Great Song, second year of peace.
Xiao Liang, son of the county commandant of Jiangzhou Prefecture, rebelled, proclaimed himself King of Liang, seized an entire prefecture, and commanded over ten thousand troops, shocking the world!
Yangzhou.
Within the military governor's residence.
Di You, military governor of the Proclaiming Might Army, held the intelligence report in his hand, silently pondering.
What the report contained was far more detailed than the rumors outside, and much more reliable.
"Xiao Liang is merely the son of a county commandant, no more than a child. Yet with the backing of the demon Taoists Fang La and Poison Dragon, he actually managed to accomplish something this great..."
Di You was in his thirties, with a commanding face and dark skin, carrying the grave authority of a great commander who held the power of life and death.
As he smiled, something stirred within his heart.
As military governor over an entire region, he understood far more than ordinary people.
"Though Tian Ruhua has been pacified north of the river, the commoners' rebellions continue... Song Gongbao's forces are run ragged, but they are merely carrying firewood to put out a fire."
"As for the capital, the ruler is young. One of the ministers entrusted with the late emperor's command died earlier, and Gao Qiu, who rose afterward, is naturally a head shorter. With all three, there is stability; with only two, instability. They are all secretly fighting for power and profit, factional strife erupting everywhere. Even trying to get some real work done is difficult."
"Not to mention... now even Jiangnan is in chaos. A rebel king has emerged from Jiangzhou Prefecture, and the court will surely order the armies from all sides to encircle and suppress him... Spring is coming for the military governors of Jiangnan."
"Could