Yang Miaozhen was furious, but Li Fu didn't care, separated everyone and came up.
"Entang, brothers, Liu Qingfu killed Xu Guo's staff and forced Xu Guo to commit suicide. As a result, the money and food given to us by the court are getting less and less. You think, shouldn't he die? Shouldn't I kill him? ?”
For Li Quan's men, life or death depended on the acquisition of money and food. Since the Mongolian invasion of the south in the fourth year of Jiading, the people of Shandong have been in dire straits, leading to cannibalism. Food shortages have become extremely serious. The Lianghe area has become thousands of miles of bare land and has been completely depopulated. The reason why everyone returned to the Song Dynasty in name was actually because of the food and salary support from the Song court.
"I killed Liu Qingfu and gave his head to Yao Chong. The old boy was so scared! I think he must be writing a memorial to the Song Dynasty and asking the Song Emperor to allocate food and salary to us!"
Seeing that the generals remained silent, Li Fu continued to speak, feeling proud.
Thinking of Yao Chong's submissive face, Li Fu felt happy and his face was full of smiles.
"What did you say? Did you give Liu Qingfu's head to Yao Chong?"
Yang Miaozhen was shocked and asked sharply.
Yao Chong is as timid as a mouse and has no sense of responsibility. If Li Fu is frightened like this, he will probably flee Chuzhou City.
This is much more serious than killing each other!
"What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with this?"
Li Fu asked confusedly.
If you scare Yao Chong, maybe he will report it immediately and get all the money and food of the Zhongyi Army back.
"Second brother, you have ruined something big!"
Yang Miaozhen, the national security adviser, frowned and couldn't help but sigh.
"You self-righteous fool! Yao Chong is as timid as a mouse. If you give him Liu Qingfu's head, he will think that there has been internal strife among the loyalist rebels, and there is such a fight outside the city, and he might escape from Chuzhou City overnight. In this way, The imperial court thinks that the loyal army is going to rebel, and there will be no room for buffer between us and the Song court!"
Yang Miaozhen complained secretly and waved his riding whip angrily.
"The entire army must return to the barracks! Otherwise, military law will be enforced!"
Yang Miaozhen rode away and the rest of the generals looked at each other and got on their horses to catch up.
If Yao Chong is really scared away, God knows what trouble will happen.
Today's Emperor Song is not a good person.
Yang Miaozhen led his men into the city in a hurry, and went straight to the state government office. The state government office was empty. When they arrived in the backyard, they met Yao Chong's two beautiful concubines.
"Madams, I have a military adviser, Mr. Yao. Is Mr. Yao here?"
Yang Miaozhen asked kindly, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
The beautiful wife and concubine are still there. It seems that Yao Chong is still in the state office. He was not scared away, but just hid.
"...I don't...know, the...gold and silver in the house...are all gone!"
One of the beautiful concubines shrank back and said.
"Go find it quickly!"
Yang Miaozhen felt nervous and asked the sergeant to look around, but there was no trace.
Needless to say, this despicable old man died alone.
"What's the use of you two!"
Yang Miaozhen's face was gloomy, and he was so angry that he suddenly pulled out his knife and cut off Yao Chong's two beautiful concubines several times.
"Entang, someone discovered that Yao Chong broke out from the city wall and fled."
The think tank Guoan came over, his face full of frustration.
Yang Miaozhen didn't say anything and was stunned on the spot.
Yao Chong fled, and there were no Song Dynasty officials in the city. Chuzhou City was already ruled by the loyal army.
But, what use does the Zhongyi Army have for this dilapidated Chuzhou City? Without the food and salary supply from the Song court, Chuzhou would be a dead city.
"Entang, what should we do now?"
All the accompanying generals looked ugly.
Chuzhou was lost to the Zhongyi Army. This was really a desperate move, forcing Song Ting and the Zhongyi Army to have no way out.
"How do I know what to do?"
Yang Miaozhen looked at the domineering generals in front of him and became furious.
Li Fu is her husband's second brother. She can't cut off Li Fu's head and apologize to the court, right?
"Entang, the trouble has become huge now, and there is no way out!"
Yang Miaozhen's adviser, Guoan Yong, calmed down. He looked at the generals and leaned close to Yang Miaozhen's ear.
"Entang, now that things have come to this, it is better to kill Li Fu and take his head to plead guilty to the court. Maybe there is still a chance of survival. If necessary, some people will have to..."
Guoan flashed a cold light in his eyes. Yang Miaozhen was shocked and quickly shook his head in rejection.
"You can't do this! If you do this, how can you be worthy of Enfu? You must not do this!"
"Entang, if you continue to break up, you will suffer chaos. If you hesitate, I am afraid that the loyal army itself will be in chaos first!"
The Zhongyi Army has different people's hearts. In the past, Li Quan was there and the Song Dynasty's money and food supported the Zhongyi Army.
Li Quan's life and death are unknown, and the Song Dynasty's money and food supplies are cut off. The Zhongyi Army is afraid that there will be a big chaos.
"With me here, who dares to make a mistake? Send someone to Shandong first to find out what's going on in the En Mansion. Don't mention what you said again!"
Yang Miaozhen flatly refused and walked away confused.
There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Take a step, take a look.
Guoan returned to his residence with worries. When he woke up early the next morning, several generals from the Zhongyi Army came to visit. The generals entered the lobby, and the fierce general Zhang Lin fired directly.
"For national security purposes, what should we do now? Are we going to sit and wait to die?"
"Yao Chong has run away. No matter whether he is dead or alive, Song Ting will think that we have rebelled. Once we run out of money and food, what will we eat and drink?"
"Li Fu, this idiot, is driving us to a dead end!"
Generals Yan Tong and Xing De then spoke up and complained again and again.
Guoan remained calm and drank tea slowly. Yan Tong and others looked at each other and sat down one after another.
"For national security, you have to think of a way. Brothers, we can't just sit back and wait for death!"
Zhang Lin was in a irritable mood and couldn't help but speak.
Li Quan was besieged by the Mongolian army in Qingzhou, Shandong, and there was no news at all. He would definitely not be able to supply Chuzhou. Now that Yao Chong, the magistrate of Chuzhou, has escaped again, the money and food supply to the Song Dynasty may be interrupted.
Without Song Ting's money and food, wouldn't the Zhongyi Army starve to death?
"It's a thief! How about going south to attack Yangzhou? If Song Ting doesn't give it, won't we rob it?"
Yan Tong burst out with a gloomy face.
"Attack Yangzhou? Just us? Do you think Du Gao is a vegetarian?"
Guoan Yong finally spoke and said coldly.
Du Gao, the governor of Yangzhou, had tens of thousands of elite troops under his command, as well as so-called firearms. The defense of Yangzhou was no longer what it used to be. How could it be so easy to attack?
"Tell me, over in Shandong, will the Enfu vote for the Tatars?"
Xing De whispered, diverting everyone's attention.
If Li Quan was still here, they would not dare to act rashly, lest it lead to death in the future.
"No! Enfu is a filial son. His mother and his eldest brother were both killed by the Tatar sword. How could he surrender to the enemy? In my opinion, Enfu may have been killed in battle. Otherwise, there would be no news for so long. !”
Yan Tong shook his head and said decisively.
In the first year of Jin Zhining, the Mongolian army attacked Shandong, and Li Quan's mother and eldest brother were killed by the rebels. In order to take revenge, Li Quan and his second brother Li Fu gathered a crowd to raise an army. There was no way Li Quan would surrender to the Mongolian army due to the blood feud.
"How can you control so much! If Song Ting doesn't give you money or food, you will be hungry in three days! You should just focus on the present!"
Zhang Lin said angrily, feeling depressed.
People are like iron rice and steel. If you don't eat a meal, you won't be hungry. Without money and food, the loyal army will soon disperse.
"What do you mean?"
Guoan looked at several generals and was secretly surprised. Several people came together, and they probably already had plans.
"Kill Li Fu!"
Zhang Lin looked ferociously and whispered.
"That's right! Song Ting hated Li Quan the most. Now that Li Quan is dead, kill his brother Li Fu, then kill his wife, send his head to Lin'an, stand on a bush and plead guilty, so that the brothers can escape."
Xing De said again, Guoan thought for a moment and shook his head.
"No matter who we kill, we must not touch Entang. She treats our brothers badly, and we cannot be ungrateful!"
The generals looked miserable, Xing De nodded and said:
"Brothers are in trouble today because of Li Fu's fault. Killing Li Fu and the Li family does not involve Entang!"
"How about we stop waiting and see if the Song Dynasty settles the matter and continues to provide food and salary. Aren't we doing something unnecessary?"
Yan Tong hesitated again.
"Is Song Ting a fool if he continues to provide money and food? Today's Emperor Song is no ordinary person!"
"That's right! During the last Chuzhou Rebellion, Liu Qingfu killed Xu Guo, and the Song court was dissatisfied with us. The Song Emperor had just ascended the throne, so he could not hold back his anger and move us. The current Song army is extraordinary, with nearly one hundred thousand soldiers in Jinling and Yangzhou. Army. Song Ting will never tolerate it!"
Zhang Lin and Xing De shook their heads and denied Yan Tong's naivety.
Guoan nodded, but also gave up hope that Song Ting would provide money and food.
In both Jinghu and Huaidong, the Song army numbered tens of thousands, and the Song court was not afraid of the loyal army. If Chuzhou continues to make trouble, Song Ting should not compromise again.
"General, the canal boat from Yangzhou arrived at Gaoyou Army and was pushed back!"
While everyone was talking, the soldiers came in to report, which surprised everyone.
"You idiot, why didn't you hijack the ship?"
Zhang Lin cursed angrily.
"General, there are artillery on the Song Army's ship, brothers dare not touch it. Besides, the imperial court's cannon ship did not say that it was going to be robbed!"
"roll roll roll!"
Zhang Lin waved his hand angrily, and the soldiers quickly retreated.
"Du Gao, this old thief, has indeed run out of food!"
"The house is leaking and it rains all night! Emperor Song is so fierce that we have no way out!"
"This is how to do ah?"
The generals stared at each other in frustration.
In just one night, the Yangzhou military cut off their food and wages, and their response was swift.
"It's useless to rob the ship! Can it last a lifetime?"
Xing De said decisively, turned his head and looked at Guoan Yong, his eyes burning.
"For the National Security Bureau, the matter has come to this, brothers are going to take action, you won't stop it anymore, right?"
Zhang Lin and others also looked at Guoan Yong with ferocious eyes.
"Is there really no choice?"
Guoan said in a harsh tone.
The Loyalty Army has reached this point, and it seems that the only way to survive is to punish the culprit Li Fu and beg for mercy from the Song court.
"I make a statement: I must not touch the Entang or cause unrest in the military. This is my bottom line."
The generals have made up their minds, and Guoan has no choice but to go with the flow.
In the spring of the third year of Xingqing's reign, Li Quan, a loyal army in Chuzhou, ran out of supplies and complained. In order to obtain money and food from the Song Dynasty, Li Ququan killed Li Quan's brother Li Fu, Li Quan's second son, and Li Quan's concubine Liu, and sent their heads to Lin'an.
On the way to Sichuan, Emperor Zhao Hong ordered the Song Dynasty to send troops to Chuzhou to kill Li Quan's remaining troops in Chuzhou. Yang Miaozhen fled to Shandong with Li Quan's eldest son Li Fen and is missing.
