After passing the Lan Mountain, the ground gradually became muddy, and there was yellow mud trapped in the horse's hooves everywhere.

This time I came to Hedong with the idea of quickly quelling the rebellion, so the supplies of Li Xin's troops were hung on their respective horses.

After ambushing the Hengshan Qiang people and killing all the seven leaders and their families, there were more party soldiers in the Xiliang army.

These people are stubby and shorter, but they are more muscular, and their dark complexion is the most obedient to military orders, and they are natural warriors.

The Xiliang generals who have subdued the Qiang people since ancient times are all overlords of the Central Plains, not to mention Dong Zhuo, the Ma Teng Han Sui who Cao Cao had to be afraid of whatever Cao Cao wanted to do at the end of the Han Dynasty, and most of his subordinates were Qiang soldiers.

Li Xin was on the horse, and when he saw that it was a fortress, he sent someone to inquire.

After a while, the spy came back, hugged his fists and said: "Major General, in front is the fortress of the Zhangjia family in Hedong." ”

Li Xin held the reins of the horse and said in a low voice: "I see that this village is built in a very orderly manner, and the guards will definitely be good, why are there still White Lotus bandits here." ”

The spy nodded and said, "Come out of it, it's full of grain piles, straw piles, horse material piles, and large bundles of military equipment."

The cobblers, blacksmiths, and carpenters gathered together, and they built sheds to eat and live there, and they mended chariots, tended mules and horses, repaired utensils, and whipped leather goods.

Coupled with the comings and goings of the people, this fortress turned out to be like a small city, and if it was attacked, the bandits would definitely not be able to resist it. ”

Next to Li Xin, a young general said with a smile: "The young general doesn't know the customs of Hedong, so it's no wonder that he has this doubt." There are many heroes and strongs here, and most of them are famous families that flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties. No matter who hits Hedong, they have to win them over and allow them autonomy in exchange for surrendering Hedong without a fight. When the Hu people went south, they hit a nail here, and they had to grit their teeth to recognize the powerful status of Hedong and not interfere with their power.

Now there are bandits in Hedong, and this group of people is holding their breath and wants to take advantage of the imperial court. Some people also said that the White Lotus Sect bandits were created by them in private. ”

Li Xin snorted coldly: "For the sake of petty profits, he abandoned the country's righteousness and made peace with foreign races." Now he is sitting back and watching the bandits as a disaster, poisoning the township, he is simply a ** thief... If I have the chance, I will have to ask the Holy One to sweep them away. ”

Soon, the gate of the fortress opened, and a group of cavalry came out, surrounded by a middle-aged man.

"Hahahaha, this is the young general, it's better to be famous than to meet, meeting is far better than being famous, the young general is really the dragon and phoenix among people, and your army is also a well-deserved tiger and ben division."

The middle-aged man was on horseback, touting it, and all the Xiliang soldiers had no expressions, looking at him quietly.

Li Xin said loudly: "I am here to suppress bandits, since you are a local group training, you should cooperate with our department to suppress bandits." Prepare some fodder to feed the horses, and we will camp outside the fort tonight. ”

The middle-aged man rolled his eyes and said, "The young general doesn't know that there is a White Lotus Sect bandit here, no less than 30,000 horses, and they are extremely fierce. I waited a few times for him to be defeated, and if I were stationed here, I would not have a fortress for fear that they would attack at night. ”

Li Xin said in a deep voice: "I'm just afraid that he won't come, go and prepare forage." After speaking, he didn't look at the middle-aged man's expression, and turned around and said, "Pass the order and prepare to set up camp." ”

Around the fortress, a group of refugees gathered, hoping to get closer and get shelter.

Every day people would come out of the fort, and from among the refugees would be useful young and strong men, or women who could cook, and some of the old and sick would be left unattended.

The men lay feebly in a slightly drier place waiting to die, and by this time the sound of horses' hooves and heavy military boots were heard scattered. I saw that the refugees in the middle of the road scattered one after another, making way for a road.

Their eyes were empty, and they couldn't see a trace of anger, Li Xin dismounted, looked left and right, and his expression was solemn.

When these 10,000 people passed one after another, the middle-aged man behind him turned gloomy and said, "Go and tell Cao Meng to try their water tonight, fire prevention burned this group of Xiliang barbarians." ”

At nightfall, a group of sneaky people slowly touched up.

Looking at their appearance, there were no less than hundreds of people, biting wooden sticks in their mouths, dragging some fierce fire oil and ignition materials.

In the mountains and forests further behind, there are tens of thousands of people, waiting for the night attack.

Before they arrived, they were discovered by the Xiliang secret sentinel, and after a few strange bird calls, in the commander's tent in the big camp, someone opened the curtain and came in, "Major General, someone is coming to attack the camp." ”

Li Xin was under the lamp, writing a note, talking about the erosive situation he saw after he came to Hedong, as well as his suggestions to the imperial court, he didn't raise his head when he heard this, and said lightly: "Catch a few alive, don't kill them all." ”

After the people hugged their fists, they withdrew from the big tent, and soon a team of men and horses came out of the camp.

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Bianliang, Kaifeng Mansion.

In Wei Yunse's study, even the maids retreated.

Several old ministers looked at the letter with their heads on each other.

"This is written by Li Xin, this kid has a lot of appetite, and he wants to exterminate the Hedong Wang clan."

"What a vicious thief."

Jiang Chu was born in a wealthy family in Hedong, but he didn't speak, but his face was not good-looking.

Wei Yunse glanced at him deliberately, and then said in a deep voice: "Li Xin only used a few hundred people, he beat tens of thousands of homeless people, captured a few captives and asked if he was the mastermind of the Zhang family in Lanshan, and then easily attacked the fortress and captured the Zhang family alive, and now it is being transported to the capital..."

"How easy it is for Li Xin to hit Hedong, how easy it is for Li Wei to open the seal." Liu Qin's old tune repeated: "There are no strong troops in the Central Plains, why not form an alliance with Mongolia." ”

Wei Yunse was a little irritable, not because his subordinates disagreed, but because he suddenly found that no matter what he wanted to do, he might be blocked.

This person is Chen Shou, the feeling of dominating the world in the past is no longer there. Jiang Chucai is for the wealthy family in Hedong, and Liu Qin received a lot of bribes from Mongolia, he knows all of this, but he doesn't care. Because whether it is Jiang Chucai or Liu Qin, as long as they make their own decisions, they can't object. Even Yao Baobao used to obediently listen to his own words, and Emperor Gengyuan was also in their hands.

Now this Chen Shou is different, when there is a major event in the court, he needs to compromise with Chen Shou, and even sometimes he is swayed by him. Not to mention the emperor, who was coaxed around by him.

It was like a thorn stuck in his throat, making him extremely uncomfortable.

The taste of power, the first time I tasted it, I couldn't stand the sense of loss when I lost it.

Wei Yunse got up and threw Li Xin's piece into the stove casually.

"The people of Xiliang have Chen Shou in the court, and it is becoming more and more difficult to control, I think the root cause is not in Xiliang, but in Chen Shou. If you want to subdue Xiliang, you must first get rid of Chen Shou. ”