Donglai County, Lu Township.
Liu Yu read the letter in his hand several times.
Then he stared closely at the man in black with his head held high in front of him.
"Xue Qi?" Liu Yu looked at a letter in his hand and repeated.
"It's me, Xue Qi from the State of Qi."
The man in black raised his hand and saluted. Although he was wearing a tight-fitting Hu suit, he showed an elegant temperament that was used to wearing E Guanbo sleeves.
"This letter says that you powerful men want to help me defeat Gou Xi?" Liu Yu was full of doubts.
Because both the letter and the person made Liu feel a little strange.
This letter was written by Xu Ke, the magistrate of Xiami County, to Guo Cen, the meritorious Cao of Donglai County. The letter first scolded Gou Xi, and then stated that the Qingzhou powerful men were forced to join the army by Gou Xi. As an envoy, Xue Qi is willing to discuss important matters with Liu Yu. As for what the important matters are, Guo Cen will introduce Xue Qi to Liu Yu before discussing.
"Exactly."
"Why?"
"Because Gou Xi is harsh and murderous, the people of Qingzhou can no longer bear his violence. They all hope that the general can eliminate the tyranny and bring peace to the people." Xue Qi said with a righteous tone.
"So that's it, come and see the guests off!" Upon hearing this, Liu Yu immediately gave the order, and two soldiers immediately stepped forward to fork Xue Qi out.
"Hahaha, let go!"
When Xue Qi saw this, not only did he not panic, but he laughed twice. With a strong effort on his arms, he broke free from the hands of the two soldiers.
"The general is so cheerful and free-spirited that Xue did not dare to hide it. Gou Xi did not have an edict and raised troops to attack his subordinates without authorization. He also tortured and plundered taxes in Duchang and Xiami. He ignored the laws of land occupation and plundered and exploited the family's reputation. Not only that, he also wants to seize powerful families in the name of checking household registrations and fields throughout Qingzhou..."
This Xue Qi spoke for a long time at one breath, with almost no pause in the middle, but all the words seemed to be vague and unclear, which made Liu Yu more and more confused as he listened, and in the end he didn't know what this Xue Qi was going to do.
Fortunately, Guo Cen already understood the cause of the matter before bringing Xue Qi to see Liu Yu. When he saw Liu Yu's doubts, he immediately explained it. After finishing it, Liu Yu suddenly realized.
It turned out that Gou Xi had already beaten the powerful families of Qingzhou to death by having a victorious army in his hands.
Gou Xi used the inventory to occupy land and shade households in Duchang and Xiami, and squeezed the powerful people in the two places. He tasted the sweetness and wanted to conquer Qi and Le after pacifying the Donglai army and returning to Linzi. Anjun and other sacred places in Qingzhou followed the same method, in order to seize wealth and population from powerful families, so as to realize Gou Xi's ambition to bring peace to the world.
As soon as Gou Xi's terrible idea was revealed, the powerful people from Qi and Le'an who he recruited to accompany the army immediately became excited. If these powerful people from aristocratic families didn't have the secrets of occupying land and slaves, how could they be such powerful people? To start a private army, can one really afford to support it by just one man occupying dozens of acres of land according to the law?
After repeatedly testing and confirming that Gou Xi indeed had this idea, these powerful men suddenly began to cry. Although they wanted to resist this tyranny, they thought that Gou Xi had not been defeated in several years, and his 20,000 Yanzhou soldiers were probably unbeatable. He couldn't defeat Gou Xi. Could it be that he was skinned and cramped by the butcher?
Finally, they finally reached a consensus and decided to let Liu Yu, the thief from Donglai, kill the butcher Bo Gou Xi.
After listening to this, Liu Yu couldn't help but want to applaud Gou Xi.
These powerful nobles in Qingzhou have relied on the official law to occupy land, and have become independent kingdoms of each family. These powerful nobles have occupied a large amount of wealth and population, but they have done nothing except self-protection in the era of Wuhu invasion, so that It is really a great shame and humiliation for the Hu people, who are far less numerous than the Han people, to call themselves kings, kings of heaven, chanyus, and emperors in the old land of Qin and Han Dynasties.
However, as the saying goes, "There is no hero to make Shuzi famous." Although Gou Xi had the same ambition of suppressing powerful people and bringing peace to the world like Emperor Wu of Wei, Cao Cao, he failed early in history. He was first defeated by Wang Mi's general Cao Yi. , and was defeated by Jiehu Shile. He had no ambitions, but was unable to achieve his goals.
"I see. It is our responsibility to put an end to the chaos. Mr. Xue, come to your seat quickly and give me some good strategies to counteract the rebellion."
Liu Yu said impassionedly.
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In December, the Jiaoshui River was completely frozen, and the narrow river surface turned into a flat land shining with white light.
The more than 40,000 troops led by Gou Xi have all crossed the Jiao Shui River and set foot on the land of Donglai County.
"Is there any movement ahead?" Gou Xi asked a general beside him.
"Your Majesty, no trace of the Donglai thieves has been found ahead. The nearest group of thieves is also twenty miles away."
"Humph, the Donglai thieves are fierce in appearance and soft in heart. They certainly don't dare to resist our army head-on, but we must be careful of their sneak attacks."
Gou Xi's words were half straight, and the remaining half was that except for the 10,000 elite soldiers he brought, the rest of his subordinates were basically rubbish. During the battle, if Donglai thieves attacked the military camp, these rabble-rousers would probably It will blow up the camp.
Commanding 40,000 to 50,000 people to march together requires a hundred times more energy and worries than tens of thousands of people.
Gou Xi strictly ordered the troops to be on alert at this time, not to guard against enemy sneak attacks, but more to guard against his unreliable subordinates.
On the second day, the army led by Commander Gou Xi finally met Lai Jun, the first shareholder.
Then an encounter broke out between light cavalry.
Gou Xi's cavalry had a large number of war horses captured by the Yanzhou Horse Garden, and was experienced in repeated battles with Ji Sang and other cavalry thieves. The Donglai Army's cavalry was almost crushed in terms of technology and horses, if not for their better armor. , I'm afraid the whole army has been wiped out long ago.
"It's easy for thieves to catch you. Let's see if I can break the thief tomorrow."
Gou Xi learned from the captured Donglai cavalry that Liu Yu had led 5,000 troops and horses to wait for him at Token Mountain ahead.
