The battle against the Qi Diao Family and the Yang Family went very smoothly. Wherever the Fearless Army went, there would always be some inexplicable changes in the cities of these two families, or a general guarding the city suddenly fell to death, or there was a sudden fire on the tower.
Ever since he killed the Lu family, Wu Gen had devoted all his efforts to infiltrate the two families. Especially by taking advantage of the opportunity to collect taxes, he attracted many members of the other tribe to rebel.
The reason why it went so smoothly was ultimately due to the powerful combat power of the Fearless Army. With such a fierce tiger on the side, people's minds will inevitably wander.
There are many smart people in this world. They can predict that as long as the Ji family does not do their best to defeat the Fearless Army, the three counties around Liangzhe Mountain will sooner or later fall under Wu Gen's sphere of influence. High-ranking family heads and their direct descendants.
The head of the Lacquer Carving Family was also strong-willed and committed suicide at the top of his main city. As for the head of the Yang Family, Wu Gen gave it to Ji Nan and left it to him to deal with it.
There was no longer any opponent that could threaten him in front of Liangzhe Mountain, and various armies and horses escorted the prisoners and entered Liangzhe Mountain with great force.
But after entering the mountains, these people did not return to their military camps. Instead, in the name of inspecting two new counties, they plunged eastward into the vast wilderness.
After such a great victory, the troops did not receive the rewards they expected, and Wu Gen even did not show up from head to toe. The theory that he had a bad stomach is no longer convincing. The most reliable theory at present is that Wu Gen was stabbed on the bed because he robbed a civilian girl. He injured a vital part and has been seeking medical treatment outside.
Naturally, Wu Gen didn't know what he had been assigned to do. He was sitting in a carriage with Ji Xin and was following the army heading north.
In order to keep the march secret and prevent the news from leaking, the army chose sparsely populated areas, and all military falcons were confiscated. At the same time, Yang Zheng led Niu Chao, Ji Chenming and others to carefully investigate wherever the army passed, and captured those who deliberately left clues along the way, killing dozens of people one after another.
The Rebel Army was constantly patrolling in the air, and if anyone was found snooping around, whether they were ordinary people or other people's scouts, they would all be captured.
Of course, in a place as vast and sparsely populated as Kuntian Continent, it would be difficult for anyone to detect these more than 40,000 people walking in the wilderness unless they deliberately sent people to conduct reconnaissance.
So the Fearless Army passed through the two families smoothly, and when they arrived at Duan Qian's family, their good luck finally came to an end. They ran into a group of more than a thousand Duan Qian family soldiers. After a brief battle, the Fearless Army successfully defeated their opponent.
But this also means that the whereabouts of the Fearless Army may be exposed. Therefore, Wu Gen ordered not to bypass some small towns when he saw them, but to attack with all his strength on the territory of the original Cang family, which is now Cangye County.
When borrowing food in a small city, the Fearless Army found a notice on the city gate. It was this piece of paper that Wu Gen and Ji Xin were looking at now.
The paper is ordinary paper, but the content on the paper is earth-shattering. The content excerpted from this notice is exactly the edict of the young master Ji Chen.
There are not many words in the edict, but every word is very important. The main meaning is that except for the Lu family, the Gu family, the Lu family and other exterminated families who still set up counties, the other families still maintain the existing regulations. In addition to paying taxes to the Ji family and sending another governor to supervise each family, Outside the home, you can maintain your own territory and people, and can be hereditary.
However, after the current head of the family passes away, the territory must be divided equally among his heirs. These people are all heads of the family and are not subordinate to each other. The same will be true for the next generation, and they must equally divide their own territory among the descendants.
"This beast, after finally forcing everyone to agree to the restructuring, he actually went against the grain and ruined the good situation." Ji Xin was furious after seeing the notice. Ji Chen's move could be said to have negated his original plan, at least Within a few decades, families would remain as they are today.
Wu Gen stared at the notice in silence, frowning. When the army was marching, Ji Chen suddenly threw out this notice, which was a huge problem for the fearless army.
Originally, I attacked Hanlu City in the name of Ji Yan. In the eyes of other families, it was just a dispute within the Ji family and had little to do with each family. Some people were even happy to see the results. After the Ji family was weakened, it would be difficult. Strongly promote restructuring.
But Ji Chen's move was to draw various families to his side. There was no need to change the system, but he only sent someone to supervise the family.
Governor, this is much easier to handle. Although his territory must be divided among his heirs after his death and his strength will gradually decrease, the meat will rot in his own pot after all.
In this way, the Fearless Army originally only had to defeat the Confederate Army and some Guardsmen, but now they also have to add various families.
"It's difficult. This battle is not going to be fought." Wu Gen muttered, holding the notice high and wishing he could eat all these words.
At night, the fearless army, which had been rushing all the way, stopped for the first time to discuss countermeasures in response to Ji Chen's notice.
"Building a family with a lot of effort and a lot of effort is a good method and a good strategy." Yang Zheng looked at the notice and exclaimed in admiration. He was born in the royal family, so he knew the subtleties of this order. "But, if you want to implement this strategy, Ji Chen must have a force in his hands that can defeat five or six families at the same time, otherwise these families will find ways to avoid their own territories being divided and gradually weakened and swallowed up by the Ji family."
"Ignoring Ji Chen's troubles, we are really in trouble right now. We may be facing the Southern Army with the help of many families. If we don't solve the problem of this notice, this battle will be difficult to win." Hu Jia also interjected.
"Ruthless, this move is indeed ruthless. Now the situation in the Iron Hand Province has suddenly stabilized, and all the families have been gathered around him. Ji Chen's position is stable." Cang Renjing couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Although fighting is not possible, just talking about it is not enough. When it comes to political affairs, Ji Chen is quite knowledgeable. "Fortunately, the march route our army chose avoided most of the families. Otherwise, these families would have intercepted them layer by layer. With a little bit of blood loss, our army was already very weak when it arrived at Hanlu City."
Wu Gen rubbed the center of his brows, knowing that politics was not his specialty. As expected, those who played with power were masters. A piece of paper could be worth a hundred thousand elite soldiers.
"Yang Zheng, Lu Qing, Cang Renjing, you guys, put aside other things these days and think about how to defeat the other party's notice. If the other party makes a feint, we should respond with a feint." After discussing for a long time, everyone present Everyone was a little helpless. Wu Gen had to leave the matter to Yang Zheng and others. There was no other way. Apart from these people, everyone else in the tent, including himself, was a group of fighting men. How could they play such a nerve-wracking thing? .
"Since Ji Chen's concession benefits various families and their heirs, if you want to break it, you might as well let more people benefit to offset the effectiveness of this policy." Shui Congyue, who had always been quiet during military discussions, suddenly said .
Everyone present was stunned. For a long time, everyone had regarded Shui Congyue as a powerful general, but they didn't realize that Shui Congyue also came from a noble family. He had read scriptures since he was a child, and he had a lot of ideas, but he was just too lazy to talk on weekdays.
Yang Zheng's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and smiled, "Yes, since Ji Chen is willing to give in, we will use more powerful medicine. As for whether we will honor it in the future, our fists still have to decide."
Seeing that these people had ideas, Wu Gen became more energetic. "Yang Zheng, you guys, think about it carefully. The army still has to move forward quickly. As soon as this notice is issued, there will definitely be families sending troops to defend Hanlu City. We must march as soon as possible." , and strive to prevent more families from joining the Confederate Army."
The fearless army only rested for one night before breaking out of camp and rushing through the territory of each family with all their strength. Those who could not fight would never fight. Even if they fought, they would only defeat them so as not to delay their journey.
In this way, the Fearless Army finally reached the former Lu family's territory. Moving forward, Wu Gen prepared to follow the old path of the coalition forces at that time, move forward out of Yediyuan, and attack Hanlu City directly to the west.
However, even if he chose such a path, Wu Gen also found some changes in various places. Many of these county guards appointed by the Ji family have taken refuge with Ji Chen and are blocking the Fearless Army overtly and covertly.
Either the city is closed or the country is cleared, which makes it very difficult for the fearless army to raise food and grass. In desperation, Wu Gen followed Cang Renjing's wishes, surrounded the city with a large army, and incited the residents in the city to rebel. After killing two county magistrates and another county guard, the resistance was reduced.
After all, these county guards had recently taken office and it was difficult to control everything in the county. In addition, the Fearless Army passed through these cities when they went to Liangzhe Mountain. Many people in the city were involved with some soldiers of the Fearless Army, so they quickly captured various cities. county.
Just when he entered the former Lu family's territory, which is now Zhenni County, Wu Gen heard a piece of speechless news. The new governor of the county, Meng Zhuo, unexpectedly captured his younger brother Meng Ling and sent him to Hanlu City.
Meng Ling had been working under Ji Ye, but after Ji Ye was captured,
Ji Chen and Murong Yanyu pursued their men and many of them were killed. Meng Ling had no choice but to flee to Meng Zhuo for shelter. But he didn't expect that Meng Zhuo would kill his relatives out of justice and ordered him to be tied up and given to Ji Chen. It was said that he had been beheaded in the city.
Meng Shun and Meng Shuo were furious after hearing this news, and wanted to attack Maojing City with troops to capture this guy who ignored family ties for power.
However, Wu Gen didn't want to go too far into Zhenni County. After all, he had to reach Hanlu City before everyone gathered together. There was really no time to lose, so he could only let these villains survive for a few more days.
After the army arrived at Qinghuai City, Wu Gen ordered to rest in the city for two days. After marching for several days, the troops and horses were tired and the battle was at the end.
Wu Gen discovered with a headache that the remaining food and grass could only last for twenty days. What should we do? If we want to reach Hanlu City, how can we do it in twenty days? If there is another big war, I am afraid it will be consumed faster.
Sitting in this familiar big city, Wu Gen, Meng Shuo and others smiled bitterly at each other. When marching and fighting, food and grass were the first priority. Unexpectedly, they were in danger of running out of food in the end. Although Meng Shuo sent people to search everywhere, they did not find much. A large amount of grain and grass had already been taken away by Meng Zhuo. Read the book
"No, let's turn around and fight back. We can't march without food and grass." Hu Jia said fiercely. According to the plan, after arriving in Zhenni County, it should be quite easy to raise food and grass with Meng Zhuo as an acquaintance. Unexpectedly, this man turned his back and refused to recognize anyone, and instead tricked the Fearless Army. Such an incident really hit Wu Gen. Caught off guard.
"It will take more than ten days to fight back and forth. Every day that is delayed, there will be more enemy troops in front of us." Yang Zheng looked at the information in his hand with a bored look on his face.
According to the reconnaissance of the Rebel Army, a large number of troops and horses have gathered in the Yediyuan area, and follow-up reinforcements are still coming from all directions. If you delay for one day, the other party will have many more people.
In the current situation, the Fearless Army has gone deep alone and has no way out. Either they defeat their current opponents or the foundation they have worked so hard to accumulate will be wiped out in one battle.
While he was feeling depressed, suddenly there was a report from the Yifu Army entering the city. A convoy of more than a thousand people came from the east, escorting a large number of carriages, and was heading towards Qinghuai City.
"Send someone to take a look." Wu Gen had no choice but to order the Yifu Army to go and investigate. In addition, the Chinese Army Zhang Wuyang led a group of troops to intercept.
After waiting for half a day, Zhang Wuyang returned first with one person in the Danghu Bird. After entering the mansion where the Fearless Army held temporary meetings in the city, Zhang Wuyang entered the house with a strange look on his face.
Seeing Wu Gen, Zhang Wuyang huffed and secretly glanced at Meng Shuo from time to time.
"What's going on? Who led the troops here?" Wu Gen felt strange and quickly urged.
"Ning Yuxi is here." Zhang Wuyang's voice was much softer.
Wu Gen's expression froze and he glanced at Meng Shuo guiltily, "What is she doing here?"
"She comes to deliver food."
