In fact, for now, it is not very difficult for Zhu Zhanyan to ascend to the throne, as long as he wants to, he can do it at any time.

On the surface, the throne seems to require a lot of factors, and your rebellion and succession to the throne are not the same.

If you start a rebellion like Emperor Taizu Gao, Zhu Yuanzhang, then you need to get the support of many people, and at the same time, you also need to have strong ability, relatively noble character or be very good at acting.

If you are the heir to the throne, you need factors such as bloodline, ability, and people's hearts.

As far as Zhu Zhan Yan is concerned, don't look at him as if he was charging towards the throne after the death of his nephew, but now after all, he is still the national ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, even if he is Zhu Qizhen's cousin, but he still belongs to the part that inherits the throne.

And he already has all the needs to inherit the throne.

The first thing to bear the brunt is the bloodline, he is the son of King Wu of the Ming Dynasty, although he is not the descendant of the Ming royal family, but two generations forward, he is also the descendant of Emperor Taizong.

Now in the line of Emperor Hongxi, Emperor Xuande and the orthodox emperor are dead and have no queen, Zhu Zhanyong raised troops to rebel, and he will definitely be held accountable......

Zhu Zhanyong's whole family is sure.

Emperor Hongxi's third son Zhu Zhan Yong has died, leaving a son Zhu Qiyong, although Zhu Zhan Rong used his life to win a glimmer of life for his son and grandson, Zhu Zhan Rong also left Zhu Qiyong alive, but it also proves that Zhu Qiyong will no longer be a threat in the future.

Unless, Zhu Qiyong is a person who is consumed by the desire for power, and wants to make Zhu Zhanyan suffer a loss in this situation.

If that's the case, his ending will definitely be very bad, even worse than his third uncle Zhu Zhanyong.

As for the concubine of Emperor Hongxi......

This doesn't pose a threat, after all, everyone is a concubine, why are you jumping face? And Zhu Zhanyan has other advantages.

This is the second point of succession to the throne: ability.

Needless to say, Zhu Zhanyan's ability is self-evident, not to mention his military exploits, which are unmatched in the world, I am afraid that it is difficult to find someone who can compare with him in the entire history of the Central Plains.

After all, Huo Quai, the god general of the Western Han Dynasty, was only facing the enemy of the Xiongnu, while Zhu Zhanyan swept the Eurasian continent.

Now, what is in front of Zhu Zhanyan is the last element, that is, people's hearts.

Zhu Zhanyan has people's hearts, but they are a little complicated.

At the beginning, Zhu Zhanyan, that is, during the Yongle period, he only had the support of military generals, and the civilian camp was one-sided in favor of the crown prince, that is, Emperor Hongxi.

But later, with the implementation of ram science, coupled with Chen Xun and Hu Hu and others, Zhu Zhanyan was also very prestigious in the civil official camp.

If nothing else, let's just say that among the officials who support Zhu Zhanyan now, there is no problem in forming a complete imperial court.

What is really complicated is the people's will.

The hearts of the people, Zhu Zhan Yan also has, used to be limited to Xiangzhou Mansion and other places controlled by the Wu Dynasty, but with the defeat of the orthodox emperor and capture, people panicked and prepared to flee Shuntian, Zhu Zhan Yan, who was like a divine soldier descending from the sky, gave people hope.

At this time, people remembered that Zhu Zhan Yan was not as violent and warlike as they thought, at least, with Zhu Zhan Yan here, they did not have to worry about being broken through by the enemy all the way to Beijing.

Therefore, Zhu Zhan's original disadvantage of not having the will of the people in the north has also been made up, although it is still incomplete, but it is enough.

Because, what Warat's southward movement threatened was the northern region, and there were very few places that were dissatisfied with Zhu Zhan's southward movement and were not threatened by Wara's southward movement.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Zhanyan is waiting for an opportunity, or a trophy.

One...... When he ascended to the throne, sacrificed heaven and earth and the temple, he could get the loot in his hands.

And this trophy is slowly walking towards his arms at this time.

……

Duo Yanwei, the big tent of the Ming army.

"Your Royal Highness, what do you think of this ......news?" Liu Qingwen stood behind Zhu Zhanyan and stopped talking.

"You don't think it's credible?" Zhu Zhanyan didn't raise his head, still looking at the secret letter in front of him.

……

Liu Qingwen didn't speak, but apparently thought so.

As the guard of the prince, Liu Qingwen, who had followed Zhu Zhanqi from the Wa Kingdom to the Indochina Peninsula, and then through Central Asia all the way to Europe, and now returned to the Ming Dynasty, he thinks that this kind of news is not very reliable.

The reason is the secret letter in Zhu Zhanyan's hand.

From the experience of expeditions to Central Asia and Europe, the information of the prince's guard has never been wrong, but the people of a country have tied up their own king and want to send it to the enemy camp?

Liu Qingwen felt that this kind of news was not credible and could not believe it.

"You're too paranoid." Zhu Zhanyan shook his head slightly and sighed.

"Do you remember how many Warats we've killed since the January period I set for you has passed?"

"Returning to His Royal Highness!" Hearing Zhu Zhan's question, Liu Qingwen hurriedly lowered his head.

"If my subordinates remember correctly, there are more than 80,000 people."

"yes, eighty thousand." Zhu Zhanyan was also a little emotional when he heard this.

"Eighty thousand, it doesn't seem like much, but for a nomad like Warat, eighty thousand is already a big number, and we still clean up indiscriminately, and don't give them a way to live at all."

"There is nothing important in life except death, and the potential that people can explode in the face of death is far beyond people's imagination."

"Don't think that the people are ignorant, in fact, their knowledge may not be as good as those literati, and their military strategy is not as good as those generals, but for judging the general situation, this is the most basic instinct of people."

"If you were to say, in the current situation, who will win in the end?"

……

Liu Qingwen was speechless.

yes, Daming...... Or Zhu Zhanyan, at the beginning swept East Asia, then Southeast Asia, and then South Asia, West Asia and Europe, although there were also small areas of defeat, such as in Europe, but the final outcome ended with the victory of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, Warat against the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that there is no chance of winning, just like a tiger is chasing an old wolf who has fallen behind, although the old wolf also has combat effectiveness, but the strength of the two sides is not proportional.

In this case, it is very likely and the wisest choice for the wolf cubs to fill the tiger's belly with the life of the old wolf, in exchange for their own survival.

"Don't worry." Zhu Zhanyan threw the secret letter into the brazier on the side.

"Even if those Warats harbor evil intentions and want to use this as an excuse to trick us, we are not afraid."

"It's going to be winter soon......"

Hearing this, Liu Qingwen looked outside the tent.

Duoyanwei is not a good place, at least not a good place in this era, it belongs to an absolute bitter cold place, but compared to the former Warat and Tatar, Duoyanwei is barely a good place.

However, now that the Ming Dynasty is in full swing, it has not only driven the Warat to flee in embarrassment, but also pushed the territory back to the Troubled River, which is tantamount to driving all the Warat people to a colder place.

Push forward more than ten years, when the relationship between Daming and Warat was still harmonious, Warat still needed to rely on the mutual market with Daming to survive the bitter winter, and now it is ......

During the period from Liangzhouwei to Ningxia Zhongwei, they plundered a lot of things, but these were not enough to support the whole of Warat through the winter.

Moreover, because of Zhu Zhan's northward journey, Warat dropped a lot of things on the way to lighten his load, which led to them not only not getting what they wanted when they went south this time, but even throwing away some of the things they had already received.

Just like Zhu Zhanyan said, even if it is a plan this time, Da Ming is not afraid.

The hard power is there, as long as you are careful that Zhu Zhanyan is not exchanged for one by the opponent's limit, it will not have any impact on the final outcome.

……

Just when Zhu Zhan was quietly waiting for the action on the other side of Warat, there was an accident in Warat.

Facts have proved that it is up to people to plan things and to achieve things.

There are some things that don't mean you can succeed if you work hard.

Just like this Warat, the soldiers at the bottom finally broke through the shackles left by the class in their hearts, and the generals who rose up to attack were also captured alive first, wanting to exchange this for a chance to live, but in the end they fell short.

Tilianguti.

Here, there has always been a garrison in Warat, which has lasted from the Yuan Dynasty to the present, and in the last twenty years or so, Warat has been stationed here every year and spent a lot of military spending.

The reason for this is its special geographical location.

If you only talk about Tiliangguti, maybe not many people know, and if you talk about Tiliangguti's alias, Tiliangguti, maybe no one knows, but if you talk about a river here, then no one should know.

The Stone River of Ye'er, also known as ...... Irtysh.

That's right, it is the only river that flows into the Arctic Ocean in later generations.

As for the specific location of the garrison of Warat...... Almost here in Novosibirsk, where the woolly bear family of the later generations.

Speaking of which, it is obvious what the mission of this garrison in Warat is, that is, to spy on intelligence when Zhu Zhan was in the west of Europe.

After the end of Zhu Zhan's expedition to the west, Wara's spying on Europe has never ended, because Europe already belongs to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and there will be heavyweights like Zhu Zhanyan to guard it in the future.

Warat has never given up the ambition of going south, and once they go south, it will already be the territory of the Ming Dynasty at that time, and there will definitely be people like Zhu Zhanqi guarding Europe who will not sit idly by.

Therefore, Warat has been stationed here every year, and it has cost a huge amount of money, in order to be able to get Zhu Zhanyan's movements one step earlier.

It's just that he may not have thought that this garrison, which was originally used to spy on intelligence, would eventually become his escape place.

Perhaps, what he didn't expect was that he would be overthrown by his subordinates here and become a gift from ordinary soldiers to Zhu Zhanyan.

Or perhaps, no one in Warat thought that in this southward movement and the subsequent rebellion, no one in the whole of Warat was a winner.

Those who fled in all directions were not the victors first, and the Warat soldiers who wanted to exchange their lives for Zhu Zhan Yan were not the victors when they were captured.

The only victor is Da Ming.

"That's all for these people?" Zhu Sanfeng is draped all over his body, his face is like frost, giving people a feeling of heroic posture but not daring to approach.

"I wish you back to the general! The entire Warat garrison has been searched! That's all there is to it! ”

Listening to the return of the guards, Zhu Sanfeng did not relax because of this, but his brows became more and more wrinkled.

It's a good thing to catch everyone, but the problem is that there are too few people caught.

Three thousand people, as the first of the Warat Taishi, have they fallen to this point?

After all, after conquering Europe, there are few enemies who can enter Zhu Zhan's eyes, and Zhu Sanfeng, as one of the people who has been with Zhu Zhan for the longest time, naturally understands this.

Even if she didn't understand, Jian Xiao was once Zhu Zhanyan's military advisor, so she naturally knew this.

Therefore, Zhu Sanfeng does not say that he fully understands the garrison of Wara, but it can also be said that he is eight or nine times out of ten.

There are 2,000 people stationed every year, just to spy on intelligence, and combined with the current situation, this means that he will bring 1,000 people with him this time!

As the de facto ruler of Warat, this is a little too little.

"I wish the general, you see ......"

Seeing that Zhu Sanfeng hadn't spoken for a long time, the guards on the side asked with a little hesitation.

"Forget it, leave them alone for now." Zhu Sanfeng shook his head slightly.

"Pass the order! Except for Yexian, his son and his brother, everyone else was disposed of! Get ready to head south! Rendezvous with the Loyal King of Hamiwei! ”

"Yes!"

……

Looking at the soldiers who were all moving, Zhu Sanfeng shook his head slightly, and threw out all the messy thoughts in his mind.

How many attendants and how many guards did he bring with him when he went out first, although this matter is very important, and even related to the question of how much vitality there is in Warat, but at the moment, this is not the most important thing.

This siege of the Warat garrison captured Zhu Zhanyan's most needed Yexian, as well as Yexian's younger brother King Saihan, eldest son Bolonahal, and second son Ashi Timur, which was already a victory beyond expectations.

At the moment, the question of how much vitality there is in Warat can be put aside for the time being, because Daming will not have the option of defeat against Warat.

Thinking of this, Zhu Sanfeng suddenly became a little excited.

She knew that Zhu Zhanyan had been waiting for this sacrifice, which would be used to sacrifice to the Taimiao Temple when he ascended the throne, and it would also be able to gather people's hearts to the greatest extent.

And now, Zhu Sanfeng remembered that he seemed to be ...... I have the opportunity to see Zhu Zhanyan ascend to the throne with my own eyes.

Unlike Zhu Sanfeng, not far behind Zhu Sanfeng, Ye Xian, who was locked in the prisoner car, had a desperate look on his face at this time.

Originally, he still had a chance.

He has been the Taishi of Wara for so many years, and he has been arrested by his own people, he may still be able to persuade those people to let him go, although he has only recently confronted Zhu Zhan Yan, but as the so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other side will win all battles, he still knows Zhu Zhan Yan.

He knew that Zhu Zhan Yan would not easily let go of the opportunity to incorporate Wara into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, he believes that as long as he works hard and makes some empty promises, there is still a chance to turn the situation around.

But now, Zhu Sanfeng is here, and he has served this garrison in one pot.

Wara's throat was controlled by Da Ming.

Thinking of his future, he also despaired.

If it was an ordinary Ming soldier, maybe he would work hard to see if he could be convinced, but I wish Sanfeng ......

Just ask, who in this world doesn't know that Qian Yong, Jian Xiao and Zhu Sanfeng are Zhu Zhan's three diehards.

From being selected by Zhu Zhanyan to the present, Qian Yong and the three have experienced many hardships and temptations, but they have never changed their loyalty to Zhu Zhanyan.

He also came first, how could he possibly convince such a person?

(End of chapter)