Time rewinds back to the seventh year of the Great Cause, and Yang Guang's imperial drive has already set off from Beijing, passing through the eastern capital of Luoyang, and turning north to reach Zhuo County via the Grand Canal. On the way, he received an urgent report from the Yushitai that the people who were originally scheduled to set off from Zouping County, Qi County to Liaodong to serve as civil servants did not arrive in time, but gathered a crowd to rebel under the instigation of a man named Wang Bo. Li Wenyuan, who learned of this, also asked Xue Ju for leave, saying that he wanted to go back to Shandong to visit friends, so he left Jincheng and rushed to Shandong.

In December of the seventh year of Daye, it was much colder than in previous years, and the snow fell early in Qi County, if it was an ordinary year, Wang Bo would definitely write a poem, admiring a sentence of Ruixue Zhaofeng year. But this time is different, he looks at the thick snow but has no intention of sighing. This time, as the third batch of people who were requisitioned and sent to Liaodong, they had to brave the cold north wind of winter and escort the military rations on the road with barely satisfying dry rations. I heard the first few groups of fellow villagers who fled back say that the snow in Liaodong has already fallen to the waist, ten people escort a grain truck, and it is extremely fatal to have three people to arrive, and the dead people along the way are directly abandoned in the ditch on the side of the road, stretching for hundreds of miles without end.

A few days before Wang Bo was about to set off, he found Meng Rang, who was also going to serve as a servant. Meng Rang is also a native of Qi County, and his father and brother are quite knowledgeable about martial arts, so Meng Rang also knows a little about the art of war.

"Brother Meng, you and I are about to set off for Liaodong, the road is steep, and there are only two or three out of ten survivors, can you really say that you and I are really going to die in Liaodong?" Wang Bo pounded his chest and said.

"Wang Bo, I'm a rough person, don't bother me with the sour words of those who know, if you have something to say, just say it." Meng Rang glanced at Wang Bo and packed up his things for Liaodong as he spoke.

"Brother Meng, in my opinion, we can't escape death if we go to Liaodong, and the worst thing to do is death, so why do you have to die for that emperor?" Wang Bo whispered to Meng Rang.

"But it's just you and me how to be enemies of the government." Meng Rang scratched his head and asked Wang Bo.

"You don't need to worry about Brother Meng about this matter, just leave it to my junior brother." Wang Bo has a good mind.

The next day, Wang Bo took advantage of the fact that the officials who supervised the transportation of grain and grass did not come, gathered most of the people who were traveling with him, climbed into a grain cart by himself, and said to the people gathered below:

"Fellow villagers! We are all hard-working people, forcibly conscripted to work for the mediocre dog emperor! I heard from the villagers who fled back that six or seven out of ten of the corpses all over Liaodong are our hard-working people! We were hungry to deliver military rations for the Dog Emperor, but we didn't even have enough rations to go home! That fellow of mine escaped by stealing a small bag of military rations! It's a pity that I still haven't escaped the arrest of the officials, and this autumn I asked a lot of people, and I didn't even leave a doll that couldn't speak! ”

At this time, a person said: "This brother, you are talking about Lao Liu of Zouping County, I was also present when I asked about the beheading, it was really miserable." ”

Wang Bo was shocked, the first half of this matter was completely heard by himself, and the second half was completely made up by himself, how could he be right with others? Hurriedly followed the sound and looked, only to see a person nodding to himself, and then squeezed to the other side of the crowd, Wang Bo knew that this person was going to help him achieve great things. Putting aside any intentions for the time being, what I have to do now is to cooperate with that person and sing this big show.

"This brother is right, it's Brother Liu. Fathers and fellow villagers, I watch the sky at night, Ziwei Star has the appearance of leaving the palace, and the position of the emperor of Lao'er is no longer guaranteed! Why don't we wait, call on the heroes of the world to fight it! You wait for me to start things, not to mention that you have the merit of the dragon, and the reward for the founding of the country in the future will be indispensable for the position of prince! The emperor will have a kind of Xiangning! ”

"Kill the cool officials, divide the money and food! Qi Lu Xing, Zhi Shilang! The man from before shouted from the lead.

One response, one hundred responses, thousands of responses, ten thousand responses! The people shouted slogans and broke through the county yamen, killed the county guards of Qi County, and the soldiers in the county were transferred to Liaodong, leaving behind most of the old, weak, sick and disabled. A group of civilians rushed into the barracks, smashed the copper locks of the armory, and distributed weapons and armor. He also killed the master of the granary, burned the accounts, and distributed the rice and grain of the official barn with the people of Qi County. Later, thousands of soldiers were recruited on the spot and occupied Changbai Mountain to the north.

It is stated in the book that the Changbai Mountain in the Sui Dynasty was not the Changbai Mountain between the white mountains and black waters in the later generations, but the Changbai at this time was the junction of Zouping and Zhangqiu in Shandong in later generations.

Since that person shouted the twelve-character slogan, Wang Bo took the opportunity to call himself Zhishilang, which means that he can understand the situation that will change in the world, and then Wang Bo is sending people to look for the mysterious person, but he can no longer find it, everything is like a dream of Nan Ke.

However, since the incident has already started, there must be soldiers and armor money and food, and Wang Bo, who had just plundered the official warehouse and armory of Qi County, did not lack armor money and food in his hands, only soldiers. So Wang Bo sent some of his more bright-minded people to spread his "Death Song of the Undirected Liaodong Waves" around:

Changbai Mountain's former Zhishilang, pure red Luo Mian's back crotch.

The long lance invades the sky and a half, and the wheel knife shines in the sun.

Go up the mountain to eat roe deer, and go down the mountain to eat cattle and sheep.

Suddenly, when he heard the arrival of the official army, he raised his knife and swung forward.

For example, if Liaodong died, he was injured by beheading.

Wang Bo felt that these were not enough, so he composed several poems, which made people praise the whole Qilu:

One has: Don't go to Liaodong, the road is long. The old relatives leaned on Lu Wang, and the young women guarded the empty house. If there is land, you can't plow, and if you have something, you will be in charge. I don't know when I will return, and I will remember my hometown on the sun.

Second, there is: Don't go to Liaodong, it's never difficult to travel. The long river crosses without a boat, and the mountains connect with the clouds. The frost clothes are bitter and thin, and the snow bones are ready to be torn off. The sunset is cold and the mountains are endless, and the rain destroys the heart and liver.

Three have: Don't go to Liaodong, and the soldiers are like tigers and jackals. The sword shattered me, and the blade pierced my cheek. Life only needs to be short, who is sad. The successful general will be rewarded, and I am the only one who dies Artemisia Lai!

Several poems circulated throughout the land of Qilu, word by word, to the point, the tragic situation of the people of Liaodong was described vividly, of course, there are also exaggerations, but it is also a good choice between dying in a foreign land and letting go, and for a time Shandong farmers have responded.

Wang Bo is powerful in Qilu, and the Douziying who fled back from Liaodong also collected more than 10,000 people who fled back, and beheaded officials in Cangzhou, on the back of Qizhou, where Wang Bo was located, and successively collected the refugees who fled back from Liaodong, and there were more than 20,000 people, and Wang Bo looked at each other across the Yellow River.

One day, Douzixuan sent a messenger to meet Wang Bo: "I have heard the fame of General Wang for a long time, and I can see it today, and I am fortunate to have three lives." ”

Wang Bo also smiled and said: "No, General Dou is a refugee from Liaodong in Cangzhou, and he is praised by the people of the world." Why have you come today? ”

The messenger took out a map from his bosom and handed it to his subordinates and handed it to Wang Bo and said: "My general wants to strengthen ties with the general and help each other to fight the officers and soldiers, but it is difficult to leap over the Yellow River moat, so I hope to build a dock sailor division with the general on the map and communicate with each other." ”

Wang Bo opened the map, looked at a point in the south of Pingyuan County, and said: "The Yellow River is impermanent, and it is not impossible to set up a wharf, but if the Yellow River is diverted, won't it be a leaky pot to draw water?" ”

"General Wang said, my general also considered, when he killed the cool officials before, he got the records of the Yellow River hydrology in the plain county government, and invited Mr. Feng Shui to choose the site, so he told the general to know. This ferry is rare to encounter bad water in a hundred years, and the diversion of the Yellow River has not affected it in the past hundred years, so please rest assured that the general can rest assured. The messenger replied respectfully.

"Then how does this sailor form a method?" Wang Bo asked after a moment of silence.

"My general has a saying, the two families will jointly contribute to the formation of a water division, with the general's water division as the main general, and the generals of our water division will not have any complaints." The Messenger replied without hesitation, apparently having a plan in mind.

"Okay, then it's decided, you tell your general that I will build a dock and build a boat here according to the agreement."

"The general's courage has never been seen in his life, he admires and admires, and he will leave the cottage and return to the cottage to resume his life."

During the period when Dou Ziying and Wang Bo were forming a naval division, the Yellow River flooded in the spring, and only two Jiangfan warships were washed away, and there were no big losses. The people suffered heavy losses, and there was a person named Sun Anzu from Zhangnan County, whose house and property were swept away by the flood, and his wife and children died of hunger one after another, and he was heartbroken.

coincided with the recruitment of troops to assist the Goryeo Army, the county took a fancy to his bravery, so they couldn't help but say that he was forcibly recruited into the army, and when the essay arrived, Sun Anzu knelt on the ground and wept silently: "My wife and children are newly mourned, and the bodies have not been found for burial, how can I leave my hometown and travel?" I also hope that the old man will allow me to find the bodies of my wife and children, and bury them, so I can go to the draft. ”

The county magistrate was furious when he heard this, and he slapped the case with one hand and drank: "Sun Anzu! You are just a grass people, it is a great thing to enlist you in the army, not to mention that the townships have recruited brave people to invest in Liaodong, do you want to resist and disobey the order? ”

Just reprimanding Sun Anzu County, he was still puzzled and said to the left and right: "Left and right, give me a heavy beating of this Diao Min who doesn't know the current affairs, tie it up and send it to the barracks." ”

Sun Anzu couldn't bear it anymore, his forehead was bruised, and he suddenly burst out, snatched the water and fire stick in the hand of the official and threw it at the county order. The county commander saw that Sun Anzu was in trouble, grabbed the water and fire stick and threw it at him, and hurriedly tilted his head to dodge. He has been powerful for many years, where can he compare to Sun Anzu's outstretched hand, dodged a little slower, and was hit by a water and fire stick and collapsed his temple, killing him on the spot.

When a group of officials saw that the county order was dead, their hearts were confused, and then several officials who reacted rushed up to capture Sun Anzu, but they were knocked to the ground, moaning in pain, Sun Anzu had no grievances with these officials, and they used skillful force to remove the joints of several people, and did not kill them. Taking advantage of the cold of the remaining officials, he rushed out of the door and defected to Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande was an upright person with extraordinary skills, and was appointed by the county to recruit the commander of 200 people, and when he saw the hardship of the people, he refused the order to lead his troops to Liaodong. Said to Sun Anzu:

"What kind of world is this, I think that when Emperor Wen was in power, the country was strong, the world was rich and prosperous, and he sent a million troops to conquer Liaodong and returned with a miserable defeat. Now that the Yellow River is flooding in spring, the people are in distress, and the saint is bent on going his own way and driving to Goguryeo. In the early years, the soldiers of the western expedition to the Turks had not yet returned home to take a look, and if they continued like this, they might become a disaster. ”

Sun Anzu was grateful to Dou Jiande for taking him in at the risk of killing his head, so he said: "If the eldest brother needs the younger brother to do it, just say it, the little brother, my life is given by the eldest brother, go to the soup and the fire, and never give up." ”

Dou Jiande waved his hand and said: "I don't want you to do anything to play with your life, it's just that a man was born between heaven and earth, even if he can't make meritorious contributions, he can't be a prisoner of the Hu people." There is a place a few miles to the southeast here, called Gaojibo, and the grass on the lake within a radius of 100 miles is dense and deep, and thousands of people can be hidden. ”

After hesitating, Dou Jiande continued: "I have two hundred soldiers on hand, all of them are poor families, I can't bear them to die in Liaodong, you take them to Gaojibo first, and then I will help you slowly recruit evading conscription and homelessness." You can rob and kill the rich and the cold, and you must not beat the ideas of those who are also poor, but give them as much as you can, remember. ”

Sun Anzu nodded yes, and that night he led two hundred brave escapes into Gaojibo, claiming to be a general, and invited Zhang Jincheng to be in charge of the water division, and the activities appeared in various dangerous waterways after the water level of the Yellow River rose sharply.

The county saw that the 200 heroes raised earlier had fled without a trace overnight, so they had no choice but to recruit troops here, and more than 200 people were recruited, and Dou Jiande was still appointed as the commander of 200 people.

Gao Shida, a native of Beixian County, was also forced to kill officials and rebel, and gathered more than 1,000 people to carry out activities in Qinghe County, because he respected Dou Jiande as a person, and strictly ordered his subordinates not to attack Dou Jiande's hometown. Defeated the officers and soldiers who came to suppress the bandits. The officers and soldiers led the team was Gao Zitong of Qinghe County, and when he was worried about returning to the county and did not give an explanation, the adjutant next to him whispered: "General, if there is a detailed work to report to the bandits this time, the defeat can also be said to be reasonable, I heard that this gang of bandits looted everywhere, but they did not loot Dou Jiande's hometown, is this, a little..."

Before he finished speaking, Gao Zitong clapped his hands and said: "Ah, why didn't I think of this possibility, alas, I don't report Jiande on weekdays, why does he treat me like this!" In this way, thousands of brothers died in retribution for their grievances. After that, he beat his chest and cried.

The county guard heard Gao Zitong's return, and insisted that Dou Jiande and the bandits colluded with each other. He ordered Gao Zitong to immediately lead his troops to Dou Jiande's hometown to arrest Dou Jiande's family. The master of the county received a lot of favors from Jiande on weekdays, and secretly sent someone to deliver a letter to Dou Jiande.

At this time, Dou Jiande was training his two hundred warriors, and suddenly saw a horse running in the distance, and the person on the horse was shaking, so he quickly grabbed the reins of the horse and helped the person on the horse down, but he saw the butler of the master next to the county guard.

Dou Jiande saw that the housekeeper looked frightened, and hurriedly sent someone to fetch water, and while feeding the housekeeper to drink, he helped him to calm down, and the housekeeper could barely speak for a long time. The housekeeper held Dou Jiande's hand tightly and said: "Jiande, go back to Qinghe County quickly, Gao Zitong is not good for suppressing bandits, and he bites back and says that you have colluded with the bandits, and at this moment you have been ordered by the county guard to arrest your family!" After saying that, he didn't take a breath and fainted.

Dou Jiande was shocked, this is really a person sitting at home, and disaster comes from heaven. Hurriedly led the troops to ride a fast horse and went straight to Qinghe's hometown.