Chapter 123: Initiation
When the news of Wang Fanfan's surprise attack reached Guangling, Yang Xingmi and others were also shocked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Although they knew in advance that Wang Shifan was about to raise troops, they were still surprised by his imaginative methods, and the method of sending a small number of elite soldiers to launch a sneak attack had been available for a long time, but it was the first time they had seen such a large-scale sneak attack as Wang Shifan. The only one present who was not surprised may be Yang Wu.
"It's exactly the same as in history, the only thing that has changed may be that Zhu Youning is still in Suzhou at this time, not in Bianzhou as in history." He contrasted to himself.
"Father, now that Wang Shifan has raised his troops, after this raid, Zhu Quanzhong will definitely not let him go again, and his main force will definitely not have time to go south to find trouble with us. So it's time for our plan to be implemented, right? ā
These days, the preparations of the Huainan side have been almost done, Yan Keqiu has found some bitter masters in Runzhou, all of them are real cases, some family members were killed by An Renyi's men for no reason, some daughters were snatched away by An Renyi, and there was even a village that was slaughtered by An Renyi because the taxes paid did not meet the requirements......
Yan Keqiu is very meticulous, these cases are all detailed and reliable human and material evidence, and each case directly points to An Renyi, the history of Runzhou's assassination, and these people come forward to complain, which is enough to remove An Renyi's official position.
In addition, the Shengzhou Navy led by Li Shenfu had long been waiting for the Emperor, and only waited for Wang Shifan to launch an army to the west, firstly, in response to Wang Shifan's army, and secondly, because Li Shenfu's reputation was too great, Tian Yan and An Renyi were very jealous of him. Shengzhou is located next to Runzhou, if Li Shenfu is still stationed in this key place, Tian Yan and others are afraid that they may not dare to rebel.
So according to Yang Xingmi's plan, he will transfer Li Shenfu in the name of the Western Expedition, of course, after transferring Li Shenfu, the garrison of Shengzhou will inevitably seem too empty, in history, after Tian Yan rebelled, he led the army to attack Shengzhou, and captured Li Shenfu's wife and children, which is also a major omission in Yang Xingmi's plan.
Later, when Li Shenfu led the army back from Ezhou to prepare to quell the rebellion, Tian Yan tied Li Shenfu's son Li Chengding to the front of the army as a threat, wanting to force Li Shenfu to surrender, and promised that as long as Li Shenfu surrendered, he would share the land of Huainan with him equally.
As a result, Li Shenfu sternly refused, and personally ordered the crossbowmen to shoot Li Chengding, and then sent troops to attack. Li Shenfu's soldiers were moved by his loyalty, and all of them rose up to fight, and finally defeated the Tianqian rebels.
Although there is no historical record of whether Li Chengding survived the war, Yang felt that he was more likely to be shot to death. And because Li Shenfu died of illness only a year later, Yang Wu felt that it might have something to do with the fact that he personally ordered his son to be shot.
In any case, Yang Wu naturally will not let such a tragedy happen again. Since the land of Shengzhou cannot be guarded by famous generals, lest Tian Yan be jealous and dare not rebel, then send a less famous general.
And Yang Wu's suggestion was the original Suzhou guard Sun Yan. Sun Yan's ability to defend the city is very good, and now he has been broken because he has only been defending Suzhou for more than a month, so his ability has not been brought into play at all, and he is naturally an incompetent general in the eyes of Tian Yan and others, and it will not make them feel jealous because of this.
After Sun Yan surrendered in Suzhou, because he did not want to be an enemy of Qian Di, he did not participate in the next battle of Jiaxing, but returned to Guangling with Zhou Ben, and was courteous to Yang Xingmi, and now he is extremely loyal to Yang Xingmi.
After Li Shenfu's expedition to the west, Sun Yan led an army of 5,000 to stay in Shengzhou.
"Pass Gu's order, add Zhu Jin as the deputy capital commander of the eastern Zhudao camp, Tongping Zhangshi, appoint Li Shenfu, the assassin of Shengzhou, as the Sima of the Huainan marching army and the envoy of the Eyue camp, and use Liu Cun, the training envoy of the Shuzhou regiment, as his deputy, and lead the Shengzhou naval army to defeat the rebel general Du Hong!" Yang Xingmi ordered without much hesitation.
Now that he has formed an alliance with Wang Shifan, Zhu Jin, the Pinglu Jiedu envoy appointed by the Son of Heaven, will naturally change his official position.
As for Du Hong, this person used to be Yang Xingmi's general, but later took refuge in Zhu Quanzhong and was named the envoy of the Wuchang Festival, with Zhu Quanzhong's support, Yang Xingmi's many crusades against him over the years have not been successful.
"Tell Yan Keqiu, the plan can begin!"
"The herald, with the prince Yang Wu as the main commander, Wang Maozhang as the deputy general, led an army of 25,000 people to the north of Shanghai Prefecture to join General Taimeng, and was ready to send troops to aid Wang Shifan at any time; Let Li Chengsi lead 3,000 elite cavalry to go out with the army! ā
Yang Xingmi issued a series of orders without stopping, these were all planned things, everything was just waiting for Wang Fan to raise troops and start to launch, so no one present was surprised.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's up to everyone to survive the civil strife in the future! I hope you will work together to overcome this difficult time! Thank you all here! Yang Xingmi got up and bowed to several important ministers present.
Everyone present was Yang Xingmi's confidant and participated in the whole process of the conspiracy, and at this time, they couldn't help but be startled when they saw Yang Xingmi's actions, and hurriedly returned the salute humbly.
Yang Xingmi looked at Li Chengsi who was standing solemnly on the side again, "General Li, during the Qingkou War, Gu Yi planned to lead the army to join Zhu Yanshou at the beginning, defeat Ge Congzhou first, and then attack Pang Shigu; All the generals also agreed with Gu's opinion, but the general strongly opposed it, demanding that Pang Shigu be attacked first and then Ge Congzhou. That time, Lone finally listened to your advice and was able to clear his mouth. ā
"Now the situation in the north is also extremely dangerous, Zhu Yanshou already has a plan to rebel, if he defects to Zhu Quanzhong and leads the Liang army south, then my Huainan will be dangerous."
"Now I will entrust you with the task of pacifying Zhu Yanshou, I hope you will live up to the trust and create more brilliance!"
Although Li Chengsi was Li Keyong's general in Hedong, after taking refuge in Huainan, Li Keyong also sent an envoy to take Li Chengsi back to Hedong, but because Yang Xingmi treated him very politely, he not only crowned him a high-ranking official Houlu, but also personally helped him settle down in Guangling, and let him marry a southerner, and his son Li Chan is now also married to Tao Ya's daughter. Now Li Chengsi has completely settled down in Guangling, dedicated to serving Yang Xingmi, and has no intention of returning to Hedong.
This time, according to the plan, the 3,000 elite cavalry led by Li Chengsi will secretly leave after following Yang Wu to the north, and secretly lurk in Shouzhou, once Zhu Yanshou rebels, he will quickly enter Shouzhou to control the situation under the response of Cui Taichu, Li Hou, Lu Shizhou and others in Shouzhou City.
The most important thing in this is to act secretly and not leak the news, so let him act with Wang Maozhang to cover up his true goal. Fortunately, Li Chengsi is a veteran of soldiers, and he is naturally familiar with how to march secretly.
"The last general will live up to the king's trust, and this time he will go north to take Shouzhou for the king, and capture Zhu Yanshou to Guangling!" Li Chengsi replied in a deep voice.
As an outsider, he naturally knows who to be loyal to and who to oppose; What's more, Yang Xingmi is extremely courteous to him, and he also hopes to establish meritorious service to repay Yang Xingmi's great kindness.