Chapter 16: The Rebels
Let's say that during Fan Li's filial piety at home for his mother, many major events happened outside.
First of all, the barbarians rebelled under the instigation of the leader Di Wang Zhang Xiuhong and all entered the country, originally they started an incident in the border, and this way they went to Huzhou Province, where Fan Li's hometown is located, and in more than 2 months, they beat more than a dozen prefectures and counties, and scared the governor of Huzhou so much that he ran away before he could beat Huo twice, abandoned the city and fled!
As soon as the admiral ran away, the governors and counties below couldn't fight at all, they all ran away, which was a very embarrassing thing, and it was a shame to lose the dead.
As an official, you didn't take less money than you should have taken in the Taiping period, you didn't have less face to ask, you had to eat what you should eat, and you had to drink what you should drink, but as a result, this barbarian rebel army came over, and you ran away before you could see your face, it's too embarrassing, not only to lose the face of the people of Huzhou, but even the court feels ashamed.
When this news reached the imperial court, the emperor hurriedly went to the minister of the Qin Mission, and another admiral named Shangshang, and said that you should hurry up and surround these barbarian rebels for me, and I can't let them go any further.
As a result, because there are many complicated relationships in this officialdom, the relationship between the two monks is not good, they disagree, and they are awkward, which makes people Shang Shang finally say: I won't fight! You love to hit your Cell!
The Sail reported this to the court, and the court had no other tricks than to force Shang Shang to send troops, but Shang Shang said: I won't go, I won't go, what do you do with me!
Of course, he can't be so tough and say: I won't go if you tell me to go! This is disobedience! But people still found a reason and said: No, I have diarrhea, I have athlete's foot! I'm sick and I can't go! So it's dragged again!
The imperial court had no choice but to transfer troops from the east and west from various places, and gathered some tiger troops to surround it. But when the Tiger Ben Army was founded, its combat effectiveness was indeed first-class, and it was put on the spot, and until now, the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Ben Army has become a veteran soldier who eats the emperor's grain, and the combat effectiveness is very poor, and it is difficult to take advantage of it in the process of fighting against the barbarian rebel army.
This can be seen from the mental outlook of the two armies, the reason why Zhang Xiuhong dared to bring these barbarian rebels into the country was because these people were really motivated.
He still has a belief in this barbarian rebel army, and they are tightly glued together, that is, Zhang Xiuhong said when he was in the uprising: The Jade Emperor is my father! He also dug out some ancient books to prove that the Jade Emperor is actually called Zhang Youren, and how long will it take for him to be reincarnated in the mortal world, and he is the son of the Jade Emperor who was reincarnated in the mortal world, and his task is to resolve the suffering in the world and rebuild the paradise in the world......
He used these to fool those who didn't understand it at that time, and instigated the uneducated masses in a daze. However, under the corrupt system of the imperial court at that time, the common people were really unable to live, but he didn't want to revolt if he had a little way to live, this was a big crime of killing his head!
However, Zhang Xiuhong fully mobilized the enthusiasm of these rebels under his command, and he made a wish and said: You follow me, let's go up to heaven and down to the paradise of the world.
What does it mean? That is, if you follow me, I will give you everything, I will have everything to do with me, I will have meat to eat with me, I will be an official if I work with me, I can have land, I will give you all the officials, I will give all the fields to you people, from now on everyone will have officials, everyone will have fields to cultivate, there will be no more suffering in the world, and the world will be a happy land everywhere! Even if you're unlucky enough to get killed in the uprising, you can go to heaven, why? The Jade Emperor is my father!
Zhang Xiuhong: Why did he dare to make such a heavy promise? Because he has nothing, he is just a poor and destitute talent, what do you say he has?
He just relies on his mouth, he relies on his mouth, I say I'll give you a general, you're a general! Anyway, I just have a mouth, you will believe it when I say it, and after you believe it, you will work for me, can you say that Zhang Xiuhong can not do this low-cost business?
Of course, the people under this hand are not all stupid, do you believe what Zhang Xiuhong said? Zhang Xiuhong brought these smart people together, let them all be big and small leaders, this is the core interest group, as long as you follow me Zhang Xiuhong, I will never let everyone suffer! Don't you think I'm just going to make you all generals, generals, staff officers, military advisors, and the like? Each person receives dozens, hundreds, thousands!
That's got these smart guys done! On the other hand, Zhang Xiuhong also has a big move for pre-war mobilization, which is called: Hereditary generations!
Once we have conquered the world, what we talked about before about what you have to be a general, what kind of official he is, and the distribution of all the fields to you, these things are not only yours, it can be hereditary!
What does it mean? Even when you followed me, you were this official, this field was yours, your son was also this, your grandson was also this, and your family was all like this for generations...... Can this be unattractive, you say?
Coupled with these peasants who were instigated at that time, these rebels, he couldn't think so far, before I was with you, I was starving at home every day, I couldn't even eat gruel, and I almost starved to death. Now that I can eat with you, what will happen after I finish it? There are also officials to be appointed, and fields to be given to me.
Who do you say don't do it? Death by starvation is death, rebellion and killing the head is also death, anyway, both ends are death, it is better to eat two mouthfuls of food with the barbarian rebel army before death, if I am lucky, I can still get rich!
So at that time, Zhang Xiuhong's barbarian rebel army had a lot of people to support him, and the team was pulled up all of a sudden, everyone was poor peasants, and they all rushed to grab money and land with their lives, who can beat such an army! This is the situation on the side of Zhang Xiuhong's barbarian rebel army.
And what is the situation on the side of the Tiger Ben Army of the imperial court? The Tiger Ben Army is raised by the state, it is the regular unit of the country, and it is the uncle! And you usually don't practice it, you get this salary.
In addition, the military salary given by the imperial court is not very much, and the imperial court acquiesces in the social security work of these soldiers such as urban management. It's no different from the underworld, do you think he can still fight with such a soldier?
So where does such a soldier go to fight, first of all, the first thing is to shout for money, if you have no money, what will Lao Tzu sell your life for?
In such a comparison, although Zhang Xiuhong's barbarian rebel army are all poor peasants, ordinary people who put down their hoes, and have no military literacy, but compared with the tiger army in the imperial court who also did not have any military literacy, plus these rebels were fooled by Zhang Xiuhong into fighting and not dying, the result of these two groups of people fighting can be imagined!