Chapter 790: Five Days Later (Part II)

Five days, even in the fast-paced era hundreds of years later, is not too long, for most people, it is just a week of work or study, and this time period appeared in the Ming Dynasty, it was even more insignificant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

But in fact, in the five days of chaos in Guangxi, it was enough to change the entire already rotten situation, at least in Guilin, although it was only five days, it was enough to completely stabilize the situation.

Those people who were scattered because of the rebellion of Miao Zhuang and other tribes before, after learning that Guilin City actually withstood the siege of tens of thousands of rebel troops and repelled the rebel army, they returned to their homes one after another, and many young and middle-aged people resolutely entered the city for their families and joined the ranks of the official army.

At the same time, the Miao Zhuang tribes near Guilin City were afraid of retaliation by the officials and soldiers in the city, so they hurriedly fled from their original villages and lived a life of displacement.

And these are only superficial changes. The real change came within the city of Guilin. A hearty victory made the people in the city, including the military and the people, have a lot of confidence in the next war, and they are more united. Although the fighting has stopped for a while, everyone has no intention of resting, but is busy hurrying to strengthen and raise the city, and at the same time complete all the unfinished defense work before.

For example, the forests and rocky beaches outside the city were cut down by spontaneous soldiers and civilians during this time, and all these things were sent into the city for the next time the city was defended. At the same time, the order in the city was much better than before, and the people even organized patrol teams to reduce the burden on the officers and soldiers.

In the eyes of the officials, they were both sighed and grateful, and it was not until this moment that they truly understood how important it was to integrate the government and the people.

And as the slogan that the government was still guarding Guilin and would continue to fight the rebels of the Miao Zhuang and other ethnic groups to the end was propagated, many ordinary people, officers and soldiers from other state capitals came to the city and became one of them. With almost all the other state capitals in Guangxi falling, Guilin has become the only foothold and home in the minds of these people, and they always come here to fight side by side with Yang Zhen and them, whether it is for the court or for themselves.

The only problem may be that there is not much grain and grass left in the city, originally Guilin's grain storage was only enough for the original military and civilian use for less than half a month, but now there are suddenly so many defectors, and the food is naturally urgent.

Fortunately, the arrival of these people also brought more accurate news to the army in the city, giving them a clear understanding of the distribution of troops in the surrounding cities that had been captured by the rebels. So taking advantage of the new victory, Xiao Duo and the others led the army to raid several towns and seized a lot of food, which temporarily alleviated the food problem.

And after several active attacks have won a lot of victories and gains, the morale of the city has risen to a higher high, and there are even voices that under the leadership of the adults, they can defeat all the rebels and retake the whole of Guangxi. Of course, officials are very sober about this statement, and the current situation has only slightly improved, but the situation is still serious.

Although in addition to them, there are several other groups of men who have also taken the opportunity to retake several state capitals, but that is only an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that the rebels are now trying to expand and have not yet freed up their hands. Once the rebels, who looked like scattered sand, were brought together and sensed the threat of these forces, these few state capitals with low walls that could be climbed by a single leap could not be defended in any way.

For this reason, Tang Guangchen sent an urgent letter to those people as a governor, ordering them to hurry to Guilin with people and grain and grass to meet with him and others to fight against the rebels together. Of course, whether those people would obey his orders, or whether they would not dare to leave because of the safety concerns on the way to Guilin, was not up to him, the governor of Guangxi, who now existed in name only.

But one thing is certain, in the past five days, with the victory of Guilin, there has been a little possibility of the entire chaos in Guangxi, and a little possibility that the people here can reverse the whole situation with their own ability!

However, in addition to these encouraging changes, there are actually some news that are not known to the general public. That is the suffering suffered by the ordinary Han people in Guangxi during this period of time.

Originally, in a province like Guangxi, where Han people are not dominant, the life of the Han people is already very difficult. But after all, they are the most industrious and hard-working people in the world, as long as there is some thin land, coupled with the care of Tiangong, after several generations of hard work, they can always earn a family business.

And this is the most envied by those people in the Miao Zhuang and other tribes who are not good at management. When they saw that the Han people, who were as poor as themselves in the past, actually became rich, their hatred of the Han people also deepened. And this rebellion gave them the best reason to vent.

So when the rebellion was together, these people slaughtered ordinary people under the banner of the toast master, killing, looting, and even ...... vented all the resentment for many years, and forced the people to live a life of fleeing away from their homes.

During this period, they ran into more rebels, some of which were still the rebels who had suffered defeat under the city of Guilin. So, not to mention what kind of misfortune will befall these poor people.

When some of the lucky Han Chinese fled to Guilin, the only place of refuge, they were already filled with deep hatred, and their families had more or less died at the hands of those rebels.

When the officials learned about these tragic events from their mouths, they were all moved, and even the most cold-blooded people would be indignant at these bloody things that happened in broad daylight.

"Your Excellency...... Please also ask my lords, all military masters, to avenge the grievances of the grass people...... "A dusty young man knelt in front of several officials, and kept kowtowing until he was vigorously helped up, and the words in his mouth did not stop for a moment.

"This official ...... As the governor of Guangxi, it is really ashamed to let the people under his rule suffer such a change! You can rest assured, this official hereby assures you that the imperial court will not let go of these rebels, give you an explanation, and give justice to your relatives who were killed! Tang Guangchen said with some difficulty. This is not only because of the agitation of the mood, but also because he is not so sure, after all, he knows very well what the situation in Guangxi is now.

With great difficulty, these people who had come to cry out after being driven to the city were sent away, and many officials in the hall had a layer of frost on their faces, and no one spoke for a long time.

After a long time, I saw a young official pat the arm of the chair indignantly and said: "As an official of the imperial court and a local parent, I saw those rebellious and murderous local people and could not do anything, so I really wore this official uniform in vain. My lord ......" said, he solemnly bowed his hand to Tang Guangchen: "Your Excellency also asks your lord to think of the people and the reputation of the court, and send troops as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that the hearts of the people of Guangxi will be lost." When he said this, in addition to focusing his eyes on Tang Guangchen, who had the highest official position in the hall, he also glanced at Yang Zhen from time to time who had never spoken with a gloomy face.

Tang Guangchen's face was full of wry smiles, in fact, among all the officials present, he was the most anxious, after all, every citizen who died was the responsibility of him, the governor of a province, and he also wanted to do something for the people, but the current situation was ......

In fact, the officials around him also know his difficulties, and now everyone can only grasp these places around Guilin, and the farther places, I am afraid that there is nothing they can do at all. The only thing they can do is to raise the banner of the imperial court, hoping to let more people outside avoid the city of Guilin, as for avenging them or something, it can only be left to the arrival of the imperial army in the future, and then discussed.

After Tang Guangchen sighed, he smiled bitterly and said, "This official is actually as willing to do something for the people as you are, but at the moment we can only guard the door. Because this is not the time to take the initiative, whether in terms of troops or otherwise. Yang Yanshi, what do you think? As he spoke, he glanced at Yang Zhen.

And Yang Zhen remained silent at this time, staring at the ground faintly, as if thinking about something. It wasn't until Tang Guangchen called him and the other officials also looked at him that he reacted, the corners of his mouth curled, revealing a strange smile: "It seems that these rebels really don't leave any room for doing things, and even innocent people are so brutal." ”

"The relationship between the local Han people and Miao Zhuang and other ethnic groups has always been bad, and now there have been such changes, and some rebels have suffered a lot under my Guilin city, so it is natural to find these people who are powerless to resist to vent." Fu Chuan said helplessly.

Yang Zhen's gaze quickly swept over everyone's faces, and then asked, "Then let's just endure it, do nothing, and let them kill the people?" Before anyone else could speak, he shook his head resolutely: "No, I will never allow this to happen again, we must let them know that there will be a price to pay for doing all this!" ”

"Lord Yang means ......" Several officials seemed to see something in his tone and expression, and couldn't help but look at him a little nervously and asked.

After taking a deep breath, Yang Zhen only said eight words: "Blood for blood, tooth for tooth!" ”