For Zhong Kuangshi, he worked hard for more than ten years, and finally defeated his younger brother and sat in the position left behind in Jiangxi, how could he hand over his rights and surrender to Huainan before he had time to enjoy it?

Although Huainan is now strong, far above Jiangxi, in Zhong Kuangshi's view, Jiangxi also has eight states, with more than 100,000 troops, even if it is much worse than Huainan, but it is not without the strength of a war. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In that year, the Sun-Liu coalition army defeated the Cao army in Chibi, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty Beifu soldiers defeated the former Qin Fujian in the Battle of Weishui.

If Jiangxi fights hard, maybe it will have a chance to achieve the same result?

So when Xu Yanxiu persuaded him not to confront Huainan in vain, so as not to bring disaster, Zhong Kuangshi refused without hesitation.

As for Diao Yanneng, who commanded 500 soldiers and was responsible for escorting Zhong Xiuning back to Hongzhou to visit the sick, he was put under house arrest by the army sent by Zhong Kuangshi the day after entering Hongzhou.

These 500 Huainan soldiers were confined to a small military camp in the east of the city, and more than 5,000 Jiangxi soldiers were outside, monitoring them in full armor and not allowing them to make any changes.

Although Diao Yanneng argued with Zhong Kuangshi on the grounds that he was the general appointed by Yang Wu to protect Zhong Xiuning, hoping to be treated fairly, and Zhong Xiuning and some Jiangxi officials also stood up to help them speak, hoping to lift the restrictions on Diao Yanneng and others, but unfortunately Zhong Kuangshi did not back down.

Fortunately, although Zhong Kuangshi put them under house arrest, there was never a shortage of food and drinking water for them, and there was no restriction on their activities in the barracks, but only forbade them to go out.

It's just that in this way, Diao Yanneng wants to take the initiative to contact other Jiangxi officials, but it is impossible to persuade them to surrender.

However, what Zhong Kuangshi didn't expect was that although Diao Yanneng couldn't take the initiative to find other Jiangxi officials, many Jiangxi officials took the initiative to look for them, and these people conveyed goodwill to them, or to Huainan, either explicitly or secretly.

There were even a few officials who took the initiative to express their dedication to them, providing Diao Yanneng with a lot of useful information; According to the positions and abilities of these officials, Diao Yanneng decided to promise them official positions at the right time, so as to win the hearts of the people.

"The hearts of the people in Jiangxi are completely scattered! It's ridiculous that Zhong Kuangshi didn't even know at all, and he was still dreaming of his lord of Jiangxi! ”

On this day, after seeing off a Jiangxi official who came to befriend them again, Diao Yanneng sighed to his lieutenant with a smile.

During this time, the gifts given to him by those Jiangxi officials alone had filled his tent.

Most of these officials come here for the purpose of making friends, and when they come, they will naturally bring some heavy gifts. And every time someone comes to give a gift, Diao Yanneng does not refuse to come.

"What the general said is very true, but although the general is now deeply trusted by the king, but after receiving so many gifts, if he is impeached one day, he is afraid that he will ......" Unlike Diao Yanneng's ease, the deputy general looked very worried.

Now Yang Wu trusts Diao Yanneng, so it's not a big deal for him to receive some gifts, but who knows what will happen in the future?

Diao Yanneng said with a smile: "You can rest assured that these gift-givers are nothing more than trying to convey the meaning of friendship through Benjiang, so that they will not be liquidated in the future; If the generals didn't accept their gifts, they would be worried that if the Huainan army came in the future, they would purge them. So Ben will accept all their gifts, which is also done to calm people's hearts! ”

"Besides, these gifts were not intended to be swallowed by the general, in fact, before coming to Hongzhou, the general had already asked the king for instructions, and he also got the king's consent. Except for some of these gifts, which will be used to reward the soldiers who will come with them, the rest will be handed over to the book! ”

After listening to Diao Yanneng's handling method, the deputy general breathed a sigh of relief, since even Yang Wu didn't have any opinions, there must be no problem.

At this moment, a general of the Jiangxi Army who was in charge of supervising them hurriedly ran in, and as soon as they saw Diao Yanneng, they hurriedly said: "General Diao, generals, I just got the news that my family is the king!" ”

This officer is also a person who secretly surrendered to Huainan, although he couldn't let Diao Yanneng and them out due to the military order, but he took great care of Diao Yanneng and others in other aspects.

Therefore, Diao Yanneng not only had a lot of freedom in the camp, but even the connection with Huainan was not severed, but all this was done in secret, so as not to be known by Zhong Kuangshi.

"Zhong Chuan is finally dead?" Diao Yanneng was slightly happy in his heart, and glanced at each other with his subordinates, knowing that the opportunity that Huainan was waiting for had finally come.

The reason why the current situation in Jiangxi has remained balanced and not collapsed before is because Zhong Chuan has not died; Now that the last link connecting Jiangxi's many forces has also been broken, the collapse of Jiangxi's situation is inevitable.

"So Zhong Kuangshi has officially taken over as the envoy of Zhennan Jiedu? What is the situation in Fuchu now? Diao Yanneng hurriedly asked.

"The eldest prince has not yet officially taken over the throne, but I heard that the Jiedu envoy is now arguing in the palace, and the main question is how to deal with the generals. Many generals believed that the house arrest of the generals should be stopped, and that you should attend the funeral of the king of Nanping as representatives of the king of Wu; It's a pity that the eldest son and another part of those who support him are firmly opposed. The officer said.

Their attitude towards Diao Yanneng is actually equivalent to their attitude towards Huainan.

Zhong Kuangshi insisted on not allowing Diao Yanneng to attend Zhong Chuan's funeral as Huainan envoys, which faintly revealed hostility towards Huainan; And many Jiangxi officials supported Diao Yanneng as the envoy of King Wu, which was actually a gesture of goodwill to Huainan, and at the same time an indirect opposition to Zhong Kuang.

So what's the situation today? Which side has the upper hand? ”

"It's just a small general in Xia, where do you know the specific news, but according to the news found in Xia, it seems that the eldest prince's side has the upper hand now." The officer said.

Diao Yanneng nodded, Zhong Kuangshi's side had the upper hand, this was not good news, if Zhong Kuangshi's supporters overwhelmed his opponents in the end, then Huainan might still encounter some trouble when he entered Jiangxi in the future.

Of course, even if there is some trouble, Diao Yanneng is not worried at all, after all, the absolute strength of the Huainan army is there, no matter how Zhong Kuangshi tosses, it is impossible for him to prevent Huainan from occupying Jiangxi, the only difference is whether Zhong Kuangshi surrendered voluntarily or was forced to surrender after a battle.

In the evening, further news came that Zhong Kuangshi's supporters had completely overwhelmed his opponents and completely controlled the power of Hongzhou!

The key figure who led to this result was Liu Chu, the general of the Jiangxi Army who went to Shezhou with Zhong Kuangshi.

After the defeat of the Huainan army in the first battle of Shezhou, Zhong Chuan did not deal with the generals Peng Yanzhang and Liu Chu who went out with his two sons, after all, he also knew that the responsibility for the defeat was not on the two, but on his own two sons.

Therefore, after Peng Yanzhang returned to Jiangxi, not only was he not demoted, but he was promoted because of his brother Peng Xuan, the assassin of Jizhou, and became the new assassin of Yuanzhou; And Liu Chu was also appointed as Zhong Chuan's pro-army commander because of the strong recommendation of Zhong Kuangshi, who had already been established as the queen of Jiangxi at that time.

In this way, Zhong Kuangshi indirectly controlled the army in Hongzhou through Liu Chu, and with the support of the army, the voice in the Jiedu envoy was naturally much heavier than those who opposed him.

In addition to Liu Chu's support, there was another important figure in Hongzhou who also supported being tough on Huainan, and that was the marching Sima Chen Xiang.

Chen Xiang was deeply trusted by Zhong Chuan, and when Zhong Chuan was seriously ill, the government affairs in Jiangxi were handled by him and Zhong Kuangshi.

However, although this person has some talents, he is very greedy, and after promising heavy profits in Zhong Kuangshi, he completely took refuge in him.

With the strong support of these two people, even if there are still many people in the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion who oppose him, it will be of no avail.

Zhennan Jiedu envoy Fuzhong.

With Zhong Kuangshi successfully overpowering the opposition and taking power, Zhong Chuan's funeral handling was finally on the right track and began to proceed according to the due etiquette.

And Zhong Kuangshi also began to be complacent about his success in ascending to the position of the lord of Jiangxi.

However, just when he was most proud, a sudden news seemed to hit him with a dull stick, making him feel that it was not as easy as he thought to sit in the position of the lord of Jiangxi: Jizhou Thorn Shi Peng Xuan and his younger brother Yuanzhou Thorn Shi Peng Yanzhang publicly announced that they had taken refuge in Ma Yin, the envoy of Wuning Jiedu in Hunan!

Jizhou and Yuanzhou can be different from Qianzhou, Fuzhou and other places, these two states were able to effectively control the territory in the Zhongchuan era; Now that he has lost these two states, plus the three states of Fuzhou, Xinzhou, and Qianzhou, which even Zhong Chuan couldn't control at the beginning, as well as Jiangzhou, which was controlled by his younger brother Zhong Yangui, now Zhong Kuangshi can only control Hongzhou and Raozhou!

As for the army, it seemed that there were more than 100,000 Jiangxi troops before, but after this great change, only 40,000 people stationed in Hongzhou could still be guaranteed to be under his control, which was completely different from what he originally imagined!

"Send troops against them! I'm going to send troops against them! Who gave them the audacity to betray me openly? I am the lord of Jiangxi, and I am the master of Jiangxi Bazhou! Zhong Kuangshi was furious and roared loudly.

When Zhong Kuangshi was furious, his father-in-law, Fuzhou Assassin Shi Wei Quan, after learning the news that Zhong Chuan died of illness and Zhong Kuangshi took over, the old man who had been in Fuzhou for twenty-five years just smiled, and then said to his subordinates: "Zhong Kuangshi is my son-in-law after all, let him be the lord of Jiangxi for three years, and then the old man should take it with an army!" ”