Cui Yu was stunned. He opened his mouth several times and wanted to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything and swallowed the words back.
However, Cui Yu did not resent Zhao Yun. On the contrary, he was excited at this time. He was looking forward to Zhao Yun more and more. He looked forward to seeing the Song Dynasty become stronger in the hands of Zhao Yun. He looked forward to all the people of the world becoming stronger.
Zhao Yun became happy and healthy in his hands.
At this moment, Cui Yu looked at Zhao Yun with great joy in his heart.
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Huainan East Road, Chuzhou, Zhizhou Yamen.
At this time, the Zhizhou Yamen had been occupied by Li Quan and became the administrative place for him to issue orders in Chuzhou.
Li Quan was very proud, because according to his wife Yang Miaozhen's calculations, in order to reduce major issues to trivial matters and make peace with others, the imperial court would definitely accept the fact that Xu Guo had rebelled and he would act righteously to eliminate the traitor.
Therefore, not only would the imperial court not blame him, but it would also reward him. From now on, the entire Chuzhou and the surrounding territories would be his.
Li Quan believed in Yang Miaozhen's judgment, because Yang Miaozhen rarely made mistakes in judgment. At this time, the couple was giving orders to the outside world in Zhizhou Yamen, recruiting troops, not to mention how happy their life was.
However, at this moment, a fast horse came in to report that the imperial court had appointed Zhao Fan as Huaidong's judge and Chuzhou magistrate, to control the troops and horses in Zhenjiang and Chuzhou, and to be fully responsible for suppressing the rebellion!
The news came so suddenly that the wine bowl in Li Quan's hand fell to the ground without even realizing it.
After reacting, Li Quan quickly found his wife Yang Miaozhen, and the two discussed countermeasures;
Yang Miaozhen was also shocked. He didn't expect that the always weak court would change its normal behavior and become extremely tough. It didn't even take steps to persuade people to surrender, but directly ordered people to put down the rebellion. This was too abnormal.
Li Quan said worriedly: "Madam, according to the report from the spies, in order to show their determination to suppress the rebellion, the officials even dismissed Cui Xianggong who did not agree with the use of troops. It seems that the officials are serious about it. We must be extremely careful."
Yang Miaozhen realized the seriousness of the situation, she frowned, and finally said: "Husband, you lead 50,000 troops and go south immediately, targeting Yangzhou. As long as we capture Yangzhou, we can form a general trend, and then use our troops to defeat Lin'an, and we can threaten the emperor."
To order the princes.
I have led an army of 30,000 to sit in Chuzhou, contact Xia Quan and Shi Qing of Xuyi, and encourage them to join in the uprising. If they respond, we will have a greater chance of winning. In addition, I have sent people to the Kingdom of Jin to discuss surrender with the Jin Kingdom court.
If things fail and the Song Dynasty cannot stay, we can still go to the Kingdom of Jin."
No matter what era it is, who wouldn't be greedy if he had 70,000 to 80,000 troops in his hands? Especially since Li Quan's power was at the border between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, who wouldn't want to use Li Quan to deal with the other side?
Therefore, even though Li Quan was once the rebel leader of the Jin Kingdom, which made the Jin Kingdom want to kill him quickly, it does not affect the fact that Li Quan still has a future in the Jin Kingdom.
When Li Quan heard that he was going to do such a big thing, he was not nervous at all, nor was he afraid. Instead, he was extremely excited. As expected of a grass-head king with a background of rebellion, he had risked his life long ago.
"Okay, my wife's clever idea, just do it like this."
Without saying a word, Li Quan followed Yang Miaozhen's arrangements and began to mobilize troops and prepare to take the initiative.
Yang Miaozhen was not idle either. She wrote handwritten letters and began to persuade Xia Quan and Shi Qing in Xuyi.
At first, Yang Miaozhen recalled in the letter the joyful grudges and solidarity they had when they worked together in the Jin Kingdom, and then began to complain about the various injustices suffered by the Song Dynasty court since joining the Song Dynasty.
Finally, he said that now he was being punished by the court, and it would be their turn later. He asked them to take advantage of the fact that they still had some soldiers and horses, and everyone's strength was still there, so it was best to raise the army together.
It has to be said that this Yang Miaozhen is indeed no ordinary person. The letter he wrote made people cry. It is estimated that Xia Quan and Shi Qing couldn't help but be moved after reading it.
After these two letters were sent, she immediately began to make plans for the Kingdom of Jin. She hoped to negotiate the price first, so that in case of failure, she could go there directly with her troops.
Li Quan made urgent arrangements, and Zhao Fan was not idle either. He had already arrived in Chuzhou with his money.
As soon as he arrived here, he raised his tent and summoned the generals to discuss matters. At the same time, Zhao Fan also ordered Zhao Kui to carry the sword given by Zhao Yun and go to Zhenjiang to mobilize troops.
When the generals of Chuzhou learned that Zhao Fan had summoned them, they all came one by one. However, facing Zhao Fan who had just arrived, these generals inevitably looked down upon him.
And this time they also knew that their mission was to defeat Li Quan. If an incompetent general led them, they would be dead.
So when Zhao Fan introduced himself and asked every general to organize his army immediately and follow him to annihilate Li Quan, some people began to express their objections and complain.
A general named He Gui said: "General Zhao, you asked us to attack Li Quan, that's no problem, but now I heard that Li Quan has hundreds of thousands of people, and we only have 20,000 plus one, aren't we going to die?"
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"That's right, that's not how a war is fought. No matter how you calculate it, the number of people must be about the same. We just don't have enough people to fill the teeth of the rebels."
"Who says it's not? It would be fine if it were someone else, but is Li Quan easy to mess with? He has fought more battles than the women we have played with. With such a big difference in numbers, isn't this looking for death?"
Many generals were opposed and agreed with He Gui's words.
He Gui received the support of everyone and was more confident. He said: "General Zhao, don't say that the brothers don't give you face. You have to change your marching strategy. At least you have to ask the court for tens of thousands more people so that the brothers can follow.
You do it."
"Oh, then I won't change my strategy, so what are you going to do?"
Zhao Fan looked at He Gui, and there was even a smile on his face. Zhao Fan waited for He Gui's answer with great interest, and was not angry at all with the attitude of He Gui and the generals, which made everyone treat him even more.
despise.
He Gui didn't even take Zhao Fan seriously. He said carelessly: "If you don't change, I'm sorry. All brothers have wives and children. No fool wants to die."
"good very good."
Zhao Fan nodded in approval and walked towards He Gui with a smile on his face. Suddenly, there was a flash of cold light, Zhao Fan pulled out the knife and cut across his throat.
"call out."
He Gui was caught off guard, and blood spurted out. He covered his throat tightly with his hands and looked at Zhao Fan in disbelief, "You,,,"
He Gui wanted to scold Zhao Fan, but was speechless. He wanted to fight back, but it was impossible. He became a bloody man after a while.
Everyone was surprised and subconsciously took a few steps back, wanting to angrily scold Zhao Fan, but no one took the lead, so none of them dared to say a word. This chapter has been completed!