King Rong Zhu Youshu was the first vassal king. As the thirteenth son of Zhu Jianshen, he was granted the title of King Rong from the fourth year of Hongzhi to the third year of Zhengde.
Today, King Rong has six sons, and he himself is just forty years old.
The impression of King Rong in the court is that he looks like a high emperor, but lives in a country that is a bit arrogant.
He looks like Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was also quite arrogant after becoming a vassal.
During the march, Luo An kept thinking about this information, and then said to Ban Zhongwen: "Prince Rong is most likely to have rebelled. If not, news will come out from the Jinyi Colonel in Changde Mansion."
Ban Zhongwen only led 300 people to follow Luo An south. Hearing this, he couldn't help but ask: "How can we see it?"
Without the support of Chang Dewei, how could King Rong dare to rebel without a bodyguard?
The strength of Changde Guard is more than ten times that of this side.
"In the past, King Rong's country was full of twists and turns. The prince in Beijing had an annual salary of 3,000 dan, while the prince of the feudal lord had an annual salary of 10,000 dan. King Rong was the thirteenth son of Xianmiao and was not destined for the throne. Naturally, he was willing to vassal early, but he delayed it for several years. On the vassal road, King Rong tied up officials, demanded property, carried away private salt, and hindered merchants, with the obvious intention of amassing property. After His Majesty succeeded to the throne, he repeatedly invited rivers and lakes in Yuanjiang Port, Tianxin, Tuanping and other places to enter the palace. .”
After Luo An finished speaking, he looked at Ban Zhongwen: "When we arrive at Jianshui Realm, we will set up camp and let the Changde guards throw rat-proof weapons first. It only takes five or six days for the Jiuxi guards to arrive."
Since the "arrogant" Prince Rong values interests so much, it is very unlikely that he will understand justice as well as Prince Huayang.
Changde Prefecture is a small prefecture, with only four counties under its jurisdiction. Under the influence of the profit-oriented King Rong and Changde Guards, Changde Mansion was easily controlled.
He is not an appointed military commander, but he has an imperial decree. Ban Zhongwen is just a member of the Qianhu family, and besides, he is the commander of the Jinyi Guards! One of His Majesty’s most trusted people!
Ban Zhongwen was very excited and chose to follow the order.
It is less than eighty miles away from Jianshui, the boundary between Changde Prefecture and Yuezhou Prefecture in Lizhou.
It was already the third day of August when Luo An and Ban Zhongwen led their troops to the south of Dafu Mountain and the north bank of Jianshui.
Now, the food, salary, and military supplies for these more than 300 people are all transferred through Linli behind them.
This place is already within Cili County of Yuezhou Prefecture, but its location is closer to Lizhou and Wuling County.
Go southeast along the river and follow the water to reach Wuling County, where Changde Prefecture is located.
"Commander Luo, will you send an advance sentry across the river to investigate?"
"No need!" Luo An came here to suppress others based on his status. "Now His Majesty's decree has not yet arrived. Who will command the various armies and who will supervise them has not yet been decided. However, my commander has given me a token. Those who see the order and listen to it, Only then can we be called loyal! Zhou Long, take this command order and go to Wuling County and announce that Commander Chang Dewei is here to listen to orders and report military information!"
If you don’t come, prepare to fight.
If he doesn't come, Changde Guards will know that the commander of the Jinyi Guards has arrived in the north of Changde Mansion in person.
But for Zhou Long, this is a very risky job.
But Zhou Long just clasped his fists and knelt down on one knee: "I accept my order from my humble position!"
He is a man with a quick mind. After this journey, couldn't he see whether Changde Mansion and Changde Guard were rebelling or not?
On the western front of Dongting Lake, Luo An is in action.
Outside Baling County, which is governed by Yuezhou Prefecture, Gu Shilong finally led the guards of Wuchang Prefecture and the Mianyang Guards who went south via Honghu Lake to arrive in Baling County one after another.
The people of Baling County have not seen tens of thousands of troops gather together for a long time.
The army stretched from the east of Baling County to Tumen Town on the west side of Longjiao Mountain. The people were eating horses and chewing them. The Yuezhou Magistrate and Baling County Magistrate arranged the transportation of grain and grass, while also appeasing the people who were facing drought and war disasters.
The first thing Gu Shilong said when he arrived here was to tell Geng Yongfeng: "Go to Lizhou and command the Jiuxi Guard, Changde Guard and Lizhou Qianhu Station. I will give you a thousand personal soldiers to cross the lake and land at Longyang. 8 Before the Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifteenth day of the lunar month, I will stand on the western front and seize Yuanjiang and Yiyang counties."
After all, it will be smoother to go north and east via Dongting Lake.
To the west, capture Yuanjiang County in Changde Prefecture and Yiyang County in Changsha Prefecture, capture Xiangyin in the east, and then attack directly on Changsha.
As for the southeast... Wang Shouren always knew his troops and had the authority to quell the rebellion of King Ning in the past. Gu Shilong was not worried about how much trouble King Yi of Jiangxi could cause.
After Jiangxi experienced the Ningwang Rebellion, the local guards were also disrupted and reorganized or awarded rewards. It was not like Huguang where they had formed too strong local interests.
Therefore, if things go well, by the end of August at the latest, Jiangxi soldiers should be able to appear in Huguang, capture Liling, Xiangtan, and Liuyang from Yuanzhou Prefecture, and control the upper reaches of the Xiang River and Liuyang River.
In this way, the encirclement of Changsha Mansion was completed.
Gu Shilong arranged it like this, but Wang Shouren's mansion did not think that the situation in Jiangxi was as simple as he thought.
Prince Yi's residence is prosperous, with only three generations of people.
Today's King Yi is the first generation of King Yi. After the news of Changsha and Hengzhou reached Jiangxi, the most excited person was none other than Zheng Qianhu of Jianchang Qianhu Office.
He took control of Prince Yi's Mansion first without hesitation, but the result surprised him.
"The crime of the last general deserves to be punished by death. Please punish the crime by the governor!" Lu Yunyi from the Qianhu Office in Jianchang said, "When the last general comes, Prince Yi, Prince Chongren, Prince Jinxi, etc. will all be here." He is not in the fiefdom, and now the general is pursuing it. King Yi is sitting on a hunger strike, and the general does not dare to act rashly."
Wang Shouren did not get angry or show any surprise. He just walked to the bedroom of King Yi Zhu Youbin and said loudly: "Governor Jiangxi Wang Shouren, please see His Highness King Yi."
After the palace door was opened, Wang Shouren saw Zhu Youbin sitting on a chair, wearing a prince's robe but looking pale.
He was still the prince before he was removed by decree. According to etiquette, Wang Shouren had to bow before him.
Wang Shouren acted according to the etiquette, and then asked: "I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and all the princes are no longer in the fiefdom. Your Highness King Yi, what is the matter?"
Zhu Youbin just sat on it and laughed miserably, and then said angrily: "Since I became a feudal lord, I have been frugal and guarded, quietly studied history, loved the people and valued people, and there was no intrusion. Your Majesty chose my grandson to succeed the late emperor. I had known about it in advance. Today. Now that the rebels regard King Rui as their orthodoxy, how can I be so lucky?"
After a pause, he said sadly: "Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, and all the vassals surrendered. Why are you so jealous and provoked such a situation?"
He was expressing his "doubts" about the emperor, but Wang Shouren could not reply on Zhu Houcong's behalf.
"Prince Rui is young. How could he have committed such a treasonous and unethical act if he had not been kidnapped? His Highness King Yi heard the news and before I sent the military order, His Highness King Yi, if he knew the righteousness, should justly tell the world to denounce the traitor of the rebellious king Jian Jun. Now. His Highness secretly ordered the prince and the princes to abscond, this is a big mistake!"
"We, Yi Fan, only received the kindness of Xiaomiao and the late emperor, and were given some fertile land. I, the Prince Consort, cleaned up the water resources, and the Prince Yi's Mansion did everything he could to follow! King Rui granted the title of king to the vassal, and His Majesty already had a plan to lure the snake out of its hole. Wang Dutai is People who know the military, do you think I can still trust His Majesty?"
Zhu Youbin spoke angrily, but Wang Shouren sighed: "Whether your Highness believes it or not, all ministers who are loyal are loyal and act according to orders. Your Highness only talked about fertile land. I also know about the marketing of Guangdong salt in southern Gansu." The matter. Your princes, princes and princes are now escaping from their fiefdoms. Does King Yi think this is better?"
"No need to say more!" Zhu Youbin seemed to have broken half of the jar, "Now when Wang Dutai comes, I can only ask Wang Dutai: Should we still escort the king to the capital to congratulate him, or should he be captured and brought to the capital for questioning!"
Wang Shouren took a deep look at him.
Even if the six-year-old King Rui came from the Yiwang lineage, how could he dare to make such a decision?
He could receive the news faster than he could pass the military order to Jianchang Qianhu Office, and he could also arrange for his sons and grandsons to quietly escape from Jianchang Mansion. These things were naturally prepared before Wang Shouren arrived in Jiangxi.
Wang Shouren arranged for Lu Yunyi to send people to continue "escorting" Zhu Youbin to Beijing. After that, he called an internal minister: "What Qianchang's thousands of households don't know, Jinyiwei and the inner factory must know. How to contact them, and tell the governor the news as soon as possible. Now, Jiangxi The situation is more important than Huguang!"
The contact person arranged by the Jiangxi garrison eunuch only felt that Governor Wang's expression was very serious.
After the eunuch left, Wang Shouren's disciple Chen Jiuchuan asked, "Sir, why do you say the situation in Jiangxi is more important than that in Huguang?"
In his opinion, King Yi was just in a dilemma and was so desperate that he would rather dismiss his children and grandchildren to retain some blood.
Wang Shouren frowned as he looked at the map he brought over and said, "With the Huang Ming Ji, the Guangdong salt market in southern Jiangxi is now cut off. Zhejiang has the Huang Ming Ji semicolon, but what about Fujian?"
He looked at a location on the map, which was Desheng Pass at the junction of Jianchang Prefecture and Fujian.
Then, his eyes moved to Ganzhou Prefecture, which has the largest jurisdiction in Jiangxi, and Ji'an Prefecture, which borders Hengzhou Prefecture to the west.
After a while, he closed his eyes and sighed: "This battle will not be easy to fight. If what I predict is correct, the Changsha Guards will abandon Changsha and enter Hengzhou. They will defend Hengshan and capture Huguang, Chenzhou, and Jiangxi." With the three prefectures of Nan'an, Ji'an, and Ganzhou, and the prefectures in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian as the defense line, the imperial army would have to fight for years with the tax-rich areas of Huguang, Jiangxi, South Zhili, and Zhejiang as its food and salary rear. This was the plan of the rebels. Just drag it down first, until more and more people sit on the sidelines and surrender to the enemy."
After thinking for a while, Chen Jiuchuan changed his face slightly: "These tax-rich areas are now severely affected."
It would be a big trouble if the grain and grass transshipment area behind the king's army had to provide disaster relief and also ensure the needs of the army's soldiers in the high mountains.
"Transmit my military order to move to Ganzhou. Go to Yuanzhou Mansion to order General Zhang not to wait for the governor. The Nanchang Guards will enter Changsha Mansion in Huguang to listen to the orders of Marquis Zhenyuan. General Zhang will lead the Yuanzhou Guards south to capture Ji'an."
Since it was Prince Rui of Hengzhou Prefecture who was made orthodox, would Zhu Jianjun not consider keeping him under firm control?
Now, it depends on what roles Zhu Jianjun and Zhu Youbin played behind this rebellion.
The only thing that must be prevented is that the rebels cannot use the high mountains and mountains of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Fujian to drag the imperial court into a protracted counterinsurgency.
At the Jianshui boundary south of Lizhou, Huguang, Zhou Long returned soon.
He didn't bother to drink some water. When he came to Luo An, he knelt down on one knee and returned to his life: "It's a big deal! Command, the entire palace of Prince Rong was burned. Changde just experienced a great chaos. It is said that the Changde Guard army suppressed the rebellion. The whole family of Prince Rong was put to death on the spot. After burning, killing and looting, the Changde guards moved towards Anhua County, Changsha Prefecture."
Luo An's expression suddenly changed and he stepped forward and asked, "What's the situation in Changde Mansion now?"
"... Wealthy officials and gentry are the homes of the common people, and they are plundered by many. Your Majesty, Commander, Chang Dewei went to Changsha Mansion after plundering money and food in the name of suppressing rebellion. Was King Rong really burned or..."
Zhou Long shook his head.
Luo An gritted his teeth and cursed: "Traitor!"
If he was really "executed on the spot" and his whole house was burned, then the emperor's hostility towards the feudal princes could not be more obvious.
Chang Dewei carried out plunder in the name of the imperial court to quell the rebel army, which not only gained money and food, but also ruined the reputation of the king's army. Later, he was "persuaded to surrender" by the rebels, which greatly increased the momentum of the rebels.
He looked at Ban Zhongwen: "Has anyone contacted you before about how to proceed?"
Ban Zhongwen was shocked: "Absolutely not!"
Luo An frowned: Isn't the King of Huayang County worthy of being fought over by the rebels?
But there can be no delay now, Changde Mansion must have been paralyzed.
"Hurry up and report to Wuchang Mansion and ask Sun Getai to make a decision. If the matter is urgent, please go and ask Sheng Zhizhou to bring the two capable officers to Changde to temporarily handle the government affairs and save the people in trouble!"
Among the rebels, there are also experts who are taking advantage of the time lag between the orders from the imperial court to disrupt the situation on the front line.
At this time, outside Yiyang County in Changsha Prefecture, the Changsha Guards, with 500 elite soldiers as the backbone, "recruited" 3,000 local warriors and many civilians, were preparing to attack Yuanjiang County in Changde Prefecture first.
Logically speaking, when the news came out, Chang Dewei should at least stay here for a while.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. When Tang Peiyu and Zhu Jianjun planned the uprising, he was not prepared to take Chang Dewei with him first.
When the message was issued, priorities were divided, forces were forced against each other, and interests were lured. Changde Guards used the land of four counties to practice lazily. The Changsha Guard generals competed with each other.
However, what Tang Peiyu saw was a Yuanjiang County town with thick smoke rising from many places.
Outside Anhua County in the southwest, Commander Chang Dewei's eyes were filled with bloodlust and he said indifferently: "Persuade to surrender!"
At this moment, his identity is still the general of the "counter-rebel army".
Soldiers are very quick, and as long as he is decisive along the way, nothing can stop him.
As for plundering and looting, how could we care so much during the rebellion?
If he can pass through Baoqing Mansion and enter Hengzhou Mansion from the west to join Puzitong, now that he has Prince Rui as an excellent cover, what kind of people like Prince Ji and Tang Peiyu are needed who are not good enough to use their brains?
No matter how chaotic the court is, the strength of all the guards in the world is there.
When they arrived at Hengzhou Prefecture, they combined two guards or even more elite troops, and fought for a long time in the high mountains at the junction of Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong before they could really succeed.
Changsha Mansion, what a good cover to consume the court's attention, money and food.
In the eyes of Changsha Magistrate Fu Rongzhong and Changsha Guard Commander Tang Peiyu, Anhua County is not a place that must be defended. To the west of Changsha, after all, there is Ningxiang County as a barrier.
Under the banner of Zhan Huabi, the commander of the Changde Guard, his cronies, escorted by several people holding shields, arrived a hundred steps away from the city gate. They raised their heads and shouted: "Changde Guard joins the Jiuxi Guard, Yongding Guard, and Lizhou Guard." The 20,000 troops from Qianhusuo are ordered to put down the rebellion! Listen to the city guards and quickly open the city and surrender to avoid death!"
Looking from the city wall, at the foot of Xiamei Mountain in the west of Anhua County, there is indeed an army that can't be seen to the end.
There are thousands of people, as far as the eye can see. There are over 10,000 people, and there are no boundaries.
Changde Guard did not have so many soldiers, but Zhan Huabi had already recruited and surrendered many "rogue bandits".
Now, some unemployed refugees and civilians who were brought here are still pretending to be cutting wood at the foot of Xiamei Mountain to build ladders to climb the city.
Standing on the city wall, a deputy Qianhu of the Changsha Guards could see large carts being rolled out from the military formation, and he didn't know whether the carts they pulled were big guns.
He thought that he only brought 500 people here, gritted his teeth and said: "Abandon the city! They only surrounded the west side and have no determination to fight to the death here. Return to Ningxiang and report to the prince as soon as possible. Along with Fu Sima, the Changde Guard, Jiuxi Guard, and Yongding Guard are all here, so fast, and the main force is from the west!"
Seeing that the guard general fled in a hurry with the magistrate and others, the remaining "township braves" in Anhua County looked at each other and had no choice but to discuss opening the city gate to welcome the king's division into the city. At the same time, they were thinking about how to make up a reason to explain that they and others were helpless. .
Zhan Huabi had no intention of pursuing that group of rebels. Instead, he ordered with a cruel smile: "Enter the city to track down the spies, the sooner the better!"
He only wants to leave trouble here and plunder money and food.
When we arrived at Baoqing Mansion, in the name of "will", Baoqing Guards never obeyed?
It doesn't matter if you don't obey. The heads of the generals and others were chopped off, and the remaining officers and soldiers could see real gold and silver treasures.
If you are not brave enough, there is Pu Zitong who will attack from the east of Hengzhou Mansion.
There was a sudden uproar in Anhua County, and the pursuit of spies soon evolved into a real robbery.
Soldiers without restraint are no different from bandits.
Geng Yongfeng had just landed from Longyang. He not only met the other Jinyi captains under Luo An's command, but also learned about the situation in Changde Mansion.
Geng Yongfeng looked at the direction where Tang Peiyu was quickly retreating from Yiyang County, his face so gloomy that he was about to drip with tears.
Before August 15th, it will be easy to capture Yuanjiang and Yiyang.
But what's the use?
The western and northern parts of Changde Prefecture and Changsha Prefecture must be in a mess with endless consequences.
Seeing Sheng Wenyi comforting the refugees with uncontrollable joy, Geng Yongfeng did not dare to say anything.
For the sake of the new law and the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty and the court are ready to pay some price.
But now that the price is clearly shown in front of Geng Yongfeng's eyes, he is finally a little bit intolerable.
"Go to Yiyang County first!"
Under his command are three hundred captains of Jin Yiwei, three hundred elite soldiers of Lizhou Qianhu Division, and one thousand personal soldiers he brought with him. Tang Peiyu quickly returned to help Changsha Mansion. It is conceivable that Xiangyin on the eastern front was even less likely to resist the real army led by Gu Shilong himself.
But the situation within the rebels is more complicated than they imagined.
In Changsha Mansion, Zhu Jianjun shouted angrily: "Why didn't Pu Zitong take him north to Changsha as promised to boost his morale and fight the enemy in the north for a while?"
The man Zhu Jianjun refers to is the six-year-old King Rui wearing a yellow robe.
Seeing that Tang Peiyu couldn't speak, Zhu Jianjun was furious: "Didn't you say that since he is your old general, he must obey your orders?"
In Hengzhou City, Pu Zitong was overjoyed after reading a letter: "Okay! Good! Good!"
The thousand households in Guang'an also submitted to him, and Chenzhou, You County and Chaling Prefecture in the southeast of Changsha Prefecture all belonged to him.
Just waiting to capture Baoqing Mansion and Yongzhou Mansion together with Zhan Huabi, and combine the power of all the guards, the foundation has been completed.
If Tang Peiyu was defeated and fled south, he could only be made a general.
With "legitimacy" in hand, what kind of auspicious kings do you want to dominate you? Wouldn't it be better to have a biological father?
He swaggered straight to the back house of the prince's palace and came to Xia's bedroom: "The Queen Mother, there will be great news to report in the end."
After saying that, he pushed the door open directly and entered without waiting for communication.
Seeing the frightened and weak Xia, Pu Zitong showed a proud smile on his lips.
Now that the emperor is digging his own foundation, this great country will naturally be won by those with strong soldiers and horses in the future.
Although it is just the beginning now, Pu Zitong believes in his future.
Wasn't Taizu just a pauper at that time?
Since you believe it, there is no need to worry.
Seeing him approaching, Xia could only keep retreating with tears in her eyes.
Many people are bearing the price of Zhu Houcong's decision.
It's August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival.
His edict has been sent out for fourteen days and must have reached the southern provinces.
Now, he stood in the Fengxian Hall and looked at the gods and portraits of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.
To the north of Changsha Prefecture, Gu Shilong also looked at the city wall of Changsha Prefecture from afar.
The real first battle against the rebellion was to attack Changsha.
I still rushed out an update today, sigh.
(End of chapter)
