The reason why Xiao Yao proposed to outwit Northern Xuzhou was that now he was the assassin of Xuzhou, and Emperor Chen Xu had already brought Lu Guangda's troops and the Eastern Route Army under his command, and he didn't want the newly formed army in his hands to suffer too many casualties because of the forcible siege of the city!

Of course, he didn't want any casualties among the Qi troops on the opposite side!

Before Xiao Yao led the infantry battalion to fight in Huainan, because he was only a small captain, he could only pursue victory and ignore the result, he could directly shoot artillery bombs indiscriminately without any scruples, and then pat his ass and leave, leaving a mess of broken walls and corpses all over the field, which was handed over to the officials appointed by the imperial court to clean up.

But now that Xiao Yao has just become the assassin of Xuzhou, and is still in charge of Xuzhou's military and political affairs, he must not only consider how to consolidate his governance of Xuzhou, but also how to develop Xuzhou and make Xuzhou an unbreakable territory of his own!

And when Chen Xu appointed himself as the assassin of Xuzhou, Xiao Yao had secretly ordered Zu Yuan of the General Commercial Bank to start mobilizing a large number of various materials, and then transported them to Xuzhou here, preparing to carry out various constructions in Xuzhou, and the materials were already on the way, so now Xiao Yao is most lacking in labor!

So Xiao Yao set his sights on those Qi soldiers in the city of Northern Xuzhou!

Just like after the capture of Xuyi County last year, Xiao Yao turned a large number of Qi army prisoners into labor prisoners, and then let them exchange labor for freedom and the future, and now it has also achieved good results, so now Xiao Yao is ready to outwit Northern Xuzhou, and then capture this group of Qi soldiers bloodlessly!

After all, there are nearly 20,000 Qi troops in Northern Xuzhou, and if they are all captured, then there will be more than 20,000 free laborers! With these free labor, you can carry out earth-shaking transformation of Xuzhou according to your own ideas!

And another reason why Xiao Yao dared to propose outwitting Northern Xuzhou was that now Lanling County, the governing seat of Northern Xuzhou, had already been mixed with a large number of beggar disciples!

The Chen army and the Qi army fought in Huaibei, fighting Xuzhou City today, Pixian tomorrow, and now preparing to attack Northern Xuzhou, so those Huaibei people who were worried about being affected by the war were hiding back and forth in various counties, so it provided convenience for the beggar disciples to mix into various counties!

So when Lu Guangda, with the assistance of the beggar gang disciples, successfully broke through Xuzhou City, Xiao Yao let these beggar gang disciples blend into Lanling County in Northern Xuzhou along with the refugees who fled the disaster!

And now in Lanling County, in addition to the disciples of the beggar gang, there is also a very important force, that is, the Fuliang gang led by Wang Lin's son Wang Yi!

At the beginning, after Wang Lin and Wang Yi's father and son recognized Xiao Yao in Shouyang City and worshiped Xiao Yao as the main father, Wang Yi came to Xuzhou to find Gao Changgong according to the instructions of his father Wang Lin, and with the help of Gao Changgong, in the origin of the Lanling Xiao clan in Lanling, in the area of Lanling County in North Xuzhou, under the banner of Wang Lin, he constantly recruited those Wang Lin's old subordinates and other heroes and heroes on the rivers and lakes to join the Fuliang Gang, and constantly developed his own power!

Although Wang Lin was suddenly killed later, and Xiao Yao was unexpectedly defeated by Gao Changgong and fled and disappeared for more than half a year, Wang Yi, who has always been full of confidence in his young master, was not discouraged, but used grief and anger as the driving force, vigorously developing the Fuliang Gang, in just one year, the core members of the Fuliang Gang have reached thousands of people, and all of them are loyal to Wang Lin and loyal to the Xiao family of the Liang Dynasty!

And Wang Yi has always been loyal to Wang Lin's teachings, before Xiao Yao has developed and has not yet had the strength to turn his face with Chen Guo, he must not reveal Xiao Yao's true identity, so some time ago, when Xiao Yao attacked Huaibei and fought a decisive battle with Gao Changgong in Xiao County, Wang Yi and his Fuliang Gang did not help either side, but stayed here in Lanling County and silently waited for Xiao Yao's call!

So when Xiao Yao officially became the assassin of Xuzhou and was ready to outwit Northern Xuzhou, Xiao Yao felt that he was ready to let Wang Yi's Fuliang Gang also contribute to it, so he let Sun Liu of the Beggar Gang mix into the city of Northern Xuzhou, and then contacted Wang Yi.

"Brother Sun, what does the young master mean is just to let our brothers from the Fuliang Gang instigate the people in Northern Xuzhou to raise troops to make trouble, and then attack Lanling County? But we are all just people in the rivers and lakes, not professional soldiers, it is okay to kill people, but we will not be able to attack the city and pull out these military operations! After listening to Xiao Yao's instructions, Wang Yi asked Sun Liu with a puzzled expression.

"Of course the gang leader won't let you go to the siege! The gang leader means to use the influence of the Fuliang Gang in Northern Xuzhou to instigate the local Han people, raise troops to make trouble, and put on a posture of attacking Lanling County, so as to disturb the military morale of those Qi defenders in Lanling County! After all, many of these defenders are locals here in North Xuzhou, if they see their villagers making trouble, they will definitely not send troops to forcibly suppress it, and then the gang leader will take advantage of the chaos in Lanling County to raid Lanling County, and then they can take Lanling County bloodlessly! Sun Liu explained.

"If we just instigate the people to raise troops to make trouble, instead of really attacking the city, with the influence of our Fuliang Gang here in Northern Xuzhou, it shouldn't be a problem! But why do you use such a complex strategy? Now that Gao Changgong has been transferred back to Yecheng, there is a blind man Zu Yandang Assassin Shi, with the power of the terrifying forward brigade under the young master, even if he leads his troops to attack Lanling County, he should be able to take it quickly! Wang Yi asked a little puzzled.

"The gang leader said, he is not a person who loves to kill, as long as he wins, he will try not to die if he can, even if they are the army of Qi State! In addition, the defenders in Lanling County are all disheartened and have no fighting spirit, and there are our beggar gang and the Fuliang gang of the Wang brothers as internal responses, so as long as you use some strategies, you can take Lanling County bloodlessly, and you can also catch a large number of Qi soldiers to serve as free labor, why not! Sun Liu explained according to Xiao Yao's words.

"The young master is incomparably intelligent, his decisions must have his ideas, and I firmly believe that these decisions are correct! Okay, I'll arrange it now, and then personally lead these people to make trouble in Lanling County, so that these defenders will not be at peace! When the time comes, he will join forces with the young master's army and take Lanling County in one fell swoop! Wang Yi said firmly.

"Brother Wang doesn't need to go into battle in person, because Brother Wang has other tasks!" Sun Liu hurriedly stopped and said.

"Do I have any other tasks? What task? Wang Yi hurriedly asked.

"The gang leader said that Brother Wang's Fuliang Gang can't expose the relationship with the gang leader yet, so this matter of instigating the people to raise troops to make trouble should also try not to be found out that it has something to do with the Fuliang Gang! Moreover, the gang leader also wants Brother Wang, as the son of General Wang Lin, to transport General Wang Lin's coffin back to Yecheng of Qi State, and then lurk in Yecheng, waiting for the time when the gang leader leads the army to attack Yecheng, and then cooperate with the outside to complete the big thing in one fell swoop! ”