"Rebellion" is easy to say, but it is by no means simple to do. Although Zhang Yongde was forced by the situation and decided to choose the path of "rebellion", he and his sons, nephews, and henchmen still had many problems to consider and many things to do in order to turn their ideas into practical actions.

The first is the reason for starting the army. In doing many things, especially waging wars and raising troops to rebel, the Chinese pay attention to the need to "make a name for themselves." If "the division is unknown", then it is very likely that it will not win the support of all parties and the people, but it will also affect the morale of the army, so that half of the battle has already been lost before it is fought. This time he rebelled, Zhang Yongde gave himself a more hands-on reason, and it also seemed more reasonable, that is, "Qing Jun side, punish traitors", cut off those rebellious ministers and thieves who disturbed the court, deceived the officials, and stole power.

The second is to issue a document to inform the world of the crimes of the rebellious ministers and thieves in the DPRK and China. On the one hand, let the people of the world know the reason and purpose of their own army, publicize the justice, legitimacy, and correctness of their own army, and win everyone's support. On the other hand, it is also an invitation to people with lofty ideals all over the world, calling on everyone to respond to their actions and devote themselves to the great, glorious, correct, and victorious cause of "cleaning up the monarch and eliminating traitors", so as to increase the possibility of their own rebellion and success. This work was handed over by Zhang Yongde to his son Zhang Huaisheng to be in charge -- in terms of fighting and fighting, Zhang Huaisheng naturally could not compare with his father, who had experienced a hundred battles and had made outstanding achievements. But if you talk about essays, intelligence, the ancient and the modern, and the stronghold of citing scriptures, Zhang Yongde is not as good as him, a son who has studied since childhood and cultivated both civil and military. What's more, even if Zhang Huaisheng lacks experience in this area, there will be no problem with his teacher, Zhao Xiwen, who is also the first literati in Zhang Yongde's curtain and Zhang Yongde's cousin-in-law, Zhao Dacaizi.

The third and most important one is to reorganize the army, recruit young and strong, and prepare for a fight to the death with the crusading army that the imperial court will definitely send. After all, whether it is the reason for raising troops or the text, those are just some things that are playing tricks and using a pen, and the key to the success of Zhang Yongde's rebellion is the military strength in his hands or the victory or defeat on the battlefield.

However, when it comes to the military strength in their hands, from Zhang Yongde to Zhang Huaisheng, Zhang Fei, Zhang Neng and others, they can't help but start frowning. First, when Zhang Yongde first arrived at the office, he had little contact with the Zhenning Army (Lanzhou) and the civil and military generals in Huazhou, who were under the control of the Zhenning Army. With the current relationship between the two sides, I am afraid that it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky if I want these people to follow Zhang Yongde, the new chief, to do the rebellion that may lead to the death of their own family, the destruction of their families, and the destruction of their families. Second, even if Zhang Yongde could effectively control all the soldiers and horses of the Zhenning Army, and the generals and officials at all levels could still listen to his dispatch, it would be almost impossible to use the total of only 30,000 horses in the town to fight against the imperial court - even if even the young men and women who could be conscripted into the army were counted, the strength that the Zhenning Army could gather would not exceed 50,000. It is said that the surrounding Jiedu envoys may participate in the conquest of their own actions at the behest of the imperial court, even if it is only the 100,000 elite forbidden army of the palace front division, I am afraid that it is not something that he can compete with as a Zhenning army.

The people of the Zhang family, who had just been enthusiastic and excited because of the glory, wealth and supreme power that the rebellion might bring to them, all lost their hearts and passions as soon as they touched the issue of military strength. After being silent for a long time, Zhang Neng, who was originally not good at this platoon of troops and the decision to kill, and had never dared to express any opinions, suddenly had an idea and thought of a "clever plan" to solve the current dilemma. He first glanced at his uncle Zhang Yongde's face, and after making sure that the other party hadn't come up with a solution yet, he said tentatively: "Uncle, the little nephew has a strategy to solve the problem of insufficient strength in our army, but I don't know if it's appropriate?" ”

Hearing that his nephew had a way, Zhang Yongde immediately waved his hand and said impatiently: "If there is anything appropriate or inappropriate, as long as it can solve the problems in front of our Zhang family, it will be a proper strategy, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Zhang Neng suddenly had confidence when he heard this, considered his words, and said carefully: "The little nephew thinks that now my Zhang family can only be saved by rebelling, and if you want to think of the rebellion, you must solve the problem of insufficient troops and inability to confront the imperial court." But in a short period of time, or before the imperial court and Zhao Kuangyin attacked our Zhang family, it was impossible for us to form a large army. In that case, can we consider borrowing troops from other shili? As the saying goes, 'stones from other mountains can attack jade', we borrow other shili soldiers to change the dynasty, and there are also similar works. After several years of studying and listening in the main hall of the "Feiyan Hall" and beside his uncle Zhang Yongde, especially the desire to show himself in front of his uncle, the waste hall master of the Youzhou branch of the "Feiyan Hall" who did not know how to learn and have no skills has now become somewhat knowledgeable and capable. With such insight and ability, coupled with his innate eloquence, Zhang Neng can now discuss current affairs with his uncles and cousins many times.

"I'm afraid it's not right." Without waiting for Zhang Yongde to express his attitude towards Zhang Neng's suggestion, Zhang Huaisheng next to him had already spoken out against it, "Not to mention that Shili, who can have enough strength to compete with the imperial court, has almost no possibility of cooperating with my Zhang family." Even if these shili dynasties are willing to fight against the Chai Zhou court together with my Zhang family, then after destroying Chai Zhou, how can these shili who borrowed troops from us be willing to give up the throne that their soldiers fought bloodily and desperately to our Zhang family. I'm afraid that when the time comes, before we can ask them for the throne, their knives will have already cut our necks. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yongde and Zhang Fei seemed to be convinced of their cousin's statement, they all nodded in agreement, Zhang Neng hurriedly argued: "What my cousin said does have some truth, but there is no absolute in everything. Although almost all the shili in the world covet the dragon chair in Kaifeng City, it is not that there is no one who is not interested in the throne of Chai Zhou and only focuses on the existence of people in the north. ”

"What my cousin said is that the Beiping Army will not succeed?" Zhang Huaisheng thought about it for a while and understood what Zhang Neng meant. Although Zhang Yongde and Zhang Fei did not speak, their eyes also showed that they had made the same judgment as Zhang Huaisheng, and hoped to get Zhang Neng's answer.

"Yes, what Brother Wei said is the Beiping Army." Zhang Neng threw his hole cards.

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