Chapter 372: Arrival
At this moment, the 2,670,000 rebel soldiers had already fallen to their knees.
It was pouring rain in the sky, and these rebel soldiers were shouting "surrender" and "spare their lives" from their mouths.
They all had frightened expressions on their faces!
Although Zhao Chen issued a holy decree before to forgive the crimes of the Dongting Lake rebels, no one knows whether Liu Jiajun will really carry out such a holy decree!
Their hearts were unusually worried.
At this moment, there was a commotion from the east, and it seemed that soldiers and horses were coming towards it.
Hearing this voice, the rebel soldiers were even more worried.
Then they heard the voice of Hooray!
After hearing this voice, the rebel soldiers froze.
"Hooray? How can there be such a sound? ”
"What the hell is going on? Could it be that the emperor has come here? ”
"Is Emperor Xuanwu here?"
There was another commotion among the rebels, and their hearts became even more terrified and worried, and the faces of many became even paler!
Any soldier of the rebel army knows who the emperor is, that is the king of the Great Song Dynasty, the ruler of the Central Plains, the most noble person in heaven and earth! Although the White Lotus Sect has been preaching the prosperity of the White Lotus and the lifeless old mother, they are constantly belittling the court and the emperor, but the impression of the emperor's dignity is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the rebel soldiers! I'm afraid that even Zhong Xiang himself has to admit that the Great Song Emperor is the most noble person in the world!
This person is obviously in Lin'an, why did he come to Miluo County now, and why did he appear in front of these rebels?
In the east, countless rebel soldiers are looking ahead with their eyes wide open at this moment! For the emperor, they have horror, apprehension, and curiosity in their hearts! They also wanted to see what this Great Song King looked like!
Soon, they saw that the army in front of them had made way for a way, and in the midst of countless generals and guards, a young man in a dragon robe appeared in front of them.
There were people around who gave the young man umbrellas, but the rain was too heavy, and the young man was drenched after all.
The first impression of the young man is that he is heroic, he is heroic, and there is indescribable confidence in his eyes.
When the young man looked at these rebel soldiers, there was no contempt or disdain in his eyes, which was very different from the elders and disciples of the White Lotus Sect. Those elders and disciples of the White Lotus Sect treated the rebel soldiers like pigs and dogs, and when they looked at them, they were like looking at ants.
Zhao Chen only saw dead bodies everywhere on the ground at this moment, although there was rain impact, but the ground was still red, and the bodies of those dead bodies were still bleeding.
Some are young people, others are old men in their sixties and seventies.
The old men had painful looks on their faces, and some of them were killed by arrows, but many more were trampled to death by their own people. They were old and weak, and they couldn't outrun the young men.
Their clothes are in tatters, many of them are skinny and bone-like, and it seems that they have had a bad life all these years! They died on the battlefield before they had time to enjoy the abundance and comfort of the peacetime!
There were countless people lying on the ground moaning at the moment, all of them with wounds on their bodies, and the rebel soldiers around them did not dare to rush over and help them up.
The rebel soldiers were still kneeling.
When Zhao Chen's gaze swept over, many of the rebel soldiers felt that Zhao Chen's gaze was like electricity, and they lowered their heads at the moment! They were shocked in their hearts, whether they looked at Zhong Xiang or Yang Mo or the rest of the White Lotus Sect elders before, they had never felt like this before.
"See Your Majesty!"
"Grass people, see Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty spares your life!"
"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! Your Majesty spares your life! Your Majesty spares your life! ”
A moment later, even more frantic shouts rang out on the battlefield, and countless rebel soldiers were crying loudly! There is no major deal except death, no matter how difficult it is, as long as you can still live, it means that there is still hope! No one wants to die!
Zhao Chen stood there quietly, for a long time, and the surroundings gradually quieted down.
"Why are you rebelling?" Zhao Chen said slowly.
Only some of the rebel soldiers in front heard Zhao Chen's voice.
Hearing this, they all stayed there.
"Your Majesty, when Emperor Jianyan was founded...... No, when King Kang was a traitor, he brutally oppressed the people of Dongting Lake! This was originally the land of fish and rice, but in just a few years, the people have not been able to make a living! All kinds of harsh taxes near Dongting Lake, the government continued to oppress us and others, and Liu Guangshi also wanted to recruit troops here, we were unwilling to agree, so they forcibly pulled our father and brother out and beat our father and brother to death! We had no choice, and we were also bewitched by the White Lotus Sect at that time, so we rebelled! Your Majesty spares your life! A rebel soldier in his forties shouted loudly.
"Yes! Your Majesty, we really couldn't survive at that time, that's why we rebelled! Moreover, we are not against the imperial court, we are against King Kang's traitors! ”
"Your Majesty spares your life!"
The surrounding rebel soldiers shouted.
Zhao Chen just stood there, and after a while, the place was quiet again.
"King Kang's traitor has been killed by me, why don't you return to the imperial court, and stay on Dongting Lake? I have issued a decree, you are not guilty of your crimes, and the army of the court has arrived, why do you still fight against the army of the court? Zhao Chen said slowly again.
Zhao Chen has been in the martial arts for many years, and at this moment, the tens of thousands of righteous soldiers in front of him can hear it clearly, but they are all staying here, and it is difficult to answer Zhao Chen's question.
"Your Majesty, we were persecuted by the White Lotus Sect and had to come!" In the end, it was the middle-aged man in his forties who spoke.
"Yes! We are persecuted by the White Lotus Sect! Those White Lotus Sect elders, altar masters, and incense masters were all extremely hateful! If we don't obey their orders, they will kill us right away! Your Majesty spares your life! ”
"Your Majesty, we also have an incomparably bitter hatred for the White Lotus Sect!"
The rebel soldiers shouted again.
They were terrified, worried, with pleading in their eyes, hoping that the emperor in front of them would forgive them and make them immortal! They were afraid that Zhao Chen would not agree!
Zhao Chen looked at them and sighed in his heart.
From ancient times to the present in China, I don't know how many peasant uprisings there were! From Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the Qin Dynasty, to Liu Bang, Zhu Yuanzhang in the back, and then to Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty! The reason for the peasant uprising was only four words: "the officials forced the people to rebel"! The Chinese people may be the kindest and most honest people in the world, if it is not really impossible to live, there will be no rebellion!
It's just that these peasant uprisings were used in the end! After they overthrow a dynasty, soon another will be established! They will always be ruled, and they will always have to endure exploitation! They are just overthrowing one "family world" in exchange for another "family world"!
The rise and fall of the people suffer, whether it is the prosperity of the court or the demise, the ordinary people at the bottom will suffer! Even in the various "prosperous times" of ancient times, the lives of ordinary people are still difficult!
This time, hundreds of thousands of people in Dongting Lake were originally "forced by officials to rebel against the people", but in the end they were used by the White Lotus Sect! The White Lotus Sect has not yet gained the world, and its actions are no longer much different from those of the imperial court of the world, they are high, they regard the people as ants, call the people "untouchables", and force these people to fight for them.
"Your Majesty, I beg you, spare us! If you spare us, we will always be grateful for your kindness! Your Majesty, I still have an old mother on the island, and when I came out, I promised her that I would go back to see her! At this moment, a rebel soldier in his thirties was crying.
"Your Majesty, spare us! We swear that we will never rebel again, never again! Please, let's live. ”
"Your Majesty, give us a way out!"
More and more rebel soldiers were wailing and crying.
Wu Jue stood behind Zhao Chen, and he was also sighing secretly at the moment.
"Your Majesty, don't worry about these rebels! Even if they let them all go, they won't be able to make big waves! Wu Jue said.
"I understand." Zhao Chen nodded.
At that moment, Zhao Chen took a few steps forward, getting closer and closer to those rebel soldiers, his body was completely wet at the moment, but his expression was still firm and calm.
The rebel soldiers all looked at him with longing eyes.
"No jokes! I made an order that day to forgive the crimes of the Dongting Lake rebels, and now I naturally won't bother with you! In other words, I have spared you! From now on, you are just ordinary people who can live in peace. Zhao Chen said loudly.
The tens of thousands of people in front of them heard it clearly.
"Did I hear me right? Your Majesty said to spare us? ”
"That's right! It's true, Your Majesty really said so! ”
"Oh my God! Your Majesty is so merciful that he really spares us? ”
The rebel soldiers in the back hurriedly asked, and after hearing the words from the soldiers in front, the rebel soldiers in the back also became excited.
"Long live Your Majesty! Banzai! Hooray! "There were already rebel soldiers kneeling on the ground, kowtowing frantically.
"Long live Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, we will never betray the Great Song Dynasty, and our children and grandchildren will not betray the Great Song Dynasty! I swear to my fathers and fathers! ”
"Your Majesty is really a benevolent monarch through the ages!"
Almost all the soldiers of the rebel army were bowing, there were young people in their teens, middle-aged people in their thirties and forties, and old men in their sixties and seventies, and everyone was extremely excited.
In the end, the sound of Banzai sounded, and the sound of Banzai was everywhere near the Miluo River.
It took a quarter of an hour for the place to be quiet.
"This time I arrived with a large amount of grain and grass, which was not used by the garrison, but for disaster relief! Dongting Lake has experienced a great turmoil, the lives are devastated, the living people are also living in difficulty, and you don't have enough to eat every day, and these grains are used to give them to you. Zhao Chen said.
"What? Disaster relief? ”
"And such a good thing?"
"Your Majesty is merciful! Thank you, Your Majesty! ”
The voice of long live sounded on the shore of Dongting Lake again.