Song Xiance's words were like a shock, and the people present were shocked to the outside, and even Zhu Yujian opened his mouth wide for a while, shocked.

The red scarf thief Li Yan actually wanted to support Zhu Yujian as the emperor, who would have thought of this?

"Don't doubt it, my son Li is a man from a noble background, and he is also a member of the scholars, and he naturally knows the truth of serving the country by being loyal to the monarch when he reads the books of sages, and the reason why he embarked on the road of rebellion is also forced to be helpless. The emperor sent Zhang Shize, the Marquis of Pingbei, to Kaifeng, clearly to follow Shandong's example in Henan to release slaves from Juntian. Li Gongzi didn't want to end up like the Shandong gentry, and he was forced by the red lady to rebel.

But from the moment of the rebellion, Li Gongzi knew that he would return to Daming one day, and he didn't want to be a thief forever. So after having a little strength, he immediately chose to part ways with the red lady and led his headquarters to southwest Henan. After arriving in southwest Henan, Li Gongzi restrained his subordinates, never killed on a large scale, and won the support of many gentry, so so many Nanyang gentry led the tenant people to join outside the city.

Of course, the reason why these gentry defected to Li Gongzi was the same as Li Gongzi, they were forced by Emperor Chongzhen to live and had to take risks.

Lord Wang, you have seen the situation outside the city, and you should know what the people want. The 100,000 people outside the city did not want to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, they were simply against the emperor. If a different person is the emperor and no longer persecutes the gentry and people in the world, they will still be obedient to the Ming Dynasty.

Lord, Chongzhen has no way, he has already provoked the anger of the heavens, and he is no longer worthy of continuing to be the emperor, you have always been virtuous, can you bear to watch the Ming Dynasty be messed up by Chongzhen? Is it willing to let the inheritance passed down by Taizu be lost in the hands of Chongzhen? Song Xiance continued, and a sentence shot into Zhu Yujian's heart like a sharp arrow.

"Your Majesty, he ......" Zhu Yujian opened his mouth, wanting to say a few words for Chongzhen, but he didn't know how to speak.

Because in his opinion, Daming's current situation is similar to what Song Xiance said, and it has really made people angry. Successively the Wenxiang Sect in Shandong, the Red Turban Army in Henan, the White Lotus Sect in Suzhou, hundreds of thousands of anti-thieves in Jiangxi, and Fujian and Guangdong also had man-made rebellions.

This Da Ming saw that he was already on fire everywhere, and it was at the critical juncture of life and death, and it was the current Emperor Chongzhen who caused all this, Zhu Youzhen!

At the beginning, Zhu Yujian still admired Emperor Chongzhen very much, because Emperor Chongzhen drove away Jiannu and recovered Liaodong, and brought shame to the Ming Dynasty from Jiannu during the Wanli period, and then sent troops to pacify the Hetao and recover the Mongol tribes in southern China, making the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty no less than when Taizu Taizong!

So even if Emperor Chongzhen made a move on Zong Fan and always thought about his Wang Tian, Zhu Yujian still admired Chongzhen very much, and was even willing to sacrifice most of Wang Tian. But in the past two years, Emperor Chongzhen has gone against the grain and done too much. The current situation looks very much like a sign of the death of the country!

Maybe it's time to change an emperor, Zhu Yujian suddenly had such an idea in his heart.

But.

"Even if Your Majesty has no way, it should also be the princes of the Fu Domain, Lu Domain, etc., who are on the throne, and the order of the Tang Palace's rotation is too far away from today. At present, Zhu Yousong, the son of King Fu, is supported by Jiangxi Wenwu as a prisoner, so if Li Yan really thinks about the Ming Dynasty, why doesn't he choose to support Jiangxi, but he wants to support the king, isn't he afraid that the Ming Dynasty will fall into internal strife? Or is it ill-intentioned? Although his heart was hot, Zhu Yujian remained calm and aggressive.

"The son of King Fu is obese and mediocre, he is really not the face of the master, on the contrary, you are wise and wise, and you are the master given by God to the Ming Dynasty. Li Gongzi is smart and naturally knows how to choose. Song Xiance explained.

"Hmph, I'm afraid it's not because Zhu Yousong is supported by Yuan Chonghuan and others, I'm worried that even if I take refuge, I won't be reused!" Zhu Yujian sneered.

"The prince is wise, this is indeed a reason. After all, everyone has selfish intentions, and Li Gongzi didn't want to work hard but made a wedding dress for someone. Song Xiance said honestly, "But this is not the most important reason." ”

"The most important reason is that Jiangxi is too far away from Henan, even if it is to take refuge in the prince of Fuwang, it is difficult to echo the two. And compared with the prince of the blessed king, you are close at hand, in this case, why bother to seek far? And for the 100,000 soldiers, the Tang King who is close in front of them is far more real than the prince of Fuwang who is far away in Jiangxi, because they know that the object of their allegiance is in front of them, and they know that they have made a meritorious service, and you can see it. ”

Song Xiance's words made Zhu Yujian also a little moved, because what Song Xiance said was the truth. After all, for Li Yan and others, it is difficult to squeeze in Jiangxi, how can there be the reality of supporting themselves?

Wait, how could I think that? How could I betray Your Majesty and do something treacherous? Zhu Yujian was secretly frightened, and hurriedly suppressed the devil emerging from the bottom of his heart. However, Song Xiance continued, his words full of temptation, like the devil beckoning.

"Lord Wang, now most of the gentry and landlords in Nanyang Mansion have chosen to support you, as long as you can stand up, the officials and gentry landlords of the entire Henan Political Division will also support the prince. When you raise your arms and shout, you will inevitably respond. Li Gongzi now has an army of 100,000, and it will not take long to grow to 200,000 or even 300,000. Taking advantage of the fact that Chongzhen was attracted by Jiangxi's Jingnan army in Nanjing, Wang Ye took a large army from the Northern Expedition, crossed the Yellow River and attacked Hebei, although there is a thousand miles from Henan to Beijing, but it is a plain of Pingchuan, and it only takes one month to attack the city of Beijing. Song Xiance agitated like a spring, describing a bright future to Zhu Yujian, and Zhu Yujian was distracted.

Emperor Chongzhen was trapped in the south of the Yangtze River, the crown prince was less than two years old, and now Beijing can be described as leaderless. And the remaining nobles in Beijing, the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty, are very disappointed in Emperor Chongzhen, if they can really lead the army to Beijing, maybe they can really take the country!

Wait, something seems wrong......

"Don't think that this king is easy to coax, in this Henan, there are also Sun Chuanting's 30,000 troops! Waiting for the Red Turban Army to defeat Sun Chuanting, he chose to flee into Nanyang Mansion, don't think that this king doesn't know this. What's more, in Liaodong, on the three sides, there are 100,000 border troops led by Lu Xiangsheng and others, which are the real elites who can defeat Jiannu, just because you red turban thieves also want to attack Beijing City? Zhu Yujian sneered.

Zhu Yujian knew in his heart what 100,000 Red Turban Army was just peasants who had just put down their hoes, a group of rabble, how could they be the opponents of the battle-hardened Praetorian Guard? Song Xiance's words are all foolish dreams, just fooling himself.

"Liaodong plus Xuanda Yansui, the number of Praetorian Guards is only 100,000. Now 30,000 of them were brought to Henan by Sun Chuanting, and only 70,000 Praetorian Guards were left on the border, but they had to hold the border defense for thousands of miles from Liaodong to Yansui.

Although Jiannu was driven out of Liaodong, but the main force still exists, I heard that it merged with the Mongol tribes in Mobei, and always wanted to return to Liaodong, I heard that this winter, in Liaodong, Jiannu and Lu Xiangsheng fought repeatedly, and Lu Xiangsheng could not be drawn at all.

Most of Xuanda Yansui's army was brought to Henan by Sun Chuanting, and the remaining army still had to suppress the Mongol tribes in southern Mo, where was there still more support. Therefore, what we have to face is only the 30,000 Praetorian Guards led by Sun Chuanting. As long as Sun Chuanting can be defeated, the flow from Henan to Beijing will be unimpeded. The local gentry of the local government and government are eager for the prince to lead the army into Beijing, and they will inevitably respond everywhere they go! Song Xiance explained.

"It's just on paper!" Zhu Yujian sneered, as a vassal king, he has time, and when he is idle, he does not read less military books, and in terms of knowledge and understanding of war, he is much stronger than Song Xiance, a Taoist priest in Youfang.

"Don't say it's useless, just tell me, how to deal with Sun Chuanting's 30,000 Praetorian Guards?" Zhu Yujian asked.

If Li Yan can really defeat Sun Chuanting, Song Xiance's words are not impossible to consider. After all, as the king of the Ming Dynasty and the bloodline of Taizu, if he had the opportunity to be the emperor, how could Zhu Yujian not be moved?

But if even Sun Chuanting's 30,000 people can't be beaten, no matter how much he says, it's all in vain, Zhu Yujian doesn't want to take the risk of cutting down the domain and destroying the door to play with Li Yan.

"Since Gongzi Li sent me over, he naturally has a way to deal with Sun Chuanting." Song Xiance said with a smile.

......

When Song Xiance lobbied Tang King Zhu Yujian, Sun Chuanting had just led a large army to capture Ruzhou City.

When he learned that Li Yan led the army to attack Nanyang Mansion, Sun Chuanting's generals suggested that they give up attacking Ruzhou, and the army immediately turned around and entered Nanyang to attack Li Yan's department. After all, Ruzhou is mountainous, and it is difficult for the army to march, so it is better to return to Xuzhou and then detour to Yexian County to enter the Nanyang Basin, and the road will be easier to walk. As long as Li Yan is defeated, what will be the remaining red turban thieves in this little Ruzhou!

However, after Sun Chuanting thought about it, he vetoed the plan to go to Nanyang, but followed the original plan steadily, first taking Ruzhou and breaking the nest of red turban thieves.

The reason for this choice is that the geographical location of Ruzhou is too important, the north is the Luoyang Basin of Henan Province, the south is the Nanyang Basin, and the east is the vast plain.

Of course, there is another reason, but it can't be said openly, that is, Sun Chuanting hopes that Li Yanbu's Red Turban Army can wreak havoc on Nanyang Mansion. It is best to kill the gentry of Nanyang Mansion all over again, or force all the gentry of Nanyang to obey the thieves. In that way, when he leads the army into Nanyang, he can clean up the gentry and landlords of Nanyang Mansion from the crime of thieves.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting launched an attack on Ruzhou step by step, and the army marched on the rugged mountain road, pulling out the pass barracks set up by the Red Turban Thieves, and under the power of the Janissary artillery fire, Li Yan's plan to defend the dangerous terrain with a small number of troops failed. It only took more than half a month to capture Jiaxian and Baofeng counties, and the troops approached Ruzhou City.

Seeing that the Praetorian Guards were attacking and the momentum was so powerful, Li Mu, the younger brother of Li Yan who guarded Ruyang, did not dare to harden the top, fearing that he would fall into Ruzhou City, so he chose to abandon the city and flee, and fled south into Lushan County, trying to rely on Luyang Pass to block the Praetorian Guards in the mountains north of Nanyang Mansion.

After capturing Ruzhou, Sun Chuanting still did not rush to march into Nanyang Mansion, but assigned troops to occupy all counties in Ruzhou, and then set up villages and towns to carry out field division. Li Yan chose to cooperate with the gentry and landlords, and did not touch the interests of the gentry landlords too much, and the division of the Janissaries was the same as before, which made the ordinary people very excited and chose to support the Praetorian Guards.

According to the established process, as long as Juntian is completed, Ruzhou will be completely under the control of the Praetorian Guard, and even if Li Yan kills again, the vast majority of the people of Ruzhou will choose to stand up and fight against the thieves.

To the west of Ruzhou, there are Song County, Lushi County, Luanchuan and other counties, all of which are located in the Bear's Ear Mountain Range of Funiu Mountain, and these places are also controlled by the Red Turban Thieves, and Li Yan has a small army to occupy them. But the trails are too rugged and it will take a long time to reclaim them.

Just when Sun Chuanting led his troops south to attack Nanyang or sent troops westward to occupy Song County, Lushi, Luanchuan and other counties, suddenly a court envoy came, bringing the emperor's will to order Sun Chuanting to leave Henan and go south.

"Henan has not yet been pacified, if we go like this, I am afraid that the hard work of months will be wasted." Staff member Meng Yishan sighed.

"Since Your Majesty has ordered us to go south, it shows that the situation in Nanjing is urgent." Sun Chuanting said with a serious expression.

Jiangxi's anti-thieves, Henan's Red Turban Army, it's hard to say which threat is greater. But after all, his army is in Henan, and he has captured Ruzhou, the old nest of the red turban thieves, and driven the red turban thieves into the Nanyang Basin, and only needs a few more months to completely pacify the red turban thieves, and at the same time can also take advantage of the situation to "occupy" Nanyang Mansion, and start a war in Nanyang Mansion to release slave Juntian, so that it only takes half a year to completely pacify the entire Henan. And if you lead the troops south now, the efforts of the past few months will be wasted, and without the suppression of the Praetorian Guard, the Red Turban Thieves will inevitably make a comeback, I am afraid that when I return with the army, the whole of Henan will be captured by the Red Turban Thieves......

But in any case, the emperor's decree is to be heard. Even if he was unwilling, Sun Chuanting must immediately lead the army south, follow the marching route stipulated in the holy decree, pass through Xiangyang Mansion and go south to Wuchang, and then go down the river to fight Jiangxi.

"Dong Weng, according to His Majesty's will, our marching route will pass through Nanyang Mansion, and now the Red Turban Thieves are besieging Nanyang City, why don't we take advantage of the situation to defeat the Red Turban Thieves, and then choose to go south." Meng Yishan said suddenly.

"That's it!" Sun Chuanting was silent for a moment and said categorically.

It is necessary to pass through Nanyang Mansion from Ruyang to the south, and it is a piggyback to beat the red turban thieves to relieve the siege of Nanyang City, and it is not a disobedience to the holy decree. As for whether you can defeat the Red Turban Thief quickly? Neither Sun Chuanting nor Meng Yishan had considered this.

The Red Turban Thieves are not hiding in the thick and tall city, but besieging the city in the wilderness, and if they can't be defeated quickly, what are the Praetorian Guards!

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