Bingzhou, Xicheng Pass in Nanfeng County, Luo Wang Shi Chongren looked worriedly in the direction of Huazhou.

Ten days ago, Luo Guantai brought him the news that the envoy of Huazhou had seized the imperial court, placed Xue Minlin, the new governor of Anxi, under house arrest, and taken over the camp of Anxi.

Shi Chongren urgently summoned Quan Xingqing and others to report the news, and asked Quan Xingqing to order the closure of the Nanfeng County Pass; Sima Wu Yuankai dispatched government soldiers and convened regimental training in various counties; Changshi Hu Zhanning raised money and food, don't drive Gu Yida to recruit soldiers, Shi Chongren personally led 600 guards to Nanfeng County.

Nanfeng County is the pass of Huazhou's eastward advance, the court has 5,000 soldiers and horses stationed here, Shi Chongren arrived and led the army of the ranger general He Weijun to meet, He Weijun received an urgent report from the state government and closed the pass - the west gate of Nanfeng County. The vassal king did not have the right to govern the military power, but he was in a hurry to follow the power, and He Weijun saw that the king of Luo was coming, and he did not hesitate to transfer the command of the army to Shi Chongren.

He Weijun immediately closed the city gate after receiving the urgent report, and 5,000 soldiers and horses were divided into six groups to patrol the city wall day and night. You must know that the Anxi camp has an army of 160,000, and if Jiang Anyi leads the army to the east, the Nanfeng Pass will not be able to stop it at all.

The city gate was closed, and a large number of merchants gathered outside the city to enter the city, Shi Chongren asked, "Are there the people of Huazhou who have fled?" ”

He Weijun thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's all business travel, and I didn't notice the people." ”

Shi Chongren's mood became heavier and heavier, if Jiang Anyi really rebelled, and the people of Huazhou did not flee after learning the news, it means that Jiang Anyi won the hearts of the people in Huazhou, and the people supported him, even if he raised a rebel flag, he was willing to follow.

This time, the Son of Heaven summoned Jiang Anyi's family to Beijing for a pilgrimage, Shi Chongren knew some inside information, and the Western Regions Kingdom and the Yuan Tianjiao spread rumors in Beijing, and the Longwei Secret Guard added fuel to the fire, forcing the pillars of a country to rebel. Thinking of the imperial brother sitting on the throne, Shi Chongren secretly shook his head, his father handed over such an auxiliary national talent to him, not only could he not use it well, but he hurt himself, which was very unwise. Since the emperor's ascension to the throne, the war has continued, the people are anxious, the war in Mobei has not ended, the sentence of Jiangnan Rao and Wu has not subsided, and Jiang Anyi rebelled, that is, he poured a spoonful of oil on the fire that was originally ignited, and the world was really going to be chaotic.

Sima Yan Shengsen of Luowangfu followed Shi Chongren to Nanfeng County, and the defense of Nanfeng County was actually taken over by him. Nanfeng County has not experienced war for a hundred years, and the pass of that year was in disrepair, not to mention blocking the 160,000 army at such a checkpoint, Jiang Anyi led 3,000 light cavalry to attack, Yan Shengsen did not have the confidence to retreat from the enemy, but he had seen Jiang Anyi's bravery.

"Lord Wang, why haven't the soldiers and regimental training come yet? Relying on this, people can't stop Jiang Anyi. The food should also be urged, and if the additional troops come, the food will be in short supply. Yan Shengsen reminded with a solemn face.

Shi Chongren knew that Jiang Anyi could not be stopped by relying on this bit of soldiers and horses in the annexed state, but as a vassal king, it was his responsibility to defend the territory, what should Jiang Anyi do when he came to raise troops, whether to abandon the city and flee or die on the battlefield. Shi Chongren smiled bitterly, he had just passed the age of the weak crown, and a good life was waiting for him to enjoy, so he really didn't want to face such a choice.

"Lord Wang, there is movement on the official road." He Shouqi reminded loudly.

Shi Chongren looked into the distance, only to see the dust at the end of the official road, and his heart tightened, could it be that Jiang Anyi led the army to come. Walking closer, Shi Chongren breathed a sigh of relief, there were really a lot of people and horses coming, there were cars, horses and walking, but the mess was not like soldiers and horses

Nor caravanserais.

The first twenty or so horses rushed to the city, and Shi Chongren recognized that the leader was Xue Minlin, wasn't Xue Minlin under house arrest by Jiang Anyi and escaped. Shi Chongren commanded with doubts: "Open the city gate and let Xue Dashuai enter the city." ”

After a while, Xue Minlin came to the city and saw Shi Chongren bowing and saluting, "See the prince." ”

"General Xue, what's going on in Huazhou? Did Jiang An rebel? Shi Chongren asked anxiously.

Xue Minlin sighed and said, "It's a long story, the prince will let the people under the city enter the customs first." The prince can rest assured that Jiang Anyi will not lead his troops to attack Bingzhou. ”

There were many people who came back with Xue Minlin, including Pingzhong, the former governor of Anxi and some generals of the Anxi battalion, Lu Huaien, the eunuch who announced the decree, Zhou Yongtong, the assassin of Huazhou, and some officials, as well as Kang Qianfeng and others.

After Jiang Anyi took over the Anxi camp, he immediately went to the Duhu Mansion to meet Guan Pingzhong, who was silent for a long time after learning that Jiang Anyi had taken over the military camp, and advised Jiang Anyi not to harm the officials of the court and let those who were unwilling to follow him to stand on their own feet. After consulting with Zhang Keji, Xin Fei, Liu Yixing and others, Jiang Anyi decided to release Xue Minlin and others, and go to the counties of Wenzhou in parallel, and the officials who did not want to stand on their own with him could leave on their own.

Zhou Yongtong, the assassin of the officialdom, and nearly half of the county commanders were unwilling to follow Jiang Anyi, Guan Pingzhong also decided to return to the court after thinking deeply, and there were only more than ten generals in the Anxi camp who were unwilling to follow Jiang Anyi, Jiang Anyi did not embarrass them, and sent them back according to his words, and Xue Minlin and his personal guards were also among them.

The masters of the Dragon Guard Secret Guard who came to Huazhou this time were not so lucky, Xin Fei knew that these people were all masters after seeing these people, if the strength of the Dragon Guard Secret Guard was greatly reduced without these more than 100 people, the threat to Huazhou would also be greatly reduced.

Xin Fei knows the people of Longwei's secret guard very well, it can't be to chase fame and profit, Huazhou is not short of money, Qin Ziyan came forward to persuade him, and sixty-seven of the hundred people were willing to stay. As for Kang Qianfeng and the others, they were not so lucky, and they were broken into the sea of qi. As soon as the sea of qi was broken, it was impossible for them to step into the realm of the masters of the inner family for the rest of their lives, and Jiang Anyi released them.

Lu Huaien carried a letter that Jiang Anyi presented to the Son of Heaven, and at the same time, Jiang Anyi also wrote a letter to Shi Chongren. In the letter, Jiang Anyi showed that he had no objection, but he was forced to have no choice but to protect himself, the soldiers and horses of the Anxi battalion would never invade the east, and he was willing to protect the western border for the country; Huazhou is still a state of Zheng State, and officials can be appointed by the court, and taxes are handed over to the court as well, but the transfer of soldiers and horses no longer obeys the command, and a word is not listened to the announcement.

Shi Chongren breathed a sigh of relief, at least there is no war in the state for the time being, and the rest of the things should be worried about the imperial brother. Immediately, Shi Chongren's brows furrowed, he was afraid that the benefits he had obtained from Jiang Anyi's jade mine would be cut off, and if he didn't have this financial resource, his life would be sad. Bingzhou is adjacent to Huazhou, and it is indispensable to deal with each other in the future, how should I get along with Jiang Anyi?

Jiang Anyi's recital could not be delayed, and Shi Chongren immediately sent someone to the capital. The next day, Lu Huaien, Guan Pingzhong, Zhou Yongtong and others continued to go to the capital, but Xue Minlin stayed in Nanfeng County. Besides, Xue Minlin's errand to take over as the governor of Anxi was smashed, and he returned to Beijing to face the saint without shame, so he simply stayed in Nanfeng County and waited for the disposal of the Son of Heaven.

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In the imperial capital of Yongchang, the urgent report sent by King Luo was presented to Shi Chongwei. After reading the emergency report, Shi Chongwei sat behind the desk and said nothing.

"Hooray, hooray, you're all right, send the Imperial Doctor quickly." Zhang Jin saw the Son of Heaven

His eyes were glazed, his face was pale, and he was frightened.

The imperial doctor rushed over, took Shi Chongwei's pulse, and pricked it down with a few needles, Shi Chongwei let out a sigh of relief, his face looked better, and Zhang Jin cried on the ground: "Long live, you have to take care of the dragon body, if you have three long and two short, this day will collapse." ”

Shi Chongwei smiled bitterly in his heart, I'm afraid that this day is really going to collapse. Waving his hand to rebuke the imperial doctor, Shi Chongwei instructed: "Please invite Kong and Duan, Taiwei Zhu and Liubu Jiuqing to see me in the imperial study." ”

Several important ministers were shocked to learn that the Huazhou Jinglu had made Jiang Anyi rebel, and the Son of Heaven sent the master of the Longwei Secret Guard to accompany the Qin to summon Jiang Anyi's family to Beijing, and Kong Province, Duan Cizong, Wei Youcheng and others had advised the Son of Heaven that Jiang Anyi had no rebellious heart, and this was easy to provoke incidents.

In fact, Shi Chongwei doesn't quite believe that Jiang Anyi will rebel, the so-called collusion with the Yuan Tianjiao and hiding the spoils of war are mostly rumors released by the people of the Western Regions, and it is not worth mentioning cultivating cronies in the army, as long as Jiang Anyi leaves Huazhou, can it be that the soldiers of the Anxi battalion will still leave with him, what really makes Shi Chongwei angry is that Jiang Anyi actually secretly interfered in the matter of establishing a prince, which is Shi Chongwei's rebellion.

Shi Chongwei has his own abacus, Huang Xi and Jiang Anyi have an enmity, just borrow his hand to knock Jiang Anyi, lock Jiang Anyi in Dali Temple for a period of time, and then give grace to let Jiang Anyi out, Jiang Anyi's means of collecting money are still very clever, when the time comes, he will be degraded to be a household servant, Jiang Anyi must not be grateful to Dai De for his life, Shi Chongwei is very comfortable with his more and more mellow imperial methods. Who would have thought that the plan was perfect, but Jiang Anyi refused to act according to my routine, things were messed up, how to end now.

Cheng Mingdao, the secretary of the ministry, preemptively said: "Long live, Jiang Anyi, as a strategic envoy, has failed the emperor's grace, and must not be spared, please make an order to arrest Jiang Anyi and ask him for guilt." "Cheng Mingdao has taken Jiang Anyi's silver a lot in recent years, and the court often says good things for Jiang Anyi, but now that Jiang Anyi is reversed, Cheng Mingdao must quickly draw a clear line with Jiang Anyi.

Duan Cizong is Jiang Anyi's teacher, and he has high expectations for Jiang Anyi, in his opinion, Jiang Anyi will be able to enter the cabinet and worship the prime minister after more than ten years of experience, and Zheng will prosper under his governance in the future. Such a pillar of the country actually rebelled, Duan Cizong was really heartbroken, and Jiang Anyi was clearly forced by the Son of Heaven to rebel.

However, the matter has not yet been clarified, perhaps it is a rumor again, Duan Cizong said: "Long live, Jiang Anyi's rebellion has not yet been confirmed, and we still need to wait for accurate news to arrive before making a decision." ”

Wei Youcheng said angrily: "The minister thinks that Jiang Anyi is forced to be helpless, this person is still loyal to the court, long live can send the Qin messenger to Huazhou to appease Jiang Anyi and save the matter." ”

After thinking deeply, Kong Province said: "Long live, we should be quiet for now, and we should not publicize Jiang Anyi's rebellion to prevent the situation from expanding, and we will deal with it after the accurate news comes." ”

Zhu Zhipu said: "Long live, the situation is urgent, there is a Nanfeng Pass in Huazhou and Merge State, and King Luo can be ordered to lead the army to guard it to prevent Jiang Anyi from leading his troops eastward." At the same time, let Qizhou, Mengzhou, Lingzhou, Louzhou and other state capitals urgently transfer government troops and regimental training to reinforce Nanfeng Pass. The weather became colder, and the war in Mobei gradually stopped, so 20,000 soldiers and horses could be dispatched and 20,000 people from the 16 guards could be dispatched to Bingzhou to deal with the situation. ”

Shi Chongwei hung his head and was silent, annoyed, hated, and panicked like poisonous snakes gnawing at his heart, and the frustration and frustration that he had never had filled his heart, am I a faint king? Why has there been continuous wars since he ascended the throne, and even Jiang Anyi has abandoned me, and what should I do?

(I'm sorry, I was delayed by drinking with friends last night)