Brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang left Tancheng and returned to their hometown of Qu County.

After the Mi Zhu brothers returned, they secretly summoned the aristocratic families, landowners, and businessmen in Qu County to plot major events.

Mi Fang only led an army once before being relieved of military power by Tao Qian. She became increasingly dissatisfied with Tao Qian and encouraged her brother Mi Zhu to betray Tao Qian and join Langya Prime Minister Chu Zimou.

Compared with Tao Qian's neglect of him, Chu Tian treated Mi Fang as a brother and respected him as a distinguished guest, winning Mi Fang's favor.

The Mi family is a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, and Qu County is a land close to the sea, producing salt and fish, which can be used for foreign trade. The Mi family has a huge influence here.

The Mi family has thousands of servants, and they are still in Qu County.

If the Mi family had tens of thousands of servants throughout Xuzhou, they could easily form a loose army.

"We can definitely send retainers and servants to attack the county government and occupy Qu County. Then use the barracks in Qu County to transfer the servants into infantry, archers, and cavalry, and coordinate with Li City to dedicate half of the East China Sea to Langya.

country. In this way, Chu Zimou will definitely use our Mi family in the future, and he may not lose his position as a prince in the future."

Mi Fang is still trying to convince Mi Zhu to strengthen her determination.

Mi Zhu thought about it again and again, and finally persuaded Mi Fang: "Forget it, we secretly recruit five thousand soldiers and horses. When Chu Zimou wins the decisive battle with Master Zhou Mu, we will attack Qu County and nearby villages and towns to respond to Chu Zimou.

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"Brother, adding icing on the cake is not as good as giving trouble in the snow. If Chu Zimou has won, it will be a matter of time before he divides his troops to pacify the counties. It will be too late for us to raise troops by then! We raise our troops now and divide our troops to plunder nearby villages, towns and counties, and we can attack Xuzhou

It affects the morale of the army and causes them to panic!"

"Let me think about it again. If I am not careful, the accumulation of so many generations of our Mi family will be completely lost."

Mi Zhu is different from the impulsive Mi Fang.

He has to look at the problem from the perspective of the entire family. He cannot let the legacy left by his ancestors be ruined because of his mistakes in judgment. He also has a young sister to take care of.

"Master, the Langya Navy defeated the Xuzhou Navy in the Yi River, burning more than a hundred ships, taking hundreds of prisoners, and the Xuzhou Navy lost 30,000 grains!"

The strangers of the Mi family were well-informed and soon learned about the confrontation between Langya Navy and Xuzhou Navy in Yihe River.

The navy of Langya Kingdom won a great victory!

"Brother, Langya's victory in the flag opening has proven that they have the ability to defeat Zhou Mu! Without further ado!"

Mi Fang took the opportunity to urge Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu's expression was a bit struggling, and he finally said: "We will raise troops to attack Qu County tonight. I will personally spend money to recruit the captains of Qu County to join us."

"I am willing to lead the troops myself!"

Mi Fang knew that things would be easier to handle if Mi Zhu agreed. With Mi Zhu's influence and financial resources in Qu County, as long as he had money, it seemed that nothing could be resolved.

You can even spend money to get the captain in charge of the troops in Qu County to abandon the secret and surrender to the bright side.

That night, a rebellion broke out in the prosperous Qu County. The person who started the rebellion was Mi Zhu, the richest businessman in the area, and the one who led the troops to occupy the county government office in Qu County was his brother Mi Fang...

Everyone in Qu County was incredulous about Mi Zhu's rebellion. With the Mi family's financial resources, it would not be a problem to buy half of Qu County.

Soon they knew the reason why brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang rebelled - they announced that Qu County was out of the direct control of Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, and that Qu County was loyal to Prime Minister Langya and General Fubo Chu Zimou.

The people of Qu County were once again shocked by Mi Zhu and Mi Fang's decision. They did not expect that Mi Zhu and Mi Fang would choose to join the Langya Kingdom camp when the situation in Xuzhou was unclear.

You must know that at this time, as a family with huge influence, the best result is to stay on the sidelines.

When being a loser is the optimal choice, no matter which side wins, there will be no loss.

Not to mention that the 200,000 coalition forces in Xuzhou are now huge and the Xuzhou coalition has the upper hand, but Mi Zhu and Mi Fang actually chose the Langya Kingdom camp, which seemed to be at a disadvantage.

Once the Mi family's choice fails, Tao Qian will definitely try to suppress them. The Mi family will be doomed from now on. Their properties in various counties will also be confiscated by Tao Qian, which can be said to be a heavy loss.

"This is gambling. If you win the bet, you might be able to become a marquis in the future. If you lose the bet, you will lose everything."

Mi Zhu regretted for a while that he followed Mi Fang's instigation, but as a businessman, he also knew that the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

At the risk of losing everything, he wanted to give it a try to see if he could get the chance to become a prince. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, merchants should be ranked behind scholars.

Follow Tao Qian. Tao Qian is too old to compete in the Central Plains. He may just be a state pastor for the rest of his life. However, Chu Zimou is young and promising, strong and has a wife. His future position may not be just that of Xuzhou pastor.

That's all.

After careful consideration, Mi Zhu made up his mind and even came up with other ideas. If Chu Zimou became the state shepherd, he could marry his sister to him as his wife. If Chu Zimou could succeed in the future, wouldn't the Mi family be directly

Become a relative?

As a butcher, He Jin could still be a general of the Han Dynasty by virtue of his status as a relative, so the Mi family could also join the ranks of an official family by virtue of their status as a cousin, and say goodbye to their status as merchants.

This is just Mi Zhu's idea. In order to change the class, conservative Mi Zhu must make a bold investment.

"Let me plan for Chuzi to conquer cities and territories. Maybe I can become a general in the future!"

Mi Fang controlled thousands of servants and sent them to the barracks to be transferred to professional soldiers. He planned to lead these thousands of people to sweep the eastern part of Donghai Kingdom and put pressure on Tao Qian.

The news that the Mi family betrayed Tao Qian and blatantly supported Chu Zimou spread throughout Xuzhou, causing a sensation in Xuzhou again. This time with the addition of Qu County, the Langya Kingdom already owns the land of four counties in the Donghai Kingdom and is quickly devouring the entire Xuzhou!

There are thirteen counties in Langya Kingdom, plus the four counties in Donghai Kingdom that belong to Langya Kingdom, Chutian now has the territory of 17 counties!

"As expected, the Mi family has secret dealings with Langya Xiang. No wonder they are rejected by Zhou Mu. I see. Now it seems that our Chen family should make a decision as soon as possible?"

The Chen family, Chen Gui, and Chen Deng of Xuzhou were surprised that the Mi family suddenly sided with Chutian. After calming down, they couldn't help but feel confused because they couldn't judge the fate of the main force of the Langya Kingdom and the Xuzhou coalition this time.

Decisive battle who will win.

The Langya Kingdom has a small military force, but it has a record of defeating more than 100,000 coalition troops with its second and third-line defenders.

The Xuzhou army had a large number of troops, so this time they replaced the incompetent Cao Bao and replaced them with Xiang Yan, Yang Ye, and Song Jiang.

"We'd better wait and see. If something goes wrong, there will always be an opportunity to make a contribution."

Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son decided to wait and see the battle that might occur near Liangshan Town out of caution.

Unlike the Mi family, they don't have a deep friendship with Chu Tian, ​​so naturally they can't be as favorable as the Mi family.

Other Xuzhou aristocratic families are also waiting and watching.

Once the situation changes, they may change the flag. For aristocratic families, this approach is normal.

"The Mi family has indeed betrayed me! Cough cough... cough cough cough..."

When Tao Qian received the news that the Mi family had raised troops in Qu County to respond to the Chutian incident, he was very angry and coughed violently.

Mi Fang proclaimed himself the vanguard general of the rebellion and the unparalleled general of the Langya Kingdom. He led his troops to attack the villages and towns near Qu County that were still loyal to Tao Qian, and even had a tendency to attack Xiapi to the west!

Given the huge influence of the Mi family in the Quxian area, basically everything the soldiers pointed at them would fall into the wind.

In just three days, six towns and thirty villages in Qu County were captured by Mi Fang.

The lords of Xuzhou looked at each other in shock. They did not expect that the neglected Mi Fang would be so ferocious and directly sweep a prosperous county in the East China Sea.

"A mere Mi Fang dares to call himself an unparalleled general."

"Don't worry about Mi Fang. With his ability, he can only wander around Qu County at most. I suspect that he can conquer the villages and towns near Qu County solely because of Mi Zhu's influence."

"As long as we win the main battlefield, we can dispatch any general and lead tens of thousands of soldiers in the future, and we can completely put down the uprising of Mi Zhu and Mi Fang. What do you think when we capture the two brothers and divide their property and Mrs. Mi?

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"It is said that the Mi family's property is worth millions of silver, which is a huge sum of money."

Many lords in Xuzhou knew that the Mi family was extremely wealthy and had long coveted the Mi family's property. This time the Mi family supported Chutian, so once Chutian was defeated, the Mi family's property would become the possessions of the Xuzhou lords.

Even Mrs. Mi might be snatched away.

It all depends on who is the victor in the battle that affects the fate of Xuzhou.

"The Mi family is already interesting enough."

Chu Tian learned about Mi Zhu and Mi Fang's choices, and knew that the Mi family had tried their best. They had held back at least part of Tao Qian's troops and damaged the morale of Tao Qian's army.

Compared with other Xuzhou aristocratic families who are still waiting and watching, the Mi family's choice is indeed brave.

"After we win, we can give the Mi family the rewards they want. Isn't it just a title of marquis in the future? The entire world of lords is so vast, and it doesn't matter how many more titles they have."

Chu Tian knew that what the Mi family wanted was political status, and what attracted them most was undoubtedly the title of marquis.

The premise is that Chutian can win.

If they fail, the Mi family will be like Chu Tian and may have to flee to other places in order to make a comeback.

Chu Tian came out of the military tent and saw the camp of 200,000 troops on the opposite side. The tents were completely dark and there was no end in sight.

There are a total of 200,000 troops on the opposite side, and the width of the battlefield alone is more than ten miles!

Such a vast battlefield has strict requirements on the commander's ability.

"The coach on the opposite side, Xiang Yan, is really capable of bringing bonuses to more than 100,000 infantrymen and archers?"

Chu Tian learned that the opponent's coach was Xiang Yan, and probably inferred the opponent's commanding ability.

Xiang Yan defeated Qin general Li Xin and was defeated by Qin general Wang Jian. He may be somewhere between the two. As for Xiang Yan, an infantry general, he should not be as good as Zhou Yafu, who was also an infantry general.

According to previous tactics, Chu Tian would let Zhou Yafu stand firm in the middle, and then use a large number of cavalry generals to break through on both wings and steal his retreat.

This time there are more than 20,000 cavalry on the opposite side, and Yang Ye serves as the cavalry captain. The tactics used in the past may become ineffective.

Fortunately, Chu Tian had a thousand Xiliang cavalry in his hands. This was a heavy cavalry that even Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian and the four Jiangdong generals had to retreat from.

Xue Rengui followed Chu Tian's instructions and went to provoke the Xuzhou coalition every day.
To be continued...