Chapter 2765: Daxing civil strife, Light speed quelling the rebellion


    Chapter 2762: Daxing civil strife, light speed quelling the rebellion


    "The military and civilians in Daxing City all listened to it. The unification of the Qin Dynasty was what everyone expected and what the general trend was.


    But King Yang Guang of Sui was nostalgic for power. In order to resist the heavenly soldiers, he did not hesitate to issue the order to release the Qiang, and wanted to return the seven counties of Haizhou to the Qiang people in exchange for the support of the Qiang people.


    However, the laws of nature are clear, and evil will never defeat the righteous. Our Great Qin Tianjun was defeated by the foot of the Wild Bison Mountain three days ago, and was about to return to Daxing.


    Now Daxing is an isolated city, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken. If you don’t want to be infamous with Yang Guang for thousands of years, you will abandon the darkness and turn to the light as soon as possible. I, Daqin, are magnanimous and will not pursue your joint and several liability..."


    Nearly a thousand Qin soldiers held a loud horn in their hands and shouted in unison at the direction of Daxing City, repeating the same passage of persuading surrender.


    Since Li Jing led his army to Haizhou, Huluguang has sent people to shout this every day, one to promote Yang Guang''s evil deeds, and the other to dismantle the resistance of the Daxing defenders.


    At the beginning, the shouting was very effective. After learning that Yang Guang had introduced the Qiang Order, the Daxing defenders experienced varying degrees of turmoil.


    But Yang Guang personally stood up to "dispel the rumors" at this time. Not only did he refuse to admit that the Qiang Order was true, but he also said that this was the slander of the Qin army, and the purpose was to dismantle the morale of the defenders.


    Daxing City was completely surrounded by the Qin army. In the situation where it was impossible to prove the authenticity, the military and civilians considered Yang Guang''s past actions and various people-friendly policies of the ruling morale, so most people still chose to trust him. They did not believe that the always wise King of Sui would do such a despicable move. Instead, they accused the Qin army of being despicable and shameless and using any means to achieve their goals.


    Although Yang Guang temporarily stabilized the military and civilians of Daxing with his personal prestige, Huluguang''s public opinion war has just begun.


    The words shouted out by the Qin soldiers, the soldiers and civilians in Daxing City do not believe them, so do you still believe them if you shouted out by the people of Sui?


    Huluguang ordered people to find more than 2,000 local people around Daxing and near Jincheng. After telling them what Yang Guang did, they asked them to shout after the soldiers finished shouting, and promised to reward 100 coins for one day.


    The people of Liangzhou are still very simple. After Yang Guang lifted the ban on the Qiang people, they were all indignant. Someone even took the initiative to not give rewards to help, but was rejected by Huluguang. After all, the Qin Dynasty did not lack this amount of money.


    Next, the Qin army''s daily mode of persuading surrender became that the Qin soldiers shouted first. After about an hour, they were basically tired, and then the people around Daxing replaced the soldiers and continued shouting.


    The people do not have a unified way of persuading surrender, and they always shout whatever they think of, such as:


    "Big nephew, our Liangzhou people fought with the Qiang people for more than two hundred years, and countless people died in more than ten generations. It was difficult to defeat the Qiang people. Then the Turtle Sun actually wanted to return Haizhou to the Qiang people."


    "Nephew, your father and your brother are all dead under the Qiang people, but Yang Guang wants to lift the ban on the Qiang people. This is a betrayal of all the people of Xiliang."


    "Brother, the 270,000 troops in Haizhou have been defeated. You can''t defend it. My sister-in-law gave birth to a little nephew. You can''t be stupid."


    "Yang Guang, we Xiliang people stand tall and upright, why did you become a traitor? If Mr. Yang Jian knew about it, he would definitely die with his eyes..."


    Although the people''s persuasion of surrender is not unified, they have everything they shout, and they have no technical content, but they are better because of true feelings. They are all in love, which can touch people''s hearts more.


    The morale of the Daxing defenders once again floated, which forced Yang Guang to stand up and refute the rumors, and denounced that the people outside the city had been bribed by the Qin army, and then directly implemented public opinion control, which once again stabilized the morale of the military and civilians in Daxing City.


    “My fellow villagers, it’s time to eat.”


    With a Qin soldier shouting, the people of Liangzhou who were persuading to surrender also stopped and returned to the Qin camp in an orderly manner for dinner.


    To be honest, there are actually some of them who wish that the Daxing defenders would not surrender, because they could make money all the time.


    These days they have just shouted a few times, but they not only have money to get it, but they can also enjoy the same food and treatment as the Qin army. This is much more comfortable than farming.


    "General Hulu, you have been shouting for so many days. Why is there no sign of chaos in Daxing City?" Yan Xing asked with confusion.


    He is a native of Liangzhou and is very clear about what the lifting of the Qiang people means to Liangzhou people, so he feels that Daxing City will be in chaos by itself.


    But after so many days of cursing, there was no reaction in Daxing City, which also made Yan Xing both disappointed and helpless. .


    Not only Yan Xing, but even Huluguang also looked helpless. His confident public opinion tactics were suppressed by Yang Guang with his own prestige.


    Isn’t it said that guarding the people is more important than defending against Sichuan? In the past, General Li Jing succeeded in adopting public opinion wars. Why did he fail to come to him?


    Hu Luguang was also very depressed about this, but he had to admire Yang Guang''s alertness.


    As soon as he had an action, Yang Guang could react immediately, which also made Huluguang feel like he was facing a chess opponent.


    "Don''t worry, Yang Guang won''t be proud for long. Our army has defeated the Three Kingdoms coalition forces in Ye Niushan. The day when the army returns is the time for Daxing City to be broken."


    Huluguang said confidently on his face that the war has reached this point, even if the gods of Daluo descend to earth, they cannot save the sunshine.


    On the Daxing City Tower.


    After watching the people who persuaded surrender retreat, they were replaced by Qin soldiers and took them over, Yang Guang''s face was filled with solemnity.


    He knew that Daxing was stable on the surface now, but this was only temporary. Once the Qin army in Haizhou met and confirmed the incident of the Qiang Order and the news of the crushing defeat in Ye Niushan, there would be no need for the Qin army to fight, and civil strife would break out within Daxing.


    "When returning to the palace, immediately summon Yang Su, Cheng Gongying, Ximen Bao, Zu Yi, Zhao Ying, Li Delin, Ban Gu and others to discuss." Yang Guang said lightly.


    "Lord, Lord Ban Gu is no longer here."


    After hearing what the servant said, Yang Guang couldn''t help but feel a little surprised.


    Yes, the loyal Ban Gu is no longer here, why do you miss him a little?


    After a moment of silence, Yang Guang sighed deeply, then took people back to the palace and summoned the strategists to discuss what to do next.


    Looking at Yang Guang''s departure back, Naojian, Guo Shen, Jin Xu, Dou Tai and others looked at each other, with a strange look in their eyes.


    Guo Shen and Zhijian are the sixth and seventh among the seven saints of Meishan, respectively;


    The six brothers in Meishan and Yang Jian are collectively called the Seven Saints of Meishan. Their orders are: Yang Jian, Kang Anyu, Zhang Boshi, Li Huanzhang, Yao Gonglin, Guo Shen, and Zhijian.


    The six brothers of Meishan and Yang Jian defected to Yang Jian. Later, because of the Yang family, Yang Jian decided to abandon the Sui Dynasty and surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but was opposed by a group of sworn brothers.


    In the end, Yang Jian led Kang Anyu and Zhang Boshi to join Li Shimin, while the four generals Li Huanzhang, Yao Gonglin, Guo Shen and Zhijian continued to assist Yang Guang.


    Currently among the Seven Saints of Meishan, Yang Jian and Kang Anyu play for the Qin Dynasty, Li Huanzhang and Yao Gonglin are captured in the Bison Mountain, and only Guo Shen and Zhijian are still remaining to continue to play for Yang Guang.


    As for Zhang Boshi, who was the third-ranked leader, died at the hands of Xing Tian during the Yizhou War, along with Yang Jian''s eldest brother Yang Jiao, and he is also the only Meishan brother who died in battle. Yang Guang’s actions and extreme control of public opinion during this period have caused Guo Shen and Zhijian to be dissatisfied.


    When Yang Jian left, the reason why the four brothers stayed was mainly because they killed many Li Tang people, and secondly because of Yang Guang himself.


    But what Yang Guang is doing now is even better than Li Shimin.


    Although Yang Guang refused to admit the matter of Xie Qiang Ling, he would not admit it, but it would be fine if he deceived ordinary people. He could not deceive the senior officials in the Sui Dynasty. Otherwise, how could Ban Gu commit suicide?


    As for Yang Guang''s statement that Ban Gu was a spy sent by the Qin Dynasty, he committed suicide because of the collusion between the Qin Dynasty. There were only a few people in the Sui Dynasty who believed him.


    Who doesn’t know that Ban Gu has always been loyal and brave and selfless. Li Jing once won over the top, but was flatly rejected by him.


    Ban Gu was just a civil servant and did not have much real power. Whether he was a spy or not had much impact on the Sui Kingdom.


    Ban Gu would commit suicide, because he wanted to use his own death to tell the rest of the Sui State that their lord Yang Guang was making a mistake, and as a minister, he had to stop the monarch from committing principled mistakes.


    It would be fine if Yang Guang didn''t listen, but he also slandered Ban Gu as a spy in Qin. This undoubtedly made many loyal ministers feel disappointed, but what was even more disappointed was the subsequent public opinion control.


    Anyone who dares to speak out for Ban Gu or discusses the matter of Xie Qiang, will be regarded as a spy from the Qin army.


    During that period, nearly a thousand people in Daxing City were sentenced to death by Yang Guang for their words.


    Yang Guang relied on iron blood and killing to suppress all voices, in order to ensure the stability of Daxing, but also lay deeper hidden dangers.


    For example, Guo Shen and Zhijian, thousands of people died because of their remarks, and the entire Daxing people were trembling, which made the two feel that Yang Guang was worse than Li Shimin at the time.


    In addition, they also learned from the Qin army''s persuasion to surrender that Li Huanzhang and Yao Gonglinyi''s brother were defeated and captured in the Battle of Wild Bison Mountain and have surrendered to the Qin army, which also made them feel rebellious.


    Although Guo Shen and Zhijian were already rebellious, they were caught by Jin Xu and Dou Le, who were also rebellious.


    Jin Xu and Sima Xin had a good personal relationship. Sima Xin was directly executed by Yang Guang for surrendering to Qin, and he was investigated and removed from all positions, which also caused Jin Xu''s dissatisfaction.


    Jin Xu and Dou Le came to Guo Shenzhijian, and they saw that they were also rebellious. After the four of them had a plan, they decided to launch a rebellion and open the city gate to lead the Qin army into the city.


    Jin Xu has no military power, but Dou Le, Guo Shen and Zhijian both have it. The combined force of the three men is 5,000. If the plan is done properly, it may not be impossible to succeed.


    Guo Shen feels that there are many people who are dissatisfied with Yang Guang now. In order to increase the success rate of the uprising, he can attract other people to join, especially Wu Yunzhao, Shi Wansui and He Ruobi, but they were rejected by Dou Le and Zhijian.


    Zhijian believes that Wu Yunzhao, Shi Wansui and He Ruobi are Yang Guang''s loyalty. Even if he showed signs of dissatisfaction with Yang Guang before, he might not necessarily join in and rebel.


    Dou Le felt that the more people he wanted, the greater the risk of their exposure, so there was no need. Their purpose was to open the city gate and let the Qin army enter the city. With their current manpower, they are enough.


    Guo Shen, Zhijian and Jin Xu also felt that it made sense, so the four generals hit it off and decided to launch a rebellion in two days.


    Two days later, the four generals made all preparations and launched a rebellion that night as promised.


    The plan also went very smoothly. Zhijian and Jin Xu opened the south gate, while Guo Shen and Dou Le also led their troops to sneak near the Sui Palace, intending to break through the palace and capture Yang Guang alive.


    At the same time, the Qin army outside the city also discovered that there was civil strife in Daxing and the south gate was wide open, so naturally they would not miss such a good opportunity, so they decisively sent troops to seize the south gate.


    When things went to this point, it was almost abnormal to go smoothly, but the subsequent development took a sharp turn.


    Although the Qin army attacked the South Gate, it was soon ambushed by the Sui army, and Guo Shen and Dou Tai who attacked the royal palace were also ambushed.


    "How is this possible?"


    Guo Shen''s face was full of anger. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that it must be a traitor inside and he leaked the secret.


    Guo Shen initially suspected that it was Dou Le, but Dou Le''s shock and surprise were no less than him, and he didn''t seem to know in advance.


    "It seems that the traitor is Jin Xi."


    Guo Shen said in his heart, and then said to Dou Le: "Brother Dou, the Qin army has entered the city. As long as we persist, there will be a glimmer of hope."


    "Um."


    Dou Le focused his head, and he did not turn back. Now that things have come, he must fight to the end.


    Guo Shen and Dou Le are not weak. They join forces to command the army to form a formation to resist, but they will not be defeated by the ambush quickly.


    But just as the two were united, Dou Le''s son Dou Tai moved silently behind Guo Shen, and took advantage of Guo Shen''s absence from guarding and launched a sneak attack, and directly stabbed his heart with one knife.


    "you…"


    Guo Shen turned his head with great difficulty. When he saw that it was Dou Tai, he died with an unwilling look on his face.


    "Tai''er, what are you doing?"


    Dou Le was shocked when he saw this. He couldn''t believe that his own son would betray him, and he also made him not human inside and outside. He was not going to do it now, nor was he not going to do it.


    After Dou Tai killed Guo Shen, he pulled out his knife and said coldly: "Guo Shen betrayed the Great Sui Dynasty and has been executed. You are bewitched by Guo Shen. As long as you put down your weapons, the lord will definitely not blame you."


    All the soldiers looked at me and I looked at you. Considering that the plan had been exposed and there were ambushes around him, they finally took the initiative to stand on Dou Tai''s side.


    Looking at his son''s stern eyes, Dou Le smiled miserably, and then, as if he was in front of his son, he drew his sword and committed suicide.


    Dou Tai looked at his father''s body, his eyes full of sadness, but he hid it very well. He immediately said to Yang Su, who was riding on the horse, "Grandmaster, my subordinates have done what you have told me. Please keep your promise and pardon my Dou family."


    Yang Su nodded and said coldly, "Don''t worry, the rebellion is all about Dou Le, it''s not about the Dou family''s business."


    Hearing Yang Su say this, Dou Tai finally breathed a sigh of relief. He betrayed his biological father to protect the entire family. Now Yang Su promises to let his family go, even if he dies immediately, it will be worth it.


    (This chapter ends)