"Junmen, His Royal Highness King Fu died at the hands of thieves, you are not at fault, why do you want to write an excerpt asking for sin?" One of the generals asked unconvinced.

"Yes, Junmen, the people were forced to rebel by the previous governor, when His Royal Highness King Fu died at the hands of thieves, we haven't arrived in Henan yet, and you can't blame you for this matter." Another general answered.

These two generals said it, everyone, you and I said a word, and they all said that King Fu was dead, and they didn't have to be held responsible.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard these words, he just smiled, and the excerpt of the guilty plea was written correctly.

When I finished writing, I picked it up, blew it, and when the ink was dry, I put it away, packed it in a box, sealed it, and sent it to Jingshi.

"There is such a big thing, the former governor used his head to give the emperor an explanation, we can only exterminate the thieves and give the emperor an explanation, otherwise we will have no way to explain the affairs of Henan."

When the generals heard this, they were silent at first, and then a general said angrily: "We came from Beizhili to help Henan suppress thieves, share worries for the monarch's father, and solve problems for Henan, but the arrears of military salaries have only been repaid for one year, and we have never seen a penny of silver." ”

"We also received some silver, the military gate didn't even receive a penny of silver, this everyone knows, and they are all convinced, who told us to follow the military gate, but when we arrived in Henan, we came to fight for them, and they didn't even receive grain and grass in time, so we spent three days here in vain, otherwise maybe we could go to Luoyang to relieve the siege."

Another general took over with some indignation.

"Alas, the state affairs are difficult, and there is no grain in Henan, and these grains are still transferred from Huguang."

"Hmph," a general sneered, and said coldly, "State affairs are very difficult, and some people can eat a year's salary of one of our soldiers with a meal at home. ”

"You mean ......, those people?"

"Who else are there who make money in the imperial court, and their families rely on their power to make money in the south, and no one cares about droughts and floods, and there is no food in the soil, and there is no relief, so this has become a scourge of thieves."

"I heard that when we came out this time, the military salary was already cut in half when it came out of the household department!"

This news was like lighting a fire on dry firewood, and it immediately ignited the fire of the generals of the Tianxiong Army.

"Even other people's money for selling their lives has to be greedy for ink, I want to see if the thieves hit the capital division, who helps them defend the city, and whether they still have life to enjoy."

The generals of the Tianxiong Army became more and more angry the more they talked, and then they actually made a noise.

"In that case, you might as well throw yourself into the thieves and fight to the Jingshi, how about it?"

Lu Xiangsheng's words were not loud, and when they reached everyone's ears, they were like a thunderclap, and they were suddenly silent.

Lu Xiangsheng raised his eyes and looked around, as far as the eye could see, all the generals lowered their heads, looked at the ground, and did not dare to confront him.

"What you say is the truth, in peacetime, you can write a bullet and report it to the emperor, there is a division of exploration, the law department convicts, huge corruption and evil, exile, beheading, hanging, but now internal and external troubles, the court is in chaos, and the government and the opposition are shaken immediately, and the world is in chaos.

At that time, more people will suffer, and our Daimyo Mansion may not be spared, and your relatives will also suffer from the pond fish, and the Ming Dynasty will die if it is not said. Now, don't think about the matter of Jingshi, think about the most important thing we should do in front of us, Li Thief, who has occupied Luoyang and has 40,000 troops. ”

The generals of the Tianxiong Army didn't expect to complain, Da Ming was about to die, where did this matter start!

The sudden silence in the big tent could be heard of the falling needles.

The overall situation has always been able to bluff people, and everyone doesn't want to do those dirty things in the court for the time being, and instead focus on the enemy army at present.

"What do you think of this resurgent beggar?"

It was Lu Xiangsheng who took the lead in speaking and broke the silence.

"Junmen, this beggar army is very different from the thieves we have seen in Beizhili before. In the past, the thieves were uncertain, regardless of the officials and the people, and they were all harmed, and the jade was burned. The people all gritted their teeth and hated it. Now this beggar army, which does not disturb the people, specializes in killing corrupt officials and inferior gentry, and also divides the land, I heard that it has won the support of the people. ”

"According to the detailed report, the thieves surrounded Luoyang, and the surrounding people spontaneously dismantled the door panels and used them as pontoon bridges and shields for the enemy, and the military rations of the thieves were also supplied by the people."

"The thief army's 'killing corrupt officials and inferior gentry, dividing the land' has spread to Kaifeng, and the people here all hope that the thief army will come soon and bring them a good life."

"The Li thief attacked the city, and very few were captured by the soldiers, most of them were the defenders in the city who responded internally, and the inside responded to the outside, and they fell into the city."

"They conquered the cities, villages and towns, divided the fields, and then selected young men from the families of those who divided the fields, and incorporated them into the army.

"This is not right, not only are there young and strong people who voluntarily surrendered, but also the officers and soldiers who surrendered, I don't know how many."

"They specialize in eating big households, they can't eat all the food, they can't run out of silver, where are they like us, like those who ask for food."

The Tianxiong army generals will say a word to you, and I will outline the image of an army that has won the hearts of the people, is elite, has sufficient food and salary, and has strong combat effectiveness.

Such an image, every time it is strengthened, Lu Xiangsheng's face turns blue, and in the end, when the Tianxiong generals feel that their generals are in a different mood, Lu Xiangsheng's complexion has already turned iron-blue.

Only then did the generals save their morale as a thief and extinguish their prestige, whether it caused displeasure in the hearts of the generals, and they were all silent and did not dare to speak again.

"You say, for the Li thief, is it to suppress or caress it?"

Lu Xiangsheng still had a calm face and asked about the strategy of suppressing the thief.

When the generals saw Lu Xiangsheng diverge from the topic, they all breathed a sigh of relief and considered it separately.

"The military gate, simple suppression, simple fu, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, but the last general has a strategy, suppressing and appeasing together, and the enemy army can be disintegrated in a short time."

One of the Silver Armor generals spoke out.

"Really? What a good idea, let's hear it. ”

Lu Xiangsheng softened his face and motioned to his subordinates to continue.

"The military gate, the thief has always been easy to win, but it is difficult to set. When they were defeated, they fled, and we left, and they came back. Here we came, and they ran again. Calling back and forth, they didn't do much, but they dragged us down first. The imperial court is now more and more unable to use troops for a long time. Therefore, from the perspective of humble duties, in the long run, it is necessary to learn from Li Thief. ”

The silver-armored general said this, but stopped again, obviously waiting for Lu Xiangsheng to digest his words, and then say what he wanted to say but didn't say.

Sure enough, as soon as Lu Xiangsheng finished listening, he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The whole world is not the king's land, as a courtier, you can't privately distribute the land to the people, otherwise, if you don't need Li Thief to kill me, the emperor will kill me first." ”

"Junmen, why not, why are the people willing to follow the Li thief, just because the Li thief gave them the land. But after all, the thief was a thief, and the people were forced to join him out of desperation. All we need to do is ask the court to distribute the land to the people.

Of course, the people are more willing to believe in the imperial court, as long as we make a promise, and echo again before the battle, the people will defect, and Li Thief can only be arrested. If this strategy is used, our army can win at a very small cost. The imperial court has also exempted the expenditure of money and grain, and the military gate is a wonderful plan! A red-armored general's eyes lit up, and he strongly agreed with this strategy.

"As you say, they are uncertain, and where they cause trouble, let us pacify the people according to this policy, and then we will not distribute all the fields of the gentry under heaven to the people, and the commanders of the capital will agree?"

"This ....."

The crowd was asked by Lu Xiangsheng with a word, but they all looked at each other and couldn't answer.

"That's it, it's not feasible to divide the land among the people. This Li thief, this court categorically does not want to soothe, if he is like an ordinary thief, he does a lot of evil, this court may appease him. Now, looking at his style, it is far from the pattern that a thief should have, he doesn't want to stir up the world and change the dynasty! ”

"Change of dynasty!?"

"The military gate, just a thief, should also change the dynasty, he killed the scholars, and the world's corporal is the enemy, how can the dynasty be changed? He called himself dead. ”

"Where to kill scholars, Henan's not the first talent, the hopeless people who are officials, many of them have gone to him, ten years of cold windows, two lists of jinshi, county orders that can only be done by hard qualifications, prefects, one side of the shepherd, to Li Thief, a show can be done, let alone lift people.

The scholars of the world, Li Thief only hates officials, and only kills corrupt officials, and he has released all the Qing officials, but he was killed by the court because of the loss of the city and land. ”

"This ........"

"Dare to ask the military gate, is there only one way for us to fight to the death with the Li thief."