"Dad, luckily we left a force of troops outside the city in advance. I didn't expect the bandit soldiers to be so powerful. They broke through Daizhou City in just one day."
Yuan Chong looked frightened as he spoke.
At this time, Yuan Chaoju looked happy.
Fortunately, he realized something was wrong and escaped from another gate of Daizhou City with his soldiers, otherwise he would have become a prisoner of the bandits.
"It's a pity that we couldn't bring Zhizhou out together. I don't know if he was loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the city." Yuan Chong looked back at Daizhou City behind him.
Yuan Chaoju said: "You'd better be glad that he is alive, otherwise when the court comes to blame, most of the blame for the loss of the city will fall on you and my father and son."
"Father, did you deliberately leave Zhizhou in the city?" Yuan Chong was surprised.
Yuan Chaoju said: "Someone has to bear the blame for losing the city. The magistrate of Daizhou colluded with the bandits and betrayed the city. After a hard fight, you and I, our father and son, were outnumbered and had to withdraw from Daizhou City."
"Will the court believe this?" Yuan Chong asked hesitantly.
Yuan Chaoju said: "It doesn't matter whether the imperial minister believes it or not. As long as Daizhou Zhizhou falls into the hands of thieves, the imperial court will have to believe that he colluded with the Datong bandits."
A sharp look flashed across his face. .
As long as he could keep the power of the Yuan family and sacrifice a Daizhou magistrate, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
"Should Yangqu send someone to take care of it? But all the family's savings are left in Daizhou City, and I'm afraid they may have fallen into the hands of bandits." Yuan Chong looked worried.
If he wanted to put all the blame for the fall of Daizhou City on Zhizhou, he knew that it would not be possible with just one mouth. He would need to deal with the governor of Yangqu and the officials of Shanxi Chengxuan Political Envoy.
Yuan Chaoju said: "I have already prepared the money for planning. Now that I know that Yanmen Pass has been captured, I have already arranged in advance for your second brother to send all the savings of our Yuan family to Guo County."
"My father had the foresight to see that Daizhou City would be difficult to defend." Yuan Chong said praisingly.
Yuan Chaoju said: "I arranged for your second brother to take the Yuan family's savings to Nao County. I didn't think that Daizhou City could not be defended. I just wanted to leave a way out for the Yuan family. I didn't expect that Daizhou City could not hold on for even one day." The place where we lived was captured by bandits."
"I used to hear others mention how powerful Datong's bandits were. I didn't think much of them before, but now I know that only the Qi family's army could rival them," Yuan Chong said with emotion.
Although he has not experienced the era of Qi Jiajun, the Qi Jiajun's great reputation in Jiubian has been heard by the generals who were born in Jiubian since they were children.
Yuan Chaoju snorted and said: "The traitor soldiers do have some abilities, but they can't compare with the Qi Family Army. If the Qi Family Army is still there, how can these traitor soldiers dare to rebel against the imperial court."
"Father, drink some water." Yuan Chong handed over a water bag and said at the same time, "Didn't I say that Datong's Liu thief was ready to be recruited? Why did he suddenly send troops to attack Taiyuan Prefecture? Our Daizhou is also unlucky. Datong Prefecture borders Shanyin County and became the first target of the bandits."
Yuan Chaoju took the water bag, brought it to his mouth and drank several gulps. He wiped the water droplets on his beard and said: "Liu Thief wanted to separate the Xuanda and Dafus and form his own vassal town. Naturally, the court did not allow it. Unable to send troops to quell the rebellion, the recruitment process was delayed again and again. Liu Thief must have felt that his wings were full, so he began to attack Taiyuan Mansion, hoping to occupy more territory."
"I didn't expect that Liu Thief actually wanted to separate the country. I only heard that Liu Thief was a merchant, but he actually had such great ambitions." Yuan Chong's tone was mixed with a bit of envy.
As a military general, he was very envious of the situation in the late Tang Dynasty when feudal towns were separatist. He even imagined that the Yuan family would have such a day.
It is a pity that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty have always had the habit of suppressing military generals. Even if their Yuan family is a hereditary family, they are still the targets of civil servant suppression.
The governors of the past dynasties have never relaxed their vigilance towards the Yuan family. Otherwise, the Yuan family would have become the only one in the world, and the Wang family and the Sun family would not have a chance to stand out.
As for the separatist rule of vassal towns in the late Tang Dynasty, he could only yearn for it through history books. He knew that the Yuan family had no such possibility. Now that he heard that someone actually did this, how could he not be envious of it.
"You only know one but not the other." Yuan Chaoju put down his water bag and said, "On the surface Liu Thief of Datong is a merchant, but in fact he was a bandit who first fled to Datong from Liaodong, and now he is nothing more than a bandit. Restored nature.”
After so many years, some of Liu Heng's past has been figured out by the court, and others only noticed the scene after Liu Heng's rise in Lingqiu.
"I didn't expect Liu Thief to be a thief." Yuan Chong exclaimed.
Like most people, he only thought that Liu Heng was a merchant who rose from Lingqiu, but now he realized that he was actually a bandit.
Yuan Chaoju said: "It is not accurate to say that he is a bandit. Back then, the imperial court and the slave bandits fought in Sarhu, Liaodong. This bandit was still a soldier under General Du Song. Now, after so many years, the imperial court even promised to recruit him. He is just a general soldier, and if Jun Jun does not die, he will be nothing more than a general soldier."
"Commander! If our Yuan family has a general from Jiubian, there will be one more general in Jiubian from our Yuan family." Yuan Chong sighed.
Compared with the generals of Jiubian, their Yuan family is still a little behind.
After so many generations of management, they have only reached the position of commander of Zhenwu Guard, and not every generation of commander of Zhenwu Guard is held by their Yuan family.
Many times, the Yuan family only has one commander, Tongzhi.
Yuan Chaoju said: "If you think this commander-in-chief is so easy to do, you will go to Liaodong to fight the slaves. Even if you win the commander-in-chief, your life will remain in Liaodong."
"There are so many general soldiers in Liaodong, so it's nothing. As long as you get the general soldier, it's a good thing to be a general soldier wherever you go. Maybe you can kill more slaves and be knighted in the future." Yuan Chong Said disapprovingly.
When he was still in his prime, he didn't think that going to Liaodong to serve as the general soldier would be a big deal.
Yuan Chaoju glanced sideways at his son and said: "Do you think slave thieves are so easy to deal with? If they were really easy to deal with, most of Liaodong would not have fallen into the hands of thieves. The generals and soldiers would have died." Young Master, Thief Liu is a bandit who has been recruited, and he will only be suppressed when he goes to Liaodong. Sooner or later, he will be killed by the civil servants and generals in Liaodong, and then they will swallow his troops."
"It can't be this serious. After all, everyone is an official in the same dynasty. Now the slave thieves are still there, directly threatening the safety of Ming Dynasty and Liaodong. Even if someone wants to do anything, they should wait until the threat of the slave thieves is eliminated. "Yuan Chong frowned, thinking that what his father said was too serious.
