Chapter 9 The most noble, special, grand welcome ceremony
This is a large village where more than 800 bandits gather.
As one of the five most powerful gangs in Yuezhou.
At this moment, there are nearly a hundred bandit leaders gathered in this village.
Now it can be said that this place is a big gathering of Yuezhou gangs.
The situation that Ning Chen was most worried about before is now happening.
The bandits from Yuezhou actually sat together and discussed a joint uprising.
Sitting in the main seat at this moment was a bandit leader with a fair complexion and no hint of gangsterism.
Looking around at the more than a hundred bandit leaders below, he said: "Everyone has done a good job. Now the Wu Dynasty's court has taken the bait step by step.
Next, Wu Chao wanted to show off the power of his thunder.
The Imperial Guard will definitely be sent here.
According to the information I have,
The Wu Dynasty's imperial army should have passed through Dongning by now.
In ten days at most, the Imperial Army will arrive in Yuezhou.
Then it's time for everyone to give Wu Chao a surprise.
We have to show the Wu clan how vulnerable their imperial army is.
By the way, let those in the Wu family understand,
What a stupid thing they did to demote Ding Guohou."
"Don't worry, sir. Thanks to Marquis Dingguo for not giving up, we will definitely make a fuss for Marquis Dingguo. We will definitely beat the Wu clan's imperial army severely. Let the Wu clan's people understand that their Longxing land has already fought with them.
The family name has nothing to do with it. This time we will definitely make this place become the land of Longxing for Marquis Dingguo!"
If the words of these bandit leaders were heard by the officials in the imperial court.
It will definitely cause a huge wave.
They never dreamed that all the tens of thousands of bandits in Yuezhou would be loyal to the Marquis of Dingguo.
Moreover, they have gathered together and are preparing to start an uprising in the Longxing Land of their Wu Dynasty.
Li Ziqiu naturally couldn't think of things that every civil and military official in the imperial court could think of.
But with the tips Ning Chen gave him.
Li Ziqiu can now let herself go freely.
Li Ziqiu still pursues a quick victory.
So this plan still needs to be carefully planned.
But for Li Ziqiu, who had just learned military skills for a few days, this was really difficult.
Li Ziqiu was a scholar after all, so he thought hard for a long time.
I have found the Art of War chapter that suits me.
“If you are able, show your inability; if you use it, show it is not in use; if you are close, show you it is far; if you are far, show you how close it is;
Lure them with profit, take them with chaos, prepare them with actual force, avoid them with force, scratch them with anger,
Be humble and arrogant, take it easy and work hard, be close to it and leave it. Attack it when it is unprepared and take it by surprise."
This is the method Li Ziqiu plans to use.
Li Ziqiu felt that this section was tailor-made for him.
Li Ziqiu looked around at the imperial guards who were eating, and suddenly a plan came to mind.
Li Ziqiu waved to Qu Zhong and gave him direct orders.
Let Qu Zhong dig 300, no, 500, no, 800...a thousand more stoves every day from today on.
There aren’t that many people anyway, so you might as well dig more.
This is Li Ziqiu's way.
After listening to Li Ziqiu's words, Qu Zhong couldn't understand Li Ziqiu's order.
There are only 800 people on my side, and one stove is enough to feed ten people.
Even if they dig a thousand, they still don't have ten thousand people.
"Just dig it, it will be useful." Li Ziqiu said to Qu Zhong enigmatically.
Qu Zhong thought for a while, then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Li Ziqiu: "Sir, if you do this, there will be a large army behind you. This is for the use of the army behind you. This time we will completely quell the Yuezhou banditry?"
Li Ziqiu remained silent, and Qu Zhong thought it was true.
Li Ziqiu knows very well what it means to be a soldier in a deceitful way.
This is Li Ziqiu's war alone, so Li Ziqiu naturally wants to make both himself and the enemy confused about his own path. This is the real trick.
After Qu Zhong confirmed his guess, he immediately went down to deliver the order.
Li Ziqiu didn't know how Qu Zhong told the people below.
Anyway, after Qu Zhong finished speaking to everyone.
Everyone put down the food in their hands, threw their arms away and started digging holes.
Just dig a thousand more holes.
It just takes a little more effort.
After digging the hole, everyone started eating again.
After eating, Qu Zhong came over and asked Li Ziqiu if he wanted to continue setting off now.
Li Ziqiu took a look at the sky and told everyone to rest.
This is called being close and showing what is far away.
Wait two days and come again to show how close you are from a distance.
Just think of it as practicing the art of war on your own.
Li Ziqiu can go back and forth like this.
But the bandits gathered in Yuezhou couldn't wait for this.
There is no other reason.
They had been waiting for almost ten days, but they didn't even see the shadow of the imperial army.
As for the forbidden troops we were promised, why didn't we see even a single hair on them?
No matter how united they are now, in the final analysis, they are still a mob.
So without seeing the Imperial Guards for such a long time, it was inevitable that they would have various speculations.
The most speculated among them is that the imperial court may have mobilized a large army to completely solve the Yuezhou banditry problem.
Such speculation made them unable to sit still.
That's not the plan.
In fact, the jade-faced bandit leader was more confused than these people.
Because logically, the Imperial Guard should have arrived.
At least you should be able to see the shadow.
But now, it's really not even a shadow.
Now, rumors are flying among the bandits.
He knew he had to do something.
If they continue to do nothing, the bandits who finally gathered together will immediately disperse.
"Everyone, I have just received the latest information. The imperial troops sent here have been blocked by Marquis Dingguo. So now we can respond to Marquis Dingguo and attack Lanping Mansion directly."
Whether the imperial army comes or not actually doesn't matter to the jade-faced bandit leader.
The important thing is to attack Lanping Mansion, and then capture the other two mansions.
Directly ruining Wu Dynasty's luck is the key.
If the Forbidden Army can be eliminated, it will be just the icing on the cake.
Hearing that the jade-faced bandit leader said that there was going to be an uprising, the more than a hundred bandit leaders below were all excited.
The official attack is finally about to begin, and this is Conglong's work.
Give an order.
More than 10,000 bandits marched toward Lanping Mansion.
There are guards in Lanping Mansion, as well as some forbidden troops, as well as two guerrilla generals who escaped before.
However, faced with the sudden increase of more than 10,000 bandits, they were quickly defeated.
In just one day, Lanping Mansion was occupied by bandits.
In fact, Lanping Mansion, as a provincial capital, is certainly not so weak.
But no one thought that more than a hundred groups of bandits would unite, let alone that they would actually dare to attack Fucheng.
Lanping Mansion was completely defenseless.
The imperial guards, the imperial guards, and two guerrilla generals who escaped from Lanping Mansion.
He did not run into Yuezhou, but ran outside Yuezhou.
Lanping Mansion is the gateway to Yuezhou. If you run inside, you will find a way to survive.
And when they ran like this, they naturally bumped into Li Ziqiu and the others who had been wandering in the same place for several days.
These deserters were immediately disappointed when they saw that Li Ziqiu and the others were just government guards.
The key point is that even if it is not the Imperial Guards but the 800 Imperial Guards, it will not help the situation in their opinion.
After all, there are now more than 10,000 bandits.
Unless the Forbidden Army also sends out more than 10,000 Forbidden Army, it is possible to completely defeat the bandits.
In addition to the imperial army, the palace guards and the two guerrilla generals, those who escaped naturally also included the governor of Lanping Palace and other senior officials of Lanping Palace.
Naturally, they had received a message from the imperial court, asking them to cooperate with a government guard force.
However, they were not sure whether it was the Fu Guards who were digging holes.
Soon they met Li Ziqiu under the leadership of Qu Zhong.
After meeting Li Ziqiu, they determined that it was this digging team that the court asked them to cooperate with.
It's just that they really can't see that this digging team is worthy of their cooperation.
Do you want to help them dig a hole together?
Li Ziqiu listened to Fu Yin and others talking about the situation in Lanping Mansion.
My heart trembled slightly, but my face remained calm.
"really."
Li Ziqiu only said two words.
Of course, Li Ziqiu didn't say the other two words "very dangerous".
It's just that Li Ziqiu's words really confused the people who escaped from Lanping Mansion.
Judging from Li Ziqiu's attitude, it seemed as if he had predicted the bandits' movements in advance.
"May I ask Li Xuezheng, what should we do next?" What Li Ziqiu just said was true, but it blinded these people who escaped.
"You guys go to rest first." Li Ziqiu said calmly.
It’s time to rest at this time.
After all, it is far away from Lanping, so the bandits cannot catch up so quickly.
Taking advantage of this moment, Li Ziqiu could also weigh it up.
Is it possible for me to complete the task?
Li Ziqiu's attitude, coupled with the fact that they had been attacking for so long, was indeed a bit tiring.
So no one argued with Li Ziqiu, and everyone went directly to rest.
But before taking a break, these people still called Qu Zhong over and asked them why they were lingering here digging holes.
Li Ziqiu naturally saw Qu Zhong go, and he didn't know what the proud Qu Zhong said to them.
In short, when Qu Zhong left, these people who escaped from Lanping Mansion all looked excited.
Even the governor of Lanping Mansion, the captain of the Mansion Guards, the leader of the Forbidden Army, and two guerrilla generals.
He also came here specially to make up for Li Ziqiu's gift, and at the same time expressed his apology to Li Ziqiu for having slighted him just now.
Li Ziqiu naturally accepted this gift calmly.
Anyway, in the end, I won’t admit anything.
…
When Lanping Mansion was invaded by bandits, Qingniao sent a message to Fengjing overnight.
After Wu Zhao received the news.
All officials were summoned overnight to discuss how to deal with the affairs of Yuezhou.
Of course Wu Zhao knew the prudent approach at this time.
We should first summon Lin Dunxin and Bingxian and other big officials among the officials to discuss the matter of Yuezhou.
It was just this sudden incident in Yuezhou that made Wu Zhao smell something unusual.
So Wu Zhao chose a safer method.
Just call all the officials together.
The officials were informed by Sun Banban, who took his confidants from door to door.
An hour later, no matter who it was, the officials were dragged out of bed.
They all appeared in the Jinluan Palace.
When many people were confused, Wu Zhao directly announced the reason for inviting them over.
Lanping Prefecture in Yuezhou was attacked by a coalition of bandits!
Ning Chen was not sleepy anymore when he heard the news.
Are these Yuezhou bandits so powerful?
Just come right up and give yourself such a big gift.
I feel embarrassed for doing it.
Ning Chen originally thought that Li Ziqiu would give him a disastrous defeat at most.
As a result, Li Ziqiu was very helpful and gave him a city break.
And it’s not a county seat, but a prefectural city.
Or Lanping City, the gateway city of Yuezhou.
Ning Chen is not sleepy anymore, and Wang Lin is not sleepy anymore.
What is going on.
Not only did his own palace guards fail to stand up, but they also lost a palace city.
Fortunately, it didn't affect his life. If it had, he would have died.
Sure enough, when everyone realized what happened.
Everyone began to criticize Ning Chen and Wang Lin.
Even Lin Dunxin glanced at Ning Chen and couldn't help but sigh.
Under such circumstances, Lin Dunxin didn't know how to speak for Ning Chen.
If this just means that the Imperial Guards suffered a disastrous defeat, there is still room for redemption.
Now this is the gateway to Yuezhou, and the capital of Lanping Prefecture has been lost.
How should Lin Dunxin respond to protect Ning Chen?
Of course, Ning Chen himself didn't intend to say anything.
Besides, what else could Ning Chen say?
In just such a short time, [佞] exploded to 10,000.
According to this momentum, he will definitely surpass him very easily. Li Ziqiu doesn't know how he got more than 10,000 [loyalty].
In addition, I will settle the bill tomorrow.
Whatever Ning Chen says now is redundant.
This is definitely an unexpected and surprising blood profit, even if it is only a few hundred points in the end.
Ning Chen made a profit.
As for the damage to my reputation, I, Ning Chen, have never cared about my reputation.
So at this time, even in the face of various criticisms.
Ning Chen always kept his mouth shut and stood upright with his head held high.
Try not to make your smile so obvious.
"That's enough, now we are not discussing who should be responsible. If you are really responsible, I should be responsible. I have called you here to discuss how to solve the Yuezhou issue!" Wu Zhao said with a gloomy face.
After hearing Wu Zhao's words, everyone remembered that it was Wu Zhao who supported Ning Chen before.
Let Ning Chen use the Fu Guards.
So now they seemed to be scolding Ning Chen, but in fact Wu Zhao would also listen.
As a result, everything above the Jinluan Palace suddenly became quiet.
…
At the same time that Wu Zhao and the others were asking for advice.
Li Ziqiu and the others also had some small episodes.
The government guards on Li Ziqiu's side defeated a small wave of bandits who pursued them.
The only pity is that Qu Bo told Li Ziqiu that the bandits were not wiped out all, but a dozen of them escaped.
After hearing Qu Zhong's report, Li Ziqiu thought quietly for a while and said to Qu Zhong: "Leave a team of people to monitor the situation in Lanping Mansion, and the rest of the people will retreat."
Although Qu Zhong didn't know why Li Ziqiu gave such an order, he just obeyed it.
I believe Li Ziqiu is right after all.
Li Ziqiu and the others left a group of people behind and retreated.
The dozen or so bandits who fled back immediately blew up the bandits' den.