South of Xiangzhou City, Sorrowful Gang.

Legend has it that this place was the place where King Yin imprisoned Xibo, which was later King Wen of Zhou, but now there is a Tang army camp, which is garrisoned by 3,000 post-Tang troops.

said that it was the Later Tang Army, but in fact, strictly speaking, it should be regarded as the Wei Bo Army.

After Zhu Wen's death that year, Yang Shihou took advantage of the chaos to establish himself as Wei Bojie's envoy, and was recognized by Hou Liang; During his time in the town, he selected the elite and formed a silver spear force of 8,000 men.

After Yang Shihou fell ill and died, Hou Liang intended to split Wei Bo, in case the power of the feudal town was too large, but he did not want to force Wei Bo's army to rebel, completely surrendered to the Jin State, and finally after a major war, all the land of Hebei fell into the hands of the Jin State.

As a result, the Silver Spear Army was incorporated by Li Cunqiao as a pro-army, while the remaining Wei Bo Army continued to defend Wei Bo Prefectures.

In the great battle that took place in Pingyin three years ago, the Jin army suffered a crushing defeat, and the tens of thousands of troops who crossed the river finally fled back with only more than 6,000 people; Among them, the Silver Spear Jie Army also suffered heavy losses and was almost completely annihilated.

However, the rest of Weber's army survived, and one of them was stationed here.

At this time, the atmosphere in the camp seemed a little strange.

During this time, the supply of money and food for many armies was affected because of the emptiness of the treasury; To make matters worse, the supervising army appointed by Li Cunmiao and the officers at all levels withheld them layer by layer, and many of the soldiers were suddenly unable to eat enough.

Therefore, during this time, there were many complaints in the army, which led to various rumors.

Some say that the reason for the lack of military food is not because the treasury is empty, but because it was misappropriated by Empress Liu; Some rumors say that the reason why the overseers withheld military rations was because the emperor wanted to weaken the feudal town.

Of course, these rumors are relatively reliable, and some of them are too outrageous, such as the most outrageous rumor that Empress Liu has secretly killed the emperor, and ordered a servant who knows the emperor to pretend to be the emperor to give orders, hiding from hundreds of officials in the court, in fact, the decree has long been controlled by Empress Liu.

Such outrageous rumors, as long as people with a little insight know that the news is false, but the vast majority of soldiers in the army are just ordinary people, where do they have the insight to distinguish the truth from the false? What's more, there was a lot of resentment in the army during this time, which gave the spread and fermentation of rumors a suitable hotbed.

The soldiers in Wei Bo's army had always been known for their unruliness, and the army had been stationed at Chousigang for more than a year, and it was supposed that they should return to Weizhou after the period of defense had expired, but they were ordered to continue to garrison this place.

In addition, during this period of time, Wei Bojun's military food supply was also greatly affected, and many soldiers could not eat enough, so the soldiers were very angry.

Behind a towering tree, several soldiers were leaning against the trunk and muttering quietly.

"Did you hear that? The money and grain in the imperial treasury have never been full, and it is said that it is because the queen is greedy for money and takes all the money in the treasury to fill the inner treasury. An old man whispered.

Another young soldier who looked to be in his teens said, "Isn't it? I have heard that the queen mother has to light a dozen candles in the palace even during the day, even in some palaces where no one lives; I usually eat more than 30 dishes for each meal! ”

"Thirty dishes? That's too much, right? The other people were stunned when they heard this, and then said angrily: "The queen mother is so wasteful, but we soldiers who defend the frontier for the country can't even fill their stomachs, which is too unfair." ”

"Fair? When did our army talk about fairness? A thin soldier with a sharp mouth and a long face sneered.

Then he looked around carefully, and saw that no one noticed, so he whispered: "I heard that the emperor doesn't trust us feudal army either, so he deliberately ordered that our food and salary be deducted and used to supply the emperor's descendants." ”

"Shouldn't that be?"

"What not? If it weren't for the emperor's distrust of us, then why did the prison army sent to us withhold military rations for various reasons? If it weren't for the emperor's instructions, how could those eunuchs dare to do this? ”

Several other people immediately echoed when they heard this: "Yes, it must have been ordered by the emperor." ”

"We worked hard to defend the frontier here, but the emperor didn't take us seriously, such an emperor is too chilling!"

"But no, if it wasn't for our Wei army, how could the emperor capture Hebei? Now that he is the emperor, he has forgotten all our credits. ”

……

At this time, several soldiers got together and muttered, and soon aroused their resentment, and one by one they were resentful of Empress Liu and Li Cunqing.

At this time, one of the soldiers named Huang Fuhui, who was more prestigious among these people, whispered to the other soldiers: "If you want me to say, we might as well just do the opposite!" ”

As soon as I heard the word "reversed", even if these guys in front of me were all unruly, I couldn't help but be a little afraid, and they were silent one by one.

Huang Fuhui saw it and sneered: "What? We fighting men who pin our heads to the waistband of our trousers, now we can't even eat, but we don't even have the courage to rebel? ”

When the other soldiers heard this, there was a commotion.

Who are these guys in front of you? They are the famous Wei Bo soldiers.

Since the middle of the Tang Dynasty more than 100 years ago, this army has been known for its frequent rebellions, and the sergeants of the army will rebel as long as they have the slightest dissatisfaction with the Jiedu envoys, and many Jiedu envoys have relied on rebellion from an ordinary officer to a feudal town.

For example, Luo Shaowei, the original Wei Bojie envoy, his father Luo Hongxin was originally just a capital head, and there were only a few hundred big-headed soldiers under him, and he became the commander of the festival by relying on the mutiny.

Later, Luo Shaowei was worried that his soldiers would rebel, so he colluded with Zhu Wen to kill the 8,000 soldiers under his command, although it solved the hidden danger of rebellion among his subordinates, but it also led to a great loss of Wei Bojun's strength.

It was not until Yang Shihou served as Wei Bo's envoy that his strength was restored, but Wei Bojun's "fine tradition" of liking rebellion has never been lost.

At this time, several soldiers were provoked by Huang Fuhui, and suddenly there was humanity: "If you are against it, who is afraid of whom?" In our situation, if we don't rebel, we will starve to death sooner or later! ”

"It's the other way around, it's the other way around!" Several others also shouted.

……

That night, Huang Fuhui rebelled with a few accomplices, and as soon as he was agitated, the sergeants and soldiers responded in groups, and the sound of rebellion spread throughout the entire military camp for a while.

Although the situation was quickly grasped by Huang Fuhui, he knew that he was only a small soldier, and his prestige was not enough to convince the people, so he had to nominate someone else as the leader.

The first thing he took a fancy to was Yang Renhui, the commander of this army, but unfortunately Yang Renhui refused to cooperate; Then Huang Fuhui recommended another small school, but the small school also did not agree.

Huang Fuhui killed both of them in a fit of rage, and then led the rebellious army to rush into Xiangzhou City.

At this time, Zhao Zaili happened to be in Xiangzhou City, and after hearing the news that the rebels were killed, he was so frightened that he hurriedly jumped over the wall to escape without even putting on his clothes, but unfortunately he was pulled down from the wall by the rebels before he could escape far.

Huang Fuhui walked up and said loudly: "The reason why Your Majesty was able to destroy Liang and win the world is because of the Weizhou army. Our Weizhou soldiers have been inseparable from their bodies and horses for more than ten years, and have made great contributions to His Majesty's conquest of the Quartet; Now that I can't even eat my stomach, is there any reason in the world? ”

Zhao Zaili trembled when he heard this, in the face of these bold and reckless rebels, he couldn't even speak coherently, so he could only reluctantly persuade: "Why bother? Xiangzhou borders on the state of Wu, and it is chaos to wait, isn't it cheaper for the country of Wu? ”

Huang Fuhui sneered: "Is it cheap, what does Wu Guo have to do with me?" I am waiting to fight for men, I am a soldier in the Tang Kingdom, but I am not the same as a soldier in the Wu Kingdom? I heard that the soldiers of Wu State were well fed, slept well, and had a large amount of military pay every month. If the Wu army fights, it is better to really go and be a soldier of the Wu State! ”

Zhao Zaili still wanted to plead a few words, but Huang Fuhui was impatient, he put the knife directly on Zhao Zaili's neck, and then showed him the heads of Yang Renhui and the others.

"If there is a rebellion against us, you will be made chief; If you don't, these two heads will be your end! ”

Zhao Zaili originally didn't have much loyalty to Li Cunxuan, but he realized rationally that if there was a mutiny in Xiangzhou at this time, the biggest beneficiary would be Wu Guo; Once Wu Guo came over, those of them in high positions would be unlucky, so they resisted the rebellion.

However, now that Huang Fuhui has begun to threaten his life, Zhao Zaili will naturally not insist anymore.

That night, Zhao Zaili was elected as the leader of the rebel army, officially raised the flag in Xiangzhou City to rebel, and claimed that Wei Bojie stayed behind, and appointed Huang Fuhui as the commander of the Ma Bu army.

The news of the Xiangzhou rebellion soon spread to all directions, and the first person to react was Li Cunqiao in Yecheng.

Yecheng is less than 200 miles away from Xiangzhou, and Kuaima brought the news of Zhao Zaili's rebellion to the palace within a day.

After learning the news, Li Cunqiao was immediately stunned.

You must know that in the original history, Li Cunqiao eliminated the Later Liang and moved the capital to Luoyang, although Yecheng is still the capital, its importance will inevitably decrease.

But now Yecheng (Weizhou) is the capital of the Later Tang Dynasty, and Xiangzhou, a place so close to Yecheng, has mutinied, and the impact is too great.

Not only that, Xiangzhou and the south of Shanzhou, these two places are important barriers to the capital Yecheng, if Xiangzhou falls into the hands of Wu, it means that Yecheng will face a direct threat from the Wu army, so that he will not even sleep peacefully in the future.

In addition, there is another important point, the rebellious soldiers are the soldiers of Wei Bo's army, and Yecheng is where Wei Bojie's envoys are stationed.

In other words, most of the garrisons around Yecheng were Wei Bo's soldiers, except for Li Cunqiao's pro-army.

If all these soldiers joined the rebellion, the consequences would be unimaginable.