Since he had made up his mind to take advantage of this opportunity to raise troops, he would naturally not hesitate.
Prince Zhao's Mansion, this behemoth hidden in the land of Yan and Zhao, had been preparing for this war for twenty years, and at this time, it showed its fangs in the darkness.
In addition to preparing the army and horses, counting the weapons, food and fodder.
There is also the most important thing - righteousness and honor.
For a dynasty, legal system is extremely important and represents long-term peace and stability.
For a rebel, status is extremely important, as it represents justice.
There is always a misunderstanding that one can ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor by gaining military power, but the truth is not that simple.
Isn’t Dong Zhuo’s Xiliang Army strong?! Isn’t Cao Weiwu’s Qingzhou Army strong?!
Only when the former Tang Dynasty collapsed did righteousness temporarily lose its effect in troubled times. An Chongrong, the governor of the Chengde Army, shouted, "Son of the Emperor, he who has strong soldiers and horses should do it. I would rather have the seed!"
In a unified dynasty, the limit of a powerful official is to evade the emperor, take over the government affairs, and change dynasties... That is really overthinking.
The great righteousness and fame may be destiny or morality.
The ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gao, claimed to be the son of the Red Emperor and killed the White Snake to revolt. This was his destiny.
Then, he made a three-chapter agreement to make a new start with the people, rest and recuperate, and win the hearts and minds of the people. This is moral and moral.
In this way, he was able to secure the throne of the Han Dynasty for four hundred years. Even if Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, there were still people who cared about the Han Dynasty.
Another example is that in the late Han Dynasty, the world was divided into three parts. In addition to the balance of power, another reason was that two of them had great righteousness.
Cao Wei was forced to abdicate by Emperor Xian. Although it was suspected of coercion, abdication was the power of ancient inheritance. He succeeded to the throne through abdication and won the destiny of the Han Dynasty.
The founder of Jihan, Liu Xuande, was the great-great-grandson of Emperor Jing of the previous Han Dynasty and the queen of Prince Jing of Zhongshan.
According to the White Horse Alliance made by the ancestors of the Han Dynasty after Taizu killed the White Horse and made bloodshed with the ministers, "If the Liu family is not the king, the whole world will attack it together."
Emperor Zhaolie was the only one among the three who could claim the title of king.
Cao Wei had the destiny, Ji Han had morality, but Soochow... has never been regarded as orthodox.
If he wanted his army to be famous, King Zhao wanted the world to accept the fact that his army was not a rebellion, so he had to find a suitable excuse for his army.
In twenty years, King Zhao had already ruined the Imperial Zhou ceremony ordered by Taizu.
"Gentlemen, the solitary king is the direct son of Taizu Emperor Gao and the Xiaoci Gao Empress. He is a close relative of the country. Since he was granted the title, he has only known how to abide by the law. Now that the young master has inherited the throne, he trusts the traitor and returns, causing the imperial power to fall by the wayside and the majesty of the emperor. The father of the solitary emperor is the emperor, and the mother is the queen.
It is difficult to start a business. The feudalists have established vassals all over the world and their inheritance is endless. Emperors, emperors and queens have learned from this.
"Ancestor's Instructions" says: 'If there are no honest ministers in the dynasty, and there are evildoers in the court, we must train troops to fight against them, so as to clear away the evildoers on the side of the king.'
Now that disaster has forced me to surrender, I really want to survive, but I have no choice but to do so.
Righteousness and treachery are irreconcilable, and we must abide by Heaven's instructions to bring peace to the country. The gods of heaven and earth will draw their lessons from our hearts."
When King Zhao spoke, his words were filled with pathos and awe-inspiring righteousness, as if he had great righteousness in him.
Of course support is indispensable at times like this!
Ge Changshi of Prince Zhao's Mansion stood up and said, "Your Majesty's move is inappropriate. Although we know that Your Majesty has a fair heart for the country, the people in the world don't know that once you raise an army, it will be tantamount to pouring ink on yourself, and it will be difficult to write down the history of the ages."
!Please, Your Majesty, think twice!"
Of course, Ge Changshi was not here to persuade King Zhao to raise an army, but to help King Zhao create an image of a virtuous king who was dedicated to the public good.
The remaining few people also gave words of advice.
"Everyone, there is no need to say more. I have planned the country and the country for thousands of years during the Great Zhou Dynasty. Why do I cherish this life!?"
At this moment, everyone in the palace was moved by King Zhao's fearless spirit and joined in. Only two people could not stop sneering.
It was Zhang Bing, the governor of Yancheng, and Xie Gui, the captain of Yancheng.
One is the highest administrative officer in Yancheng, and the other is the highest military officer in Yancheng.
These two men were both former ministers of Emperor Taizong and were loyal to Emperor Taizong, so they were sent to Yancheng by the cabinet in an attempt to restrain King Zhao.
It's a pity that King Zhao is now in a state of affairs.
Although Zhang Bing put in a lot of effort, he still hardly had the slightest say.
Xie Gui's situation was even worse. Soldiers and horses were the most important thing to King Zhao. The city defense army had long been supporters of King Zhao. Without King Zhao's command arrows, it would be difficult for him, the captain, to mobilize ten cavalry.
The abilities of these two people are not outstanding, but their minds are definitely rare and loyal.
After watching King Zhao's performance, Xie Gui sneered and said, "How can I disobey you if there is only one day in the sky?"
When King Zhao heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly. A swordsman in black next to him suddenly took action, passing by with his sword, and chopped off Xie Gui's left arm.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Bing immediately cursed, "You, Cao An, have insulted the emperor and his ministers!"
"Noisy!"
Following King Zhao's cold voice, another black-clothed swordsman wielding two swords suddenly took action, it was none other than the Phantom among the Six Sword Slaves.
This man's swords were light and sharp, and his sword movement was light and agile. Zhang Bing passed by him in the flash of lightning, and only something was thrown from Zhang Bing's mouth.
Everyone looked at it carefully and saw that it was half a tongue.
Zhang Bing's mouth was full of blood and he kept whimpering. Even so, he still had sharp eyes and slurred words, pointing at King Zhao and yelling.
"Exit these two thieves outside the door, behead them in public, and circulate their heads to everyone!"
Following the name of King Zhao, a group of soldiers entered, bound Zhang Bing and Xie Gui, and pushed them out of the door.
Not long after, the bloody heads of the two men were brought in by a bodyguard, beckoning everyone to show them.
"Everyone, these two people are the chess pieces of the traitor Yang Qingyuan and Wang Hua who have been placed beside me in order to monitor me."
King Zhao looked at everyone in the palace and told a conspiracy that made everyone shudder.
"Yang Qingyuan and Wang Hua colluded with Beigan to destroy our great Zhou Dynasty! It is really hateful!"
Except for the die-hard loyalists of King Zhao, the rest of the people present were undecided. They had just watched King Zhao kill Zhang Bing and Xie Gui, and were intimidated by his intimidation. But if you really want to say how much they support King Zhao, it must be
No.
Now that King Zhao said this, everyone naturally didn't believe it, but didn't everyone need an excuse to start an army since ancient times?! It's understandable.
But then King Zhao produced the evidence and said, "Come here, please invite Master Yuanzhen to come!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! A monk with the image of an eminent monk walked into it. Every move seemed to have a Zen demeanor, but the sinister meaning hidden in his eyes made people feel Shocked.
"Amitabha, the poor monk Shaolin Yuanzhen has met the prince!"
"Everyone, this is Master Yuanzhen from Shaolin." King Zhao immediately said, "Master Yuanzhen, please tell all the adults and generals present what you know!"
"yes!"
Yuan Zhen raised his palm in salute, and then said loudly to everyone, "The poor monk Yuan Zhen is a young Shaolin monk. I, a thousand-year-old Shaolin temple, was worried about the country, so I infiltrated the poor monk into the Liang Prince's Mansion to inquire about Beigan. I accidentally discovered it. The collusion between Yang Qingyuan and Prince Liang’s Mansion.”
Facing the crowd, Yuan Zhen's tone was incredible, which is really a good acting skill.
"What evidence is there for what Master said?!"
The person who answered was a man in armor, who must have been entrusted by King Zhao.
"Then Yang Qingyuan has accepted the young princess of Liang Prince's Mansion as his disciple. This is something that everyone in the Liang Prince's Mansion in Beiqian knows. After Yang Qingyuan returned to the court, he urged the emperor to start a mutual trade and sell salt and pig iron to Prince Liang's Mansion. These are not poverty-stricken The monk made it up out of thin air, you can find out by just checking it!"
Yuan Zhen's words are nine truths and one falsehood.
Everything he said was true, from accepting Zhao Min as his disciple, to supporting Prince Liang's Mansion, and opening up mutual markets.
It's just that Yang Qingyuan's purpose was to take advantage of the contradiction between the Liang Palace and the Daqian Dynasty to make the Liang Palace become a peripheral barrier to the northern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
But after Yuan Zhen's words, it turned out that Yang Qingyuan had ulterior motives.
This is the power of Chunqiu calligraphy.
Perhaps no one knew about the recruitment of Zhao Min as a disciple, but the opening of the mutual market was known to all the senior officials present.
Now that Yuan Zhen said this, everyone actually believed it.
"I, the king, cannot sit back and watch the ten-thousand-year-old state of the Great Zhou Dynasty be destroyed in the hands of these two thieves, so I have raised an army to fight for peace! Please help me!"
The atmosphere has reached this point, so of course it’s impossible for anyone to object!
The two people who had made a clear opposition just now are now separated.
"I am willing to die for the prince!"
King Zhao nodded with satisfaction, but still corrected him, "I did not die for my king, but for the Great Zhou Dynasty. Everything I did was for the great Zhou Dynasty. There is absolutely no selfish intention!"
Although most of them don’t believe it, in this situation, they can’t help but believe it!
"I can swear once again that if I have any ambition to covet the position of the Supreme Being, I will ask this king to strike five thunderbolts from the sky!"
"Boom!"
I don’t know if it was bad luck, but as soon as Wang Zhao finished speaking, there was a muffled thunder in the sky.
"..."
What I'm most afraid of is the sudden silence of the air!
The current atmosphere was once very embarrassing!
King Zhao was also stunned for a moment, and then he became angry with shame: After I ascend the throne, I will be crowned the God of Thunder again.
After the little interlude just now, King Zhao stopped making all the bells and whistles.
"Zhang Shimei!"
A majestic general with a beautiful beard and beautiful face stood up and said, "The final general is here!"
This man was the number one general under the command of King Zhao. He was knowledgeable in strategies, experienced, and had the benefit of uprightness. In the battle with Hou Jin, he was resourceful and courageous.
Feng Ming is the right-hand man that King Zhao relies on the most.
Previously, Yang Qingyuan and Wang Hua had used a conspiracy to transfer Zhang Shimei to the Governor's Mansion of the Sixth Army in order to break King Zhao's arm.
Only later, King Zhao spent a huge price to let Zhang Shimei escape by feigning death, so that he returned to King Zhao's palace.
"Zhang Shimei, take the arrows ordered by the king, order ten thousand cavalry troops, and go all the way south to uproot the secrets that Yang and Wang Erni have ambushed in our land of Yanzhao!"
"I have the order!" Zhang Shimei took the order arrow, pressed the sword on his waist, and left the hall.
It is said that it is to remove the hidden elements, but in fact it is to occupy and stabilize the counties.
Although King Zhao has been operating in the land of Yanzhao for a long time, it is the land of the imperial court after all, and there are always those who oppose King Zhao.
The purpose of Zhang Shimei's trip was to completely plow the land of Yanzhao and eliminate the unstable factors.
"Zhu Shihong!"
"The last general is here!" A tall and burly general with extraordinary bravery. This person is also a confidant of King Zhao. He has followed King Zhao for many years and fought in Jin Dynasty. Whenever he encounters a strong enemy, he shouts for a fight. One is worth a hundred.
, the enemy all looks to the wind to ward off changes, and when they come in, they are their confidants, and when they come out, they are their minions.
"You take this king's arrow and immediately control the defenders of the nine gates of Yan City. No one is allowed to enter or exit without the approval of the Yan Palace!"
"yes!"
Naturally, the news of King Zhao's revolt cannot be concealed, but King Zhao does not want Zhou Ting to know in the shortest possible time. He still has some things to do. If the central government reacts, it will not be good news for him.
We must delay the reaction time of Center Zhou Ting as much as possible to buy time for our own arrangements.
"Qiu Qi, you immediately lead three thousand elite troops, go north to the camp, and order your troops to march west!"
…
As King Zhao issued orders one after another, a war machine that had been suppressed for twenty years began to slowly start.
The fourth elder was decapitated by Yang Qingyuan's sword, and he could not die anymore!
Zhang Xuanqing also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. He and the four elders were only about equal in martial arts, but the four elders with the blessing of Liuhe were really troublesome.
If Yang Qingyuan hadn't arrived in time just now, he might have gone to see Dao Ancestor!
"The blood river magic is really frightening!"
Tie Jin on the side was also frightened. He prided himself on being a Buddhist wizard and had outstanding martial arts skills, but even with all his strength, he was no match for the four elders.
And the Blood River True Yuan was also evil, and it was only now that the Blood River True Yuan that had invaded Ji's body was driven out.
"The method of blood river..." Yang Qingyuan looked at the fourth elder and shook his head.
Although it is a method of blood river and inhumane, it does have merits.
It's just that he took the wrong path, which makes people sigh.
If the ancestor of Xuehe had not fallen into the wrong path, he might be a grandmaster of the Taoist sect now!
Yang Qingyuan casually injected a mellow true energy into Zhang Xuanqing and Ling Jin's bodies to assist them in healing.
"You two, heal your wounds here while I go outside to clean up the mess!"
After Yang Qingyuan finished speaking, his figure disappeared and left the main hall of the Blood River Sect.
Zhang Xuanqing and Luo Jin also started to heal their injuries with the help of this true energy.
Of course, the three of them are all masters of the Heavenly Realm and the Earth Realm. Yang Qingyuan's true essence is not that critical at first, but Yang Qingyuan's current true essence, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, has been unified, plus the innate Taoism, it is the Blood River True Essence.
nemesis.
The purpose of Yang Qingyuan's input of these two true essences was actually to lend the sword to the two of them to clear out the blood river true essence left in the body.
Zhang Xuanqing immediately began to heal his wounds. He suffered a lot of internal injuries from the bloody battle with the Fourth Elder.
Although the Wu Lei Tian Xin Jue also has a certain restraining effect on the Blood River True Yuan, it cannot be as effective as Yang Qingyuan's True Yuan.
The blood river true essence, which was originally like gangrene attached to the bone, was like ice meeting boiling water in front of Yang Qingyuan's innate true essence. It lost its previous stubbornness, which greatly accelerated Zhang Xuanqing's healing progress.
The one on the other side was filled with mixed emotions at this moment. He discovered that Yang Qingyuan's true essence actually contained transcendent Zen and extraordinary Buddha nature.
No wonder Yang Qingyuan was able to display the Buddha's secret skill that has been lost for thousands of years - Tathagata Divine Palm.
But such a person turned out to be a high-level member of the Taoist sect and the second-in-command of Wudang. For a moment, Ling Jin had mixed feelings and didn't know how to treat Yang Qingyuan in the future.