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Chapter 247 Go

The tea that Tiele was drinking had already been refilled three times.

Even the finest tea tastes bland and tasteless at this moment, and the anger in my heart is slowly building up.

He is a Tiele.

He is a prince of the Great Yuan Empire.
He was the successor personally designated by the late emperor.

The Renta family dared to treat him so disrespectfully!

But reality forced him to suppress his temper.

Put the overall situation first!

Tiele kept repeating this to himself.

Didn't the late Emperor Yingzong of the Qin Dynasty also endure countless humiliations when he established his kingdom?
It was because of Mamba's forbearance and hardship back then that the Great Yuan Empire now stands proudly in the north.

What our ancestors could do,

I can do it too.

The attack on Yandu has been going on for a full day.

Whether it was the Tiele or the Yeli, they were both experts on the battlefield.

A day's battle was enough for them to test the mettle of the city's garrison.

Although they are still somewhat inexperienced, it must be admitted that the combat effectiveness of this garrison is by no means inferior.

In open field battles, they might be far from being a match for the Eastern Camp, but they were more than capable of defending within the city walls.

The generals inside the city were in no way inferior to those outside.

Whether it was Wutu or Azaxi, they were both veterans who had been through countless battles.

Although Yelü Chongguang, Xian Shi, and Lü De no longer directly lead troops, the experience of these veteran generals only becomes more refined with age.

The Tiele people were not surprised that they helped defend the city.

When you live under someone's roof, how can you not bow your head?
Once they were inside the city, Akdun had plenty of ways to control them.

On the first day of the siege and defense, the East Camp discovered that the guards of these people had all climbed onto the city walls.

Any one of these men's retainers is a seasoned veteran.

In just one day, Yeli and Tiele had already determined that it was virtually impossible to take Yandu in a short period of time by relying solely on the Eastern Camp.

With the Western Camp completely out of control, the only way to achieve victory without a fight is to win the support of the Renduo family in the Southern Camp and the Xifeng family in the Northern Camp.

This is exactly what Tiele most wanted to achieve.

In this way, the strength of the Great Yuan can be preserved to the greatest extent.

Otherwise, civil war within the Yuan Dynasty would be inevitable.

In this way, how can we talk about driving away wolves and devouring tigers, how can we talk about dominating the area outside the pass, how can we talk about conquering Qin in the south, and how can we talk about drinking water in the Central Plains!

Hurried footsteps sounded outside. Tiele put down his teacup, placed his hand on his chest, tried to calm himself down, and forced a smile onto his face.

"Your Highness, please forgive me!" Ren Duozhong, who was only forty-five years old this year, was covered in sweat. As soon as he saw the house, he clasped his hands and bowed to the ground. "It's very chaotic outside. The Western Camp is completely out of control. Those damned barbarian soldiers are looting everywhere. Some bastards have even run into my defense zone. In order to deal with these emergencies, I have really neglected Your Highness."

After a pause, Ren Duozhong raised his head. "Besides, I really didn't expect Your Highness to come here today. I thought Your Highness would be at the East Gate!"

I'd be a fool to believe you!
All the way here, the barbarian soldiers of the West Camp have been running amok, and I've never seen anyone from the South Camp come out to put them in charge.
"General Rendo, you've worked hard!" Tiele said. "I don't want to waste each other's time, let's get straight to the point!"

Tiele took out the will that Yingzhuo had written for him before his death from his bosom.

The seal on it wasn't the Imperial Seal of the State, but rather Yingzhuo's small seal.

Renduozhong looked at the edict and remained silent for a long time before saying, "To be honest, Your Highness, I also received another edict, stamped with the Imperial Seal of the State!" Tiele sneered, "Now Yandu is in Akedun's hands, and the Imperial Seal of the State is also in Akedun's hands. What kind of edict can't he forge? But this one, the real one is easy to distinguish from the fake one, isn't it? General Renduozhong, if you can enter the city and see His Majesty's body, you should be able to find that this small seal should still be hanging on His Majesty's waist!"

Ren Duozhong sat down and said slowly, "That's true, but this small seal can also be forged. More importantly, there are Li Zhun, Yelü Zhongguang, Xian Shi, and Miao De in the city now. Your Highness cannot be unaware of their influence in the Great Yuan."

"We are at their mercy, like fish on a chopping board. Can we trust what they say in this situation?"

“I have this ability to distinguish, but do millions of ordinary people have this ability to distinguish?” Ren Duozhong spread his hands and said, “And people like us must take into account the perceptions of millions of ordinary people, otherwise we will be abandoned.”

Tiele stared at Renduozhong for a long time, his face somewhat sad: "General Renduozhong, putting aside everything else, let's just talk honestly, who do you think is more qualified to be the Emperor of the Great Yuan, me or Akdun?"

Ren Duozhong smiled awkwardly: "The Second Prince has guarded the southern border for many years, and his merits are widely recognized. He proposed the strategy of 'driving away the wolf to devour the tiger,' eliminating border troubles for our Great Yuan and laying the foundation for future attacks on Great Qin. He is naturally an unparalleled talent. However, the Third Prince has been stationed in Yandu and has also made great contributions to the stability of the Great Yuan over the years. As far as we are concerned, the Ren Duo family has no preference as to who becomes emperor."

Tiele took a deep breath and looked at Renduo Zhong, saying, "General Renduo, now that we've come this far, I'll get straight to the point: what do you want in return for your support?"

Renduo Zhong stood up and took a few steps, smiling as he said, "Second Prince, the Third Prince sent someone to tell me that as long as we support him, the Renduo family will not only obtain the hereditary title of Iron-Cap Prince, but will also be given the right to participate in government affairs. The Three Princes' Council!"

"What?" Tiele suddenly stood up.

“If Your Highness can agree to the same conditions, then Ren Duozhong can now express our support to Your Highness!” Ren Duozhong said.

Tiele didn't say anything, but turned around and strode out.

"Your Highness, are you really not going to reconsider?" Renduozhong shouted.

"Impossible!" Tiele turned around and said sternly, "General Renduo, our paths are different, and we cannot work together. The Great Yuan has gone through more than a hundred years to achieve its current state. I will never allow it to return to the state of a tribal alliance. That would be a path to self-destruction. General Renduo, you are also a wise man. If you really engage in some kind of Three Kings Council, do you think the Great Yuan will still be the Great Yuan? Without the Great Yuan, where will the wealth and glory of the Renduo family come from?"

Ren Duozhong laughed and said, "Your Highness, you are not the only wise man in this world. For the sake of the late emperor, I will give you two more days. If you can conquer Yandu in two days, I will still submit. But if you still cannot do anything to Akdun after two days, then you cannot blame me!"

"Then I should thank you!" Tiele mounted his horse: "Rendo Zhong, you will regret your decision today!"

As he watched the Tiele horse gallop away, Renduozhong's smile did not diminish in the slightest.

“The Great Yuan belongs to all of us, so why should you always be in charge?” He murmured to himself, “The Three Kings Council is a good idea! Of course I will choose Aktun.”

"Father, why don't we just take him down?"

Renduozhong glanced back at his son and said calmly, "The Xifeng family is hoping I'll do this, and Akedun probably hopes so too. Why should I be accused of treason? The Tiele can die at Akedun's hands, they can die at Jebe's hands, but they cannot die at my hands, Renduozhong's hands!"

"The Three Kings Discuss Politics!" Renduo Zhong's eldest son, Renduo Bao, said with anticipation, "Father, the thing you've been longing for has finally come to pass. As the discussions continue, who knows, it might just be our Renduo family's turn to be in charge!"

"Take it slow, the Xifeng family must think the same way!" Ren Duozhong said with a smile, stroking his beard. "Aqdun offered such a high price to ascend the throne, so naturally we should accept it. Haha, this guy isn't very capable, but he thinks he can control us. We gave him face before because the late emperor was alive. Without the late emperor, who is Aqdun?"

"Father, the Tiele say that the late emperor was killed by Akdun rather than died of natural causes. How much of this is true and how much is false?"

"Whether it's true or false is not important at all!" Renduozhong said calmly, "If the Tiele wins, the late emperor was killed by Akdun. If Akdun wins, the late emperor died from exhaustion!"

Rendobo nodded repeatedly.

"Order the entire army to enter a state of highest combat readiness. All officers of the rank of deputy general and above, please report to my headquarters for a meeting immediately!"

Outside the East Gate, the golden gong signaling the retreat sounded again, and squads of soldiers slowly withdrew, while the defenders on the city walls cheered in the glow of the setting sun.

"Your Highness, tomorrow, Yeli will personally lead the charge to take Yandu for you!" Yeli exclaimed loudly upon hearing that the Renduo family had given them two days to make their move.

Tiele shook his head: "The so-called two days is just to fool us. He needs two days to mobilize and prepare. These two days are not for us, but for himself."

"You mean the Renjia family has sided with Aktun?" Yeli asked in horror. "What about the Xifeng family?"

"I'm afraid it's about time. Three kings deliberating, haha, Aktun is really willing to spend so much!"

"The Three Kings Discuss Politics?" Yeli was dumbfounded when he heard this.

"Let's prepare to retreat!" Tiele said listlessly. "There's no need to waste any more time here. If we wait another two days, I'm afraid we won't even be able to leave!"

"Your Highness, if you leave, the Great Yuan will be divided!" Yeli said sadly.

"As long as we have troops and territory, one day we will fight back!" Tiele clenched his fist. "General Yeli, Zhen Ding and Da Ding, the richest and most populous regions of the Yuan Dynasty outside of Yandu, are still in our hands. We just need to manage them well and watch them slowly destroy themselves with their so-called Three Kings' Council. The Yuan Dynasty will eventually be ours! It's not too late. The Qin people are currently preoccupied with their own problems, Linghu Ye has entered the pass to seize the throne, and the Anxi Protectorate has limited strength. This is a chance that Heaven has left us."

(End of this chapter)