Chapter 71 The Angry and Rebellious Old Father (2) (1/2)

The Third Prince's base camp was not far from the county. Mo Chenke led his men to travel day and night and rushed back in just seven days.

It was not that he was in a hurry to go back to fight, but the Third Prince had countless concubines in addition to the princess, and the children born to these people were not as unlucky as Mo Chenke to be raised by farmers.

Almost every one of them was in the palace and started to study with the master in the palace since childhood. Many of them studied literature and many studied martial arts.

This time when the Third Prince rebelled, there were eight sons who followed him into the army. These eight may not be as talented as Mo Chenke in marching and fighting, but they grew up with the Third Prince since childhood. Some of them knew that they could not form an alliance with other brothers, and some of them were not good at fighting, but they had never been impolite in etiquette and expenses, or they were very good at winning people's hearts.

Even the brother who was mediocre in all aspects had his mother's family helping him behind the scenes.

After all the calculations, Mo Chenke, the newly recognized son, turned out to be the weakest one.

The good news is that none of these eight brothers are legitimate, but they have been instilled with the message that the children born by the princess will inherit the throne in the future. Although the third prince is now aiming for the throne, it is not necessary to have a legitimate child to inherit his father's position, but the attitude and character developed since childhood are not so easy to change. Therefore, even if he has ideas in his heart, his attitude towards the legitimate prince is still respectful.

Only Mo Chenke was raised by the Lin family as a baby. Even if his food and drink are not as fine as those of his half-brothers, he has been raised to have a domineering character that even the prince does not have. Compared with the brothers who are timid and have to be appropriate no matter how much they think in their hearts, Mo Chenke's attitude of doing whatever he wants has won the favor of the third prince.

The superiors often think ten steps ahead. Although the third prince has only occupied one state and has not completely conquered the world, he has already chosen his preferred heir in his heart.

The prince is definitely not suitable. Although he is the legitimate son of the princess, he is very weak. The world has just been conquered, and what is needed is a king with iron-blooded means. He himself is quite iron-blooded, but he is not sure that he can make the country prosperous and the people safe before the prince ascends the throne.

After all, he is so old and can only live for twenty years at most. Besides, the prince's health is really bad. Even if there is no shortage of delicacies and medicine in the palace, he still looks so weak. The third prince is not even sure whether he can live until he ascends the throne.

The only legitimate heir will not live long, so there is no need to waste time. He immediately set his sights on other sons who can fight. Unfortunately, after choosing and choosing, they are either not brave enough or too brave, or everything looks too good, but they have no desire to win in their hearts.

Until Mo Chenke came into sight wearing his jade pendant.

Unlike those illegitimate sons, Mo Chenke is a very confident man. He is also very brave in battles, and he never hides his admiration for his father. In addition, he said, "Since I was five years old, I knew that I was not my biological son, and I have always hoped to find my biological father." This also made the third prince, who would throw away the one-night stand and never think about whether he would have a child, feel guilty and apologetic.

He has many sons, but even the least favored one is not like Mo Chenke, who was raised by a farmer.

It is easy to imagine that the family will not treat a child who is not their biological son well, and it is hard for this child to develop such a confident character.

He must have taken after his biological father.

The third prince recognized his son neatly and did not hide his love for him. It was glorious, but it also focused the attention of the eight brothers on Mo Chenke.

They were fighting for their own safety on the surface, but were suddenly intercepted by an illegitimate child from outside?

I can't stand it!

So Mo Chenke began to be targeted in various ways. Even after being sent out by his father and severing ties with his former family, he dared not stay out for a long time, fearing that if he returned too late, the brothers would make trouble again.

Isn't it just because he has no power from his mother's family behind him?

When he marries the daughter of the general, will he still be afraid of them?

He rushed back to the tent and saluted the third prince first, concealing the fact that he had hidden two thousand taels, and only said that the Lin family had severed ties with him, and then expressed with admiration that his son could finally become his father's son openly.

The third prince loved this new son who could fight very much, and subconsciously trusted him to do things. He did not ask in detail, but patted his chest and told him to go back and rest quickly.

Mo Chenke opened the curtain and went out. He happened to meet the third brother, one of the eight brothers. He immediately saluted him and said, "Hello, third brother."

The third brother's biological mother was a concubine of the royal palace. She was originally favored. She had no good face for Mo Chenke, the illegitimate son who had taken away his father's love. She just pulled the corner of her mouth coldly, "Fifteenth brother has been gone for half a month. I wonder where he went to do business?"

Mo Chenke has always been taboo about his mother's remarriage. When the third prince asked about it, he said that his mother pretended to marry in order to save him. After marrying, she always kept her chastity for the third prince and never let her stepfather run into her until her death, which greatly aroused the third prince's favor.

But he knew that since Lin Shiheng treated him as his own son, his mother must have been touched by him. Now the Third Prince loves him because he has suffered a lot in exile for many years. If he knew that his mother had been touched by someone, this love would definitely be lost.

With this idea in mind, Mo Chenke has always avoided talking about his mother. Now, when he heard the Third Prince asking, he also pulled up the corner of his mouth like him: "Nothing, it's just that my father told me something and my younger brother went out to do it."

The Third Prince's eyes sank, and he looked at the illegitimate child in front of him with a gloomy face.

He is the elder brother, even if he has a bad attitude, as a younger brother, he should not imitate his attitude to fight back. If it was a legitimate son, it would be fine. The difference between legitimate and illegitimate is clear, but Mo Chenke is clearly a illegitimate son who is not as good as the illegitimate son of the lowest dancer, but he wants to be on an equal footing with them or even look down on them every day, which makes people very uncomfortable.

Thinking that four brothers had come to him to form an alliance to get rid of Mo Chenke, the third brother barely suppressed the tyranny in his heart.

"Since the fifteenth brother doesn't want to say it, then forget it. I'll go in to see my father first."

He saluted, lifted the curtain and walked in.

Mo Chenke didn't bother to pay attention to these bastards who were jealous of him. He thought that since he walked in, he wouldn't see the return gift, so he simply turned around and left without returning the gift.

The prince's personal soldiers who witnessed this scene didn't show any expression on their faces, but in their hearts they felt that Mo Chenke was indeed raised by a peasant family and had no rules. But thinking that the prince liked this fifteenth master and that he was in the limelight recently, they all kept silent and hid those short-lived thoughts in their hearts.

However, those soldiers who followed Mo Chenke out saw clearly what his attitude was towards the Lin family who loved him so much.

For a while, they all had calculations in their hearts.

****

When Mo Chenke just returned to the barracks, Lin Shiheng was also preparing his own rebellion plan.

After getting the silver, he and his three sons sat on a rough big bed that night and hid the silver under the bed. At first glance, it looked like a wooden bed with a broken corner and full of discarded wood scraps.

When the black cloth was bought, he asked the women in the family to sew clothes. He took his three sons wearing the knockoff night clothes and followed the bandit news all the way up the mountain.

In ancient times, not many people traveled at night, so the bandits did not open at night. Except for a few bandits who kept dozing off while on night watch, they did not meet many people along the way, which also allowed them to find out the bandits' nest smoothly.

Nighttime is generally the time for couples to move around, while in the bandits' nest, it is the time for some bandits to move around with the captives who were captured on the mountain.

Lin Shiheng first took his sons to listen in the dark room. Basically, there was no movement, and it was obvious that they were all asleep.

Then he walked around the houses with lights on, listening to the conversations of the people inside and the crying of the women. Most of them were decent women who were forced to serve him. Some refused to obey and were tortured, while others were threatened to serve him. After listening to them, he knew clearly what these bandits were doing.

The three sons had never done such a thing before. They followed their father closely and didn't dare to breathe. Fortunately, they were good at work and used to listening to their father. Even if they were nervous, they didn't make any noise. After listening to several houses with lights on, they were led by their father to leave the bandit's nest.

When they got into the forest, Lin Shiheng took off the black cloth covering his face, "Did you hear anything?"

The three sons were shaking their legs in fear. Today's experience was more exciting than everything in their first half of life. At this moment, they felt that their tongues were numb and they couldn't say anything.

One of them was hit on the head, and then he stammered and said one sentence after another under the intimidation of his father.

"The two women just now were not willing, and from what the bandit said, their husbands were killed, and their children were left behind as leverage to threaten them."

"In another room, there was the sound of whips being whipped, and from what the bandit said, they must be torturing them."

"Dad, the bandits are so fierce, why do we have to eavesdrop on what they are doing? If we are discovered, from what the bandits said, they will kill everyone except the boys who don't remember anything."

Lin Shiheng stretched his muscles and bones: "Of course we have to come up to check if they are some poor people who are forced to become bandits."

The three sons looked at each other in the moonlight, "How can bandits be pitiful? I don't know how many merchants and civilians died under the bandits' knives."

"It's good that they are not pitiful."

Lin Shiheng patted his sons on the shoulders one by one and said: "Knowing how hateful they are, we don't leave any room for them when we trap them."

Although they didn't quite understand what their father was saying, the smile on his face when he said this still made the three of them shudder.

Strange, why do I always feel that my father's smile seems to have bad intentions.

Lin Shiheng did have bad intentions.

He did not hide this fact.

The next day, he took his three "carefully dressed" sons and waited for someone on the road one mountain away from the bandit's nest.

Lin Laoer touched his tattered clothes with dried blood stains, touched the wound on his face that his father had painted with powder, and looked at the basin of chicken blood next to him, trembling.

"Dad... are you really going to do this?"

Lin Shiheng pulled the bow and arrow in his hand. This bow was made by him. Although it didn't look gorgeous, it was very easy to use.

After hearing his son's words, he raised his eyebrows slightly, "What are you afraid of? Don't you believe in your father? Forget how good the wild goose that your father shot down in the morning tasted?"

When he said this, Lin Laoer immediately remembered the wild goose that fell off the head after being shot by his own father this morning.

It was very happy when he saw it, and it was also delicious when he ate it, but...

He couldn't help but touch his head again, which he didn't know how many times in a short period of time.

"Hush."

While thinking with a bitter face, Lin Shiheng suddenly pulled them down, "Someone is coming."

There was indeed a group of people walking forward on the road below, and they looked like traveling merchants.

Lin Shiheng pushed Lin Laoer: "It's your turn!"

Lin Laoer stood up with shaking legs and splashed some of the chicken blood on himself.

Then he ran down shouting for help.

"Help!!! Help!!!"

The merchant team stopped, and the people sitting on the horses took their knives and looked around vigilantly.

Just as they turned their heads to look around, they saw a bloody man running down the mountain.

When the bloody man ran closer, everyone realized that he was not only covered in blood, but also had hideous scars on his face. Judging from the bloodstains on his body, he also had many knife wounds on his body, and they were immediately horrified.

Lin Laoer ran to them, fell heavily to the ground with a plop, and spoke in a weak voice that could be heard clearly by those who came to investigate.

It was the first time he lied, he was nervous and scared, but he expressed the emotions that should have been shown vividly.

"There are bandits ahead... Every passer-by was killed. I, ahem, I escaped with great difficulty with a few brothers. You must not go over there, they will not let anyone go..."

——Swoosh!!

A sharp arrow shot from nowhere. From the perspective of the merchants, the arrow hit Lin Laoer who was lying on the ground.

The bloody man* who was talking to them screamed and closed his eyes, and died silently.

Before the merchants could react, another sharp arrow shot out from the forest and hit the horse closest to Lin Laoer.

Lin Shiheng retracted his bow and patted his two sons who were watching stupidly.

The two of them were shocked and opened their mouths and shouted: "We found someone! Kill him!!!"

The merchant team below was suddenly in a state of panic.

"The bandits are chasing us, run away——"

"Run!!"

A group of people rode their horses and returned to the original road with goods in a panic, dust flying, and they ran away all the way.

Lin Laoer was still lying on the ground, working diligently.

It was not until Lin Shiheng brought his two brothers out of the forest that he opened his eyes carefully, his face full of trance.

"Second brother, are you okay?"

"Come on, get up quickly."

Compared to their own father, the two brothers cared much more about this brother, and hurriedly helped him stand up, asking about his well-being.

Lin Laoer was fine.

He was just scared silly.

Since he stood up, his eyes were fixed on the arrow on the ground.

It was just a little bit, and the place where this arrow shot through would not be the gap between the arm and the chest.

Almost, his life would be gone.

Lin Shiheng picked up the arrow and looked at his second son.

"Are you still afraid now? If you are afraid, let your third and fourth brothers come next time."

To be honest, I am afraid.

Thinking of the tension and despair of the life-and-death line just now, Lin Laoer's calves are trembling now.

But thinking that if he didn't take this kind of danger, it would be his two younger brothers who should take it, he still tried to stand up straight: "I, I'm not afraid."

The eldest brother is like a father. Although his biological father is still there, his eldest brother is gone. From now on, he will be the eldest brother of the Lin family.

Lin Laoer patted his chest hard, trying to show that he was fine.

"Let me come next time."

Lin Shiheng looked at him with satisfaction in his eyes, and this satisfaction made Lin Laoer, who thought he was dead just now, almost shed tears.

This is the first time that his father is satisfied with him since he grew up.

"Second brother, you will know in the future that Dad is doing this for your good."

Lin Laoer's eyes were filled with tears, "I know, Dad, I understand."

"Don't worry, Dad will not be partial. This is a good opportunity to train your character, and all of you brothers have a share."

"Third brother, it's your turn next time."

Lin Laoer, who was named on the side, and Lin Laosi, who would also be called, had the wild goose shot through the head in the morning in their eyes.

They all raised their hands and touched their heads at the same time.

By the time the whole county and even the whole city knew that there were bandits who killed anyone they saw, the three brothers of the Lin family had experienced countless "archery from their own father".

In addition to these, they were also required to practice riding horses and swinging wooden swords.

In less than ten days, the three brothers were reborn.

It's not that they became extremely powerful in less than ten days, but now no matter how big the incident is, the three brothers can remain calm.

There is no way. After experiencing countless deaths as long as their own father's arrows were slightly off, the three brothers have a feeling of indifference to life and death.

After returning home, they were cared for by their family members, and sat at the broken table with their father in the middle of the night to hold a meeting.

They would be very calm. Even if their father said he wanted to rebel, they would never show any fluctuations on their faces after experiencing life and death.

Lin Shiheng knocked on the table and got straight to the point: "I plan to rebel."

The three brothers: ...? ? ?

Dad, what did you say, Dad? ?

Rebellion? ?

Aren't we trying to trick the bandits? How did it jump to rebellion!

Faced with his three sons who were dumbfounded, with twisted faces and almost fainted with fear, Lin Shiheng looked away with disdain.

"The retreat has been arranged. If you are willing to follow me, then come with me. If not, then hide with your wife, mother and children."

The three of them were pale.

They had long been trained in archery day after day, but no matter how brave they were, they were still locals, and had been taught since childhood that "the emperor is greater than the sky" and "we ** must listen to the officials".

They didn't have the courage to rebel.

But if they didn't follow, no one would carry their father if something happened.

In the end, several people agreed to the plan of rebellion while trembling and pale-faced.

After confirming that they were going to rebel, their souls were sublimated again.

They had decided to rebel, and being shot with arrows didn't seem to be a big deal.

Just when the whole city knew that there were bandits in a mountain, who not only robbed property but also killed people, the people and merchants became restless, and some merchants even went to the government to ask the government to suppress the bandits.

The government, which could not protect itself, would naturally not agree.

Now the world is so chaotic, it is okay to manage the people, but to suppress the bandits? What to suppress? Where can I get soldiers!

The mountain bandits rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, and only rely on robbing passers-by to support themselves. They used to be cruel, but at that time they killed people and the world was in chaos, and the government did not care. No one knew that those people were killed by them.

Now it's good, everyone knows that there are bandits entrenched in this mountain, who not only robbed property but also killed people. How can the merchants and people dare to take this road? For a while, the mountain bandits had no new income.

Changing the mountain, the village is here, changing the place will not be unfamiliar with the place and start from scratch.

But waiting in vain is not a good thing. After being used to the rich life, how can you get used to the poverty?

One night, the village was brightly lit, and the heads of the family gathered in the largest house to discuss what to do.

Lin Lao Si lay on the ground silently listening to the movement inside. He was the youngest and could not learn martial arts as well as his two brothers, but he learned stealth the fastest. He waited until the people in this house came out one by one and returned to their own houses, then he got up quietly and followed the moonlight into the forest.

Lin Shiheng had put away the bow and arrow that had just covered him, and watched his youngest son walk over quietly.

"Dad, they plan to rob the village at the foot of the mountain. From what they said, they also want to kidnap women and children to the mountain. If they meet men, they will kill them to avoid revenge in the future."

Lin Lao San was angry and scolded these bandits for not being human. Lin Shiheng was not surprised at all.

He glanced at his eldest son, who was deep in thought and didn't know what he was thinking. "Second brother, why do you think the bandits chose to rob the village at the foot of the mountain?"

Lin Laoer first glanced at his father carefully. Seeing that his face was full of encouragement, he stammered and said, "I think that the villagers can only do farming and there are no yamen runners patrolling the streets. Even if the bandits came down the mountain to rob, the government would not be able to intervene in time. Moreover, the government has never paid much attention to our small villages. Every time they only send people to collect taxes, the bandits will run away after robbing. Even if the villagers who survived report to the government, the government will not go to find those bandits."

He has always been an ordinary farmer who works silently. He rarely speaks such a long string of words. After speaking, he is afraid that he has said something wrong. He is worried in his heart, puts his hands nervously on his chest, listens to his thumping heart, and hangs his head and dares not speak again.

The next moment, a hand fell on his shoulder, and then his father's voice with satisfaction sounded in his ear:

"Second brother, you are right."

Lin Laoer raised his head happily and saw his father's relieved eyes.

"It seems that you are the one who looks most like me."

Does he look most like his father?

Lin Laoer was screaming like a crazy groundhog in his heart.

Lin Laosan and Lin Laosi looked over enviously, and only dared to get close to the second brother after Lin Shiheng took the lead.

"Second brother, how did you come up with those words? Although I have been listening to the bandits talking, I can't guess why they decided to rob the village at the foot of the mountain."

"Yes, second brother, I didn't expect you to be so smart, as smart as dad."

Being praised by his two younger brothers, Lin Laoer felt light all over.

So he is very smart?

He can be as smart as dad.

Recently, he actually felt a little inferior, because his third brother was good at martial arts, and his fourth brother was good at inquiring, but he was not so good at martial arts and stealth. He was obviously the eldest brother, but he couldn't compare with his two brothers in any way.

Even when playing the dead, dad said that the fourth brother played the most like and the best, and even learned the twitching before the death without a teacher.

But now dad said that he was the one who was most like dad.

The frustration in his heart during this period was immediately swept away by this sentence.

Lin Laoer regained the feeling of being the eldest son, and imitated his father to pat the shoulders of the two brothers who were praising him around him, and his brows became more and more calm.

"Okay, let's go. This is the place where bandits live. We shouldn't stay here for long."

The two younger brothers were used to listening to him, so they quickly shut up and followed their second brother.

The bandits really rushed to the nearest village, Linjia Village, at the foot of the mountain.

But when they got there, they unexpectedly found that Linjia Village had already been deserted, as if they had known they were coming to kill them.

A group of bandits stood in the village with knives in confusion. Some unwilling bandits went to search the houses, but found that the villagers who had gone to nowhere did not leave even a grain of rice.

It doesn't matter, they go to other villages!

I don't believe that the people in other villages have all left!

The people of a recent village welcomed Lin Shiheng who reported the news.

"The bandits are coming from our Linjia Village, planning to rob one village after another. You should run for your lives!"

The honest farmer wiped the sweat from his forehead, "It will be too late if we don't run now."

The villagers were shocked. They had all heard that the bandits were fierce. If they were caught, they would be finished.

But if they moved now, they would not have time to take away the property at home, not to mention where to hide. And even if they took away the property, what if the bandits burned their houses?

Just when they were at a loss and full of panic, Lin Laosi rushed over with the strong men from the villages behind.

"Dad, there is really no place to hide near their village, and there are too many children. If they cry, they will definitely be caught. These men followed me and planned to resist the bandits together."

Lin Shiheng stamped his feet anxiously: "You kid, bandits are not easy to resist. It's better to report to the government and let the government come!"

As he was talking, Lin Laoer came running over on a donkey with sweat all over his head.

"Dad! I went to the government to tell this matter, but the government didn't care at all and said I was talking nonsense. What should I do now, Dad!"

He was born with a handsome appearance, and he was as righteous as his father Lin Shiheng. At this moment, he and Lin Laosi looked at Lin Shiheng, causing others to look at him involuntarily, waiting for his advice.

Lin Shiheng walked around in embarrassment. "There is no way now. They are bandits. We will definitely not be able to defeat them. Let's do this. I remember there is a canyon in front of your village. I am a carpenter and can make bows and arrows. Let's go to the top of the canyon together and make bows and arrows while waiting for the bandits to come. They are below and we are above. Only we can fight them, and they can't fight us."

"But it takes time to make bows and arrows. Will it be in time?"

"I have some bows and arrows made by nobles in the city. I originally asked my third son to deliver them to the city today. I didn't expect to meet bandits coming down the mountain. I can only use them first."

"Men with strong arms follow me, and women, the elderly and children go to the village behind. Even if we lose, we can at least protect them!"

The attitude of Lin Laoer and Lin Laosi to listen to Lin Shiheng's words influenced the villagers. Coupled with his calm arrangement, a group of people subconsciously followed his arrangements and separated the men to follow him to the canyon.

Halfway along the way, they happened to meet Lin Lao San coming with bows and arrows, and a group of people quietly ambushed above the canyon.

The bandits came very slowly, and Lin Lao San sprinkled iron nails on the ground on the way over. Their horses were not shod, and they were hit one by one and refused to walk anymore, thinking that the villagers had saved a trick before escaping. They were all gnashing their teeth in hatred, but they could only change to walking.

"Dad, there are a lot of stones on it. Why don't we throw some more stones down later, so as to save some bows and arrows."

Unlike the others who were busy making bows and arrows, Lin Lao Er looked around after he got up to the canyon, and hurried to report after finding the stones.

"Okay, assign some people to move the stones, and you go and arrange it."

Lin Shiheng looked at the empty canyon below, squinted slightly, and ordered: "Let more people stand on both sides of the canyon to prevent them from running out."

"Okay, I'll go now!"

Lin Lao Er obediently arranged people to move the stones, and asked people to stand on both sides.

While waiting, the bandits really walked into the canyon.

Lin Shiheng picked up his most commonly used bow and arrow, stood on the far left side of the canyon, and said, "Shoot."

——Swish!

——Swish!

Those who knew how to shoot were shooting arrows, those who couldn't were moving stones and throwing stones, and amid the screams below, Lin Shiheng pulled the bowstring tight and aimed at the big boss in the mountain stronghold.

He was easy to recognize, and a group of people immediately surrounded him to protect him when something happened.

——Swoosh!

An arrow shot through him accurately.

The big boss fell to the ground, and the mountain bandits were leaderless, and they didn't care about rushing out together, but scattered and fled for their lives. However, whether they went forward or backward, they would die under the sharp arrows.

When it was over, there were corpses lying on the ground below.

Lin Shiheng took back the arrow and looked back at a group of men with bright and excited eyes. "They must have left people in their village. If we kill them, the bandits in the village will definitely retaliate. It is better to strike first."

A group of men who were red-eyed with killing responded immediately.

The bandits did not leave many people, and Lin Shiheng brought his three brothers to take care of them. In addition, Lin Lao Si released the captives. In the end, as expected, they won a great victory.

Lin Shiheng found the property in the village and distributed it to the men who came with him.

Everyone looked at him with admiration and yearning.

The government learned the news and sent yamen runners to ask the people to hand over the property in the bandit village.

Under the leadership of the incompetent emperor, the government also followed the pace of the court and kept pace with the times to refresh the bottom line.

They did not dare to deal with the bandits because they were afraid of fierce resistance. What was there to be afraid of for a group of people who were used to being oppressed by the government?

But this is a group of people who have killed people, defended their homes, and regarded those properties as their spoils under Lin Shiheng's words.

Coupled with Lin Laosi's instigation and the arrogant attitude of the officials, several villagers killed the officials in anger.

After killing people, they began to be confused.

They were officials, people from the court. How could they survive if they were killed?

They subconsciously found Lin Shiheng for help under Lin Laosi's suggestion.

Naturally, Lin Shiheng "unwillingly" announced his separation from the court and started a rebellion.

His biggest shortcoming is that he has few people.

But it doesn't matter. In a rebellion, more and more people will come.

***

Mo Chenke has no idea what happened in the distant Linjia Village.

After he came back, his father sent him to fight against the imperial army. According to their plan, they should go north all the way until they reach the capital. However, there are still two princes and a civilian rebel organization. The four parties restrain each other because they still have a common enemy and have not fought yet. They are just waiting to see who can first reach the capital and win the world.

After three months of hard work and many injuries, he finally took down a city that his father had specified.

The third prince did not hide it from him. He took out the marching map and pointed to a city and announced that this was the next destination of the army.

With satisfaction with his son, the third prince dropped the carrot in front: "If my son can take this city, I will propose your marriage to his daughter to the general."

Mo Chenke was shocked and wanted to take down the city immediately and marry the general's daughter to become the future heir to the throne.

But before he set off with the army, the third prince stopped him with a bad look.

Not only him, but also some senior generals and his eight brothers.

Everyone sat together and held a meeting.

Meeting topic: Another civilian rebel organization has emerged.

Although this rebel organization was not formed for a long time, it was much more powerful than the previous civilian rebel organization. It took down the city that was being watched by people from all directions.

Mo Chenke listened and expressed his opinion: "How many people do they have?"

"Only a few thousand."

A few thousand?

Mo Chenke almost laughed out loud. What kind of war can a few thousand people fight? He immediately asked for the order: "I am willing to lead the army and return the city to our army."

The Third Prince, who always agreed to his request immediately, did not respond this time, but frowned and thought for a while.

"No."

"That city is easy to defend but difficult to attack. They must have some ability to take it. What's more, their slogan is that the government forces the people to rebel. We are originally on the opposite side of the court. If we go to wipe them out now, how will the people view our army?"

In the end, it's still that the newly emerged civilian rebel organization is too cunning.

It's just that such a civilian organization emerged when the days were the most difficult. Recently, the four parties have been shackled to each other, and the court officials are busy seeking refuge everywhere, and have no time to exploit the people. Even corrupt officials have some scruples in their actions, and they dare not take action unless the benefits are too great.

How come there is a new rebel force out of nowhere?

Mo Chenke didn't think too much. Knowing that he couldn't wipe out those people now, his expression sank slightly, and he felt uncomfortable.

He was eager to prove himself through fighting, so naturally he wanted to go to the battlefield more often.

"Father, what is the origin of this rebel army? Are they like Zhao Fang and the other two, leading together?"

"The news has just been delivered, and the situation is not clear yet. We only know that the other party is surnamed Lin, with only one general, and there is no news of him claiming to be king. Let's wait and see. If he wants to join the other side, although these thousands of people are few, we can try to win them over."

Lin...

Mo Chenke's eyebrows beat for a moment, and before he started to think, he had already revealed a little uneasiness in his heart.

But soon, a disdainful smile appeared on his face.

He was really stupid from fighting.

Even if the man's surname was Lin, what could he not know about the abilities of the Lin family?

A bunch of country folk, not to mention just the same surname, even if they have the same name, they are 100% not related to the Lin family.