Yu County (Chencang District, Baoji City) had been occupied by the rebels, and Yao Pingzhong was stationed in five towns (Qianhe Town), fifteen miles away from the county seat.

"Brother, why do I feel that something is wrong? With such a swagger approaching Yu County, the young general is probably not here to suppress the thieves," Wu Luan, who was already twenty-three years old, leaned over to his brother and whispered, "It's more like he brought troops to join the thieves." ”

Wu Jue also had a hunch, but still scolded: "Don't talk nonsense!" ”

Wu Lan asked: "If the young general really wants to be a thief, how should my brother choose?" ”

Wu Jue was silent and difficult to answer.

Wu Ling is still quite entangled, although he is young and has no real position, he can only be the captain of his brother's own soldiers, but he has repeatedly made military exploits and has been praised by the closed door.

This thing belongs to the seven-rank martial arts, and at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there were only three or five people, and during the Yuanfeng period, it increased to ten.

Although it is flooded now, there are only one hundred and eight people in the entire Great Song Dynasty.

If you are in Tokyo, this position is dedicated to the emperor's chores. For example, when the emperor was banqueting, going to the court, and touring the fortification, the Xuanzan people were responsible for maintaining etiquette and serving as guides for the noble ministers.

If you are in a local area and have this position, it is equivalent to an excellent reserve military general of the Great Song Dynasty, and you may be transferred to lead troops and own troops at any time.

Wu Xuan also plans to continue to make meritorious contributions, hoping that the emperor will let him lead the troops.

After camping outside the town, the general Wang Tong quietly ran to Wu Jue under the pretext of inspecting the barracks: "Brother Wu, the young general may be going to be a thief, what do you think in your heart?" ”

"It's not necessarily a thief," Wu Jue didn't answer directly, "Maybe it's because the prime minister (Yao Gu) plans to attack Yu County and let the young general take us to be the vanguard." ”

Wang Tong looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Previously, the young general sent light cavalry to go straight to the direction of Yuxian, and he must have contacted the thief general." You never follow? ”

"We'll talk about it then." Wu Jue couldn't answer.

A military general like the Yao family, who is born in Guanzhong but leads troops in Xihe all the year round, may not be able to pull the troops from thieves.

Because the soldiers under his command are probably not the main generals!

The Northern Song Dynasty belonged to the first version of the military system with literature, and the system was not perfect in all aspects.

The civil officials of the Song Dynasty did not personally lead the troops, so they did not have to bear the responsibility for losing the city and land, but they could also point fingers at the generals. The Ming and Qing dynasties were different, and the civilian governors had the power to command the army, and they were the first responsible for the defeat of the war.

The military generals of the Song Dynasty were subject to civilian officials, and they needed to take full responsibility for the problems of the war, and they could not even recruit troops on their own (the Southern Song Dynasty improved).

Even a de facto warlord like the Zhe family had to recruit troops through civilian governors. And Zhizhou obviously didn't have that ability, so he subcontracted the recruitment project to Haoqiang, and Haoqiang had to look at the face of the folded family, and he could only recruit soldiers around this big circle.

The Yao family was even more miserable, because Yao Gu was not in charge of the local army, and it was difficult to effectively control what troops were thrown by the local powerful civilian officials, and they had to accept it obediently.

The Northwest Jiangmen of the Northern Song Dynasty gradually became larger, because the wars became more and more frequent, and the military generals were often appointed as governors and obtained the right to recruit troops granted by the imperial court. For example, if a person who breaks his family has served as the governor of Fuzhou for a long time, he does not need to go around the circle and directly recruit soldiers.

When Wang Tong and Wu Jue first enlisted in the army, they were both recruited by the governors of Xihe Road, not Yao Gu and Yao Pingzhong's personal troops!

Wang Tong said: "I am a native of Qinzhou (Tianshui), and my hometown has been occupied by thieves. The Wu brothers are from Longgan (Jingning), Li Yanxian raised troops to occupy Longxi, and the thief soldiers occupied Qinzhou, and Longgan was taken by the thief soldiers sooner or later. If you want me to say, if you surrender to the thief, the clansmen can keep it, and maybe you can still seal your wife and son in the new dynasty. ”

Wu Jue looked a little dazed, he and his younger brother Wu Xuan were lucky, and their military exploits had never been swallowed up, so the brothers were promoted extremely quickly, and they had no complaints about the Great Song Dynasty.

And they are far away from the court, and they don't have much contact with those bullshit things, so they resent Tong Guan's henchmen for fooling around on Xihe Road. Now Tong Guan has run away with Song Huizong, the Privy Council and the three provinces have been replaced, Xihe Road is in a power vacuum, and Yao Gu is also leading the capital of the Great Tea and Horse Division, which is the time when the generals are the most nourished.

In the evening of the same day, a group of light horsemen returned, and the leader of the troops went straight to Yao Pingzhong's big tent.

Immediately, Yao Pingzhong summoned Wang Tong and Wu Jue to a meeting, and the participants were also two lieutenant generals.

Yao Pingzhong also did not beat around the corner: "The court has no way, and the monarchs and ministers are stupid, causing foreign captives to wreak havoc in the Central Plains, and the people of the world are not happy." I plan to take refuge in Marshal Zhu, clear up the universe, and rebuild the world. If you want to, follow me, and if you don't want to, you can leave immediately, but you can't take your soldiers away. ”

Although several generals looked at each other, they were not too surprised, because they had already guessed.

The main reason is that Yao Pingzhong sent troops strangely this time, and he dared to camp fifteen miles away from Yu County with a few thousand soldiers, and it was very likely that he would be attacked by the rebel army of Yu County and Baoji.

"Since no one has withdrawn, then they all agree, and they will go to Yangping Town with me tomorrow to station!" Yao Pingzhong said.

Yangping Town is sandwiched between Yu County and Yi County, and is located on the shore of Weishui.

Yao Pingzhong camped there, which was equivalent to being blocked by the rebel army before and after, and once there was any change, the whole army would inevitably be annihilated.

This move is enough to win the trust of the rebel generals.

The rebels also reciprocated, and Li Jinyi only led a team of personal soldiers and went straight to Yao Pingzhong's camp in Yangping Town.

Both parties were sincere, and the first meeting was very harmonious.

Yao Pingzhong led his troops to greet him at the gate of the camp and said: "Pingzhong and the generals met the general, and dared to ask the general's name." ”

Li Jinyi returned the salute and said with a smile: "Don't be expensive, my surname is Li, and I am called Li Jinyi." Two years ago, your army took the Chencang Road to attack Hanzhong, that is, I demolished all the plank roads, and I can be regarded as an old friend. ”

Yao Pingzhong couldn't cry or laugh: "It turned out that General Li was guarding Chencang Road, and he really didn't know each other." ”

Li Jinyi said: "I am in charge of Baoji's side, and General Yang, the commander of the Western Route Army, is doing martial arts. Your Excellency can lead the troops to the past, and there will be grain and grass all the way, and after going to martial arts, General Yang has his own arrangements. ”

At this moment, Fufeng, Qishan, and Fengxiang are all in the hands of the righteous army, and they have occupied the nine counties of Fengxiang Mansion, and they have also killed and occupied Wugong County in Jingzhao Mansion (Fuzhi Chang'an).

After some explanation, Yao Pingzhong led his troops eastward again, and Li Jinyi allocated them some ships to transport baggage.

The troops came to the outside of Wugong County, and Yao Pingzhong took Wang Tong and Wu Jue into the city to meet them.

Yang Zhi had already learned the news, and he was in a very comfortable mood. What he lacks at this time is soldiers, not to mention that Yao Pingzhong is still coming to vote.

After greeting him warmly, Yang Zhi asked, "What are Ling Zun's plans?" ”

Yao Pingzhong said: "My father still has doubts, but I have already voted for him, and he has no other choice." As long as the situation is opened in Guanzhong, my father will inevitably bring the whole army to vote. Please inform the general of the situation in Guanzhong, and he may be able to help a little in the future. ”

Yang Zhi said: "The Chongjia army is defending Chang'an and Xianyang, and the Liu family army is stationed in Jingyang. ”

Yao Pingzhong suddenly smiled and said: "My hometown is Yunyang, I can lead my troops north to take Fengtian (Qianxian) first, and then follow Ganshui to attack Yunyang." Yunyang heroes are all my old ones, and thousands of troops can be recruited immediately, and Yunyang County can be taken overnight. As soon as Yunyang loses, it is equivalent to cutting off Liu Yanqing's back road. If I write a letter to him again, Liu Yanqing must think that the Yao family army has all joined the righteous army! ”

"Haha, what a strategy!" Yang Zhi could guess what Liu Yanqing's reaction was.

That night, Yang Zhi warmly entertained the generals and sent delicious food to Yao Pingzhong's soldiers.

The next day, Yao Pingzhong set off, and Yang Zhi provided him with a large number of boats, so that even the soldiers could take the boat all the way.

In this way, the troops marched faster and arrived in Fengtian (Qianxian County) in the afternoon of the same day.

Fengtian only had the county order to defend the city, and when he heard that Yao Pingzhong had become a thief, he thought that Yao Gu's entire army had surrendered, and the Fengtian county order was so frightened that Kaicheng surrendered.

Yao Pingzhong is indeed quite famous in Guanzhong, he led the troops to continue to march east, Fengtian County's Haoqiang and rangers, learned that Yao Pingzhong had defected to the rebels, and even followed the troops to respond, Yang Zhi inexplicably more than 1,000 troops.

In Yunyang County, Liu Yanqing was stationed with 3,000 troops.

After Yao Pingzhong arrived with his troops, he immediately shot books in the city and sent people to Sili and Eight Towns to recruit troops.

This is the nest of the Yao family for decades, and the "little captain" Yao Pingzhong issued an order to recruit troops, and he still had to fight with Marshal Zhu, and various villages and towns soon became a sensation.

The heroes and people who have long been disgusted with the imperial court, as well as countless rangers in the rivers and lakes, have come to join the army one after another.

Within a few days, Yao Pingzhong's troops exceeded 10,000, and the defenders in the city were so frightened that they abandoned the city and fled overnight. If you don't run, you won't have a chance, because the city is also in tandem, and someone may set fire to it one day.

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Jingyang.

"What? Yao's father and son are thieves, Yunyang is gone! Liu Yanqing was shocked.

Liu Guangguo said: "Father, Yunyang has fallen, and our army's retreat has been cut off. Yao's army is in the Xihe River all the year round, and its combat power is quite strong, after they are thieves, the west of the martial arts are in the hands of thieves, and we are invincible. Either we also surrender to thieves, or we withdraw from Weishui and the Yellow River, and we must not defend the city with the seed army! ”

Liu Guangshi also said: "My brother is reasonable, and he should make a decision quickly. ”

Liu Yanqing had similar thoughts to Yao Gu, he was unwilling to hand over the military power in his hands, and planned to continue to wait and see for a while. After thinking about it repeatedly, he said: "Withdraw the army, but don't withdraw too far, the whole army can be withdrawn to Liyang, and let the seed army stand in front." ”

Tens of thousands of Liu Jiajun ran away without firing a single arrow, and directly sold the seed master.

After Liu Yanqing escaped, Xianyang was sandwiched between two loaves of bread, and the army of the planters there was trapped in the lonely city, and even the connection with Chang'an was cut off.

Yang Zhi still did not attack the city, but let Yao Pingzhong continue to coerce Liu Yanqing.

Yao Pingzhong then marched east to occupy Gaoling, and Liu Yanqing was so frightened that he retreated again and rushed to Weinan with a large army overnight.

Yang Zhi sent partial divisions to capture the surrounding counties, and surrounded Chang'an into an isolated city.

Due to the division of troops to go to King Qinwang in Tokyo, his current troops are also stretched, and he can only be trapped in the two cities of Chang'an and Xianyang, and is completely cut off from the outside world.

Yao Gu received a letter from his son and learned that Liu Yanqing "left in defeat", and finally made up his mind to join Hanzhong.

In order to make meritorious contributions, Yao Gu wrote letters to the civil and military generals in the prefectures and counties of Xihe Road, asking them to change their banners and return to the Zhu clan.

If any city does not change its flag, it will be attacked by Li Yanxian!

(The next chapter will be updated in the evening.) ）

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