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The Feng Army s controlled the palace, and Jade, An, Huan, and Zhen Zhen armies had also taken over all the Xitang City s. At this point, the Xi Tang s had basically fallen into the hands of the allied armies.
After the three kings entered the city, they immediately rushed to the Young Master Mansion to meet up with Tang Yin. At this time, the majority of the ministers of the Zhen Country were also gathered at the Young Master Mansion area, and when they arrived, they were able to apprehend the ministers on the spot and detain them within the Young Master Mansion area.
When they saw Tang Yin, Yue Ze and Li Xin immediately went forward and greeted him with smiles on their faces. They cupped their hands and said: "Little brother Wang, you are truly amazing.
Tang Yin was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "The reason our army was able to smoothly obtain the Xi Tang was not just because of me, but also because of the great contributions made by the two Royal Brother s and Ling Shuang, the two Royal Sisters!"
He was neither arrogant nor proud and voluntarily gave the credit to Yue Ze, Li Xin and Ling Shuang.
Just as they were greeting Tang Yin, Li Dan walked over, and bowed to the two of them respectfully and deeply, then said in a low voice: "This humble one, Li Dan, pays his respects to Your Highness An Wang, Duke Huan, and King Yu!"
Ling Shuang did not recognize Li Dan, but Yue Ze and Li Xin had seen him before, and upon seeing him, their faces darkened.
Yue Ze tilted his head, and did not say a word. Li Xin snorted, and ignored him. In the end, Ling Shuang still smiled and said: "Young Master, there is no need to be courteous."
Tang Yin said: "This time, if it wasn't for Sir Li Dan holding the Chastity King hostage, it wouldn't be easy for our army to break through the Xi Tang, so Sir Li Dan must have contributed greatly!"
Yue Ze and Li Xin both sneered in their hearts. He was digging his own grave. However, the two of them could hear the hidden meaning behind Tang Yin's words. Right now, their Xi Tang was still unstable, they still needed to keep Li Dan here to stabilize the situation. At the very least, they couldn't touch him right now.
Li Xin took a deep breath, suppressing the disgust in his heart, he waved his hand at Li Dan and said: "Young Noble does not need to be so polite! Everything was done by your father, and it has nothing to do with Young Master. "
"That's right!" Yue Ze continued: "Since Young Noble took the initiative to surrender this time, it means that Young Noble does not have any rebellious intentions towards the Son of Heaven, and we will not blame the Chastity King on Young Noble."
Hearing the two's words, Li Dan's heart dropped a little. He cupped his hands and said: "Li Dan thanks the both of you for your ungrateful favors."
"Yes!" Li Xin replied, then looked around, as if he was looking for something, looked around, and asked Tang Yin: "Younger brother Wang, where is Li Hong now?"
Tang Yin casually pointed to the side room in the hall and said: "It's in the room."
Li Xin's eyes flashed with a bright light, and immediately after, he said with a smile: "I'm going to see Royal Brother Li. It's been many years since I last saw him."
All along, his Huan Country had been suppressed by his Zhen Country, and now that he had a rare chance to roll over and step on his Zhen Country, how could Li Xin let go of this opportunity to humiliate Li Hong?
He did not stop her, and nodded with a smile, saying: "That's good too, Royal Brother and the Chastity King are considered 'old friends', it's very rare to meet each other, it's only right to reminisce about old times."
Li Xin looked at Tang Yin gratefully, and without saying more, he walked towards the side room. Let's not talk about the grudges between Li Xin and himself for the moment. was sitting in the hall for a moment, when he stood up and pulled Tang Yin outside.
Seeing that, Ling Shuang immediately followed him out, Li Dan originally wanted to follow as well, but after thinking about it, she decided against it. To the various kings, he was an outsider, there were definitely a lot of things the various kings did not want him to hear, so why would she need to go over and be so thick-skinned?
Tang Yin, Yue Ze, and the others arrived at the front courtyard outside the great hall. Yue Ze first waved to the numerous guards around, signalling them to retreat. Waiting until everyone had retreated a distance, he asked softly: "Younger brother Wang, how do you plan to deal with Li Dan?"
"This ?" Tang Yin did not reply, and instead asked: "What does Royal Brother think?"
"Li Dan cannot stay! He must be early ? As he spoke, he made a slicing gesture with his palm.
Tang Yin smiled as he nodded his head and replied, "I also have the same idea, but right now, Li Dan is still of some use to us. After we completely control our Xi Tang and stabilize the situation, it won't be too late to get rid of him."
That was what he meant. Yue Ze clapped his hands and laughed: "I, Brother Wang, am well versed in strategy, so I don't think you need to worry about me anymore." After pausing for a moment, he suddenly thought of something and said with a smile that did not reach his eyes, "Brother Wang's speed is so fast!"
Being struck dumb by his strange words, Tang Yin asked: "What do you mean by that, Royal Brother?"
Yue Ze shrugged and said: "Our army has just broken into the city and Brother Feng Army has already surrounded the palace. My Ann Army, Yu Army and Huan Army are unable to even enter!"
Tang Yin blinked his eyes, and then laughed. Actually, he did not personally order his Feng Army to immediately control the palace when the city was destroyed. Presumably, this was Xiao Muqing's and Zi Ying's intention. The two of them were generals with the experience of extermination, so they naturally knew where the most important place was after conquering a nation's capital. Thus, it was not surprising for the Feng Army to seize the initiative.
He grinned and said: "With such a huge Xi Tang, the place with the richest Zhen Country, how could all the money be in the palace? As far as I know, the treasury of the Zhen Country is filled with silver. Could it be that the Royal Brother still hasn't sent troops to take over the treasury? "
Yue Ze sucked in a cold breath. That's right, how could he have forgotten about the treasury?
When he thought here, he subconsciously looked at Ling Shuang and discovered that the latter had also revealed a thoughtful expression. He hurriedly turned around and shouted, "Where is Pang Qiong?"1
"This lowly general is here!" Following his reply, a tall General of Ann Country flew over and stood in front of Yue Ze as he interfered and bowed.
"Take your men and head to the treasury quickly. You must keep the treasury safe and not let the thieves take advantage of it, do you understand?"
"This lowly general obeys your command!" The General of Ann Country called Pang Qiong nodded and then flew outside. Just then, Ling Shuang shot a glance at her own generals and nodded towards the outside of the residence. The rest of the Yu Army understood as they followed closely behind Pang Qiong as they rushed out of the Young Master Mansion as well.
Tang Yin's ability to change the topic could be considered very brilliant, as he had used the Zhen Country treasury to easily resolve the matter of his side monopolizing the palace.
Ling Shuang looked towards the great hall, frowned, and asked in a low voice: "Royal Brother, there are many ministers and generals of the Zhen Country under Li Dan's command, are they also going to be escorted back to our army's main camp?"
That was a problem. Tang Yin rubbed his chin and remained silent. The ministers and generals who had left behind these Zhen Country were, in the end, a hidden danger and inconvenience for their own side. However, they were also Li Dan's trusted aides, so it would be unreasonable to lock them up as well.
After pondering for a moment, he said: "Don't touch them for now. When we start to get rid of Li Dan, it won't be too late to exterminate them all."
Ling Shuang did not disagree, she cupped her hands and said: "As Royal Brother thinks!"
Tang Yin's expression turned serious, and said: "Now, we must restrain all of our soldiers, and make a gesture of temporarily taking over the Xi Tang, and not disturb the citizens of the city in the slightest. Only by doing this, can the Xi Tang's situation stabilize as quickly as possible, and we can take this opportunity to catch all of the remnants of the Chastity Army and Li Hong's remnants, and not give them any chance to cause trouble."
Yue Ze nodded his head, and agreed: "What Younger Brother Wang says is extremely true, once Li Hong's remnants have been eliminated, we will have no time to do anything and get rid of Li Dan."
Tang Yin held his hands behind his back, but smiled and did not speak.
After the allied army broke through the Xi Tang, they acted really like a righteous faction with strict military discipline. They did not offend the citizens of the city at all, and even posted Anmin's notice, saying that the allied army was under the orders of the Son of Heaven to exterminate the traitorous officials. They only wanted to eliminate Li Hong's faction, and they would not implicate the People of Zhen Country.
The alliance troops were very well-behaved, and they were very obedient. People of Zhen Country gradually calmed down, because there were no large-scale disturbances due to the alliance army's invasion.
Taking advantage of this period of peace, the allied army took advantage of this period of time to secretly transfer Li Hong out of the city, bring him back to the Allied Army Camp, and put him under strict supervision. Afterwards, they also used Li Dan's understanding and familiarity towards the Xi Tang and the imperial government, and began to encircle and arrest the ministers who were loyal to Li Hong and hid in various places in the Xi Tang. Even during the capture, the allied army would deliberately avoid the citizens, trying to avoid harming the innocent, and even towards the loyal ministers who were loyal to Li Hong, they would only capture the person, and would not implicate his family.
In the three days before the allied forces took over Xi Tang, their actions could be said to be in a circle, without any excesses. Of course, on the surface, it looked like it.
During these three days, the allied army wasn't idle either. During the curfew time, the allied army began to move quietly.
The Feng Army transported all the gold, silver and jewelry in batches out of the city to the Feng Army s, while Yu Yu and An did not hold back either. They divided the treasury evenly, and the carts of silver were pulled out of the Xi Tang s during the night to return back to their respective residences.
The only thing that did not benefit was Huan Army. Li Xin was extremely furious, he had gone to Tang Yin, Yue Ze and Ling Shuang multiple times to theorize.
The three kings who got the advantage naturally agreed, all trying to appease Li Xin for the time being. Because of this, Tang Yin patted his chest and guaranteed that as long as Li Dan's family was eradicated, all the Huan Army within the Xitang City would be taken away.
His seemingly casual and comforting words had also created an incomparably large calamity for the citizens of Xi Tang. As for whether or not he had said it on purpose, it was unknown.
Right now was the time to plunder the Xi Tang's wealth. Ling Shuang, Yue Ze, and Li Xin, the three kings, had chosen to live within the Xitang City to take care of the affairs within the city, with the exception of Tang Yin. Not only did he continue to live within the Allied Army Camp, but after the Feng Army s had plundered the entire palace, even the Feng Army s had been withdrawn from the Xi Tang. He proposed to Ling Ling, Yue, and Li trio to Feng Army to be in charge of capturing Zhen Jun, and the three of them were happy to leave this trouble for Tang Yin.
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