In Chenzhou City, just as Fan Yu said, Zhu Youneng, the king of Hui, really couldn't wait at this time.

As Zhu Wen's nephew, unless Zhu Wen's biological sons are all dead, Zhu Youneng has no possibility of ascending to the throne.

However, this is just a general situation, and if there is chaos today, it is not only the pattern of the world that is chaotic, but also the hearts of the people in the world.

In this era, from the Chinese military ministers of the dynasty to the peddlers and pawns on the streets, they all had their own ambitions, the big one was to be the emperor, and the small one was also thinking that they could become a festival envoy in the future.

If it's just a dream, it's okay, but this chaotic world has provided a lot of opportunities for these people, as long as they dare to work hard, everything is possible.

Didn't you see that Gao Jichang was just a slave back then, and later became a festival envoy? and Luo Hongxin was just an ordinary officer at the beginning, because he stood up at a critical time, and finally became Wei Bojie's envoy; And so on, there are not many such examples.

In this case, it is not surprising that Zhu You can give birth to the idea of becoming an emperor himself.

Of course, he also knew that if he relied on his own strength, it was unlikely that he would want to become emperor; And even if he becomes the emperor, it may lead to the invasion of the state of Wu; Therefore, Zhu Youneng's plan is to negotiate the conditions with Wu Wang Yang Wu in advance.

In his opinion, the Wu army did not send troops to the Northern Expedition for so many years, which must be because King Wu wanted to leave Liang as a barrier against the Jin army, so he did not rush to send troops to the Northern Expedition.

Although there are still some doubts about this, Zhu Youneng is not a long-term person after all, he has long been carried away by being the emperor.

For him, as long as he can be made emperor, let alone cede a small part of the territory to the state of Wu, even if only a small part of the territory is left, and most of the other territories are ceded to the state of Wu, he will agree.

So in March this year, after getting Yang Wu's "guarantee", Zhu Youneng, who couldn't wait, planned to raise troops to attack Kaifeng.

Fortunately, before he raised his army, Yang Wu, who got the news, sent someone to stop him in time and told him that once the Jin army began to attack Zhang Wenli, he could send troops to attack Kaifeng, which was also to avoid possible interference by the Jin army.

"Great, damn Li Cunqiao finally made a move on Zhang Wenli!"

In the past five months, the Jin army has not made any moves, which makes Zhu Youneng impatient to wait for a long time; Now that he finally heard the news that the Jin army sent troops to attack Zhang Wenli, Zhu Youneng suddenly almost shouted excitedly.

"Your Highness, now that the time is ripe for the army, I think that the Liang army must be thinking about sending troops to raid the Jin army while the main force of the Jin army is attacking Zhenzhou, they must not have thought that His Highness would make a move at this time, this is an opportunity for me."

"Yes, then Wu Wang Yang Wu's calculating ability is indeed very strong, and he will definitely be able to catch Liang Jun off guard at this time, and the villain is here to congratulate His Highness in advance."

"His Royal Highness is the nephew of Taizu, and he was accepted as a righteous son by Taizu, and he was originally qualified to inherit the throne; Today's Son of Heaven is too incompetent, and there are traitorous ministers in the court, which led to the decline of our dynasty and the seizure of a large territory by the Jin army. Now it's time for a change of heaven. ”

"Yes, the imperial army has been defeated by the Jin army repeatedly, and the people of the world must have been resentful of this for a long time, but no one came forward, so they didn't dare to resist; If you hear that Your Highness has raised troops, heroes from all sides will definitely raise troops to support Your Highness! In less than half a year, the world's major events can be decided! ”

"Your Highness, if we can successfully capture Kaifeng without relying on the strength of Wu State, we may not need to cede territory to Wu State at that time! This Central Plains is more suitable for His Royal Highness to do it alone. ”

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Seeing that Zhu Youneng's face was full of excitement, many of the "local heroes" below who supported him also shouted.

But they didn't think about how many troops they could raise in Chenzhou, and how difficult it would be to succeed in the rebellion?

At the beginning, Tian Yan took Xuanzhou as the foundation, recruited troops, accumulated grain and grass, and prepared to rebel; At that time, he secretly controlled an army of nearly 60,000 people.

However, you must know that Xuanzhou is a big city in the south, and its wealth is still above Chenzhou; Moreover, Tian Yan's personal ability is still very strong, and there are many excellent ministers who govern for him, but Zhu Youneng is too far behind in governing the place.

Therefore, on an economic basis, Chenzhou is far from being comparable with Xuanzhou.

In addition, the war between the Liang State and the Jin State has been tight in recent years, and the money and grain from all over the country have been mobilized to the north in large quantities, and there are not many money and grain resources left in the local area.

Therefore, the army left in Chenzhou today is actually just a few thousand state soldiers.

Of course, since Zhu Youneng had the intention to rebel, he naturally organized some troops in secret, but most of these troops were recruited from local ruffians and hooligans, and they were nominally local heroes.

With the thousands of state soldiers in Chenzhou, plus the thousands of rabble recruited by Zhu Youneng himself, a total of nearly 10,000 troops, this is the capital of Zhu Youneng's rebellion.

It's a pity that Zhu Youneng not only didn't realize how ridiculous his rebellion was, but seriously considered whether he would cede the territory to Wu in accordance with the previous agreement if he really relied on his own strength to seize the throne in the future.

"Well, after all, the land of the Central Plains was all fought down by Taizu with one hand and one foot, how could it be easily ceded to the State of Wu? If Lone really captures Kaifeng without relying on the strength of Wu State, he is embarrassed to come to Wu State to ask for land, right? Moreover, if so much territory is ceded to the state of Wu, everyone in the court and China is afraid that there will be many opponents. ”

"But if I don't cede the land, after all, the state of Wu is powerful, even if I succeed in ascending the throne, but the foundation is weak, and I can't say that I have to rely on the state of Wu. It seems that the land still needs to be cut! Zhu Youneng hesitated.

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On 16 August, Zhu Youneng swore an army in Chenzhou, and began to march to Kaifeng in the name of "Qingjun's side", burning and looting along the way, and coercing a large number of people into the army, and when the army marched to Taikang County, the strength of the rebel army was as high as more than 80,000 people, known as 200,000, and the momentum was extremely huge.

After the news reached Luoyang, Zhu Youzhen was very surprised and said to his henchmen Zhao Yan and Zhang Hanjie beside him: "Isn't this cousin of mine crazy?" ”

Yes, in Zhu Youzhen's view, Zhu Youneng's approach is indeed like a loss of heart.

Just relying on the land of Chenzhou to dare to rebel and attack the seal, how dare you dare to do such a thing?

Although he coerced the people to join the army along the way, and expanded the army several times in a short period of time, how can this rabble compare with the regular Liang army?

Even if today's Liang army is no longer as invincible as the invincible Liang army at the beginning, it can still be regarded as a strong army, far from being comparable to Zhu Youneng's rabble.

What's more, in terms of leading the generals, the so-called "heroes" on Zhu Youneng's side may be good at letting them rob their homes and houses, but letting them lead the troops to fight is definitely not what they are good at; The main generals of the Liang army, such as Liu Jun, Wang Yanzhang and others, can be regarded as famous generals; As for Duan Ning and other generals, although their abilities are relatively mediocre, they can barely be called qualified.

In addition, Zhu Youneng advanced lightly, and the goal was directly aimed at Kaifeng, which was also a bit incredible.

Although Kaifeng is not the current capital of the Liang State, it is also the eastern capital, and it is the place where the Liang State started.

And Songzhou and Bozhou on the side happened to be stationed in the main force of the southern line of the Liang army, and when Zhu Youneng could not open the seal, he was invited by the garrisons in Songzhou and other places on the way back to the army, even if the whole army was not wiped out, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape back many people.

No matter what aspect you look at, Zhu Youneng is self-defeating this time, and there is no possibility of success.

On the side, Zhang Hanjie smiled directly: "King Hui started a rebellion this time, and the banner he is using is 'Qingjun side', it seems that this is saying that the ministers and the other two are traitors around His Majesty." The minister asked for orders to lead the troops to exterminate the rebels. ”

Zhao Yan said with a relaxed face: "Your Majesty, King Hui's rebellion is just a way to kill himself, and the minister thinks that His Majesty does not need to mobilize too many troops, just let Kaifeng hold the city for a period of time, and then mobilize troops from Songzhou, Bozhou and other places, and attack inside and outside, and will be able to easily defeat the rebels." ”

Zhu Youzhen originally looked down on the rebels, but now after listening to the words of the two henchmen, he immediately ordered: "Prepare an edict to order Huo Yanwei, the queen of Songzhou, Wang Yanzhang, the envoy of Xuanyi Jiedu, and Zhang Hanjie, the commander of Konghe, to lead troops to crusade against Zhu Youneng, and be sure to destroy the rebels within three months." ”

"Obey the order!" Zhang Hanjie and the others hurriedly agreed.

Then, Zhang Hanjie said as if unintentionally: "By the way, Your Majesty, last time Kuang Guo Jiedu envoy and Xuzhou Assassin Shi Gao Jichang wrote to Your Majesty, asking to go out of Yanzhou, I don't know what Your Majesty means?" ”

"Gao Jichang wants to go out of Yanzhou? When did this happen? Why don't I know? Zhu Youzhen said with some surprise.

Zhang Hanjie hurriedly responded: "It was more than two months ago, when the minister specially reported this matter to His Majesty, did Your Majesty forget?" ”

Zhu Youzhen frowned and recalled, suddenly remembered, and said, "Yes, I almost forgot." What do you think about this? ”