si-mexico Chapter 391: Rebellion in Yan
Chapter 391: Rebellion in Yan
Zhao Kuo smiled. He could finally lead his troops to fight, fulfill his long-cherished wish, and make contributions to his country.
Emperor Liang smiled. He had finally unearthed a true general, the pearl of Liang. He believed that with him, they would be able to defeat the enemy.
All the officials laughed. Zhao Kuo's tactical analysis was well-reasoned, confident, steady and reliable. He was also young and energetic, and was in his prime. He was as outstanding as the King of Lanling of Yan.
Zhao Biao laughed and thought to himself what a bunch of idiots. How can you fight a war without armor and food? Relying on a group of civilians who have been temporarily trained for more than a month to fight against 400,000 Qin soldiers, the whole army is bound to be wiped out.
All in all, everyone was very satisfied today.
The Emperor of Liang also praised Zhao Biao, saying that not only did he not take military power for himself and was not greedy for power, but he also recommended a powerful commander, which showed that he was truly loyal and good.
He was also urged to set out quickly after two days of rest to intercept the Qi army.
After Zhao Biao, a loyal and righteous man from Daliang, returned home, the first thing he did was to ask his family to pack up his luggage and gold and silver without telling the servants and quietly leave Xingqing Prefecture.
They told the servants that they were going to visit relatives in the west.
Only the servants were left at home, pretending that there were still many people at home.
After spending two days to complete this task, Zhao Biao led his troops out of the city to block the Qi army, and asked his family to rush to Shengjing of Dayan immediately.
Nowadays, Shengjing is the only safe city in the world. Guan Shouchang's Yan army will go to war sooner or later, making it inconvenient for him to take care of his family.
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In the far north, Shen Changgong, who was on his way back to the capital, received news from the Liang Kingdom through Skynet.
When he saw that Zhao Biao was willing to surrender, he couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Zhao Biao is a good guy. His attempts to win him over with gifts of gold and silver and emotional appeals paid off. He also served as an undercover agent several times, which allowed his strategy to be successfully implemented. Now the Liang Kingdom is in chaos.
Especially when Shen Changgong saw that Guan Shouchang asked Zhao Biao to deceive the Emperor of Liang and let Zhao Kuo lead 400,000 strong men to the local Qin Ruishi, he laughed out loud.
Isn’t this just a repeat of history?
There is a shortage of food and grass, and the 400,000 new soldiers have no fighting ability at all. If we let a guy who can only talk about war on paper lead the troops to fight, how can we not be defeated?
If those 400,000 strong men were sent to defend the city, even if they saved money and resorted to cannibalism, they could at least hold out for a year or two.
Zhao Biao's move was a good one. He directly sent away all the able-bodied men in Liang State who were still able to fight.
However, it is better that these able-bodied men died. Liang State did not have much arable land, and they could not be expected to produce much grain. Moreover, the people of Liang State were tough, and too many young and strong men were a hidden danger. With the death of these people, at least there was no need to worry about rebellion.
After the demise of Liang, the Yan army could march south and split into two groups.
He and the King of the South led the main force to destroy Qi and attract the Qi army from Liang to return for defense, and then let Guan Shouchang lead the army into the territory of Liang to intercept and destroy that Qi army, and then go to fight the Qin army. By then, Qi and Liang will be incorporated into the territory of Yan at the same time.
All he has to do now is wait. In a month or two, Liang Kingdom will destroy itself.
But now their speed seems a bit too fast.
Shen Changgong originally planned to travel to the grassland in a month and a half, fight on the grassland for a month to eliminate them, and then travel back to Shengjing in another month and a half.
Four months is probably enough time to destroy the Liang Kingdom.
But he didn't expect that under Yuhuatian's command, it only took two days to destroy the tribe on the grassland.
Now they are rushing back, fearing that Liang Kingdom has not yet been destroyed, so they will go back.
What excuse will I have then?
Shen Changgong sat in the carriage, stroking Gongsun Wan'er's buttocks while thinking about this question.
Gongsun Wan'er lay obediently on his legs, flipping through a notebook, while allowing Shen Changgong to flirt with her.
Anyway, she is just Shen Changgong's big toy.
Just then, the voices of Skynet personnel were heard outside the door.
"Your Highness, Grand Steward, this is a letter from His Majesty personally written by carrier pigeon."
Gongsun Wan'er stood up, opened the curtains, and brought in the letter.
After unfolding it, Gongsun Wan'er frowned immediately and handed it to Shen Changgong.
Shen Changgong had the same reaction.
The letter is quite detailed.
To the west of Ziyang County is Shuozhou County.
In Shuozhou County, there is a sect that has been around for decades, called the Yellow Croaker Sect, which worships the fish god.
This sect believes that fish are the spirit of all things and that the fish god protects all living beings in heaven, so people of this sect never eat fish.
This sect has always been kind and generous, and has always saved the people. When encountering famine years, they would negotiate with the landlords and wealthy families to provide relief and porridge. They have a good reputation. They do not cause trouble, and the local government does not care about them.
However, at the end of last year, after the State of Yan destroyed the State of Kun, this sect began to become restless.
They began to recruit believers in large numbers and spread the theory of national restoration, saying that they had found an illegitimate son of the previous emperor with orthodox royal blood, and that this was an opportunity and a gift given to them by the Fish God.
In addition, Dayan frequently changed officials. The old officials from Kun State had just been removed, and the new officials from Yan State took office. Their subordinates were all Kun people, making it difficult to command them. They were always disloyal, and the people below them pretended to obey but actually disobeyed, making it difficult to implement government orders.
Moreover, the western part of Shuozhou County also suffered from drought this year. The growth of crops was very slow and many people could not get enough food. In addition, land annexation was serious and many farmers had no land. So the Yellow Croaker Sect took the opportunity to recruit disaster victims on a large scale and became a powerful peasant army.
But the new governor of Shuozhou County was ambitious and kept silent about the incident, saying that it was just a small number of hungry people causing trouble and that he would be able to suppress it quickly.
This also led to the Yan court not taking it seriously.
However, the situation of the hungry people became more and more serious. They could not get enough food, so they followed the Yellow Fish Sect to the eastern part of Shuozhou County and robbed the food in the east.
Then, the people in the east also couldn't get enough food, so they joined them in rebellion, clamoring to rebel against Yan Fukun.
This incident was caused by a gangster from Jiutian Tower who secretly disguised himself as a hungry person, sneaked into the Yellow Croaker Sect, and obtained detailed intelligence.
Now, the number of disaster victims gathered by the Yellow Croaker Sect has reached 100,000!
The spy from Jiutian Tower passed the news to Fairy Meiyan. After receiving the news, Meiyan immediately went to the palace to meet Yan Fuyao.
When Yan Fuyao learned about this, she was furious and immediately asked Skynet to investigate the matter. At the same time, she did not dare to delay and sent a message to Shen Changgong, asking him to lead the army westward to wipe out the rebels.
The letter also said that Fairy Mei Yan would soon catch up with their army, and this time Jiutian Tower would assist them in obtaining intelligence.
After reading it, Shen Changgong put the envelope down and sighed.
His eyes became extremely sharp.