Chapter 41: The Beginning of the Storm
The impermanence of the world is often caught off guard. For example, the matter of Wu King Zhou Ning raising troops.
After knowing that the rebels were coming straight to Zhongzhou, the imperial court immediately issued an order to King Qin, ordering the soldiers from all over the world to enter Beijing to defend the Son of Heaven, because the forbidden army in the capital was really useless.
To the surprise of the world, after receiving the order, except for a few loyal soldiers who rushed to the capital under the stars, most of the local generals with heavy troops did not move, not wanting to get involved in the internal strife of the royal family.
Most of these people watching the fire from across the strait have some unclear relationship with Zhou Ning. Out of self-interest, everyone wants to wait for the rebels and the court to come to a conclusion before deciding who to help.
It turned out that unconsciously, the prestige of the imperial court was already so weak. Maybe it's not just the royal family like Zhou Xuan and Zhou Ning who have bad intentions, but the feudal officials in other states may not have no dissent, but because the time is not ripe, everyone doesn't dare to be the first to eat crabs.
On the side of Chuzhou, Bai Junwu originally planned to lead his soldiers and horses back to Beijing to report on his work, but after hearing about King Wu's rebellion, he immediately stopped his trip and stayed in the state city for several days.
The reason why Bai Junwu was reluctant to leave was actually because of a letter from his father Bai Jingwen not long ago. Bai Jingwen asked him not to be busy returning to Beijing, and first led the soldiers and horses to stay in Chuzhou to observe the situation.
Bai Jingwen actually had a secret connection with Zhou Ning, so to speak, many big families like Bai Jingwen in the capital actually had dealings with Zhou Ning in private, and Zhou Ning had the idea of rebelling, and they had already noticed it.
Over the years, there have been military disasters almost every year on the border of Great Xia, either the people here have rebelled, or there have been military rebellions.
I don't know how many people secretly guess in their hearts: I am afraid that the qi of this Great Xia Kingdom will be exhausted.
After hearing that Zhou Ning had rebelled, Han Yuan immediately wrote a letter to Sima Zhen, the marshal of the Northern Army of the Imperial Court stationed in Yuezhou, hoping that he would immediately attack Wuzhou, King Wu's old nest, so that King Wu's logistics would be interrupted and he would not be able to attack Zhongzhou with peace of mind.
In addition, Han Yuan wrote to Bai Junwu, hoping that he could lead all the soldiers and horses in Chuzhou to enter the king of Qin and save the Son of Heaven who was in danger.
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Nanping Mansion, a secret room in the backyard of the Han family.
More than a dozen men in civilian clothes sat quietly around a large round table, as if discussing something important. The leader is the general of Nanpyeong Mansion, the first-class earl of the imperial court - Han won.
In fact, today's won has formed its own small circle, which includes Li Kui, Ma Erhan, Ermao, two brothers, Dahu and Erhu, and several other officers with unknown names.
"Brothers, everyone knows about the rebellion of King Wu Zhou Ning, right?" Han Won was the first to speak.
Today's Han Won is no longer the ignorant teenager who didn't know the world back then, and the various sinister experiences in the past two years have polished him into a sleek and sophisticated and resolute superior.
"Uncle, we've all heard about it." Li Kui replied respectfully.
Li Kui's status among the crowd is very high, no less than Ermao and Ma Erhan. Although he is a full round older than the others, there is no age gap between the crowd and him. Except for Han won, everyone else usually respectfully calls Brother Kui when they see him. At the beginning of Linwu City, Han Yuan was in a coma after being shot by an arrow, if it wasn't for Li Kui to take over him to defend the city, I was afraid that everyone would be buried there.
"Uncle, I heard that you not only wrote a letter to Marshal Sima, asking him to lead the army to attack Wuzhou, but also wrote a letter to Bai Junwu, asking him to lead everyone into King Qin, Beijing? This is stupid, and I really don't understand what you have in mind. ”
Seeing that everyone was silent, Ma Erhan suddenly asked Han Yuan his questions.
"Good, good. It seems that you Ma Erhan is not the stupid thief you were at the beginning. Han Won half-jokingly quipped.
Ermao, the big tiger and the second tiger couldn't help laughing loudly when they heard this, laughing and laughing, but the hearts of the three of them were faintly sad.
The more than 20 teenagers who came out of Rotten Peach Village together are still alive now, but I'm afraid that even half of them are gone.
Han Won continued: "Think about it, do you think the two letters I wrote will have the desired effect? ”
Li Kui thought for a while and said, "Uncle, I don't think so." Yuezhou is so close to Wuzhou, King Wu rebelled, and Marshal Yuezhou must have been the first to know. He didn't move for so long, and he was afraid that a letter from his uncle wouldn't change anything. ”
"Brother Kui has a point." Ma Erhan continued: "And that Bai Junwu, the last time he was in the state city, didn't he still want to harm the uncle, how could he listen to the uncle's words and take us to the capital to fight the rebels." ”
Han Won nodded, satisfied with the words of the two. However, he always felt that the atmosphere of the whole discussion was too dull, except for Li Kui and Ma Erhan, everyone else almost didn't say a word.
"Ermao, get up and tell me what you think." The won directly called names.
Ermao stood up with a blank face, didn't know what to say for a long time, and finally said: "Actually, what I want to say, Brother Kui and Ma Erhan have already said it." ”
"Big Tiger and Two Tigers, what about the two of you?" Han Won asked again.
The big tiger and the second tiger stood up hard, and they didn't know what to say. The brothers belong to the kind of people who like to play smart, but their knowledge and abilities are very limited. No, the two of them had to be like Ermao, and said that what they thought had been said by Li Kui and Ma Erhan.
Han Yuan straightened up and said solemnly: "This is not good, everyone gathers together to discuss affairs, in order to brainstorm and express their opinions." Each of you has to talk about your thoughts, otherwise it won't be a matter for me, Brigade General Li and Ma Erhan. ”
Erhu couldn't help but said: "It's not strange, you are all smart people who have studied, and my brothers don't know a single big word, so they can't say those ways." ”
Ma Erhan smiled and said: "Erhu, you are calves again, do you think I look like a person who has studied?" ”
Dahu said for his younger brother: "Erhan, I heard that you have secretly worshipped a gentleman and asked someone to teach you to read, right?" ”
Ma Erhan nodded, and said, "Don't be envious, you two have the ambition to find a gentleman yourself." No matter what you say, our brothers are now not big or small, they are also dignified lords, they don't know a single big word, and they are not afraid of other people's jokes? ”
Several people already have the title of viscount given by the imperial court, and they are considered the lowest-ranking nobles in the Great Xia Kingdom.
Hearing this, Han Yuan interjected: "Ma Erhan said this well, from today on, these illiterate people must invite a gentleman." If you don't even know how to write your own name, don't you laugh and be generous, and let the world laugh at me for leading a group of mud-legged people to fight in all directions? ”
Han Won's words were full of confidence and an indescribable domineering. When everyone heard this, they were all shocked, and their eyes looked at him with a little more reverence.
Li Kui also secretly admired in his heart, Han Yuan is really a dragon and phoenix among people. If you follow the Korean won, you may really be able to leave a strong mark in history in the future.