In the middle of the chrysanthemum month, the weather started to get cooler. Even the green mountains outside Chengdu are gradually changing their colors to brown.
In the secret workshop, while discussing the making of weapons with Wei Chun, Yin Hu hurriedly walked in from outside.
"Six Heroes, what's wrong?"
"Captain, we just received news that there are rebels in Lushan County, Anzhou. Chen Zhong has already set up a large army to quell the rebellion."
Xu Mu frowned. Logically speaking, among the three states in Liangdi, Bingzhou was the safest. After all, it was Ding Shu's territory before, and Xu Mu helped avenge him.
Liangzhou is Chen Zhong's headquarters, so there is not much of a problem. The rest is Anzhou.
"Who is causing trouble?"
"I heard that it was a descendant of Dong Wen who suddenly appeared. I guess he got help secretly, gathered nearly 4,000 to 5,000 people, killed my county guard in Western Shu, and changed the banner to rule the roost."
"The Grain King's method?"
Yin Hu nodded, "It's very possible."
This makes no sense. Chen Zhong can quickly defeat the thousands of rebels. In fact, the big family in Anzhou, knowing Xu Mu's evil reputation, had dragged their entire family away earlier.
Liangdi was assisted by Wang Yong, and under the benevolent government, the people had no intention of rebellion. All we can say is that someone is causing trouble secretly.
"Send a message to Chen Zhong, capture the thief chieftain, kill everyone in the house, pick up the head with a pole, and stand at the entrance of the vegetable market."
This matter can be big or small. If you can't kill the chicken to scare the monkey, I'm afraid there will be disaster. The most important thing is to clear them before winter comes.
Feeling a little irritable in his heart, Xu Mu simply left the dark workshop and returned to the palace after talking to Wei Chun.
"This is the leading plan. If things go on like this, other people who are dissatisfied with the Xishu regime will jump out one after another. My lord, we must use thunderous means to eliminate the troubles in the future." In the palace, Jia Zhou spoke in a deep voice.
"Master Yin Xiang and I have the same idea. If I am not wrong, it should be the secret method of the King of Food. As I have said before, many hidden nobles of the past hate Xi Shu very much now."
"In the future, I estimate that methods like this will appear again."
Xu Mu frowned and turned sideways.
"Bolie, what about you? What do you think?"
Dongfang Jing, who was beside him, thought for a while and then spoke seriously.
"As the teacher said, the top priority is to put an end to the cause of the disaster, lest it spread to the sky. When we were in Cangzhou, I, the secret forces of Xishu and the Liang King, had already settled a great deal."
Listening, Xu Mu fell into deep thought.
"Huang Daochong is a member of the Grain King's influence. In the past, he probably wanted to make friends with Xi Shu."
"Dare you ask my lord?" Jia Zhou suddenly said, "My lord, I think everyone in the world will think who is most likely to unify the thirty states."
"Of course it's Chang Shiro." Xu Mu didn't even think about it.
"This is one. The second is the lord. During the expedition against Cangzhou, everyone in the world knew that it was Bo Lie who blocked Beidi in Hezhou, while Chang Ling blocked the Rouran Army and the Hebei Army in Dingzhou. My lord, I’ve made plans to kill the Demon Queen again.”
"According to me, among the world's divided countries, the Lord and Chang Shiro are the most likely people to seize the title of Nine-Five."
"I'm so powerful..." Xu Mu rubbed his forehead. Just as Jia Zhou said, Zuo Shiren in Dongling began to deploy defenses along the coast, constantly mobilizing troops and stationing troops in the direction of Lidu City. Although it wasn't time to break up, all the actions were taken to guard against him.
"Leave it to Chen Zhong. Chen Zhong has a stable temperament and will be able to put down the rebellion smoothly. Also, Six Heroes, please send a message to the Night Owl Group and the Xiaer spies to use all their strength to find out the clues to the Grain King."
"Don't worry, helmsman." Yin Hu nodded with his fists clasped.
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The news of the rebellion seemed to have grown wings, and many generals in Western Shu knew about it. Si Hu and Si Hu rarely came out of the house, picking at their feet and cursing.
"Brother Mu, just promise me that I will take my troops there and kill the one from Lushan County, Anzhou..."
"Dong Chong."
"Yes, I will lead my troops to this bitch named Dong Chong and chop him down with an axe!"
After returning from Cangzhou, thinking about Si Hu's military exploits, Xu Mu rewarded him with a large house, as well as countless gold objects and Shu brocade. He thought that this guy was addicted to collecting military exploits.
"Don't worry, Chen Zhong has already begun to suppress the rebellion."
After thinking for a while, Xu Mu continued, "Everyone, I plan to take advantage of the counter-rebellion to recruit another round of troops. How about it?"
Before the autumn harvest, a round of recruitment had actually been carried out, but the number of people was not large. There were only more than 6,000 people in the entire Shuzhou who enlisted. As for Muyun Prefecture and Cang Prefecture, the total number was only five thousand.
In the four northwest states, there are tens of thousands of people.
After a round of recruitment, only 20,000 new troops were recruited. Different from the past, in Xishu now, due to the improvement of rice cultivation, the food and grass problem has been greatly solved.
However, he was worried that the shortage of food and grass would be exposed too early, so Xu Mu never recruited for the second round. Now, if we take advantage of the opportunity of countering the rebellion and recruit another round of troops, Xu Mu estimates that we may be able to recruit more than 10,000 more people.
In total, there are 30,000 new troops. They will be training until the spring of next year and they will be a considerable force.
"Lord, this is a good plan." Jia Zhou nodded. The same is true for Dongfang Jing who is nearby.
After the crusade against Cangzhou, the military strength of Western Shu was greatly reduced. The territory of six and a half states, not including the Xiaer army, only had 60,000 to 70,000 troops.
"Zhao Feng, I leave this matter to you to prepare."
In the palace, a young general came out to take orders.
Zhao Feng is one of the three generals in Chengdu proposed by Jia Zhou. He has just left the general hall and is now serving as the captain.
Xu Mu only hoped that talents like Zhao Feng would continue to grow with war and military exploits and become generals like Yu Wen and Lu Xiu.
"Although we don't have many titled generals in Western Shu, all of them are first-rate heroes. Regarding the matter of Lu Xiu, the Tiger of Dingzhou, we should know that the righteousness of our family and country, and the protection of our homeland and territory are within the scope of our Shu army. of loyalty.”
After formulating a strategy, the disaster of the rebellion finally faded away a bit.
"My lord, there is one more interesting thing."
"Wenlong, what's wrong?"
"A few rotten scholars in the inner city have made a list of famous generals in the world." Jia Zhou said.
Xu Mu was a little speechless. The original Five Strategies of the World were inexplicably created by these rotten scholars. Later, it spread all of a sudden.
"My lord, do you know who is ranked first?"
"who."
"General Li conquered the north, and Li broke the mountain."
Xu Mu should have guessed the name a long time ago. After thinking about it, he continued to ask with interest, "Wenlong, where's the second one?"
"The second one is my Tiger of Dingzhou, Lu Xiu."
In the palace, all the generals became silent, with admiration in their eyes.
"We from Western Shu have three people on the list. Lu Xiu is second, Chao Yi is seventh, and Dou Tong is ninth."
"What about third?"
"Yuan Song's chief general, Shen Tuguan, ranked third. When Zuo Shiren attacked Laiyan Prefecture, it was he who used three thousand soldiers and horses to surround and kill Zuo Shiren's tens of thousands of troops, and to attack the main camp. As a result, Zuo Shiren was defeated."
"Three thousand blocking tens of thousands of people?"
"Exactly. Fourth, he is a logistics general of the King of Yuzhou. He has not led troops to fight in the past two years. But if he can be ranked, he should be a capable person."
"Fifth is veteran Lian Yong."
"Sixth is still a member of the King of Yuzhou. A young clan general who is favored by many people and is slowly starting to show his prominence."
"Zuo Shiren, is there anyone selected?"
"Tenth, the commander of the Fifty Thousand Mountain Overseas Camp, Kang Zhu."
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