Chapter 489: The People’s Will

The Sun family army was slowly withdrawing.

The situation had changed.

General Sun led the army to evacuate Youzhou and prepare to move to Yanmen and Daijun.

Everyone was silent all the way.

None of the soldiers had expected that the Pinggang negotiations would end up like this.

Youzhou's 15,000 soldiers were also brought along.

Prince Gong was determined not to leave a single soldier for Lu Desheng.

He also asked Lu Desheng to open the gates of the three counties of Youzhou and let the people who wanted to leave leave.

Lu Desheng did not argue with him about this request, and promised that after the court army completely withdrew from Youzhou, he would have people open the gates of various places in Youzhou and let the people who wanted to leave go.

Lu Desheng did not argue with reason, he did not know how many people in the Youzhou soldiers were extremely disappointed.

During this period, some soldiers wanted to find an excuse to sneak away, but Prince Gong was very alert and did not allow anyone to fall behind.

There was no way, all the soldiers could only rest.

Deng Fangyi and Duan Chen were also among them. They planned to go back to Chang'an with Prince Gong to see what arrangements the emperor would make.

They had sent someone back to the governor's mansion to arrange for the whole family to leave Youzhou.

The gates of Youbeiping County, Yuyang County and Shanggu County in Youzhou were all open, and the common people could enter and exit freely within the specified time.

At the gate of Yuyang County, Qin Yan and Qin Zhao watched many common people leave with their bags or with their families.

"There are quite a lot of common people leaving this time." Qin Zhao felt very sorry.

Qin Yan: "There is no way. The court took away 15,000 soldiers and horses from Youzhou by force. Most of the families of these soldiers will look for them."

The two brothers wanted to keep all these people, but they also knew that sometimes, blocking is not as good as dredging.

They have seen that among the three counties of Youzhou, Yuyang County and Shanggu County had the most civilians leaving. Youbeiping County was penetrated by the second army of Xianbei led by Tuoba Jin, and many civilians fled to Pingzhou at that time. This time, the city gate was opened, and the number of civilians leaving Youbeiping County was the least.

"Tsk, so many people followed, how will the court settle them?" Qin Zhao laughed. If the settlement is not good, it will be fun.

Qin Yan and Qin Zhao brothers think that many civilians left, but Prince Gong thinks that too few civilians left.

The next day, after the large army had dinner and packed their bags to prepare for the journey, the generals found that there were fewer people when they counted the soldiers.

After checking, it was found that many Youzhou soldiers secretly ran away at night, and Prince Gong was even more heartbroken.

Pingzhou, Liaoxi County, Wencheng County

The people of Wencheng County were the first to kill the dog officials and shout the slogan of self-reliance. They were also the first Pingzhou people to know that Lord Lu had rebelled.

"Did they really rebel in Pingzhou?" These were the people who couldn't believe it.

"We can rebel, but if we don't, the imperial court will ask us to pay more taxes this year."

"Yes, if we don't rebel, Pingzhou will be given to the Xianbei by the emperor to please the foreign tribes!"

"That's right, if we fall into the hands of the Xianbei barbarians, what good can we do?"

"If the imperial court gives up Pingzhou, it should properly resettle our people, right?"

"You think it's nice. Even if the imperial court is willing to resettle us, I don't think it will be better than where we are now in Pingzhou!"

"That's right, a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse. Our family doesn't want to leave our hometown again."

"Didn't they say that many people left Youzhou? Can't we just wait and see the results?"

"Yes, Pingzhou is so good now. The Xianbei can't attack, and the imperial court can't beat our Pingzhou soldiers. We just need to work hard and farm well under the leadership of Lord Lu, and we should have no problem living and working in peace."

"It would be great if we could really live and work in Pingzhou." In troubled times, human lives are worth less than dogs, and the people just want to find a place that can shelter them.

At this time, the gate of Wencheng County slowly opened.

The common people turned their heads and recognized that this was the motorcade of the governor's mansion, and the carriage of the governor, Lord Lu, was also inside.

"Lord Lu, you are back!"

"Lord Lu, please say a few words!"

"Yes, please say something."

The common people were unsure.

Lv Desheng's carriage stopped as they wished.

Lv Desheng got out of the carriage, and Xian Feng and Alice stepped forward to protect him.

There were three stone steps in front, and Lv Desheng walked over and stood on them.

Behind him was the city wall, and in front of him were the crowds of common people.

The soldiers on the wall were staring at the common people below, fearing that thieves would hurt Lord Lu.

And Xian Feng and Alice were also on guard with their nerves tense.

As soon as Lv Desheng stood on it, the common people consciously quieted down.

"I believe everyone has heard that the result of the Pinggang negotiations was that the Emperor of Dali wanted to cede Pingzhou and Youzhou to the Xianbei, so I, Lv Desheng, rebelled."

"Everyone here, I believe there are those who agree with me, Lv Desheng, and there are those who don't want to live under me, a traitor. It doesn't matter. Wait for us for two days, and then we will give an explanation."

"During these two days, everyone can make preparations. Those who want to leave can leave, and we are free to come and go in Pingzhou! Those who want to stay are very welcome. In addition, the senior management of our Qinlu Group promised to work hard to protect and manage our Pingzhou and Youzhou, and strive to make the people under our jurisdiction live and work in peace and contentment. Even if we can't do this, we will work hard to keep everyone from being affected by the war. That's it, thank you."

After Lv Desheng finished speaking, he nodded to everyone and turned back to the carriage.

The people spontaneously made way for the motorcade of the governor's mansion, and at the same time, they burst into warm cheers.

Qin Family

The women and children of the Qin family are all here, and now Lv Songli is also here.

As soon as the news of her father's rebellion came, she sent people to Tianshui New Village to take the children of the Qin and Lv families home first, and told the village chief of Tianshui New Village to arrange for martial law. She even quietly arranged an army to secretly protect Tianshui New Village.

Although they had expected that they had to rebel before her father left for the negotiations, in order to avoid being criticized, they did not let the children not go to the private school in the morning.

The women of the Qin family were in a trance when they learned that Lv Desheng and Pingzhou had rebelled. They rebelled now?

There is no need to think about this. The men of the Qin family must know, that is, the men of the Qin family support the rebellion.

Mother Qin sighed. Their Qin family has been loyal for generations, but they didn't expect to be forced to this point.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Lv Songli knew that they needed time to digest it. She looked at the sky and planned to go to the Ci Li Mansion. Pingzhou needed her to be in charge at this time.

"Mother, sisters-in-law, there may be chaos for a few days recently, so the children should stay at home for the next few days."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

After saying that, Lu Songli stood up, "Then I'll trouble mother and sisters-in-law at home. I'm going to the governor's mansion. I may stay there tonight. If you have any questions, just send someone to find me."

"Okay, go and do it yourself."

"Sixth sister-in-law, do you need help?" Fourth sister-in-law Su Jingyun asked.

"Yes, sixth sister-in-law, just tell me if you need help." Second sister-in-law Cai also said.

Mother Qin found that Alice, who had been following her youngest daughter-in-law, was not there, and said, "Your second sister-in-law and fourth sister-in-law are both good at fighting. It's chaotic outside now. Wouldn't it be better for you to have a female guard to protect you closely?"

Lu Songli looked at the old and young in the family and was in trouble.

Qin Bin also ran over at this time, "Sixth aunt, let my mother protect you, my brother and I will be obedient at home."

In order to reassure them, Lu Songli said, "Okay, let the fourth sister-in-law follow me." These are all trivial matters.

At most, she could just arrange some more people for the Qin family.

"I'll go change my clothes and come back soon."

Su Jingyun really changed into a tight outfit quickly, and she even had a whip wrapped around her hand.