In Princess Baoding's mansion, Princess Baoding Zhang Qiwan has cried until she fainted several times. She and Zhao Kuangzan have a very good relationship.
Of course, strictly speaking, this man is just a trophy, and he also has a Uighur face. Although he doesn't have a yellow head and green eyes, his appearance is still quite different from that of the Central Plains people.
As for Zhao Kuangzan, who was of imperial blood, came from a wealthy family, was handsome and capable of both civil and martial arts, if Zhang Yan and Zhao Kuangzan hadn't needed a bond that allowed them to fully trust each other, Zhao Kuangzan would never have married a princess who was actually a foreigner.
Therefore, Zhang Qiwan, who had low self-esteem about his appearance and blood, felt that he was not worthy of Zhao Kuangzan. After getting married, Zhao Kuangzan was very kind to him, so naturally he was completely fascinated by Zhang Qiwan.
As for Zhang Qiwan, who has no title of princess, the only weapon she can use is to cry. However, since she does not have a mother in the palace, she has to cry more miserably to impress people.
Therefore, early in the morning, when Shi Chonggui, Li Congyi, Meng Chang and others gathered under the Xuanwu Gate, Duke Baoding ran in from the small door with his hair disheveled, his hair disheveled, and howling.
Several people immediately breathed a long sigh of relief. Their waists no longer hurt and their legs were no longer cramped. Even Meng Chang's drunkenness became lighter.
Dead Taoist friends are not dead poor Taoists. Now that Zhao Kuangzan has been tricked, they will be safe.
In the Chongwen Palace, Queen Cao Yanxi frowned. This matter was about to be solved perfectly, but at the last moment, a big mistake occurred.
"Holy Queen, it has been found out that it was Xue Huairang who once served as the commander of You Shenwu who let Wang Jun and others escape, and accepted a large bribe from Xue Huairang's pro-army Youjin Wuwei Second Battalion General Yuhou and the following eleven soldiers General, all of them have been detained."
Cao Yanxi's frown deepened. More than 70% of the officers and soldiers in the five pro-army armies, the left and right Shenwei Guards, the right Jinwu Guards, and the left and right Baotao Guards, were not from Helong and Guanzhong, but from Henan, Hebei, and Hedong in the Central Plains. It is composed of athletes from three places.
This was a problem left over before the emperor decided that more than 60% of the 50,000 households in the army would be granted land in Helong.
The reason why so many non-Helong athletes were recruited into the pro-army was due to the need to balance the forces of all parties.
This was to prevent the pro-military elements from being too homogeneous and being exploited by those who wanted to, and to highlight the emperor's impartiality. This Zhou Dynasty was a unified dynasty, not a dynasty of Helong people.
The problem caused by this is that there will always be some problems with the reliability of these five pro-army forces.
The last time the emperor was assassinated in Xiangji Temple, it was because of the fault of the Right Shenwei Guard. This time, when Wang Jun and others were let go, there was something wrong with the Right Jinwu Guard.
Although the queen's face could not be seen through the curtain, Zhang Liecheng could feel the anger.
"The Holy Queen need not be too worried. After investigation, I learned that Yuhou, the general of Youjin Wuwei, once served as Xue Huairang's general, so he dared to take the risk and let Wang Jun go."
Pei Yuan also said: "I and Duke Jiaocheng have ordered people to make arrangements. All pro-army and forbidden troops who have relations with Xue Huairang, Pan Huan, etc. are currently suspended pending trial to ensure that this kind of thing will never happen again."
Cao Yanxi still felt angry. She opened the curtain and walked out, saying angrily: "If Xue Huairang, Pan Huan and others did not have an emperor, they would have been drowned by the Khitan people in the Yellow River. Wang Jun and others were only spared by the emperor." To survive, they are so ignorant!"
Pei Yuan and Zhang Liecheng looked at each other. The queen was not angry at the rebellion of Xue Huairang, Pan Huan and others, but was diverting her attention.
In this incident in Chang'an, Cao Renzun and Yin Yuande, who belonged to the Lao Guiyi Army faction, were actually the main force in the rebellion.
But the queen didn't say a word. Instead, ever since Hou Yi came to report and Wang Jun, Xue Huairang, Pan Huan and others ran away, she immediately turned on them with full firepower.
Pei Yuan did not answer because he was a lonely minister and would not get involved.
In fact, before he entered the palace, a large number of distinguished officials from Hedong, Daibei and Henan found him.
On the surface, they were here for a normal walk, but it was obvious that these people wanted Pei Yuan to open his big mouth and bite the old Guiyijun faction hard. Of course, Pei Yuan silently refused.
What a human heart! There is only such a large amount of power in total. If the old rebel faction spits out some, the others can share more.
Zhang Liecheng pondered for a moment, and his current situation was not good. Although the emperor's father and the queen's adoptive mother in front of him still trusted him, he was too involved. Cao Wanjin was his concubine, and Kang Jinshan was his father-in-law.
Are you saying that Zhang Liecheng doesn't know how much Kang Jinshan, Cao Wanjin and others made?
How is it possible? He is the commander of Jinyi's personal guards. He may not necessarily understand him very well, but he must understand him roughly or eighty percent.
But when he reported these things to Zhang Yan, he would often mention them in a non-trivial way, with an obvious intention to protect them.
Zhang Liecheng estimated that when the incident subsided and his father-in-law Kang Jinshan, Cao Wanjin and others were wise to the situation, he could safely leave the post of commander of the Jinyi Guards and be sent to the local area to be a general or defense envoy or something.
If Kang Jinshan and Cao Wanjin cannot give up their good fortune, then...
No! Zhang Liecheng clenched his fists. If they didn't understand, then he, Zhang Dalang, could only be a 'filial son' for once.
Thinking of this, Zhang Liecheng put aside Pei Yuan and said to Cao Yanxi: "Don't worry, Holy Mother, I will tell the world about Xue Huairang, Pan Huan, and Wang Jun's ungrateful and ignorant faces now."
Cao Yanxi nodded with satisfaction, and was actually a little happy that Wang Jun and Xue Huai let them escape.
Without these people, I am afraid that what Cao Renzun and the others have done will not be suppressed no matter how hard it is, and the implication will inevitably expand. This is a rebellion.
Just as they were about to discuss the specific implementation, the chamberlain came to report that Princess Baoding and the Privy Councilor Guo Tiance were outside asking for an audience.
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Guo Tiance and Princess Baoding Zhang Qiwan arrived almost at the same time, because the news of the Xuzhou Incident was sent by Zhao Kuangzan's confidant who risked his life. As a first step, the mistress Princess Baoding must be informed first.
Therefore, although Princess Baoding went out after crying to death once in the palace, Guo Tiance still arrived a little later than her.
In the Chongwen Hall, Princess Baoding saw Queen Cao Yanxi. She just called her mother, and then fainted and died in the hall. Cao Yanxi was also frightened and took two steps back.
Hou Yi only knew that Wang Jun had come to him and asked him to join in the rebellion, but he didn't know anything else.
Therefore, Cao Yanxi only knew that Wang Jun, Xue Huairang, Pan Huan and others had escaped. He did not know that they had gone to Xuzhou and successfully held Zhao Kuangzan hostage.
Pei Yuan suddenly stood up, his eyes widening in shock, "Oh no, there's going to be a problem in Wuning Town!
The sage mentioned several times in the past that Wuning Town would be broken up into mixed groups, but he never had time to implement it.
The current Wuning Town is almost entirely composed of the former Xuzhou Wuning Army. It is really possible that they were instigated by Wang Jun, Xue Huairang and others. "
Cao Yanxi ordered people to help Princess Baoding and advocated Qiwan, and at the same time ordered people to send the imperial doctor to see him, and then asked people to get the map.
Although this Cao Jiuniang has never been on the battlefield, she is not an ignorant fool.
She imitated Zhang Yan and looked at the map carefully, and then her face became even more gloomy.
"Xuzhou Mansion is located at the strategic point of water and land. To the west is Songzhou, behind Songzhou is Tokyo, and to the east it can cut off the connection between the imperial court and Huainan.
Now that there are changes in Xuzhou, the four states of Hao, Si, Chu, and Hai that the saint obtained from the Southern Tang Dynasty during his last southern expedition are in danger!
Envoy Guo, what's the plan? "
Guo Tiance had already given full consideration on the way here, and he reminded Cao Yanxi: "Holy Mother, in addition to Xuzhou, the Qinghuai Army in Shouzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty must also be on guard.
Liu Renzhan, the governor of the Huai Army of the Qing Dynasty, has been secretly preparing for war. He is also a rare famous general in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and has been praised by saints.
If he and Wang Jun and others acted at the same time and dispatched the elite Qing-Huai army from Shouzhou to the north, it would only take three to five days to threaten the hinterland of the imperial court. "
Cao Yanxi looked at the direction of Shouzhou and nodded, "North of Shouzhou, the imperial court only has one guard in Caizhou. It only has two to three thousand people. It is still newly established. The combat effectiveness will not be very high. Shouzhou The Huai army of the Qing Dynasty was the last elite of the Southern Tang Dynasty. It is obviously difficult for a guard army to protect itself."
The shortcomings of Zhang Shengren's massive recruitment of elite soldiers finally became apparent at this moment. After he took away all the elites, the defense force north of Shouzhou became frighteningly weak.
Of course, this is also the reason why Zhou Jun always despised the combat effectiveness of the Southern Tang Army.
"For the current plan, the only way is to mobilize the Xuchang Prefecture's imperial army from Zhongwu Town and the guards on the left and right sides of Xuchang to go to Caizhou for reinforcements.
Once the Qing Huai army in Shouzhou is dispatched to the north, Yingzhou (Fuyang) can be lost, but Caizhou must be kept. "Guo Tiance said.
"But what if Liu Renzhan's Qing-Huai army went east to attack the Huai and Si states instead of going north to attack Cai and Ying states?" Pei Yuan quickly saw the problem.
Guo Tiance let out a long sigh, "This is what a certain family is most worried about. Even if everyone in Xuzhou's Wuning Town rebels, they won't be able to cause much trouble.
To be honest, they are just dogs guarding the home, because being in Xuzhou is a great advantage. If they are guarding the home, their combat effectiveness is not bad. If they want to attack from Xuzhou, they probably won't be so courageous.
But if they were instigated by Liu Renzhan, instead of going west, they would go to harm the four states of Haosi, Chu and Hai. This would be dangerous. "
Everyone fell into a brief silence. The four states of Chuhai and Haosi were the lands taken from the last battle between Zhang and Huainan. Since then, they have experienced the land equalization turmoil. Most of the upper-class local tyrants in the four states are not very trustworthy.
The person who now serves as the observer envoy to the two prefectures and four states is Gao Yunquan, the former envoy of the Zhangwu Army in Yanzhou.
Although Gao Yunquan married Zhang Huaiqing's daughter and Zhang Yan's sister-in-law, his ability was not very strong. The last turmoil in the four states was settled by Zhao Cunyi and Ma Yaozi who suppressed it successively.
This time, if the Shouzhou Qinghuai Army and the rebellious Wuning Town were to attack these four states together, Gao Yunquan would definitely not be able to stop them.
Pei Yuan pondered for a moment and said to Cao Yanxi: "In the past, the sage once told his ministers that Zhang Yanqing and Zhang Xiong in Huaiyin Prefecture (Chuzhou) were both loyal ministers.
The sage has a unique discernment and can judge people accurately. I think these two people are reliable.
Moreover, the general trend of the world is mine. Even if there are those who cannot see the situation clearly, they are in the minority. These two people are still quite prestigious in Huaiyin Mansion. They are also rated as upper or middle in the assessment of the Ministry of Personnel and the Privy Council every year.
I thought that even if Gao Observation Envoy could not defend the two states of Huaisi and Si, he could still retreat to Huaiyin Mansion and rely on Erzhang to defend Chuzhou. "
Cao Yanxi thought for a while and agreed with Pei Yuan's point of view. I, Zhang Shengren, am very accurate in judging people. This is obvious to everyone.
"In this case, a brave general is still needed to risk his own life to go to Huaiyin Mansion to convey the imperial edict and boost morale."
Guo Tiance raised his hand and said, "In this case, I will order Murong Xinde, the commander-in-chief of Zhongwu Town, to lead Zhongwu Town's left camp and Xuchang's left guard with five thousand soldiers and horses to station in Caizhou to guard against the Qing Huai army moving north.
Then please Tian Guogong to return to Tokyo immediately, recruit the troops from the four prefectures of Shendu, Tokyo, Zhengzhou, and Huazhou, as well as the soldiers of the patrol bow and arrow societies, and the gun and stick societies, and hand them over to Tian Guogong to take charge of them, and go to Shangqiu Prefecture to set up defenses to prevent the west of Wuning Town. Enter.
As long as Caizhou and Shangqiu Prefecture are blocked, this incident will not cause much trouble.
As for Huaiyin Mansion, Fu Zhaoxu, the military supervisor of Xuchang Mansion, has been guarding Jianghuai for a long time. He can be ordered to take a detour to Huaiyin Mansion at starry night to take charge. "
"Okay!" Cao Yanxi gritted his teeth, "Pick another two hundred fine cavalry from the inner chamber to give to Fu Zhaoxu. Zhongli Mansion, where Haosi Prefecture is located, can be left alone, but Huaiyin Mansion must not be lost!"
