Chapter 92: Rebellion is a science
"Rebellion is a university question!" Wang Mai said, "First of all, the most important point is the preparation of public opinion in the early stage......
"Public opinion?" The three of them are all big and coarse, and they all have big eyes and small eyes. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"The theory of public opinion generally refers to ordinary people. These people lack the judgment of things and like to follow the crowd, so they are easily agitated. For example, when Chen Shi rebelled, he used this to encourage other soldiers. There was also the Yellow Turban Uprising, and Zhang Jiao was the people instigated by Taiping Taoism. and Huang Chao ......" said it too quickly, and almost said the Yellow Nest uprising in advance.
"Isn't that a lot of work?" When the three of them heard that it was so troublesome, their heads immediately became big. If they are allowed to pick up a knife and fight and kill, these things are very difficult.
"No fuss!" Wang Mai said, "We don't have to learn from other people's religions, we just need to mobilize the people." ”
"Speak quickly!"
"Doesn't Wang Shichong like to pretend to be a ghost? I'll let him cocoon......" lowered his voice and repeated his plan.
The faces of the three were shocked: "Is this serious? ”
"Of course!" Wang Mai said, "Will I be joking with my life?" Anyway, you do what I say and spread the word. Li Shimin wrote a letter to Lao Tzu and wanted Lao Tzu to sell his life, wouldn't it be a loss if he didn't use his name to do something? ”
"If that's the case, I think we'll soon have enough troops to storm the gates." Song Laosan said excitedly.
"It's hard to say," Wang Mai said, "but at least there are enough people to support us, and it shouldn't be difficult to protect ourselves." ”
"What else is down there?"
"The second step is also crucial...... "to capture an important location, to cause a big enough shock that those who follow us can see the hope of success, let the wavering people fall to us, and make those who resist us afraid." ”
"Beiya is the most suitable!" All three of them thought of the best goal at the same time.
"Since you have decided to start an incident in Beishi, as long as you take Beiya, the entire northern part of the city can be controlled." Song Laosan said, "There are only a hundred and ten poor people there, as long as there are enough people, you can rush into the ......."
"The third step is to defend the initial gains, fight the enemy in the streets, and drag them down. As long as we can gain a foothold in Beishi, it will be our base area, and then we will have the capital to expand our victory......"
"Base," the trio savored the new word, "rooted and occupied ......"
"Another point is related to success or failure," Wang Mai looked at Fugui, "Contact the Tang army outside the city, it is best to launch a large-scale military operation on the day of our incident, and mobilize the army in the city as much as possible, at this time the enemy in the city is the weakest and the easiest to achieve." ”
"Good!" Fugui nodded.
The people discussed the plan of the incident in detail again, and it was not until dawn that they were roughly decided.
"Even if we prepare well in advance, there are still too many uncertainties, so everyone should be mentally prepared." ”
"It's done!" Song Laosan said with red eyes, "Looking at this, the Tang Army won't be able to take Luoyang in a few months, how many will Luoyang City survive at that time?" Wealth and danger are sought, how many times have I escaped death, and I don't care about this time, if I succeed, at least I can mix up a title and sprout my descendants. ”
Chinese New Year's Eve was supposed to be a happy time for the family, but now Luoyang is a sad and bleak face, especially in Beishi, although the curfew has been lifted, but there is almost no one on the street, and those who are still alive are lying in bed early, hoping to forget the troubles of hunger by falling asleep.
Niu Er was lying on the bed, and finally put the two babies in the family to sleep, but he heard the lady next to him calling him.
"What's wrong?" Niu Er turned over and touched the lady's swollen face with all his might.
"Lang Jun, I'm afraid the slave family won't be able to survive tonight......" The lady's voice was very weak.
"No, lady, you can last all night, I will go to the city gate early tomorrow morning to line up, and I will definitely be able to go out of the city to pick some wild vegetables and weeds and come back......" Niu Er said until he choked up. Originally, he could still feed his family by relying on his ancestral tanner's skills, but God killed God, fighting every year, since the price of food in the city began to rise, he has not eaten enough, and now he can't afford to buy food, so he can only rely on digging some grass roots outside the city to live.
Unexpectedly, the number of places out of the city has been limited recently, and I haven't been in line for three days. In order to have the strength to go out of the city, the lady gave almost all the last food to herself and her two children, and she had been drinking cold water for four or five days......
"Don't lie to me, in the cold winter, where did the wild vegetables come from......" Niu Erniang stretched out her hand hard to touch her man's face, but after a long time, she still only moved her fingers.
Niu Eryi grabbed her hand: "There will be, there will be......"
"Don't cry...... Niu Erniang tilted her head hard to look at the two children, "I'm dead when I'm dead, two dolls...... You've got to keep them alive......"
"No......" Niu Er couldn't cry anymore.
"Survive this famine...... Marry another lady...... I want to marry a good ...... baby."
"Bang" Niu Er was crying to listen to the last words of the lady, but he heard something fall into the yard.
"Go out and see ......," said Niu Erniang, "no one else...... Climbed in and ate the baby ......"
"Good!" Niu Er wiped a handful of tears and put on his clothes and walked out of the yard with difficulty.
"Lady......" Niu Er's voice came into the house, with ecstasy in his voice, "You can't die...... The Bodhisattva has manifested his spirit...... A loaf of bread fell from the sky...... Thank you, God......" As he spoke, he knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty has mercy on the people of Luoyang, and let me give you food for the New Year......" A voice sounded from outside the courtyard.
"King Qin......" Niu Er raised his head and muttered to himself, and quickly kowtowed to the gate of the courtyard, "Thank you King Qin, thank you King Qin for saving my lady......"
On Chinese New Year's Eve, there were countless families like Niu Er in Beishi who received food claiming to be gifts from the King of Qin.
Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, people lined up at the city gate to leave the city to talk about the miracles of last night.
"Is it so mysterious?" A person in line to leave the city in Nanshi asked in disbelief.
"The bread has gone into my stomach, and I can still have a holiday, and at least a thousand families have received food in one night...... Thousands of households, who else can do it if it is not for the gods to enter the city? ”
"Oops......" the man was annoyed for a while, "I shouldn't have moved out of Beishi in the first place, otherwise I might have received food from the gods." ”
The crowd suddenly sighed, they were also poor people living in Nanshi.
"It wasn't sent by the immortals, it was sent by the king of Qin, and the king of Qin can even command the immortals, I'm afraid that this Luoyang is going to change the sky......" Halfway through his words, he saw a bloody sword on his chest.
"Myths confuse the public!" The guards of the city gate had been listening to these people for a long time, and they couldn't help it, so they pulled out the sword at their waist and stabbed this person to the heart.
"You ...... Don't give people a way to live...... Not allowed...... Others ......" The man didn't say a word, and fell in a pool of blood.
The guard wiped the blood from his sword on the man's clothes: "Whoever dares to discuss this matter again will be your fate." ”
After the guard said these cruel words, he found that people did not run away in fear as before, but still stared at him with shining eyes, seeing that his heart was weak for a while, and he still forced himself to scold: "I don't want to go out of the city, do I?" Whoever talks any more will starve to death in the city......"
"Is there a way to live out of the city?" A voice sounded in the crowd, "It's cold winter, there are no weeds, and the bark of the trees has been stripped naked." ”
"Who speaks!" The guard pointed his sword at the crowd.
"Kill this brute!" Someone in the crowd threw a broken tile and smashed it straight on the guard's helmet.
"Shoot him!" A pebble was also thrown from the other direction.
"Shoot him!" The crowd swarmed up and instantly engulfed the poor guard.
"Knock knock knock......" Several bells rang from the imperial city, but they were muffled by the noisy human voices.
Wang Shichong stood in front of the bell tower with his hands in his hands, looking at the pendulum clock in front of him with satisfaction, and there was a group of civil and military officials kneeling behind him.
"Heaven-sent treasures will bless my great Zheng with prosperity for all generations......," Wang Shiyun finished reading out a long list of sacrificial tables, and threw them into the brazier, reporting that we have received the gift you gave us.
"Hooray!" Hundreds of officials.
"Hooray!" The heavenly street was full of soldiers who had been arranged to watch the ceremony, and they were all very emotional. Unexpectedly, the treasure unique to Buddhism was also given to Da Zhengguo, and it was bigger than the one in Buddhism, with God's help, Tang Jun must not be our opponent.
"Da ......" A rapid sound of horses' hooves rushed past the soldiers, heading straight for the imperial city, and soon reached the Luoshui Bridge.
"Stop!" The soldier at the bridgehead raised his spear in his hand.
"Urgent military intelligence!" The soldier rolled over and dismounted, holding a letter.
"Your Majesty is watching the ceremony, don't disturb it!"
"The handwritten letter of the King of Chu, the Upper East Gate was stormed by tens of thousands of mobs, asking His Majesty to decide!"
Wang Shiwei, the king of Chu, is Wang Shichong's brother and the guard of Dongcheng, and the soldiers at the bridgehead did not dare to slack off when they heard this, so they hurriedly took the letter and ran to the palace.
When the soldiers near the "...... were heard, there was a lot of discussion, and some soldiers living in Dongcheng began to worry about whether their families were involved in the matter.
As soon as the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens was completed, Wang Shichong was taking the ministers back to the hall with a proud face, and suddenly saw the soldiers rushing over, and immediately frowned.
"King of Chu...... The autograph ......," the soldier shouted as he gasped.
The eunuch beside him glanced at Wang Shichong, and only after getting permission did he trot to take the letter and present it to Wang Shichong.
"Mob ......" Wang Shichong was stunned when he saw the content of the letter, tore the letter to shreds, and looked at the eunuch coldly, "Quickly spread my message, dare to storm the city gate...... Lawfully kill on sight! ”
The ministers followed tremblingly, not knowing why Wang Shichong, who was fine just now, suddenly lost his temper.