Chapter 110: Planning (3)
"The king, I don't know how many people the king plans to send south if Tian Yan rebels?" After Du Xunhe left, Jing Xiang hurriedly asked. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although he is not optimistic about the result of Tian Yan and others' rebellion, it is also a good idea to take the opportunity to attack Huainan in the south, not to mention that Du Xunhe also brought good news, that is, Zhu Yanshou, the assassin of Shouzhou, is now also dissatisfied with Yang Xingmi, and has secretly reached an alliance with Tian Yan.
Shouzhou is the core of the northern defense line of Huainan, Zhu Quanzhong has sent troops south many times in the past, but there is Zhu Yanshou, a fierce general, to guard, and the Bianjun army has failed to return under Shouzhou City every time. If this rebellion can really drag Zhu Yanshou into the water, plus Zhu Quanzhong's army responds in the north, I am afraid that it is really possible to capture Huainan.
"Yang Xingmi has been against Gu for many years, and Gu has always been restrained by Li Keyong, Li Maozhen and others in the past, which allowed him to gain a foothold in Jianghuai. Now that Li Keyong and Li Maozhen have been defeated by Lone, there may be civil strife on the Huainan side, this is a good time for Lone to eliminate Yang Xingmi, and then Lone will raise an army of 200,000 to go south and pacify Huainan in one fell swoop! Zhu Quanzhong said with a smile.
"The king is wise, but now it will take some time to implement the return of the Son of Heaven to Chang'an, and it will take some time to clean up the court, even if there is no mistake in the middle, I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to the Central Plains for a few months. If Tian Yan and them launch a rebellion during this period, the main force of our army will still be in Guanzhong at that time, and I am afraid that it will not be enough to rely on the 60,000 people of Zhu Youning's department in Suzhou! Jing Xiang replied.
There is a possibility that Tian Jian and them will rebel during this period, first, Yang Xingmi is not a person who sits idly by, if he senses the danger, he may force Tian Yan and them to rebel before Zhu Quanzhong's main force returns to the Central Plains.
Second, the purpose of their rebellion was to take possession of Jianghuai for themselves, not to make a dowry for Zhu Quanzhong, so they may also rebel while Zhu Quanzhong's main force is away. At that time, only 60,000 people from Suzhou Zhu Youning went south, which could not only help Tian Yan and them seize Huainan, but also not make the entire Huainan fall into the hands of Zhu Quanzhong.
"You're right, so you need to hurry up when dealing with the affairs of the DPRK and China in the future, catch what should be caught, kill what should be killed, catch a batch and kill a batch, if you want to come to the DPRK and China, you will be honest, end it early and return to the Central Plains as soon as possible!" Zhu Quanzhong said indifferently.
His main ally in the court is now Prime Minister Choi Yin, a sinister and cunning, scheming, and sycophant who looks old and serious on the outside, but is actually sinister on the inside. Last year, this person wrote to Zhu Quanzhong, asking him to send troops to meet him, wanting to borrow his hand to get rid of his political opponent in the court, the eunuch Han Quanxue, but he didn't expect that before Zhu Quanzhong arrived, Han Quanzhu would rob the Son of Heaven and go to Fengxiang to join Li Maozhen.
Now Zhu Quanzhong is about to take control of the imperial court, but he is obviously not interested in accompanying those officials in the court to "play games", his method is very simple, that is, kill all the people who oppose him, and then win over a group of officials like Cui Yin who defect to him.
He believed that under his butcher's knife, the glamorous but treacherous officials in the court would obediently cooperate with him.
However, what he didn't expect was that at this time in Changshui County, an "old friend" who had long been forgotten by him was about to bring him some "surprises".
"Father, the news I just got, the edict and your letter have all arrived in Qingzhou, and I think Wang Shifan will be able to see it soon."
The speaker, about twenty-three or fourteen years old, wears a small crown of fine yarn, wears a plain white shirt, is seven feet tall, and has a handsome countenance; And the old man sitting opposite him was about fifty years old, his forehead was full of wrinkles, and he looked sad.
This young man's name is Zhang Ge, and his father Zhang Jun is the father of Li Yan, the messenger of the Son of Heaven who came to Huainan last month to deliver the message.
However, if you want to gain a foothold in the court of this era, the support of local feudal forces is indispensable, and the supporter chosen by Zhang Jun when he was the prime minister was Zhu Quanzhong. When Zhu Quanzhong had just betrayed the Huangchao rebel army and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, his power was weak, and he was in the land of the four wars in the Central Plains, and he urgently needed to find allies in the court to speak for him; And if Zhang Jun wants to gain a foothold in the DPRK, he also needs the support of local feudal towns. The two hit it off and quickly colluded together.
Therefore, this person has always given people the impression that he was Zhu Quanzhong's comrade in the past, but what no one expected was that this person was secretly instigating the feudal town to crusade against Zhu Quanzhong after he retired to his home.
"Has it been delivered? Next, it's up to Wang Shifan's choice! When my Tang Dynasty was prosperous in the past, it was rich all over the world, how strong; I didn't expect it to fall to this point now! Zhang Jun sighed.
Although he had also colluded with Zhu Quanzhong, he felt that he was loyal to the emperor from beginning to end, and collusion with Zhu Quanzhong was just a means to gain a foothold in the court.
Perhaps because he had more dealings with Zhu Quanzhong, Zhang Jun gradually saw through the traitorous nature of Zhu Quanzhong's loyal minister, and felt more and more that once Zhu Quanzhong controlled the court, he would inevitably kill the monarch and usurp the throne.
Therefore, after learning that Li Maozhen was about to surrender and the Son of Heaven was about to fall into the hands of Zhu Quanzhong, Zhang Jun, who had retired at home, began to incite the local feudal towns to raise troops, and the object he chose was Wang Shifan, the envoy of Pinglu Jiedu.
The Pinglu Jiedu envoy was one of the first ten Jiedu envoys established in the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Tianbao initially divided the Fanyang Jiedu envoy to the Pinglu Jiedu envoy, ruled Yingzhou, and led the Lu Longjun to govern the eastern part of Hebei Province, the southern part of Hebei Province and other places; Later, it moved to Qingzhou, where it was once one of the most powerful feudal towns in the world, and for a time became a feudal town that obeyed the orders of the imperial court.
However, twenty years ago, Wang Jingwu, the general of the pro-army, expelled An Shiru, the envoy of the Pinglu Jiedu at that time, and re-established the territory in the Qingzhou area. Later, Wang Jingwu died, and Wang Shifan inherited his father's business at the age of sixteen and became the new festival envoy.
He is humanistic and elegant, likes literature, has the skill of royal people, and has strict military discipline, so the people in the jurisdiction live and work in peace and contentment, and the neighboring roads are also quite praised.
However, at this time, the Pinglu Jiedu envoy has long lost the scenery of the year, and his strength is only average among many feudal towns in the world, at most it is about the same as Qian Biao before the Wuyongdu Rebellion, and the strength is too far behind Zhu Quanzhong.
And Wang Jingwu's father and son also knew that they couldn't beat Zhu Quanzhong, so they had always adopted a more deferential attitude towards Zhu Quanzhong, as if Zhu Quanzhong's vassal, which was preserved.
In the eyes of outsiders, Wang Shifan's Pinglu Town and Zhu Quanzhong are in the same group, for example, in the edict sent by the Son of Heaven to Yang Xingmi, Zhu Jin was appointed as the new Pinglu Jiedu envoy, which is obviously Li Maozhen's desire to provoke Yang Xingmi to attack Zhu Quanzhong's "little brother" Wang Shifan.
"Father, this Pinglu Jiedu envoy is not very strong in the world domain, and he has a close relationship with Zhu Quanzhong, even if he is a loyal person as you said, but for the sake of practical interests, does he really dare to raise troops?" Zhang Ge was still a little hesitant. 、