Finally, after Taiwei Liu Sihuai's pleading and Taibao Su Pingzhan's reconciliation, the Shen family promised to send another 20,000 troops to reinforce Donghu. These 20,000 troops would be commanded by Su Xiuwei. They were just assisting and no one had the right to forcefully command.
The two generations of the Su family and the Shen family are related by marriage and have a good relationship, and the Qingzhou Army has not found a reason to enter the capital so far. If the emperor changes, they have to count on the Xiliang Army to protect the people of Fufeng Hall, so Su Xiuwei will not do it intentionally The Xiliang army suffered losses. Su Xiuwei's background and qualifications could withstand the pressure of Marquis Weiyuan. Shen Zangfeng, who was on standby in Yanzhou, and the 20,000 Xiliang troops he led stayed where they were to guard Yanzhou.
In fact, all parties are not very satisfied with this result. Out of concerns about the situation in Donghu, the Taishi and Taiwei certainly hope that a small part of the 60,000 Xiliang army will stay in Yanzhou, and the rest can go to Donghu to support; for the Shen family, These 60,000 soldiers and horses were obtained for their own safety. As a result, they first sent 20,000 troops to attack Yanzhou. The 20,000 troops had not returned yet, but they had to send another 20,000 troops to help defend Donghu... And they asked for the last 20,000 troops to be used. The soldiers and horses were mobilized closer to the imperial capital, but the Grand Master refused on the grounds that "the Holy One is increasingly suspicious, and it is not appropriate to provoke any more."
Even the Taibao was not very happy, because the request of the Qingzhou Army to go north was rejected by the Taishi...
The reason is also not to irritate the Holy One.
In this situation, everyone felt a bit intolerable.
I don't know who started it, but everyone mentioned it tacitly: "When the prince Xima Wei Xinyong went to Yanzhou with Zang Feng, he said that the prince was wise and filial. Now that the emperor is old, it is inevitable that he will not be able to handle state affairs. It is time for the prince to come out and take charge of the affairs. It’s about sharing worries.”
"This is very true. The imperial body is losing energy every year, and it has become worse and worse recently. It's time for the prince to worry more."
"Now that the city of Yanzhou is in ruins, will the prince return after washing his horse?"
"Is this the last few days?"
Counting the days, Wei Xinyong was about to come back, and everyone stopped talking - they were all people of status, and even though they had the intention to support the prince in forcing the emperor to abdicate and ascend the throne, they still lost their dignity when they said it too openly. This kind of linking and instigation activities should just wait for the junior Wei family who has obviously wanted to make a fortune from the dragon to come back and then follow the trend.
But he didn't want to wait. After more than ten days, Wei Xinyong was not seen. Instead, he waited for Shen Zangfeng's apology letter - he had lost Wei Xinyong!
What happened was that Shen Zangfeng and Wei Xinyong arrived at Yanzhou City with 20,000 Xiliang troops at the end of last year. However, he followed the advice of the accompanying counselor Shangguan Shiyi and only performed tired attacks every day. On New Year's Eve, they faked a sneak attack, and then took turns attacking the city, day and night. The soldiers and civilians in the city were exhausted, and Mo Binwei took the opportunity to replace his confidant at a critical position... So on the sixth day of the first lunar month, the time was ripe, and the city was broken in one fell swoop.
Next, he and Lu Haozhi fought fierce street battles for a day and night. In the end, Shen Zangfeng shot and killed Lu Haozhi, who was fleeing hastily, during the chaos. The rebels were confused and fled in all directions. This was the end of the story.
In the midst of this, Shen Shen was the vanguard, fighting fiercely day and night, not only looking for traces of Lu Hao but also ordering people to keep an eye on the baggage so that the rebels would not be burned in despair. He had so many things to worry about that he inevitably neglected Wei Xinyong. When Lu Hao waited, When Hao Zhifu was executed, the Xiliang army took the lead and captured the Yanzhou Guards' Mansion. When they began to search extensively, Shen Zangfeng received news from Su Xiuwei that it was Wei Xinyong and Mo Binwei who had followed Su Xiuwei after the city was broken. Gone.
Su Xiuwei was Shen Zangfeng's direct uncle, and he also intended to promote his nephew. Therefore, he gave up the privilege of breaking the city and entering the city first, and led the army to the rear... Of course, this was also to let the Xiliang army reap the benefits from the front. After all, the Su family The relationship with the Shen family is better. At this time, we must decisively suppress the Donghu army of the Liu family and let the Xiliang army take the first step.
But what they didn't expect was that after Su Xiuwei and Shen Zangfeng separated, they were suddenly attacked by a group of rebels. The soldiers fought tooth and nail to protect Su Xiuwei and fought her way out of the siege. After reuniting with most of the Donghu Army, they found that Wei Xinyong and Mo Binwei who were following Su Xiuwei were missing...
Then, Shen Zangfeng could only send troops to hunt down the remnants of Lu Hao's men, while also ordering his scouts to scatter in search of the two men.
But among the rebellious army, Wei Xinyong and Mo Binwei deliberately concealed their whereabouts, but where could they find them for a while
This news gave everyone in the court a headache. Without Wei Xinyong to contact them, they had to look down on supporting the crown prince's immediate enthronement. The problem is that no one would think that Wei Xinyong and Mo It would be an accident if both Bin and Wei disappeared. Wei Xinyong was able to quietly bury Mo Binwei's chess piece and trick Lu Haozhi before. Who knows what he is planning now that he can't find anyone
In fact, Wei Changying had a vague guess about the whereabouts of his sixth uncle: Wei Xinyong was most likely taking Mo Binwei to Fengzhou!
Of course he wasn't going to visit relatives, he probably wanted to attack Wei Qi directly!
Mo Binwei was already extremely talented. Although he brought a dozen people to Lu Haozhi, during these days of lurking, he must have attracted a group of useful people, and maybe the group of chaos who separated Su Xiuwei from them. Is the army the one under Mo Binwei's command
Of course it is impossible to attack the city with these people, but there is no need for Wei Xinyong to attack Fengzhou!
Taking advantage of the chaos of the war, he quietly sneaked back to Fengzhou with his men and killed Wei Qi. It turned out that Wei Huan also regarded his father as a thorn in his flesh and promised to hand Wei Qi and his son over to Wei Xinyong when he had the chance. At this great opportunity, Wei Qi was of no use to Wei Huan if he was alive. He sent someone to open the city gate privately. After Rong Wei Xinyong and his party entered the city, they covered their whereabouts and went to arrest Zhibentang. That was done. The promise to Wei Xinyong also caused a serious problem for Rui Yutang. Why wouldn't Wei Huan do it
Nowadays, the attention of both the government and the public is focused on the large-scale invasion of the Rong people and the lingering influence of Yanzhou. There had been a "rong infiltration" in Fengzhou as early as when Chief Wei Ying left the cabinet... With such a good opportunity, it is estimated that if Wei Xinyong didn't act, Wei Huan would have sent someone to give Wei Xinyong face-to-face advice.
Zhibentang is now entirely supported by Wei Qi. With Wei Qi dead, it will be much easier for Wei Xinyong to deal with Wei Qingming and others in the future. Moreover, Wei Xinyong returned to Yanzhou immediately after killing Wei Qi. It can be speculated that he, Mo Binwei and others were threatened by the rebel army, dispersed, and trapped somewhere, which delayed their return.
Although everyone may not necessarily believe this kind of rhetoric, at least the scene can explain it - who said that Youyan is in such a mess now
In the current situation, it is too late for each family to protect themselves, and they have no time to take care of other people's housework. As long as Wei Xinyong's rhetoric is not too ridiculous, no one will delve into it.
The more Wei Changying thought about this possibility, the greater the possibility. However, this speculation involved the character of his mother's family, but it was difficult to tell others, so he just kept silent.
Although Wei Xinyong accidentally "disappeared", the government and the public could not tolerate the Holy Emperor.
But after all, the Holy Lord is an old man who has been on the throne for decades. He is not allowed to abdicate just because he is asked to abdicate.
Even if all the officials work together to force the palace... they still have to pass the level of the Royal Forest Army. Otherwise, with the current madness of the Holy Emperor, it is really not impossible for him to simply kill all the officials and bloodbath the imperial capital in order to gain notoriety for Qianqiu.
Even if he might not be able to do it... anyway, officials like Shen Xuan don't want to risk the lives of their families...
So the most urgent issue now is to solve the matter of the Royal Forest Army. Even if you don't incite rebellion against them, at least let them stand by and watch.
The problem is that Gu Xiaode is extremely loyal to the Holy Sage...
He has been commanding the Royal Forest Army for more than twenty years and has a high prestige in the army. If you want to attack the Royal Forest Army, it can be said that you cannot avoid him at all.
Although there are many noble children in the Royal Forest Army, they can be called away by their elders. But of course the 300,000 Imperial Guards cannot all be juniors of the noble clan. What's even worse is that Gu Xiaode himself is a child of a noble family, and his family background is not very high. He was entrusted with the important task only because his sister became the queen.
Therefore, when Gu Xiaode first took charge of the Royal Forest Army, he suffered quite a lot at the hands of his subordinates and soldiers who were descendants of noble families. He was worried about the elders behind these people, so he simply found an excuse to report to the Holy Emperor, recruit soldiers from the common people, and form another group for his personal army, deliberately training them to be the elite of the Royal Forest Army, so that they can be promoted. His own control over the emperor's personal army was also used to resist the control of the emperor.
Compared with the soldiers named "Xuanjia Guards" who were sent to attack Yanzhou City with the Liu family's private soldiers last time, the Holy Emperor also regarded this army that came from the common people and had no ancestral influence, so it was particularly loyal to the emperor. Treasure, from the day it was trained, Gu Xiaode had been told that the Xuanjia Guards were not allowed to leave the imperial capital under any circumstances - this was the core of guarding the royal family, and the confidence for the Holy Emperor to live in debauchery and disregard the people's livelihood.
The Holy One is very concerned about this army, and no one in it is from a noble family, and the noble families are not allowed to have any involvement! Although the Holy Emperor has been obsessed with beauty in the past few years, the cultivation he put in over the past ten years still only recognizes the emperor's orders and not others.
With them guarding the palace, how easy is it to accomplish such a major change
Everyone discussed for a long time, and finally the grand master implicitly suggested that the Qingzhou army should be ready to go: "The civil unrest near Qingzhou has been too outrageous recently. The private soldiers of the gentry there have been defeated in a row, and the rebel mob is getting more and more arrogant. Even Zhou Yong can't Support, and Taibao will take some of the troubles from the court!”
The reason why the Qingzhou Army was not allowed to move before was because the Holy Emperor heard the news and provoked him. This old guy is very old and so crazy that he doesn't care about his descendants. Why should we provoke him? Not worth it. But the Holy Spirit is too desperate now. If we still wait for something to happen to him before taking action, what if it's too late? Following this kind of monarch, it is better to take a risk. Start by assisting the government in suppressing civil uprisings near Qingzhou, and slowly move closer to the imperial capital... Maybe you can get through
With these words, he repaired the rift between him and Su Pingzhan after they broke up on bad terms last time. The Grand Master looked at Shen Xuan again... Shen Xuan was now frightened by him and said warily: "If Grand Master is destined, Xuan Dare you not join Ji? It’s a pity that all 40,000 soldiers and horses have left the capital, and only 20,000 soldiers are not enough to do anything. I am afraid that I will disappoint the grand master.”
Grand Master, what do you think? Please go ahead. I, the junior, can follow you and be the vanguard. Forget it - Shen Xuan has done so many things secretly. After working hard for several years, I don’t want to have to bear the reputation of being a regicide at the end of the day... Also, Grand Master, don’t think about my last 20,000 troops! I just brought 60,000 soldiers and horses into the Central Plains, how could I not leave any backup behind!
The Grand Master didn't know whether he really didn't think so this time, or he changed his mind temporarily after hearing these words, but he shook his head and said: "The Holy Master did something unwise, and we and the ministers should advise him. Unless it is absolutely necessary, how can we use the military advice? Something? I just remembered something and wanted to ask Taifu."
Shen Xuan said carefully: "Grand Master, please speak."
"Your love..." The grand master narrowed his eyes and said, "I am telling you that the fourth young lady in the family was rumored to have been proposed to by Gu Xiaode's second son?" (To be continued)