He leaned forward, staring at Zhao Douan, with a slow smile spreading across his lips:
"You want to depose me? Fine, but who do you plan to have take over my position? Do you believe that if I don't give the nod, no one in the entire Great Yu court can smoothly take control of the Northern Border Army?"
Finally, he personally revealed his greatest reliance.
It was also the source of his greatest confidence, that territory he had painstakingly cultivated over the years!
Who can take it over?
No one can!
What is meant by using troops to assert power? This is what it means to use troops for power!
This is also the point Cao Mao couldn't understand the most. Could it be the Empress was dizzy with success, truly thinking local military power can be transferred just with an imperial decree?
If Yu Country were not in turmoil, if the Crown Prince ascended smoothly, there might be a great possibility still.