Chapter 379: Dizhou Rebellion
Leaving Dezhou, Li Zema went straight to Dizhou without stopping.
The governor of Dizhou, Yang Wei, and the chief of the clerk, Lu Guan, did not go to the state to greet him in person.
It is natural that Li Ze chose Dizhou for the second stop of this inspection. Dizhou is adjacent to Pinglu Jie Town. When Li Ze started a war with Henghai, Zhu Shou, the Henghai Jie Town, sent Dizhou to Pinglu after being defeated in a row, in exchange for Pinglu to help. However, he was defeated by Shi Zhuang, the governor of Pinglu. Hou Xiyi, fled back to Pinglu in a panic, and Yang Wei, the governor of Dizhou, finally chose to surrender to Wuwei under Shi Zhuang's military oppression and became a part of Wuwei.
But it has to be said that Zhu Shou's actions still left a tribute to Pinglu. Even though Hou Xiyi suffered a defeat, he still missed Dizhou. In his opinion, it was natural to obtain Dizhou, and Wuwei's annexation of Dizhou was unreasonable.
In the past two years, Hou Xiyi has not stopped.
Of course, as Wuwei grows, Hou Xiyi's goal of obtaining Dizhou through force has become increasingly slim, but Dizhou is not a monolith. One of the most important reasons is the Dutian plan implemented by Li Ze in Dizhou.
Because Dizhou is not like the vast majority of Cangzhou, it is merged by force, and the entire Dizhou surrendered with Yang Wei, Li Ze naturally could not threaten the great families and powerful people in his territory. Instead, he could only boil the frogs in warm water and do it step by step.
But no one is stupid. No matter how slow Lu Guan and others are, they will move forward step by step. The pressure of these clan tyrants in Dizhou is getting more and more urgent. The knife is hanging above their heads. It is naturally impossible to count on others to slaughter them. Kill a pig and drag it out of the pigpen. It has to struggle desperately and jump a few times, not to mention that these clan tyrants are still very powerful.
Therefore, their collusion with Pinglu Hou Xiyi became their inevitable choice.
Seeing Li Ze, the governor of Dizhou, Yang Wei was frightened and bowed to the ground: "Jie Zheng, it is because of the power of his subordinates who are unable to rule, which leads to the disaster today."
Li Ze smiled and helped him up: "This has nothing to do with governor Yang, it's abscess. You have to squeeze them out. If they keep developing like this, I don't know what chaos will happen in the future. You stand firmly in this matter and are not moved by the lobbyists sent by those people. This makes me very happy."
Li Ze's words sounded stupid, but Yang Wei Dadong instantly sweated profusely, and his face turned from flush to Qingbai. He could no longer stand firmly. If Li Ze hadn't been holding him, he would have fallen to the ground.
Dizhou is causing a rebellion, and the main body of the rebellion is the landlords and powerful people. These people sent people to come to Yang Wei, trying to persuade Yang Wei to join. After all, in Dizhou, the Yang family is the most powerful one, and it is still there. But Yang Wei was the first and the two ends of the rat, and in the end he did not agree. Instead, he persuaded them to accept the reality. Pinglu Hou Xiyi would definitely not be a match for Wuwei.
However, his persuasion failed. After the failure to mobilize Yang Wei, these people accelerated the rebellion. However, it is obvious that these people never expected that the battle between Wuwei and Lu Long would be so quickly. In the battle on the Yishui River, Lu Long lost a big loss. These people were shocked, not only did not stop, but were prepared to act immediately.
Because they knew very well that once Li Ze recovered, he would be afraid that he would attack them immediately.
This is also the reason why Li Ze immediately went south to Dezhou after returning to Wuyi.
Until now, the scammers still think they have a great chance, because the main force of Wuwei was confronted by Lu Long at this time, and in Dizhou, only a three-thousand soldiers led by Li Hao were stationed.
As long as they can defeat Li Hao, take over Dizhou, and take advantage of the bad weather in this cold winter, they may be able to persevere until the beginning of next spring. In a few months, they can still manage the counterattack of Dizhou to resist Wuwei. Of course, the reason why they have such confidence is that Pinglu Hou Xiyi will also send 5,000 cavalry to support them. The price is of course that after success, they will join Pinglu.
Behind Hou Xiyi, Xuanwu and Zhu Wen are now standing. Hou Xiyi has the courage to challenge Wu Wei, and it was the secret meeting between Yuan and him and Zhu Wen.
At this meeting, Zhu Wen analyzed the battle between Wuwei and Lu Long for Hou Xiyi in detail. Although Wuwei won the battle on the Yishui River, that battle could only be a tragic victory. Zhang Zhongwu's subsequent reaction was also extremely quick. He cut off his arm to survive and voluntarily gave up Youzhou. The main force retreated to Yingzhou, but stationed troops in Pingzhou and other places to fight against Wuwei. Zhang Zhongwu's main cavalry did suffer heavy losses, but the infantry strength was still there. Although the offense and defense were easy, Zhang Zhongwu turned to defend, which could cause great trouble for Li Ze.
In short, Li Ze's attempt to defeat Lu Long is definitely not a short time, and he must do his best. Otherwise, Zhang Zhongwu would have the strength to fight back if he recovered.
At this time, how could Li Ze care about the gains and losses of the small place in Dizhou? In order to encourage Hou Xiyi to take action against Wuwei, Zhu Wen gave him great help in funds and materials.
The reason why Hou Xiyi chose to join Zhu Wen was naturally because of Zhu Wen's strong strength. Although Zhu Wen was nominally the governor of Dingxuanwu, his real influence was far more than that. In Hou Xiyi's view, Zhang Zhongwu would inevitably fail because he was too ostentatious, and only those who were as strong as Zhu Wen could succeed.
As for Wuwei Li Ze, let alone this young boy has a grudge against him. Even if he can defeat Zhang Zhongwu, how much effort he has to take into account the situation in Heluo, Guanzhong is a problem. When he recovers, he is afraid that the overall situation in the world will be decided. At that time, he will still be a town. Since that is the case, what's the terrible thing about me?
At this time, Li Ze really didn't expect that Xuan Wu and Zhu Wen were involved in this matter so deeply, just thinking that Hou Xiyili wanted to make Zhihun and wanted to take advantage of the situation.
However, he really didn't take Hou Xiyi seriously.
His main forces are indeed on the front line of Zhuo County and Mozhou, but is it necessary for him to mobilize these front-line field troops to deal with the claws that Hou Xiyi stretched out?
Li Ze was in Dezhou, but his main guard had quietly moved to Linyi County, Dezhou. It was a short distance from the main concentration point of this rebellion, Shanghe County, Dizhou.
"Tell me about the specific situation!" Several cavalry moved forward slowly, and hundreds of personal guards, led by Li Mi, wrapped these in the center.
"Jie Zheng, the rebellion was dominated by the magistrate of Shanghe County and the largest landlord in Shanghe County. Tian Chong, who colluded with several of the largest landlords and powerful people in Dizhou and secretly gathered about 3,000 township heroes in Shanghe. We in Shanghe are afraid that we have suffered misfortune now. In order not to alert the enemy and to gather these people together, we know that we cannot take the initiative to rescue them." Lu Guan was a little sad.
Li Ze was silent for a moment before nodding and said, "Afterward, I'll make more compensation to their families."
"Yes!" Lu Guan nodded: "The opponent's plan is very simple, that is, to open the rebellion in Shanghe first, lure the three thousand soldiers stationed in Yangxin, Dizhou's capital, to suppress the rebellion. They will fight against General Li Hao in Shanghe. When the two sides are fighting fiercely, the five thousand cavalrymen who pacified Lu Hou Xiyi will appear on the battlefield to completely wipe out General Li Hao's troops. At the same time, the people they colluded in Yangxian and other places will launch together, causing rebellion in the entire territory."
Li Ze smiled and nodded: "It's very good, although it's very simple, but it's very practical. If we don't know anything, we might even take it seriously."
"What should I do next? Please give me some advice on how to do it!" Lu Guan said.
"Prepare as you requested!" Li Ze said: "The inner guard led by Tian Bo has secretly arrived in Yangxin and other places. Once the war begins here, the participants of the rebellion will be arrested there to ensure that other places in Dizhou are peaceful. Lu Guan and Tian Bo coordinate with each other, and this time, don't be afraid of killing."
"I understand." Lu Guan nodded.
"After the Shanghe incident broke out, Li Hao immediately led his army out of Yang County and to Shanghe. Just attack Shanghe County. Let me leave Hou Xiyi's support army to deal with." Li Ze smiled.
"I understand, young master, it's so cold that you don't need to go to the battlefield in person. You'd better go to Yangxin to wait for our good news. Li Mi is enough to kill Hou Xiyi's reinforcements. How can you use a ox knife to kill a chicken?" Li Hao said with a smile.
Li Mi nodded, "Young Master, that's what I mean."
Li Ze glanced at Li Mi sideways and said, "What? From three thousand to five thousand, there is no certainty of winning. I am afraid that I will take risks, so I will avoid it first?"
Li Mi suddenly blushed, and his hand holding the whip was exposed: "Young Master, if you want to use the three thousand personal guards to face the Lu Long cavalry, I am indeed a little nervous, but they are really not enough for us to cut off when facing the Pinglu cavalry."
"Isn't that all!" Li Ze laughed: "I won't go to Yangxin anymore. I want to see Pinglu's soldiers with my own eyes. What's going on? Where did Hou Xiyi get the courage to provoke me!"
Listening to Li Ze's words, the assignment was completed, but he had nothing to do. Yang Wei's sweat was flowing on the other side, and Qiqiai Ai Ai said: "Jingshou, my subordinates can also contribute their strength."
"How could I forget the governor Yang?" Li Ze smiled and said, "Lu Guan, Tian Bo and his team have heavy tasks, which is more complicated than the battlefield rushing on Li Hao's side. So the governor Yang is the main one, and the two of them are the auxiliary ones. The power in the hands of governor Yang is also added to them. Shanghe is expected to be robbed this time, but other parts of Dizhou must be stable and they must take down the rebels with lightning speed. Without governor Yang, they really cannot do it."
Chapter completed!