OBS Chapter 835 Wu Youde's Rebellion
Chapter 835 Wu Youde's Rebellion
Wu Youde, who was soaring to fame, was drinking and singing at home when a eunuch came to his house to congratulate him.
Since arriving in Jiangdong, Wu Youde, the former Prince of Nanping, has become a useless person.
Wu Sansi had been emperor for quite some time, but the rewards for him had not come down yet. He was secretly unhappy. After all, he was one of the few members of the Wu family. If Wu Sansi did not reward him, he had no choice but to cheat him.
Now, Wu Sansi came to reward him, but he was in an even worse mood. He didn't think of him when nothing happened, but when something happened, he would be crowned king and then go to risk his life. What kind of thing is this!
I feel unhappy inside, but I have to pretend to be happy on the surface.
He pretended to be overjoyed, accepted the imperial edict, and went around the barracks of the soldiers defending the city twice to ask the defending general for a list of names.
Among the three states, the most elite garrisons were naturally those under Yuezhou. Before Wu Sansi proclaimed himself emperor in Yuezhou, Yuezhou was the political center of the seven nearby states.
The defenders here are naturally of the best quality.
After careful consideration, he went to the governor's office of Shanyin County and transferred 1000 garrisons from Yuezhou, including Shanyin County.
The same thing happened to the nearby Hangzhou and Mingzhou defenders. An order was conveyed by the Yuezhou Governor's Office to draw 1,000 defenders from each state and gather them in Shanyin County, the imperial capital of Yuezhou.
After doing all this, he returned to the Prince Zhou's Palace. The sign on the door had been replaced, and the Wu Mansion had officially become the Prince Zhou's Palace.
He, Wu Youde, also became the first prince under the Great Wu regime.
"What a pity. After all, this is not my home, Wu Youde. I must go back."
He chuckled, closed the door, announced to everyone that he would have a good rest, and then went to the backyard.
In the study in the backyard, Wu Youde saw the person who came to contact him.
"We will depart the day after tomorrow. Please travel day and night to deliver the news. Your Highness, please, after we leave, rush to Yuezhou day and night to capture the rebels."
The man slowly turned around and looked at Wu Youde.
This is a man wearing a hero helmet and a mask on his face. This was the outfit of Ma Rong, the leader of the 19 thieves of Baihelin in the past, but the man under this outfit today is not Ma Rong.
This is Li Wenzhong!
"When I came here, Cunxi said that he was very surprised by your sudden surrender, so from the beginning, he didn't make any promises to you."
"So, this time, he is ready to make a promise to you."
"There are only three princes left in the Wu family: Wu Chengsi, Prince of Jin, Wu Youxu, Prince of Han, and Wu Yanhao, Prince of Liang. After this war against Wu is over, you will be the Prince of Yan of the new Tang Dynasty."
Li Wenzhong took off his mask.
"If you still have doubts about what I said, seeing this face should put your mind at ease."
Wu Youde was stunned for a second, then immediately turned over and knelt.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the King of Chu!"
After they escaped, Wu Sansi established a country in the 19 states of Jiangdong, and Wu Youde lived a secluded life for a period of time.
It was not until the news of Li Xian's coup and suicide, and the news of Wu Zetian's enthronement of kings, that he learned that a major change had occurred in Luoyang.
He had seen the person in front of him in the court.
The only surviving brother of Qin Wang Li Cunxi so far, the former Duke of Huang and the new King of Chu, Li Wenzhong.
"I came here in person to look for you. This shows how much Cunxi values you. I hope you won't let him down."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I, Wu Youde, did do the wrong things and followed the wrong people in the past, but I, Wu Youde, have turned over a new leaf!"
"Okay!" Li Wenzhong patted Wu Youde's shoulder and helped him up. "Prince Yan, you and I will inevitably be vassals in the same palace in the future, so there is no need to perform such a grand ceremony for me."
"Thank you, Your Highness the King of Chu. I wonder if Your Highness the King of Qin has any other instructions?" Wu Youde was grateful.
"No, you just need to follow the original plan. When you go south to transport food, someone will naturally come to find you. I will stay in the capital and wait for the Cunxi army."
Li Wenzhong put on the mask again and raised the corners of his mouth.
"As for delivering the message, someone has already done it."
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At the same time, Long Feng led the Iron Snake Group and began a killing spree in Changzhou.
Forty percent of the noble families in Changzhou were killed by the Iron Snake Group's killers overnight. The remaining aristocratic families were so scared that they quickly united, but they were also killed before dawn.
For two whole days, all the families in Changzhou who had participated in welcoming Wu Sansi to Jiangdong to proclaim himself emperor were slaughtered, and not a single one was left alive.
After the massacre in Changzhou ended, all the members of the Iron Snake Group entered the territory of Runzhou and began searching in Runzhou.
At dawn on the third day, Li Cunxi met Zhao Wanquan from Shanyin County, Yuezhou. The sturdy man immediately told Li Cunxi about Wu Youde's itinerary.
"Got it, let's clean up then."
"This time, let's turn Jiangdong into a sea of blood."
Li Cunxi chuckled. The day before yesterday, Zhou Qi brought the brothers from Cunzhou Village into Hangzhou. Wu Chengsi asked Li Feixiong to bring nearly a thousand bandits from Taihang Mountain to help. The two sides joined forces to form a team of nearly two thousand people, and they had already killed so many wealthy families in Hangzhou that their scalps were numb.
Now, most of the aristocratic families in the four states of Runzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou and Huzhou have been massacred. The remaining ones are not completely innocent and have been temporarily spared.
The road to the south is now open. Half of the garrisons in Muzhou, Yuezhou and Mingzhou were transferred away today. Wu Sansi of Yuezhou now only has his several thousand imperial guards left.
The five thousand cavalrymen of the Left and Right Yuqian Guards were gathered in a very short time, and Hu Jinghui commanded a thousand Qianniu Guards cavalrymen to line up outside the city.
Because they had to march over a long distance, these cavalrymen only brought dried meat and drinking water, and they wanted to charge into Yuezhou in one go.
Li Cunxi called Li Yuanfang, Wu Yanhao, Xuguzi, Yuan Tiangang, Luo Binwang, Ma Rong, Qiao Tai and Miha who was sent back by Wulezhi to report the news. They left Han Mansion and found Lu Feng. They asked Lu Feng to stay well in Kunshan County and he would surely have a chance to make a name for himself in the future.
After Lu Feng agreed, Li Cunxi looked down at Qianli Yizhangqing, who was already an old horse, and said:
"After this war is over, you should live a good life for a few years."
Upon hearing this, Wu Yanhao lowered his head to glance at the Taxue Feihong under his crotch.
His horse Taxue Feihong is no younger than the young horse Qianli Yizhang. After the war to destroy Wu, he and Taxue Feihong will have to retire together.
"Everyone, let's set off on a long journey to Shanyin, Yuezhou!"
Li Cunxi turned his horse around and led everyone to find Hu Jinghui.
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Shanyin County, Yuezhou.
Wu Youde got up early, called up the soldiers, and took them to escort the food and grass south to deliver it to Li Xiaoyi and Yang Dacheng.
Yang Dacheng led the 50,000-strong Right Eagle Guard and marched quickly into Wenzhou. Together with Li Xiaoyi, they blocked Li Kaigu outside Jianzhou and Wenzhou, preventing him from advancing even a single step.
On the other side, a large number of cavalrymen galloped towards Zhang Renyuan’s camp in Fuzhou.