In fact, for this kind of deception, Sun Chen probably knows what's going on, after all, he is also a state assassin, and he still knows a little about the unspoken rules here.

There are generally two reasons why local officials generally do not report rebellions: one is that they are worried about affecting their political performance and do not want to let the upper authorities know that there is a rebellion below; There is also a kind of self-respect, some local officials and generals need credit, how to come? It is impossible to quell the disturbance of dozens or hundreds of people, but when the scale of the rebellion grows to thousands or tens of thousands, and then it is pacified, it is different.

However, the latter is generally difficult to control, and sometimes the rebels suddenly develop, and then the situation is one-sided. And when the rebellion broke out, due to interests, as long as the rebels entered their own jurisdiction, many generals were not willing to take action at all. Just like the Huangchao army began to be able to fight in most of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, which is the reason.

Although Sun Chen knew about these things, it was not easy to tell Li Ye, after all, it was an unspoken local rule.

"Your Highness, it's useless to talk about this now. Now that the rebels are fighting in two states, if the rebellion is not quelled, the eastward passage of Xichuan will also be affected. Sun Ye saw the embarrassment of his second brother, so he diverted Li Ye's attention and focused everyone's attention on the rebellion in the southeast.

"This should also be Chen Jingxuan's festival envoy to worry about, what does it have to do with His Highness?" Pei Rong on the side said without thinking.

"Pei Sima, you can't say that, the main forces of the Xichuan Army are in Qiongzhou and Yazhou, how can there be more troops to quell the rebellion in Rongzhou?" Zheng Ningji shook his head and said.

"Isn't there still a Shence Army near Chengdu Mansion? There were 50,000 or 60,000 people, and it was enough to put down the rebellion by transferring a part of the troops to cooperate with Jiazhou, Meizhou and other places. Pei Rong said.

"Your Highness is still a solicitor, and it is still Your Highness's job to quell the rebellion." Sun Ye did not agree with Zheng Ningji's opinion, he was a native of Xichuan, and he knew what the consequences of Rongzhou and other places being occupied by rebels would have little impact in the short term, but in the long run, Chengdu Mansion would be greatly affected.

Regarding Sun Ye's words, Li Ye is not good at attacking the other party, and with the current situation, it is impossible for him to continue to serve as a solicitor to quell the rebellion.

Sure enough, on the second day of Li Ye's return, there was a holy decree coming from Chengdu, which was roughly to let Li Ye lead the Tiance army back to Chengdu, and the military affairs of Qiongzhou, Yazhou, Shuzhou and other places were temporarily handed over to Gao Renhou to take care of until the rebellion was completely quelled.

As for the rebellion in Rongzhou and other places, Chen Jingxuan ordered the general Zhuang Mengdie to lead 5,000 troops to quell the rebellion, while Gao Renhou's army left 5,000, and the others were also transferred to Zhuang Mengdie to quell the rebellion in Rongzhou and other places as soon as possible.

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"Attack!"

Under the city of Yazhou, Gao Renhou personally commanded the army to cross the Tsing Yi River and launch an attack on Yazhou City.

On the north bank of the Tsing Yi River, 8,000 officers and soldiers stood there neatly, their eyes were serious, and thousands of archers raised their bows and arrows and continued to shoot towards the city on the other side of the river. Behind them, the drummer was beating the drum, the drum shook the sky, and with the sound of the drum, fifteen trebuchets started at the same time, and the long arm swing out, throwing the boulder weighing dozens of catties high, and a dozen boulders rolled in the air, whistling and smashing into the opposite city wall.

With a 'boom', the boulder fell, directly smashing a dent in the city wall, and then rolling towards the crowd, and suddenly the flesh and blood flew sideways, which was unbearable. A series of boulders smashed into the walls inside and outside, and screams rang out one after another.

Under the cover of trebuchets and bows and arrows, a large number of soldiers crossed the Tsing Yi River, raised ladders and began to attack the city. Although many boulders also fell from the city wall, smashing some ladders, more ladders were built on the city wall, and a soldier of the famous army began to climb with a shield.

With more than 30 ladders on the city wall, thousands of officers and soldiers rushed up like a swarm, raising their horizontal knives and spears in their hands and rushing to the city tower. Arrows rained down on the tower, rolling wood and stones fell like hailstones, and at the same time, swords and spears stabbed, and suddenly flesh and blood flew sideways. Although several of the ladders were pushed away and then fell backwards, more soldiers used the ladders to climb the towers.

Compared with the number of officials and soldiers, the rebels in the city were in a hurry, because the main force was lost in famous mountains and other places, there were not many troops withdrawn, plus the army left in the city, there were only two or three thousand remnants of the defeated generals, and they were not at all the opponents of the tens of thousands of officers and troops head-on.

Moreover, Gao Renhou received an order from Chen Jingxuan to transfer the surplus army to Meizhou as soon as possible, so he had to speed up the attack, take Yazhou, and kill Guo Qi.

Gao Renhou naturally went all out, and the rebels in the city gradually lost their support in the case of the full strength of the official army, and the city tower was full of officers and soldiers who had boarded up, if there were no reinforcements, it would be a matter of time before the city tower was lost.

"General, we can't fight anymore, the brothers have suffered heavy casualties, and if we continue to fight, we will all die here." A bloodied general came to the Thorn Mansion in the middle of the city, looking sad and indignant.

"Do we still have to surrender to Gao Renhou?" A general next to him asked rhetorically.

"My people are fighting bloody battles in front, and you are talking cool here?" The blood-covered general looked at the colleague next to him, waited for the other party with wide eyes, clenched his weapon in his hand, and drew his sword if he didn't agree with him.

"Surrender? Even if I, Guo Qi, die, it is impossible for me to surrender to Gao Renhou and Chen Jingxuan. Guo Qi said ruthlessly.

"General, then we can only retreat, if we continue to fight like this, we will really die in Yazhou."

"Retreat? Where can I evacuate? Guo Qi looked bitter.

Although the area of Yazhou is large, except for the state capital, the rest of the south is a sparsely populated place, and although it can survive in those places, it is not a long-term solution.

"General, why don't we take refuge in Nanzhao?" Suddenly, someone suggested.

"Nanzhao? No, when Nanzhao invaded, my family died at the hands of the Nanzhao army, even if I died, I would not take refuge in Nanzhao. I, Zhang, am born in the Tang Dynasty and died in the Tang Dynasty, and I will never take refuge in Nanzhao, the country of projectiles. ”

"Just your surname Zhang has a grudge against Nanzhao? I am also the person who came back then, but if I don't take refuge in Nanzhao, do you want to take refuge in Chen Jingxuan? Or die here? We can't go back to Datang, so it's better to take refuge in Nanzhao and take revenge from Nanzhao in the future. ”

No one agreed to this suggestion on the spot, and many of the people present, as long as they were of the age, were people who had fought against the Nanzhao army in the first war of the Nanzhao invasion, and let them take refuge in Nanzhao, and they couldn't accept it for a while. However, now that Gao Renhou is attacking the city on a large scale, if they don't make a choice as soon as possible, when Gao Renhou's army enters the city, they will not be able to leave if they want to.

However, Guo Qi and others still chose to retreat south, although it was said to be retreating to Lizhou. Since Xi's Prefecture (now Xichang) was occupied by Nanzhao more than ten years ago, Lizhou has become a border, and the thousands of troops here have strong combat effectiveness, but it is not the remnants of the defeated army led by Guo Qi that can be defeated.

When Gao Renhou entered the city and learned that Guo Qi had escaped again, he was furious and scolded Guo Qi for not being worthy of being a soldier. The angry Gao Renhou directly ordered the slaughter of all the rebels in the city, leaving no one alive.

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"Big brother, what's going on with King Shou? How did he bring back so many Taoist priests from Qingcheng Mountain, could it be that this Shouwang was also interested in the art of immortality? If so, is this Shouwang worthy of the help of our Sun family? ”

Since the Tiance Army would return to the court the next day, before leaving, Sun Chen couldn't help but find Sun Ye and express his incomprehension.

Sun Mei is the son of King Shou who has already been decided, and Sun Ye, the current head of the Sun family, is also the head of King Shou's Mansion, so even if the Sun family doesn't want to follow King Shou, they don't have a choice. Just like Zheng Jin, although he has a general relationship with Shouwangfu, his eldest son serves as Sima in Shouwangfu.

Originally, Sun Chen had a very good impression of Li Ye, who was both civil and military, knowledgeable and courteous, and had the style of a king. If Li Ye can really ascend to the throne, the Sun family can also be rich and prosperous together, even if it is a little suffering in the middle, it is acceptable. But when Li Ye came back from Qingcheng, he actually brought a bunch of Taoist priests, and they were also Taoist priests of alchemy, which made him very uncomfortable.

Could it be that the people in this royal family like to pursue that ethereal immortality?