As for these issues, Su Yonglin felt that there was no need to hide them.

"The rebellion was in April. At that time, Juzhou, Yizhou and Mizhou responded, with more than 10,000 troops. As for now, the entire Shandong East Road, plus one Tai'an Prefecture, are all from the Restoration Army. The total strength of the Restoration Army has exceeded 100,000, about 120,000 or about 120,000."

Jiagu Asu widened his eyes again.

"In just three months, I actually reached this point? 120,000 to 30,000? How did you do it? This is simply impossible!"

"Thanks to your levy and taxation, although the Restoration Army was just a group of landlords and gentry to protect their land, as long as they rebel, countless people immediately rebel.

And why do you think it is impossible? You are expending heavy taxes, regardless of the lives and death of the people. They have no land and can’t even eat. If they don’t rebel, they will starve to death. If they rebel, they will at least have hope of having enough food. Why not try it? Have you ever studied?"

Su Yonglin's words made Jiagu Asu stunned.

"Of course I read it."

"Have you read the historical records of the Han Chinese?

"I've heard it, but I haven't read it carefully."

"There is a saying among the Chen She family, "[Now you die if you die, and you will die if you take a big plan. If you wait for death, can you die if you die]. Escape is death, and rebellion is also death. It is death. Why not fight for that glimmer of hope?"

Su Yonglin looked at Jiagu Asu: "When you eat, drink, play and enjoy it freely, you really didn't think that the anger of the people could burn you to death? Are you not worried? Are you not afraid?"

I have to say that this sentence makes sense.

When it's just a luxury, who cares about this?

If you indulge in beautiful enjoyment, who cares about the lives and death of the people?

So Jiagu Asu sighed deeply.

"You made the shipwreck in the river, right?"

"I think it's very interesting when talking about this. Why don't you send people to investigate in advance whether the place where the army needs to pass is safe? I didn't see the sentry detective, nor did I see the pioneer. I made a series of preparations but it didn't work. What did you think?"

Su Yonglin's rhetorical question made Jiagu Asu feel speechless and very regretful.

So he covered his face with both hands.

"Do you think we are simply vulnerable, so you didn't do these things? Or did you not think of it?"

"Stop asking."

"Well, it seems I guessed it's good."

Su Yonglin nodded: "I arranged the river blockage. I learned in advance the number of troops, routes, and the transportation of grain with water. So I thought of blocking the river to prevent you from moving forward, and then looking for fighter jets to destroy you.

At that time, I thought the best situation was that you left most of the troops and attacked Tai'anzhou with a few elite troops first, but I felt that the possibility was not high. As a result, you actually did this. Do you know how happy I was at that time?"

"My cavalry..."

"I set up an ambush and killed them all. I chose a good battlefield. It was about half a day away from here. There were mountains and water on one side. I sent people to block the two ends and they were finished."

Su Yonglin said lightly: "It was yesterday, the war started in the morning and the ended at noon."

"yesterday?"

Jiagu Asu suddenly frowned: "You came here immediately after noon yesterday?"

"No, I left last night."

"you……"

"March quickly while the night is coming, speeding up and rushing to the death. Arrive before the fifth update. When the gongs and drums in your military camp sound the fifth update, you will officially launch an attack and defeat you in one fell swoop."

Jiagu Asu was stunned for a long time.

"In more than a day, you fought two battles and rushed to the road. How many people have you... escaped?"

"No one ran away, but dozens of people fell and sprained. I felt very distressed, but there was nothing I could do."

Su Yonglin sighed and said, "Unlike you, we can't afford to lose. We'll be over if we lose once, so I have to keep winning, keep winning, and win until the complete victory. My soldiers understand this truth. They are the same as me, right?"

Su Yonglin suddenly asked loudly, and then all the Shengjie soldiers around him replied in unison.

"right!"

The uniform voice scared Jiagu Asu and finally accepted this fact.

"What are your plans next?"

Jiagu Asu suddenly noticed this issue.

"Conquer the East and West Shandong Road and the Damingfu Road, based on this, we will expedition the west and the north, in order to overthrow the Jinting and regain the Central Plains."

When Jiagu Asu heard this, he was shocked.

"You want to fight the Northern Expedition? Regain the Central Plains? Do you want to join forces with the Song Kingdom to fight the Northern Expedition?"

"No, the Northern Expedition alone, Song State... Humph, forget it, I'm not interested, anyway, I'm not interested, I just want to overthrow Jinting and regain the Central Plains, rely on my own strength."

"Your own strength?"

Jiagu Asu stared at Su Yonglin and asked, "What is your status in the Restoration Army? What is the status of the commander of the Shengjie Army?"

"Below the leader Zhao Kaishan, I, Su Yonglin, and another general, Sun Ziyi, and then others. This is my status."

"Why can you occupy such a high position in the liberation army of more than 100,000 people at your age?"

Jiagu Asu is very curious.

"It's very simple, because I, Zhao Kaishan, and Sun Ziyi, the three of us are the leaders of the rebellion and uprising."

"The first advocate..."

Jiagu Asu narrowed his eyes: "You are not old, but you are very brave."

"It wasn't really big, but if you defeat you, you should be a little bigger than before."

Su Yonglin's irony made Jiagu Asu angry, but when he thought about his situation, he suddenly lost the confidence to get angry and could only lower his head powerlessly.

"I already know enough."

"It's my turn, and I have a lot of things I want to know, and in exchange, you have to tell me too."

Jiagu Asu raised his head.

"What do you want to know?"

"Do your emperor know about our rebellion?"

Jiagu Asu smiled.

"Why, are you scared?"

"It's not that I'm afraid, I'm just a little confused. If he knew that we were rebelling here and that we had swept over half of Shandong, why didn't we send troops south to attack us, but you would come? He would believe you so much?"

Jiagu Asu stopped laughing.

To be precise, I can't laugh anymore.

His performance gave Su Yonglin a bold guess.

"Can you deceive your superiors and subordinates and did not tell your emperor about the situation in Shandong? Or you just reported good news but not bad news. You can talk about it lightly, but you did not report the actual situation at all."

"Stop asking."

Jiagu Asu held his head with both hands and lowered his head deeply.

"It's like this after a long time! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Su Yonglin stood up long, bent down and patted Jiagu Asu on the shoulder hard, smiling so hard that he couldn't straighten his waist.

"I'm so laughing! Hahaha! Really! I thought about it over and over again, thought of countless reasons, and even helped you think of the exquisite reasons, but it turned out to be... Am I overestimating you? Hahahaha!"

Smiling like this, Su Yonglin turned around and looked at the Shengjie soldiers behind him.

"Did you see it all? For the sake of their lives and future, these local officials deceived their superiors and concealed their subordinates. Even rebellion could be fraudulent and not allowed to the emperor to know. It is conceivable how many things they have deceived their superiors and concealed their subordinates in their daily lives.

This is what bureaucrats and superiors can ignore the public interests of the entire country for their own selfish interests and do all kinds of incredible things. They would even rather allow the rebels to grow step by step than tell the emperor the actual situation, just for their own selfish interests.

What a terrible bureaucrat? What a terrible superior man? Are they our enemies? Of course, they will be enemies with us, will exploit us, use their power to bully us, and even take our lives. Of course they are enemies.

But in a sense, they can also be friends. For example, now, because of personal gain, they do not tell the emperor the truth or tell the court that the court does not know what happened, and they thought it was just a group of bandits gathered in the mountains and forests, and they didn't care at all.
Chapter completed!