Chapter 137 The armies mutiny
A dozen Jingzhou soldiers, led by the commander of the camp, quietly walked to the west gate, preparing to secretly open the city gate to welcome Master Wang.
There was no way, under the rule of Soochow, these Jingzhou soldiers were really disgusted. They have no power and will always be the property of the officer, and the officer does not care about them at all.
It’s better to close General Guan!
When the commander of the village rushed to the west gate with his troops, he saw another group of soldiers walking towards the corner as they turned the corner. The leader was one of his fellow villagers, and his movements were sneaky.
"Old Wu? Why are you here? Aren't you patrolling the inner gate?" His fellow villager asked in shock when he saw the village chief appearing here.
"Compared to me, I want to know why you, a guard from the east gate, appeared at the west gate?" Chief Wu was silent for a moment, then looked at his fellow villagers and said.
The two looked at each other in silence for a long time.
"So you are also here to open the city gate to welcome the Han army?"
"The same to you?"
"Yes, me too."
"It looks like we want to get together."
Obviously, it was not just a few who had thoughts of mutiny.
When Zhu Ran first defended Jiangling, he recruited a large number of Jiangling soldiers. However, his exceptional promotion freed his Jingzhou soldiers from surveillance and gave them the ability to rebel.
Again, Guan Yu's eight years of kindness and power cannot be wiped out by Zhu Ran's exceptional promotion in one or two years. When given a choice, Jingzhou soldiers still gave priority to Han troops who were good at fighting.
The two camp commanders joined forces and were about to move forward when they saw another acquaintance walking over with the troops.
"Old Wang!" Chief Wu's eyes lit up. He was another fellow from Jiangling. He stepped forward and grabbed Chief Wang.
"Are you planning to come and open the city gate together?"
"Lao Sun and I are planning to get together. The three of us can join forces!"
"That's right, the three of them are more powerful. Those Jiangdong rats at the city gate can't stop us!"
The officer who was dragged was a little stunned. He looked at the two fellow countrymen in silence for a moment and asked.
"Are you planning to steal the city gate?"
"That's right!"
"right!"
"The problem is... I'm not."
Chief Sun: "..."
"Chief Wu: "..."
"Hey, wait, I can be!" The village chief, who was born in Jiangling, said in shock when he saw that the two fellow villagers had murderous intent on their faces.
"You must be!" Chief Wu pulled the fellow countryman over and said coldly.
"I know you Jiangling people have received a lot of benefits from Jiangdong over the years. But let me tell you, Jingzhou is not only Jiangling, we can't stand Jiangdong's bullying anymore!"
"Come with us to welcome the Han army! No need to continue to be a rat here!"
With that said, they took this fellow countryman hostage and headed towards the west gate together.
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At this time, Zhu Ran, who was hosting a banquet for Ma Su at the county government, did not realize the seriousness of the problem and still held a banquet to treat Ma Su to dinner.
But Zhu Ran already regretted why he invited this bastard in.
From the moment he came in, Ma Su had been arranging various stories about Zhu Ran, saying that Zhu Ran was attracted to the Han Dynasty and had long wanted to abandon the dark side and join the bright side. As a result, all the Soochow soldiers passing by along the way looked at Zhu Ran differently.
In this case, the best thing is to kill Ma Su quickly to prove his innocence. But Zhu Ran did not dare to take action. It was unwise to provoke the Shu army at this time.
As a result, Zhu Ran could only watch Ma Su slandering him with great frustration, but he did not dare to take any action.
At this moment, Zhu Ran wanted to slap himself in the mouth as a punishment. tnnd, why are you stimulating him? If he dares to come in, do you dare to kill him? Just irritate him.
"Yi Feng, you were the one who told me on the top of the city that you would surrender as soon as I, Ma Di, came in." Ma Di looked at Zhu Ran's constipated expression, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
Another coward who doesn't even have the guts to use a knife.
"Now that I trust your credibility and enter the city, it's time for General Yi Feng to fulfill his promise, right?"
"If you change sides and surrender, but still retain your status as a prince, why not do it?"
Zhu Ran sneered at Ma Su's persuasion to surrender, feeling unfazed and even wanting to laugh. Although he admitted that the Shu Han did have something, the territory was still too small, so what was the point of joining the Shu Han?
Moreover, the Shu Han was too poor. This was the consensus of the nobles from all over the Three Kingdoms.
Although the Shu Han attaches the highest importance to economy and agriculture among the three countries, most of its resources are allocated to the army. Its internal officials all lived in extreme poverty, and all of them, including the emperor, tightened their belts and lived a life of poverty.
Zhuge Liang ruled Shu for more than ten years. When he died, his family only had 15 hectares of fields and 800 mulberry trees. Fei Yi and Dong Yun even had to patch their clothes when going to court, and their families were often hungry.
What’s ridiculous is that Shu Brocade, the most luxurious luxury product in the Three Kingdoms, is produced most in Chengdu.
Even Liu Chan was extremely poor when he was emperor. There are only twelve queens and concubines, and their biggest hobby is cricket fighting.
Zhu Ran really looked down upon such a poor court.
On the contrary, Zhu Ran also tried to persuade Ma Su to surrender.
"General Youchang, I admire you as a hero, and Emperor Wu has always admired you as a warrior. When we were in Jianye, the Supreme Lord often said that if we could get help from people like General Youchang, we would be able to unify the Central Plains. "Zhu Ran put aside Ma Su's persuasion to surrender, and instead seriously began to persuade Ma Su to stand up.
"You are from Yicheng, Xiangyang, and have been from Jingzhou for generations. And now Jingzhou is the supreme commander, subordinate to Soochow."
"So you are also from Soochow, why are you so obsessed with carrying it on this broken ship of Shu? Why don't you defect and surrender? Then let alone General Fenwei, it is not impossible for the Supreme Lord to give you the position of governor! "
Before Zhu Ran finished speaking, Ma Di looked at him in disbelief, his eyes full of insulted anger.
"General Zhu! I admire you as a hero, why are you scolding me instead!"
Look at how ugly this scolding is. He actually slandered me as a Soochow rat?
Sure enough, these days, regardless of the literati and military people, there are still a lot of bad-mouthed people, and they use a lot of swear words when swearing.
Ma Di was so angry that he suddenly gave up the idea of persuading Zhu Ran to surrender.
This is the first time Ma Su has suffered a loss in words.
However, at this moment, Zhu Ran suddenly heard a commotion outside. The Soochow soldiers who were guarding the county government suddenly became confused, and some even started to flee.
One of Zhu Ran's soldiers hurried in and reported to Zhu Ran in shock.
"General! Something happened! Some Jingzhou soldiers mutinied, attacked the gatekeepers, opened the city gate and let the Shu army in!"
"Now that the Shu army has entered the city, a large number of Jingzhou's old soldiers have defected before the battle!"
Zhu Ran was stunned by this sentence.
"So this is your real purpose?" Zhu Ran suddenly turned his head to look at Ma Su, his face turned pale.
Ma Su: "???"
What does it have to do with me?