"The guard general of Jinan Prefecture was originally our Hu Guanglu, but later, I heard that he was forcibly replaced by Niu Jinda from Chang'an. The county magistrate Li Wenli has not heard any news since the past few days. As for the internal response, the internal response..."
The counselor who was questioned stretched out his sleeves, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and stammered in reply: "The internal agents haven't opened the city gate until now. I'm afraid something has happened!"
"Snapped……"
Before the counselor could finish his words, he slapped him with the sound of hunting! He slapped him down to the ground without any defense at all, and with a loud sound, he spit out a mouthful of bloody spit on the ground.
"ah……"
Seeing this sudden scene, Li Zhen's cronies nearby couldn't help but exclaim, but soon, the exclamations were deliberately suppressed.
No one dared to come forward to comfort him, and no one dared to lift up the counselor who was lying on the ground. They only dared to look at the new head of the family in awe and fear, who was acting more erratically and violently than before.
"Waste! Waste!"
He slapped his counselor until he vomited blood, but Li Zhen didn't care about the eyes of the people around him. He still looked at the burning Jinan City ahead with his red eyes!
This is a real melting city of fire! The twisting and rising flames were so dazzling in the dark night! But behind the flames, the thick mountain-like city made him feel a deep sense of powerlessness from the bottom of his heart.
If just one city and one garrison can make him helpless, then Luoyang and Chang'an on the way west will crush them alive!
"What did you say before? Taking down the city of Jinan is like searching for something! Now! Why are everyone silent?" After a hiss, Li Zhen slowly withdrew his eyes from the fire and looked at the so-called people around him. Counselor, think tank!
And these so-called wise men who usually call themselves Wolong Kongming were stared at by Li Zhen's blood-red eyes, and they immediately shuddered. You looked at me secretly, I looked at you secretly, and then they all lowered their heads together. No one dared Be the first to speak.
say what? What can they say at this time? He said that it was his first time to rebel, so he had no experience? After fighting a few more battles and gaining experience, will this problem not arise?
But a few days ago, when everyone saw that Qingzhou City was taken down so easily, that was not what they said at that time!
At that time, when they saw that their family master had successfully captured the largest city in Shandong, they thought that attacking the city and plundering the village was nothing more than that!
Some people even began to dream about the day when they could conquer Chang'an, be rewarded in the Golden Palace, and be named the founding prince.
At that time, they spoke lofty ideals and pointed out the world, thinking that the world was at their fingertips!
But who would have thought that such a dream only lasted for so many days! Just when they were trying to pull out Jinan City, the nail stuck in the center of Shandong, reality gave them a slap in the face!
This slap is too powerful! It's no less than what Li Zhen waved at the counselor just now!
They were so dizzy from being slapped that they had stars in their eyes, and they still haven't reacted yet.
"Master, this Jinan city has high walls and deep walls. It is indeed difficult to break through the city by force!"
After experiencing the deathly silence at the scene, another older counselor of the Li family looked around, sighed softly, cupped his hands and said:
"In my opinion, an attack is worse than a siege! Nowadays, there is a shortage of food everywhere in Shandong. There will definitely not be too much food and grass in Jinan City. We only need to encircle it for a few days, and the city will definitely collapse without attack!"
"siege?"
As the new head of the family, Li Zhen obviously still has some respect for this elderly counselor. Seeing him come out to speak, the blood in his eyes immediately faded away.
He thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Uncle Wen! I'm afraid it's too late to besiege the city! We don't have time to waste here! Now that the fire has started, we must guide it so as not to let it go out! The time given to us is too little, too little!”
A simple sentence can tell the difference between Li Zhen and others!
Although his military ability in attacking cities and plundering strongholds was indeed sparse, Li Zhen's control of the overall situation and his foresight of the future far exceeded everyone present.
I'm afraid the only one who thinks about this at this time, apart from him, is Xiao Han who is far away in Ningcheng!
Nowadays, the so-called rebellion here in Shandong looks lively, but in fact it is not a rebellion at all. It can only be regarded as a peasant riot at best!
Under the instigation of Li Zhen in the early days, countless landless people, in order to have a piece of farmland of their own, armed with crude weapons, attacked the landlords and gentry who were "unkind for the sake of wealth" without any purpose, and seized their property and land.
However, as the designer of this incident, Li Zhen knew very well: Although doing so could provoke an endless war in the shortest time, if he did not intervene in time to command and guide, the war would soon end. destroy.
Because those refugees are not people with any lofty ideals.
They don't ask for meritorious service in the founding of the country, because this kind of thing is too far away from them!
What most people want here is just to be a little rich and have peace! This is also a common problem among the people of the Central Plains since ancient times!
When they have nothing, they will risk everything to survive! Even if I die, I won’t hesitate!
But after they grabbed the treasure, grabbed the land, and had things of their own, they began to have scruples.
At this time, the timid and cautious character in their bones will turn them into hamsters again, who just want to hide the things they robbed and live peacefully.
However, they also don’t think about it: From the moment they put down their hoes and picked up their weapons, do they really have a chance to go back to the past?
"The head of the family is considering it!"
Just when Li Zhen was deep in thought, the counselor known as "Uncle Wen" smiled and said loudly: "But why does the head of the family need to personally lead people to guard this place? As long as we encourage the refugees, let them watch over this place." City, they will still be trapped and die in the city!"
"Oh?" After hearing this, Li Zhen's eyes lit up, but he hesitated again: "But with so many of us, we can't attack the city. How can we surround Jinan City with just the refugees outside? "
"Hahaha……"
When Uncle Wen heard this, he smiled cheerfully again and continued: "The head of the family is overly concerned. Even if we can't surround him, what does it matter? The number of soldiers and horses in Jinan City is only more than ten thousand.
And now, outside the city, the mountains and plains are filled with refugees! Even if they forcefully break through the siege, what will happen? It is estimated that if they leave this city, they will only die faster! "
