Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 120 Rumor vs. Rumor
Leader Shi, Luo Xiucai and the petite woman turned to a big rock, and saw a few words written in a strange handwriting on the smooth side of the rock: "I will do what I say, just come to me."

Now the leaders looked at each other.It was Shitou who spoke first: "It seems that we can't catch up, let's leave here first." So more than a hundred men returned to the mountain village where they camped temporarily in dejection.

This is a col where "mountain people" live together. There were originally only a dozen or so families, but now the scale has expanded by more than ten times.The so-called "mountain people" are poor people who can't bear the exorbitant taxes imposed by the government and escape into the mountains. They are also the targets of the government. They naturally have a good impression of the insurgents.The mountain people are familiar with the local geography and human relations, and can provide early warning and other kinds of help to the foreign rebel army. This rebel army has robbed food, meat and more important salt, and can protect the mountain people from being plundered by bandits. , so the two sides are now in a relationship of mutual dependence.

Several leaders of the remnants of the rebel army sat together in a hut, naturally discussing how to proceed next.Because many people were still wondering what happened this morning, so Shi Shou first explained the cause and effect.Then he said: "I don't think that Li Buqi can be trusted. His rhetoric is just to fool the scholar and delay the time, so that they have time to run away."

A tall and thin man with a Shaanxi accent said: "The Sa family thinks it may not be what Shitou Ling thinks. When I was in Shaanxi, I heard that Li Buqi was almost killed by those officials. He and those officials are afraid. It's not the same thing. It's not impossible to be considerate of the poor."

Luo Xiucai took the opportunity to say: "Some of what Li Buqi said is not unreasonable. If we could really kill Tokyo last year, I am afraid that the emperor will call back all the troops defending Liao and Xixia to attack us. Liao If Xixia and Xixia take the opportunity to take control of the Central Plains, we will die and have no face to see our ancestors."

But Shitou Ling said: "You are a scholar who looks forward and backward. We can't live anymore, so what do we want to do so much? The world belongs to the Zhao family, and the Zhao family is not afraid of throwing the world to Liao and Xixia. What are we worrying about?" ?”

At this time, another leader asked: "Is the Xanadu that Li Buqi said is real? If you can live in that place, it's not bad. It's better than living in no fixed place all day, worrying about the encirclement by the government and the army, and also guarding against strongmen here. attack."

Someone else said: "If I went overseas, wouldn't I not report the hatred I waited for?"

Some people also said: "Now that you don't even dare to attack the prefectures and counties, how can you take revenge?"

Everyone couldn't agree on what to do, and after arguing for a long time, Shitou Ling said: "Miss Ying, you have always had an idea, and you also talked about what to do?"

Lady Ying frowned and said, "Such a big matter that involves the lives of hundreds of people can't be decided casually? It still needs a long-term discussion. I think it's better to wait a few days. Li Buqi knows who we are. , if he is lying to my brother, he will definitely bring troops to encircle us, if he really has no intention of harming us, he will not find us on purpose. Let's talk to him then."

In this way, everyone also felt that it was safer, and they all agreed.After all, no one dares to be careless if they want to hand over their own lives to others.Seeing that everyone had no objection, Shitou Ling arranged to send more sentries around, and at the same time prepare for the retreat—this is the experience of running all the time.

However, Luo Xiucai said: "We need to send more people to watch at Zhuantian Peak. Li Buqi led his troops to come and wonder if there will be any movement in Zhuantian Village. If we can seize it by chance, we will have a place to stay." Only when you can advance and retreat freely can you plan everything.”

Everyone agreed, so each went to arrange the manpower.The mountain people here were also sent out to inquire about the news.

Li Buqi took his people back to the mountain village and immediately sent someone to contact Wang Zhaoming, and offered a reward to find someone who had been to Zhuantian Peak. Sure enough, he found an old man in his 60s.According to the old man, he went to Zhuantian Peak when he was a child, and he still clearly remembers that although the stone beams on the back mountain are relatively flat, the narrowest point is only a dozen steps wide, and it is completely a terrain where one man is in charge of the other.

After inquiring about the news, Li Buqi hurried to Yangzhai County.When he arrived, the Zhenwu army had just arrived outside the city and was camping.And many forbidden troops and Xiang troops were watching around.When Li Buqi walked into the camp, Wang Zhaoming and Yang Shiqing led several officers over and introduced the leader, "Tiju, this is Hedu Supervisor of Yingchang Mansion."

Li Buqi hurriedly saluted, and Hedu Supervisor quickly returned the salute, and said with a smile: "I've heard about Li Ti's name for a long time, but I didn't expect to see him here. It's because we warriors are too useless, so I'll take a trip to get Li Ti. "

Li Buqi even said he didn't dare.He Dujian said again: "It is said that Li Tiju is a man with many skills. Today, I saw that Tiju's training is really extraordinary. Now the banditry in Yingchang Mansion can finally be eradicated."

In Hedu Supervisor, although this is a blame, it is also a normal compliment, but Li Buqi did not continue to say this, but said: "To tell you the truth, let the Zhenwu Army come to suppress the bandits. Simple. When I left Beijing, rumors spread wildly in Beijing that the Zhenwu Army was omnipotent because someone was coveting the good stuff from the Royal Proving Ground, and the purpose was to mobilize the Zhenwu Army.

"Of course I don't believe these rumors. But with so many people in the Privy Council who betrayed information about Da Song to Thief Xia, it's not an exaggeration to say that there are a few bad guys. Otherwise, I really don't understand who would take a team that has never fought Bragging is omnipotent. We are all warriors, not outsiders, so I will tell the supervisor, don't have too much hope for the Zhenwu Army."

Li Buqi said it so bluntly that not only He Dujian and a group of officers, but also the supervisor Song Yuanji's face turned into buns.

Although He Dujian couldn't get involved in the decision-making of Yingchang Mansion, he could still hear the rumors. He had already heard that Zhizhou intended to let the Zhenwu Army attack the dangerous Zhuantian Village, and he had a vague intention of taking pleasure in other's misfortunes.As a military commander, if you think about it with your toes, you will understand.Zhuantian Village is notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Li Buqi really knows magic as in the legend, he might be able to take it down, but today's officials will hand over the army to a person who can call wind and rain and scatter beans into soldiers. ?
If Li Buqi is an ordinary person, everyone knows that he will never be able to please him, and the defeated general will be rubbed by others.What's more, Jin Liren, the current Zhizhou, is the same year as Han Qi, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. When the time comes, the local central government will mobilize together, and Li Buqi will be destroyed forever.

This matter is that a group of court chiefs are going to deal with a little shrimp who doesn't even have a grade. Whoever wants to stop it will be crushed into powder, so He Dujian and all the military leaders are not afraid of trouble with the attitude of watching the excitement son big.But Li Buqi told them in front of them that there were rumors in the capital, so they couldn't pretend not to hear them. If the emperor really blamed the Zhenwu army for killing them in the future, would those civil servants be held responsible?

What are you thinking?It is definitely pushed to these warriors.The emperor did not kill scholar-bureaucrats, but scholar-bureaucrats were merciless when they killed warriors.What's so great about killing a few warriors to appease the emperor's anger?

He Dujian's back felt cold, and he was no longer in the mood for teasing. He just forced a smile and said, "It's unbelievable to believe the rumors. Jin Zhizhou will arrive tomorrow. With him personally commanding, we will definitely be able to win the battle."

Li Buqi asked Yang Silang to spread rumors that civil officials framed Li Buqi before Wengelou took action, but what he said was not because Li Buqi was not favored by civil officials, but because some people coveted the good things in the testing ground.

Rumors are not afraid of roughness, and are not afraid of loopholes. Once a trend is formed, the people who eat melons will make up their own brains.As soon as this rumor came out, officials of the Privy Council sold information to Xixia. Everyone in the capital knew that there were bad people in the court.Even one's own army can be sold to the enemy, so what's so special about killing the Zhenwu army in order to steal good things from the test site?So the guards who came after Li Buqi said that the current direction of public opinion in the capital has changed.

It seems that the effect of this rumor is still good. Li Buqi just said it casually, and the military leaders in Yingchang Mansion fell silent.Let these military leaders remain neutral, and it will be much easier to deal with civilian officials.

(End of this chapter)