I'm only one year old, what the heck is a Overturning System?!-Chapter 424 - 187: Forcing Chen Yi to Bow Down (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 424: Chapter 187: Forcing Chen Yi to Bow Down (Please Subscribe)

The Fengyue Demon Emperor had just ascended the throne, leading a massive demon army southward to attack our borders, a matter that was detected early on by the scholars in the imperial court...

Chen Zhiwang sat cross-legged in mid-air, answering questions in turn:

"Do you all know who was the first to detect the impending crisis at Beixiong Pass? It was none other than Xie Jing, who later became the Left Minister."

Chen Yi frowned in thought.

He had previously guessed that the battle at Beixiong Pass harbored many secrets, but he hadn’t expected his grandfather to startle him right from the outset.

"Grandfather, if the ministers in the court were aware of the situation at Beixiong Pass in advance, didn’t they inform the Holy Emperor?"

Chen Zhiwang shook his head and sighed, "At first, perhaps only Xie Jing was aware in the entire court."

"The Holy Emperor might or might not have been aware, but judging from Xie Jing’s later promotion to Left Minister, it’s not hard to deduce that the Holy Emperor trusted him."

"As for us... By the time we learned of it, Beixiong Pass was already in a desperate state."

Chen Zhiwang’s gaze, however, did not fall upon Old Lady Chen and Chen Yi below, nor upon Chen Taixing, but instead looked beyond the ancestral hall, sighing with a sense of pining for worldly beauty:

"The so-called ’conflict between the civil and military’ has always existed, but that time was the first I truly felt how vicious scholars can be without shedding a drop of blood."

Chen Yi frowned slightly and said with a bow, "Please, grandfather, tell me in detail."

Chen Zhiwang seemed to come back to his senses, showing a smile on his face, "Recalling the days before my death, I can’t help but be emotional."

"Quit the nonsense, old man," Old Madam Chen snorted, "Do you think the chaos you caused wasn’t big enough?"

...

Embarrassed, Chen Zhiwang glanced at his ancestor Chen Hua and conceded with a touch on his nose.

"The battle at Beixiong Pass coincided with the Lantern Festival."

"The night before, the commander of the garrison, Zhou Guanwu, sympathizing with the hardships of the soldiers from the Devoted Army at the frontier, had dumplings made and distributed some drinks to the officers and soldiers on rotation for rest."

"He meant well, wanting the troops to feel a festive atmosphere, as life in the military is not easy."

"But unexpectedly, in the dead of that night, the vanguard of the Demon Court launched a major assault on the pass."

"Because of that round of drinks, many soldiers were still in a dazed state, and in their hasty response, many died miserably on the ramparts."

"Fortunately, only a part of the troops were affected, Zhou Guanwu and other commanders still did their duty, guarding their posts and fighting through the night, finally managing to repel the first attack on the city."

Drinking...

Chen Yi made a mental note of this; if Beixiong Pass had been breached that night, Zhou Guanwu would be lucky to escape with his life, let alone his entire family suffering the consequences.

While guarding the border against the demons from Ten Thousand Mountains, how could he dare to allow soldiers to drink?

"Afterwards, when the court learned of this, the Holy Emperor summoned us immediately to discuss. After that, he ordered Prince Zhenbei, myself, and Marquis Taishan at the time to support Beixiong Pass."

"By that point, all the troops were basically idling at home, and it took a full five days to rally the soldiers back."

"Just as the Prince was about to depart, the Holy Emperor sent an urgent edict for the Prince to see him." novelbuddy.cσ๓

"Who would have thought that the Prince’s attendance would last for several days without return, as Zhou Tiance, worried about the situation at Beixiong Pass, defied the imperial command and privately led a group of family soldiers north."

At this point, Chen Zhiwang also appeared somewhat indignant, speaking with anger on his face.

"Grandfather, do you know why the Holy Emperor summoned Prince Zhenbei?" asked Chen Yi.

Logically, speed is of the essence in warfare.

Facing the southern invasion of the Demon Court, all arrangements in the court should have revolved around defending Beixiong Pass.

Summoning the main commander right before departure... that just doesn’t seem right!

"The Prince didn’t say," Chen Zhiwang replied with a bitter smile and a shake of his head, "Until my death, he never mentioned the reason for the audience."

"But I’m certain that there were traitors in the court meddling in this!"

"Because the Prince inadvertently revealed that the court was aware of the Demon Court’s southern invasion well in advance, yet no information was disclosed."

"They neither informed Zhou Guanwu, who was stationed at Beixiong Pass, nor let the Prince and us know, only mentioning that the news came from Xie Jing."

"Not long after that, I heard that the Holy Emperor had decreed the appointment of Xie Jing as Left Minister!"

Chen Zhiwang paused, his expression filled with resentment, "This delayed military matters! There are those in the court who deliberately delayed the military response!"

"A whole ten days, the Prince stayed in the palace for a full ten days!"

"Had the Prince not run out on his own, taking the Tiger Talisman and instructing me and Marquis Taishan to set off immediately, who knows how much longer we would have waited."

"Even so, by the time we reached Beixiong Pass, nearly a month had passed."

Seeing that his grandfather was genuinely angry and his expression did not seem feigned, Chen Yi silently ruled out the possibility that this was the Marquis faction targeting the Zhou Family.

Now it seems that the information he had received was accurate.

The southern invasion of the Demon Court met with the heroic resistance of the Devoted Army for over a month before the reinforcements arrived!

And the delay was likely due to the same reason Xie Dongan mentioned—the "conflict between civil and military"!

There were people in the court, perhaps many, who did not want to see Zhou Guanwu, the inheritor from Wuliang Mountain, succeed as Marquis and strengthen the military lineage.

"By the time you arrived, had Zhou Guanwu already perished?"

Chen Zhiwang nodded, then sighed, his voice filled with lament through the haze of incense smoke:

"When Marquis Taishan and I arrived at Beixiong Pass, not only had Zhou Guanwu perished, but Zhou Tiance’s numerous heirs and extended relatives had also fallen."

"Even those lucky enough to survive were gravely injured and dying, and they did not last long before departing from this world."

"Do you know what sight awaited me when I led the Wuan Army to Beixiong Pass?"

"The entire Beixiong Pass was strewn with corpses; nearly the entire Devoted Army had suffered catastrophic losses!"