Chapter nine hundred and ninety fourth Xiangyang chaos
Wang You walked into the staff room and saw the King of Jin standing in front of a map with his hands behind his hands, thinking silently. He stepped forward and took a closer look, and it turned out to be a map of Jingzhou. Wang You immediately understood that the King of Jin was worried about changes in Xiangyang.
"Your Highness, we are not sure that Dong Xizhi intends to rebel." Wang You whispered.
Guo Song smiled lightly and said: "In fact, I hope Dong Xizhi will rebel!"
Wang You hesitated for a moment and then said cautiously: "Your Highness wants to capture Jingbei first?"
Guo Song nodded slowly, "It is extremely inconvenient to transport supplies from Bashu. If Jingbei is captured, supplies from Bashu can take the Yangtze River waterway to Xiangyang, then take Danshui to Shangluo, and then it will be much easier to go north from Shangluo on a large scale. In fact
On top of that, taking Jingzhou will form a strategic triangle of Bashu, Jingzhou, and Guanzhong, which will echo each other and form a closed loop."
"Your Highness is right. Taking Jingbei will create a situation of attacking Jiangling from the north and west, which will be beneficial to defeating Liu Pi."
Guo Song thought for a while and then said: "We can help Dong Xizhi and force him to rebel."
"But Dong Xizhi rebelled, and Zhu Si's army went south to quell the rebellion. Will it affect our capture of Xiangyang?"
Guo Song laughed and said: "The so-called fishing in troubled waters, only by muddying the water can I catch the big fish!"
Wang You gave a thumbs up and praised: "Your Highness, I have a good opinion! I have a trick to force Dong Xizhi to rebel against me!"
Wang You whispered a few words to Guo Song, and Guo Song said happily: "This is a wonderful plan!"
He immediately turned around and said, "Quickly inform Guo Yuniang of Jin Wei Mansion to come see me!"
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Xiangyang City, since Zhu Si captured Jingzhou, has intensified the exploitation of the people of Jingzhou. All kinds of taxes and taxes were so heavy that the people were filled with resentment. The year before last, Wang Shun, a farmer in Zaoyang County, could not bear the oppression and revolted. Tens of thousands of people responded, and quickly
After capturing Zaoyang, Wang Shun proclaimed himself King of Shuntian. However, within a month, the uprising was brutally suppressed by Dong Xizhi with an army of 20,000. More than 3,000 rebellious people were killed. Seventeen generals including Wang Shun were beheaded in the street.
, the head was sent to Luoyang.
After the failure of this uprising, the people of Jingzhou were completely silent. Since they could not break out in silence, they could only die in silence.
Xiangyang City has also become withered due to heavy commercial taxes. Except for noon and evening, it is deserted most of the time.
Although it is still the first lunar month, there is no New Year atmosphere in Xiangyang City, not even the Shangyuan Lantern Festival. It is exactly the same as usual, lifeless. However, the military has been mobilized frequently in the past two days, which has added a bit of tension to Xiangyang City.
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At noon, more than twenty cavalrymen escorted a carriage from the west city gate and drove slowly towards the government office in the north of the city.
In the carriage sat Wang Tai, the supervisor of the army. Wang Tai was one of the confidant eunuchs around Zhu Si. He was appointed the supervisor of Jingzhou two years ago. He actually had nothing to do. Dong Xizhi kept bribing him with money, and his life was easy.
It's quite relaxing.
However, he was a little troubled during this period because the emperor suspected that Dong Xizhi was going to rebel. Wang Tai also discovered that Dong Xizhi was abnormal. He was indeed suspected of supporting his own troops. However, if he was planning to openly raise his troops to rebel, it was unlikely. Dong Xizhi also
I just hope to become a vassal town, so that my descendants can sit in Jingzhou.
Wang Tai didn't know how to talk to the emperor. Don't push him too hard, otherwise he would really force Dong Xizhi to rebel.
At this moment, Wang Tai only heard a "whoosh!" sound in his ear. Before he could react, an arrow shot through his head. Wang Tai immediately fell down in the carriage.
This is a street, with houses on both sides. When a crossbow arrow is shot, a black shadow on the roof on the left disappears.
"There's an assassin!"
There was a sudden chaos among the soldiers guarding the horses on both sides. One soldier opened the car door and pulled Wang Tai out. He saw a crossbow arrow stuck in his temple. Wang Tai's whole face was black, and there was poison on the arrow. Wang Tai had already
Dying from exhaustion.
The cavalrymen were so frightened that they rushed towards the mansion with Wang Tai's body.
Not long after, a carrier pigeon flew up, and before Dong Xizhi could block the news, they spread the news to Luoyang that the supervisor Wang Tai was shot dead by an assassin in the street.
Not long after the carrier pigeon flew away, thousands of soldiers rushed in and surrounded Wang Tai's mansion. The army took away Wang Tai's body and ordered no one to leak the information, otherwise they would be killed without mercy.
In the lobby of Jingzhou Jiedu Envoy's official office, Dong Xizhi looked at Wang Tai's body in the hall in a daze. He was confused and couldn't figure out how Wang Tai was killed and who killed him? How should he explain to Zhu Si?
The only thing he can think of now is to block the news and try to buy himself some time to deal with it.
Dong Xizhi is about fifty years old, a native of Youzhou, and was originally a general of Youzhou. He has been following Zhu Si for so many years.
He took the six northern states as his own and passed them on to his descendants, becoming the vassal town of Jingzhou. However, because his son and father were held hostage in Luoyang, although his ambitions were great, he did not dare to come out easily.
Just a few days ago, his old father and eldest son actually escaped from Luoyang. Dong Xizhi's ambition suddenly became so high that it was a little hard to restrain. He originally wanted to send Wang Tai out of the country as a gift, but unexpectedly, Wang Tai was assassinated in the street, which disrupted his plan.
The plan made him a little at a loss.
At this time, staff member Huang Qian hurried over and whispered in Dong Xizhi's ear: "I just got the news that several of Wang Tai's confidants have sent pigeon letters to Luoyang."
"What!"
Dong Xizhi was shocked. When the news came out, wouldn't Zhu Si know about it immediately? Now he was in big trouble.
"What did the envoy think about it?" Huang Qian asked.
"You mean Wang Tai's death?"
Huang Qian nodded. Dong Xizhi hesitated for a moment and said: "I guess it was Liu Feng who did it. Yuan Xiangguo died suddenly on the way. He was obviously killed by Liu Feng. He was afraid that he would not be able to explain to the emperor, so he sent people to assassinate Wang Tai.
, framed me, he is trying to force me back!"
"Then what are you going to do next?" Huang Qian asked again.
Dong Xizhi sighed and said: "I plan to write to the emperor and make it clear that Wang Tai's death has nothing to do with me. I have no intention of rebelling. I just want to rule Xiangyang for him for a long time. I didn't betray him back then, and I don't want to betray him now."
Huang Qian pondered for a moment and said, "Do you want to hear my opinion?"
"Of course I want to listen, just tell me!"
Huang Qian said slowly: "The emperor's heart cannot be judged by ordinary people. If you want to win Zhu Si's trust, I think there is only one way."
"What can I do?" Dong Xizhi asked urgently.
"The emperor personally sent his son back to Luoyang and explained to the emperor that the child was ignorant. Then he went to the emperor to plead guilty, saying that he only wanted to attack Liu Pi and had no intention of betrayal. Only by doing this, the emperor would be afraid
Only then will I forgive you."
"Will one day let me go back to Jingzhou?"
Huang Qian shook his head, "I'm afraid we will arrange for you to go elsewhere, certainly not Jingzhou."
Dong Xizhi's face sank, "If you ask me to give up Jingzhou and let my son continue to be a hostage, I might as well rebel directly."
Huang Qian sighed, "Actually, the meaning of humble position is that once Wang Tai dies, Shijun has no choice. Shijun's father and son have fled back, and there are no worries. The next step is to kill the supervisor and stand on his own. No matter what Shijun does,
Explanations are useless, and Liu Feng is in control of the court. The emperor must believe his words and will definitely attack the country with a large army. Therefore, instead of pinning your hopes on reconciliation, it is better for you to prepare for war as early as possible."
Dong Xizhi took a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "This matter is of great importance. There will be no turning back when the bow is fired. Let me think about it again!"
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The carrier pigeon that flew from Xiangyang took the lead in delivering the letter to the Prime Minister Liu Feng. Wang Tai was killed. This news really shocked Liu Feng, and he quickly called in his aide Yang Mi for discussion.
Yang Mi smiled and said: "This is what I expected. Yuan Xiu was deposed, and Dong Xizhi had no one in the court. He had no choice but to take risks. Wang Tai was killed, and Dong Xizhi couldn't explain it anyway."
"I'm afraid that the emperor doesn't want to send troops, but he still has hope in Dong Xizhi. After all, Dong Xizhi has been with him for more than twenty years." Liu Feng hesitated.
"It doesn't matter, I'll come up with another plan to ensure that the emperor won't take any chances again."
He whispered a few words to Liu Feng in a low voice, and Liu Feng repeatedly cheered, "I will send someone to implement it immediately!"
In the afternoon of that day, children began to sing children's songs on the streets of Luoyang, "There is an emperor in Luoyang, there is a king in Xiangyang, a carriage with nine roofs goes to Nanyang, there is an emperor during the day, there is a king at night, the phoenix and the phoenix are reversed day and night..."
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This children's song was quickly sent to the palace by Zhu Si's civilian spies. At the same time, Liu Feng also reported to Zhu Si the incident of Wang Tai's assassination by Dong Xizhi.
Dong Xizhi's last glimmer of hope was drowned by Zhu Si's anger. When Zhu Si learned that the supervisor Wang Tai had been killed and a prophecy appeared in Luoyang, Zhu Si's rebellion was seriously offended by Dong Xizhi. He immediately ordered General Li Hongxin to lead 50,000 soldiers.
The army went south from Luoyang to attack the Xiangyang rebel Dong Xizhi.