In the next three days, the Ghost King Army and the Yuxue Army fought a few more times, to be honest, these battles were tepid, and the Yuxue Army was very eager to win, but the Ghost King Army was not, if you wanted to fight, you could fight for a while, and if you didn't want to fight, you would deal with the next troops, so that the Yuxue Army was anxious but helpless. And this is a side confirmation that the strength of the Ghost King's army is average, and the defeat of Yuxue in the war and the previous defeats of Cao Houye are all due to other reasons. Wu Shangshu looked at the daylight of Marquis Cao even more fiercely and dissatisfied, and the smile on the face of the fifth prince became more and more real.

The five princes and Wu Shangshu discussed it and decided to write to the emperor, Cao Hou Ye was unfavorable, arbitrary, and had no achievements on the battlefield, so it was better to remove Cao Hou Ye and recall him back to Qiongcheng, and the five princes would lead the army against the ghost king army alone.

As soon as this fold arrived in the main hall, Emperor Yuxue immediately approved it. It's just that as soon as the herald walked out, several shocking news spread into Qiongcheng, making Yuxue Guojun almost stunned in the main hall.

First of all, a group of bandits on Hutou Mountain in the north rebelled, they intercepted 200,000 loads of grain and grass that passed by to be transported to the front line, and incited the surrounding people to join the rebellion. In just a few days, more than 100,000 people have been entangled.

Of course, there must be a reason for everything, why should the people rebel, this time Emperor Yuxue also heard the answer. According to Yuxue's regulations, there are men in the family who enlist in the army, they can be exempted from paying taxes, and the people there are poor, so the men have enlisted in the army in order to reduce the burden of the family, of course, according to the regulations, this tax can not be collected. But there are no taxes, local officials have no political achievements, and they have no oil and water, so they naturally don't do it, so they often set up some names to ask the people for money.

Until not long ago, an official forced an old man to hang, and his wife went to the yamen to complain but was broken leg, and was finally rescued by the bandits on Hutou Mountain. Of course, how could the official master admit his mistake, and said that these people do not abide by the law and should be punished as anti-thieves. In the end, the bandits smashed the yamen, scolding them for being more domineering than their bandits in these years, and the hearts of officials are darker than theirs. Didn't you say that we were thieves, and I was the opposite. Therefore, they set up the banner of restoring justice and played the slogan of making decisions for the people.

And in the village near the Ghost King Mountain Range in the east, they also found the assembled Ghost King army, the number of which was no less than 100,000, they attacked all the way, and captured Licheng within three days, subdued the 100,000 troops garrisoned in Licheng, and now 200,000 horses are coming to Qiongcheng.

And why was the Licheng army so easily subdued? Most of the soldiers in the Licheng garrison were from nearby villages, and most of them ran out to serve as soldiers, most of them also wanted to reduce the burden on their families. As long as there are no taxes, the family's two acres of land can be fed, clothed, and warm, and they can live a good life. It's just that the local officials said that they didn't pay taxes anymore, and what did they want the land to do, and they took all the land in one go to build houses for the rich. Therefore, when the ghost king soldiers came to scold the battle on the first day, what they scolded was: You are a group of fools, you are selling your life here, and your old lady is asking for food, you know no. Fool, write a letter or simply find someone to go home and see, your old son and mother are gone, the land is still gone, you don't fight with your group of fools, you pity you.

The defenders of Licheng really haven't seen anyone scolding in the same way, but hearing the ghost king army say that these don't seem to be fake, so some people have moved their minds. Although their generals saw that the situation was not good, they did not allow anyone to leave. But after all, they all live nearby, and there are some things that you can still hear as long as you want to ask. And when many people hear that their family members are really asking for food, which one of them can bear it. Led by one or two people, they opened the gates of the city, and so it fell. However, the Ghost King Army also spoke his word and returned all the land within a radius of 100 miles that was expropriated by corrupt officials.

In other northern towns, there were also several groups of men who rebelled. However, they are small in number, and they are only robbing some rich people, and they are not the climate. But they gave most of their money to the poor people, and many people have already followed them, and presumably more people will join them in the future, so we must pay attention to it.

Yuxue, who was originally stable, was in turmoil for a while, and there was an army of ghost kings approaching Qiongcheng in front of her. There are now 200,000 ghost king troops coming in the east, and the 100,000 troops of Hutou Mountain in the north should not be underestimated. But these are not the point, the focus is on the people's will. Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people lose the world, this sentence Yuxue Guojun usually doesn't take it to heart, but when he is embattled today, he suddenly feels that this sentence is a thousand pounds.

If the 100,000 Ghost King Army in front of him didn't let him take it to heart, then the Ghost King Army, which has now increased to 300,000, gives him a deep sense of crisis. And the rebels who rebelled everywhere made his heart grow like grass, and he couldn't settle down for a moment. For a while, he suddenly felt that the sky in front of him had changed, and he couldn't see tomorrow in sight, the original sure victory was gone, and the Ghost King Army was close to him.

The Yuxue army panicked, and the other ministers were not calm, saying everything, and many people began to advocate peace, of course, this time it was a real peace, and they showed their sincerity to negotiate peace.

In the end, it was Prime Minister Zhang Cheng who gave everyone a reassurance, Yuxue still has 600,000 troops, as long as we are willing to fight well, Moyun will not be able to get benefits even if he has 600,000 troops, not to mention, they don't have many troops, and now they are only 300,000. Yuxue's most elite Jiang family army has not yet fought, what is there to fear. As for the rebellion in various places, there is no need to be afraid, as long as the ghost king's army is repulsed, they will not dare to make trouble.

It's just that Prime Minister Zhang's sentence of fighting well reminded Yuxue Guojun of his transfer of Cao Houye. Compared with Cao Hou Ye, the fifth prince is a hairy child who doesn't understand anything, originally he just thought that Yuxue would win, and whoever fought would be the same, so he didn't take Cao Hou Ye to heart, and now, he had to let Zhen think about the correctness of his approach, but how could he take it back if he just said it?

The Jiang family army must be used now, but he is still not at ease, there are already Licheng defenders who have defected in front of the formation, what if the Jiang family comes again?

Yuxue Guojun thought about it for a long time and finally made a decision. Order Cao Hou Ye to replace the five princes to lead the troops to resist the ghost king army, and within a month, the ghost king army will be repelled and recapture the lost city. Order Jiang Houye's soldiers to divide into two routes, one is led by Jiang Rui to exterminate the anti-thieves in Hutou Mountain, and all the way to block the 200,000 ghost king army that marched into Qiongcheng, and must stop this ghost king army and not let it enter the vicinity of Qiongcheng. In order to protect the safety of the families of the two marquis, from now on, the mansions of the two marquis will be guarded by the Praetorian Guards until the crisis in Qiongcheng is resolved.

Of course, everyone knows the latter article, what is for the safety of the two provinces, this is to treat their families as hostages, and they are afraid that the two marquis will not work hard, so they threaten each other with their families. The king of a country has reached such a point of trust in the important ministers of the country, I don't know how the two marquis will feel.

When Marquis Jiang learned the news, he could only sigh. Looking at Jiang Ruizhen, who had been depressed and lonely since he came back, the father and son were relatively speechless. Marquis Jiang was very happy about his son's safe return, but he also understood what the ghost king was doing. But he had nothing to say and no more excuses. Now in this situation, he doesn't want to say anything more, since ancient times, the monarch has to die, and the minister has to die, thinking too much is useless.

patted his son on the shoulder, and Marquis Jiang said: "Do what you have to do, do your duty as a courtier, don't think about the rest." ”

Jiang Ruizhen lowered his head, thought for a while and asked, "Father thinks our Jiang family will be the second Ning family?" "The Ning family was accused of collaborating with the enemy without doing anything, but he was released intact by the enemy, and it makes more sense to say that he collaborated with the enemy. If there is such a day, how will they Jiang Ding choose?

Jiang Houye was stunned for a while, thought for a long time but did not have a good answer, and finally could only end the conversation with a sentence of "Let's talk about it when it comes to that day".

The first thing Cao Hou Ye received was the order to transfer him back to Beijing and hand over the military power to the five princes. Under the triumphant gaze of the five princes, Marquis Cao handed over the military power and rushed to Qiongcheng without stopping for a moment. And on the way, he received a diametrically opposite order, he could take charge of the army alone, but his family was taken care of. Marquis Cao could only smile bitterly, as a courtier, he had no choice but to listen to orders, but he was extremely disgusted with such a monarch and such a court in his heart.

On the way back, Marquis Cao was convincing himself to cheer up, and the emperor's order was to drive the Moyun army out of Yuxue territory in one month. It's just that all this is not easy to say, although the Ghost King Army has not done its best, but on the battlefield, no one can withdraw if they want to fight, and they can withdraw if they want to. Their strength is above his Cao family's army, but what is the ghost king doing by not moving, won't it be these news. Could these have been arranged by the Ghost King? No, these things have been going on for a long time, and it is impossible for the Ghost King to do anything, and the only explanation is that she is waiting to join the Ghost King Army who came down from the Ghost King Mountain.

General Cao carefully analyzed the situation, but still believed that the safest and most effective way was to defend to the death. Defending as an offense is the best policy. After all, the ink clouds are coming from a long distance, and the continuity of grain and grass is a problem. If you can't attack for a long time, the soldiers will fall. That's when it's time to fight back.

Cao Houye thought of a plan all the way, but unfortunately as soon as he entered the city, he found bursts of screams from the city, and there were bursts of shouts and killings in the distance. Grabbing the side of the soldier asked, "What's the situation now?" ”

The soldier said: "After you left, the fifth prince led the army to send troops, and now the two armies are fighting fiercely. ”

Cao Hou Ye patted his head, it's over, the ghost king is waiting for this moment, it's all over.