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"Is this Liu Ling trustworthy? As far as my subordinates know, this man is sinister and capricious. When the fourth prince of the Han Dynasty was his biological brother, and when the prince seized the throne, the four princes sent someone with the emperor's sword to kill him.
Liu Ling was released from the prison, but Liu Ling turned around and killed the fourth child, and instead assisted the second child to ascend the throne. Three years ago, he signed an armistice agreement with our Zhou Dynasty, and then he took advantage of our Zhou Dynasty to start a war with Xia.
The opportunity deprived the court of soldiers and horses. Not long ago, he turned against the emperor of Han and forced his second brother to death. However, he became the regent and took control of the government. If we seek cooperation with such a person
, the subordinates thought that it was tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger. Furthermore, the commander-in-chief had dozens of generals and more than 80,000 soldiers who were good at fighting. Looking at the entire Zhou Dynasty, there were only a few who had the strength to compare with the commander-in-chief. Why bother looking at Liu Ling?
The look on an outsider’s face?”
Mi Yuan, Xiao Pojun's first strategist, frowned and said.
Although this Mi Yuan lives among the grass bandits, he is the queen of a famous family in the Great Zhou Dynasty. This man is the younger brother of General Wei Mi Huang, the right-leading army guarding one side of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He is quite talented and knowledgeable.
Xiao Pojun is a majestic man, eight feet tall, with a tiger's back and a monkey's waist. Although there is a scar on his forehead that looks like a ferocious earthworm, it does not have much impact on his mighty image, but adds a bit of evil spirit. He
He was once just a hard laborer. Because he was strong and capable, he was assigned a position to manage thirty hard laborers. This position was just a method used by the hard labor camp to manage the hard laborers. It was not a formal establishment of the imperial court. It was around his neck.
, is still tattooed with writing symbolizing the identity of the prisoner.
At first he couldn't bear the oppression of the hard labor camp, and was forced to smash the little leader of the hard labor camp to death. He wanted to flee to the end of the world, but what he didn't expect was that there would be so many hard laborers standing beside him, raising their axes and willing to follow him.
Fight them out together. At that time, there was no other way to go. He took 500 hard laborers to attack suddenly, killed all the jailers, and then used the 500 hard laborers as soldiers. Three years later, he actually defeated the one who can forcefully challenge the imperial court.
The situation of the guard horse.
With Li Yuanchao, tiger generals like Cheng Jie, counselors like Mi Yuan and Song Huairen, and an army of 80,000, even if you look at the entire Zhou Dynasty, it is a powerful force that can dominate a corner. If you hadn't underestimated the enemy and fought with another big bandit leader Xu Shengzhi,
After the war was defeated, he should still be the local emperor of Shaanzhou now.
Although Xiao Pojun came from a humble background, he was very assertive and had a far-sighted vision. He was decisive in doing things, and dared to take the lead when charging into battle. His prestige among his soldiers was extremely high. It can be said that the entire Black Flag Army relied on his prestige.
Support. If Xiao Pojun dies one day, I am afraid that the Black Flag Army will also disappear. The seemingly huge and majestic 80,000-strong army is actually carried on his shoulders alone.
"The key is not whether Liu Ling is reliable, but do we have any other options now?"
Song Huairen, another confidant of Xiao Pojun, came from a humble background and had always had a grudge against Mi Yuan, who came from a wealthy family. He was angry when he saw Mi Yuan always pretending to be so enigmatic.
He had no respect for Mi Yuan, one of the first senators to rise up. And Mi Yuan naturally looked down on Song Huairen, a counselor who had no knowledge and only relied on some intrigues to get up.
"What do you mean?"
Mi Yuan glared at him and asked.
Song Huairen raised his hand to Xiao Pojun and said: "Commander, we now have more than 80,000 people, and we have been resisting the powerful right guard for so long. It seems like a good thing, but in fact we are at the end of the road!"
"Song Huairen! What nonsense are you talking about! As an adviser to the commander-in-chief, if you don't provide advice and solve problems for the commander-in-chief, but you are here to shake the morale of the army, you are destructive!"
Mi Yuan pointed his feather fan at Song Huairen and cursed.
Song Huairen scolded back: "I don't know whether I should be punished together, or the treacherous villain who only sings praises and flatters the horse, regardless of the safety of the commander and only thinks about his own interests, should be punished together!"
Mi Yuan stood up and yelled: "Song Huairen, don't stop spewing blood! I am loyal to assist the commander-in-chief. Although I dare not say that I work hard, I am also conscientious in my work. It is not your turn to instigate or point fingers!"
"enough!"
Xiao Pojun frowned and growled, pointed at the chair and said to Mi Yuan: "Mr. Mi, please sit down first and listen to what Huairen has to say!"
Xiao Pojun has absolute power in the Black Flag Army. Although Mi Yuan is from a famous family, he usually does not think highly of this commander, but he does not dare to disobey him. When he became a counselor in the Black Flag Army, it was nothing more than the family's.
It's just an arrangement. As a big family that has been standing for decades, it will not do stupid things that are all-or-nothing. His elder brother became the general who leads the military guards on the right in the court. There are still several members of the family with prominent status in the court, but
This does not mean that the Mi family is loyal to the Great Zhou court. The reason why they came to the Black Flag Army exclusively is to arrange an extra escape route in this overall situation with the Great Zhou Dynasty as a bet. If the imperial court finally wipes out Xiao Pojun
The Black Flag Army, with the strength of their Mi family, will not be difficult to help him clean up and become clean again. And if Xiao Pojun finally achieves a great cause, Mi Yuan will be the main contributor, and even if Da Zhou defeats them
The Mi family is still standing tall. For a person of his status, the Mi family sent more than one person. Not to mention Xu Shengzhi who defeated the Black Flag Army, there were also people from their Mi family around him.
Mi Yuan glared at Song Huairen fiercely and sat down depressedly. In fact, what Song Huairen said about him was true. He really had never put himself in the Black Flag Army's shoes and planned for the future. The reason why he committed himself to the thieves was just that
It was just for the benefit of the family. A person like Xiao Pojun, who came from a humble background, still looked down upon him even though he had a crowd of nearly 100,000. But Song Huairen was different. He rebelled with Xiao Pojun, so naturally he focused all his thoughts on how to do it.
Helping Xiao Pojun plan major events is not only for Xiao Pojun, but also for himself.
"Thank you, Marshal!"
Song Huairen bowed and saluted, rolled his eyes at Mi Yuan, and raised a hint of contempt at the corner of his mouth.
"Commander! We are indeed strong with 80,000 troops now. We have fought against Menghu for so long without falling short. We are one of the most elite twelve guards of the imperial court. Among all the rebel armies in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, we are one of the most elite.
Among them, the leader. But the commander, the 80,000-strong army, the rebels have been fighting against the Menghu for several months, and they consume a lot of food, grass and money every day. Now the four or five surrounding counties have been completely robbed by us, and we can no longer loot them.
A grain of food. Now it seems that the battle with Youwei is an invincible confrontation. Within a month, our army will definitely be defeated!"
"The number of Menghu's men is getting smaller and smaller as they fight, and now they are no more than 15,000. However, our army has not reduced its numbers much. People in various counties who cannot survive are coming to surrender one after another. Let alone a month, I think within ten days,
We will definitely defeat Meng Hu! Song Huairen, your words are just alarmist!"
Mi Yuan shook his feather fan and said coldly.
"fart!"
Song Huairen only used two words to fight back.
"You vulgar savage!"
Mi Yuan was furious.
"I said it, let Huairen finish what he has to say!"
Xiao Pojun finally got angry and couldn't help but slap the table.
Although Mi Yuan is arrogant, he is really afraid that the thief chief in front of him, who is called a mad dog, will do something outrageous in anger. Now that he is living under someone else's roof, he does not dare to take his family background too seriously. After all, this murderer does not blink an eye.
The devil himself was born as a hard laborer. Although he respected his noble family, it was just a gesture. In fact, in his heart, he still had deeper feelings for the hard laborers who were born with him and conquered the world.
"This subordinate is rude, please punish me, Commander-in-Chief."
Mi Yuan bowed, not daring to say anything more.
Xiao Pojun glared at him and sighed inwardly, if these guys from wealthy families didn't need to establish a good image, why should they tolerate him?
Song Huairen was not in the mood to start a verbal war with Mi Yuan. Now the critical moment for the Black Flag Army was a matter of life and death. He was not Mi Yuan. He did not have a wealthy family to back him up. His wealth and life were all on Xiao Pojun. How dare he not try his best?
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"Commander, our current food reserves are enough to support one month's expenses at most, and the supply cannot be opened yet. Even if we can defeat Menghu within a month, we will rob all the surrounding counties and cities, unless we attack Jinzhou.
Otherwise, we can only leave here and find another place to settle down. Since there is no benefit in winning, why should we fight to the death with Meng Hu?"
"Huairen, do you mean we leave?"
Xiao Pojun asked.
"Can't walk."
Song Huairen bowed and said: "We can't leave. If we leave, I'm afraid we will become the target of public criticism immediately. If we leave, no matter it is Liu Ling or Meng Hu, whoever wins will bite us in the back. The reason why the commander-in-chief has
We have so many soldiers but still can't create a bigger situation because we don't have a foundation! If we had managed well in Shaanzhou back then and had Shaanzhou as our foundation, how could we have reached the point where we have no place to stay now?
?So, we must firmly occupy a certain area so that we can achieve greater development."
Xiao Pojun said with a look of shame on his face: "I was wrong to start a war with Xu Shengzhi rashly."
"You don't have to worry about the past, Commander-in-Chief."
Song Huairen continued: "Now the situation in Jinzhou has been broken. Menghu has Liu Ling in the north. We are in the south and have formed a pincer attack. If we join forces with Liu Ling to defeat Menghu, we can firmly hold Jinzhou.
The territory of these six or seven counties in the south. As long as we treat the people better and encourage farming, the strength of the general will be greatly increased in less than two years. The Han Dynasty has only implemented the policy of farming for three years, and now it has a strong army and strong horses. This move has profound
If you win the hearts of the people, the commander-in-chief can imitate him."
"Then Liu Ling is a good match? Can he just sit back and watch you stay safe in Jinzhou?"
Mi Yuan couldn't hold it back anymore and curled his lips and said.
Song Huairen said: "Liu Ling's ambition is naturally not just a corner of Jinzhou, he wants the entire Zhou Dynasty. But for now, he doesn't have the strength yet!"
"His main enemy is the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he must form good alliances with various rebel armies. If both sides are offended, the tens of thousands of people under his command will not be able to go very far, no matter how elite and skilled they are. Therefore, from the perspective of my subordinates,
Come on, Liu Ling will not fail to see this and become enemies with the commander-in-chief. His subordinates concluded that the envoy sent by Liu Ling will definitely use this land in the south of Jinzhou as a gift to make friends, even if he wants to become an enemy of the commander-in-chief.
He also has to wait until he has established a firm foothold. But Marshal, we are natives of Dazhou. In terms of development, how can he, an outsider, compare to us?"
Xiao Pojun's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Then meet Liu Ling's envoy and see what he says!" (To be continued)
