Hou Junji led five thousand Sui soldiers into Wujiang County.
When they reached the vicinity of Wujiang County, Hou Junji did not choose to quickly attack the city. Instead, he chose a vantage point to observe the enemy.
Climbing to a high place nearby, he looked in the direction of the city gate of Wujiang County and saw a somewhat surprising scene.
At the city gate of Wujiang County, there was a well-equipped army, but they were not from the Great Sui Dynasty.
The armor worn by the Great Sui army was mainly dark green, but the armor of this army was dark red.
It was obvious that they were an army of unknown origins. Perhaps the seven to eight thousand rebel soldiers who had taken over Wu Jiang County were this army of unknown origins.
From the soldiers 'expressions and the way they stood, Hou Junji knew that this was an elite army.
An army of unknown origins stood guard in front of the city gate, and many emaciated commoners staggered toward the city gate.
Hou Junji could clearly see the unidentified army handing out sacks of grain to the people.
"Are they helping these people?”
Hou Junji muttered to himself in shock.
There were quite a number of refugees who came to Wu Jiang County. It seemed that they were all attracted by the distribution of food here. These were all commoners who had nowhere to go.
Hou Junji was deeply moved by this scene. If an army of unknown origins treated the people like this, then the regular army of Great Sui would not care about their own people. This army of unknown origins was even worse.
Thinking of this, Hou Junji decided to speak to this army.
With a thought, he sent a soldier to Wu Jiang County to talk while he waited for the results.
In Wu Jiang County's government, Cao Yun sat on the main seat of the mansion's meeting hall. The matter of distributing food to the people was his doing.
"My lord, a soldier from the Sui army has come to see you.”
A Jiangdong soldier stepped forward and said.
"Let him in."
Cao Yun narrowed his eyes slightly and gave the order.
The order was passed down. In less than a moment, the soldiers of the Sui army entered the meeting hall.
"General Hou Junji has ordered me to meet with you. General Hou Junji wishes to discuss a few matters with you.”
After seeing Cao Yun, the soldier cupped his hands and bowed politely.
"Hou Junji?"
Cao Yun's expression changed slightly. He had never imagined that after Wu Jiang County fell, Hou Junji would be sent to suppress it.
This made him want to recruit Hou Junji. After all, Hou Junji was quite capable. Although he hadn't shown his prowess in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, that didn't mean that he wasn't capable.
"I am willing to discuss this with General Hou on the shore of the Black River.”
Cao Yun gave an answer, and the soldier left with the answer.
Cao Yun naturally quickly made his way to the banks of the Wu River and placed some warm wine and delicacies in the pavilions, waiting for Hou Junji to arrive.
Ta Ta.
The black-armored Hou Junji began to walk toward the pavilion alone.
Hou Junji believed that the person leading the army was a righteous man, so he had dared to come alone.
Coincidentally, Cao Yun was also alone. There were only the two of them on the bank of the Wu River.
"I am Hou Junji.”
After entering the pavilion, Hou Junji clasped his hands and examined the youth before him.
He did not expect that the commander of this army would be such a young youth.
"My name is Cao and my name is Yun. General Hou, please take a seat.”
Cao Yun had a smile on his face as he waved his long sleeves in a welcoming gesture.
"Alright, I won't stand on ceremony."
Hou Junji sat down on a stone block, facing each other, and the first thing he did was raise his cup and drink.
"Your army is a benevolent army. After capturing Wujiang County, you have helped the people. I hope that you can surrender and avoid a bloody battle.”
After downing a cup of warm wine, Hou Junji hesitated for a moment.
"The world is in chaos, and the people are homeless. The roads are filled with frozen bones and corpses that have starved to death. The governors are unwilling to help the people, causing the people to suffer.”
Cao Yun did not answer. Instead, he started talking to himself.
Hou Junji's body trembled. Although these words were spoken in a flat tone, they were words that struck at the heart.
"Where is the Great Sui at this time? The so-called food and clothing are all selfish.”
"For the sake of the people, for the sake of the world, only by doing it personally can we change everything. We can let the people escape from the sea of suffering and let the people take the lead. This is my intention in raising an army.”
Cao Yun stood up. His words were soul-stirring.
Hou Junji once more recalled the scene of his dispute with the Liyang County Governor, and his fury burned.
If the Prefectural Governor of Liyang County was like this, what could the other Prefectures do?
Hou Junji had always had a feud with Wang He, and now that he saw that everything Cao Yun wanted to do was what he wanted to pursue, a single thought appeared in his mind.
"For the people, I am willing to serve you.”
Hou Junji rose to his feet and knelt on one knee.
There was no other reason than that Hou Junji was born into the lower class, so he naturally stood on the side of the people. Cao Yun was also pleading for the people, so it was only natural that Hou Junji would be attracted to him.
"That's good!"
Cao Yun laughed and helped Hou Junji up.
Hou Junji had decided to serve Cao Yun, so the five thousand soldiers he led naturally followed suit. After all, they were all local soldiers.
A portion of the people Cao Yun was helping out were their relatives, and as long as Hou Junji gave the word, they would immediately join him.
"Lord, I have a plan that can help you quickly take Liyang County.”
After making up his mind to join Cao Yun, Hou Junji quickly thought of a plan. After all, if he could take Liyang County, he could save even more people.
"What plan?"
Cao Yun asked with narrowed eyes.
"I pretended to defeat you, and then let you disguise your 5,000 Jiangdong troops as the Sui army. The rest of the troops will disguise themselves as the defeated troops being escorted to Liyang County to report. This move will definitely be able to take Liyang County by surprise!”
Hou Junji suggested.
Cao Yun nodded when he heard this. The possibility of this plan succeeding was quite high.
At this moment, Liyang County Governor Wang He had no idea that Hou Junji had already rebelled. He even believed that defeating the rebels of Wujiang County would be a piece of cake.
Thus, when Hou Junji had taken the Jiangdong soldiers with Cao Yun, Wang He had no doubt that he had been easily tricked.
The two of them hit it off and began to prepare.
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