Chapter 321: General Pingbei

Chen Cao improvised a round table meeting, the main topic of which was the great battle between the north and the south in Gaoyou.

Huang Chunyao's previous analysis to Chen Cao is still very reasonable, once the summer grain in the north is harvested, it may really start a war against the Chongde court in June and July.

After all, both sides competed with each other to set up the names of 'General Pingnan' and 'General Pingbei'.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no example of leading troops with an identity, and if you want to truly achieve the position of the commander of the first army, you have to be a variety of temporary pluses, just like the current Pingbei general.

"According to the news, Zhang Gaoping is the left deputy general, and Li Wanchang is the right deputy general..."

Although Chen Cao became the general of Pingbei, there are still two deputy generals on the left and right who are scattered in the army, not to mention that even if he really goes north to fight, he can only bring his own troops, and Zhu Yousong's side will definitely not give Chen Cao the military power of the army that he relies on to continue his life.

This shows that even if Chen Cao is a part-time worker, he has to bring his own guys...

Chen Cao had been listening to the opinions of his subordinate martial arts, but he fell into deep thought, and after a long time, Huang Chunyao arched his hand and asked, "Is the prince thinking about Nanjing?" ”

Chen Cao wants the emperor's throne, not the title of the prince of the county at all, the world knows that Chen Cao has objections, but he cherishes his reputation like a woman, and he is constrained everywhere in doing things.

Huang Chunyao said again: "Why don't you do Cao Cao again?" ”

The hall suddenly fell silent, and Chen Cao also raised his eyebrows to look at Huang Chunyao, all of them were Chen Cao's henchmen, what could not be said?

"The students thought that this time the Northern Dynasty army pressed the border, and it also gave the prince a great opportunity." Huang Chunyao said in a straight voice: "According to the Jinyi Wei detective, Yang He's Shaanxi Qin army totaled 100,000 people, and they marched all the way east after they broke through Luoyang, which was abandoned in Nanjing, and converged with the 50,000 Tang army led by Zhu Yujian, the grandson of the Tang Dynasty, in Kaifeng, and captured Kaifeng with the cooperation of the King of Zhou, and the 150,000 army entered the central capital in the east, which was only two hundred miles away from the central capital, and it was possible to reach the central capital in seven days;

It is because everyone in the Chongde Dynasty is in danger, they can't help but don't use the prince, at this time, the prince is to put forward any request, as long as it is not the emperor, I believe they can agree. ”

Chen Cao's brows lit up, what Huang Chunyao said was very reasonable, Zhu Yousong and others rebelled in Nanjing to claim that the emperor had already torn his face with Chongzhen, although it was the struggle of the Zhu family's own people, but for the throne and the temptation of the world, the key to success or defeat was the key, no matter how reluctant Zhang Gaoping and Li Wanchang were Chen Cao to go out of the mountain, they had to make such a choice, otherwise once they were defeated, there would be no possibility of a comeback, and they would only die.

"Zhulian Nine Clans..."

Chen Cao sighed secretly: "So Yunsheng thinks what is the best request?" ”

Huang Chunyao frowned and thought, so he said slowly: "Serve as the general of Pingbei, take the throne of the prince of Jin, and marry Zhu Weixi, the daughter of King Fu, as the concubine of the prince of the county..."

Xu Fuyuan spoke: "The first two are no problem, but that Zhu Weixi is the sister of Emperor Chongde, and she is married to the prince as a side concubine, and it is estimated that the civil officials of the Nanjing court will definitely not agree." ”

Chen Cao also meant this, who knew that Huang Chunyao said with a smile: "It is precisely because of this that Emperor Chongde will relax his vigilance against the prince, and also give them the face to reject this unreasonable request." ”

Affection Huang Chunyao just made this business a bargain, and the main purpose was the prince's title.

Chen Cao felt that having Huang Chunyao was really making him feel a lot easier: "Then Yunsheng thinks we want a title?" ”

"The student thinks that if he is called 'King Liang', in addition, the genealogy of the prince must be moved into the royal genealogy, and it will be in the vein of King Fu..."

"Didn't you let me recognize Lao Fu Wang as my godfather?"

Chen Cao smiled angrily: "I didn't do anything for nothing, and I have an extra father for no reason..."

"Hahaha..."

The people in the tent laughed, but Huang Chunyao still looked serious: "In this way, in the future, the prince will inherit the throne and be justified..."

Chen Cao took a deep breath rigorously, and then carefully examined Zhu Yousong's current situation.

The 600,000 troops in the north are heading south, and there are still 150,000 people in the west who are about to arrive in Zhongdu, and the 100,000 Qinwang troops in Jiangxi, Huguang and Huguang have already entered Henan, and the Poyang Lake water division in Huguang and other places has also entered the river, and they can go south down the river at any time, Zhu Yousong is facing the encirclement of at least 850,000 people in the northern army, and their entire army is only 350,000 people, and the disparity in strength is huge.

wanted to sit on the throne, Chen Cao became the final choice.

"Lord Wang..."

Zhao Xin ran into the lobby and sent a secret letter and an official letter: "From the Northern Dynasty." ”

After Chen Cao watched it carefully, he laughed, and then handed the letter to Huang Chunyao: "After Yunsheng reads it, you will read it, hahaha..."

Huang Chunyao said excitedly: "Lord Wang, God really helped me Songjiang Domain..."

The letter is Zou Weilian's secret letter, and the official document is the holy decree of Emperor Chongzhen of the Northern Dynasty, which says the same thing, sealing Chen Cao as the king of Daming Liang, fiefdom Songjiang, and can build a government to open a government, which means that it can establish a 'Liang country'.

"Which hero of the Northern Dynasty came up with the idea, the student really thinks...."Huang Chunyao didn't know how to describe it, and then laughed out loud...

"Yunsheng Zhiqian, I am very pleased," Chen Cao sighed, and then put the holy decree away and handed it to Zhao Xin: "Go, send this holy decree to Nanjing..."

"Yes.."

"Chongzhen doesn't want the prince to become a prince, it's just a delaying tactic..."

Where did Chen Cao not know Zhu Youzhen's thoughts, now is the moment of the decisive battle against the Nanjing Imperial Court, Chen Cao is the only unstable factor that affects the situation of the war, and it is also temporary to win him over.

"Once they win the war against the Chongde Dynasty, they will turn their backs and fight our Songjiang Domain."

This is the unanimous agreement of everyone, and they all believe that there will not be a bastard with a brain in water on the Beijing side, so this situation is something that everyone can guess.

And Chen Cao has been named the king of the county, and if he wants to win over, he can only replace it with the title of prince, besides, how can something that has no basis be recognized?

After the fall of Zhu Yousong, hundreds of thousands of troops carried the momentum of victory straight south to Songjiang Mansion, a small place, and the destruction of Chen Cao, a thief, was also a trivial matter.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Youzhen agreed to this plan of water in his head, so he carefully reviewed it.

"Lord Wang, the student has a plan..."

Chen Cao looked at Huang Chunyao's somewhat vicious eyes, and suddenly laughed evilly: "Speak..."

"Ingratiate with both sides, and then get food nearby..."

Many people didn't understand, but Chen Cao, who also had a bad stomach, understood, and he nodded with a smile: "I think so too." ”

Huang Chunyao nodded: "In this way, the prince's background will be more justified, and he will achieve great things in the future, and it will be easier to control public opinion..."

"It makes sense, then follow this plan and immediately order..."

"Yes..."

At the beginning of June, the holy decrees of the north and south of Beijing arrived in Shanghai at the same time, and the eunuchs who carried the holy decrees were all eunuchs.

When the decree was brought with him, he also carried the prince's reckless robes and a guard of honor.

Chen Cao's plan really succeeded, and the Chongzhen court and the Chongde court canonized Chen Cao, the king of Songjiang County, as the king of Liang at the same time, and gave the gold seal, gold book, treasure seal and other things.

Chen Cao also responded to Huang Chunyao's suggestion, greeted the eunuchs of the imperial courts on both sides at the same time in the carrier hall, and then greeted the holy decree in batches.

The main purpose of this is also to let the courts on both sides know each other's attraction to Chen Cao, and secondly, to show everyone in the world that Chen Cao has been recognized by the courts on both sides at the same time.

It's a two-way ploy, and it's bad.

The day after Chen Cao received the title of King Liang, he had a feast in the mansion, which was held for three days, and on the fourth day, Su Manwen was the concubine, and it was placed for three days in a row, which was not lively.

General Pingbei Xingyuan is also in the governor's yamen, but a plaque is added next to it.

In the middle of the year, Chen Cao, who had been resting for more than ten days, finally held a meeting in Yamen about the situation of the war between the two courts, and the envoy of the Chongde court, the old eunuch Sun Dewen, was also present.

Chen Cao was the first to speak: "Four days ago, Liaodong General Liu Xingzuo and Zhang Yingwu landed on Phi Dao, and Jinyiwei's spies in Korea have already made contact with the people of the Korean king Li Liang; ”

Chen Cao looked around: "At that time, my plan was to attack Hetuala, the old nest of Jiannu, from the rear of Liaodong, but the situation has changed, and I am ready to take North Korea first;

North Korea is on the side of Jiannu's elbow, otherwise they would not have spent a lot of money to conquer North Korea twice, and now it doesn't matter whether Li Liang is really convinced of Jiannu or not, but betraying my Ming Dynasty is already an indisputable fact. ”

Sun Dewen looked up, he was thinking about the true meaning of Chen Cao's words.

Chen Cao looked at the people at the round table: "Yes, I decided to attack North Korea and punish these treacherous people." ”

Everyone present knew that these words in King Liang's mouth were just acting on his own from the perspective of righteousness, and everyone knew the real purpose.

"And Zhang Yingwu's division may not be able to completely take North Korea, so I decided to conquer North Korea myself."

As soon as Chen Cao's voice fell, Sun Dewen, who was sitting behind the round table, was anxious at that time, and immediately stood up and said urgently: "His Royal Highness King Liang, now the war in Jiangbei is urgent, hundreds of thousands of troops of the Northern Army have gathered in Nanzhili, Gaoyou and other places, the two sides are tense, the emperor has issued an edict to crown His Royal Highness King Liang, and now the situation in Nanjing is critical, His Royal Highness can't afford to serve the king, why...

Why bother with the life and death of a small country like North Korea that has nothing to do with the overall situation? ”

Zhao Xin said coldly: "Father-in-law Sun, today's situation is a military meeting of my Liang Domain..."

Sun Dewen was not afraid of Zhao Xin, the brocade guard, and immediately looked at Zhao Xin with a serious face: "The Liang Fan was canonized by the emperor. ”

Chen Cao waved his hand to let Zhao Xin retreat, and said: "Father-in-law Sun, don't worry, why did this king say that he would not send troops north?" What's more, this king is still the general of Pingbei who is enshrined by the Holy Emperor, how can he not care about the situation in Jiangbei today? ”