The king behind the empress

Chapter 257 Surrounding his ancestral hall and digging his ancestral grave

In Nanzhou County, the biggest local snake is the Yuan family.

If only one or two county officials withdrew early, it could be said that those officials had colluded with the rebels, but if so many officials withdrew early, it could only mean that they must be related to the Yuan family at this time.

Qi Xiu also nodded, and said very firmly: "That's right, even if those rebels were not supported by the Yuan family, they still have something to do with the Yuan family."

"Thirteen counties, hundreds of thousands of people."

Shi Zhipei looked in the direction of Yuan's family, and the murderous look in his eyes made Qi Xiu, a battle-tested man, feel a little uncomfortable.

"My lord, this is not the time to deal with the Yuan family."

Qi Xiu was a little worried that Shi Zhipei would do things impulsively, so he couldn't help but reminded: "The Yuan family has a lot of nursing homes and followers, and they are deeply rooted in the local area. If we rashly attack them, it may put us in a disadvantageous situation."

With the power of the Yuan family, those county soldiers would not dare to attack them lightly, and if there were only more than 1000 people like myself, it would be very difficult to deal with the Yuan family.

After all, although the Yuan family has no private soldiers, there are many disciples in the mansion, and there are many masters among them. If they confront each other head-on, these disciples are naturally not worth mentioning.

But if those masters break up into pieces and attack everywhere, then they, the regular army, will definitely not get any benefits, after all, they are too few.

"I know."

Shi Zhipei nodded and didn't react too much. He has been in the officialdom for so long, so it's hard to say anything else, he has definitely mastered the kung fu of nourishing qi.

So although the anger in his heart made him wish he could raze the entire Yuan family to the ground now, his rationality was still there and he knew that now was not the best time to deal with the Yuan family.

If you fight with Yuan Shi at this moment, no matter if you win or lose, it will be nothing more than a traitor from outside.

"I will wait until the imperial army comes to put down the rebellion."

Shi Zhipei said calmly: "When the rebellion subsides, I will personally write a secret letter to the prince, suggesting that the prince should kill the Yuan family."

Although he didn't know Mo Zizai very well, he was very clear about one thing, that is, Mo Zizai dared to kill and was not afraid of killing people.

He believed that after Mo Zizai knew what the Yuan family had done, he would unceremoniously remove the Yuan family from Da Zhou.

Although this move was somewhat suspected of taking advantage of Mo Zizai, Shi Zhipei, who hated the Yuan family deeply, couldn't care less. Anyway, he thought he was going to die, and at worst he would pay his life to Mo Zizai.

If a disgusting family like Yuan's could not be eradicated, he would not die in peace.

Of course, Shi Zhipei still doesn't know that Mo Zizai asked Yang Weishang to recruit talents. If he knew, he would definitely not have the intention to write a letter.

Because Mo Zizai's plan was even more ruthless than his. Not only did he want to punish Yuan Shi, but he was not prepared to let go of the officialdom in Nanjun.

"The army suppressed the rebellion..."

Qi Xiu frowned slightly when he heard Shi Zhipei talking about the imperial army's suppression of the rebellion. After a while, he hesitated and whispered: "My lord, I actually feel that this rebellion is not normal."

"Why do you say that?"

Seeing Qi Xiu's cautious look, Shi Zhipei was a little unresponsive.

"My lord, what do you think is the meaning of these rebels?"

"If the Yuan family has contact with them, but they don't help them at all, what are they trying to do?"

Qi Xiu threw out two questions like a cannonball, and before Qi Xiu could answer, he went on to say: "And some time ago, when we raided Anyi County, we were about to defeat the bandit leader Jiang Xiu. Suddenly, a group of black armor soldiers appeared."

"These people are not only numerous in number, but their strength is also faintly superior to ours. If Master Yuan Zhi did not desperately open a passage, I am afraid we will all die in Anyi County."

"What's more, those black armored troops seem to have nothing to do with those rebels. After the black armored army took action, most of those rebels were full of surprises, and they didn't even think about turning around and following those black armored troops. Together they formed a double trap between us, and no one chose to close the city gate, otherwise, even if Master Yuan Zhi tried his best, we might not be able to escape the end of our entire army being wiped out."

"And most importantly..."

Having said that, Qi Xiu took a step forward, pointing at the rebel army outside, and said what Mo Zizai and the others had discussed in the capital, "Look at these rebels, after they besieged the county, they didn't choose to attack the city, Did not choose to disperse."

"You know, there is the Great Zhou court behind us. If it goes on like this, even if they don't have a crisis of food shortage, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to them."

"So this situation is extremely abnormal!"

Qi Xiu said so much in one breath, Liu Hong and Yu Heng were both a little dazed, only Shi Zhipei showed a thoughtful look in his eyes. After thinking for a while, he looked up at Qi Xiu, Asked with a somewhat uncertain tone:

"You mean, what they or the people behind them want to deal with is not us, but the army from the imperial court to suppress the rebellion, and we are just their bait?"

"Ah."

Qi Xiu nodded, and said solemnly: "The general has this guess in his mind, but he is just not sure."

"Your guess is reasonable."

Shi Zhipei's gaze sank, he finally knew that Qi Xiu had been worried these days, Da Zhou now only had [-] troops in his hands, and if there was any problem with the Habayashi Army, the consequences would be disastrous.

But now that the magistrate is under siege, and those black armored troops that Qi Xiu mentioned are still hidden in the dark, they can't do anything at all now.

Shi Zhipei thought silently for a while, and then slowly said: "If all this is planned by someone secretly, then it is impossible for him not to take our military strength into consideration."

"And if he wants to contain us, his best choice must be to borrow the power of the Yuan family in the city."

"After all, Yuan Shi has been secretly helping those rebels before. Regardless of whether they are behind the scenes or not, they won't mind intervening at the most critical moment."

"So if the Habayashi Army is really in a desperate situation, if we want to help, the first thing we need to do is to get rid of Yuan's entanglement."

Speaking of this, Shi Zhipei paused for a moment, the Yuan family's influence in Nanzhou County was too great, it would be too easy to restrain their troops in the city.

Apart from other things, let’s just talk about the county soldiers who are in charge of guarding the city gates. I don’t know how many people are willing to obey the orders of the Yuan family. Even if they don’t do anything, it’s enough for them to trouble you if you put the chaos outside into the city. Not to mention that they will end up in person.

Qi Xiu and the others were obviously very aware of their current situation, so after Shi Zhipei said this, they were all silent, obviously feeling helpless.

And Shi Zhipei obviously didn't count on them either. After he stood by the city wall and thought silently for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, "There is a way!"

Shi Zhipei looked up at the place where Yuan's family was, and said a vicious strategy that everyone felt was a bit vicious.

"Surround his ancestral hall and dig his ancestral grave!"

　Sorry for writing this late, really sorry.

　　As compensation, let me sacrifice a book to everyone. A friend like me was written by a friend who hit the street. If you like this type of book, you can go and take a look. "The Swordsman of the Retrograde Heavens"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)