they lose Rencheng Prefecture, but they also handed over the old nest of the Dan Ding Path, Shanyang County, directly to Chu State.

As for the Dan Ding Path, which harbored ill intentions and schemed against him from the beginning, Lu Yuan had little to no good impression.

In the past, he even publicly tore his face with them, completely establishing enmity.

After this Northern Expedition, unlike the Cang Long Way, they didn’t have the sense to come and surrender eagerly.

Thus, after conquering Shanyang County, Lu Yuan directly ordered his army to siege the Dan Ding Path, preparing to exterminate this Immortal Sect and awe the world.

To show the remaining Immortal Sects the consequence of opposing Chu State.

Faced with the iron-fisted assault of Chu State and having lost a large number of elite disciples in the two years of war, how could the Dan Ding Path possibly be an opponent?

In the midst of continuous sieges, a great number of Dan Ding Path disciples were killed, with only a few elite disciples managing to escape and fully committing to the tenth prince.

But without the Mountain Gate and having lost a large number of elites, even if those remaining were elite, how much strength could they possibly retain?

Thus, in this Northern Expedition of Chu State, the powers of the Big Emperor Son and the tenth prince were utterly destroyed.

Like the third prince, they were only left with a fraction of their strength.

And the three biggest competitors were severely weakened by the greatest enemy of Liang.

Looking back after, the largest remaining force, surprisingly, became that of the previously inconspicuous sixth prince, King Rui Liang Mingyu.

Just at this moment, because Qingping County was handed over to Xu State, its thirty thousand defenders withdrew to the rear, preparing to move to Shanyang County.

But before they could reach their new station, news came from the front that Big Liang had fallen and Rencheng Prefecture had been captured.

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So these three hundred thousand men could only temporarily stay in between Donglai and Jiaoxi Counties, therein solidifying the overall situation.

After the remaining higher-ups of the two countries converged, they decided to rebuild the Imperial Capital in Xian’an City, Donglai Prefecture, and re-establish the central court.

The three hundred thousand soldiers under the control of He Ba Yuan suddenly became the Strongest strength in the central region.

Even the county soldiers on the border of Jiaodong Prefecture behind Donglai Prefecture, where the new Emperor was located, had their military power controlled by King Rui’s faction.

How could Liang Mingyu, who had always struggled at the end of succession conflicts, possibly let go of this heaven-sent opportunity?

To neglect the gifts of heaven is to invite disaster.

It was in the tenth month, after winter had set in, just as those three princes had barely escaped to Xian’an City with their foothold unsteady and their strength greatly diminished.

Liang Mingyu launched a military coup, ordering He Ba Yuan to lead the three hundred thousand strong army into the city, and directly commenced the slaughter of his three brothers.

After a night of bloody battle.

Relying on his Second Realm Inborn strength and the formidable army, the remnants of the three princes were finally annihilated.

The Big Emperor Son, the third prince, and the tenth prince were killed, and the five Inborn Grandmasters who followed them back were either slain or captured; the situation in Imperial Capital Xian An fell under King Rui’s control.

The sky of Liang had changed.

News of the Xian’an military coup swiftly spread with the northern cold winds, passed by the spies in countless cities, spreading outwards and reaching the ears of high-level figures in different countries.

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