Rong Wang Zhu Youshu was the first vassal king, as the thirteenth son of Zhu Jianshen, he was named King Rong from the fourth year of Hongzhi, until the third year of Zhengde to become a vassal.

Today, King Rong has six sons, and he himself is just forty years old.

And the impression of King Rong in the court is: the appearance is similar to that of a high emperor, and the country is a little arrogant.

He looks like Zhu Yuanzhang, and he is also more arrogant after taking office.

On the march, Luo An kept thinking about this information, and then said to Ban Zhongwen: "It is very likely that King Rong has rebelled. Otherwise, there should be news of the Jinyi Lieutenant in Changde Mansion. ”

Ban Zhongwen only led 300 people to follow Luo An south, and when he heard this, he couldn't help asking, "How can you see it?" ”

Without Chang Dewei's support, how would King Rong dare to rebel without the guards?

And Chang Dewei's strength is more than ten times that of this side.

"In the past, the country of King Rong was full of twists and turns, and the prince of Beijing earned 3,000 stones a year, and the prince of the vassal had an annual salary of 10,000 stones. King Rong is the thirteenth son of Xianmiao, and he has no chance to take the throne, so he is naturally willing to be a feudal clan early, but it can be delayed for several years. On the road to the domain, King Rong tied up officials, needed to ask for property, carried private salt, and frustrated merchants, and the meaning of accumulating wealth was obvious. After His Majesty succeeded to the throne, he repeatedly asked Yuanjiang Port, Tianxin, Tuanping and other places to enter the palace with river parking taxes. ”

After Luo An finished speaking, he looked at Ban Zhongwen: "When you arrive at the gradual water realm, set up camp and stick to it, and let Chang Dewei cast a mouse bogey first." It only takes five or six days, and Jiuxiwei will arrive. ”

Since the "arrogant" King Rong attaches so much importance to interests, it is too unlikely that he will understand righteousness like the King of Huayang County.

Changde Mansion is a small prefecture, with only four counties under its rule. Under the influence of the heavily profitable King Rong and Chang Dewei, Changde Mansion was easily controlled.

He is not an appointed commander-in-chief, but he has a Token of Grace. Ban Zhongwen is just a thousand households, besides, this is the commander of the Jinyi Guard! One of His Majesty's most trusted people!

Ban Zhongwen was very excited and chose to act on orders.

From Lizhou to the boundary between Changde Mansion and Yuezhou Mansion, there is only less than 80 miles away.

When Luo An and Ban Zhongwen led their troops to the south of Dafu Mountain and the north bank of the river, it was already the third day of August.

Now, the food and military materials of these more than 300 people are transferred through Linli behind him.

This is already in Cili County, the capital of Yuezhou, but it is closer to Lizhou and Wuling County.

Gradually go to the southeast, and you can reach Wuling County, where Changde Fuzhi is located.

"Commander Luo, send the sentinel to cross the river to explore?"

"Not necessarily!" Luo An came here to suppress people with his identity, "Now that Your Majesty's will has not arrived, it has not been decided who will command and who will supervise the army of all walks of life, but this commander has a token of admiration." Those who see the order to listen to the proclamation can be called loyal! Zhou Long, you go to Wuling County with this commanding order, and Commander Chang Dewei is here to listen to the order and report the military situation! ”

If you don't come, prepare for battle.

If you don't come, you will also let Chang Dewei know that the commander of Jinyiwei has personally arrived in the north of Changde Mansion.

But for Zhou Long, this is an extremely risky job.

Zhou Long just clenched his fists and knelt down on one knee: "Humble and orderly!" ”

He is a person with a flexible mind, and after this journey, can't you see whether Chang Defu and Chang Dewei are reversed or not?

On the west line of Dongting Lake, Luo An is in action.

Outside Baling County, Yuezhou Prefecture, Gu Shilong finally led the Wuchang Mansion Zhuwei and the Chuyang Guard, which went south through the Honghu Lake, to Baling County one after another.

It has been a long time since the people of Baling County have seen tens of thousands of troops gathered.

The army stretched from the east of Baling County to Tumen Town on the west side of Longjiao Mountain, where people ate and chewed, and the Yuezhou Governor and Baling Governor arranged the transfer of grain and grass while pacifying the people facing drought and military disasters.

Gu Shilong's first sentence was to instruct Geng Yongfeng: "You go to Lizhou and command Jiuxiwei, Changdewei and Lizhou Qianhu." I will give you a thousand soldiers, and I will cross the lake and land from Longyang. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, I want to pull out the two counties of Yuanjiang and Yiyang on the western front. ”

After passing through Dongting Lake and then north to east, it is smoother after all.

In the west, Yuanjiang County in Changde Province and Yiyang County in Changsha Province were taken, Xiangyin was captured in the east, and the next thing was to attack Changsha.

As for the southeast direction...... Wang Shouren has always known the army and has the prestige to quell the rebellion of King Ning in the past, and Gu Shilong is not worried about how big waves King Yiwang in Jiangxi can make.

After the rebellion of King Ning in Jiangxi, the local guards were also disrupted and rectified or rewarded, unlike Huguang, which has formed too solid interests in the local area.

Therefore, if it goes well, by the end of August at the latest, Jiangxi soldiers should also be able to appear in Huguang, capture Liling, Xiangtan, and Liuyang from Yuanzhou Prefecture, and control the upper reaches of Xiangshui and Liuyang.

In this way, the encirclement of Changsha Mansion will be completed.

Gu Shilong arranged it like this, but Wang Shouren's Mansion didn't think the situation in Jiangxi was very simple as he thought.

The people of Yiwangfu are prosperous, and there are only three generations.

Today's Yiwang is the first generation of Yiwang, after the matter of Changsha and Hengzhou came to Jiangxi, the most excited person is not others, it is the Zhengqian households of Jianchang Thousand Households.

Almost without hesitation, he took control of the Yiwang Mansion first, but the result surprised him.

"The last general deserves death, please supervise the crime!" Lu Yunyi of the Jianchang Thousand Households asked for the guilt, "When the end comes, the prince of Yiwang, the king of Chongren County, the king of Jinxi County and several others are no longer in the fiefdom, and now the end will be pursued." King Yi sat on a hunger strike, and the last general did not dare to act rashly. ”

Wang Shouren didn't get angry or show surprise, but walked to the bedroom of King Yi Zhu Youbin and said loudly: "Governor Jiangxi Wang Shouren, please see His Royal Highness King Yi." ”

After the door of the palace was opened, Wang Shouren saw Zhu Youbin sitting on a chair, dressed in a prince's robe but pale.

He has not yet been removed by explicit decree, but he is still the prince. According to the etiquette system, Wang Shouren had to bow and see him.

Wang Shouren acted according to the courtesy, and then asked: "I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince and all the county kings are no longer in the fiefdom, His Royal Highness King Yi, what is this matter?" ”

Zhu Youbin just sat on it and laughed miserably, and then said angrily: "Since the king became a vassal officer, he has been frugal and guarded, quietly read history, loved the people and valued scholars, and has not been disturbed. His Majesty chose the grandson of this king to succeed under the first emperor, and this king knew that there would be today. Now that the traitor is orthodox to King Rui, how can this king be lucky? ”

After a pause, he said sadly: "Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, and all the vassals did not surrender, why was he so suspicious and provoked such a situation?" ”

He was expressing his "doubts" about the emperor, but Wang Shouren could not reply on behalf of Zhu Houxi.

"King Rui is young, if he is not held hostage by others, how can he do such a great rebellion? His Royal Highness King Yi heard the news before I passed the military order, if His Royal Highness King Yi was righteous, he should spread the word to the world and directly reprimanded the traitor of the rebel king and Jun Jun. Now His Royal Highness has secretly ordered the prince and the kings of the counties to abscond, which is a big mistake! ”

"I have only received the grace of the filial piety temple and the first emperor, and I have to give some good land. The rest of the horses cleaned up the water conservancy, and the Yiwang Mansion did not follow it! King Rui was crowned the king of the domain, Your Majesty had a plan to lure the snake out of the hole, Wang Dutai is a person who knows the soldiers, do you say that this king can still trust Your Majesty? ”

Zhu Youbin said indignantly, but Wang Shouren sighed: "Your Highness believes it or not, as a minister, it is because of loyalty first, and he acts according to the order." His Royal Highness only said about the good land, and I also knew about the marketing of Guangdong salt in southern Gansu. Your Royal Highnesses have now escaped from your fiefdom, does His Royal Highness think it's better? ”

"Needless to say!" Zhu Youbin seems to have broken half of the jar, "Now when Wang Dutai comes in person, he just asks Wang Dutai: Do you still want to escort this king into Beijing to congratulate, or capture this king into Beijing to ask for the crime!" ”

Wang Shouren took a deep look at him.

Even if the six-year-old Rui Wang was from the Yiwang lineage, how could he dare to make such a decision?

Receiving the news was faster than the military order that he sent to the Jianchang Thousand Households, and he could arrange for his sons and grandsons to quietly abscond out of Jianchang Mansion. These things were naturally prepared before Wang Shouren arrived in Jiangxi.

Wang Shouren arranged for Lu Yunyi to send someone to continue to "escort" Zhu Youbin into Beijing, and then called a minister: "What the thousands of households in Jianchang don't know, Jinyiwei and Neichang must know." How to get in touch, tell the Governor the news as soon as possible. Nowadays, the situation in Jiangxi is more important than Huguang! ”

The liaison person arranged by the eunuch of Jiangxi Town only felt that Governor Wang's expression was very serious.

After the eunuch went out, Wang Shouren's disciple Chen Jiuchuan asked, "Sir, why do you say that the situation in Jiangxi is more important than Huguang?" ”

In his opinion, King Yi is just in a dilemma and desperate, so much so that he would rather dismiss his children and grandchildren than retain a little blood.

Wang Shouren looked at the map he brought over and said with his eyebrows: "With the Emperor Ming Ji, the Guangdong salt that is marketed in southern Jiangxi is now broken. Zhejiang has an Huangming score, what does Fujian have? ”

He looked at a location on the map, which was Desheng Pass on the border between Jianchang and Fujian.

Then, his eyes moved to Ganzhou Mansion, the largest in Jiangxi, and Ji'an Mansion, which borders Hengzhou Mansion in the west.

After a while, he closed his eyes and sighed: "This battle is not easy to fight." If my expectations are correct, the Changsha Wei will abandon Changsha and enter Hengzhou, defend according to Hengshan, and capture the three prefectures of Huguang Chenzhou, Jiangxi Nan'an, Ji'an, and Ganzhou, and have the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian as the defense line, then the imperial army will have to use Huguang, Jiangxi, Nanzhili, and Zhejiang as the rear of the grain and salary, and fight for many years. The idea of the traitor is to drag it down first, and drag it to the shore to watch the fire and join the enemy. ”

Chen Jiuchuan thought about it and changed color slightly: "These tax-paying places are now seriously affected. ”

It would be a big trouble if the rear grain and grass transfer place of the king's army had to provide disaster relief and ensure the needs of the soldiers of the army in the lofty mountains and mountains.

"Pass my military order and move to Ganzhou. Go to Yuanzhou Mansion so that Zhang Zongbing does not have to wait for the governor, Nanchang Wei entered Huguang Changsha Mansion to listen to the dispatch of Zhenyuan Marquis, Zhang Zongbing led Yuan Zhouwei south to take Ji'an. ”

Since it was King Rui of Hengzhou Mansion who was named orthodox, how could Zhu Jianjun not consider controlling him firmly?

Now, it depends on what roles Zhu Jianjun and Zhu Youbin played behind this rebellion.

The only thing to stop is not to allow the rebels to take advantage of the lofty mountains of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Fujian to drag the imperial court into a protracted counterinsurgency.

At the gradual water boundary in the south of Huguang Li Prefecture, Zhou Long soon returned.

He didn't care about drinking some water, and when he came to Luo An, he knelt down on one knee and resumed his life: "It's not a good thing!" commanded, King Rong's mansion was burned, and Changde just experienced a big chaos. It is said that Chang Dewei's army quelled the rebellion, and the whole of King Rong's mansion was corrected on the spot. After Chang Dewei burned and looted, he attacked Anhua County, Changsha Prefecture. ”

Luo An's face changed suddenly, and he stepped forward and asked, "What is the situation in Changde Mansion now?" ”

“…… The gentry and wealthy households, the homes of the common people, and the plundered are numerous. Commander, Chang Dewei went to Changsha Mansion after looting money and grain in the name of counterinsurgency, is King Rong really burned or ......"

Zhou Long shook his head.

Luo An gritted his teeth and scolded: "Traitor! ”

If he was really "corrected on the spot", and the mansion was burned, then the emperor's hostility towards the vassal king could not be more obvious.

Chang Dewei risked the name of the imperial court to suppress the rebellion army to carry out looting, not only got money and food, but also ruined the reputation of the king, and then he could also be "persuaded to surrender" by the rebels, which greatly increased the momentum of the rebels.

He looked at Ban Zhongwen: "How do you do if someone contacted you before?" ”

Ban Zhongwen was taken aback: "Absolutely not!" ”

Luo An frowned: Isn't the King of Huayang County worthy of being fought over by the rebels?

But there is no delay now, Changde Mansion must have been paralyzed.

"Quickly report to Wuchang Mansion and ask Sun Getai to get an idea. In a hurry, go and ask Sheng Zhizhou to bring the second official to Changde for temporary government affairs and save the people! ”

Among the rebels, there were also high-ranking people who took advantage of the time difference between the imperial court orders and the situation on the front line first.

At this time, outside the Yiyang County of Changsha Prefecture, Changsha Wei took 500 elite soldiers as the backbone, and "recruited" 3,000 Xiangyong and many people, and was preparing to attack Yuanjiang County in Changde Prefecture first.

It stands to reason that when the news came out, Chang Dewei should at least be here to guard.

One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, Tang Peiyu was not prepared to pull Chang Dewei with him when he and Zhu Jianjun were planning to start an incident.

Waiting for the document to be issued, divided into priorities, forced by soldiers, lured by interests, Chang Dewei with the land of four counties, with the practice of slackness, how to compete with the Changsha guards who have been raised in the interests of Changsha and have been planning for a long time.

However, what Tang Peiyu saw was a county town of Yuanjiang with smoke in many places.

Outside Anhua County in the southwest, Chang Dewei commanded the bloodthirsty eyes and said indifferently: "Persuade to surrender!" ”

At this moment, his identity is still that of a general of the "counterinsurgency army".

The soldier is fast, as long as he is decisive along the way, nothing can stop him.

As for the plundering and rebellion, how can you take care of so much?

If he can enter Hengzhou Mansion from the west through Baoqing Mansion and join Puzitong, since he has the excellent guise of King Rui, what else do you need people like King Ji and Tang Peiyu who are not good enough to use?

No matter how chaotic the court is, the strength of the world's guards is there.

When they arrived at Hengzhou Mansion, they joined the two guards and even more elite soldiers, and they could really succeed in the mountains and mountains at the junction of Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong.

Changsha Mansion is a good disguise to consume the attention of the imperial court and money and food.

In the eyes of Fu Rongzhong, the prefect of Changsha, and Tang Peiyu, the commander of Changsha Wei, Anhua County is not a place that must be defended. To the west of Changsha, after all, there is Ningxiang County as a barrier.

Under the banner of the word "Zhan" commanded Zhan Huabi, his cronies were escorted by several people holding shields to a hundred steps away from the city gate, and shouted with their heads raised: "Chang Dewei and the 20,000 troops of Jiuxiwei, Yongdingwei, and Lizhou Qianhusuo are ordered to quell the rebellion!" The guards in the city listened, and quickly opened the city and surrendered, so as to avoid death! ”

Looking from the city wall, at the foot of Xiamei Mountain in the west of Anhua County, there is indeed an army that cannot be seen at a glance.

There are thousands of people, and the view is boundless. There are more than 10,000 people, and there is no boundary.

Chang Dewei didn't have so many soldiers, but Zhan Huabi had already recruited a lot of "thieves and bandits".

Now, some unemployed homeless people and their husbands who have been coerced are still pretending to cut down trees at the foot of Xiamei Mountain to build ladders to climb the city.

Standing on the city wall, a deputy Qianhu in Changsha Weizhong could see that the military formation was pushing out big carts, and he didn't know whether it was pulling a big gun.

Thinking that he had only brought five hundred people here, he gritted his teeth and said, "Abandon the city!" They only surrounded the western flank, and did not have the determination to fight to the death here. Go back to Ningxiang, quickly report to Wang Ye and Fu Sima, Chang Dewei, Jiuxiwei, and Yongdingwei are here, come so fast, the west is the main force! ”

Seeing that the guards fled in a hurry with the magistrate and others, the remaining "village warriors" in Anhua County looked at each other, and had to discuss opening the city gate to welcome the king into the city, and at the same time thinking about how to make up reasons to tell that they and others had no choice.

Zhan Huabi didn't have the slightest intention of chasing the rebels, but ordered with a cruel smile: "Enter the city to check the spies, the sooner the better!" ”

He only used to leave chaos here and loot money and food.

When I arrived at Baoqing Mansion, in the name of "will", Baoqingwei never obeyed?

It doesn't matter if you don't obey, you cut off the heads of the first general and others, and those officers and soldiers are left, and you can see real gold and silver treasures with your eyes.

If the courage is not enough, then there is Pu Zitong from the east of Hengzhou Mansion.

The city of Anhua suddenly jumped and soon evolved from a search for spies to a real robbery.

If a soldier is not restrained, he is no different from a bandit.

Geng Yongfeng had just landed from Longyang, and he had not only met the rest of the Jinyi lieutenants under Luo An's command, but also knew about the situation in Changde Mansion.

Geng Yongfeng looked at Tang Peiyu's rapid retreat from Yiyang County, and his face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water.

Before 15 August, it would be effortless to take Yuanjiang and Yiyang.

But what's the use?

The western and northern parts of Changde Mansion and Changsha Mansion must have been a mess and have endless troubles.

Seeing that Sheng Wenyi couldn't hide his joy to appease the refugees there, Geng Yongfeng didn't dare to say anything.

For the sake of the new law, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty and the imperial court are ready to pay some price.

But now that this price appeared in front of Geng Yongfeng's eyes like this, he was a little unbearable after all.

"Let's go to Yiyang County first!"

There are not only 300 captains of Jinyiwei, but also 300 elite soldiers from the Qianhu Institute in Lizhou, and 1,000 personal soldiers brought by himself. Tang Peiyu hurriedly returned to Changsha Mansion, and it is conceivable that Xiangyin on the eastern front is even more unlikely to resist the real army led by Gu Shilong himself.

But the situation inside the rebels is more complicated than they thought.

In Changsha Mansion, Zhu Jianjun shouted angrily: "Why didn't Pu Zitong take him north to Changsha as promised, first boost morale and fight with the enemy in the north for a while?" ”

The man in Zhu Jianjun's mouth is the six-year-old Rui King in a yellow robe.

Seeing that Tang Peiyu couldn't speak, Zhu Jianjun was irritable: "Didn't you say that he is your old general and must obey your orders?" ”

In Hengzhou City, Pu Zitong was overjoyed after reading a letter: "Good! Good! Good! ”

Guang'an Qianhu was also subordinated, and Chenzhou and Youxian and Chaling Prefecture in the southeast of Changsha Prefecture were all returned to him.

Just wait for Zhan Huabi to capture Baoqing Mansion and Yongzhou Mansion together, and join the forces of all guards, and the foundation has been completed.

If Tang Peiyu is defeated and flees south, he can only be regarded as a general.

"Orthodoxy" is in hand, what do you want King Ji to be powerful on his head? Isn't it better to use someone's father?

He swaggered straight to the back house of the palace and came to the Xia family's bedroom: "Queen Mother, there will be great news to report at the end." ”

After that, he didn't wait for the word to be passed on, and pushed the door in.

Seeing the frightened and weak Xia, Pu Zitong showed a smug smile on the corner of his mouth.

Since the emperor is digging his own foundation, this great country and society will naturally be won by the strong and strong in the future.

Although it is only the beginning at the moment, Pu Zitong believes in his future.

Wasn't Taizu just a poor bastard at that time?

If you believe it, then you don't have to have any scruples.

Seeing him approaching, Xia could only retreat with tears in his eyes.

Zhu Houxi's decision is being borne by many people.

It's August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival.

His will has been sent for fourteen days, and it must have reached the southern provinces.

Now, he is standing in the Fengxian Hall and looking at the gods and portraits of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.

And to the north of Changsha Mansion, Gu Shilong also looked at the city wall of Changsha Mansion from afar.

The real first battle of counterinsurgency is to attack Changsha.

I still rushed out for a shift today, sighing.

(End of chapter)