In the spring of the third year of Xinping, Taiyuan and Shangdang in Bingzhou, Zhongshan and Changshan in Jizhou, and Dai County in Youzhou, a total of five counties, encountered an unprecedented locust plague, and the locusts wreaked everywhere they went, and all the green seedlings sown in early spring were destroyed. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info was originally a time when the green and yellow were not connected, and hundreds of people had no life and begged the government. At this time, the government was also anxious and too busy to take care of itself, how could it pay attention to the ordinary people, and only cared about reporting one after another, asking the court to reduce taxes and relieve the disaster year.

For a time, the counties and counties were full of people who came to ask for help, and because of the large number of people, the county and county officials did not dare to let them enter the city, blocking the landless people from the city. When the spring cold was not over, the people had no food and clothing, and countless people died of cold and hunger. Just when the people were desperate, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "The yellow sky is dying, and the hot sky is going to be replaced!" Whoever follows me will enter the government and get what he eats; Take its library and wrap it in my body! "Then rush into the city first." Huang Tian is dying, and the hot sky is replaced" is the slogan played by the red scarves, and the hungry people are bewitched by it. The local government was ill-prepared to stop the hungry people, but they were attacked by the hungry people, or they were killed on the spot, or they only escaped. In just three days, the towns and cities of the five counties were all in the hands of the chaotic people, and more than 200,000 people were entrapped, and the momentum was huge, and the red turban rebel flag was raised again, and the surrounding counties and counties were all terrified, and the officials and soldiers did not dare to take their power, so they could only hold on to the city, and at the same time quickly go to the central government for help. For a time, urgent documents from all over the country flew into Beijing like snowflakes.

At the same time, the remnants of the Red Turbans in Qing, Xu, Yan, and Henan responded one after another, meeting to participate in the grand event, and elected Du Ji, a native of Youzhou, as the generalissimo of the Mandate of Heaven, to attack the state and plunder the county, and the entire Kwantung region of the Great Xia Dynasty fell into the war ****. In just a few days, more than a dozen county towns in the four prefectures fell one after another, and the crimson banner was planted. When the Beijing division heard the news, the officials were shocked, and the world was shaken! At this time, Zhao Min and his entourage had just turned out of Surabaya......

From Pengcheng to Jimo, the most convenient is to take a boat through Xiapi and then turn to the north, or through Yishui, or Lishushui, and reach the upper reaches of the river in Langya and then land, at this time there are only less than 300 miles from Jimo; Compared with returning to Linning and taking Jimo by the same road, not only is the distance much closer, but the time is also much shorter. It's just that it came from the northern foot of the Taishan Mountains, but now it is bypassing from the south of the mountains.

As for whether to go to Yishui or Shushui, Zhao Min also asked the boatman of the clipper boat he took earlier. The boatman's name was Hu Sanjiang, and he was a little resentful of being held hostage by Zhao Min at first, but Zhao Min later vaguely revealed his identity to him and promised him the identity of Cao Cheng, who immediately smiled, looking loyal to the party-state. This person was born as a helper who ran the boat, and he was the owner of the ship for many years, and he was very familiar with the surrounding hydrology, so he immediately suggested that Zhao Min take Yishui, although the distance was slightly farther, but the river was straight, and the boat was very fast, but it was faster than Shushui. Zhao Min naturally followed the advice, so two ships, fifty personal guards, and more than fifty reluctant innocent people embarked on the long road back to Jimo.

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After entering Yishui, because the whole journey was upstream, the boat traveled entirely by sails, which was completely unrelated to the "very speed" mentioned by Hu Sanjiang, and the daily journey was only about 40 miles. Of course, Zhao Min's vision comes from later generations, and comparing the ships of later generations with the ships that still rely on manpower and wind power in this era, there is naturally no comparison, even a random cruise ship is not the fastest ship in this era.

Fortunately, Yishui is basically along the southern foot of the Taishan Mountains, along the road the mountains are undulating, the shape is heavy, but there is some magnificent meaning. The boat is in it, as if it has sailed into a picture scroll, which is refreshing and pleasant, but it is also impressive. In addition, the old boatman Hu Sanjiang is well-informed, and he is quite eloquent, whether it is a mountain shape or a water body, he can more or less say the ugly idea. Enjoying the mountains along the way, seeing and hearing is not boring.

Three days later, the ship has traveled to the territory of Kaiyang County, Langya State, Xuzhou. According to Hu Sanjiang, in two or three days, the ship will be able to dock near Gaixian, and the rest will be the overland journey.

Zhao Min stood at the bow of the boat and listened to Hu Sanjiang's introduction: "What is ahead?" Where the water and the Yishui confluence, the water body is sandwiched between the Yishan Mountain and the Mengshan Mountain, the mountain is majestic, the Yishui seems to be split by the Yishan Mountain, it is a wonder. As he spoke, the hull of the ship had reached the place described by Hu Sanjiang near the front, and he saw that between the two steep peaks, the river was divided into two, as if it had been split by the mountain, and everyone was amazed. As for Zhao Min, later generations have seen the unique landforms of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Huangshan, Zhangjiajie or something, and his vision is naturally not comparable to this group of hillbillies who have hardly gone far, so he just nodded slightly, although he also expressed his approval, but he was not as fuss as everyone else.

Speaking of the 'throwing' skills that I have learned, not only are my hands more flexible and powerful, but my eyes are also better than in the past. Come to think of it, I take a flying knife to aim around all day long, how can I see the target with bad eyes? Otherwise, snipers in later generations will demand excellent eyesight! Before Zhao Min came over, like most ordinary people, his eyes were not myopia, but they couldn't be too good - facing computers, TVs, and mobile phones all day long, his eyesight was too good but not normal. Who knows that when you travel to this time and space, everything else is normal, but your eyes are getting better and better, not only compared to your previous life, but also compared to the people of this era, you can be regarded as the best among them!

If you have a good eye, you will naturally see farther. Zhao Min looked at the separated river from afar, and there seemed to be the shadow of a bunch of ships. It's just that the distance is too far, and it looks a little blurry, only vaguely, and it seems that there are quite a few of them. Zhao Min didn't care too much, this Yishui is not owned by his own family, he has encountered many fleets in Surabaya, more than a dozen, less than two or three, even if it is alone, there are not a few. However, it is somewhat strange that since entering Yishui, no other ships have been seen. I didn't think I had to run into it all the time, but the scale of the encounter was not small.

Everyone standing at the bow of the boat was pointing at the mountain, and no one paid attention to the river. Zhao Minzheng was a little bored, so he had to focus on the ship in front of him, which was fresher than the immutable mountain range, right? As the ship approached, from hazy to clear, the silhouette of the ship on the opposite side gradually appeared, but Zhao Min felt that something was wrong.

I saw that there were about fifteen or sixteen ships on the opposite side, lined up on the water, with their heads in the direction of Zhao Min. All the ships have the appearance of a fast ship with a pointed head and a narrow body, which is somewhat similar to the merchant ship that Zhao Min is riding, but the hull looks slightly smaller, and the aspect ratio is also larger, unlike a cargo ship, but it has a bit of the taste of a warship. Because of the distance, it was difficult to see the figures on the ship, but the shadows seemed to have the heads of the young and old on the deck shaking.

Zhao Min was in distress in the sea and almost lost his life, the so-called "once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope", instinctively quite sensitive to ships, especially the pirate ship at that time with two pointed ends and a narrow middle style, it is still fresh in my memory. Although the ships in front of us are very different from the pirate ships, they are similar in style, and they are also suitable for river ships under the same principle. So I couldn't help but feel a sudden sudden, and I couldn't help but say: "Slow down the boat, and see clearly!" ”

Hu Sanjiang was still clever, listening to Zhao Min's words, he didn't understand what was happening, but he subconsciously ordered the boatman to slow down, and at the same time didn't forget to shout to another cargo ship. However, the boat on the river is not comparable to the land, and there is no braking device, even if the sail is lowered, it always takes some time, and this time alone makes the boat slip away a lot. At this time, the distance between the two ships and the opposite ship was less than two hundred steps, and with Zhao Min's eyesight, he could basically see the situation on the opposite fleet.

I saw that the deck of the opposite ship was densely packed with people, and there were no less than twenty or thirty people on each ship. They were all dressed in short garments, but they were armed with sharp blades, or sharp knives with bull's ears, or sharp bows and arrows. There are all kinds of colors, but there is one thing in common, that is, everyone has a crimson headscarf wrapped around their heads!

Seeing this, Zhao Min was shocked as if he had been hit hard. Wrapped in a red scarf on his head, isn't it a red scarf army? Although Zhao Min came to this era late, he has not seen the appearance of the Red Turban Army with his own eyes. But the name of the red scarf can be described as thunderous, just listening to word of mouth, the most significant feature of the famous red turban army is that all people have red turbans wrapped around their heads! And the name of the Red Turban Army also comes from this. However, after all, it has been five years since the Red Turban Rebellion, could it be that he actually encountered the remnants of the Red Turban?

Although Zhao Min came from later generations, after all, he had more than a thousand years of knowledge, and he felt somewhat tired and unloved for the truth of class struggle. In his view, the so-called class struggle is nothing more than fighting for their own interests, and insisting on naming it as righteous or evil is a very ridiculous thing in itself. The so-called righteous uprising or evil usurpation of power has always been nothing more than the interests of the class it represents, and when the core interests are deprived, there will naturally be resistance and struggle, and no one is immune from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. As for insisting on tracing its justice or not, it is tantamount to seeking fish from a tree. After coming to this time and space, I also heard about the Red Turban Uprising, and although I sympathized with these oppressed and rebellious peasants, I did not have a good impression of the organizers behind the Red Turban Uprising. In addition, after coming to this time and space, he himself was a member of the aristocratic class, and he was even more distinct from the Red Turban Party, the representative of the lower class of people.

I thought that this Red Turban Uprising was just one of the thousands of failed uprisings in the world, and I was not born at the right time, and I did not have the opportunity to see what a large-scale peasant uprising looked like. I never thought that in this remote and remote place, I would actually see the living Red Turban Army with my own eyes! Could it be that God feels that he owes him, and he has to show it? The problem is that I don't want to see it!

Just when Zhao Min was shocked, the cargo ship he was on was closer to the opposite fleet, and the faces of both sides were faintly visible. Everyone on their side finally saw the outfit on the other side, and suddenly there was chaos on the boat. Zhang Han and the others tightly guarded Zhao Min and looked at the opposite side nervously, as for those boatmen, they were so frightened that they were at a loss, some of them shouted and screamed, and some of them shrank in the corner.

At this time, someone on the other side finally shouted: "We are ordered by General Tianpeng to collect ships here." The rest of the ship and cargo only need to be left behind, and they can go by themselves. Don't try to resist, watch out for no eyes! ”

If it weren't for the fact that the atmosphere was really tense, Zhao Min almost laughed out loud. General Canopy? Why don't you call Marshal Tianpeng? Where is the second senior brother?

Fortunately, it is always saved at a critical moment, although the other side said that as long as the boat does not want people, but more than 50 guards on his side who are brave at a glance, plus several outsiders who know their identities (such as Hu Sanjiang), once they know their true identity...... Planted in the hands of the Red Turban Army, can you end up well and obediently let yourself walk? Well, even if these Red Turban soldiers have a relatively low IQ and can't see through the guards and can't interrogate, there are still dozens of fishermen in their cabins! If you hear the fishermen's "blood and tears" accusations, and you wipe yourself with righteous indignation, where can you reason?

As for fighting a bloody road-Zhao Min looked at the hundreds of red turban soldiers holding swords on the opposite side, as well as more than a dozen hideous warships, and then looked at the two lonely merchant ships on his side, and sighed. Not to mention rushing over, now that he is against the current, the other party is smooth, the distance is so close, even turning around and running away is a luxury, let alone rushing over...... Is it true that you are jealous of water?

What to do? Zhao Min looked around blankly, and suddenly his eyes lit up. Hey? And save! It's not a dead end!