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After the assassination of Shen Zhi, the shepherd of the state and the Jinyang army, the feeling of uneasiness began to spread, and more and more soldiers wanted to return to their hometowns, Shen Cong felt that he could not wait any longer, so he summoned his confidants and generals to discuss the matter together.

"My father died strangely, Xu Ji and the assassin were just acting on orders, there must be another mastermind behind it."

"After Xu Ji escaped, he immediately went to King Liang, and was let go, the mastermind must be King Liang." There are generals who do not understand the intentions of their masters.

Shen Cong shook his head, "If King Liang is the mastermind, after assassinating my father, there will be a move to annex it, but he will not move, our army will come to the door, and he will also send people to sue for peace, and he obviously did not know about the assassination in advance." ”

"It's not King Liang, who could it be?"

Shen Cong had to say it himself: "It can only be his own family." ”

The generals were silent, and Shen Cong continued: "The Shen family is unfortunate, there are one or two evil sons, who killed their fathers and seized the army, and they want to claim the throne themselves, can't you still see it?" ”

Finally, someone whispered: "Shen Wugongzi? ”

"That's him!" Shen Cong took the case, "Before my father's bones were cold, Shen Wu wantonly seized military power, wooed generals, and installed cronies, and all of you were forced into the camp with newcomers, right?" ”

More than a dozen generals nodded at the same time, these days they do accept a different number of officers, saying that they are deputies, but they often offside to ask Shen Wugongzi for instructions, there are obvious signs of seizing power.

Shen Cong struck while the iron was hot, "I won't say much else, Shen Wu is arrogant by nature and ambitious, and when he fully controls the military power, he will inevitably claim the throne first, and then seize the throne." Is it he who can be the emperor? Mo said that there are many heroes, even the imperial court, and there is no sign of decay, there are still hundreds of thousands of male soldiers in the eastern capital, and Yecheng has more Jizhou cavalry available, once you go south, who can control it? Shen Wuyi is in danger, but he has to catch tens of thousands of soldiers in Jinyang, are you willing to accompany him to die? ”

"I don't want to!" The generals said in unison.

"Okay, then follow me to ask Shen Wu for his guilt and expose his father-killing behavior in public. Then let's go back to Jinyang, observe the situation, if the court can sweep away the ugly, let's still return to obedience and continue to be the official of the Tiancheng Dynasty. ”

The generals applauded, surrounded Shen Cong out of the tent, gathered his cronies and soldiers, and soon gathered nearly 100 people, marched through the barracks, went straight to Shen Tan's residence, and shouted "Go home" all the way - these three words can impress the Jinyang soldiers the most.

Shen Tan walked out of the tent when he heard the sound, followed by Liu Youzhong.

The questioner stopped, and Shen Cong said loudly: "Fifth brother, there is no need to hide it anymore, everyone knows that it was you who sent an assassin to kill your father!" ”

More and more soldiers came around, just watching and not participating.

Shen Tan sighed, "The eldest brother made unwarranted accusations, and the foolish brother was heartbroken. ”

Shen Cong sneered, "Don't come here, Xu Ji is your sworn brother, why did he send assassins for no reason?" Why did you flee so early after the assassination? They will be commanded by you, and let them go by you. ”

Shen Tan sighed again, "Big brother has to talk about this here and now?" ”

"My father is the lord of Jinyang, and the cause of his death must of course be told to the soldiers of Jinyang."

"Okay." Shen Tan said helplessly, turning his head to look, almost all of his brothers arrived, all of them were watching, and no one stood on the side of the eldest brother, which made him feel at ease and bowed to Liu You's end.

Liu Youzhong said loudly: "The five generals have already found out the truth, but because of brotherhood, they have been hidden so far, since the eldest prince has to ask the guilt in public, okay, then let everything fall into place." The eldest prince claims that the five generals killed his father, can there be witnesses or evidence? ”

"Xu Ji is a witness, you bow together, what he did, will you not know?"

"Xu Ji is on the run, what does the eldest prince say, but we have ready-made witnesses here."

Shen Cong was stunned, his original intention was to use homesickness to provoke the hatred of the soldiers, but he didn't expect that Shen Wu's side seemed to be prepared, "Hey, what's the use of finding someone to testify?" ”

"This witness was not found by chance. Come out, Mr. Guo. Liu You's final word.

Guo Shifeng walked out of the tent and bowed his hands to Shen Da and Shen Wu respectively.

Shen Cong was shocked, he didn't know that Guo Shifeng had entered the camp and was hiding beside the fifth brother.

Guo Shifeng said loudly: "In Xia Guo Shifeng, many people must know that I was ordered to go to Yecheng with the Ministry of Shen Gong, and many people must also remember it." In Yecheng, the Ministry of Shen Gong saw that the Jizhou Turquoise Cavalry refused to go south to aid our army, and was afraid, thinking that the imperial court still had the strength to breathe, so he sold his father to the prince of Jibei to seek glory......"

Shen Cong laughed, "What a Guo Shifeng, worthy of being a well-known wallgrass in the world, who recognizes money and does not recognize the master, who gives benefits, who do you speak for, so far, how many masters have you changed?" ”

Guo Shifeng didn't argue with him about this matter, and raised his voice higher, "There is a statue of Seven Treasures Buddha in the Shen Ministry of Industry, which is a treasure given by Shen and Zhou, and it can only be given to the commander after Jizhou sends troops, but now it has fallen into the hands of the prince of Jibei, why is this?" ”

Shen Cong was shocked, he had long forgotten about it, and his face couldn't help but change, "Nonsense!" ”

"We didn't invite Jizhou soldiers on that mission, the Seven Treasures Buddha statue should still be in the hands of the Ministry of Shen Gong, please take it out for everyone to see."

Ordinary soldiers didn't know the origin and preciousness of the Buddha statue, but the generals had heard of it somewhat, so they looked at Shen Cong with their eyes.

Shen Cong was embarrassed, "Guo Shifeng has been a villain repeatedly, and what he said is not credible, if you want to return to Jinyang, you will follow me to avenge Lord Mushou!" ”

Guo Shifeng also shouted: "Shen Cong has already secretly defected to the imperial court, he will not take you back to Jinyang, but return to the eastern capital, and take the soldiers of Jinyang as a thank you gift, he enjoys glory and wealth alone, but you want to die in a foreign land." I have received great favor from Shen and Zhou, and I can't do anything for the tiger! ”

Shen Cong couldn't argue with Guo Shifeng, pulled out his knife, roared, and rushed towards the fifth brother and the others, after running a few steps, he felt strange, stopped and turned around, and found that there were only six or seven people following up, and these few people also slowed down and hesitantly lowered the weapons in their hands.

Shen Cong was shocked, turned around and ran towards the onlookers, "You have all been deceived, you have all been deceived!" ”

The human wall did not back down, but reached out and pushed Shen Cong back.

Guo Shifeng's mouth kept talking, and he said the plan set for the trip to Yecheng, "Xu Ji is not guilty, and he planted the blame for him, just to pull the fifth general into the water......"

Shen Cong did have a plan to kill his father, but he regretted it at this time, knowing that Guo Shifeng was repeated, he shouldn't have made a decision with this person in the first place, so he rushed over with a knife, "You lied!" I had already ordered my men to abandon the assassination, and that assassin was not mine......"

As soon as these words came out, Guo Shifeng didn't talk anymore and just smiled.

Shen Cong's face was colorless, he was saying that he had given up the assassination plan, but to others, it was he who had indeed raised a few assassins.

Shen Cong turned around in place, found that there was no way to escape, suddenly understood something, and laughed: "My name is Cong, how can I have a fifth brother who is even smarter?" You've been waiting for me to make trouble, haha, you get your wish, I wish you a rise to the top, and one day ascend the throne and become the emperor, I'll watch in the underworld to see how you worship your father's god......"

Shen Cong waved his knife and rushed forward, and the person who wanted to cut it was not the fifth brother Shen Tan, but Guo Shifeng who was standing next to him, he hated this repeated villain to death.

Guo Shifeng retreated to avoid it, and another guard stepped forward with a lance, and several long lances stabbed Shen Cong one after another.

Shen Tan turned his head and didn't look at it.

Liu Youzhong ordered the body to be carried away, the coffin was collected, although the children of the Shen family had a serious crime, they could not be humiliated after death, and then he patrolled the military camp on behalf of Shen Tan, announced the truth, and claimed that the imperial court was the real mastermind of Shen Bingzhou's assassination, and if the Jinyang soldiers wanted to take revenge, they must capture the eastern capital.

That night, the generals took turns to advise, but Shen Tan refused several times, and finally accepted the position of shepherd of the state early the next morning, and entered the title of king of Jin at noon.

The morale of the Jinyang army rose again, and the troops were sent to approach the eastern capital.

Guo Shifeng returned to the camp of King Liang and persuaded Ma Wei to be the first to recognize the title of King of Jin, and the two armies joined forces and became the vanguard together.

At the same time, Liu Youzhong once again sent an envoy to the army to the world, and the title of King Jin was included in the army to persuade Xue Liujia to send a large army as soon as possible.

Jin and Liang were the vanguards, and the king of the world was subsequently marched to the eastern capital, and the momentum became bigger and bigger, and the people and stragglers from all over the world rushed to each other, and in a few days, the army was claimed to be 500,000.

On the side of the imperial court, Cao Shenxi originally wanted to pacify the rebels on the southern route first, but he sent too few officers and soldiers, and fought a few inconsequential small victories, but he returned in front of the two important rebels.

King Wu Yue of the South Road also marched north, claiming that he was slightly inferior to the North Road, and Ning Baoguan was quite familiar with current affairs, and immediately sent messengers to visit the three kings of the north, and vowed to form an alliance and raise the banner of the world army.

The Incarnation Army has since been known as a million.

On the other hand, the rebels have an even worse reputation.

Xu Ji led the Wu army to easily capture a military fortress that was almost unguarded, only a few dozen miles away from the eastern capital, and there was a supreme garden in between.

Wusupreme Garden is the royal summer resort, hunting place, covers a vast area, more than 100 miles back in the week, the military village just faces Shaoyangmen.

Soon after the camp was established, a messenger came, claiming to represent the five kings of the descending army, and sent a decree to the governor of the Wu army, ordering him to immediately lead the army and the kings to besiege the eastern capital.

The five kings are Xue Liujia, the king of the incarnation, Shen Tan, the king of Jin, Ning Baoguan, the king of Wuyue, Ma Wei, the king of Liang, and Gan Zhao, the king of Shu.

Seeing Shen Tan's name, Xu Ji sighed secretly, understood what was going on, and was very surprised by Gan Zhao, the king of Shu, most of the kings in the incarnation army were retaliated against, and they either died or fled, I didn't hear that Gan Zhao did any deeds, and he was able to keep the king name by the side of the incarnation king, which was a miracle.

In addition to the Gan Zhao of the King of Shu, all the kings had letters individually, and the king of the world routinely complimented, first praised, and then asked Xu Ji to quickly lead troops to meet in a commanding tone.

In the letter, Shen Tan said that he had cleared the charge of the fourth brother and looked forward to seeing each other as soon as possible.

Ning Baoguan's letter is the simplest, with only a few words: quickly become the king and immediately participate in the war.

Ma Wei's letter is longer, telling about brotherhood and how he worked hard to maintain Xu's reputation, and finally revealed the truth.

Xu Ji read the letter, ordered a good life to entertain the messenger, wrote a reply letter in his own handwriting, was respectful to Xue Liujia, was weak to Ning Baoguan, sighed to Shen Tan, and was grateful to Ma Wei, each of them was different, and sent Wang Dian to carry a letter, visit the kings with the envoy, and set an appointment to send troops to attack the eastern capital together.

The war is approaching day by day, the Wu army broke through the Shaoyang Gate, entered the Supreme Garden, and killed all the rare birds and beasts for military food, opening up a flat road for the cavalry to gallop and go straight to the official road outside Luoyang City.

A few days later, Wang Dian brought back the date agreed upon by the kings: the 20th day of the lunar month, the city was broken before the year, and the king of the world was to celebrate the New Year with the heroes in the palace.

There are only three days left before the battle, and the soldiers of the rebels are determined to win.

Wang Dian also brought a movement in the eastern capital, and the Liang and Lan families in power finally could not withstand the pressure of the enemy on all sides, and had re-appointed the general Lou Wen a few days ago.