In the afternoon, Guo Mian and Guo Kun convened a meeting of the generals again, and Guo Kun proposed that in view of the current situation in the five counties of Jingbei, the army could divide the army to speed up the recovery process, so as not to have too many dreams at night. More than 9,000 soldiers and horses were divided into two roads, one to Weicheng in Huaxian County, and all the way to Changheng County and Dongming County. After purging and calming down the local situation, he regrouped in Wanting County seven days later. Wanting County is located on the west side of Heunginfu, which belongs to the junction of Jingdongseo-ro and Gyeonggi-ro. Xingren Mansion is still in the hands of the imperial court, and after the soldiers and horses arrive in Wanting County, they can also echo the defenders of Xingren Mansion.

At the meeting, it was proposed that the army could be stationed in Xingren Mansion to assist in defending the city, but Guo Kun vetoed it. What Guo Kun means is that the counterinsurgency on Jingdong West Road is a matter for Guo Xu, the king of Huai, and there is no need to insert a lever. Otherwise, I am afraid that King Huai will misunderstand it as an errand to rob him. There is no need to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. When the people heard this, they couldn't argue with it. In fact, after the five counties were pacified, the army should have advanced to the east and west roads of Beijing, and formed a north-south attack with the army of King Huai. Counterinsurgency is a major event for the imperial court, so how can there be any thoughts of personal gains and losses. But since Du Yuhou said so, more things are better than less, and there is no need to do more. Besides, King Huai led an army of 50,000 to quell the rebellion, and he really didn't need the help of others. Maybe he'll really be misunderstood.

Lin Jue has not participated in these decisions, in fact, the situation in the five counties of Jingbei is no longer a big problem at this moment. Slowly, it is said that the troops are divided into two roads, that is, the troops are divided into four roads, and each goes to one county, and there is not much of a problem. In the battle of Yangwu, the strength of the five county bandits has been emptied, and the rest are just some fragmentary bandits, and as soon as the soldiers and horses arrive, they have no room for struggle. In particular, after a toss in the city, if the news of the public killing of 300 bandit diehards spreads to all the counties, I am afraid that all the bandits will flee in despair.

Lin Jue was actually concerned about the news from Yingtianfu in the south. Hearing that Ying Tianfu had encountered difficulties in attacking the city, Lin Jue actually didn't believe it. With 50,000 elite forbidden troops, how could they not even attack Ying Tianfu, which was entrenched by the bandits? Lin Jue believed that Ying Tianfu would not last for a few days and would be breached. The reason why Lin Jue paid attention to the news of the siege of Ying Tianfu was because he wanted to verify a worry in his heart. Lin Jue couldn't tell everyone about this, because it seemed that his psychology was too dark.

But Lin Jue himself thought about it carefully, and the two princes led the army to quell the rebellion respectively, forming a de facto competitive relationship. And if this relationship will affect a big candidate in the future, then anything can happen. And after Guo Mian's side took the lead in recovering the land of the five counties and successfully completed the task of counterinsurgency, what would Guo Xu, who was entangled in Ying Tianfu, think in his heart? What will Lu Zhongtian behind Guo Xu think? It's all fun. Lin Jue is no longer the stupid and sweet ignorant person in the previous life, he has woken up in this life, for the evil of human nature, Lin Jue would rather speculate on the thoughts of others with the deepest malice. As the saying goes, you can't have the heart to harm others, and you can't have the heart to prevent people. If you can't think of the worst and deepest level, I'm afraid you don't even know how to die.

In this life, Lin Jue has experienced many such things. Can you imagine that Lin Ke, the son of the Lin family, is actually a hidden bandit? Can you imagine that Sima Qingshan actually kidnapped Cai Wei and killed people for his own desires? Can you imagine that Green Dance's biological mother, Concubine Rong, would kill her former lover in order to save her life and that of her son? The selfishness and sinister nature of human nature is unimaginable. Only you can't think of it, no one can't do it.

Now, it's not just personal desires and petty interests that are at stake. What is at stake is a competition for the throne, and if it can really be as peaceful as a humble gentleman, then the whole history will have to be rewritten. The scenes of the palace tragedy of brothers killing each other and fighting fathers and sons are really staged, and they will continue to be staged. Because this is human nature, and this is something that can never be changed. No matter what dynasty, no matter what generation, all this will continue. Therefore, Lin Jue believes that he should have more eyes in this competition to counterinsurgency. That's why he was willing to stay. Not for Guo Mian, but for Guo Kun. He didn't want Guo Kun to suffer.

According to the results of the discussion, the 9,000-strong army was divided into two teams, one of which was led by Wei Dakui, the head of the Ma army, and several high-ranking generals, and 5,000 soldiers and horses, from the Yucheng to the northeast of Huaxian and Weicheng forbidden troops. Because this route is far away and the time is tight, I am afraid that Guo Mian will not be able to bear it. Therefore, Guo Mian followed Guo Kun and Lin Jue to lead 4,000 soldiers and horses east to Changheng County. After that, it can be directly inserted into Dongming to complete the recovery of these two counties.

The next morning, the army marched. At noon, Lin Jue, Guo Kun, Guo Mian and his entourage had already arrived in Changheng County. Changheng County used to be the hardest hit area for the development of youth education, and when Lin Jue came here to rescue the arrest of the Criminal Division, he had witnessed the situation where all the people in every village were congregational, echoing each other against themselves. Therefore, after entering Changheng County, Lin Jue reminded Guo Kun to be prepared to encounter bandits at any time.

However, after entering Changheng County, nothing happened. When passing through several villages and market towns, I found that there were few people everywhere and it was lifeless. Except for some old and weak women and children, there was not a single man in the prime of life. The people stood by the road in a daze and watched the army drive by, with no gratitude or joy in their eyes, just numbness.

Lin Jue got off the horse and asked a few people, who seemed to be scared and eager to prove that they were not members of the Qingjiao sect. Lin Jue repeatedly explained that it was not to trouble them, and they told Lin Jue that since last night, many people have fled with their families in tow, because they got the news that the officers and soldiers are coming, and all those who have participated in the Qingjiao will be beheaded. What do you say, the whole city and county were killed for a few days and nights, and all the people who believed in Qingjiao were killed by the government.

Lin Jue was stunned and speechless, which confirmed his worries. After a toss in Yucheng County, the gossip spread. In times of chaos, rumors are most marketable, and people tend to believe them rather than believe them, and they will not be screened at all. All the religious people were scared away or had gone into hiding.

Lin Jue reported the situation to Guo Mian and Guo Kun, and the two were also very surprised.

"These people are really stupid, the officers and soldiers came and they were scared away? Are my Great Zhou officers and soldiers so hated? They must be stubborn bandits. Count them as fast as they can, or they will all be caught and killed. Oh, when is this a head, this king is almost exhausted. Let's ignore these things, hurry to the county seat, recover all the five counties, and return to the court. Guo Mian said.

Lin Jue was speechless, and he couldn't tell Guo Mian any reason. So he pulled Guo Kun aside and discussed: "Uncle, it's not a matter for these people to run away like this. After the reconquest, the purpose was to calm the people, and now that they have fled, isn't it against the original intention? And if they want to run, they will run to Jingxi Road, but they will go to the enemy, and we can't allow such a thing to happen. We need to quickly clear up the rumors so that these people don't toss around. ”

Guo Kun nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't expect this to be the case either." Everyone has run away, isn't it just an empty shell that has been recovered? What's the point? The imperial court wanted us to put down the rebellion, but as a result, all the people surrendered to the enemy, and it was unreasonable. It seems that I shouldn't have been in a hurry to punish the bandits in Yucheng yesterday, and I scared them. You say, how can we remedy it? ”

Lin Jue said: "It's very simple, the people can't go far, how far can they go on foot with their families?" Send cavalry to chase them and stop them. It is necessary to immediately rush to Changheng County to stabilize the situation and issue a notice to prevent the spread of rumors. Otherwise, not only Changheng County, but also the people of other counties will have to run away. ”

Guo Kun nodded and said: "It's okay, then immediately send cavalry first, on the one hand, chase people, and on the other hand, go to Changheng County to issue a notice to stabilize the situation." I'll leave this matter to you, and King Jin and I will arrive later. ”

Lin Jue arched his hand and said, "Okay, then I'll go first." ”

Lin Jue and Bai Bing led five hundred cavalry to gallop eastward, and when they ran dozens of miles away, they saw an endless stream of people hurrying east on both sides of the official road. These people fled overnight with their families and mouths, but how far could they run? I ran for most of the night in the morning, and I only walked thirty or forty miles. Seeing the cavalry of the officers and soldiers galloping towards them, the people were so frightened that they ran all over the mountains, fearing that they had come to chase and kill them.

Lin Jue didn't care about them, he only ordered to move forward. As long as they rush to Changheng County and occupy the county seat, the people will not be able to go east. Those rumors will not spread with these people, and the panic will be effectively stopped. There is no need to explain them to the people one by one, in fact, any explanation is not as effective as doing something to make the people see the actual situation.

At noon, Lin Jue and his entourage arrived outside the West City Gate of Changheng County. Seeing the situation near the West City Gate, Lin Jue's heart chuckled, and he was a little shocked. But seeing that the gate of the county town was closed, there were still some people patrolling back and forth at the head of the city. Lin Jue subconsciously thought that this was a bandit occupying the county seat, and he actually wanted to resist stubbornly. But he soon realized that it was a misunderstanding.

When the people at the head of the city saw a large group of cavalry coming down from the city, someone immediately recognized that it was the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

"Is it the imperial army coming?" Someone shouted at the head of the city.

"Exactly, who are you? If you are a remnant of the Qingjiao, I advise you to surrender immediately. The army is coming, and you have no choice but to resist. The small leader of the cavalry stepped forward and shouted.

"Oh, you misunderstood, we are not from the Qingjiao, we are the people of the city. He County ordered us to organize us, close the city gate and guard the county seat, we heard that the officers and soldiers won a great victory in Yangwu, and we are looking forward to your coming day and night. But...... If you open the city gate, you must first report to the county order. He County has an order, and no city gate is allowed to be opened without his order. The military masters will wait for a while, and the little ones will go to report. The people at the head of the city cried out.

Lin Jue was surprised and delighted when he heard this, He Anmin was still alive? It was a real surprise. When the bandits rebels broke out, the first to attack was the county government, and the first wave to kill the officials was the officials. The ferocity of the bandits in Changheng County Lin Jue has seen it, and He Anmin can still survive, which is really surprising.