Han You did not dare to stay longer in Yizhou, so he asked Pei Qi, who was full of fear, to temporarily take over the position of governor of the state. After leaving behind 4,000 Zhechong Mansion soldiers and 5,000 auxiliary soldiers, he led the others back to Qiongzhou.
Half an hour ago, Jiang Zhui led people down the tunnel. When they reached the end, they dug upward and confirmed that it was indeed the north direction.
Duan Qianfeng guessed that since he was running back, he would definitely need a foothold, which was the base camp, either to capture Qiongzhou, which was empty of defenses, or to enter the mountains.
Everyone felt that Qiongzhou should be captured, because Qiongzhou was originally built on the mountains, and even if the city could not be defended, it could be retreated into the mountains.
They guessed Zhou Xiao's plan. The problem was that everyone couldn't figure it out. How could he be so rebellious? It seemed like he was just messing around.
It is worth mentioning that Zhao Xiong left with Zhao Jiazu. Lao Zhao said that he felt Zhou Xiao was a bit evil and he had to take Zhao Jiazu to guard the Zhao family's territory.
Han You didn't quite understand what this old man meant. Why did they rebel against your Zhao family? Moreover, your Zhao family's power is so widely distributed, so it's impossible to massacre your Zhao family.
Han You no longer even rode in a carriage, but rode on a horse to constantly urge the infantry at the rear.
Of the ten thousand people who came, only half of the soldiers in Zhechong Mansion had horses. The other soldiers and all the auxiliary soldiers were walking and trotting.
The men and horses in Zhe Chong Mansion were just okay, and the auxiliary soldiers directly stretched the team to a length of more than three miles.
The fish-hunting elephants were so anxious that they stood at the back of the team holding a knife as if they were going to kill someone.
Many people were anxious and mobilized troops from Qiongzhou to attack Yizhou. However, not a single sword was struck or an arrow was shot. Not to mention no one was captured, Qiongzhou might have been captured.
If Han You's first match on his debut turns out to be to trade Qiongzhou for Poyizhou, it will make people nag him for the rest of his life.
Seeing that the speed was getting slower and slower, Feng Bai, who was the vanguard to explore the horse, ran back.
"General, that bastard rebel king passed through Chong County, killed people, and robbed food."
Han You's eyes twitched: "What's wrong with the people, Zhou Xiao is so heartbroken and crazy, His Majesty will have to kill him even if he thinks about the flesh and blood relationship!"
"No, it's not the people of Chong County, it's the Chen family. The Chen family, a wealthy family in Chong County, is also robbing the Chen family's food."
"Who is the Chen family?"
Han You didn't care about wealthy gentry families and asked nervously: "Have you disturbed the people?"
"No, the rebel army only had 1,500 Qingqi. In addition to women and children, the Zhao family, who were over 16 and under 50, were all massacred. More than 300 people were killed. The mansion was burned to the ground, except for those who were taken away. Along with more than 300 horses, they only brought some dry food and told the people that all the belongings of the Chen family belonged to them. Chong County was in chaos, and the people were in chaos. They set fire to various houses of the Chen family and killed people."
"that whoever."
Han You turned around and pointed at a miscellaneous soldier: "I will give you 200 people, 50% off the Chongfu officers and 150 auxiliary soldiers, and take them down to the official road. From now on, you will be the Chongxian County government." .”
The soldiers looked ecstatic: "General, my humble name is Zhao..."
"Get out of here!"
"It's an order."
The large army continued to move forward. Since Zhou Xiao did not touch the people, let there be chaos. Han You's purpose was to catch Zhou Xiao immediately and catch him before he went to Qiongzhou.
"Just over a thousand people, even the cavalry..."
Han You looked at Duan Qianfeng next to him and humbly asked for advice: "It is theoretically impossible for more than a thousand people to rebel."
Old Master Duan shook his head and said nothing. He felt that the matter was not that simple, and Zhou Xiao must have a back-up plan.
After passing through Chong County, as the old man thought, a "rebellious army" appeared in Wangyang Mountain, with a total of two thousand people. They robbed Qi County at the foot of the mountain and wiped out two local people. Although this wealthy family did not touch the people, they burned all their belongings, houses, and granaries, leaving nearly ten thousand people homeless.
Han You was going crazy and asked Lu Baichuan to take a thousand Zhechong Mansion soldiers and two thousand auxiliary soldiers to Qi County in the west. While reassuring the people, he tried to track down the rebels up the mountain.
Peaceful people and tracking are both difficult to do.
If you don't have housing or food, you have to go to other local governments to coordinate. It won't be solved in a short time.
As for tracking the rebels, Wangyang Mountain is connected to other mountains. The incident happened an hour ago. If they really escaped into the mountains, trying to catch them would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
The reporter described the situation at that time. The more than 2,000 rebels seemed to be two gangs, 30% of whom were on horseback and did not enter the city. They were all on light cavalry. The others were howling and shouting like bandits, without organization or discipline.
You Wentao of Qiongzhou Zhechong Mansion made a bold guess. After Zhou Xiao took office in the fiefdom, in addition to "touring the mountains and rivers", he also always liked to take the palace guards and the Yizhou Palace Guards to suppress bandits. This guy was probably a bandit. In the name of suppressing bandits, he cultivated the bandits' self-respect, because Zhou Xiao rarely achieved anything by suppressing bandits, and most of them bought these desperadoes who were like crucian carp crossing the river in the mountains of the south.
Han You is now one of the top two. Before reaching Qiongzhou, nearly one-third of the 20,000 troops have been dispatched. In addition to Chongxian and Qixian, another group of rebels appeared in the morning of the next day. The Xiangzhou garrison commander led more than 700 of his subordinates to rebel. They burned down all the Xiangzhou granaries at night and set fires everywhere in the city. However, they did not kill or injure anyone. It was just like sabotage. The horse ran away.
"Zhou Xiao, I rely on your grandma!"
Han You has now mastered the ability to read maps while riding a horse. After marching for half a day and one night, he now knows that there are about 5,000 rebels. These 5,000 people set fires everywhere, causing everyone to be miserable.
"Don't be distracted. Since Zhou Xiao has grown a traitor and revealed his rebellion, he must have a big plot. The more chaos he creates everywhere, the more he is trying to cover up his purpose."
"Isn't the goal to seize Qiongzhou?" Han You was a little confused: "Since it is to seize Qiongzhou, why not gather the troops instead of setting fire to cause chaos everywhere?"
"I'm afraid it won't just be about taking over Yizhou."
"Male Gobi." Han You cursed, turned around and shouted, "Tell those losers at the back to kill one person running behind every quarter of an hour!"
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The capital, the palace.
The emperor looked at the military report, his face was bloodless, and his fingers holding the military report were trembling slightly.
Wenwu sighed again and again.
"How could it be? How could it be so?"
The emperor kept shaking his head: "My own flesh and blood, actually turned against me, he actually turned against me?"
"Your Majesty, Mr. Xiang was also very resourceful when he served as the deputy commander of the border army. Although he was not a good person, he was not an idiot. Since we surrounded Yizhou, it would be a matter of time to break the city. If we break the city, we would definitely not do it. It will embarrass the First Prince’s Palace… and embarrass Zhou Xiao.”
"I…"
The emperor frowned, as if he had thought of something: "Go to Shengchang Palace and get the two letters written by the traitor in early summer. Go quickly."
"yes."
Just as Wen and Wu were about to leave, the emperor shouted "Wait a minute" again.
"Don't go away. The traitor's letter is just a few words. I will remember it all in my heart."
Wenwu glanced at the emperor and said, "Student, I remember that you looked sad after reading the letter. Could it be that Zhou Xiao was already..."
The emperor's face was solemn, with a bit of confusion in his solemn expression.
As he said, Zhou Xiao wrote him two letters after he ascended the throne, and the contents were extremely brief.
The first letter asked if the father and son could "bury the hatchet" between them. He wanted to be a prince and an emperor in the future. He had not been an emperor yet and wanted to try it after Lao Ba died. The writing was very straightforward.
When I read this letter, I was so angry that I almost vomited blood. Then I cursed in the letter. At the end of the letter, I also said something sincerely. It’s not that easy to be an emperor. The Southland alone is full of ills and there are traitors. Zhou Tianfeng has a powerful family, and there are also barbarians from outside the country who are eyeing him, etc., which are all serious problems for the country.
After that, Zhou Xiao had someone send him a second letter, which was still very brief. It said that the country was in serious trouble, and it was a trivial matter. Xiao had a plan, which he called offering his head. But before he could use this plan, Zhou Xiao had to be the best in the world.
The military report fell silently from the emperor's hand. Zhou Ke's pupils dilated to the extreme, and his face showed an extremely rare expression called fear.
"Could it be...could it be that what Zhou Xiao is offering...is his own head?!"
Wenwu couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
"But his Yizhou City has been surrounded, how can he escape?" The emperor murmured to himself: "Even if he escapes, he massacres the Nandi family in the name of a rebel party, There are several families that he can kill, let alone Zhou Tianfeng and the barbarians outside Guanwai, how will he eradicate them, and what does it mean to be number one in the world?"
