Chapter 1387: The Three Kings Raise Arms [Two in One]
"PS: I owe you three chapters in total. I'll make it up in a few days. I haven't been feeling well in the past two days."
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The time goes back to a few days ago, when Prince Hongyu issued an announcement in the Chui Gong Hall, labeling King Qing Zhao Hongxin as a traitor. At that time, King Su Zhao Hongrun had been placed under house arrest in Prince Su's Mansion by the former's troops. Two days later, in Song County, "
Zhao Hongxin, the king of Qing in Changyi, finally learned about this.
At that time, after reading the article on the list, King Hongxin of Daqing looked gloomy and sneered at Zong Wei Chang Yanlang: "You are really underestimated by Zhao Hongyu!"
Although he said this, in fact, Qing Wang Hongxin had already had a premonition that there would be such a battle between him and Prince Hongyu - I believe Zhao Hongyu also knew about this.
But what Zhao Hongxin didn't expect was that before he could take the lead, Prince Hongyu would take action on him first, using this method to force him to rebel, as if the latter did not honor him as King Hongxin.
take the threat to heart.
This made Zhao Hongxin feel despised.
But on second thought, this passive situation is not unacceptable. On the other hand, if Prince Hongyu has ignored him in recent years, completed the enthronement ceremony on his own, and sat on his position as the king of Wei,
In fact, by then the situation of King Qing Hongxin would be even more embarrassing.
Thinking of this, King Qing Hongxin ordered Yan Lang, the Chief of Zongwei: "Yan Lang, please quickly invite the Marquis of Huyao, the Marquis of Yuanling, the Marquis of Wanlong, the Marquis of Gaoyang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, and the Marquis of Kuangcheng to come."
About half a day later, the nobles of the Qing King's party, including Sun Mou, the Hou of Hufu, Uncle Feng, the Hou of Yuanling, Zhao Jian, the Hou of Wanlong, Jiang Dan, the Hou of Gaoyang, Li Yang, the Hou of Pingcheng, Jiyan, the Hou of Kuangcheng, etc., arrived at the residence of Qing Wang Hongxin in Changyi County one after another.
In addition, Qing Wang Hongxin also sent someone to invite Wei Feng, the head of the Ji Wei family.
Except for Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, who was still in the eastern part of Song County at this time and was responsible for encircling and suppressing Song Yun's Beibo Army, almost all the prominent figures in the Qingwang Party had gathered here.
During the meeting, King Qing Hongxin took the lead in showing the list of articles to everyone.
After seeing the article on the list, the nobles of the Qing Prince Party present were not a little surprised, because in the past year or so, after Prince Hongyu gradually took control of the power of Daliang, he successively tried to deal with them, the Prince of Qing Party.
The party nobles exerted pressure, so that the Qingwang Party nobles had to gradually transfer their family properties to Song County - that is to say, in fact, Prince Hongyu suppressed a series of Qingwang Party nobles as early as a year ago
It has gradually unfolded.
"What does Wei think of this?"
Qing Wang Hongxin took the lead in asking Wei Feng's opinion. After all, Shangdang Shou Jiang Bi was Wei Feng's former general. Although after Jiang Bi became Wei's general, Wei Feng had already stepped forward to terminate the relationship between the two.
relationship, but in private, Jiang Bi was still extremely loyal to Wei Feng—to be precise, to the "Tianshui Wei Family".
It's no wonder, after all, Jiang Bi, who was born as a slave, was first promoted by the old head of the Wei family in Tianshui, and later married a daughter of the Wei family in Tianshui. It cannot be denied that Jiang Bi also cherishes Wei, the country that took them in.
, but in the final analysis, his loyalty to the Ji Zhao family is not as good as his loyalty to the Ji Wei family.
Seeing everyone here looking at him, Wei Feng smiled and said to King Qing Hongxin: "Thanks to the grace of His Highness King Qing, I, the Wei family, can settle down in Song County. Wei Feng will naturally help His Highness King Qing."
"Is this a hint to me not to forget the promise I made?"
Qing Wang Hongxin understood the implication of Wei Feng's words, nodded and said: "Don't worry, Lord Wei Feng, I will not treat loyal people badly."
After hearing this, all the nobles present nodded secretly.
Indeed, all the princes of the royal family knew how to show kindness and power at the same time, and were extremely generous to their own people. There were very few owners who "didn't feed the horses but wanted them to run away", including the King Qing Hongxin in front of him.
After Wei Feng made his position clear, the atmosphere at the conference table became more harmonious.
During this period, Zhao Jian, the Marquis of Wanlong, asked: "But, what should we do over at Tianmen Pass?"
It turns out that the fastest way to respond to King Qing Hongxin's call to "defeat his rebellious brother and clear the emperor's side" was to go directly from Shangdang County to Hanoi County through Tianmen Pass. However, the problem was that there was an area near Tianmen Pass.
"Tianmen Mine", in order to ensure the normal operation of this mine, Prince Su Zhao Hongrun
When leaving, 3,000 men named "Lu Zhan" under his command will stay at the pass. Without the approval of Lu Zhan, Jiang Bi would not be able to lead his army from Shangdang County into Hanoi County.
Hedong County detours, but in this way, the marching speed will be at least about a month later.
After hearing this, everyone here inevitably thought of Lu Zhan, the guard of Tianmen Pass, and the backer behind this general, namely Su Wang Zhao Hongrun - Compared with whether Tianmen Pass is passable, in fact, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun's attitude is more
for important.
If Su Wang Zhao Hongrun sides with Prince Hongyu this time, it will be a big disaster.
If "Su Wang Zhao Run" is the opponent, even if they have "Nan Liang Wang Zhao Yuanzuo", a commander of the same level, sitting here, the nobles present, including Qing Wang Hongxin himself, will inevitably feel a little uneasy.
Seeing that everyone present looked a little ugly, Qing Wang Hongxin said bravely: "Don't worry, I thought that Lao Ba might not support the prince this time. Don't forget, the prince didn't say hello to Lao Ba last year.
Under such circumstances, the Smelting Bureau and the Weapon Casting Bureau were taken back. Based on my understanding of Lao Ba, Lao Ba must be dissatisfied with the prince..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuanling Hou Feng Shu said quietly: "But I heard a while ago that King Su went to Daliang alone with only a few followers..."
Qing Wanghong cursed secretly in his heart, but still said firmly: "So what?... Lao Ba is the person who accepts death the most. Zhao Hongyu is the person he once supported, so no matter what, Lao Ba will endure it, but
Wait until he can't bear it anymore..."
In fact, Qing Wang Hongxin had no basis for these words. To put it bluntly, he was just talking nonsense. But not to mention, he also hit the point of his words. At least the nobles present nodded secretly.
Sure enough, within two days, Qing Wang Hongxin's spy who stayed in Daliang sent back a piece of information that was crucial to the Qing Wang party: Su Wang Zhao Run was placed under house arrest by the imperial guards sent by Prince Zhao Yu.
When he heard the news, Qing Wang Zhao Hongxin almost jumped up from his bed with joy.
The other nobles of King Qing's party who heard the news also congratulated King Qing Hongxin.
"Without further delay, send troops immediately!"
On the same day, King Qing Hongxin discussed with the nobles of King Qing's party again and decided to strike first and launch an offensive against Daliang.
So on the next day, Qing Wang Hongxin shouted the slogan "Suppose the rebellious brother, Qing Jun side", falsely pretended to have received the edict secretly sent by their father, reprimanded the prince Hongyu for his treason, and placed his father under house arrest in an attempt to
Usurping the throne and seizing power, even Prince Su Zhao Hongrun was placed under house arrest. King Qing Hongxin also wrote a denunciation of the crown prince Hongyu.
Immediately, he led the nobles to form the "Qingwang Army" and set off towards Daliang.
Considering that the credibility of his appeal was not as high as that of Prince Hongyu, Qing Wang Hongxin had no choice but to find ways to win over his brothers to restore his disadvantage.
For this reason, he not only sent people to invite the powerless seventh brother Zhao Hongyin, the Yi Wang, but also sent people to look for traces of the eldest prince Zhao Hongli.
Unfortunately, the eldest prince Zhao Hongli has disappeared since he called the Chenliu Shi family, the birthplace of his biological mother Shi Guifei.
During the march, King Qing Zhao Hongxin received a letter from Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang.
After reading the letter, Zhao Hongxuan looked slightly ugly.
Seeing this, Zongwei Chang Yanlang asked: "Your Highness, is there something going on with King Nanliang?"
"Hmm." Qing Wang Hongxin nodded and explained: "It's Shaohu. The Wei Wujun under Shaohu intercepted the army of the third uncle."
It turned out that a year ago, after Prince Hongyu sent the Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo to lead the anti-rebellion army to Song County to attack Song Yun's Beibo Army, the former sent General Shao Hu to lead the Wei Wu Army to station in the northern part of Song County, mainly responsible for guarding "
"Liang Lu Canal" was operating normally to avoid being cut off by the Beibo Army.
From another perspective, Prince Hongyu sent Shao Hu to Song County to monitor Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Southern Liang in disguise.
No, now the Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo was preparing to respond to Qing Wang Hongxin’s call to raise troops, but Shao Hu intercepted the army one step ahead. Currently, these two top armies of the Wei State are in the "Rencheng" of Song County, "
Confrontation in Nanpingyang area.
This made Qing Wang Hongxin feel inexplicably anxious. After all, General Shaohu and his Wei Wujun were no weaker than Nanliang Wang Zhao Yuanzuo and his anti-rebellion army. Maybe Nanliang Wang Zhao Yuanzuo would not be able to successfully fight against Qing Wang Hongxin this time.
The armies converged.
"It seems that we can only rely on Jiang Bi's Northern Army..."
Qing Wang Hongxin thought secretly.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something. Looking back at Zongwei Changyan Lang, he asked: "The fourth and ninth laos haven't sent a reply yet?"
"Not yet." Yan Lang shook his head and said.
Zhao Hongxin nodded and warned: "If there is any news about Lao Si and Lao Ninth, report it immediately!"
"yes!"
At the same time, two or three days after Qing Wang Hongxin raised his troops, far away in Anyi, Hedong County, Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan was reading the two proclamations in front of him with a sullen face.
The first one was naturally issued by Prince Hongyu in Chui Gong Hall, with the purpose of labeling Qing Wang Hongxin as a traitor.
The second copy was a proclamation published by Qing Wang Hongxin to attack Prince Hongyu.
Compared with the first appeal, the second appeal made Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan extremely angry. The reason was that Qing Wang Hongxin accused Prince Hongyu of putting their father under house arrest, and also placed Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, the brother of Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan, under house arrest.
Even though the two brothers Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan are no longer as close as they were when they were young, they are still brothers after all. How could Zhao Hongxuan sit back and watch his brother being put under house arrest? - Not to mention the prince Hongyu whom he had always hated.
House arrest.
So, he immediately summoned two of his close aides, Luo Yao and Zhou Min, to discuss with them how to raise an army.
In fact, before this, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan had already discussed this matter with Luo Yao and the two surrounding people. However, at that time, Luo Yao considered that King Su Zhao Hongrun was in Daliang, so he suggested that King Huan Zhao Hongxuan hold his troops still and wait for the situation to change.
, after all, if Su Wang Zhao Hongrun chooses to support Prince Hongyu, their position will become very embarrassing.
Putting aside whether he can win the battle or not, does King Huan Zhao Hongxuan still dare to meet his brother on the battlefield?
To this day, after learning that Prince Hongyu had placed Prince Su Zhao Hongrun under house arrest in Prince Su's Mansion in Daliang, Luo Yao stopped doing more to dissuade him.
The reason is very simple. If Su Wang Zhao Hongrun is really placed under house arrest by Prince Hongyu, it may be because the former is dissatisfied with the latter's behavior. In this way, Luo Yao will have an insight into Su Wang Zhao Hongrun's attitude towards this matter.
"My brother mistakenly trusted Zhao Hongyu, a treacherous villain, and that's why he was put under house arrest by the latter."
At this moment, although King Huan Zhao Hongxuan was very concerned about his brother Zhao Hongrun's concern, deep down in his heart, he was also secretly happy.
After all, he has always hated Prince Hongyu, but he could not convince his brother Zhao Hongrun. Now, his brother Zhao Hongrun is under house arrest by Prince Hongyu. What does this mean?
This shows that his point of view is correct!
On that day, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan responded to the call of King Qing Zhao Hongxin and led more than 50,000 "Northern First Army" to Daliang.
During this period, Zhao Hongxuan wrote a letter in his own handwriting and sent someone to deliver it to Shanyang County and to the hands of his fourth brother, King Yan Zhao Hongjiang.
To be honest, King Yan Zhao Hongjiang was not very willing to participate in the struggle between Prince Hongyu and King Qing Hongxin, but after learning that his eighth brother Su Wang Zhao Hongrun was under house arrest in Daliang by Prince Hongyu, His Highness the King of Yan could not sit still.
You must know that if Su Wang Zhao Hongrun had not traveled thousands of miles, Zhao Hongjiang would have died in Shanyang County with his beloved wife and concubines. How could he still be alive today?
So, on the one hand, King Yan Zhao Hongjiang deployed the Southern Yan Army to station in the eastern part of Hanoi County to prevent South Korea from taking advantage of the situation. On the other hand, in response to the call of King Huan Zhao Hongxuan, he led 30,000 Shanyang troops to attack Daliang.
A few days later, the news reached the ears of Qing Wang Zhao Hongxin.
At this time, King Qing Zhao Hongxin had led the King of Qing's army to approach "Dingtao" in Song County, and was about to enter "Liang County", the capital of the Wei Kingdom. Suddenly, he heard that King Huan Zhao Hongxuan and King Yan Zhao Hongjiang were in Anyi, Shan
Yang and Yang responded by raising troops, and he was overjoyed when he heard about it.
At this time, he suddenly heard about a major event that shocked the Wei state: when King Su Zhao Hongrun fled from Daliang, he was ambushed and unfortunately hit by an arrow. Unfortunately, he died after returning to Shangshui County.
After hearing the news, King Qing Zhao Hongxin was simply stunned and asked Na Xizuo in disbelief: "Is this true?!"
Na Xizuo replied: "It's absolutely true... After King Su returned to Shangshui County, his royal guards visited famous doctors throughout the city. Two or three days later, the sound of a woman crying could be faintly heard from Prince Su's Mansion in Shangshui County.
, and after that, Wei Jiao, the chief of the Zongwei of King Su, and Shen Yu, the former chief of the Zongwei, gathered tens of thousands of troops, intending to attack Daliang and avenge King Su... This matter, Shangshui County Capital
It’s spread all over.”
Qing Wang Zhao Hongxin was stunned for a while, and then he couldn't help laughing.
Although he tried his best to hide the joy in his heart, he couldn't.
"God help me! God help me!"
He clenched his fists tightly, feeling extremely excited.
In his opinion, Prince Hongyu was definitely doomed this time.
Although his king Zhao Hongxin and his eighth son Zhao Hongrun also had a grudge, he would never dare to seriously kill the latter. However, the prince Hongyu was so good that he actually killed Zhao Hongrun - even if it was by the wrong hand, it was overwhelming. The negative impact was enough to overwhelm Prince Hongyu.
Thinking of this, Qing Wang Hongxin was ready to announce this matter to the public in order to increase the "crimes" of Prince Hongyu.
But after a second thought, he changed his mind again.
For no other reason than the fact that "King Su Zhao Run was killed by Prince Hongyu", the stakes were so great that King Qing Zhao Hongxin did not dare to use this excuse to attack Prince Hongyu.
Why?
Because King Su Zhao Hongrun was not only a hero of his Wei State, but also the son-in-law of the Qin State and the brother-in-law of Chu Gongzi Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo.
If King Qin Hui and Chu Gongzi Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo learned that their son-in-law and brother-in-law died in the internal fighting in Wei, King Qin Hui and Chu Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo might take the opportunity to launch an army to attack Wei.
Of course, when the time comes, the King of Qin and Chu Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo raise an army to attack Wei, not necessarily to avenge their son-in-law and brother-in-law, but more importantly, most likely to gain benefits for the country.
Especially Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo, his sister Su Wangfei Mi Jiang has just given birth to son Zhao Wei to Su Wang Zhao Hongrun. Who can guarantee that Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo will not raise an army to help his sister Mi Jiang and her son take the throne, so that he can Just a few months ago, nephew Zhao Wei became the crown prince of Wei?
In this way, the two countries of Wei and Chu will be inseparable. Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, may be able to control the power of Wei and Chu and become the most powerful man in the world.
At that time, no matter whether it is Prince Hongyu or Prince Qing Hongxin, they will be eradicated one by one by Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, and no one will survive.
What's even more terrible is that as long as Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo shouts slogans to support his nephew Zhao Wei, the troops of King Su's line will definitely obey the former's call and assist Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo.
Thinking of this, Qing Wang Hongxin couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
He was not willing to provoke the madman Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng. You must know that after his father, Emperor Wei Zhao Yuansi, provoked Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, the latter retaliated against the Wei State for more than ten years, sending troops to attack and harass the Wei State every year. .
I am afraid that in the entire Wei Kingdom, only Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, the brother-in-law of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, can still live in peace with each other after offending the latter.
But now, without Su Wang Zhao Hongrun suppressing Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo, Qing Wang Hongxin is really not sure that he can stabilize the situation.
Because he knew that once the news of his eighth brother's death came, Chu State would definitely try to intervene.
Thinking of this, Qing Wang Hongxin not only did not dare to spread the matter, but also had to help cover up and block the news. At least before he invaded Daliang and replaced Prince Hongyu to control the government, he absolutely did not want Qin or Chu to intervene in this matter. thing.
Of course, there is no problem in writing a letter to tell King Huan Zhao Hongxuan about this.
So, Qing Wang Hongxin wrote a letter that day and sent it to Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan.
When he learned that his brother Zhao Hongrun had been killed while escaping from Daliang, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan was so frightened and sweating that he cursed angrily during the march: "I swear to kill Zhao Hongyu!"
Immediately, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan ordered the troops to march urgently.
Although neither King Zhao Hongxin of Qing nor Zhao Hongxuan of Huan nor Zhao Hongjiang of Yan dared to spread the news that "King Su Zhao Hongrun was killed while escaping from Daliang", this matter inevitably spread gradually in the Wei Kingdom.
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It's no wonder, after all, the identity of "Su Wang Zhao Run" is too special.
Once upon a time, in the mutual denunciation between Prince Hongyu and Qing Wang Hongxin, the people of Wei in China basically stood by Prince Hongyu. After all, in the simple concept of the people of Wei State, Prince Hongyu was their Wei State.
Crown Prince, what this person says is certainly more credible than King Qing Hongxin.
But now, Prince Hongyu killed King Su Zhao Run, which was enough to make most of the people of Wei change their original attitude and all support King Qing Hongxin.
Who is Su Wang Zhao Run? That is the hero of Wei!
He was a hero of Wei who saved Wei from fire and water several times, and defeated powerful neighboring countries such as South Korea and Chu several times, but Prince Hongyu killed this respectable Highness. What does this mean? What does this mean for Prince Hongyu?
Not as wise as the rumors say!
Under this situation, public opinion in the country turned towards Qing Wang Hongxin one after another, so much so that when Qing Wang Zhao Hongxin, Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan, and Yan Wang Zhao Hongjiang approached Daliang in three separate ways, the counties they passed almost fell into disgrace.
In mid-February of the 25th year of Hongde's reign, King Qing Zhao Hongxin led the King of Qing's army to approach Daliang first.
During this period, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, got rid of the Wei Wu army of General Shao Hu, successfully caught up with the Qing army, and joined the Qing army in Liang County.
At this time, Prince Hongyu ordered the imperial guards, Yanling army, Shangshui army, Youma army, and the 50,000 Jiejiao cavalry transferred from Sanchuan under the guise of Emperor Wei to station themselves in the Daliang area.
A fierce battle is about to begin.
At the same time, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, who was rumored to be dead, had already sneaked into Liang County with the secrets of the Blue Crows and was paying attention to this battle.
"...I am reporting to Your Highness that the armies of the three kings have approached Daliang, and Daliang has also deployed its troops outside the city..."
Listening to the report from the leader of the Blue Crows, Yawu, Zhao Hongrun frowned in thought.
At the side, the concubine Zhao Que asked in confusion: "Your Highness, won't you step forward to stop it?"
According to her understanding of her husband, her husband really did not want such a large-scale civil war to occur in Wei.
"It's not the time yet."
Zhao Hongrun shook his head and exhaled melancholy.
To be fair, if he had not encountered the assassination from Xiao Ni when he left Daliang, in fact, at this time, he should have tried to contact the Yanling Army, Shang Shui Army, and Youma Army to stop this war as soon as possible.
But the assassination made him change his mind.
Because he realized that this confrontation between Prince Hongyu and Qing Wang Hongxin seemed to be a war between the two princes for the throne, but in fact, I am afraid that neither of these two princes was involved in this battle.
The two real protagonists of the war are probably just pawns.
One of the real chess players is probably Xiao Luan, the leader of the remnants of the Xiao family, and the other party, if Zhao Hongrun guessed correctly, is most likely his father who has been hiding in the Manna Hall pretending to be ill for the past year or so.
, Zhao Yuansi, Emperor of Wei.
Otherwise, everyone is just a pawn on the chessboard.
Precisely because he guessed this, Zhao Hongrun did not dare to act rashly.
He wants to wait for Xiao Luan to reveal his true purpose. I believe his father is also waiting for this.
But if this happens, this war will be inevitable.
As for whether King Qing Hongxin could capture Daliang, Zhao Hongrun could not yet guess.
But one thing is certain, if Qing Wang Hongxin has Xiao Luan's people around him, then Prince Hongyu's army deployment may be in name only.
Because Xiao Luan also knew that there was a secret passage that led directly from outside the city to Prince Yi's Mansion in the city.