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Chapter 69 Intervention

As Zhu Shiliu officially integrated the Zhu power of the City God Temple, he took the position of leader.

His luck changed drastically again. I saw the black and red aura soaring, and the yellow aura was born. The cloud aura was unstable and formed a wolf shape. The evil aura was obvious, and he wanted to choose someone and devour it!

Fang Ming knew that all his subordinates had god-killing runes. In the army, they were all ten enemies, hundreds of enemies were first-class, and they had a reputation for bravery. They could usually treat talismans and often help the people. This reputation was not small, let alone, after being a temple monk for several years, who was not rich or powerful? There were more than a dozen people who obeyed them?

Li Dazhuang promised to hand over the county soldiers. These were all hard strength, gathered on Zhu Shiliu and supported by Qianlong Qiyun. It was not unusual to have this atmosphere.

However, he succeeded so quickly and had no foundation. If the flowers bloomed brightly for a while, he would eventually be blown away by the rain and wind.

Fang Ming had no expression on his face, but his eyes were filled with divine light, as if he had seen through the future.

Originally, if Zhu Shiliu had developed steadily based on Anchang County, because of his pious beliefs here, his rule would be solid and his rear would be stable, which would be quite good.

But once you leave Anchang County, your subordinates will eat horses and eat horses, which will cost a lot. If you want to maintain it, you can only break the county one after another and get supplies from the big households in the county and warehouses. Moreover, you don’t have time to cultivate. In this way, no matter how great his luck is, it will be exhausted in the battle...

Fang Ming had another thought in his heart, in addition to protecting safety and protecting believers.

In his previous life, in November 1095 AD, Pope Urban II declared at the Clemans Religious Conference in France: "In the East, Muslims have occupied the 'holy city' of our Christians (Jerusalem). Now, on behalf of God, I give orders to you, begging and calling you to act quickly and eliminate the evil race from the land of our brothers!"

This is the famous Crusade in European history, which was carried out in a total of eight times. Although the ending was not very good, it is an indisputable fact that the Christian faith spread along the way with the war!

Over the past fifteen years, Fang Ming's belief in the City God has not been spread by the forces of Baiyunguan in other counties. Now is the opportunity! As the army passes by, those refugees who have nothing will definitely put aside everything and have a pious belief. Other people and gentry will also be worshipped on the surface in order to protect themselves.

Sometimes faith does require the spread of blood and knife!

Fang Ming's eyes were dark and his face was solemn, and he was ready...

The following things went very smoothly. The county soldiers lost their leader and received the temple prayer to surrender. Without much consideration, they surrendered collectively and returned to Zhu Shiliu's tent.

The four major families did not break their promises, and they transported all the food and weapons to support Zhu Shiliu.

With these, Zhu Shiliu recruited refugees and gradually became full of wings.

On June 15, the tenth year of Yong'an, Zhu Shiliu officially started his rebellion and established himself as a general of God's kindness. Under him, he also set up various canal commanders, and he was filled with temple blessings. Under him, there were also positions such as centurion and ten-men commanders to manage refugees.

In the middle, he relied on the belief of the City God. Zhu Shiliu released the news that as long as the refugees who believed in the City God were given relief, they would be given porridge every day. As soon as this news came out, it caused a sensation. Vagrants from other counties, who brought their families, children and daughters, rushed to surrender...

For a moment, the momentum was booming, and the counties were in great fear.

...

On June 20th, an army was moving towards Anchang County. There were a large number of people, about a thousand people, and they were mighty and majestic.

A general, wearing armor and riding a horse, had scars on his face, which added a bit more solemnity.

Looking at the sun in the sky and the heat was hot, he frowned and called the messenger, saying, "Give me instructions, the team will stop and rest, the logistics will bring the water tank, and drink water in the camps. Don't let the children run heatstroke!"

The commander bowed and went down to convey the message. Soon, the team stopped, followed the battalion and found a cool place to rest, and the logistics soldiers came up to replenish the water source.

The general also got off his horse, wiped his sweat, and complained: "This ghost weather... marching in the dog days is almost like a joke! Then Zhu Shiliu, don't fall into my hands..."

At this time, a captain came over, saluted and asked, "Sir, the weather is hot, the men are complaining, and there are still a few who have fainted. What should I do?"

The general smiled bitterly and said, "This is nothing to do. Ask the military doctor to go up and take it to the wing!"

The magistrate hesitated and asked for instructions: "Whether to suspend the marching and camp for a while, I see that my brothers can't support it..."

The general's heart moved, but he refused: "How can the military event be delayed? You also read the military newspaper. Zhu Shiliu gathered refugees and recruited young and strong people. Every day, his strength will increase by one point. The soldiers are very fast. Only by taking advantage of the fact that this owl has not yet established a stable foothold and annihilated it in one fell swoop!"

The captain smiled bitterly. He knew this, but seeing the soldiers rushing on the road during the dog days of summer, he was very disappointed. Even he couldn't stand it. He couldn't help but say: "Why are the major officials in the county so anxious this time? They are still uniting the two counties?"

This was really a doubt in his heart. Since the chaos in the world, are there few people who have been flag-raising and separating the government? Why did the county attach so much importance to it this time and immediately decided to send troops? Originally, no matter who conquered the county, it would take the aristocratic family to take office to manage it, and they could sit firmly on Diaoyutai. But this time, the aristocratic families in each county were a little anxious, and they supported a lot in open and secretly, otherwise the army would not have been able to gather so quickly!

The general smiled slightly. The captain was also his close confidant and could even mention some relatives. He said with a hint: "Since ten years ago, the court has indeed declined, but you see, let's talk about Wu Nan. Qin Zongquan, Wu Qi, and even Song Yu, who were not from a wealthy family? At the very least, he was a gentry. He knew that management was not easy and he had to treat the gentry well!"

The captain nodded. Even if Song Yu captured so many heads of the family, he had to send them back a lot in the end. Someone spread rumors and didn't dare to take action before finding the real evidence. The same was true for Wu Qi and Qin Zongquan.

"But Zhu Shiliu, Xia Jiuliu, was born in the lower nine. Most of the generals in his hands were farmers and tenants. This is a big problem! My aristocratic family cannot affect it. If the city is destroyed, it will be life and death..." The general sneered.

After hearing this, the captain thought about it carefully and realized it, and then he felt cold sweat.

In Fang Ming's words, this is the difference in class. Song Yu, Qin Zongquan and others are the landlord class, representing it, and the interests of the landlords. How are these various entanglements fake? Even if they want to betray them, their subordinates will not agree!

Not to mention, what are the benefits of betrayal? Therefore, they can compromise and appease the wealthy families in nature. No matter who is the emperor, as long as they do not violate the bottom line, they can live safely.

As for Zhu Shiliu, he was completely a mud-legged. Even if he became a temple, he was just a prestigious person in Anchang County. If he put it outside, who would recognize you? His subordinates were also farmers and tenants. These people did not mean that they were inherently hostile to the landlords. After all, this aristocratic family still understood the principle of passing on their families through poetry and books, and fishing through the pond.

Although there are also people who are rich and bad, they are only a few after all. Most of them will reduce land rent and issue relief in natural disasters, and have a good reputation.

But this reputation is only for local people, who will recognize you if the refugees from other places?

By then, can the county be managed well by relying on the refugees and tenants under his subordinates? If the management is not good, the people who are going to spend money and who are going to go out? In the chaotic times, if you have money and food in your hands but don’t have the power to protect, it is a sin!

Even if Zhu Shiliu appointed poor families and managed properly in the future, this became a new landlord class. The interests of his group will naturally be guaranteed first. This knife will still be slaughtered on the big business before he can divide the meat and give it to his own people.

The heads of wealthy families in each county have a hard time and are ready for the future. Even if the county is full of loose sand, they have found several families to come forward and jointly organize the army to kill Zhu Shiliu in the bud.

In short, Song Yu, Wu Qi and others are all internal class conflicts, and they don’t have to worry about major issues, and they can do anything. But Zhu Shiliu is two classes, and this contradiction is irreconcilable and must be lived and killed.

The general saw that the captain had realized it and said comfortably: "Although Zhu Shiliu has a large number of people, he is full of refugees, and there are many elderly, weak, women and children who can't even walk on the road, so he can almost ignore it! The rest of the young and strong will need time to train to form an army. We can wait for a thousand elite soldiers to defeat him 10,000. This time, we will surely win!"

"Yeah!" the captain nodded, "What the lord said is very true. Let's go now. To prepare the army, you will definitely take down this owl in one fell swoop!"

...

Just one side of this camp, on the mountain, among the dense trees, there were shadows hidden.

Zhu Shiliu was wearing armor and had a calm expression.

The enemy generals had predicted his situation, but the only miscalculation was that the county soldiers had collectively turned against him and surrendered to Zhu Shiliu. Zhu Shiliu was a surprise soldier and had been concealing it. After all, the belief in the City God has been banned from other counties. When it comes to mentioning it, they are disdainful and naturally they are not very clear about the prestige of the City God Temple.

In addition, the march of these thousands of people was quite powerful and had been discovered long ago. Zhu Shiliu got the news and was not afraid of the danger. He decided to go out of the city to ambush the enemy and defend the enemy from outside.

At this moment, he led 500 soldiers in the county, and 1,500 young and strong men. Although these young and strong men were not trained and mostly had sticks on their hands, they were of great use to confiscate prisoners!

Zhu Shiliu came here to ambush early and asked himself that everything was ready. The rest depends on God and his luck.

Now seeing the enemy is resting on the roadside. The weather is hot, many soldiers dispersed their leather armor. Some of them couldn't bear it and took them off. They couldn't help but sigh: "God helps me!"

This is also normal. The enemy's own elite troops will naturally be invincible to deal with refugees. They will have a sense of contempt, but it happened to be a God-given opportunity to rest in this ambush place!

Zhu Shiliu understood the truth that God gave him but was blamed for his fault, and immediately issued an order to prepare for the attack.
Chapter completed!
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