Volume 1 Chapter 98 The Eighteen Rebel Kings
Zhen Yueling could still endure this little pain. Compared with the heartache, it was nothing.
Zhen Yueling stared at Jiang Yue fiercely, crying and not saying a word.
In fact, she was very angry now. She just rushed over and hadn't thought about what to say to Jiang Yue yet, so she was in this state now.
Jiang Yue rode on his warhorse, looking down at her, and said in a cold voice: "The army is going to war, please get out of the way!"
Good fellow, this ruthless remark was like a fuse that ignited the powder keg of Zhen Yueling. She pointed directly at Jiang Yue on the warhorse and cursed, "Well, when there was no one in the Zhen Mansion before, you kept yelling at me, "Little Lingling, and now that you're a general, you call me an outsider!
You ungrateful man, go to hell!"
Jiang Yue's face darkened when he heard this. The people watching the excitement around him started to talk about it. They pointed at Jiang Yue and whispered, "This guy is not a decent person. How could he let down such a good girl?"
At this moment, Jiang Yue wished he could find a hole in the ground to jump into. Zhen Yueling was still an unmarried girl, and now she was openly saying such humiliating words to herself in the street in front of everyone. She was really outrageous.
But it wasn't over yet, Zhen Yueling continued to scold, "Now that you're a general, you despise me because I'm ugly, don't you?
You think that I am older than you and would bring shame to you, the general, by marrying me?
You want to marry those young girls who are only fifteen or sixteen years old, right? That way you can be worthy of your status as a general, right? "
"Oh, so that's it!" The people around all started to make a noise.
Jiang Yue was so angry after hearing these three fatal questions that he couldn't help but yell out, "Nonsense! How could I possibly dislike you?"
"Oh~ there's a twist!" the people shouted again.
Upon hearing this, Zhen Yueling immediately said, "Since you don't dislike me, why didn't you acknowledge me yesterday?
Are you going to compromise now that there are so many people around?
Speak up!"
"I'm not forcing you to have it. If you don't like it, I have plenty of people who like it!"
"There are many people who don't mind my age. I don't have to marry you!"
"The general is so great, but I don't even look down on him!"
Zhen Yueling's temper never stops. Jiang Yue is overwhelmed, but he feels warm and happy in his heart.
Seeing that he couldn't stop Zhen Yueling from talking, Jiang Yue jumped off his horse and walked quickly towards Zhen Yueling.
As Jiang Yue got closer and closer, Zhen Yueling couldn't help but start to panic, and shouted in panic: "What do you want to do? I'll tell you... um..."
Before she could finish her words, Jiang Yue hugged her forcefully, held her tightly in his arms, then bent down and kissed her, shutting up Zhen Yueling's endless mouth.
Suddenly the people around started shouting again: "Oh~ exciting, so cool!
Wow, this is a powerful trick, and sure enough, the girl stopped screaming!"
"It's never too late to learn. I have to go back and try this trick on my old hag!"
After a long time, their lips parted. Zhen Yueling didn't say another word. Her cheeks turned red and she lowered her head shyly, not daring to look at Jiang Yue again.
Jiang Yue stared at her little head and said gently, "Wait for me to come back, okay?"
Zhen Yueling quickly nodded obediently, looking like a little wife.
If you don’t know, you would think they are already married.
In the crowd in the distance, Sun Shang was almost furious when he saw this scene, but he could do nothing about it.
He is a very principled person. He believes in public and private, and will never abuse his power for personal gain.
But having said that, he still felt extremely uncomfortable and hated Jiang Yue.
Even though he knew that he was highly valued by the emperor and that Jiang Yue played a role in that, it didn't mean that he could tolerate the girl he had been pursuing for nearly two months being abducted.
He has been thinking about Zhen Yueling day and night these days, and he can't tell how painful his heart is now. Sun Shang didn't want to see these two guys showing their affection here anymore, so he snorted coldly and walked away.
The eighteen rebel kings within the Great Sun Dynasty all sent out troops to revolt and revolt at the same time, which was obviously a matter of mutual communication.
These people were backed by the Murong family to the east of the capital and the wealthy business groups in the east. The Governor-General of Sanjiang, Pei Yuan, directly governed Jiangdong Province, Jiangxia Province and Jiangsui Province, and controlled the political and military affairs of the three provinces.
After the rebellion, Pei Yuan proclaimed himself King of Sanjiang and was the most powerful of the six rebel armies in the east of the Great Sun Dynasty.
The second is Admiral Gan Ce of Weihaiwei, who is in charge of all the navy and naval forces in the eastern border of the Great Sun Dynasty. He has one million amphibious troops, which is the largest force among the Eastern rebel kings.
Admiral Gan Ce has not returned to the capital to meet the emperor for five years, so that he has great influence in the Canghai area, and the court's control over him has long been in name only.
Even if he did not rebel and declare himself king this time, he would be no different from a prince. He had long been independent of the imperial court, and the imperial court had been in civil war for many years and had no spare time to care about him.
Now he took advantage of the situation and proclaimed himself king in one fell swoop, calling himself the King of the Sea. How majestic!
Next is the governor of Pingtai Province, north of Jiangdong Province, Chen Anbang, who calls himself the King of Pingtai.
The governor of Liaogu Province south of Jiangxia Province, Zhou Xin, called himself the King of Liaogu.
The governor of Takeda Province, southwest of Jiangsu Province, learned his name and called himself King Wu.
There is also the prefect of Tianshui Prefecture, which is close to Canghai, Murong Han, who calls himself the King of Tianshui.
Then there was Feng Chengyun, the governor of two states south of the capital, who provided support to the Sima family and the southern wealthy business groups. He directly governed Xiangzhou Province and Baozhou Province, and controlled the political and military affairs of the two provinces.
He also proclaimed himself the King of Nanxiang, and was the most powerful of the six rebel armies in the south of the Great Sun Dynasty.
Their equal in power is the regular commander of the regular troops, Wan Hou. He has no territory under his command, but commands 800,000 Black Armored Troops, who have been doing support work all year round. After the chaos in the government, the court almost forgot about them. Their military pay and rations have been cut off for nearly a year, and they are completely self-sufficient.
Wan Hou had wanted to rebel for a long time, and had intended to become a mountain bandit, but he happened to encounter this dynasty, so he simply led 800,000 Black Armor soldiers and proclaimed himself the Black Armor King, rising up in rebellion.
Then there was the governor of Nanwang Province, west of Xiangzhou Province, Zhuang Xiong, who proclaimed himself the King of Nanxiong.
He Guang, the governor of Dongwang Province in the east of Xiangzhou Province, proclaimed himself King of Dongguang.
Fang Xinghai, the governor of Ganchang Province in the east of Baozhou Province, proclaimed himself the King of Qiankun.
And the prefect of Guhe Prefecture near the southern border, Sima Liang, who called himself the King of Guhe.
Finally, there is the Governor-General Duan Rui of Hanling, who is west of the capital of the Great Sun Dynasty and is backed by the Eastern aristocratic families and Western wealthy business groups. He directly governs the Handa Province and Lingquan Province, and controls the political and military affairs of the two provinces.
He proclaimed himself King Ling of Han and was the most powerful of the six rebel armies in the west of the Great Sun Dynasty.
The second is Yuan Zimo, the admiral of Zhenxi who is in charge of the overall military affairs of the western region. His original function was to control the garrison troops of all the provincial capitals in the west. After he started the rebellion, he proclaimed himself King Yuan. He had a private army of 500,000 and was constantly gathering troops from various cities. His strength should not be underestimated.
Then there was the governor of Li Province, east of Handa Province, Deng Yan, who proclaimed himself King of Li.
The governor of Yunlu Province south of Handa Province, Wei Shu, proclaimed himself the King of Yunlu.
The governor of Fei Province, north of Lingquan Province, Xiong Wenwen, proclaimed himself the King of Fei.
And the prefect of the mountain prefecture near Xiyuan City, Dongfang Taishan, who proclaimed himself the King of Taishan.
These eighteen rebel kings each ruled their own territories. Although they had the same goal, they all had their own ulterior motives. Some wanted to seize the throne, some wanted to live in peace in one area, and some even wanted to declare themselves emperor!
With the support of major families and wealthy businessmen, they began to stir. Their ambitions were aroused. Everyone immediately recruited soldiers, forged weapons, and even recruited military advisors to give them advice.
The powerful rebel king has already gathered his troops and started attacking nearby cities to expand his power and territory.
For a while, the entire Great Sun Dynasty was in chaos. The court's decrees could not be promulgated at all, and when they reached the local areas, there was no news.
Naturally, the ones who suffer are the common people. When the various rebel kings want to rebel, they naturally need money and food. But who will pay for these things? Naturally, it is the people in their own jurisdiction.
Taxes increased greatly, and in some places people even started to rob food directly, either leaving only enough food for the people to get through the winter, or robbing everything without leaving a single grain.
Suddenly, the people in the dynasty cried out in grief and grievances were everywhere. In just one week, a large number of victims and refugees gathered.
These rebel kings would not care about the lives of these disaster victims and refugees. As long as the war is over, the people must be appeased. But now, their own future and lives are in danger, so why would they care about their lives?
The refugees had nowhere to go, so they all ran towards the capital. They ate and ate along the way, and even the originally prosperous city was affected.
Some people were so hungry that they ignored the law and started to rob food. As time went on, they got used to robbing and didn't care too much. They were unreasonable and just started to attack, just like bandits in refugee clothes. They didn't look like ordinary people at all.
Such a scene is truly the scene of a country's demise.
Sai Yuan City
The warriors of Mahayana Baoguo were still attacking the city. Although they had broken through the three passes of Yumen, Chijin and Xining, they had lost news of the main force that was supposed to attack Jiuquan Pass on the second day after the attack, and there was no news from the marshal.
After learning the news, the commander-in-chief of the three armies of Mahayana Kingdom immediately sent people to contact Amitabha Pass, but there was still no news.
When the three armies joined forces to attack Xiyuan City of the Great Sun Dynasty, they encountered fierce resistance. Later, Xiyuan Pass received reinforcements, making it even more difficult to attack.
As time went by, there was still no sign of Marshal Lian Yi leading the main force to support, and the generals leading the three armies began to panic. After they sent more than a dozen people back to Mituo Pass to report the news, one person finally came back seriously injured, giving them devastating news!
Amitabha Pass was breached and occupied by the Great Sun Dynasty!
Oh my god, our retreat route has been cut off, which means our supplies are also cut off!
After the three generals personally led their troops to investigate and prove the truth, they immediately hid within the three passes and began to discuss countermeasures.
In the end, they decided to continue attacking Xiyuan City. Because they didn't know how many troops of the Great Sun Dynasty were inside Mituo Pass, they didn't dare to return to attack easily.
They knew that there were millions of troops in Amitabha Pass. If such a powerful force could be lost, one could imagine how many troops the Great Sun Dynasty had dispatched, so they absolutely could not confront them head-on.
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