Chapter 129 Chain
Needless to say, Nanyue City, the city of Yuezhou is prosperous and lively. At this time, Nanyue City is in a desolate scene. Some houses in the city are burning, some houses have been burned into charred ruins, and there are some dead bodies on the streets. Some people around them are lying on the corpses crying, and the people around them are all looking miserable.
The sound of rumbling horse hooves came from the west gate of Nanyue City. People on the street were shocked. They rushed into the houses one by one, closed the doors and windows, and looked out in fear through the cracks of the doors and windows. When they saw the visitor, many people were shocked. The soldiers who came were led by a military general, riding a very ferocious wild boar. The soldiers behind them were all strong and they were not good at first sight.
Xiao Tianlei rode along the street with steel mane for a while and checked the scene in Nanyue City. There was no surprise. Two days ago, Xiao Tianlei led his men to clean up the masters sent by the court and some spies lurking by other forces, and sent Bingfeng to investigate the movements of the Nanyue Army. As a result, when he saw a scene that surprised Xiao Tianlei, the Nanyue Army actually robbed the Nanyue City.
Although I don’t know what the situation is, after the matter was handled, Xiao Tianlei brought some soldiers and horses to Nanyue City to see the situation. After arriving at Nanyue City, he found that Nanyue City had no protection at all. A soldier could not see it. The city gate was wide open. Xiao Tianlei led the soldiers and horses to Nanyue City in a swaying manner.
"Why did Song Shixiong suddenly change his career and steal the business of our Brotherhood? Find someone to ask! Dispose of these corpses!"
Xiao Tianlei gave an order. At this time, if these corpses are not dealt with in time, it is not a joke if there is a plague. The soldiers behind him took the order and scattered them, gathered some of the corpses, found a large cart, and prepared to take them out of the city to deal with them. At this time, some people rushed out of some houses, holding their relatives' corpses and cried. For such people, they would let them deal with their relatives' corpses by themselves.
Soon, a team of soldiers brought several officials to Xiao Tianlei. Xiao Tianlei asked: "Who can tell me how could the Nanxian Army rob Nanyue City?"
"Hmph, the brothers' traitors, don't even want to ask a word from me!" An official snorted coldly and said proudly, looking like he would rather die than surrender.
Xiao Tianlei was stunned. He was not asking for any secrets. This guy looked like he was uncooperative and was too lazy to talk nonsense, and ordered: "Drag on and fight!"
The official's expression collapsed. He just wanted to show his integrity. Unexpectedly, Xiao Tianlei let him beat him without saying a word. The official had no time to argue. Two Shanyue soldiers, who were like wolves and tigers, had dragged him aside. No matter how many fists and feet were added together, the official screamed.
"Who do you have nonsense to say?" Xiao Tianlei asked indifferently. The officials were silent, rushing to inform Xiao Tianlei of everything they knew.
Speaking of which, Nanyue City became like this, which also had a great relationship with Xiao Tianlei's encirclement and suppression of the masters of the court in Xinling City.
A butterfly flapped its wings, which may cause a storm. The Brotherhood solved the masters of Xuanwu Guard, which indirectly caused the current situation in Yuezhou City. It can be said that the officials and some local wealthy families suffered their own actions. The court sent some officials and Wuwei. They had the confidence to jointly punish Song Shixiong and play the trick of civil officials checking and balancing military generals. Originally, because of the suppression of the masters of Wuwei, Song Shixiong was extremely angry, but he did not dare to attack. When he learned that those masters were killed by the Brotherhood, Song Shixiong had no scruples and suddenly broke out. He took his subordinates to chop off a number of officials and wealthy families in Yuezhou. Then, the soldiers looted the wealthy families in Yuezhou City. Afterwards, Song Shixiong took the Southern Army to leave Yuezhou directly.
Not to mention where Song Shixiong led his troops, the expedition of the Southern Army basically had no defenders in Yuezhou, and most of the chief officials in the state died. Yuezhou can be said to have become a land of unborder.
As long as Xiao Tianlei wants to take the opportunity to occupy Yuezhou, but Xiao Tianlei is a little confused about whether to take Yuezhou or not. It’s not that he doesn’t want the territory of Yuezhou, but now he has sent many personnel to Funan. Lingzhou cannot distribute personnel at all. Yuezhou is not like Lingzhou’s city defense. If you want to occupy the manpower and troops, it is not a small amount. However, Yuezhou can be considered a free pickup at this time. Should you?
Xiao Tianlei was thinking, and a soldier came to report: "The leader, some gentry from Yuezhou are asking for a visit."
"Oh, let them come here." Xiao Tianlei said. He wanted to see what these gentry wanted to do. If the Brotherhood wanted to occupy Yuezhou, external defense was a problem. Another thing was that these gentry in Yuezhou would want to implement the Lingzhou policy in Yuezhou. If they wanted to implement the Lingzhou policy in Yuezhou, they would definitely be boycotted and rebounded by these people. Maybe they would gather some farmers who didn't know anything to make trouble.
Soon, a group of gentry came to Xiao Tianlei, and Xiao Tianlei asked, "What are you asking for me?"
An elder came out of the gentry and bowed, "I guess this is the leader of the Brotherhood. As expected, a hero is a young man, and a handsome man is a talented man."
Xiao Tianlei interrupted with a cold face: "I don't have the interest to know who you are, you don't have to be polite to me. Just say it, it's best to explain it to me in one sentence!"
The older gentry pondered for a moment and said, "The leader must have wanted to take Yuezhou. We are willing to help the leader to appease the people and let the county government surrender. We just hope that the leader can save our family business." These gentry also knew the policies of the Brotherhood. If the Brotherhood took Yuezhou, it would also take all the land to the Brotherhood and divide the land, but it would take their life. However, there is no one in Yuezhou who can compete with the Brotherhood now, and the court probably would not be able to count on it. Therefore, they learned that the Brotherhood had arrived in Nanyue City and came to ask for a meeting. They thought that the Brotherhood would take the opportunity to take Yuezhou and always appease the people, so they had to rely on these gentry to negotiate with the Brotherhood leaders.
Xiao Tianlei was not sure whether to take Yuezhou or not, but at this time he stopped hesitating, grinning and saying, "It seems that you have not figured out the situation. The army obeys the orders and visit these people's homes. The old rules!"
The people's hearts mentioned by these gentry are actually the ideas of the landlords and gentry. The people below are just fences. For ordinary dynasties, the "people's hearts" of the gentry can be said to be one of the foundations of rule. However, Xiao Tianlei would not tolerate such a group of people on his territory. For the fraternity system, these people are basically waste and borers. Now that the Conquest Army has left, Yuezhou is also the biggest fist of the Brotherhood. Do whatever you want. These people still don't know the situation and want to bargain, but don't know how to live or die!
Xiao Tianlei has decided not to actually control Yuezhou for the time being, but to clean up on a large scale according to the original plan and gradually advance some Lingzhou measures to use Yuezhou. As for when Nanyue City will be included in the control, it depends on the situation. Of course, the various resources of Yuezhou will still be moved back to Lingzhou. The Nanxing Army only looted several major cities such as Nanyue City. The main robbery was gold and silver, and the food was not taken away. Judging from the posture of these gentry, even if their family was looted, they probably still had a lot of hidden. Xiao Tianlei started his business by robbing these guys and measured these guys.
Xiao Tianlei ordered and ignored these people. The gentry looked at each other and couldn't figure out what the old rules were, but the intuition was not a good thing. He muttered to ask the older gentry to discuss with Xiao Tianlei again. A group of soldiers had rushed over, and the officials who had arrested before interrogated their names, home addresses and other information, and then visited them one by one.
"You can't die well when you wait for the thief!"
"I'll fight with you!"
"You will be retribution!"
Whether these gentry resist, verbally cry, speak harshly, or hold a grudge in secret, cooperate, the Brotherhood will leave them some food and money for the household, if they do not cooperate, they will completely move them all, and they will not be beaten up. These gentry have no food, gold and silver, and no economic foundation. Their original status is nothing. In addition, they also announced that the land was distributed to each household according to the head of the people. The Brotherhood will collect rent and tax at the end of the year. After that, the Brotherhood will leave. As for whether these people are carrying out the instructions of the Brotherhood or handing over the land to the gentry as usual, no matter what the Brotherhood is, the Brotherhood will not give it in vain. They do not fight for it themselves, and they still expect the Brotherhood to give it to them?
A large number of porters in Lingzhou entered Yuezhou and moved the grain in Yuezhou's official warehouse. In addition to the grain in other large households' granaries, there were endless vehicles transporting grain on the road from Yuezhou to Lingzhou.
When the brotherhood plundered unscrupulously, the incident of Song Shixiong killing officials and looting also spread to Maozhou. Knowing the situation in Yuezhou, the civil servants and generals in Maozhou also had some conflicts. In this time, the generals lost their control, and the civil servants and generals suffered losses. Some military generals also learned from Song Shixiong and killed some civil servants and controlled Maozhou.
Besides, Song Shixiong, the reason why Song Shixiong left Yuezhou was thoughtful. Song Shixiong also wanted to establish his own foundation. Yuezhou was not a good place, not to mention its remoteness. Moreover, next to the evil neighbor of the Brotherhood, the Brotherhood kept invading Yuezhou, and there was no future no matter how you looked at it. Song Shixiong had no foundation in Yuezhou, so he made up his mind and decided to lead troops back to his hometown Liangzhou. But to Song Shixiong's surprise, he was extremely smooth, and he also met some heroes and heroes, and brought some people into the gang. The team continued to grow. In order to solve the problem of food, grass and military pay, he was inevitably plundering, which caused the originally stable southern states to fall into turmoil and panic.
When the news reached Shendu, it naturally shocked the court and the country, and gave the shaky Daxia Dynasty a heavy blow.
Originally, the court of Daxia is extremely unstable. In order to save the decline of Daxia, the newly promoted ministers of Emperor Yongchang have implemented some measures and carried out some small reforms, which have indeed achieved some results. However, they faced more opposition and obstruction. The family of the Daxia court was defeated by Emperor Yongchang and some officials and spent all. The people did not have much money and money, so they could only try to think of ways from those big families. Is the interests of these people so easy to touch? In the court and local government, the reform is difficult.
Fortunately, the various battlefields have stabilized, especially the battle between Northern Xinjiang and Northern Liang. Daxia lost Bailuyuan again. However, relying on the original Guancheng, the Northern Liang army could not invade, so it could draw some of the Northern Army and generals to suppress rebellion. However, Song Shixiong's sudden rebellion not only caused chaos, but also greatly stimulated Emperor Yongchang. Now there are more than one general who is commanding troops outside. The original checks and balances can play a limited role. If the generals deliberately rebel, who can stop it? Emperor Yongchang had to invite some founding families to send some generals to command the army, and also send some royal relatives, and even princes to supervise the army.
At this time, Song Shixiong had already returned to Liangzhou and joined forces with the local rebel forces in Liangzhou. He even took over the city of Liangzhou and occupied Liangzhou.
The news spread, as if it had ignited the fuse. Some other rebel forces conquered the cities and lands. Within a few days, many county governments fell one after another, and some rebel forces rose one after another.
The entire Daxia is becoming more and more turbulent, and it can be said that the world is in chaos.
For ordinary people, this is not a good era. Life and death cannot be controlled by oneself. However, for some people who want to make a name for themselves, and for some warriors, this is a good era. They all surrender to some forces and are ready to give it a try and leave their own footprints in this chaotic world.
Many people are paying attention to various forces in the world. The Lingzhou Brotherhood is of course considered a force, but the attention is not high. Lingzhou is located in a remote place and is inherently insufficient. Moreover, the Brotherhood is not enterprising. After occupying Lingzhou, it did not recruit soldiers or recruit talents. Instead, it was constantly repairing houses and roads, consuming manpower and material resources. Yuezhou became a homeless land, and the Brotherhood did not take the opportunity to occupy it. It was still a robbery act in the past.
It was also the Brotherhood that cleaned up spies from other forces in Lingzhou. People did not know Lingzhou and kept paying attention to Lingzhou. Even if they did not understand some economic development and other knowledge, they would definitely notice that Lingzhou was becoming more and more prosperous.
In the Funan region, the Brotherhood had pacified the Funan Kingdom. During this period, the King of Funan Kingdom sent envoys to ask for help from other countries, and also sent envoys to the Daxia court. As a result, the Daxia court ignored it at all. Daxia is now a mess and countless affairs, so there is no time to take care of Funan. Even though Daxia is more chaotic now, the above-mentioned national mentality still looks down on a small barbarian country like Funan. Besides, the envoys of Funan talk about the demon army, which is simply nonsense. The barbarians are just making a fuss. The Daxia army is called the Heavenly Army, so they didn't care and got rid of the matter casually.
The Funan Kingdom also sent envoys to the Naga Dynasty in the west. The Naga Dynasty was a big country and the birthplace of Buddhism. However, at this time, religious wars were being fought in the Naga Dynasty and they were too busy to take care of themselves.
The Brotherhood successfully occupied the Funan Kingdom and controlled three-quarters of the Funan area. Other small countries were not worth worrying about and could be pacified soon. The area of the Funan area was equivalent to ten states, but many places were not developed, mostly in deep mountains and dense forests. All habitable and cultivated land and population combined, it is estimated that it is equivalent to the four states in Daxia. For the Brotherhood, it is already a huge territory and takes time to digest.
Although Funan people are easier to rule, it is a traditional way of rule. If the Brotherhood wants to completely control Funan and establish a new ruling mechanism, it is difficult to achieve it in a short period of time. Fortunately, the spread of the Witch God Cult is very smooth. The various policies and the doctrines of the Witch God Cult have won the welcome of the Funan people, and the time for the Brotherhood to control Funan can be greatly shortened. At present, the Brotherhood can mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources in Funan, and with a large amount of spoils, gold, silver, food, spices, craftsmen, a large number of Funan slave workers, etc., they are transported to Lingzhou as a nutrient for the development of Lingzhou. To be continued.
Chapter completed!