Valley Emperor

Nowadays, the entire Forbidden City is full of panic, and some of the eunuchs and ladies in the palace even started to sneak out of the palace.

This is still the case in the palace, not to mention outside the palace. The entire Youzhou City (the capital of Tang changed Ming’s capital to Youzhou) is in chaos. There are still many soldiers in the city, about 20,000 people, but these people who stayed behind in Youzhou City. The Ming army was all those old Beijing battalions with only their appearance, not the new Beijing battalion that Zhengde had trained and trained in recent years.

Regardless of the quality of personnel or equipment, they are still at the previous level, and it is simply impossible to expect them to block the pseudo-Tang army.

And there are many people who can see this. The adults in the court can see it, and the ordinary gentry in the city can also see it. Even the common people in the city feel unreliable.

As a result, people in the city have been leaving the city on a large scale in recent days!

If you don't leave now, it will be troublesome when the pseudo-Tang thief army comes over. At that time, there is no eye for swords and guns, and it is normal to lose your life if you are careful, and if you die, you will die in vain, and you haven't dealt with it yet.

The people in the city fled out of the city on a large scale, trying to avoid the war, especially the gentry, who did not want to stay in the city, they were more willing to hide in the country manor, because it was safer.

This is also the case with the rulers and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but they did not prevent the people from fleeing, but did not allow them to flee with a large amount of food.

Why, because there are too many people in the city, but the food in the city is too little!

Since the water supply was cut off, Youzhou lost the support of the southern water supply, and almost immediately fell into a food crisis. The price of food was rising day by day. Before the Battle of Anping, the price of food in the city of Youzhou was already the same as in previous years. More than ten times.

But when the Ming army was defeated in the Battle of Anping and the Tang army went north quickly, because they were afraid of besieging the city, the price of food was getting higher and higher day by day. Now, the price of food in Youzhou City is dozens of times higher than in previous years, and it is still worthless. , In other words, money may not necessarily buy food.

There was some grain in the official warehouse, but it was all military rations, and it was impossible for the court to sell it, so the people had to flee on their own.

However, before the people fled, the Ming Dynasty also took precautions, that is, tens of thousands of young people were forcibly recruited, and these people could not escape. As for the rest, escape and escape. Staying in the city is just a waste. more food.

Not only ordinary gentry, in fact, many serving Ming Dynasty officials quietly left the city, on the one hand to avoid the war, and on the other hand, naturally, they did not want to sink with the broken ship of the Ming Dynasty.

The fiasco of the Battle of Anping made almost everyone in the world see that the Ming Dynasty was about to end, and this broken ship was about to sink.

But under such a dangerous predicament, the ministers in the court are still fighting for power, intrigue, and arguing about it.

Although Emperor Zhengde poisoned all the civil and military ministers who were brought to Shandong, there were actually many civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty who stayed behind in Youzhou City, and there were also many important officials.

Immediately after Emperor Shaowu ascended the throne, he promoted a group of civil servants he trusted to take power. However, after these civil servants came to power, the first thing they did was not to actively guard against the pirate army of the Tang Dynasty, but all kinds of arguments. Still doesn't help at all.

It took a lot of time to argue about the posthumous title and temple title of Emperor Zhengde, and then to argue about all kinds of messy things.

This made Emperor Shaowu from disappointment to anger!

Ma Dan, Daming is about to die, and you are still playing at home!

But there is no way to be angry. Although Emperor Shaowu is deeply educated by benevolent monarchs, it does not mean that he is stupid. He knows that the situation is very dangerous, and now he has to rely on these courtiers. After all, he is not the first emperor. Even if he thinks about it, he doesn't have that ability!

With more than 20,000 Beijing camps, I don't know who to listen to!

When Emperor Shaowu was in crisis, in Chengdu, Sichuan, King Jing, the third son of Emperor Zhengde, was different!

What is he doing?

At this moment, he is staying in the military camp to hold a military meeting.

Although Sichuan is a little far from Shandong, but through the five hundred mile emergency report, King Jing of Sichuan also learned the news today. After learning the news, he immediately took his confidants to the military camp, and then stayed in the military camp for a long time. Come out, he's waiting!

What are you waiting for, waiting for Zhang Yue to enter the river!

Since King Jing was able to be placed in Sichuan by Emperor Zhengde, he was deeply loved by Emperor Zhengde, and even when he was dying, he directly gave him a letter of succession. somewhat similar.

When he arrived in Sichuan, he used the power given to him by Emperor Zhengde to recruit and train troops in Sichuan. Now he has pulled out a 5,000-strong royal guard army, and is still recruiting and expanding a lot. Of course, now there are only people. , but there are two shortages of guns and guns. Zhang Yue is not saying that he will not give him guns, but that he is not enough to supervise himself, so he can only reluctantly free up a thousand muskets and a few guns for him.

Along with the disastrous defeat of the Anping campaign and the death of Zhengde, there was also the imperial edict of Emperor Zhengde and a handwritten letter from Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue said that he would visit Sichuan immediately and let him delay his journey!

It is precisely because Zhang Yue is coming, and he has expressed his support for him, that King Jing is not in a hurry to directly ascend to the throne by relying on Zhao Shu, but is waiting!

He is not only waiting for Zhang Yue to come, he is also waiting for the death of the prince of Youzhou City!

Even if there is a book of succession to the throne, he still does not want to be unjustifiable and leave any clue to outsiders. After the defeat of Anping, the prince who stayed behind in Youzhou will definitely be the first to ascend the throne and become emperor. Yes, this has nothing to do with whether Emperor Zhengde has passed on the throne to him or not, because the one in Youzhou City is the current prince and the rightful heir to the throne.

But Beizhili is definitely going to be finished, and the prince who stays in Youzhou will be finished soon. King Jing is very clear about this, and Zhang Yue is also clear!

Now, all they have to do is wait, wait for the death of the prince of Youzhou!

Then he, King Jing, as the third prince, also has the inheritance edict of Emperor Zhengde, so he can justly inherit the throne without giving outsiders any control!

As far as he knew, his sixth younger brother, King Hui, was no worse than him in tossing around in Liaodong. He actually persuaded the army chief in Liaodong and got the support of the local Liaodong army chief. In addition, he started to contact the surrounding forces. For example, the Mongols, Jurchens, and even sent people into North Korea, directly accepting the direct daughter of the Korean royal family as a concubine. Of course, it is not a real princess, but a side princess. More accurately, it should be called 'Mrs. Li', or Lee's.

That is not restless at all. To a certain extent, he actually controls more military power than King Jing.

But King Jing also has his own advantages. He has the inheritance edict of Emperor Zhengde, and he is older than King Hui. More importantly, he has Zhang Yue's support!

Before entering Sichuan, Zhang Yue had already hinted to Emperor Zhengde that he would support King Jing. After King Jing entered Sichuan, although Zhang Yue did not enter Sichuan to pay homage, Zhang Yue wrote to him many times, hinting to him that if there was any Change, Zhang Yue and Dubiao will stand firmly on King Jing's side.

At the same time, Zhang Yue's confidant, Song Zhiwen, is also in Chengdu now and is a frequent visitor to the palace!

The internal situation of the Ming Dynasty, with the defeat of Anping, the death of Zhengde became extremely complicated, the city of Youzhou was chaotic, and Liaodong was also unstable, especially Sichuan.

After Zhengde's death, although the three sons of Emperor Zhengde did not begin to compete for the throne on the surface, in fact, King Jing and King Hui were prepared. Or King Hui, who will be the first to ascend the throne.

Li Xuan didn't care much about the internal turmoil in the Ming Dynasty!

No matter who inherits the position of Zhengde, there is not much difference for him, and it will not change the established strategy of the Tang Dynasty: first north and then south!

In short, take the north first, and then control the northern provinces such as Beizhili, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, etc., then free up your hands to clean up Zhang Yue!

As for whether Zhang Yue supported King Jing or Emperor Shaowu, it made no difference to the Tang Dynasty!

Now the real enemies of the Tang Dynasty are actually not the three sons of Emperor Zhengde, but Zhang Yue!

The more than 100,000 superintendents and training troops under Zhang Yue's command were the confidants of the Tang army!

This is also why the First Army has been stationed in Hunan all the year round, and even after the Second Army went north to Henan, after winning the Battle of Anping, it also quickly moved south to the southwest and returned to defend the north of Anhui.

Now in the north, in fact, only the third and fourth armies are fighting, and Li Xuan himself led the guards to stay in Anping first, and then he would continue north to Youzhou with the guards.

If nothing else, he will go to the Forbidden City to browse the Forbidden City.

After finishing his trip to Youzhou, he would return south to Jinling.

As the emperor of a country, although Li Xuan was recruited by himself, he could not stay away from Jinling all the time. In this case, various variables would easily arise.

As time passed, when Tang Jun approached Youzhou, the news of Tang Jun's victory in Anping also spread widely. At first, only some upper-level people or people who were relatively close knew about it, but now, even in Guangzhou Everyone has already heard the news.

After the sample issue outside the number was sent to Guangzhou, it was printed on a large scale, and within a few days, the entire Guangzhou city knew that the Datang Wang Shi had defeated the last main force of the Ming army.

In the trade area outside Guangzhou, some businessmen didn't even have time to inquire about the detailed information. They just purchased various goods, and then shipped them on ships. Where would they go? Of course, go to the north!

The northern market is not small, and now it is about to fall under the control of Datang completely. Naturally, they want to seize the local market as soon as possible!

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