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Chapter 398 Zhuang Ping's Plan

Chapter 397: Zhuang Ping's plan

After the old King Zhao passed away, Prince Zhang Lin ascended the throne. His younger brother Zhang Xian, Marquis of Yunzhong was very dissatisfied with him. He conspired with Situ Zhuangping to launch a mutiny. In order to gain more capital, he recruited Li Rubing, a general in the army.

At this time, Li Rubing was also confused about his future. The prince Zhang Lin was picked up by the late general Zhao Xin, and Zhang Chuan, Sima Chong and other veterans in the army could not look down on Zhao Xin. Lin's hardcore supporter, so after Zhang Lin succeeds to the throne, he will definitely put more emphasis on Zhang Chuan, Sima Chong and other veterans. In other words, after Zhang Lin ascends the throne, it will be even more difficult for Li Rubing to hit the throne .

Coincidentally at this time, Zhang Xian and Zhuang Ping, who were committed to launching a mutiny, extended an invitation to Li Rubing. In order to realize his ambition, Li Rubing finally decided to join Zhang Xian and Zhuang Ping's camp and launch the mutiny together.

With Li Rubing's support and help, Zhang Xian and Zhuang Ping also made up for the last shortcoming and began to plan the next mutiny.

Seeing that Li Rubing agreed, Zhang Xian and Zhuang Ping looked at each other and smiled, and then Zhuang Ping said: "Although Zhang Lin has succeeded to the throne before the spirit of the former king, the official enthronement ceremony has not yet been held, except for the court ministers headed by Mi Fang. In addition, the people of the world do not recognize Zhang Lin. In other words, Zhang Lin is not yet a great king, so the timing of our mutiny must be chosen before the enthronement ceremony. If Zhang Lin is successfully enthroned, the mutiny will happen later No matter how much we say, in the eyes of the world, we are all traitors, even if we get the throne, we will be notorious forever."

There was a mutiny before the enthronement ceremony. Zhang Xian and Zhuang Ping could use Zhang Lin, Mi Fang and others to forge the edict of the former king, disobey the former king’s will, and launch a mutiny in the name of setting things right. After the supreme power, launching a mutiny at that time is a conspiracy, and no matter whether it is successful or not, it will not be able to wash away the identity of a traitor.

Li Rubing takes this very seriously. Throughout the ages, every mutiny and coup must have a convincing reason. Before Zhang Lin officially held the enthronement ceremony, when the Zhao king's throne was still nominally vacant, a mutiny was launched. After success, Zhang Xian could only be the heir of the old Zhao king, not a traitor who killed his brother and seized the throne.

"It has been almost a month since the late king passed away. According to the intention of the court at the beginning, the coffin of the late king will stay in the Chengqian Hall for 49 days, and then sent to the royal tomb for burial. The time given to us has been less than a month, and I don’t know when Lord Hou and Master Situ think it’s the most appropriate time to do it?” Li Rubing calculated the time carefully, and found that it was less than a month before Zhang Lin’s enthronement ceremony. So during this month, you must do it, and you must hit it with one blow.

"I don't know how many troops General Li can mobilize in Jinyang? And how many are trustworthy?" Zhuang Ping didn't answer Li Rubing's question immediately, but asked Li Rubing, if he did it, what would he be able to do? How many people did you pull up?

Li Rubing thought for a while and replied: "In Jinyang City, most of the soldiers and horses are in the hands of Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong, but as a general in the army, I still have a group of trustworthy people under my command. With the addition of some generals who follow me, within a month, I can pull up at least 3000 troops!"

"Three thousand?" Zhuang Ping frowned suddenly, more than 3000?Not many, and very few. Since the end of the battle ahead, there are at least 5 soldiers and horses stationed inside and outside Jinyang City. Li Rubing's 3000 soldiers are in front of these people. However, Zhuang Ping also knew that Li Rubing was doing his best. Ever since Zhang Chuan took the throne of the general, he had been taking strict precautions against Li Rubing. If it wasn't for the invasion of Deng, Qin and Chu, Li Rubing might not have been able to get out of Jinyang City, so after returning to Jinyang, Li Rubing was able to pull up 3000 troops under the pressure of Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong, which is quite a lot.

"General Li, if we successfully take down Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong, how sure is General Li that we can control the troops inside and outside Jinyang City?" Zhuang Ping asked Li Rubing again.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Rubing said: "If you can get Zhang Chuan's soldier talisman after taking down Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong, I have full confidence that you can control the entire army of Jinyang!" He said he was dead, but told Zhuang Ping that if he wanted to fully control the soldiers inside and outside Jinyang, it was not enough to take down Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong, he also needed to get the soldier talisman in Zhang Chuan's hand.

Zhuang Ping nodded. Zhao Guo has a very strange phenomenon, that is, when the general is strong, the army recognizes people but not soldier talismans. Zhao Xin was able to do it back then. However, when the general does not have enough ability and prestige, he recognizes the soldier talisman but not the person. Obviously, Zhang Chuan belongs to this type of person. , He never thought of mobilizing a single soldier.

After listening to Li Rubing's words, the whole side hall was silent. Zhuang Ping was stomping his feet back and forth, thinking about the best time to mutiny. Zhang Xian and Li Rubing also looked at Zhuang Ping quietly. Among them, Zhuang Ping was the wisest , If you don't count on him at this time, who else can you count on?

After a long time, Zhuang Ping showed a trace of firmness in his eyes, and said to Zhang Xian and Li Rubing: "Master Hou, General Li, this old man thinks it over and over again, and thinks that the best time is when the late king is going to go to the funeral. Only at that time can we have the greatest confidence!"

"Will it be disrespectful to the late king if we do it at the time of the funeral? If it succeeds, how will the people of the world think of me?" Zhang Xian said with a frown. His father, Old Zhao Wang, made him hesitate when he made a move during the funeral.

In today's world, although Confucianism is not as popular as in the history of China, the influence of Confucianism is still very far-reaching, and it also attaches great importance to filial piety. If Zhang Xian dares to do something when the old King Zhao is funeral, it is easy to be detained An unfilial hat, which has a great impact on Zhang Xian's reputation.

But since Zhuang Ping dared to act at this time, he must have his reasons. He smiled and said: "Your Majesty is too worried. The edicts in the hands of Zhang Lin and Mi Fang are forged. Heart, so we set things right when the late king went out of the funeral, and let Da Zhao go on according to the old king's will. This is not only disrespect to the late king, but the greatest respect for the late king. At that time, the people all over the world will praise Lord Hou for his filial piety. of."

Zhuang Ping's meaning is very simple, since we launched the mutiny in the name of setting things right, what could be more appropriate than doing it in front of the old Zhao Wang?In front of Old Zhao Wang's coffin to set things right, this is the greatest respect for Old Zhao Wang.

"And!" Zhuang Ping continued: "When the late king went to the funeral, the old man, Lord Hou, and General Li would definitely accompany him. We can secretly mobilize a group of soldiers and horses to mix into the funeral team, perhaps laying an ambush outside the city first." Soldiers and horses should cooperate from inside to outside. As long as Zhang Lin, Zhang Chuan, Sima Chong, and Mi Fang are taken down in one fell swoop, the big thing will be settled. With Zhang Chuan in our hands, no one in Jinyang can mobilize the soldiers and horses. Even if there are a few cronies of Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong, they will be cautious and will not attack us casually. With the [-] soldiers and horses in our hands, we can surely accomplish things, and as long as we successfully get the soldier talisman, everything will be settled Already!"

Zhuang Ping's plan can be said to be perfect, without any faults, but the more perfect the plan, the more loopholes it often has, such as how to secretly arrange soldiers and horses to mix into the funeral procession?It's worth looking into, and Zhang Xian and Li Rubing immediately raised questions in this regard.

But Zhuang Ping said with confidence: "This time, two thousand soldiers and horses will be dispatched to escort the late king's funeral team, and these two thousand soldiers and horses are all selected from the forbidden army in the palace. The forbidden army general Zhuang Ao is the old nephew , At that time, 500 of his subordinates will be selected for the funeral team, we can completely replace the 500 people with elite soldiers under General Li's command!"

Zhuang Ping had a plan. He arranged for his nephew to join the Forbidden Army long ago, and he succeeded in becoming a general in the Forbidden Army. To be honest, if it wasn't for Zhuang Ao, he still didn't have enough ability to control his soldiers. Ma, he doesn't even need to find Li Rubing.

"There is more!" Zhuang Ping continued: "After the civil, military and clan of the Manchu Dynasty send the coffin of the late king out of the city, General Li will arrange another elite soldier to secretly enter the palace under the arrangement of the old nephew, and control the queen and the harem. The queen's edict does not recognize Zhang Lin's edict, and at that time, Lord Hou will be justified!"

(End of this chapter)