Liu Chengyou's emissary Meng Ye came to Liaozhou (澶州, in present-day Neihuang County, Henan), and Empress Li's brother Zhenning Jiedu (镇宁節度) made Li Hongyi worship secretly edicted. A passage in the edict reads: "Yang Ying, Shi Hongzhao, and Wang Zhangmou rebelled and have been killed. Zha Guowei, Wang Yin, and others were also members of the same party, and they immediately killed them on the spot..."
Li Hongyi had a smile on his face
Li Hongyi had not yet finished reading the edict, and his hand was already shaking——
Guo Wei was commanding thousands of troops and horses, sitting in the capital of Yidu, and it was easy to attack Liaozhou; Wang Yin was at his side, but he was the commander of the guards and infantry, holding the command of soldiers and horses, and wanted his head to be like a probe to get things.
He thought left and right, and felt that the risk of executing the secret edict was too great. Moreover, when Meng Ye entered the palace gate, he met Wang Yin, and the two of them also exchanged a few words of greeting, and God knows whether Meng Ye deliberately slipped through the wind, or whether Wang Yin had guessed his intentions from Meng Ye's words and demeanor. Besides, the capital is not far from Lanzhou, and the news will soon reach here. Now Wang Yin seems to have a murderous face, and is staring at himself... When Li Hongyi thought of this, he unconsciously piled up a smile on his face and asked Meng Ye to rest at the inn first.
Li Hongyi thought left and right
Li Hongyi turned back to consult with his deputy envoy Chen Guangsui, and the two agreed: tell Wang Yin the truth, and Wang Yin imprisoned Meng Ye, while Chen Guangsui went to the capital of Yi with a secret edict to ask to see Guo Wei.
Zhao Xuan thought further
Guo Wei was surprised and angry when he received the secret swamp sent by Chen Guangsui, but after all, he had the demeanor of a general and did not show his face, so he first summoned the Privy Counsellor Wei Renpu to read the edict, and deliberately and easily asked: "What to do?" Wei Renpu believed: This must be a group of small frames, and it is not a small disaster. Don't sit still! "
Wei Renpu's words were tentative and very euphemistic.
Guo Wei was not good at his own position, and then he brought Guo Chongwei and Cao Wei to inform them of the true feelings of the mutation in the capital, showing a secret edict, and burst into tears: "I and Yang and Shi Zhugong cut thorns and thorns, and followed the former emperor to seize the world." Entrusted with the heavy responsibility of being alone, he did his best to defend the country. Now that the princes are dead, how can I remain alone on earth? You may act according to the secret commandments, take my first rank and restore the Heavenly Son, and do not tire yourself! "
Guo Chongwei and the others were martial generals, and their hearts were straight and fast, and they also cried and replied: "The son of heaven is still young, this must be the work of the left and right groups." If this generation succeeds, there will be no peace in the country. Chongwei and others are willing to follow Guo Gong into the dprk to sue themselves, and they can't rely on a single edict to suffer a thousand years of notoriety! "
Hanlin Astronomical Zhao Yuji was a strategist who thought farther than Guo Chongwei and others: "Guo Gong entered the dynasty, like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger, it is useless to die in vain." It is better to obey the hearts of the people, support the army and go south, and seize the world of the Han Dynasty! "
Zhao Washi was a strategist
Guo Wei wanted to listen to this sentence, but he pretended to be helpless and hesitated for half a day before reluctantly agreeing. Then he issued an order, leaving his adopted son Guo Rong (later Chai Rong) to guard the capital of Yidu, ordering Guo Chongwei to lead the cavalry as the vanguard, and then leading a large army to join li Hongyi and Wang Yin's troops, and marching towards the later Han capital kaifeng.
The city of Kaifeng was in a panic
On the way, the ranger caught the person sent by Liu Chengyou to visit the letter, and Guo Wei wrote a few words, put them in his collar, and asked him to bring them to Liu Chengyou: "The minister got the edict yesterday, and he should have died." Helplessly, Guo Chongwei and others could not bear to kill the subjects, forcing the ministers to lead a large army to the south. Within a few days, the subject may go to the imperial court, if the subject is indeed guilty of conspiracy to rebel. Listen to Your Majesty. If you are a group of small trapped subjects, quickly send the group to the front of the army, and I will kill them, with the heart of the fast generals! "
Inside kaifeng, Liu Chengyou received the news that Guo Wei was leading a large army, panicked, and hurriedly discussed countermeasures.
Panic
Hou Yi, who was former kaifeng yin and now Zhongshu Ling, said: "The families of Guo Wei's subordinates are all in the Beijing Division, and the officers and soldiers are closed in the city and insist, so that these wives and children can go to the city to surrender. "
Murong Yanchao said, "Hou Yi is old, send troops for the top!" "
Liu Chengyou also felt that Hou Yi's idea was not good, so he ordered Hou Yi, Yan Jinqing, Wu Qianyu, Zhang Yanchao, and others to command the forbidden army and prepare to face Guo Wei to the north.
The generals are dead set on the ground
Guo Wei came to Hua Prefecture (滑州, in modern Hua County, Henan) and heard the news that Hou Yi was leading his troops north, so he made another test of the generals: "I heard that Hou Linggong's troops have come from the south, and the two sides are about to meet. Fighting is not my intention, and if there is no war, it will be slaughtered for Hou Yi, which is really embarrassing. I urge you to follow the secret edict of His Majesty the Emperor and kill me to fulfill your name. "
At this time, the generals were dead-hearted, and they knelt down one after another, saying, "The state is not responsible for the public, and the public is not responsible for the country." Thousands of people are scrambling forward, and that's why. "
The generals knelt down and begged for battle
Wang Jun, the superintendent of the army, was ordered to go to each battalion and announce to all the soldiers: "I have received the order of Duke Guo to wait until I attack the Beijing Division and allow everyone to plunder for ten days!" "
When the people received this news, they rushed forward one after another, marching as fast as flying arrows, and soon arrived outside kaifeng city.
(To be continued)