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Chapter 09 Desire is higher than the sky

With Tianqi, he is the Great Sage of the Equaling Heaven. The four families of Tianyang in the east, Shuixi, Ansong and Tianyang were the four kings in the southwest. Ye Xiaotian married the daughter of Tian as his wife and destroyed the Yang family of Bozhou, which was comparable to Ansong...

Perhaps, when Ye Xiaotian went to Jingzhou to deliver a letter and accompanied Shui Wu and Yaoyao all the way west, he often enjoyed the scriptures and entertained himself, he had already predicted his current results and became a great saint!

A sentence that was comparable to An Song exposed Ye Xiaotian's ambition, and the civil and military officials were filled with blood.

Once, Ye Xiaotian was satisfied with his hard work, traveling thousands of miles and earning fifty taels of silver; once, he was satisfied with his ability to steadily become a classic and return home in glory; once, he was satisfied with his ability to become a scholar, but now, he was in the same position as An Song.

People's desires and ambitions always grow with his growth. Are there any expectations? There should be some, and it is not the end to compare with An Song. If possible, he can even surpass the Shuixi'an clan and become the king of the chieftains!

Going further up, there is the throne of the emperor. However, Ye Xiaotian did not have ambition for the throne of the emperor. After a few years he came to Guizhou, he had already deeply felt that the chieftain system was undoubtedly a more stable and long-term choice for the family inheritance than being an emperor.

As an emperor, the hope of success is too slim, the country will last too short, and if you want to seize the world, you will suffer a lot of life. Once you succeed, defending the country will become a problem! With the great talent and strategy of Qin Emperor Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu, the country will only last for hundreds of years. Once you lose the country, the consequences will be unimaginable because... there is no way out.

But being a chieftain is not the case. You can attack and retreat. No matter how the dynasty changes, no matter who has taken over the world, they are always the local emperors here.

Ye Xiaotian did not have such great ambitions. He wanted to take the Yang family of Bozhou and replace him because he had the hope that he would have. Moreover, once Yang Yinglong of Bozhou was in the world, he would definitely not be able to let him go. He had to fight for a fight, so he aimed to compete with An Song.

The Shuixi'an family was watching, the Shuidong's Song family was watching, and more than a hundred chieftains from Guizhou were following the leaders of the An and Song families, and they were also watching. At this time, Ye Xiaotian on Woniuling emerged again and made the most eye-catching decision.

Ye Xiaotian did not immediately raise an army. He now has his own group of subordinate chieftains, Shiqian Yang family, Zhan family, Tongren Guoji family, Yu family, and the small chieftains who are subordinate to these chieftains all need to send troops, and this needs to be integrated before going to war. Ye Xiaotian doesn't want to make a bunch of mobs to embarrass people.

For these chieftains, some were willing to go to war with Ye Xiaotian, while others had no choice but to do so, because Ye Xiaotian did not invite him, but issued a semi-force order. Only when they were willing to send troops could their relationship be more stable, and they would have a lot of interests and share honor and disgrace from then on.

Just when Ye Xiaotian was preparing his horse and trying to help his troops and he was not taking the opportunity to write to the court to express his loyalty, Guizhou had already sent troops.

Yang Guozhu, commander Li Tingdong, led an army of 20,000 to Bozhou. Yang Chaodong, who stayed in Bozhou, and Yang Zhaolong, He Hanliang and others rushed back to Bozhou to fight Yu Feilianbao. This time, Yang Chaodong reused the old trick he had previously dealt with the Sichuan army, pretended to be defeated, and he was successful again.

Is it the official army too stupid? It is not so, but the official army did not expect that the same method would be used twice. Moreover, the official army was actually careful, but the Bozhou terrain was complex, and the Bozhou terrain was well aware of the complex terrain. They deliberately defied defeat and fled in a roundabout way, which was said to be too late to go back to cooperate with the ambush counterattack. However, they were familiar with every path and successfully implemented another encirclement where the court soldiers thought they would never have time to rush back.

The official army was in the trunk of Tianbang. The commander Yang Guozhong, commander Li Tingdong, and all generals such as Pan Ruzi died in battle. Bozhou won victory in the northern line and achieved such military achievements on the southern line. The world was shocked for a moment. When Wanli heard the news, Li Hualong, who was quick to dispatch troops, returned to Sichuan, was appointed as the Minister of War, to control the military affairs of Sichuan, Lake and Guizhou, and was given the Shangfang sword.

Subsequently, the imperial court dispatched 170,000 officers and soldiers from Shu, Guizhou, Hunan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Jian, Gansu, Henan, Lu, Ning, Jin and other provinces to reach the four borders of Bozhou. In addition to the local army fighting, the total force reached more than 240,000.

Yang Yinglong took advantage of the fact that all the troops had not arrived and formed an iron chain and connected the river. He personally led an army of 80,000 to conquer Qijiang, the important town of Chongqing, eastern Sichuan, and then retreated to the Sanxi River, attempting to demarcate the boundary and autonomy.

Yang Yinglong also had a strategist. His strategist was Sun Shitai. He suggested that he should take advantage of the opportunity that the army of officers and soldiers had not yet assembled, breaking Qijiang first, attacking Chengdu directly, and taking the King of Shu as a hostage. Once Sichuan is in chaos, more than 200,000 troops of the court are not enough. You should know that he is wandering around and causing chaos, but the court has many places to protect and maintain.

But Yang Yinglong was worried that the court would be more troops than him, so that the court could continue to mobilize troops to quell the rebellion. He had gradually dispelled the idea of ​​seizing the Central Plains world. He wanted to stick to the southwest, establish himself as an emperor, and imitate the Xixia Kingdom of that year, and leave a name in history.

Sun Shitai saw such a best strategy, but he was not adopted by Yang Yinglong. He felt like Fan Zeng met the King of Chu, and he felt extremely depressed. In desperation, he came out with the central strategy and suggested that Yang Yinglong not be punished everywhere. Since the total strength is not as strong as the court, it is better to avoid the strong and be weak. Let you go a few ways, I will only concentrate my superior forces to annihilate the whole way, and then break it one by one after another after success.

This move was originally a great way to use the weak to fight against the strong. Later, among the emperors who successfully won the world, more than one person used this method. However, Yang Yinglong had already made up his mind to divide the territory and establish himself as an emperor. As long as he could survive the attacks of the court and establish himself as a fait accompli, he still refused to adopt it.

Yang Yinglong led his troops to attack Qijiang, and in one go, he captured the county town, slaughtered the entire city. He annihilated all the generals Fang Jiachong, guerrilla Zhang Liangxian and the three thousand officers and soldiers guarding Qijiang County. He then stationed troops in Sanxi, established the Border Shi in Sanxi, Mudu and Dongxiangba, threatening to be the Yang family's "Xuanwei Guanzhuang", and had the intention of separating the emperor.

At this time, Ye Xiaotian asked for an order to send troops and jointly suppress the rebellion to the capital. The first person who was in charge of everything may not be the one who made the most efforts and the most contribution, but the one who was superior must remember him. Ye Xiaotian was the first among the chieftains to show loyalty to the court to ask for war.

For a moment, Wanli didn't care whether this kid was speculative, and was inexplicably grateful for Ye Xiaotian's timely help. Wanli immediately issued an order to promote Ye Xiaotian to commander Woniu, and control the troops of the eight prefectures of Tongren, Shiqian, Sizhou, Sinan, Zhenyuan, Wuluo, Xinhua and Liping.

These eight prefectures are actually under the rule of local officials, and the scope of being governed by the court is limited. Emperor Wanli did a favor and handed over the eight prefectures that were not directly controlled by the court to Ye Xiaotian. The court only paid a "fairy". As for whether they can be controlled, it depends on your own ability.

These eight prefectures were exactly the territory of the Tian family at that time. They were divided into eight prefectures by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di and his son. They had been under the control of soil erosion for more than a hundred years. The eight hundred years of Tian family's turmoil has now officially fallen into Ye Xiaotian's hands.

In this way, Ye Xiaotian actually included these eight prefectures under his rule and inherited the mantra of Tian. Before he could leave a single army, he really stood at a height comparable to An Song with just one memorial.

However, he was not Xuanwei or Xuanfu. He was the commander and only had wartime control over these eight prefectures. That is, for the needs of war, the temporary commander of the war zone will be revoked once the war is over.

Then, because of the threat of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou and the current reputation of Woniuling, even if he can temporarily control the eight prefectures, how to control the eight prefectures after the war cannot be controlled from a legal perspective or in fact completely depends on Ye Xiaotian's means.

But this is not without means. In ancient times, Dayu controlled the flood, and by controlling the country's manpower and material resources during the flood control process, he could force Emperor Shun to step down after the successful flood control, "abdicate" the country and exile. As long as Ye Xiaotian used means, he could also control the lifelines of the eight prefectures in the process of suppressing the rebellion, and let them obey orders from then on.

"You are not as good as me in conspiracy; I am not as good as you in the grand schemes! Brother Tian, ​​how can I rectify the eight prefectures? After the Bozhou Rebellion, I can still incorporate the eight prefectures into our rule. I will give you this matter!"

Ye Xiaotian said sincerely to Tian Binfei, Tian Binfei nodded and said, "I have no choice! However, you promised me..."

Ye Xiaotian said: "Don't worry, I have already sent a letter to the Tian family. As long as the Tian family is willing to cooperate with me, I will give it to the Tian family in the future!"

Tian Binfei nodded with satisfaction, and Ye Xiaotian said to Li Dazhao: "Brother Tian is inconvenient to move, please help!"

Ye Xiaotian said to Tian Miaowen again: "Yun Fei and I will lead our troops to the battle, and we will have to take care of our logistics and supplies and even the Woniuling."

Tian Miaowen said gently: "Don't worry!"

Ye Xiaotian turned to Luo Daheng again and said, "Tycoon, you are not from Woniuling, but I don't say anything different from us brothers. You are good at managing finances, and you have to help more with your sister-in-law."

Luo Daheng patted his chest and said, "Brother, don't worry, I will never let my sister-in-law work hard!"

Tian Miaowen's face was slightly dizzy and she lowered her head shyly. Xia Yingying said excitedly: "What about me? What can I help you?"

"You..." Ye Xiaotian looked solemn: "You should take good care of your health and give birth to a healthy and lively baby for my Ye family. It will be a great achievement!"

Yingying's face was shy and spat lightly, and the clouds flew on her cheeks.

During this period, Tian Miaowen and Xia Yingying actually became pregnant one after another. Originally, it was common to get married for three or five years before getting pregnant, so Tian Miaowen was not anxious, but she didn't want Xia Yingying to get pregnant first. I don't know if it was influenced by her luck, but Tian Miaowen also secretly got pregnant, so Ye Xiaotian told the tycoon not to let Tian Miaowen work too much.

Zhan Ning'er was anxious and asked, "What am I doing?"

Ye Xiaotian pressed her ears and said in a very low voice: "I'll let you **** tonight!"

Zhan Ning'er's pretty face suddenly turned into a big red cloth. Ye Xiaotian was rarely so frivolous. People often say that power is the spring of men. Ye Xiaotian, who suddenly controlled the military power of the Eighth Palaces, couldn't help but say something he would never say before.

Tian Miaowen and others only saw Ye Xiaotian whispering in his ears. Zhan Ning'er's face looked like a vermilion, and she couldn't help but give her curious eyes. Zhan Ning'er was even more embarrassed. Ye Xiaotian teased her successfully and smiled and said, "Okay, let's go separately. I will lead the army to set off tomorrow morning!"

Ye Xiaotian said this, took a deep breath, looked at the sunset in the sky, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Before leaving, I will go to see someone and have a good chat!"
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