"The father misunderstood the child!" Li Xin hurriedly said.

Hundreds of thousands of people rebelled in Shandong, but they were put down in a few months, and the combat power of the Praetorian Guard was so strong that Li Xin did not dare to think of rebellion no matter how bold he was.

"And what exactly are you trying to say?" Li Jingbai frowned.

"Father, the rebellion of thousands of hungry people in Zongdian Township seems to be huge, but it is just a group of rabble. But it is an excellent opportunity for our Li family.

Our Li family's fields are tens of thousands of acres, and there are thousands of tenants, as long as my father sends a word, he can gather thousands of strong men in an instant, as long as he promises to reduce the land rent next year, they will do whatever they want.

Then the child took the strong man to the county seat of Qixian County, and the county guards should cooperate with the outside, and they will definitely be able to defeat the thieves! In this way, it is easy to put down the chaos! The news will inevitably reach Your Majesty's ears, with such a merit, how can Your Majesty make it difficult for our Li family again? Li Xin said confidently.

Li Jingbai was silent for a moment, and then said, "What if Your Majesty is jealous because of this?" ”

Li Xin's eyes widened: "How is it possible?" Your Majesty has a strong army of 100,000, how can you be afraid of our more than 1,000 Zhuang Ding? ”

Li Jingbai thought about it, and really couldn't think of a better way, if it was according to his son's method, maybe he could really let the Li family avoid a square wave, so he said: "Then let's try it." ”

Li Jingbai was sick and couldn't come forward in person, so he handed over everything to Li Xin.

Li Xin then sent domestic slaves to gather his tenants, and asked each household to produce a man, each with a dung fork, hoe, bamboo gun and other weapons, to gather outside the Li family's manor.

The lord calls each other, how dare the tenants disobey? In half a day, more than 1,000 people gathered outside the Li family's manor.

"Fathers and elders, there are hungry people in Zongdian Township who are making trouble in Xiangxian County, and it is very likely that they will come to my Li Zhuang, do you say that you can let the hungry people come?" Li Xin stood in front of the person and shouted loudly.

The tenants looked at each other, and finally someone shouted, "No! ”

"Can't!" Other tenants followed suit.

Li Jingbai is a person who has been a big official in the end, and he does not extort too much from the tenants, the land rent is not too high, and he often organizes the tenants to dig ditches to fight the drought when he has nothing to do at home, so the tenants of the Li family can barely get by and will not starve to death. And once thousands of hungry people come, I am afraid that every tenant will suffer, and everyone will never have a good life again!

"So my father and son gathered everyone here to fight the chaos and defend their homeland. As long as each household produces one strong man, the land rent will be reduced by 10% next year. During the exercise, my Li family took care of the meal, and I was full! If someone is injured and killed in a battle with the rebels, my Li family is responsible for supporting his wife, children, and family! Li Xin said angrily.

"Childe Rende, we all listen to Childe!" The tenants shouted.

In the next few days, Li Xin began to practice the formation of tenants. He is really not good at poetry books, but he has read a lot of miscellaneous books in other aspects, and he has also read some military books such as Sun Tzu's Art of War and Ji Xiaoxin's book.

More than 1,000 tenants, every 10 people formed a small team, 50 people were organized into a general flag, 100 people were organized into a sentry, a total of 10 sentinels. The captain of the squad was a powerful person among the tenants, and the general banner and sentry commander were all from the servants of the Li family.

In order to facilitate the identification, each squad leader has a black strip of cloth tied to the bamboo gun barrel, a black triangular flag is carried behind the general flag, each sentry commander has a black flag with a width of one foot, and a red flag with a three-foot square and eight feet high is erected on Li Xin's side.

Li Xin taught his subordinates to sign flags, so that each sentry commander and general flag captain could read simple flag language and train his subordinates to march in the queue. After two or three days of practicing like this, the team has already taken on some appearance, and it is time to lead the team to set off.

"My son, I've only been practicing for a few days, what's the use of such a soldier? It's better to keep the manor! Li Jingbai shook his head again and again.

Li Xin said with a smile: "Father, although the Zhuang Ding are useless, they have eaten a full meal for a few days, and at least they can follow the banner to advance and retreat." And those hungry people are a rabble, and they don't have the strength to be hungry, so why is it difficult to defeat them? ”

"Where is it so easy to fight, if the army is defeated, my Li Jiazhuang will be in danger, how to face thousands of fathers and elders? It is better to guard the manor. Li Jingbai sighed.

"Father's bad!" Li Xinzheng said, "If the hungry people are allowed to invade the city of Qixian and open the warehouse to release grain, more hungry people will follow, and I am afraid that the number will reach more than 10,000 people in an instant." With the money, food and weapons of the county seat, their strength will be on a higher level, if they come to fight my Lijiazhuang, then we can only be slaughtered. Therefore, now is the best opportunity to defeat the thief army, if you don't send troops now, I'm afraid there will be no more chance! ”

Li Jingbai thought about it and felt that what Li Xin said made sense, so he could only let Li Xin go.

In the past few days, Li Xin has also been sending people to inquire about the movements in Qixian County, and learned that the Zongdian rebels have gathered on the outskirts of Qixian County to rob, and have not yet invaded the county seat of Qixian County.

Li Xin still knows the combat effectiveness of the county soldiers, and it is okay to bully and bully the common people, but if he is really useless, he is worried that the county town will not be able to defend it, so he hurriedly sends troops.

Li Xin took more than 1,000 strong men to have breakfast, and it only took half a day to arrive in more than 20 miles.

At noon, he finally arrived outside the county seat, but what shocked Li Xin was that the county town of Qi was captured by the chaotic people!

"How is this possible?" Li Xin shouted.

A group of hungry people, where can there be combat effectiveness at all? There are at least four or five hundred soldiers in the city, and there are city walls to defend, and the hungry people don't know how to attack the city at all, and it is almost impossible to attack the city!

"Childe, I inquired, it was Qian Yi, the head of the county Yazhuang class, who led his subordinates to suddenly open the city gate and accept the thieves into the city!" A house slave inquired about the news and hurriedly came to report it.

It's still too late! Li Xin couldn't help but sigh. He was worried that such a thing would happen, so he hurriedly sent out the troops despite the fact that the strong man had only practiced for two or three days, but he didn't expect it to be too late.

As for why this is the case, it's not hard to imagine!

The Marquis of Pingbei is about to lead a large army to Henan, and he will inevitably take action against Henan officials, just like Shandong. A county official like Qian Yi has done all the bad things in his life, and he will definitely be unlucky at that time! In that case, why not take the opportunity of the chaos to attack the city?

Even if the rebellion fails, it can also be burned, killed and looted! It's better than waiting to die!

Qi County is like this, so if the officials of other cities encounter rebellion by the people, will they be like Qi County?

Li Xin can foresee that with the arrival of Zhang Shize in Pingbei, Henan will inevitably set off a monstrous chaos. And all this is the evil result of the emperor's chaos and destruction of the local system!

"Childe, what should we do?" The subordinate asked in alarm.

"Return to Lijiazhuang!" Glancing indignantly at the chaotic people on the city wall, Li Xin said in a deep voice. The city has been taken by hungry people and thieves, and it is useless to stay outside the city. With these more than 1,000 strong men, they can't beat the county seat, so they can only go back to their hometowns first.

However, at this moment, the city gate suddenly opened, and more than 100 thieves rushed out of the city gate, rushing towards the strong men, rushing to the front was actually a few war horses, the front standing horse, a red dress fluttering, on the back of the horse turned out to be a woman with a cold face!

"Defend in formation!" Li Xin said in a deep voice, ordering his subordinates to stop retreating and turn around to face the battle.

However, his subordinates were all peasants who farmed, and after only two or three days of training, the march was barely chaotic, and if he wanted to reorganize his troops to meet the battle when he retreated, where could he do it in a short time?

Although the number of thieves who killed out of the city was not large, and the several cavalry who rushed in front were a hundred paces away from the infantry behind, and they were completely disconnected from each other, but the speed of the war horses was too fast, and the momentum was amazing, where had these tenant farmers under Li Xin seen this? Seeing the huge war horses rushing at high speed, they were so frightened that their faces were colorless, and they didn't take into account Li Xin's order, so they ran away one after another.

For a while, more than a thousand strong men were frightened by several cavalry, and Li Xin, who was only watching, was dumbfounded. He used to be high-spirited and reprimanded, but he realized that although he had read a few military books, everything was just talk on paper......

"Childe, let's go!" The house slaves around him were quite loyal, and they ran away with the reins of the mule under Li Xin's crotch. However, there were strong men running around in front of them, and where did the mules run.

After a few breaths, a red-clothed horse rushed past Li Xin, and a straight elastic and explosive leg stretched out, kicking Li Xin off the back of the mule with one kick, and fell into a mess.

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