Chapter 254: Zhao Kuangyin's Choice

Zhao Pu was arrested, Jiangnan Buddhism bowed, Shen Yilun fled south, and so far, the so-called Zhao Kuangyin in the Jinling area of the situation completely collapsed.

Guo Zongxun, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, issued an edict to ask Zhao Kuangyin, I trust you so much, and grant you the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty, let you lead the troops to the battle, and make immortal contributions to the Great Zhou, how did you repay me?

Look at what your subordinates have done in Jinling, and I ask you if you instructed Zhao Pu and his ilk to do these things, which is simply a loss of conscience.

Zhao Kuangyin, you ignore your family, the country, the world, and the people, you say, how can I let you continue to lead the army to fight, and how can I rest assured?

Shen Yilun fled back to Zhao Kuangyin's army, and told Zhao Kuangyin what he knew that Zhao Pu had colluded with Jiangnan Buddhism to do a big rebellion, and also told Zhao Kuangyin that Zhao Pu had been arrested.

"Zeping, this is all for me, alas...... But he shouldn't have done such a conscientious thing as abducting children, even if I can really do it in the future, this country will stand on a piece of sludge. ”

"Marshal, the subordinates and Zeping are acting separately, if the subordinates know that Zeping actually colluded with Jiangnan Buddhism to do this kind of thing, the subordinates will stop whatever they say."

"For today's plan, what is the best way for Mr. Shunyi to deal with it?"

heard that Zhao Pu was arrested, and also knew that Zhao Pu was dead, Zhao Kuangyin actually did not have the slightest sadness, and some just complained, complaining that Zhao Pu did his own thing and made his own opinions.

Shen Yilun didn't ask how to save Zhao Pu, not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't save him, the crime committed by Zhao Pu was enough for Ling Chi to kill the nine clans.

What's more, people are now being escorted to Kaifeng, and what awaits Zhao Pu will be the endless anger of His Majesty the Great Zhou Emperor.

"Marshal, for the sake of today's plan, my subordinates believe that there are two ways, one is to immediately raise troops and stand on their own, and the other is to immediately write to Your Majesty to justify and ask for guilt, and see how Your Majesty will deal with the marshal."

"Tell me, what are the pros and cons of these two paths?"

"The first way, while the matter of Zeping's arrest has not yet reached here, the marshal summoned his henchmen and generals, and asked them to take the initiative to support the marshal to ascend the throne and claim the emperor, establish the country, appoint hundreds of civil and military officials, and divide the meritorious soldiers.

"But in this way, our army will immediately face the attack of the Great Zhou army, now Nanchang is undecided, we are very likely to suffer from the enemy, the Southern Tang Dynasty at this time, it is very likely to choose to surrender to the Great Zhou, unite the Great Zhou army, and exterminate us, so that the Great Zhou Emperor can agree that he will be a free king in a corner of peace."

"The second way is more secure, the marshal endures the momentary anger, plans the overall situation, first writes to defend himself and ask His Majesty for the guilt, if Your Majesty takes it lightly, then we still have time to make more detailed plans, if Your Majesty wants to deprive the marshal of military power, at that time, we can also use this as a reason to immediately raise troops."

"To do this, there is a prerequisite, that is, our army must quickly conquer Nanchang and destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, if there is time, we can also deploy defenses north of Nanchang, and at the same time send a part of the army to continue to the south and lay a larger territory."

"The only drawback of the second way is whether Zhao Pu's matter will cause the indignation of the officers and men in the army, because a large part of our army is the original Yanyun Han people, if they know......"

Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand, interrupted Shen Yilun's words, and said:

"Ben Shuai chooses the second way, it is appropriate for you to immediately write a recital on behalf of Ben Shuai, defend yourself to Your Majesty and ask for guilt, and at the same time, inform the three armies to make what Zhao Pu did public, and say that the reason why Zhao Pu was arrested in Jinling was that Ben Shuai took the initiative to report to Liu Bowen, the governor of Jiangnan, after learning of his crimes."

"The marshal is wise, and his subordinates will do it."

Shen Yilun sighed in his heart, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief.

sighed because Zhao Kuangyin not only abandoned Zhao Pu, but also fell into the well, just to get rid of himself and buy time for himself to stand on his own after conquering Nanchang.

The reason for the relief is because Zhao Kuangyin has finally made up his mind to be self-reliant, and he has been firmly tied to Zhao Kuangyin's chariot regardless of success or failure.

Zhao Pu is gone, Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne and became the emperor, and the position of prime minister must be in my Shen Yilun's pocket.

At the beginning of winter, Zhao Kuangyin had just conquered Nanchang, and at the same time received Guo Zongxun's will, and the report of his justification was also sent to Guo Zongxun.

"My Marshal Zhao is so courageous, the strong man broke his wrist, good, very good, spread my will, Zhao Pu brought disaster to the country and the people, and the crime was extremely evil, and he was sentenced to be beheaded and punished by the nine clans."

At this time, Liu Bowen had returned to Kaifeng, Jinling had been decided, and he had already taught Yang Ye how to govern Jiangnan, so he naturally wanted to return to Guo Zongxun and continue to be his chief military advisor of the Great Zhou Emperor.

"Your Majesty Shengming, but Zhao Kuangyin's request for retribution, how should I approve it?"

A few days ago, I received a flying pigeon from the Jinyi Wei lurking in Zhao Kuangyin's army, Zhao Kuangyin led the army, suddenly speeding up, and hit Nanchang City in a few days.

"My Marshal Zhao, I finally can't hold it back, this is to rebel and stand on his own, but he still wants to delay for a while, so as to arrange a defensive line in advance to deal with my crusade, Liu Aiqing, guess when, when will Zhao Kuangyin raise troops to stand on his own?"

"Your Majesty, the minister guesses that Zhao Kuangyin will rebel in January and February of the next year, at that time it is the cold winter in the north, and Kaifeng is a long way from Nanchang to Nanchang, in Zhao Kuangyin's opinion, as long as he blocks the news in advance, or passes the wrong news to His Majesty, the news of his rebellion and self-reliance will reach Kaifeng, at least two or three months later."

Guo Zongxun smiled, in history, Zhao Kuangyin was half a year after he ascended the throne, that is, in winter, he lied that the Northern Han and Liao States jointly sent troops to attack, defrauded the military power of the Great Zhou, and came to a Chen Qiao mutiny and the yellow robe was added to the body, and seized the rivers and mountains of the Great Zhou.

Now, he has crossed over, and Zhao Kuangyin is still going to rebel in the end, and the time has been delayed for exactly a year.

"Zhao Kuangyin has a good calculation, but I don't know, the news from his side, I can receive it within five days here, now, I am in the north of the Great Zhou, it is another harvest year, Jinyiwei risked his life to retrieve the cotton seeds from Tianzhu and has already had a harvest, spread my will, in addition to leaving enough seeds to be sown next year, the rest of the cotton will be sent to the army, as much cotton armor can be made, just make thin cotton armor, the land south of the Yangtze River, winter is actually very cold, but if the soldiers can wear a thin cotton armor, I believe that not only will it not affect the combat effectiveness, On the contrary, it will be improved. ”

"Your Majesty is benevolent, you are very thoughtful for the soldiers, God bless me Da Zhou."

"Order Yue Fei and Han Zhao, the Hanzi Army will be reorganized for war, and secretly transferred to the south of Jinling in phases and batches, the closer to Nanchang the better, I want to give Zhao Kuangyin a big surprise."