"Linzi ahead, everyone speed up." Twenty miles west of Linzi, a mighty army was slowly approaching Linzi. They were rioters.

The high taxes made it difficult for them to afford such a heavy burden, so in some places riots. More and more people are getting involved. A significant number of them were forced to participate because they could not bear the excessive taxes.

However, this kind of riot is, after all, a situation of social disorder. The destructive effect caused by this disorder of order is very serious, after which more and more people are involved. They destroyed everything, the mansions of the nobles, and the official palaces, and robbed all the supplies they could, as long as they could use, eat, and wear, they swept away like locusts crossing the border. Then, the people of the area could not survive anymore and had to participate in the riots. In this way, this army is getting bigger and bigger, and to be able to survive is to destroy everything they can and then rob all the resources to survive for them, which is a bad phenomenon of social regression.

However, the reason why these riots were able to become more and more intense, and the scale of which expanded to such an uncontrollable state, is closely related to the attitude of the upper echelons of the Qi State.

The upper strata, especially the upper-class nobles of the Qi State represented by Hou Sheng, thought that these riots were just local restlessness and did not attract enough attention, and they just ordered the local officials to immediately use the power in their hands to pacify, which was a mistake, a serious subjective mistake.

They mistakenly regard such riots as individual law and order incidents, rather than as a whole continuous event. If what they see is wrong, then what they make is also wrong.

They merely ordered the local officials to use the limited forces at their disposal to quell the rebellion. This is simply a mistake on top of a mistake. The forces of the local government can barely maintain order for them, and they have the strength to deal with such a popular uprising. Their people are less than 100 people, and the people on the other side riot, as few as a thousand, more than 10,000 people, there is no problem in leveling them, and these people have looted quite a lot of Qi National Soldier workshops, among these workshops, there are quite a lot of finished weapons, and the weapons in the hands of the government are not as advanced as the weapons provided by these handicraft workshops, and the weapons provided in the handicraft workshops are for front-line combat use, and there are quite a lot of imitations are high-quality products. These weapons fell into the hands of the rioters and undoubtedly became the greatest weapons of destruction.

The government is powerless to suppress these riots, they can only respond passively, or they will respond passively later, as long as the rioters arrive, they will actively avoid it, rather than actively responding.

The government asked for reinforcements several times, but the upper echelons of the Qi State did not mean to answer at all. It's not that the upper echelons don't care, it's that they can't manage this matter at all.

In the war against Yan, the standing army of Qi suffered all casualties, and the national standing army suffered extremely heavy losses. The Qi army was able to attack the Tian family army composed of Tian Heng's private soldiers and the stragglers of some countries' standing armies. Although they are nominally Qi Army. But in essence, it is no longer a standing army of the real Qi army.

Then there was the long drive of the Qi army, which caused the withdrawal of troops. The Qin guerrilla cavalry, which was constantly moving south, caused great logistical pressure on the Qi army. This left the Qi army with no time or energy to accumulate their standing army.

The standing army, which had just been formed, was transferred to the front without any training and became the local garrison, and these garrison troops without much training were equivalent to the militia, so to speak, they were even lower grade than the militia, and they went into battle without any training at all.

And the flexible tactics of the guerrilla cavalry of the Qin State cost a lot of casualties when they fought these garrisons without any quality. In this way, the more people are consumed. In order to replenish it, the Qi army had to constantly draw people from all over the country to form a new standing army and put it in. And the quality of the standing army is getting worse and worse, and the combat losses are getting bigger and bigger. This creates a vicious circle.

And the evil consequence of this cycle is that more and more people enter the battlefield, and the casualties are increasing. Consumption is getting bigger and bigger. The state of Qi gradually consumed almost all of its national strength.

The evil result of this consumption is. In the Qi country, there are only a very small number of standing army garrisons, and these garrisons simply do not have much combat power to use. At this time, the country is very empty. Without the presence of a standing army, it is a matter of damage to the violent organizations of the State.

This injury becomes fatal. The reason is when the riots in the country intensified. There was no army in Qi to maintain their internal security, because all the Qi troops were transferred abroad. At this time, the battle between the Zhao army and the Qi army was stalemate, and no one on either side could break away, and the Qi army had a situation in the back at this time, obviously, the Qi army was even worse.

And it was at this time that the riots grew bigger and bigger. The reason for this was that without the obstruction of the army, the insurrectionary population was invincible at once, and they grew to tens of thousands almost overnight, then 100,000, then hundreds of thousands, and the scale grew larger and larger.

The scale is getting bigger and bigger, the materials consumed are getting bigger and bigger, and they will only destroy, not produce, this is a swarm of locusts, they can only destroy more and more things to maintain their livelihood, otherwise, they will destroy themselves, after sweeping all the surrounding counties, they finally found that there is no longer any valuable thing nearby, at this time, they must have the necessary materials to maintain their survival, so they aimed at the largest city in Qi at present, Linzi, There was what they wanted.

Food, weapons, ammunition, but also women, and all sorts of supplies. These are all they must. So, they headed for Linzi.

And along the way, the local government can only dodge from afar, and along the way, the army that was originally blocked is fighting abroad at this time, and even if it does, it is unable to fight them. So. At this time, a large number of people began to flock to Linzi, the rich city.

"Oh my God. So many people. A soldier standing on the upper floor of Linzi City watched as the dense crowd was approaching them. This made the soldier feel more terrified than ever.

"There are so many mobs, attacking Linzi, at least 200,000." A slightly more experienced veteran said at this time. At this time, he felt that it was simply a mistake for him not to participate in foreign wars, and he originally thought that staying at home would avoid a catastrophe, and many such veterans used some despicable means to stay. In order to survive. Humans usually come up with all sorts of means.

The soldiers defending the city were nervously looking at the more than 200,000 mobs under the city at this time. Linzicheng was surrounded by these mobs. And the number of people on the other side is still increasing. How many people are there? They don't know it themselves, they know that once the other party attacks, they will be difficult to resist at all.

And in the main hall in the palace of the King of Qi, the ministers of the Qi State were discussing the sudden arrival of the danger. Before, they had received reports of incidents such as public security, which did not attract their attention at all, but now, they finally knew that the so-called public security was that there was a serious riot in Qi State. Now, the riot is on the way.

"The top priority is to deal with the mob attacking the city, and Linzi City is easy to defend, so it shouldn't be a problem." A doctor said more confidently.

"Linzi City is a city high, but don't forget. Today's firearms, no matter how thick the walls are, have been blown down at times. A minister stood up to his face at this time and accused.

"This." The minister's accusations were indeed difficult for him to answer. As a matter of fact, the power of this firearm is far beyond the imagination of the ministers present.

"I'm afraid that in addition to these, there is also the fact that the troops in Linzi City cannot afford such a large city defense." At this time, a general took the initiative to stand up and say.

"Oh." The ministers let out a frightened sigh at this time, and at this time, the general put forward such an opinion, which usually has to be said badly.

"There are less than 30,000 defenders in Linzi City, and most of them are old and weak, and it is difficult to resist the blow of the mob." At this time, the general said.

Hearing such an answer, ministers, you look at me, I look at you, they don't know what to do at this time.

"Then, our army should notify the main force of the Qi army to return to Linzi." At this time, a minister shouted.

"How is that possible?" A middle doctor said loudly at this time.

"The main force of the army is far away in Yan State, even if it can come back, Linzi City has already been breached, and the army has returned to help, not to mention whether it can receive the enemy. Even if you can take on the enemy. will also be defeated by the other party. Our army is tired. At this time, the doctor said.

"But we also want the army to come back to help, and our army will defend Linzi City." At this time, a doctor said.

"Yes. This can only be the case today. A minister said helplessly. And Hou Sheng, who was standing on a high place, watched without saying a word.

"But where do these forces come from?" One of the ministers suggested.

"Rely on the people in the city to go up to the city to defend the city." At this point, the general proposed.

"To the ministers, the nobles, and some private soldiers, it is better to put these private soldiers into it, these private soldiers are well-equipped and well-trained, and they are enough to resist for a while." A minister suggested at this time.

Hearing this, some of the nobles began to frown, apparently unwilling to surrender their forces.

"Now the country of Qi is in danger. Shouldn't you reciprocate? At this time, a minister scolded.