Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 557 The White Turtle Appears, The Saint Appears
When Jinyi's personal guards sent reliable information confirming the identities of Zhang Yanqing and Zhang Xiong, Zhang Zhao suddenly found out.

In this era, when he really has a certain strength, it is not difficult to rule the world.

It can be said that among the previous and future founders, he is the most relaxed.

Because Zhang Shengren doesn't need to do too many things, he just needs to be bad.

Looking around, Meng Chang of Meng Shu, this is a typical second-generation playboy. He treats the harem as a brothel, and the drowning utensils should be inlaid with gold and jade.

It’s just that the government affairs are okay, but it is also the kind that can score about 45 to [-] points out of [-] points.

Gao Conghui of Nanping is about to die, and Gao Baorong, who succeeds him, is weak and incompetent. Let alone state affairs, he can't even manage family affairs, and he can't hold power in his hands.

Li Jing and Meng Chang from the Southern Tang Dynasty were brilliant for a while. They were two gentlemen who didn't know how deep they were. They both liked literature, loved fancy clothes and gourmet food.

Not to mention Ma Chu, when Ma Xifan was alive, Ma Chu was in chaos, and when Ma Xifan died, the country was immediately in chaos, and Ma Xie after that was simply a typical shameless person of the Five Generations.

Wang Min is playing with himself now.

As for Nanhan, it was a heavyweight among the heavyweights, and there were basically no normal people.

Only Qian Yue is among the Ten Kingdoms, and the monarchs of all dynasties are not bad.

However, Qian Yue's country is weak, and the geographical location is too remote. Since Qian Miao established the country, he has established the tone of being a subject of the Central Plains, and he has never been a member of the struggle for hegemony.

Looking at it this way, Zhang Zhao's opponents have never been more than one and a half.

And Yelu Deguang in this one was too underestimating the enemy, and he sent himself to a dead end.

Half of Liu Zhiyuan, it is estimated that without Zhang Zhao to fight, his life is almost at the end.

Thinking about it this way, Han Gaozu, Tang Taizong, and Ming Taizu are really powerful.

Han Gaozu overthrew the overlord of Chu, but he also played tricks with such heroes as Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Ying Bu.

Tang Taizong was also difficult. None of Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Xue Ju, Du Fuwei, and Liu Heita was easy to deal with.

Ming Taizu's opponent was even more fierce, not to mention that he wanted to restore the Central Plains to the north, but Chen Youliang was a hero who really had the talents of the founding king.

Zhang Zhao scratched his head. Compared with these people, where did Meng Chang and Li Jing come from?

With this somewhat arrogant loss, on the second day of April, Zhang Zhao left Gao Xingzhou to return to Songzhou as the Jiedu envoy of the Guide Army in Songzhou, and left Ma Yaozi as the Jiedu envoy of the Wuning Army in Xuzhou, and stayed in Xuzhou as the overall planner. everything.

Zhang Zhao selected 3000 people from Wuning Army of Xuzhou and handed them over to Commander Huguang to go south as part of the vanguard.

On the spot, Zhang Yanqing was appointed as the governor of Chuzhou, and Zhang Xiong was appointed as the training envoy of the Chuzhou regiment. He was given the military title of Huai'an Town and allowed him to recruit 2000 people.

This seems to be a bit of a breach of the rules, because Zhang Zhao no longer set up Jiedushi south of the Yellow River.

But Zhang Xiong, the state defense envoy and the official position of the town army commander, the soldiers were still recruited by him, and he was no different from the Jiedu envoy.

However, analyzing the specific situation in detail, Zhang Zhao's main goal now is to extend his hand into Huainan, and then continue to capture the entire Huainan except for Shouzhou, the four states of Hao, Si, Chu, and Hai.

But now Zhang Zhou's foundation in Huainan can be said to be almost non-existent. If he doesn't give some benefits to the local people, how can he mobilize their enthusiasm?

Before the army set off, Zhang Zhao handed over 70 soldiers to Zhang Liecheng, together with more than [-] bandits and pirates from Jin Yi who guarded him, a total of [-] people headed to Chuzhou as the vanguard.

Zhang Zhao did not plan to attack Chuzhou this time by force. He planned to take Chuzhou by taking over Chuzhou directly in the city under the cover of local tyrants like Zhang Yanqing and Zhang Wei.

Therefore, there is no need to dispatch a large army, and it is appropriate for Jinyi's personal guards to do such a thing.

On the fifth day of April, before Zhang Zhao's army arrived in Suzhou, a rumor began to spread among the countryside from Chuzhou to Haizhou.

It is false to say that the Jiangning emperor is not a descendant of the Tang dynasty.

And the emperor of the state of Zhou in the northern Central Plains was precisely the loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty. After Tang De declined, it was appropriate for the Great Zhou to succeed Tang De.

Don't underestimate such rumors, and don't think that the common people don't pay attention to the king's family background and whether he is virtuous or not.

On the contrary, the common people quite like these and prefer to discuss them.

Just when this news was spreading everywhere, there was a peddler walking around the streets and alleys who said mysteriously that Zhang Sanlang, who was crossing the Huai River, was drunk and fell into the water a few days ago, but was killed by a turtle whose shell was silver white. The huge white turtle came up.

The white tortoise's carapace is like a silver ingot, and it can speak human words, asking if a saint has appeared?Zhang Sanlang shook his head.

The white turtle told him that if he wanted to go north quickly to look for it, there must be one. A sage like Zhou Tianzi appeared, and Zhang Sanlang set out that night.

Everyone was skeptical, but soon came the news that Zhang Sanlang, a wealthy man in the rivers and lakes, and Zhang Guanren from Haizhou had a drink in a restaurant by the river, and they publicly admitted the matter.

This time, the entire Chuzhou territory was shaken, and it really happened!

Then the saint that Baigui talked about must not be Jiangning's Emperor Tang, and Huainan people would never think that Jiangning's Emperor was a saint.

In this way, if you go north to look for a saint like Zhou Tianzi, who are you talking about?
. . . .

When the rumors spread, Zhang Yanqing was chatting with a state and county soldier guarding the east gate of Chuzhou. This Dutou was still his cousin.

Zhang Yanqing's family has served as generals in Chuzhou for generations, and his great-grandfather was also the general of the teeth of Gao Pian, the governor of Huainan in the past.

Although the Zhang family has always had a low status, their old relatives are in Chuzhou, and they belong to the senior local snakes in the army.

Unsurprisingly, the cousin's nephew was also talking to him about the appearance of a white turtle in Huaishui, with a strange light in his eyes.

People change their minds!Zhang Yanqing knew that it was all because of the Jiangning Emperor Tang's oppression in Huainan.

It was precisely because of this that he thought of going to Xuzhou, because he wanted to see for himself the fineness of the emperor of Zhou.

He was very satisfied with the result. The Zhou army had strict discipline and strong fighting power. Shao Tianzi was courteous and virtuous, and his corporals had the style of Han Gaozu.

Zhang Yanqing pretended to be mysterious and said half to keep the other half, chatted with all four families in Chuzhou, and then when passing by a restaurant, he bought a catty of pork for one tael.

So that night, rumors began to spread everywhere, saying that the reason for Zhou Guo's attack on the (Southern Tang) court was not that the court won Xuzhou.

Instead, Emperor Zhou knew that the people of Huainan were abused by the tyrannical government, so he wrote to the Jiangning court, requesting the cancellation of Bozheng and Juntian, and sympathy for the people.

But the imperial court not only didn't appreciate it, but also scolded the emperor of Zhou for meddling in his own business. That's why the emperor of Zhou raised his army and annihilated the entire army of the imperial court.

At this time, someone around me will immediately ask, "So next year's Bo Zheng can be exempted, and the military field can not be cultivated?" '

The messenger immediately sighs and rolls his eyes.

"How is it possible? Emperor Zhou is the lord of benevolence and righteousness, and he will not take over the land of other countries casually. We are still Tang people, and next year's Bozheng and Juntian will continue as usual."

At this time, the people around who were here to watch the fun will be in a hurry.

This is a troubled time!Why does Zhou Tianzi obey the rules so much?The land of other countries should not be occupied for nothing!You hurry up and send troops to call over.

Zhang Yanqing continued to wait in the city of Chuzhou, and when all the people in Chuzhou were lamenting why the emperor Zhou didn't come to attack Chuzhou, the last step could be carried out.

But this step is not to continue to agitate the people of Chuzhou, because if you continue to agitate, there will be no results.

The people at the lowest level would not bet their lives with their wives, children, and children unless they were forced to the final cliff.

And even if they wanted to gamble their lives, Zhang Yanqing didn't have the manpower to completely disturb them.

His next step is to encourage the prefectural and county soldiers who handle the four gates of Chuzhou, as well as the powerful leaders of Kong Wu who unite the rural soldiers in the countryside. Only these people are truly capable and have the courage to come out and make trouble.

Zhang Yanqing's agitation of the common people was not to expect the common people to come out and destroy their families, but to transmit the dissatisfaction at the bottom level to these "capable people" who had certain abilities but were also suppressed through the ups and downs of the common people.

This can form a coercion.

You are a local tyrant in Village A, and I am a rich man in Village B. I heard about the reputation of Emperor Zhou's benevolence and righteousness, and decided to bring the villagers to seek refuge with Zhou, but you are still hesitating, or you don't want to take risks.

Then I can raise my arms and directly mobilize the villagers of Village A to make troubles together. Of course, the title and property of your local tyrant in Village A will be mine.

Therefore, once the local tyrants in the countryside are coerced by this kind of people's sentiments, they will riot if they don't want to. This is the power of following the scenery, and it is also the effect Zhang Yanqing wants to achieve.

Public opinion continued to develop, and on the eighth day of April, various auspicious signs began to appear in various parts of Chuzhou.

In the Wa Temple, someone saw a white fox bowing to the north.

Whose cattle in Sanzhuang gave birth to another pure white calf.

A man in Xumazhuang found a nest of pure white field mice when he was digging the fields, and was about to kill them, but the field mice said that the saint was coming, and it came to announce the arrival of the voles, and begged to save their lives.

Whoever was fishing by the canal, unexpectedly found a big white fish moving through the water like a dragon, traveling half a mile in one breath.

In the end, a mysterious person came out to conclude that Zhou Guo inherited Tang De, Tang De was soil, soil gave birth to gold, and Zhou was Jin De.

Jin is in the west, which coincides with the fact that Zhou Tianzi started from Hexi, and Jin Shangbai, so these white auspicious beasts really came out to welcome Zhou Tianzi.

Zhou Tianzi is the saint who ended the troubled times!
At this step, I can see that not only in Chuzhou, but also in the nearby three states of Hao, Si, and Hai, and even in Yancheng further south, the Jianwu Army (Tianchang) has people's hearts fluttering, and the rumors are like a warm spring breeze, which can be heard. everywhere.

On the tenth day of April, seeing that the fire had come, Zhang Xiong called his brothers in the countryside, gangsters, bandits, and local tyrants from all over the country to help Zhang Liecheng hide the more than [-] soldiers who had sneaked into Huai'an.

Zhang Liecheng also made a big deal, and immediately gave away [-] places for Jinyi's personal guards, the highest of which had already been given to deputy thousand households, so these capable people in the countryside scrambled to serve the Zhou army.

Zhang Yanqing in the city of Chuzhou summoned the whole family, armed with paper, took out the knives and guns in the treasury to ambush at home, and then invited officers above the commander of the army and fire in Simenzhou County of Chuzhou to have a banquet at home.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, Zhang Yanqing threw a cup as a sign, and more than a hundred people from the tribe broke in with armor and knives.

Zhang Yanqing violently tore off the rough linen clothes on her body, revealing the silver-white brocade robe embroidered with flying fish bestowed by Zhang Zhao, and jumped on the big table to drink.

"The Son of Heaven is benevolent, appointed a certain family as the governor of Chuzhou, the army has already arrived outside the city, those who are willing to follow have their right arms, and those who do not want to follow will be chopped into meat!"

These officers of the state and county soldiers did the hardest work, but all the benefits were taken away by the forbidden army stationed in Chuzhou.

All the infantry hesitated for a moment, but the nephew next to Zhang Yanqing immediately flew out and stabbed him to death.

Zhang Yanqing yelled again, "The Son of Heaven has ordered me to town Chuzhou, all officials of the puppet Tang Dynasty, big and small, and all evildoers will be punished."

This sentence contains a lot of information, because officials always have to be filled by someone. If the current Chuzhou officials disappear, of course someone needs to be replaced, but there are many people and few officials. Who can fill the gap?

The soldiers understood in seconds, and immediately changed from apprehension to enthusiasm. Zhang Yanqing asked the tribe to carry out three big boxes of brocade, and the soldiers immediately became scrambling.

On the [-]th day of April, the three gates in the southeast, north, and south of Chuzhou were opened at the same time in the early morning. The governor of Chuzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the defense envoy, and the commander of the forbidden army were all asleep, and Zhang Liecheng and others entered the city.

At the beginning of Sishi, Zhang Liecheng led his troops to capture the governor's mansion of Chuzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Dozens of generals and officials below the governor of Chuzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty were either killed or captured.

Chuzhou, the gateway to Huainan, fell into the hands of Zhou Jun.

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