Chapter 665: General Suppressing the Rebellion
With the arrival of the messenger, the sky became gloomy, as if the entire sky was covered by a thick shadow.
Inside the hall, everyone lowered their heads. The few who tried to raise their heads had no choice but to lower their heads after seeing the reactions around them.
The faces of all the civil and military officials were covered with a thick haze, and the air around them seemed to be frozen, making people feel suffocated.
In fact, everyone had already received the news that three counties in Henan County had been captured by the rebels, but no one took it seriously.
There was a general civil riot in Henan County. The last civil riot affected the two counties of Hezhong and Henan. The scene was much more serious than this time. Wasn't it suppressed?
But this time, the news brought by the messenger did not make everyone feel at ease.
Duke Yun led his troops south and has arrived at Anwu County!
With the ability of the Duke of Yun, once she occupies Anwu County, she can lead her Yunzhou troops along the Jinsha River to attack the other four counties!
You know, she has eight captured ships, which can transport three to four thousand soldiers at a time.
The young emperor's face was as gloomy as water. The battle of Hezhong Prefecture seemed like a child's play and the defeat was so sudden that everyone was caught off guard.
"Li Sui and Zhao Jun are two rubbish!"
The young emperor's sudden rage scared everyone.
The military officers lowered their heads, fearing that the young emperor would vent his anger on them.
Elder Li did not care about anything else and stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the traitor Gu Nanxi is attacking Guangde Prefecture. We must send people to quell the rebellion! Once Guangde Prefecture is lost, Kyoto will be in danger!"
Xiangzhou, Henan County, and Guangde Prefecture are the northern gateways of Kyoto.
Now there is only Xinzheng County left in Henan County. If something happens to Guangde Prefecture again, Kyoto will be directly exposed to the rebels.
This is something no one wants to see!
Although Master Tong had prepared a retreat, he was unwilling to retreat unless it was absolutely necessary.
It was rare for Grand Tutor Tong to stand on the same front as Lord Li, so he cupped his hands and said, "I second the proposal! Gu Nanxi's main force is in the direction of Guangde Prefecture, and as for the civil unrest in Henan County, troops can be sent from Xiangzhou!"
Xie Yunzhang, the Tongpan of Xiangzhou, was a rare Confucian general in the entire Great Zhou. After a banquet, he once picked up his pen and wrote "The breeze blows away my sleeves, while the bright moon flows over the river", leaving a good impression on the Confucian scholars, who no longer thought of him as just a reckless man.
Sending Xie Yunzhang to Henan County to quell the rebellion is the option with the least resistance.
Sure enough, everything happened as Master Tong had expected.
The young emperor felt that Xie Yunzhang came from a humble family and would not be like those aristocratic families who bet on both sides, so his loyalty was guaranteed.
The civil officials thought that it would be easy to quell the rebellion in Henan County, but it would be a hassle to govern after the rebellion was quelled. Xie Yunzhang was a man of both civil and military talents, unlike other military officials who were strong in body but simple-minded, so he should be able to stabilize Henan County.
The military officers had even less objection. They usually boasted a lot, but they knew their own business. Compared with the Yunzhou soldiers who swept across the battlefield, they and their subordinates were inferior.
Therefore, it became a foregone conclusion that Xie Yunzhang would go to quell the rebellion in Henan County.
What remains to be discussed is who will go to Guangde Prefecture?
Although Guangde Prefecture had 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers transferred from Hezhong County, no one in the court believed that these 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers could stop Duke Yun.
After all, facing the brutal Tartars who came out in full force, Duke Yun had achieved a record of defeating the larger force with a smaller one.
The young emperor wanted to transfer troops from the south, but was decisively rejected by Grand Tutor Tong.
Master Tong looked at the young emperor as if he were a fool. "First, the south is already unstable. Sending troops at this time will only cause unrest. By then, there will be sparks everywhere in the Great Zhou, and we will have no choice but to run around in a hurry."
"Secondly, it's far to the south from Guangde Prefecture. Why should we go so far away?"
Where is the nearest?
Of course Kyoto is the closest.
At this moment, the sky became increasingly darker, and the sky was filled with dark clouds that seemed to be pressing down.
Suddenly, with a loud bang, a flash of lightning split the sky and the thunder was deafening.
A strong wind suddenly blew up and blew open the door of the palace.
The eunuchs scrambled to close the door.
The palace gate blocks out wind and rain, but it cannot block lightning and thunder.
A trace of confusion flashed across the young emperor's face. Was this a warning from God?
Could it be that Gu Nanxi would really attack Guangde Prefecture and deploy troops in Kyoto?
How could she do that? How could she do that?
Isn't Gu Nanxi his elder sister? Doesn't she treat him as her most beloved brother?
I asked her for help in reorganizing the academy, and she exceeded the target. Today, the scale of Baichuan Academy has long exceeded that of the Imperial College, and the civilian students who graduated from Baichuan Academy are working diligently in grassroots positions.
Faced with the threat from the Tartars in the north, she advocated war herself, so she tried every means to create a wave of advocacy for war from the people to the court.
The Tatars marched southwards, the border was in danger and no one dared to fight. It was she who stepped forward, went deep into the grassland and burned Chierle!
She is like a high mountain, standing in the north. As long as she is there, the enemy dares not invade.
I am afraid of her, but I have also given her many titles. If someone else occupied so much territory, I would have destroyed him with all the power of the Great Zhou.
How could she not be grateful? How dare she really try to usurp the throne?
She is just a girl. The empress of the previous dynasty had such a bad reputation. Gu Nanxi couldn't let the Gu family be infamous forever, right?
The young emperor's eyes were cold. Since Gu Nanxi was so shameless, he didn't need to care about their past relationship. He must use his thundering methods to let her know that he had only been giving in to her before!
"General Longwu Li Aotian obeys your orders!"
"I am here!"
"I appoint you as the General to Suppress the Rebellion. Go to Guangde Prefecture immediately and suppress the traitors!"
"Yes, sir!"
Master Tong and Lord Li looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Among all the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, only Li Aotian is the most reliable.
But in the past, Li Aotian was responsible for guarding Kyoto because the young emperor was afraid of death.
Now, the government is finally willing to release Li Aotian!
After receiving the order, Li Aotian immediately ordered his adjutant to go to the Kyoto camp to inspect the troops.
There were less than five thousand soldiers in the Kyoto camp who could set off immediately. Li Aotian took them all away and asked them to prepare the baggage within half a day and then set off immediately.
The remaining soldiers and logistics were handed over to the deputy general.
"Why is it so urgent?" After hearing the news, the old lady came to see him off with tears in her eyes.
Li Aotian wiped the whip with a serious look on his face: "Duke Yun arrived in Anwu County three days ago. If he had left later, I'm afraid Anwu County would have fallen into the hands of Duke Yun."
The old lady's impression of Duke Yun still lingers on the time when she forced Li Aotian to beat her grandson: "Are you overestimating her?"
Li Aotian raised the corner of his mouth and smiled bitterly in his heart. It was not that he looked down on her, but that Duke Yun looked down on him!
"Dad! I want to go too!" Li Shaoyan suddenly stood up and looked at Li Aotian with burning eyes.
The old woman was anxious and grabbed Li Shaoyan's arm: "My dear grandson, there are no eyes on the battlefield, what are you going to do?"
Li Shaoyan insisted: "It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge! Su Xuanming made me a laughing stock in Kyoto. People only know Su Dalang, not me, Li Shaoyan. In the past few years, I have studied hard and practiced hard every day, just to one day, I can avenge my previous shame! Dad! Please give me this chance."
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