People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 457
"It is reported that just after midnight last night, there was a sudden sound of killing in Shiliwan, blood splattered everywhere, and dozens of corpses were thrown into the river. After a while, a small boat rushed out of the fleet, but was quickly caught When the big ship caught up, the fire broke out, and everyone on board died in the fire."

Li Xuan's voice, with a little reverberation at the end, echoed throughout the nave.

Several people present, including Sima Yao Zhi of Yuezhou Governor's Mansion, Wuzhou Facao Canjun Du Bixin, Gongcao Canjun Wang Qin, Shicao Canjun Feng Hua and Sanheguan Guard General Shen Lin, were all astonished.

Why did such a big change suddenly happen to the sailors of the Tianyin Sect.

Li Xuan passed down the note in his hand, and everyone read it immediately.

Li Xuan sat at the head, put his hand on the black table, looked at everyone solemnly and said: "Last night at Xushi, Yuan Chao sent his younger brother Yuan Lin to send a letter, saying that all the sailors are willing to accept the order of the court. The king went to inspect the army today and accepted the surrender, but only two hours later, there was a cry of killing, which is quite intriguing!"

"There are still some people who don't want to surrender to the imperial court, so they took advantage of the night to rebel." Yao Zhi flipped through the note, handed it to Du Bixing, and said, "I just don't know who won last night?"

"Of course it's Yuan Chao, and it's only possible that it's Yuan Chao." Li Xuan looked at the surprised crowd and said, "If someone else won last night, they would have suffered heavy losses after a scuffle. There must be a defensive posture, but from last night to now, those big ships are still parked in place, and the result is already clearly visible."

"My lord, you still need to be cautious. If you guess wrong, I'm afraid there will be serious troubles." Du Bixing said with a worried face: "How about letting the lower officials go instead of the lord, if something happens...it won't endanger the overall situation."

Last night, in Yuan Chao's letter, he clearly stated that Li Xuan was invited to inspect the troops and accept the surrender.

Nominally inspecting the troops, but it somewhat means sending hostages.

"It is precisely because of this that the king must go." Li Xuan looked at everyone present, waved his hands, and said calmly: "Yuan Chao's sudden chaos was due to the court's trust.

If this king goes there, not only can he gain Yuan Chao's trust, but he can even directly subdue all the remaining dissatisfied people...

Furthermore, even if something happens, this king is sure to escape alone, but it is sir, I am afraid..."

"The lower official is incompetent!" Du Bixing stood up, and bowed his hands to Li Xuan earnestly.

"No need to be like this. If there is a real change, the king will go, and the people behind will act according to the plan; if the husband goes, and something really happens, the king will not sit back and watch the misfortune of the husband, but it will affect the original plan instead. Let me go alone."

Li Xuan explained a little bit, Du Bixing immediately stood up, and cupped his hands to Li Xuan: "Thank you, my lord, for your compassion."

Li Xuan smiled and motioned Du Bixing to sit down, then turned to look at Yao Zhi who was on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Sima, if this king leaves, then everything in Sanhe Pass will be under Sima's jurisdiction. Plan to take precautions, if you are invincible, please evacuate to Lanxi County immediately, there are many other arrangements in the rear, enough for everyone to evacuate safely."

Today's Sanheguan, although more than half of the high-ranking officials in Wuzhou are concentrated, the strength of the troops here is only a few hundred.

Apart from the troops of Sanheguan itself, there were only a few hundred people brought by Li Xuan, Feng Hua, Du Bixing, and Yao Zhi.

Others such as Xu Jian, Zhou Shen, etc., simply disappeared.

Even Qiu Zhenmu, the leader of Qianniuwei who had been following Li Xuan, didn't know where he was going.

Wang Bo and Yu Ze, whom Li Xuan trusted the most, still stayed in Lanxi.

"Your Majesty, what chance do you think of today's matter?" Yao Zhi led people and sent Li Xuan to the pier.

Seeing Yao Zhi's serious question, Li Xuan looked serious and said, "If there are no accidents, there should be [-]%?"

"What if there is an accident?" Yao Zhi's face immediately turned serious.

"Then there is no [-]% chance." Li Xuan shook her head with a solemn expression.

Du Bixing, who was on the side, asked a little puzzled: "Accident, what accident might happen?"

"Two aspects." Li Xuan answered very directly, and said: "One is Hangzhou. If the Zhoushan pirates and Hangzhou Tianyin believers jointly take Hangzhou, Yuan Chao will definitely lose his face; the other is Shezhou. After winning Shezhou, Yuan Chao will definitely lose his face."

Du Bixing understood as soon as he heard it, nodded slowly and said: "The lower officials forgot, Yuan Chao is a duplicitous villain!"

Du Bixing used to be the Sima of Wuzhou in his early years, and now he is inspecting the Wuzhou Law Cao and joining the army; Yuan Chao was originally a Muzhou soldier Cao joining the army, but now he is close to inspecting the Wuzhou Sima. It would be quite interesting if the experiences of the two were reversed.

In the past few years, although Du Bixing has been recuperating from illness, he has been paying attention to the current situation in Muzhou and has a good understanding of Yuan Chao.

Although he is now sincerely surrendering, once there is a change, he will turn his face without hesitation.

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"What else does Sima need to explain?" Li Xuan turned to look at Yao Zhi.

Yao Zhi nodded, and said in a deep voice: "It's the Zhoushan pirates... It's the first time we met yesterday, so it's inconvenient to mention some things, but if everything goes well today, please send someone to send those Zhoushan pirates to Sanhe Pass immediately , I need to know the movement of the Zhoushan pirates immediately."

If the whereabouts of the pirates in Zhoushan are kept secret for one day, then the soldiers and horses of Hangzhou, Yuezhou, Taizhou and other ministries cannot be mobilized for a day.

Only when the threat of the Zhoushan pirates is completely resolved, can all of them draw out their forces, go straight to the main altar of the Tianyin Sect, and destroy them in one fell swoop.

"This king understands that this king will definitely send the three brothers of the Bai family to Sima." Li Xuan bowed his hands to Yao Zhi, then stepped onto the huge official ship, stood on the bow, looked at everyone present, and said with a smile : "Going this time, unless there are a group of people who have no intention of surrendering, the king will definitely return with a large army of soldiers, and then have a drink with everyone."

"I'm looking forward to having a drink with the prince!" Everyone at the scene bowed their hands to Li Xuan at the same time, and shouted loudly: "May the prince have a smooth trip and a successful return!"

The shadow of the boat went away, and everyone on the shore looked solemn.

Behind Sanhe Pass, rows of catapults could be vaguely seen, but they were quickly submerged.

Li Xuan turned around and looked at both sides of the Wujiang River. The surrounding mountains were undulating, and among the shadows of the mountains, there were countless figures shaking faintly.

Along with the boat, they headed north together, but soon, the figures of these people completely disappeared from Li Xuan's sight.

Li Xuan glanced sideways subconsciously, and Li Zhu stepped forward immediately: "Your Majesty."

"Tell everyone, don't worry, just go slowly," Li Xuan told Li Zhu, then turned around and walked into the cabin under the eyes of everyone.

As soon as he entered the cabin, a voice rang out immediately: "You don't seem to have much confidence in this trip!"

Zhang Wanyu leaned against the inside of the cabin, holding a book of Spring and Autumn in her hand, and looked at Li Xuan with a half-smile.

"So, this king brought you along." Li Xuan went to sit opposite Zhang Wanyu.

Qu Ying at the side immediately poured a cup of tea for Li Xuan.

Li Xuan drank the tea in one go.

Zhang Wanyu put Chunqiu on the case, looked Li Xuan up and down, and said: "I find you are quite contradictory. Judging by your actions, you seem to have been prepared long ago to wipe out the entire navy, but now you , but you are willing to risk yourself, what do you think?"

"It's nothing more than I can't bear to see more killings." Li Xuan looked out of the window and said softly: "Since I left the capital of God, nearly 7000 people have died because of this king. The pawns, two thousand sailor pawns, and five hundred enlisted pawns all died in the hands of this king, and it is inevitable that this king will get the title of a massacre of thousands of people, which is not a good thing."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Zhang Wanyu suddenly sneered, and said: "Tang Ting has always been superior in killing the most people. The more you kill and the more military achievements you have, the more people in the world will look up to you. Put away what you shouldn't. Some hypocritical pitiful hearts, our people don't need it."

"Yeah, your people don't need it." Li Xuan couldn't help but shook her head and said, "Poor Yuan Chao, he thinks he has everything in his hands, but he still doesn't understand. It’s just a pawn in the hearts of the people.”

People's hearts, this is what Li Xuan is most worried about.

The most powerful force in Yuan Chao's hands is nothing more than all kinds of worldly desires for fame and fortune.

It is precisely because of this that he suddenly became violent and took control of the entire navy of the Tianyin Sect at once. However, what he really influenced was only the middle class of the Tianyin Sect, and more people at the bottom. The belief in the Goddess is still alive.

It's just temporarily suppressed, and it may be awakened at any time.

Once they can't touch their weapons smoothly in a short period of time, if there is a slight change, everything will be in danger of being completely overturned immediately.

The key lies in people's hearts, people's hearts are uncertain, even if they abandon their weapons and surrender, there is a possibility of taking up weapons again immediately.

"Captain Changshui Zhu Xi, is he really imprisoned by Yuan Chao?" Li Xuan looked at Zhang Wanyu.

Zhang Wanyu shook her head and said: "Zhu Xi is a senior of the older generation. He has been out in the early years. I haven't met him much. Every time he comes and goes in a hurry, but he should have some skills and prestige among the soldiers. It’s not low...but when facing an insidious villain like Yuan Chao, there are not many people who can not be fooled by him.”

"Indeed." Li Xuan couldn't help being a little amused.

The members of the Tianyin Sect gave Yuan Chao the position of Pu She, who was second only to the chief executive, with a strong sense of trust, but in the end, it was nothing.

Yuan Chao betrayed when he said he betrayed him, and he was so shameless that people couldn't react.

The same is true now, now that the Tianyin Sect is at a disadvantage, Yuan Chao immediately betrayed them and went to the court, but if the situation of the Tianyin Sect repeats, his people will inevitably re-evaluate the pros and cons, and everything is possible in a flash.

All this made Li Xuan have to be cautious.

"If I have a large army of soldiers accompanying me, then there is no need to worry about any repetitions. Unfortunately, our manpower is limited after all." Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh softly.

"That's because you're in the upper hand, so naturally you've thought a lot about it. I'm afraid you've already started organizing the people for autumn planting?" Zhang Wanyu said with a gloomy expression, "You're right, sometimes we are too desperate gone."

"Bang bang!" Outside the cabin, the cabin door knocked, and Li Zhu's voice sounded: "My lord, Ten Mile Bay is here."

Li Xuan took a look at Zhang Wanyu, grabbed the Eight-faced Han Sword on the table with one hand, stood up, and walked out.

Outside the cabin, more than a dozen three-masted ships are moored in Shili Bay on the east side of Wujiang River.

In the cabin, Zhang Wanyu's face was full of worry.

She was not worried about Li Xuan, but worried about those Tianyin believers.

Although Li Xuan, the God of Killing, looked a little compassionate today, that was just his disguise.

If his murderous intention arises, he will immediately become a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Zhang Wanyu really didn't want to see the fleet outside, which was slaughtered in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)