Chapter 139: Southeast Shandong is in chaos
While Cao Jie was implementing the strategic policy of "building high walls, storing up grain, and slowly becoming king" on Liangshan Mountain, Yuanbi Village in Yizhou, southeastern Shandong, encountered the fifth counter-encirclement and suppression campaign.

From the beginning, the military commander led a hundred soldiers to capture Chen Xizhen and his daughter, all the way from Fengyun Manor to Anle Village in Yanzhi Mountain, and then from Anle Village to Yuanbi Village. Each time he was just a hair's breadth away, and tens of thousands of strings of money and grain were seized from their homes, which made the military commander feel contempt and greed.

So there took place the first encirclement and suppression of Yuanbi Village.

At that time, Chen Xizhen still had an illusion that he wanted to be like Jiang Taigong and not make things difficult for the officers and soldiers even when they were surrounded.

He cast a spell to defeat the one hundred soldiers of the Military Commander, and then let them flee, abandoning their weapons and armor.

When the military commander returned to Linyi, he found that his army had been defeated at Yuanbi Village, but his soldiers had returned intact.

I can't help but feel like I'm doing it again.

So without reporting to his superiors, he gathered 800 soldiers and swarmed towards Yuanbi Village again to take revenge.

When they went there, morale was high because the one hundred soldiers really stole a lot of spoils and everyone became rich.

Money can move people's hearts, and everyone is like a wolf.

But who would have known that the target of this second encirclement and suppression would be the "female flying guard" Chen Liqing.

Who is “Fei Wei”?
He was a famous sharpshooter from Handan, Zhao State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Not only could he shoot an arrow through the air from a hundred paces away, he could also see small things as big. If he widened his eyes and looked beyond the target, he could make a flea appear as big as a wheel.

This girl is not as hypocritical as her father. She is straightforward and free-spirited, and she hates evil.

The military supervisor saw a female general riding out of Yuanbi Village. The female general wore a golden phoenix-wing crown with shining clouds on her head, and a scarlet chain mail armor with golden links. She rode a date mule and a charcoal-like horse with lightning speed. She had a green sword hanging from her mouth and a bow and arrows stuck in her neck. She looked very heroic.

"Catch that thief alive for me, and I'll wait for you all to be my bridegrooms tonight..."

Following a loud roar from the military commander, all the soldiers under his command began to howl like wolves.

But before they could feel proud, there was a sharp whistling sound and a wolf-tooth arrow came shooting out like lightning.

The arrow had a sharp hook and there was no sound of breaking wind in one's ears before the arrow pierced through the neck of the military commander. The arrowhead was shaking and shining with a cold light at the back of his head.

The military commander suddenly froze on his horse's back, his eyes filled with pain and unwillingness. He tried to cover his throat with trembling hands, but most of his neck was gone, so there was no way he could survive.

The battlefield fell silent in an instant.

After being silent for three or five breaths, the man fell off his horse with a bang. In an instant, the eight hundred soldiers shouted and scattered.

At the same time, behind Chen Liqing, the former leaders of Yuanbi Village, brothers Gou Huan and Gou Ying, led two or three hundred soldiers to charge out.

This battle demonstrated the power of Yuanbi Village, but it also angered Gao Feng, the top military and political leader of Yizhou.

It doesn't matter if we are defeated in the battle or how many soldiers die. This military commander is an eighth-rank official. Today you shot and killed an eighth-rank official with one arrow. Will you attack the provincial government and kill me, the fifth-rank prefect, tomorrow?

Is this okay?

When Cao Jie attacked Qingzhou, he allowed Huang Xin to provoke him again and again without harming his life, for fear of causing a chain reaction.

Killing officials is equivalent to rebellion!
You come and I go, train your troops, and level up, isn't that wonderful!

Therefore, under Gao Feng's rage, the third encirclement and suppression of Yuanbi Village was put on the agenda.

This time, the commander of the Yizhou army led 1,800 regular troops to attack.

After hearing the news, Chen Xizhen was completely numb!

He was born as a deputy commander of the Southern Camp in Tokyo, so he knew all about suppressing bandits.

If we don't kill the military commander, we only need to defeat him a few times. He will give up the encirclement and suppression of Yuanbi Village when he sees that he is wasting food and money and gets no benefit. At that time, as long as we don't attack cities, Yuanbi Village can develop peacefully for a few years.

The government had no intention of wiping out the bandits in Kaifeng Prefecture, let alone in this remote and poor area of ​​Yizhou.

Now that the official has been killed, the military commander has been brought in.

How can these regular soldiers be so easily dealt with?
Therefore, Chen Xizhen racked his brains and personally commanded the defeat of the enemy. In this third counter-encirclement and suppression campaign, he used magic to coordinate with the spring typhoon to summon violent storms and rainstorms, which persuaded the officers and soldiers to retreat.

Since the natural disasters failed to successfully suppress the bandits, the commander of the army would not give up. Under Gao Feng's urging, the fourth and fifth encirclement and suppression campaigns were launched.

The fourth time, the timing was not right, and the two sides fought a fierce battle in front of Yuanbi Village. The commander of the army was wounded in the arm by Chen Liqing's volley of arrows and had to return in defeat.

By early autumn, the fifth encirclement and suppression campaign was launched. Under Gao Feng's command, three armies approached Yuanbi Village.

The war is about to start.

When Cao Jie got the news, he immediately called Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng to conspire.

"Brother, he is the governor of Yizhou, a high-ranking official of the fifth rank!"

Gongsun Sheng knew that Cao Jie was extremely daring and had been planning to rebel for many years, but he did not expect that he was so bold.

Wu Yong was very satisfied with this plan and said with a smile: "Mr. Gongsun, let alone the fifth rank, even if it is the Grand Commandant Gao Qiu, if we want to get rid of him, we won't let him live until the fifth watch."

"Military Advisor, we are still very weak now, so we should focus on development. However, Liangshan is growing stronger day by day. Although we haven't conquered any cities, we have already caught the attention of Dongping Prefecture. You have also seen the news from Wu Song. If we want to calm down and develop, we need someone to attract the attention of the court for us..."

Cao Jie pointed at the map of Shandong and said, "At the beginning of the year, we went to Yizhou to push Chen Xizhen to the mountains. Now the time has come. As long as we assassinate the governor Gao Feng, the whole of Yizhou will be in chaos. Chen Xizhen can at least buy us two years of development time."

"Then let's do it!"

Wu Yong pointed his finger in the direction of Yizhou and said, "Mr. Gongsun will confuse the heavens, and the assassination of Gao Feng will be done by Chao Gai, Liu Tang, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoer, Shi Qian and other brothers. It is better to have fewer people rather than more. Brother, relax, and leave the specific implementation to me, Wu Yong."

This kind of vicious strategy is Wu Yong's specialty.

Cao Jie did not give orders recklessly. After only waiting for six or seven days, the assassination team returned from Yizhou.

Chao Gai burst into the Juyi Hall with a big laugh, and clasped his fists towards Cao Jie, who was sitting in the first chair, and said, "Brother, I have fulfilled my mission. It is done!"

"it is good!"

Cao Jie stood up and said happily: "This plan has been successful, and the brothers have made great contributions. Let's have a banquet and set out the wine!"

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In Yuanbi Village, Chen Xizhen felt numb again.

"Father, it really wasn't me who assassinated Gao Feng!" Chen Liqing shook her head like a rattle.

"Why did he die? How could he die? Who is trying to harm me?"

Chen Xizhen let out a long roar towards the sky.

At this moment, all the hills, big and small, in Yizhou were boiling with excitement.

Chen Xizhen killed the prefect in Yuanbi Village and "rebelled" and became the leader. Naturally, many bandits responded.

For a time, the entire southeastern Shandong was in chaos!

(End of this chapter)