The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 602: Using the name of Li Gongzifan to commit robbery

When Yang Tong saw Yang Guang sitting on the dragon throne, he burst into tears.

When Wang Shichong saw Yang Guang staring at him with a smile on his face, he knelt on the ground in a sweat.

When Dugu Feng saw Yang Guang, Yang Xiu and Yang Xuyan sitting at the same table and drinking, he almost popped his eyes out.

The turbulent Luoyang City suddenly became calm after Yang Xiu led his 30,000 troops into Shanglin Garden. Only Wang Shichong was preparing to fight against the invasion of Wagang Li Mi. The crown prince Yang Tong stayed in Shanglin Garden to gain experience under the command of his grandfather, the Fourth Emperor Yang Xiu.

In addition to the Four Emperors, there are nine imperial uncles in Shanglinyuan. Seven of them are sons of Yang Xiu, and two are Yang Guang's sons, Yang Ling and Yang Gao. Yang Ling likes martial arts and is good at riding and shooting, but he is arrogant and acts illegally. Yang Gao likes literature and is very filial, but he is too young to handle the overall situation.

But when it comes to truly powerful ones, Yang Guang only admires the sons of his elder brother Yang Yong. There are many of them and all of them are talented. Except for the eldest son who died unjustly, among the other eight, seven are masters, and the youngest is actually a grand master, a frontier official appointed by himself.

The biggest feature of these direct descendants of the royal family is their handsome appearance. However, when you think about their mother Dugu Jialuo's appearance, you will feel relieved. The genetic factors are too strong, so it is not easy to be ugly.

The huge network that Yang Xuyan spent more than ten years to build made Yang Guang secretly frightened. However, since he was publicly dead and no crown prince was appointed, he took the opportunity to ask for it from Yang Xuyan. The price he paid was just a promise: not to stop him from vying for the world and becoming emperor, and even to provide cooperation and help.

He had been a marshal and an emperor, and was a senior master in martial arts. He had honed the War God Art through ups and downs, but he was not as good as Yang Xuangan, who challenged the Yijian master Fu Cailin twice on behalf of Yang Xuyan, nor was he comparable to the former king Yang Yu and the Ancheng king Yang Jun.

Just by faking his death and escaping, taking initial control of the underworld forces under Yang Xuyan, ruthlessly plotting against Li Mi, and suppressing Buddhism, his War God Technique was slightly improved, which he had not experienced in the past two years.

He was confident that as long as he assisted Yang Xuyan in unifying the Central Plains, he would be able to rely on the War God Technique to be promoted to Grand Master and achieve the achievement he had always dreamed of.

He planned to build his own holy land in Shanglin Garden, with Grand Master Pei Ju (Shi Zhixuan) in charge, and Yang Xiu and a group of royal masters. Even if Cihang Jingzhai and Jingnian Zen Temple joined forces, they could not defeat him. He even issued a secret decree to recruit Zhang Xutuo, including his 20,000 most elite soldiers.

Others, including Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Pei Renji and others, led other teams to Jiaodong, where they joined Lai Huer in joining the Duke of Liaodong.

This was also the help, or transaction, that Yang Guang gave to Yang Xuyan.

Since the news of Yang Guang's murder came out, the Liaodong forces began to expand rapidly, occupying Liaoxi, colluding with Zhuo County, and the navy went straight to Jiaodong. With Lai Huer's tacit approval, they seized 500 miles of Jiaodong's territory, and then entered the digestion stage, which disappointed those enemies who wanted to see him become enemies with other forces.

Then, with the joining of Qin Qiong and others, the power of the Duke of Liaodong in Jiaodong increased dramatically and the situation was reversed. Wang Bo, Meng Haigong and Dou Jiande, who were eyeing him covetously, were suddenly shocked and hurriedly sent envoys to Liaodong Prefecture. This time, they did not threaten, but hoped that the Duke of Liaodong would not invade their territory.

The Liaodong strategy had been decided long ago. Yang Xuangan, who exercised the power of the Liaodong County Duke, was not really brainless. On the contrary, this man was both civil and military, and was an elite who had truly received an aristocratic education. He could easily control the three forces.

As the saying goes, make friends with distant countries and attack nearby ones. The three parties are all close neighbors of Liaodong. Naturally, the Duke of Liaodong would not really form an alliance with them. Instead, he would give them advice and encourage them to expand outward.

Different people have different policies and strategies. Wang Bo and Meng Haigong are both in Qingxu. Although they were once defeated by Zhang Xutuo, they still have a lot of strength left. They have turned from rebels into local tyrants. Liaodong has made it very clear that after digesting Jiaodong, it will definitely annex the entire Qingxu. I hope they can make plans early.

Liaodong gave Dou Jiande a proposal of over a hundred pages, which mentioned aristocratic families, Buddhism, and even the future development direction, which was Taiyuan, Shanxi!

Since Li Yuan started his rebellion and entered Guanzhong to occupy Chang'an, Taiyuan, Shanxi has been left without any power. With Dou Jiande's current strength, he is fully capable of seizing Taiyuan. However, Hejian will inevitably be occupied by Liaodong by then. This will not take too long, and the plan will be implemented after Liaodong has completely digested its current territory.

Dou Jiande was not born in a high-class family, but his brain was not really bad. If he had a bad brain, he would not have been able to build such a foundation. The booklet given by Liaodong described the situation in Hebei clearly and clearly. It mentioned everything he knew and didn't know, especially the power of Buddhism and aristocratic families, which shocked him.

Dou Jiande had a large army and many brave generals and counselors under his command, and naturally there were also spies planted by aristocratic families. The booklet clearly stated the origins and pasts of these people, which made Dou Jiande shiver all over. After that, he secretly summoned his closest confidants for a three-day meeting, and then began to prepare for war.

When the aristocratic families saw Dou Jiande's envoys from Liaodong return and immediately reorganize their troops, their first reaction was that Dou Jiande and the Duke of Liaodong had failed to reach an agreement and a conflict had occurred. And indeed, as they had expected, the two sides engaged in a formal battle. However, unlike the Dou Jiande invasion they had imagined, this time Liaodong dispatched tens of thousands of cavalrymen to march across Hebei, forcing Dou Jiande to passively defend himself.

At this time, a force suddenly appeared in Hebei. They appeared and disappeared like ghosts, wreaking havoc on the temples and looting their gold, silver and food supplies. The monks were beaten to death, and the evildoers hiding among them were beheaded. However, ordinary monks were not troubled, but all kinds of documents and contracts were burned.

They all left behind little poems by Li Gongzifan, but unfortunately not all of them were proficient in both civil and military matters, and the handwriting they left behind was so messy and unsightly that knowledgeable people who had seen Li Gongzifan's handwriting (the handwriting engraved on the sword) immediately realized that someone was framing them, or was committing robbery in the name of Li Gongzifan.

During a temple robbery, a young monk saw that the robbers were dissatisfied with the small amount of gold and silver in the temple, so he casually said that this was a regular temple, and most of the monks there were real vegetarians and monks who chanted scriptures. There were no frauds, and the only family with money and food within a hundred miles was the Gao family.

The master who robbed the temple began to ask about the reputation of the Gao family and the strength of their subordinates. After hearing that the Gao family had a terrible reputation and was only average in strength, he stopped looting the temple, robbed two monks who were leading the way, and went straight to the Gao family.

The Gao family is also a family of officials for generations, and is famous in the county. The people in the county are just second-rate. How could they possibly withstand the attack of hundreds of elite cavalry? In addition, they were caught off guard and suffered a great disaster in a short time.

This stirred up a hornet's nest. Following the Buddhist temples, the local gentry and nobles also became fat meat in the eyes of others. However, the cavalry that appeared in Hebei was really elite. In addition, the imperial court's troops had long been exhausted due to the war. Apart from the rebels, the only people in the local area were the private soldiers of the wealthy families.

These private soldiers are good at defending themselves, but it is difficult for them to capture cities and charge into the wilderness. Moreover, these bandits who claim to be "Mr. Li Fan" seem to be really robbing the rich to help the poor, but they only help the poor for 10% or 20% while robbing the rich for 90%. Unless a large amount of property is really impossible to transport away, they will distribute it to the surrounding civilians.

What's even more outrageous is that these people are everywhere, making it hard to guard against them. It's not that there are no wealthy families who have sent experts to track them, but most of them return empty-handed or even never come back. Only a few people have managed to get the news, and the information is all over the place.

Some of the "Mr. Li Fan" went straight to Heluo after robbing the wealth, some returned to Shanxi, and some went to Mayi. What surprised them the most was that half of them were local soldiers, some were bandits, some were defeated soldiers, and the majority were actually hostile aristocratic families.

They manipulated the dark forces under their control and attacked their mortal enemies crazily, but were then all exposed and became laughing stocks for a while.

But some things are difficult to calm down once they start, and Dou Jiande did not have the ability or strength to suppress the entire Hebei Province. Hebei Province was in chaos due to internal and external troubles.