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Chapter 955 Outsmarting Youzhou

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    When the three towns of Daizhou were moving south, Lai Huer, who was far away in Youzhou, had captured the Youzhou army.

    After the Han King Yang Liang raised his troops to rebel, Huang Mingyuan suggested to Yang Guang that he recruit various troops to attack him. One of them was the Youzhou Army led by the former Yingzhou Governor Lai Huer.

    The current General Manager of Youzhou is Dou Kang, the son of General Zuo Wuwei and Chen Guogong Dou Rongding.  Dou Kang was the nephew of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, and his mother was Yang Jian's sister, Princess An.  Dou Kang was beautiful in appearance, frank in temperament, and knew a little about history, and was deeply favored by Yang Jian.  Later Dou Kang successively served as the governor of Liangzhou and the governor of Qizhou.

    Hongsi, the former general manager of Yuyang County in Youzhou, was a cruel official. He was cruel and cruel to others. The officials in Youzhou could not bear the suffering, so Yang Jian replaced him with Dou Kang.

    After Han Wang Yang Liang rebelled, people from all over the world responded.  At this time, Youzhou, as the flank of Bingzhou, was naturally the focus of attention and competition between both sides.  Because Dou Kang had always been on good terms with Yang Liang, Yang Guang was worried that Dou Kang would raise troops to respond to Yang Liang's rebellion.  Youzhou is an important border town with tens of thousands of elite soldiers and countless generals who are good at fighting. Once Dou Kang chooses to respond to Yang Liang and leads Youzhou troops to sweep across Hebei, the Chang'an court will no longer have the north of the river.

    Chang'an simply cannot afford the price of Youzhou's rebellion.

    Yang Guang was ready to send someone to replace Dou Kang, but he was afraid that if he directly ordered someone to replace him, Dou Kang, who had a heavy army, would choose to directly disobey the order and rebel against the court.

    Therefore, the imperial court could not issue it directly and had to secretly replace it.  Moreover, this person must have prestige and ability, and he must be able to suppress the proud soldiers and generals of Youzhou when he goes to Youzhou.

    Originally, the former general manager Yuan Hongsi was the most suitable. He served as chief historian and general manager in Youzhou successively. He was capable and understood the situation in Youzhou.  However, he had made Youzhou angry and resentful before, and was completely unpopular, and Yang Guang was helpless.

    At this time, Yang Su recommended Li Zixiong, a native of Bohai, the former governor of Jiangzhou, to replace him as a general. Huang Mingyuan also took the opportunity to recommend to Yang Guang the former governor of Yingzhou and the current general of the right-hand left and right mansion to protect his son.

    Li Zixiong was born in the Li family of Liaodong. He once followed Yang Su in conquering beyond the Great Wall and south of the Yangtze River, and was Yang Su's confidant.

    Lai Huer was a close associate of Yang Guang, and he once accompanied the army to pacify Nanchen.  Later, Lai Huer worked under Yang Guang to conquer the rebel forces in the south of the Yangtze River, and successively served as the governor of Quanzhou and the general manager of Jianzhou.  In the first year of Renshou, Lai Huer was appointed governor of Yingzhou.  After Yang Guang ascended the throne, Lai Hu'er was recruited into the court again and served as the general of the right-hand and left-right mansions.

    At this time, Lai Huer had not yet entered the court, so Huang Mingyuan recommended him to replace Dou Kang as the general manager of Youzhou because of his proximity to Youzhou.

    Yang Guang thought about it, but still felt that Yang Su had selfish motives in recommending Li Zixiong, and Huang Mingyuan had not been close to Lai Huer in the past, and Lai Huer was his confidant, so he finally appointed Lai Huer as the general manager of Youzhou.

    After Lai Huer received the order, he led his men straight to Youzhou at starry night.

    Although Yingzhou and Youzhou are very close and Laihuer arrived quickly, seizing power at this time became difficult.

    Lai Huer had no roots in Youzhou in the past, and he didn't even have any officials he was familiar with.  As the leader of an army, Dou Kang had tens of thousands of powerful soldiers under his command. He couldn't just come to protect his children and say that he wanted to take over as the general manager, so that Dou Kang would give up resistance.  Therefore, for this task, Laihuer is helpless.

    Lai Hu'er stayed in Youzhou City for two days, but there was no good way to do it.

    Huang Mingyuan once wrote a letter to protect the child. After arriving in Youzhou, you can contact Huang Mingyuan's friend Youzhou General Manager Facao and Military Affairs Zhang Fangxin, who can act as an internal response.

    Zhang Fangxin is the elder brother of Huang Mingyuan's brother-in-law Zhang Fangyi, and the eldest son of the Anyang family of Zhang family in Qinghe.  Zhang Fangxin and Huang Mingyuan have known each other since childhood. The two have always been friendly and have become close friends.

    After Lai Huer arrived in Youzhou, due to the unsatisfactory progress, he secretly went to see Zhang Fangxin. At this time, Zhang Fangxin had already received a letter from Huang Mingyuan, so as soon as Lai Huer explained his intention, Zhang Fangxin expressed his support.

    Zhang Fangxin has always offered advice to Lai Hu'er, so that Lai Hu'er can pretend to be transferred to the general manager of Yingzhou and ambush Dou Kang in the building. When Dou Kang comes, Lai Hu'er will capture him directly.

    Lai Huer was worried that the generals in Youzhou would not obey and there would be chaos.  Zhang Fangxin said that he would contact the pro-Chang'an generals in Youzhou and take the opportunity to take over the city defense.

    Lai Huer was overjoyed and ordered his personal entourage to secretly sneak into Youzhou City with the help of Zhang Fangxin and lie in ambush near the building.

    Lai Huer sneaked out of the city, then raised a flag, pretended to be going to Yingzhou for a post, entered Youzhou, and moved into the building.

    At this time, Lai Huer followed the old tradition and sent a greeting card to Dou Kang, asking to see him.

    However, Dou Kang, as a member of the Guanlong family with a very high status, had always looked down on Hu'er, a figure from a declining family in the south of the Yangtze River, so he relied on being a noble person and did not go to meet Hu'er at all.

    Come to protectAfter waiting for two days, Dou Kang still didn't come to the door. He felt helpless and was afraid that staying in Youzhou would arouse Dou Kang's suspicion, so he had no choice but to go north.

    At this time, Zhang Fangxin went to the Governor's Mansion and said that when Lai Hu'er was in Jiangnan in the past, he was the emperor's favorite general and had a valuable status. If he offended him, he was afraid that he would take the opportunity to slander the emperor, so it would be better to give him a hard time.  It's all done to protect my son's face and save me a lot of trouble.

    Dou Kang thought about it carefully and felt that what Zhang Fangxin said made sense, so he decided to listen and send the child to be nursed once, which would save him a lot of trouble.

    Dou Kang came to the north gate of Youzhou City and had a chat with Lai Huer.  However, Dou Kang didn't look down on Hu'er at all, so he had no interest in him at all. He didn't even do much to save his face, and just wanted to send Hu'er away as quickly as a god of plague.

    When Lai Hu'er said goodbye, Lai Hu'er bowed and bowed, and Dou Kang had no choice but to return the favor.  At this time, the two of them were less than one step away from each other.  While Dou Kang lowered his head, Lai Huer suddenly pulled out a dagger from his chest and pointed it directly at Dou Kang's neck.

    Dou Kang was shocked for a moment. The servants who came to protect his son surrounded Dou Kang's several followers and tied up Dou Kang at the same time.

    "Come to protect the child, what do you want to do?"

    At this time, Lai Hu'er took out the imperial edict from a person and said to Dou Kang: "Dou Kang accepted the edict and by order of the emperor, Dou Kang was ordered to return to Beijing immediately and Lai Hu'er took over the post of general manager of Youzhou."

    "This is impossible."

    Dou Kang, who was bound by the crowd, looked in disbelief and struggled hard, but could not escape.

    "Come and protect me, do you think this will make everyone in Youzhou obey your orders?"

    Lai Huer smiled and said, "This is not Chen Guogong's business."

    At this time, other followers following Dou Kang saw that Dou Kang was bound and stepped forward one after another.  Among them, Zhang Fangxin suddenly shouted in the crowd: "The emperor has ordered a general to replace General Manager Dou as the new general manager. Do you want to disobey the emperor's order? Think about whether you can bear the consequences of rebellion."

    As expected, everyone did not dare to come forward. When they came to protect the children, they ordered the cavalry general Hou Mo and Chen Yu to pull out all Dou Kang's best friends and imprison them.

    And Zhang Fangxin returned to Youzhou City with Laihuer. With the help of Hussar General He Lanyi, Chariot General Luo Yi, Chariot General Lu Huiyan and others contacted by Zhang Fangxin, the two took complete control of Youzhou City.

    At this time, the suppression of the rebellion was the most important. Lai Huer asked Zhang Fangxin to stay in Youzhou City and serve as his own commander. He mobilized 30,000 horse and infantry troops and marched toward Hengzhou at night.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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