Chapter 137 Xu Xuanwu's Rebellion
"General, the time has come!"

Nanyue County, Longxiang Army Camp.

Li Wenyou walked quickly over and spoke to Xu Xuanwu who was sitting on the main seat.

"Oh? What does Wenhe mean?"

"It's reversed! It's all reversed!"

Li Wenyou said excitedly: "More than half of the Thirteen Prefectures of Dayu have rebelled!"

"Lords, noble families, and clans from all over the country have all rebelled!"

"The Emperor of Dayu actually disregarded the interests of the aristocratic families and clans and brazenly implemented Wang Anshi's reforms, which required clearing the country's arable land, redistributing it, and even nationalizing it."

"The most important thing is that he actually wants to collect taxes from officials, merchants and vassal kings! This is an unprecedented policy. The actions of Emperor Zhengyong have pushed all officials and noble families to the opposite side!"

Li Wenyou panted heavily and said, "We didn't send many spies to the capital, and all the spies along the way were rebels from all over the place. It was not easy to get the news back."

"This news is from a month ago. I guess the situation in the capital and Dayu is even worse now."

"I guess that at least half of the officials under Emperor Zhengyong have run away, and even the cabinet ministers will definitely run away."

"Those cabinet ministers are all representatives of aristocratic families, hahahaha..."

"God is really helping me!"

Xu Xuanwu frowned and said, "Is Emperor Zhengyong really so careless? He actually dared to touch the noble families and officials and collect taxes from them. This is unheard of!"

"I think he's crazy!"

Li Wenyou gritted his teeth and said, "Officials are scholars, and they are his arms to help him govern the country. How can we collect taxes from them?"

"Now most of Dayu's thirteen states have rebelled, and local officials are powerless to stop them. Some princes have already occupied an entire state."

"General! We have to speed up, otherwise other princes will seize the advantageous terrain and cities first, which will be very disadvantageous to us!"

Xu Xuanwu let out a long sigh and said, "It is indeed time. This general has advanced to the Xiantian realm for half a year. Now that his cultivation has stabilized, it is time to come out."

"What's Wenhe's plan?"

Li Wenyou immediately walked to the map and said, "General, please look. Our army is now stationed in Nanyue County, located on the southwest border of Dayu, bordering the Nanzhao Kingdom."

"The Nanzhao Kingdom has been conquered by the general, and is even willing to marry its princess to you, inviting you to be the Nanzhao Kingdom's son-in-law. Why don't you accept it?"

Xu Xuanwu frowned and said, "I only love Yuechan. Besides, I have never seen the Princess of Nanzhao. I heard that she has been a tuberculosis patient since she was a child. Why should I marry her?"

"The general is confused!"

Li Wenyou said: "Although Nanzhao is only a small country, it already has an army of 300,000 and a population of millions. If you become Nanzhao's son-in-law, you will still have a chance to become the king of Nanzhao after the king of Nanzhao dies!"

"It is hidden in the territory of Nanzhao. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides and has tall trees and dense forests. It is a natural fortress."

"To put it another way, we have 200,000 troops under our command. If we join forces with the 300,000 troops of Nanzhao, we will have 500,000 troops under our command!"

"With these 500,000 troops, the general is the most powerful prince in Dayu!"

"As for the Princess of Nanzhao? Can she still control the general? All we want is a title!"

Xu Xuanwu let out a long sigh, then shook his head and said, "We'll talk about this later..."

"General!"

Li Wenyou once again advised: "If you want to achieve great things, why bother about these small details?"

"When the general has accomplished great things, competed for the throne in the Central Plains, and ascended to the throne, you can make Miss Yuechan the queen."

"Besides, a man should have no problem finding a wife. With the Nanzhao Kingdom's 300,000-man army, the whole world is at our fingertips!"

"In that case... I'll leave it to Wenhe."

Xu Xuanwu finally shook his head and said, "As long as Nanzhao surrenders their border army and fights for me, I will marry the princess of Nanzhao."

"General, you are wise!"

"And Wenhe, what should we do at this stage?"

Li Wenyou said immediately: "It's very simple. Our Nanyue County is located in the southwest, surrounded by Yuezhou and Yunzhou. The most urgent task is to mobilize the army and divide it into two routes to invade Yuezhou and Yunzhou!"

"Yuezhou General Shi Heilang was fighting outside, leaving Yuezhou empty. The lords in the territory were Shi Heilang's father Shi Tianlang, known as 'General Tianlang', who led his tribe to rebel against Yu. Even Shi Heilang was called back by his father."

"But it is precisely because of the endless quarrel between Shi Tianlang and Shi Heilang that the troops under his command were divided into two. General, you will personally lead the Longxiang Army to attack Yuezhou, and it will be conquered in no time."

"As for Yunzhou, we can leave it to General Heishi of the Heiyue tribe."

Li Wenyou said: "Miao Xiu, the general of Yunzhou, is currently stationed in Yongzhou. The largest rebel force in the territory is the local sect Wuliangdong of Yunzhou."

"We only need to acknowledge their sect status and admit that they have occupied the land, then we can win them over, or even recruit them as our subordinates, and fight for the world for you, General."

"There are many warriors from various sects, but they are not organized. Our 200,000-strong army is approaching. If you don't want your entire clan to be wiped out, you have no choice but to submit to us!"

"Divide the troops into two groups..."

Xu Xuanwu murmured, "What about the Baiyue tribe?"

"Just imprison the high priest."

Li Wenyou said calmly: "The Black Yue and the White Yue are originally one tribe. They are only fighting over the upper echelons of the two tribes. As long as the White Yue chief priest and his people are imprisoned, the White Yue tribe can be smoothly integrated into the Black Yue tribe."

"In this case, the general has the Nanzhao army and the Black Yue army under his command, so the big things can be settled."

"At worst, he will secede from the southwest of Dayu, establish his own kingdom, and become the ruler of a country!"

"Hahaha, good!"

Xu Xuanwu laughed and said, "I have Wenyou, which makes me even more powerful!"

"All plans will be set by you, Wenyou, and all the troops in our army will also be dispatched by you."

"When I succeed in my mission, I will reward you with the position of Prime Minister!"

"Thank you, General!"

Li Wenyou said excitedly, but his eyes were a little cold.

"By the way, General, there are two more things to do before we start the rebellion."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"The first thing to do is to strangle the Jinyiwei and Dayu spies in Nanyue County. Kill them all!"

"Simple. Take my token and lead my soldiers to encircle and suppress them!"

"There is also a second thing, which is to rebuild the three major passes of Nanyue County, Yunzhou, and Yuezhou."

"These three passes were destroyed forty years ago when Emperor Tianqi conquered South Vietnam, and they have never been repaired in all these years. Now that we are going to start an uprising, we must first repair these three passes, and make them more powerful than before."

Li Wenyou pointed to the three junctions of Nanyue County, Yunzhou and Yuezhou and said, "In this way, we can attack when advancing and defend when retreating, and great things will be accomplished."

"Okay, Wen Youni will decide everything!"

That night.

A scream suddenly woke up the county town of Nanyue.

The capital of Nanyue County is a new city, which was built when Dayu conquered Nanyue County forty years ago.

Because the time was very short, the county town of Nanyue County did not have tall city walls, but only a fist-thick earth wall, and the residents' houses in the city were also simple bluestone houses.

Teams of Long Xiang troops and personal soldiers roamed the streets and alleys, purposefully rushing towards several strongholds in the city and beheading them without hesitation.

"what!"

"Murder! Murder!" "The Longxiang Army is eliminating the traitors and spies. Ordinary people are not allowed to go out!"

"The Longxiang Army is eliminating the rebellious spies, and ordinary people are not allowed to go out!"

As the shouts continued to be heard, most of the ordinary people in the city hid in their rooms trembling with fear, not daring to come out.

However, those spies from Dayu or other forces were in bad luck.

Adhering to the idea of ​​rather killing than letting go, anyone found suspicious by Li Wenyu's spies will be killed.

For a while, screams could be heard throughout the entire Nanyue County, and people were killed from time to time.

"boom!"

In a hidden house, Monkey suddenly opened the door and shouted, "Master Shen! Master Yang, hurry up! Xu Xuanwu is rebelling!"

"What happened?"

Shen Xing, who was dressed as a hotel owner, frowned and asked. They opened a restaurant in Nanyue County with the gold and silver allocated by the court. The business was good, and they could also collect some intelligence on weekdays. They lived a very comfortable life.

And today...

"Li Wenyou is killing people, and he is bringing Xu Xuanwu's personal soldiers with him. I just saw quite a few of them walking towards us."

"withdraw!"

Shen Xing acted decisively, took off the apron around her waist, and walked towards the back door with a group of people.

"Wait a moment."

Shen Xing suddenly stopped, looked at the large restaurant, gritted his teeth and said, "Set fire!"

"grown ups?"

Yang Shaoyong's eyes lit up and he said, "Stop talking nonsense, set the fire!"

"Only by stopping the enemy here can we survive."

"Yes!"

Seven or eight people quickly found fire starters and set the entire restaurant on fire.

Especially some stored strong liquors, which burn even more violently under the burning flames.

Shen Xing, Yang Shaoyong and others took this opportunity to leave quickly.

"Go to the water!"

"It's on fire!"

"Someone come quickly!"

"Dangdangdangdang..."

People outside soon discovered the fire and many of them ran over with basins of water to put out the fire.

At this time, Li Wenyu was rushing towards this side with Xu Xuanwu's personal soldiers. Looking at the raging fire, his eyes became fierce.

"You have such a cruel heart, to think of using this method to hinder us?"

"But...it's too late!"

One of the men asked, "Sir, should we put out the fire?"

"No help!"

Li Wenyou said coldly: "Chase them. They left in a hurry, so we will definitely catch up with them."

"promise!"

A group of soldiers as ferocious as wolves and tigers searched up and soon found traces of Shen Xing and others.

"it's here!"

"Found them!"

"kill!"

The two groups of people immediately fought each other, one side fled for their lives to avoid being killed, and soon rushed out of the county town.

Shen Xing and others had already hidden their horses outside the city, and rushed out of the encirclement covered in blood.

Three days later!
Only Shen Xing and Yang Shaoyong were left in the entire team, and the rest were all killed by the Long Xiang Army behind them.

The two were covered in wounds and looked extremely tired.

I was on the run for three days, not even having time to eat or sleep. How miserable it was.

"drive!"

"Add a drive~!"

Behind them, another group of soldiers chased after them, and the two men looked even more desperate.

Yang Shaoyong pulled the reins fiercely and said, "Old Shen, you go first, I'll cover you!"

"No! If you want to go, let's go together. I'll stay behind to cover your retreat!"

"You're broken!"

Yang Shaoyong cursed: "You have been doing business for the past few years, and your martial arts skills have long fallen behind, but I am already a master martial artist!"

"It's too early for this group of Long Xiang soldiers to kill me. Get lost now!"

After he finished speaking, he slammed his foot on the stirrup, and his whole body soared into the sky, like a giant eagle swooping down on the pursuers behind him, and they immediately started fighting.

"Old Yang!"

Shen Xing roared angrily, but he also knew that this was not the time to be fussy, so he quickly pulled the reins and rushed forward.

Soon, a pass appeared in front of him, with a high mountain on one side and a cliff on the other.

"The Shilong Pass is ahead. As long as we break through it, we can enter Yunzhou. Then we can mobilize the imperial army..."

"puff!"

An arrow suddenly shot out from a distance and instantly pierced Shen Xing's chest.

"Uh...!"

Shen Xing subconsciously pulled the reins, and the horse raised its front hooves high, and Shen Xing's eyes were full of despair.

In the distance, at Shilong Pass, there was a checkpoint under repair.

There were hundreds of soldiers on guard, and after they shot Shen Xing, a group of men and horses were charging towards him.

"Checkpoint? Xu Xuanwu wants to block Nanyue County?!"

"Xu Xuanwu!"

Shen Xing cursed angrily: "You are a loyal family of three generations... I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"

He pulled the reins hard and the horse immediately rushed to the other side.

That side... the cliff!
"Uh...!"

When it was still several meters away from the cliff, the horse suddenly raised its front hooves and dared not move forward.

However, Shen Xing endured the severe pain in his chest, stepped hard on the stirrup, and jumped directly off the cliff!
　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)