Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 1040 Rebellion

Wang Xiaolie walked under the shade of the trees after the light rain, hands behind his back, carefully searching for the cockroaches under the trees. There were a lot of earwigs and cockroaches on the land after the rain, and no one else bothered them. It took a lot of effort for Wang Xiaolie to find a lot of them.

Standing up and holding the cockroach in hand, Wang Xiaolie slowly walked back to the table. Suddenly, remembering something, Wang Xiaolie put down the worm in his hand, picked up the secret letter on the table and looked at it carefully. After reading for a while, he put down the secret letter and sat down at the table next to him to think carefully.

This is the letter sent back by Shen Zun, which explains the situation in Xiangyang clearly. How did Zhao Gou appoint Han Shizhong and Yue Fei as deputy privy envoys and seize the military power stationed abroad? Zhang Jun's army was short of food and went to Jiangling to get food. Zhao Gou asked Zhang Jun to come back two months later, appointed him as Privy Councilor, and also took away his military power. In just half a year, due to the defeat at Hedong Road, the Jin army temporarily lost the courage to fight again, and seriously negotiated peace with Zhao Gou. With the Jin army negotiating peace, Zhao Gou had the confidence to seize the military power of the generals.

The only exception is Wang Xiaolie.

Zhao Gou's idea was to deal with Wang Xiaolie with all his strength after the generals returned their military power. At that time, all the generals were in the Privy Council. With an order, Wang Xiaolie might agree to hand over his military power. As long as he surrendered his military power, Zhao Gou would rather give Wang Xiaolie a very high official position.

After reading the secret letter again and again, Wang Xiaolie put it down and sighed.

In Wang Xiaolie's heart, he was opposed to Zhao Gou and Jin Bing suing for peace and completely giving up their offensive capabilities. All other matters can be discussed, but seeking peace with Jin Bing is definitely not an option. Why can't Zhao Gou understand this? No other high position given to Wang Xiaolie can be compared with this. Why doesn't Zhao Gou understand?

Picking up the secret letter, Wang Xiaolie read it carefully again and put it down.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Xiaolie said to his soldiers: "Go and find Chen Qiudao and Chen Yuyi. By the way, Gao Ying is also here. In addition, ask Wang Ruohai, Ma Kuo and Wang Yan to come over and order people to pass on the order to Shao. Ling and Niu Gao are on standby in the army."

The soldiers took the order, turned around and hurried away.

Shao Ling was in Guanzhong and Niu Gao was in Taiyuan Prefecture, Hedong. He could only fly to let the two prepare. Wait until Wang Xiaolie has discussed the results with everyone before telling them. Li Yanxian was in Fengshengzhou and Jiang Min was in Datong, so they could only wait for their lives.

After the soldiers left, Wang Xiaolie stood up again and bent down to look for the cockroaches.

The sky is slowly getting late, and a sunset glow hangs on the horizon. The afterglow of the sunset came into the yard, casting a red light.

Under the red light in the backyard, a banquet was laid out. Next to it are melons, pears, and pistachios. In the middle are some big dishes, such as boiled chicken, soy sauce beef, fried fish, etc. In the empty space in the middle, some dishes such as ribs are prepared. Everything seems rich and simple.

After a while, Chen Qiudao and Wang Ruohai came in. Seeing the banquet hosted by Wang Xiaolie, they couldn't help but look at each other with surprise in their eyes.

Wang Xiaolie said to the two of them: "Now is the time to eat the earwigs. You and I will catch them together and see how many we can catch."

Chen Qiudao and Wang Ruohai remained silent, silently walked to Wang Xiaolie, and caught bugs with him.

After a while, everyone arrived. Wang Xiaolie clapped his hands and said: "We are all here, give the cockroaches to the soldiers and squeeze them for us to eat."

After saying that, he handed the cockroach to the soldier, returned to the table, and sat down.

After pouring tea for everyone, Wang Xiaolie said: "Everyone has tea." After drinking a few sips of tea, Wang Xiaolie suddenly said: "The matter has come to this, we have to rebel! If you are willing to rebel, just let me eat this A bowl of rice, I will never treat you unfairly. Those who don’t want to go against you also have their own ambitions and have nothing to say. I will pack up the ceremony and send you to Yong’an in a few days, and you will serve Zhao Gou for the rest of your life.”

Chen Qiudao glanced at everyone and saw that although their eyes were different, they didn't say anything. He cupped his hands to Wang Xiaolie and said: "Xuanfu, in the past six months in Luoyang, everyone has been thinking the opposite. Especially in the past few months when the Holy Emperor came to Xiangyang, what he did was completely different from what we thought. Everyone saw it, The disgust is in the Lord. As soon as Xuan Fu gives an order, he will rebel! Follow Xuan Fu and fight to the death with the Jin Army! It is better than following the current Holy Lord and thinking about how to reconcile with the Jin Army every day!"

After Chen Qiudao finished speaking, several others raised their hands and said, "I am willing to listen to Xuanfu's orders!"

Wang Xiaolie looked at everyone, his eyes scanning from one side to the other and back again. He nodded slowly: "Everyone wanted to rebel without saying a word, which was beyond my expectation."

Chen Qiudao said: "These days, everyone wants to rebel. Is there any lie? What the officials in Luoyang saw and heard were how they fought to the death with the Jin people! But Xuanfu was dealing with Xiangyang, and Xiangyang's The news is that we want to negotiate peace with Jin, who can bear it?"

Wang Xiaolie looked at everyone and slowly understood in his heart. Zhao Gou thought about negotiating peace with the Jin army every day. How could the officials in Luoyang accommodate him? Because of Wang Xiaolie's face, no one said anything, but everyone was waiting in their hearts for what Wang Xiaolie would say.

Once Wang Xiaolie said he wanted to rebel, everyone let out a sigh of relief, and the stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

In the past six months, while Wang Xiaolie's army was advancing vigorously, while Zhao was contemplating peace talks, the officials were extremely depressed. Those who were a little loyal to Zhao Gou in the past, such as Wang Ruohai and others, were completely disappointed in Zhao Gou. Just wait and see when Wang Xiaolie can figure it out, rebel against Zhao Gou and do his own thing.

Wang Xiaolie picked up the wine on the table and said, "Everyone, have a drink of this! Starting tonight, we will rebel against the imperial court and completely destroy the ancestors of the Jin Army!"

After saying that, he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

The other people picked up the wine on the table and drank it with a little excitement.

Putting down the wine glass, Wang Xiaolie said: "In the final analysis, Zhao Gou is the emperor and is superior. In the past few years, we have been fighting with the Jin soldiers every day from Xiangyang to Luoyang, but we did not expect that the emperor would negotiate peace with the Jin soldiers. . We need to negotiate a peace. How can we feel embarrassed after fighting such a war? We can’t keep this life and go to negotiate a peace with the Jin soldiers behind the emperor’s back. The emperor wants to negotiate a peace, but we won’t agree!”

Everyone raised their glasses together and said, "No!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "As long as the brothers don't agree, how can I bow to the emperor? Now, the only way is to go south to Xiangyang and take the emperor's body! Let the emperor follow us all the way to Daming Mansion, fight Go to Youzhou!"

Wang Ruohai held up the wine glass and said seriously to Wang Xiaolie: "Everything depends on Xuanfu's orders! I will follow Xuanfu and listen to orders!"

After saying that, he raised his glass, looked at Wang Xiaolie, and drank it all in one gulp.

(End of this chapter)