Chapter 122: Zheng Han Shines the Sword
"Father said that the emperor laughed, but the son is not so small-bellied." Zheng Han laughed embarrassedly, this kind of thing was exposed in person, and he really couldn't hang it on his face.
"What do you think about this Northern Expedition of Cangguo?" Emperor Zheng asked.
"Erchen thinks that the three major battalions should be mobilized to annihilate the main forces of Cangguo, and when they are defeated, I, Da Zheng, can move south and annex Cangguo in one fell swoop, and the great cause of reunification is just around the corner!" Unofficial blowers on
"Unified ......"
Emperor Zheng muttered, and his eyes also burst out with a hot light, he had such a pride and ambition when he was young, but he was trapped in this small palace by illness, and he often regretted it.
And the current Zheng State has the ability to unify the three countries, making the Zheng State a real vassal state that is recognized by the world.
"Alas, I am old, you can toss between your brothers as you want, but you must remember that no matter what, you must not sacrifice the interests of the nobles, otherwise you will definitely shake the foundation of the country." Emperor Zheng admonished.
Hearing Emperor Zheng say this, Zheng Han was ecstatic in his heart, the purpose of his coming this time was to step on Zheng Kang on the one hand, and more importantly, to test his father's attitude!
As we all know, Emperor Zheng has become very poor since this year, often coughing and vomiting, and fainting a few times during the period, the heir to the throne is already ready to be sent, at this time to hand over the three battalions of military power, it means that that person is the most desirable candidate in Emperor Zheng's heart!
As for why, let's talk about the status of the three battalions.
As the main army of Zheng Guo, the three major battalions are the West Battalion, the Middle Battalion, and the East Battalion, with a total of more than 30,000 people, and all of them are regular troops, and they have always only obeyed the emperor's orders.
The main responsibility of the three battalions is to guard the northern frontier and resist the Dasheng Kingdom in the north.
It can be said that if it were not for the miscalculation of Zheng Kang and Zheng Han's armies that were enough to destroy the two countries, resulting in not sending three battalions to assist, then Zheng Guo would have unified the remaining two countries as early as a month ago.
It is precisely because of this that the second prince Zheng Han is very sorry.
However, it is not too late.
30,000 regular troops, and 50,000 peasant soldiers, is enough to encircle and annihilate the Cang army!
Thinking of this, Zheng Han clenched his fists, immediately asked for three holy decrees, and then sent someone to the border.
On September 28, the entire Zheng Guo court already knew about the three major battalions.
The second prince, Zheng Han, took over the military power!
This news, for the eldest prince Zheng Xiong and the third prince Zheng Kang, is like a bolt from the blue!
Soldiers!
This is the military power of the three battalions!
As the main military force of Zheng State, the three battalions have always been only in the hands of the emperor, and now they are taken over by the second prince, what does this mean?
Prince!
It can be said that although Zheng Han does not have the name of the prince, he has already obtained the fact of the prince, as long as he works hard in the three camps and completely controls the military power, even Emperor Zheng cannot interfere, and there is basically no suspense about the ownership of the throne.
All of a sudden, Zheng Han's mansion can be said to be full of traffic, and as long as there are families in the country that can be ranked up, they have come to the door to cling, because if there is no big accident, this throne is none other than the second prince.
It's not too late to climb!
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Zheng Cheng, the residence of the Great Prince.
"Father, is it really not good?" After hearing the news, the eldest prince Zheng Xiong sat on the threshold with his butt and was disgraced.
Originally, the domestic nobles were attached one after another, and the position of the crown prince was already within reach, and he only needed to slowly plot some military power, and he could become the heir to the throne logically.
But he didn't expect that the Northern Expedition of Cangguo at this time gave Zheng Han an excellent opportunity, as the only one among the three princes who had the ability to command the army, he was ordered to be in danger.
It can be said that everything is seamless, and the hope that the eldest prince has finally ignited is like a flash in the pan and quickly withered.
Even, due to his public participation in the struggle for the throne, he has become a political enemy with Zheng Han, which is worse than before.
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At the same time, Zheng Kang was also jumping up and down in the mansion, but he never thought that he had worked hard to plan, but in the end he succeeded Zheng Han!
To be precise, it was Zheng Han who dominated everything behind this, and he was going for military power from the beginning.
"Damn! Scammed! Scammed! Zheng Kang jumped in a hurry, and after dropping a few vases in a row, he scolded angrily.
"How was Your Highness deceived?" At this time, a white-robed scholar walked in.
"Mr. Kong?" Zheng Kang was stunned, and quickly put away his anger, and said: "Mr. heard wrong, in fact, I conspired with the second emperor brother in an attempt to bring down Zheng Xiong's house, but I didn't expect the second emperor brother to steal the military power behind his back and ignore me, which is really a villain's move." ”
"It's really a villain's move." Kong Shangxian nodded, and did not expose Zheng Kang's lies, and then said: "This time I came here, I was entrusted by my emperor to contact His Royal Highness, how will the confrontation between the two armies be carried out?" ”
"This ......" Zheng Kang was speechless, all of a sudden it was difficult, the original plan was to lure the Cang army to go deeper, but now he was pitted by the second prince Zheng Han, even if he lured the enemy deeper, he would not get any benefits.
Kong Shangxian smiled slightly, saw through Zheng Kang's thoughts, and said: "If the Third Highness is worried about Zheng Han's affairs, he may be able to help a little." ”
"Oh?"
"Since His Royal Highness the Second Prince is in charge of the military power, why not dissolve his troops, and your Royal Highness the Second Prince will seize the throne again?"
"Take the throne!" Zheng Kang was shocked and quickly shook his head: "No, no!" I don't have military power, I can't take the throne, and those nobles won't admit it, if I fail, I will lose my life! ”
Kong Shangxian stroked his beard: "Your Highness, don't worry, the Second Highness can obtain military power because of the threat of the Cangguo army, the same reason, can't the Third Highness not?" Moreover, Your Highness, you can only give it a go, otherwise when the external trouble is solved, Your Royal Highness will have to attack you sooner or later. ”
Sell......
Zheng Kang was frightened into a cold sweat, opened his mouth to agree, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said: "Cangguo helped me like this, what is the plan?" ”
"Your Highness is worried. Why did my Cangguo go on a northern expedition, doesn't His Highness have a little in his heart? My Cangguo helped His Royal Highness to seize the throne, and when the time came, you issued a decree with the respect of the emperor to cede Kangcheng to give me Cangguo, and then the two countries sent troops to attack Shen and divide the land of Shen equally! ”
Cannes, Shenguo......
Zheng Kang understood in his heart, especially the last sentence, which made him feel comfortable.
Immediately, he didn't have much doubt about Kong Shangxian's words, after all, Cangguo only had a total of 20,000 troops, plus 15,000 volunteer troops, what could it do?
Such a little power, on Zheng Guo's homeland, can only make a little splash at most.