Xiaoqi

Wu Yi was astonished when he heard the sound, nodded subconsciously, and simply said frankly: "It is exactly as the general said. At the end of the day, I got a report half an hour ago. Formerly led the army to attack the counties of Berkshire one after another, captured Jiangzhou, recovered the whole territory of Berkshire, led the army to capture Fushui Pass five days ago, and is currently leading [-] cavalry straight to Chengdu.

At the same time, General Zhao Yun's troops, under the command of the general, marched rapidly. They had already conquered Shu Road and Guanghan County, and attacked cities and villages along the way.At present, General Zhao Yun is leading an army of [-] to attack Shu County, forming a two-pronged attack with Li Siam's army, approaching Chengdu. "

Before he finished speaking, Wu Yi added: "Judging from the speed of the army under the general's command, at the latest this evening, more than one hundred thousand troops under the general's command will be approaching the city."

Li Li didn't seem to be surprised when he heard the words, he nodded slightly with a calm expression, and said with a smile on his face: "It's expected. It's just two days later than planned. I think the journey is not going well, and I encountered some troubles. Okay." After all, they have lived up to their mission and arrived in time, and they have not concealed their flaws, which is commendable."

Hearing the sound, Wu Yi was stunned, and subconsciously rolled his eyes. Seeing Li Li's handsome and confident smile, he was speechless for a while, and there was a turbulent sea in his heart, and his horror could not be added.

These words were spoken too easily and casually, as carelessly as chatting, which allowed Wu Yi to truly see what a king's arrogance and prestige are.He really deserves to be the all-powerful overlord of the world, no wonder he has been able to dominate Xiliang for many years.This demeanor, this demeanor, is the posture of a unparalleled king in the world.With Li Li's detached and arrogant mind and demeanor alone, it is not comparable to Yizhou Mu Liuzhang.It's a world of difference, and they can't be compared at all.

Speaking of which, Wu Yi only met Li Li once before, and that was the battle of Yangping Pass during the battle for Hanzhong.

In that battle, the Yizhou generals and tens of thousands of Yizhou soldiers really saw the power of the Xiliang iron cavalry, and Li Lisuan's unparalleled strategy, so that Zhao Wei, Wu Yi, Zhang Ren and others survived after the war. More than [-] soldiers.He kept secret about the real situation of the Battle of Hanzhong, never mentioned the unbearable experience in Hanzhong, and even more firmly denied the fact that he was defeated and captured.

to this end.All the surviving soldiers of Yizhou unified their caliber from top to bottom, unanimously claiming that Zhang Lu in Hanzhong secretly colluded with Li Li and designed to frame the Yizhou army who was going to reinforce, so that the army was ambushed by the Xiliang army.Jiameng Pass fell.The whole territory of Hanzhong fell into Li Li's hands.To this day, many years have passed since the Battle of Hanzhong, and Zhou Mu Liu Zhang is still kept in the dark, unaware that Zhao Wei led the army to reinforce Zhang Lu in the Battle of Hanzhong, and suffered an unprecedented defeat; Among them were Zhang Ren, Lei Tong, who were entrusted with important tasks by Liu Zhang, and Wu Yi, who was sitting in front of Li Li at the moment, and other Yizhou generals who held real power, including Zhao Wei, the leader of the rebel army.

In short, all Yizhou soldiers who participated in the Battle of Hanzhong were wiped out.They were all captured by the Xiliang Army, and the leading generals were all captured by Li Li's subordinates.

After being captured.Zhao Wei, Wu Yi, Zhang Ren, Lei Tong and other major generals were all held in solitary confinement. They were well fed and entertained, and they all met Li Li alone.However, when they met alone, what Li Li said to these generals, and what promises they made to Li Li, other than the parties concerned, no one else could know.Afterwards, Wu Yi, Zhao Wei and other generals kept silent, did not mention the matter, did not communicate with each other, and acted as if nothing had happened.Immediately afterwards, Zhao Wei, Wu Yi and others gathered together to brainstorm, deal with Liu Zhang's inquiry with a unified voice, and jointly write the battle report.

Not only that, but in order to prevent people from spreading rumors, after the army retreated to Shu Road, Zhao Wei discussed with the generals and decided that all soldiers who participated in the Battle of Hanzhong would not be allowed to return to Chengdu, and they would all be scattered and resettled on the spot; On the Shu Road, they continued to garrison the pass, and all the remaining soldiers were sent to Berkshire to garrison the frontier fortress.In the next half month, all the soldiers who participated in the war were dispatched to the border gates to guard the city, while the generals who returned to Chengdu were unanimous in saying that they were beaten to death and refused to admit the fact that they were captured by the Xiliang army.In this way, the truth of the Battle of Hanzhong was completely covered up.

Fortunately, the Xiliang army did not continue to attack after capturing Hanzhong, and did not publicize the capture of the Yizhou army.Over time, all Yizhou generals who participated in the Battle of Hanzhong went through the most difficult period smoothly, and gradually put the matter behind them, and kept the truth at the bottom of the water so that they could never surface.

After so many years, many people have forgotten the Battle of Hanzhong that year, especially the generals who participated in the war were unwilling to mention the events of that year.

Unexpectedly, following Zhao Wei's rebellion, the Battle of Hanzhong was uncovered again, and many unknown inside stories were spread to the counties under the jurisdiction of Yizhou one by one, and various rumors flooded into the city of Chengdu , It spread to Liu Zhang, the state shepherd.Fortunately, these rumors all came from Zhao Wei's army. Although Liu Zhang was suspicious and jealous by nature, he could see the situation clearly.After all, Zhao Wei's rebels were coming fiercely, and the situation in Yizhou was critical. He couldn't destroy the city wall by himself at the time of employing people, and he needed these generals to resist Zhao Wei's rebels.Therefore, these rumors were suppressed secretly by Liu Zhang, and they were left alone and ignored.

Even so, the negative impact of these rumors cannot be ignored, and they still affect the situation in Yizhou.The reason why Zhao Wei's rebel army was able to develop and grow rapidly is not unrelated to these rumors.

The middle and low-level generals who participated in the Battle of Hanzhong at the beginning, after so many years of accumulation of qualifications and experience, have been promoted to varying degrees. They may be chiefs, military marquises or guards, and they have more or less power or soldiers in their hands.Therefore, after the scandal of being captured was reported, they adopted a passive resistance attitude towards Zhao Wei's rebels, which invisibly fueled the arrogance of the rebels, which led to a large-scale battle for the rebels to besiege Chengdu.

Now, after finally defeating Zhao Wei's rebel army, before he had time to catch his breath, the Xiliang army ushered in a large-scale attack on Yizhou.

Different from Zhao Wei's rebel army, Xiliang's army attacked fiercely and advanced rapidly, and captured the northern and eastern counties and counties of Yizhou consecutively within ten days.Therefore, the Xiliang army was far more ferocious than Zhao Wei's rebel army, and the speed of attacking the city was several times faster than Zhao Wei's rebel army.Comparing the two, Zhao Wei's rebel army was nothing more than a grass dog, while the Xiliang army was a giant beast that swallowed the sky, sweeping across the counties along the way, and rushed straight to Chengdu with a thunderous force.

With the large-scale invasion of Yizhou by the Xiliang army, the situation in Yizhou changed drastically, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was earth-shaking.

The Xiliang army's attack on Yizhou was completely different from the situation when Zhao Wei's rebels attacked Chengdu.As soon as the news of the Xiliang army's arrival came out, the situation in Yizhou's counties suddenly fell into chaos. Millions of people were in panic.

What's even more frightening is that Liu Zhang could turn a deaf ear to the scandal of being captured before, but now that the "righteous master" has come, how can he just let it go and ignore it like before?

Don't you see, Zhao Wei, who had met with Li Li, has already rebelled?Zhao Wei, who has always been trusted by Liu Zhang, has openly betrayed his master and rebelled, so what about the other generals?

As the lord of Yizhou, how could Liu Zhang not know that the reason why the generals under his tent assisted him in destroying Zhao Wei's rebels was because they had a direct conflict of interest with Zhao Wei.The contradictions between the two parties cannot be reconciled. Once Zhao Wei's rebellion succeeds, the status of Yizhou generals, Bie Jia and the prefects will be lost, and everything that exists will be lost.That's why they will unite as one and do their best to assist Liu Zhang in destroying Zhao Wei, so as to preserve their vested interests.

However, Zhao Wei was not yet completely defeated, but the Xiliang army under Li Li's command came one after another, and had already attacked the city of Chengdu.What this means, as long as you are not a fool, it is not difficult to see the huge crisis in it.The reason is very simple: when the Xiliang army came, Yizhou was lost, and the first to bear the brunt was Yizhou Mu Liuzhang.The arrival of the Xiliang army meant that he would face a life-and-death decision, either to open the city and surrender, or to destroy the city and die. There was no other choice.

Not only is Liu Zhang facing a difficult choice, but all civil servants and generals under Yizhou rule are facing the same choice, including Wu Yi and Wu Ziyuan who are sitting in front of Li Li at the moment.

Therefore, when Li Li offered him an olive branch, Wu Yi took it without hesitation, quickly adjusted his mentality, and officially joined Li Li's command.

At this moment, when Li Li Qingmao casually said that the army under his command was two days late, Wu Yi was shocked immediately, lost his mind, and many thoughts rushed to his mind, with a flood of thoughts and mixed feelings.

As the so-called family members know their own affairs.

Perhaps Li Li didn't know how much the Xiliang Army under his command would affect the situation in Yizhou after it entered Yizhou, let alone how deterrent the Xiliang Army was to the people of Yizhou. However, Wu Yi, the general, knows these things in detail, and he empathizes with them, and has a deep understanding.

The reason why he suddenly returned to the city today was not only that he knew that the Xiliang army was about to approach the city, but also because he felt that Liu Zhang was ready to attack the generals who had been captured by Li Li.Therefore, in order to prevent accidents, he had to go back to the city, take his family to the military camp, and stay with the Dongzhou soldiers he had formed with his own hands, so as to ensure the safety of his family, old and young.

To Wu Yi's surprise, when he came to pick up his sister to the barracks, he met Li Li, the supreme commander of the Xiliang Army.All this seems to be God's will in the dark. His sister Wu Cheng once again saved the whole Wu family and brought good news to him who was at a loss.

In a daze, Wu Yi truly felt Li Li's incomparable courage, and only a lord of his stature and strategy could command hundreds of thousands of fearsome and arrogant soldiers.

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Chapter 156

As Wu Yi said, in the evening, Li Li's eastern and western armies arrived at the city of Chengdu one after another.

At this time, it was only four days before Zhao Wei's rebels retreated.

In other words, after four days, the city of Chengdu, which had just been released from the siege, was besieged again.

It's just that it was no longer the rebels led by Zhao Wei who besieged the city this time, but the Xiliang iron cavalry under Li Li's command.

On this day, the city of Zhou, which had just calmed down after the city-wide search, became turbulent again, and the people in the city were in panic.

Since the first batch of Xiliang iron cavalrymen approached the city at noon, the street market has become deserted and empty, but the scene in the civilian alley, which was very deserted in the past, is another scene.

But I saw many wealthy families pouring into Minmin Lane, carriages loaded with gold and silver entered the low and dilapidated commoner houses, ladies in gold and silver and beautiful wives and concubines moved into the slums .As a result, the historically dirty and chaotic Xicheng Minmin Lane suddenly turned into a sweet pastry, the grass chicken became a golden phoenix, and it was hard to find thatched cottages.

Until night fell, the Minmin Alley was still full of noise and noise.

After dinner, Wu Cheng accidentally brought up this matter when he came to serve tea. Li Li was very surprised when he heard about it, and couldn't understand it.

"Why is this? The city has not been breached yet, and these people can't wait to transfer their wealth. It's too nervous. Is it worth being so anxious, isn't it?"

Seeing that Li Li didn't know what was going on, Wu Yi, who was sitting next to him, smiled and explained: "The general doesn't know something. Since the end of the Battle of Hanzhong, there have been rumors about the general in various counties in Yizhou. The general is the king of benevolence and righteousness, and the Xiliang army is not as cruel and bloodthirsty as the rumors say. Liu Zhang, the governor of the state, was terrified when he learned about it, so he ordered people to fabricate many rumors. Deliberately slander the reputation of the general, and describe the Xiliang army as a It is a demon who burns, kills, loots, and does all kinds of evil, so as to confuse the public and consolidate its dominance as the lord of Yizhou.

Since then, there have been endless rumors about the general and the Xiliang army, among which the general's extreme hatred for the nobles of the family is the most serious.Rumors claim that all the states and counties occupied by the Great General.It is inevitable to carry out large-scale inspections and killings of major families and gentry tycoons; Jingzhao Sanfu, Sili, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and other prefectures and counties are all like this, and more than [-]% of the aristocratic families were slaughtered without exception.Therefore, under the deliberate publicity of Liu Zhang and some aristocratic families in Yizhou, the prestige of the general and the Xiliang Army under his command cannot be increased.It has reached the point where it is frightening. "

Speaking of this, Wu Yi deliberately paused, and carefully observed Li Li's expression under the guise of drinking tea, lest the truthful words would hurt his ears.Displeased Li Li.also.He also worried that he would lose his words if he talked too much. After all, the time he spent with Li Li was too short. It was less than four hours from noon to now.Therefore, it was necessary for him to observe Li Li's demeanor and expression, so as to judge whether Li Li was really as broad-minded and generous as the rumors said.Good at accepting advice.

Li Li heard the hint of remonstrance in Wu Yi's words, and also knew that Wu Yi's statement deliberately concealed some dirty rumors.Avoid the important and take the light, deliberately taking care of his face.From this, he clearly knew that Wu Yi was by no means a brave and foolhardy warrior, but hidden in his tall and burly body was an extremely delicate and meticulous heart, who was well versed in world affairs and human relationships, and was familiar with the way of being an official. , speaks very measuredly, can be called both civil and military.

At the same time, although Li Li can understand the many false rumors and rumors that Liu Zhang and Yizhou bureaucrats wantonly slandered his reputation, demonized him and his army, and deliberately misled the people of Yizhou. .

The more Liu Zhang and his subordinates slandered Li Li and his Xiliang army, the more it showed that Yizhou's monarchs and ministers were timid and lacked confidence.They didn't have the guts to compete with him, Li Li, or to face the Xiliang iron cavalry, which is the world's most powerful warrior, so they could only resort to rumors and slander, an infamous trick in an attempt to confuse the public and arouse resistance from the people of Yizhou In order to block the Xiliang army from Yizhou, so that they can stay in Yizhou forever and enjoy the glory and wealth.

However, Liu Zhang and his subordinates' preventive measures obviously did not achieve the expected results. They over-promoted Li Li and his Xiliang Army's hatred of officials, nobles and gentry, but they ignored the fact that about [-]% of Yizhou's total population is still common people.

Although Yizhou has always been in a relatively peaceful life compared with other states and counties, the living conditions of the people in Yizhou are not as beautiful as outsiders imagined.They have been enslaved and squeezed by aristocratic families and powerful gentry for a long time, and most of the fruits of their hard work and sweat have fallen into the hands of the nobles, with extremely limited income, barely making ends meet.It is no exaggeration to say that it is these ordinary people who account for [-]% of the total population of Yizhou that support the officials, nobles and nobles who only account for about [-]% of Yizhou. Eat, sit and enjoy wealth and glory with peace of mind.

It's a pity that Liu Zhang, who didn't know the sufferings of the people, and all his subordinates blindly slandered Li Li and the Xiliang army, deliberately wooed the great families and nobles, but ignored the existence of the common people, and did not keep the millions of Yizhou people in mind , In the eyes, the serious consequences caused by this are beyond their determination.

Perhaps until now, Liu Zhang and his subordinates still can't figure out why the Xiliang army attacked Yizhou so quickly, and why they were able to approach the city without anyone noticing.For this reason, they blamed all this on the fact that there were traitors in Yizhou, eating inside and outside, colluding with the Xiliang army inside and outside, and cooperating inside and outside, which led to today's situation.However, they would never have dreamed that it was they who proclaimed how Li Li and the Xiliang army hated the nobles and powerful, how cruel and bloodthirsty, not only did not arouse the enthusiasm of the common people and grassroots soldiers to resist, but instead made these long-term oppressed, Ordinary enslaved people are more and more keen to inquire about the current situation of Li Lizhi's Xiazhou County.

The working people don't care about the life and death of the nobles and powerful people at all, just like the nobles never come to care about their lives and don't treat them as human beings.They only care about how the people under the rule of General Li, who occupies most of the world, live, whether they live as well as them, whether they have worked hard for many years like them, but in the end they can only fill their stomachs.Therefore, the earth-shaking changes in Xiliang over the years have been introduced to Yizhou through various channels, so that they can know that if Li Li is a devil who eats people and does not spit out bones in the eyes of the nobles, then to the common people, he is an eternity. Unseen god.

Not to mention the superiority of life of the people under Li Li's rule, but just the difference in taxes.In the states and counties under Li Li's rule, except Yangzhou and Nanyang County in Jingzhou, which still had disputes, the rest of the states and counties implemented a unified three-seven tax system, which was reduced or exempted in case of drought or flood disasters.But in Yizhou, the world said that Liu Yan governed leniently, and his son Liu Zhang inherited the ancestral system, but it was just changing the five-five tax system to the four-six tax system. This is benevolent government.Compared with the taxation under Li Li's rule, Yizhou is only [-]% behind. It seems that the gap is not big, but the implementation is very different, and it is not the same.

Yizhou is rich and has been in peace for a long time, so the government and nobles are extremely harsh in collecting taxes, picking the fat and picking the thin. Forty percent of the taxes collected are all the best grain and cloth items. Take it out and let them choose, and the rest can be owned by the people.

And after all this fiddling, the [-]% tax collected is naturally a lot of money, but not [-]% is left to the people, at most [-]%, or even [-]%, and the rest is all ruined.In this way, it is said that the four-six tax system is actually not fundamentally different from the five-five tax system.Therefore, the suffering of the people in Yizhou can be seen from this.

In contrast, the Sanqi tax system is different.After all, [-]% is a small portion. Even if the common people pick out all the best food and items and turn them in, they will still retain most of their income. At least some good things can be left, so that they will not eat chaff and swallow vegetables all year round, and they will not be able to eat a meal. OK