Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 520 Yan Kingdom Rebellion
After Zang Tu’s order to summon his confidants was issued, the first person to rush to the scene was of course Zang Quan, the eldest son of Zang Tu who also lived in the palace of the King of Yan. Full of blood, Zang Quan was naturally taken aback, and quickly asked Zang Tu about the details.

Here is also a general introduction to Zang Quan's situation. Zang Tu's official wife has only daughters and no sons. Both Zang Quan and Yan Guo's crown prince Zang Yan were born in Zang Tu's concubine. However, due to historical changes, Zang Yan replaced Zhaoshe Tuowei and Zhai Xu in history and led the army of Yan State to the south to reinforce the Han army. Although his performance in the battle was not very outstanding, he was also seriously injured for the Han army. What he did still showed his loyalty to the Han army, so Xiang Kang replaced Zang Tu by abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones, and made Zang Yan the crown prince of Yan State as a reward for Zang Yan's loyalty. ——The conscience of heaven and earth, when making this decision, Xiang Kang really had no intention of deliberately sowing dissension.

Xiang Kang had a clear conscience in this matter, but Zang Quan, the biggest victim, was blown out of his chest. Unfortunately, Zang Quan was not a legitimate son, and he did not make any contribution to the Han army. Xiang Kang rewarded Zang Yan who had made great contributions to the Han army. It's justified, thin arms can't twist thick thighs, Zang Quan had no choice but to bury his hatred for Xiang Kang and Han Ting deeply in his heart, and therefore fully supported his father Zang Tu's rebellion. Zang Yan's crown prince took his place.

Under such a background, knowing that it was his father who killed the envoy of the Han court himself and kicked off the prelude to the Kingdom of Yan, Zang Quan, of course, not only did not panic and fear, on the contrary he was ecstatic, and pointed at the Han court impatiently. The corpse of the envoy said to Zang Tu: "Father, this is a serious matter. In order to buy time, we must temporarily block the news. My son thinks that we might as well use the name of giving a banquet to deceive all the followers of this man outside the palace." Come in and cut it, so as not to leak the news quickly, so that the imperial court's eyeliner in our country of Yan has been prepared in advance."

Zang Tu thought about it carefully and found that it was true, so he immediately nodded and agreed, and handed over the matter to Zang Quan, who was more impulsive and aggressive than himself, so when Zhao She lost his tail, Zhai Xu and Zhang Sheng rushed to the country of Yan When the palace visited Zang Tu, the ten attendants brought by the envoys of the Han Dynasty were all dead in the palace, and turned into the ghosts of the guards of the Yan Kingdom.

Unlike the elated Zang Quan, seeing such a picture and learning the general course of the matter from the angry Zang Tu, Zhaoshe Huawei, Zhai Xu and others all complained repeatedly, even the first to encourage Zang Tu Zhang Sheng, who was plotting rebellion, couldn't help stomping his feet and said: "It's too impulsive! Your Majesty, you are too impulsive! Why are you in such a hurry to kill such an insignificant messenger with your own hands, and push us to the point where we have to do it immediately?"

"This man wants my widow to go to Guanzhong to meet that little Zhuzi Xiang Kang before the first day of March!" Zang Tu roared angrily, "Time is so tight, if I don't kill him immediately, don't I have to go to Guanzhong to die immediately ?”

"Your Majesty, you can make false promises with him and Xiang Kang's little Zhuzi for the time being." Zhang Sheng said helplessly, "You can pretend to agree first, Your Majesty, and lure this poor man back to deliver the letter, so that little Xiang Kang's little Zhuzi can feel at ease for the time being. Don’t rush to do it, and then we can take the opportunity to expand our army and prepare for war, and we can ask the Xiongnu for reinforcements, so if we do it at that time, wouldn’t the situation be infinitely better than doing it now?”

Zang Tu was at a loss for words, and that's why he regretted his impulsiveness, so he had no choice but to say: "The man has already been killed, so let's do this, the widow has already made up his mind, and immediately put the court in our country of Yan. Kill all the censors of the bullshit county, and at the same time issue an imperial edict, officially declaring independence, and fight to the death with Xiang Kang, that little stick!"

Seeing that the matter had come to this point, Zhang Sheng and Zang Quan, who were firmly on Zang Tu's side, had no choice but to prostrate themselves immediately. Unfortunately, Yan Xiangzhaoshe and Zhai Xu, governor of Guangyang County, looked obviously hesitant. Not daring to prostrate immediately to receive the edict, Zang Tu got a little angry when he saw it, and blurted out: "What? Didn't you make a poisonous oath back then to support the widow's rebellion? Now that the widow has made a decision, why don't you dare to obey the edict again?" ? Are you coveting the Marquis of Yuanshi and Marquis Hao that Xiang Kang Xiaoer entrusted to you, and plan to defect? ​​"

Zhaoshe Tuowei and Zhai Xu had no choice but to kneel down together and once again swore to follow Zang Tu to raise troops. At the same time, the two murmured together in their hearts: "The emperor granted us Yuanshihou and Haohou? What do you mean? How come we don't know about this?"

It was only after seeing Zhaoshe and Zhai Xufu re-swearing oaths that Zang Tu lost his anger, and quickly announced his decision again, ordering the guards of Yan Palace to dispatch immediately to the city to arrest the censor of Guangyang County appointed by the Han court and put him in prison. At the same time, go to Lingshanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi and Liaodong five counties, and take all the county censors there and take them to Jicheng, but they can be killed immediately if they resist.In addition, Zang Tu immediately ordered Zhang Sheng to write for him to write the call to arms on the spot for himself, and rebelled in the name of crusade against the tyrant Xiang Kang.

With the arrow on the line, Zhang Sheng could only quickly pick up his pen and write a call to arms, and then Zang Tu shouted at Zhaoshe and Zhai Xu: "You guys, immediately order all the troops of the Yan Kingdom to assemble and prepare for the war, and all the troops that can be mobilized will be mobilized." Come to Jicheng to wait for orders, and immediately expand the army, conscript all young and strong men who can go to the battlefield in the country, and organize them into the army as quickly as possible. After the army is assembled, immediately send troops to Hengshan County to kill the court lackeys there Yan Yao!"

Zhaoshe Huowei and Zhai Xu hurriedly sang promises, and then Zhaoshe turned around and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, are you going to let our army take the initiative to attack? To attack the court first?"

"Of course, the southern part of Yandi is open and there is no danger to defend. If we keep on the defensive, we will only be passively beaten when the imperial court gathers the army, so the best way is to be the first to attack. , Take Hengshan County and guard Jingxing Pass, guard Luchi River, and buy time for our reinforcements."

After all, he was born in the army, and Zang Tu is really good at military affairs. He immediately came up with a fairly reliable battle plan, and said: "Fortunately, our detailed work has accurate detection reports. Although Li Zuoche is now He was inspecting the Great Wall, but he did not bring too many troops from Yanmen to Daijun, and in a short period of time, he could only use Daijun's army to rescue Hengshan County at most, we have time and opportunity."

"Father Wang Shengming." Zang Quan quickly flattered and said: "It is true that we should advance to Hengshan County first. Zhao Hui, the governor of Julu County just to the south, is Zhao Xie's confidant. We persuade him to join the army in exchange for supporting him as King Zhao. The chances of success are definitely not small. Even if he can't win him over, from his standpoint, he will definitely not really fight us to the end, and we can ignore Zhengnan for the time being."

Zang Tu nodded, acknowledging that this is the reason, but Zhaoshe Tuowei and Zhai Xu exchanged a look helplessly, and then said: "That's the only way, I just hope that Yan Yao is not prepared enough, and don't gather too many people too quickly." The army resists our Yan army, otherwise, if we can't take Dongyuan and Jingxing quickly, and the main force stays away from the capital for a long time, we will definitely be in big trouble."

Zang Tu pursed his lips, unwilling to deduce this dangerous situation from the bottom of his heart, and then shouted: "Why are you still in a daze? Everyone is moving, Quan'er, you are responsible for writing to Zhao Hui, and the widow personally writes to Wu Rui wrote a letter, urging them to raise troops to respond to us! Zhang Sheng, after you finish writing the call to action, immediately write a letter to the Xiongnu Shanyu, asking him to send troops to help us! Zhaoshe Huowei, Zhai Xu, you two write me a military order immediately , conscription and assembly of the army!"

Everyone sang promises, and quickly took up their pens to write letters and draft military orders, and it was a coincidence that Zhaoshe Tuowei and Zhai Xu handed over the relatively simple military orders to Zang Tu with the seal, and Zang Tu just handed over the sealed military orders to When they went down to carry out the execution, the voice of Zang Yan, Crown Prince of Yan Kingdom, begging for an audience came from outside the hall. Zang Tu frowned, and after a little calculation, he said, "You go down first to recruit troops and arrest people, and ask Yan'er to come in. It's time for the widow too." Let him speak up."

Looking at Zang Quan with a grinning face next to him, Zhaoshe Huawei and Zhai Xu also understood the old Zang family's family changes, and they didn't want to get involved in such a bad thing. Of course, Zhaoshe Huawei and Zhai Xu immediately promised to leave, but To Zhaoshe Tuowei and Zhai Xu's surprise, they passed Zang Yan in front of the apse's gate with a hasty expression and obviously heard the news, and then they walked forward not long. Zang Tu's favorite little eunuch Zhong Xing said He quickly chased after him and said: "Xiangguo, Junzun, please take a step slowly, the king still has an explanation."

Zhaoshe Tuowei and Zhai Xu stopped, and Bank of China said that he shouted back the guards who were standing guard nearby, and then approached them in a low voice, "It's urgent, Your Majesty just forgot to explain an important matter. Immediately go to all the borders to block all border traffic in the name of the Xiongnu's invasion of Yan, and no one is allowed to enter or leave Yan."

Zhaoshe Huowei and Zhai Xu quickly nodded in agreement, and when Bank of China said to turn around to leave, Zhaoshe Tuowei suddenly felt moved again, and hurriedly said: "Xiao Huangmen of Bank of China, please wait a moment, I have one more thing I want to ask you For a moment, I hope Xiao Huangmen will tell the truth."

"Xiangguo, please tell me, this servant must know everything and say everything." Bank of China said turning around and replied with a smile.

"Dare to ask Xiaohuangmen, what did the king mean when he said that the emperor granted us the titles of Marquis of Yuanshi and Marquis of Hao?" Zhaoshe asked in a low voice.

Hearing this, Zhai Xu next to him of course immediately pricked up his ears, but Zhong Xing said with a smile but said nothing. Zhao She knew his temper, hurriedly tore off the exquisite jade pendant from his waist, and stuffed it into Zhong Xing's words. In his hand, he smiled and said: "I entered the palace in a hurry, I didn't bring anything decent, a little trinket, Xiao Huangmen will take it for fun first, and I will definitely thank you for changing to a Japanese official."

I believe that there is no need to explain what the well-known Bank of China said in history. In short, Zhai Xu also quickly tore off his jade pendant and stuffed it to the Bank of China. After the Bank of China said, he immediately opened his mouth and said in a low voice: "Actually, the envoys of the imperial court brought three emperor's edicts this time. The third edict is to seal you as Marquis of Yuanshi in Zhaoshe Xiangguo, and to honor you as Marquis of Hao in Zhaijun County, and to serve as false minister of Yan Kingdom. During the period when the crown prince left the country of Yan, he acted on behalf of the king in all the military and political affairs of the country. It’s just that the king forgot to tell you that there was this third edict, and then he accidentally missed it. Zhaoshe Xiangguo, Zhai Junzun, you are now Understand?"

Zhaoshe Tuowei and Zhai Xu didn't say much anymore, they just bowed their hands and thanked the Bank of China immediately, and watched the Bank of China return to the apse to report to Zang Tu. You are so worried, you are afraid that we will be bribed by the imperial court to take away your real power, so you are so eager to plot rebellion, and even conceal this important event from us! Very good!"

Poor Yan King Zang Tu certainly didn't know that he had been bought by his favorite little eunuch Zhong Xingshuo. At this moment, Zang Tu just showed his son Zang Yan very directly, asking Zang Yan to make a deal between himself and the Han Dynasty. The court made a choice, but Zang Tu himself was surprised, and Zang Quan, the eldest son of Zang Tu, was angry. After hearing Zang Tu's decision, Zang Yan only made some calculations, and bowed down to Zang Tu and said: "Since My father has made up his mind, so the minister there will not say more, please rest assured, my son is willing to make a solemn oath to fully support the father's army!"

Seeing that the most dangerous son's attitude was so firm, Zang Tu was of course both surprised and happy, but Zang Quan beside him was both surprised and angry, and couldn't help but said directly: "Brother, are you saying this from the heart? You The crown prince of the Yan Kingdom was appointed by the emperor and the court!"

"Brother, don't worry, the younger brother's words are definitely from the heart." Zang Yan's answer once again surprised Zang Tu and Zang Quan and his son, and said very calmly: "The emperor first used the establishment of a workshop as an excuse to play tricks on our father, He also deliberately issued an edict to require the father and the younger brother to go to Guanzhong together, forcing our country of Yan to disarm the army. It is clear that we want to force our father to rebel. Since the emperor and the court cannot tolerate the father, how can they tolerate me, Yan? Prince of the country? The emperor and the court got rid of the father, and the next target in the country of Yan must be me, the prince of the country of Yan. I still understand the truth."

"Also." Zang Yan bowed to Zang Quan again, and took the initiative to say: "Brother, don't worry, I also know that you should be the prince of Yan, so as long as we succeed in raising troops, we can accommodate Yan and expand the territory. After my father dies for a hundred years, my younger brother is willing to divide the country of Yan into two and become king together with you, brother."

Unexpectedly, his younger brother would be so direct and reasonable. Zang Quan couldn't help opening his mouth, and immediately felt some admiration and guilt for Zang Sheng, and hurriedly saluted Zang Yan, saying sincerely: "Brother, it's not good for you, brother. I blamed you wrongly, I really didn't expect that you can understand righteousness so deeply."

"Hahahahaha!" Seeing that his two most powerful sons were so united, Zang Tu was of course overjoyed, and hurried forward to help the two sons with his own hands, put his arms around the two sons and said with a smile: "Brothers are united, and their strengths are determined." Jin! Since the two of you brothers can understand righteousness and unite so well, I don’t have any worries anymore. Don’t worry, as long as you assist the father to accomplish great things, the father will take care of laying down a large territory for you. Let each of you be kings!"

The unexpected unity of the two sons certainly boosted Zang Tu's confidence, and what made Zang Tu even more excited was that because the Han court's power in Yandi was too weak, his plan to raise troops and rebel was very successful. The few officials placed by the Han court in Jicheng were all taken down that day, and the army of Yan State in Guangyang County also completed pre-war preparations in just one day, and rushed to Jicheng as quickly as possible to wait for orders.At the same time, after Zang Tu made his decision to raise troops at the court meeting, all Yan officials who attended the meeting, no matter whether they were sincere or not, chose to support Zang Tu and vowed to fight the Han court to the death!
During this period, the messengers who contacted Zhao Hui, Wu Rui and the Xiongnu also set off separately, rushing to Julu and Hengshan at the fastest speed to encourage Zhao Hui and Wu Rui to respond to the Yan army, and to move northward to breed livestock The Xiongnu asked for help, promised countless money, food and materials, and asked the Xiongnu Shanyu to immediately send troops to reinforce the Yan State and help the Yan army resist the counter-insurgency army that the Han court would dispatch soon-this is also the most important point, if there is no support from the Huns However, with the weak national strength of Yan State, whether it can support Han Ting for three or four months is a big problem.

Immediately afterwards, relying on the secret preparations in advance, the Yan army assembled an army of [-] in Jicheng, including some recruits, in only six days, and had the strength to initiate an offensive. Zang Tu Hearing the news, he was overjoyed, and immediately decided that his eldest son Zang Quan and Yan Xiangzhaoshe would go ahead and attack Hengshan County of Zhao State, which had no signs of gathering troops before, and seize strategically important places such as Jingxing and Luchihe. Zang Tu himself stayed in Jimen and continued to wait for the rear army to gather, and then personally led the army south to reinforce Zang Quan and Zhaoshe.

In order to boost morale and encourage the morale of the army, when Zang Quan and Zhaoshe turned their tails and led the army to set off first, Zang Tu of course held a very grand swearing-in meeting. In addition to Shangshangji hexagrams, Zang Tu also went up to the high altar in person, read out the military documents in public, counted Xiang Kang's various perverse acts and cruel tyranny since he took the throne, and vowed to take down the head of the tyrant Xiang Kang with his own hands. The armed forces are joyful and their morale is boosted.Finally, Zang Tuye waved his hand and shouted, "Let's go! Fight against the tyrant Xiang Kang and overthrow the tyrant's court!"

Amid the sound of ceremonies and music, [-] soldiers of the Yan Army lined up in neat formation, holding high the sea-blue flag of the Yan Army, and set off to the south one by one. Zang Tu had a smile on his face, but kept praying in his heart, secretly saying: "God bless, we must The flag is a victory! A good start gave Zhao Hui and Wu Rui the courage to follow the king and raise troops to share the pressure for the king. Also, the most important thing is that the Xiongnu must send troops to help the widow as soon as possible, otherwise , even if we win temporarily, the consequences will definitely be difficult to predict.”

As if God had heard Zang Tu's sincere prayer, at this moment, the little eunuch Zhongxing said that he suddenly rushed up to the high altar, out of breath, and said to Zang Tu, "I will tell you, Your Majesty, Just received the urgent report from Shanggu County, the Xiongnu... cough cough cough!"

Because of running too fast, when it came to the key paragraphs, Zhongxing said that he couldn't help coughing violently, and couldn't continue talking for a long time. Zang Tu waited impatiently, and hurriedly urged: "Hurry up, Shanggu County urgent report What happened to the Huns? Did the Huns send troops to help us?"

The one who answered Zang Tu was a smile that Bank of China said was difficult to squeeze out while coughing, a smile that was uglier than crying...

(End of this chapter)