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  Zhao Xun endured for many years, this time carefully laid out the plan, and finally succeeded in ambushing Yu Shangjun halfway, killing him. He was carrying the banner of punishing the rebellious bandits, with the morale-boosted soldiers of Yiyang Wang and some other forces gathered, rushing to the imperial city.

  He thought victory was within his grasp, and that only one more battle stood between him and the recovery of his throne. But he little expected that the middle-aged scholar who had betrayed him before would discover his plot again, assist Yu Shangjun's son to ascend the throne hastily, and urgently deploy troops to defend the city. The city wall was high and thick, and if defended firmly, it could not be breached for a period of time.

  Zhao Xu originally thought of attacking by surprise, but unexpectedly the other side reacted so quickly. The reinforcements gathered from outside arrived surprisingly fast as well. After seeing Zhao Xu lead his troops into the encirclement, the city gate opened and the defending army inside cooperated with the reinforcements to trap them in the encirclement. If it weren't for Zhao Xu fleeing quickly after sensing danger, they would probably have ended up like most of their soldiers, being hacked to death at the entrance of the Wang City Gate.

  Zhao Xu had won victories, he indeed had the ability, but just at the most critical battles, he always lost, again and again, and almost all of them could be attributed to his "bad luck". Even his former subordinates who had been following him couldn't help but whisper. Others were like this, and Zhao Xu, the person involved, was even more suffocated, but what could he do?

  "Now... what should we do?" A group of remaining soldiers looked at each other in dismay, all secretly glancing at Zhao Xu who was covered in blood.

  Zhao Xu's face was uncertain, and he said in a low voice, "Return to Yiyang."

  "But... " His deputy hesitated, "Can the King of Yiyang still support you like before? And this time, our all-in gamble has completely exposed us. I'm afraid it won't be long before a large army goes to Yiyang to punish us."

  Zhao Xu smiled coldly and said, "Let's go!"

  He returned to Yiyang, and the King of Yiyang had already heard about his failure. He was both disappointed and afraid in his heart, fearing that he would be implicated, so he changed his previous support and turned against him, even trying to get his guards to kill him.

  "It's come to this and you still want to wash your hands of me, don't you think it's too late? Zhao Xu is a ruthless man with a sharp mind, who has been secretly manipulating many people in the Yiyang Wangfu over the years. Now that he has turned against the Yiyang King and killed him without hesitation, he has taken control of the Yiyang Wangfu for himself."

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