The protagonist of this crossover film and television series is disrupting the plot again.

Chapter 225 1 Thoughts of the Pass 28

She couldn't personally order Ning Yuanzhou's execution, but having reached her limit, she didn't want him to live either. In the end, she had to delegate the task to someone else.

Now she has handed Ning Yuanzhou over to everyone, including the Six Paths Hall, to deal with together. It seems that she has put Ning Yuanzhou's life and death in the hands of everyone and given him a glimmer of hope, but this is meaningless. Ning Yuanzhou is still destined to die, and no one can stop him.

These two dared to obstruct her great cause; they deserve to die!

"Respectfully seeing off Your Highness!"

Everyone bowed respectfully until Yang Ying's figure disappeared from sight, then slowly straightened up.

Zhou Daoquan looked down at the two people on the ground, blinked, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes: "Since Your Highness has handed these two over to us, then we don't need to be polite. Let's all discuss what to do."

"What else is there to say? Let's just kill each of us with one knife, that would be much more satisfying."

"Exactly, we're about to send troops out, so why waste time arguing with them?"

As soon as he said this, many people immediately echoed his sentiments.

However, Yu Shisan, Yuan Lu, and others who were close to Ning Yuanzhou changed their expressions drastically.

……

Yang Ying had no idea what became of Ning Yuanzhou and Ren Ruyi.

All she knew was that she never saw the two of them again after that, and several familiar faces from the Six Paths Hall never appeared in front of her again either.

Moreover, from then on, no one bothered her about attacking Anguo anymore.

So she led her army, armed with cannons, to continue attacking Anguo.

Li Tongguang, being a young prodigy, quickly analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of the cannons and began to adjust his tactics, choosing locations with complex and varied terrain as the battlefield, believing that this would minimize the cannons' power.

However, he watched helplessly as Yang Ying took out a rocket...

Under the fierce onslaught of these futuristic and destructive weapons, Anguo appeared so vulnerable and utterly powerless to retaliate.

Faced with this sudden and desperate situation, Andi almost went mad.

Just a few months ago, Anguo defeated Wuguo and even captured the Wu emperor. For a time, Anguo was unparalleled in its glory and looked down on all others, thus establishing its position as the hegemon of the Central Plains.

At that time, he had already planned for the future. He wanted to exhaust the national treasury of Wu Kingdom through peace talks, then release Emperor Wu back to the country, and disintegrate Wu Kingdom from within.

When the time is right, we can take over the Wu Kingdom in one fell swoop, strengthen our own power, and then pacify the seven kingdoms and unify the world.

However, who could have imagined that the Kingdom of Wu would be so fortunate as to receive such divine weapons as cannons and rockets from a remarkable person?

However, in just a few months, the situation between the two countries underwent a dramatic reversal.

Using these weapons, Yang Yingli captured more than a dozen cities in Anguo in just three or four months, which was almost half of Anguo's territory.

Emperor An had hoped that the other seven kingdoms would join forces with him to resist the Wu Kingdom's army, but none of the countries that sent out their letters of appeal dared to respond. Even Bei Pan, which was eager to take control of the Central Plains, ignored him.

The Zhu Yiwei guards sent to assassinate Yang Ying and destroy the cannons also all disappeared without a trace.

If this trend continues, Yang Ying's army will be able to reach Andu in less than three months, at which point Anguo will be completely finished.

It can be said that at this point, Emperor An has no way out. If he wants to avoid the destruction of his country, he can only surrender.

Yang Ying breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing An Guo surrender.

War is an extremely resource-intensive activity.

After several months of depletion, her ammunition was running out, and there were no further supplies, making it impossible for her to sustain the war effort.

Moreover, the reality doesn't allow her to continue fighting.

Since the previous dynasty's misrule, the Central Plains have been engulfed in a century of continuous warfare.

Wu and An were the two most powerful states among the nine states in the Central Plains. The two states countered and checked each other, just like the weights on both sides of a scale, subtly maintaining the delicate balance of the situation in the Central Plains.

Once Wu Kingdom annexes An Kingdom, this fragile balance will be completely shattered, like throwing a boulder into a calm pond, stirring up endless waves.

The other seven countries have not yet agreed to Anguo's request for help, but they are afraid of Yang Ying's artillery fire and are also watching Yang Ying's next move. If Yang Ying insists on annexing Anguo, the other seven countries will definitely not sit idly by.

Yang Ying's current strength is not enough to challenge the power of the entire Central Plains.

Besides, she previously launched her campaign under the pretext of avenging Emperor Wu, and used the edict of succession to keep the Prince of Danyang and the Empress in suspense. But now Yang Ying's ambition is obvious, and they have long been restless. They have been making numerous overt and covert moves recently, and it is time for her to return to Wudu, ascend the throne, and deal with these people.

After making proper arrangements for the border affairs, Yang Ying led 30,000 elite cavalry and the body of Emperor Wu back to Wudu.

The Empress and Prince Danyang were still thinking of joining forces to get rid of Yang Ying, but unexpectedly, Yang Ying acted decisively and without hesitation, giving them no chance at all. She didn't even pretend and directly showed the fake imperial edict she had recorded earlier, saying that Emperor Wu had passed the throne to her before his death.

This move caused an uproar in both the government and the public, with voices of doubt rising everywhere.

Logically speaking, even if Emperor Wu were to pass on the throne, it should be to his own son or his younger brother, Prince Danyang. How could it possibly be to his sister, Princess Ying?

In an instant, discussions arose throughout the court and among the people, with sarcastic and accusatory remarks such as "a hen crowing at dawn," "a woman ruling," "disrupting the order of the state," and "the collapse of moral principles" being heard everywhere.

However, Yang Ying didn't care at all about the widespread criticism.

In this era, a female ruler ruling the country is unacceptable to the world, even more so than a treacherous minister usurping the throne.

No matter what Yang Ying says or does, or how outstanding she is, it's all useless.