high official

Chapter 1085

"Your Highness must personally conscript." Zhang Fucai gave his answer slowly after glancing at Liu Sheng molestingly.

Liu Sheng's smile immediately froze on his face.

"Gu, is it suitable?" Although Zhu Gaochi had defended the city twice, he had never personally conquered the city. Hearing this, he felt both moved and uneasy.After all, it is uncertain whether you will win or lose in a war. If you lose to King Zhao, your prestige will be wiped out.

"It must be Your Highness." Zhang Fu emphasized again, and said in a deep voice: "The foundation of King Zhao's rebellion this time is actually very shallow. The reason why he can make trouble to this point is more because Emperor Daxing fell ill suddenly. The situation got out of control, which was caused by his mistake. But even so, King Zhao was expelled from the capital and retreated to Tongzhou. Now he gathers his men, although it looks aggressive, but in fact, the confidence of the whole party is already lost. I firmly believe that King Zhao will win the final victory."

"There are two reasons why the trees have not fallen and the monkeys are scattered. One is inertia, and the other is because they are worried that once the army is defeated, the family will be destroyed." Zhang Fu wanted to make the future new king value himself, so he couldn't hide his clumsiness at this moment, and continued to analyze. : "As long as His Royal Highness appears in front of King Zhao's army, their morale will plummet. Then His Highness announces that they will only ask the chief culprit and not the subordinates, and their generals will lose control of their subordinates. , or spread the call, it’s all a piece of cake!"

"Conversely, if His Highness hadn't appeared, the morale of King Zhao's army would be barely maintained. At that time, if the siege fails, the morale of the enemy army will rise sharply, and the morale of our army will drop, anything may happen!" Zhang Fu finally said quietly. Said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness's personal conquest is the first step and the most critical step to stabilize the country!"

Zhang Fu's words, especially the last sentence, completely touched the heart of His Royal Highness, Zhu Gaochi pondered for a moment and nodded heavily: "Okay, I will follow my father's order!"

Zhang Fu just glanced at Liu Sheng unintentionally, the meaning is obvious, you are still a little tender when you are fighting with me...

Liu Sheng could only look away bitterly.

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Everyone knows that time waits for no one, and the planning of the crown prince's personal conquest was very quick.The next day, Zhu Gaochi went northward under the escort of a [-]-strong army. Five days later, he joined the [-]-strong army of the original White Lotus Sect who had arrived earlier, and held a grand swearing-in ceremony outside Dezhou City.

In order to express his gratitude to the grain merchants in Tongzhou, the prince invited the representatives of the grain merchants to participate in this swearing-in meeting.

Just as Zhao Wang and Zhang Fu expected, these grain merchants went south with grain in unison, and there were naturally some people behind their backs to encourage them.But the fact is too simple to be worth writing about.Because King Zhao's actions were too high-profile, Jin Yiwei found out who was on top of him and who was behind him without much effort.After finding out these things, as long as a simple analysis is performed, it is natural to know that if King Zhao suffers setbacks in Beijing, he will definitely retreat to Tongzhou to make other plans.

At the same time, it is clear that the key to the success or failure of Zhao Wang's move lies in the grain merchants in Tongzhou!Unfortunately, Wang Xian also made his mind on these grain merchants long ago, because the Ming Dynasty was too short of food, especially in Shandong. use.

After searching all over the north, only these powerful Tongzhou grain merchants can continuously transport the grain and grass from the land of fish and rice in the south to the north through convenient water transportation, and then store them in the granary of Tongzhou and sell them to the people of the capital at high prices.Yes, these grain merchants don't even have their own warehouses, and they directly use the imperial court's granaries to store grain, and they don't worry about being embezzled by the imperial court at all, because they have bribed everyone from the warehouse minister down...

Therefore, Zhao Wang inspected the Tongzhou granary before, and the grain that he saw was full of granary. It was not that the servant of the granary was temporarily seconded, but it was stored there!

Under normal circumstances, it would be a daydream to ask these big grain merchants with all-hands and eyes to donate grain.But it's not normal right now!Wang Xian asked someone to bring a message to those grain merchants, telling them that their grain had been targeted by King Zhao!If King Zhao succeeds in usurping the throne, he may still pay attention to food, but if King Zhao fails, he will definitely retreat to Tongzhou, and he will definitely attack their food as soon as possible!

Although the big grain merchants were not intimidated, as merchants, they were most concerned about the safety of their belongings. In the spirit of believing what they had or not, they took out their own grains from the official warehouses and shipped them to the ship. Shipped out of Tongzhou.But at this time, no one wanted to go to the prince.After Wang Xian's prophecy came true, the grain merchants found out that King Zhao was really going to rebel in Tongzhou. They were all terrified. They knew very well that if King Zhao couldn't find any food, he would definitely kill them to vent his anger. Food is no longer safe.

At this time, under the instruction of Jin Yiwei, someone declared that His Highness the Crown Prince had already arrived in Shandong, and that he would start the Northern Expedition today, and suggested that it is better to donate grain to the Crown Prince. When the Crown Prince is firmly established, the income will be far greater than the income from selling grain!
In the hearts of the people, Zhu Gaochi is the best candidate to inherit the throne, and he is known for his benevolence and righteousness.How savvy are the grain merchants, how could they fail to understand such a simple account?He immediately responded positively, and almost overnight, his family and his family disappeared from Tongzhou City without a trace, and he went south to join the prince.

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After the swearing-in, the crown prince took command in person, with Anyuan Marquis Liu Sheng as the vanguard, the British Duke Zhang Fu led the central army, Shandong Du commanded Tongzhi Liu Xin, the governor Tongzhi Mo Wen led the left, Qingzhou Guard Commander Liu Jun, and Du Commander Xu Huaiqing Leading the right, Liu Achou, the commander of Jiaozhou Guards, and Erhei, the commander of the capital, had a total of 20 soldiers and horses from each side, and the accompanying civilian husbands totaled [-], marching towards Tongzhou in a mighty way!

Wherever the army passed along the way, the common people all ate pots of pulp and lined the road to greet them, and the government officials from all walks of life were also extremely respectful.
By the time he arrived in Cangzhou, the prince's army had grown to more than 30. When it arrived in Tianjin, it expanded to 40. When it arrived in Langfang, it directly increased to [-]!This is the result of His Royal Highness persuading many Qin Wangjun to return considering the difficulties in logistics.

What is the aspiration of the people, this is what the aspiration of the people is!Up to this moment, the Duke of England has finally convinced Wang Xian's judgment - the prince must go north immediately to suppress the rebellion. If he huddles in Jinan or returns to Nanjing, he will definitely lose the support of the people. How can there be the current people's aspirations and the invincible scenery in the world? !
Zhu Gaochi was also secretly rejoicing that he had listened to Wang Xian's words. If Zhu Zhanji took the lead, the hearts of the people in the world would all be on the grandson!Although he is his own son, the Tian family has no father and son. Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will never admit it, he is indeed his biggest threat...

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In Tongzhou City, every move of the prince's army was reported by scouts to Zhao Wang and others at any time.But every report is a heavy blow to the confidence of Zhao Wang and others...

Hearing the rapid expansion of the prince's army along the way, wherever the government went, the government immediately surrendered and fully supported the prince's Northern Expedition!Even the common people contributed the freshly harvested summer grain, actively joined in the volunteers, and tried their best to support the prince!
Under King Zhao, everyone's hearts were icy cold. In the face of this cruel reality, they could no longer deceive themselves and others. They could only admit that the crown prince is the master of the world. They are nothing but a group of rebels who make the world despise... …

Gradually, fugitives began to appear, and then some officers led the established army to escape. Gao Zheng and others wanted Zhao Wang to promulgate the law of continuous sitting, and to curb this phenomenon through severe punishments. However, the reaction of His Royal Highness Zhao Wang But it was confusing, he just said "If you don't firmly follow the king, let him go", he ignored it, let alone promulgated the law.

Zhao Wang ignored the absconded, but urged the people below to step up preparations for the enthronement ceremony. He wanted to be emperor in Tongzhou City!This made the generals very worried in private, feeling that the prince seemed to have lost hope and tended to break the can.

When Liu Sheng's vanguard army arrived outside Tongzhou City, Zhao Wangjun's absconding reached its climax. Hundreds of soldiers fled at every turn, and some surrendered to Liu Sheng directly. There was a serious shortage of troops in the city. Morale was very low.Tian Zihe and others thought deeply about the tyrannical front of the prince's army, so they proposed to abandon Tongzhou and move to Shanxi.

This proposal has been echoed by many generals. Those who lead the troops know best that they are far from the prince's army in terms of morality, military strength, momentum, and food supplies. Sitting in Tongzhou is purely waiting for death. Walking is the best plan.However, this proposal was severely reprimanded by King Zhao!

"When we leave Tongzhou, Zhu Gaochi is going to Beijing to ascend the throne!" King Zhao glared at Tian Zihe and the others like a cannibal, "He won! We lost!"

"Your Highness, now is not the time to fight for this," Tian Zihe and others persuaded earnestly, "Let the prince go to Beijing, there is a lot of mess waiting for him to clean up, and we still have a chance to breathe, waiting for him and the grandson in the capital If we fall out, we will have an opportunity!"

"Shut up!" Zhao Wang brushed out his sword and said hysterically, "Who dares to run away again, Gu will kill him!"

"Your Highness..." Tian Zihe and the others wanted to persuade him, but King Zhao really struck out with a sword. Shocked, Tian Zihe only dodged the vital point, and hurriedly blocked it with his arm. His right arm was cut off by the sharp sword, and immediately Blood spurted out, and half of his body became a blood man.

The general next to him was stunned, and hurried forward to help Tian Zihe stop the bleeding. Tian Zihe closed his eyes with a pale complexion, and his face was full of grief than death.

"Who dares to shake the morale of the army again, it's not just as simple as losing an arm!" Zhao Wang glanced at the broken arm on the ground, holding the bloody sword, and said sternly.

"Your Highness, hey..." Liu Qiang and the others had no choice but to support the crumbling Tian Zihe and retreat.

(End of this chapter)