"Mr. Xie Gong! Now that the Huainan troops have already attacked Huizhou, we should respond in groups, making the barbarian governor unable to control it, drive the Zhenhai Army out of Huizhou, and restore our old rights! Now the bloody gourds are killed on both sides, but we just gave some food and cloth without any pain. It would be a mistake to watch the fun." The person who spoke was a black-faced fat man, his face full of anxiety, which was in sharp contrast with the white-clothed scholar who was leisurely savoring the tea juice in the cup.

The scholar in white took a sip of tea juice and savored it for a long time before putting the tea cup in his hand back on the tea table beside him. The maid who was serving him quickly retreated. The fat man in black face had been anxious and sweating, but he did not dare to interrupt the tea-tasting pleasure of Xie Cheng, the chief of the Xie clan called "Xie Gong".

"Qilang!" Xie Cheng tapped his fingers gently on the coffee table, as if he was thinking about something difficult to decide: "I will take out 100 stones of grain tomorrow, and you will also pay 100 stones. Each of you has paid so much and sent it to the provincial government. It is said that everyone will serve." Xie Cheng said this, stretched out his right hand and drew a semicircle, including everyone sitting in the house.

"Mr. Xie, what are you doing? It doesn't matter if you have a hundred stones of grain, but aren't you betting on both sides? Maybe no one will get it well!" Qilang, the black-faced fat man just now, was full of surprise on his face. He was the leader of the Wu surname in Huizhou, with his surname Wu and his name was Zhi. The clan of the clan, Xingqi, was often called Qilang.

"Yes, I just want to place bets on both sides." Xie Cheng straightened his body and lowered his body and asked, "You said that Huainan and Zhenhai are fighting, which one will be beneficial to us if they win?"

"Of course it's the Huainan army!" Wu Zhi gritted his teeth and replied: "Lu Fang's 'Zhizi' took away the foundation left by our ancestors. *** night could not eat his flesh and sleep with his skin. How could he hope Zhenhaijun would win?" (Ji was the ancient Jiangnan people's contempt for the people of the Central Plains. Lu Fang came from Huai, and was a person from the Central Plains in view of Wu Zhi and other Jiangnan tribes.) "Qilang, you didn't hear my question clearly!" Xie Cheng shook his head and sighed, and then he said word by word: "I just asked which one wins is good for us, not which one you hope to win."

"What's the difference? Will Zhenhaijun give us any good fruits to eat after winning?" Wu Zhi opened his eyes wide and asked in surprise. In his opinion, what Xie Cheng said just now was a problem. Wouldn't he hope that the side that would benefit him would win?

"Yes, if Zhenhaijun won, we would still be like this, and naturally there would be no good results." Xie Cheng showed a mysterious smile on his face. Seeing everyone bowing their heads and thinking about the meaning of his words, he continued: "But we would no longer be like this at that time. Now is a great opportunity!"

The people in the room couldn't help but look at each other and were confused by Xie Cheng's words. In their opinion, there was indeed a good opportunity to surrender to the Huainan Army and use the power of the Huainan Army to restore their old economic interests. However, according to what Xie Cheng said before, it was not like this. If Xie Cheng had not always been famous for his outstanding wisdom, they would have thought that the other party had made a mistake.

Xie Cheng picked up the new tea that the maid changed into again, took a sip of it to moisten his throat, and saw that the rest of the people looked puzzled, and a complacent smile appeared on his face: "There were many landlords, slaves, and tenants in his family in the past. Why did no one dare to gather to resist when the government "paid the fields"?

Although Wu Zhi did not understand why Xie Cheng suddenly changed the subject, he replied: "That's not simple. The landlords and tenants in his family are just mobs. It's okay to fight in the countryside on weekdays. Isn't it better to use them to fight against the government's armored soldiers? "

"Yes, then if you give you the same armored soldiers and crossbows, do you think you can compete with the government's army?"

"That's not OK. Those tenants of land only depend on us to fill their stomachs. They will never work for our land. If they fight with officers and soldiers, they will definitely be defeated." Wu Zhi replied firmly. His mind was very clear in this regard. Therefore, when the government ordered the people to save the fields and resources, although he was resentful, he still suppressed the voice of the clan's gathering to resist and obediently followed the government's orders.

"It is precisely because Lu Fang saw this, so the government dared to act so fiercely in Huizhou, because he knew that we did not have the ability to resist, but Lu Fang did not promote land distribution in all the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction. For example, in Su and Huzhou, many powerful governments not only did not force the land division and acres to disperse slaves, but instead issued land contracts to recognize their existing land and slaves, and even allowed them to reclaim polder fields and accommodate refugees. Why is that?"

Everyone in the room suddenly fell into deep thought. What Xie Cheng said was also heard by everyone. They were also secretly unfair on weekdays. After a while, Wu Zhi thought for a while and replied carefully: "It should be that Huzhou was the place where Lu Fang started his family. Most of his troops were from the Yi army of Huzhou. In addition, Su and Huzhou bordered Huainan. He needed the support of those powerful people to resist the invasion of Huainan."

Xie Cheng stood up, with the gentle look on his face, and said loudly: "Yes, to put it bluntly, we have no strength and cannot be valued by Lu Fang like the powerful people of Su and Huzhou, so it is the end of this. Lu Fang will treat us like this, and the Huainan Army will treat us like this, but now there is a good opportunity to change the status quo."

"Opportunity? What opportunity? Do you want to take advantage of the chaos to raise an army?" Wu Zhi asked in confusion. In fact, he did not think this was a good opportunity. After all, under such a chaotic situation, a small powerful man like them who do not have enough military experience can easily end up in the destruction of the entire clan under the collision of two huge forces, Huainan and Zhenhai Army.

"Yes, it's a storm, but it's a mystery to do it." Xie Cheng sat down and lowered his voice and explained: "Tomorrow I will go to the capital city to deliver food and tell the barbarian governor that the Huainan thief army was invading. There are many bandits in the village. We want to gather people to defend themselves, so we ask the governor and a name. The barbarian governor is now eager to gather all the soldiers and soldiers at hand to deal with the Huainan army. He just wants us to be content with not causing trouble for him and will definitely agree to our request. With this name, we can recruit soldiers and horses with just a legitimate reason. Moreover, when the troops are in chaos, people are in panic and need someone to guard the village. In this way, the gathered soldiers can fight to the death with all their hearts. With our strength at hand, no matter which family wins, we will end up."

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. Xie Cheng's method was equivalent to organizing the Turkish Army's own troops on the grounds of the invasion of the Huainan Army. Because this Turkish Army was linked by the clans in the village and had a strong desire to fight in the village under the invasion of powerful foreign enemies, the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. Many heroic origins in the late Tang Dynasty were often these Turkish Army soldiers, such as Qian Miao, Dong Chang and others. As the leader of an alien regime, Lu Fang was very vigilant about the local Turkish Army soldiers. Except for some accidents in the border areas of the two prefectures in Lake and Suzhou, the Turkish Army soldiers located in the mainland of Liangzhe were basically divided and disintegrated.

"Anyway, it's just a name. Why don't you ask General Wang of the Huainan Army for asking for it? They will definitely be happy to give it to it." Wu Zhi was still a little reluctant. After all, he had been resentful of the Zhenhai Army's practice of dividing his fields and dispersing his fields for a long time. He wanted to take this opportunity to stab Lu Xiong in the back.

"There are two reasons." Xie Cheng knew that Wu Zhi's idea was very representative among the people, so he explained carefully: "First, the Huainan army is in great strength at the moment. This is seen from the fact that Lu Xiong led the troops to win both battles and was quite successful, but he still retreated to the city of the city. The Huainan army must have a strong army. If we rekindle again, we are afraid that the Zhenhai Army will be out of the ordinary. In this way, after the Huainan army occupied Huizhou alone, we will no longer be useful to them, which is not beneficial to us. Second, Xiuning is close to the prefecture and Jixi is far away from the prefecture. If we send money to the Huainan army and act with General Wang, we will definitely promote this matter. At that time, we are afraid that we will not be on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, but we will be the first to confront the elite soldiers of the governor Lu."

When Xie Cheng said this, everyone couldn't help but nodded repeatedly. Even Wu Zhi had to agree. If he was in Lu Xiong's position, in that case, he would have to pacify the unstable rear before going back to deal with the powerful foreign enemies. He was not a slow person. Since he made the decision, he stood up and said, "Since that's the case, it's not too late to be cheap. I will go back and prepare for various matters immediately. As soon as you come back from the governor, we will start a group. What do you think?"

"Okay, that's all for today's affairs. This matter is related to your life and life. You will not be allowed to spread it after you go back."

"Here!" Everyone stood up together and answered in unison.

Wucheng, Huzhou, this ancient city located on the shore of Taihu Lake now looks very vigilant. Several barracks have been built outside the city, with soldiers and swords like forests. The city walls are also filled with various equipment to guard the city. On the Jiangnan Canal that crosses the city wall, ships transporting food and fodder equipment are flowing continuously, as if a war is coming. The farmers on the road looked at the passing brigade of soldiers uneasy. Is it going to fight again? But it has been peaceful for a few years just now!
Chapter completed!