In terms of military strength, Huainan's total strength is about nearly 200,000 people, of which Tian Yan, An Renyi and Zhu Yanshou have 100,000 troops, so Huainan does not have much advantage in terms of military strength, and the only thing is people's hearts. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Xingmi's personal charm and prestige also provided the possibility to win the hearts and minds of the people, and the reason why Huainan was able to survive the civil strife in history mainly relied on the full support of Huainan up and down. Therefore, there must be sufficient reasons when crusading against Tian Yan and others.

"Maybe you can use a trick to induce Tian Yu and the others to raise troops?"

Gao Mian opened his mouth and said: "Doesn't Wang Shifan want the king to raise troops to meet him now? The king might as well agree to his request and send a large army to attack Zhu Quanzhong, so as to create the illusion of 'Guangling's army is empty' to Tian Yan, so that they will naturally rebel when they feel that the time is ripe. ”

This plan is still feasible, and this is also the most convincing way for the Huainan generals, Yang Xingmi did not do anything to be sorry for them, but they were driven by ambition to rebel, in this case, the generals will naturally choose to support Yang Xingmi.

Historically, Yang Xingmi adopted this method and achieved certain results. On the one hand, he sent Li Shenfu to the west to crusade against Du Hong, and on the other hand, he asked Wang Maozhang to lead his army north to Qingzhou to assist Wang Shifan, and at the same time sent tens of thousands of troops to attack Suzhou, all in order to induce Tian Yan and others to rebel; However, as a result, Tian Yan and others did not raise troops until August.

So Yang Xingmi began to take a period of division and persecution, and canonized Kang Ru, the general under Tian Yan, as the assassin of Luzhou, which Tian Yan thought that Kang Ru had taken refuge in Yang Xingmi, and his rebellion plan was also leaked by Kang Ru, so Tian Yan killed Kang Ru's whole family and immediately raised troops.

However, Yang Wu felt that it would take too long to do it like in history, and he left seven months in the middle to prepare for Tian Yan and others. In addition, this plan is a bit risky, although Li Shenfu and Wang Maozhang have won great victories in history, Yang Wu does not know if his crossing will have an impact.

"The kid thinks that Secretary Gao's method is very good, but in addition to inducing them to rebel, his father can actually take measures to make An Renyi rebel first." Yang Wu replied with a smile, "Among Tian Yan, An Renyi and Zhu Yanshou, An Renyi is the weakest, and this person is the most unpopular. He has been assassinating in Runzhou for many years and has done a lot of illegal things, and his father can take the opportunity to remove him from his official position. ”

When Yang Wu first came to this era, he also proposed to Yang Xingmi to remove Tian Yan and others from their official positions and force them to rebel, but at that time he was just a hairy child, and what he said was naturally not taken seriously by Yang Xingmi; What's more, now that Yang Wu thinks back on it, he also feels that it is too ugly to dismiss these three people at the same time without a suitable reason, and the generals in Huainan will definitely be unconvinced, which is very unfavorable to winning people's hearts.

However, compared with Tian Yan and Zhu Yanshou, Yang Wu felt that removing An Renyi's position as the assassin was a feasible way.

Tian Yan and Zhu Yanshou are both old men in Huainan, Tian Yan used to be second only to Yang Xingmi in the "Thirty-six Heroes", and Zhu Yanshou is Yang Xingmi's brother-in-law, these two have deep prestige in Huainan, and they can't be touched easily.

But An Renyi is very different, this person is from the Shatuo clan, and he is a general. When Qin Zongheng led the Caizhou army south to Jianghuai, An Renyi was Qin Zongheng's confidant, and later after Sun Ru killed Qin Zongheng and seized military power, An Renyi was worried that he would also be killed by Sun Ru, so he took refuge in Yang Xingmi.

In terms of qualifications and prestige, An Renyi is far inferior to Tian Yan and Zhu Yanshou, and his contribution to the establishment is not as good as Tian Yan, and he is not very popular among many officials in Huainan. Perhaps dealing with Tian Yan and the three of them at the same time will make the officials in Huainan unconvinced, but only dealing with An Renyi alone will not arouse their disgust.

This is just like when Yang Wu attacked Zhang Hao at the beginning, at first everyone was suspicious of Zhou Yin's proposal to severely punish the pro-army commander, but when they heard that it was Zhang Hao who was going to deal with it, everyone agreed. The same is true today.

In later history, when Emperor Jianwen cut the domain, because Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was the strongest, he chose to deal with the weaker King of Zhou and King Qi first, and as a result, Zhu Di had enough time to prepare for the rebellion.

But today's situation is different from the period of Emperor Jianwen, the historical kings of Zhou and Qi actually had no intention of rebelling, and Emperor Jianwen did not play a big role in dealing with them; But An Renyi is Tian Yan's ally, if An Renyi can be made to rebel, then Tian Yan's rebellion will not be far away.

"The prince's strategy is feasible, An Renyi has been assassinating Shi in Runzhou for many years, and there are not a few illegal things he has done, as long as the king secretly finds witnesses, let them come to complain, and make the matter bigger, the king will try the case publicly, and then take the opportunity to remove An Renyi from the position of assassin and transfer him to the border." Yan Keqiu added with a smile.

When the general Tai Meng served as the assassin in Haizhou, he was denounced by the people for corruption, and it happened that Tian Yan and Tai Meng were at odds, and took the opportunity to demand that Tai Meng be removed from his post, and Yang Xingmi had no choice but to demote him to the Lianshui Envoy.

Tai Meng's qualifications and prestige are far above An Renyi, since even he was removed from office for corruption, then now there are people suing An Renyi, so that no one can object to removing An Renyi from the position of assassin.

Next, An Renyi either chose to rebel, or he could only obediently accept his fate. Once he chooses to accept his fate, then after he loses Runzhou, he will be subject to Huainan in terms of money and grain, even if he still has an army in his hands, what can he do?

Moreover, judging from the historical situation, it was not Tian Yan who first rebelled, but An Renyi; Yang Wu felt that if An Renyi's assassination position was removed, this person would definitely not obediently accept his fate, but would choose to rebel. What's more, even if he doesn't rebel, Huainan can take further measures to force him, and he must be the first to rebel.

Once An Renyi has raised troops, will Tian Yan continue to sit idly by?

In this way, An Renyi, Tian Yan and others took the initiative to rebel, not that Yang Xingmi was unkind to them, and Huainan would naturally support Yang Xingmi.

Gao Mian also said on the side: "Yes, and now the assassins in various places are military generals, although there are people like Shezhou Tao Envoy Jun who treat the people generously for the government, but there are also many cruel and unkind people; The public trial of An Renyi's atrocities can also serve as a warning to other assassins. ”

Yang Xingmi nodded, as long as Tian Yan and them could be allowed to rebel during the time that Wang Shifan dragged Zhu Quanzhong, what were the means? What's more, An Renyi has already done a lot of illegal things, and it is easy to find a reason to deal with him now.

"In that case, then Mr. Yan will handle the matter of finding the bitter master. Remember that this matter must be carried out in secret, and it is best to put aside the relationship between the Jiedu envoy and the bitter master, so as not to make people think that he is deliberately trying to deal with him! ”

"My subordinates understand!"