Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

"Sir, are you saying that they suddenly raided us?" Lieutenant General Li Dong was a little confused.

"Yes, look at Qingfeng Mountain. Food is very important to the bandits, but what about them? They actually lost boxes of food everywhere like this. What does this mean?"

Li Dong asked speculatively: "Does this mean they attacked our restaurant on a temporary basis?"

Su Xia nodded and said: "Let's do this. Let's leave a brigade to guard here, and the others will go back first!"

"That's all there is to it!"

Su Xia and others were searching Qingfeng Mountain, and the sergeant trotted over to report: "Report to the general, Murong Yanda of Qingzhou Prefecture summoned you and General Li, saying that they would hold a banquet at his home to discuss something!"

Murong Yanda, the magistrate of Qingzhou Prefecture, the one who had been robbed of his birthday, unexpectedly found him and said he wanted to discuss the matter!

Thinking of this, Su Xia glanced at Li Dong and said, "I know!"

The sergeant hurriedly left again.

Li Dong on the side asked: "General, did Hu Yanzhuo, whom you met during the day, go to Magistrate Murong to sue you! Magistrate Murong is going to cause trouble for us!"

"He, Murong Yanda, is the governor of Qingzhou Prefecture and the transfer envoy of Jingdong Road! He controls the Wuwei Army, Xuanyi Army, and many troops of the Qingzhou Xiang Army. He is in charge of the military and political power of Qingzhou and the Xiang Forbidden Army. He must have no good intentions with us!"

"Sir, what do you want to do?" Xiong Hui on the side couldn't hide his inexplicable excitement and looked at Su Xia.

Su Xia took out a letter and handed it to Xiong Hui and Li Dong. After they read it, he said: "You have all seen it. Su Taiwei's letter said that the court does not trust me to be Pinghai again." The commanders of the Chenghai and Chenghai armies have sent me to Fengxiang Mansion on Qinfeng Road to defend Xixia!"

Li Dong looked worried: "General, the reason why the Ping Navy and the Cheng Navy have such strong combat effectiveness and have been able to win repeated battles against the Japanese pirates in recent times is because you have trained them with your own hands, and Yamamoto The 57 pirates haven't been completely wiped out yet, why did the imperial court transfer you away?"

"My informant in Bianliang, Tokyo, told me that a censor reported to the court that I was intending to rebel as the commander of both armies!"

Li Dong was puzzled: "Sir, isn't this nonsense? Where do you start talking about this?"

"They listed several crimes for me. From last year when I took over the Pinghai Navy and served as the commander of the Pinghai and Chenghai armies, they said that my Pinghai Navy recruited more soldiers than the establishment, formed a cavalry in the name of the Navy, and the previous and The conflicts caused by the guards in Dengzhou, and all these things, I guess it was a lie that I went to Fengxiang Mansion, but it was true that I was thrown into prison!"

"Then, who will take your place?"

"I don't know, but he must be a close associate of Grand Master Cai...maybe he is a close associate of Murong Yanda."

"Sir, if it doesn't work, just rebel!" Xiong Hui said this directly in front of Li Dong.

As soon as these words came out, the deputy general Li Dong was frightened. He had always been a navy general, somewhat similar to Zhao Wenhui's background.

When I heard the word "reverse", I couldn't help but tremble in my heart!

He also understood that military generals have been subject to suspicion since ancient times, but Li Dong never thought about rebelling in such a situation.

君要臣death,臣不得不death!

Su Xia is an outstanding general! But?

He followed Su Xia halfway. It has only been a little more than a year since Su Xia took over as the commander of the Ping Navy!

He wants to rebel against Song Dynasty? Do you want to follow suit? Go against the imperial court.

Looking at Su Xia again, Su Xia just shook her head and listened to Su Xia's statement: "In fact, countless historical laws have proved that well-thought-out rebellions often fail, and those that are about to break out have a higher winning rate. However, the time is not ripe."

Lieutenant General Li Dong was shocked again. He had also been to Salmon Island. In the past, he had vaguely felt that something was wrong with Su Xia gathering so many people on Salmon Island, but when he proposed rebellion, he was still surprised.

Li Dong is not an old man, nor does he think that the Song Dynasty should be protected and the entire family should be exterminated if it rebels.

It's just that under Confucian education, these ideas were suppressed.

He is also a smart man. He has to consider the advantages of following Su Xia in rebellion and also evaluate the disadvantages of doing so.

Whether it's worth it or not, you have to think carefully.

After a pause, when he raised his head again, he stated word by word: "You have been planning this for a long time."

"Correct!"

"To be honest, your Salmon Island is indeed very prosperous and has a large number of people. But just like Mr. Xiong said about rebellion, there must be a reason for any rebellion, either natural disasters or man-made disasters. The people will be hungry and have no choice but to follow you in rebellion, otherwise Why risk beheading to fulfill your wish?"

Su Xia nodded. He didn't expect that the navy general thought about the problem so profoundly. He was far more mature than Xiong Hui, who only knew how to fight and kill, and often talked about rebellion.

In her heart, Su Xia also understood that although Song Huizong was fatuous and the top-floor building was rotten, the base of the Song Dynasty was not completely rotten and would not fall down with one move!

If we regard Huizong of the Song Dynasty as the Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, there are no such conditions now.

During the Jiajing period, there were two natural disasters, one was the Huaxian earthquake in the 34th year of Jiajing, and the other was the Taihu flood in the 40th year of the Jiajing period.

There were also man-made disasters. One was from the Portuguese, and another time in Jiajing 29, the Tatars entered the country, burned, killed and looted. In the following year, peace was negotiated and trade with the Tatars began.

But now Song Huizong, Fang La and Song Jiang have not yet revolted, and the Jin Kingdom in the north has not yet been established. These external conditions are not absolutely sufficient, so it is somewhat difficult to rebel.

However, Su Xia also has its own advantages. It has its own army, and it is a first-class army that is well-equipped, well-trained, and equipped with dimensionality reduction strikes (artillery).

From an economic basis, if you have money, you also have enough material resources and strategic support (salt and iron)!

But Salmon Island has a population of 12, and with the instigation of the Dengzhou Guards, the total population will not exceed 30!

It is still difficult for these people to fight against the Song Dynasty with a population of nearly [-] million!

After the unification of the Northern Song Dynasty, local control was very stable and the economy could develop continuously and steadily.

By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty in 1127, the Northern Song Dynasty had developed steadily for about 160 years. So far, there has been no large-scale military rebellion or peasant uprising.

It is only the year 1112. In terms of population, the population in the south has exceeded 5000 million. The time is not yet the most ripe.

Thinking of this, Su Xia smiled: "Who said we were going to rebel? Didn't the soldiers just come to report that Prefect Murong had something to do with me? Let's see what Murong Yanda said first, General Li, let's go together! "

.......

It was almost afternoon when the two of them rushed to the Qingzhou Prefecture magistrate's office with their cronies.

Murong Yanda's mansion in Qingzhou Prefecture is located in the north of Qingzhou and is in an irregular rectangular shape.

At first glance, it looks like a city within a city. The outermost perimeter is a two-foot-high courtyard wall, about more than 100 meters long. There are four gates, all guarded by guards!

After Su Xia reported her name, the housekeeper hurried in and led them in after a short while.

The two men's weapons were taken off first. As they walked, they scanned the courtyard and found many soldiers wearing armor and holding halberds. Their uniforms looked like the Forbidden Army. They couldn't help but sigh to themselves:

"What a great honor! You actually use the imperial army to guard your home and courtyard!"