choke element

Chapter 168

Yang Ann!Liu Erzu!
As soon as these two names came out, Zhou Keshan couldn't help being awed.

Over the past few years, the force of the Jurchens has become weaker and weaker, and everyone can clearly see the decline of the Dajin court.Therefore, the local tyrants are more or less making preparations for hoarding soldiers and food to deal with the chaos.

Only on the east and west roads of Shandong, there are many heroes such as Zhao Fu of Enzhou, Huo Yi of Pizhou, Li Tieqiang of Weizhou, Hao Ding of Yanzhou and many other heroes secretly connecting together.Here in Laizhou, Xu Ruxian, Zhou Keshan and others are just a small group with scattered forces.

And all these people were not unconvinced when they mentioned Yang An'er and Liu Erzu.

Yang An'er is among the rebels in Shandong, with the greatest momentum and the most legendary experience.This gentleman started as a peddler selling saddle materials, recruited heroes, sent troops to fight, and fought over half of the officers and troops on Shandong Road in a few years. After that, he returned to the imperial court and still led his own elite to not be bullied by others. , Dutong also did it.

When the Mongols rose up and the imperial army was beaten to pieces, Yang An'er immediately raised the anti-flag again, fought a bloody road from Hebei, and returned to Shandong.Now it is in Juzhou and Yizhou, forcing local officials to stay in the city, not daring to move an inch, and its influence has spread to Mizhou in the north and Haizhou in the south.

Liu Erzu is the most experienced and determined person among the Taishan bandits.Back then, the bandits were appeased one after another, but Liu Erzu led his subordinates Shi Gui, Xia Quan, Peng Yibin and others to gather in danger and fight fiercely without surrendering. It has been a full ten years now, and his popularity inside and outside Mount Tai has not weakened, and the number of his followers has continued to expand.

Although these two have no direct affiliation with Xu Ruxian, Zhou Keshan and others.But what Xu Ruxian said is indeed true.Everyone was able to survive in Laizhou for so many years and manage such a comfortable situation, all thanks to the reputation of Yang An'er and Liu Erzu.

Those officials did not dare to invade, so they had no choice but to cooperate.And once they cooperate, it is possible for Xu Ruxian to use his means to make them all rich and know the taste.From this point of view, Xu Ruxian and others indeed owed favors to Yang An'er and Liu Erzu.

As a local hero, this favor cannot be ignored.Even in the wilderness, one cannot violate the rules of the wilderness.

There was a long silence in the hall.

Zhou Keshan asked: "Brother Xu, what do you want to do? I need to hear your thoughts, and I also need to know what arrangement Marshal Yang and Erzu Liu made."

Seeing this, Xu Ruxian no longer concealed it, but calmly explained the reason.

It turned out that this time the Mongolian army aggressively invaded the Central Plains, and half of Dajin's country had been smashed to pieces, and the shock to the whole place was like a catastrophe. Long-standing rebels like Yang An'er and Liu Erzu would never give up this opportunity.

Today, the two have joined hands.Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Jin army on the two roads in Shandong going north to fight the Mongols, they will choose an appropriate time to launch a large-scale operation, use their influence in the two roads in Shandong to the extreme, and overturn the entire Shandong in one go.

But in the process of intensively advancing this plan, a little accident happened.

Wanyan Sala went to Yidu, which originally caused blanks in Denglai, Ninghai and other states.But now, this gap has been filled, and what has been filled into the Laizhou Ding Navy is a vicious tiger from Zhongdu.

Guo Ning, the Dinghai Jiedushi, took office, and he must assert his due power.And once Guo Ning gains a foothold in Laizhou Dinghai, he will definitely form a fierce conflict with Yang An'er.It was because Yang An'er's previous influence in Laizhou, Dengzhou, Ninghai Prefecture, and even Weizhou was cut off by Guo Ning.

This is a big hassle.

Can Yang An'er still send someone to meet with Guo Ning and tell him that we plan to launch a full-scale campaign, please give up the territory to benefit the anti-golden cause?

...It's not impossible.

But if he really wanted to do this, it would be too embarrassing and too passive.

Yang An'er and Guo Ning had dealt with each other in Hebei, and experienced the trip to the city of Zhuozhou. Of course, Yang An'er knew that Guo Ning was definitely not a loyal minister of the Dajin court.

But Yang An'er understood better that what Guo Ning followed was not an ordinary way of rebelling against thieves.This person looks vicious, but he is actually very scheming.What he wants and what he will do, Yang An'er has always been unable to guess.

So Yang An'er entrusted this matter to Xu Ruxian, asking him to think of a way.

Xu Ruxian originally planned to force Guo Ning to go to Yidu by taking advantage of Wanyan's prestige and prestige to cut off food.Unexpectedly, Guo Ning was completely unreasonable, and directly killed Ao Tun Zhongxiao who came to threaten him, and officials from all over Laizhou rushed to Haicang Town to make amends, even the matter of food was resolved .

Now, what else can I do?
Zhou Keshan shook his head and said, "Could it be that you planned to the end and wanted us to fight that Guo Ning?"

"It's not necessary..." Xu Ruxian said with a smile: "What I set up for Guo Ning was originally a serial game."

"What kind of serial bureau?"

"Although Guo Ning is a Jiedu envoy, how can he have the power to kill the envoy? This is a serious crime! To tell you the truth, Brother Zhou, I am with Wanyan Sala, and I still have some special methods that I can use. Wanyan Sala knows Ao Tun After the news of Zhongxiao's death, Yidu's soldiers must be mobilized in a hurry to go to Haicang Town to find Guo Ning's bad luck. What we have to do is to take advantage of this opportunity to take down Ye County and take control of Laizhou Prefecture!"

"This..." Zhou Keshan gasped, "This is a rebellion!"

"This is not a rebellion!" Xu Ruxian shook his head again and again: "Brother Zhou, we are responding to the call of the Commanding Army Division of Shandong and the General Administration of Yidu Bingdu to fight against the reckless Dinghai Jiedushi...We are righteous people!"

"However, after the two decide the winner..."

"If Wanyan Sala suppresses Guo Ning, the north will still face the threat of the Mongolian army at any time. How can he have the energy to get involved in Laizhou's affairs? We will be able to deal with him by giving him some food and fodder. When the time comes, just sit and watch him fight with him." Wouldn't it be great if the Mongolian army fought life and death, and Marshal Yang's grand plan was carried out as usual?"

"What if Guo Ning wins?"

"Brother Zhou, you are confused. Then Wanyan Sasa is Guo Ning's boss. Guo Ning really dares to use weapons against his boss? Then it is not a matter of killing a police envoy. You have to kill a group of people and fight a battle." Hard fight!"

"This Guo Ning is a ruthless person. In my opinion, it's hard to guarantee what he will do."

"You mean, he really fought a fierce battle with Wanyan Sala and defeated the army of Yidu?"

"At that time, those of us who offended him, wouldn't we..."

Xu Ruxian laughed loudly: "If Guo Ningruo defeated Wanyan Sala's army, then wait for Ruoruo to rebel and become our comrades. Marshal Yang will naturally seize this opportunity and sweep Shandong in one go ! When the time comes, Marshal Yang ascends the throne and proclaims himself king and emperor, maybe he will confer an official position on Guo Ning and join us as ministers."

Zhou Keshan pondered for a while: "So that's how it is... This is to use Guo Ning as a chess piece to advance to the king."

Xu Ruxian took a step closer: "How about it, do you want to do it?"

Outside Haicang Town.

Guo Ning also exhaled: "I see."

Lu Jun rambled on for a long time until it was getting dark.The sea surface in the distance turned dark black, and the surrounding soldiers lit up pine torches one after another.In the evening, the sea breeze blew the flames flying, dragging long, violently shaking shadows behind everyone.

"In other words, blocking the army's supplies is not only Wanyan's intention, but Xu Ruxian's powerful families are also pushing for it?"

"Yes Yes."

"The fact that you are able to come now has already violated Xu Ruxian's will, and shows your loyalty to the imperial court and me, the Jiedu envoy? But Xu Ruxian and others have been acting very ostentatiously recently. Are you afraid that something will happen to Ye County when you come here?"

"Ahem, this is just speculation, but... something might happen."

"In fact, most of you local officials have been emptied out by powerful families in Laizhou, and you have long been puppets? This situation has been maintained for seven or eight years? You are afraid of the court's blame, and you are afraid of the court. Afraid that those powerful families would respond to Yang An'er, Liu Erzu and others to rebel, so they tried their best to blur the situation and pretend that nothing happened?"

"I also ask Jieshuai to forgive me, the truth is like this..."

Guo Ning asked, Lu Jun and all the officials nodded.

After the question was over, Guo Ning tugged at his mustache, a little wanting to laugh: "It seems that the powerful people in this world all act in the same way, haha."

Moved to the side Chucai coughed lightly.

Lu Jun was already sweating through his heavy clothes, and was shivering under the sea breeze: "Jie Shuai, we have no other choice, after all..."

"We understand, we understand!" Yira Chucai sighed and said, "Just two or three years ago, local officials in Shandong reported to the imperial court that although the locust plague in the Central Plains was clean after eating the grass, the locusts entered Shandong. After the east and west roads, they ate everything except wheat millet. At that time, people in Zhongdu thought it was absurd, but now it seems that the officials of the east and west roads in Shandong will do anything for their own status, just say a few words What nonsense is..."

Yila Chucai is the son of a high-ranking official, and he has seen many things in the court.It is precisely because he has seen too many scandals that he chooses to follow Guo Ning and stay away from Zhongdu.

After arriving in Shandong, the officials he saw were either idiots like Ao Tun Zhongxiao, or these irresponsible people in front of him. Even if he had long since despaired of the Dajin court, he could not help but sigh.

Guo Ning is relaxed.

"I thought that after arriving in Laizhou, I would play tricks and fight with the local officials. Now it is a good thing. If Xu Ruxian and others help me, we will wipe out the power of the imperial court in Laizhou! Next, We only need to wipe out the powerful families headed by Xu Ruxian, and we can get a clean Laizhou!"

Hearing his words became more and more unscrupulous, Lu Jun and the others felt chills, and prostrated themselves on the ground, not daring to move.

Speaking of this, Guo Ning hesitated a little: "As for Ye County..."

He turned to look at Yira Chucai.Yicha Chucai smiled and said: "We have soldiers and food, what do we do in Guanye County? Just ignore it for now."

"Haha, haha, good!"

At this time, all the generals had gathered, and many people stepped forward at the same time: "Jie Shuai, please order!"

Guo Ning nodded slightly: "I just landed today, and rest well, there will be time for you to work hard."

He turned to Xu Xuan: "What about the list you and Aluhan compiled?"

Xu Yu stepped forward quickly and offered her both hands.

Guo Ning unfolded it, looked at it twice, and shouted in a deep voice: "Monk Luo! Han Xuan! Ma Bao!"

"Here!" The three generals came out together.

"What about you? After a few days of rest, have the soldiers regained their spirits? Are you ready to fight?"

"can!"

"That's good!" Guo Ning divided the list into three parts: "Scattered and scattered throughout Laizhou, there are indeed too many places. However, the guides are all ready, so you don't have to work hard, just press the Go to the record on the list and split up."

Guo Ning stared at the three generals, accentuated his tone, and said word by word: "It will be completely wiped out within three days, and it must be uprooted, leaving no hidden dangers!"

"Obey!" The three generals were murderous.

(End of this chapter)