Chapter 1226: Zhao Kuangyin rebelled against Yuan
Chapter 1226 Zhao Kuangyin raises troops to rebel against Yuan
Chapter 1224: Zhao Kuangyin raises troops to rebel against Yuan
Zhao Kuangyin reacted and was about to call the messenger back, but at this time the generals had already walked in.
“Captain, I heard that Mr. Jia Xu has written again. Let’s all come to see what the old man has to say this time, haha.”
Liu Xun said with a smile, and under Liu Xun's lead, all the generals in Yuzhou also laughed.
Zhao Kuangyin displayed and burned letters nine times in a row, making ridicule of Jia Xu a daily routine for them, so as soon as they heard the message from the Qin envoy, they immediately came to watch together.
Seeing that everyone was watching the fun, Zhao Kuangyin knew that they must not see the altered letter, otherwise even if it was okay, it would definitely be misunderstood as something was wrong.
“Everyone is late, the letter has been burned by the governor.” Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile as usual.
"Um?"
Liu Xun, who was sent by Yuan Shu to monitor Zhao Kuangyin, couldn't help but have a strange look in his eyes after hearing this, and asked: "The previous nine letters were burned only when the governor showed them to his face. Why was this one burned alone?"
“Yes, yes, why now?”
The generals who were aroused by Liu Xun's curiosity started to boo, but Liu Xun sneered: "Is there any shameful content in the letter?"
Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but flash a trace of murderous intent in his eyes, but he hid it very well, and smiled and said to the generals: "What can be shameful? As the son-in-law of the Yuan family, I, Zhao Kuangyin, can't I still Can you betray your brother-in-law?"
“Since you don’t have it, take it out and take a look.” Liu Xun sneered.
Zhao Kuangyin's face couldn't help but froze, and just when he was about to continue gritting his teeth and denying it, Zhao Pu walked out, handed over the letter in his hand, and said, "Read it if you want."
Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but have a flash of doubt in his eyes when he saw this. He didn't understand why Zhao Pu took the initiative to expose the letter, but Zhao Pu gave him a reassuring expression.
After reading the result, Liu Xun's expression turned strange. After circulating the letter to everyone, he walked up to Zhao Kuangyin and said coldly: "May I ask the governor why some of the content in the letter has been blacked out?"
"Liu Xun, are you questioning the governor? Don't forget your identity." Zhao Kuangyin said indifferently.
After Liu Xun noticed the change in Zhao Kuangyin's tone, he couldn't help but said coldly: "Grand Commander, I have been ordered by the lord to supervise the entire army. I have the right to intervene in anything that may harm our army, so I ask you to be truthful. Come on, don’t make it difficult for me!”
Zhao Kuangyin glanced at Liu Xun and said solemnly: "I didn't paint this, it was just like this when it was sent here."
Liu Xun showed a funny expression: "Grand Governor, are you saying that Jia Xu sent the draft by mistake? Do you think this is possible?"
Zhao Kuangyin was silent for a while and then said calmly: "It's unlikely."
“Then you still say that?”
“That’s true, it’s up to you to believe it or not.”
Liu Xun couldn't help but frown, and then asked: "Then why did you lie to everyone and burn the letter before?"
"The Governor guessed that some people would be suspicious after reading this letter. In order to prevent the morale of the army from being shaken, the Governor told this lie."
Liu Xun's brows furrowed even more when he heard this, and then he said in a deep voice: "Although I believe what you say, Commander-in-Chief, I don't know whether my lord believes it or not. I will send this obliterated letter through flying pigeons." Leave it to the Lord as it is."
After saying that, Liu Xun took the letter and left alone, leaving the generals alone looking at each other, but none of them dared to say a word.
After all the generals left, Zhao Kuang walked in front of Zhao Pu and said calmly: "Military advisor, if you don't take out the letter, none of them will be able to read the content of the letter."
Zhao Pu shook his head and sighed: "My lord, what Jia Xu used was a conspiracy. From the moment the tenth letter was sent, no matter whether Liu Xun and others could see it or not, the result was already determined. My lord, can you All we have to do is make a choice." Zhao Kuangyin knew that Zhao Pu was right, and after taking a deep breath, he said solemnly: "Well, in that case, let me, Zhao Kuangyin, use Liu Xun's head to start his hegemony."
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Yuzhou, Peiguo, Xiangxian County.
After Yuan Shu occupied the entire Yuzhou except Yingchuan, he originally wanted to seize the entire Jianghuai River from Liu Yao, so he also moved his headquarters to Pei Guoxiang County, which is closer to Jianghuai, and also planned to completely occupy Jianghuai and Yangzhou. , and then moved his residence to Shouchun, the ancient capital of the old Chu State in Danyang County.
It was only because Sizhou was empty of troops and this opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that Yuan Shu gave up his plan to conquer Jianghuai and Yangzhou, and his plan to move his headquarters to Shouchun was naturally stopped.
Now Yuan Shu can advance, attack, retreat or defend. The situation is very good, but he does not show the slightest joy, but looks furious.
"He, Zhao Kuangyin, has done so many things under my eyes. How dare he, how dare he?"
Like an angry tiger, Yuan Shu roared at Yan Xiang and other important officials with red eyes: "There are so many of you, how come no one notices it? Or are you accepting Zhao Kuangyin's benefits?"
This time Jia Xu's alienation plan caused heavy casualties to the spies lurking in Yuzhou, but the effect was also extremely obvious.
Now people throughout Yuzhou are spreading rumors that Zhao Kuangyin deliberately disguised himself, but in fact he was hiding trouble and wanted to stand on his own feet. This fact also alarmed Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu didn't believe that Zhao Kuangyin would commit the crime at all. After all, Zhao Kuangyin was his brother-in-law. However, after seeing the shocking evidence returned by the investigation, Yuan Shu realized that Zhao Kuangyin had been sucking the blood of the Yuan family to strengthen his own family, and he was being treated like a fool. Zhao Kuangyin was deceived.
"My lord, Zhao Kuangyin and the Zhao family are ambitious, but the top priority is not to punish them, but to stabilize Zhao Kuangyin as much as possible to prevent Zhao Kuangyin from rebelling immediately." Yan Xiang said with a solemn face.
"What?"
Yuan Shu showed an expression of disbelief: "He, Zhao Kuangyin, treats me, Yuan Shu, as a fool. In the end, I have to stabilize him? I'm dreaming."
"My lord, Zhao Kuangyin still has an army of 100,000 in his hands. In addition, most of Runan County is also under the control of the Zhao family. Now our army has completely broken up with the Qin army. If Zhao Kuangyin rebels at this time, I, our army will We are facing two opponents, Zhao Kuangyin and Qin Jun." Yan Xiang advised earnestly.
“Hmph, even if the two of them join forces, I, Yuan Gongli, will not be afraid.”
Although he said he was not afraid, the expression on Yuan Shu's face was not tough at all.
“Report…to report to my lord, General Liu Xun is flying a pigeon to convey important information.”
After Yuan Shu read Liu Xun's letter and the altered letter written by Jia Xu, he couldn't help gritting his teeth and said: "I haven't even gone to trouble him Zhao Kuangyin. When he arrived, Zhao Kuangyin didn't bother himself and took the initiative to follow me." Jia Xu got involved."
After reading this, Yan Xiang said seriously: "My lord, this is probably Jia Xu's plan to alienate each other. Once our army fights internally, the one who will benefit the most is the Qin army, and Jia Xu also wants our army to fall into internal fighting."
In any case, the top priority must be to stabilize Zhao Kuangyin first. Even if he is to be moved, it must wait until the military power is recovered. "
After Yuan Shu thought for a while, he sighed: "That's it, send the order to retreat. Before Zhao Kuangyin is solved, our army is no longer suitable to attack Sizhou."
Before Yuan Shu's order could be sent out, important news came back.
“Report...to inform my lord, Governor Zhao Kuangyin killed Liu Xun and other eight generals, taking away control of the 100,000 troops on the front line in one fell swoop.
Subsequently, the governor raised the banner of "Qing Jun's side" and said that he would kill the traitor Wang Mang who was stirring up trouble beside you, my lord.
Now the governor, led by a hundred thousand troops, has returned to Yuzhou to fight. 20 of the 37 counties in Runan County surrendered without a fight. "
This is the first update today. There will be more updates later when there is time. Good night everyone.
(End of this chapter)