179. There's no way I'm going to lose!
When the state pastor heard this, he was also a little moved, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and said:
"Forget it!"
In fact, although the Xu clan has recaptured the county seat of Pingyang and defeated the main force of the beggar army, this is only a preliminary victory, and the situation outside Beizhou is still unknown, and there are still a large number of rebel armies, and these rebel armies are eyeing the Beizhou Basin.
So, the situation is not stable.
At this time, he will make a black hand, if he is detected by the Xu family, then this matter will be troublesome.
Moreover, allowing the wealthy family to establish family soldiers and seize local power is something that he has allowed to do, which can be regarded as a compromise between him and the wealthy family, otherwise, why would the wealthy family contribute people and food and energy, and spend their own strength to go out to quell the chaos?
There's no need.
It was he who promised to give some power to these wealthy families and exchanged them with each other, which made these wealthy families willing to quell the civil unrest, and moreover, these wealthy families in Beizhou were united and married to each other, which was a big alliance, if he attacked the Xu family, I am afraid that he would be resisted by all the families in Beizhou.
At that time, he, the governor of Beizhou, will no longer have to do it, and he can move his position and get out.
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Xu's Mansion.
At this moment, the Xu Mansion can be described as full of lights and a new look, whether it is the children of the Xu family, or the servants of the Xu family, subordinates, maids, grooms, and guards, all of them are happy, and they are all wearing brand new clothes, which looks very energetic.
In the Xu Family Grand Banquet Hall, Xu Zhenyuan's face was full of red light, poured a glass of wine, and shouted to the surrounding guests:
"Thank you all for being here today, I'm very happy.
"Please fill this cup!!"
At this moment, Xu Zhenyuan was in a very excited mood, and the reason for this was naturally that he received a battle report from Pingyang County.
The Xu family soldiers have only been out for a few days? He didn't expect that Wei Fang would give him such a big surprise, and he actually took Pingyang County in one fell swoop, and also defeated most of the main force of the begging army, which means that as long as Wei Fang is willing, he can quickly send troops to sweep away several other small counties occupied by the beggar army, and expand his territory again.
To tell the truth, he didn't expect that Wei Fang would be able to achieve such a big result, you know, he originally had the same expectations for Wei Fang as other wealthy families, and also hoped that Wei Fang could firmly occupy Yan County, block the exit of Pingyang Valley Road, so that the army of the beggar army could not penetrate into the Beizhou Basin, in this way, the basic plate of the major wealthy families will be preserved, if this can be done, then, in the future, the major wealthy families will owe the Xu family a favor, which can exchange a large part of the benefits.
In fact, Xu Zhenyuan even thought that Wei Fang might fail, although Wei Fang was strong in martial arts, but after all, he was young and inexperienced.
The matter of marching and fighting, sometimes it all depends on the strength of one person, and it may not be able to turn things around, so he is also afraid that Wei Fang will be careless and fall into the ambush of the other party, and at that time, the 50,000 soldiers that the Xu family has accumulated with great difficulty will be defeated.
It can be said that it can be said to affect the whole body.
Moreover, if it really fails, Wei Fang's own authority may also be affected, although Wei Fang's position in the Xu clan cannot be shaken by virtue of his martial arts, but it is not good after all.
It's just that now seeing this war report, Xu Zhenyuan's worries are gone with the wind, and the rest is only excitement, and now the Xu family soldiers are stationed in Yan County and Pingyang County, which shows that the Xu family has occupied the territory of the two large counties in just seven days, and over time, the Xu family can interfere in the military, government and people's livelihood affairs in these two places, arrange cronies, and expand the influence of Xu City in these two places.
Since then, these two places are one of the basic plates of the Xu family, which can bring considerable benefits to the Xu family, and now the Xu family has won so quickly, and also occupies the first-mover advantage, if the Wei side is still willing to forge ahead and send troops out of Beizhou, then the Xu family will occupy a larger territory and absorb more benefits, if that is the case, it will not be long before the Xu family will become the real first wealthy family in Beizhou, and other families will have no possibility to compare with the Xu family.
Hearing Xu Zhenyuan's words, the guests who came to congratulate were full of smiles, raised the wine glass in their hands, and drank it in one gulp:
"Congratulations!"
These people said congratulations in their mouths, but their hearts were full of taste, sadness, and jealousy, and they didn't expect that the Xu clan would achieve such a big result in just seven days of sending troops, and. In their opinion, the reason why the Xu clan was able to occupy Ping'an County was not how powerful the Xu family soldiers were, but that this time the Xu clan was really lucky, basically they didn't fight any hard battles, and the only contact with the beggar army was to chase and kill.
The beggar army was also really unlucky, the first time the cavalry was sent out to harass, they were all stoned to death by the landslide, and the second time was even more outrageous, there was an unprovoked fire in Pingyang County, forcing the beggar army to retreat in a hurry, which suffered a defeat.
However, no matter what, these people still admire the achievements of the Xu family, they have all passed the age of the young middle two, and they know that success and defeat are victories, no matter what, now the Xu family is equivalent to occupying the two big counties of Yan County and Pingyang County, and the territory occupied has been ranked first among the wealthy families, and Pingyang County, as the gateway of the Beizhou Basin, as long as you want to do business, you must pass through there.
The Xu family only occupies this one place, and the overcharged taxes every year are a very considerable amount, with these taxes, the Xu family can train many elite soldiers, which is also the envy of the major wealthy families, and what they are even more envious of is that the Xu family now has a young man with great luck.
They have long known the rise of Wei Fang, in the past, Wei Fang was just mediocre and very mediocre, and within the Xu family, he was only a marginal figure, and was not valued by Xu Zhenyuan.
can even be compared with Xu Zhenyuan.
Only then did he suppress all the three generations of the Xu family, and successfully became the young master of the Xu family, so Wei Fang has never been a genius with great talent, but a young man with atmospheric luck, and now Wei Fang's luck is simply against the sky, and the beggar army against him didn't even see Wei Fang's figure, and he suffered two outrageous natural disasters, an army that swept through several counties, spanned hundreds of miles, and occupied Pingyang County collapsed in a daze, here they can only say that Wei Fang's luck is really against the sky.
Sometimes, there is such a thing as luck, which cannot be seen and said, but I have to admit that it does exist.
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Xu Zhenyuan looked at the complicated eyes of the guests, but he didn't care whether they were envious or jealous, it didn't matter, anyway, it was the Xu family who raised his eyebrows today.
To be honest, today's scene is very grand, even if the Xu family is one of the top wealthy families in Beizhou, but there are so many guests gathered at once, and the people who come are also very identious, this kind of scene is not rare, generally only when something extremely important happens to the family, there will be so many heavyweights.
Xu Zhenyuan thought that if this kind of scene could occur frequently, then the Xu family would not be far from the position of the first wealthy family in Beizhou.
Now, he has no opinion on Wei Fang serving as the young master of the Xu family, and feels that this is a correct decision, before Wei Fang has achieved such a big victory, Xu Zhenyuan sometimes feels sorry for Xu Ran and Xu Jia, and feels that his two sons are also very good, but they just met a demon like Wei Fang, and they were born at the wrong time.
But.
Now Xu Zhenyuan will not have this kind of thought, he feels that Wei Fang should be the young master of the Xu family, with Wei Fang, the Xu family may go further, and now the Xu family has a tendency to become the first wealthy family in Beizhou, if you work hard and can seize a few opportunities, it is not impossible for the Xu family to become the first wealthy family in the northwest.
Moreover, even if Xu Zhenyuan really has thoughts about Wei Fang in his heart, it is useless, now Wei Fang's prestige is already quite thick in the Xu family, even if he really has an opinion on Wei Fang and wants to replace Wei Fang, it is completely impossible, if he really wants to do that, I am afraid that it will not be Wei Fang who will abdicate, but himself.
Those elders of the Xu family, those in power of the Xu family, are estimated to unite to force themselves to abdicate, so that Wei Fang will become the head of the Xu family in advance and hold the power.
The emotions of the three generations of the Xu family present were also very calm, without the slightest fluctuation, and now they have completely laid down and accepted the existence of Wei Fang.
Wei Fang is so good, even so good that it is unattainable, it is like a heavy mountain, which is fiercely suppressed above their heads, and they can't resist at all.
Since this is the case, then it would be good to lie down and work hard for Wei Fang, anyway, they also found out that as long as Wei Fang listens to his arrangement and does things well, he will not hesitate to reward all kinds of elixirs, magic weapons, and even precious visualization maps.
In Gu's short period of time, they have already gained a lot of benefits from Wei Fang, and their martial arts have also entered the realm day by day.
The real benefits are real, what is the use of fighting for the false name of the young master of the Xu family? Anyway, they can't fight, and now these three generations of Xu family's own psychological construction are doing a very good job, even if someone provokes in it, there will be no chaos within the Xu family.
Moreover, for these three generations of children, the Xu family's development momentum is getting better and better, which is also a good thing for them, if the Xu family really develops into a wealthy family in the northwest, then this small Beizhou city will not be able to let the Xu family, the big dragon, entrench.
Otherwise, the Xu family will not be able to control the interests in the northwest at all, and the Xu family will inevitably take advantage of this to divide small families and branches to control the interests of the family as a whole.
In this way, these people will still have the opportunity to become the head of the branch, and when the time comes, they will be the emperors of the soil, and they can also hold great power, which is also very fragrant.
In the midst of everyone's planning, a grand voice sounded:
"The state pastor has arrived!"
When Xu Zhenyuan heard the news, he immediately laughed a few times, and led the children of the Xu family out of the gate of the Xu family to greet him, and with the arrival of the state pastor, the glory of the Xu family has also reached its peak today.
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The battle on the side of Pingyang County not only spread in Beizhou City, but also outside Ping'an County, many chaotic troops also received the news, and the victory of the Wei side greatly shocked these small warlords, they trembled with fear, and they automatically began to huddle, and gathered nearly 200,000 troops at once, and confronted the Xu family soldiers from afar.
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Binh Duong-gun, county warden.
Wei Fang sat on the main seat, and below him, the voice of one of his clan uncles, Xu Zhenjun, was like a subwoofer, and the whole room was buzzing, and he was only heard to say:
"Now those rebellious troops outside Pingyang County have gathered and gathered 200,000 troops, and there are too many people, so I don't agree with us to send troops to exterminate these people at this time, let's wait for Pingyang County, wait for a chance to wait for work!
"If the 200,000 troops stay together, there will inevitably be all kinds of contradictions, and sooner or later they will be scattered, and then we will send troops to break them down!"
After occupying Pingyang County, the Wei side had to deal with a lot of things, not only to consolidate the territory and deepen the Xu family's control over the two counties, but also to covet those territories outside Pingyang County.
Nearly 200,000 troops.
Even if these 200,000 troops are rookies, these soldiers in the hands of Wei Fang can't kill them, not to mention that these chaotic troops are not rookies, but have broken free from blood and fire, and already have strong combat power.
If it is 100,000 people, Wei Fang can still fight a dozen with these family soldiers in his hands, but 200,000 is indeed a bit difficult to handle, so Wei Fang's clan uncle Xu Zhenjin opposes sending troops, and there is also a reason, because the number of rebel troops outside Pingyang County is too much, and the number of family soldiers in Wei Fang's hands is too small.
Moreover, the Xu family's soldiers could not all gather together, some had to be stationed in Yan County to cooperate with the Xu family to deepen their infiltration there, some had to be stationed at various checkpoints in Pingyang Valley Road, and some were chasing and killing the remnants of the beggar army, and others were also dealing with the disaster after the fire in Pingyang County.
Therefore, there are not too many soldiers available in the hands of the Wei side.
Moreover, if the Xu family soldiers went out of Pingyang County and fought a decisive battle with the rebel army, the battle line would also be long, and it would be easy for the other party to cut off the grain route and surround them.
Those chaotic armies are all out of the pile of dead, and their strength is not weak, but these soldiers of the Xu family are too watery, and some of them have only been trained for a short time, and it is okay to fight a good fight, but once they encounter a difficult war, I am afraid that they will collapse immediately.
Xu Zhenjin's opinion was supported by everyone, in their minds, there was no need to take risks at all, now that the Xu clan had occupied Yan County and Pingyang County, even if they did not expand the results of the battle, only occupying these two big counties, it would be regarded as a huge victory, and they would also be considered to have an explanation for the Xu clan and the state pastor.
Therefore, they were all opposed to taking the initiative to attack the rebels outside Binh Duong County and did not want to take risks.
Because once the adventure fails, the entire Xu family soldiers will be eaten by the rebel army, in this case, Pingyang County, the gateway to the Beizhou Basin, will fall into the hands of the rebel army again, and the Xu clan will also lose the territory just occupied.
The stakes are just too great.
Of course, these people don't mean that they don't want to fight the rebel army outside, but they want to wait for the opportunity, after all, the 200,000 rebel army outside the city belong to different warlord forces, and these people get together for a short time, and in the long run, there will inevitably be various contradictions, and they will inevitably separate.
Moreover, 200,000 people gathered together, the materials consumed were simply massive, and they could not be supplied for a long time, as long as they waited for them to separate, the Xu clan could send troops to destroy them individually.
It's just that Wei Fang still felt dissatisfied, he patted the table and said:
"Time is running out, you always want to wait for these rebel armies to separate, and then we will break them individually, this is really easy, but if you can't completely annihilate these rebel armies at once, these rebel armies will inevitably wreak havoc after the collapse, and then it will be difficult to govern these places, it must be a long-term process, it is better to beat them to the collapse at once, and finish their work in one battle, although it is difficult in the early stage, but the harvest in the later stage is also huge?"
In fact, after the outbreak of this civil unrest, the major wealthy families sent troops, just like staking land, they all had to use the fastest speed and the strongest strength to occupy the territory crazily.
If you wait for this civil unrest to dissipate, and then want to seize this opportunity to expand your territory, it will be difficult, and it is conceivable that after this civil unrest, when the Great Death Qi Imperial Court relieves its breath, these wealthy families will inevitably face more severe suppression, and now they have to vomit a lot of things they swallow.
Wei Fang's opinion, most of the people present were opposed, and the entire hall was arguing, most of the people here were Wei Fang's elders, so he was the young master of the Xu family, and it was not easy to speak here.
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Half an hour later, everyone still did not argue with a result, but there was a rumbling thunder outside the window, but it was a rain in the northwest that had been in drought for several years.
Moreover, the rain was so heavy that it rained for a whole day and a night, and as a result, it caused another flood.
Half a day later, there was an exciting news from the Wei side, because of this heavy rain, the Yishui River was diverted and flooded, which just hit the camp of the 200,000 people of the rebel army, not only drowned many people, but also divided the 200,000 camp into two places.
When Wei Fang got this news, he quickly suppressed all opposing voices, and immediately dispatched troops to defeat the rebellious army in one fell swoop on the bank of the Yishui River, and the territory instantly expanded several times.
Victory!
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