Chapter 397: Zhuang Ping’s plan

The old King Zhao passed away and the crown prince Zhang Lin ascended the throne. His younger brother Zhang Xian was very dissatisfied with him and conspired with Situ Zhuangping to launch a mutiny. In order to obtain greater capital, he won over the general of the army Li Rubing.

At this time, Li Rubing was also confused about the future. Crown Prince Zhang Lin was picked up by the late General Zhao Xin in one hand. Zhang Chuan, Sima Chong and other veterans in the army could not bear it, and they were always hard-core supporters of Zhang Lin. Therefore, after Zhang Lin succeeded to the throne, he would definitely pay more attention to Zhang Chuan, Sima Chong and other veterans. In other words, after Zhang Lin ascended the throne, it would be even more difficult for Li Rubing to attack the throne of the general.

It happened that at this time, Zhang Xian and Zhuang Ping, who were determined to launch a mutiny, invited Li Rubing. In order to realize their ambitions, Li Rubing finally decided to join Zhang Xian and Zhuang Ping's camp and launch a mutiny with them.

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 for the Lingqian of the previous king, the throne ceremony has not been officially held. Except for the ministers led by Mi Fang, the people of the world do not recognize Zhang Lin. In other words, Zhang Lin is not the king now, so the opportunity for us to launch a mutiny must be chosen before the throne ceremony. If Zhang Lin ascends the throne smoothly, then in the future, no matter how many words we have, in the eyes of the people of the world, we are all traitors. Even if we get the throne, we will be a slander forever."

Before the throne ceremony, Zhang Xian and Zhuang Ping could also launch a mutiny under the name of rebelling against the will of the previous kings by Zhang Lin, Mi Fang and others. However, once Zhang Lin officially held the throne ceremony and took over the supreme power of Zhao State, he would launch another mutiny at that time, which would be a rebellion. No matter whether it was successful or not, he would not be able to remove the identity of the rioters.

Li Rubing deeply agrees with this. Throughout history, every mutiny and coup must have a convincing reason. Even if it is fake, it must be beautiful. Otherwise, even if it is successful, it will be a failure. Therefore, Li Rubing proposed that Zhuang Ping launch a mutiny when the throne of Zhao was still nominally hanging in the air before Zhang Lin officially held the throne of the king. After success, Zhang Xian could only be the heir to the old Zhao king rather than a traitor who killed his brother and seized the throne.

"It has been almost a month since the ancestor passed away. According to the original court, the coffin of the ancestor would be stopped in Chengqian Hall forty-ninth day, and then sent to the royal tomb for burial, and then Zhang Lin's throne ceremony, so it has been less than a month for us. I wonder when the Marquis and Lord Situ thought it was the most appropriate to take action?" Li Rubing carefully calculated the time and found that it had been less than a month since Zhang Lin's throne ceremony, so in this month, he had to take action, and he had to hit it with one blow.

"I wonder how many soldiers and horses General Li can mobilize in Jinyang? How many are trustworthy?" Zhuang Ping did not answer Li Rubing's question immediately, but asked Li Rubing, if he started, how many troops could he pull up?

Li Rubing thought for a while and replied: "In Jinyang City, most of the troops are controlled by Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong. However, as a general in the army, there are still a group of trustworthy people under his command. In addition, some generals who follow him, they can pull up at least three thousand troops within a month!"

"Three thousand?" Zhuang Ping frowned. Is it more than three thousand? Not many, and very few. Since the war in front of him, there are at least 40,000 troops stationed in and outside Jinyang City. Li Rubing's 3,000 people may not even be able to make a wave in front of these people. However, Zhuang Ping also knew that Li Rubing had tried his best. You must know that since Zhang Chuan took the throne of the general, he has been strictly guarding against Li Rubing, and once deprived Li Rubing of his military power and trapped him in Jinyang City. Later, if it were not for the three kingdoms of Deng, Qin and Chu, Li Rubing would not have been able to get out of Jinyang City. Therefore, after returning to Jinyang, Li Rubing could have been able to pull up three thousand troops under the suppression of Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong.

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

After thinking for a while, Li Rubing said, "If you can get Zhang Chuan's military talisman after taking down Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong, you will have full confidence to control the entire Jinyang army!" Li Rubing did not say he died at once, but told Zhuang Ping that if you want to fully control the troops inside and outside Jinyang, it is not enough to take down Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong, but you also need to get the military talisman in Zhang Chuan's hands.

Zhuang Ping nodded. There was a very strange phenomenon in Zhao State, that is, when the general was strong, he recognized people and did not recognize military talismans in the army. Zhao Xin could do it at the beginning. Even if there was no military talisman, he could still command a million troops in Zhao State. However, when the general did not have enough ability and prestige, he recognized military talismans and did not recognize people. Obviously, Zhang Chuan belongs to this type of person. As long as he could successfully get the military talismans in Zhang Chuan's hand, he would not want to mobilize a soldier or a soldier in Zhao State's soldiers.

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

After a long time, Zhuang Ping's eyes showed a hint of firmness and said to Zhang Xian and Li Rubing: "Marquis, General Li, I have thought about it again and again and felt that the best time was when the previous king was in funeral. Only by taking action at that time can you be sure of it!"

"Will you disrespect the previous kings when they are in funeral? If they succeed, how do the people in the world think of this marquis?" Zhang Xian frowned and said. He had no objection to when they were in action, but it was only when his father and King Zhao were in funeral, which made him hesitate.

Today, although Confucianism is not as prevalent as in Chinese history, Confucianism has a very profound influence and is also very valued for filial piety. If Zhang Xian dares to take action during the funeral of King Zhao, it will be easily labeled as unfilial, which will have a great impact on Zhang Xian's reputation.

But since Zhuang Ping dared to take action at this time, it must be his reason. He smiled and said, "The Marquis was too worried. The will in the hands of Zhang Lin and Mifang were forged. They went against the will of the previous king. Therefore, when the former king was in funeral, we should make trouble and let the Great Zhao go according to the intentions of the former king. This is not only not disrespectful to the former king, but also the greatest respect for the former king. By then, the people of the world will praise the Marquis' filial piety."

Zhuang Ping's meaning is very simple. Since we launched a mutiny under the name of "making things right", what is more appropriate than taking action in front of King Zhao? "Turning things right in front of King Zhao's coffin is the greatest respect for King Zhao.

"And!" Zhuang Ping continued: "When the funeral of the previous king, Lao Jiu, the Marquis and General Li must accompany him. We can secretly mobilize a group of soldiers and horses to get into the funeral team. Perhaps we ambush a soldier outside the city first. In the inside and outside, as long as we take down Zhang Lin, Zhang Chuan, Sima Chong and Mi Fang in one fell swoop, the big thing can be settled. Zhang Chuan is in our hands, and no one can mobilize the soldiers and horses in Jinyang. Even if there are some Zhang Chuan and Sima Chong's confidants, they will be afraid of weapons and will not attack us casually. With the three thousand soldiers and horses in our hands, we will definitely succeed. Then as long as we successfully get the military talisman, everything will be settled!"

Zhuang Ping's plan can be said to be perfect, and there is nothing to be picky about. However, the more perfect the plan, the more loopholes there are, such as how to secretly arrange troops to get into the funeral team? It is worth studying. Zhang Xian and Li Rubing immediately raised questions in this regard.

Zhuang Ping said confidently: "This time, two thousand soldiers and horses will be drawn to escort the funeral team of the previous kings, and these two thousand soldiers and horses are selected from the imperial guards in the palace. Zhuang Ao, the Imperial Guard General, is the old nephew. Jieshi's subordinates will have 500 people selected for the funeral team. We can completely replace the pillars and replace all the five hundred people with elite soldiers under General Li!"

Zhuang Ping was very planning. He had arranged his nephew to enter the Imperial Army for a long time and successfully became a general in the Imperial Army. To be honest, if Zhuang Ao had not had enough ability to control his troops, he wouldn't have needed to find Li Rubing.
Chapter completed!