Chapter 31: The Smoke Burns

At the end of the fourth year of Jingtai, the salt merchants and peddlers in various places made a rebellion, and the kings of the 19th Road Dynasty used the order of suppressing bandits to entangle their troops, and the nature of the vassal kings in various places was completely leaked. In only more than ten days, the recruitment document was quickly reported to the imperial court, according to the document, each vassal king had only more than 100 Qinwang troops, and so far the smallest number of troops has reached more than 1,000 people. Zhu Qi, the king of Wu, was very intimate, and the number of soldiers of King Qin was as high as 14,000. The imperial court could not stop it, nor did it send troops to help, but only issued a holy decree to encourage the vassal kings, so that they could suppress the bandits with peace of mind and not touch them.

After a month, the total number of Qinwang's troops in various places reached 80,000, and they were fully equipped with weapons and sufficient food and grass, and it was by no means possible to be properly prepared in just a few days. Three days later, the rebellious parties in various places were quelled at the same time, and they all submitted to the vassal kings. The kings of the Nineteenth Road Domain jointly wrote a letter, saying that the turmoil in the world was all blinded by the holy light, and there must be a villain who was responsible for it. Then he held high the name of the Qing monarch and marched towards the capital, and the other feudal kings who had not moved in the realm saw this scene and joined in. Most of these vassal kings were just idle kings and had no soldiers, let alone other preparations, and only brought their servants to join the army on the side of the Qing monarch. Some of these vassal kings wanted to use this to seek fame and save themselves from the downtrodden situation, and some were worried that when the Nineteenth Route vassal king passed through the land under his jurisdiction, he would be destroyed by false means. At that time, the position of the vassal king was not guaranteed, the family property was confiscated, the family slave was confiscated as the army, and the wife and daughter became official prostitutes.

In February of the fifth year of Jingtai, the imperial court received a secret report that a total of 28 vassal kings were in rebellion. Among them, the main force is still the previous Nineteen Road Domain King, and the rest are nothing more than making up their heads. The ranks of the Qing monarchs expanded rapidly, and the strength of the vassal kings of all walks of life had risen to 100,000. Collectively referred to as Qinwang Qingjun side Kuangfu Righteous Army, Zhu Qizhu served as the commander of Qinwang's army, Zhu Jianwen served as the left deputy commander of Qinwang's army, and Minwang Zhu Qigang served as the right deputy commander of Qinwang's army.

The army of King Qin was divided into two routes, one route was led by Zhu Qipai and Zhu Jianwen, and the sixteenth of the main vassal kings of the nineteenth route was divided into troops, and the troops marched towards Beijing by multiple routes. So Yu Qian sent troops to exterminate, but the officialdom colluded, and they all slacked off without fighting. Yu Qian slackened the battle without attacking the four generals, replaced his henchmen to supervise the battle, and called Hebei, Henan, and Shandong to prepare the army, so far the strength was greatly shocked and the Qinwang army of the vassal kings became one. The battle situation was scorching, and it was difficult for King Qin's soldiers to attack, and a few vassal kings had already thought of withdrawing their troops. At this moment, a cavalry team of more than 2,000 people was out of the ordinary, interspersed between battlefields, and quickly advanced northward, and the imperial court collapsed where it passed.

In March of the fifth year of Jingtai, the Henan battlefield and the Shandong battlefield have appeared in the figure of this heavenly soldier, often when the two armies fought, this army rushed out one after another, and did not see them with heavy siege weapons, but the siege of the city and the village were like walking on the ground. Someone has seen that the leader of the general is a ten-year-old handsome young man, when he attacked the city, his fists were full of gold, and the cavalry behind him was also like this, the city gate was broken instantly, and the team conquered the city with a few cups of tea, and then quickly disappeared in the mountains, and then saw that the city guarded by the imperial court was already powerless, and threw away his armor and surrendered. This mysterious cavalry was spread more and more, and some people even said that this army wiped out tens of thousands of people in an instant, of course, this is all rumors, and it has never happened, but because of the appearance of this team of more than 2,000 people, the prestige of the Qinwang army has been greatly shaken, and the confidence has been restored, and the battle is more brave, and the report of the defeat of the imperial court has come one after another.

At the same time, folk rumors arose, saying that Yu Qian was a fierce star to deceive the emperor's grace, so the world was in chaos, and only the righteous soldiers of the Qinwang army who took refuge in the Qing monarch could obtain peace. Later, it was rumored that the universe would be destroyed, and if you don't take refuge in the Qin Wang Army, your family will definitely be ruined, and there will be a bloody disaster in the near future. The entire territory of the Ming Dynasty has long been in one piece, and naturally there are heavy casualties every day, and some unbelievers happen to die in battle, or die of random arrows or disease, so this legend intensifies. There is a traveling magician who purifies all sentient beings, breaks disasters and avoids disasters, cures diseases and saves people, accepts many disciples and hypes up the theory of joining the Qinwang army. The folk respectfully call this warlock Wu Tianshi, burn incense and worship every day for peace, and the disciples who believe in Wu Tianshi are all over the country, up to tens of thousands of people.

Under this kind of advocacy, the number of Qinwang soldiers increased day by day, and the people joined one after another, and what was more distinctive was that all the believers of Wu Tianshi must have a swastika painted on their backs, claiming to be invulnerable so they fought bravely. There is also a legend that if there are dead and wounded, it is not that what Wu Tianshi said is wrong, or that the runes do not work, it is because the heart is not sincere, and the people believe it to be true. There are always lucky people who bravely take the lead in several battles, but they are not injured, and the people believe in what Wu Tianshi said more, and more and more people join the Qinwang army under word of mouth.

In this case, Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian and even the entire imperial court had a big headache, and people in the capital were also panicked. After Yu Qian heard the words of the heavenly soldiers, and also learned about the legend that the folk Qing monarch and the universe were about to be destroyed, he quickly responded, and sent merchants to picket the believers who spread rumors in the capital and nearby, and once they were caught, they would be immediately killed. And sent 3,000 battalions and Shenji battalions from the three major battalions in the capital to the battlefield in Henan and Shandong, because according to the description, Yu Qian judged that this heavenly army might be composed of heaven, earth and people, so he sent a single wolf with a vein, a vein to drive beasts, and a vein of five uglies to help, and sent the master of the spiritual vein to supervise the army.

Yu Qian ordered that as long as he saw the so-called heavenly soldiers, he would destroy them at all costs, and the snake would fight seven inches to capture the thief and capture the king, as long as the heavenly soldiers were destroyed, the belief in the heart of the Qin Wang army would be broken. Later, Yu Qian also found Cheng Fangdong, Cheng Fangdong had already proclaimed himself the head of the Zhongzheng First Pulse at this moment, Yu Qian acquiesced and asked Zhu Qiyu to order to canonize the Zhongzheng First Pulse and recognize Cheng Fangdong's identity as the head of the pulse. Cheng Fangdong was overjoyed, and after a long talk with Yu Qian, Cheng Fangdong was ordered to search for the so-called Wu Tianshi outside the capital, and it was inferred that Wu Tianshi was very likely to be dressed by Wu Hao.

After Yu Qian's series of big moves, King Qin's army was hindered accordingly, and it turned from victory to defeat. In the end, the Qin Wangjun stopped the offensive and switched to defense. They held on to the city they had already won, and although there was still news of defeat, it could be regarded as a stalemate in the whole battle. For the addition of the traitors of the Three Veins Heaven and Earth, Zhu Jianwen had a headache, and now on the surface, Zhu Qi is the commander, but everyone knows that the real command of this Qinwang Army is in the hands of Zhu Jianwen.

Zhu Jianwen couldn't sleep at night wearing armor and slept constantly, and he had no way to deal with the attack of the traitors of heaven, earth and people, so he could only rely on his meager strength to order people to set up some large formations to block it. However, the lone wolf has one vein, the beast repels one vein, and the five ugly veins are not strong but there are many people, and the temporary large array under the strong attack has little effect. What Zhu Jianwen wanted to see most at this time was the "Heavenly Soldier", but this army seemed to have disappeared and had not appeared for a long time.