V3.Chapter 67

Hong Yuetian has always been on good terms with his eldest son Xiao ting. He believes that Xiao Ting should inherit the throne of Sichuan. After all, he is the eldest son and it is natural for him to inherit the throne.

Without the instruction of the imperial court, Hong Yuetian decided to leave the fief without authorization, led the Hong family army back to Zhaoyang, the capital of Sichuan, and stationed the army outside Zhaoyang city.

The Hong family army is the largest family army, with a total force of 150000. The whole army is uniformly prepared by the regular army. Its combat power is extremely strong. It is no worse or even better than the central army.

Hong Yuetian led the army back to the capital, which made the ministers and generals who supported Xiao Xiang nervous. It is the so-called bad comers and good ones don't come. Hong Yuetian's high-profile led the army back must have a plot.

Soon after the Hong family army arrived in Zhaoyang, a total of 12 princes, including Hou Xiaoyi of Changshan, Hou Xiaoyong of Wuguan, Hou Dou Zhong of Chishan, and Hou Liu Zhen of Qingyun, successively led their own family armies to Zhaoyang. For a time, almost all the troops outside the city of Zhaoyang were mixed with the dog teeth of the central military.

All princes have their own spheres of influence, and all have large-scale family armies under their command. Who will inherit the throne is closely related to their immediate interests. If the prince or princess who ascends the throne is tired of their own people, it will be bad. Therefore, when the dispute over the throne is in full swing, they all want to step in, Push the childe or princess who is good with you to the stage.

The princes returned to the capital one after another with unclear intentions. Four generals Zhang situ, Yang Zhao, LV you and bu Ying came to Xiao Xiang's Princess House to discuss countermeasures with her.

At present, the central army of Sichuan under the control of Zhang situ, Yang Zhao, LV you and bu Ying has eight regiments, including the first, third, fourth, sixth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth. Among them, the ninth and eleventh regiments are far away from Zhenxi, which is basically useless. Those who can be directly dispatched are the first, third, fourth, sixth, tenth The sixth Legion.

There are also the second, fifth, seventh, eighth, thirteenth, fourteenth and sixth legions near Zhaoyang. In addition, there are now more family armies of hongyuetian and other princes on the 13th Road, with a total of hundreds of thousands of troops. The situation is becoming more and more complex.

When discussing the countermeasures, Zhang situ first said: "Hong Yuetian has always been friendly with the eldest childe. This time he returned to the capital without authorization, it must be to support the eldest childe. In addition, many of the other twelve princes support the eldest childe and the second childe. The eldest childe and the second childe are now united. The situation is not optimistic for us!"

Listening to his analysis, everyone frowned and nodded one after another, thinking that his analysis was reasonable. If the princes do not return to participate, they can also use their prestige in the army to forcibly elect Xiao Xiang to the throne. Now the princes return to the capital and still lead their own family army to rush here in a murderous manner. It is impossible for them to overcome the public opinion and push Xiao Xiang.

Bouin looked around at the crowd, Suddenly he said: "The dispute over the throne has reached the point of life and death. If the princess can ascend the throne smoothly, you and I can be safe. If the princess loses, whether the eldest childe or the second childe succeeds to the throne, not only will the imperial court have a foothold for us, but also whether our heads can be saved. Now, it can be said that we are on the same ship with the princess, We can only help each other in the same boat, and there is no way back! "

Yang zhaoyue felt that Bu Ying had something to say. He asked, "what does general Bu mean by this?"

"I mean, if the princess is prosperous, then I will be prosperous. If the princess is weak, then I will be weak. Now, we must try our best to help the princess. If we hide our selfishness, look ahead and backward, and cut on both sides, we will only suffer from it in the end!" Bouin said in a deep voice.

Pop! Yang Zhao was so angry that he stood up and asked angrily, "are you implying that we are hiding evil intentions and cheating on the princess?"

Buying said positively, "I'm just kind enough to remind you. I have no other intention!"

"You're obviously insinuating..." Yang Zhao was so angry that his beard was raised and his eyes were round that he almost rolled his arms and sleeves and rushed to fight with Bu Ying.

Seeing this, Xiao Xiang, who had been silent for a long time, waved to him and persuaded him, "well, general Bu and General Yang, the situation is tense now. If it's not good, it will lead to war and war. Don't make chaos inside us."

Hearing Xiao Xiang's words, Yang Zhaoqiang suppressed his anger, glared at Bu Ying and sat back angrily.

Xiao Xiang looked around at the crowd and asked, "the princes led the family army back to the capital one after another. Do you generals have a good plan?"

Zhang situ said anxiously, "what the last general fears most is that the family army will join hands to fight against the princess. In this way..." he didn't say anything more, but shook his head again and again.

There are tens of thousands of family troops in each of the 13th route princes, especially the Hong family army, which has 150000 troops. If so many troops are combined in one place, they can compete with the central army. Moreover, the four of them have not mastered all the central army.

"General Zhang is right!" LV you said slowly, "there are two keys now. First, we can't let the princes unite. Second, we have to win over the two people immediately."

Xiao Xiang moved in her heart and asked, "which two people are general Lu talking about?"

LV you said, "one is Wei Heng, the other is Ren Fang."

Wei Heng and Ren Fang are both top generals. Wei Heng is an old aristocrat of the state of Sichuan. For hundreds of years, the Wei family has provided the state of Sichuan with batch after batch of generals and talents. There are countless Wei family children who have been bloodied on the battlefield and wrapped up in clothes. It can be said that the whole family has made great contributions to the state of Sichuan. Wei Heng has a high reputation among the Sichuan army. Even if he can't reach a hundred echoes, he is not far away. Moreover, he also directly controls the second corps with the strongest combat power in Sichuan.

As for the time when the new leader of the four kingdoms was the leader of the four kingdoms, it was one of the representatives of the four kingdoms. Xiao Xuan also trusted Ren Fang very much during his lifetime and handed over the command of the three central army legions to him alone. Xiao Xuan dared to leave the capital to expedition Shenchi because Ren Fang was in charge of Zhaoyang.

However, since Xiao Xuan's death, Wei Heng and Ren Fang's attitude has not been clear, and they have not clearly expressed who they support or who they do not support.

As usual, Wei Heng lived in seclusion and went out. Even if a childe or princess visited, he often said he was ill. Xiao Ting, Xiao Yuan and even Xiao Xiang had been shut down by him.

As for Ren Fang, he did it more simply. After Xiao Xuan died of illness, he moved directly to the military camp outside the city and lived far away from the great quagmire of Zhaoyang. It can also be seen that Ren Fang is a smart man and he also knows how to protect himself.

Wei Heng and Ren Fang made it clear that they did not want to participate in the dispute over the throne between the childe and the princess. No matter who inherited the throne, they had no objection.

If the princes did not return to the capital, Xiao Xiang and his party could not be so anxious to win over the centrists such as Wei Heng and Ren Fang, but now they can't be in a hurry. Without the support of these two people, they may not have the upper hand in the game with the princes.

After hearing LV you's words, Xiao Xiang was a little discouraged. She didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, she sighed gently, He said: "in the past, the palace has not made no efforts, but also visited general Wei and general Ren in person. However, general Wei disappeared behind closed doors. Although general Ren met the palace, he did not show his attitude to support the palace. Now he goes to win over them, I'm afraid... It's difficult to succeed!"

LV you said, "general Wei can be persuaded by the last general. As for general Ren, the last general is not sure to convince him. He can only bother the princess to go again in person."

Xiao Xiang didn't care about going to the military camp outside the city, but she was worried that she would go in vain. She thought for a moment and asked curiously, "general Lu is confident that he can convince general Wei?"

LV you smiled and said, "although the old general doesn't care who will inherit the throne, the old general's loyalty to Sichuan will never change. Now the princes don't listen to the imperial court's orders and return to the capital without authorization. They have committed the crime of disobedience. At the end of the day, just convince the old general to punish the princes, and the old general will naturally stand on our side."

Xiao Xiang nodded and praised LV you for his intelligence. This entry point was just found! She smiled and said, "the palace can follow general Lu and persuade general Ren for the same reason."

The smile on LV you's face turned into a bitter smile. He was confident that he could persuade Wei Heng, but he was not confident that he could persuade Ren Fang. It was not that Ren Fang was lack of loyalty to the state of Sichuan, but that he couldn't see Ren Fang at all and guess what he was thinking.

He looked at Xiao Xiang and finally swallowed what he had said and whispered, "try it, maybe the princess can really convince Ren Fang!"

Xiao Xiang accepted LV you's suggestion and went out of the city again. She went to the Sichuan army station outside the city to find Ren Fang and tried to persuade him to stand on his side.

She could think of wooing Ren Fang. How could Xiao ting and Xiao Yuan not think of it? But like Xiao Xiang, Xiao ting and Xiao Yuan failed.

Ren Fang currently lives in the barracks of the Fifth Corps. The Fifth Corps is located in the north of Zhaoyang, tens of miles away. There is a vast plain. Looking at it, there are patches of farmland, which is the reclamation of the Fifth Corps.

There is a kind of person who is born with the material of commander. Ren Fang is such a person. He knows the importance of grain and grass to the Legion. The fifth, seventh and eighth legions under his control do the best in the field reclamation. These three legions not only do not need to ask for grain and grass from the imperial court every year, but also hand over grain and grass to the imperial court. Even so, the granaries of the three legions are full, As long as there is a war, the three legions can send troops to fight immediately without making preliminary preparations.