In the afternoon, Guo Mian and Guo Kun once again convened a meeting with the generals. Guo Kun proposed that in view of the current situation in the five counties north of Beijing, the army could be divided into separate groups to speed up the recovery process, so as to avoid long nights and dreams. More than 9,000 soldiers and horses were divided into two groups.
All the way to Weicheng, Huaxian County, and all the way to Changheng County and Dongming County. After the local situation was cleared and calmed, they regrouped in Wanting County seven days later. Wanting County is located on the west side of Xingren Prefecture and belongs to the junction of Jingxi East Road and Gyeonggi Road.
The land. Xingren Mansion is still in the hands of the imperial court. After the soldiers and horses arrive in Wanting County, they can also form a response to the Xingren Mansion defenders.
Someone at the meeting proposed that the army could be stationed in Xingren Mansion to help defend the city, but it was rejected by Guo Kun. Guo Kun meant that the counterinsurgency on the East and West Road of Jing was the matter of Huai Wang Guo Xu, and there was no need to interfere. Otherwise, I'm afraid
It would also be misunderstood by King Huai that he was robbing him of his errand. There was no need to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. Everyone could not argue after hearing this. In fact, after the five counties were pacified, the army should advance to the east and west roads of Beijing and form a north-south pincer attack with King Huai's army.
Countering the rebellion is a major matter for the court, so how can there be any thought of personal gains and losses. But since Du Yuhou said so, it is better to do less than to do more, so there is no need to be troublesome. Besides, King Huai brought 50,000
The army is suppressing the rebellion, and he really does not need help from others. Maybe he will really be misunderstood.
Lin Jue has never been involved in these decisions. In fact, the situation in the five counties in northern Beijing is not serious at this moment. In short, it is not a big problem to divide the troops into two groups, or to divide the troops into four groups and go to each county. In the battle of Yangwu,
The strength of the cult bandits in the five counties has been wiped out, and what is left are just scattered cult bandits. Once the soldiers and horses arrive, they have no room to struggle. Especially after a lot of trouble in Xucheng, they killed three hundred cult bandits in public.
If the news about the die-hard elements spreads to all counties, I am afraid that all the religious bandits will flee.
Lin Jue is actually paying attention to the news from Yingtian Mansion in the south. He heard that Yingtian Mansion encountered difficulties in attacking the city before, but Lin Jue actually didn't believe it. With 50,000 elite forbidden troops, how could they not even attack Yingtian Mansion where the religious bandits are entrenched?
?Lin Jue believed that Yingtian Mansion could not survive for a few days and would be defeated. The reason why Lin Jue paid attention to the news about Yingtian Mansion's siege was to verify a worry in his heart. Lin Jue could not tell everyone about this worry.
Because it seems that my psychology is too dark.
But Lin Jue thought about it carefully. If the two princes respectively lead the army to suppress the rebellion and form a de facto competitive relationship. And this relationship will affect the next big selection matter, then everything will be at stake.
It may happen. And after Guo Mian's side took the lead in retaking the five counties and successfully completed the task of suppressing the rebellion, what would Guo Xu think, who was entangled in Yingtian Mansion and had not made any progress? What would Lu Zhongtian think behind Guo Xu?
This is all interesting. Lin Jue is no longer the silly and ignorant person in the previous life. In this life, he has awakened. Regarding the evil of human nature, Lin Jue would rather speculate on other people's thoughts with the deepest malice. That's right.
As the saying goes, you must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others. If you cannot think of the worst and deepest level, you may not even know how you died.
Lin Jue has experienced many such things in this life. Can you imagine that Lin Ke, the son of Lin's father and son, is actually a secret collaborator? Can you imagine that Sima Qingshan actually kidnapped Caiwei and killed her for his own desires?
What about silence? Can you imagine that Green Dance’s biological mother Rong Guifei would kill her former lover in order to protect herself and her son’s life? The selfishness and sinister nature of human nature is really unimaginable. Only you can’t think of it, no one can do it
arrive.
Now, what is at stake is not just personal desires and petty profits. What is at stake is a competition for the throne. If we can really be as peaceful as a modest gentleman, then the entire history will probably be rewritten. Scenes of brotherly relations.
The palace tragedy of the crippled father and son fighting is really happening, and it will continue to happen. Because this is human nature, this is something that can never be changed. No matter which dynasty, no matter which generation, all this will continue. Therefore, Lin Jue
He thought that he should be more cautious in this competition to counter the rebellion. That's why he was willing to stay. Not for Guo Mian, but for Guo Kun. He didn't want Guo Kun to suffer failure.
According to the results of the discussion, the nine thousand army was divided into two teams. One team was led by Wei Dakui, the leader of the horse army, and several senior generals, leading five thousand soldiers and horses, from Xucheng to the northeast of Huaxian and Weicheng. Because of this
The route was far away and time was tight, so Guo Mian was afraid that it would be too much for him. So Guo Mian, along with Guo Kun and Lin Jue, led 4,000 troops eastward to Changheng County. After that, he could go directly to Dongming to complete the recovery of these two counties.
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Early the next morning, the army set off. At noon, Lin Jue, Guo Kun and Guo Mian had arrived in Changheng County. Changheng County was once the hardest hit area for the development of youth education. Lin Jue came here to rescue the detectives of the Criminal Division.
When he was a child, he had witnessed the situation where every village had religious followers, responding to each other and fighting against him. Therefore, after entering Changheng County, Lin Jue reminded Guo Kun to be prepared to encounter religious bandits at any time.
However, after entering Changheng County, nothing happened. When passing through several villages and market towns, I found that there were only a few people everywhere and it was lifeless. Except for some old and weak women and children, there was not a single strong man in sight. People stood on the road blankly.
Watching the army passing by, there was no gratitude or happiness in his eyes, just numbness.
Lin Jue dismounted and asked several people. The people seemed to be very scared and eager to prove that they were not members of the Qingjiao. Lin Jue repeatedly explained that he was not causing trouble for them, and then they told Lin Jue that starting last night, many people were dragging their families home.
The one who took the mouth ran away because they got the news that the officers and soldiers were coming and all those who had joined the Qingjiao were to be beheaded. The whole county of Xucheng was killed for several days and nights, and all the people who believed in the Qingjiao were killed.
The government killed them all.
Lin Jue was stunned and speechless, which confirmed his worries. After some troubles in Xucheng County, gossip spread like wildfire. In times of chaos, rumors have the most market, and people often prefer to believe what they have or not.
There will be no screening. All religious people are probably scared away or have gone into hiding.
Lin Jue reported the situation to Guo Mian and Guo Kun, and they were also very surprised.
"These people are really stupid. They scared away the officers and soldiers when they came. Are my officers and soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty so hated? They must be some stubborn bandits. Even if they run fast, they will all be captured and beheaded.
Oops, by the way, when will this matter be over? I am almost exhausted. Let’s not worry about this anymore, rush to the county seat, recover all five counties, and then return to the court." Guo Mian said.
Lin Jue was speechless and couldn't make any sense to Guo Mian. So he pulled Guo Kun aside to discuss: "Brother, it's not a big deal for these people to run away like this. The purpose after the recovery is to keep the people safe.
Down, now they are running away instead. Isn’t it against the original intention? Moreover, if they wanted to run away, they would go to the East and West Road of Beijing. Instead, they would surrender to the enemy. We cannot allow this to happen. We need to clarify the rumors quickly and stop these people from tossing around.
Already."
Guo Kun nodded and said: "Yeah, I didn't expect it to be like this. Everyone ran away, so what we recovered was just an empty shell? What's the point? The imperial court asked us to suppress the rebellion, but in the end all the people surrendered to the enemy.
It doesn’t make sense. It seems that I shouldn’t have rushed to punish the bandits in Xucheng yesterday and scared them. What do you think we should do to remedy this?”
Lin Jue said: "It's very simple. The common people can't walk far. How far can they walk with their families? Just send the cavalry to catch up and stop them. We must rush to Changheng County immediately to stabilize the situation and issue notices to prevent the spread of rumors.
.Otherwise, people not only in Changheng County, but also in other counties will probably run away."
Guo Kun nodded and said: "That's fine, then we will immediately send the cavalry ahead. On the one hand, we will chase the people, and on the other hand, we will go to Changheng County to issue notices to stabilize the situation. I will leave this matter to you. King Jin and I will arrive soon."
Lin Jue cupped his hands and said, "Okay, then I'll take the first step."
Lin Jue and Bai Bing led five hundred cavalry to gallop eastward. After running for dozens of miles, they saw an endless stream of people rushing eastward on both sides of the official road. These people fled overnight with their families and their families, but they
How far can he run? After running for most of the night and all morning, he only walked thirty or forty miles. Seeing the officers and soldiers' cavalry approaching at high speed, the people were so frightened that they ran all over the mountains and plains, fearing that they were coming to chase them.
Lin Jue ignored them and only ordered to move forward. As long as he rushed to Changheng County and occupied the county seat, the people would not be able to go east. The rumors would not spread with these people, and the panic would be effectively suppressed.
Stop it. There is no need to explain it to these people one by one. In fact, any explanation is not as effective as doing something to let the people see the actual situation.
At noon, Lin Jue and his entourage arrived outside the Xicheng Gate of Changheng County. Seeing the situation near the Xicheng Gate, Lin Jue's heart skipped a beat and he was a little surprised. However, he saw that the county city gate was tightly closed, and there were still some people patrolling back and forth at the top of the city.
Lin Jue subconsciously thought that the bandits had taken over the county and wanted to resist. But soon, he discovered that this was a misunderstanding.
When the people at the top of the city saw a large group of cavalry coming down from the city, they immediately recognized them as imperial soldiers and horses.
"Is this the imperial army coming?" someone shouted loudly from the top of the city.
"Exactly, who are you? If you are the remnants of the Green Sect, I advise you to open the city and surrender immediately. The army will arrive soon, and you will only die if you want to resist." The little leader of the cavalry stepped forward and shouted.
"Oh, you misunderstood. We are not from the Qingjiao, we are the common people in the city. Magistrate He organized us and closed the city gates to guard the county seat. We heard that the officers and soldiers won a great victory in Yangwu, and we are looking forward to you day and night.
Come. But...if you want to open the city gate, you must first report to County Magistrate He. County Magistrate He has an order, and no city gate is allowed to be opened without his order. The military gentlemen will wait for a while, and the young men will report to the city."
The head man shouted loudly.
Lin Jue was surprised and happy when he heard this. He Anmin was still alive? What a surprise. When the bandits started to attack, the first one to attack was the county government, and the first wave of people to be killed were the officials. The bandits in Changheng County
Lin Jue had seen such cruelty before, and it was really a surprise that He Anmin could still survive.
