Fifteen days later, on August 14, outside Le'an County, Chief Su pulled out a knife and put it on Luo Ren's neck, stared at Luo Ren with angry eyes, and said angrily: "This is your purpose? Forcing us to rebel with you? ”

Not only him, but the generals who were guarded by the three guards of King Qi around him all stared at Luo Ren with their eyes open. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 If gaze could kill, Luo Ren would have died a hundred times.

Luo Ren said with difficulty: "It's not that I want to force you to rebel, it's Lu Yuan who wants to force you to rebel." Now my wife and children, as well as your wives and children, are in Qingzhou City. It's all in Lu Yuan's hands. ”

"You may not be afraid of death, but if you only commit a crime, as long as the court does not pursue your descendants, I am afraid that you will be willing to die. But now that your children are in Qingzhou City and are controlled by Lu Yuan, the little people in his hands can't guard the city for a few days, and he knows it himself, but he always has time to kill all your wives and children. The same goes for my wife and children. ”

Chief Su still didn't put down the knife, and continued to say sharply: "Your own wife and children were threatened by Lu Yuan, and they couldn't help themselves, so they dragged us to rebel together?" How did I, Chief Su, get acquainted with such a brother as you! ”

Luo Ren said: "All my sons are in his hands, what would you do if it were you?" ”

Chief Su didn't know how to answer for a while. He may not have done the same thing as Luo Ren.

In fact, Luo Ren didn't tell the whole truth. His sons are indeed all in Lu Yuan's hands, but he also has no way out because he accidentally slept with the concubine Lu of Qi. slept with the prince's concubine, only one level lower than rebellion, but it was a big crime to be beheaded. Unless it is a huge contribution, you can be exempted from being beheaded, but I still can't live.

Chief Su put down the knife, pulled out the knife and put it back in the sheath, sighed, and said in a deep voice: "Then it can only be reversed!" Then Chief Su turned his head and said to the others: "Everyone's wives and children are in the hands of Lu Yuan, and they first led the troops out of the garrison without authorization, and then eliminated the soldiers and generals of the Le'an Thousand Households, which has already made such a big mistake, so they can only follow and rebel together." ”

Although the others were still angry and wanted to draw their swords and kill Luo Ren, most of them were rational and knew that they couldn't kill Luo Ren now, and the few people who were not rational were also stopped.

Then Chief Su and the other two guards commanded a small number of troops to collect the corpses of the soldiers and generals of the slaughtered Le'an Thousand Households, while the rest of the army camped and rested.

Chief Su asked again: "Luo Ren, is this rebellion led by King Qi?" Why the hell is the rebellion? Several other fellow intellectuals also looked at him. They all want to be a ghost.

Luo Ren then gave them a rough explanation of what happened.

After listening to Luo Ren's words, Chief Su said softly: "No wonder, King Qi didn't ride a horse this time, but sat in a carriage. And he didn't get out of the car to inspect the army, but just watched from a distance in the car. And every time we went to see King Qi in the carriage, he was lying down and sleeping. ”

"I was actually suspicious, but I thought that His Royal Highness the King of Qi was sick or angry with the court, but I didn't expect that you were looking for someone to pretend to be the King of Qi. At the same time, he also left the real Zhu Rong in the carriage, but when he always fed the real Zhu Rong medicine to let him sleep, we looked at it and knew that Zhu Rong was really there. ”

Chief Su analyzed it, and it was pointless to pursue this further. The most important thing now is what to do next.

Now that most of the generals have been pulled onto the thief ship, the army can basically command with relative confidence. Of course, this is only relative, if a military general commands an army alone, and then his wife and children are safe, this military general will inevitably lead the army back to the side of the court, even if he does not survive in the end.

And now if most of the wives and children of this army are safe, it is inevitable that the entire army will kill Luo Ren and others and return to the imperial court.

Chief Su and Luo Ren discussed the next move in the cooperation of each ghost.

Chief Su took out a map of Shandong, pointed to the location of Qingzhou Mansion and said, "Now we must first send a trustworthy army back to assist Lu Yuan in controlling Qingzhou City." There is a large amount of grain and grass in Qingzhou City, and it is probably impossible to lay down other places with a large amount of grain and grass for a period of time in the future, so Qingzhou must be firmly occupied. ”

Chief Su looked at the map, and then said: "There are Yishan, Mushan and other mountain ranges in the south of Qingzhou, as long as you send troops to occupy Muling Pass, you don't have to worry about the south." However, the east side is close to Laizhou, and Changle County alone cannot be defended, so it is necessary to send troops to the east, at least to occupy Changyi, advance to the area of Jiaoshui (now Jiaolai River), and resist the troops of Denglai with glue. ”

"In fact, it is best to occupy Laishan and threaten Laizhou, but I am afraid it is difficult to do it, and it is even difficult to resist the soldiers of Denglai with glue. It is impossible to send too many soldiers to the east, and there are Dengzhou Wei, Laizhou Wei, Lingshanwei, Jinghaiwei, Chaoshanwei, Chengshanwei and other guards in Denglai Second Prefecture, with a total strength of 70,000 or 80,000 troops. ”

"In addition, to the north, we must occupy Binzhou. Binzhou coastal is dangerous, the fish and salt are abundant, the screen of the solid scenery and Cang, and the form of Liao and Qianzhi are the gateways of the three Qi and must be taken. ”

"After controlling Mulingguan, Jiaolu, and Binzhou, Qingzhou will be safe for the time being."

"However," Chief Su said with a wry smile, "Under normal circumstances, with the more than 30,000 people in our hands, it is absolutely impossible to take these three places in a short period of time. Not to mention that it is impossible for us to attack these three places with the main army, so we can only send partial divisions to fight. There is no chance of winning. ”

At this time, Luo Ren said: "But we have an advantage now, that is, most places don't know that we have rebelled. ”

"From Qingzhou Fucheng all the way north, I only passed through Linzi County and Le'an County in front of me. And Linzi County did not guard the palace, and it was defended by the three guards of King Qi, so now Linzi should not have found the problem, and immediately send troops to occupy Linzi and Le'an to ensure that the news does not leak. ”

"In this way, we can trick the city gate into opening and seize these places."

"I estimate that it was not until our soldiers occupied Mulingguan and Weixian that they found a large army rebelling in the southeast of Shandong, and then urgently notified the capital by sea, and gathered the local army to set out to hold the city and send troops to seize the important places that had been lost in the territory. But this is a place where we have already stabilized, and we can't defeat it with a hastily assembled army, and we must have a large army sent by the imperial court to conquer it. ”

"In this way, opportunities are created for the actions of the main army."

Chief Su said, "That's it. And the 20,000 main army we have in our hands must immediately go east," Chief Su pointed to a place on the map, and then said, "Occupy this place." Only by occupying this place can it not be quickly overturned. Otherwise, he will be trapped in Ludong and will be finished without much momentum. ”