Chapter 116 Zhai Rang rebelled
Zhai Hong returned to Wagang. The news he brought back was like a basin of cold water, poured on the heads of the people of Wagang who were full of expectations, extinguishing the only hope in their hearts, and completely shattering the unrealistic fantasy they were unwilling to give up.
Thieves are thieves, black is black. Unless the world subverts, the thief cannot turn into a hero, and black is even more impossible to turn white. Zhai Rang and the Wagang people could never put themselves in their positions. They wished that the Zheng family of Xingyang would not abandon them, and even hoped to reversal the world with the huge power of the Zheng family of Xingyang, from black to white, and re-enter the ranks of nobles and nobles.
In fact, this wish is not out of line. They were originally victims of political games, but the Guanlong people had the upper hand in the game. If the Shandong people gained the upper hand one day, Zhai Rang and Wagang people did have the hope of restoring their aristocratic status, but the premise is that Zhai Rang and Wagang people must have enough value and deserve the help of the Zheng family in Xingyang.
The situation in Henan is very obvious. The Zheng family in Xingyang was completely defeated by the Guanlong people with natural disasters and man-made disasters. They basically lost the power to fight back and even had difficulty breathing. How could they have the strength to save their little brothers? At this moment, the boss of the Zheng family in Xingyang urgently needed their little brothers to charge for it, sacrifice themselves to die, and gain time for it to breathe and counterattack, instead of continuing to hide under its precarious wings, watching it suffer from the crazy attacks of the enemy in front of it, helpless, indifferent, and even fleeing in panic.
The Zheng family of Xingyang was angry and was angry at the fear, cowardice, retreat, and inaction of the nobles in Henan in critical moments. When I need you the most, you dare not fight for me and do not want to die for me. So why should I protect you? Second- and third-rate nobles hope to have power and power, and have their own interests. They are both ally and competitors with the Zheng family of Xingyang. Of course, it is impossible to do their best to safeguard the interests of the Zheng family of Xingyang. However, the nobles, such as Zhai Rang, who fell into "hell", are actually master-servant relationships with the Zheng family of Xingyang. In critical moments, they are not willing to fight for their kindness, which is betrayal. How could the Zheng family of Xingyang be willing to forgive the rebel slaves?
Zhai Rang and the Wagang people were indeed suspected of betrayal at critical moments.
When Li Fengyun led the Southwest Shandong Rebel Alliance to enter the Central Plains and the situation in Henan deteriorated sharply, Zhai Rang and the people of Wagang saw that the Zheng family in Xingyang seemed to be unable to support it, and it seemed that they had lost the ability to protect them, and it would be difficult for them to restore their identities in the future. So they had the idea of changing their ranks and joining the Wei family in Guanzhong to help Jiyin prefect Wei Baoluan.
There were not many Wagang people who had this idea at that time, but only Zhai Hong revealed it alone. Fortunately, the Wagang people were still sober and knew that the lean camel was bigger than the horse. The Zheng family in Xingyang was a super rich family in Zhongtu. It had a history of thousands of years and had a deep foundation. A storm could not do anything to it. So Zhai Rang sent Zhai Hong to Xingyang to inquire about the news. In name, he was asking for advice from the Lord of Enemy, but in fact he was to investigate the reality of the Zheng family in Xingyang so that he could plan for his future. In the final analysis, if the wind was changed, if the wind direction was wrong, he should be on his back and forth the master. It was natural to choose a tree to live in a good way. He was desperate and had to raise the flag to rebel and go all the way to the dark.
The Zheng family in Xingyang has been an "old demon" for thousands of years. Who has never seen it? Zhai Rang's little thoughts have nowhere to be seen in their eyes, and Zhai Rang's value is even more worth mentioning in their eyes. Therefore, after Zhai Hong arrived in Xingyang, he had no chance to enter the Zheng family's gate. Fortunately, he also had some friends in Xingyang. After many days, he finally learned about the attitude of the Zheng family in Xingyang from the children of a second-rate family.
Zhai Rang and the Wagang people finally paid the price for their own pursuit, and at the same time they finally saw the harsh environment they were in. In fact, since the shocking fire in Baima City soared into the sky, Zhai Rang and the Wagang people have already embarked on the road of no return. For them, if they want to return to the ranks of nobles and want to live a stable life again, they can only fight in blood and become the strongest, and only rely on their own strength to subvert the world. For this reason, they must abandon unrealistic fantasies, must be self-reliant, must fight a path from many obstacles, and must control their own destiny.
Zhai Hong was very depressed. Zhai was just a second- and third-rate aristocrat in Henan, with limited strength. If you want to survive and develop and pass on it from generation to generation, you must rely on wealthy families, otherwise you will be destroyed at any time. Countless nobles in history have turned into dust, and generations of nobles have gradually formed a deep-rooted view of survival under the oppression of cruel reality, that is, "dependence". Lower nobles depend on higher nobles, higher nobles depend on super nobles, and super nobles stand
At the top of the pyramid of power and wealth, they are the rulemakers of this world. They have the right to distribute power and wealth. They are "tower trees". Once all those who rely on "tower trees" lose the protection of the "tower trees", their weak bodies will be swept away by the storm. In Zhai Hong's view, Zhai's family has lost the protection of the Zheng family in Xingyang and has been abandoned by the Zheng family in Xingyang. The last glimmer of hope for the Zhai family to make a comeback is shattered, and Zhai's family is finished.
Zhai Rang was calm instead. His fantasy was shattered, and the pain and resentment in his heart were imagined, but at the same time he also burst into unwilling cry. Since he could not count on others, he could only rely on himself. Perhaps under the favor of God, he could fight a bloody path and a great cause of earth-shaking kings and dominance.
"What should we do next?" Zhai Hong sighed and looked at everyone. A deep sadness appeared in his low tone. "According to the Zheng family of Xingyang, we should charge for it, but when Wei Envoy was in danger, we watched coldly and did not help. Now that Jiyin is in danger, Wei Envoy cannot escape the jail. He hates us to the core. Even if we are determined to join us, he will not take it in."
Bing Yuanzhen was in a heavy mood, and the future was dark, and the pressure brought by the darkness almost suffocated him. But at this moment, he had to fight to the death and fight to the death. He looked up at Zhai Hong, who was immersed in despair, and asked coldly, "From the news obtained from Xingyang, can it be concluded that the Zheng family and the Wei family have formed an alliance? Can it be concluded that the Zheng family wants to help the Wei family suppress the rebellion and suppress the thieves?"
The Zheng family in Henan was in danger this time, and the one who suffered the most heavy losses was the Zheng family in Xingyang, and the Guanlong people were besieging the Zheng family on all sides, which is well known. So based on this, what reason does the Zheng family in Xingyang have to form an alliance with the Wei family? Is there no Wei family in Guanlong people who besieged the Zheng family this time? Under the current situation, the in-laws between the Zheng family and the Wei family can actually not resist the hatred caused by the heavy damage to the Zheng family. The bloody Zheng family will never swallow their anger.
He lowered his arrogant head and formed an alliance with Wei to attack the Shandong rebel army. Therefore, Bing Yuanzhen had reason to suspect that the news that Zhai Hong had found out from Xingyang was not accurate. If the Zheng family had not formed an alliance with Wei, then the Wagang people did not do anything wrong without helping Wei Baoluan. Then the purpose of Zheng's criticism of the Wagang people's treason was to ask the Wagang people to attack Wei, and use the Wagang people's charge to change the situation on the front line of Tongjiqu, and then achieve the purpose of counterattacking the Guanlong people.
"The Censor Wei Yunqi, the Censor of the Secretary, has already left the pass, and now he has set up camp on the old Yellow River road north of the Ji River. The villages and clan groups in various parts of Henan are flocking to the sky. This is not enough to prove that the Zheng family and the Wei family are all formed?" Zhai Hong was exhausted and he was also weak in speaking. "It is said that Wei Yunqi rushed to Tongjiqu at this moment to pave the way for the King of Qi to go out of Beijing to suppress the rebellion. His main goal was not Li Fengyun, but to compromise with the local forces on the line of Tongjiqu. Li Fengyun's
With limited strength, the King of Qi led his army out of the capital to suppress the rebellion, and it would be a big deal. However, if the local forces on the Tongji Canal line do not cooperate and secretly restrain them, the victory or defeat is hard to say. The King of Qi cannot afford to lose, and the King of Qi's goal is the Eastern Palace and the position of the crown prince. Therefore, if the King of Qi wants to win this battle, he must win the support of the Zheng clan of Xingyang. The Zheng clan of Xingyang is in a difficult situation. If the King of Qi and Wei take the opportunity to coerce and induce, will Zheng clan have other countermeasures besides compromise?"
"Of course, the Zheng family must compromise." Bing Yuanzhen said, "But is the Zheng family really compromising or a false compromise? If it is a real compromising and sincerely want to form an alliance with Wei family and determined to intervene in the battle of imperial throne, why doesn't the Zheng family in Xingyang send us to the battlefield of suppressing rebellion? Why do we have to force us to a desperate situation and let us raise our flag to rebel? At this moment, when we raise the flag in Dongjun, we will inevitably form a force of attacking Li Fengyun from the north and south. Wei Yunqi then fell into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides, and then the situation will be detrimental to the people of Guanlong again."
Bing Yuanzhen looked at Zhai Rang, exchanged glances with Shan Xiongxin, Wang Bodang and others, and then continued, "If the situation does develop as someone said, can we understand that this is a fierce counterattack by Zheng against the people of Guanlong? And we have fulfilled our promise and charged for Zheng, then will the Zheng family ease their attitude towards us? If we have the secret support of Zheng and the help of local forces in Henan, can we take the opportunity to rise in Henan?"
Bing Yuanzhen once again made it clear that he would raise the flag publicly, and Shan Xiongxin, who supported the flag, wanted Wang Bo Han to be his brothers, and Wang Dangren, to follow Bing Yuanzhen, and strongly encouraged Zhai Rang to make up his mind immediately.
This time, Zhai Hong, Wang Ruxin and others who opposed the flag-raising rebellion were no longer stubborn, and Xu Shiyi, who did not support the flag-raising, was secretly recruiting troops and storing strength in the Lihu area. Therefore, in this crucial military discussion, the opinions of Bing Yuanzhen, Shan Xiongxin and others had an absolute advantage. Zhai Rang made a resolute decision and publicly raised the flag-raising rebellion.
Chapter completed!