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Chapter 530 Three Ways

When Fang Jie walked out of the study, all the generals waiting in the yard surrounded them. These few dozen minutes were as long as centuries. Their eyes were full of urgent eyes, waiting for Fang Jie to point them out a bright road.

Just like during the darkest days in the northwest, Prince Xu led them to persist.

They looked at Fang Jie, and Fang Jie also looked at them.

A group of men who were struggling and fearless in the sea of ​​corpses and blood could not calm themselves down at this time. Everyone felt that this anxiety was very familiar, because three years ago, they were in the same mood when they survived in the gap between hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Mongol barbarians and hundreds of thousands of rebels.

“There are fifty thousand people in the village.”

Fang Jie spoke, his tone was very slow.

"I sat in the room for so long and tried to calm myself down, but I am still frightened and anxious now, because what I want to decide is not only my personal life and death, but also the survival of you all. You should all know that our Black Flag Army is in a dilemma now. If we return, will the emperor be convicted of letting the Yuan people go? If we are convicted, will you accept the crime or not?"

"Don't accept it!"

In the silence, I don’t know who shouted, his voice hoarse and he was particularly sad and angry: “In the past four years in Langru Mountain, we have never received a salary of the imperial court as a copper coin, and have never eaten a grain of food from the imperial court! But we still held the battle flag of the Great Sui Dynasty, fought with the rebels and the barbarians every day. Is it related to us to defeat the Mandu flag? Why did the emperor let us be abandoned? Why!”

As soon as he spoke, the other generals expressed their dissatisfaction and anger.

The great defeat of Mandu Banner has nothing to do with them. In recent years, they have never stopped fighting for this empire and for the glory of soldiers. They have been working hard to maintain their dignity with their blood and sweat, but now, they have become the people abandoned by the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty.

How resolute and magnificent they were when they entered the canyon. How disheartened they were when they retreated from the canyon!

When Fang Jie heard the discussions below, he suddenly became much more open. What he had been worried about was that he lacked prestige and might not be able to let these 50,000 people completely return. If he rashly decided to take them to another place or stay in the Langru Mountain Canyon, would these soldiers not agree?

Will they still have illusions about the court?

But now, when he heard the soldiers expressing their resentment in their hearts, he suddenly realized that he was always worried about gains and losses like this and was worried too much. Sometimes some things happened naturally and they didn’t need to deliberately guide them, and they would flow there and in that direction.

At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the yard. Fang Jie looked at the door and saw that Chen Xiaoru ran in with dust. Looking at the thick layer of dust on his body, he knew that he was rushing along the way.

"Mr. Marquis, I'm back!"

Fang Jie felt warm in his heart, and quickly walked over to support Chen Xiaoru who was celebrating. At this time, Chen Xiaoru could come back after leaving, how could he not make Fang Jie feel warm in his heart? Especially when his heart was very cold, Chen Xiaoru's return made Fang Jie's gloomy heart feel like a piece of sunshine was poured in.

"Mr. Marquis, my subordinates have found out."

Chen Xiaoru swallowed and spitted, his lips were already dry and cracked.

Fang Jie quickly asked someone to get the water and hand it to him: "Let me tell you here, I'm discussing with you. The news you brought back is very important, everyone can listen to it."

Chen Xiaoru knew that Fang Jie led his troops back to the mountain village, and guessed what the team was facing now. He was the kind of person who could understand the intention without having to explain clearly. He immediately understood Fang Jie's meaning after hearing Fang Jie's words. He drank the water bag in one breath, wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "After he arrived in Jinyang, he tried to contact the flying fish robe that was still obedient in the camp outside the city."

He gasped and continued, "Although our people in the flying fish robe are losing power now, the garrisons around the emperor's tent are still using ours. A while ago... Luo Yao arrived at the camp alone!"

"ah!"

Everyone exclaimed.

Chen Xiaorudao: "Luo Yao brought more than 100 heads from Li Xiaoche and others in Jinyang City, and blatantly entered the camp. He fought with the eunuch Su Buwei, who was beside the emperor, with Zhang Zhenren of Wudang Mountain. The two of them joined forces but failed to defeat Luo Yao, and then Luo Yao left like that."

"Wouldn't that mean..."

Sun Kaidao immediately shouted loudly: "It is a foregone conclusion for Luo Yao to raise the flag? In this case, the entire southwest and even the south of the Yangtze River will be in chaos!"

Even if this is not the case, Luo Yao's rebellion is well known. Sun Kaidao's shout was actually intentional. He said this like the last straw that crushed the soldiers' thoughts of loyalty to the emperor. Sun Kaidao wanted to remind these generals that the Sui Dynasty is already in turmoil. Even if you still have the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, it is meaningless. You are loyal to the emperor, but many people have raised the banner of rebellion.

"Then what?"

Fang answered the question.

Chen Xiaorudao: "And so, my subordinates inquire that the emperor did not have the will to mobilize troops, nor did he ever tell the generals below that they would send troops to support our Black Flag Army!"

This sentence caused an angry roar.

Sun Kaidao was very satisfied. He knew that these people had given up on the court now.

He winked at Fang Jie's confidants Chen Duanshan and Lu Fenghou, and then touched Xiahou Baichuan who was standing beside him with his hands. Sun Kaidao had talked to these three people before, and they stood up immediately after Sun Kaidao's instructions.

Chen Duanshan suddenly knelt down on one knee and said, "Mr. Marquis, we still need to take us to continue walking in the future! We are now like children abandoned by our parents. Even if we can't hate our parents, we have to find a place to survive."

"Mr. Marquis, it's time to think about it for ourselves!"

Marquis Lu Feng knelt down and said, "The life and death of tens of thousands of people lies with the Marquis alone."

Xiahou Baichuan said: "I know that the Marquis is loyal to His Majesty, but now it's not that we don't want to be loyal to the court, but the court regards us as abandoned sons. My subordinates beg the Marquis to take the brothers to build a place. We don't raise the flag to rebel, we just seek a way out!"

"this……"

Fang Jie hesitated for a moment, looked at everyone and wanted to speak but stopped.

"Please decide!"

Dozens of generals in the yard looked at each other, then knelt down at the same time and said.

Sun Kaidao stood behind Fang Jie and watched the scene, and raised his lips and said in his heart: It's OK!

...

...

Fang Jie was pacing back and forth in the big tent, looking very serious. Sun Kaidao stood in front of the map and was marking out the forces of all parties. Soon, the situation became particularly clear.

“We’re here now”

Sun Kaidao pointed to the location of the Dazhai: "There is no other force within a radius of three or four hundred miles. The remnants of the rebels knew that we were here, so they dared not come over and be arrogant. Five hundred miles southeast is Jinyang City. Since Li Xiaoche is dead, the defenders in Jinyang City said they had to surrender. After the imperial court captured Jinyang, the next step would be to siege Longxi County, and the Li family was completely finished."

"Jinyang is three hundred miles southwest, six hundred miles away from our mountain village, the rebels' West Camp. After Meng Wansui was defeated, he returned here with tens of thousands of remaining soldiers. Houwu's West Camp was blocking between Jinyang City and Longxi County. Meng Wansui thought Jinyang could hold on for a while, but he was waiting and watching. Now Li Xiaoche and others are dead. Once Jinyang is broken, the emperor's next target is naturally Meng Wansui."

"Mangdang Mountain is more than 200 miles south of Longxi County. Now tens of thousands of remaining soldiers from Yin Poshan are bandits in Mangdang Mountain. This person's team is not worth worrying."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at everyone, then pointed to the south of Mangdang Mountain: "Huangyang Road, now about 200,000 people were stationed here after Luo Yao's left vanguard was defeated. If nothing unexpected happens, he will lead his army to fight with the emperor. Before that, he will watch the emperor and Meng Wansui and Yin Poshan fight."

Lu Fenghou said: "Military advisor, Luo Yao didn't take action before. Now that the troops are reduced by half, why will he fight the emperor in a decisive battle?"

"The war changes rapidly."

Sun Kaidao said: "Luo Yao did not fight head-on with the emperor before, because he wanted the Mongol Yuan people and Li Yuanshan to join forces to drag the emperor down. He led his men and horses to the Central Plains, but now the Mongol Yuan people are gone and Li Yuanshan is defeated. The emperor will not have too many troops after he eliminates the remaining enemies. He is a tired army. Luo Yao was defeated and needs a big victory to restore morale. Therefore, he will inevitably lead his army to block the emperor back to Chang'an. As long as the emperor is killed, the court will be in chaos, the prince is young and the whole world is in turmoil, and he will take advantage of the chaos."

"You and I know that Luo Yao is definitely not just the hundreds of thousands of people who are with him, Chen Xiaoru, tell me the situation in the southwest."

Chen Xiaoru came over and hugged the generals and said, "Generals, before the humble position, there was always contact with the Feiyu Painting arranged in the southwest. Just before the decisive battle between the court and Li Yuanshan in Xiping, Luo Yao's general Ye Jinnan formed nearly one million troops in the southwest. After crossing the Yishui River, he entered the south of the Yangtze River Navy. Most of the court's Yangtze River Navy was in the northwest Luoshui, and there was no time to return to defense. Ye Jinnan had already led his army into the south of the Yangtze River and confronted the six guards of the court on Xiangfan Road."

"Although the emperor was wary of Luo Yao's rebellion, he had secretly transferred troops to the Jiangnan army to set up defenses before coming to the northwest, he must have never expected that Luo Yao would have so many troops, and the Six Guards' soldiers would not dare to fight. If... if the news of the emperor's death in the northwest spread, would the general of the Six Guards' soldiers have no plans?"

After he asked this, everyone actually had the answer in their minds.

Sun Kaidao walked forward a few steps and said, "So, we have three paths to choose from now."

"First, stay here."

He looked at everyone and said, "I discussed with the Marquis before that we are not short of food and supplies now. We can still collect another batch of food after the autumn. The safest and most conservative thing is to stay in the mountain village for the time being and wait and see if it changes. Wait until the court and Luo Yao decide the victory or defeat before making plans. After all, the soldiers are tired and take the opportunity to rest. There are more and more people gathering in Fangu area. We can recruit some new recruits and train troops while resting."

"The bad thing about this road is that the northwest is exhausted. Although we have no worries about food and grass, we will be short of food after winter until the beginning of next spring. When we move, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no accidents. Even if we stay and never leave, there is no future in the northwest. Li Yuanshan and the Mongols have been here for more than three years, and the people have almost no harvest in recent years. We can live this winter, but we don't know how to live the next winter."

Everyone nodded, knowing that what he was talking about was the truth.

Sun Kaidao continued: "The second way, we will take advantage of the opportunity of the court's troops fighting with the remnants of the rebels and lead our troops to the east. If we can take advantage of the fact that the imperial navy is guarding against Luo Yao's people, if we can cross the Luoshui River, we will enter Hedong Road. It is not difficult to conquer a piece of land with our troops, but... it will be difficult to defend. Hedong Road is not short of food and is rich, and there is no danger to rely on. We do not have the strength to compete with the court and Luo Yao for territory."

"The Third Road"

Sun Kaidao's eyes swept across everyone's faces, and then slowly said: "Bring all the food and grass, pass through the gap between the rebels and the imperial horses, cross Mangdang Mountain, and enter Huangyang Road!"

"ah?!"

This sentence surprised everyone.

"Huangyang Road is also short of food, which is much better than the northwest. Luo Yao's foundation is in the four southwest roads. When we go to Huangyang Road, we are considered to have settled down by the tiger's nest. But think about it, Luo Yao and the emperor would never have imagined that we would go to that place, and Huangyang Road has natural dangers to rely on, Qingsong Mountain, Cuiping Mountain, and Niutou Mountain can all gain a foothold. Most of Luo Yao's men left the southwest, and the remaining troops were enough to defend the four southwest roads. After Luo Yao led his army to leave Huangyang Road, there would be no force there. In just one year, even if there was no war, we would recruit soldiers to hoard food and grass, and the troops could at least double their strength."

"Although dangerous, it's the brightest."

He looked at Fang Jie, but found that Fang Jie was a little lost.

"Mr. Marquis, everyone is waiting for you to make a decision."

Sun Kaidao asked.
Chapter completed!