Sima Chongzhen told the past one by one, when the Demon Sect dragged the main force of the Yu Dynasty, the Taiping King and the Arctic King were on a rampage in the four mansions on the left side of the river, and no official army could resist it. Later, the King of the North Pole sent an envoy, who later became a prince of the country, to lobby. The prince told the king of the peace that now the two families are divided into two evils, although they can run rampant in the four mansions of the left side of the river, but there is no place to stand, and if this continues, when the Wei Dynasty exterminates the demon army, and then waves the army to the south, spreading the net on all sides, then the king of Taiping and the king of the North Pole are like caged birds, and it is difficult to spread their wings and fly high.

Now there is only a union, and then establish a stable foundation in the four provinces of Hezuo, so that the advance can be attacked, the retreat can be defended, and the advance and retreat are up to me, and I will not be beaten around as a water dog by the Wei army in the future.

There were differences of opinion on the merger, and in the end the prince persuaded them to set up two large battalions, each with its own leading, but ostensibly with the Arctic King as the main one. As for the reason, it is also very simple, the Arctic King is older than the Taiping King, and the elders are respected.

After the two merged, the King of the Arctic saw the King of Taiping, and the King of Taiping asked: "If you fight the country, I don't know what the eldest brother should do?" ”

"If we really lay down the country, and we don't talk about the empty talk of ruling the world together, we will be in front of the capital, and the two sides will set up a position and fight to determine the country, in this way, brother, what do you think?"

When the Taiping King saw that the Arctic King was so frank, he believed it. Next, their two teams split into two roads, the North Pole King went south to attack Huaihua Mansion, and the Taiping King's army went north to attack Xiangcheng and Hecheng, and took the two important towns of Hezuo Sifu.

Because the two cities of Xiangcheng and Hecheng were horns of each other at that time, the general Tianshu under the command of the Arctic King, that is, the later Xiangguo Gong, proposed to divide the troops again, and the Taiping King took his own people to fight Xiangcheng, and then divided 3,000 soldiers to them, and they went to fight Hecheng.

King Taiping didn't think too much about it at the time, so he agreed to it. He didn't know that the root of the curse was planted here.

Xiangguo Gong and Empress Dowager Xiaoyi left the camp with these 3,000 soldiers, and then Xiangguo Gong let these 3,000 soldiers go to their hometown to recruit soldiers, and gave them three taels of silver each, telling them that if they are not willing to come back, these three taels of silver should be sent to them as a farewell, and if they are willing to come back and capture the city, each person will be rewarded with 30 taels of silver.

After these 3,000 soldiers left, in less than a month, a full 40,000 people were brought back.

At that time, the Wei Dynasty had long been bored, and even if these soldiers had three taels of silver, they had no stable life. And under the hands of Xiangguo Gong, they could still eat enough, and when they returned to their hometown, the young men in the village heard that there was food and money to take, so they followed.

And when these 40,000 people arrived at the foot of Hecheng, they had expanded to 100,000, although they were all some newcomers to the army and had not even touched weapons, but the joint camp was 100 miles, which was enough to frighten the defenders of Hecheng at that time to defend themselves behind closed doors and did not dare to attack easily.

Xiangguo Gong was at the foot of Hecheng and had three soldiers in a company, and after they had eaten the food they had stolen from the county seats, Xiangguo Gong broke the cauldron and let the soldiers launch a siege of the city.

Three days later, the city was breached, and the Duke of Xiangguo also took out the money and silver as promised, and this group of people completely became the people of the king of the North Pole.

On the side of the Taiping King, Xiangcheng has not yet been breached. Xiangguo Gong came to support with 50,000 people, and the original 3,000 people, Xiangguo Gong also returned to the Taiping King, and these 3,000 people returned to the army, and praised their treatment in the Arctic King's army to their colleagues, so that the military spirit slowly changed.

Xiangguo Gong treated the soldiers kindly, shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and was loved by the army.

Later, Xiangguo Gong calculated that the morale in the city had collapsed, and he took the lead in leading half of the Taiping army to rush to kill him and conquer Xiangcheng.

The King of Taiping also sensed that the signs were wrong, so he politely let Xiangguo Gong leave, and at this time, he also happened to encounter the defeat of the Arctic King in Huaihua Mansion, and Xiangguo Gong said that he hoped that the Taiping King could borrow some soldiers.

The king of Taiping knew that this borrowed soldier was a meat bun to beat a dog, and if he lent it, these soldiers would not come back, so he refused the matter.

Xiangguo Gong secretly leaked the news, and made people fan the flames that the Taiping King couldn't tolerate him.

The soldiers were naturally dissatisfied, and on the day that Xiangguo Gong left, many soldiers came to see him off, and then walked out with the three thousand soldiers who had been borrowed, and said to the Taiping King that they were willing to serve Xiangguo Gong and go to rescue the Arctic King.

At that time, the king of Taiping was angry for a while, and scolded them for whether they were preparing to rebel and let them be taken down, but the leader of these soldiers said loudly: "We are the opposite, you are jealous and jealous, and you are not worthy of being our king." And just like that, there was a mutiny.

Most of the soldiers of the Taiping King were originally devoted to Xiangguo Gong, and the Taiping King was killed by the rebels, and then the rebels also killed the Taiping King's entire family, and only Zhong Changyi was rescued.

When Sima Chongzhen said this, he sighed: "Alas, although I didn't witness the events of that day, I can remember the tragedy. ”

"I didn't expect Yu Ting to be so shameless and take away my family's inheritance." When Zhong Changyi heard that his whole family had been killed, he couldn't help but be angry and punched the table.

"At that time, the Taiping King was also at fault, when he conquered Xiangcheng, my father once suggested that since Hecheng gave each person a hundred taels of silver, now Xiangcheng should be the same. At that time, in the treasury of Xiangcheng, the gold, silver and jewelry, adding up to no more than 10 million taels of silver, were enough to distribute to 100,000 people, but it was a pity that the Taiping King was greedy for a while and gave up this practice. Later, all this silver was rewarded to the soldiers. Xiangguo's public soldiers are not very powerful, but he is willing to share them with the soldiers, and everyone listens to him. It was also a kind of luck that the Arctic King could get his help. ”

Sima Chongzhen told Zhong Changyi that he hoped that Zhong Changyi could absorb the lessons of the Taiping King. After talking about this past, he then said to Zhong Changyi: "Zhao Muzun doesn't know where to know your father's origin, so he has been lobbying people, saying that they have a common enemy, and they should work together to overthrow the country of the Great Yu Dynasty." Now that Emperor Wei has no descendants, Zhao Muzun's wish is to see the Yu Dynasty fall, and as for who is the master of this country, they are not interested in it at all. Your father was alone, so he agreed to his request, and now you understand why your father named you Changyi. ”

Zhong Changyi nodded, his heart was full of hatred for the Yu Dynasty, thinking that it didn't matter if he was the emperor or not, but the revenge of the extermination of the clan must be avenged.

"There are some things that your father doesn't want you to know because he is worried that you will do something stupid on the spur of the moment, and now I tell you because I believe that you are an adult. Changyi, tell me, what should you do now? ”

"Like my father, continue to cooperate with Zhao Muzun, but can other personnel believe it?"

"Don't worry, they are all strictly selected by Zhao Muzun, and they will never leak the slightest rumor."

Sima Chongzhen told Zhong Changyi about the plan here, and Ruoshui Fairy also returned to the palace and replied to the fourth prince: "Sage, it seems that this time, it is not good, I have seen a few acquaintances of Zhao Muzun. ”

"What are you going to do?"

"The concubine wrote an excerpt and asked the saint to look at it." If the water fairy handed the fold up, the four princes looked at it and said to the water fairy: "En? Your method is not bad, but Lao Jiu may not be willing. ”

"So I have to put on a play and let the Nine Emperors take the stage."

"Okay, everything is up to you to arrange, unless there is something particularly important in the future, you don't have to go back to me, you do things, I am very relieved." When the fourth prince said this, he stood up and said to the water fairy: "I still have a problem here, and I need your help to refer to it. ”

The fourth prince picked up a piece of music and said to the water fairy: "Last month, Gui Wufu won another big victory, and it has forced the countries of Xirong to present a peace table. ”

"Isn't it permissible for a saint?"

"It is naturally best to be able to negotiate peace, such as in the mountains today, the imperial court will be beyond the reach of the whip, not to mention the Xirong countries outside the Tianshan Mountains. There are two things that I am embarrassed about, the first is who to send to negotiate peace. ”

Ruo Shui Fairy thought for a while, and said to the four princes: "Uncle, the Admiral of the Nine Gates, is safe and sound now, why don't you appoint him an envoy and let him deal with this matter, I don't know what the sage wants?" ”

"Li Xingye?" The fourth prince was stunned for a moment, and then said to Ruoshui Fairy: "This person is a suitable candidate, his great kindness, I have not repaid it, and now that he is this angel, he will naturally get a lot of benefits." ”

"So what's the second thing?"

"Gui Wuyu, this guy is pampered and arrogant, saying that he will go all out to deal with Xirong, hoping to let him command the military of Liangzhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion. Not only that, but he tested whether he could give him Wuliang Mansion, so that he became the governor of the four prefectures. Hmph, don't talk about the national dynasty, even if it is the previous dynasty, there is no such example. He's a lion's mouth, wanting to bite off half of my country. ”

"And what do you mean, sage?"

"He can't do this governor of the four prefectures, but the governor of the four prefectures can give it to him." When the fourth prince said this, his eyes narrowed, and he said to the water fairy: "Gui Wuyu is a smart person, this holy decree of mine has arrived, presumably he knows how to do it." ”

"The concubine is afraid that he will be blinded by his desire for profit, and he will not understand the sage's intentions."

"Now if you want to go west to Suining, you have to rely on him first. He is a great general, Lao Shi has been tossing and turning there for two years, but he has not made any results, and he has asked others to offer a demotion at one time. ”

The fourth prince said this, and then said with a smile: "By the way, your sixth brother, or the fifth brother, is said to be engaged to the girl of the An family, is it true?" ”

"Thank you for your concern, Yuanfeng is indeed engaged."

"After he gets married, let him come to the court, Li Xingye has been the commander of Jiumen for so many years, and he should be replaced by another person."

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Chapter 288: Past Grudges