Mythology Starts with Childish Skills

"It's just that if what I say today comes out of my mouth and enters your ears, it must not be spread to the outside world. Even if it is spread, I will not admit that I have said such words. Do you understand?"

Meng Zhao's cautious posture not only did not scare the experts in the military tent, but instead aroused their interest even more. They all stared at Meng Zhao expectantly with their eyes wide open.

They have lived in Hushan for a long time. In fact, they cannot be said to be out of touch with the outside world, but the contact is not close and the news lags behind.

For some situations, it is even more cloudy and foggy. At this time, it would be a relief to be able to get Meng Zhao to clarify his doubts.

After all, Meng Zhao is a rising star in the martial arts world. He has climbed all the way to the top, and he is from a noble family, so he should know a lot of secrets.

Seeing that everyone was responding, Meng Zhao gave up and asked first,

"Before I say something, I want to ask you, why has the rebellion in the South not been put down for so long?

What is the reason? Do you know? "

Everyone in the army looked at each other, but soon a bold man spoke up, namely Li Ao, saying,

"Back to the general, as far as the last general knows, the rebellion in the south started from two tycoons in Xuzhou, one was named Gao Yingzhong, who called himself King Mitian, and the other was named Luan Xiaojie, who called himself General Yutian.

The two of them were famous, had rich family assets, and had extraordinary backgrounds. After entering the Pengcheng Prefecture Office in Xuzhou and killing the governor of Xuzhou in full view of the public, they raised the banner of rebellion.

In a very short period of time, a hundred thousand strong soldiers were recruited. The soldiers were sharp and invincible to those who stood in their way.

These two men were both unparalleled heroes, with life-saving talents and strong military support. In the Middle Ages, they were the first to rebel against the king in the last years of the dynasty. It is not surprising that they have such a huge momentum. "

Anti-king, anti-king, if you don't have the ability, you are just a grass-headed king. But anyone who can be called an anti-king has at least stirred up the storm for a while, just like Gao Yingzhong and Luan Xiaojie.

In Li Ao's view, with a hundred thousand soldiers, complete equipment and weapons, and two heroic commanders, it was not so easy to defeat them.

Just like the Shenwei Army, there are now 30,000 people. As long as they don't show off their horses and horses to fight decisively with the imperial army in the field, in fact, even if they are defeated, they can still fight in roundabout ways. If they fail to win, they can also be disgusting.

After he finished speaking, Fang Gongming, who had always been close to him, also said,

"The place in Xuzhou is the hometown of the two of them. It is well managed and can be said to be popular among the people. Maybe this is also a reason."

Xiang Qing was thoughtful, but shook his head.

"No, with your talents, you may not be inferior to Gao Yingzhong and Luan Xiaojie, but ask yourself, it is possible to recruit a hundred thousand strong soldiers in a short period of time, which is definitely not normal.

Also, if you only have strong troops but no stable logistics supply and governance, it will definitely not last long. It is absolutely impossible to resist the imperial army for such a long time. There should be someone behind it. "

As soon as Xiang Qing finished speaking, several people nodded, thinking that it was impossible for two so-called tycoons to cause such a huge rebellion. This was not in line with common sense.

Because under the rule of the imperial court, the people's livelihood was relatively prosperous, and it was far from the point where the official system collapsed, the people had no way to survive, and had to rebel.

That being the case, where could such a 100,000-strong army join the banner of two people whose future was uncertain?

This is most likely a conspiracy. Just like them, they had already prepared for rebellion several years, or even more than ten years ago, and selected, raised, and trained troops to achieve a moment of rapid prosperity.

Si Peng sighed. He had to admit that Xiang Qing did have some knowledge. No wonder he would have been defeated by Meng Zhao without Meng Zhao.

"Perhaps it is an action jointly carried out by the powerful families in Xuzhou. Only in this way can the imperial court's suppression of the rebellion be fruitless."

As the saying goes, the strong dragon does not suppress the local snake, the tendency of the local people is very important to both parties.

It is very likely that a piece of information can determine the outcome of a battlefield, and if the Xuzhou people ganged up with the rebels and turned against the imperial court, it would be understandable that the imperial court would fight repeatedly without any results.

Meng Zhao nodded and gave everyone an affirmative answer.

"Yes, you are right. The two so-called Xuzhou tycoons are actually just two chess pieces. There is someone else who really controls the overall situation. According to the guess of the Meng family, this force is 80% to 90% Jiu surname. Li family."

Hearing this, everyone's hearts suddenly stopped. The Li family, with the nine surnames, is not an ordinary force, but comes from the royal family of the medieval Tang Dynasty. It has the blood of the Supreme in its body, which is extraordinary.

And unlike other ordinary families, the Li family is also a top wealthy family in Dayong today, second only to the Beitang royal family, and is a famous family in the world.

Everyone also suddenly realized that it turned out to be the support of the Li family, which was reasonable. With the background of the nine surnames, it was normal to support such a rebellion and cause trouble, and the court was unprepared for the moment.

However, everyone in the tent then thought about it. The Li family of the nine surnames was almost the top noble family second only to the royal family. It was much stronger than the Meng family. It had a huge power, so why did they do this rebellious thing? Lift?

You won’t be so arrogant that you think that with the power of one family, you can recreate the power of the ancient Tang Dynasty, right?

Since ancient times, there have been many royal bloodlines passed down, such as the Zhu Ming family, which is really a huge family that is no less than a million Danchi, but they mostly hide among the people, or do business, and no longer indulge in Ancestor Glory is a relatively pragmatic clan.

The Li family, with the ninth surname, would not be so short-sighted and create such a huge momentum just for a little ambition.

Not only did it cause great harm to Dayong, but it also caused great harm to himself.

Xuzhou was the sphere of influence of the Li family. Now it has turned into a battlefield. The people have been displaced, the economy has collapsed, and the culture has ceased. Only martial arts has flourished, but in fact its potential has been greatly reduced.

"General, why do the Li family do this? They have no reason?"

"Why is there no reason? You only think that the Li family is the leader behind the scenes, but you have never thought that in addition to the Li family, the Cangwu sect of the thirteen families is also secretly siding with the Li family.

In fact, the Bai family of Yuanzhou has always been at odds with the royal family, so it is natural for them to secretly support them.

Therefore, the rebels who secretly gathered the support of many huge forces became more and more powerful, and the imperial court became increasingly weak and incompetent, and was still unable to put down the rebellion. "

"You must understand for yourselves that Dayong is not a unified dynasty in the complete sense, and cannot dominate the world. It is actually a deformed dynasty with severe local power divisions.

Moreover, the Yong Dynasty may have treated the people of Guizhou pretty well, but it was too harsh on the meritorious families.

Their ancestors left behind hidden dangers. How could it be so easy for their descendants to eliminate the hidden dangers?

It will inevitably suffer backlash, and the severity of the backlash is far from being easily quelled. "