After Zhang Zuo ascended to the throne of King Liang, he can be described as high-spirited and does whatever he wants, everything he wanted to do before but did not dare to do, and now he has done it boldly, and the wishes that have accumulated over the years have all been satisfied at once, which makes Zhang Zuo become a little carried away.

Any success, if it comes too easily, will make people pretentious pride, money is easy to come by, it will make people squander without cherishing, right now, Zhang Zuo's mentality, like a nouveau riche who suddenly got rich, his heart is full of extreme pride and conceit.

At this time, Zhang Zuo looked at the world and felt that no one was as wise as him, and his henchmen also praised Zhang Zuo for their own interests, and even encouraged Zhang Zuo to ascend the throne and become emperor, completely getting rid of the status of being a vassal state of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Under the compliments of his confidants, Zhang Zuo seemed even more carried away, and believed that at this excellent time, if he did not become emperor, it would be against the mandate of heaven, so he discussed with his subordinates about matters related to ascending the throne and becoming emperor.

Just when Zhang Zuo and his confidants were discussing how to be the emperor, in the territory of Liangguo, a force opposing Zhang Zuo was also secretly actively contacting, ready to join forces to attack Guzang, strangle Zhang Zuo, and re-establish Zhang Yaoling as the king of Liang.

These generals all received Zhang Chonghua's secret letter before his death, and refused to accept Zhang Zuo's usurpation of the throne, among them, the first to propose to crusade against Zhang Zuo was the royal general Zhang Jar of the Liang Kingdom, and then, Song Chao and Song Cheng brothers immediately said that they would respond to Zhang Zuo and actively prepare to crusade against Gu Zang.

The strength of Hezhou Thorn Shi Zhang Can is relatively strong in Liangguo. Moreover, this person is not Zhang Zuo's cronies, and even, for many years, he has been indifferent to Zhang Zuo's wooing, so Zhang Zuo hates Zhang Zuo very much in his heart, and is a little afraid of the army under Zhang Can, so he sent Zhang Ye Taishou Suofu to Caohan. Succeed Zhang Jar to defend the city. In order to prevent Zhang Can from disobeying him, Zhang Zuo sent the generals Yi Di and Zhang Ling to lead an army of more than 10,000 people to march in the direction of Caohan City, preparing to coerce Zhang Can to submit and rebel in case Zhang Can rebelled. Strike immediately, too. Sneak attack on the main army under Zhang Can's command. And then control the entire river state.

Zhang Zuo's coercion naturally did not scare Zhang Can, and seeing that Zhang Zuo was going to transfer him out of Caohan City, Zhang Can made a decision immediately. It was decided to immediately raise troops and kill Guzang City.

In Guzang City, after some careful preparations, Zhang Zuo, the king of Liang, with the support of his cronies, officially ascended the throne and became the emperor, and set up his wife as the queen, his younger brother Zhang Tianxi as the king of Changning, his son Zhang Taihe as the prince, Zhang Tingjian as the king of Jiankang, and Zhang Xuanliang, the second son of Zhang Chonghua, as the Marquis of Liangwu.

After ascending the throne, Zhang Zuo regarded himself as the Son of Heaven, and all kinds of daily expenses were carried out according to the emperor's standards, and extravagant habits gradually formed.

Except for a short period of early dynasty every day, Zhang Zuo spends most of his time in the harem, seeking pleasure with his many beauties, and enjoying his life wantonly.

"Your Majesty, it's not good, Hezhou Assassin Shi Zhang Can killed Suo Taishou, and raised troops to kill Guzang City." Just as Zhang Zuo was teasing with his beautiful family, an attendant ran in and reported.

Zhang Zuo was shocked when he heard this, and immediately pushed away the beautiful family in his arms, and paced in the pavilion, although he had already felt that Zhang Jar was going to oppose him, and sent more than 10,000 troops to the direction of Caohan City, but when he really heard the news, he still couldn't help but panic.

The army led by the generals Yi Tu and Zhang Ling was between the strength of the army under Zhang Can, and Zhang Zuo was not sure enough whether he could extinguish Zhang Can's rebellion, so he immediately ordered that the tens of thousands of troops around Guzang City immediately enter a state of combat readiness to prevent Yi Tu and Zhang Ling from being unable to defeat Zhang Can.

"Report, the emperor, the history of the assassin of Hezhou sent a detailed work to spread the text of the crusade against the emperor in the capital, the text is here, please take a look at it." Soon, an attendant sent Zhang Can's crusade to Zhang Zuo's hands.

Zhang Zuo took the text and looked at it, and was immediately shocked, in Zhang Can's text, he counted more than ten of his own crimes, and wanted to attack Guzang, kill himself, and re-establish Zhang Yaoling as the king.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Zuo immediately ordered that the deposed Zhang Yaoling be killed immediately, thus breaking Zhang Can's idea of electing Zhang Yaoling as king.

It didn't take long for Zhang Yaoling's head to be placed in front of Zhang Zuo, and seeing that the person Zhang Can wanted to promote was dead, Zhang Zuo breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately sent his henchmen to send an order to the direction of Hezhou, vigorously canonizing the officials and generals of the cities in Hezhou, and asking them to organize all the soldiers and horses in the city to strangle Zhang Can's army together.

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In the direction of Chang'an City, the news of Zhang Zuo's ascension to the throne and proclamation of the emperor soon reached the ears of Wang Meng and Xie Ai.

The Liang Kingdom was originally a vassal state of the Great Jin Dynasty, but now Zhang Zuo is calling himself the emperor without authorization, which is an act of betraying the Great Jin Dynasty.

"General, Zhang Zuo usurped the throne and stood on his own, and now he has ascended the throne and claimed the emperor without authorization, these evil thieves must try their best to exterminate them, and they must not show mercy to their subordinates." A Jin army general said loudly.

"General, 100,000 recruits have almost been trained, and it's time for them to practice their hands." Another Jin army general said.

Wang Meng nodded and said: "Zhang Zuo's ascension to the throne and the title of emperor is self-defeating, and the generals immediately return to the camp to prepare, ready to kill Guzang City at any time." ”

"Yes, General." The generals of the Jin army responded with their fists in response.

Xie Ai also arched his hand and said: "Three thousand Liangzhou troops, ready to be dispatched by General Wang at any time." ”

Wang Meng smiled and said softly: "Don't dare to be, in fact, to deal with thieves like Zhang Zuo, why do you and I need to enter the army together, I alone is enough." ”

"A thief like Zhang Zuo is naturally not General Wang's opponent, it's just that I always want to teach Zhang Zuo a lesson with my own hands, and I think I want to avenge the former King Liang." Xie Ai said truthfully.

Wang Meng nodded and said softly: "Since General Xie has this heart, then you and I will join forces to attack Guzang City and kill Zhang Zuo." ”

"Okay, that's a deal." Xie Ai said happily.

Subsequently, Wang Meng and Xie Ai inspected the army under their command respectively and made active mobilization before the war.

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In the vicinity of Caohan City, Zhang Zuo's generals Yi Di and Zhang Ling had already crossed the river to prepare for a decisive battle with the army under Zhang Can.

And Zhang Can also personally led more than 10,000 main forces to run out of the city of Caohan, and prepared to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop, and then wave his army to take Guzang City.

The main army of more than 10,000 under the command of Yi Tui and Zhang Ling had just crossed less than half of the men and horses, and the main army under the command of Zhang Can had already rushed out of the city of Caohan and immediately killed the enemy army who was crossing the river.

Yi Ti and Zhang Ling were not well prepared, and the main army of the department was almost all scattered, and Yi Ti fled to the direction of Guzang City on a single horse.

The officials and generals of the cities in Hezhou all received Zhang Zuo's promotion decree, but they all knew that Zhang Zuo was a dumb king, so they didn't care about Zhang Zuo's promotion, and they didn't respond to Zhang Zuo's call.

The news that the army under his command was defeated and Zhang Can was leading the victorious army to kill in the direction of Guzang City soon reached Zhang Zuo's ears.

In order to reverse this unfavorable situation, Zhang Zuo immediately mobilized the main army around Guzang City, preparing to extinguish Zhang Can's rebellion in one fell swoop with the strong strength of tens of thousands of main forces.

In the direction of Guzang City, although there are tens of thousands of main forces under Zhang Zuo's command, due to the extravagance and unreasonableness of Zhang Zuo after he ascended the throne and became emperor, the morale of these tens of thousands of main forces has been declining.

With such a demoralized army of tens of thousands, against Zhang Can's victorious army, Zhang Zuo's chances of victory are really small, and it can even be said that there is little hope.

"Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the Dunhuang people and Song Chao gathered more than 10,000 people, responded to the traitor Zhang Can, and are killing in the direction of Guzang City, and now, the capital is already suffering from the enemy." Soon, even more unfavorable news came.

Zhang Zuo was shocked when he heard this, he had already realized that his end was coming, but until the last moment, he would not admit defeat.

Soon, the main army under Zhang Can's command gathered more and more, and when it arrived near Guzang City, it was already as high as 40,000 people, plus more than 10,000 troops under the command of Song Chao, the size of the rebel army had reached more than 50,000, and there was still a trend of expansion.

Such a strong force has exceeded the strength of Zhang Zuo's command, and for this reason, the soldiers who were originally loyal to Zhang Zuo have defected one after another, surrendering Zhang Can and Song Chao and others.

The main army under Zhang Zuo's command was completely dispersed in a very short period of time, and Guzang City was naturally unable to defend.

Zhang Can and Song Chao led the main army under their command respectively, killing people in the city from the east gate and the west gate, and immediately killed in the direction of the palace.

In the direction of the palace, the most elite Imperial Forest Army under Zhang Zuo's command also completely lost their fighting spirit, and when they saw that the rebel army was too powerful, they took off their armor and fled into residential areas to take refuge in order to save their lives.

Zhang Guan's younger brother Zhang Ju led hundreds of soldiers to take the lead in the palace, and immediately ran in the direction of the main hall.

At this moment, above the main hall, Zhang Zuo was sitting on the dragon chair with his sword on his head, and ordered the only soldiers under his command to fight to the death, trying to die in a vain attempt.

Zhang Yi led his soldiers all the way to the main hall to kill, and for the royal forest army who dared to resist, it was a matter of killing, and soon killed near Zhang Zuo's dragon chair.

Seeing that the enemy army had been killed in front of him, Zhang Zuo couldn't sit still any longer, and took advantage of the time when the Imperial Forest Army under his command was fighting with the enemy, he immediately escaped from the main hall and went straight to the harem.

However, at this time, how could Zhang Zuo escape, after escaping into the harem, Zhang Zuo was hacked to death with a kitchen knife by an imperial chef named Xu Hei, thus ending his life of sin. (To be continued......)