Chapter 719: Forced to be King

In the camp of the Jiang Gan army in Yecheng, the main general Jiang Gan was extremely anxious after receiving the urgent information sent by the generals of Linshui City, these days, he witnessed the discouragement of the Jin army in Yecheng, but he did not expect that the Jin army in Linshui City had a mutiny for a time, and was retreating in the direction of Yecheng.

In this way, the pressure on the 20,000 troops under his command is very huge, and once the main force of the Yan army launches an attack, the consequences are unimaginable.

For this reason, Jiang Gan immediately made a decision and sent his henchmen to send an order, so that the 20,000 main army of Linshui City immediately withdrew to Yecheng, leaving only 500 light cavalry to defend the city.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Jiang Gan had just finished giving the order, and another scout sent the news that the Deng Qiang army of the Jin army had left Lin Shucheng and was marching quickly towards Yecheng.

Jiang Gan was even more shocked when he heard this, in this way, the 110,000 troops of the Jin army will gather in Yecheng, and Jiang Gan can naturally guess the attempt of the 110,000 soldiers and horses of the Jin army to gather in Yecheng, that is, to ask the main general Hua'an for his life, put pressure on the Great Jin court, and regain his own interests.

At this time, the power of Wei was gradually shrinking, and had to pay tribute to the Great Jin court, Jiang Gan suddenly felt that if Hua'an and the main army under his command broke with the Great Jin court, it might be a good thing for the Great Wei State, as long as there was turmoil such as Wang Dun and Su Jun within the Great Jin Dynasty, the Great Wei State would have the opportunity to send troops to the south and occupy the land in the south, so as to turn around and confront the Yan Dynasty coalition army, and then unify the world and realize Ran Min's unfulfilled wish.

For this reason, Jiang Gan decided to lead an army of 50,000 to fully support Hua'an's rebellion. and personally went to Hua'an's Chinese army tent to lobby Hua'an to rebel against the Jin court.

A day later, the 60,000 Jin troops stationed in Linshui City and the 30,000 cavalry stationed in Linshu City arrived in Yecheng almost at the same time and set up a large camp on the outskirts of Yecheng.

Deng Qiang and his subordinates immediately went to the camp of Chen Poyu and Chen Anhu and sat together to discuss the matter of supporting Hua'an, while Wang Meng immediately entered Yecheng and prepared to persuade Hua'an to break away from the control of the Great Jin.

Because Hua'an usually treats soldiers very well. And the rewards and punishments are clear. Therefore, when Deng Qiang proposed to support the establishment of Hua'an as the king, Chen Poyu and his generals had no objection and agreed to Deng Qiang's proposal. It was decided to unite immediately. As much as possible, Kuài supports Hua'an.

After Wang Meng entered Yecheng. went straight to Hua'an's Chinese army tent, and at this moment, Hua'an was in the Chinese army's tent. Listen to a secret debriefing from a henchman scout.

At this time, although Hua'an was in the big tent of the Chinese army, he was very clear about the every move of the soldiers under his command and learned of their intentions.

Although the soldiers under his command are all well-intentioned, Hua An has a lot of problems to consider, not only the attitude of the Great Jin court, but also the threat of Yan State, as well as the possible reaction of Daiguo and Liangguo, so he has some ups and downs in his heart.

"General, General Wang has arrived at Yuanmen." At this moment, Wang Meng had already arrived at the camp in Hua'an.

Hua'an naturally learned the news of Wang Meng's departure from Chang'an, so he made a look for the scout to leave immediately, and stood with his hands behind his back, waiting for Wang Meng's arrival.

After Wang Meng entered the camp in Hua'an, he immediately dismounted and walked to the Chinese army tent in Hua'an, and saw a soldier walking out with his head down, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.

"General." Wang Meng entered the big tent of the Chinese army and greeted him with his fists.

Hua An hurriedly turned around, pretended to be surprised and looked at Wang Meng, and said in surprise: "General Wang, why are you here, quickly, please take a seat." As he spoke, he motioned for Wang Meng to sit down.

Wang Meng waved his hand, hugged his fists and said: "General, my subordinates are in a hurry to come to Yecheng, and they have urgent matters to meet the general, so they won't sit down." ”

Hua'an naturally knew what the urgency Wang Meng was talking about, so he was not reluctant.

"General, now that the imperial court has first demoted the generals to supervise the military affairs of Yizhou and Liangzhou, and then sent a large number of officials to squeeze out the cronies supported by the generals, and wantonly annexed the good land of the soldiers of the people, and made a mess of Guanzhong, which we have worked so hard to develop, have these generals ever known?" Wang Meng looked at Hua An and asked softly.

Hua An nodded and replied softly: "How can the general not know about these situations, Deng Qiang, Chen Poyu and others have led the army to Yecheng, I am afraid that I will coerce the general to oppose the imperial court!" ”

Wang Meng saw that Hua An had already learned, so he continued: "Since the general has learned about these circumstances, I don't know what to do. ”

Hua An shook his head and said softly: "Now that the Yan Dynasty coalition army is strong, and the imperial court is acting like this, supporting the retreat of our army, the general is also very anxious!" However, as long as there will be a move, it will affect the whole body, which will shake this great Jin and even change the pattern of the world, so we have to be cautious. ”

Wang Meng heard this, hugged his fists and said: "Since the general has taken this into account, then the last general will also say bluntly, the Great Jin Dynasty court to control the government with the scholars, it is difficult to achieve great things, this time, the court officials wantonly embezzled the land of the people and soldiers, has caused the anger of the heavens and people, the general can take this opportunity to stand on his own, completely get rid of the control of the Great Jin Dynasty, in this way, in order to realize the grand wish of dominating the world, the general must not miss the opportunity, so as not to regret for life." ”

"It seems that General Wang and the generals have already discussed it, otherwise they would not have said it so justifiably." Huaan said loudly.

Wang Meng nodded and said, "That's right, the last general and the generals have already discussed, and they want to take this opportunity to support the general as the king and stand on their own feet according to Guanzhong." ”

"Supporting the establishment of the king, according to the Guanzhong self-reliance." Hua An pretended to be surprised when he heard this, and said loudly: "Have you ever thought about what the consequences will be if you support Ben as the king, I am afraid that Ben will become the target of the public, and the Great Jin, Yan State, Dai State, and Liang State will all attack Ben General, and Ben will use his own strength to resist so many attacks." ”

Wang Meng thought for a moment, hugged his fists and said: "Back to the general, this consequence, the last general has thought about it countless times when he was in Chang'an, but our army is based on the relevant central government, once the situation develops in the worst direction, the main force of our army can temporarily abandon the Central Plains, withdraw to Guanzhong to rest, and do more than three or five years, the last general can train a male division that is enough to match the world, and when the time comes, the world can be gradually annexed, so that the world can be unified again, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment." ”

"Withdraw to Guanzhong, Sizhou and Bingzhou are the hard work of our army, don't you want it? As long as our army gives up, Sizhou and Bingzhou will be occupied by the Yan Dynasty, and they will not be reconciled. Hua'an opened his mouth to object.

Seeing that Hua An had such concerns, Wang Meng thought for a moment, hugged his fists and said: "If the general still can't make up his mind, then we can retreat to the next best thing and ask the Great Jin court to be the king, so that we can not only give the Great Jin court a warning and show the general's attitude, but at the same time, it will not tear the skin and let the general bear the pressure of the Great Jin, Yan State, Liang State, Dai State and other aspects, but this can only be an expedient measure, and it will not last long." ”

Hearing this, Hua An nodded, and said softly: "This general is loyal to the Great Jin Imperial Court, and hopes to help the Great Jin Imperial Court recover all the lost territory in his lifetime, but the court officials are incompatible, and they try their best to restrain the general, so that my main army is disheartened, and the general has no choice but to take some thunderous measures to show off his attitude." ”

"If the general has made up his mind, the first thing to do is to use the pretext of disturbing the morale of the army to arrest all the officials sent by the imperial court to Guanzhong and Sizhou, and arrest and punish them, so that they can kill a group of officials by military law to warn the officials in the court who are trying to restrain the general, and then they can use the mutiny of the soldiers and the discouragement of the army as an excuse to ask the imperial court to be crowned king in order to stabilize the morale of the army." Wang Meng said.

Seeing that what Wang Meng said was very reasonable, Hua An nodded approvingly, and said loudly: "These officials use the excuse of rectifying the rule of officials to wantonly annex the land of the common people and soldiers, which is indeed extremely hateful, and must be severely punished to calm the morale of the army and the people. ”

When Wang Meng heard this, he nodded, hugged his fists and said, "Don't worry, the general knows it." After speaking, he walked out of the Chinese army's tent.

After Wang Meng walked out of the Chinese army's big tent, Hua An began to think about how to write to the Jin court, after all, self-recommendation and calling the king is a rebellious behavior, how to handle the words, it is very important, as long as a word is used inaccurately, the effect may be greatly reduced,

Hua'an's purpose is not only to show that he is called the king by the coercion of the soldiers, and it is a last resort, otherwise the military spirit will be shaken in an all-round way, and secondly, there must be a slight smell of threat, so that the officials of the Great Jin Dynasty know that they are not soft persimmons, and being demoted to Yizhou and Liangzhou is already the bottom line, and if they make another move, they will touch their core interests.

Although Hua'an often writes to the imperial court, but this time is very different from the past, therefore, Hua'an must think twice, and carefully modify every word to achieve the best effect, for just a few hundred words, Hua'an was busy for an hour, still not written.

"General Qiyu, General Jiang asks to see you outside the tent." Just when Hua An was scribbling with a brush, the news came that Jiang Gan asked to see him.

"Jiang Gan, what is he doing at this juncture." Hua An was slightly surprised, hurriedly put away the draft he had written, and said loudly: "Please." With that, he stood up from his throne.

"The last general, Jiang Gan, meet General Hua." Jiang Gan clasped his fists and saluted Hua'an, after all, Jiang Gan was the general of Pingbei canonized by the Great Jin Dynasty, but Hua'an was a higher-level general of Zhengbei, so Jiang Gan should still salute when he saw Hua'an.

"General Chiang doesn't have to salute, please get up quickly." Hua An hurriedly stepped forward to help Jiang Gan and asked, "General Jiang came to the general's big tent, is there anything important?" (To be continued......)