After the beginning of spring, Huang Qiong, on the one hand, tried his best to supervise spring plowing, and on the other hand, he made full preparations in Jiangnan. Especially from each of the four major battalions, a thousand key personnel were removed and put into civilian clothes and went south. They were allocated to generals at all levels who were transferred to the south one after another in the first year. As for those generals who had taken up their posts one after another last year, in May, they all received Huang Qiong's secret order by chance, requiring them to be tight on the outside and tight on the inside to prepare for war.
At the same time, Huang Qiong secretly sent people to distribute the first batch of iron-moulded copper-core artillery pieces cast by the Ministry of Industry and the first batch of two thousand gunners trained by the Ministry of Industry through water transportation after disguise, and assigned them to Zhao Wuye and other generals. And when the time entered June, even fools smelled something unusual. Huang Qiong came even more frequently, summoning Yu Mingyuan to the palace almost every day to discuss a series of military affairs.
If it hadn't been for Yu Mingyuan's repeated persuasion, I don't know how many of the civil and military officials in the world would have been bribed by the King of Guilin. It's better to strike later. Even if you are a little passive at first, you can still let the fish lurking on the bottom of the water take the initiative to show their heads. Eliminate those unstable people within, otherwise even if you take the initiative to attack, you may not be able to take advantage, and may even lose troops.
There are internal collaborators, and military information cannot be kept secret. There is no way to fight this war. What's more, I am afraid that there will definitely not be a few officials bribed by the Guilin County Prince's Palace. If these people are not caught, the only result will be failure. In addition, after all, the Guilin County Prince was the first contributor to the founding of the People's Republic of China, so the imperial court took the initiative to justify the injustice, and Huang Qiong once planned to strike preemptively.
Yu Mingyuan's words awakened Huang Qiong, who was somewhat reckless in this matter. Choosing to lure the snake out of its hole may not be a good idea. But since it is impossible to thoroughly investigate how many officials were bribed by the Guilin County Prince's Palace, this is the only way and the best way. Therefore, even if Huang Qiong didn't like this kind of passivity, he finally accepted Yu Mingyuan's suggestion.
Compared to the worrying situation on Guangnan West Road, King Yong is quite reassuring. Maybe there is an extra tigress beside him, and it can be said that King Yong is very honest when he patrols this way. Not only did he send Huang Qiong secret information about the local clan situation wherever he went. And he was very honest all the way. King Yong, who was unable to return during the Spring Festival due to inspections, spent his time in Huai'an Mansion in Lianghuai.
King Yong was honest and honest along the way, which saved Huang Qiong a lot of worry. Once again, in my heart, I felt that my decision to send King Yong out and patrol with him was the right decision. However, since the beginning of spring, Huang Qiong has become increasingly uneasy. After King Yong arrived at Jiangning Mansion, he issued a decree, asking him to temporarily stay in Jiangning Mansion until the autumn harvest.
It's the last month before Jiangnan once again faces a bumper harvest. That is, September 13th, the twenty-third year of the Mingde reign of the Da Qi Dynasty. Huang Qiong received Zhao Wusha, who was transferred to Jiangnan West Road Jiedu Deputy Envoy, and rushed eight hundred miles away. Half a month ago, in the name of preserving Da Qi's century-old foundation and preventing it from falling into the hands of the remnants of Huaiyang, the Prince of Guilin announced at Jingjiang Mansion on Guangnan West Road that he would launch troops to Qingjun's side.
Before raising the army, the king of Guilin invited all civil and military officials on Guangnan West Road to a banquet at the palace in the name of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. At the banquet, ambushes suddenly appeared. With the assistance of more than a dozen civil and military officials who had already taken refuge with him, he forced the civil and military officials on Guangnan West Road to surrender to him. He also mobilized the three guards of his palace, and with the cooperation of the Jingjiang Prefecture's 1,200 guards, they occupied the entire Jingjiang Prefecture that day.
The civil and military officials at all levels who attended the banquet, the Jiedu envoy of Guangnan West Road who refused to surrender, and the inspector of Guangnan West Road were killed on the spot. The Deputy Envoy of Jiedu, the Prefect of Jingjiang, and the Military Envoy had already secretly taken refuge with the Prince of Guilin. The pacifier on Guangnan West Road, who did not attend the banquet due to illness, hanged himself after being surrounded by rebels in the yamen of the pacifier. The rest of the officials, led by the transfer envoy, collectively surrendered to the king of Guilin.
Among all the officials on Guangnan West Road, there was only one official of the seventh rank of the Yamen, who was disguised as a porter. Bypassing the Nanling passes, the Guilin County Prince's army set up a blockade and came out to report to the court. When he was writing this memorial, the 100,000 troops already hidden by the Guilin County King had already marched out of the 100,000-strong mountain and were heading towards Ganzhou Mansion at the junction of Jiangnan West Road and Guangnan West Road.
At the same time, as the King of Guilin officially sent troops to rebel, the guards on Jiangnan West Road also experienced instability. The envoy of Jiangnan West Road has stayed behind closed doors since receiving the news. The appeasement envoys and various officials on Jiangnan West Road were in chaos. The governor of Ganzhou and the military envoys of Ganzhou opened the city gate and surrendered without any resistance when facing the army of the Guilin County King.
Zhao Wushu directly told Huang Qiong in the book that he had killed the unreliable Nanchang military envoy. He directly brought the guards belonging to the Nanchang Army and Horses Division under his command. After he took office, Huang Qiong mobilized a thousand elites to prepare to go south to Ji'an Prefecture for rescue. After receiving the news from Zhao Wushan, Huang Qiong immediately asked him to take over the post of Jiangnan West Road Jiedushi and take charge of the Jiangnan West Road guards without any hesitation.
The original Jiedushi Yamen officials were all locked up and escorted to Beijing. At the same time, in accordance with Jun's decree, Huang Qiong directly promoted Zhao Wuhu to be the acting envoy of Jiangnan West Road, taking charge of the operations of the Jiangnan West Road Guards. Officials below the third rank, regardless of civil or military status, have the right to kill them first and then report them. However, in addition to this important edict, Huang Qiong also gave Zhao Wuye a secret edict, asking him to closely monitor the movements of officials in the south of the Yangtze River.
He also gave a secret order to King Yong in Jiangning Mansion, except asking him to do the same thing as Zhao Wushu in Jiangning Mansion. He also gave him the right to do things conveniently in Jiangnan. If he encounters an unstable official while he is in Jiangning, he can directly lock him into the capital. He was also ordered to immediately search and confiscate all the property of the Guilin County Prince's Mansion in Jiangnan with the cooperation of the Fan family's branches in Jiangnan.
Originally, after receiving Zhao Wushan's memorial, Huang Qiong wanted to transfer King Yong back as soon as possible. In addition to his safety, there is another very important reason. That's why Huang Qiong is worried about his seventh brother, who is often a little confused at critical moments. We are on the wrong team in this big change. Because he trusts King Yong to a certain extent.
He knew that King Yong was not without any ambition. It's just that in King Yong's heart, brotherhood is more important. Moreover, his early experiences also gradually weakened his ambition. Now that the world is in chaos, Huang Qiong must also be careful. His ambitions that had disappeared have once again rekindled as the current situation changed. Heroes emerge from troubled times, and King Yong may not let this opportunity pass him by.
Even if he doesn't, some ambitious people around him may not. Although with King Yong’s ability, it is impossible to sweep the world. But it is still possible to separate one corner of the country. Originally, it would be safest to transfer him back to the capital. After all, King Yong is the only one among his many brothers who still has brotherly feelings. Huang Qiong does not want to lose the only brotherly feeling at this time.
But the problem is that King Yong is now stationed in Jiangning Mansion, and he is the only prince and prince in the entire Jiangnan. King Yong seemed to be acting alone, but now he has attracted the attention of the entire Jiangnan, all officials and gentry who are still loyal to the court, and is responsible for stabilizing people's hearts. If he is transferred back to Beijing at this time, it may cause turmoil among the people in Jiangnan, which will be difficult to eliminate in a short period of time.
Success or failure is often determined by the little things. The outcome was uncertain, but the prince and prince were the first to escape. The turmoil that would follow in the hearts of Jiangnan people made Huang Qiong afraid to take this gamble. He trusted King Yong and allowed him to be a nominal commander in Jiangnan. Still risking the chaos of losing the hearts of the people in Jiangnan, leaving King Yong to stay in Jiangnan for a possible danger made Huang Qiong hesitate a few times.
But in the end, it was still based on the national destiny. Even though he was worried, Huang Qiong still left King Yong and his wife to stay in Jiangnan. In order to stabilize Prince Yong, Huang Qiong did not even transfer Princess Yong back. Huang Qiong's move was tantamount to showing his great trust in Prince Yong. This is the only emperor in the history of Da Qi who has always been suspicious, who trusts his brother so much.
However, Huang Qiong asked King Yong to inspect the Guilin County Prince's mansion and properties in various areas south of the Yangtze River, which actually cut off his retreat in disguise. After this inspection, King Yong had some undue ambition because of the current situation. It is impossible to rely on the Guilin County Prince's Mansion to separate a corner of the south of the Yangtze River. What's more, as early as when King Yong left the capital. He was right next to King Yong, laying a few secret moves.
It's just that Huang Qiong's hidden weapon was to prevent King Yong from doing anything ridiculous when he left the capital. Not only would he be tired of the Tian family's reputation, but he would also be tired of wiping his ass. But at this time, if King Yong really wants to cause chaos. Those few secret chess pieces are enough to do something for yourself when needed. Besides, King Yong still has Liu Hu who is loyal to him.
After sending eight hundred miles to King Yong and Zhao Wushu in a hurry, Huang Qiong knew that this was just the beginning. The Guilin County Prince's Mansion has worked hard in Jiangnan for more than a hundred years. The entire Jiangnan belongs to the influence of the Guilin County Prince's Mansion, which can be said to be intricately connected. Especially since he has been painstakingly deploying the chess pieces for many years, the chess pieces hidden in secret will definitely not be limited to Guangnan West Road. The variables will be even greater next.
Sure enough, as time went by, Huang Qiong received multiple memorials one after another. On Guangnan East Road, the Guangnan East Road Jiedu envoy and the Guangnan East Road naval commander jointly killed the Guangnan East Road transfer envoy and the inspector censor who refused to surrender. Together with the appeasement envoys, the inspection envoys and the academic administration envoys, they declared their submission to the king of Guilin. The newly appointed magistrate of Guangzhou burned himself and his family to death.
The entire Guangnan East Road, ten prefectures and three Zhili prefectures, together with 5,000 local guards, have a Guangnan East Road Navy with a strength of 1,500 troops and more than 80 large and small warships, and are accompanied by 23 inspection divisions. . Except for Qiongzhou Prefecture, which was isolated overseas, it did not issue a declaration of surrender and remained in seclusion under the leadership of the prefect. In less than half a month, all the remaining state capitals submitted to the command of the Guilin County King.
All officials on Guangnan East Road, except for the dozen or so officials who were martyred. Only Nan Shao Hui Chao Bing Bei Dao, who was stationed in Shaoguan Prefecture and surrendered to the military envoys, received the news in advance and escaped the disaster, and Shaonan Patrol Commander, who was originally stationed in Meiguan, ran away with more than a dozen civil servants. Arrive at Meiguan. Collecting team training from surrounding areas, relying on Jiangnan West Road behind them, they are still trying to resist.
On Fujian Road, although the Fujian pacification envoys took action in advance, they killed the rebellious Jiedushi envoy and deputy Jiedushi envoy. However, he was besieged by soldiers and horse envoys from Fuzhou Prefecture who also rebelled, and he died in a fierce battle led by a scholar and 300 guards. Some of the rest of the transfer envoys, envoys on inspection, academic affairs, and censors, as well as the Fuzhou prefect, surrendered to the rebels. Some abandoned their posts and fled all the way to Jianning Mansion in the north.
After receiving the memorial from Zhulu, Huang Qiong sighed softly in his heart, what was supposed to come finally came. It's just that although Huang Qiong was prepared in advance, the rebels came with such force. In less than two months, the entire area south of Changsha Prefecture on Huguang South Road fell. On Jiangnan West Road, under the fierce attack of the rebels, only Nanchang Prefecture, Ji'an Prefecture, and Jiujiang Prefecture near the Yangtze River remained.
