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"Kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys."

Qin Mu said these four words lightly, and his demeanor was full of confidence.

Yang Tinglin pondered for a moment and asked, "Lord Qin is confident that he can quickly destroy Gu Xiancheng?" ”

"It's not easy to destroy him quickly, but it's not difficult to defeat him quickly and beat him back to his original form, of course, this requires the full support of the whole people in Ganzhou."

Yang Tinglin subconsciously glanced at Qin Mu up and down, as if judging the reliability of his words, Qin Mu came all the way from Nanchang and exterminated nearly ten bandits, from this point of view, he has the qualifications to say this, if he gets the full support of Ganzhou, it is possible that he can defeat Gu Xiancheng.

According to Qin Mu's meaning, it is nothing more than to take advantage of the opportunity of the rebels to divide into two roads, first defeat Gu Xiancheng this way, play the role of killing one and setting an example, and then take advantage of the power of a big victory to appease Ma Yongzhen.

There were originally a lot of messy things, but after Qin Mu listed the treatment plan, it seemed much more organized, at least there was no such feeling that a dog gnawed on a turtle and couldn't get out of his mouth.

This alone made Yang Tinglin look at him with admiration, such a person actually failed to succeed in three attempts, it seems that the imperial court has buried talents.

It's just that according to Qin Mu's strategy, Yang Tinglin himself has to bear all the responsibilities, even if the rebellion is successfully quelled, there will be many things that the court needs him to settle in the future, such as the responsibility of appeasing Xu Guan without authorization, he may not be able to bear it in the future, which undoubtedly requires him to put the honor and disgrace of his life on it.

It does take a lot of courage to make such a decision.

"Lord Qin just said that if you put down the rebellion, blindly adopting military means will not work, I wonder what other auxiliary strategies Lord Qin has?"

"Lord Prefect, this has to mention the problem of many mountains and few fields in Ganzhou, and the people are fierce, if it is purely by military means, even if it can calm the rebellion of Ma and Gu this time, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause;

This rebellion of Ma and Gu has poisoned several counties, making many people homeless refugees, the people of Ganzhou are already aggressive, so many refugees have no place to live, what do the prefects think they will do next? ”

Yang Tinglin bowed his head and said: "This official is also worried about this. ”

"Therefore, whether it is to suppress or appease, it is only a symptom, and it must be accompanied by a set of policies to treat the root cause, the two complement each other, and both the symptoms and the root cause can be effective, and the key to this is the word 'land'."

"Land" Yang Tinglin muttered thoughtfully.

***

Li Xiangjun for Qin Mu, self-redemption, did not hesitate to splash the peach blossom fan with blood, this singing and crying thing spread all over the Jiangnan for a while, and soon some people took the story of Qin and Li as the original form, created it, and wrote a play book to sing in the market, and the audience was like a mountain, cheering like a tide.

On the Shengchu upstairs outside the Shuixi Gate, Li Xiangjun, who had changed into men's clothes, looked like a beautiful son. The people who came to see him off included Li Xiangjun's former adoptive mother Li Zhenli, not to mention Bian Saisai.

Outside the building, the willows are piled up with smoke, the sun is shining, the white clouds are ethereal, Bian Saisai is combing his flying hoof, his jade face is smoky, his eyes are like water, and the green jade earrings are gently swaying in the wind;

She broke off a weeping willow from outside the railing and whispered, "The willows are green and drooping on the ground, and the poplars are flying in the sky." The wicker is broken and the flowers are flying; By asking pedestrians whether to return or not? ”

Li Xiangjun hesitated to take the wicker, and didn't know what to say for a while.

If it weren't for Bian Saisai's full support this time, she wouldn't have been able to scrape together enough money to redeem herself, for this sister, Li Xiangjun is extremely grateful, and at this moment, she is about to leave, and her heart is very difficult to give up. Listening to the farewell poem chanted by Bian Saisai, she couldn't help but have a layer of hot mist in her eyes.

"Sister Bian, I" When the words came to her mouth, Li Xiangjun choked up.

Bian Saisai tried his best to squeeze out a smile, but comforted her: "Sister doesn't have to be like this, Qin Gongzi sent a letter in three or two days, which shows his deep affection for his sister, Qin Gongzi's literary talent is needless to say, a weak scholar went to work alone, and he was able to eliminate the bandits along the way, and I don't know how many generals were embarrassed." A good man like him who is Yunwen and Yunwu, it is a blessing for our daughter's family to be favored by him for several generations, and my sister should be happy to have this blessing, why cry? ”

Li Xiangjun tightly held Bian Saisai's hand and said, "Sister, great grace, my sister will be rewarded in the future." ”

"How is my sister going to report me?" Bian Saisai scraped Li Xiangjun's nose with his fingers and asked with a bit of playfulness.

Li Xiangjun was slightly stunned, usually Bian Saisai always looked a little melancholy, and rarely made such jokes, although she knew that she was teasing herself, Li Xiangjun still said: "My sister must help my sister fulfill the biggest wish in her life." ”

"Sister is just joking with sister, sister don't take it seriously." Bian Saisai's pretty face was inexplicably a little hot, and she hurriedly said to it, "Now that the world is chaotic and the road is not calm, my sister must be careful when she goes. ”

Li Zhenli next to her interjected: "Daughter, I shouldn't have stopped you again, but now that the thief Zhang Xianzhong has broken Wuchang, he may go down the east of the river at any time, you might as well wait, bring a letter first, and let Lord Qin send a few people to pick you up, so it will be safer." ”

"Mom, don't worry, my daughter will be careful, Rentong is the largest business in Ganzhou, this time the caravan has nearly 200 people on the road together, they are familiar with the situation along the way, my daughter will go with the caravan, it will be fine."

Li Zhenli looked at the half-mile-long caravan downstairs, and there were hundreds of strong men in charge of protecting the caravan, and she was a little relieved, her feelings for Li Xiangjun were a little complicated, not only did she regard her as her own cash cow, but she had spent a lot of effort after years of training, how could she not have some feelings?

Before leaving, she gave Li Xiangjun a thousand taels of silver for entanglement, and repeatedly told the caravan shopkeeper Xu to help take care of Li Xiangjun, and when the caravan set off, watching Li Xiangjun's car gradually move away, she who had always been bold, couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.

Li Xiangjun, who is famous in the south of the Yangtze River, embarked on an unknown journey in this way.

If it is the Chengping period, from Nanjing to Ganzhou, it is only a more than ten days journey, but in the last days of the Ming Dynasty, everything is full of variables, who can predict what will happen along the way?

***

Qin Mu talked with Yang Tinglin for nearly two hours, and what else was talked about later, outsiders don't know, when he came out, Yang Tinglin personally sent him outside the gate.

Qin Mu was about to leave, when he saw a horse galloping, the soldiers on the horse turned over and dismounted in a panic, and reported to Yang Tinglin: "Lord Prefect, the big thing is not good, the thief Ma Yongzhen's department is in civil strife today, Commander Zhu took the opportunity to lead the army to attack, and did not want to be ambushed by Ma Yongzhen, Commander Zhu was killed by an arrow, and the whole army was in chaos."

"Shut up! You dare to lie about the military, damn it! Without waiting for the soldier who reported the news to finish speaking, Qin Mu suddenly interrupted with a loud shout.

"The villain didn't"

The soldier who reported the news was still waiting to defend himself, "Smack! Qin Mu slapped him fiercely, beating him so much that his mouth was bleeding, and the whole person was tilted to the side. Qin Mu immediately shouted to the few soldiers guarding the door: "Come together and escort this traitor who lied about the military situation to the inner hall!" Fast! ”

Qin Mu ignored Yang Tinglin, who was extremely shocked, and gave an awe-inspiring order, the soldiers guarding the door looked at Yang Tinglin, and saw that the prefect was both shocked and surprised, and had nothing to say, so he had to obey Qin Mu's order and escort the soldier who reported the news into the inner hall.

Qin Mu pulled Yang Tinglin and hurriedly followed inside, and Yang Tinglin, who had reacted, asked him, "Wenzhi, what are you doing here?" ”

"This guy lies about the military situation! The prefect has thought about it, the tens of thousands of refugees are now without food and clothing, the people are panicking, and complaints are everywhere, at this time, this guy also came to lie about the military situation, once the news spreads, Ganzhou City is afraid that it will be a mess, even if it does not collapse for the time being, the jihua agreed between the lower officials and the prefect can no longer be implemented. ”

Listening to Qin Mu's words, Yang Tinglin suddenly felt a chill down his spine, yes, this news must be blocked first.

As soon as he entered the inner hall, Qin Mu once again crossed his line and asked the soldier who reported the news: "When you entered the city, who else did you tell about Zhu Teng's defeat?" ”

"No, due to the urgency of the situation, the villain was in a hurry to report to the government office, and he did not mention to others the news of the defeat of Commander Zhu. Adult, villain really didn't lie about the military situation, villain"

Yang Tinglin first ordered a few soldiers to pass the order to block the four gates, and did not allow the news of Zhu Teng's defeat to come in, and then calmed down, stepped forward and asked in a deep voice: "This official came to ask you, didn't Lord Bingbei Dao King go to South Snake Mountain to supervise the army?" Where are the others? Why didn't Zhu Teng stop him from fighting without authorization? ”

"Back to the prefect, originally Commander Zhu was reluctant to fight, but Lord Wang gave a strict order, and Commander Zhu was not allowed to fight, so he was ambushed on the grassy slope of five miles east of Nansnake Mountain."

"The grassy slope is gentle, there are only a dozen or so trees, it is clear at a glance, there is no way to lay an ambush, you lie!"

"Lord Prefect, what the villain said is true, the thief did not lay an ambush on the grassy slope, only hid a dead soldier on the tree, because the surrounding area was empty, and the army did not pay much attention to the big banyan tree on the side of the road when passing by, Commander Zhu was shot in the center of the eyebrows by the dead soldier hidden in the tree, and then suddenly the drums sounded in unison several miles away, and our army was suddenly in chaos;

The thief army soon chased after him, many soldiers saw that the opportunity was not good and fled, and now Li Jie and Li Baihu gathered more than 500 defeated troops, and still retreated to the South Snake Mountain, and urgently sent the villain back to the city and reported to the prefect, so that the prefect quickly increased the troops, Li Baihu said that the South Snake Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a barrier in Ganzhou, if the South Snake Mountain is lost, Ganzhou will not be protected"

"Where's Lord Wang Gong?"

"Lord Wang broke his leg when he fled back, and was rescued by Li Baihu to the South Snake Mountain."

Asked about this, Yang Tinglin was already anxious, Li Jie was a hundred households under Zhu Teng's account, and his hundred households were not only rarely full, but also the most elite army of Ganzhou Wei, and had always been regarded by Zhu Teng as a personal soldier. Now fortunately, Li Jie is defending the South Snake Mountain, so that the thief army will not attack the city.

Hundreds of remnants of the South Snake Mountain were defeated in the new calendar, and they had just lost their main general, if they couldn't be reinforced in time, they were afraid that they would really not be able to hold for long.

But now, where does Yang Tinglin go to find troops to reinforce him? Ganzhou City, even counting the old, weak, sick and disabled, can't muster up a thousand troops, and if the troops are sent to South Snake Mountain, Ganzhou City doesn't want it?

Yang Tinglin gritted his teeth and said: "You go back immediately and tell Li Jie that there are no soldiers, but there is an official position of a commander for him!" In the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese officials would send people to escort the grain and salary to the South Snake Mountain to reward the army. As long as he guards the South Snake Mountain, the official guarantees that the position of the commander of the Ganzhou Wei will be his. ”

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