Chapter 227 Raising troops to the south!
One day later, Wang Jun secretly came to Guo Wei's mansion and sent a tampered imperial edict. Guo Wei had already received many genuine imperial edicts and accumulated a lot of experience, but he did not find a slight mark of tampering from it. It was really amazing!
At dawn the next day, Guo Wei immediately ordered Dong Zunhui and others to beat the drums, summoned the generals to discuss matters, and quietly arranged dozens of soldiers behind the hall to prevent any changes. Soon, after the three-way drums, all the generals came to the lobby.
Guo Wei shouted to everyone: "I and all the generals followed the late emperor to conquer the world, overcome all obstacles, never complain; I shed blood and sacrifice, never retreat. On the day of the late emperor's death, I was called to the bed and appointed as the minister of the regent. Since then, we have done our best and slept and slept, and thus put the rebellion in the three places and gave the country the opportunity to recuperate!
I thought I could enjoy wealth and prosperity, but I never expected that when the cunning rabbit died and the lackeys cooked, the emperor began to kill the meritorious officials when he saw the situation eased. Not only did he massacre Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao and others, he also sent the envoy official Meng Ye to carry the secret order to massacre us all. The confidants brought by Meng Ye took their current positions! If Meng Ye hadn’t revealed flaws in his words, Lord Wang Jun and I would have been killed by his confidants yesterday! This is the emperor’s secret order, everyone can see the authenticity!”
Most of the generals here did not take the imperial edict alone, and the few generals who took the imperial edict did not have the habit of carefully checking it out, but had a brief impression. Now everyone took the secret edict from Guo Wei, and saw that the materials used were indeed made of silk and silk, with a magnificent pattern, and there was a flying silver dragon on both ends, which was indeed the appearance of the edict. Everyone nodded and saw that there was indeed a disposal to them on it. There was also a detailed list behind the edict. Except for Guo Chongwei pointed out in the edict, Cao Wei and the others were spared, the rest were on the list of killings!
Everyone was shocked. Unexpectedly, they fought for the Han Dynasty for the rest of their lives, but in the end the emperor took his own life! Everyone fell to the ground and asked Guo Wei to show him a clear way, save his life, and his official position!
Guo Chongwei was so scared that he knelt down on the ground and cried to Guo Wei: "The emperor is young and cannot tell the difference between right and wrong. This must be the conspiracy of the treacherous villains around him, trying to isolate us and kill loyal and kind people! If their tricks succeed and steal high-ranking officials, the country will never be peaceful, and war will surely flow and the people will suffer a catastrophe! I am willing to follow the general, lead the army south to clear the king's side, sweep these ravens, and purge the court!"
Cao Wei also echoed repeatedly: "I am willing to follow the general south to clear the emperor's side and revitalize the court!"
At the beginning of Guo Chongwei and Cao Wei, everyone agreed and shouted loudly: "Clear the king's side, revitalize the court, and kill the treacherous and slander!"
Guo Wei was still hesitant. It seemed that he was still thinking about the grace of the late emperor's understanding and it was difficult to make up his mind. At this time, the Hanlin Astronomy Zhao Xiuji also stood up and saluted to everyone and said, "I observed the celestial phenomena last night and found that the Purple Star was dull and dull. There must be treacherous and evil around the emperor! The general is now in charge of Yedu, with a large army in his hand, that is, God intends to use the power of the general to clear the emperor and revitalize the court! If the general insists on obeying this absurd will, he is going against God! It is against the heavens and ominous!"
Zhao Xiuji was Li Shouzhen's confidant back then and had advised Li Shouzhen many times not to rebel. After Li Shouzhen raised his army, Zhao Xiuji immediately ignored the high-ranking officials given by Li Shouzhen and resigned resolutely. Everyone thought he was very good at it, otherwise how could he continue to be a high-ranking official without being implicated by Li Shouzhen? Now, after Zhao Xiuji said this, it seems that Guo Wei was actually the arrangement of God to guard Yedu! With God standing on his side, what else should I be afraid of?!
Seeing everyone's confidence and joyful look, Dong Zunhui suddenly felt that the fifty taels of gold he sent to Zhao Xiuji secretly at the order of Guo Wei last night was worth it! Dong Zunhui immediately led the way and shouted: "Please follow the will of heaven, kill the treacherous and slandered, and clear the emperor!"
Everyone agreed loudly, and their voices shook the world!
Guo Wei reluctantly agreed. Considering that Yi Ge'er was still young, Guo Wei appointed Guo Rong (Chai Rong) as the commander of Ya'nei and guarded Yedu; appointed Dong Zunhui to lead 5,000 troops from his headquarters as the vanguard, and immediately rushed to Chanzhou. Guo Wei and Wang Jun led a large group of troops to go south.
Chanzhou hoarded a large amount of military supplies, which were recruited from all over the country in order to prevent the invasion of the Liao Kingdom, and condensed the efforts of Wang Zhang and others. If Chanzhou fell into Guo Wei's hands, there would be no problem with the food, equipment and other materials needed for the army's war in the short term!
Dong Zunhui knew the importance of Chanzhou well. After leading the army to attack, he immediately led two thousand cavalry to take the lead and headed straight for Chanzhou!
Murong Yanchao, Wu Qianyu and other emperor confidants also quickly received news that Guo Wei had rebelled. They immediately led the army to Kaifeng Prefecture to serve the king and prepare for the war!
Hou Yi said to Liu Zhu: "A king is invincible in the world, so you should not send troops easily! Don't look at Guo Wei's aggressive momentum, in fact, the families of his soldiers are near Kaifeng Prefecture. As long as we send elite troops to guard the towns and checkpoints along the way, severely defeating Guo Wei's aura; then order the soldiers' mothers and wives to climb up the city and greet their sons and husbands, Guo Wei's army will definitely collapse in one fell swoop. At that time, we will be able to win without fighting!"
It can be said that Hou Yi's idea is very reasonable. If he really acts according to his plan, then Guo Wei may not be able to establish the Later Zhou Dynasty. However, although Hou Yi's plan is very good, he chose the wrong person to talk to, which led to a failure. When Liu Zhu succeeded as Hou Yi's position as the prefect, he has never made any outstanding achievements. How could he take the initiative to report Hou Yi's plan to make his ex-breed? He is not a fool!
So Liu Zhu kept silent and did not propose this strategy at all in the court. Seeing that the court had no reaction, Hou Yi thought that the plan was rejected by the ministers, so he was embarrassed to mention it again. However, Murong Yanchao, who was very ambitious and talented, sneered at it and said to everyone: "This is a stupid trick that only a coward can think of! Hou Yi is old and is not qualified to offer suggestions for national affairs again! Guo Wei is self-defeated from the court. We should send troops to conquer to boost the prestige of our great Han army and promote the prestige of our great Han nationality!"
Liu Chengyou was also a young man and thought that Murong Yanchao's uncle was very reasonable, so he immediately ordered Murong Yanchao, Yan Jinqing, Wu Qianyu and others to lead the guards' personal army to the north and pounce on Chanzhou!
When Murong Yanchao came to the city of Chanzhou, Dong Zunhui was inserting the "Guo" flag on the city tower. Murong Yanchao looked at Dong Zunhui who was proud of the city tower, and felt very hatred!
Chapter completed!