Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

"Yu Yu, it looks like the journey hasn't been very peaceful. I wonder how your father and the others are doing?" Tian Chongren asked when he saw Tian Yu Yu sitting down.

"Grandfather, don't worry. There shouldn't be any problem with Dad. We will change our route in the second half and take the road on the right." Tian Yuyu drew a map on the snow, pointing out their current location. Yingzhou Prefecture was in the northernmost position, and they were currently to the south of it.

There are two roads leading to Yingzhou Prefecture. The left one passes through Bei'an Prefecture, and the right one passes through Hedong Prefecture.

"Bei'an Prefecture is now controlled by General Li Yun's eldest son. It should be the safest place in the area. People heading north should choose this route.

So we don’t choose that road, we choose the one on the right. The right road is mostly wasteland, and more than half of it is connected to Bei’an Prefecture. Because Hedong Prefecture is poor and does not have enough food and grass supply, it has not been occupied yet.

I'm afraid there won't be peace here soon, but now it's a good opportunity for us to pass through here. We have enough food, so we can definitely leave from here.

This way we can avoid other refugees and be safer on the road.”

After hearing Tian Yuyu's analysis, Tian Chongren felt relieved. He was sent by a few old men to question people. Now that he got the answer, he felt relieved and was ready to tell others.

"Okay, then we are relieved. Yuyu, with you around, grandpa is relieved." Although Tian Zhongren did not have much contact with this grandson, he was very confident in him. Tian Yuyu was the one he was most satisfied with among his several descendants.

After a night's rest, the team began to prepare to change route and head towards Hedong Prefecture. The fact was indeed as Tian Yuyu said, not many people took this road, and there were few villages here, and most of the land was barren, with not many people living there.

On the other hand, at the Qishan border area, after General Li Yun was summoned away, the Westerners and the Liao people united to besiege the border. The situation was imminent, but there was no movement on the memorials sent to the court. It was feared that they had been intercepted.

General Xiao Li had already begun to return to defend. If it weren't for the men led by General Xiao Li who temporarily advanced to block the enemy troops on the east route, the enemy would have already attacked.

And this time it just so happened that Tian Yuyu went in the direction of Hedong Prefecture, otherwise they might meet Zhou Feng's people at the border of Bei'an Prefecture, and they might lose both their food and troops.

Because Li Da was held back by Zhou Feng, he had no chance to go back to support his brother. Now the situation on the Qishan border was getting more and more serious, so Zhao Shidu sent people to seek help from Prefect Tian.

"Dad, the country is in chaos now. If we don't save ourselves, the entire Qishan area will be invaded. Then, our Yingzhou Prefecture will be the first to bear the brunt." Tian Xing'er and Tian Yuheng were discussing countermeasures in Prefect Tian's room.

"What do you want to do?" Prefect Tian felt that his daughter was probably thinking of a path of no return, but their current situation was indeed extremely dangerous. If they took a wrong step, there would be no recovery.

"Sister, you want to seize military power, but our military token has been taken away by the people who came to pick up General Li Yun. We can't mobilize the army at all. I'm afraid your musketeers can't deal with so many Westerners and Liao people."

"I know, so I plan to kidnap General Li Yun and others and take the military token. As long as we have the military token, the problem will be with us, and in the end the responsibility can be put on me." Tian Xing'er said confidently.

"Nonsense! Do you know what you are doing?" Upon hearing this, Magistrate Tian was so angry that he slapped his daughter on the spot to wake her up.

"Dad, I'm not kidding!" Tian Xing'er looked at her father seriously, her eyes firm and full of determination, "If we don't do this, do you think we can defend this city and the people in it?

We have limited manpower and are unable to resist attacks from foreign enemies.

Once you lose, the court will definitely hold you responsible and put all the blame on you. By then, you will die anyway. Rather than waiting to die, you might as well give it a try and fight for a way out. "

When Magistrate Tian heard his daughter's words, he was moved, but still a little hesitant: "But if we do this, we will be tantamount to rebellion..."

"Dad, you have enough food and grass to feed the people in the city. Moreover, I will help you seize the military power. In this way, Zhao Shi and others will understand that you have no choice but to do this, and they will turn a blind eye and will not oppose us.

There is no doubt that everything you do is to protect the people." Tian Xing'er said earnestly.

Prefect Tian fell into deep thought. He understood that his daughter was right. The current situation was chaotic, the court was full of intrigue, and Concubine Jiang and her party had always wanted to kill him.

"Dad, think about it, if Concubine Jiang and the others succeed and ascend to a high position, then no matter whether you are right or wrong, you will be executed in the end. Therefore, we must resist and not let them manipulate us. Only in this way can we truly protect everything we cherish." Tian Xing'er's voice was full of firmness and determination.

"Treason means extermination of the entire clan. How can your father face our ancestors?" Magistrate Tian's face turned red at this time. On the one hand, he felt that his daughter was right, but on the other hand, he felt that this would not work.

"My eldest brother has brought my grandparents out. The others are not important to us. We can just let them hide and take their property with them under different names, or we can just let them issue a letter of expulsion and get rid of us.

Besides, the imperial court may not have time to settle accounts with us by then, and these Westerners will not give the imperial court a chance. It may take decades for the imperial court to recover."

In fact, Magistrate Tian also knew that what his daughter said was very likely, and that they had a greater chance of rebelling.

Everyone knew what Tian Xinger meant by the second half of his sentence. Since they had already rebelled, it would be natural for them to directly occupy the northern land and compete with the imperial court. Their chances were very high.

Tian Xing'er and her friends have the support of Fang Shiya and others in Jiangnan. She believes that Fang Shiya will definitely help her. As long as they are promised enough benefits, Jiangnan may not necessarily fail to support them.

They still have the imperial court but no weapons, so it is not impossible for them to conquer the Daqing Dynasty.

Prefect Tian sat on a chair, supporting his forehead with his right hand, a look of pain on his face. He closed his eyes, frowned, veins bulged on his forehead, and looked very painful. After a long time, he opened his eyes and said, "Let Dad think about it again. Dad needs to think about it again." After saying this, he stood up, walked to the window, turned his back to her, looked at the scenery outside the window, and fell into deep thought.

Magistrate Tian still couldn't accept this fact so quickly. This matter was too big, too outrageous. He had never thought that he would rebel one day.

But if he doesn't rebel, without support, the border will be broken. Once the border is broken, the north will be lost, and all his hard work for more than a year will be wasted.

What's even more terrifying is that these Westerners and Liao people will take the opportunity to go straight into the heartland of the Daqing Dynasty. How can the Daqing Dynasty resist foreign enemies in the midst of internal strife? Concubine Jiang and her party are clearly colluding with the Westerners, otherwise there wouldn't be such a coincidence that General Li Yun was lured away several times and the Westerners broke in.

Magistrate Tian thought about it for several days and finally made a decision.

"Okay, only a few of us know about this, and no one else can know about it until it's done. As for manpower, have you decided who to send, daughter?" asked Magistrate Tian.