The capital of Qizhou is Jinan in later generations.

However, the entire Qizhou jurisdiction is much larger than that of Jinan in later generations.

If Li You really has that talent, and he has been secretly developing in Qizhou for ten or eight years, it is really possible to make some moves.

After all, the terrain here is flat, rich in products, and it is not far from Dengzhou, the largest port in the north of Datang, and there are rivers directly leading to Dengzhou nearby, which is very beneficial to the development of the local economy.

However, Li Kuan is the only one in this world who came from the afterlife.

Li You, who had risen up in a hurry, although he summoned all the men over the age of fifteen in Qizhou City to join the army, but these ordinary people who had not received much training had no combat effectiveness at all.

On the contrary, the more than 10,000 regular troops in Qizhou City were scattered to lead these temporarily recruited armies.

It seems that the number of rebels has exceeded 50,000 at once, and the momentum is soaring, and the future is limitless.

In fact, these teams have no combat effectiveness at all.

Not to mention combat effectiveness, it is a little difficult to manage.

In just a few days, there were countless cases of rebels robbing finances and looting shops in Qizhou City.

Qizhou City, which was originally quite prosperous, became depressed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Uncle, I just got the news that Li Ji personally led the soldiers of the prefectures of Henan Province to crusade against us, what do you say?"

In the palace of King Qi, for several days in a row, Li You took the princess to drink with a group of subordinates to celebrate.

As for the various arrangements after the incident, Yin Hongzhi and Yan Hongxin are basically in charge.

"Don't worry, You'er, I've already contacted a lot of old ministers of the Great Sui, and the Tang Dynasty will definitely be in flames by then; As for the army led by Li Ji, with Yan Hongxin here, he will be repelled with just one attack! ”

Yin Hongzhi said words that he didn't believe, but his face was full of smiles.

My dream has come true!

He could imagine how Li Shimin would react when he heard that Li You had rebelled in Qizhou.

Happy!

It's really exciting!

"Yes, Liang Mengbiao has already led his troops and horses to the surrounding counties to arrange people and horses to Qizhou City, ready to meet Li Ji's army. As long as this attack is defeated, our big business will be half done. ”

Zan Junmo exhaled the smell of wine in his mouth, feeling that his life had finally ushered in a new turning point.

"Uncle, why don't we admit our mistakes to our father and not turn around?"

Li You's words made the scene fall into tranquility all of a sudden.

Yin Hongzhi glanced at his cheap nephew with disdain.

However, he was happy that Li Shimin had such a stupid son.

"You'er, there is no turning back when you open the bow! Don't you want to sit in the Hanyuan Hall and give orders? Don't you want those people in Chang'an City who look down on you to get to know you again? Don't you want to scold Fang Xuan and sit on this great country? ”

Yin Hongzhi couldn't be more familiar with Li You, and quickly pulled Li You back from his hesitation.

However, this also proves from the side how funny Li You's incident is!

……

"Are you sure it was the prince's people who did it?"

In the Xuanzheng Palace, Li Shimin asked expressionlessly.

Li Tai just cried in the Daming Palace, and pretended to say that he just wanted to be an idle prince and had no other thoughts.

But inside and outside the words, it was a hint to Li Shimin that the assassination was led by Li Chengqian.

Although Li Shimin dotes on Li Tai very much, except for a few simple words of comfort, his mood is very complicated.

Li Tai's thoughts, how could he hide them from Li Shimin?

Although he doted on Li Tai very much, he really didn't think about abolishing Li Chengqian and making him the crown prince instead.

That's why there will be all kinds of rich rewards for Li Tai.

However, he did not expect such an ending.

"Your Majesty, although no direct evidence has been found, a courtyard where these dead soldiers once lived has been found, and according to the information obtained by the neighborhood, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will enter and exit this courtyard from time to time."

Li Zhong cautiously answered Li Shimin's question.

Now is a sensitive moment, even an old man like Li Shimin like him feels the depression of the wind and rain coming all over the building.

Li You's rebellion in Qizhou subverted Li Shimin's perception of his sons.

As a result, before the army of Li You set off, Li Tai was assassinated in the street, and the mastermind behind it was likely to be his eldest son.

How can this make Li Shimin embarrassed?

"I heard that the prince is closer to Hou Junji during this time?"

Li Shimin's words made Li Zhong's heart sink.

Whether it is a prince or a prince, making friends with a general in the army, no matter what time it is, is a taboo for the emperor.

"General Hou's son-in-law, Helan Chushi, is on an errand in the East Palace, and according to the information learned from the investigation of the Hundred Cavalry Division, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone out of the palace to meet General Hou in private several times."

"The Hundred Cavalry Division has been staring at the mansions of various princes and generals in Chang'an City during this time, like the King of Nahan, who frequently enters and exits the East Palace, and he has to focus on it."

How Li Shimin himself ascended to the throne, he himself knows best.

Now that Li You has reversed and Li Tai has been assassinated, he is naturally a little worried.

"My subordinates understand!"

……

In Qizhou City, soldier Cao Du Xingmin walked around the room with an anxious face.

"Lang Jun, here, the news of Chang'an City is here!"

The housekeeper Du Bao ran in small steps, holding a carrier pigeon in his hand, and walked in from outside the room.

As a collateral descendant of the Jingzhao Du family, although Du Xingmin can't enjoy the treatment of a long-term family like Du Gou and Du He, he has everything he should have.

Since carrier pigeons have become popular under the promotion of the Chu Palace, among the various families and nobles of the Tang Dynasty, they have raised special carrier pigeons, and those who raise pigeons have become sought-after goods for a while.

"The soldiers of the military department Li Xianfahuai, Luo, Bian, Song, Lu, Hua, Ji, Yun, and Hai Kyushu are working together with Liu Dewei, the secretary of the criminal department, to crusade against the Qizhou rebellion!"

When Du Xingmin saw this note, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The imperial court reacted a little faster than it thought.

And either he doesn't make a move, or if he makes a move, he will be a soldier in Kyushu, and Li You's rebellion obviously has no chance of winning.

Du Xingmin, who was still a little hesitant, immediately made up his mind.

"Du Bao, help me contact those who have not worked hard in the past few days, and then contact those merchants who have gone from Chang'an to Qizhou to do business, and say that I have something important to discuss with them."

As a seventh-grade soldier in Qizhou, Du Xingmin's contact with people is not very high-end, and most of them are relatively grassroots personnel.

However, because of this, Du Xingmin knew very well that Li You's rebellion did not have the support of most of the people.

It can even be said that there are not many people in Qizhou City who really support Li You.

Although Li You didn't do anything out of the ordinary in Qizhou, he didn't do anything great either.

Although most of the people support and support Li You, the premise is that Li You is the king of Qi in the Tang Dynasty.

If this King of Qi wants to pull himself to rebel, then the power of support and support will immediately go down a level.

"Lang Jun, there are many people, and we don't know those people very well, if we invite them, then it means that we don't have much time. Once it drags on for a long time and the news leaks, it will be the end of death without a place to bury. ”

Du Bao is not afraid of death, but as a housekeeper, he has played his duty to remind him.

"You're too worried, why did King Qi rebel? In the final analysis, Yin Hongzhi is behind the ghost. Now it is Yin Hongzhi and Yan Hongxin who hold the power of Qizhou, and Yan Hongxin is Yin Hongzhi's brother-in-law, so it can be said that the rebellion in Qizhou was planned by Yin Hongzhi. It's not the first day you met Yin Hongzhi, this is simply a narrow-minded person with big ambitions and sparse talents.

That Yan Hongxin is even more self-righteous, the frog at the bottom of the well has no real experience in leading troops to fight at all. During this time, there was chaos in Qizhou City, and all news was coming and going. The 50,000 troops that were scraped together from all over the world, not to mention maintaining order and fighting, could not even control themselves.

If you look at the shops in Qizhou City, how many have not been looted? Don't you know where these looters come from? It's not that there are no people in the city who resist, but there is a lack of a leader, and everyone doesn't want to be a bird. Now that I am willing to stand up, they are naturally very happy, as for the leak, they know as well as we do that Li You is destined to be impossible to succeed, how can they be so stupid to go to the wrong team? ”

During this time, Du Xingmin obviously did a lot of work, otherwise he would not have decided to start acting immediately after receiving the news from Chang'an City.

You must know that although Li You will definitely fail in the end, he also has the strength to pull a few people to accompany him.

If Du Xingmin started to engage in three or four without any preparation, then the result would probably be one of the people who backed up.

That wasn't the outcome he wanted.

"Actually, Lang Jun has made up his mind, then I'll arrange it immediately!"

Du Bao didn't have much nonsense, he would say that just now he was just worried that Du Xingmin would be angry.

Now that I see that I Lang Jun is actually thoughtful, he naturally goes to work actively.

This kind of thing, as long as it comes to fruition, Du Xingmin, who has been in the position of Bing Cao for ten years, can immediately turn over.

Not to mention the promotion of the third level of the official, it is possible to be promoted more.

Anyway, in this era, the promotion of a seven-grade official like Du Xingmin is simply a matter of Li Shimin's words.

Soon, when the night was shrouded in Qizhou City, dozens of people gathered in Du Xingmin's mansion to discuss things.

"Du Bingcao, before my family Langjun died, he arranged for someone to come over and give orders, so that we can listen to you in everything. What is the situation in Qizhou now and what the situation will be in the future, everyone knows in their hearts. Just call the shots, and we'll do whatever you want. ”

Soon, the Wei family's shopkeeper in Qizhou stood up to support Du Xingmin like an arranged trust.

Although Wei Wenzhen is not a descendant of the Wei family like Du Xingmin, he is also from the Jingzhao Wei family.

The Wei family and the Du family are world friends, although the two sides have competition, but more cooperation.

So after Wei Wenzhen and Du Xingmin came to Qizhou, they quickly became friends who talked about everything.

It's just that Wei Wenzhen is more unlucky, his position, as long as Li You is reversed, is destined to be unable to tolerate him.

In this one, Quan Wanji had just been dismembered, and Wei Wenzhen followed in his footsteps.

However, the Wei family's shops in Qizhou City were not cleaned.

I don't know if Li You is really so generous or so ignorant?

He doesn't look like a person who does big things.

"What Shopkeeper Wei said is not wrong, during this time, I have robbed two people in the shop, and this year I must have lost all my money, and basically all the money I earned a few days ago has been put in. Now the situation in the city is very chaotic, if Du Bing Cao raises his arms, then he can definitely gather thousands of soldiers and people in a short period of time, and attack the Qi Wangfu at night, and then the first contribution to quelling the rebellion will be you! ”

"That's right, Bingcao, the brothers are all supporting you! Following the rebellion of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, he will only end up in a different place and be beheaded. It's better to give it a go and see if you can take this opportunity to make a big contribution. ”

"Although Yan Hongxin's archery skills are good, except for that bit of personal bravery, there is nothing to do at all. Now the rebels in the city are also in chaos, and it is a question whether His Royal Highness the King of Qi can command these teams. ”

"If you want to do it, you have to do it as soon as possible, I heard that there has been a camp roar in a barracks today, and when the time comes, the rebels will completely destroy Qizhou City, but it is not that the little strength we have accumulated can be calmed down. And if we can quickly cut through the chaos of the Qi Palace, it is likely that the order of Qizhou can be restored in a short time, and the imperial court will definitely not be stingy with all kinds of rewards at that time. ”

The shopkeeper and team leader who can accept Du Xingmin's invitation are naturally people who do not support Li You's uprising.

Everyone is a family person, and few people are willing to participate in that kind of rebellion.

The most important thing is that this rebellion is not favored by many people.

"Good! Then after everyone will go back, they will start to worry about their respective guys, and at twelve o'clock tomorrow night, we will set out on time and directly attack the Qi Palace. ”

Du Xingmin saw that everyone's support for him was very strong, and he was also relieved.

At this time, I'm afraid of ripping off.

"There are many dreams at night, and the sooner you start, the less prepared you will definitely be in the Qi Palace. Du Bingcao, I already heard when I came, His Royal Highness King Qi was feasting guests in the palace tonight, and they were drinking and having fun with Yin Hongzhi and Yan Hongliang. That's the perfect time for us to do it.

If everyone secretly returns to the house now, and then gathers the people who can be gathered, gather in the courtyard of Du Bing Cao, and wait for the dead of night to start moving, and the other party who can fight will be caught off guard. As for those who watch the night, as long as they have money, they can do anything, and we are the most experienced in this one. ”

Shopkeeper Wei is obviously very positive about bringing down Li You.

Also, his own Langjun has been looked down upon, and he is not active, and when the time comes, Chang'an Wei's family will be held accountable, and he will definitely have no good fruit to eat.

"Let's probably report, if you do it tonight, how many people can be gathered?"

Du Xingmin thought about it and felt that it made sense.

Although he thought about doing it again tomorrow night, or even after a few days of preparation.

But now that so many people want to do it tonight, if they don't agree, people's hearts will easily disperse, and morale will drop.

A lot of the time, everyone fights in one breath.

"All the guys in my shop can bring it, it just so happens that we have a batch of goods entrusted to the darts of the Shunfeng Dart Bureau, and we should be able to say that their dart masters are also involved, and I can probably have thirty or forty people here."

"At least twenty people!"

"I can bring at least a dozen people, and if I can successfully mobilize the people in the alley, I can exceed a hundred."

"Bing Cao, at least half of the brothers support you, plus some of their friends, two hundred people are no problem."

Everyone shared their own situation.

"Good! Everyone thinks it's good to do it tonight, so we'll set it tonight! Hit Li You off guard! In the past, he was His Royal Highness the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty, and we respected him; Now, he is a rebellious minister and thief of the Tang Dynasty, and everyone can crusade. When the time comes, don't be soft! ”

Du Xingmin silently calculated in his heart that the number of people he could raise on his side had exceeded 1,000.

Although the number is not very large, considering that Li You's tens of thousands of rebels are now distributed all over Qizhou, even in the city, they are busy grabbing goods, military discipline is very corrupt, and there is not much combat effectiveness, and the chance of victory is still there.

After all, what Du Xingmin really needs to deal with is actually only the guards of the Qi Palace, and those people are Li You's real hardcore supporters.

After some instructions, everyone began to leave Du Mansion one after another and disappeared all over Qizhou City.

……

Away from the chaos of the body, the wandering is up and down.

The tiger is wild and desolate, and the firefly is lonely and dark and the night is deep.

The earth was already asleep, only a breeze blew, and occasionally there were a few barking dogs and the cries of children, and the deserted streets were silent.

Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps at the end of the street.

I saw that in the dark night, a group of people were quietly walking forward quickly.

Du Xingmin took more than 200 of his subordinates and rushed to the front in the first place.

Other people, with limited combat effectiveness, can be strong in the back.

Of course, if it weren't for their strong momentum, Du Xingmin would not be so bold, and a soldier Cao would take about 200 people to quell the rebellion.

Even if Du Xingmin is the best master in the Du family, he doesn't dare to do this.

"Bang!"

When Du Xingmin's people shot an arrow into the sky, people from all over Qizhou City immediately responded.

In the originally dark night, a lot of fire suddenly appeared.

Obviously, Du Xingmin was not so arrogant, but very cleverly arranged some merchants with little combat effectiveness to go everywhere to be responsible for setting fires, creating a chaotic situation for the army to enter the city.

And Du Xingmin was responsible for besieging the Qi Palace.

If you don't take down the Qi Palace, the so-called counterinsurgency is a joke.

"Who? Hold it! ”

The guards of the Qi Palace's mansion also quickly discovered that something was wrong outside, and after a shout, the two sides immediately began to fight.

……

In the palace of King Qi, Li You was woken up in his sleep.

"What's the situation? Why is there a fighting outside? ”

"Lord Wang, someone is besieging the Qi Palace, I heard that His Majesty arranged for Li Ji, the secretary of the military department, to bring Kyushu soldiers and horses to Qizhou to quell the rebellion, it is likely that Li Ji's men and horses have arrived."

Yan Hongliang was covered in alcohol, his armor was messily draped on his body, and he stood beside Li You with a little panic on his face.

Although when drinking, Yan Hongliang felt that he could become an enemy like Lu Fengxian in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

But when the Qi Wangfu was besieged in less than half a month after the rebellion, he was still very panicked.

According to his calculations, the army of the imperial court should not have arrived so quickly.

"Let's go! Fast...... Go and fight with your soldiers! ”

When Li You saw Yan Hongliang's performance, he panicked a little in his heart.

However, how can I say that he is also Li Shimin's son, but he will not be directly frightened to the point of urinating, but will follow the panic and put on armor, ready to go to the enemy in person.

In this way, the men and horses of both sides fought in a heated battle in the Qi Palace.

In Qizhou City, some of the people who had just been recruited into the barracks not only did not dispatch in time at this moment, but broke out in the camp themselves.

You must know that everyone can see the blazing scenes everywhere, no matter how the officials explain it, everyone doesn't believe it.

The army of the imperial court is coming!

What should I do?

You're a rebel, huh?

When a common man could not stand the pressure and drew a broadsword, chaos began.

In this way, the whole night in Qizhou City was spent in chaos.

Countless timid people trembled at home, fearing that it would affect them.

"Du Bingcao, it's not a way to go on like this, if the other rebels react after dawn, then we're finished!"

Shopkeeper Wei stood beside Du Xingmin, his face a little anxious.

The combat power of the guards of the Qi Palace's mansion was still stronger than he imagined.

"Lang Jun, this Qi Palace's mansion is all wooden buildings, if the people inside don't surrender again, we will use fire attack! Let's see if they can take it. ”

Du Bao's suggestion, although a bit cruel, is very practical.

Du Xingmin immediately accepted.

So, he immediately ordered people to pile up the grass and plan to light the fire.

"His Royal Highness King Qi, you were the son of His Majesty in the past, and today you are a thief of the Tang Dynasty. I, Du Xingmin, are now crusading against thieves for the country, I don't think much about it, if you don't surrender quickly, I will set it on fire! When the time comes, you will be burned to death, but don't blame me! ”

Du Xingmin shouted towards the gate of the palace, holding a torch, ready to set fire.

Li You, who was already a little panicked inside, couldn't hold on any longer.

The guards around him are already dead, and when the time comes, when the time comes, there will be no bones left.

If you surrender, you can save a small life.

"Du Xingmin, it's not that I don't want to open the door, but I'm worried about the lives of my uncle, Brother Yan Hongliang and others. If you can promise not to hurt them, I'll order someone to open the door!" ”

Li You is not worried that after he opens the door, Du Xingmin dares to be unfavorable to himself, but until now, he still regards Yin Hongzhi and Yan Hongliang as his most important people.

"Your Royal Highness King Qi, don't worry, I promise you, I won't kill them!"

Du Xingmin was overjoyed and immediately made a promise.

Soon, Li You actually put down his sword and opened the door.

At this time, there was no need for Du Xingmin to give any more orders, Du Bao and the others rushed forward.

"Ahh My eyes, my eyes! ”

Yan Hongliang bore the brunt of being taken down, and then his eyeballs were pulled out.

"You...... How can you do that? ”

Li You's face turned pale all of a sudden.

"His Royal Highness King Qi, I mean not to kill them, but I didn't say that I can't gouge out his eyes!"

Du Xingmin sneered and put the knife on Li You's neck.

Li You couldn't move, and Du Xingmin knew it.

But after catching Li You, Du Xingmin naturally wanted to hold a parade to show the public.

On the one hand, it is to let everyone know that the hero of Qizhou's counterinsurgency is himself, and on the other hand, it is to let everyone know that Li You has been taken down, don't toss.

Don't look at him as just a small seven-rank sesame official, at the critical moment, the means are no worse than the ministers of the DPRK and China.