Vol 2 Chapter 2929: Qin Zheng VS Wang Mang (Part 1)

Chapter 2929 Qin Zheng VS Wang Mang (Part 1)

Chapter 2925: Qin Zheng VS Wang Mang (Part 1)

Ren Hongchang deliberately kept Zhang Liang for no other reason than to let him know something about the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Ming Dynasty secretly respected Ren Hongchang, the leader on the surface was still Zhang Liang, but this guy was just a hands-off shopkeeper who didn't care about things at all, so that Feng Yunshan and others were in a hurry and sought medical treatment.

In fact, just one sentence from Zhang Liang can give the Ming Dynasty a clear direction and no longer be confused, but this guy just keeps to himself and doesn't care about anything, which makes Ren Hongchang helpless.

Ren Hongchang knew that Zhang Liang was not a person who was greedy for power. After all, he did not even compete for the position of prime minister. When the world was unified, Zhang Liang would most likely resign and go into seclusion.

This is not a good thing for Ren Hongchang. After all, Zhang Liang and Long Qie are the last pillars of the Ming Dynasty. She cannot accept the loss of any one of them.

Moreover, she also wanted to let Zhang Liang be the crown prince and tutor when her son Ying Sheng grew up, and continue to assist her son in the future. Naturally, she did not want Zhang Liang to resign and go into seclusion.

Zhang Liang naturally knew what Ren Hongchang was thinking. Originally, he was indeed planning to resign and go into seclusion once the world was unified. However, Ying Hao set up the post of Governor specifically for him this time. This moved him very much, so he planned to extend the time limit for retiring into seclusion. At least until the prince ascends the throne.

After the two talked about it, Ren Hongchang was very satisfied with Zhang Liang's attitude, and then took Zhang Liang to see Ying Sheng, intending to use feelings to hold Zhang Liang in check.

Ying Sheng, who was only one and a half years old, was playing wantonly in the imperial garden under the supervision of several eunuchs and more than a dozen palace ladies.

Little Ying Sheng was riding a little white tiger for a while, and playing with a red panda for a while. It was a great time.

Many of the cubs of rare animals that Zhu Rong was given as a bride became pets of princes and princesses, and Ying Sheng was the most courageous among them, daring to ride a tiger after only half a year.

After seeing Ren Hongchang coming, Ying Sheng ignored the panda friend he had just made and rode up to him on the 'big cat'. The **** palace group headed by Cao Zhengchun naturally followed for protection.

"Aniang..."

Before little Ying Sheng finished speaking, Ren Hongchang picked up the little white tiger on his back like a chicken, while the little white tiger rubbed the hem of Ren Hongchang's skirt flatteringly.

Ren Hongchang deliberately kept a straight face and said with a serious expression: "Sheng'er, how many times have I told you that you are still young and riding a tiger is not safe. What if you get injured?"

But little Ying Sheng was not afraid at all. He said in a sweet voice, "Mom, the big cat can run very steadily and won't fall."

Hearing what his little master said, the little white tiger named "Big Cat" also whined and let out a cat roar, as if to show how reliable he was.

"You, you, you."

Ren Hongchang, who was so impressed by his son's cuteness, couldn't hold back any longer. He tapped his son's head lovingly, then pointed at Zhang Liang and said, "Sheng'er, look, who is here?"

"Yeah, it's my third uncle."

Little Ying Sheng wanted to pounce on Zhang Liang, but he was still being carried by Ren Hongchang, and no matter how he danced and danced, he couldn't pass.

Ren Hongchang smiled helplessly and then handed little Ying Sheng over. Zhang Liang also held little Ying Sheng in his arms and said with a smile: "The prince grows up really fast."

But it's not fast. Last time we met, I could only run, but now I can ride a tiger.

Normally, children can only walk and speak some simple words when they are one and a half years old. However, at one and a half years old, Ying Sheng is not only able to communicate normally with people, but also often draws inferences from one example to another. He can also run, jump and even ride a tiger.

Even Zhang Liangzhong was amazed by this and felt that the child was really smart.

Zhang Liang also specially touched the bones for Ying Sheng. I have to say that the bones are really good, no less good than his parents. I can only say that he is worthy of being the child of His Majesty and the Queen.

Although root bones cannot completely represent qualifications, it is a good starting point after all.

With Ying Sheng's life experience and qualifications, there is no doubt that as long as he does not grow crooked and grows up normally in the future, he can successfully take over Ying Hao's class.

Not only the people inside Da Qin knew about this, but people outside Da Qin also knew about it, so it was natural that some anti-Qin forces and organizations would be keeping an eye on it.

It is obvious that we can only think about strangling the future second generation of Da Qin in the cradle. After all, it is much more difficult to kill the crown prince of Da Qin in the palace of Da Qin than to directly destroy the country of Da Qin.

After Zhang Liang played with Ying Sheng for half an hour, he saw that Ying Sheng was a little tired, so he was about to say goodbye and leave, but was stopped by Ren Hongchang again.

"Third uncle, I want to hear your opinion on the Yingzhou matter." Ren Hongchang said.

Hearing this, Zhang Liang immediately became energetic. As the Minister of the Ministry of War, he naturally knew the war in Yingzhou well.

Although Toyotomi Hideyoshi united with Wei, Song and Ming to launch an unprecedented rebellion in Yingzhou and took advantage of it in the early stage, it was eventually blocked by the local forces supported by Qin Zheng and Wang Jian.

That's how rebellion is, you can't win all at once, and in the end it's only suppressed a little bit. With Qin Zheng, Wang Jian, Susano'o, Uesugi Kenshin and others present, no matter how hard Toyotomi Hideyoshi tried, he could not turn over. However, as Wang Mang, the troublemaker, was forced to conquer Japan, the Yingzhou war situation ushered in an unprecedented turn. great changes.

Originally, the Qin Alliance Army led by Tachibana Michiyuki was about to capture Kyushu Island and completely drive away the anti-Qin forces. However, as Wang Mang led his army to land and defeated Tachibana Michiyuki in Kitakyushu, the good situation collapsed and the war began. The balance also began to tilt gradually.

With the help of the Otomo family, the Aso family, the Sagara family, the Akizuki family and other local forces, Wang Mang's army quickly occupied Kitakyushu Island. Tachibana Michyuki, who suffered a major defeat, was unable to stop him and could only ask Wang Jian of Honshu Island for help.

At this time, Wang Jian had turned from defense to offense and was trying his best to suppress the coalition forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Cao Pi. However, after receiving Tachibana Michyuki's request for help, on the one hand, he did not want to abandon Kyushu Island, and on the other hand, the intelligence came from It seemed that there was no one in Wang Mang's army who was too difficult to deal with, so after much thought, he decided to send troops to rescue.

Wang Jian was very cautious and did not mobilize troops from the main state. Instead, he mobilized 1,000 main troops and 30,000 green auxiliary troops from the nearby Shikoku Island, totaling 35,000 troops, led by the governor Qin Zheng to support him.

Shikoku Island originally did not belong to the Qin army, but was occupied by the Ming army. However, they were worried that the Ming army on Shikoku Island would use it as a stronghold to attack the Osaka Plain. This would not only contain the forces in the Osaka Plain, but also put the Qin army into a situation where it was unable to do anything at all. situation.

In order to avoid being passive, Wang Jian adopted the strategy of defending in the east and attacking in the west. He ordered Susano'o to lead the army and take the initiative to attack Shikoku Island. Not only did he attack Shikoku Island in one fell swoop, he also eliminated a large number of active forces.

Just when Susano'o was about to take advantage of the situation and completely occupy Shikoku Island, Toyotomi Hideyoshi reacted and quickly mobilized troops to return for reinforcements, and then barely blocked Susano'o's offensive.

Wang Jian did not intend to get too entangled in the Shikoku. After all, the victory of the battle of Yingzhou would ultimately depend on the situation on Honshu Island, so after leaving enough troops to garrison and contain the opponent, he let Susano'o lead the army. Back to Honshu.

Wang Jian did not plan to move the Qin army's troops in the Shikoku, but this time Kyushu was in crisis, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi urgently drew a large number of troops from the Western Kingdom in order to support the Western Kingdom region. It seemed that he wanted to completely abandon the Four Kingdoms, so Only then did Wang Jian dare to mobilize troops from the four countries with confidence and boldness.

But what Wang Jian didn't expect was that his move fell into Wang Mang's scheme.

With the strength of Wang Mang's army, he could easily defeat or even kill Tachibana Michyuki, but he let Tachibana Michyuki lead half of the army to withdraw to Southern Kyushu. The purpose was to create an appearance that he was not difficult to deal with.

After all, if Wang Mang easily defeated Tachibana Michizuki and wiped out the opponent's entire army, then Wang Jian would know that Kyushu was hopeless, so he would naturally not send reinforcements.

Therefore, only in this way can Wang Mang prevent Wang Jian from giving up Jiuzhou and send reinforcements to Jiuzhou, so as to weaken the Qin army's strength in the state.

As soon as Qin Zheng led his army to leave, civil strife broke out in Shikoku Island. The surrendered Anyi family, Motoyama family, and Ichijo family rebelled again, while Cao Zhang of Cao Wei and Ming general Zhu Gaoxu each led their troops to launch counterattacks.

Fortunately, the Chosogabu family, who was also a local leader, did not rebel. Under the leadership of the family governor, Sogabu Motochin, they cooperated with the Qin army to resist to the death. This way, the important land connecting Honshu in the east was saved and a complete defeat was not caused. .

Qin Zhengcai led his army to land in Southern Kyushu and received news of the rebellion from the four countries. But at this time, it was too late for him to return for reinforcements. The coalition forces led by Wang Mang had already come from Northern Kyushu.

Qin Zheng had a keen insight into Wang Mang's plan and quickly sent a letter to Wang Jian to alert him. At the same time, he joined forces with Tachibana Daoxue to stop Wang Mang in Southern Kyushu.

But at this time, a rebellion also broke out in Southern Kyushu. Six families including the Ito family and Ganfu family rebelled.

The Minami Kyushu rebellion has not yet ended, and another wave of rebellion broke out in Honshu. More than 20 families including Mimura, Urakami, and Akamatsu rebelled, which also caused a lot of trouble for Wang Jian.

Fortunately, those who rebelled were small and medium-sized families, those large families that were deeply tied to the interests of Qin. For example, the Uesugi, Mori, Hojo, Tachibana and other large families did not rebel. Otherwise, even the Qin Alliance Army might not be able to use it anymore.

Qin Zheng immediately realized that this rebellion was extraordinary. After all, if only a few families rebelled, it would be reasonable. However, when the situation is not yet clear, dozens or hundreds of families rebelled one after another, and there must be a big problem.

Qin Zheng stopped Wang Jian's counterattack and at the same time spent great efforts on investigation, only to find that there were shadows of Shintoism behind these rebellious families, which also made his vigilance reach its peak.

In the initial war against Japan, although the upper echelons of the Shinto sect were basically wiped out, it did not mean that there were no fish that slipped through the net. Those who were unwilling to join the Qin Dynasty lurked, quietly waiting for the opportunity to restore the country, including: He Shige Tadayuki and Ashiya Michimitsu.

Tadayuki Kamo is Abe Seimei's master and one of the founders of Onmyoji, while Ashiya Michitoshi is often regarded as the only person who can rival Abe Seimei.

This time so many families rebelled together, it was Kamo Tadayuki and Ashiya Michitoshi who planned and pulled the strings. Even a large number of Japanese people defected to Wang Mang and persuaded Wang Mang to conquer the Japanese. It was these two people who were behind the scenes.

In addition, Kamo Tadayuki and Ashiya Michimitsu also took advantage of Susano'o's absence in the war to seize control of the local Shinto religion, and relied on their own status to win them over. A large group of people.

After Qin Zheng learned that the remnants of the Shinto sect had intervened, he knew that in order to win the Yingzhou War, in addition to a frontal war, forces outside the battlefield were also needed to intervene, so he decisively sent a letter to the country for help.

After Ying Hao learned about it, he considered that Shintoism was involved in the Yin Yang family. After all, the two have now merged, so he did not directly order intervention, but let Ren Hongchang make his own decision.

Ren Hongchang herself is from the Yin Yang family, and her brother Fuxi is the leader. It is naturally better for her to solve this matter than Ying Hao.

After Ren Hongchang learned about it, he also immediately summoned everyone from the Yin Yang family to discuss it. Now the Yingzhou Shinto Sect is in a leaderless situation, so the best solution is to let Himiya, who is the great **** of Amaterasu, go back, which will naturally avoid the gods. Taoism split again, but this was opposed by Himiko's sister Tsukuyomi.

The reason for Tsukuyomi's objection is very simple. She understands Himihu. The current situation in Yingzhou is not good for the Qin Dynasty. If Hei Mihu is allowed to go back at this time, it is likely to have the opposite effect. Not only will Himihu not help, but he will directly turn against Qin. camp.

Tsukuyomi's reasons are irrefutable. After all, Himiko is a woman who is indeed ambitious and not smart. Although she is submissive on the surface, only she knows what she is like in reality.

Himiko couldn't do it, so Ren Hongchang had no choice but to retreat and choose Abe Seimei, whose character, ability and status were impeccable. However, he still encountered opposition from everyone, and the reason was very simple, that is Abe Seimei's master Kamo. Tadayuki is in the coalition camp.

Who knows if Abe Seimei will be instigated by Tadayuki Kamo to rebel?

Ren Hongchang has no choice now. After all, he can't send Tsukuyomi back, who is already a noble, right? With no choice but to ask Zhang Liang for advice.