After the whole sect traveled to ancient times, I led the rebellion

——Inside Guangsha City——

"King, this is the fifth group of scouts we have sent out this month, and still no one has returned."

"No one returned to the tent?"

"No."

Chen Shui sat on the nanmu chair, with one hand resting loosely on the handle:

"Mostly they are broken."

Which force is in charge of Anping?

Mo Xuzhi and Qiao Yuanqiong attacked Anping successively but both were defeated there.

Chen Shui reached around the corner of the table and picked up a drawing.

There are more than a dozen roads leading to Anping on the blueprint, but he has never sent troops to attack.

"As expected, he is the number one child prodigy in Shengjing. His reputation has spread throughout Guangsha."

Chen Shui's tone was calm, but with a hint of anger.

Wang Gui has a kind personality. He listened to Chen Shui's words and thought for a long time before he finally said:

"Now that we have an army of 150,000, why should we be so cautious?"

"Shenzhi, Mu Qing's first victory over Mo Xuzhi can be said to be a coincidence, but his second victory over Qiao Yuanqiong was definitely not accidental or lucky."

When Chen Shui was in the refugee army, he was used to changing his attitude according to the situation.

Now that he has his own army, his ambitions have grown but he still remains cautious.

It is impossible that no news would come out after sending several spies to Anping. They either surrendered or were captured.

Chen Shui explored Anping in order to send troops to capture it.

Chen Shui now claims to have control of four states, but these four states are all within the disaster-stricken area. When he followed the "people" to attack the city, the officials fled and the defending troops were ineffective.

They took these four states easily.

Guangsha, Nanwei, rice and millet.

The population of these four states decreased greatly due to the disaster, and there was a constant shortage of food throughout the year. The death toll was no less than during the disaster.

Chen Shui held the handles on both sides, thinking that the people in the four states had been short of food, and they had no way to get supplies from the people.

Chen Shui robbed the granaries of many wealthy families, and those scholars even united to defy him.

What's more, a little further west is Beiyang, a prefecture filled with Mohist disciples, and its military strength is needless to say.

Daozhou and Shuzhou are close to the sea, but the boundless sea is destined to prevent them from expanding outward.

Rather than tearing off a piece of Beiyang's flesh, it would be better to send troops to attack Anping. At least Anping does not have many troops.

Wang Gui listened silently to Chen Shui's analysis. He was a dull person and just followed whatever Chen Shui did.

He just listened to what Chen Shui said.

Chen Shui felt a little bored when he saw that Wang Gui didn't say anything.

He returned to his tent and summoned all his staff.

Fifty thousand soldiers were stationed in Guangsha, and the other 100,000 were distributed in the other three states.

Chen Shui casually occupied the house of a noble family as his camp.

Among Chen Shui's staff, there was a man from Beiyang named Rao Mingdeng who loved to flatter the most.

Seeing that Chen Shui was unhappy, Rao Deng was the first to speak among the staff:

"My Lord is worried about Anping for a while."

Chen Shui drank his wine and looked at Rao Deng:

"Anping has at most tens of thousands of soldiers, but this place is strange."

"As expected of a king, you are wise and powerful, and you can see farther than we can."

As soon as Rao Deng spoke, the aide next to him was interrupted by the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and looked at Rao Deng with displeasure.

The staff around him quite disliked Rao Deng.

As staff, they should give advice, not do this.

Rao Deng spoke first, interrupting the words of the staff around him. When he saw that no one was talking around him, he slowly took out a letter.

"Don't worry, my king. I have a plan that may help you resolve your worries."

The letter was filled with words praising Mu Qing.

Chen Shui frowned as soon as he saw it:

"explain."

"This letter is all about how Mu Qing loves and protects the people.

Since he loves the people so much, is he loving the people of Anping or the people of the world? "

Rao Deng touched the long hair on the pimple with one hand and said:

“I think we should gather the people of Guangsha as the vanguard, and our army will follow behind.

In this way, even if we lose, all the people in Guangsha will die, but our army will still be alive. If we win, it will be effortless."

Rao Deng had a flattering look on his face, but the plan he put forward was extremely vicious.

The staff member next to him shouted loudly when he heard it:

"King, no!"

The other staff members also looked at Rao Deng in amazement. It was only this Rao Deng who could come up with such a vicious plan!

"King, this is using the people of Guangsha as corpses. If you do this, you will lose the support of the people."

"I hope the king will think twice. This is too violent and will most likely cause public outrage."

"I hope the king will think twice."

……

Chen Shui doesn't like to hear any unpleasant but honest advice. It can be seen from his closeness to Rao Deng that he likes to hear good words.

Seeing so many people going against him, he sneered:

"Rao Deng is right. Compared to the lives of our soldiers, these Guangsha villains are not worth mentioning."

Chen Shui was already very tempted by Rao Deng's suggestion, and he was also cautious by nature. Although this method would be disadvantageous to the people of Guangsha, it would not reduce the number of soldiers under his command.

Now that so many aides were against him, Chen Shui thought about it many times and felt that this plan was brilliant.

The lives of the people of Guangsha and the refugees are worth it.

"I've made up my mind."

Chen Shui made the decision directly, leaving his staff who were trying to persuade him a little at a loss.

Many of the staff members followed the orthodox imperial examination path, and it is inevitable that they all had a sense of concern for the country and the people.

Seeing Chen Shui treating the people of Guangsha like this, he couldn't help but feel angry.

It was not until the party was over today that the staff realized what decision Chen Shui had made. Some of them quietly left the camp and wanted to go elsewhere.

Chen Shui was unaware that the staff who left early, especially those who left that night, had already left Guangsha with their tokens of departure.

But the staff who escaped later were not so lucky.

When Chen Shui discovered that these aides had escaped, he became furious and sent people to find those aides who had not yet left the city and then killed them directly.

Chen Shui treated the staff who had followed him in this way, and more and more staff became disillusioned with Chen Shui's actions.

Before Chen Shui-bian, it was normal for his staff to defect to other masters.

Chen Shui's actions, coupled with yesterday's brutal plan, frightened the staff who later heard of the refugee army's name and came to join them, as well as the staff who followed him at the beginning.

Chen Shui was unaware of the emotions of his staff. After he told Wan Gui the plan, he decided to send troops the day after tomorrow.

In Guangsha City, all the younger men were driven together, some of them were even under fifteen years old.

The other team that came to join them was mostly composed of elderly people.

All the young and middle-aged men in Guangsha were conscripted by Chen Shuiqiang, and only one in ten survived. Perhaps only one out of ten households had more than 20 young people.

Chen Shui simply gathered all the men who could walk together and gave them discarded tattered clothes and armor.

"Wang Youling, everyone!

Everyone put on their armor and gather at the city gate!

Anyone who doesn't come or comes late will be killed without mercy!"