Shi Hu was overjoyed to learn that the rebel leader Liang Qian had been killed, and on his deathbed, he finally put down Liang Li's rebellion, and the country of Zhao could continue.

In the battle of counterinsurgency, Yao Gezhong's soldiers killed Liang Li, for this reason, Shi Hu decided to reward Yao Gezhong, and named Yao Gezhong as the prince of Xiping County, and allowed him to go to the palace with a sword and enter the court.

Due to the large number of henchmen under Liang Li's command, there were still a large number of scattered rebels in a large area from Luoyang to Guanzhong, and after Yao Gezhong, Pu Hong and other generals received the seal, they continued to lead their armies to Luoyang and Xingyang to exterminate the remnants.

Perhaps because he was too excited after the extermination of the Liang Qian rebels, Shi Hu's condition deteriorated again, and he reached the extremely strict Cheng Dù, and he could die at any time.

On the occasion of his death, Shi Hu appointed his son Pengcheng Wang Shi Zun as the general, the town guard Guanyou, Yan Wang Shi Bin as the prime minister, the general of the government, and appointed Zhang Jackal as the general of the town guard to assist the government.

Shi Zun led the order and led an elite army of 30,000 to the direction of Guanzhong, leaving only Shi Bin and Zhang Jackal as auxiliary ministers.

It didn't take long for Shi Hu to fall seriously ill and die, and the young crown prince Shi Shi, surrounded by the ministers of the court, officially ascended the throne in the palace of Yecheng and called the emperor, and respected his mother Liu as the queen mother, and the ministers of the court and the central government each had a reward.

After Shi Shishun ascended the throne, his mother, Empress Dowager Liu, was worried that Shi Bin, who was also Shi Hu's son, would be unfavorable to Shi Shi, so she consulted with another auxiliary minister, Zhang Yun, to prepare to get rid of Shi Bin to ensure the stability of Shi Shi's rule.

In the harem of Yecheng. Empress Dowager Liu urgently summoned the auxiliary minister Zhang Jackal and asked him to pay attention to herself.

Zhang Jackal came to the harem and hugged his fists to greet him: "The Queen Mother is in such a hurry to summon Weichen, what's the hurry?" ”

Empress Dowager Liu looked left and right, and said softly: "There's nothing to do with you here, let's all go down!" ”

Hearing the order, the palace maids bowed and retreated gently.

"Zhang Aiqing, now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, but before the first emperor dies. Appointed King Yan as prime minister. The general leader of the government, this Yan Wang is also the son of the former emperor, and he is much older than the emperor, and the mourning family is worried day and night. I am afraid that King Yan has wolf ambitions. It will be bad for the emperor. Empress Dowager Liu said softly.

Zhang Jackal heard this. replied softly: "The Queen Mother doesn't have to worry too much, Weichen has already sent Longteng Guards to monitor King Yan's every move day and night. At present, King Yan does not have any abnormal actions, perhaps, King Yan really wants to follow the example of Duke Zhou and assist the emperor wholeheartedly. ”

Empress Dowager Liu shook her head again and again, sneered at the corner of her mouth, and said, "The son of the former emperor, how can there be such a virtuous person as Duke Zhou?" You forgot about Shi Di and Shi Xuan, the son of the former emperor was ambitious, and King Yan was naturally no exception, in order for the emperor to sit firmly, if necessary, King Yan could be sacrificed. After saying that, he stretched out his hand and made a slashing motion.

Zhang Jackal was shocked when he saw this, took a step closer, and said softly: "The queen mother understands that this kind of thing can be big or small, if it causes the dissatisfaction of the kings, the consequences must be unimaginable!" Please also ask the Queen Mother to think twice. After speaking, his face was full of fear.

"All the kings are leading the troops outside, just appease them well, only King Yan lives in the temple, which is a huge threat to the emperor, and must be eliminated as much as possible, so as not to cause trouble to Xiao Wall, and this matter depends on Aiqing." Empress Dowager Liu has already made up her mind to get rid of Yan Wang Shibin.

Zhang Jackal's heart was horizontal, and he hugged his fists and said: "Since the Queen Mother has made up her mind, Weichen will go back and prepare." ”

"Okay, the emperor's safety depends on Aiqing." Empress Dowager Liu gave a word of encouragement and personally sent Zhang Jackal away.

After Zhang Jackal returned, he sent his younger brother Zhang Xiong to pass on a false edict, killed Shi Bin, and arbitrarily dismantled a trumped-up charge.

Subsequently, Zhang Jackal wanted to kill Sikong Li Nong, but Li Nong escaped, Li Nong gathered his beggar army and took the fort near Shangbai to defend himself to resist Zhang Jackal's attack.

After Shi Bin was removed, Empress Dowager Liu listened to the government and appointed Zhang Jackal as the prime minister in the court, supervising all Chinese and foreign military forces and leading the government.

But at this time, Zhang Jackal was afraid of the revenge of the kings, so he did not dare to accept the title of prime minister, and built a yì to let Pengcheng Wang Shi Zun and Yiyang Wang Shi Jian as the left and right prime ministers, in order to appease these two kings who supported the army outside and had a high prestige, Empress Dowager Liu obeyed Zhang Jackal's Jian yì, so she sent someone to pass the order and canonized Shi Zun and Shi Jian as the left and right prime ministers.

However, the wishful thinking of Empress Dowager Liu and Zhang Jackal was wrong, and the ambitious kings of Zhao were worried that they could not find an excuse to send troops to Yecheng, and now, Shi Bin was executed on trumped-up charges, which gave the kings an excuse to send troops to Yecheng, as for the false name of the prime minister, the kings of the Shi family would not take it seriously.

At this time, Shi Zun, the king of Pengcheng who was ordered to guard the pass, led the main force of 30,000 under his command, and just arrived in Licheng, he received the news of Shi Hu's death and Shi Shi's ascension to the throne as emperor.

At this time, the generals Yao Gezhong, Pu Hong, Shi Min, Liu Ning and other generals who were ordered to crusade against the remnants of the Liangqi rebels all won the squad and arrived in Licheng, where they joined Shi Zun's army of 30,000.

Shi Zun felt that this was an opportunity, as long as all these fierce generals supported him, then he could get rid of Shi Shi and ascend to the throne of the emperor.

In order to test the thoughts of the generals, Shi Zun invited all the generals to his Chinese army tent to discuss the situation in Yecheng with them.

For what happened in Yecheng, Yao Gezhong, Pu Hong and other generals have heard about it, they are very dissatisfied with Shi Shi's accession to the throne and called the emperor, especially Yao Gezhong, once in front of Shi Hu, made it clear that his youngest son has neither talent nor prestige, and it is impossible to be in charge of Zhao's generals, but Shi Hu still let his youngest son inherit the throne, which is obviously a way to plunge the country into chaos, besides, Zhao is located in the Central Plains, and there are the most enemies around, so it will be extremely unfavorable to the country to let a minor Shi Shi be called emperor.

Yan Wang Shi Bin was killed, and Sikong Li Nong was forced to leave, which reflected that the new imperial court was excluding dissidents, which made the generals very uneasy.

The most unacceptable thing for the generals is that due to the young age of the little emperor, the Empress Dowager Liu is in the court to listen to the government, that is, they will bow to a woman in the future and grovel.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Shi Zun, who was sitting on the throne, saw that Yao Gezhong and other generals were all coming, so he hurriedly got up and greeted him.

"Generals, you are here, please take a seat." Shi Zun very politely asked the generals to sit down.

The generals were not polite, they did it directly in order, and all looked at Shi Zun.

Shi Zun pondered for a moment, looked at the generals, and said softly: "Generals, what happened in Yecheng, you must already know, the first emperor died, the crown prince succeeded to the throne, the queen mother came to the court to hang the curtain, King Yan was killed, Sikong was forced to rebel, all these things happened too suddenly!" After speaking, he sighed with emotion.

Yao Gezhong was first furious and said: "How can a little doll be in charge of the country? Ben Jiang had already told the emperor that his youngest son couldn't make a big deal, but he didn't listen, and he had to let his youngest son ascend the throne and be the emperor. After saying that, he sighed.

Pu Hong continued: "Your Royal Highness, the last general heard that when the emperor was ready to set up the prince, considering that His Royal Highness was old and had both ability and political integrity, he intended to make His Royal Highness the prince, but the first emperor was old and confused, and was mistaken by Zhang Jackal and other traitorous ministers, so he set up the stone world, and now, a woman is sitting in the court, and the traitor Zhang Jackal monopolizes the government, and all the elite soldiers of Yecheng have been transferred to Shangbai. ”

"Your Highness is raising troops, and the last general is willing to be the vanguard." Shi Min hurriedly asked for battle.

"Your Highness, my father also supports you, hahaha!" Yao Gezhong laughed twice.

"We are willing to follow His Highness and raise troops to kill Yecheng." All the generals in the big tent expressed their support for Shi Zun.

Seeing that the generals supported him, Shi Zun's heart was overjoyed, and the corners of his mouth inadvertently showed a smug smile, as long as he led these people to kill Yecheng, with Shi Shi and Zhang Jackal, naturally not his opponent, the emperor's throne, he was seated.

Since ancient times, the army must be famous, and now Shi Zun wants to send troops to Yecheng, naturally he also needs a reasonable reason, and at present, Zhang Jackal monopolizes the government and kills Yan Wang Shi Bin, which is the best reason to send troops.

So, Shi Zun said loudly: "Since the generals think that this king is up to the task, then this king will conform to the will of heaven and the people, and officially raise troops to fight against Zhang Jackal." ”

"Your Highness, give the order!" The generals glanced at each other and asked Shi Zun to give the order to march.

At the urging of the generals, Shi Zun issued an order to march into Yecheng, and he appointed Shi Min, a fierce general who could fight well, as the vanguard, and took the lead in marching towards Yecheng, followed by the rest of the men.

In order to make more people support him, Shi Zun listed Zhang Jackal's various crimes, and wrote a rather incendiary crusade essay, and summoned all over the country, so that the generals from all over the country could join the ranks of the crusade army.

After the crusade was issued, there were indeed many generals of Zhao who led their armies to join the crusade against Zhang Jackal, and the addition of these generals made the crusade army even stronger.

Zhang Jackal, who was sitting in Yecheng, naturally also learned about Shi Zun's crusade against himself, when he finished reading Shi Zun's crusade text, he was so frightened that his legs were weak, and immediately ordered the Yecheng elite soldiers who surrounded Shangbai to return immediately to ensure the safety of Yecheng.

As soon as Shangbai's tens of thousands of elite soldiers returned to Yecheng, Shi Min's vanguard army had already arrived at the city and was ready to attack the city.

Seeing that Shi Min's troops were small, Zhang Jackal planned to lead the main army in the city out of the city and take the lead in destroying Shi Min's team in order to gain the initiative.

Unexpectedly, the generals and soldiers of the Qian tribe in Yecheng heard that Shi Zun, the king of Pengcheng, was coming to mourn and was unwilling to fight Shi Min, so they secretly ran over the city wall. (To be continued......)