"Miss, you're missing your lord again!"

Zhang Ning was immersed in sadness, and he didn't notice that someone had walked into the house, but after Zhang Ning came back to his senses, he was not surprised, but looked at the two young men who came in, one black and one white, and smiled: "Brother Zhou, Brother Liao, when did you come in?" ”

The black-faced youth is Zhou Cang, and like the white-faced young man Liao Hua, he is the commander of the Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Ning. Zhou Cang and Liao Hua were the generals who Zhang Jiao left behind to protect Zhang Ning's safety. Among the two, Zhou Cang has great strength and is a fierce general, and Liao Hua is resourceful and a Confucian general, both of whom are deeply trusted by Zhang Jiao.

Liao Hua looked at the sad Zhang Ning and said in a deep voice: "Miss, you must pay attention to your body, the lord has returned to the ancients, and you can only take care of your body to take us to avenge the lord." ”

Zhang Ning looked at Liao Hua and smiled slightly: "I'm sorry, I made the two eldest brothers worried." Before, I went to see my father-in-law, and my father-in-law said that he would raise an army against Han at the end of this month, so I was sentimental, but now it is much better. ”

Liao Hua nodded and looked at Zhang Ning and said, "Miss, what do you want me to say?" You know I'm not optimistic about this Zhang Chun, although Zhang Chun is a county guard, but he is narrow-minded, not a person who can achieve great things, he is now using your identity. ”

Zhang Ning looked at Liao Hua and smiled miserably: "Why don't I know what Brother Liao said?" But in the past two years, how many families have we seen? Who dares to be truly anti-Han, only the righteous father dares to do that! I'm looking for someone like my father. ”

Liao Hua looked at the stubborn Zhang Ning and frowned: "Actually, the lord has already pointed out the direction for you before he died, why don't you want to meet Chen Qun?" You also know very well about Chen Qun's development in the past two years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is now the strongest family head in the world, so I don't understand why you don't act according to the lord's wishes? ”

Zhang Ning shook his head with clear eyes: "My father didn't know much about Chen Qun before he died, so he persuaded me to do that, but what Chen Qun has done for you in the past two years also knows that he is completely protecting Han!" He wants to protect the Han, but I want to destroy the Han! We are not all the way, and he and I will only become enemies. ”

Liao Hua looked at Zhang Ning and smiled slightly: "Miss, you are so stupid, with Chen Qun's current power, even if he wants to protect the Han, will Emperor Ling dare to use him?" How difficult the first emperor was to eradicate his relatives back then, Emperor Ling was very clear, and it was impossible for him to support a powerful family. Don't you see that the Spirit Emperor doesn't need Chen Qun at all? ”

Zhang Ning nodded: "Brother Liao, maybe you're right, but now we can't see Chen Qun's true purpose clearly, I want to see him later." Although Zhang Chun is narrow, he just wants to use our strength, but at least he dares to stand up and muddy the waters, which is the main reason why I support him.

Now that the Han Dynasty is almost the last straw that overwhelms it, no one wants to stand up and break this pool of stagnant water, so let's do it. When we muddy the waters, whether they are gods or ghosts, their true colors will be revealed, and we will make the final decision at that time. ”

Liao Hua nodded and said: "It's okay, it's just a pity that the brothers in northern Hebei and Youzhou, they are all precious treasures left to us by the lord, use a little less." ”

"I can't bear the child's trap on the wolf! The necessary sacrifice does not require heartache! Zhang Ning gritted her teeth and said, two years of running around life have tempered her still young heart very hard.

Liao Hua nodded when he heard this, and then hugged his fist at Zhang Ning and said, "Miss, if there is nothing else, the two of us will go out first, and you will send someone to summon us if you have something." ”

"Okay, the two eldest brothers should also pay more attention to rest, don't get tired." Zhang Ning said softly.

Liao Hua and Zhou Cang bowed to Zhang Ning in unison and turned to leave.

Time passed slowly, Chen Qun on the side of Shaomu Mountain was speeding up the training of soldiers and horses, and Zhang Ning on the side of northern Hebei was sending people to speed up the contact with believers on Taiping Island in various places.

At the end of March, Zhang Ju, who was sent by Zhang Chun to contact the leaders of the Nanqiang Hu tribe, returned to Zhongshan County.

After Zhang Chun saw Zhang Ju, he hurriedly said, "Big brother, how is it?" What does the king of the Southern Huns mean? ”

Zhang Ju looked at Zhang Chun and smiled slightly: "The king of the Southern Xiongnu said that he would support me against the Han, if the Han sent an army to encircle and suppress us, the Southern Xiongnu would send an army to support." ”

Zhang Chun frowned at Zhang Ju when he heard this: "Big brother, what do you mean?" ”

Zhang Ju looked at Zhang Chun and smiled: "Brother, I have made it very clear that the king of the Southern Xiongnu will support us against the Han, but the king of the Southern Xiongnu also made it clear that he only supports me against the Han."

The king of the Southern Huns said, he has never seen you, so he doesn't know you Zhang Chun, but the king of the Southern Xiongnu recognizes me Zhang Ju very much, and supports me as the leader of the anti-Han, brother, what do you mean? ”

Zhang Chun blinked when he heard this, and looked at Zhang Ju: "Big brother, the little brother is willing to assist the big brother in success!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Ju looked at Zhang Chunxi and said, "Okay! As long as you and my brothers work together, we will definitely overthrow the rule of the Han Dynasty and rebuild the dynasty that belongs to our Zhang family. ”

"What the eldest brother said is extremely true!" Zhang Chun hugged Zhang Ju with his fist.

Zhang Ju nodded: "Okay, since that's the case, then we will start our troops on time in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, that is, on April 1, and go down to the counties of Jizhou first, and then enter Qingzhou." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chun hugged Zhang Ju and said, then turned to leave.

After Zhang Chun returned to his room, his expression instantly became gloomy, and he sneered: "Hmph! My good big brother! I sent you to contact the king of the Southern Huns, and you actually went to find a helper for yourself, and the little brother will help you to take the throne first, and after you conquer the world, the little brother will abolish you again! ”

Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju didn't know what to think, before their brothers started their army, cracks appeared between the brothers, and they were fighting for dominance, which was really undefeatable.

On April 1 of the fourth year of Zhonghe, Zhang Chun, the Taishou of Zhongshan County in Jizhou, and his brother Zhang Ju openly raised troops against the Han, and the two raised a total of 50,000 troops.

After Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's army came, Changshan County fell in only one month, and Zhang Chun's and Zhang Ju's army also grew to 70,000 people.

Then, Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju raised a large army to attack Hejian County again, and for a time, the situation in Jizhou was critical.

After the news of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion against the Han Dynasty reached Luoyang, Emperor Ling originally intended to directly let Huangfu Song of Wei County lead the army to suppress the enemy, but Zhang Rang said to Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty, Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju have rebelled and have occupied the two counties of Zhongshan and Changshan. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Ling nodded and said, "Well, Aiqing's proposal is very good!" No matter who wins or loses between the Southern Xiongnu King and Zhang Chun, it will only be good for our Han, so let's do it according to Aiqing's wishes, and go to the draft as soon as possible. ”

"Slaves obey!" Zhang Rang clasped his fists to the Spirit Emperor and turned to leave.

As the saying goes, eunuchs mislead the country, this is really not false at all, if Emperor Ling directly sent Huangfu Song to exterminate Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebels according to his previous ideas, then he could completely eliminate Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju before they became successful.

However, Emperor Ling listened to Zhang Rang's proposal and issued an edict to the Southern Xiongnu King, asking the Southern Xiongnu King to crusade against the rebels. Don't you know that Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju have already reached a consensus with the Southern Xiongnu King.

After receiving the edict from Emperor Ling in late May, the king of the Southern Xiongnu threw it into the fire and burned it directly after reading it, and laughed and said to his subordinates: "The king of Han is really ridiculous!" If there is something wrong with his own country, he even wants us to exterminate him for him, and he really treats us Huns as fools. ”

"King, what should we do now? The Han Dynasty is now in jeopardy, should we take advantage of the fire to rob? ”

After listening to the advice of his subordinates, the king of the Southern Xiongnu squinted his eyes and said, "Don't worry, don't worry!" The Han Dynasty is still early in chaos! Besides, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, let's wait and see, there is the autumn wind that hit last winter, and there is enough rain this year, we can survive this winter, and after the Great Han Dynasty is lit everywhere, we will start to act. ”

"What the king said makes sense, and his subordinates obey the king's decision!"

The King of the Southern Xiongnu nodded: "Although we do not carry out the orders of the King of Han, we also have to buy some time for that kid Zhang Ju, so that he can develop and grow well, and send someone to report to the King of Han, saying that we will go to collect Zhang Ju's rebellion after we have prepared our troops and horses." ”

"The king is wise!"

Emperor Ling was overjoyed for a while after receiving the reply of the Southern Xiongnu King in early June. But it wasn't until the low of July that he received Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's rebels constantly attacking the city and capturing the land, but he didn't receive any battle reports about the Southern Xiongnu King, and Emperor Ling knew that he had been brushed by the Southern Xiongnu King.

After Emperor Ling knew that he had been tricked, he angrily ordered Huangfu Song to lead an army to requisition Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion. After Huangfu Song received the holy decree, it was already the beginning of August.

After receiving the holy decree, Huangfu Song contacted Chen Qun as soon as possible: "Changwen, Your Majesty ordered me to lead the army to Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Chen Qun smiled when he heard this: "I have no opinion, but I think it is a bit inexplicable for these two people to raise an army against the Han, since they are not afraid of death, let my uncle let them see the power of my uncle and my four brothers, and directly eliminate them." ”

Huangfu Song heard this but said with a wry smile: "Changwen, I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as you think, in order to resist the attack of the Qianghu tribe in the latter winter of last year, my side lost more than 10,000 elites, and I only have 20,000 soldiers and horses in my hands now, and the number of rebels has reached 130,000, I am a strong defense and unable to attack." ”

Chen Qun frowned when he heard this: "Uncle, do you want me to support you with 20,000 Danyang Wei?" ”

Huangfu Song waved his hand: "This can't be done!" Now the situation in the world does not allow you to consume your manpower casually, if your manpower is gone, even if your uncle dies, he can't explain to you, my uncle told you this, one is to let you know what your uncle is doing, and the other is to make you also ready to deal with the troubled times, the Han Dynasty is really hopeless. ”

Chen Qun looked at Huangfu Song and said in a deep voice: "Uncle, I know, you have to take care of yourself, and the same is true for the four eldest brothers, if you are in danger, you must contact me in time, and I will definitely rescue you in person." ”

Huangfu Song smiled slightly: "I will, okay, hang up." ”

After hanging up, Chen Qun thought of the situation of the Han Dynasty at this time, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, people's minds changed, and even the loyal ministers at the end gave up saving the Han Dynasty, is there still salvation in the Han Dynasty?

When Chen Qun lamented that he was unable to save the Han Dynasty, Zhang Ningchang knelt in front of Zhang Jiao's grave in the mass grave of Julu City, Julu County, Jizhou: "Dad, my daughter can finally give you a grave openly!" Julu City has been taken by my father-in-law's soldiers and horses, and Julu City is no longer the territory of the Han Dynasty....... ”

After Zhang Ning finished going to Zhang Jiao's grave, he got up and said to Liao Hua, who was standing behind him: "Brother Liao, I want to do my best to help my father-in-law become a great thing. ”

When Liao Hua heard this, he hurriedly hugged his fist to Zhang Ning and said: "No, Miss, I think that the lord got a response from millions of people, but in the end he failed to overthrow the rule of the Han Dynasty, and the lord left a reserve force in that situation."

Now that Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju have only received more than 100,000 responses, we can't take any risks! Now we have mobilized 40,000 brothers to follow Zhang Chun's uprising, and there are quite a few of them! We can't be too aggressive! ”

"Yes, Miss, Brother Liao, he is right! Zhang Chun can't completely rely on our strength in the uprising, and if he can't recruit soldiers and horses himself, even if we assist him, it will be useless. My subordinates also think it's good that we still have a hand. Zhou Cang also hugged his fists.

Hearing this, Zhang Ning resisted his impulse and nodded: "Okay!" I'll listen to the two eldest brothers. ”

Liao Hua saw that Zhang Ning was still not giving up, so he hugged his fists and said: "Miss, you can't just look at Zhang Chun's achievements now, you have to see that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court have not yet arrived." Once the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are against Zhang Chun, whether Zhang Chun can resist is the most important thing! ”

Zhang Ning instantly calmed down when he heard this, didn't he? At that time, my father and uncle each led more than 100,000 troops, but they were defeated by tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the imperial court. I'm really a little impulsive.

Zhang Ning thought clearly and said in a deep voice: "Thank you two big brothers for persuading, I am indeed a little anxious!" Then we'll take a look at it. ”

After Zhang Ning finished speaking, under the escort of Zhou Cang and Liao Hua, he left Zhang Jiao's tomb with the Yellow Turban Lux.

After Zhang Ning returned to Julu City to see Zhang Chun, Zhang Chun smiled and said to Zhang Ning: "Ning'er, my father and your uncle have discussed and planned to build a country in Wangdu City, so that we can gather people of insight from all over the world to jointly overthrow the corrupt regime of the Han Dynasty." ”

"Nationhood?" Zhang Ning looked at Zhang Chun in astonishment when he heard this.

Zhang Chun nodded: "Yes, your uncle Zhang Ju is the emperor, and your father is the general of heaven, and you are the princess of our new court." ”

Zhang Ning waved his hand again and again when he heard this: "No, no, no!" Father-in-law, I don't want to be a princess. Since Uncle Zhang Ju is the emperor, his daughter is the princess, not me. ”

Zhang Chun smiled when he heard this: "You don't have to worry about this!" I have discussed with your Uncle Zhang Ju, and I must make you a princess. ”

Zhang Ning blinked when he heard this: "Okay father-in-law, my daughter knows." My daughter was a little tired from going to my father's grave today, so she went back to rest first. ”

Zhang Chun smiled when he heard this: "Okay, you go back!" To be a father is to greet you first, so that you will not be surprised. ”

Zhang Ning saluted Zhang Chun and turned to leave.

After Zhang Ning returned to his residence, he called Zhou Cang and Liao Hua in and said in a deep voice: "Two big brothers, something is wrong. ”

"What's wrong?" Zhou Cang and Liao Hua looked at Zhang Ning in shock when they heard this.

Zhang Ning frowned and said: "Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun actually thought about founding the country, they are really crazy!" ”

Liao Hua sneered when he heard this: "Miss sees the short-sightedness of these two people now, right?" These eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, and you want to build a country? Is it necessary to get a harem to enjoy happiness after the founding of the People's Republic of China? ”

Zhang Ning said in a deep voice when he heard this: "The key is that they still think that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Ju will be the emperor, Zhang Chun will be the general of heaven, and I will be the princess, and we will not be able to stay here any longer." ”

Hearing this, Liao Hua shook his head and sighed: "It's really hopeless!" Miss, let's hurry up and leave as soon as possible! It's no longer a place for us to stay. ”

Zhang Ning frowned and said, "If we leave like this, what will happen to the 40,000 brothers?" ”

Liao Hua didn't think about it and said, "We just need to tell them Miss's decision, as for whether they choose to stay or leave, it's not up to us to decide." The main thing is that the young lady can't be this princess now. ”

Zhang Ning nodded: "Okay, just do what Brother Liao said, let's leave here tonight." ”