please make me king

Chapter 1322

It is said that Ye Tinggui, the governor of Datong, Wang Shiren, the general of Datong, and Li Guoliang, the general of the Xuanfu, heard Song Xiance's words, and they couldn't help but wonder: "Why did you say that, sir?"

"Datong is six or seven hundred miles away from Taiyuan, and Xuanfu is only three hundred and fifty miles away from the capital." Song Xiance couldn't help but smiled wryly.

"Although Xuanda and Dazhen sent Wang Qingzhi and Wu Weihua to the two places to lobby for the price."

"However, the road to the capital is short, and the road to Taiyuan is long. I'm afraid Zhang Weishi has already surrendered before you arrive at the Xuanfu!"

It turned out that after seeing the siege of the rebels, Jin'azige's troops in the two towns of Xuanda had gained the upper hand and could not win by themselves. Therefore, some generals had a different heart and asked Wang Qingzhi to guide them.

However, after Wang Qingzhi left for a few days, some "traveling Mongolian merchants" got the news, connected with each other everywhere, and recruited a group of generals who supported and defected to the "Great Qing Kingdom", so there was a two-sided bet.

Among these two tendencies, in the side leaning toward the rebels, military generals have the upper hand, while in the side leaning toward the Hou Jin, merchants and nobles have the upper hand.

On the surface, the strength of the two sides seems to be evenly divided, but because the military commander is the controller of the army, he naturally has a greater right to speak.

That's why Wang Qingzhi was able to strike first and contact Zhang Shun first.

However, due to the special circumstances of the two towns of Xuanda, Zhang Shun had to recruit Zhu Xieyuan's troops first, and then seek Xuanda.

Going back and forth like this, wasted a lot of time, but instead let Wu Weihua arrive first and take the lead.

"What should we do?" Ye Tinggui, governor of Datong, Wang Shiren, general of Datong, and Li Guoliang, general of Xuanfu, were taken aback when they heard the words, and couldn't help asking quickly.

"Since the three have already returned to the Shunyi Army, don't they have to go to the Xuan Mansion in person to surrender the two towns of Xuanda?" Song Xiance couldn't help laughing when he saw that the three had been tricked.

"How do you say that?" The three couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the words, with expressions of surprise and uncertainty on their faces.

The two towns of Xuanfu and Datong are important towns to the west of the Ming capital. In addition to the governor and general, there are also officials such as guarding eunuchs, deputy commanders, deputy military envoys, generals, and guards.

If they can't get rid of the guarding eunuchs and recruit the following deputy commanders, deputy military envoys, generals, and guards, how can they control Xuanfu Datong to seek refuge with King Shun?

"Tell me, what will happen if we directly declare that the two towns of Xuanfu and Datong belong to King Shun?" Song Xiance couldn't help but stroked his beard and laughed.

"Isn't this the world in chaos?" Ye Tinggui was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help but smiled wryly.

Although Xuanfu Datong is two important military towns, the governor and the chief soldier have a certain degree of control over it.

However, due to system problems in the Ming Dynasty, guarding eunuchs, deputy chief soldiers, deputy military envoys, generals guarding various branches, and guards of each fort also performed their duties and had great authority.

In the past, these governors and chief soldiers performed their duties within their own authority, so these people naturally had nothing to say.

However, once these governors and chief soldiers exceed their powers, God knows whether they are willing to obey orders.

That's why Ye Tinggui, Wang Shiren and Li Guoliang were eager to rush back to Xuanfu Datong, preparing to control the main generals before announcing the "surrender".

Song Xiance couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and said to Ye Tinggui: "Fujun only knows one thing, but not the other."

"According to common sense, it is reasonable to act in this way. It's just that there is a reason for the current situation, and it should be done in the opposite way, so as to achieve full success."

"Dare to ask how to do it?" Ye Tinggui, Wang Shiren, and Li Guoliang looked at each other, knowing that there was no better way, so they couldn't help asking for advice.

"First, Zhu Xieyuan from the Zuozhu Kingdom, Zhang Fengyi, the general of Xuanda, you, Zhang Weishi, the governor of the Xuanfu, and the other two generals issued a circular, announcing that the two towns will return to the Shunyi Army."

"Second, with great fanfare, exaggerate the benevolence and righteousness of King Shun, and reward the affairs of the two towns of Xuan and Da."

"Thirdly, don't send messengers to order the deputy commander-in-chief, deputy military envoys, and generals from all walks of life to change the defense and change the flag, and respect King Shun from afar."

"Fourth, wantonly criticize the evil government of the Ming Dynasty, owe food and wages, and the people don't know how to live; vigorously promote the distinction between Hua and Barbarians, criticize the evil deeds of burning, killing, and looting of the Eastern and Northern Captives, and everyone will be punished!"

"As soon as possible, let everyone know about this matter, and then take advantage of the two guarding eunuchs, Xuanfu governor Zhang Weishi and Dong Lu's surprise, to raid Datong Xuanfu and completely control the two places."

"This..." Ye Tinggui couldn't help being shocked when he heard Wang Shiren and Li Guoliang.

Do you know why?

It turns out that although there are still some propaganda slogans such as "Chuang Wang is here, he will not pay food" in this era, but due to the limitation of information transmission, the concept of public opinion war has not yet appeared.

Originally, the old Taoist priest Song Xiance was also ignorant of this, half-understood.

A few days ago, when Zhang Shun led the army to attack Shanxi, in order to cooperate with the "Great Depth Operation", he launched a wave of "cognitive warfare", which completely subverted his previous concepts.

So today, he learned from the example and played the same trick for the two towns of Xuanda.

Since Zhu Xieyuan of Zuozhu Kingdom and Governor Zhang Fengyi of Xuanda died, and Ye Tinggui, Wang Shiren, and Li Guoliang never returned, the two towns of Xuanda at this time can be said to be leaderless, and it is a time when people are panicking.

If at this time, public opinion is raging everywhere, and the boss's order arrives in a timely manner, then the vast majority of people will definitely accept this "reality" soon due to herd mentality. This is the power of "cognitive warfare".

Of course, this "cognitive warfare" is not a panacea.

If Ye Tinggui, Wang Shiren, and Li Guoliang cannot take down the two towns of Xuanfu and Datong before people wake up, then public opinion will backlash.

Under the humiliation of being deceived, the majority's position will soon turn against the rebels.

"Success, the three of us have no problem with this matter!" Ye Tinggui, Wang Shiren and Li Guoliang thought for a moment, then nodded.

"It's just that this is a big matter. If something goes wrong, the three of us may not be able to bear it."

Song Xiance is such a character, when he heard this, he didn't know that the hearts of these three people were already moved.

He couldn't help but hit the iron while it was hot: "It's okay, it's okay. The relationship between the old Taoist priest and His Highness King Shun is very important. If there is any disharmony in this matter, I have a certain force to take care of it!"

When the three heard this, they felt relieved, then nodded and said: "Since that's the case, we have nothing to say."

The four of them made a plan and discussed it, so they rushed to Xinzhou City, found a few pairs of brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, and cloth, and began to splash ink.

The first one is to write more than ten articles of Lubu first, and send envoys to the four directions, and in the name of Zhu Xieyuan of Zuozhu Kingdom, Zhang Fengyi, Governor of Xuanda, two governors, and two general soldiers, he announced to all places in Xuanda to submit to King Shun.

The second one is to write a letter to the military order, ordering the soldiers to go to various deputy commanders, deputy military envoys, participating generals, garrisons, etc., ordering them to change their banners and banners.

Since Zhang Shun raised his army, he has not set up a special flag.

Song Xiance chose one side of the apricot-yellow flag and wrote a large "Shun" character as the logo of the rebel army. He ordered people to rush to make dozens of flags overnight and send them to various places together with the joint signed military order.

The third one was to send soldiers to various places, with gongs and drums blaring along the way, proclaiming the rewards of "two kings, three lords and five marquises, the generals and above are all earls, and the soldiers are paid a monthly salary of rice and a stone".

After these three things were over, Ye Tinggui said in his heart: If you have too many lice, you won't itch, and if you have too many debts, you won't worry.Now that we have already ordered the two towns of Xuanfu and Datong to surrender, why don't I take the opportunity to write another letter to each of the three places in Shanxi Sanguan to make them surrender together, so that we can live up to King Shun's kindness in granting us Zhenshuo.

Thinking of this, Ye Tinggui took another letter and cloth, and wrote to the generals in Pianguan, Ningwu and Yanmen, ordering them to surrender together.

Ye Tinggui, Wang Shiren and Li Guoliang understood the calculations in their hearts, they never thought that Song Xiance would burst out laughing.

Do you know why?

It turned out that Song Xiance and Zhang Shun, the two foxes, one big and one small, had tricked them a lot.

First, Zhang Shun "one fish, two meals". After gaining the trust of the three, he temporarily deprived the three of them of the standard battalion under the pretext of surrendering Xuanda and the two towns, so as not to repeat themselves.

And what Song Xiance did here was even more extreme: I don't care if you are sincere or hypocritical.Let me make the matter of "returning to King Shun" first, and I will act first and give you a solid foundation, so that you will never regret it, and then I will make other calculations.

Poor Ye Tinggui, Wang Shiren, and Li Guoliang, the three heroes of the world, turned out to be blinded by their profits, and they stepped into the trap one step at a time, and they were manipulated to death.

(End of this chapter)