Since ancient times, rebellion has always had to find an excuse, whether it is the remnants of the powerful or the peasant uprising, there must always be a reason. Crusade against the unreasonable, punish the tyrant, do the right thing for the sky, etc., in short, it must be famous.

At this time, Zhao Xun's secret letter was opened, and the first four lines were particularly eye-catching.

The common life is dead

Vermilion is gone

Towering sky

years in Tianhong

If you don't read the following content, you don't know what bullshit is written in four lines.

"The common people are dead, and the vermilion is dead" basically refers to the fact that Sun Guo was tyrannical and expropriated, so that the people were not able to live and the blood flowed into rivers and souls, so the common people were already dead, and the blood was also drained, and the death was a sign of how tragic and miserable the death was.

"Towering the sky, the age is in the sky" is a metaphor for the world's people, setting off a monstrous wave of wolves, the time is today, the so-called today is more precise, anytime, anywhere, as long as the rebellion is the best time. Combined with the first eight characters, it is to call on the poor people all over the world to rebel, but it is death, and if it is not reversed, it is death.

According to Zhao Xun's secret letter, this popular rebellion army rose up at the end of last month, and it only took more than ten days to capture the entire territory of Pengyuan, take Wanchuan, and successfully mutiny the 100,000 army in the east of Sun Guozhen, claiming to have 300,000 soldiers, and is attacking Shangguan County all the way to the west.

What's even worse is that Pengyuan County is adjacent to Changsun in the north, Xianguo Chunan County in the east, Zhiguo in the south, and Wanchuan County is the first day in the world.

Now Wanchuan and Pengyuan counties have all fallen into the hands of the rebel army, with these two places as the core, the riot trend of thought quickly spread to Changsun, Zhiguo, Xianguo, and Changsun, when Zhao Xun sent the letter, the people of Qiunan County were ready to move, and Shanling was considering increasing the troops of Qiunan and Xianxi counties to stabilize the border situation.

It is really rare to say that such a big civil upheaval occurred in Sun Kingdom, and together with the 100,000 army that was pulled by the rebel army without firing a single shot, what kind of rebellion is this, it is more like a great revolution.

Handing the letter to Ding Su and Zhu Xia, Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) paced in place for two steps, and when the two of them finished reading, Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) and Zhu Xia said:

"Is General Zhao worried about the loss of Chunan County?"

"I don't know, Lord Zhao only asked Mr. Zai to inform the letter to Mr. What did he say. In addition, can Mr. raise some gold and silver for the adults to trend. ”

"That's no problem, Ding Caidong just arrived today and brought back a large amount of gold and silver, and I don't know if two hundred and ten inches of gold General Zhao is enough."

Hearing the news of 210 inches of gold, Zhu Xia was taken aback:

"So much!"

"yes."

Bai Liyan opened the black wooden box on the side, the wooden box was neatly stacked with gold and silver, Zhu Xia was surprised beyond words, maybe he had never seen so much gold and silver in his life.

"Steward Zhu, these are all gold and silver earned from selling the goods sold in Xia, if you have the drive, you can spend it."

"That's really a relief for adults."

Zhao Xun has no popularity in Chenling, and he usually uses very little money, but once the situation is unstable, he needs to use money everywhere, and there is no upper limit at all. Gold and silver are things outside the body, and if you can spend money to get things done, it is definitely worth the money.

Zhao Xun's letter will not be earlier than the Guangxin Gong's secret agent, and the Guangxin Gongfu should already know the news about this matter. After settling Zhu Xia and Ding Su, Bai Liyan rode to the mansion, and bumped into Chen Yunfeng on the way:

"Brother Yunfeng didn't come to me."

Chen Yun's brows were tightly knit and his expression was anxious, and he grabbed the horse's reins and said eagerly:

"The defenders of Chuanyang Pass have mutinied, and the rebellious army of Sun Guo has invaded Chunan County, and there is a great momentum of attacking Suicheng, and the lord ordered me to quickly go to the virtuous brother to return to the house to discuss matters."

"What, the defenders of Chuanyang Pass mutinied!" If you drink it as a stick, Bailiyan will be taken aback again.

Chen Yunfeng must have known that he had correspondence with Zhao Xun, so he talked about it in person. Sun Guo's monstrous momentum, Jiang Min can't be ignorant of any news. Just now, I was worried that Sun Guomin might affect Xianguo, but I didn't expect that even Chuanyang Pass was lost, and it was attacked to Suicheng.

The two hurried back to the mansion, Jiang Gan, Jiang Rong, Luo Songting, Wang Jiu and others had already arrived, Jiang Min couldn't see whether he was happy or worried, or was gloating, and did not react.

Jiang Min is now circulating the news of the past few days to everyone present, and the content is basically consistent with Zhao Xun's letter, but the details are more detailed.

The number of the army has been 120,000 people who were previously claimed, and it has grown to 340,000 in less than a month, and the population of the area under its jurisdiction is 3 million.

At this moment, not only has it invaded the hinterland of Xianguo, but all the counties and counties of the countries that suffered from the locust plague last year have successively appeared under the banner of the Black Turban Army, and the northwest of Zhiguo is the hardest hit area, and it is rumored that a county has been in the midst of a civil uprising, and Qiunan County of Xianguo has not yet fallen at least.

But if this development continues, Xianxi County will not escape the doom, not to mention that the two counties of Du County and Beihai County are also suffering from locust plagues, and if they really spread to the entire Central Plains, this is the real chaos in the world.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the people's uprising is huge, and now they have occupied the city of Linsui in Chuanyangguan. I call you here to hear what you have to say. ”

As soon as Jiang Min's voice fell, Bailiyan wanted to say something, but when he looked at Luo Songting, he was looking at himself, and he was waiting for him to speak first, when Chen Yunfeng took the lead and said:

"My lord, the people are on fire, and the king of Xian is about to raise troops to fight against thieves. The top priority at the moment is to immediately investigate Dingkou's ban on relocation, step up preparations for war, and prevent the rebel army from rising up in Beihai County. ”

"What Mr. Chen said is very true." Jiang Qian affirmed, and continued: "Father, the people are surging in a civil uprising, and the chaotic people are usually no different from the good people, and it is difficult to distinguish them in the meantime. It is a top priority to step up preparations for war, and the expansion of the army is the most important thing, so please see it clearly. ”

Jiang Qianyan didn't say anything, Jiang Min didn't say anything, but asked Luo Songting:

"What does Mr. Luo think Guangxin should do now?"

"Returning to the lord, although it is imperative to expand the army, it is not the first and most important thing."

As soon as the words came out, Jiang Gan, Chen Yunfeng and others looked at Luo Songting in surprise, and Luo Songting was unmoved and continued:

"If the lord expands his army at this time, King Xian will definitely take precautions, and he will inevitably draw Guangxin's troops to the south, so wouldn't he make a wedding dress for King Xian.

In the next suggestion, the thieves do not break through Xianxi County, and the lord judges that the army cannot be expanded, which is one of them. Second, the most urgent task at the moment should be to reorganize the strong men and make them drill military discipline in preparation for war. Once the rebel army breaks through Xianxi County, the lord can enlist soldiers, which is the policy of the Tibetan army and the people.

Third, there is Dingyang in the south of Guangxin City, and the city defense of Dingyang City is strong, and it is the fief of Dingyang Marquis, which can be described as solid. Only Pucheng in the west and Lincheng in the east are weak. Lincheng is in the east, and there are no worries. Only Pucheng is separated from Xianxi County by a river, and the lord should recruit fishermen to form a naval army and go to Guanling Ferry to strictly prevent the rebel army from crossing the river east to attack Pucheng. ”

Perhaps except for Bailiyan, no one expected that Luo Songting would suggest not to expand the army, but to wait for the thieves to come to the city before mobilizing.

As Luo Songting said, to expand the army too early, King Xian specifically wanted Guangxin to send people and grain to the south to conquer the rebellious army, regardless of victory or defeat, there was no practical benefit to Guangxin. Even if the main force of the Xian army goes south, and Xianxi County misses again, Beihai County will be directly exposed to the front of the thief soldiers, and the elite soldiers will be evacuated

At this time, the only way to do a good job in the militia war preparedness work is to let King Xian not see the Guangxin rioters, and King Xian naturally can't reach out to Guangxin to ask for people.

Moreover, the combat strength of the Xian army was not bad, after the battle of Jiangdong that year, the field garrison was gradually restored to 180,000 in four or five years, and the army of 180,000 was more than enough to deal with tens of thousands of thieves.

The regular army is still strong, even if the war starts, it can also recruit conscripts from various counties and counties, recruit civilian troops and other supplementary soldiers, Guangxin City rashly expanded the army at this time, which is equivalent to rubbing sand in the eyes of King Xian.

Only when the two counties of Qiunan and Xianxi fell, or the main force of the Xian army was defeated, and the capital county was approached by the army, it was justified to expand the army in Guangxin City, and it was necessary to do a good job in the early stage of training.

Once the army is expanded, it can quickly recruit enough well-trained strong men and conscripts to join the army to participate in the war, which is Luo Songting's strategy of the Tibetan army and the people, and it is also Bailiyan's suggestion. I never thought that Luo Songting would say it one step ahead, and it would be meaningless for him to say anything.

Jiang Min thought for a moment, Jiang Qian and Luo Songting whispered in private, and at this time, Chen Yunfeng leaned sideways close to Baili Yan and asked quietly:

"Does Brother Xian think Luo Songting's plan is feasible?"

"Don't hide it from Brother Chen, I have the same plan as Luo's predecessors."

Chen Yunfeng was surprised:

"I see. But what if the rebels start an incident in Beihai County? ”

"Brother Chen, do you really think that the rebels will attack behind the scenes? In fact, otherwise, if the rebellious people want to attack from the north and south, they will do it as early as Sun Guo, why must they advance steadily and slowly all the way, it is not that the foundation of the rebellious army is not deep. Taking the rich land as an example, most of the people have adequate food and clothing, and even have surplus food available for the next year, so why risk killing their heads to rebel together. ”

The fundamental reason for the rebellion of the common people is that they do not have enough to eat, they can't live their lives, and if they don't rebel, they may starve to death and freeze to death every minute.

Although most of the areas of Beihai are not rich and oily, the land output is large, the products are abundant, there is basically no problem with food and clothing, and the Guangxin territory is even better than Dingyang City, and the people still have surplus grain in the hands of the summer and autumn harvest of the second year, so there is no conditional basis for the government to force the people to rebel, which is also the reason why Luo Songting suggested postponing the expansion of the army.

In addition, there is another key factor that no one has thought of, there is almost no precedent in history for peasant uprisings to win the world, except, of course, Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang is not a mountain pulled by his father-in-law's people.

Some people may say Liu Bang, but Liu Bang didn't gather the descendants of the nobles of the six countries to join in the rebellion.

So in the final analysis, the harm of the peasant army uprising is far less terrible than imagined, which is why Bai Liyan is not worried that the peasant army can defeat half of the country in a month or two.

Not counting the five countries of the West Sea, the entire Central Plains region covers an area of more than the territory of the four new Chinas, and such a large area requires time, money, and talent for administration, communications, grain and grass, farming, ordnance, and military strength.

It is difficult for a transnational peasant uprising to do anything, and in the face of dozens or even millions of allied forces joining forces to strangle them, what kind of storm can a rabble of 300,000 or 400,000 people set off.

As everyone looked at each other, the servant outside the door shouted:

"Master, the soldiers sent by the Taishou Mansion have an emergency military situation."

"Quick, let someone in." Jiang Min said.

"No!"

Most of the people sent by the Taishou Mansion were the news of Chenling.

The person who came took off his sword, saw Jiang Min and said with a deep salute, and said quickly:

"I saw Guangxin Gong in the next place, and I quickly asked Guangxin Gong to go to Taishou Mansion to discuss the emergency military situation on the order of Yu Taishou."

"But the Sun people have spread into the country?"

"Back to Guangxin Gong, Suicheng has been lost, Bo Anjun, Kang Lingjun, and Fuyuanjun's families have been slaughtered by the chaotic soldiers, and the thief army is marching towards the capital of the palace of Chunan County. Fang Cai sent an urgent letter from Hongling, strictly ordering all counties to strictly investigate the chaotic people, and there must be no mistakes. ”