Sure enough, Xu Xiongyuan got in touch with the Jiangnan powerhouses.

Among the military advisers, those who could speak well took the initiative to invite Ying to persuade the Jiangnan tyrants.It was half coercion and half lure, and for the Yu family, a rich family in the south of the Yangtze River, he even betrothed his daughter to Xu Xiongyuan as a concubine.

The bosses have all boarded the pirate ship, and the rest have been persuaded halfway and halfway.Some smart people felt that this was wrong, so they fled to the countryside overnight, preferring to throw away their wealth rather than conspire with Xu Xiongyuan.

Naturally, Xu Xiongyuan thinks he's easy to talk to, if you don't want to cooperate with him, that's fine, you can leave and keep the money.

Liu Yan secretly recorded these tyrannical and self-contained people, and later notified the surveillance office lurking in the south of the Yangtze River. It is still the same sentence, the Holy Majesty likes honest merchants very much.

When Xue Yuan galloped to the south of Jingnan, those tyrants who boarded the thief boat also planned to use their own power to pull as many other tycoons onto the boat as possible.

The more people there are, the bigger the disturbance is, the more precarious the emperor will be, and maybe even without launching a war and wasting money, the imperial court will take the initiative to drive the emperor down to welcome Xu Xiongyuan?

Xu Xiongyuan was dreaming like this, thinking about the court, the capital, and the throne day and night.

Liu Yan protects Xu Xiongyuan's dream like a child's childhood dream. When Jiangnan Haoqiang contacts foreign forces, whenever Xu Xiongyuan's face shows longing for the future, Liu Yan will smile and nod: "General, do you want Everything we want will come true. Everything we want must be done by you, General.”

His tone is gentle, full of hope and piety, every time he finished agreeing, Xu Xiongyuan would shake his hand and sigh loudly: "I have Liu Xiaoyou, my confidant, my husband." What more can I ask for?"

Whenever Liu Yan was at this time, he would smile slightly, without saying a word.

Jingnan and Jiangnan borders.

The three-party garrison surrounded the place tightly, and the envelopes sent out by the tyrants in the south of the Yangtze River were completely stopped by the three-party garrison. Wings are also difficult to fly.

The people who sent the letter to go out of the south of the Yangtze River all looked in disbelief. They didn't know until they were restrained and rudely thrown aside that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court were guarding the border between the two places.

God...

The senders felt chills all over their bodies, and goosebumps rose all over their bodies. When they looked around, they saw densely packed defenders standing upright, and they couldn't see the end at a glance.

Immediately, his eyes darkened and he became dizzy.

People in the province are still studying how to rebel and how to usurp the throne, while outside the province, the emperor's soldiers and horses are watching.The chill that soared up the spine even made many people's knees go weak and their breathing was suffocating.

The emperor is watching them rebel.

Almost unable to breathe, they kept wailing in their hearts and shouting loudly, hoping that those people in the province could hear what they were saying, and then run quickly, don't plot rebellion!

Master, don't rebel, take their wives and children and run away, the emperor's people are here!The emperor knows it! ! !

Due to the rush of time, the eyes of the entire Jiashenhui were cast on Haoqiang. Apart from being looted by a few teams of soldiers and horses in the common people's homes, the casualties were not bad.

Xu Xiongyuan's soldiers and horses spread from Huaihua Mansion to the surrounding prefectures and counties. As a result, [-] young and middle-aged men who had never been on the battlefield and killed people were recruited in Jingnan South. Now the two provinces are short of food, but after many powerful people opened their private treasuries, There were batches of grain in there, Xu Xiongyuan's eyes turned green.

With so much grain, even if Xu Xiongyuan raised [-] soldiers and horses, there is no need to be afraid, the emperor's granary may not be comparable!

Xu Xiongyuan laughed immediately, and immediately sent people to transport the grain to the army, and they all ate it with open stomachs.The tyrants who had been robbed of food had stiff smiles on their faces, and their hearts were throbbing with pain, but they dared not speak out.

Xu Xiongyuan directly understood this cooperation as that what belongs to the powerful is his, and there is nothing the wealthy can do if they don’t want to.

Many years of assets in many powerful families have completely disappeared.Only then did I realize that this Xu Xiongyuan's previous politeness was all about putting on a show. When it comes to interests, no matter who you are, you've already boarded a thief ship anyway, so you can join the court halfway?

Once people with soldiers in their hands don't pay attention to benevolence and righteousness, they are a group of robbers and hooligans!

Xu Xiongyuan is living a good life recently.

The young and middle-aged people in Jiangnan were also being snatched into the barracks by him. It had been more than ten days, and there was no news of the attack from the surrounding garrison. The court officials in Jiangnan had already fled in embarrassment.Xu Xiongyuan often tells the people around him: "Maybe the dog emperor really can't survive."

The people around him brag endlessly, giving Xu Xiongyuan the most comfortable flattering experience.They were still taking advantage of such recuperation, preparing to think of a righteous excuse for rebellion.

Now the emperor is diligent and caring for the people, and the anti-corruption activities are supported by the people. They can't use the emperor to do too well, and the powerful don't want the emperor to be so diligent and caring for the people as an excuse.

In the end, the members of the Jiashenhui decided to use the shortcomings of Lu Feng when he was in power to refute the current government.

They don't care if it's the malpractice left behind by their mentor Lu Feng, for example, the fact that the local tyrants are powerful and carelessly ignore human life and do a lot of evil is the reason why you, Gu Yuanbai, haven't dealt with it well!

In short, if it's not your fault, it's your fault too. If you don't do something wrong, how can we rebel?

While the people of Jiashenhui were intoxicated by the wealth of Jiangnan, Xue Yuan and General Dingyuan rushed to Jingnan with ten thousand soldiers.

After they determined the route and battle plan with the generals of the garrison army, they took a long detour from the outside and led people from the border of Dayue to block the end of Jiangxian Road from the rear to prevent this final retreat.

And the garrison has received the news, and the whole army is ready to go into the south of the Yangtze River to eliminate the rebels!

The station has been more than half a month, and the generals are all gearing up, with banners flying in the air, and they are bound to get this military merit!

The army marched, the dust fluttered, the ground shook and the mountains were far away, the garrison approached from three directions, and left from Jiangnan in an instant.

The people who fled along the way had not put away their despair when they saw the soldiers and horses of the imperial court coming towards them neatly equipped.These people were stunned, unable to take a step forward.

Whenever the soldiers encountered disaster victims, they would place them in the rear and distribute a large amount of food bought by the Supervision Office to the people. Some of the people had not eaten for two or three days. There are two lines of hot tears on the haggard and withered face.

Only then did I know what it means to be a soldier of the country, and then I felt that the taxes paid on weekdays were not unfair, not unfair at all!

Even as soon as the south of the Yangtze River was in chaos, the imperial court sent people here.This gave people a sense of security. After the fleeing civilians finished their rest and had their fill, they thought about it and changed their route, staying behind the soldiers far away, wanting to follow the large army and return to their hometown.

Following behind this group of officers and soldiers, I have confidence in my heart and confidence.

By the time the members of the Jiashenhui heard that the imperial court had sent troops into the south of the Yangtze River, it was already two days later, and at this time, the imperial court's soldiers and horses had already approached Longxing Mansion, only two hundred miles away from Xu Xiongyuan's location.

Xu Xiongyuan felt ridiculous.

Not long ago, the tyrants in the south of the Yangtze River sent a letter, and the general situation of the world seems to be gathered on Xu Xiongyuan, but somehow, why is the imperial army hundreds of miles away?

Divine Soldier?

Xu Xiongyuan felt very flustered. Apart from the panic, there was also the anger of being slapped in the face in public. He summoned the members of the Jiashenhui, and during the discussion, he was so anxious that he said, "Do you have any good ideas?"

When the members of the Jiashenhui heard this, they were also dumbfounded.

They just persuaded Hao Qiang, brought Hao Qiang onto the pirate ship, and just emptied several granaries. This is a great situation, but the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are two hundred miles away? !

Panicked emotions spread in the lobby, and everyone's faces showed a little uneasiness.

Someone tried to calm down and asked hopefully: "General, how many soldiers and horses have the imperial court sent?"

"I've already gone to inquire," Xu Xiongyuan said angrily, with an ugly face, "When did they come, we have no news at all!"

"It came so suddenly, I'm afraid it's not a long-distance attack," Zhao Zhou said solemnly, "but the scale of the long-distance attack army must not be too large, but..."

Zhao Zhou always had some bad premonitions in his heart, and he couldn't help but ask: "General, is it too smooth for us to occupy Jingnan South and invade Jiangnan?"

The government in Jingnan also made a symbolic struggle, and the local government in Jiangnan had already fled.However, the price of food rose suddenly, the news of the plague from outside, and the sudden shortage of food...inexplicably, the Jiashenhui began to rebel.

Confused, by the time Zhao Zhou got the news, Xu Xiongyuan had already wiped out all the powerful people in Huaihua Mansion.

Everyone in the lobby was confused and anxious.

Two hours later, the cavalry who went to inquire about the news came back in a hurry and fell into the lobby, terrified and said: "General, there are court officers and soldiers on three sides, at least 2 people!"

Xu Xiongyuan suddenly stood up.

The hall was shocked by these words and became quiet.

Xu Xiongyuan's facial expression became uncontrollably ferocious, "Gu Lian——!"

Liu Yan stood up decisively. He walked into the hall and bowed deeply towards Xu Xiongyuan, "Jiangnan has no natural dangers like Jingnan. Once the court soldiers and horses are surrounded on three sides, we are doomed to escape. The villain is not talented. I am willing to serve as the general's queen. I also ask the general to return to Jinghu Lake as soon as possible, and the villain will stay in Longxing Mansion and try his best to delay the imperial court soldiers."

Xu Xiongyuan was so moved that his eyes filled with tears, "You actually did this for me—"

Liu Yan sighed, and said solemnly: "General, please hurry back, the [-] imperial soldiers are only two hundred miles away from me. If they hurry up, it will be too late!"

"You're right, you're right," Xu Xiongyuan murmured, panicking, "I've assigned 5000 people to Mr., and I'll leave it to you here!"

Liu Yan nodded, and everyone in the hall admired his character, and couldn't help showing some admiration.Zhao Zhou also took a sudden step forward at this time, stood beside Liu Yan and said solemnly: "General, I would also like to stay here."

Xu Xiongyuan covered his face and wept, he was very moved, "I, Mr. Xu, have so much virtue and ability, I can get the help of these two gentlemen!"

After crying, Xu Xiongyuan immediately sent someone to carry food money to Jinghu Lake, but there was too much food, and it was a waste of time to deal with it.Liu Yan persuaded: "General, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about no firewood. You should take care of your life first, that's the most important thing."

Xu Xiongyuan had no choice but to put down most of his food and wealth, and rushed back to Jinghu Lake with 1 elite soldiers and [-] new conscripts.

The 5000 people left behind in Longxing Mansion are actually newly recruited recruits who have never been on the battlefield. Among them, there are [-] people from Jingnan, and the rest are newly recruited Jiangnan people in the past few days. .

Looking at such soldiers, Zhao Zhou couldn't help showing a bit of despair on his face.Soon, he forced himself to calm down and said: "Brother Liu, let's quickly build up the city wall, dig out trenches, and prepare things to defend the city."

Liu Yan narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Okay."

Xu Xiongyuan escaped in time, and when he escaped with the soldiers, the tyrants in the south of the Yangtze River suddenly realized, why did the number of soldiers in the city decrease by half?

A bad premonition arose in their hearts, and they sent someone to ask, but when they got the news, they were so angry that they fell to the ground.

Xu Xiongyuan, Xu Xiongyuan escaped!The imperial court has sent troops!

The family property was just taken away by the rebel army as military pay, and now they will be treated as rebel army by the emperor again.

Many tyrants fainted in despair.

On the second day, the people guarding the city felt the vibration of the ground stones from a distance. Liu Yan and Zhao Zhou climbed up the city wall. Come on, the sky was full of yellow sand, Zhao Zhou's legs softened, and he almost had to support Liu Yan to stop.

Liu Yan said warmly: "Brother Zhao, don't be afraid."

"How can I not be afraid?" Zhao Zhou stood firm with a wry smile, and encouraged himself and Liu Yan, "But since ancient times, it is easy to defend the city and difficult to attack the city. The two of us work together, and there are still many grains left by the generals in the city. , it will definitely be enough for me to wait for more than a month."

Liu Yan sighed, "But I think Yue Yu is too long."

Zhao Zhou looked at him, his eyelids twitched suddenly, "Brother Liu, what does this mean?"

Liu Yan smiled, turned around and went down the city wall. Zhao Zhou felt uneasy and followed closely behind him, asking, "What is the meaning of Brother Liu's words?"

The sound of soldiers and horses outside gradually approached, and the vibration of soldiers pressing down on the city could be felt with both feet. Liu Yan walked quickly towards the city gate after getting off the city wall. His steps became faster and faster, and Zhao Zhou could no longer keep up with him. Finally , Liu Yan walked to the city gate and said loudly: "Open the city gate to welcome my master Wang!"

Zhao Zhou was startled suddenly, a chill came from behind him, he looked at Liu Yan in horror, almost fainted, "You—"

What made him tremble even more was that the guards of the city gate actually listened to Liu Yan's order and opened the city gate neatly.

The strong wind swept through the city with the sound of horses roaring. Liu Yan tidied up his clothes, strode out of the city gate, and said to the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses rushing fast: "Is this General Lu Yanmaolu?"

The leading cavalry guarded the leading general and ran all the way to the city gate. General Lu got off his horse, haha ​​stepped forward and said, "I'm right!"

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Ding Yan, the next official, I have seen the general."

"Your Majesty has lived up to his mission," Liu Yan said in a loud voice, "Give this entire south of the Yangtze River to His Majesty Zhao! Hand over all the [-] surrendered soldiers to the general."

Seeing this, Zhao Zhou didn't understand anything. He clutched his chest and was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood. Shock, anger and regret were mixed in his heart.

They have been tricked by the emperor from the beginning to the end. From the beginning when Liu Yan joined the general, they have been led away by the emperor!

Zhao Zhou was out of breath, and his back was chilling. Under several violent emotions, his eyes went dark, and he fainted heavily on the ground.

Which tyrants in the city took refuge in Xu Xiongyuan, and which tyrants fled, Liu Yan knew very clearly, he smiled slightly, and said: "Then trouble the general to capture all the rebels in the city."

Xu Xiongyuan was still on his way to flee Huaihua Mansion.

He didn't know what happened to Jiangnan Longxing Mansion behind him, and he didn't know that Liu Yan, whom he trusted with all his heart, was someone sent by the emperor to his side.He is still mourning with the people around him now: "Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhao have come to this point because of me. If the dog emperor attacks the city, he still doesn't know how to humiliate them!"

The grain, gold and silver that are all over the south of the Yangtze River, that is the prosperous south of the Yangtze River, just gone!

The people around him comforted: "The general has left [-] soldiers to the two gentlemen, and it has been done with the utmost benevolence."

Xu Xiongyuan sighed, "I hope the two gentlemen are safe."

Everyone knew that the [-] soldiers were useless, and they also knew that the two of them would be more dangerous than good, but there were some things that one had to know in one's heart and could not say them out.

A group of people rushed to Huaihua mansion day and night, and when they had just returned to Huaihua mansion, before they had raised the city gate, sentries scattered in all directions came to report, and a large number of court soldiers chased after them.

Xu Xiongyun was stunned immediately, "Didn't Liu Yan and Zhao Zhou stay behind?"

The sentinel who came to report hurriedly said: "General, run! There is no time to think about this matter!"

Xu Xiongyuan's face was ashamed in an instant. He didn't know what happened. A few days ago, the situation was good, but now he was forced to flee back to Jinghu Lake. After he fled back to Jinghu Lake, where else could he escape Woolen cloth?

Jingnan Lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the only way to escape is being chased by the enemy, Xu Xiongyuan is extremely depressed, "Is I, Xu, going to be trapped to death in Huaihua Mansion today?"

From the sky to the ground, many people looked desperate, and they couldn't figure it out anyway. How did the court officers and soldiers appear suddenly, and how did they follow up so quickly?

No one spoke in the room for a while, and after a while, a doorman suddenly shouted, "General, there is still a way out of Jinghu Lake!"

Xu Xiongyuan was startled, "What?"

The doorman said: "There is a dangerous and winding road behind Jinghu Lake, named Jiangxian Road. Behind Jiangxian Road is the territory of Dayue, General! Now we have no escape, why not flee to Dayue, the general has soldiers in his hand , can also create a world in Dai Viet!"

Xu Xiongyuan was refreshed, and quickly took the map to look at it carefully. After a long while, he slapped it on the table again and made a decision, "Then take the Jiang Xian Road!"

Because the enemy army from the rear is chasing again, it may be a long-distance pursuit. Xu Xiongyuan didn't dare to waste any more time, and he gritted his teeth on the military salary. He only asked each soldier to bring three days' rations, and immediately walked towards Jiang Xian. and go.

Jingnan was left behind by him, and Xu Xiongyuan was driven to the next place like a dog in the water, and he lost the fighting spirit of the previous days.And his soldiers were also demoralized because of these days of running away, and their expressions shrank, and even the slightest disturbance could make them terrified. In such an atmosphere, after untold hardships, Xu Xiongyuan and others finally fled to Jiang Indica road.

The Jiangxian Road is extremely dangerous, and if you don't pay attention, it will be a cliff. Some horses didn't even dare to step on the Jiangxian Road, so they had to be slaughtered and abandoned by Xu Xiongyuan, and they carefully stepped on the Jiangxian Road with the only remaining horses and soldiers.

And Xue Yuan, who was waiting at the end of Jiangxian Road, was waiting for this group of rebels who looked like bereaved dogs.

After the rebel army finally walked through the extremely dangerous Jiangxian Road and finally set foot on the flat ground, they even had expressions of rejoicing and escaping, and the next moment, this expression was fixed on their faces.

The court soldiers who had been lying in ambush rushed out shouting loudly, and the black soldiers were more terrifying than evil spirits in the eyes of these fleeing people.The smile that just appeared on Xu Xiongyuan's face froze, his eyes widened, his expression seemed to be laughing or crying, it was very weird.

The flag was flying, and the big word "Heng" on it caught everyone's eyes.

Every one of Daheng's soldiers is equipped with experienced equipment and is physically strong. They are stationed with guns and knives to block every escape route, watching the expressions of the rebels with stinging eyes.

Xue Yuan paced around on the spot on the horse for a few times, and laughed loudly: "Your Majesty, Shengming, sent me to stay here, General Dingyuan, look, what's coming?"

General Dingyuan laughed loudly: "What General Xue said is, isn't this the leader of the Sangjiagou rebel army?"

The enemy army was already showing signs of breaking up, and the people behind had already turned around and ran towards the Jiangxian Road. Many people even stumbled and fell into the abyss because of their panic and fear.

Fear and anger rose together in Xu Xiongyuan's heart, he raised his knife, and said with a ferocious expression: "Is there no one in the court?! They even sent a boy with no hair to catch this general! You boy, have you ever Battlefield?!"

Xue Yuan had a playful expression, "Is this talking about Lao Tzu?"

The official position of the Marquis of Duyu is from the fifth rank, and the official position of Dingyuan General is the fifth rank.But the Holy Master ordered Xue Yuan to be the main general. General Ding Yuan was a middle-aged man in his thirties and 40s. He knew how powerful Xue Yuan was, so he had no idea. When he heard Xu Xiongyuan's words, he burst out laughing.

Xu Xiongyuan only thought he was mocking him, and immediately sneered again and again. He rode his horse and took up his weapon, "You boy, today I, Xu Xiongyuan, want you to experience the cruelty of the battlefield. Little Maotou can become the chief general! When I behead you, I will just let the dog emperor see how powerful I am!"

Xue Yuan drew out his broadsword, which had been polished to a cold light by him these days waiting to kill the enemy. He looked at Xu Xiongyuan and smiled, "Interesting."

The imperial court has won a complete victory!

The 2 garrison armies of the three sides hardly played a big role. They just killed those tyrants who took refuge in the rebel army, copied their property, and sealed off the news of Jingnan and Jiangnan. , not a single bit of wind leaked out.

Under the guidance of the Supervision Office and Dong Lingwei, the harm suffered by the common people was less than expected, and Gu Yuanbai had arrangements for the loss of food and trampled houses.After the matters in Jingnan and Jiangnan were thoroughly dealt with, the "Dahengguo Daily", which had been slowly developing from the capital to the surrounding areas, reported this matter.

Only then did people from other provinces know that wars broke out in Jingnan and Jiangnan, and the rebel army robbed the powerful people in the two places, and pacified the local powerful for money and food. Fortunately, the court responded quickly and dealt with it in a timely manner. The people were not harmed more.

It's just that many powerful merchants were still completely killed by the rebels. These rebels had no humanity, and their leader Xu Xiongzhi even cruelly set fire to most of Huaihua Mansion!

As soon as the news came out, the entire capital was shocked.

Immediately there was a swearing!

As the royal pen of the Holy Majesty, Chang Yuyan immediately stood up to praise the benevolent actions of the Holy Majesty and denounced those greedy and brutal rebels. He wrote an extremely wonderful article, which makes people want to mention it when they read it. Dao personally went to Jingnan South to stab the rebel army. The article also described the painful and desperate experience of the people in these two places during the war and fleeing in a delicate and sad way.

In the end, Chang Yuyan appealed to everyone: "Jingnan and Jiangnan were injured by the rebel army. The people have no return, and they cry every day. The court wants to deal with the mourning people. The rich donate money, and the poor donate." Mi, do your best for the people of this place.”

As soon as this article was published, because it was so well written, it quickly spread across the country and became known to scholars.

It was also at this time that these scholars learned about Jingnan and Jiangnan, and after crying over the words in the article, large sums of donations went to the court.

After reading the letter sent by the garrison to form gangs robbed from the hands of those tyrants, Gu Yuanbai also roughly figured out the relationship and interests between the tyrants all over the country, which ones are honest and which ones are dishonest, and which ones can be trusted. He got one or two pieces of information from the letter, and after he sorted out these things, he heard the news of donations from all over the country to the capital.

He took Hubu Shangshu to have a look, and both of them were a little surprised. When they heard the specific number reported after counting, Hubu Shangshu took a deep breath, was tremblingly supported by the eunuch, and turned his head. Looking at the emperor, he suddenly said in a twitch: "My lord, do we still have rebels?"

This is true!It's too much money!

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