So after hearing the news of the rebellion, the princes of the court had only one thought.

That's ...... Repression, it must be suppressed.

We must not allow this group of rebels to form a climate, so that they can be connected with the rebels of Western Shu.

Otherwise, at that time, the two sides will converge, and it will be enough to pull out an army of three or four hundred thousand.

At that time, the imperial court wanted to suppress the rebellion, exterminate Xishu, and recover Xichuan County, but it was really far away.

Seeing that the imperial court has a bit of a zhongxing atmosphere, he will also leave a reputation in the history of the youth because of the zhongxing of the auxiliary left.

How could the princes of the court look at those Miao rebels like this and destroy all this.

Needless to say.

As soon as he received the news of the rebellion, Emperor Hongdao issued an order to order Bai Mengyang, the Marquis of Wu'an, who was leading the army to rest in Nanhai County, to immediately set off and rush to Dongting County to stabilize the situation.

As for the 50,000 Pingnan troops who were being repaired, they did not wait to continue repairing, but immediately transferred troops to the north and rushed to Dongting County to quell the rebellion.

After making many arrangements in this way, the princes of the court and Emperor Hongdao were relieved.

With Bai Mengyang, the innate grandmaster of the second realm, it is enough to replace Dongting County, and the high-level combat power is lacking after Li Rail.

And the follow-up 50,000 troops were also the elite of the southern and northern wars. Last year, he even defeated Jinghai Kingdom, which can be said to be a great achievement.

With this heroic division here, it should not be a big problem to cooperate with the local government and county soldiers in Dongting County to suppress this rebellion of the Five Poisons Sect.

However, this transfer was arranged, and a few days later, on the first day of the first month of March, there was an urgent report from Wushan Mansion in Xichuan County, and the Cangshu thief puppet emperor personally led 100,000 thieves to enter Kouguan City.

Now under Wushan Pass, there has been a continuous war.

The defenders of Wushan Mansion are not considered to be village warriors, there are only more than 20,000, and the enemy is five times larger, so they can't support it for too long, so please send reinforcements to the imperial court quickly.

But at the moment, how can there be reinforcements in the imperial court?

After more than three years of war, the treasury has long been emptied. In the land of the nine counties of Dayue, except for Xichuan County, which was trapped, five of the remaining eight counties were destroyed.

The remaining three counties have long been apportioned, and in some of the more extreme places, the taxes have been received ten years later.

The people were overwhelmed, and many of them fled.

In this case, where did the imperial court get the money and grain to form an army, and where did the spare power come from to support the front line.

In the end, I was helpless.

Emperor Hongdao had no choice but to issue an edict to let the local government of Dongting County be strong and strong, and set up a township warrior group on his own to guard the township.

And for these local militias, the imperial court gave official recognition. At the same time, the gentry who formed the militia were also given corresponding official positions one by one.

Originally, the bottom line that the imperial court was tightly guarded and the local government was not allowed to privately collect soldiers and horses, but under the crisis of the Miao rebellion and the Eastern Expedition of Western Shu, it was completely broken.

As soon as this opening is opened, the local governments of Dongting County, which have gradually had some signs of warlords because of the recruitment of township warrior orders, may not be long before the towns and towns will be everywhere.

But the imperial court can't take care of so much anymore.

Domain towns are everywhere, and domain towns are everywhere.

No matter how big those feudal towns are, they are also in accordance with the orders of the imperial court.

It is better to hand over Dongting County to them than to hand it over to the rebellious thieves like the Five Poisons Sect and the Pseudo-Shu.

Therefore, after issuing this "edict of local self-recruited militia groups to resist thieves", the imperial court handed over the matter to the former Dongting County Guard, ordering him to properly handle local affairs and fully support Wu'an Hou Ping's thieves.

Then, for the rebellion of Dongting County and the Eastern Expedition of the Western Shu thieves, the imperial court let it go.

In the absence of money and soldiers, they can't manage it.

All this was left to the local self-determination of Dongting County.

……

Just when the court and the princes were feeling a headache for the worsening situation in Dongting County.

In Dongting County, the county government is also suffering from a headache about the worsening situation below.

The current Dongting County Warden is named Lu Fanghai. can achieve the position of the head of a county and judge thousands of miles of territory, this Lu county guard is naturally not from an ordinary person's background.

He was born in the Lu family of Jinling, and his family is a noble master in Beijing, inheriting the position of the Duke of Ning Guo from generation to generation, and he is one of the top magnates in the entire Dayue Kingdom.

Lu Fanghai is the Duke of Ning Guo in this generation, and it is precisely because of this illustrious lord that the Lu family is resting with the country, so he can sit in the position of the county guard.

Otherwise, if you change to someone else, not to mention whether your background is prominent enough, the issue of loyalty alone will have to worry the imperial court.

Originally, Lu Fanghai was very satisfied with his current position.

After all, although the county guard is only a local position, it is also ranked second-class, and it is not far from the Shangshu of the court. Dongting County Zhibaling City, although it is not as prosperous as Jinling City, it is also the famous capital of the world, and it will not be bad.

What's even more rare is that on the side of Dongting County, Lu Fanghai is the biggest official, and no one can control him.

Unlike in the capital, although he is also a top tycoon, there are many princes at the same level, and there are several princes above, and there are emperors on the top, and they are not at ease at all.

So Lu Fanghai is quite happy to come to Dongting Street to perform his duties.

But since a few years ago, this happiness has become less and less.

The rebellions and wars in various parts of Da Viet made this dynasty gradually have some last scenes.

As Ning Guogong, who is resting with the country, Lu Fanghai naturally sees this scene in his eyes and is anxious in his heart.

It's a pity that although he is not a gentleman, he is somewhat knowledgeable, but he still can't do anything about the situation that is overturned today.

In the end, he could only barely maintain the stability of Dongting County and help the imperial court to keep these last few pieces of Ningland, which could be regarded as living up to his name as the Duke of Ningguo.

But just a dozen days ago.

Lu Fanghai's last protection was also completely successful.

The Marquis of Wuyang, the pillar of optimus in the county, was assassinated to death by Li Xiong, the lord of the pseudo-Shu, and the five poisonous thieves in the county.

And as soon as Li Liang died, without this innate grandmaster to suppress the place, the Five Poisons Sect launched a rebellion in an instant. Even the pseudo-Shu began to raise troops again and entered the Kouwushan Mansion.

For a while, hundreds of thousands of thieves appeared in Dongting County, as if the day had changed.

This sudden deterioration of the situation immediately hit the county keeper in the face.

"Guogong, Hengyang Mansion urgently reported, the local Miao people rebelled, gathered tens of thousands, and the county has been trapped, and now the city is besieged, and the county government is asked to send troops to support."

"My lord, there is news from Lingling Mansion that three days ago, the Miao people gathered 50,000 people to besiege the city. There are Miao people in the city, as well as martial arts masters who are ambushed as internal responses.

Under the cooperation of the inside and the outside, the city of Linglingfu has been broken, and the remaining counties have also been convicted of thieves and plundered, and the whole province has fallen. ”

"Duke Ming, there is news from the Nine Suspicious Mansion that the capital of the Mansion was also captured by the Miao rebels. At present, only a few counties in the prefecture are still holding out, and the county orders of those counties have sent urgent reports asking for reinforcements. ”

"There was an urgent report from Yangshan Mansion that tens of thousands of Miao people in the county were in rebellion and captured the county seat. Fortunately, the soldiers of the nearby Nanhai County rescued and barely held the city.

But now the number of soldiers available in the city is only a few thousand, and it is impossible to retreat from the enemy, so he asked the county government to send troops to quell the rebellion. ”

"There is also news in Changsha Mansion that there is a Miao rebellion in the mansion, and the thieves have reached 100,000 people, and now they have besieged the city. Although there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, they are also powerless to retreat from the enemy and need the support of the county government. ”

"There are also tens of thousands of Miao people in Wuling Mansion......"

In the county government, the subordinates summarized the information from the local area and reported to Lu Fanghai at this time.

However, after listening to this for a while, the county keeper couldn't listen anymore, slapped his hands on the eucalyptus table, and roared: "Rescue, rescue! Counterinsurgency, counterinsurgency! Everything is counting on the county government, and those local officials won't use their brains to figure out a way?

There are only a few thousand soldiers left in my county government now, and it is difficult to defend the county town, how can there be soldiers to save them?

Didn't the imperial court issue the "edict of local self-recruited militia groups to resist thieves"?

At this time when the country is in danger, it is time for the local gentry and powerful people who are deeply favored by the emperor to serve the country.

Give me an order to go down and let those local governments and counties recruit their own men to quell the rebellion.

The county government is still busy dealing with the invasion of Shu thieves, how can there be air traffic to control them? ”

Lu Fanghai lost his temper very angrily.

Of course he knows that the place is difficult, but isn't it difficult on the county side?

100,000 Shu thieves entered the Kouwu Mountain Mansion.

Although Wushan Prefecture was administratively under the jurisdiction of Xichuan County, since the fall of Xichuan County's Zhijin Guancheng, this mansion was entrusted to Dongting County.

In other words, today's Lu Fanghai is responsible for managing Wushan Mansion.

Now that the 100,000 army of Shu thieves has invaded, Wushan Mansion may be broken at any time.

Although the rebellion of the Miao people in the county is serious, in terms of threat, it is still far inferior to the Shu thieves who have become a climate and have a complete system.

Therefore, Lu Fanghai's main strategy now is still local, with local self-determination, and the county government mainly resists the invasion of Shu thieves, and both sides sweep the snow in front of the door.

I don't ask for it, and you don't bother me.

But now it seems that such a basic requirement cannot be met.

The county keeper lost his temper, and many officials in the hall were taken aback, and then looked at his superiors' faces, and they couldn't speak for a while.

Just when the atmosphere dropped to freezing point, a petty official below, after looking at an official document in his hand, hesitated, but still stretched out his hand and said: "Guogong, I just received a report here, and I feel that Guogong needs to give instructions in person." ”

Lu Fanghai turned his gaze, staring at this guy with a pair of eyes, secretly thinking that this person was so unfamiliar and dared to speak out when he was angry, he was a little annoyed in his heart, and almost wanted to let this person get out.

But thinking of the difficult times now, there is a person who is willing to do things for the court, which is rare, so he endured his anger and said angrily: "What kind of report?" Let's hear it, I want to see what went wrong, and I want the county to send troops to rescue. ”

"Guogong misunderstood, this is not a request for help."

The junior official coughed lightly, then walked out of the column, saluted Lu Fanghai, and then got up and said, "This is a report from Shaoyang Mansion asking for merit." ”

With that, he handed it over with both hands.

Please report the work?

When everyone present heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked.

It is really strange that when there are rebellions everywhere and local governments and counties are urgently asking for help, there are still places that can send a report asking for merit.

Could it be that where is the prefecture and county, and can you win the battle?

If this is the case, then the local officials and guards will be really powerful.

Lu Fanghai reacted, and he couldn't care about his usual reserve, so he hurriedly took two steps forward to grab the report and opened it to read.

His eyes quickly swept over the newspaper, looking at the words and lines on it, and after reading it back and forth several times, the county keeper finally put the newspaper together and couldn't help laughing.

After a while, he put away his laughter, and then looked at the hall, and everyone said with red faces: "Gentlemen, there is good news from Shaoyang Mansion." Five days ago, the Miao people sent 30,000 troops to attack the city of Shaoyang.

The commander of the palace made Lu Yuan get the news, and immediately led 5,000 troops to take the initiative to attack.

Later, he encountered the rebels in the field, and the commander of Lu led the soldiers to take the lead and break through the rebels' front in one fell swoop.

Then the morale of the thieves plummeted, and a rout broke out. Commander Lu ordered the whole army to cover up and defeat the thief army.

In this battle, 5,000 thieves were killed and tens of thousands were captured.

Then the commander of Lu continued to lead the army to attack, and defeated the more than 10,000 thief troops besieging Xinhua County, beheaded more than 3,000, and completely relieved the siege of Xinhua.

Now he is dividing his troops everywhere to eliminate traitors everywhere in the mansion.

Cui Changqing, the prefect of Shaoyang, sent a good news, believing that the command of Lu Yuanlu in this battle was a great achievement, breaking 40,000 thieves and beheading more than 20,000 prisoners, which was a great achievement.

Therefore, he asked the county government to reward the meritorious soldiers. ”

Lu Fanghai took the newspaper in his hand and said to the officials in the hall with excitement on his face.

No wonder he behaved like that.

It is really in the midst of the bad news that the county is now wailing for help, such a great victory from Shaoyang Mansion suddenly appeared, which is too eye-catching and exciting.

After hearing the news, many officials couldn't help but look at each other, and then digested it, and they all became excited.

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, since it's written in the newspapers, there are eight thousand beheadings. Then send someone to check this matter and know the authenticity. Shaoyang Mansion would not be so stupid to deceive us in this kind of thing. ”

"If it is true that eight thousand were beheaded, then the news that tens of thousands of traitors were defeated in this battle is true. The thieves have suffered such heavy losses, and the Shaoyang Mansion is conveniently stable. ”

"Alas, alas. Only Shaoyang Mansion has such a land commander. If other prefectures and counties can be so powerful, why should the imperial court worry. ”

"Who is this Lu Yuan? Why haven't you heard of it before? ”

"I do remember this man. He was in August of the first year of Hongdao, and because the county government did not have soldiers to pacify the rebels in Wugang County, he was recommended by Sun Siwen, who was the county commander at that time, and directly used the strength of a second-rate warrior to fill the county lieutenant position.

Later, this person assisted Sun Xiancheng in recruiting soldiers and horses, and urgently pressed those traitors in Wugang County to recover this place for the imperial court.

Later, on the grounds of this merit, he was promoted to the commander of Shaoyang Mansion. ”

"It turns out that this Lu commander still has a resume. is already a famous general, and now he has won a big victory, which is not surprising. ”

"At this time of crisis, it is really a blessing for the country to have such heroes to serve the imperial court."

The officials present discussed a lot, and they were all very excited.

Seeing that his subordinates were talking endlessly, Lu Fanghai was also happy in his heart, he had not had this kind of spirit for a long time.

However, he was the head of a county in the end, and he still remembered his duties, so he coughed lightly at this time, stopped everyone from talking, and then asked: "Governor Cui's mansion has to report to the commander of Lu, and those meritorious soldiers ask for merit."

Tell me all about it, how should the county court reward it?

It was also mentioned in the newspaper that the two battles before and after this time were both less and more blows, and although they won a big victory, they also lost a lot of soldiers.

The 5,000 counterinsurgency army killed more than 1,000 in battle and wounded and retreated. Now it is worthy of a war, but it is worthy of two thousand people.

These soldiers who were killed and wounded in the war all needed a large amount of money to pay for them. Later, the government re-recruited a large army, and a large amount of silver was required. The meritorious soldiers are still waiting for the reward, which will require a large amount of expenditure.

Shaoyang is just a poor house, and it is already financially embarrassed, and it is simply unable to afford so many expenses.

Therefore, I asked for the support of the county government, and I could allocate pen and silver to help the local government solve the urgent need. ”

When the officials present heard these requests, their original excitement suddenly cooled down a lot, and then they looked at each other, and no one spoke.

Because the reward for meritorious soldiers is a matter for the imperial court to consider, and it is not their turn to intervene in the local county government.

As for the compensation for the casualties, with the increasingly embarrassed finances of the county government, I am afraid that it will not be able to give money.

Speaking at this point, no matter what you say, it's wrong.

Lu Fanghai glanced at the expressions of his subordinates, and snorted coldly in his heart, not knowing what they were thinking in their hearts.

These guys are active in making money on weekdays, but when they really want to use people, they shrink one by one. The country is in the hands of these people, and it is no wonder that there is no chaos.

Thinking like this, he completely forgot that when he was actually collecting money, he didn't make a penny. On the contrary, as a county guard, he fished more than anyone else.

But people are always good at ignoring their own shortcomings and discovering the shortcomings of others.

At this time, Lu Fanghai felt quite good.

I have such a general who can fight well, doesn't this mean that I have the wisdom to know people and be good at discovering talents?

Therefore, in a good mood, our Ning Guogong, Dongting County Guard, and Lu Bole waved their hands at this time and said: "Local soldiers are fighting rebellions for the country and guarding the territory, which is a great achievement, and it cannot be rewarded unless it is rewarded."

I am determined to ask the imperial court to be the commander of the army for the position of general Fenwu, who will be the commander of the county government to counter the rebellion, and be in charge of the local government and county soldiers of the county, and be responsible for quelling the local rebellion.

At the same time, the county government allocated another 100,000 taels of silver to Shaoyang Mansion to pay for the soldiers, recruit new soldiers, and rearmament. ”

When everyone present heard this, they looked at each other again, and they could see the shock in each other's eyes.

Because the reward given by the county keeper is too rich.

General Fenwu, although he is just a miscellaneous general, is also a martial artist of the fourth grade. In terms of level, it is two grades higher than the prefect of a place.

And to control the whole county government and county soldiers, it is even more justifiable to meddle in the military affairs of various places, and to dispatch soldiers and horses from all over the country openly. This kind of power is almost equivalent to the lieutenant of a county.

Now that the county keeper has given these two kinds of fame to that Lu Yuan, it can really be seen that he is appreciating the joy in his heart.

But think about it another way.

Now that there is such a mess in the county, the county keeper has pushed Lu Yuan up, and he has not had the idea of finding someone to take the blame.

Whether this is good or bad is really a bit hard to say.

But in any case, in the case of this piece of bad news, Lu Yuan, who is the only one who has made achievements now, really has a bit of the atmosphere of a savior in Dongting.

Everyone was in a mood for a while, and it was complicated and difficult to understand.