At that time, the late emperor's body was still in good condition. Although King Yizhou was young, not even as young as the weak crown, there were still many people on his side.
After all, they were highly successful at that time, and the third prince was favored by the late emperor, so they had many people around them.
Some people can't squeeze in, but many people who would rather have the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix choose the King of Yizhou.
Anyway, the emperor is not dead. Every prince below him has his own fight, and if it doesn't work out then he can just quit.
Therefore, even if King Yizhou went away and became a vassal state, some people still maintained an ambiguous relationship with him.
At that time, Mr. Guan was with King Yizhou. At that time, the world was not yet completely stable and Yizhou was very poor, so Mr. Guan helped King Yizhou build Yizhou City.
I wanted to accumulate strength first and fight later. After all, the late emperor was in his prime and would live another ten or eight years. Who knows what the future will bring?
Yizhou developed under such circumstances. The King of Yizhou contacted many people during this period. Who knew that the situation would change so quickly.
The Longyou Road was unstable, rebels were everywhere, and two generals sent by the imperial court were defeated. At that time, the late prince had just passed away unwillingly, leaving most of the connections in the East Palace to the third prince.
However, the second prince fought for the country in the north and south, and had countless generals under his command. In terms of military merit, even the first prince would have to retreat to the second prince.
Therefore, the late emperor did not want to use the second prince, but Longyou Road lost twelve cities in a row. In the end, the emperor had no choice but to let the second prince lead the troops to fight.
In order to prevent the second prince from accumulating military merit, the emperor decided to lead the expedition in person and leave the third prince to supervise the country.
There are different opinions about what happened next. No one can explain why the second prince bypassed the emperor who was sitting in the rear, rushed back to the capital, killed the third prince, and then left the capital to welcome the emperor back.
Nowadays, the prince who already had great achievements has already died of illness, and the third prince has also died. Among the legitimate princes, only he and the King of Yizhou are left.
At that time, many people thought that the late emperor might support King Yizhou to fight against the second prince. King Yizhou thought so too. He was prepared, and the people who crowded into King Yizhou's boat were also prepared.
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As a result, the late emperor issued an edict to divorce the second prince and make him the crown prince after a month of silence. Maybe he was too sad afterwards, or maybe he was tired during the military expedition. Anyway, he was ill.
Many people suspect that the late emperor was poisoned today, but the Taiyuan Hospital cannot find out, and there is no evidence from the courtiers and aristocratic families.
Anyway, the late emperor also died of serious illness less than a year after the death of the third prince. Now his natural access to the throne has completely blocked the way for the King of Yizhou.
The road was cut off, but the King of Yizhou did not give up. Some of the people who squeezed onto the boat escaped smoothly, while others wanted to give up the idea and leave, but because they had something in the hands of the King of Yizhou, both sides
They have always been in close contact with each other.
For example, Governor Zhang might not be willing to rebel against the King of Yizhou at first, but after more than ten years of disconnection, they first did some food and land business together, and then recommended talents to each other, or promoted them...
The more things we do together, the deeper we will naturally sink. Eventually, we will sink into a quagmire from which we can never get out.
Another example is him.
Mr. Guan took advantage because he died early.
He didn't want to continue, and he slowly came out ten years ago, but so what, wouldn't he have to live in fear under the eyes of King Yizhou for more than ten years?
There is no way to be alone on this road. Once you set foot on it, you will never get back down.
So even if Pei Ziwen knew that the final result would not be good, he still had to go on and do his best to keep the King of Yizhou.
Because only if he is alive, they have some hope. If he dies, all of them will be ruined.
Therefore, Pei Ziwen is now devoting his life to giving advice to King Yizhou. King Yizhou also has many soldiers and horses. It is impossible for Yin Li to keep all of them with such a small number of people.
So the King of Yizhou still broke out.
But Yin Li was not surprised at all, and still sat firmly in the middle tent to command.
The King of Yizhou broke out in embarrassment with a group of soldiers and horses, but he was still closely followed by a group of pursuing soldiers. One of the generals couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, let's go first, we will take the rear."
The King of Yizhou did not refuse, left a word and left with the remaining people.
The Chinese Army quickly received a report, "General, they seem to be heading to Zizhou."
Yin Li just got up, took the sword and said: "The Cunning Rabbit has three caves. The King of Yizhou has made a lot of preparations. Let's go and have a look."
Yin Li assigned tasks to continue attacking the stubborn rebels, and then collected the defeated army. He took the remaining 5,000 troops to pursue the King of Yizhou.
He didn't chase her very hard. He always wanted him to play all his trump cards. Otherwise, if he kept it, it would turn into a pus bag over time. In the future, the pus bag would get bigger and bigger, and it would be painful to remove it.
So it's best to remove it now.
Yin Li finally chased the King of Yizhou outside the city of Zizhou. The King of Yizhou was so frightened that he rushed into Zizhou for help without even thinking.
Pei Ziwen wanted to stop him, but then he thought, it would be useless to keep his back hand at this moment, and it would be better to use it at this time.
Thinking about it again, if you continue to follow, you will definitely die, it would be better...
The defeated army was scattered.
The governor of Zizhou was uneasy since he received the announcement signed by Yang Heshu. He had been waiting for the news, but within two days the King of Yizhou gave him such a big surprise.
When he heard that King Yizhou led the remnants of his troops and rushed into the city to ask for help, he gritted his teeth, took his sword and said to his subordinates: "The King of Yizhou has rebelled. You will follow me to kill the enemy and put down the rebellion."
The confidants who knew something about it looked at each other and then responded "Yes" together with other officials.
The King of Yizhou did not expect that the "rescuing soldiers" would kill him in turn. He was shocked when the soldiers in front of him were hit by arrows and fell off their horses. Then the gate of the governor's office opened wide, and officers and soldiers armed with swords and bows and arrows shouted for death from inside.
Go out, "Destroy the traitors!"
King Yizhou's face was ashen, and his two sons who were close to him turned pale. They finally couldn't help crying, "Father, let's surrender. With the emperor's grandmother here, the emperor's uncle will not kill us."
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The two of them really didn't know that their father wanted to rebel. They only thought that the Yizhou Palace was second only to the imperial palace, and that their father's power was only lower than that of the imperial uncle.
They were not convinced by the prince and looked down upon the third prince, but they never thought of replacing the emperor's uncle.
The face of King Yizhou changed. At this time, the people led by Yin Li also caught up. The rebels were attacked from the left and right, and everyone fought together. The King of Yizhou and the King of Xin'an and Xinping County, who were surrounded in the middle, looked like
The only rock in the tide.
The encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, and blood spattered on the faces of Prince Xin'an and Prince Xinping. They couldn't help but grab the arm of Prince Yizhou, "Father, let's surrender. Please think about the imperial grandmother."
King Yizhou's hand holding the sword tightened and loosened, then loosened and tightened. Just when he was about to say something, an arrow shot through the air and killed the guard standing in front of him. The guard fell down.