"The times are right! It's fitting that you, Seventeenth Uncle, will take Xu Wufu's place in his place today!"
Xu Huai didn't think so much when he left Huaiyuan. He even thought about breaking the bandit blockade on the east bank of the Baijian River for the first time. After arriving at Yuhuangling, he could persuade Xu Wufu to agree to more actively contain the bandits from the south.
The army has achieved its goal.
However, he did not expect that Guo Junpan would make such a fatal mistake, giving him the opportunity to kill so many thieves like a tiger among sheep.
When they brought the heads of the bandits to the Beiqiao stronghold, Xu Wufu, Xu Chen and others all looked depressed, and the brave soldiers of the clan were shocked. Xu Huai realized that now was the perfect opportunity to seize his military power.
But now that the bandit army is in panic, even if there is a slight error here, the bandit army will not dare to advance.
Only then did Xu Huai make a decisive decision. He did not hesitate to use swords and guns to threaten Xu Wufu, Xu Wuqi, Xu Bosong, Xu Zhongyu, Zhou Jing, Xu Heng, Xu Chen, etc., who mainly came from Shangfang Xu, as well as clan military leaders who were usually highly relied upon by Xu Wufu.
They were driven out and the other 400 ordinary ethnic soldiers were detained in Beiqiao Village and reorganized in the name of the Inspection Department and the Township Camp, completing a crucial step in seizing power.
Of course, Xu Wufu and others were driven out, which was only the first step.
Xu Wujiang had a headache after sitting at the table.
How could he not have a headache?
He never thought about replacing Xu Wufu, let alone in this way.
Xu Xin'an, Xu Wuliang and others have not completely recovered from the shock caused by the incident; Liu Qiong'er gestured with her palms boredly, as if admiring her delicate fingers.
Su Laochang sat opposite Xu Huai, but he was not as angry as he imagined. Instead, he stared at Xu Huai with an extremely shocked look. When he noticed that Xu Huai was being stared at impatiently, he went straight to the crux of the problem:
"Can the crime of deserting the army really be washed away so easily?"
If Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu and others cannot be cleared of the crime of deserting the army, they will be bandits in the eyes of the state and county officials.
If they can't get rid of the charge of deserting, in such a chaotic situation in Tongbai Mountain, no matter how many tribesmen they can coerce to advance and retreat together, it will only make the situation more chaotic without any help.
"Third Master, do you think Uncle Seventeen and the others can get rid of their charges this time?" Xu Huai sat down next to Liu Qiong'er, bumped her shoulder with his elbow, and said, "All of this is
You instigated me to do it..."
Liu Qiong'er's beautiful eyes rolled up, she raised her hand and slapped Xu Huai on the back of the head, scolding: "Do you really think that the first master and the second master are stupid? Can my small body be able to take the blame today? You yourself
Can you save some face for doing this?"
"I have been listening to Mr. Wang's lectures in Huaiyuan these days, and I remember the saying, 'If you don't take what God gives you, you will suffer the consequences; if you don't welcome the times, you will suffer the consequences.' I think it is very reasonable. I went to Beiqiao Village
When I saw an opportunity, I didn't think too much and just got things done first. As for how to clean up the mess, I felt that Sandang Village must have an idea!" Xu Huai stretched his waist and said.
Everyone was speechless. What kind of temperament does this make?
Liu Qiong'er was so angry that she held the low table with her hands and said, "I can guess what Xu Huai is thinking, but Master Xu, Master Su, don't really think that I instigated him, a bastard, to do what he did today."
These things..."
"Miss Liu, please tell me."
Su Laochang suppressed the turmoil in his heart, forced himself to be calm and asked Liu Qiong'er to speak first.
Of course Su Laochang will no longer think that Liu Qiong'er instigated all this.
Unless Liu Qiong'er could guess that Xu Huai and the others would be able to defeat the bandit army today before Xu Wukun sneaked into Huaiyuan, and they would be able to capture so many heads of the bandit army.
Otherwise, how could Xu Huai, Xu Wukun and others completely frighten Xu Wufu and others, even if they were driven out of the village without even daring to make a move?
Was he really wrong about Xu Huai in the past?
Wujiang and Su Di took Xu Huai to Huaiyuan in the past two years, but he saw Xu Huai every now and then. Why didn't he notice the changes in Xu Huai?
What happened?
"It is not difficult to clear out the charges at this time, and now is the best time,"
Su Laochang was shocked by Xu Huai's performance, his eyes were full of confusion, but Liu Qiong'er was not surprised. It would be strange not to be shocked or confused. She continued,
"I would like to ask Mr. Su, as long as Mr. Xu and Xu Huai lead three to five hundred troops and kill the rebels by surprise, and appear in Huaiyuan, Deng Gui, Jin Longquan, Tang Tiande and others, what else can they do besides fully accepting our rhetoric?
Choice? Wait until General Deng Gui admits that he was deceived by an adulterer and wrongfully accused Mr. Xu. He also has Jin Longquan, Tang Tiande and Wang Lao Xianggong as guarantees, and Mr. Xu leads his troops and kills the thieves until their heads are rolling.
If the prefectures and counties still dare to deny it, aren't they afraid that everyone in Tongbai Mountain will stand up and rebel? Mr. Xu was cleared of the crime of deserting the army, and the Inspection Department officially entrusted Mr. Xu to take charge as the commander of the township camp or the supervisor of the camp.
The soldiers of the Xu clan are fighting against the rebels. Xu Wufu may not be able to find a place to complain, right? Unless they dare to leave Tongbai Mountain now and go to Biyang City to complain to the evildoers first, otherwise we can arrange everything in line with the rules."
Hearing what Liu Qiong'er said, Xu Wujiang, Xu Wuliang, Xu Xinan and others suddenly became enlightened. Su Laochang thought about it for a while and said, "What Miss Liu said is reasonable."
"I said she instigated me to do it." Xu Huai muttered from the side.
Liu Qiong'er was too lazy to pay attention to Xu Huai, frowned, and said: "The more difficult thing now is the 400 ethnic soldiers in the village. We want them to listen to Master Xu's orders and not win over Xu Wufu and others.
, causing unpredictable disasters..."
Xu Wukun said: "I don't think this is difficult to do - you go to Tang Pan, Tang Qing and Tang Xia to ask, are they, the descendants of the Tang family, more willing to follow Xu Huai to kill bandits and earn rewards, or are they willing to be driven by the clan?
"
Zhong He had a deep hatred for the rebels but let it go. However, Xu Wukun saw Tang Pan, Tang Qing, Tang Xia and others who were usually arrogant and arrogant in Huaiyuan these days. In the past, they had many conflicts with the Xu family's children.
He admired Xu Huaidu very much and could basically cooperate with Xu Huai on the battlefield. He was very surprised in his heart.
He even noticed that Tang Pan and others were alienated from Tang Tiande.
Tian Yanyan may be an inducement, but the more important reason is that Xu Huai and Wang Zhen have analyzed it with him and told him the deeper reasons why the disaster in front of him developed so violently.
Xu Wukun has traveled all over the country over the years and has experienced a lot. He might not be able to understand it unless someone can tell him clearly, but there are some things that Wang reported to Xu Huai, which is just a layer of window paper.
Before the crisis came, the Xu family did a lot of work and fully mobilized the internal affairs, but this does not mean that the opposition and contradiction between Xu Fangxu and Xu Fangxiao did not exist.
To put it bluntly, what they have to do now is to imitate the thieves and tear open the conflict that has been temporarily concealed between the upper house Xu and the lower house price.
In fact, Xu Wujiang, Xu Huai, Xu Xin'an and they are the representatives of Xu Wufu, Xu Bosong, and Xu Zhongyu, and only they can win over the hearts and minds of Xu Wufu, Xu Bosong, and Xu Zhongyu.
This is also the real basis for Xu Huai's bold decision to break up and seize power from Xu Wufu today.
Since Xu Wukun has seen through the secrets, it is natural to want to know more about it at this time. It is also necessary for Xu Wujiang, Xu Huai and a group of their descendants to stand up in order to continue to unite the more than 400 descendants of the Xu family.
Otherwise, even if they drive Xu Wufu and others out or kill them directly, they will only get a piece of sand without any fighting and with their minds in panic.
"That's right, Uncle Seventeen, go out now and ask the 400 soldiers of the Xu family outside. They are desperately helping Xu Wufu and other masters like Fang Xu. If the young masters guard the stockade, they may be able to do it when the banditry is at its worst.
If you want to have enough to eat, whether you can get a coffin for burial depends on Xu Wufu and the others. Should you follow us and kill a thief in exchange for a seventeen-guan reward, and then buy land and build a house so that your family can have food from now on?
Have enough food to eat?" Xu Huai said lazily, "Uncle Seventeen, as long as you can trick half of the people into following us, you are not afraid that Xu Wufu and the others can turn the world upside down!"
"In an emergency, you should do something extraordinary," Xu Wuliang was also afraid of Xu Wujiang's hesitation, so he slapped the table and said decisively, "Thieves can accomplish things suddenly, and it is worth learning how to deceive people's hearts!"
"It can't be called demagoguery. This may be the real justice!" Xu Huai suddenly stood up and said lightly with a frown.
Su Laochang stared at Xu Huai in surprise, unable to imagine that these words would come from the mouth of a sixteen-year-old boy. Before today, he had been frustrated and disappointed by his stupidity and clumsiness, and he didn't know where to come from.
What happened in Huaiyuan in the past two years, or did Wang Zhen and Lu Xiong induce changes that he was not aware of after arriving in Huaiyuan?
Xu Huai ignored the shock on Su Laochang's face and said to Xu Wujiang: "Without further delay, we will pull all the troops to Huaiyuan tonight and return the village to Xu Wufu and the others; after two days, the troops will
After we complete the reorganization in Huaiyuan, it won’t be too late for us to come back and get this village!”
Xu Wufu can still gather hundreds or even thousands of soldiers and horses in Yuhuangling. Even if he peeks at one side, they will be panicked if they want to organize 400 clan soldiers.
And once the news leaks out, it will only give the bandit army an opportunity to spy and attack.
Even if Xu Wufu and others were directly detained here before, it was not a good idea - after all, they were not trying to coerce the four hundred Xu family members into turning into bandits, but they were trying to reassure them and recruit them to join in the suppression of bandits.
The best way is to bring 400 ethnic soldiers to Huaiyuan and reorganize them directly in the name of the Inspection Department.
With the title of Dayi, and a group of people with prestige among the lower-level descendants of the Xu family, such as Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang, etc., Xu Huai does not feel that the interference of people like Xu Wufu can be eliminated.
How difficult is it to master these four hundred clan soldiers?
And when the time comes to kill him again, Xu Wufu will have to admit it even if he doesn't admit it...
