In the early morning, Lin Ze summoned the heads of various families and said: "I am about to attack Xu County eastward. I will leave Yangzhai City to you to defend. Do you have any objections?"
The heads of each family looked at each other and nodded slightly to the head of the Meng family.
The head of the Meng family took a step forward and said righteously: "Master Shaofu, please rest assured. According to our previous agreement, we are obliged to do so."
Lin Ze smiled slightly and said: "That's very good. I'm not here, and Yangzhai City is under the control of Deputy General Li You. I hope you can support me."
A trace of surprise appeared on the faces of the heads of the families. They didn't expect Lin Ze to push Li You out. Was this because he didn't trust them?
The wise leader immediately remembered that when various families asked Lin Ze to borrow troops, he flatly rejected them all, but only sent 50,000 troops to Li You.
Now it seems that this young master is not a simple man. He has secretly been on the prime minister's line for a long time. No wonder he doesn't change his face about tampering with the source of military merit.
The principals who had previously been worried about whether Lin Ze would take risks immediately felt relieved. The big shots in the court were all friends with the young master. Are they still worried that this matter would not work out?
After handing over the defense, Lin Ze led an army of 450,000 to attack Xu County.
Li You was the most confused in the whole incident, because Lin Ze did not send anyone to tell him that he would control Yangzhai City.
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Lin Ze led the army to the city wall of Xu County, but found a strange phenomenon. The entire county looked in a mess. Many people were fleeing the county with their families, but no rebels were sent to stop them.
I could faintly hear a commotion in the city, as if something big had happened.
Lin Ze looked at Xu County with the city gate wide open, thought for a moment, and immediately made up his mind and ordered: "Li Xin listens to the order and leads an army of 10,000 into the city to control the city gates and walls. Anyone who dares to block will be killed."
"Zhang Han listened to the order. Once Li Xin successfully controls the city gates and walls, he will immediately lead his 100,000 troops into the city, eliminate the rebels, and occupy Xu County."
He was not Sima Yi, so how could he be timid because of an empty city and miss such a good opportunity?
After receiving the order, Li Xin took the lead and led an army of 10,000 to rush towards Xu County.
Zhang Han stared closely at Li Xin's leaving figure, leading an army of 100,000, ready to go.
I saw Li Xin leading his army into Xu County with great ease and taking control of the city gates and walls.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Han didn't hesitate at all, and rushed forward with an army of 100,000 people. He crossed three streets before encountering a group of chaotic rebels.
When the Qin army met the rebels, they exploded like sparks falling into a frying pan, and both sides started fighting.
What surprised Zhang Han was that the resistance of the rebels in front of him was not strong, and he was easily defeated by his army and fled in all directions.
Zhang Han looked at the fleeing rebels and always felt that something was missing from the rebels, but he couldn't remember what exactly was missing.
However, Zhang Han didn't have time to think too much and led his army in pursuit. He defeated three small groups of rebels in succession before encountering an obstacle and bumping into the main force of tens of thousands of rebels. The two sides were fighting inextricably in the alleyway.
Lin Ze, who was outside the city, heard the faint sound of fighting and decisively ordered, leaving one hundred thousand troops to help Li Xin guard the city gate, while he rushed in with two hundred thousand troops.
Lin Ze rushed into Xu County City and saw a strange scene. A group of Qin troops were chasing the rebels who were far more numerous than themselves. He couldn't help but have a strange look on his face. What happened to the rebels?
However, this was not the time to delve into the matter. In order to end the battle as soon as possible, Lin Ze stirred up his energy and shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order. Those who kneel down and surrender will avoid death."
The rebels who had fled in all directions fell to their knees and surrendered, as if granted amnesty.
At the same time, Zhang Han completely defeated the tens of thousands of rebels standing in front of him, marched straight in, and attacked the county government in Xu County.
Lin Ze learned about Zhang Han's movements from the soldiers and learned that his attack was going well and that the rebels were fleeing. He immediately ordered the army to outflank the army and strive to capture all the 400,000 rebels in Xu County.
Since ancient times, the morale of soldiers who encounter favorable conditions is definitely the highest. Seeing that their own side is about to win a complete victory, the soldiers of the Qin army are like wolves and tigers. They shout to surrender and avoid death, while rushing towards them with howls.
Go up.
The entire streets of Xu County were full of Qin troops and rebels, making it a mess.
The whole chaos lasted for two hours and ended when all 400,000 rebels surrendered.
While Lin Ze ordered the prisoners to be placed, he asked Wu Fan to lead people to investigate what happened in Xu County. Instead of defending the city properly, Lin Ze was running around in the city.
Soon, Wu Fan led a team of royal guards and escorted several rebel generals to Lin Ze. He bowed his hands to Lin Ze and said, "Sir, I have brought all the insiders here. Do you have any doubts?"
Just ask them."
Lin Ze looked at the scarred people intently and asked, "Who can tell me what happened in Xu County, where is Zhoushi?"
One of the rebel generals' eyes turned red and he choked with sobs: "Shuai Zhou was assassinated by a villain."
"Dead?" Lin Ze couldn't help but feel a little depressed. He just came up with the idea of recruiting Zhou Shi to surrender. In the blink of an eye, he was gone.
"Tell me carefully how Zhou Shi died."
The rebel general sniffed and said: "This morning, a group of knights, claiming to be the king's envoys, came to Xu County and declared everywhere that Commander Zhou did not respect the king's order and wanted to take him back to Chen County for investigation. Although we have doubts,
We did not act rashly until we received the military order from Commander Zhou."
"In less than half an hour, someone came to the place where we were stationed. They said that Commander Zhou had a disobedient heart and was killed by the new general Wu Guang. The new general Wu Guang summoned the generals of the army to discuss and formally took over the army.
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"After I got the news, my first reaction was disbelief. How could Shuai Zhou be disobedient? However, Wu Guang actually had his head cut off and hung on a flagpole to show the public."
"When we saw this, we were so furious that we immediately united together and led an army into the county government office to demand justice from Wu Guang."
"Unexpectedly, when Wu Guang saw that the situation was not good, he abandoned his men and fled. We could only vent our anger on his men and cut them into pieces to commemorate Commander Zhou's spirit in heaven."
"Just when we had finished slaughtering Wu Guang's men, you came in with the Qin army. We were in a hurry and without a leader, so we were defeated miserably at your hands."
Speaking of this, the rebel general felt even more sad: "If Commander Zhou was still here, how could we have ended up like this? Your Majesty is so confused, how can we destroy our own arms?"
After hearing this, Lin Ze couldn't help but sigh. In this way, he got a huge advantage.
If Chen She hadn't sent Wu Guang to seize power, kill Zhou Shi, and cause civil strife among the rebels, how could he have defeated 400,000 rebels so easily and captured Xu County so easily.
It's hard to say that it took a lot of effort to conquer Xu County. Even if it could be conquered, the casualties among the soldiers would be unpredictable.
Thinking of this, Lin Ze couldn't help but sigh: "I really don't want to have good teammates on my own side, but I want the enemy to have pig teammates!"
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In the wilderness, Wu Guang fled into a mountain forest in embarrassment, turned around and looked at Xu County, the resentment on his face could be condensed into substance.
Wu Guang had already deduced countless times how to get rid of Zhou Shi and seize military power. Even when Chen She was hesitant to replace him, it was he who proposed the idea of using an envoy to test it first. If Zhou Shi refused to come back, he would
Chen Jun is disloyal.
Wu Guang had long been sure that Zhou Shi would not return to Chen County easily, so he had a reason to kill him. What he never expected was that Zhou Shi's reputation in the military was so high.
The generals reacted so violently that if they hadn't escaped quickly, they would have died in the siege.
Now, instead of successfully seizing power, it caused a mutiny among the army. As the saying goes, the mutton was not eaten, which caused a lot of trouble.
What Wu Guang should consider now is how to explain the matter to Chen She after he returns?
After thinking for a moment, Wu Guang came up with a bold idea. He made his hair disheveled, took out a dagger, slashed himself several times, and headed towards Chen County in a miserable state.
Arriving all the way to Zhang Chu Palace, after seeing Chen She, Wu Guang immediately threw himself to the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, Zhou Shi has rebelled."