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Episode 150: The Resistance of the Gentry

A few days later, Xiao Lan personally led a 30,000 army to Licheng. Although he had already expected it, he couldn't help but take a breath. £∝

The small Licheng County was built even taller than Qi County. There were many soldiers and armor on the top of the city, and each of them held soldiers with leather armor. Judging from the posture, if Xiao Lan had not defeated the official army and obtained regular soldiers, I am afraid that the equipment of the Taiping soldiers would not be as good as that of the private soldiers of these gentry families?

There are money and food, and there are people. The local emperor, Xiao Lan has seen the strength of the gentry. But Xiao Lan will not be afraid, because he believes that in the face of the power of the people, all reactionaries are paper tigers.

"Is the Grand Marshal of Pingtian Xiao Lan?" Seeing that the Taiping Army was solemn and extraordinary, Tian Xin on the city was a little panicked. However, after all, he is worthy of being the ruler of the aristocratic family. He is very calm and composed. He is at the top of the city and is condescending, and respectfully said: "I have lost the name of the Marshal for a long time. Today, the Grand Marshal is here, and I don't know what is the price for you?"

"Ha!" Xiao Lan immediately chuckled: "What do I want to do? Will the leader of the Tian family not know? Now Qingzhou is in my hands, and the heavenly soldiers are in the forefront. Do you still want to overestimate your ability and resist stubbornly?"

"It's not that we resist stubbornly, but that the marshal will not give me a way to survive!" Tian Xin said loudly: "As long as the marshal is willing to agree, he will not rob the rich gentry or force us to rob the land. We are willing to open the city and surrender and submit to the marshal. The harvest will come to the summer. My Tian family is willing to offer three thousand stones of food and grass to help the marshal relieve his worries."

Good guy, he said three thousand stones of food and grass. These gentry lords are much richer than they thought. However, who is Xiao Lan? How could he change his original intention for a mere three thousand stones of food? At that moment, he snorted coldly: "It seems that the head of the Tian family is determined to resist to the end."

Tian Xin said: "It was obvious that the marshal was too tyrannical and wanted to force the fields left by our ancestors. How different are these behaviors from the Yellow Turban thieves in the past?"

"Is that?" Xiao Lan said calmly: "As far as I investigated, your Tian family had only less than a hundred tiles of land ten years ago, but now it is tens of thousands of land. I also asked the head of the Tian family to tell me how your Tian family made money well. In just ten years, it has reached this scale?"

Hearing this, Tian Xin couldn't help but frown, and cold sweat was unconsciously dripping from his forehead. How can the Tian family make money well? As the head of the family, he knew very well, just colluded with the government and robbed the people... Anyway, the Tian family did not do much to exploit the people.

Xiao Lan said in a deep voice: "It seems that the head of the Tian family is reflecting on himself. Very good. Two days, I will give you two days to consider. If you refuse to surrender, you will see the consequences on the battlefield!" After that, he turned around and left without saying anything more.

There are some things that need no more to say. What he wants to do is to kill the other party!

The army set up camp under the city. That night, before Zhou Cang was waiting for the advice, Xiao Lan ordered the Taiping soldiers to summon the tenants in Licheng County. Most of these families were drawn away by the Tian family and formed the current private soldiers, leaving only some old, weak, women and children. But these people were Xiao Lan's ultimate move.

On the second day of receiving the Taiping Army Order, many people in Licheng County gathered in an endless stream, just because Xiao Lan fully implemented the policy of fighting the local tyrants and dividing the land in Qingzhou, which has been recognized by the people of Qingzhou. In this era when food is the most important thing for the people, owning a piece of land of his own is the ultimate dream of every people, and Xiao Lan is the one who can make their dream come true. Therefore, Xiao Lan easily received the support of the people!

In less than half a day, there were no less than 50,000 or 60,000 people gathered under Licheng, which was so dark that it made the Tian family and other gentry frightened. Tian Xin was no exception, but he still insisted on saying, "Xiao Lan, you forced our land to be against the scholars and families in the world and against the court."

"Nonsense!" Xiao Lan shouted coldly: "I'm doing a rebellious act, but I'm afraid of going against the court? Your mind won't get into trouble!"

Tian Xin and others were speechless at the scene. But then, they comforted themselves that Licheng had resisted the invasion of tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army, and now there are 50,000 troops to defend, and it is expected that the Taiping Army would not be able to defeat the city.

Besides, they have sent spies to the outside world for help, and I believe that it will not take long before the court will send a large army to suppress these rebels!

Well, the facts proved that they were really too whimsical, because the Han court at this time was also busy?

The eighteen princes came to attack. Dong Zhuo was shocked and naturally rushed to mobilize troops to resist and sent Li Su and Hua Xiong to lead troops to guard Sishui Pass.

Sun Jian, known as a tiger, is extremely brave. Even when facing Hua Xiong, he still won one game first. Of course, this also caused the outbreak of conflicts within Dong Zhuojun, which gave him some advantage.

Although Hua Xiong was the garrison of Sishui Pass, he still had a general Li Su on top of him, and there were many conflicts between the two sides.

Let’s talk about it, since Lu Bu came to Dong Zhuo’s command and became Dong Zhuo’s adopted son, his status has also increased steadily, which has aroused the dissatisfaction of many Xiliang soldiers. However, due to Dong Zhuo’s face and Lu Bu’s bravery, they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.

But Li Su is different. Although he relied on his contribution to rebelling against Lu Bu and protecting this thigh, he was also very prosperous under Dong Zhuo's command. However, the soldiers of Xiliang were very unhappy with him, Li Su. Now, with the relationship between Lu Bu, there are many conflicts between the two sides. Lu Bu can't afford to mess with him, and Li Su can still squeeze his soft persimmon.

This time, Li Su and Hua Xiong jointly guarded the Sishui Pass, and this conflict naturally broke out. The discord between the two sides gave Sun Jian a chance to easily defeat Hua Xiong, forcing Hua Xiong to retreat to Sishui Pass and hang a high-level battle-free card.

Just when Sun Jian was in a good situation and was looking for an opportunity to take down the Sishui Pass in one fell swoop, he suddenly found that the army had insufficient food and grass, and the food and grass behind were not transported. And the most important thing was that Hua Xiong had found out about the news. Hua Xiong immediately made a decision and spread the news without hesitation, and sent troops to attack Sun Jian's camp at the same time.

After Hua Xiong came, Sun Jian had no choice but to hide it. The army's morale was in chaos in an instant, and he was killed and fled in a hurry. On the way to escape, Zu Mao deliberately led the pursuers for Sun Jian in order to save his life, but was killed by Hua Xiong on the spot!

Sun Jian led Cheng Pu and the other generals Han Dang returned to the camp of the Sour Zao Alliance. However, they saw a group of princes gathering and having a banquet. Among them was Yuan Shu, who was in charge of the food and grass of the Allied Army. Han Dang shouted loudly: "Yuan Shu, come on your own!" A big knife with a shining cold light rushed towards Yuan Shu and chopped him away!

"Don't hurt my lord!" Seeing that Yuan Shu was about to be killed by this sudden knife, at the critical moment, a figure suddenly emerged from Yuan Shu. The three-pointed two-edged sword in his hand attacked, blocking Han Dang's big sword, but it was Ji Ling, the number one general under Yuan Shu.

The two of them immediately fought together, showing their unique skills, and the battle was very fierce. The princes subconsciously took a few steps to avoid being hurt by Han Dang and Ji Ling.

After a while, Yuan Shu realized, thinking that he almost died under Han Dangdao, he couldn't help but curse: "Sun Jian, what are you doing? You dare to indulge your subordinates in committing crimes. Do you really think that Yuan Shu is easy to bully?!"

"It's easy to bully?" Sun Jian laughed a little crazy, then pulled out the long sword from his waist without hesitation, and his murderous aura burst out, and he strode towards Yuan Shu: "Yuan Shu dog thief, you dare to say this. If you hadn't dragged the army's food and grass, how could I be defeated by Hua Xiong because of the shortage of food, and even the loss of soldiers and generals!"

"What?!" Hearing this, the princes couldn't help but be shocked and all looked at Yuan Shu with suspicion. If this was true, then Yuan Shu would be too much, and no wonder Sun Jian was so angry.

"Is there such a thing?" Yuan Shu shouted in surprise, but a bitter smile in his heart.

He naturally did the delay in food and grass. Seeing that Sun Jian was about to take down the Sishui Pass and was about to make a great contribution to the Allied forces, Yuan Shu became jealous of Sun Jian. In order to prevent Sun Jian from winning, he deducted Sun Jian's food and grass and planned to teach him a small lesson.

However, even he didn't expect that he just wanted to teach Sun Jian a little lesson, but caused such a big trouble. There was nothing he could do now. After all, there was no medicine for regret in the world, so he could only beat him to death and refuse to admit it. Anyway, there were so many people there, and as long as he refused to admit it, Sun Jian would not dare to do anything to him.

"Don't you know the highway?" Yuan Shao asked suspiciously. He didn't believe that Yuan Shu didn't know about this. This matter was too similar to Yuan Shu's style. But there was nothing he could do now. No matter how unhappy he was, he would have to suppress this matter. Sun Jian could not kill Yuan Shu, otherwise the allied army would collapse. By then, wouldn't he, the leader of the alliance, become the commander of the barely-armed commander?

"It's true." Yuan Shu hurriedly said: "I feel a little uncomfortable these days, so I handed over the food and grass to my subordinates to do it. I just didn't expect this person to be so dereliction of duty. General Sun, don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter."

"You..." Sun Jian was anxious. It was obvious that Yuan Shu just found a scapegoat. He wanted to escape. How could Sun Jian be willing to be willing?

"Report..." But at this moment, a messenger suddenly rushed in and shouted at the princes: "Report to the leader of the alliance, Huaxiong outside the city is here to challenge!" (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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