Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 645 Ye Chen's Warning to King Wei
Ye Chen ignored the complicated thoughts such as temptation, persuasion, and temptation in King Wei's words. For some reason, he was full of disgust for this palace and people like King Wei and Zhao Pu at this time, so he didn't say anything polite or modest. Instead of such nonsense, he said straight to the point: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei has no objection to his enthronement as an emperor, but it is urgent to wipe out the more than 4 rebels led by the traitor Pan Mei. I also ask the King of Wei to make a decision soon."

Without waiting for Zhao Dezhao to speak, Zhao Pu suddenly said: "King Xiangfu, before sending troops to wipe out the rebels, please ask King Xiangfu to let the families of the generals of the Forbidden Army be released."

Ye Chen glanced at Zhao Pu indifferently, and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, I have already arranged this matter while I entered the palace. At this time, the families of the generals of the Imperial Army have already been sent back to their homes."

As soon as Ye Chen said this, he heard more than 50 ministers in the palace heaving a sigh of relief, even Zhao Pu.King Wei was even more delighted.On the previous imperial city, King Wei received generals above the deputy capital commander of the Imperial Army.Forced by the situation at the time, these people expressed their loyalty to the king of Wei to varying degrees. During this process, the king of Wei had repeatedly promised to rescue their families from the Huaxia Weifu.Therefore, if Ye Chen refuses to let the Cao Gang release them, King Wei will not only lose his trust in the generals of the forbidden army, but also his prestige in the army, which is not much in the first place, will inevitably drop. , is extremely critical and important.

In addition, Ye Chen's action also made Wei Wang, Zhao Pu and others finally confirm that Ye Chen really did not intend to support the little prince Zhao Defang as the emperor.

With this judgment, Wei Wang felt much more relaxed at this time, and as soon as Ye Chen finished speaking, he said happily: "Although the traitor Pan Mei is an unfaithful and unrighteous person, it cannot be denied that he is a famous general of the generation. In the whole court, only Cao Gong and King Xiangfu led the army to wipe them out quickly. However, after Cao Gong was poisoned by the Maitreya assassins in Sichuan and Sichuan last year, although he has detoxified and recovered, his body has plummeted. I am running around on the battlefield, so this king wants to ask King Xiangfu to lead an army to destroy the traitor Pan Mei, but I wonder if King Xiangfu is willing to share the worries of the court."

Ye Chen was not surprised that King Wei made such a decision. In fact, what King Wei said was true. Apart from Li Jixun, Gao Huaide, and Zhao Zan who guarded the north, northwest, and southwest, there were only Cao Bin and him to deal with Pan Mei.It is also true that Cao Bin is in poor health.Now it seems that only I am the most suitable candidate.As for giving him military power, will he take the opportunity to intervene in the Imperial Army and control the military power?King Wei, Zhao Pu and the others don't have to worry, because Ye Chen had people kidnap the families of these forbidden soldiers the day before yesterday. This enmity has already been forged, and Ye Chen's desire to subdue these people is impossible for them.

In fact, before Ye Chen came, he was already mentally prepared for this, and he didn't want the great situation of Song Dynasty to be torn apart by Pan Mei, and he was indeed worried about sending other people.

Therefore, Ye Chen immediately said: "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life, and I ask your highness to order Pengri, Tianwu, Longwei, Shenwei, and the fourth army to defeat the five armies, and a total of 5 people will follow the minister to destroy the rebels. "

There are 10 imperial troops, and now 2 Tiger Wings have been taken away by Pan Mei, leaving about 8.Ye Chen took away 10, and there are 30 more, but in fact the number of troops in the capital is far more than 30. Under the 4 forbidden troops, there are as many as [-] Xiang troops in the two routes of the Central Plains. Naturally, the overall combat strength cannot be compared with that of the Forbidden Army, but in this era that has just gone through the troubled times of the Five Dynasties, there are still some strong soldiers in the Xiang Army. Thirty to [-] soldiers were selected from the Wanxiang Army to be promoted to the Forbidden Army. Equipped with strong armor and sharp weapons, the standard military salary of the Forbidden Army was paid.In this way, King Wei truly has his own direct army.

In short, Ye Chen took away 5 people to suppress the rebels, which was a good thing for Wei Wang and Zhao Pu, and he would never refuse or stop it.

King Wei arranged for Ye Chen to send troops on the spot, and ordered the Privy Council, the Third Division and other departments to start preparing for sending troops, food and grass.Then Ye Chen left, walked out of the Chongzheng Hall, and walked outside the palace with Lian Jicheng and Duo Luo Tuo who were guarding outside the hall.

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In Chongzheng Hall, seeing Ye Chen walk out of the hall, King Wei and Zhao Pu looked at each other, the latter frowned and shook his head slightly.King Wei breathed a sigh of relief instantly, his back was already soaked.

The two thousand elite soldiers who had been ambushing outside the Chongzheng Hall from the beginning to the end did not dare to act rashly.It's not that King Wei and Zhao Pu suddenly changed their minds, but that they never dared to. They didn't have the confidence to kill Ye Chen, so they didn't dare to take Ye Chen's revenge afterwards.However, Ye Chen felt that it was necessary to warn Zhao Pu and King Wei, lest King Wei and Zhao Pu do something he didn't want to see after he led an army to fight Pan Mei.Therefore, he passed on a thought to Shangguan Bingyun.

In the Chongzheng Hall, all the ministers had dispersed at this time, and they each performed their duties, and began to do the official documents accumulated by the various divisions and ministries these days.Only Zhao Pu and King Wei were left in the hall, plus some eunuchs and guards.

Zhao Pu sighed, and said, "I also know that if we didn't attack Ye Chen just now, we missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get rid of Ye Chen."

Zhao Dezhao shook his head, and said: "A gentleman does not stand in danger and is not fully sure to kill Ye Chen, so he does it to Ye Chen. It is extremely dangerous. This king does not think that under Ye Chen's revenge, His Royal Highness and I can live..."

"what…………"

With a bang, before King Wei could finish his sentence, a scream came from a corner of the Chongzheng Hall, followed by a dull explosion.One of the three guards who had been promoted from Wei Palace guards to Ouchi guards suddenly let out a scream, and then instantly inflated like air, and then exploded.It was exactly the same as the scene on the tower of the imperial city a few hours ago. After the explosion, the splashed flesh and bones turned into pitch black. The two guards who were not weak at the nearest distance didn't even have time to make any response, and issued a There was an extremely shrill scream, and then it turned into a black corpse and fell to the ground.

The Chongzheng Palace was already in chaos. Some people shouted about assassins and escorts. A group of forbidden soldiers rushed in and protected the pale-faced King Wei and Zhao Pu. These forbidden soldiers and all the eunuchs and guards retreated ten feet away from them. Who knows if any eunuchs, guards, or soldiers of the forbidden army will suddenly explode.

Zhao Pu and King Wei already knew what happened in the tower of the imperial city before the death of King Jin from several captured guards of King Jin, so they quickly thought that the horrible scene in front of them was done by Ye Chen, and it was accurate. Said it was Ye Chen's warning to them.Apart from being more fearful and apprehensive towards Ye Chen, the two also wanted Ye Chen to die to the extreme.

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Jingxi South Road, Junzhou territory, beside Guan Road, there are four to five hundred corpses lying around.Beside the corpses were more than 4 demoralized rebels, resting silently, eating the dry food they had just looted from two towns and three villages.

In the middle of the army's temporary camp, Pan Mei's face was extremely ugly, and she was swearing.There are now about 4 rebels under his command, of which 2 are his direct descendants in the Jiangbei camp, and the other 2 are his old subordinates-the Tiger Wing Army of the Imperial Guards in the capital, and the other [-] The iron cavalry is a subordinate of Li Jilong, the cloud cavalry army.

About half of the soldiers of the 4-strong army lived in or outside the city of Kyoto, and the other half were descendants of Jianghuai.Now that they have turned into rebels in a daze, abandoning their wives and children, and leaving their hometowns, naturally not many people are willing. In addition, the army fled in a hurry, without any dry food with them, and there was no supply of food and grass. Strange.For the generals, they must die when they return to Kyoto.But for ordinary soldiers, the so-called law does not blame the masses, and at most they will change from the imperial army to the Xiang army when they go back.After all, although ordinary soldiers are rebels, they are only following orders.

However, since Pan Mei, all the generals are very aware of this, and they have long anticipated the changes in the soldiers' minds.Therefore, when the army fled to the border of Junzhou, there was indeed a mutiny in the army, but it was easily suppressed by Pan Mei and other generals who had been prepared for a long time with their cronies and soldiers.And beheaded more than 400 people on the spot, shocking the morale of the army.

"General, the soldiers have abandoned their wives and children, and have no morale. It may not last long to deter the morale of the army by killing!"

"General, the food and grass in the villages and towns are really limited. Our army has looted four villages and three small towns along the way, but there is still not enough food and grass. This is not a long-term solution. The general thinks that our army will find a place to stay as soon as possible. as the first thing."

Pan Mei sighed, and said: "There is Li Jixun's Northern Camp in the north, Gao Huaide's Northwest Frontier Army in the northwest, and Zhao Zan's army in the south. Now we only have Sichuan and Shu to choose from. In addition to the riots of the refugees in Sichuan and Shu last year, the people are very angry with the court. I have always been dissatisfied and resentful. Therefore, the general has already made up his mind. We will go to Sichuan and Shu, take down the Chengdu Mansion with all our strength, and then recruit troops and rely on the natural dangers of the Shu Road to resist the enemy. If we can win a few battles and gain a firm foothold, then Build a country according to the situation. As for the morale of the soldiers today, you can pass on our military orders. Whenever the army passes by, all the towns and counties captured will belong to the soldiers themselves, except for the uniform handover of food. Master Xu thinks what? ?”

Xu Fangyi smiled wryly, and said: "We have no other choice, but if the general decides to stay in Sichuan and Shu, I think that in the territory of Sichuan and Shu, we should exercise restraint with the soldiers, otherwise we will lose the support of the people, and we will be in trouble in Sichuan and Shu." long."

(End of this chapter)