But how was this clan rebellion started by the Mo family and the Xu family put down by Huang Yi?
After the Battle of Yuhan, Yuan Yao gathered Zhuge Xuan's scattered tribesmen and selected strong ones from the surrendered soldiers to re-establish a county army.
This county army was naturally led by Huang Yi, who served as the captain of Yuzhang, and the force also had a school.
The actions of the Mo family and the Xu family to gather their tribes secretly were not hidden from other clans. Chen Li worriedly reminded Huang Yi more than once, but Huang Yi didn't take it seriously.
Until the news came that the Jingzhou Army was launching a large-scale attack on Chaisang and Shangliao, the Mo family and the Xu family believed that the time had come, so they caused chaos in the city that night while gathering tribesmen outside the city to attack Nanchang City.
That night, fires broke out in many places in the city, and people everywhere shouted false news that "all the big families in Nanchang have rebelled" and "Zhuge Prefect has been restored".
Seeing that the situation was in chaos, Huang Yi panicked and his first reaction was to abandon the city and flee.
At the critical moment, Chen Li and the head of the Xiong family came to see Huang Yi, and took the initiative to keep their sons and nephews in the prefect's mansion as hostages. The rumor that "all the big families in Nanchang rebelled" was self-defeating.
Zhuge Liang, who lived with Huang Yi, also stepped forward at this time and used his identity to appease Zhuge Xuan's old troops among the county soldiers, causing most of the soldiers to return to their respective posts.
Seeing that the situation was not out of control, Huang Yi exercised his duties as the captain of Yuzhang and ordered people to arrest the troublemakers in the city while closing the city gates to strengthen the city defense.
At dawn, the situation became clear. Only then did Huang Yi know that the only people participating in the rebellion were the Xu family and the Mo family. These two families had gathered tens of thousands of tribesmen outside the city and were clamoring for siege.
Huang Yi quickly sent Pegasus to ask Yuan Yao for help.
While Huang Yi, Chen Li and others were struggling, the young Zhuge Liang once again stood up and analyzed the interests of the Xu and Mo families and the motives for rebellion, and taught Huang Yi how to divide and disintegrate them one by one and defeat them one by one.
Everyone was very disapproving at first and wanted to drive Zhuge Liang out.
When will a boy be able to make plans? If the whole world knew about this, wouldn't it mean that there is no one in Yuzhang County?
Zhuge Liang also made big claims, stating that his strategy "can work overnight". If this strategy fails, he is willing to accept military law.
Considering that Zhuge Liang's strategy actually had no cost, Huang Yi followed the plan with the attitude of treating a dead horse as a live horse.
So people were ordered to announce to the Mo clan on the city, "Only the first culprits will be punished, and the rest will be ignored." And to the Xu clan, they shouted, "Every rebel will be punished by his family."
At this time, Chen Li also wrote two letters and sent them to his hometown in Xingan. One letter was written to his brother, asking him to summon the Chen family members as foreign aid; the other was given to the head of the Nie family in Xingan, stating the interests and dangers, and asking him to stand on Huang Yi's side.
Although the Xu family and the Mo family clamored outside the city every day, the thunder was loud and the rain was light. They had no experience in attacking the city. After rushing forward several times and being shot back by bows and arrows, they no longer dared to attack the city.
Two days later, most of Xu Zong's men fled, and civil strife broke out in the Mo clan's village. Then a group of Mo clan members tied up their clan leader and took him to the gate to plead guilty and surrender.
After Xu Zong learned about it, he immediately fled with the remaining people.
The Nanchang Rebellion ended here.
Afterwards, everyone was amazed and asked why Zhuge Liang could make the Xu and Mo families collapse without a fight with just a few words.
Zhuge Liang replied: The Mo clan is a powerful clan with thousands of households. The reason why the Mo clan rebelled was because the clan leader was dissatisfied with Yuan Yao and incited the clan members to rebel for his own selfish reasons. The clan members were not necessarily willing to join the rebellion.
Therefore, as long as it is announced that "only the first culprit will be punished and the rest will be ignored" against the Mo clan, there will definitely be resistance from people who make their own clan leader.
Everyone was still puzzled and asked Zhuge Liang: It was clear that Xu Zong was in the same situation as the head of the Mo clan, so why did the Mo clan "only punish the first culprits and ignore the rest", while the Xu clan "killed all the rebels in his family"?
Zhuge Liang replied: Although the Xu family is a large family, there are only a few hundred families in it. Xu Zong's rebellion mainly relied on the retainers and tenants he usually supported. These people were favored by Xu Zong and worked for him, so naturally they would not betray Xu Zong easily.
However, these hangers-on are foreigners after all, and most of them are from small families. If Xu Zong succeeds in his rebellion, nothing will happen, but if Xu Zong fails, these people will face the disaster of exterminating the Yi clan.
These people might be able to repay Xu Zong's kindness with their lives, but if the lives of their family members were involved, few would be willing.
People value righteousness, but they value filial piety even more.
Zhuge Liang explained this.
After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, everyone looked at Zhuge Liang with strange eyes.
This kid is only fifteen or sixteen years old, but he is so insightful and thoughtful. If given time, he will be an unparalleled talent.
Huang Yi was even more complacent and said: "Look, I told you a long time ago, this kid is a monster!"
Of course, Yuan Yao still doesn't know these details at this time. He only knows roughly now that it was Zhuge Liang who came up with a plan to help Huang Yi put down the Nanchang Rebellion.
Yuan Yao, who was still worried about how to solve the siege of Chaisang, suddenly saw something bright at this moment, and immediately sent his chariot to pick Zhuge Liang over.
There is strength in numbers, so Yuan Yao also called together Liu Fu, Haihun County Magistrate He Kui and others to discuss how to defeat the enemy.
Liu Fu and He Kui didn't have any good suggestions. Jingzhou's army was strong, so they could only suggest that Yuan Yao ask Yuan Shu and Lujiang prefect Liu Xun for help.
Two days later, Zhuge Liang was finally received into Yuan Yao's army.
"General Yuan, we meet again!" Zhuge Liang jumped out of the car and bowed to Yuan Yao who greeted him.
"Young friend Zhuge, you don't have to be so formal! I'm only a few years older than you, so just call me Brother Yuan."
Yuan Yao couldn't hide his excitement every time he saw Zhuge Liang. Seeing Zhuge Liang's youthful temperament, he jumped out of the car and was even more afraid that he would drop him.
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "There is an order between elders and younger ones, and there are distinctions between seniority and inferiority. Liang definitely does not dare to be rude!"
"I wonder why the general called Liang here?"
Seeing Zhuge Liang's calm and composed expression, Yuan Yao guessed that Zhuge Liang had guessed what he was thinking.
Yuan Yao smiled: "Come, come into the tent and talk."
At this time, in the main tent, Liu Fu and He Kui were sitting on the left side, and Huang Zhong and Lu Dai were sitting on the right side.
Yuan Yao only told them that a resourceful person would come later. Everyone couldn't help but talk about it at this time, guessing who it could be.
Liu Fu stroked his beard and said, "Could it be that Liu Ziyang is coming?"
He Kui shook his head: "Although Liu Ziyang is close to Wancheng in Lujiang, he won't be able to get there in seven or eight days."
"..."
While everyone was talking, the curtain was opened, and Yuan Yao strode in with a radiant face.
"Little Lord!"
"Major General!"
Everyone stood up and saluted.
Yuan Yao nodded slightly in greeting, then stood sideways and raised his hand to hold the curtain.
Liu Fu, Lu Dai and others were all thoughtful people. Seeing Yuan Yao's behavior, they immediately realized that the person coming in behind was not a wise and powerful person, but must be an important guest.
Everyone hurriedly looked towards the door, all looking up.
I saw a young man walking into the tent calmly.
Zhuge Liang saluted Yuan Yao again: "Thank you, General Yuan."
Then he turned to the crowd and said with the courtesy of a junior: "Junior Langya Zhuge Liang, pays homage to all gentlemen and generals."
Langya Zhuge family?
Liu Fu and He Kui were both scholars from the Central Plains, so they had naturally heard of the Langya Zhuge family.
Could he be the nephew of Governor Zhuge Xuan?
Thinking of Yuan Yao's action of carrying Zhuge Liang's tent, could Zhuge Xuan want to lead reinforcements to help in the battle?
He Kui: "I didn't know Zhuge Xuan was yours..."
Zhuge Liang: "He is my uncle, and my father is the magistrate of Taishan County, Yanzhou..."
"Oh...it turns out he is the son of Zhuge Jungong..." Liu Fu also immediately thought of Zhuge Gui. Every noble clan has a representative. The representatives of the Langya Zhuge clan in the past twenty years are the two cousins Zhuge Gui and Zhuge Xuan. .
He Kui looked past Zhuge Liang and looked outside the tent again: "I wonder where my uncle is?"
Zhuge Liang was startled for a moment, then immediately returned to normal and said: "My uncle is still in Luling and has never come... I am the only one listening to this trip."
Yuan Yao also put down the curtain at this time, pulling Zhuge Liang towards the main seat.
"Come on, little Zhuge, sit with me!"
Everyone was shocked. Could it be that the boy Yuan Yao wanted them to see today was this child of the Zhuge family?
Lu Dai and Huang Zhong had never seen Zhuge Liang before, and they were staring at each other, wondering what kind of medicine Yuan Yao was selling in his gourd.
Lu Dai: "I will ask someone to bring me another couch!"
Yuan Yao squeezed his eyes: "Isn't there no soft bag? Aren't there only five soft bags made of this kind of material?"
Although Lu Dai didn't know the reason, he knew how to behave and immediately stopped talking.
Huang Zhong on the side said: "There are many of these in the weak camp. I have a few more there. I will go and get them right away."
Yuan Yao ignored Huang Zhong and directly pulled Zhuge Liang to sit next to him.
Lu Dai quickly touched Huang Zhong with his elbow and gave him a look.
Huang Zhong scratched his head, still wondering what he said wrong.
Everyone had strange looks in their eyes. You looked at me, I looked at you, and each took a seat.
Zhuge Liang, who had always been unfazed by favors and humiliations, was now a little embarrassed by Yuan Yao, and could only smile sheepishly at everyone.
"I invited little friend Zhuge here today because I want him to help us think about how to break the Jingzhou Army and break the siege of Chaisang."
Yuan Yao said directly without any surprise.
Everyone was stunned. What do you mean by "asking him to help us think about it"?
Is this boy named Zhuge Liang very powerful?
Zhuge Liang also secretly complained in his heart, why did Yuan Yao set himself on fire when he came up?
I just tested him a little at that time, so I don't need to hold a grudge against myself until now. Could it be that I had made a mistake, that this person was actually a narrow-minded person who was determined to retaliate?
And didn’t I come here specifically to give him advice?
No, no, no, how does Yuan Yao know that he is not an ordinary person?
Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang finally came to his senses. Could it be that this person could see his own intelligence just from a casual encounter?
He Kui was an upright and stern man, and he immediately said dissatisfied: "Young General, are you laughing at us for being useless?"
"You actually humiliated us with a child!"
After saying that, He Kui flicked his sleeves and stood up to leave.
Seeing He Kui like this, Yuan Yao was not upset at all. Most scholars in the Han and Jin Dynasties were like this, and they paid special attention to honor and integrity.
This He Kui and He Shulong would rather die than work for Yuan Shu in history. Not only was Yuan Shu unable to do anything to him, but after being recruited by Cao Cao, He Kui went to work with poison in mind every day. He would rather die than be humiliated. He was so upright. Severe.
So Yuan Yao hurriedly said: "Yao has no intention of humiliating you!"
"Yao guarantees it with his life. This boy has unparalleled talent. Sir, don't judge a hero based on his age!"
Liu Fu also hurriedly advised: "Shu Long, it's too early for you to speak, why don't you sit down and listen, maybe there is a young hero, who knows!"
Seeing Yuan Yao patting his chest as a defense and Liu Fu holding him tightly beside him, He Kui slowly sat down.
"I want to see what's different about this kid."
Zhuge Liang secretly smiled bitterly. Yuan Yao had completely put himself on a high level. If he didn't say one, two, three, four, five, six today, he would really offend others.
Fortunately, when I agreed to come to see Yuan Yao, I had already thought about how to help Yuan Yao.
"Everyone, please allow me, the juniors, to try my hand at this. If there is anything wrong, I am willing to kowtow and apologize."
Zhuge Liang stood up and bowed to everyone.
He Kui was only targeting Yuan Yao. Seeing that Zhuge Liang was so respectful, it was hard for him to continue his attack.
Zhuge Liang: "I came from Nanchang. Although I heard that Liu Jingzhou sent troops to attack my Yuzhang County, I don't know much about it. I would like to ask General Yuan to tell me the current military situation in detail first."
Yuan Yao nodded and told Zhuge Liang everything that had happened recently.
Zhuge Liang was also listening attentively, nodding and shaking his head from time to time.
After Yuan Yao finished speaking, Zhuge Liang thought for a moment and came to his own conclusion:
"Chaisang was surrounded, and the general stopped here. Is it because he was afraid of being ambushed by the Jingzhou army?"
Yuan Yao: "That's right."
Zhuge Liang asked again: "For the general, is Chai Sang necessary to save him?"
This time, Yuan Yao was asked.
Although Chaisang is an important place connecting the north and south of the Yangtze River, now that Pengze has been captured by himself, it won't be a big deal even if Chaisang is captured by the Jingzhou army.
What I really can't let go of is Lu Su, who serves as the magistrate of Chaisang County!
Thinking of this, Yuan Yao nodded decisively: "Lu Zijing defends the city for me, I must save him!"
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "What the general said, is that Dongcheng Lu Zi Jinghu?"
Yuan Yao was puzzled, did Zhuge Liang know Lu Su at this time?
"It's Dongcheng Lu Zijing, do you know this person?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head: "When I took refuge in Huainan with my uncle, I heard my brother mention this person, but I was not lucky enough to meet him."
It turned out to be Zhuge Jin’s fault!
Yuan Yao: "I have always heard that my brother Zhuge Jin has a reputation of being respectful and filial. I don't know where he is? Now that the general is pacifying the south of the Yangtze River, it is the time to hire people. After today's discussion, you can help me edit a letter and give it to your brother."
One of Yuan Yao's creeds is: if you have dates or not, let's hug a pole!
Zhuge Liang was stunned again when he heard this. Although his eldest brother Zhuge Jin was slightly famous, he was only limited to his hometown of Langya. How did Yuan Yao know this?
"My brother traveled to Jianghuai to study, and we only occasionally exchange letters. Since the general has requested, I can try to write a letter. As for coming or not, it's all up to my brother."
After a pause, Zhuge Liang added: "But if my brother knows that Dongcheng Lu Zijing is now working for the general, he will definitely come!"
