The Three Kingdoms: Summoned generals at the beginning, shocking Cao Cao

Chapter 358 General Pingdong, harboring evil intentions

The state capital of Qingzhou is Linzi. At this time, Gan, Yuan Zhongzheng and Pingdong General Rongxia, the governor of the state, were arguing.Although the new army in Qingzhou was transferred to Guangdong to suppress the rebellion, the garrison troops were also veterans who had experienced the baptism of war.On the premise that Rong Xia already knew that Liu Shao was stationed in the Jibei Kingdom, he still chose to disperse his troops and dared not destroy Liu Shao.

He didn't know how Rong Xia got into the position of General Pingdong. He was as timid as a mouse and could only bully the common people.Could it be that the imperial court has fallen into an era of corruption?But today, His Majesty governs the country well, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no sign of troubled times.

"Rong Xia, as General Pingdong, you don't think about suppressing thieves, you only care about collecting people's fat and anointing, so you are in vain as a minister." Gan Yuanzhong pointed at Rong Xia's nose and cursed.

Rong Xia is not easy to provoke, he opened Gan Yuanzhong's hand, held the saber on his waist with one hand and said coldly: "Say that I search for people's fat and people's anointing, you can write to the court. As long as I am General Pingdong for a day, you will Don't try to mobilize a single soldier."

"You, you, you just watched Liu Shao grow his strength in Jibei Kingdom. Once his army and horses are reorganized, which city can be defended?"

"Hmph, when the time comes, the imperial army will come to quell the rebellion, so don't worry about it."

After finishing speaking, before Gan Yuanzhong could speak, he left the state pastoral mansion with his personal guards.

Annoyed, Gan Yuanzhong jumped on the spot, scolding Rong Xia for not being a thing, but a beast.

After returning to Daying, Rong Xia called his confidantes and said to them: "Gan Yuanzhong, this idiot, wants to report to the imperial court to cut off our financial resources. Brothers, do you agree?"

Zhang Qi, Rong Xia's subordinate, said: "No! If he wants to report to the court, we will kill him so that he has no chance to speak. Then let the Lord arrange for our people to manage Qingzhou, and rely on Qingzhou's sea transportation in the future. We can all be as rich as an enemy."

Zhang Qi is a native of Linzi. He followed his uncle to make furniture for wealthy families in Linzi for a living since he was a child.Later, he mixed with Rong Xia and found a few concubines for Rong Xia, and now he has also become Rong Xia's captain, controlling a troop of troops.

It was his idea for Rong Xia to let the defenders in each city participate in the smuggling, and there was an endless stream of large ships along the coast, Qingzhou seemed to be a huge smuggling distribution center.

Countless aristocratic families sent people to engage in commercial activities in Qingzhou, earning a lot of money, and had close contacts with Rong Xia.Some aristocratic clans took the opportunity to bribe Rong Xia with a lot of money and asked him to provide several weapon arsenals in Qingzhou, which allowed the clansmen to have a large number of weapons.

Now Qingzhou is already a quagmire, Rong Xia's situation is very delicate, he dare not attack the rebels, fearing that they will expose what he has done to the court.However, he couldn't keep delaying the suppression of the bandits, so the court would send someone to replace him, and he still had no way out.

"Brothers, how do I, Rong Xia, treat you?"

Everyone said in unison: "I have received a lot of favor from elder brother."

Rong Xia nodded in satisfaction and said: "We killed Gan Yuanzhong, and you will mobilize the soldiers who are united with us. We occupy Linzi and form horns with Liu Shao's Jibei Kingdom. Even if thousands of troops come to attack, We are not afraid either."

Hearing his words, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to answer for a while.

Zhang Qi stood up fiercely: "Brothers, if the court finds out about our smuggling, it is a felony to punish the nine clans. It is not much better than rebellion. It is better to fight. If it works, we are all servants of the dragon." .”

Several people heard Zhang Qi's words and stood up to express their approval.The rest of the people could only follow suit, otherwise they might not be able to get out of this room.

"At midnight tonight, attack the State Shepherd's Mansion and kill Gan Yuanzhong to sacrifice the flag. Once you succeed, Zhang Qi, go and contact Liu Shao, and the two of us will form an alliance."

Everyone returned to their camps one after another, and asked their cronies to discuss the matter of raising troops.

In Liaocheng, Guo Huai and Ningsu slept with the cavalry in the post house. They were not far from Linzi. After entering Jinan, a new army of 2000 people would meet them.

This new army was a counter-insurgency army returning from Guangdong. They traveled by sea, changed the armor of the garrison, and secretly entered Jinan City, in order to cooperate with Guo Huai to solve Rong Xia by surprise.

What Rong Xia has done has already made the Ministry of War unbearable towards him, but there is no suitable candidate in Qingzhou to replace him, otherwise Guo Huai would not be able to parachute from Chang'an, which is not in line with Dahan's usual way of appointing officials.

However, the rebels in Qingzhou controlled the sea transportation, which had a huge impact on the transportation of grain from the south into Kanto and Guanzhong, and even the grain price in Chang'an fluctuated.

Therefore, the Ministry of War is also a special case, and a capable young general like Guo Huai is asked to put down the rebellion.Naturally, it is necessary to give him some help. This new army is only one of them, and there are several others that are active in Langya and Buqi.

As long as Guo Huai takes office, he can secretly attack Liu Shao who is entrenched in Jibei Kingdom.

"Brother, brothers are all ready. Our heads are tied with red silk, and Sun Ze has already led his men to ambush on the side of the state pastoral mansion. After three cannon shots, we will rush into the state pastoral mansion and arrest Gan. This old thief Yuan Zhong hacked to death." Zhang Qi whispered in Rong Xia's ear.

At this time Rong Xia's house was sitting with a group of generals and generals from Linzi. He called them together under the pretext of discussing counter-insurgency matters, and wanted to force them to rebel with him.

Now hearing Zhang Qi's report that everything was in order, Rong Xia stood up and overturned the table in front of him.He took the red silk handed over by Zhang Qi, tied it on his forehead, drew out his long sword and shouted: "Cutting off one's wealth is like killing one's parents. Gan Yuanzhong wants to cut off the wealth of his brothers, and he also wants to report to the court. Wouldn't it be great if we killed this thief tonight, turned against the imperial court, and occupied Qingzhou?"

Several people who had colluded with him for a long time responded one after another, and some generals who disagreed were cut down by Zhang Qi and others before they could speak.

Some of them yelled at Rong Xia, scolding him for dying and not being human.

"Fire!" Rong Xia said to Zhang Qi when he saw that the remaining people in the room agreed to join him in raising troops.

Three cannons had already been set up in the yard, Zhang Qi operated them himself and fired three cannons.

The men and horses hiding in the alley on the side of the State Shepherd's Mansion immediately took out the red silk and tied it on their heads and killed them towards the State Shepherd's Mansion.It was already midnight, the concierge of the State Shepherd's Mansion was asleep, everyone climbed up the wall smoothly, turned into the yard, and opened the door from the inside.

Entering the State Shepherd's Mansion and killing anyone he sees, Gan Yuanzhong is reading the official documents sent by Langya in the study.Awakened by the sound of shouting and killing outside, I was about to go out to check.

(End of this chapter)