Chapter 137 Guangling City Change
After a while, Li Luo actually asked: "In the opinion of my virtuous nephew, what should I do as an uncle?"
"Uncle, do you still need to ask? "
Liu Yesa smiled and said: "Now that the world is in chaos and all the heroes have risen, aren't we, the ministers who choose the master, waiting for a bright master? If there is more, if there is a good opportunity from God, why? Wouldn’t it be possible to get twice the result with half the effort if the Lord Ming works?”
“Now Guangling is a God-given opportunity for my uncle.”
Liu Ye stood next to Li Luo, lowering his voice but speaking faster, giving Li Luo the illusion that his mind was being absorbed by the other person's words.
"There are only four thousand county soldiers in Guangling City, and their combat strength is average, so there is nothing to worry about. What's more, with Uncle Zhang's ability, most of them have already obeyed his orders."
“Coupled with the tribesmen, servants, and in-laws in my uncle’s family, as long as I mobilize them all, are I afraid that I won’t be able to capture the mere city of Guangling?”
“Before I came to Guangling, Liu Shijun's army has been sent out. If we count the time, the vanguard will have already passed Gaoyou County and will soon reach the gate of Guangling City. By then, my uncle will have surrendered to Liu Shijun in Guangling. How big a contribution is this?"
"On the public side, my uncle obeyed the county government, ousted the traitors, and averted a rebellion in the state. How could Liu Shijun not be so kind to his uncle? On the private side, my uncle sheltered his family, protected the people, and all the fellow villagers in Guangling County , how can you not be grateful to your uncle? ”
"Looking at it from afar, my uncle's contribution cannot be rewarded by a county guard!"
"County, county guard?"
Li Luo felt that his mouth was getting dry. , with his family's reputation, being able to become the magistrate of a large county is almost the end of his official career, and he will be able to honor his ancestors.
But now there is an opportunity for the county guard in front of him.
He couldn't help but think of Yuan Sui. He was a man of erudition and fame all over the world. He was once valued by the central government and appointed as a Taifu. In charge of Guangling County affairs.
To be fair, Li Luo never dared to compare himself with Yuan Sui.
But even so, Yuan Sui is only in charge of county affairs on his behalf, and he is not the county guard.
Now he actually has a chance to surpass Mr. Yuan Sui. Thinking of this, Li Luo was trembling with excitement.
"Of course!"
Liu Ye knew that Li Luo had been completely shaken, and quickly said firmly: "My Lord is generous in temperament, kind-hearted and loves the virtuous. He rewards merit and punishes demerit. It is a matter of course that my uncle’s great achievements must be rewarded by the governor of a large county.”
"Prefect of the Grand County?"
Li Luo has been completely led into Liu Ye's rhythm. The more he thinks about it, the more he feels that Liu Ye's words are right.
Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence and righteousness also played a certain role at this time, and he gave Li Luo a push.
"Okay! My dear nephew, sit down for a moment. I will call my brother here and we will discuss important matters together."
Li Zhang is a martial artist, so although he is the elder brother, he usually Listen more to his brother Li Luo. The two work well together, allowing the Li family to develop rapidly in Guangling over the years.
For such a big matter at this time, it was impossible for Li Luo to bypass his brother, and he was bound to obtain the other party's approval.
After Li Zhang arrived, Li Luo and Liu Ye narrated the matter.
Li Zhang actually stated directly that he was willing to follow Liu Bei.
It turns out that Li Zhang is a martial artist, so he naturally pays more attention to whose fist is stronger.
Let’s not mention Liu Bei’s affairs in the north. Last year, he rushed thousands of miles to help force Cao Cao to retreat. Later, he stationed troops in Yuzhou to suppress bandits and quell rebellions, winning the reputation of the local gentry.
Less than half a year after entering Xuzhou, Zang Ba was successfully recaptured.
This had a huge impact on Li Zhang. In Li Zhang's view, Zang Ba was the best that people like them could do.
But Liu Bei defeated and annexed him easily, so Li Zhang was no match for him.
On the other hand, Yuan Shu's side was beaten three or four times by Cao Cao all the way from Nanyang, and fled to Yangzhou in defeat. Thanks to Chen Yu's escape without a fight, he got to Shouchun, and then squatted under Lujiang City for two years. .
Welcoming Liu Yao, he was tricked by the opponent and easily snatched Danyang County and Wu County from Yuan Shu. The two sides faced off across the river. Yuan Jun attacked repeatedly, but could never break through the opponent's river defense.
In such a comparison, how can Yuan Shu beat Liu Bei?
Not to mention the powerful men under Liu Bei, they all have a chance to succeed, and even poor families have a chance.
This is much better than Yuan Shu.
So, Li Zhang expressed his attitude directly and openly, supporting Li Luo's rebellion, and presented Guangling City as a gift.
Now that the decision was made, Liu Ye immediately helped the two of them formulate a betrayal plan.
The Li family has 2,000 servants. Reliable families such as in-laws and family friends can also gather 1,000 people, which makes it 3,000 people.
Among the county soldiers, there are 1,500 whom Li Zhang is sure to win over, and another 1,000 are at risk.
Liu Ye assigned a task and asked Li Luo to contact his reliable in-laws and family friends, and gave him a county magistrate. The two county magistrates' vacant positions could be released, and they must be roped in to send troops together.
At the same time, let Li Zhang lead half of the clan soldiers to accept the county soldiers, so that 2,500 people can coerce the remaining 2,500 county soldiers, which will give greater certainty.
In addition to another thousand tribesmen, except for leaving 200 to guard Li Luo, the remaining 800 were divided into two groups. One group raided the county government to capture Yuan Sui, and the other group raided the arsenal and controlled the equipment and weapons.
Liu Ye also asked Li Zhang to remember to tell all the soldiers that as long as they succeed, the goods in Guangling's treasury will belong to them, and everyone will have a share.
Once the action is taken, Li Zhang will be responsible for sealing the city gates in Guangling and guarding them to death, leaving his trusted troops to guard the city gates. Li Luo will go to see Yuan Sui. It is best for Yuan Sui to stand up and express his support. Xuzhou Army.
At the same time, send people to rush north to notify the vanguard of the Xuzhou Army, so that the other party can travel day and night to hurry up.
As soon as the Xuzhou Army forward arrives, the matter will be settled.
Li Luo and Li Zhang nodded their heads after hearing Liu Ye's arrangement. They felt that everything was covered in detail.
The two of them suddenly became energetic and felt that it would be easy to rebel.
This analysis by Liu Yexian’s nephew doesn’t seem too difficult.
So, the three of them split up.
Li Luo went out to contact his in-laws and family friends, while Li Zhang took his trusted generals to contact the county soldiers and generals.
Liu Ye immediately wrote two letters, sent his trusted confidants and several escorts, and set off by land and water.
Riding on the horses provided by the Li family all the way on land, one person and two horses.
On the other hand, Shui Lu was a small boat, sailing upstream and galloping towards the north.
At the same time, he also pretended to be the vanguard of the Xuzhou Army and replied a letter, which he kept close to his body for emergencies.
What happened next happened quite smoothly.
The in-laws and aristocratic families of the Li family are also powerful nobles and wealthy local families.
I have long been afraid of the name of Yuan Jiujiu, the defender on the road, but I have no choice.
Now suddenly there was an option for the benevolent Ambassador Liu, and everyone chose to vote with their feet.
Soon, Li Luo completed his task, and Li Zhang's side also went very smoothly.
Unknowingly, more than 60% of the entire military strength of Guangling City was in the hands of the Li family.
Liu Ye was secretly happy. He discussed it with the Li brothers again in the evening and decided to prepare for a day tomorrow to recharge his batteries and start in the early morning the next day.
Just when Liu Ye thought he had achieved great success, an accident happened.
At noon on the second day, Li Luo came to Liu Ye with a face full of panic.
Liu Ye had already prepared for this situation. Before Li Luo spoke, he took out a letter from his arms, with surprise on his face, and said to Li Luo: "Congratulations, Uncle Shi, Congratulations to Uncle Shi, God is really helping me."
Li Luo was immediately stunned by Liu Ye's interruption, and even temporarily forgot about what was on his mind.
Liu Ye directly handed the letter to Li Luo: "Uncle Shi, the vanguard of the Xuzhou Army has arrived fifty miles away. It will arrive at Guangling as soon as tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"Oh!? Really?"
Li Luo was immediately overjoyed and quickly took the letter and opened it.
As Liu Ye said, the letter stated that the vanguard was led by Liu Bei's military captain Xu Sheng, and his deputy was the Qingzhou hero, Taishi Ziyi, who had unparalleled marksmanship. Under his command were Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin's navy.
What makes Li Luo even more ecstatic is that in this vanguard army, there is actually Liu Feng, Liu Bei's eldest son, who is joining the army. No wonder there are such people as Xu Sheng, Tai Shi Ci, Pan Zhang, Zhou Tai, etc. Jiang Qin and so many other tiger generals accompanied him.
The vanguard went down the river and passed through the three counties of Lingxian, Ping'an and Gaoyou without entering, and headed straight for Guangling. At this time, they were less than fifty miles away from Guangling. They could enter the canal tomorrow, which could be as fast as one day or as late as Then we will reach Guangling in two days.
At the end of the letter, there is even the seal of Xuzhou, which proves the authenticity of this letter.
Li Luo suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, remembering what happened to him just now, he said to Liu Ye: "Zi Yang, do you know that the county government has just received the news that Yuan Shu has sent Sun Ce and Wu Jing to lead 10,000 elite troops? , going down the river, we will arrive in Guangling at the latest."
Liu Ye had a look of surprise on his face. But my heart was calm.
He had long expected that such a situation might occur, and he also knew that the Li brothers were unreliable and just like grass on the wall. Once Yuan Shu became powerful, it was impossible to expect them to fight tooth and nail.
So he forged this letter in advance, using the blank letter Liu Bei had given him before coming.
Liu Bei gave him a total of two blank letters, both of which were stamped with the seal of Xuzhou Fangbo. Liu Ye only needed to fill them in at any time, and he could immediately become an official.
Originally it was used to win over Liu Ye, but he didn’t want to be used by Liu Ye to lie about the military situation and deceive the Li brothers.
"Fortunately, the young master is in charge of the capital and the army is galloping forward. Otherwise, if Yuan Shu is allowed to advance to Guangling, the uncles will suffer."
Liu Ye gave the Li brothers a subtle message Instill a belief that Yuan Shu's occupation of Guangling is not far away from the destruction of the Li family.
Although I don't know how effective it will be, it is certainly better than nothing, and it is worth adding a little more firmness to the Li family.
Li Luo smiled awkwardly and nodded, then hesitantly said: "What my nephew said is true, but we will... tomorrow."
"Why are we talking about tomorrow!"
Liu Ye pressed closely in front of Li Luo and said fiercely: "Tonight, take action immediately to avoid a long night with many dreams."
Li Luo was surprised and uncertain: "Tonight!?"
"It's tonight!"
Liu Ye analyzed: "As soon as this news comes out, the thieves in the county who are close to Yuan Shu must think that they have a chance to win. If they launch at this time, they will be caught off guard to achieve miraculous results."
At this time, Li Zhang has also arrived. As a martial artist, he is much more courageous than Li Luo. He also appreciates Liu Bei more and is obviously much more determined.
After listening to Liu Ye's words, he agreed and said to Li Luo: "Second brother, what my nephew said is true. We have connected everyone. Who knows that there is no villain among them who will betray us in the future, betraying friends for glory? ? Now that things have come to this, we should fight hard to show our merits to Liu Shijun. How can we be afraid to move forward? "
"Besides, Sun Ce is a brat. If his father Sun Wentai is here, I will still be afraid of him. Three points, what can Sun Ce do? If he doesn’t come, if he dares to come, I will defeat him!”
Li Luo saw that his brother and Liu Ye both supported the early launch and made up his mind. Especially the brother's words about connecting many people really touched him.
In the past few days, he has used almost all the power he can activate, like an arrow on the string. If he doesn't fire, he may hurt himself.
If we just stop here, other people will probably expose themselves, even if it is not for utilitarianism but just out of fear of self-protection.
Li Luo was determined and said loudly: "Okay! Let's start tonight!"
At the same time, Liu Feng was indeed not far from Guangling. Although it was not as close as fifty miles, it was still There is only seventy distance left.
He had just received the last wave of supplies in Gaoyou, and also took away 3,500 of Zhao Yun's troops.
Gaoyou County will be taken over by Tian Yu's troops who are coming from behind. Tian Yu will then leave five hundred soldiers and horses to garrison, and the headquarters will continue to move forward and meet at the foot of Guangling City.
After receiving the news from Liu Ye, Liu Feng immediately gathered the generals for discussion.
Finally, it was concluded that the main force of the vanguard accelerated forward. After abandoning the boat and landing, all the fifty cavalry of the army were handed over to the command of Tai Shici, and they set off first and galloped into Guangling.
Afterwards, the whole army was mobilized with mules, horses and oxen carts to transport Pan Zhang and his Rushan camp to set off first to catch up with Tai Shici.
Finally, the army set off in sequence with Zhao Yun's troops and Xu Sheng's troops.
Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin left enough manpower to guard the ship, and the rest of the troops stayed on the shore as support.
At the same time, Liu Feng sent a message to the rear commander Liu Bei in the spaceship, bringing Liu Ye's letter with him, describing the military situation in Guangling, and asking him to dispatch troops and horses for reinforcements.
The camera turned back to Guangling City. Guangling City, which was originally quiet at night, suddenly became brightly lit.
The soldiers of the brigade moved inside the city, blocking the roads and attacking the arsenal.
Yuan Sui was already resting, but he was suddenly awakened by the noise. Before he could ask about the situation, the attendant had already come to report.
"Chang Shi, Li Zhang rebelled!"
"Li Zhang rebelled?"
Yuan Sui muttered to himself several times and suddenly woke up: " Where is the meritor? Go find someone and ask the meritor to come here."
The servant replied: "The meritor is no longer in the county. I have looked for him several times and he has disappeared."
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Yuan Sui was immediately discouraged, knowing that Li Luo must also be a comrade, and he should have slipped out of the county mansion and joined his brother.
"What's the situation inside the city? First gather the soldiers and state officials in the county government to guard the gate of the county government, and nothing will be lost."
"Chang Shi, the gate has been broken down long ago. , the county magistrate is leading his troops and state officials to resist at the second gate, and the arsenal has fallen into the hands of the Li family. "
Yuan Sui knew that the situation was completely out of control, and with his ability, it was difficult to bring it back. situation.
Subsequently, he rejected the attendant's plea to escape, stood up and called to the attendant: "Change my clothes."
After changing into his official uniform, Yuan Sui took his attendants and several guards outside the door and went directly to the second gate.
At this time, the Li family tribe had already surrounded the two gates of the county government.
Jun Cheng was hit by an arrow in his arm, and You was wounded.
Logically speaking, the county magistrate should be the deputy of the county governor when he is away, but he is not as famous and qualified as Yuan Sui, not to mention that both Zhang Chao and the local gentry prefer Yuan Sui, and Yuan Sui Sui You is a representative figure of the local gentry.
Even if the county magistrate acts as an agent for state affairs, he still has to rely on Yuan Sui for help.
But the situation was a little different tonight. No one expected that the local powerful Li family would directly rebel.
"Ji Ping, you are here."
Yuan Sui, whose courtesy name is Bo'an. The word Sui means comfort, peace, and peace.
The Jun Cheng is from Youzhou, named Geng Zhao, and is a branch of the Geng family in Hebei Province during the Eastern Han Dynasty. His ancestor is Geng Chun, the founding minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty and one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai.
However, although Geng Zhao is a side branch, he is very close to the main branch, and he can still get the position of county magistrate with a salary of 600 shi.
But looking at it now, maybe his fate will be lost here.
"Don't rush into Yiyi. I'll go and question the rebels about their intentions."
Yuan Sui straightened his clothes, ignored Liu Ya's threat, walked to the second door and shouted out. : "Go and call Li Luo and Li Zhang. I, Yuan Sui, are waiting for them here."
At this time, Li Luo, Li Zhang and Liu Ye have already met.
The situation is even better than expected. The entire county and country's soldiers have been coerced by them and are already guarding each city gate.
At the same time, the four hundred troops who attacked the arsenal had also succeeded and took out the weapons, equipment and soldiers from the arsenal.
As for the county government, it was also surrounded. Although it was not completely captured, it was because there were too many celebrities in the county government. They were all local nobles and celebrities. The tribesmen were restrained and did not dare to be too cruel to them. present.
Just as the three of them were talking, Yuan Sui walked out and shouted to the crowd to find the Li brothers.
Li Zhang immediately lowered his head and pretended to wipe the blade of the knife, but he couldn't hear it anyway.
Li Luo was a little flustered. Even though he was determined to cause trouble, Yuan Sui had a high reputation among the local scholars. He was also friends with his Li family and even promoted Li Luo. of grace.
The Li family has nothing to do with Yuan Sui, and the best result is to put him under house arrest immediately.
Liu Ye knew that he could not relent at this time, and said directly to Li Luo: "Uncle Shi, give me twenty soldiers, and I will go and talk to Mr. Yuan."
After hearing this, When Liu Ye asked for a soldier, Li Luoke was shocked and quickly grabbed him: "I can't do it, I can't do it! Mr. Yuan is very famous in Guangling, so we can't harm him at all."
" Don't worry, Uncle Shi, how could I hurt Mr. Yuan? I'm just worried that Mr. Yuan will take the opportunity to kidnap me. At that time, Ye will only have one word to tell Uncle Shi. "
Li Luo was stunned. Then: "What are you talking about?"
Liu Ye took a step back and bowed: "Don't worry about your nephew's life. You should send out troops to massacre the county and wait for reinforcements. Liu Shijun's vanguard has arrived, and the army is coming in droves. Uncle Shi should be Liu Shijun. To achieve unparalleled achievements, you must not be soft-hearted or hesitant. "
"The matter has come to this. If you advance, you will be famous in Xuzhou, and if you retreat, you will be in trouble. br>
After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked towards Yuan Sui.
(End of this chapter)