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

Chapter 479 An understatement, a vicious strategy

The mountains and forests are undulating and emerald green.

A big river spans east and west, like a jade belt, flowing out from the Tianmu Mountains in the distance, flowing eastward, until Qiantang.

This big river is named Xin'an River.

On the north side of the Xin'an River, a county seat was quietly seated.

Muzhou, the county seat of Jiande.

Above and below the city gate, soldiers in blue robes, armed with knives and guns, stared at everyone who entered and exited with piercing eyes.

At this moment, four official ships sailed slowly from the east to the south gate of Jiande County.

The first official ship slowly docked at the South Gate Wharf.

Yao Zhi, Sima of Yuezhou, who had been waiting on the pier for a long time, who was dressed in a scarlet official robe, immediately came up to him.

The plank of the boat was put down, and Li Xuan, who was wearing a black brocade suit, pressed the Eight-faced Han Sword in her hand, and walked down slowly with a solemn expression.

"I have seen the prince!" Yao Zhi immediately bowed his hands to Li Xuan.

"Sima!" Li Xuan gently bowed his hands in return, and then stepped aside.

Qianniu Beishen Qiu Zhenmu, Wuzhou Fa Cao joined the army Du Bixing, Nanchang Wangfu edited Yu Ze, inspected writing Wang Bo, inspected Kuaiji Mansion Captain Zhou Shen, inspected Wuzhou soldier Cao Canjun and Xu Jian got off the ship at the same time, and then They bowed hands to Yao Zhi one after another.

"My lord, the residence has been arranged, and I would like to ask my lord to follow the officials to resettle, please!" Yao Zhi led the way.

There were several carriages parked in front, Li Xuan frowned slightly, but followed them calmly into the carriage.

The carriage shook and continued on its way.

Inside the carriage, there were only Li Xuan and Yao Zhi.

At this time, Li Xuan frowned and said, "Sima, what is going on? Why did you suddenly order me to rush to Jiande? Many things have not been prepared yet... But what happened? It's so urgent. ?”

"This matter has to be discussed in detail between the governor and the lord, please let the officials of the lord shut up for a while." Yao Zhi forced a smile on his face, but his face already gave off a very heavy feeling.

Originally, it would take Li Xuan two days to fully prepare and set off from Lanxi, but an order from the Yuezhou Governor's Mansion forced Li Xuan to temporarily put aside what she was doing and brought people to Jiande in a hurry. Tell him what is the matter, I am afraid it is not a good thing.

Li Xuan changed his mind, and immediately asked, "So Sima, how is the situation in Muzhou?"

Yao Zhi said with a serious face: "A few days ago, Colonel Yan led people to capture Jiande. After the army of the Governor's Mansion arrived, they went straight to Jiande. They wanted to send troops to Chun'an, but just the day before yesterday, Tianyin taught Zhang Wanyu and joined the saint Ye Wanwan to gather all the teachers and soldiers from the five counties of Chun'an, Fenshui, Shouchang, Sui'an and Qingxi back to Muzhou City. Our army has not gained anything after two days of attacking the city , so I hurriedly urged the prince to come to Muzhou."

Li Xuan frowned for a while, then said with a wry smile: "Sima, the governor's mansion has enough soldiers and food, and it's just a matter of time to attack a Muzhou city. Why did you make me come here overnight in such a hurry?"

"It's not that there are enough soldiers and food, but the actual situation is that there is a serious shortage of food and grass!" Yao Zhi's words made Li Xuan's eyes widen in surprise.

Yao Zhi sighed, and said: "Before the demon girl withdrew to the state city, she emptied all the grain and grass and silver deposits in the five counties of Chun'an, Fenshui, Shouchang, Suian, and Qingxi. I brought a lot, but it was only enough for five days, and now I am urgently adjusting food from the rear.”

Li Xuan nodded silently, the hearts of the people in Muzhou were not with the imperial court, so they could not collect food and grass from the people, they could only collect food from the rear.

Although there is enough time, there is always some tension, which makes people feel uneasy.

But this is still not right, he was called here so urgently, there should be something that needs him to deal with, and it must be him.

Seeing Yao Zhi's expression of not wanting to speak, Li Xuan slightly lowered her eyebrows with a solemn expression.

Unknowingly, a group of horse-drawn carriages had already arrived at a second-entry courtyard next to the Jiande County Government Office. The residences of the people they brought had been prepared in advance, and they were settled after a little resettlement.

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"My lord, Brother Yao, Qiu Beishen, this way please!" Yao Zhi led the three of them into the Jiande county government office.

Dozens of soldiers inside and outside are all full of energy and energy, holding knives and guns with sharp blades.

As soon as I walked outside the lobby, I immediately heard a burst of dissatisfied shouting from inside: "Lack of food, if you lack food, go to collect it. The people here are rebellious, and the court just happened to pursue their crimes of being thieves. If you collect some food, you will go to collect it." how?"

Li Xuan had just walked to the entrance of the lobby at this time, just in time to see a burly general wearing a black robe and a silver fish-scale armor, standing in the center of the lobby and shouting something loudly, both in and out of words.

At this time, the sound of footsteps outside the hall just happened.

The burly general and everyone in the hall turned their heads at the same time, and saw Yao Zhi, Li Xuan, Qiu Zhenmu, Yu Ze and others walking in.

The burly general frowned in dissatisfaction, then cupped his hands and went back to his seat.

In the center of the lobby, under the black "Gongming Lianwei" plaque, a senior official in a scarlet robe sits on the magistrate's seat.

This person is in his fifties, and his face is full of vicissitudes of life, wearing a black pu hat. He looks quite tired, but between the opening and closing of his eyes, there is a chilling indifference, and there is a posture of a tiger lying on his face. .

It was Duan Baoxuan, the governor of the Governor's Mansion of Yuezhou.

Yao Zhi stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Report to the governor, the King of Nanchang has arrived."

The chill in Duan Baoxuan's eyes retracted slightly, then his expression softened, and he looked up at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan stepped forward immediately, cupped his hands and bowed: "Don't drive, my officer, Wuzhou, Li Xuan, Li Xuan, Captain Guoyi of Kuaiji Prefecture, has met the governor!"

Behind him, Qiu Zhenmu and Du Bixing saluted at the same time.

"King of Nanchang, please sit down!" Du Bixing nodded, looking to the left.

Li Xuan bowed slightly, then walked to the upper left and sat down without any hesitation.

Qiu Zhenmu and Du Bixing stood behind Li Xuan.

After sitting firmly, Li Xuan looked up, and saw the burly general sitting opposite him, looking at him with a cold face.

Li Xuan's eyes were indifferent, as if he didn't pay attention to it at all.

At this time, Duan Baoxuan, who was sitting at the top, began to introduce Li Xuan one by one, and the first one pointed to the person opposite Li Xuan: "This is Huaijin, the captain of Zhechong Mansion in Kuaiji, and this is Yuan Yi, Sima of Hangzhou, Hangzhou Captain Ji Xiao of the Navy, Sima Jia Mu of Taizhou, and Li Ji, the meritorious officer of the Governor's Mansion, joined the army."

"Meet the captain!" Li Xuan solemnly saluted Huai Jin, Yuan Yi, Ji Xiao and Jia Mu, and everyone else returned the salute to Li Xuan one by one.

As for Li Ji, the meritorious Cao of the Governor's Mansion who joined the army, he was the first to salute Li Xuan: "My nephew has seen Uncle Wang."

Li Ji's father, Li Ke, was the concubine of Li Ke, the son of Emperor Taizong Wen.

During the Yonghui period, Li Ke, the king of Wu, was slandered by Changsun Wuji for treason. After Changsun Wuji was convicted, he was rehabilitated.

"Nephew Wang is polite." Li Xuan bowed his hands in return.

After sitting down again, Duan Baoxuan, the governor, looked at Li Xuan: "My lord also heard what Lieutenant Huai said just now, that he wanted to collect food and grass from the people's homes. I don't know what your lord wants?"

The army of the Governor's Mansion is short of food and grass, although there is no shortage of food, but if there is a slight accident, the situation will be in danger, so there is a proposal to collect food and grass from the people's homes.

For a moment, everyone present looked at Li Xuan.

Huai Jin looked at Li Xuan, for some reason, there was always a trace of cold hostility.

As for Yuan Yi and Ji Xiao, they were both Li Xuan's acquaintances, and they nodded slightly to each other, which was regarded as greetings.

Under Duan Baoxuan's questioning, everyone present looked at Li Xuan, waiting to hear his opinion.

In the eyes of everyone watching, Li Xuan raised his head, looked at Duan Baoxuan, cupped his hands and said: "This matter is easy, the governor might as well follow the words of Lieutenant Huai and issue a list to collect food and salaries from the people. When you want to be in turmoil..."

Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused for a while, and looked at Huai Jin with a half-smile, saying, "At that time, I will issue an official document to cancel the grain requisition, set things right, and show gratitude to everyone. If so, the hearts of the people will be grateful. Afterwards, the governor may wish to exempt some small Taxes buy people's hearts, so people's hearts are stable, even if food is tight, there will be no worries."

"What Uncle Wang said is true!" Li Ji immediately stood up, cupped his hands to Li Xuan, his expression was full of admiration, but he looked at Huai Jin from the corner of his eyes, and there was a lot of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Jiande had just settled down, and people's hearts had not yet settled down, Huaijin couldn't help but want to do something to the people's food, and everyone present was already dissatisfied.

Huai Jin may not be able to see the hidden dangers here, but he still suggested this, with sinister intentions.

Although Li Xuan is a newcomer, everyone knows that he cares about the common people. At first they thought they were strongly opposed to this proposal, but he did not expect him to beat him. Huai entered the pit.

Here, if any place is unstable, there is a rebellion, and it cannot be dealt with, it will be Huaijin's responsibility immediately.

This old-fashioned method is so relaxed and freehand, which is admirable.

After hearing Li Xuan's proposal, Huai Jin couldn't help but shudder, looking at Li Xuan with fear in his eyes.

It's easy to get a hat of rebellion against the government, and put it in front of him, waiting for him to drill in.

The king of Nanchang has a sinister heart.

"Forget about what you did before. Just tell Baixin that I won't collect military rations from them. Anyway, in just two days, the grain and grass from Wuzhou and Yuezhou will arrive. There is no need to take such a risk." Duan Baoxuan directly settled the matter. down.

"I will obey the order." Li Xuan and the others quickly stood up, and after cupping their hands, they sat down again.

Duan Baoxuan looked at the crowd solemnly, and said: "After what happened in the past, the city of Muzhou has been rebuilt for 20 years, making it even more towering and insurmountable. Now that it is occupied by bandits, I don't want the soldiers to suffer too much damage. I wonder if you have any good strategies? "

Huai Jin immediately raised his head and looked at Li Xuan: "The King of Nanchang repelled the Tianyin Sect's invasion several times at Meiling Pass, and his defense methods are strict. I think he has some experience in this matter of attacking the city. I wonder if you can give me some advice?"

"Don't dare to be a captain and say so." Li Xuan slightly raised his hand, Huai Jin was obviously targeting him.

Li Xuan glanced at him indifferently, and then continued: "The strategy of conquering Muzhou City is very simple. Isolate the inside and outside, and then send a letter to the city, saying that Tianyin was defeated and died in Shezhou. Just come, under the turmoil of the heart, you can easily break the city."

Between Li Xuan's few words, a vicious strategy has been presented.

The eyes of everyone present looking at Li Xuan were filled with fear in an instant.

Even acquaintances like Yuan Yi and Ji Xiao felt their scalps tingle when they heard Li Xuan's strategy.

It's only been less than two months since I've seen him. The King of Nanchang's tricks to scheming people's hearts are many times more proficient than when he was in Hangzhou.

"That's it, a fake head, after death, it's hard to see the real face, Captain Huai, I entrust this matter to you." Duan Baoxuan's expression did not change at all. The battlefield has long been used up.

(End of this chapter)