The moonlight entered through the window, Zhao Bingzhong didn't feel sleepy with his eyes open, the more he pondered and the more scared he was in his heart, Zhang Yuanguan's murderous words made him shiver, and pulled the wound on his back, "Ouch", Zhao Bingzhong groaned. couldn't sleep, so he simply got up in his clothes, opened the door, and a chill hit his face, Zhao Bingzhong felt that his drowsy brain was much clearer.

Looking west, there is where the Tun Shuai Mansion is located, Liu Wei will definitely not be able to sleep tonight, Zhang Shuai is coming at him, Xu Mingde and Yang Sixuan and I are just tied up, thinking like this, Zhao Bingzhong feels a lot more stable. Zhang Shuai was very dissatisfied with Liu Wei, his position as Tun Shuai was done, Zhao Bingzhong's heart moved, if he could satisfy Zhang Shuai, Tun Shuai's chair might be his turn to sit.

"Let's prepare for the worst", Liu Wei spit out a few words with difficulty, feeling a little more bored in his chest, and continued: "On the one hand, try to appease the Tun army, let them not make trouble, and send the festival rewards in advance in the name of the New Year; On the other hand, Zhang Shuai's strict order was conveyed, saying that those who did not comply with the order would be severely punished, and they would be punished with grace and power, hoping to delay it until next year. ”

Yang Sixuan said: "Big brother, don't worry, our brothers are grasshoppers on a rope, and we must work together to tide over the difficulties." ”

Xu Mingde said coldly: "There is another one ready to fly solo." In my opinion, maybe he is trying to figure out how to sell us to please Zhang Yuanguan, and his eyes are aimed at Brother Liu's position. ”

Liu Wei's face turned grim, and he said viciously: "I will send someone to keep an eye on him, Zhao Bingzhong, this kid dares to have bad intentions, I will kill him alive first." ”

The air in the room froze, and even the candle flame was frozen by the murderous aura. For half a day, Yang Sixuan said softly: "Big brother, if you move the knife, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you and me to turn back." ”

Liu Wei smiled bitterly: "Brother, you and I have no way out." Zhang Yuanguan was ordered by the Son of Heaven to deal with the affairs of the Tuntian army, and forcibly implemented the new policy of Tuntian, you and I have become a hindrance, and it is certain to move away, maybe this Zhang Dashuai will break us and pave the way for future generations. Ning Shuai was squeezed out, I'm afraid I won't end up with any good results, and you may not be able to get out of the way, so we have to plan for the worst. ”

Mentioning the "worst plan" twice in a row, Xu Mingde twisted his body uneasily, and said, "Brother Liu, don't you want to take everyone to rebel?" ”

"The officials forced the people to rebel, if Zhang Yuanguan repeatedly forced me, Liu could only take risks." Liu Wei looked at Xu Mingde and Yang Sixuan fiercely, and said, "When the time comes, I hope that the two brothers will help me." ”

Xu Mingde and Yang Sixuan glanced at each other, secretly regretting in their hearts, they knew that they shouldn't have come to the Tunshuai Mansion tonight, Liu Wei confided in his rebellion, if the two of them didn't follow, I am afraid it would be difficult to get out of the Tunshuai Mansion.

Yang Sixuan patted his chest and said: "Big brother, the little brother is the only one who looks forward to you, where the elder brother lets the younger brother go, the younger brother has no words." Xu Mingde also swore to follow.

Liu Wei said with a smile: "Good brother, in the future, our brothers will share the same blessings and live and die together." The two brothers can just keep the rebellion in their hearts, please rest assured that Liu will not take risks until the last resort. In the past few days, our brothers have lived in the same bed, eaten at the same table, and went together to appease the Tun army, if we persuaded the Tun army to obey the order, naturally nothing happened, in case there was no sympathy, it was better to act together. ”

The matter has come to this point, there is no way back, even if he reports Liu Wei to Zhang Yuanguan, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get rid of his crime, so he can only follow him all the way to the dark. Yang Sixuan said: "The Tun army is located in the territory of Guizhou and Shao, both of which are mountainous places, if you really have no compassion, let's take the army to hide in the mountains, even if the army of 100,000 can't catch us." On the contrary, we have stayed here for a long time, the terrain is familiar, and we can take advantage of the geographical advantage to win a few battles and force the court to recruit peace. ”

Xu Mingde's heart was big, and he said with a smile: "If we can pull away more than 20,000 brothers, let's go south and occupy a small country in Nanyang, Brother Liu will be the emperor, Brother Yang will be the prime minister, and the younger brother will be the generalissimo of soldiers and horses. ”

Liu Wei and Yang Sixuan's eyes lit up as soon as they said this, originally the rebellion was forced to be helpless, but when Xu Mingde said this, both of them moved their minds, maybe rebellion is not a bad thing. Liu Wei said with a smile: "Let's prepare with both hands, on the one hand, persuade the Tun army to obey the arrangements of the court, and on the other hand, prepare swords, guns, and food, and prepare for contingencies." When the time comes, Zhang Yuanguan will be forced to work hard, let's set up a set for him to come to Cen Zhu County to inspect, and behead this Annan marshal to raise the army and raise the flag, not to say that the prince and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning, maybe our brothers can also be called the emperor. ”

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The Annan Tun army was mainly distributed in Yiming, Wuling, Shize in Qianzhou and Huiliang, Nuhe, and Zeguang in Shaozhou, and the six counties were adjacent to each other, and it seemed that they were not far apart. Liu Wei rushed from Cen Zhu County to Yiming County with Xu, Yang, Zhao and more than 20 personal soldiers, which was the closest of the six tun counties and was under the jurisdiction of Zhao Bingzhong.

When Shen Shi, the group came to Yiming County, Zhao Bingzhong's station was not in the county, and it was a farm in the west of Yiming County. The tunjun of the farm saw Zhao Bingzhong's figure from a distance, and knew that he went to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate to see the new Zhang Dashuai, and before leaving, he said that he would say to Zhang Dashuai for everyone, and let the court exempt himself from the new policy of recovering 20 acres of land at home.

It's winter now, it's the time of farming, more than 100 soldiers gathered in front of the manor, and when they saw Zhao Bingzhong coming, they all asked, "General Zhao, how is it?" Did Zhang Shuai agree to our request? ”

Zhao Bingzhong straightened his face and shouted: "What are you doing here, don't spread it out, if there is news, General Ben will naturally tell you." You see, Liu Shuai came with me, what is there to wait for Liu Shuai's instructions. ”

After a few people finished washing, they summoned the officials above the rank of lieutenant into the hall, Zhao Bingzhong gave up the main seat to Liu Wei and sat on his side, while Xu Mingde and Yang Sixuan sat on the other side. After the sixteen lieutenants finished the ceremony, Zhao Bingzhong said: "Brothers, Liu Shuai brought Zhang Dashuai's instructions, everyone listen carefully. ”

Liu Wei said to the lieutenants standing on both sides: "Everyone sit down, my brother doesn't need too many rules." ”

Waiting for the lieutenants to sit down, Liu Wei sighed and said: "This time I went to Huairen Mansion to pay homage to Zhang Shuai, Zhang Shuai was very angry at the failure of the Annan Tun Army to implement the new Tuntian policy, and the official distinguished a few words for everyone, and as a result, I and the three generals Zhao, Xu, and Yang were all beaten with twenty lashes. Zhang Shuai strictly ordered that if the new policy could not be implemented before the end of the year, he would have to wait for the head of the project. ”

Xu Mingde and Yang Sixuan understood, stood up and took off their shirts, revealing the whiplashes on their backs, the whiplashes were criss-crossed, red and swollen, and it could be seen that the person who smoked the whip had no room for selfishness.

Liu Wei said sadly: "I came to Tuntian with my brothers, and I should share weal and woe, but Zhang Shuai strictly ordered, even if Liu fought for his life, I am afraid it will be difficult for Dashuai to change the order." I summoned the brothers today, I want to ask the brothers to help my brother in the past, we can't twist our arms and thighs, let's do what the court wants. ”

There were sixteen people in the seat, with different faces, some were at a loss, some were full of anger, some were like earth, and some were gritting their teeth. Yang Sixuan sighed intentionally: "Our Tun army was originally abandoned by the court, and I abandoned my family and children to come to this barren mountain and mountain to farm, just to let the old and young in the family have more food, but the court now wants to take back the fields at home, alas, why do you work hard for half a life?" ”

Yang Sixuan's words provoked the anger of the people in the audience, and someone shouted: "Yes, when the court asked us to tuntian, it was clear that the land at home was not recovered. Now the court has no faith in its words, not only to take back the land at home, but also to collect grain at the price of ten yuan and a bucket, which is clearly not to give us a way to live, and we will never agree. ”

"Zhang Shuai doesn't care about our life and death, and blindly presses us, we must not sit still."

"Just go the other way, kill this straight thief, go to the capital, and take out the heart of the son of a to see if it's black or red."

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Someone shouted the reverse word, Liu Wei and the others were secretly happy in their hearts, but Zhao Bingzhong was so frightened that his color changed, and he shouted: "Wu Yanhao, don't drag the brothers to death, and say in public that you should be beheaded according to the law first." The 100,000 troops of the Annan battalion are only a day's journey from here, and we old and weak soldiers are going to rebel with broken guns and sticks, do you want to die unhappily, and you will die with your mother and son? Come on, take Wu Yanhao down, and wait for treatment. ”

Liu Wei waved his hand and said: "Wait, let's discuss this matter, Brother Wu just said the wrong thing in a hurry, and he didn't need to use a knife or a gun." Brother Wu, don't talk nonsense about rebellion, the court has strict laws and disciplines, and if you talk nonsense about this handsome, you won't be able to protect you. ”

Wu Yanhao got up and thanked him, the hall was quiet, his breathing was heavy, and no one spoke up when everyone was thinking about their hearts. Liu Wei broke the silence and said: "It's not early, Zhao Bingzhong, set up two tables of wine, and I will have a few drinks with my brothers." I don't know if I can drink this wine after the New Year. ”

The atmosphere of the banquet was very dull, everyone had no intention of talking and laughing, and the scene dispersed in half an hour, Zhao Bingzhong arranged for Liu Wei and others to live in the back courtyard, and returned to their usual residence. There was a guard in front of the door, and Zhao Bingzhong ordered: "Go and call Wang Yiming." Wang Yiming is the head of his tun and his confidant, and Wang Yiming came to his residence in a moment.

"Yiming, what do you think of what Liu Shuai said today?" Zhao Bingzhong asked.

Wang Yiming rolled his eyes and recalled: "I have been observing Liu Shuai's expression, when Wu Yanhao said that he was going to rebel, Liu Shuai seemed to be happy, general, you have to beware of Liu Shuai's reckless moves." ”

Zhao Bingzhong gasped and said: "No wonder he didn't let me arrest Wu Yanhao, and Yang Sixuan's words were clearly stirring up everyone's emotions, along the way, I always felt that Liu Wei, Xu Mingde, and Yang Sixuan were doing something behind my back, didn't they want to rebel?" ”

Wang Yiming said: "I estimate that Liu Shuai is taking one step at a time, if they can calm down the incident, they will implement the new Tuntian policy according to the will of the court, if they can't calm down, Zhang Shuai is tightly pressing, so they simply reversed, left and right is a dead end, it is better to take a risk." ”

Zhao Bingzhong nodded again and again, and said, "Yes, Liu Wei, they must think so." The 100,000-strong army of the Annan camp is not far away, they are looking for death, damn, they will make Lao Tzu miserable. No, I can't be coerced by them, I want to report it to Zhang Dashuai. ”

After making up his mind, Zhao Bingzhong came to the table, picked up a pen and paper and wrote a whistleblower letter to Zhang Yuanguan, saying that Liu Wei colluded with Xu Mingde and Yang Sixuan, secretly instigated the army's morale, and instigated rebellion.

After writing the letter, Zhao Bingzhong handed it to Wang Yiming and said: "Liu Wei will definitely keep an eye on me, and he will definitely pull me up when he goes to Wuling tomorrow, you wait for me to leave, go to Huairen Mansion in person, hand over the letter to Zhang Dashuai, and let him secretly send troops to take down Liu Wei and others in one fell swoop." ”

Wang Yiming took the letter and said, "Don't worry, the general, the humble post will definitely be done." ”

"Yiming, if the rebellion of Liu Wei and others can be quelled, Zhang Shuai will definitely be rewarded for his meritorious deeds, and I estimate that he can succeed Liu Wei as the commander of the tun, and at that time I will promote you as the commander of the tun army." Zhao Bingzhong smiled and made a wish.

Wang Yiming left from the front door, and a black shadow turned over the low wall of the back door, and it was Yang Sixuan. After identifying the direction, Yang Sixuan walked towards Wu Yanhao's residence.