As Tiance's army set off, the entire capital's eyes couldn't help but fall on Bai Yuxian and Xiangzhou.
Xiangzhou is not close to the capital. Even in a straight line, it is thousands of miles away. It would take more than a month for ordinary business travelers to travel quickly.
However, under the leadership of Bai Yuxian, the entire Tiance army marched extremely fast, covering nearly two hundred miles a day. If they marched at this speed, they could directly enter Xiangzhou territory in less than ten days at most.
During this period, the entire capital and Xiangzhou were also undercurrents.
"Your Highness, Xiangzhou is here to report."
On the third day after Bai Yuxian's expedition, in the East Palace of the capital, Prince Li Heng also received specific information about Xiangzhou reported by his subordinates' secret intelligence network.
Especially a lot of information about the Hongqingshan bandits.
After reading the information in his hand, Prince Li Heng couldn't help but smile.
"It seems that the gangsters in Xiangzhou Hongqingshan are quite powerful, which makes His Highness so happy."
The middle-aged scribe following Li Heng couldn't help but smile when he saw this.
"Sir, what you said is true. According to the information report, since the defeat of Xiangzhou Governor Liu Funan, the Hongqingshan Bandits of Xiangzhou have become famous among the green forests in the world. They responded to the call at once, attracting countless green forests in the world to come to seek refuge. Today's Hongqingshan Bandits The number has reached more than 50,000, and even this number is still increasing. If the Hongqingshan bandits continue to develop at this rate, the number may even exceed the 100,000 mark, and there are many martial arts experts above the Martial Arts Xuan Gang. "
"I see. It seems that the Xiangzhou Rebellion this time is not easy to calm down. Although the Tiance Army was impressive in its expedition, its number was only 20,000. Moreover, the new Tiance Army lacked actual combat experience after all. The leader, Bai Yuxian, After all, it is the first time to lead an army. Even if Tao is superior to others, it will still be an army on paper. Just like Zhao Kuo in the past, once the army is frustrated, it may be defeated thousands of miles away."
What you get on paper is ultimately shallow, but you must know that you must practice it.
The difference between real marching and fighting and talking about it on paper is much bigger.
The middle-aged scribe also suddenly understood why Li Heng was happy.
Although these bastards are just a mob, and if they really want to march and fight, they will definitely not be comparable to the regular army, but there are many of them.
If the number of thieves in Hongqingshan really reaches 100,000, it will definitely not be easy to pacify them. Even if they are 50,000 now, it will not be easy, not to mention that the Tiance Army only has 20,000. Moreover, both the general Bai Yuxian and the army are new troops, but there is still such a huge numerical gap.
Not to mention Bai Yuxian's new army, even if it was Datang's truly battle-hardened elite army, it might not be easy to pacify Hongqingshan with 20,000 people.
And as long as Bai Yuxian fails to quell the chaos this time, he can take this opportunity to overthrow Bai Yuxian in the court.
Thinking of this, the smile on Li Heng's face couldn't help but become stronger.
"Looking at it this way, Your Highness would like to thank Liu Funan for his incompetence."
If Liu Funan's incompetence hadn't led to the defeat of the imperial army and made the Hongqingshan rebels famous, it would have been impossible to attract so many Jianghu Caomang to seek refuge at once. In this case, it would be difficult for Bai Yuxian to quell the chaos. too much.
If Bai Yuxian really failed to quell the rebellion in Xiangzhou this time, then for Prince Li Heng, Liu Funan would definitely be the number one contributor.
at the same time.
Xiangzhou.
There was unrest.
Since Liu Funan's defeat, the entire Xiangzhou has been in panic.
Regardless of whether they are powerful people or ordinary people, because the imperial court was defeated, Hongqingshan was not only not pacified but also defeated. In this case, if Hongqingshan directly rebelled, who could protect them.
The most important thing is that after Liu Funan's defeat, Hong Qingshan's reputation among the rivers, lakes and green forests suddenly became famous, attracting countless people from all over the world to invest, causing Hong Qingshan's power to increase day by day. If this continues, Hong Qingshan will If there is a rebellion next, I am afraid that no one in Xiangzhou will be able to stop it, and the entire Xiangzhou will fall into chaos.
Under such circumstances, how could the entire Xiangzhou not be worried.
Now the only hope for the entire Xiangzhou is that the imperial court can send troops to quell the chaos as soon as possible.
At this time, many wealthy businessmen gathered in the Xiangzhou Liu family.
"Brother Liu, I wonder if there is any news from the capital, and whether the imperial court has sent troops."
"Yes, Master Liu. Now that the governor has been defeated, the power of Hongqingshan has been restored. If we don't solve it as soon as possible, what will we do? During this period, my Zhou family's caravan will not dare to do business."
"I wonder if Master Liu has contacted General Tiance about this matter."
Many powerful businessmen gathered in the Liu family could not help but look at Liu Zongzheng who was sitting on the main seat and asked.
In this turmoil in Hongqingshan, who has suffered the most losses and is most worried is undoubtedly the powerful businessmen like them.
Because those people in Hongqingshan robbed the rich and helped the poor, they, the wealthy businessmen and powerful people, were the hardest-hit areas. They had no idea how much they had been robbed during this period.
And even if they were robbed of money, it was still okay. There were even some wealthy businessmen and powerful people close to Hongqing Mountain who not only had their families' money robbed, but also their people were killed. Some of them even had their entire families slaughtered.
Now that the government in Xiangzhou has been defeated and Hongqingshan cannot protect them, they can't be careful.
Liu Zongzheng, who was sitting in the main seat, looked equally uneasy.
As both wealthy merchants in Xiangzhou, other people were worried about Hong Qingshan, and Liu Zongzheng was naturally worried too. Moreover, during this period, their caravan outside the Liu family was also robbed a lot by Hong Qingshan.
Liu Zongzheng was even more careful about whether Hong Qingshan would directly target the Liu family as their first target.
Because since Bai Yuxian married Liu Yiren in February half a year ago, Liu Zongzheng returned to Xiangzhou from the capital and relied on Bai Yuxian's fame to develop the Liu family in Xiangzhou, making the current Liu family become what it is today in Xiangzhou. The number one wealthy businessman on the surface.
Under this situation, with the current turmoil in Hongqingshan, their Liu family is undoubtedly the most dangerous.
After all, the first shot is the first to win.
And Hongqingshan has always been in the name of robbing the rich and giving to the poor.
"Everyone, please be patient. Our Liu family has also sent people to the capital to inquire about this matter. The most urgent task is that everyone still needs to work together to defend against foreign enemies with the government."
Liu Zongzheng said.
At this moment, a young boy with an excited face hurriedly ran in from outside to report to Liu Zongzhenghui.
"Reporting to the head of the family, there is a letter from the capital. The imperial court has sent a large army to Xiangzhou to quell the rebellion, and the commander in charge of quelling the rebellion is my uncle."
Swish.
Hearing this, Liu Zongzheng also stood up from his chair happily. Also standing up were the brothers Liu Zongsu and Liu Zongqing who were present. They both looked at Liu Zongzheng with happy expressions.
"Brother."
Liu Zongzheng's face showed excitement and joy that could not be concealed, and then he calmed down and said.
"Since the Jade Immortal has come to quell the chaos, the red and green mountains will have no worries."
After speaking, he quickly gave instructions to the Liu family.
"Second order, the imperial court has sent a large army to quell the chaos. I, the Liu family, will fully cooperate and immediately order to prepare food and fodder for the army and investigate the specific information of Hongqingshan. When Yuxian arrives, everything will be prepared for Yuxian."
"yes."
The entire Liu family also responded happily.
The other tycoons and businessmen present could not help but look at Liu Zongzheng with envy.
They could clearly feel that Liu Zongzheng and the Liu family wanted to show off, but they still couldn't help but be envious.
After all, who wouldn’t like such a son-in-law?
A few more days passed like this.
At this time, at the border of Xiangzhou, a mighty army appeared on the official road that was about to enter Xiangzhou.
It is Tiancejun.
In the army, Bai Yuxian was riding a war horse, wearing a silver-white bright silver dragon armor, with a gentleman's sword tied around his waist. He was followed by Feng Changqing. In addition, there was a group of soldiers behind him, and the leader was none other than Bai Qingzhi.
Now Bai Qingzhi has also successfully entered the martial arts, so after Bai Qingzhi entered the martial arts, Bai Yuxian also promoted Bai Qingzhi to his side and became his own soldier and general.
In addition, among the many other Bai family disciples who initially entered the Tiance Army, Bai Haowu and Bai Ziyu have also successfully broken through and entered the martial arts, and they were also promoted by Bai Yuxian to become junior generals in the army.
"General Qi, the front is Xiangzhou Boundary, and beyond Xiangzhou Boundary is Xiangzhou. At the current marching speed of the army, we can reach Xiangzhou City tomorrow afternoon."
Upon entering Xiangzhou, a forward army general also quickly came to Bai Yuxian to report.
"Okay, the army will continue to march and strive to arrive at Xiangzhou City on time tomorrow afternoon."
"yes."
Xiangzhou City is the island city of Xiangzhou, and the Liu family is also there.
Bai Yuxian planned to stop the army for a night after arriving at Xiangzhou City for repairs. At the same time, he happened to ask the Liu family to find out the specific situation of Hongqingshan and the situation in Xiangzhou.
After all, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be in danger.
Although Bai Yuxian is confident in himself, he will not underestimate his enemies.
The army continued to march, almost at a trot the whole way.
That is to say, all of today's Tiance Army have already entered the Qi and Blood realm at the beginning of martial arts. Otherwise, ordinary people, even if they are young and strong, would never be able to withstand such a long and fast march.
(End of chapter)
