"Your Highness, Wang Jingshan is here."
A general walked into the palace, followed by another general, and came to King Ning.
Prince Ning stood in the hall, walking around anxiously. After seeing Wang Jingshan coming, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"Ha ha."
Prince Ning walked out of the hall and personally welcomed Wang Jingshan's arrival: "When the matter is settled, you will have a hereditary and irreplaceable title."
Wang Jingshan clasped his fists and said, "I will be willing to go through fire and water for your great cause."
As Wang Jingshan said these words, more than a dozen generals in the hall knelt on the ground with their fists clasped.
"We are willing to go through fire and water for the prince's great cause."
Prince Ning's face glowed brightly, and he quickly helped Wang Jingshan up: "As the saying goes, one person can ascend to heaven with a chicken or a dog. You are all my trusted followers who have followed me in many wars. It is finally our brother's turn to enjoy the glory and wealth forever."
When the words "glory, wealth and wealth" were spoken, all the generals present laughed out loud.
Among the generals present, Wang Jingshan's status was not high, or even relatively low.
However, Wang Jingshan received extraordinary treatment from Prince Ning for only one reason.
He is the general responsible for guarding the arsenal.
As long as we can get the heavy armor and crossbows in the arsenal, we can definitely accomplish this great task.
Prince Ning began to encourage people: "This king is different from the other two princes. He was born in the border area. He has fought in wars for more than ten years and holds military power in his hands."
When the generals heard the word "military power", they couldn't help but get excited, as if they had already seen the day when they would be promoted to a higher rank.
If you want to seize the throne, the only thing you can rely on is military power.
Prince Ning was a frontier prince who had fought in the north and south for many years and had a very high prestige in the army.
The generals who came today are all generals of all sizes in the Forbidden Army. They once followed King Ning at the border and fought in the north and south.
A fateful friendship.
King Ning continued: "We currently have 30,000 soldiers and horses in our hands, which is nearly half of the Forbidden Army."
There are a total of twelve imperial guards, each of whom has about five to six thousand people. The total number of twelve imperial guards in the capital is more than 60,000.
King Ning controls half of the imperial army. If he can open up his arsenal, he can definitely seize the throne.
When Prince Ning was talking, he looked at Wang Jingshan from time to time, paying close attention to his attitude.
Because the key to winning the throne this time lies in the armor and weapons in the arsenal.
Whether the soldiers are wearing armor or not, their combat effectiveness is completely different.
Wang Jingshan sat calmly on the chair, never saying a word or even a word.
Prince Ning was very satisfied with Wang Jingshan's calm character: "You go down and be prepared. Don't tell the soldiers under your command that this time they rebelled and took over the throne. People talk loudly, so as not to leak the news."
On the day of rebellion, the general's soldiers and horses were threatened, and he would have to rebel if he didn't follow.
At that time, it will be no longer up to the pawns below.
Besides, if the rebellion succeeds, everyone can enjoy the glory and wealth.
The eyes of King Ning and all the generals all fell on Wang Jingshan.
Prince Ning asked: "I heard that the Queen Mother has arranged for Zhang Fengyi to stay near the arsenal. Can the arsenal be opened at that time?"
Wang Jingshan gave an accurate answer: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the general will not take a mere woman seriously, let alone the soldiers guarding the Forbidden City. I guarantee that the door to the arsenal will be opened on time."
With this promise, King Ning was relieved.
However, I still feel it’s not safe enough.
King Ning was afraid of offending Wang Jingshan, so he said tentatively: "For this great cause, I have specially arranged for an elite team of border officers to disguise themselves as ordinary people. The number is about a thousand. Do you need to dispatch 500 people?" for you."
A thousand border elites were all carefully selected by King Ning, and they can be said to be the elite among the elite.
Border elites play an important role.
One is to protect King Ning, and the other is to conquer the gate of the Forbidden City.
King Ning paid too much attention to the arsenal and even sent five hundred border elites directly there.
Wang Jingshan said with certainty: "Don't worry about it, Your Majesty. The general will personally cut off Zhang Fengyi's head when the time comes. The whole group will be leaderless, and other soldiers will not dare to act rashly."
With this sentence of cutting off Zhang Fengyi's head, Prince Ning was completely relieved and made a relatively safe arrangement.
King Ning said: "I have four brave and capable personal guards around me. I will send one personal guard to follow you to protect your safety."
Wang Jingshan did not refuse and could not refuse.
The personal guards sent by King Ning were ostensibly to protect Wang Jingshan's safety, but their real purpose was to monitor Wang Jingshan's every move.
Prevent Wang Jingshan from rebelling.
Wang Jingshan nodded: "If the prince doesn't say anything, the general will ask the prince for a personal guard."
Prince Ning smiled: "When I ascend the throne, the first prize will belong to you."
Whoever can make greater contributions in this rebellion will be awarded a higher title.
When all the generals present heard that King Ning wanted to give the first credit to Wang Jingshan, no one objected and agreed with this statement.
The generals had only one idea in mind: to be the first to attack the Forbidden City, or to capture the young emperor and the queen mother.
All the generals present had fought in border battles. They were not generals with civilian backgrounds, so they deeply understood the importance of armor and weapons.
There have been many rebellions in history, and the fight for the throne has caused countless bloody storms.
The key to the struggle for the throne in the past dynasties must have been the control of the arsenal.
As long as Wang Jingshan can open the door of the arsenal and take out enough armor and weapons, it is reasonable to give him the first prize.
The arrangements were almost complete, and Prince Ning said: "Be careful when you go back, don't be discovered."
The generals knew in their hearts that the closer the rebellion was, the harder it was to cause trouble.
One by one they dressed up and went home in various disguises.
The generals were already very careful, but they were still discovered by the eunuchs from the East and West factories.
The reactions of the Admiral of the East Factory and the Admiral of the West Factory were surprisingly consistent, without saying a word.
No one took the initiative to find the Queen Mother and tell her that King Ning had summoned the old members of the Forbidden Army and was hiding in the palace to discuss something.
The admirals of Dongchang and Xichang had the same idea. They believed that King Ning's rebellion was likely to succeed and replace the young emperor as the new emperor.
The two of them are ready to become wallflowers.
Pan Xiaoxian took people to Xiaohu and checked for a long time, but did not find any useful information.
We can't find out for the time being, so we have to go back first.
After Pan Xiaoxian returned, he saw Zhang Fengyi and was about to ask about the situation in the arsenal.
Zhang Fengyi frowned and said, "There is something wrong with the situation in the arsenal."
Pan Xiaoxian was immediately alert: "Say quickly, something is wrong."
Zhang Fengyi shook her head: "I can't tell. I always feel that something is going to happen in the arsenal."
