The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

Huang Suqiu smiled awkwardly, turned her head and looked at Li Jihuan, sighing helplessly, "Jihuan, Auntie is just going out to see your eldest brother off! We're family, do you have to be like this?"

"Humph! Send my big brother off? If I hadn't discovered a substitute in the mansion today, I wouldn't know what tricks you guys are playing."

Yes!

Li Jize's plan was very good. Since the people from the East Factory were watching his family, he found a group of "stand-ins" to confuse the East Factory's eyes. When their attention was all focused on these "stand-ins", he secretly took his mother away.

But despite all his calculations, he hadn't expected...

This strategy can confuse people outside, but it cannot confuse people from the Li family.

Li Jize never expected that Li Jihuan would jump out to cause trouble at this time.

If he had known all this earlier, who knows whether he would have shot the other person to death on the boat.

Anyway...

Li Jize's strategy was successful in military affairs, but he failed in personal matters.

His wife was captured and taken to the palace, and his mother was betrayed by his own brother and forcibly taken back to the Li family.

At this moment...

Three miles away, Li Jize was anxiously waiting for news.

It was already evening and the sky was getting completely dark, but there was still no news.

And that damn Zhou Yan has already sent his men to urge him for the third time.

When can we break camp?

Li Jize's answer was "Wait a little longer! Wait a little longer!"

Until the end, Zhou Yan could no longer bear it and led the team here personally.

"Li Jize! What do you mean? I've been ordered to lead my troops to fight the barbarian army! We've barely left the capital, and you're ordering us to set up camp? What's your intention? Are you afraid of the barbarians and deliberately trying to stall for time?"

Li Jize: "..."

Li Jize couldn't find a reason to respond to Zhou Yan's question, so he simply said, "I have my own considerations! If the commander thinks I'm wrong, you can just take the troops and leave first!"

The implication is, "If you can do it, go for it!"

I don't want to leave anyway. If you, Zhou Yan, think you are so awesome and can deal with the barbarians, you can just leave first.

Zhou Yan: “…”

He was so angry!

It's true, the empress used civil power to control military power because she was afraid that Li Jize would take control of the army and have evil intentions.

It's because he's a "literary man" and has never been to the battlefield!

Zhou Yan knew nothing about tactics, and faced with Li Jize's deliberate hesitation, he didn't dare to gamble.

After much thought, Zhou Yan, furious, could only say one thing: "Alright, alright! Li Jize, you can do it! I won't argue with you. I will definitely report this matter to His Majesty and report you!"

Li Jize: "..."

Watching Zhou Yan's departing figure, his father-in-law, Doctor Wang, had no choice but to persuade his son-in-law, "After all, he is the commander-in-chief! You are the deputy commander!"

What's more, the civil service group is narrow-minded and there will be no good consequences if you offend them!

Why bother?

Li Jize didn't know how to explain. He couldn't tell his father-in-law that he was waiting for his mother.

This time, I didn't wait for anything, but instead I received information from the men sent by Zhang Shun...

Huang Suqiu was discovered by Li Jihuan and forcibly taken back to the Li Mansion! Your Majesty, please make plans early.

When Li Jize heard the news, he was furious!

Damn it! He never thought that Cheng Yaojin would appear halfway and his own brother would harm his mother.

If I had known this would happen, I should have shot him to death!

There are only two options before Li Jize: continue to rebel? Or go back and rescue them?

Apparently...

If he chooses the latter, what will he use to rescue?

Not only will the person not be rescued, but you may even lose yourself!

As I said, in these troubled times, the battle is always about who has the bigger fist and the harder knife.

If Li Jize had troops, the empress would be wary of him, and his family wouldn't necessarily die. But if he dared to go back and disobey the empress's order, he would surely die.

At last……

Li Jize gritted his teeth and bowed three times towards the capital. Then he gritted his teeth...

Mom! I'm sorry!

For the sake of his own life, and for the lives of you and the ugly woman, Li Jize had no choice but to take the risk.

So...

Li Jize directly mounted his warhorse, waved his hand, and ordered "All troops move out!"

……

In the fifteenth year of Xuande, the New Year had just arrived, and it was the coldest time of year in the north...

Usually at this time, the nomadic people in the north were unable to fish, hunt, or graze, so all they had to do was gather all the men, ride their war horses south, and plunder the farming people.

In the past, anyone who dared to go south to Da Qi would have been beaten half to death.

But fate is cruel, and it has been almost three hundred years since the Great Qi Dynasty.

No feudal dynasty can escape the fate of "ending after three hundred years".

Later historians have analyzed why three hundred years is a hurdle for a feudal dynasty?

The reason is very simple: three hundred years! This was the period when land annexation was at its worst. The common people had no land to farm, so they had no choice but to rebel.

But when he arrived in Da Qi, the situation was a bit worse. There were uprisings among the people, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and outside, there were rising barbarians who came south to plunder from time to time.

On this day, an extremely shocking military intelligence was not only transmitted to the royal capital, but also to the Beiliang Wolf Cavalry on the canal.

"Report! Urgent report! The barbarian army has broken through the border wall at Dongziling and entered. Within six days, they have captured the cities of Jitong and Xuanzhen. Your Majesty has ordered the Northern Liang Wolf Cavalry to intercept them immediately!"

at last……

The barbarian army had entered the territory of Da Qi. According to Li Jize's original plan to deceive the empress, he should lead his troops, sail through the canal to the sea, and then circle eastward to attack the barbarian army's flank. The best way would be to attack directly when they were attacking the city without going up or down.

But for more than a month, Li Jize just kept his troops on hold and kept them near the canal.

Always waiting patiently!

In the eyes of others, Li Jize was insane and was carving wood in the camp every day.

What is the reality?

Li Jize did two things that angered God and the people!

The first thing is to pass on information to the "Heroes of Liangshan" and let them do what Liangshan heroes should do.

What's the matter?

Robbing food!

Moreover, this batch of food is not food for the common people, but military rations for the Beiliang Wolf Cavalry!

What is this operation?

He was the deputy commander of this army, but he allowed the bandits to rob his army's rations?

The second thing is to find a few "trustworthy" confidants in the army, and tell the soldiers a fact.

That is……

Zhou Yan and the group of civil servants behind him, their favorite thing to do is to show off!

What does it mean to drift away?

That is, the imperial court allocated one million yuan for military pay, the cabinet took 300,000 yuan, and 700,000 yuan was distributed to the lower levels! The 700,000 yuan was then taken away from the Ministry of War, and with so much exploitation, the soldiers were left with only a few copper coins.

It can be said that Li Jize is here to buff the soldiers!