Youzhou Mansion is as peaceful as ever, with few important events going back and forth between the north and the south.
Since Pingbei General Cao Su entered Youzhou Prefecture, the entire Younan area was radiated by Cao Su's army.
Youzhou Prefecture has set up checkpoints to strictly check people coming from the north.
Ten days ago, Cao Su led 3,000 elite troops and stormed out of Youzhou Prefecture at starry night.
The people in Youzhou Prefecture didn't know it at first.
Later, rumors spread that Pingbei General Cao Su was not in the palace.
After that, the people all knew.
General Pingbei went to quell the chaos, and it was the chaos in Tuxian Mountain that was quelled!
This is a bit arrogant. Tu Xianshan has been the strongest force near Youzhou Prefecture in the past many years.
There are said to be 100,000 mountain residents on Tuxian Mountain, but there are countless bandits alone.
In the past, Luo Jian, the lord of Youzhou Prefecture, had strong soldiers and horses, and led more than ten thousand elite troops to attack Tuxian Mountain, but he failed to achieve any results. On the contrary, Tu Xianshan defeated him several times.
Now that Cao Su has just arrived in Youzhou Prefecture and has not yet established a stable foothold, he leads his army to attack Tuxian Mountain?
Isn’t this an adventure? Isn’t this radical?
"What, you only brought three thousand soldiers and horses?"
A few days later, the wealthy people in the city who received the exact news were all in disbelief.
The wealthy people in the city were the first group of people to come into contact with Cao Su.
Even though Cao Su was astonishingly powerful and had unparalleled martial arts skills, Tu Xian Mountain still had some top-notch warriors.
Moreover, the terrain of Tuxian Mountain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the mountain people hide in the mountains, they will be able to squat for a year and a half without leaving the mountains. There is no problem.
Cao Su dared to attack Tuxian Mountain with only such a small number of men. Isn't this just throwing an egg at a stone?
Many families were happy, waiting to see Cao Su's joke.
Cao Su's attitude towards the major families was not very friendly.
At least compared to Luo Jian before, Cao Su put some pressure on him.
When dealing with old soldiers and land before, Cao Su was obviously more biased towards the peasant class, which made the major families in the landlord class instinctively resist. But now that there are tens of thousands of Cao Su's troops in the city, they don't
Don't dare to make any changes.
On this day, the major families in the city, led by the Xiao family, dined in the Fengbai Pavilion in the city.
Fengbai Pavilion is the most famous restaurant in Youzhou City and one of the important industries of the Xiao family.
There are many pavilions and pavilions in the restaurant. In the middle of the garden is an emerald green lake. In the center of the lake is a very exquisite and gorgeous silver pavilion.
Above the pavilion, all the major families gathered together.
Those who can be invited by the Xiao family are all the first-class families in the city, and most of them are old men with gray hair.
It was just a regular gathering, and most of what they talked about focused on Pingbei Army and Pingbei General Cao Su.
Now that Pingbei's army is stationed in the city, although the security of Youzhou Mansion has been greatly increased, everyone can also feel as if there is an invisible sharp sword hanging above their heads, which may fall at any time.
In this situation, everyone is under great pressure.
"I heard that Cao Su showed great power in front of the battle, and Hong Ding of Tuxian Mountain was also defeated by Cao Su."
Cao Su's victory in the battle in front of the formation was not concealed, and it was quickly spread out.
Originally, many people were still a little confused about Cao Su's martial arts level.
After all, now that Cao Su has practiced Spirit Snake Breath Condensation, his breath is erratic and his realm is not so easy to detect.
Now that Cao Su had defeated Hong Ding openly and honestly, his high-level combat power was undoubtedly revealed.
When everyone heard the news, they immediately gasped and felt even more stressed.
"Twenty-year-old top-grade martial artist..."
Cao Su's talent in martial arts is so amazing that a twenty-year-old top-grade martial artist will definitely become Sima Changfeng in a few years.
When the world's mysterious realm is gone, who else can defeat Cao Su?
In this case, a family head poured cold water on him: "Your news is too late. What I heard is that Cao Su defeated two black-clothed warriors at the same time. Those two black-clothed warriors were also top-grade warriors and attacked Cao Su secretly.
If you don't succeed, you will be killed."
The news from this family head was more accurate, but what he said surprised many family heads.
Cao Su is too powerful. Is this still a high-level warrior?
Could it be that Cao Su was already a top-grade martial artist?
Everyone was guessing, and then they all sighed and shook their heads: "Cao Su is so powerful, if we don't unite, who can resist him in Youzhou Mansion in the future?"
"Why should we resist? I am a citizen and he is an official. Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials. I am doing my business as usual. How can he control me?" Some family heads also put forward different views. The point of disagreement is whether to continue peace and harmony.
Dealing with Cao Su.
In the past, major families had relatively close ties with court officials.
The government has its own resources and projects, and major families have the ability to do projects for the government. The completed projects will not only benefit the people in the city, but also bring tax revenue to the government.
Nowadays, the entire Qianyuan officialdom is corrupt, and Youzhou Prefecture is not much better.
Luo Jian was much worse than Kuang Yuanzhou. During the years Luo Jian was in politics, Youzhou Mansion was in a mess and failed to accomplish any major things.
Everyone has different opinions. The head of the Xiao family has set his sights on other major families.
The heads of the four major families of Youwei, Qujiang and Jiang looked at each other. The head of the You family said: "Cao Su may not be able to defeat Tuxian Mountain. He just won the battle with generals. This Tuxian Mountain is known to have hundreds of thousands of people. Cao Su led
There are not many soldiers, so it will be useless if we go there."
The head of the You family knows something about military affairs, but he doesn't understand how Tu Xianshan can lose the subsequent war.
Even if the general loses the battle, how can these southerners under Cao Su go into the mountains to fight as long as they stay in the mountains?
Therefore, the You family is still very confident, and what they say makes some sense.
After hearing this, the other major families also nodded, stroking their beards and smiling.
"Master, there is news from Tuxian Mountain!"
The head of the Xiao family was about to make a concluding speech for this discussion. Unexpectedly, a young man from the family walked in hurriedly outside the door. He looked solemn and came to the head of the Xiao family and whispered a few words.
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"Brother Xiao, what happened?"
Other families are not as well-informed as the Xiao family. The Xiao family has been based in Youzhou for many years and has its own intelligence system.
The head of the Xiao family said solemnly: "I have received news that Cao Su's army has returned from the foot of Tuxian Mountain."
When many family heads heard the words of the Xiao family head, they immediately subconsciously thought that Cao Su had returned from defeat.
"Now that I'm back, Cao Su is still too young."
"Yes, there is no resilience at all. Maybe Hong Ding will surrender if we wait a little longer?"
"I lost so quickly. I wasn't even prepared. He came back."
However, as the head of the Xiao family listened to their words, his face became increasingly ugly. Finally, he suddenly slammed the table and said in a cold voice: "That's enough!"
Everyone was stunned. They said they were rising. How could it be enough?
They looked at the head of the Xiao family in confusion.
The head of the Xiao family whispered: "Hong Ding has surrendered, and Cao Su has put down the Tuxian Mountain rebellion."
Many family heads:???
A series of question marks appeared on everyone's heads.
You didn't do this, did you? You were beaten up in front of the battle, and now you surrendered? Can the battle still be fought like this?
It felt like Hong Ding had persisted in Tuxian Mountain for so many years just to wait for Cao Su to come.
"Is it impossible? Brother Xiao, did you make a mistake?"
The mentality of the head of the You family was a bit broken, which was somewhat different from what they had expected.
The head of the Xiao family glared at him.
The head of the You family knew that he had made a mistake and kept silent.
How could the Xiao family's intelligence information be wrong? If it was wrong, it would definitely not be the Xiao family's problem.
The head of the Xiao family said solemnly: "Everyone should think about how to face Cao Su!"
"With Cao Su's marching speed, he will return to Youzhou Prefecture in less than a day."
"Let me explain first, those letters that you and Luo Jian had privately communicated with before, donate what should be donated, and burn what should be burned. If something happens, I can't stop Cao Su from growing up.
knife."
After the head of the Xiao family finished speaking, the expressions of many heads of the family at the gathering suddenly changed.
The head of the Xiao family walked away, and his attitude at this moment was simply thought-provoking.
Especially what does his last sentence mean?
Isn't the Xiao family married to the Luo family? Why don't you admit it now? It looks like you have completely ignored yourself.
Everyone secretly cursed the old fox in their hearts, their eyes flew, and they began to think about the future of their families.
If Cao Su really takes over Tuxian Mountain, with Cao Su's power in Tuxian Mountain, Cao Su's strength in Youzhou will usher in a new leap forward.
Tuxian Mountain has thousands of acres of fertile land, which can solve the problem of insufficient food and grass for Cao Su's army in the short term.
What on earth is the Youbei League thinking? Why don't you attack now and wait for Cao Su to become bigger and stronger step by step?