Chapter 926 The dust has settled!

But what Esidogan didn’t expect was that the two old guys in front of him would be so stubborn and always disagree with his ideas···························

He had just come to power and his power in the Khanate was not yet stable.
Taiyak led the Eagle Division to invade the Great Zhou and suffered a disastrous defeat, which caused a serious blow to the prestige of the Khanate.

Therefore, in order to shift the strategic focus of the entire Khanate to dealing with the Fengwu Army, even though Asdog was the Great Khan of the Golden Horde, he still needed to convince the two most powerful elders of the Khanate in front of him!
After thinking for a while, Esiduoan continued:

"Of course Ye Mingsheng would make this suggestion. Why have the Robe people been so rampant recently? Isn't it because of the instructions of the Fengwu Army behind the scenes? They have already provided assistance to the Robe people, and are just waiting for us and the Robe people to fight each other!"

"The Fengwu Army has now reached a critical moment in destroying the Luoan court. If we can send troops to help the Luoan court at this time, we will completely change the course of the war!"

"So Ye Mingsheng and the Fengwu Army don't want us to send troops to help the Luoan court, so they came up with this idea to delay us!"

“But as long as the Fengwu Army takes down the Luoan court, their true colors will be revealed. Ye Mingsheng is the most sinister and despicable person. We must not be fooled by him at this time. Saving the Luoan court is equivalent to saving ourselves…”

Hearing what Asdoan said so decisively, Bahat and Asu were also a little shaken. At this time, a guard walked over quickly and handed a letter to Asdoan, saying:
"Biduolayehu, I have an urgent message for you, the Khan!"

Upon hearing this, Asdoan took the letter and read it. After glancing at the contents on the letter, Asdoan said in a serious tone:
"Shangguan Changgong killed Murong Lun and his followers in Luoan City, totaling more than 5,000 people, and plans to personally lead Luoan troops to support Weiguan. The decisive battle between the Luoan court and the Fengwu Army is coming!"

Having said that, Asdogan took a deep breath and then ordered:

"Pass the order down, have the two Tiger Divisions under Galas and the Eagle Division under Urigen get ready. This time I want to meet the Fengwu Army in person!"

As soon as these words came out, Bahat and Asu suddenly changed their minds. Just as they were about to dissuade him, Esiduoan waved his hand and said in a deep voice to the two people in front of him:
"My two elders have made up their minds. No need to say more! Get ready for battle!"

After hearing what Esidoan had said, Bahat and Asu looked at each other. They both understood that if they tried to dissuade him, they would really fall out with Esidoan. They exchanged glances, then bowed to Esidoan and touched their chests, saying:

"As you command, Great Khan!"

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Just as Asdogan was preparing to send troops to help the Luoan court, Shangguan Changgong of Luoan, thousands of miles away, was immersed in the joy of victory.

In Shangguan Mansion, Jiang Datao, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, bowed and reported to Shangguan Changgong in front of him:

"Sir Shangguan, we have confiscated 230,000 taels of silver, 50,000 bolts of cloth, 3,000 dan of illegal salt, 1,000 bolts of Jiangnan silk, 50,000 dan of grain, 39 land deeds, and other cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings, as well as more than 1,300 pieces of gold and silver artifacts from the treasury of the traitor Murong!"

"As for the homes of Chen Jingyu and other Murong followers, a total of 220,000 taels of silver, 10,000 bolts of cloth, 600 dan of salt, 500 bolts of Jiangnan silk, 30,000 dan of grain, 21 land deeds, other cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings, and more than 900 pieces of gold and silver objects were confiscated!"

"According to the current market price of Luoan, these things are worth at least 700,000 taels of silver!"

"We have only searched the Murong family's treasury in Luoan. We have already sent people to search the rest of the Murong family's treasuries in Guanzhong and Sichuan!"

Shangguan Changgong, who was originally sitting on a chair, immediately stood up excitedly and laughed when he heard what Jiang Datao said:

"So much money was seized. You are great, Minister Jiang. I was right about you!"

At this point, Shangguan Changgong seemed to have thought of something, his face changed and he said fiercely:
“All this money is the blood and sweat of the people. It is really against the will of heaven for this old traitor Murong Lun to amass so much wealth! Letting him commit suicide is really too easy for him…”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Datao immediately flattered him:
"This old traitor Murong Lun has been disrupting the government for many years. If he hadn't tipped off the Fengwu Army, the court wouldn't have reached this point!"

“Now he even wants to join forces with the Fengwu Army to launch a rebellion. His crimes are so numerous that they are hard to list. Even if he is cut into pieces, it will not redeem his sins!

"Fortunately, Shangguan Shangshu, you were blessed by heaven and learned of the thief's plot first and brought him to justice. Otherwise, if the thief's plot succeeded, the whole country would weep together, and the sun and the moon would grieve together!"

"Minister Shangguan, you have decisively killed the traitor Murong and restored order to the court. You are truly like your father. Under your leadership, the court will surely be able to defeat the Fengwu Army and regain its former glory!"

Jiang Datao's series of flattery made Shangguan Changgong feel so flattered that he could not control himself.

When Shangguan Changgong got the news about the emergency at the front line and Murong Lun was waiting for a price, a crazy idea came to his mind!

Although he had tried his best, he was simply unable to raise the money, salaries and supplies needed for the Wei Guan front!
Although Luoan still had 20,000 imperial guards, and Shangguan Changgong was willing to lead them personally to rescue Weiguan, but Shangguan Changgong really didn't dare to leave his back to Murong Lun, the old fox who had an ambiguous relationship with the Fengwu Army!
So if the situation continues to develop like this, Shangguan Changgong knows very well that Wei Pass will most likely not be able to be defended!

And once Weiguan falls, only destruction will await Shangguan Changgong and the Luoan court...
After realizing this, Shangguan Changgong knew that he should make the final decision!
If he doesn't want to watch the Fengwu Army break through Wei Pass and march straight to the city of Luoan, then he has no choice but to kill Murong Lun!

Use the money of the Murong family and its cronies to appease the restless hearts of the frontline soldiers, and put all the responsibility for the previous defeat on Murong Lun. Only in this way can the frontline soldiers be determined to live and die with the city! Only in this way can Weiguan stand firm in the fierce offensive of the Fengwu Army and defend the last line of defense of the Luoan court!
As the son of the great hero Shangguan Hongyuan, Shangguan Changgong had the courage to make one last stand. In fact, he had wanted to do so a long time ago!

But after all, doing so is too dangerous. The Murong family is the top family in the Great Zhou. Murong Lun has been working in the court for many years and has extensive connections. Many people in the court are his followers. Their faction can be said to be powerful and deeply rooted!
As the saying goes, if you fail to kill a tiger, you will suffer from it. Facing such a Murong Lun, if they fail to kill him in one move, the entire Luoan court will fall into division and chaos in an instant. And now that the Fengwu Army is eyeing it covetously, the Luoan court will undoubtedly be courting its own destruction if it continues to be in civil strife!
In addition, Shangguan Changgong still held out the last glimmer of hope for Murong Lun, thinking that Murong Lun would be able to live and die with him and the Luoan court, and firmly resist the invasion of the Fengwu Army!

That's why Shangguan Changgong hesitated and was hesitant to make up his mind to kill Murong Lun.

But unfortunately, Murong Lun told Shangguan Changgong the truth that holding on to the end was just his unilateral wishful thinking, and the Murong family was already ready to jump ship!
In this desperate situation with both internal and external difficulties, Shangguan Changgong can only try his best to fight and see if he can survive and carve out a bloody path for himself, the Shangguan family, and the Luoan court!
Although he decided to kill Murong Lun, Shangguan Changgong decided to be cautious because Murong Lun had many followers. However, although Shangguan Changgong was as careful as possible, his determination and murderous intent were still noticed by the cunning Murong Lun!

So Murong Lun decided to strike first. To be honest, Shangguan Changgong really didn't expect Murong Lun's reaction speed to be so fast, and he had recruited so many people right under his nose!

Shangguan Changgong had to admit that if his father had not left him such a backup plan, it would be Murong Lun who dominated Luoan today, not him, Shangguan Changgong!
When suppressing Shi Huairen's rebellion, Shangguan Hongyuan was willing to spare Murong Lun's life because he believed that Murong Lun and Ye Mingsheng had fundamental differences in interests, so he wanted to spare his life and let him assist Shangguan Changgong.

There is another very important reason, and that is that Shangguan Hongyuan has planted a very important nail next to Murong Lun...
Just like Shangguan Changgong did not expect that Murong Lun had recruited so many imperial guards generals right under his nose.

No matter how resourceful Murong Lun was, he never expected that his concubine, Wu, who had been with him for twenty years and had given birth to a son and a daughter, was actually a secret agent planted by Shangguan Hongyuan.

Twenty years ago, after Wu married Murong Lun, she lived an immoral life and had an affair with a guard named Zhao in Murong's mansion, which put a green hat on Murong Lun!

This matter was accidentally discovered by a spy planted by the Supervisory Department in Murong Mansion, and then, with the help of the Supervisory Department, Wu was coerced and bribed into getting involved. The matter had always been handled by Sun Min, a captain of the Supervisory Department, and even Chen Jingyu, the commander of the Supervisory Department, was completely unaware of it.

Knowing that Murong Lun was meticulous, frequent contact would surely alert him, so in the past twenty years, Wu only passed on information a few times and remained silent most of the time.

Just a few days ago, two hours before Murong Lun was ready to take action, Wu sent the information out. After receiving Wu's information, Shangguan Changgong was shocked but also quickly prepared to respond.

In the end, with more troops, they were able to suppress Murong Lun’s rebellion, forcing Murong Lun to commit suicide...

After praising Shangguan Changgong for a while, Jiang Datao seemed to have thought of something and spoke to Shangguan Changgong again:

"Sir, most of the Murong family members and the families of the Murong family's followers have been found and controlled by us!"

"But we haven't found Murong Lun's family and some important members of the Murong family yet. Murong Lun had already moved them away before launching the rebellion!"

"We have already searched most areas in Luoan City, but they seem to have moved out of the city!"

Upon hearing this news, Shangguan Changgong, who originally looked good, immediately turned cloudy and snorted coldly:

"These members of the Murong family are truly guilty of a thousand crimes. It was a relief for the old man Murong Lun to commit suicide. His family members must be found!"

Feeling Shangguan Changgong's anger, greed and determination, Jiang Datao quickly bowed and said:
"Sir Shangguan, we understand. We will search with all our strength and find Murong Lun's family as soon as possible!"

Shangguan Changgong nodded in satisfaction after hearing this, and then asked Jiang Datao:

"How's the situation with Tang Peng?"

Jiang Datao said without hesitation:
“We have completely blocked the news. He probably doesn’t know that the letters between him and Murong Lun have fallen into your hands…”

Shangguan Changgong couldn't help but narrow his eyes after hearing these words, and his gaze revealed a hint of fierce murderous intent. Although Tang Peng did not explicitly express his support for Murong Lun in the seized letters, Shangguan Changgong still felt betrayed when he saw the two of them exchanged so many private letters without his knowledge!

Shangguan Changgong is now blood-thirsty, and adhering to the principle of rather killing someone by mistake than letting the criminal go, he has already decided to kill Tang Peng!
However, because Tang Peng is now the deputy governor of Weiguan, killing him rashly will easily lead to unrest in the military's morale.

So Shangguan Changgong and others led reinforcements, money, and supplies to Weiguan to reinforce the troops, and then killed Tang Peng and used Tang Peng's head as a sacrifice!

After discussing these things, Shangguan Changgong and Jiang Datao started to discuss the various matters regarding the next reinforcements to Weiguan. Just as the two were feeling confident in their discussion, a hurried guard walked into the room, knelt on one knee and said to Shangguan Changgong:
"Your Excellency, Commander Wei Guanma has sent someone to come and see you!"

Shangguan Changgong felt a little confused when he heard this, and subconsciously asked:
"Why did Ma Chongyang send someone here at this time?"

“That man said that Commander Ma sent him to tell you, Your Excellency, that Tang Peng led his troops in a rebellion and Weiguan fell, and the Fengwu Army has already entered Guanzhong…”

(End of this chapter)