After Ju Sheng was escorted away and the idle people also retreated one after another, Liu Bi and Li Xu told Zhao Yu about the origin of the 'rebels' and the 'Yang Gu, the king of Chu' that the rebels were loyal to.

It was mainly Li Xu who explained to Zhao Yu, he didn't dare to call the name of the founding monarch of the Jin State, and called him 'Taizu', but Zhao Yu privately had some suspicions that he didn't know, after all, the ancestor of a country couldn't let his subjects talk about it wantonly.

“…… This matter is obtained from the county records, and there may be discrepancies. As far as I know, more than 100 years ago, the world was in turmoil, and foreign races invaded the Central Plains and wantonly slaughtered Han people in the Central Plains. Taizu's ancestors were from Hebei, and his ancestors moved to Jiangnan and later settled in Changsha. …… When Taizu was young, he became acquainted with Yang Meng, a native of Wuling, and the two were angry at the invasion of the Han rivers and mountains by foreigners, and made an appointment to fight against the foreigners and clean up the Han rivers and mountains. Then, the two recruited their peers and prepared to build a righteous army, and after decades, they eventually expelled the alien races that occupied the Central Plains and established our Great Jin. …… In order to show Yang Meng's merits, Taizu then named him the Marquis of Chu and sealed the country in Jiangling, Nanjun ......"

"Wait."

Zhao Yu interrupted Li Xu's narration and said in surprise: "At that time, Nanjun was already the fief of the Chu State? But I've heard that Nanjun was defeated by the rebels...... It is also said that Nanjun Taishou Cai Xiu and Cai Ziwen swore to resist to the death, but were eventually captured by the rebels. ”

He still remembered that his father, the Marquis of Luyang, had mentioned the rebellion in Nanjun when he talked with Liu Wei, the commander of Luyang County, and felt that there was something different from what Li Xu said.

Seeing Zhao Yu's questioning, a little surprise appeared on Li Xu's face: "Leader Zhou also knows about the rebellion in Nanjun?" ”

After that, he didn't sell it, and continued to explain: "Yes, what Leader Zhou said is also right, but it happened later...... At the beginning of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, Jiangling was the fief of the 'Yang Chu State', until about thirty or forty years ago, it was rumored that Yang Gu, the Marquis of Chu, had a heart of disobedience, and he was fierce and had bad intentions. At that time, His Majesty ordered the Marquis of Chu to bring his family to Handan, but the Marquis of Chu did not obey and raised troops to rebel. Today, His Majesty was furious and sent Chen Taishi to wave the army to Nanjun to suppress the rebellion, and the Marquis of Chu was defeated and fled with his family. Subsequently, the saint dismissed the Marquis of Chu, banned the Marquis of Chu, changed it to Nanjun, and sent the county guard, Cai Xiu and Cai Ziwen mentioned by the leader of Zhou, were the Nanjun county guards sent by the imperial court at that time......"

Although Li Xu explained the reason for this incident clearly in a few words, Zhao Yu heard many doubts from it.

For example, what does it mean that 'the Marquis of Chu, Yang Guyin, has a heart of disobedience'? Especially the 'hidden' in it, it's too vague to say, is there or isn't?

Besides, the 'Chu Hou Yang Gu', who was banned from the Hou State thirty or forty years ago, and fled with his family, how could he pull up the rebel army under the banner of 'New Chu' on all roads south of the river?

It's a pity that for these questions, Liu Bi, the county commander, and Li Xu, the county magistrate, can't answer them, because both of them only learned about the origin of the Taizu of the Jin Kingdom and the Marquis of Chu from the county records of Kunyang County, and with the two of them less than forty years old, how could they clearly know what happened in thirty or forty years?

Fortunately, Zhao Yu doesn't need to understand too thoroughly, he just needs to figure out what kind of force he is fighting against, as for whether there is any conspiracy for 'Chuhou Yanggu' to rebel first and then ban it, what does this have to do with him?

However, there is a force, Zhao Yu still has to ask Liu Bi and Li Xu, that is, the rebel side of the Nanyang Canal envoy Zhang Zhai claimed to be Anping Dao.

"Liu Gong, Li Xiancheng, I don't know if the two of you have heard of 'Anping Dao'?"

“……”

Liu Bi and Li Xu glanced at each other, and their faces showed surprise.

"Where did Leader Zhou learn about Anping Dao?" Li Xu asked in surprise.

"I just happened to hear about it." Zhao Yu said casually.

Seeing that Zhao Yu didn't explain carefully, Li Xu didn't ask very interestingly, and explained: "As far as I know, Anping Dao is a thief pursued by the imperial court, and according to legend, it was they who instigated the Marquis of Chu to rebel against my Great Jin in the first place. …… As for the rest, it is not clear below. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

He didn't doubt Liu Bi and Li Xu, after all, these two were only the county commanders and county officials of Kunyang County in the final analysis, so it was naturally impossible for them to know everything about the rebels and An Pingdao.

After a while, Zhao Yu said goodbye to Liu Bi and Li Xu, left the county government with Jingnu and Niu Heng, and returned to the Black Tiger House.

Just as he was sorting out the information he had learned from Liu Bi and Li Xu, Chen Mo came to Yishe and asked Zhao Yu how to deal with the more than 500 rebel soldiers who surrendered.

"What does the Grand Commander think?" Chen Mo asked Chen Mo rhetorically.

Chen Mo thought for a while and said, "Why don't you all be executed." ”

Zhao Yu was very surprised when he heard this, and said in surprise and quipped: "This is not like what the Grand Commander said, I think it is better for the Grand Commander to stay away from Wang Qing, so as not to be influenced by him......

In Niu Heng's hehey strange smile, Chen Mo smiled slightly, and then said with a straight face: "I have also considered this matter carefully. …… Although most of the more than 500 rebel soldiers we captured were civilians in Dingling, Yuncheng and other places, I think that even so, they should not be released lightly. …… Since they obeyed the recruitment of the rebels, it can be seen that they are not too reluctant to become a member of the rebels, if they are released, they will inevitably return to the rebels and continue to attack my Kunyang. ”

Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

What he admires most about Chen Mo is Chen Mo's calm and objective analysis.

Among his Black Tiger Village, Chen Mo can be called the most 'benevolent' part, and in this regard, even Guo Da and Niu Heng, who have the closest relationship with Zhao Yu, are not comparable, let alone Wang Qing and Liu Tu, who are murderous.

However, Chen Mo does not blindly show mercy, he will prioritize his own interests—this self-interest does not refer to himself, but to his brothers, including the Black Tiger Thief, the Brotherhood, and so on.

Now, there is one more Kunyang interest.

Therefore, hearing the answer of 'executing the prisoner' from Chen Mo's mouth, although Zhao Yu was surprised for a while, he was not surprised when he thought about it carefully.

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Let's talk about a cruel fact here: the surrender of the rebel army is of little significance to Kunyang today.

Because there was no way to ensure the loyalty of these people, Zhao Yu would rather promote the guards from among the locals of Kunyang, at least the latter was more credible, than to rebel against a pawn.

Considering that this is not the post-war period, who can guarantee that these pawns will not defect halfway?

Therefore, instead of keeping those soldiers to consume the few grains in Kunyang, it is better to execute them all, and they will be a hundred.

However, as soon as he thought of the captured rebel general Ju Sheng, Zhao Yu suddenly changed his mind.

After Chen Mo said goodbye and left, Zhao Yu ordered someone to bring the rebel general named Ju Sheng to him again.

Not long after, Ju Sheng was taken to the Black Tiger Lodge by two Black Tiger thieves.

Seeing Zhao Yu again, Ju Sheng chuckled and asked, "It seems that Chief Zhou has learned the origin of my righteous teacher from the county order and county magistrate of your county?" …… It is hard for Ju to imagine that the leader of Zhou has led the Kunyang army and people to resist my righteous teacher so far, but he still doesn't know the origin of my righteous teacher. ”

"It's just because Zhou doesn't dare to be clear about this." Zhao Yu replied with a smile: "Do you know what Zhou's identity was before, Zhou is just a group of local bandits......"

Ju Sheng's heart moved, and he persuaded: "In this case, Zhou Leader Cheng should join my righteous master and work together to overthrow the great cause of the violent Jin." ”

"Huh."

Zhao Yu smiled, spread his hands and said: "It's a pity, although Zhou never thought of being loyal to the Jin Kingdom, but your so-called righteousness can't convince me either." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Ju Sheng and continued: "Having said that, Zhou also negotiated with Guan Shuo, the commander of your army, and I asked him that as long as he is willing to divide Kunyang, Xiangyang, and Runan counties into my territory and restrain your army from entering without permission, I will promise to obey your army...... But unfortunately, Guan Shuo proudly rejected Zhou's request. ”

“……”

Ju Sheng opened his mouth, not knowing what to answer.

It is undeniable that at first glance, when he heard the request made by Zhou Hu, even he would think that Zhou Hu was too arrogant, but it turned out that Zhou Hu was indeed qualified and capable of making such a request to their righteous teacher.

After all, it was because of this Zhou Hu that his righteous teacher's loss in Kunyang far exceeded the loss in Zhaoling County.

After taking a deep look at Zhao Yu, Ju Sheng cautiously and tentatively said, "Leader Zhou mentioned it again, I don't know if it has anything to do with this matter?" ”

"Oh, that's not it."

Zhao Yu said casually: "Please come to General Qu, Zhou wants to discuss with you and see what to do with General Qu and the more than 500 captives." …… I think Qu Jiang also knows that I don't have much food in Kunyang, but I don't have extra food to feed a group of prisoners. ”

Hearing this, Ju Sheng's face changed greatly, and he asked in horror: "Leader Zhou has to put us to death?" ”

"That's not going to happen."

Zhao Yu pressed his hand, signaled Ju Sheng to be calm for a while, and then said with a smile: "It's not benevolent to kill prisoners, and Zhou is not okay." But Zhou didn't want to use my precious grain in Kunyang to raise a group of prisoners, so Zhou intended to exchange a batch of grain and grass with Guan Shuo with Qu Jiang and the more than 500 captives. ”

"This ...... I don't dare to speak falsely. ”

Ju Sheng said with a complicated expression.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu smiled slightly, and in front of Ju Sheng, he summoned the guard of the North City Gate, Le Gui.

Just because the more than 500 captives are currently tied up with ropes and held in the area of the northern city wall.

A moment later, Le Gui came to the Black Tiger House, and when he saw Ju Sheng standing in the room bound by ropes, a few traces of surprise flashed in his eyes.

But he didn't ask, but clasped his fists and saluted Zhao Yu: "What does the big leader command?" ”

Zhao Yu instructed Le Gui in front of him: "Le Gui, you pick out ten people from the captives, release them, and ask them to send a message to Guan Shuo on my behalf: Last night, I Kunyang captured more than 500 of his soldiers as prisoners, plus one general Qu, my Kunyang food is precious, I don't want to raise this group of prisoners for him, if he cherishes the soldiers, he will exchange 100 carts of grain for the more than 500 prisoners, as for the Ju Qu generals......"

He turned his head to look at Ju Sheng, and said, "Let's exchange fifty carts of grain." I think that a dignified general commanding 2,000 soldiers, Guan Shuo would not refuse to exchange fifty carts of grain. ”

"Yes!"

Le Gui clenched his fists and took his life.

On the morning of the same day, according to Zhao Yu's instructions, Le Gui selected ten people from the captives, released them, and ordered them to convey Zhao Yu's meaning to Guan Shuo.

A moment later, these ten soldiers fled to Liu De's military camp after being released, and informed Liu De of the 'prisoner exchange request' of Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves.