Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 113 Meeting
Xuzhou, Kaiyang City, State Shepherd's Mansion.

Xuzhou State Mu Song Qian, looking at the edict in his hand, sighed again and again.

He was young and full of hair, he thought that he could take care of himself for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect such a big event to happen suddenly.

Su Yuan occupied Mozhou and defeated the imperial army.Now that Qingzhou is in a hurry, even the capital city has become precarious.

In desperation, Emperor Qingxiang tried to use "marriage" to stabilize Su Yuan on the surface, but secretly sent fast horses to the states to deliver the imperial edict to the herdsmen of the states.

Right now, what Song Qian holds is one of them.

The contents of all the edicts are exactly the same, and they all want Zhou Mu to raise troops quickly and enter Jingqin King.

"Ugh!"

Song Qian sighed, his staff and generals looked at each other, not knowing why.

Song Qian put down the imperial edict and said: "I am old and my legs and feet are inconvenient. How can I lead the army to go to war? But the Holy Majesty ordered it personally, so I dare not disobey..."

"Father!" At this moment, a middle-aged man stood up and said, "My son is willing to go out on behalf of his father, and enter the capital to serve as king!"

This middle-aged man was Song Yuan, the eldest son of Song Qian, who was tall and mighty, and was a general in the army.

Song Qian looked at him, smiled wryly and said, "I would like Yuan'er to go with you, but the imperial decree requires the state shepherds to lead the troops in person."

"My lord." One of the staff stood up and said, "My lord's situation is special, I think His Majesty can understand. Besides, you are young and strong, and your Majesty will be more happy if you have a strong general to help you."

"Well, that makes sense." Song Qian nodded.

Song Yuan immediately said: "Father, then I'll go get ready first!"

"Go ahead."

After Song Yuan left, Song Qian's old face sank.

Several staff members and other generals were also worried.

The former staff member said: "My lord, Su Yuan is coming so aggressively, I'm afraid it's hard to deal with it!"

"That's right, my Xuzhou is just south of Qingzhou, bordering on Qingzhou. If Su Yuan seized Qingzhou, if he turned around, he might hit me in Xuzhou." Although Song Qian was old, his mind was still very active.

"If I transfer all the troops to the capital, if Su Yuan is temporarily released from the capital and hits me in Xuzhou, then..."

Song Qian didn't finish his sentence, but everyone already knew it.

As the saying goes, a dead fellow Taoist should never die a poor one. If the capital is preserved and Xuzhou is gone, then the Song family will not accept it.

The state shepherds of all states will undoubtedly have this idea. As a state shepherd, commanding military and political power is actually similar to that of a prince.

Although there is a "state supervisor" official position in name, which is set up to monitor and check and balance state pastors in various states, in fact, this official position has gradually become vacant.

Now, the most feared thing of the states and state herds is not the emperor, but Fu Chengyang.

The reason why they are afraid of him is because he not only has a high status in the court, but also has tyrannical tricks in the world.

Some remote state shepherds may not be afraid of being attacked by others, but they are afraid of being assassinated by masters.

For this reason, most of the local state herdsmen had to hold their noses to listen to Fu Chengyang. The question before Song Qian now was that it was undoubtedly Fu Chengyang's intention for the state herdsmen to lead troops into Beijing.

"My lord, why don't you let the young master only lead half of the soldiers and horses, and leave half to defend Xuzhou."

"Is this okay? In case the court... I'm afraid that Nine Thousand Years will be blamed."

"Jiuqiantui should be able to understand your difficulties, my lord." An aide said cryptically, "Common people say that if you have two official characters, you must feed the upper one first, and then the lower one. If the state shepherd himself If you can't protect yourself, then..."

Song Qian was startled when he heard the words, and nodded slightly.

"You're right. Let Song Yuan lead half of the soldiers and horses... If Nine Thousand Years is to blame, I will argue with him!"

Xuzhou Song Qian made up his mind that it would take some time for other states to receive the news before sending troops to Beijing.

For this reason, what the capital needs most is Xuzhou's first wave of soldiers.

But Song Qian had already decided to send only half of the troops.

On the other side, in the Taiyuan Inn, representatives of various sects in Mozhou were seated one after another.

They didn't dare to act rashly, and it must be known that Su Yuan brought Zhao Yun here not for fun, the latter existed as his bodyguard.

With such a strong person present, no one would dare to show disrespect to Su Yuanyu.

"Everyone is here, let's serve the food." Su Yuan asked the shop waiter to greet the chef to serve the food.

He smiled and said, "I ordered some local dishes and some signature dishes. I don't know if you have any taboos, so please feel free."

Everyone didn't know what Su Yuan meant. Some people couldn't hold back and asked bluntly: "My lord, we are all rough people. You want us to come. If you have anything to say, please speak up!"

"Don't worry, let's eat first, and we'll talk after we finish eating."

"..."

"Then everyone will follow the lord's orders, let's eat first." Gu He said.

As soon as he spoke, the others nodded slightly.

Su Yuan also noticed that this white-haired but high-spirited old man was faintly the leader of these sect representatives.

There was a young man sitting next to the old man. The young man was staring at Su Yuan and muttering in a low voice, "Master, he really looks like the sugar figurine I bought this afternoon."

"...Stop talking nonsense."

Furukawa glared at Wang Ling and told him to sit quietly and talk less.

Soon, the food began to be served. Su Yuan was not polite, so he picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

People in Jianghu are generally more cautious when eating out, but in front of Su Yuan, no one can get a silver hairpin to test whether there is poison in the food.

Besides, Su Yuan started to eat, so they also moved their chopsticks.

The young Wang Ling ate even more, he hadn't had enough of the lunch, and he wanted to come again in the evening.

Furukawa only occasionally picks up a piece of vegetables, puts a piece of fish into his mouth, and chews slowly.

He was wondering what purpose Su Yuan had in inviting them here, and he was thinking about how to deal with it later.

He even made the worst plan, for example, if there is a big fight, can he defeat Su Yuan's guard and catch Su Yuan?

Furukawa glanced at Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun seemed to sense something, and immediately looked back.

The two looked at each other, Furukawa lowered his eyes first, shocked in his heart.

At that moment just now, both sides showed a trace of momentum, and under the collision, he was already defeated.

Half step master...

Gu He secretly thought, Su Yuan, the guard, is already a half-step master!

I really don't know where he got it.

Furukawa was very puzzled, he had been in Mozhou's rivers and lakes circle since he was a child, if a master like Zhao Yun had emerged in Mozhou, he would have been noticed by all the sects long ago.

Could it be from another state?
Furukawa didn't have the mind to eat at all, he was thinking all the time.

The same is true for most of the sect representatives, only a few unscrupulous fellows eat their mouths full of oil, as if they really came to a banquet.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Everyone had almost eaten, and Su Yuan finally got down to business.

He looked around, and the sect representatives also realized that they were all looking at him.

"Actually, I came here today because I have an idea." Su Yuan said, "Would you like to work for me?"

To work for Su Yuan?
Everyone's face changed immediately, and a man immediately stared and said, "What is the meaning of this, my lord? We are separated from the court. Could it be that the lord wants to force us to sacrifice our lives?"

"This brother misunderstood, I will not force it, it is purely voluntary."

"In that case, thank you for your kindness, our Juhumen will definitely not participate in this matter!"

"It's the same with our Northern Shadow Sect."

"And our Flying Sword Pavilion."

Everyone expressed their attitudes one after another, Su Yuan was not in a hurry, and after everyone finished speaking, he said slowly: "Everyone, let me explain the reason, it's not too late to make a decision."

"Everyone who practices martial arts should be chivalrous and courageous, jealous of evil, and they are easy to fight against injustices on weekdays, right?"

"Of course! On the best road of my life, I will draw my sword to help when I see injustice!"

"Okay." Su Yuan nodded, "Then I would like to ask, since this is the case, why do you turn a blind eye to the greatest evil?"

"The biggest evil... I don't know what the prince means."

Su Yuandao: "Hooligans on the street are just small evils. Corrupt officials are considered middle evils. The real big evils are those who sit on the court and create an environment that breeds middle and small evils."

"In other words, the real evil is the court and the emperor."

Su Yuan's words made everyone look at each other in dismay.

From Su Yuan's point of view, as a rebel, it is normal for him to regard the court as a great evil.

But why should I tell them these words?
Su Yuan's next sentence answered their questions.

"Don't you want to contribute to eradicating this great evil?"

Who is our enemy and who is our friend?
Su Yuan actually wanted to unite all forces to fight the enemy.

In his opinion, there are people with low moral character and some noble character in these rivers and lakes.

What he has to do is to win over those who are bloody and have a sense of justice in their hearts.

That's why he didn't say anything about "joining conditions", "remuneration" and the like.

"I want to overthrow the imperial court, not to become a new ruler like Emperor Qingxiang. I want to create a better world... You are all natives of Mozhou, and you should be able to see this passage in Mozhou. Time changes. Don't you want the whole world to be like this?"

After Su Yuan finished speaking, many people were a little moved.

Obviously it was Su Yuan's words that touched them.

And they knew in their hearts that what Su Yuan said was the truth.

Since he occupied Mozhou, every city in Mozhou has been getting better and better day by day.

These are all things that cannot be faked. Even some disciples in the gang chose to quit the gang because of the new policy issued by Su Yuan and went back home to work in agriculture.

These changes are seen by everyone.

However, the power of habit is very strong, and once bitten by a snake for ten years, they are afraid of well ropes. Since the "Mu Wu Zhao" incident, all sects in the Jianghu have a deep-seated distrust of the imperial court.

In the eyes of everyone at the moment, isn't Su Yuan another kind of imperial court?
Who knows if he will...

Everyone looks at me, I look at you, no one can make up his mind.

"I don't need you to make a decision now, I just give you a choice. If you want to join this great cause, you can come to me at any time, and I am always welcome. I also hope that you can share my words with your gang Talk to the disciples and listen to their thoughts."

Su Yuan's banquet this time is just an attempt.

Even if everyone does not plan to join, he is fine, just by calling soldiers, he is confident of victory.

It's just that it's always a good thing to have more helpers.Even if it's not a timely gift, but an icing on the cake, it can speed up the victory.

Afterwards, everyone got up and left.No one makes a decision right away, they all need to go back and discuss with other people in the sect.

The head of the Gu Dong faction, Gu He deliberately said to Su Yuan before leaving: "My lord, I believe that you really care about the common people. But the disciples of the Gu Dong faction are used to being loose, so I'm afraid they won't be able to bear the restraints. However, if some disciples in the faction are willing to come Serving the prince, the old man will never stop him."

"it is good."

Su Yuan watched everyone leave, but he was not disappointed.

At least in this way, he is doing his best, and these Mozhou sects also understand some of his ideas.

In this way, no matter whether some of them are willing to work for them, they dare not rely on their sect to gather people to do evil and bully others.

Even if they don't join, to ensure that they will not cause public security problems, Su Yuan's goal has been achieved.

"Zilong, it's hard work to transfer you back this time."

For the safety of this banquet, Su Yuan specially transferred Zhao Yun back from Tianmenguan.

Zhao Yun immediately said: "It is the duty of the last general to protect the lord Zhou Quan!"

"How is the army prepared?"

"Reporting to my lord, more than 20 surrendered soldiers have completely surrendered to our army, and the ordnance has also been initially replenished, but..."

"Just what?"

"There are some problems with the military rations now!"

Su Yuan was stunned.It is true that the enemy surrendered so many people, but it caused trouble for the army rations.

In the past, most of Su Yuan's soldiers were summoned soldiers, so there was no need to prepare so much military rations.

Now that more than 20 real soldiers have surrendered, the military ration problem that caused Li Shengtian a headache at the beginning has now fallen to Su Yuan.

"This is really..." Su Yuan smiled wryly.

What should I say, happy troubles?
"My lord, now I have some rations captured from Li Shengtian's army, plus the original reserves of Tianmen Pass, it can last for seven or eight days."

"Well... I see, I will transfer a batch from the Mozhou granary in the next few days as military rations."

As Su Yuan said, he was also thinking about a question.

That is, he couldn't keep the army of real soldiers for too long. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers had nothing to do with production, and their daily food and drink expenses were really not a small amount.

If it is purely supplied by Mozhou, it will consume a lot of food reserves, which is not very acceptable to Su Yuan.

He thought, it is still necessary to capture Qingzhou as soon as possible, and then let these Qingzhou local soldiers go home.Just like when he let the soldiers of the northern Xinjiang camp be disarmed and returned to the fields, the same method will work on the Qingzhou soldiers.

"In this way, I will personally adjust the rations and send them to Tianmen Pass." Su Yuan said to Zhao Yun, "When the rations arrive, we will attack Qingzhou directly without further delay."

"I will understand at the end!"

In the next few days, Su Yuan took out some grain and grass from the granaries in various cities and loaded it into dozens of carts.He personally served as the escort and transported the grain trucks to Tianmenguan.

But at this juncture, the marriage team from the capital was passing through Tianmen Pass and entering Mozhou.

During the escort process, Su Yuan saw this team, and knew that one of the carriages was sitting in one of the carriages, which was the Seventh Princess who was married to him, but he did not meet her, and he still focused on transporting food.

So when the marriage team arrived at Taiyuan City, there was no Su Yuan among the greeters, only Lu Wuyou, and Yang Zhen, the chief steward of the palace.

(End of this chapter)