Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1712: Meeting Again with Zhao Fengchen

Dark clouds hung low over the tense capital, and within an out-of-the-way restaurant, Wang Chong finally met with Imperial Army Marshal Zhao Fengchen.

"Your Highness, you're finally here!"

Within the restaurant, Zhao Fengchen relaxed the moment he saw Wang Chong, and he hastily went up to welcome his savior. Even though he had known Zhao Fengchen for some time now, Wang Chong had never before seen him so nervous.

"Don't panic. What happened?" Wang Chong said, his composed expression and terse words immediately calming Zhao Fengchen down.

The two sat down, and Zhao Fengchen quickly began to explain what was going on.

"The situation is bad. Four days ago, the First Prince suddenly summoned all the officers of the Imperial Army and said that he was extremely dissatisfied over our performance last time. Since the Imperial Army is responsible for guarding the Imperial City, he said that he could not permit fisheyes to be mixed in with the pearls and was going to reshuffle the Imperial Army and reselect Grand Marshals and Marshals. The Grand Marshals, as leaders of the Imperial Army, needed to possess ample actual combat experience, and this trait would be one of the first priorities in the selection!" Zhao Fengchen said.

The room was quiet as Zhao Fengchen worriedly stared at Wang Chong. This was no ordinary shifting of the Imperial Army, and he had not come for himself. At any other time, Zhao Fengchen would have never held a surreptitious meeting with Wang Chong.

But this period in time was unique. In the Setting Sun Villa incident, one hundred generals had been unseated and replaced by the First Prince's men, and now Geshu Han was dead, Fumeng Lingcha replacing him. Gao Xianzhi had already been stripped of his military authority and dispatched to Mengshe Zhao, allowing the First Prince to take control of the Anxi Protectorate army. If the Imperial Army joined them, then the First Prince would control more than half of the empire's armies.

"One doesn't move around soldiers in times of peace. It would be one thing if t

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