Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 462 Soaring to the Sky
After searching for a while and failing to find the fifth brother, Xia Lin went around asking, but the result he got was that he had gone out with his men.

This matter is a bit strange, but this place is under the control of the fifth brother after all. As a higher-level command system, Xia Lin cannot speak directly to the fifth brother's subordinates. That would be tantamount to asking them to report to a higher level in disguise.

So Xia Lin didn't ask any more questions, but turned around and went back to the resting place to find the little cutie who was left there at home.

"It happened a few days ago."

The little princess also looked angry when she said: "If you were here, you would have sent troops."

"Speak more clearly."

"At that time, many people from Xudu and Zhengzhou wanted to come here for refuge. Some long-term workers and tenants also said they wanted to come, but their masters disagreed, so there was a commotion over there."

"and then?"

"Then those people mobilized their private soldiers and arrested all the people from the two villages who wanted to come over. They said there were more than 300 people, including men, women, and children."

Xia Lin felt something was wrong when he heard this. He frowned and asked, "Then what?"

"Then they tied up all those people and burned them to death." The little princess was also angry when she said: "At that time, the fifth brother said he wanted to attack, but he was persuaded to stop. Now the fifth brother is leading people to draw maps."

"More than 300 people, all burned to death?"

"Yes! A lot of people were called to watch, and later a group of people came secretly. They were crying while talking about it."

After listening to this, Xia Lin immediately understood why the atmosphere in this place was wrong. These people were alienating themselves from the people.

"I'll go out and take care of things first."

"Well, don't work too hard." The little princess hugged Xia Lin and said, "We must avenge them."

"rest assured."

After Xia Lin went out, he immediately reported a long list of names to the people who followed him: "Tell them to wait for me in the central army tent!"

"Order!"

Soon, the heads of non-combat functional departments at all levels gathered in the big tent, including those in charge of transportation, logistics, etc. They all knew why the Marshal called them here, so they were all in high spirits.

"Wang Youde."

"Marshal!" Wang Youde stood up.

"You must immediately count the supplies and report to me before evening."

"Order!"

"Zeng Shiqing."

"The World Youth is here."

"Bring a transport route map, and do a few support drills these days."

"Order!"

"Cao Feng..."

Xia Lin's arrangements were gradual and step-by-step. He did not command the army, but all the logistical support was arranged neatly by him.

About two days later, the fifth brother came back. He went straight to see Xia Lin without any pause. The man was obviously very tired when he came over, but his eyes were full of murderous intent.

"stop."

Before the fifth brother could say anything, Xia Lin stopped him: "I don't need your explanation. I need a copy of your battle plan now."

"Yes!"

In fact, Xia Lin had no idea what those people were trying to do. They just wanted to relocate, but Xia Lin insisted on labeling them as rebels and burning them all to death regardless of gender, age or status. This was essentially no different from a massacre.

That's right, these people don't care about such things. They only want to make an example of someone to scare the monkeys, but never think about the resentment in the hearts of those untouchables and two-legged beasts.

Of course, if they had been living in darkness, they could bear it because they were numb and hopeless. But now someone held up a torch for them, and a bright spot appeared in the distance!
Once a person has hope, even if it is just a moon in the water or a flower in the mirror, it will stimulate infinite potential. The means used in the past will no longer make people afraid, but will make them hate, extremely hateful.

Xia Lin always says timing is timing, and now is the best time.

The New Year came in earnest, but on New Year's Eve, Xia Lin did not sit in front of the reunion table. Instead, he stood in front of a sand table with all the generals of the Green Forest Army, including Pingyang who was pregnant.

"The pace must be fast, and you must strike a devastating blow to the enemy before they can react. Also, you must remember your purpose. War is not a purpose but a means. You must keep your men steady. Do you understand what I mean?" "Yes!"

"Okay." Xia Lin patted the table and said, "I'm not responsible for the specific operations. What I want is the results! When the fireworks go up to the sky, the battle will begin. Let's get started!"

Generals at all levels dispersed one after another, and then the sound of trumpets began to sound one after another. Xia Lin stood outside, looking at the shouts and footsteps coming from all over the world with a serious expression.

At this moment, a firework celebrating the New Year soared into the sky, blooming a brilliant halo in the night sky. At the same time as the sound of the explosion came, the horn indicating the completion of the assembly was blown three times.

The army sets off!
The fireworks soaring into the sky pointed the direction for the advancing army, and all the hatred took shape at this moment.

Xia Lin returned to the house and began to write a manifesto to protest against rebellion. He was going to send this manifesto to the imperial court. It simply stated that someone in Henan Province was rebelling.

As for whether it was a rebellion, Xia Lin said that if he was, then he was, and if he was not, then he was not. The Green Forest Army was a voluntary army organized by the people to put an end to the chaos and restore order. As for why the voluntary army had standardized armor and swords and guns, it can only be said that it was the Emperor Taizu who appeared and the supplies were sent down from heaven. After all, the unjust will not be helped by heaven, so who can be blamed?

Military intelligence was reported daily, but Xia Lin never interfered. This made Sanniang a little puzzled, but Xia Lin did not explain too much.

However, the Green Forest Army, led by the Fifth Brother, was unstoppable. They divided into three groups and marched northward. Wherever they went, they won without bloodshed. The local people and even the soldiers guarding the city would take the initiative to open the city gates, and they encountered almost no obstacles.

The local tyrants who had received the news early had already packed up and fled overnight. The first thing the rebels did wherever they went was to burn down the local government office, saying that they had burned it when those people fled. Then they left some people behind to divide the land on the spot, not caring about those messy rules.

The most unexpected thing is that the size of the Green Forest Army expanded from more than 70,000 people at the start to 210,000 in just fourteen days, which is less than one-fifth of Henan Province.

In other words, the enemy's troops became smaller and smaller as the fight went on, while the Green Forest Army became larger and larger, which was extremely terrifying.

By this time, most of the warlords in various places had received the letter, and then Xia Lin welcomed batches of military observers who requested to go to the front line to observe. Xia Lin naturally agreed to all of them. The local gentry in Henan Province, such as Yuwen Yi and his ilk, also gathered more than 100,000 troops in major cities at this moment, preparing to have a head-on confrontation with what they saw as a mob.

When the Green Forest Army arrived at Xudu, their number exceeded 300,000.

The moment three hundred thousand people appeared from the horizon, they came like the mighty tide of Qiantang River. The morning sun rose slowly behind them, and the huge flags fluttered in the wind in the spring light. In a trance, one could see the bravery of the million-strong Qin army.

There were about 30,000 soldiers defending Xudu. They dared not do anything. They just watched the 300,000-plus people coming over and then dividing Xudu into eight parts and setting up camp.

Early the next morning, the city gate opened automatically because the soldiers in Xudu mutinied. They first killed the guarding general and then broke through the city gate and successfully completed the handover with the fifth brother.

Without doing anything, they successfully captured a city. After taking the city, the fifth brother's execution ability and his men's military discipline were brought to the extreme. They did not plunder, disturb the people, or disrupt normal trade, and they did not even make a fuss. They just arrested people quietly and reorganized them quietly.

Many people woke up and found that except for the flags on the city walls, there were almost no major changes.

But the yamen is gone, and the people entering and leaving the yamen are now wearing armor.

After Xu Du's defection, the enemy is now at the gates of Zzhou. However, in stark contrast to the situation where the Green Forest Army is getting more and more numerous as the battle goes on, there are almost no pedestrians on the streets of the Buddhist Kingdom of Zzhou except for the temples. Those who have the means have fled, and those who cannot escape have stayed indoors.

And this was less than a month after Xia Lin sent out his troops.

"One month! It took one month to capture Xudu!?"

Yu Wenzhi pointed at the generals below him and shouted, "What do you do for a living?"

"Four hundred thousand... the enemy has four hundred thousand."

"Four hundred thousand!" Yu Wenzhi turned into Yu Wenxiao at this moment, with a look of difficulty on his face: "How can there be so many!? What do they eat and drink?"

"Yes... we have the transportation capacity of Jiangnan Road."

Yu Wenzhi looked up at the sky, and after a long while he said, "Get ready and defend Zzhou to the death! Go, send someone to see Li Yuan and tell him that the Yuwen family is willing to submit to the Li family and hope that the Li family will send troops to help."

After Shan Xiongxin took charge of Xudu, he was not in a hurry to move forward, but began to sort out and integrate, and began to distribute the previous land, materials, etc. This was also Xia Lin's core intention, to redistribute those things that were taken away from the people.

This was the fundamental reason why they were so unstoppable this time, because many of the soldiers on the opposite side had received letters from home, which might contain a simple sentence like "Er Gouzi, your family has divided up the land, so you don't have to serve in the army and risk your life for it."

In front of a team that has no organization and no faith at all, a letter could potentially bring the morale of the entire camp to the bottom, not to mention that these people had dared to do such evil deeds that would cut themselves off from the world.

At this moment, the news that the Green Forest Army had taken over three-fifths of Henan Province in just one month had also reached the court, and all the civil and military officials in the court dared not say a word.

Even the prince remained silent for a long while without any response.

It took half a month to take Runan, and one month to occupy Xudu. Is this… is this… is this reasonable? This… this is not right! Han Xin did not have such a speed. Moreover, it seems that not only did the various places not resist, but they responded one after another. Xudu even opened the gates to welcome the mutiny.

Only Lao Guo, who was standing below, had a smile that was harder to suppress than AK. He leaned over and said to Prince Teng: "My son is a military god... The more other people fight, the harder it gets, but why does he have more enemies the more he fights?"

"Don't talk." Prince Teng pushed him with his arm and said, "Something bad is going to happen."

(End of this chapter)