Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 122 Fengzhou City Transformation
Xia Guo, in the city of Fengzhou.

Several groups of soldiers of the Xia army with distinctive armor and full faces of unruly faces came to the four city gates swaggeringly, facing the gate guards, and said bluntly:
"Push away quickly, I will take over the city gate!"

Seeing this, the guard at the city gate frowned, feeling bad in his heart, and quickly responded:

"Is there an official document from the prefect's mansion, or an order from His Royal Highness King Qi?"

Hearing the words, the leader snorted coldly and said:
"We are the soldiers and horses of the Zhenyi Battalion. The bandit soldiers are in chaos and the cloud army is harassing. At such a critical moment, you and the county soldiers have no power to defend the state and county against the outside. If this is the case, we need to wait for the frontier army to take over the city defense! "

Hearing this, the city gate guard widened his eyes and said angrily:

"Without official documents or transfer orders, you have to take over the city defense. Your Shao family has taken the courage to rebel, and you can't do it!"

When the leader heard the words, his eyes also stared, he put his hand on the handle of the knife, and shouted:

"You're waiting for the dead body to eat, you are unable to defend the city defense, and you don't hand over the power of city defense. Do you still want the rebel army to break into the city and wreak havoc in the city again? Oh, or are you waiting to collude with the rebel army? No wonder, the previous rebel army, Why did you break into the city so easily!"

Hearing this, the guard blushed and angrily said:
"You wait to fart!"

The person on the opposite side pressed the handle of the knife with a fierce look in his eyes, and said viciously:
"Can you pay? If you are stubborn again, be careful that I will ignore the feelings of my colleagues!"

The city gate guard's face turned red and he was furious. He even pressed his hand on the saber at his waist, as if he would do anything if there was any disagreement.

It was a group of county soldiers next to the guard. Seeing the tense situation, they quickly held down their leader and persuaded in a low voice:
"Boss, don't be stubborn, guarding the city gate is also hard work, they are willing to take it, just take it!"

"That's right, boss, we are big soldiers, we can't compare to the Shao family!"

"Boss, think about your family. It's no good to offend the Shao family!"

Several people talked to each other, and finally persuaded the city gate guard.

The guard's face was ugly, he looked at the leader on the opposite side fiercely, and finally gritted his teeth and said:
"Okay! You want to guard the city gate for us, just keep it!"

After finishing speaking, the guard threw off his subordinates and walked down the city wall angrily.

The leader snorted coldly, and said proudly to the soldiers of the county who stayed on the city wall:
"You guys get off too!"

A group of county soldiers also had ugly faces, but they still managed to endure and left the city wall in despair.

Seeing the county soldiers leave, the leader waved his hand, and the soldiers he brought rushed up the city wall and took over the city defense.

"Close the city gate! Send another person to tell the Patriarch that you can do it!"

"Yes!"

Following the order of the leader, at noon, the gates of the entire Fengzhou city were tightly closed amidst the astonishment of the people inside and outside the city.

At the same time, in Fengzhou City, the gate of the Shao family, the head of the southwestern general gate, suddenly opened, and thousands of private soldiers of the Shao family's family were pouring out of the gate and scattered towards various parts of the city.

The old head of the Shao family was sitting in the lobby holding a dragon-headed crutch.

There were still many people sitting in the hall. In Fengzhou City, the heads of families who were born in the southwestern generals had already gathered here.

The old man shouted sharply in a mid-spirited voice:

"These unscrupulous people dare to collude with the bandit soldiers and hide our property. They really don't know how to live or die! You asked the old man to come forward to uphold justice and find the property of each family. The old man spent a few days working hard and specially sent the guards below The private soldiers of the Shao family in the county have been recalled, and today they are taking over the city defense, in order to conduct house-to-house searches and find out all of our family’s belongings!"

Hearing the words, the Patriarchs of the General Family's family in the hall were all surprised, and they all cupped their hands and said:
"Thank you, old lady, for upholding justice for us!"

The old Patriarch of the Shao family nodded, raised his head and snorted coldly:
"One more thing, it's about King Qi!"

"King Qi?"

The patriarchs here are all stunned when they hear the words.

King Qi took office as the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Frontier Army, and it was not long.

But since he was transferred, he has used various means to prevent the invasion of the Yun Kingdom, and has successively transferred tens of thousands of troops from all over the country to enrich the strength of the southwestern frontier army.

But it's a pity that these southwest frontier troops are obviously not under the control of their generals!
King Qi had been working in the army for a long time, relying on the tens of thousands of troops, and the court's righteousness, he resorted to frequent means, but within a year, the southwestern general had to temporarily go dormant.

Therefore, for King Qi and the heads of the aristocratic families, they obviously have lingering fears and don't want to mention it.

Seeing this situation, the old patriarch of the Shao family didn't say much, and ordered his servants to deliver a piece of paper to each of the patriarchs.

A group of Patriarchs took a look, and their faces were horrified. They looked at the old Patriarch of the Shao Family and asked:
"Old man, is this true or false?"

"This is nothing more than sensationalism! But, is there any evidence?"

On the paper that was sent up, it was impressively written that King Qi sent his cronies to pretend to be Yun Kingdom cavalry, harass Zhuzhou counties, and slaughter their generals' families.

The old head of the Shao family glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice:
"This matter is absolutely true. If you don't believe it, you can inquire about it. The surrounding counties and counties were captured by the Yun army, and the families of the generals in the city were all dead!"

When all the Patriarchs heard this, they couldn't help but looked at each other in blank dismay.One of them couldn't help standing up, cupped his hands and said:

"It's not because I don't want to believe the old man, but at this time, it's too sensational... I don't know the old man, but what evidence do you have?"

Hearing this, the old man of the Shao family shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"The troops sent by King Qi are only a few hundred, but they are all elite, brave and capable. Therefore, the old man did not catch anyone alive!"

He paused, seeing the different expressions of the people present, and said again:

"Everyone before, do you still remember the Yun army who suddenly killed at night after the rebels left?"

The Patriarchs nodded after hearing the words, and said:
"Speaking of which, if you hadn't received the news in advance and assembled the remaining soldiers and horses in the city to ambush, we would have been overthrown!"

Hearing this, the old Patriarch of the Shao family waved his hand and said:
"I don't know who is a righteous person about this matter. He secretly sent the news to the old man, which saved everyone! And the person who sent the letter once said clearly that this plan was King Qi's strategy. I will wait for the family of generals!"

The Patriarchs were dizzy when they heard this, but they still had expressions of disbelief.

We all know that King Qi doesn't follow the rules, but it's really unbelievable that he sent troops to pretend to be enemy troops and slaughtered the family of the generals in the country!
The old Patriarch of the Shao family went on to say:
"In order to verify this, the old man specially ordered people to collect the corpses left by the 'Yunjun' and identify them one by one. Sure enough, my private soldiers recognized a personal guard of King Qi from them!"

With a sound of "Boom", one of the Patriarchs trembled suddenly, knocking the teacup in his hand to the ground.The spilled tea splashed all over him.

For a moment, the entire lobby seemed to be pressed the play button, and the noise immediately rang out.

"This, how can this be done!"

"This King Qi is too deceitful! We have already given in many times, what else does he want?"

"Hmph, the royal family of Great Xia doesn't seem to want this southwest land anymore!"

"Damn it, I shouldn't have given in in the first place!"

"Everyone, what should I do?"

"The knife is on the neck, what else can I do? Turn him over!"

"The situation is different now! King Qi's diabolical tactics have succeeded for the most part. Now the generals and families in the Southwest have suffered heavy losses. How can I stop the imperial court's counter-insurgency army with only my power in Fengzhou?"

Seeing the emotions in the hall getting more and more excited, the old man of the Shao family suddenly swung his cane and coughed lightly.

Only then did everyone react and looked at him suddenly.

"Old man, what can you do?"

"It's already this time, so don't keep it up!"

The old man of the Shao family was very satisfied when he saw the humble attitude of the crowd, who looked like he was the leader, and then he said:

"Although the foundation of the Southwest General Gate is still there, they have suffered heavy losses now. Without the support of aristocratic families from all over the world, it is difficult to control the entire Southwest. Don't mention the words of death and destruction!"

"However. My southwest general family has suffered heavy losses, but for the surviving people like us, it is a good opportunity to expand our power! The current plan is to develop dormantly and re-extend our power to all parts of the southwest. We must not turn against the court. !"

All the Patriarchs looked at each other when they heard the words, and couldn't help but said:

"However, King Qi is still here, so how could it be possible for me to develop with peace of mind?"

Hearing this, the old Patriarch of the Shao family sneered and said:
"King Qi is valuable, so he can send troops to kill us, but we can't send people to assassinate him! So, the only way to relieve future troubles is to drive him back to the capital!"

As soon as the words fell, a patriarch's eyes lit up and he said excitedly:

"We have just received news these days that the king of Qi lost his troops in the war in the northern border of Yun Kingdom! Now he has sent troops pretending to be the Yun army to harass everywhere. The position of Wang Xinnan's head coach!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately slapped their thighs and applauded in unison, saying:

"Not bad!"

"Good idea!"

The old man of the Shao family waved his hands and said coldly:

"How can it be so easy! The imperial court has long been dissatisfied with me and other Southwest generals! If this is reported, the imperial court may deliberately keep the middle school and delay it for a year or two. With King Qi's vicious means, it is impossible to say Everyone, the grass on the grave is as tall as a person!"

"Old man, what are your plans?"

"Sue King Qi for conspiring to rebel, in order to take charge of the Southwest Frontier Army, send troops to pretend to be the Yun Army, and slaughter my meritorious generals!"

Everyone was taken aback, and couldn't help saying:

"Old man, didn't you just say that the imperial court also wants to watch me die? What if it deliberately ignores us and dismisses us casually?"

"No, it's impossible for the imperial court to ignore it when it comes to rebellious matters. They will definitely summon King Qi and go back for questioning! As for suing him for sending troops to kill my generals, the imperial court will naturally not admit it without conclusive evidence. But such a case Come on, King Qi has a suspicion on his back, and he will never dare to use such methods against us again!"

When everyone heard the words, they pondered for a moment, their eyes lit up, they stood up and cupped their hands and said:
"The old man is wise!"

The old Patriarch of the Shao family raised his head and laughed loudly upon hearing this.Full of laughter, came out of the hall.

And along with the laughter, there were endless wailing and begging from all over the city of Fengzhou.

Thousands of private soldiers from the Shao family broke into the homes of ordinary people wantonly and looted all their money.There are also those with corrupt military discipline and low morals, who have lustful hearts for beautiful women and girls.If you don't obey, you will draw your sword and kill someone.

The entire Fengzhou city suddenly turned into a purgatory on earth, howling everywhere!
　Let's go first, there is more, but it will be later...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)