After Jing Que received the order and left, Xiong Huai turned his head to look at Zhao Ju and asked, "What is the matter with Ling Yin Ke?" ”

Zhao Ju responded: "King, the news from Jianghuai, after the rebellion conquered Shou County and other three cities, the Shou County household books were seized, and then, the rebel immediately ordered the forced conscription of the people into the army, and within three days collected 50,000 troops from Shou County, 20,000 soldiers from Huaiyin, and more than 10,000 soldiers from Guangling.

The army of 80,000 here, plus the rebellion once again recruited troops from the fiefdoms, now the rebellion has gathered 250,000 people in the three places. ”

"Two hundred and fifty thousand troops." Xiong Huai was slightly stunned, now he has not recruited any soldiers, and where is the rebel army, the number of the army has swelled three times in a short time, this is really not as good as brute force.

"And that's not all." Zhao Ju continued: "Great King, after the rebellion attacked Shou County and other three important places, Jianghuai was shaken, and many nobles began to respond. The spies reported, and many of the nobles of Jianghuai also began to respond openly under the banner, and recruited soldiers to prepare to join the rebellion. ”

"Hmph, rebel thief!" Xiong Huai snorted lightly, and then asked, "Ling Yin, there is still bad news." ”

Zhao Ju pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "King, that's it on the Jianghuai side, but outside of Jianghuai, there is also a situation. Just now, the minister received a message from Jingyang, who was guarding Jiangdong.

After Jingyang heard about the turmoil in Jianghuai, he wanted to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the rebellion and lead the Jiangdong Chu army to Guangling to quell the rebellion, but on the eve of his departure, rumors spread in Jiangdong, and there were faint signs of trouble among the remnants of the Yue Kingdom.

Therefore, in order to protect Jiangdong, Jingyang had to continue to guard Jiangdong and did not dare to leave lightly. ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately spoke: "Jiangdong, especially Wudi, has gradually naturalized my Chu State, and the hearts of the people have been decided, even if there are so many thieves with crossed hearts, they can't set off big waves."

In the land of Jiangdong, the main problem now is not the inside, but the outside, the Yue people who are overseas, and the Yue people who hide in the jungle in the south, once the Yue people in these two places attack the Yue land, the widow is worried that the Yue people in the Yue land will have other thoughts. Just like the Zhongshan Kingdom that had been destroyed for decades in the past. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai immediately ordered: "Send an order to Jingyang, let him lead the army to Huiji to station, deter the Yue people, and don't give the Yue people any chance." As for the counterinsurgency, he has a few people to deal with, so he doesn't have to worry. ”

"Yes, my lord." Zhao Ju responded, then looked at the king of Chu hesitated for a moment, and said: "Great King, the minister has received news that in the past few days, Jianghuai's rebellious envoys have frequently contacted nobles from all over the world······

Just when Zhao Ju reported the news of Jianghuai to the King of Chu, as the news came out that the King of Chu was only in Yingdu and other soldiers for 22 days, and as the case of the king outside the Chu Palace became two halves, the ministers who were originally going to follow Yan Lingjun and Jing Que and prepare to take the opportunity to force the King of Chu to suspend the change of the law immediately died down as soon as they got the two news from the King of Chu.

In the Prince's Mansion.

After reporting the news from the palace one by one, the marquis suddenly said with a smile: "Prince, great, with the king's guarantee, no one dares to speak and compromise with Jianghuai rebelliously." ”

Prince Heng was also happy.

The news of Jianghuai's rebellion came before, which immediately made him panic.

If there is anyone in the entire Yingdu who is most worried about Jianghuai, then the crown prince can say with certainty that it is not the king of Chu, nor Ling Yin, nor Tang Quyuan, but he is the prince.

Because the Jianghuai rebels treated Zheng Sleeve with the courtesy of a queen, the prince knew that the Jianghuai rebels not only betrayed his father, but also betrayed him, the crown prince.

My father is the king of Chu, and he is already in his sixties, and if he is defeated, he will be defeated.

Even if Yin Zhaoju is defeated, then he is still the Marquis of Sheyang of Chu State, Tang Mo and Qu Yuan, the worst thing is not to lose their family, and even they can flee abroad.

And only he, the crown prince, once defeated, or compromised with the rebellion, then he will lose the entire Chu State.

What's more, unlike his father, who has been the king of Chu for more than 30 years, he has not yet ascended the throne!

Therefore, when he learned that the rebels had colluded with Zhao to prepare Ziqing, the son of the Shu people, as king, he was furious on the spot and vowed not to stand with the rebellion.

When he learned that Yan Lingjun had written to force his father to compromise with the rebels, he immediately mobilized all the people around him to prepare to argue with the nobles and persuade the king of Chu not to compromise with the rebels.

This is the first time that he, the crown prince, has used all his strength to make a strong voice after the crown salute.

However, when the case of the king who had been turned into two halves was laid out outside the Chu Palace, as soon as the Zhou Hou Panjun and others heard the rumors, they turned around the car halfway and went home.

Now, after the crown prince learned that his father and the rebels were inseparable and uncompromising, he was relieved.

Suddenly, the crown prince remembered Yan Lingjun's letter, and frowned again: "Marquis Zhou, now that my father has decided to kill the case, Lone is no longer worried that the ministers of Yingdu will go to talk about and compromise with rebellion. However, what should the feudal nobles everywhere do?

This time, my father transferred troops to quell the rebellion, in order to catch up with the speed, but he only recruited the Chu army west of Shou County, Jianghuai and Jianghan, and the Chu army in Hanbei, Chen Cai, Dongting, Peng Ze and other places.

Now the Chu army recruited by his father, plus the 100,000 Chu army in Yingdu, is only about 300,000, and the nobles in various places have many contacts with the rebels, if everyone is like Yan Lingjun, delaying the speed of sending troops and failing to arrive in the next 22 days, what should be done?

You know, now the number of rebels is close to 300,000! ”

"The prince can rest assured." Zhou Hou smiled and arched his hand: "Jianghan is different from Jianghuai, Jianghan Fengjun, the Ling Yin sent by the king holds a considerable part of the power in the fief, so the feudal monarch here does not have the strength to dare to clash head-on with the king." Moreover, the news that the king sacrificed to heaven and became a god was spread and widely known under the attention of all people, and the people of the entire Jianghan and Han Dynasty regarded the king as the living god.

In such a situation, not to mention that they have different intentions in their hearts, even if they really dare to respond to Jianghuai's rebellion and really raise troops to resist. ”

The state marquis said disdainfully: "If this is the case, then there is no need for the king to send troops to quell the rebellion, just an edict, a messenger, and a soldier to arrest the rebels." ”

When the prince heard this, he remembered the crazy scene of the people outside the Black Emperor Temple not long ago, and couldn't help laughing: "Yes, father and gods, they can't fight against father at all!" ”

"God the Father..." As he spoke, Prince Heng's face suddenly changed, and he instantly stiffened.

At this time, the governor saw that the prince's face suddenly changed when he was smiling and smiling, and he was puzzled in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Prince, what is the problem?" ”

When the prince heard this, he hesitated, shook his head and said, "It's okay, Lone was just thinking about how to quell the rebellion." ”

When the marquis heard this, he was suspicious and was about to comfort the prince, but before he could say anything, he saw the prince waving his hand and said:

"Governor, Lone has other things to deal with, let's stop here today."

“···” When the marquis heard this, he glanced at the prince in surprise, and then replied: "Yes, prince, the minister retires." ”

After the marquis left, the prince stayed alone in the hall and was silent for a long time, and then he suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist and slashed it hard at his wooden case.

"Bang!"

For a long time, the prince looked at the sword stuck in the middle of the wooden case with a very ugly face, and muttered softly word by word: "This... This must be a matter of the sword······"