Chapter 844: The rural army went south and officially rebelled!
"Move the weather, change the terrain, destroy the harmony!"
"It is indeed a book from heaven. Don't take the ordinary path."
In Sui'an Academy, Li Yan finished his classes for the second and third periods, returned to the study, and started studying by himself.
Although he only has two heavenly books, they have corresponding general outlines and he roughly knows what their respective contents are.
Ordinary people say that the art of war is to "adhere to the weather, occupy favorable territory, and gather people and people." However, as recorded in the Book of Heaven, the art of war is "to move the heaven and earth, to gain favorable ground, to destroy people and people."
It’s no wonder that Song Jiang obtained the Heavenly Book and studied it with Wu Yong. From then on, Liangshan attacked the city and conquered the territory with almost no disadvantages. This was because the original book emphasized several times that Song Jiang did not strictly abide by what the book said.
Li Yan was immersed in the book and was reading very engrossedly. His ears twitched and he said: "Wu Song, come in!"
Wu Song walked in embarrassedly: "I'm disturbing the head coach!"
Li Yan said: "It's okay, do you have anything to do with me?"
Wu Song whispered: "I want to ask Senior Zuoming when he will come. I want to learn martial arts from him..."
Li Yan said: "Senior 'Zuoming' has always seen the beginning but not the end of the dragon, but since he asked you to join the rural army, he is entrusting you to me to experience a few things first. In your opinion, what can senior 'Zuoming' do?"
So many things can only be done by relying on unparalleled force?"
Wu Song scratched his head: "I know that senior Zuoming must be good at more than just martial arts, but I like practicing martial arts the most, and I also look forward to developing a good skill and doing great things!"
Li Yan laughed and said, "That's true! You are indeed a top-notch material. However, everything must be done step by step. You might as well practice with Commander Lu and Leader Hua first, so that you can learn the skills of the seniors who are 'Zhu Ming' later."
Wu Song knew what was going on and clasped his fists heavily: "Thank you, head coach, for your training!"
Li Yan lowered his head, but Wu Song still did not leave. He was very embarrassed and said: "General coach, can I take my brother over? There is a chaos of war outside, and I can't rest assured..."
Li Yan said: "Of course, rural soldiers always bring their families. Where is your brother now?"
Thinking of the diligent Wu Dalang, he must not have found Pan Jinlian, who is now almost ten years old. It would be good to marry a down-to-earth wife and spend the rest of his life in peace.
Wu Song said happily: "Thank you very much, Chief Coach. My brother is with Zhang Yu, the leader of Shangqiu Guild, and he should still be in Yingtian Mansion now."
Li Yan nodded: "I am familiar with the Prime Minister Zhang Hui of the Shangqiu Guild. He is a prudent person. Since your brother is with them, it is easy to find a position..."
Just as he was talking, someone came in from outside and announced: "Chief Coach, someone from the Shangqiu Guild came to visit, claiming to be an old friend Zhang Yu."
Li Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, and Wu Song wondered: "Why did Zhang Hui come to Yanyun? When I parted with them, he was discussing the road south to Fujian! No! I'm going to ask how his brother is doing!"
Seeing Wu Song rushing out in a rage, Li Yan knew that with Zhang Yu's character, since he dared to come to Yanyun, he would definitely take good care of Wu Dalang.
Sure enough, when he walked out, Wu Song was holding Wu Dalang and laughing happily, while Zhang Yu also stepped forward to salute with a little restraint: "I have met Lin Yiyong!"
Li Yan smiled: "Guanshi Zhang is so popular... According to Wu Erlang, you should call Zhang Hui Chief, congratulations!"
Zhang Yu was overjoyed. Of course, remembering his old friendship, he couldn't follow suit and still said respectfully: "Thanks to the head coach and sharing the profits of the Generals' Guild, I can stand out among the managers..."
Li Yan waved his hand: "You're welcome, come in and sit down!"
When the tea was served, Zhang Yu moistened his throat, and Li Yan asked: "I heard from Wu Erlang that you were originally planning to go south to Fujian, so why did you come north to Yanyun?"
Zhang Yu said bitterly: "We can't go back to the south, Jing Lake has been occupied by thieves!"
Li Yan was a little surprised: "Is Jinghu occupied by Xiangyang Guo Kang?"
Jinghu is the strategic center of the south. Relying on water transportation that extends in all directions, it can go east to the south of the Yangtze River, go west to Bashu, go north to the Han River to enter the hinterland of the Central Plains, and go south to Guizhou via the Xiang River, Ling Canal and Lishui River.
If this area is occupied, it will be a big deal. If there is another well-trained navy, Zhao Ji will probably wet the bed in fear...
Zhang Yu obviously got a lot of news: "It shouldn't be Guo Kang. I heard that the Dongman who did not accept the king's transformation obediently obeyed the rebels. Guo Kang did not have that ability, but the rebels were very mysterious, but there was no more news.
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Li Yan's eyes moved slightly.
Jingzhou has been part of China as early as the Qin Dynasty, but the mountainous areas in this area are home to many Xidong Yi people. They have rebelled and surrendered for thousands of years, and they often had enemies with the Han people. Both sides looked at each other with disgust.
The same was true within the Song Dynasty. The Xidong Yi tribe had rebelled countless times, so Zhang Yu, who was born in Fujian, simply called them Dongman.
Under such a relationship, the Xidong Yi people actually obeyed the orders of the rebels, just like the Hengshan Qiang in the Hengshan area today, who are willing to follow "commands". It is really a bit incredible.
To achieve this, "serving orders" relies on spreading the faith of Zhenwu Saint Lord and showing miracles. So what methods did the rebels in Jinghu use?
Li Yan had some speculation in his mind and continued to ask: "Where is the Western Army?"
This question is logical. Now the only ones who can kill such rebels are the Western Army.
Zhang Yu had been outside Yingtian Mansion before and paid attention to the Western Army camp outside the city. Thinking about it to this day, he still finds things ridiculous. This is also the reason why he decided to go north.
In his opinion, if nothing happens to the Western Army, it is still unclear who will win. Now that the Western Army is making such a fuss, his hurried arrival is already the icing on the cake. If he waits any longer, he may not even be able to add flowers...
So Zhang Yu calmed down and hurriedly told the truth about what he knew: "After the Western Army was replaced by two generals, Guan Sheng and Hu Yanzhuo, it was still difficult to go south, but it began to build up its navy with all its strength, and the shipyards in various places headed by Yangzhou
Mobilize them all and train the naval forces rigorously..."
Li Yan shook his head gently: "I'm afraid it's too late to train now. The land south of the Yangtze River will fall into war!"
Zhang Yu mustered up his courage: "If the officials hadn't moved their capital and fled south, there wouldn't have been such a disaster. Now it's all up to the chief instructor to stabilize the north so that the people can live in peace!"
Li Yan looked at him, and although he was a little more straightforward, he still obeyed: "Shou Zhang Hui is so complimentary. If your bank needs it, you can contact Director Chai and Director Jiang!"
Zhang Yu took reassurance, stood up and bowed his hands: "Thank you very much, head coach!"
Zhang Yu left quickly, and Wu Song also took Wu Dalang to settle down. Li Yan returned to the study, unfolded the map, hammered a nail towards the location of Jing Lake, and then looked at it again.
Gao Tuoshan, one of the four major bandits in the original version, currently occupies Hedong. However, due to the return of the Western Army, the army he led was severely defeated. Recently, he has retreated to the prefectures and counties where the uprising occurred, licking his wounds, so to speak.
The vitality is severely damaged;
Zhang Xian, one of the Four Great Bandits in the original version, has ended;
Tian Hu, one of the original four bandits, has ended;
Wuhu, Guanzhong, news just came that Chao Gai led 3,000 bandits and defeated the so-called 20,000 army. It is obviously starting to go downhill. With the current situation in Guanzhong, Chao Gai has the support behind the Sui'an Chamber of Commerce and successfully occupied it.
It’s a no-brainer;
The remaining three Sun Lie of Jinan Prefecture, Yang Tianwang of Sichuan and Shu, and Guo Kang of Xiangyang are all characters who have not appeared in the original plot and can be said to be created by the current situation.
But after Li Yan learned about the specific details of their uprising, he was basically sure that these three people would never become a big deal. In the world of great struggle between dragons and snakes, they were at the level of little snakes at best, serving as mere foils.
Zhang Yu just said that Guo Kang was not able to conquer the Xidong Yi tribe, and it was also based on a similar judgment.
So Li Yan hammered a new nail in Jinghu's place and wrote two names on it, "Ming Zunjiao" and "Fang La".
Ming Zunjiao is a professional rebel. Logically speaking, they should have taken action long ago. The reason why there has been no movement is because they were unlucky. Shortly before the Liao invasion, not only were the wise bishops and powerful bishops gone, but their strongholds in various places were also exposed.
, if it weren’t for the various Xiang armies in the Song Dynasty that were really useless, they would have been able to catch them all in one fell swoop.
Of course, even if local people have their own sentiments and not many Ming Zun Sect traitors have been eliminated, their strongholds have been forced to be abandoned, which can be said to have damaged their vitality, so they have endured until now.
There is also another possibility, that is, the leader of this incident also understands strategic principles and knows about rebellion. Let others be the pioneers, while he accumulates strength and waits for the best time to take action.
This person is naturally Fang La!
"If the people who conquered the Xidong Yi tribe in Jinghu really relied on Fang La from the Ming Zun Sect, then the rebel forces in various places would have almost made their debut..."
According to the original plot, there is still one missing Huaixi Wang Qing, but after all, after more than ten years, Wang Qing may indeed not have the conditions for rebellion at this time, and it does not necessarily mean that everyone is missing.
What's more, for things like rebellion, it's impossible to do it too early or too late. Now that Wang Qing is nowhere to be seen, even if he appears later, it's already too late.
So Li Yan divided the map into parts and threw away everything else. In the end, only three parties remained.
He, Fang La and the Zhao and Song Dynasties.
The goal south of the Great Wall is to completely defeat the latter two forces, pay the minimum price, and use as much power as possible to eliminate the Jurchens!
Li Yan sorted out the context, put away the map, and heard a knock on the door.
Lu Junyi, Hua Rong, Zhu Wu, and Wu Yong walked in together.
Seeing their formation, Li Yan smiled: "We only want to take Hebei and Shandong. No need to do this. Do you want to take Henan as well?"
The four of them said in unison: "That's exactly what we mean!"
Li Yan pondered for a moment, and under the tense gaze, he said something that made his subordinates ecstatic: "It is indeed time for the rural army to go south and capture the Central Plains!"