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The Censor was in charge of supervising the hundreds of officials. It was very suitable for Imperial Minister to submit the impeachment Certificate. As expected, Pang Dian launched an attack on Li Hong the next day according to plan. He put forward the suspicion that the Huaning Master and General Zhao Huan were in cahoots with the enemy.

Just two days ago, he had received a report from the front saying that the Huanning Army had resisted the combined attack with all its might. After a day of fierce fighting, they had finally managed to repel the enemy.

There was no excuse for the crime he wanted to commit. With Li Dan as leader, it would be too easy for the Crown Prince to impeach Zhao Huan. Zhao Huan had a lot of correspondence with the allied army. On the surface, he was wholeheartedly supporting the nation with his heart and was irreconcilable with the allied army, but in the dark, he had a secret relationship with the allied army, finding a way out for himself in the future.

When Pang Dian said this, another official immediately stepped forward to show Li Hong that this matter was not baseless. There had already been rumors of an affair between Zhao Huan and the allied army a long time ago, but due to the importance of this matter and the fact that it was not confirmed correctly, they did not dare to report it to Li Hong.

Following that, the officials from the Crown Prince's faction all began to speak out, discussing whatever they wanted to say. Some said that Zhao Huan and Gu Anmin had a close relationship, and now that Gu Anmin had defected to the allied army, Zhao Huan had the intention to betray him. Another official purposely pretended to be worried about the monarch, indicating that the Huaning was the city's defense, and must not be lost in the process. Even if they did not have control over's evidence right now, as long as he was suspected of working with the enemy, they should not use it, and must immediately send him back to the capital.

These ministers were either the main attacker or the side who were beating the drum. One sentence from you, one sentence from me, all of them were slandering Li Hong non-stop.

The more Li Hong heard, the darker his expression became, and the more he frowned more. In the end, he was really quarreled too much by the crowd, he fiercely slammed the table and shouted loudly: "Don't talk anymore!"

If someone said that Zhao Huan had a problem, it could be a misunderstanding or a prejudice. However, with so many officials including the crown prince all thinking that Zhao Huan had evil intentions and wanted to be an enemy, Li Hong would have to think twice.

After thinking about it, even Li Hong was not sure if there was a problem with Zhao Huan now. He asked Censors Zhang Yuan: "Master Zhang, what do you think of Zhao Huan? Is it really to collude with the enemy? "

Censors was the person in charge of supervising the imperial court's hundred officials, and was also Imperial Minister's boss. Usually, Li Hong trusted Zhang Feng very much, and paid a lot of attention to his opinions.

Zhang Fangke was an old official in the imperial court, and he had sat at the position of Censors for ten to twenty years. He had long since become a spirit master, what could be hidden from his eyes?

Just now, he had observed that all of the ministers who wanted to impeach Zhao Huan were basically the crown prince's men, as for why the crown prince would suddenly attack Zhao Huan, he did not know.

It was the same in the Duchy. After Li Dan ascended to the throne, the Crown Prince Sect would become the mainstream of the court, and the Third and Fourth Princes would all die in Shang Jing. Now that they no longer had any power to threaten Li Dan's position, it was certain that he would become the next Prince Zhen. Under these circumstances, Zhang Xin decided to follow the wishes of the crown prince.

Second, in his opinion, the Crown Prince Sect was the pillar of the future imperial court, they could not do anything that would harm the interests of the Zhen Country. Since they had impeached Zhao Huan, he believed that they did have some kind of secret evidence in their hands. Due to these considerations, Zhang Yuan's reply to Li Hong also clearly indicated that he was inclined to do so.

He said, "Your Majesty, the existence of the Huaning has a direct impact on the capital, and even the success or failure of defending the allied forces. In a situation where I'm not sure if General Zhao is loyal or not, this humble subject also feels cautious. "I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case!"

He did not explicitly state that he would call Zhao Huan to return to the capital, but the meaning was already very clear. After listening to Zhang Yuan's words, Li Hong sunk into deep thought again.

Pang Dian and the other ministers all impeached Zhao Huan. The crown prince agreed with him, and Zhang Feng also agreed with him. Most of the ministers in the imperial court agreed with him.

From the bottom of his heart, Li Hong highly valued Zhao Huan's ability, and thought that he was the best person to guard Huaning. But now, with so many ministers working together, he had begun to waver.

He muttered: "If we retract Zhao Huan, who else can take his place and guard this important place called Huaning for this king?"

Just as he finished speaking, Li Dan cupped his hands together and said loudly: "King Father, this son has a good candidate!"

"Oh?" Hearing that, Li Hong's spirit was lifted, and he immediately asked: "Who is it? "Tell me Dan'er quickly!"

Li Dan said in a serious tone: "It's the Middle General's General Xu Bufan Xu!"

Xu Bufan? Li Hong was stunned, he did not reply immediately. Xu Bufan did not expect the crown prince to recommend him, and he was shocked.

Li Dan continued to speak: "One, General Xu is a brave warrior, he has the courage of tens of thousands of soldiers, and his reputation in the army is quite high. With General Xu as the general of Huaning, he will undoubtedly boost the morale of our troops. Second, General Xu was an experienced veteran, a good soldier, good at using troops, his ability was not any weaker than Zhao Huan's. I think it's more than enough to let General Xu be the general of the Huaning, so I will definitely live up to everyone's expectations. "

His words made Xu Bufan feel light, as if he was stepping on clouds. Before Li Hong could say anything, he pulled up his robes and stepped forward, interfering in the greeting, and said: "Thank you, Crown Prince, for thinking so highly of this lowly general!" Saying that, he then turned to Li Hong and said, "Great King, although the allied army is large, but for those of Ann Army, Huan Army, and those of Yu Army, they are just a small group of people. I have not put any of them in my eyes yet, but if I am to guard the Huaning, I am willing to use my head to guarantee that the city will not lose anything!"

Li Hong was overjoyed upon hearing this. Under the current situation where his Zhen Country was in such a passive state, Xu Bufan was still able to maintain such a high level of fighting spirit and confidence.

He said with a smile: "General Xu, the allied forces are not just ordinary people. Simply speaking, the allied forces that are attacking the Huaning, among them are also the Main Force of Feng Army!"

Xu Bufan laughed with his head held high, and said haughtily: "Great King, others may be afraid of the Feng Army, but this lowly general is not. If this lowly general had entered the Feng Country, the situation in the north would probably not be as it is now."

When the others heard this, they did not feel anything, but when Nie Ze heard this, he was so angry that his nose was crooked. Was his ability to lead soldiers worse than his?

However, Li Hong was very happy with Xu Bufan's arrogance, thinking that this was the spirit a general should have.

He pondered for a moment, and finally nodded his head, and said seriously: "General Xu, bring this king's edict to the Huaning, after seeing Zhao Huan, give this king's edict to him, and have him return to the capital immediately. You will take over all the affairs of the Huaning!"1

Xu Bufan was overjoyed, and interfered: "This general obeys!"

Li Hong reminded him worriedly, "General Xu, don't be careless in guarding the Huaning. Although the allied army isn't very strong, they have a lot of forces, so to be able to go from the border to the capital, your power must not be underestimated. You must be cautious!"

"Your Majesty, rest assured. This lowly general will definitely defend your Huaning well and refuse to ally with the troops to stay more than a hundred miles away from the capital!" Xu Bufan had always looked down on others, and he believed that for Zhao Huan to be able to protect his Huaning was even more so.

With Li Dan and the others admonishing them, Li Hong finally decided to replace Zhao Huan with Xu Bufan. This decision of his could be said to be extremely foolish, and was also the most direct factor leading to the annihilation of the Zhen Country.

Xu Bufan's movements were extremely fast. After the Morning Meeting ended, he left for the Huaning at noon that day and arrived there in the evening.

No matter how popular Zhao Huan was in the Huaning, or how popular he was in the army, his orders were like a mountain. Once Li Hong's orders were issued, he could only follow them.

Regarding Xu Bufan replacing him as the general of Huaning, Zhao Huan's first reaction was that his Huaning was about to end.

He was very clear on what kind of person Xu Bufan was. With his eyes above his head, he looked down on everything else, and the most important thing was that he was extremely stubborn, and could not hear the good words of the people around him. He was definitely qualified to be the vanguard of an army.

Zhao Huan couldn't understand why the King would suddenly send him back to the capital, and why he would use a reckless man like Xu Bufan to take over the position of general. However, Xu Bufan didn't even bother to explain it to him.

The Zhen Country had changed hands on the battlefield, and the news had reached the allied army. When Tang Yin heard it, he was overjoyed. He originally gave Li Dan five days, but he did not expect him to complete the task so quickly. This gave his side plenty of time.

That day had nothing to say, but the next day, Tang Yin sent out an order for the entire army to attack the city, although it was not an actual attack, but a feint, which could be considered as a gift to Xu Bufan.

The strength of the allied army's all-out attack this time was vastly different from the previous one. They repelled and retreated, not wanting to engage the defending troops in a battle at all.

As a result, they were exhausted after an entire day. Let alone changing owners, the number of times an allied army would even approach the fifty steps of the Huaning was very limited.

Of course, the news of Huaning being able to withstand the alliance once again was sent back to the Xi Tang court. When Li Hong saw this, he was exceptionally happy, and had initially felt a little guilty about transferring Zhao Huan back, but now, it seemed that even with Xu Bufan protecting him, his Huaning was as firm as steel, and the alliance army could do nothing to him.

The failure of the second attack also gave the allied army a reasonable excuse to circle around the city. Since he could not fight back, he could only avoid the attacks, avoid the Huaning and the city gates, and directly obtain the Xi Tang.

The allied army's actions would cause the Zhen Country to be greatly shocked. Circumventing the Huaning and the city, they directly attacked the Xi Tang. The allied army was like a war of attrition, and didn't even need any supplies, they handed their rear over to the Huaning and the city's Chastity Army.

The Zhen Country City was obviously not well-prepared for the sudden arrival of the allied army, upon hearing the news, they hurriedly evacuated the citizens outside the city, and for a moment, the interior and exterior of the Xi Tang was in chaos.

At the same time, Huaning and the entire city were also shocked by the abnormal actions of the allied army. The General of Huaning, Xu Bufan, and the all took the initiative to attack. When the allied forces were attacking the Xi Tang, from behind, they suddenly made their move, causing the allied army to be caught off guard.

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