Chapter 50 Chaos
Liu Zheng washed his face with ice water and asked excitedly, "Did the palace soldiers also participate in this? If my guess is correct, there must have been a conflict between the palace soldiers and the scattered soldiers!"
Shen Xing and Zheng Yueru looked at each other, both with shock in their eyes.
Is this Mr. Liu really as good as a god?
Shen Xing clasped his fists and said, "Young Master, you know what's going on in the world without even going out! The scattered soldiers oppressed the people, and several relatives of the palace soldiers were involved. The palace soldiers rose up to fight, and a chaotic battle broke out with the scattered soldiers. If Lu Zhengyi hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid the situation would be out of control!"
"Our scouts have also contacted several prominent families. They are very interested in your proposal and are still in negotiations!"
Liu Zheng's eyes flashed: "Is there any news from Liangzhou?"
This is actually what he is most worried about.
The biggest premise of all these plans is that Liangzhou Prefecture will let it go! Liu Zheng knew that Chen Ping had a grudge against his father Liu Dahao. When Liu Dahao was in Liangzhou, he could make Chen Ping feel uneasy as a wealthy businessman. When his father was in trouble, Chen Ping would naturally add insult to injury.
Therefore, Liu Zheng felt that Liangzhou would definitely not intervene in this bandit incident. Even if it did, it would probably just be a show and would proceed slowly.
But this actually played into Liu Zheng's hands!
If Liangzhou really took control, Liu Zheng would be disappointed.
really.
Shen Xing sneered and said, "Sir, Liangzhou's five thousand elite soldiers are still preparing for battle. I'm afraid it will take half a month for them to rush to our aid!"
The others also sneered.
Who doesn’t know what Liangzhou is thinking?
"That would be the best!"
Liu Zheng was eager to try, and brought a group of people to the canyon of the Divine Workshop.
"kill!"
"Change formation!"
"The fan shape turns into a diamond shape!"
"rush!"
After a few days of training, the soldiers have become much more familiar with the spear and crossbow formation. Under Qin Changfeng's training, their combat effectiveness has greatly increased.
The craftsmen in the Iron Workshop and the Weapon Workshop have also been working overtime and have produced a thousand Rhodok spears. Liu Zheng calls them "Yinzhou Spears" in this world. He knows that this kind of weapon, at least in Liangzhou, will surely terrify the enemy. He wants to use all available traffic... to advertise Yinzhou.
One thousand five hundred spearmen and one thousand five hundred crossbowmen.
The current configuration of 3,000 soldiers.
We can barely add another thousand cavalrymen.
Although the garrison system has been implemented, after all, those farmers cannot form combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
This time, Liu Zheng only plans to use these four thousand palace soldiers!
At this moment, he looked very satisfied.
But suddenly he thought of something that gave him a headache. This was also the reason why the size of his army had always remained at three to four thousand. That was, he lacked a real commander!
Qin Changfeng was indeed brave, but in Liu Zheng's eyes, he still lacked the ability to truly strategize.
He can be a general, but he can't be a commander.
He is brave, impulsive, and able to charge into battle, but he cannot always understand the situation on the battlefield. In other words, he is not able to command a team of over 10,000 people by himself.
Talent.
Still lack of talent!
Therefore, Liu Zheng felt that the number of 4,000 was already the limit for Qin Changfeng. Any more would cause chaos.
And he himself, naturally, wouldn't be able to lead troops.
"Sir, there are still two days until the agreed time."
Shen Xing reminded.
Liu Zheng laughed and said, "Then add more fuel to the fire and send the letter again. The money is still being prepared. If you want it, wait another seven days!"
Everyone burst out laughing when they heard this.
Our young master is really full of bad intentions.
…
Yangzhou County Houfu.
Lu Zhengyi was so angry that he was shaking all over, and several maids were serving him.
"My lord, my lord, Captain Yuan has already dealt with it, you can't fall down!"
"How can this be possible? Those scattered soldiers are going too far!"
"How dare you massacre the people of Yangzhou? Drive them out! Tell them to drive them out!"
Although Lu Zhengyi is indecisive and easily influenced, he still cares about the people.
"Absolutely not, sir!"
"Absolutely not!"
"Who's making the noise?"
Lu Zhengyi shouted.
A councilor ran in and said, "Sir, there is a young white-collar worker who calls himself Jiang Xuan, and he has a plan to offer!"
Lu Zhengyi looked impatient: "You are just a commoner, what's your plan? Get out!"
"yes!"
Although Jiang Xuan was thin, he rushed in with all his strength, knelt down, and kowtowed several times: "Sir, you must not do that! We can only outwit those scattered soldiers, not fight them with force!"
Everyone cursed at him for being so daring, and several sticks attacked him.
Lu Zhengyi frowned, waved his hand, signaled others to stop, looked at Jiang Xuan and asked, "What do you mean?"
Jiang Xuan was sweating profusely: "Sir, the best strategy is to attack the enemy's mind!"
"The turmoil in Yangzhou City must have been caused by the young master of the Liu family! Yangzhou must not be fooled!"
Lu Zhengyi was furious when he heard this: "Everyone knows about this, but now that things have come to this, what else can we do if we don't drive those remaining soldiers out?"
He gets angry when talking about this !
The Liu family father and son were really abominable. They used both overt and covert schemes, and the Yangzhou government had no way to deal with them. By the time they realized what was happening, things had already gotten out of control.
Jiang Xuan mustered up his courage and said, "Sir, I think that in the current situation, if we want to turn the tide, we only need four steps!"
When the councilors heard this, their faces changed slightly and they began to curse angrily.
"You are just a white-clothed man, how shameless of you to speak so arrogantly!"
"You mean, the county magistrate is not as good as a commoner like you?"
These think tanks in the county mansion have been extremely worried these days, offering all kinds of suggestions, but there is just no way out. Aren't you a slap in our faces if you, a commoner, come and offer suggestions?
Lu Zhengyi continued to wave his hands and said lightly: "You can tell me!"
Jiang Xuan was in high spirits and said, "Xuan has four strategies. First, we can lure the scattered soldiers with generous rewards and capture Yinzhou! Second, we can suppress the common people with violence and scare them! Third, we can recruit the private soldiers of the prominent families and use them for our government. Fourth, we can spread a bad name for Yinzhou, win over its iron ore business, and even give Yangzhou subsidies to lure the young master of the Liu family to come to the appointment!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience changed color.
“Bold!”
"Who are you to commit treason?"
"Sir, you must not do that. If we follow this man's plan, Yangzhou will lose its reputation!"
In their opinion, Jiang Xuan's four strategies were more ruthless than the other! The first one was to gather all the forces in his hands, especially to hire scattered soldiers in the name of the government to capture Yinzhou. This was not feasible in terms of law and morality! At that time, Yangzhou would inevitably suffer a loss in reputation and be in a passive state.
The second and third ones are even more ridiculous.
Aren't you afraid of causing public unrest by violent suppression? The public sentiment is already very high now, and if this method is used again, it may cause an uprising.
In this situation, how dare the weak county marquisate mobilize the private soldiers of the prominent family? It would be strange if they didn't take advantage of the chaos!
The fourth approach was to negotiate on iron ore matters, even at the expense of financial subsidies. How could this approach save the reputation of Yangzhou?
Doesn't this mean that Yangzhou has been colluding with these scattered soldiers since the very beginning?
"you you you……"
Lu Zhengyi was also very angry.
But Jiang Xuan just knelt there, very stubborn.
For now, this is indeed a four-step self-help strategy.
Jiang Xuan is good at using military tactics.
Therefore, his view is different from those sour Confucian scholars in front of him. He pays more attention to timeliness and purpose! Now, letting the scattered soldiers leave the city is the best outcome. He doesn't care about the means. Leaving the city is the best. Being able to attack Yinzhou is the most ideal state.
And at present, the people have obviously been instigated by people with ulterior motives.
The people, who are generally poorly educated, lack any judgment ability. They just follow the crowd and make a fool of themselves. Now they are even more excited and lack rationality. If they want to stabilize the situation, there is only one way, violence!
Do you still want to reason with them at this time? That is impossible and the most ineffective. In troubled times, severe punishments should be used. Jiang Xuan was born in a peasant family, but he did not lose sight of the overall situation because of his sympathy for the people. He can see through this and his mind is really extraordinary.
As for the prominent families, let alone. In this chaotic situation, people's minds are changing, and these prominent families are the first to be affected. If they are not taken down with thunder and lightning, they will definitely become a great disaster!
And finally, when dealing with Yinzhou, Jiang Xuan felt that since Yinzhou could cause so many troubles, why not Yangzhou use their own method to retaliate?
You know, in the past few days, the people have been spreading the news about Master Liu's miraculous power in repelling the bandits. In comparison, Lu Zhengyi colluded with the Ma bandits to deal with the "benefactor" of Yangzhou!
The good and bad character of a person can be seen at a glance.
The people’s calls to welcome the new lord to Yangzhou became louder and louder.
In this situation, what moral dignity do we still care about?
It's a conspiracy or an open conspiracy, so what?
As long as the goal is achieved!
"presumptuous!"
"Beat them with sticks!"
"A mere layman, coming up with such a clumsy plan, will only make you a laughing stock!"
A group of people were mocking and cursing.
A feeling of sadness flashed through Jiang Xuan's heart.
How can such a large Yangzhou Prefecture be populated by a bunch of sour Confucian scholars? How can they survive in this chaotic world?
Troubled times are cruel.
In troubled times, there is no room for hypocrisy and indecision.
"beat!"
"Hit me hard!"
Jiang Xuan was hit by a barrage of sticks, and he was filled with grief. He shouted, "Yangzhou is ruined!"
"You are all sinners!"
"Yangzhou is over!"
Fortunately, the palace soldiers were maintaining order in Yangzhou City at this time, otherwise, Jiang Xuan would have been beaten to death today.
This incident immediately became a laughing stock.
At this time, another letter arrived from Yinzhou.
The transaction was delayed for another seven days!
When Lu Zhengyi heard the news, he vomited three pounds of blood that day.
"The Liu family, father and son, are bullying us too much!"
"Where is Jiang Xuan?"
However, at this time, Jiang Xuan had disappeared.
Yangzhou became even more chaotic.
…
Yinzhou at this time.
Three thousand soldiers are fully prepared.
Liu Zheng rode to the military parade ground and shouted, "Silver State soldiers, are you all ready?"
“Yes!”
Three thousand people shouted in unison.
Qin Changfeng was full of energy, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, the brothers are ready to go to war at any time!"
Shen Xing also said: "The Yangzhou scouts have already persuaded the Yangzhou nobles to join forces inside and outside to welcome the young master into the city!"
"good!"
Liu Zheng’s confidence increased greatly.
It was said to be seven days, but he concluded that the chaos in Yangzhou would begin the day after the letter was delivered. Because at that time, the leader of the scattered soldiers, Luo Xiongchao, would definitely not be able to hold back!
"Set off!"
Three thousand soldiers marched all night.
Liu Zheng holds the "Bandit Suppression Order" in his hand and will forcibly break into Yangzhou in the name of "assisting Yangzhou in suppressing bandits."
…
"Brother, we can't wait any longer!"
"Yes, that boy from Yinzhou is really too much of an humiliation!"
"As the saying goes, a thief never leaves empty-handed. Big brother, we are an elite team, how can we just lie here for nothing?"
Yangzhou, in the post station.
Luo Xiongchao was sitting in the middle, and his subordinates couldn't help but offer suggestions one by one.
Yangzhou was in chaos, and at this time, they naturally became very ambitious.
Why not attack Yangzhou first, plunder it, and then go to Yinzhou to avenge the insult from that villain?
And Luo Xiongchao also fell into deep thought.
In the past few days, under the lobbying of these people, he has indeed been ready to take action. It is obviously impossible to occupy Yangzhou Prefecture. But...
As they said, they have 5,000 elite soldiers, who are they afraid of?
Take Yangzhou first, then Yinzhou, and then continue wandering with the brothers, what's the harm in doing so?
"good!"
"This Yangzhou soldier is bullying me too much!"
"Gather the troops and take action tonight!"
"yes!"
