His weather-beaten face was full of determination.
Gu Shubai should have been moved, but couldn't help but burst into laughter.
The general couldn't help being startled, and raised his head to look at him in a daze, "Young general, you..."
Gu Shubai said helplessly: "Who told you to betray Dongling? What I mean is that the Beili army is here to help the Dongling court. With these ten important towns as their bases, they will gradually wipe out the surrounding rebels. power. You and your 1,000 soldiers can stay in the city for now, and it won’t be too late for us to leave after we wipe out the forces of the surrounding rebel army.”
So that's what he meant.
The general couldn't help but feel ashamed, "It's the last general who treats the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and I ask the major general to forgive me!"
Gu Shubai said: "Okay, the city defense army you lead should be stationed in the west of the city. I have seen the landform of Zhenjiang, and the west of the city is suitable for stationing. As for the defense in the city, I will leave it to the Beili army now. By the way, we Don't know your name yet?"
He clasped his fists quickly, "The last general will fly late."
Gu Shubai's first important task is to recover Linzhou captured by the rebel army as soon as possible, which is the city that Ning Chengzhi promised to allocate to Beili.
Lincheng was not far from Zhenjiang, so he sent Yan Zheng and his spies out to find out the news that night, and the results were soon obtained.
"General, something serious happened!"
When Yan Zheng came back, he was in a hurry, with a gloomy expression on his face, "That fellow Yin Shuo is insane! After the rebel army captured Linzhou, they have been robbing the people's money. They wantonly burned and killed people, saying that they would leave Beili an empty ghost town!"
"What?"
Since Chi Fei is the guard of Zhenjiang and is familiar with the surrounding terrain, Gu Shubai also asked him to be there to discuss the military situation. Although they belong to the two countries now, the Beili army came to support the Dongling court, and Chi Fei was once a member of the Gu family army, so he can naturally trust it.
Hearing Yan Zheng's words, Chi Fei couldn't hold his head anymore, "The people they slaughtered were the people of Dongling! This... This is really unreasonable! How are the people in the city now?"
Yan Zheng shook his head, "I'm afraid it's not good. It's not enough time to kill them all. It's a matter of time. General, what should we do?"
He looked at Gu Shubai, and all the generals in the tent also looked at Gu Shubai.
Gu Shubai said: "Naturally, Linzhou must be recovered as soon as possible, and they must not be allowed to continue slaughtering people like this, but there is one thing that I find very strange. Although Yin Shuo is cold and heartless, he is not a tyrannical person, how could he allow his subordinates to do so?" What happened?"
Chi Fei hesitated for a moment, and said: "I heard that the rebel army came all the way from the south. They killed people, set fire to their homes and looted their homes, and the people were in dire straits. Rather than saying that those who fled to Beili and Xikun were forced by heavy taxes, it is better to say that they were also forced They were forced by the rebel army. They are a mob without law and order, and they only care about their own pleasure, so it doesn't matter whether they are the enemy or the people in front of them?"
Gu Shubai nodded, "I understand. After all, Yin Shuo is a civil servant and has no experience in running a military. He probably also knows that this is his shortcoming, so he simply pampered these soldiers to prevent them from developing a rebellious heart. Anyway, the common people live and die. Yin Shuo doesn't care at all, he only cares that these soldiers can win the country for him. If so, I have an idea."
"What idea?"
Gu Shubai beckoned, motioning Yan Zheng to come over, Yan Zheng hurriedly leaned his upper body towards him, and couldn't help but smile after hearing his strategy.
"The general is a good idea! I'll do it now!"
In the morning of the next day, it was windy, and the river wind was blowing violently, making people shiver.
In Linzhou City, the soldiers of the rebel army had just woken up, and they looked at each other tacitly, with evil smiles on the corners of their mouths.
In yesterday's killing competition, some people beheaded a hundred and twenty heads, while some were inferior, only one hundred heads were beheaded.
They agreed to compete again today, and whoever cut off the most common people's heads can enjoy the most beautiful women they robbed.
"It's really cold today, it's time to go out and warm up."
A man with the appearance of a centurion stretched his waist, and shouted behind him: "The knives from yesterday are all curled. Bring me a new one. Today I must cut off a hundred and thirty heads!"
Outside the barracks, a man in gray cloth heard these words and deftly avoided, heading towards the densely populated village on the outskirts of the city.
"Fathers and folks, listen to me!"
Another young man in civilian clothes stood on the high platform, beating a gong in his hand, and beckoned the villagers to come closer and listen to him. The villagers knew that the insurgents stationed in the city were slaughtering wantonly, and they were anxious and did not dare to approach for a while.
A short old man standing next to the commoner youth waved to everyone, "Folks, come quickly, this is General Beili who is here to save us!"
That little old man is the most famous squire in the village, and the young man in civilian clothes beside him is Yan Zheng.
"Beili's general?"
The common people were half-believed, and they all came over because of the old squire's face. Yan Zheng said seriously: "I'm afraid all the folks and elders know that the massacre in the city has been carried out for several days, and now it is almost finished. We heard the news, today The rebel army is coming to the outskirts of the city."
"Ah? Then what should we do?"
"Damn it, go back and pack your bags and run!"
The people were terrified, Yan Zheng shouted angrily amidst the noise, "Quiet, listen to me!"
He was full of military and iron blood, and his voice carried an irresistible force. The people unconsciously lowered their voices and dared not discuss any more.
Yan Zheng calmed down, "Fathers and folks, His Majesty Dongling asked Beili for support this time. Don't worry, we will protect you from being slaughtered. You must believe me and follow me Do what you say, I used to be from Dongling, under the command of the Gu family army, and I will never ignore my compatriots!"
"Gu Jiajun?"
"It's Gu Jiajun!"
"It's actually a general of the Gu family army, we don't know Mount Tai!"
Hearing the word Gu Jiajun, the vigilant eyes of the people were filled with trust, and Yan Zheng couldn't help feeling sad. Gu Jiajun's designation had been withdrawn a long time ago, but the people of Dongling were still full of respect when they mentioned these three words.
He forced a smile and said: "Since you folks are willing to believe me, then do as I say! Presumably everyone knows that the so-called rebels are actually farmers, just like you! They couldn't afford the exorbitant taxes and were forced to Those who embark on this path will become as bloodthirsty as they are now if they kill more people without the guidance of a well-behaved general! As long as you folks are willing to take up arms and resist, you will not lose to them!"
There was hesitation on the faces of the people, and a middle-aged man boldly said: "But they have a lot of people, and there are only a hundred or ten people in our village, how can we deal with it?"
Yan Zheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, my people are ambushing in the mountains and forests. Bei Li is tall and powerful, and he is a well-trained elite soldier. One can fight against five of them. After a while, my people will go to you first and then Come on, if we can't fight, you can hide yourself!"
He said all the words for this sake, and the common people expressed their willingness to take risks in order to save themselves.
The middle-aged man who spoke earlier said: "Hide the ball! Let's hide, and when the rebels come to kill us, won't we still have our heads cut off? Instead of hiding and being beheaded like pigs and dogs, it's better to rush up and fight them. You can kill us." We'll earn one!"
"Yes! It doesn't matter if you kill one of them, the general can't let the general sacrifice for us in vain!"
"Go! Let's go home and get our weapons!"
The villagers rushed home in groups of three or four, and Yan Zheng smiled to the old man beside him: "Old man, you should go back and hide quickly, you'd better find a cellar or something to hide in, in case you get knocked It’s not good to touch it.”
"Hey, hey."
The old man looked at him gratefully, "You all must be careful and pay attention to safety!"
…
A detachment of the rebel army came to the outskirts of the city, about a thousand people.
The cavalry rode fast all the way, followed by the loose infantry far behind, and took the lead to the village closest to the city.
The people in the village were harvesting crops in the fields, and they all seemed to be middle-aged men, who should be the main labor force in the family.
Hearing the sound of horseshoes, some people occasionally glanced at them, but they didn't intend to run away in panic.
The head of the thousand households headed by the rebel army couldn't help laughing, "These idiots know how to farm, and they are still farming when they are almost dead, hahaha!"
He laughed wantonly, as if he had forgotten that he was also a farmer.
"Come on, go up and kill these idiots first, and then go to the village to kill the old, the weak, women and children! Just two hundred people will follow, don't all go up and trample on the grain, we will take away the wheat in this field soon! "
He greeted, and half of the cavalry dismounted and rushed towards the field with him, while the other half rode on their horses and watched the scene.
Yan Zheng was pretending to be waving a sickle in the field. He raised his eyelids and saw that there were only two hundred people. He immediately smiled, "The general is right, these rebel soldiers are so inflated that they slaughtered the people like pigs and dogs! Let's stand On the bright side, there are at least a hundred people, so they are so confident and bold to kill them."
The man with a hoe next to him came up to him and smiled, "This guy really thinks he is a soldier because of his large number of people. Let's show them today what a real soldier is!"
"kill!"
Those insurgents were afraid that they would not be frightened and flee, shouting loudly to kill from an acre away. They thought that these farming people would run away in fright, but they just stood up straight——
Everyone faces them and looks at them.
The head of the Thousand Households could not help being taken aback, vaguely seeing... pity in the eyes of those "common people".
mercy
How can this be
Before he could react, Yan Zheng cut his throat quickly with a scythe, and a blood arc splashed in mid-air.
The soldiers following the head of a thousand households hadn't reacted yet, they just watched their leader fall to the ground.
"kill!"
This one was even more imposing, and it was Yan Zheng who shouted.
All of a sudden, everyone pulled out their swords hidden in the wheat field, and killed the rebel soldiers neatly, quickly and accurately.
The soldiers who were riding on horseback and watching saw that it was not good, so they immediately rushed to support.
Just after those people also entered the wheat field, they saw the Beili soldiers who had been ambushing for a long time jump out of the small hills of grain, and everyone jumped out to exercise their muscles.
One of the tall soldiers couldn't help shouting at Yan Zheng, "General Yan, you are too unfair, knowing that we are tall and letting us hide in the grain pile!"
Yan Zheng kicked the two people in front of him, smiled at him and said, "It is because I know you are tall that I want you to hide, otherwise they will see through the people in the field when they see how big they are."
Gu Shubai said that he had to pretend to be a commoner to make the enemy underestimate the enemy, which is really true.
Seeing that the number of people overwhelmed the opponent, I didn't want to run out of the ambush again from the grain pile. Listening to their conversation, these people were not ordinary people at all, but well-trained soldiers.
Everyone in the rebel army couldn't help panicking, throwing away their helmets and armor, scattered and fled, looking back for the infantry they hadn't followed.
"Where to run? Folks, go!"
The people rushed out of the village with hoes, axes, sickles, etc., and Yan Zheng's people demonstrated in front of them. The fear of the rebels in their hearts has been completely eliminated.
All the way to pursue the victory until they met the infantry in the rear, under the leadership of Yan Zheng, they and the people still had the advantage.
While hitting, Yan Zheng waved to the person behind him, "Go!"
"Why!"
The little soldier kicked the rebel soldier who was blocking the way in front of him, led a horse and ran towards the village behind him, until he ran to another nearby village.
"The rebel army killed people, and the people in Xiaotian Village have already resisted, and they have captured a lot of horses!"
He shouted at the entrance of the village, and the villagers came out of their homes cautiously, "Don't lie! There are only a few hundred people in Xiaotian Village, and there are at most a hundred young and strong men. How can they resist?"
"You do not believe?"
Xiao Bing patted his horse anxiously, "Look, I snatched this! I came here to tell you, if you want to snatch the horse, hurry up, you won't be able to snatch it later! At that time, the new uprising When the army comes, you just wait to be beheaded!"
As he spoke, he got on his horse and took a pat, and continued to the next village to inform.
The people in the village were thinking about this, and a leading man said: "If you don't want to grab the white, don't grab it! Let's go and see, if we can fight, we can fight, if we can't, just run away!"
"Okay, it's better to go and have a look than to wait here to die, let's go!"
The common people packed up their available utensils and rushed towards Xiaotian Village. At the same time, the thousand insurgents who knew they were invincible also sent people back to the city to report the news.
The city keeps sending support, and the people in the suburbs keep coming to support.
The battlefield between the two sides grew bigger and bigger, and more and more people joined in. In the end, almost all the fortunate young and middle-aged people in Linzhou joined in.
The resentment of being slaughtered condensed in the hearts of the people, what they lacked was only a leader who dared to be the first, and Gu Shubai had the foresight to let Yan Zheng act as the leader.
Both sides are farmers without formal training, and the soldiers of the rebel army are at most a little more experienced, but the common people have hundreds of elite soldiers led by Yan Zheng to help them.
In less than a day, the outskirts of the city flowed like rivers of blood.
The main force of the rebel army was defeated, and the rest of the defeated army voluntarily surrendered. Yan Zheng led people to control Linzhou, and opened the city gate to welcome Beili's army into the city.
Conquering an important town with a mere few hundred elite soldiers, adding to Gu Shubai's glorious record, the hearts of the Beili court were excited.
The people in several cities such as Zhenjiang and Linzhou were extremely supportive, and Chi Fei was so impressed that he said, "The young general is more courageous and resourceful than before. When the final general looks at you, he always feels like seeing a great general."
Gu Shubai didn't think he was so great, he smiled lightly, "After all, there are still some unsatisfactory things. After all, the people in Linzhou suffered heavy casualties. I can only order people to bury them alive, and then give compensation to their families .After all, they rose up and resisted, and we were able to take back Linzhou so easily."
Chi Fei was from the Gu family army, so he knew exactly what Gu Shubai was sad about. The generals of the Gu family army have always been sympathetic to the soldiers and the common people.
As a result, the soldiers of the Gu family army have never bullied the weak and weak, and now it is the same with the Beili army led by Gu Shubai, which has the demeanor of the Gu family army back then.
He said: "Young General, you don't have to blame yourself. If you directly send a large army to attack Linzhou, although you can take it down, the casualties will be even more severe. Once the two armies are in a stalemate above and below the city, we can't control the people in the city being slaughtered. Yes. The major general’s plan is the best. Using their atrocities to make the soldiers pretend to be ordinary people, and then lead the people to rise up to resist. It’s a pity that there can’t be too many soldiers sneaking into Linzhou, otherwise their whereabouts will be exposed, otherwise the casualties of the people will be high. Less."
Anyway, this is already the best result.
Gu Shubai breathed a sigh of relief, "Yin Shuo is not here, the most important thing now is to find out where the main force of the rebel army is, and where is Yin Shuo himself?"
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In this life, Su Wanrong is bound to rewrite her own destiny.
She wants to stay away from the royal family, stay away from the royal family, and marry an ordinary and honest man to live out this life in peace.
She never thought that she did rewrite her destiny, but she failed to escape from the royal family after all, and even directly married the rumored arrogant and unreasonable Ninth Five Lord!
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The Jin and Yuan emperors of the previous life,
Violent by nature, moody, cruel and ruthless. But at least killing decisively is extraordinary. After succeeding to the throne, he expanded the country again and again, and the people were well-off. He could barely be called a generation of Mingjun.
The Jin and Yuan emperors of this life,
Temperament is still cloudy and uncertain. He was despicable and shameless, and even robbed his courtiers' wives!
After ascending the throne, he neglected government affairs. Don't see, don't criticize, don't ask, don't speak. Staying in the Fengyi Palace day and night, addicted to the queen's beauty and unable to extricate herself!