Li Xun liked Suzhou more and more. He came here twice and got many benefits.

The previous time they suppressed the bandits, they gained a lot of money. This time they came and asked for 5,000 sets of weapons and armors from Wang Renzhi. In addition, Wuzhou retired more than 5,000 soldiers, so the weapons and armors in their hands were free.

, adding up to 10,000 sets, Li Xun planned to recruit a group of soldiers from the Han people to build his own team. This plan had a good start.

After resting for two days in Suzhou, Li Xun led 2,000 soldiers and escorted 100,000 Central Plains people, and continued on to Wuzhou.

The people marched very slowly, and it took them two full days to travel more than 150 miles before entering Shazhou.

When going from Shazhou to Suzhou, on the official road, from time to time, you can encounter patrol soldiers deployed by Yu Yanhui speeding past. But now, more than fifty miles deep into Shazhou, there is actually the shadow of a soldier.

I haven't seen it, this is definitely something abnormal.

"Hou Quan!"

Li Xun called loudly.

"Captain, what are your orders?"

Hou Quan quickly mounted his horse and came.

Li Xun said: "Lead a group of people and rush to Shouchang County first. Ask Yu Yanhui where the soldiers he deployed outside have gone."

"Yes, Commander, the general will leave soon."

Hou Quan accepted the order with his hands raised, turned around and shouted, leading more than ten cavalrymen, rushing out of the team and galloping towards Shouchang County.

"Li Xun, there's something wrong with grabbing the mines!"

Zheng Chun came closer and spoke out.

Li Xun frowned slightly and said to Zheng Chun, "Brother Zheng, what do you think?"

Zheng Chun thought for a while and then said: "Recuperate on the spot, send more scouts out, find out the situation clearly, and make plans."

Li Xun nodded, this is the safest approach.

"Brother Zheng, please make the arrangements."

The team stopped and took a break early for dinner.

The common people were a little confused. In the past few days, the officers and soldiers had been urging them to speed up their advance. Why did they suddenly stop now and take a break for dinner early? However, the common people did not think much about it. After all, they were accompanied by thousands of soldiers guarding them. In their view,

Come on, there's definitely no problem with safety.

In less than half an hour, Hou Quan came back. When he went there, there were more than a dozen people, but when he came back, there were dozens more people.

Hou Quan found Li Xun and lowered his voice. His first words were: "Captain, something big has happened."

Li Xun remained calm and looked around. There were many people around, so he pulled Hou Quan out.

"Captain Li."

An officer was waiting there. He was very strange and was not one of his subordinates. When he saw Li Xun, he quickly came over and saluted.

"What happened to Yu Yanhui?"

Li Xun asked aloud, this is in Shazhou, this person must be Yu Yanhui's subordinate.

The officer said in a deep voice: "It's not Shazhou, it's Wuzhou. Something big happened in Wuzhou."

Li Xun froze on the spot. What big thing could happen in Wuzhou? When he left, it was peaceful there.

The officer glanced at Li Xun and continued...

Something really big happened in Wuzhou. Wu Heng released grain on a large scale and gathered the people in the territory. Wang Chengxi sent troops to assist. He captured tens of thousands of people at once and took them to Suzhou forcibly to complete the tasks assigned by the court.

Immigration mission.

The people refused to obey and resisted. Wang Chengxi used force to suppress them, killing and injuring hundreds of people. Eventually, a civil uprising was triggered, and tens of thousands of people suddenly became a mob...

Li Xun's eyes were red, he made a fist with his right hand, hit his own hand hard, and roared: "Wu Heng, you will not die well."

Li Xun was so angry that Wu Heng opened a warehouse to store grain and summoned the people. This matter had already started half a month ago. Li Xun had sent someone to inquire about it. Wu Heng gave an explanation that he did not have enough manpower and had to go one by one.

Find someone to publicize and persuade immigrants to Suzhou. Not to mention one month, even one or two years, it will be difficult to complete the tasks conveyed by the court. It is better to spend some food, let the people gather here on their own initiative, and then promote the court's immigration policy in a unified way.

This saves a lot of trouble. This explanation is very reasonable. Li Xun also thinks it is feasible, so he does not pay too much attention to Wu Heng. Who would have thought that Wu Heng is actually planning this and is simply harming others and himself?

.

The officer said: "Captain Li, the news of the unrest in Wuzhou reached Shazhou last night. Early this morning, the patrolling soldiers came to report that people in several nearby villages showed signs of gathering together. We are worried that something has changed, so we immediately

Soldiers gathered around and went there, arrested several people who came from Wuzhou to deliver the news, and forced the people to go home and not gather to cause trouble."

Li Xun forced himself to calm down and looked at the officer coldly: "Since things have changed, why don't you send someone to Suzhou to report immediately?"

The officer half-knelt on the ground and said with a look of shame: "General, I was anxious for a moment, but I forgot about this. Please punish me."

"We will talk about your crime later. I am ordering you to immediately spread the news everywhere, so that the soldiers patrolling along the way should not return to Shouchang, but patrol the surrounding villages on the spot, arrest the spies who came to report, and bring the news to Wuzhou."

Please block any news from me."

"The last general takes orders."

The officer bowed his hands, immediately turned around, mounted his horse and left.

Hou Quan asked in a low voice: "Captain, are we going back to Wuzhou immediately?"

"How to go back? What will happen to the people here if we go back?"

Li Xun shook his head, sighed, turned around and walked back.

I found Zheng Chun and told him everything about Wuzhou.

Zheng Chun was shocked when he heard the news, but he soon calmed down. He was a veteran on the battlefield and had seen big scenes. He knew that at this time, he should not panic.

Li Xun put his hands behind his back and walked back and forth, frowning.

"Brother Zheng, why don't you and I divide our forces? You lead a thousand soldiers to escort the people back to Suzhou. I will lead the remaining thousand soldiers and rush to Shouchang first. The troops gathered in Yan Hui's hands will rush to Wuzhou immediately."

"No."

Zheng Chun shook his head: "Let the people return to Suzhou now. No matter how we explain it, they will guess that something is going on ahead. Once rumors spread, there may be riots. We only have two thousand soldiers in hand, and one hundred thousand soldiers

If the people get into chaos, it will be difficult for us to control it, and the trouble will be even greater."

Li Xun nodded. What Zheng Chun said was not unreasonable. He thought things were too simple.

Since you can't retreat, you can only move forward.

"The news of the unrest in Wuzhou has not completely spread in Shazhou. We need to speed up and rush to Shouchang immediately. When we get there, we will join Yu Yanhui's army and make plans."

Zheng Chun thought for a while and finally suggested: "Forty miles further, we will reach Mingsha County. We can temporarily place the people there. We cannot tie our hands and feet here."

"That's it. We'll get to Shouchang first."
Chapter completed!