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Uploaded by friends} He threw the reins casually, jumped off the horse, and walked on the bluestone road on the embankment. The more than a hundred cavalry behind Li Chongjin did not need his orders at all, and they all spontaneously tied the war horses and waited for his orders. From a distance, people were like iron, horses were like dragons, what a strong team!

Li Chongjin was walking while secretly thinking about the current situation. In fact, he also had ambitions for the throne, so who made the emperor's IQ problem? When Guo Rong was in power, he made a wooden stick to "inspection and become the emperor" and pulled his old opponent Zhang Yongde off. However, Li Chongjin did not expect that his actions allowed Dong Zunhui to take advantage of him and became one of the top figures in the new dynasty. However, he himself was trapped in Huainan Road, nominally serving as the commander of the cavalry and infantry commander of the guards, but in fact he was just a governor of the side.

Now, all parts of the capital have been divided up by Fan Zhi and other five people. Li Chongjin is basically unable to intervene. Although his reputation is prominent, his power in the court has shrunk more and more. Therefore, Li Chongjin, who was unwilling to be lonely, then he thought of a way to fish in troubled waters and win in chaos. He specially sent people to encourage Li Yun to rebel. As long as Li Yun is moved to rebel, Fan Zhi and others will focus on Luzhou, and Li Chongjin can take the opportunity to control all the military and political forces in Huainan Road. At that time, whether it is contacting the Southern Tang Dynasty or connecting with the Liao Kingdom, he can enjoy half of the Later Zhou Dynasty!

The more Li Chongjin thought about it, the more he became moved, his eyes were so lit up, and he muttered in a low voice: "Li Jun, Li Jun, please hold on for more time! If you unfortunately die early, I, Li Chongjin, will definitely build a temple for you!"

Li Yun didn't know that Li Chongjin had promised this.*1*1*If he really knew Li Chongjin's plan, Li Yun might take the initiative and send someone to expose Li Chongjin's rebellion to divert the attention of the court. Unfortunately, there are not so many assumptions in the world, so Li Yun was very attentive to Li Chongjin's envoy Zhai Shouxun and asked about his well-being.

Li Yun said with a smile: "Listen to your opinion, since Mr. Li also has the intention of clearing the king. As long as he raises up his troops and clears the king, I, Li Yun, are not talented, and I, will lead 30,000 elite troops in the north and echo him from afar, attack him from the north and the south, and eliminate Fan Zhi and other powerful traitors!"

Zhai Shouxun muttered in his heart: Do you think we are as stupid as you, who will start the army first? Whoever is the first target of the court? Since you have made some noise not long ago, how can we not add fuel to the fire and attract the firepower of the court? 30,000 elite soldiers, can you Li Yun afford so many people? Don’t fool people!

Zhai Shouxun smiled and said, "Although my lord is also interested in raising an army, he is not qualified enough, so he has not received everyone's recommendation like Mr. Li! As long as Mr. Li raises up and clears the emperor, let alone anything else, our Huainan army will have used 50,000 troops to support you from the south. At that time, great cause will be accomplished! Your Majesty can also eliminate the power and traitors and truly take charge of the rule!"

Bah! Li Yun sneered in his heart. I just said that he had 30,000 elite soldiers under his command. You said that there were 50,000 troops. When you were wearing open-crotch pants, I had been fighting for many years! I was still picking up from the south. Who are you fooling? Our two armies were thousands of miles apart. Don’t say that they echo each other, it would be good to be able to communicate with each other! But Li Yun also had his own plans in his mind. Don’t think I’m stupid, let’s take a look.

On April 14, the seventh year of Xiande, Li Yun, the governor of the Zhaoyi Army of the Later Zhou Dynasty, raised an army to clear the emperor. He issued a manifesto to the world, counting the crimes of Fan Zhi and other five deceived the emperor and usurped the emperor's power, saying that he had launched an army to attack, not because of his personal grudges with Fan Zhi and other five, but to support the country and redefine the world.

At the uprising ceremony, Li Yun also announced to his generals: Li Chongjin, the governor of Huainan Road and the commander of the cavalry and infantry of the guards, will also join the ranks of Qingjun! If everyone does not believe it, Li Yun has Li Chongjin's handwritten letter as evidence!

This news immediately greatly boosted the morale of the army, and changed the minds of those who were not optimistic about Li Yun before. Li Chongjin is a powerful general, and now he has tens of thousands of elite soldiers. If he can attack him from both sides, how could the imperial army be afraid?!

When Zhai Shouxun heard about this, he was stunned. He didn't expect to be pecked by it all day long. This time he had a boat capsized in the gutter! Zhai Shouxun could only send an envoy to Huainan to report this matter, so that Li Chongjin could prepare.

Li Yun also announced that in order to quickly eliminate the hegemonic power of Fan Zhi and others, he had temporarily borrowed troops from the Northern Han king Liu Jun. By the day when His Majesty took power, these Northern Han soldiers would return to the Northern Han and would never stay in the territory of the Later Zhou. In order to show his determination, Li Yun specially ordered Ya general Liu Jizhong to lead people to escort Zhou Guangxun to the Northern Han army supervisor to submit a manifesto and request reinforcements from the Northern Han.

However, Li Yun did not expect that the news of his reprimand would be transmitted to Kaifeng Prefecture so quickly. In Luzhou City, a restaurant featuring pigeon meat quietly released several pigeons today, and a pigeon quickly flew to Mengzhou. The remaining personnel at the Mengzhou news site immediately took out the information tied to the pigeon's feet, copied it several copies, and then sent it to Kaifeng Prefecture with the pigeon. A few days later, Wang Zhengzhong from Kaifeng Prefecture received the news of Li Yun's rebellion, and he immediately forwarded the news to Dong Zunhui.

When Dong Zunhui got the news, he immediately proposed to hold a joint meeting of five people. At the meeting, Dong Zunhui took out this letter of information and said to everyone: "I received the exact news today. Li Yun officially raised his army in the name of Qingjun. He also revealed at the uprising ceremony that Li Chongjin, the governor of Huainan Road, colluded with him, and the two established an alliance, and presented Li Chongjin's handwritten letter as a token! In addition, Li Yun also sent an envoy to the Northern Han, preparing to borrow troops from the Northern Han to go south."

Everyone was stunned. Fan Zhi sighed and bowed to Dong Zunhui, saying ashamed: "It's all my fault. You reminded me some time ago that Li Yun had a tendency to rebel. As a result, I didn't care, which led to such a disaster now! Let Li Yun and Li Chongjin join forces and attack from the north and south!"

Han Tong frowned and said, "Li Yun's one-sided words alone cannot be determined that Li Chongjin has also participated in the rebellion. What if this is Li Yun's sow trick! I suggest mobilizing people and concentrating their efforts against Li Yun. As for Li Chongjin, just be careful! When Li Yun is eliminated, we will settle the score with Li Chongjin!"

Everyone nodded, Dong Zunhui nodded in agreement, and he also said to everyone: "Last year, Huainan had a severe drought, and crop yields were greatly reduced. It was the late emperor who provided grain and relief rations to the people, which allowed them to survive. Now even if Li Chongjin rebelled, there was no grain stored in the warehouse. He should have waited until the autumn harvest before there was enough food! As long as we control the amount of grain flowing to Huainan from now on, it can delay the time when Li Chongjin mobilized, and we can concentrate our efforts to eliminate Li Yun!"

Everyone agreed, and then the huge war machine of Houzhou began to operate again... (To be continued...)


Chapter completed!