The Golden Age Chapter 680: Heaven is angry and people are complaining

Chen Xi suddenly came to Shuning City, which really surprised Qin Xiao and She Yue.

Chen Xi, dressed in a coarse cloth, stepped up to the top of the city. Qin Xiao had already followed She Yue to greet him. Seeing She Yue, Chen Xi and a few people behind him knelt to the ground and said in unison: "See Your Highness!"

"Chen Shaojian, get up and talk." Sheyue smiled and raised her hand: "Get up all."

After Chen Xi and the others got up, She Yue glanced around, but she recognized that the four people behind Chen Xi were all close attendants he brought from Kyoto. Brother Lu Gan and Lu Ku were among them. All four of them were Chen Xi, his confidant guard, tuned the tiger away from the mountain in Suzhou City. The four people followed Chen Xi out of the city, and have not known whereabouts ever since.

Seeing that these people are safe and sound, She Yue's heart is happy, even Qin Xiao feels refreshed.

"Princess, are you well?" The servant Lu Gan is good at observing. When She Yue came over, she seemed to have some wrong steps. She didn't know that She Yue's foot injury hadn't healed yet, so she asked with concern.

She Yue shook her head and said: "It's okay."

"Master Chen, the fire over there...?" The two men and horses met in Shuning City. Qin Xiao was naturally happy in his heart, but at the moment he was more interested in the fire on the rebel camp.

Chen Xi smiled and said: "The rebels may not be able to eat for a few days."

She Yue and Qin Xiao understood in an instant, Qin Xiao was surprised: "Did you burn the rebels' grain and grass?"

"Yes." Lu Gan smiled behind him: "Master Young Supervisor has the courage and strategy. We got into the rebel army two days ago. Master Young Supervisor planned to burn the rebels' granary from the beginning. Although they are crowded and powerful, as long as the granary is burned, the rebels will have no food to eat and will collapse without fighting."

Chen Xi turned his head and looked towards the fire. The fire there was still not extinguished at this time, and smiled: "It seems that it is too late for them to rescue the grain and grass. Thanks to the Lu Gan brothers, he came up with a way to burn the grain. At that time, first sprinkle fuel in many places in the granary. In this way, the fire takes advantage of the wind and the flammable fuel is added. Even if they find the fire, it is not easy to put out the fire."

Qin Xiao was surprised: "You arrived two days ago?"

"We led away from the Hangzhou camp from the city of Suzhou, but the commander Zhao quickly noticed that he was winning and led the troops back to the city." Chen Xi solemnly said: "We turned away from the chasing soldiers, dressed in disguise, and it was near the city of Suzhou. Inquire about the situation.” Then he said solemnly: “Princess, the Suzhou Camp is now stationed in Suzhou City. In addition, the Queen Mother’s followers around Suzhou City have gathered to station in the city. The current Suzhou City is already in the hands of the Queen Mother Association. In addition to the original soldiers and horses in the city, plus the Queen Mother's rebels who later entered the city, the strength of Suzhou City should now be no less than six or seven thousand."

Musk Moon slightly points her head, with a solemn expression.

If she wants to reverse the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, she must retake Suzhou City, but with the current situation, it is simply fantastic to retake Suzhou City.

Don't say whether to capture Suzhou City, whether it can hold Shuning City, is also a severe test.

"The minion has already used the flying pigeon to report the situation to Kyoto." Chen Xi said: "In addition, the Suzhou rebellion, such a major event, must have been reported to Kyoto quickly, so the court should have started by now. Discussing a plan to suppress the rebellion." After a pause, he said, "In the beginning, the rebels from all walks of life gathered in the direction of Suzhou City, but these days the rebels have gathered in the direction of Shuning City. The minions felt that things were strange. , So I got involved in the rebels, inquire

His Royal Highness and Master Qin may be in the city. "

Musk Yue has been in the city for four days. That night, Qin Xiao rode the princess into the city, and it must have spread.

Qin Xiao smiled and said: "So Master Young Supervisor lurks in it, ready to burn the granary?"

"Exactly." Chen Xi nodded and said: "We have secretly figured out the situation of the granary in the past two days, carefully planned, today the rebels used the hostages to threaten Dong County Order Kaicheng, we are in the team. The right **** Will be cruel and despicable. Originally, we were planning to wait two days before starting, but after thinking about it carefully, don’t give them any more time. We just do it tonight. Fortunately, everything went well. The rebel granary was destroyed. It should be heavy for them. Even if they immediately send someone to Suzhou City to ask for food tonight, and when they are ready there, they will send someone to deliver the food. The fastest speed, at least the day after tomorrow, can arrive. I would like to see it. In the next two days, the right **** will feed the stomachs of these thousands of soldiers and horses with something."

Lu Gan said on the side: "Even if it is a regular court soldier, if there is no food for two or three days, everyone is starving, and mutiny may occur, so there is no need to say this mob."

What Chen Xi thought of, whispered: "His Royal Highness, although the rebels are numerous, but according to our observation in the past two days, they have a fatal weakness." He tore off the black belt from his waist and handed it to Qin Xiao. Said: "Master Qin, can you see what is different about the rebels?"

Qin Xiao took the black belt and said it was a belt. It was naturally different from the real belt. In fact, it was a black coarse cloth belt tied horizontally around his waist.

"When you said this, I really remembered one thing." Qin Xiao looked at Musk and said, "Princess, do you remember that the rebel soldiers wore belts around their waists, but the colors were different. I remember some of them were wearing red belts, but most of them were wearing the same black belts as the young master."

Shu Yue nodded, apparently already aware of this, and asked: "Chen Xi, the belt is different in color, what can you say?"

"Yes." Chen Xi nodded and said: "The red belt is worn around her waist, which proves that before this rebellion, those people had joined the Queen Mothers' Association and were true Queen Mothers believers. They were at least one or two years old. For more than seven or eight years, he was bewitched by the Queen’s Association and listened to what the Queen’s mother said. He is the true backbone of the rebels. The black belt is the common way for the Queen’s mother to forcefully pull into the team from the villages and towns after this rebellion. People, these people don’t actually believe in queen mothers. They become part of the rebel army because they are afraid of the queen mother’s butcher knife."

Qin Xiao's eyes lit up, and the information that Chen Xi brought was of course very important.

"In fact, Jiangnan is the richer place in my Datang." Chen Xi slowly said: "Princess, I will say bluntly, if it is the people of the barren land, the taxes and servitudes are heavy, and the clothes are not covered and hungry, they Resent the imperial court, in order to be able to eat their stomachs, perhaps they would really raise their flags to rebel. However, although the taxes of the people in Jiangnan are not light, most of them can still eat their stomachs. I, the people of Datang, as long as they don’t push them into desperation. , Let them eat and wear warmth, they will not be rebellious." After a pause, he glanced outside the city: "So in the eyes of the minion, the queen mother will choose to initiate a rebellion in Jiangnan, although it does make people I was caught off guard, but because of this, the foundation of the Queen Mother Society in Jiangnan is actually not solid."

Qin Xiao nodded slightly and said: "Master Chen is absolutely right. If the government is exploited, the place is barren, and some people lead a rebellion, it can indeed make many people who have nowhere to go to follow them willingly, but the people in Jiangnan will not be desperate. So except for those who are bewitched by the Queen Mother, there are not many people who really want to rebel."

"The red belt is bewitched, while the black belt is forced." Chen Xi said: "The queen will know that the red belt is their devout disciple and the real backbone, so they are treated more in the army than the black belt. It’s much better. They want to buy the heart of the red belt, but it’s just that, making the black belt feel unfair.” sneered: “Although the Queen Mother will be extremely cruel and forbid the soldiers to talk privately, these two worlds, I can clearly perceive that the black belt resents the red belt. The rebels are like a pair of dry firewood. If the sparks are thrown up at the right time, they are likely to mess up by themselves."

Lu Gan suddenly said: "Princess, there is some good news."

"You said." She Yue was in a lot of joy at this time.

Lu Gan said: "The Queen Mother’s followers looted everywhere and forcibly pulled the people into the rebel ranks. This has actually aroused the anger of the people in the south of the Yangtze River. As far as we know, many villages and towns have begun to organize spontaneously, and the squires in many places Gather young men together to protect the old, weak, women and children and their property. These days the rebels have killed many local officials and scared more local officials. They joined forces with the local squires to gather young people. Strong, build weapons, hoard food and grass, that is to prepare to resist the rebels."

"Yes." Chen Xi nodded and said: "Just yesterday, a group of Queen Mothers looted a town, but the organized people killed a dozen people, and a dozen people fled back in embarrassment. One more The team members hadn’t approached the village and found that there were many people in ambush, so they didn’t dare to go in." Looking at Sheyue, he said: "His Royal Highness, the news that you have been trapped in Shuning County has begun to be spread out. I am afraid that many places know that you are fighting against the rebels in Shuning City. As long as Shuning City is not broken for a day, the forces in Jiangnan against the rebels will have confidence, and more and more people will stand up to resist the rebels. , Until we insist on the reinforcements sent by the court, then to put down the rebellion, it will be invincible."

After She Yue and Qin Xiao entered the city, the news outside the city was blocked. It is impossible to know what has changed in Jiangnan these days. Hearing Chen Xi's words, She Yue was even more happy and asked: "Do you know what's going on in Hangzhou? The Suzhou Qian family rebelled. What actions did the other six of the seven surnames in Jiangnan do?"

"So far, I haven't heard that Hangzhou and Yangzhou have also rebelled." Chen Xi said: "The minion has been thinking about whether the other six surnames are waiting for news from Suzhou."

"Oh?" Musk asked: "You mean they are waiting for news from the palace?"

Chen Xi hesitated, and finally nodded: "The minions thought that in their plan, using the Neku case to lure the princess to Jiangnan was the first step, and the second step should be when the princess did not notice their conspiracy. Under the circumstances, use the princess to attack the Taihu pirates to get rid of their confidant concerns. If all goes well and the Taihu pirates are eventually eradicated, then the third step is to hold the princess and play the banner of the princess. In this way, under the banner of the princess, the three states in Jiangnan will all Rebellion." sneered: "Their first step did succeed, but there was something wrong with the plan behind. The princess escaped from Suzhou City and the Qian family’s mission failed. Under such circumstances, the Qian family had no way of retreating and had to rebel immediately. , But other families realized that the princess was not under the control of the Qian family, so they did not dare to act rashly."

Sk Yue nodded slightly, Qin Xiao also felt that Chen Xi’s analysis was indeed reasonable, and sneered: “So Suzhou is trying to do everything possible to take down Shuning City and catch the princess. Only the princess is arrested, and the other six surnames. Dare to make trouble." With one hand on his back, he disdainfully smiled and said: "This Qian family seems to have become a tool used by the other six."