The Yan Kingdom was in constant civil strife due to the struggle for the throne, and at the same time, the transfer of the political center of the Jin Kingdom to Liuhe was in full swing.

During this time, Liuhe has been greatly constructed, and the royal palace of Jin and the residences of Jin officials are being built, although the Jin court has not clearly stated that it wants to move the capital to Liuhe, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that in fact, Jin has been moving the capital.

Originally, there was a lot of harmony in the Jin Kingdom, and Zhao Yu was also excited because he finally came to the Liuhe River that was haunting his dreams, but at this time, a big bad news suddenly came.

The ministers of the Imperial Court who accompanied him back to Beijing were attacked by the rebels when they reached the junction of Chidi and Mudi, and as a result, the 10,000 soldiers of the Third Army who were responsible for escorting them were outnumbered and suffered heavy casualties, and the ministers of the imperial court suffered a catastrophe, and a total of 26 ministers and their families were affected and beheaded by the rebels.

More than 20 ministers were killed at once, and many of them were high-ranking officials and dignitaries above the second grade, which can be regarded as a shocking case.

Zhao Yu was filled with grief and indignation, and ordered Lin Haotian to strictly investigate the murderer, and be sure to arrest the rebels who killed the ministers of the imperial court.

Of course, Lin Haotian knew that there were no rebels, it was the work of the demon warriors, as for the dead and wounded soldiers of the Third Legion, they were all false reports, in fact, the Third Legion did not hurt a single soldier.

However, Lin Haotian did not let go of this opportunity, pushed the boat down the river, took advantage of the topic, and used the banner of exterminating the rebels to once again carry out a sweep in the whole country of Jin, crack down on the rebel forces in Jinguo, and consolidate the internal stability of Jinguo.

This was the second time that the Jin Kingdom had carried out a nationwide sweep of the rebel forces, and it affected a large number of people, including even the most submissive Mudi, which involved more than 10,000 people, and the vast majority of them were executed by the local government in the name of rebels.

It's different from the last time. Few of the people involved this time were ordinary people, and most of them were rich and powerful local families.

In the eyes of Lin Haotian and the Jin court, these local family forces are the most unstable factor and the biggest hidden danger in the Jin country, as long as these family forces do not collude with the local rebel forces, there will be no major rebellions in the Jin country.

This time it's a big clean-up. In a sense, it did play a great deterrent role, and the most interesting point is that this sweep did not arouse the disgust of the general public, and most of the people applauded when they saw that the local bullies and rich men were arrested and executed by the government.

The great sweep of the Jin country lasted for more than two months, and it felt that if it continued, there would be new turmoil in the Jin country, so Lin Haotian sent the order. Let the situation settle down.

After this sweep, it can be said that the centralization of power in the Jin State has reached its peak, and the people of Mudi and Chidi are all talking about 'rebellion', and no rebel forces have appeared in various localities, counties, and counties, at least they dare not appear in the open, openly encouraging the local people to confront the imperial court.

This is also exactly the effect that Lin Haotian and the imperial court wanted.

In order to maintain stability, Jin Guo adopted an iron-blooded wrist, which also made Jin Guo no longer have worries when playing games with foreign enemies in the future. On the other hand, Yanguo is fighting for power and profit within the imperial court. As a result, the local rebel forces in Yanguo began to rise one after another, among which the rebellion in Youdi was the most intense.

After the destruction of Youguo, the entire territory of Youdi was occupied by the Yan State, but the rule of the Yan State over Youdi was not peaceful, and rebellions occurred from time to time.

The folk customs of Youdi have always been strong, and Youguo has always implemented the all-people military system. This has led to the unruly personality of the people who are not afraid of heaven and earth, and do not obey the rule of the Yan Kingdom at all.

In the past, there was Yin Ji, and the Yan country was united, and even if there was a rebellion in Youdi, it was quickly pacified by the Yan army. Now that Yin Ji has died of illness, the court of Yanguo is busy with the struggle for power and is too busy to take care of itself, and the rebel forces in Youdi see an opportunity to take advantage of it, and then rise up to make waves.

One of the largest rebel forces was the rebel army led by Nie Shu.

Nie Shu claims to be the eighth son of Nie De, and Nie De is the eleventh son of Nie Xing, the king of You, counting up, Nie Shu is the forty-ninth grandson of Nie Xing, as for whether this is true or false, there is no way to verify, only he knows best.

However, under the banner of Nie Xing's forty-ninth grandson, Nie Shu gathered a group of Youren who were unwilling to be controlled by the Yan people in Youdi.

At the beginning, they didn't dare to blatantly resist the Yan people, they just hid in the old forests of the forest in the mountains, fell into the grass, made a living by robbing, and sneaked up on the small Yan army in the past from time to time, but Nie Shuqi was quite talented, and in just one or two years, he grew from a few hundred people to tens of thousands, as if there was a trend of forming an army.

It was only at this time that Nie Shu's forces really aroused the vigilance of the local government.

However, at this time, it was already extremely difficult for the local government to send troops to exterminate Nie Shu's forces.

Nie Shu's forces were already large, and the local government made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, the Yan army that entered the mountains for the first time to quell the chaos was only 5,000 people, or hastily entered the mountains without understanding the terrain and the enemy's situation, and the result can be imagined, 5,000 officers and troops were killed by the rebel forces led by Nie Shu, and more than half of them were lost, and they returned defeated.

When the local government put down the rebellion for the second time, it greatly increased its troops, and dispatched as many as 20,000 soldiers and horses, but after the last battle, Nie Shu's forces were also famous, and countless people came from all over the world to defect, and the number of personnel was nearly doubled in a very short period of time.

In the second rebellion, the two sides fought extremely fiercely, and in the end, it was because Nie Shu's forces occupied the advantages of time, place, and people and won a big victory.

Twice sent troops to quell the chaos, and returned twice with great defeats, this time the local government was frightened, and they no longer dared to quell the chaos alone, so they hurriedly reported to the Yanguo Imperial Court and asked the imperial court to dispatch the central army to quell the chaos.

At that time, it happened that there was a vacuum on the throne of Yanguo, and the princes and princesses ganged up and formed a gang in the court, each seeking personal gain, and the pacification of Nie Shu's rebellion was postponed indefinitely.

This just gave Nie Shu's forces precious time to sit down, taking advantage of the gap in the civil strife in the Yanguo court, Nie Shu's forces increased from tens of thousands to tens of thousands, and Nie Shu even raised the banner of recovering the country, proclaimed himself the general of You Guo, and led the rebels to attack the local government.

In just one month, the rebel army led by Nie Shu was overwhelmed. Twelve cities were built in succession in Yudi, and the sphere of influence reached five counties, one and a half counties, and it was rapidly expanding outward.

If this momentum continues, I am afraid that it will not take more than a year to recover, and it is really possible to recover the entire Youdi.

Nie Shu was able to grow the rebel force of only a few dozen people at the beginning to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands now. Even if there are opportunistic tricks, there is no doubt about their human ability.

He knows very well that with his current strength, he is far from being able to fight against Yan Guo, and the restoration of the country is just an empty talk, the reason why he has survived until now is that Yan Guo has not yet had time to deal with himself, but the throne of Yan Country cannot always be vacant, and sooner or later a new Yan King will be born. At that time, when the government and opposition of the Yan Kingdom are stable and concentrate their forces to crusade against themselves, the seemingly powerful rebel army under his command may collapse in an instant.

If he wants to survive for a long time, if he wants to recover Youguo, he has only one way to go, to form an alliance with a powerful country and join forces against the Yan country.

Right now. Those who can compete with the Yan State, or dare to be the enemy of the Yan State. There is only one country, that is, the Jin country, Nie Shu saw one point, and sent his cronies to the Jin country, wanting to talk about the alliance with Lin Haotian, the commander of the Jin army.

Of course, Nie Shu's retainers couldn't go directly to Liuhe to see Lin Haotian. It is impossible for him to see Lin Haotian, for the Jin Kingdom, who can know what kind of person you Nie Shu is, how can your subordinates meet the monarch of the Jin Kingdom?

The man went to Mudi first, and saw the commander of the Jin army stationed in Mudi. That is, the commander of the Iron Lion Army, Chu Chen.

For a long time, the Iron Lion Army has been stationed at the junction of Mudi and Youdi to defend against the invasion of the Yan Army, because the Iron Lion Army is too fierce and good at fighting, the Muyou border garrisoned by the Iron Lion Army has been very peaceful, even if it is often harassed, but there has never been an enemy invasion of the territory of the Jin Kingdom, Lin Haotian is very satisfied with Chu Chen's ability to govern the army and defend the land, so he let the Iron Lion Army Commander be stationed in Mudi to ensure the stability of Mudi.

Chu Chen is an orthodox Youren, compared to Youren, he can talk to him better, and he is now a marquis in the Jin Kingdom, and he is a dignified general, and he will definitely attract the attention of the Jin State by recommending him to the Jin State court.

Out of these considerations, Nie Shu's retainers first found Chu Chen.

Nie Shu's retainer is named Xun Xiu, and he still has some connections with Chu Chen, his father used to be a miscellaneous servant in Chu Chen's mansion, and he also saw Chu Chen when he was young.

When Xun Xiu came to the Jin Army camp to ask to see Chu Chen, it was in the name of such a relationship.

It's just that he doesn't know that the people who come to Chu Chen for this reason, even if there are not hundreds every month, there must be at least a dozen, if Chu Chen sees them all, how can he see them all?

Hearing that the soldiers were coming to report, and there were people outside the camp who claimed to be relatives of the former Nie Mansion family, and wanted to see him, Chu Chen shook his head and smiled bitterly, waved his hand, and said casually: "Give him a few taels of silver and send him away!"

The soldier said yes and turned to leave.

When Xun Xiu was waiting outside the camp, a soldier stepped forward, threw him a small cloth bag, and said impatiently: "This is the general's reward for you, take the silver, go back and forth from where!"

Xun Xiu looked at the small cloth bag in his hand, and couldn't laugh or cry.

Seeing that he was standing still and did not move, another soldier kindly persuaded: "This brother, I don't think you should go back to Youdi, take the silver, just stay in Jinguo, and do a little livelihood, it is better than staying in Youdi and suffering." ”

Xun Xiu stuffed the cloth bag back to the soldiers, and he said with a dry smile: "Everyone, I didn't come to ask General Nie for silver, I just wanted to see General Nie." ”

The captain of the soldiers frowned, and said in a deep voice: "The general is busy with affairs, how can you see him if you want to?" Hurry up and leave, and if you mess around again, don't blame us for being unkind to you." ”

Xun Xiu's mind turned, she secretly gritted her teeth, turned her heart sideways, and said: "Please ask this eldest brother to report to General Nie again, and say that he is here on the orders of General Nie Shu." ”

"General Nie Shu?" the captain of the soldiers was full of confusion, and he didn't seem to have heard of such a person in his impression.

He looked back at the other soldiers and asked them if they knew such a person, and all the soldiers shook their heads one after another, indicating that they had not heard of it.

The captain of the soldiers was sure that there was no general named Nie Shu in the Iron Lion Army, but he didn't dare to guarantee that Nie Shu was not a general of other legions, and if he really had a friendship with the general, he would not be able to eat and walk around if he offended the people he sent.

He pondered for a moment and asked curiously, "I don't know which legion this General Nie you are talking about?"

Xun Xiu said: "This eldest brother just go and report to General Nie. When General Nie heard the name of my general, he would know who he was. ”

"This ......" The captain pondered for a moment, and finally nodded reluctantly, and said, "Okay, I'll help you run again, but." Don't lie to me, or I'll make you look good!" After speaking, he glanced at Xun Xiu deeply, and then turned around and went back to the camp.

When he returned to the Zhongjun tent and reported to Chu Chen that Nie Shu had sent someone to ask for a meeting, Chu Chen was also stunned, and the latter held his chin and muttered, "Nie Shu, which Nie Shu?"

The person who came didn't say it, but said that the general would know who he was when he heard the name Nie Shu. ”

"That's weird. Chu Chen smiled. Among the generals he knew, there was no such number one person named Nie Shu at all. He pondered it carefully, confirmed that he didn't know this person, waved his hand and said, "Joke, Ben Shuai doesn't know this person." ”

The captain of the soldiers was so angry that he clenched his fists, and the boy outside the camp was so bold that he dared to come and tease him, he simply didn't want to live! Then he strode out angrily.

As soon as he walked out of the Zhongjun tent, Chu Chen's body inside suddenly shook. Suddenly remembered something, and shouted, "You come back!"

"What else does the general command?" When the captain heard Chu Chen's call, he hurriedly returned to the camp tent and looked at Chu Chen puzzled.

Chu Chen frowned and said, "Can someone say that Nie Shu is the general of my Jin Kingdom?"

The captain shook his head dumbfoundedly and said, "I didn't say it." ”

"Who is coming?"

"Oh...... Returning to the general. Listening to the accent, it should be from the Aiyama area. "The Xiangshan he is talking about is the Xiangshan County of Yudi.

"Ah, I see, I know who this Nie Shu is. Chu Chen nodded slowly.

Since Chu Chen's main defense object is the Yan army in Youdi, so. He still has some understanding of the situation in Youdi, and he has heard that there is a large rebel force in Youdi before, and its leader is named Nie Shu. It's just that now he suddenly heard that Nie Shu sent someone to see him, he mistakenly thought it was his old acquaintance, and for a while he didn't expect it to be Nie Shu from the Youdi rebels.

Now, he can basically conclude that the person who came was sent by Nie Shu, the leader of the Youdi rebels, but he and Nie Shu had no friendship, and if he insisted on saying that he was implicated, there should be only a grudge between them, so why did he suddenly send someone to find him?

Nie Shu is in the name of Nie Xing's grandson and the banner of recovering You Guo, while Chu Chen has already taken refuge in Jin Guo, and he is a traitor to You Guo, of course, there is only hatred and rift between the two of them.

He stood up, paced back and forth in the tent of the Chinese army, and after walking for a while, he turned his head and asked, "How many people are there on the other side?"

"There was only one person. ”

"Just one?"

"Yes, General!"

"See, take him to the Chinese military tent!" Chu Chen said in a deep voice.

"The villain obeys!" the captain hurriedly agreed, and ran out as fast as he could.

It didn't take long for Xun Xiu to be brought in from outside by the soldiers.

Chu Chen looked Xun Xiu up and down, this person looked less than thirty years old, he was born with a polite and polite nature, and he couldn't help but be weak, and he knew that he was a scholar at a glance.

Chu Chen dared to look at Xun Xiu unscrupulously, Xun Xiu didn't dare to look at Chu Chen, after entering the Chinese military tent, he hurriedly took two steps forward, and then, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, said: "Villain Xun Xiu, meet General Nie!"

"Get up!" Chu Chen stared at him with straight eyes, and asked with a smile, "I heard that your father used to be the head of my Nie Mansion?"

"Exactly, my father's name is Xun Qu, I wonder if the general still has an impression?" After Xun Xiu got up, he stood with his head bowed in a proper manner.

When You Guo was still there, the Nie family was a big family, and Chu Chen was already a general, with a big family and countless servants, how could he remember their names one by one? He shook his head with a smile and said, "Ben Shuai, I can't remember clearly. ”

"When my father was in Nie's mansion, he was just an ordinary long-term worker, and it was normal for General Nie not to remember. ”

"Tell me, what is the purpose of your visit to Ben Shuai today?"

"The villain is here on the orders of my general......"

"Who is your general?" asked Chu Chen knowingly.

"My general is the forty-ninth grandson of the first king, Nie Shu, I don't know, has General Nie ever heard of it?" asked Xun Xiu.

If you talk about the royal family of You Kingdom, others may not know very well, but how can Chu Chen, as a general, not know? It's just that he really hasn't heard of Nie Xing having a grandson named Nie Shu, of course, Nie Xing has many heirs, and there are countless heirs of the heirs, even if there are some of them he has not heard of, it is normal, but one thing he can be sure of is that even if Nie Shu is really Nie Xing's grandson, he is definitely not a grandson.

He said slowly: "Ben Shuai has heard of Nie Shu's name, and knows that he has formed a large number of men and horses in Youdi to fight against the Yan Kingdom. ”

Xun Xiu Zhengse said: "There are no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses under the command of my general, which can be described as strong soldiers and horses, and now he has more than ten towns, and his power is all over Longhu and Xiangshan counties......

Just when he was talking endlessly, Chu Chen interrupted with a smile: "Then what does it have to do with Ben Shuai?"

Xun Xiu said: "General Nie is also a Youren, is General Nie really turning a blind eye to the demise of Youguo? Doesn't General Nie want me to restore the country and rebuild the glory of the year......

"Someone!" Chu Chen called out of the tent slowly. As soon as he finished speaking, two guards walked in, intervened, and said, "What does the general command?"

"This thief has bad intentions, pull it out, and behead it!" The expression on Chu Chen's face did not change, but his eyes could shoot a terrifying essence.

He still doesn't know the purpose of Xun Xiu's coming to see him, but he knows one thing, Xun Xiu said this in front of him, which is tantamount to pulling himself into the fire pit, if this is spread to the court of Liuhe, how many ministers will have to suspect that he has two intentions?

When the two guards heard this, they didn't say a word, one grabbed one of Xun Xiu's arms, supported him and walked out.

Xun Xiu's face changed in fright, and at the same time, he also realized that it was impossible to use You Guo to influence Chu Chen, and while being dragged out by the guards, he shouted urgently: "My general can help Jin Guo and General Nie contain the Yan army, and can make Jin Guo invincible in the battle after Jin Yan......"

This sentence made Chu Chen's heart move, he blinked, and beckoned to the two guards: "Bring him back!" (to be continued......)