Chapter 204 [Cornered]
Yang Guangzhi's crime is really not small! Looking further down, his crimes will get bigger and bigger, more and more, this guy never imitates his predecessors, and has been surpassing his predecessors (alas, the vast majority of events are negative transcendence). He is a cultured faint king.
Faint king is terrible! The cultured faint king is even more terrifying! Food, grass, soldiers, warships, and logistics are all ready, and there is one last question left - the boss? The coach is the soul of the army, a good coach can be worth 100,000 elite soldiers, and Yang Guangxuan's commander is very satisfactory to himself. Because this coach is called Yang Guang.
Yang Guang is very confident in himself. Recalling the eventful years of the past: Yang Guang was only twenty years old at that time, and his army broke through the Yangtze River moat and destroyed the Chen Dynasty in the south. At that time he was still very young, a teenage hero, and now he is forty-three years old, not old, but not young either. Although he no longer has the vigor of his youth, he believes that going through so much has made him more mature than he was twenty years ago. Looking at the qiē he made, Yang Guang smiled with relief, "My army will definitely return victorious!" "He's confident.
But confidence does not mean victory. Suddenly, a message gave him a hard blow! We have reason to believe that Yang Guang's fortune was not good in 611 AD, and since then his luck has been worse every year, and every day has not been as good as a day.
The news is a bit slammy. In the same year, there were catastrophic floods in Shandong, Henan (south of the Yellow River) and other places, inundating more than 30 counties. However, it is infuriating that there is no sign of Yang Guang's disaster relief in the history books. What is this dude up to? Last year it was in the Eastern Turks, and this year it was in the Western Turks. If you don't treat the people as people, the people won't treat you as emperors.
You are a dragon, and if you disrespect you, you are a worm. Wang Bo, a native of Zouping, Shandong, first gave Yang Guang a big gift - rebellion. You don't do things for the people when you are the emperor. Let's find someone who can do things for the people. To say that Wang Bo rebelled, it was purely forced to be helpless.
Yang Guang, you forced the people to rebel, and the people had to rebel. It's not that the people are disloyal to the king, it's that you, Yang Guang, are too unreasonable. As long as there is a qualified emperor, there will be qualified people, and you don't want the horses to run and the horses not to eat grass.
Sue sù you, two words: impossible. Yang Guang has been in the army since the beginning of the year to crusade against the Goguryeo Kingdom. Set up a headquarters in Zhuo County, raise war horses, and supply the army. The people were recruited to transport grain, and the two towns of Luhe (now Jinzhou City, Liaoning) and Huaiyuan (now Liaozhong City, Liaoning) were centrally stored. The strong man is gone and will never return!
More than half of the soldiers died, so the peasants' cultivation and harvesting were out of season, and many farmlands were deserted. Coupled with famine in various places, food prices skyrocketed (and sugar Gaozong. Garlic, you have a hard fight), the northeast and the Goguryeo front line are particularly strict, and you have to buy a bucket of rice for hundreds of dollars. Yang Guang also does not know macro-control. What's even more infuriating is that the grain and rice transported by various counties are sometimes considered rough and bad, and Yang Guang's dogs and legs ask the people to buy local grain and pay for it, which is really a father.
The upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, I believe this sentence. There is a king, there must be a minister. The government recruited 600,000 small cart drivers. The two of them pushed a total of three stones (sound eggs), the road was far away, and the road conditions were difficult. Three stones of grain and rice were not enough for the two of them to have dry food, and by the time the headquarters paid the grain, there was no food to pay, and the coachman was afraid that he would be punished, and they all fled halfway. Plus official corruption*. Abuse of power to bend the law for bribes has made the people's lives miserable. The rich have run out of money, and the families of those who have no money have either died or fled.
Ordinary people are living in dire straits. If you keep to yourself, you will have no food or clothing, and the road of death will be at hand; And if you raise troops to resist the riot, it is still possible to survive. So, the people began to coalesce and loot everywhere. Later, as the number of people increased, the rebel army captured the county and divided one side as the king. The officials forced the people to rebel, and the people had to rebel. …
If you don't do it, you will be disloyal to the king and disrespectful to the official. Wang Bo was the first person to raise the anti-Sui banner at the end of the Sui Dynasty, in fact, their purpose at the beginning was very simple and very simple, that is, to have clothes to wear, to be able to eat well, it is best to marry a wife, have a large group of children, and eat a meal of meat during the New Year.
Their requirements are not high, but Yang Guang is not willing to meet them for such a request. Yang Guang would rather go to the neighbor's house to show off, and would rather give gifts to the younger brother as the boss than easily meet the small demands of the people under his rule. Out of desperation, Wang Bo reversed.
Wang Bo gathered his subordinates and occupied Changbai Mountain (south of Zouping County), calling himself "Governor Lang", saying that he had seen through the world, Yang Guang, and the government of the Sui Dynasty. If he had nothing to do, he took his subordinates to the surrounding counties, Qi County (now Jinan County, Shandong Province), Jibei County (now southwest of Chiping County, Shandong Province) to rob guns, which was nothing more than robbing food, drink, clothing, and sometimes a few big girls.
Wang Bo was still a very talented person, and in addition to robbery, he wrote "The Song of the Death of the Waves of Liaodong in Wuxiang" to wary and persuade the common people at the bottom of the society. His poem said, "Changbai Mountain is known in front of Shilang, and the red Luo is decorated with a crotch in spring." The long sword invades the sky and a half, and the wheel knife shines in the sun
, go up the mountain to eat roe deer, down the mountain to eat cattle and sheep. Suddenly, when he heard that the officials and soldiers were coming, he raised his knife and swung forward, such as Liaodong died, and he was injured by beheading. It didn't take long for his ranks to grow, and many evaders from military service came to join him in great enthusiasm.
The government forced the people to rebel. There is the first, there is the second, I am afraid that no one will take the lead, as long as someone takes the lead, the uprising will be like the Huangguoshu Waterfall, flying down 3,000 feet, and it will be out of control. For a time, the group of thieves rose and was innumerable. Pingyuan County (now Lingxian County, Shandong Province) Douzigang (now Huimin County, Shandong Province), backed by Bohai County (now Xinyang County, Shandong Province), facing the Yellow River, the terrain is uneven, waterways and hills, vertical and horizontal barriers (a bit of Shuibo Liangshan taste), to put it bluntly, it is a place of rebellion.
Since the Northern Qi Dynasty, there have been many robbers hiding inside. There is a man named Liu Badao, whose family lives near Douzigang (near the water, Loutai, and the first month), has been an official for several generations, and his family is very rich (with economic strength). Liu Badao is not an honest person, he likes to act chivalrous and righteous, and there are often hundreds of diners in his family (all of whom eat mixed rice).
When the people in various places swarmed, many people from near and far went to run, and they also came to eat mixed rice, and there were more than 100,000 people (this guy is really appealing). Known as the "Uncle Thief". The man has short hands and a short mouth. The big guy elected Liu Badao to be the boss, and the underworld organization was officially established.
Liu Badao led the younger brothers to take Douzigang as their nest, robbing their homes and houses, robbing the rich and helping the poor. (It is estimated that it is mainly to fight the government army) Now we introduce a pure big brother-level figure - Dou Jiande. This dude revolted in this year (611). Tang Gaozu Li Yuanwude was defeated, captured, and beheaded by Li Shimin, the king of Qin, in the fourth year (621). It spans Shandong (east of the Kushan Mountains) and Hebei (north of the Yellow River) for ten years.
He was a famous peasant army leader in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, and a generation of heroes. Dou Jiande is a native of Zhangnan (now Gucheng County, Hebei Province), who has been a farmer for generations and a working person. Since he was a child, he has been chivalrous, that is, he is good at fighting unevenly and energetically. Courageous, helpful, probably the kind that does good deeds and leaves a name.
A neighbor has died and has no money to bury him, so Dou Jiande is working in the fields. When he heard about this, he immediately put down his work and went to organize a funeral for this fellow. It seems that Dou Jiande is still a warm-hearted person.
Being able to give people what they are anxious about and help others is exactly the living Lei Feng of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, Comrade Lei Feng has to be supported by the people, so Dou Jiande is very popular, very popular, and very prestigious. It is said that more than 1,000 people were buried when his father died. …
As I said before, this year, the government recruited strong men to expedition to Goguryeo (Kingdom), because Dou Jiande's classmates were so good. In today's words, it is talent, so not only was he selected, but he was also appointed as the commander of the army with 200 people, and became a small leader. Dou Jiande had a friend, Sun Anzu, who was also selected as an expeditionary soldier.
But many unfortunate things happened in Sun Anzu's family, first the family's house and land were washed away by the flood, and then his wife and children were starved to death. Sun Anzu asked for exemption from military service, and the county magistrate was furious. Arrest Sun Anzu and whip him. This is another example of the government forcing the people to rebel, and the people have no choice but to rebel. Sun Anzu stabbed the county magistrate to death.
After that, he defected to Dou Jiande. Sun Anzu felt Dou Jiande's family in the dust. Dou Jiande smiled: "What kind of wind blew Brother Sun here?" Sun Anzu said: "Brother Dou." Save me. "Immediately told the cause and effect of his stabbing of the county magistrate to death.
At the end, he asked tentatively: "Brother Dou won't send me to the official mansion, right?" Dou Jiande pondered for a long time and didn't speak, Sun Anzu looked at it more and more, and cried: "Brother Dou, you won't see death and not save you, right?" Dou Jiande sighed, closed the door and window, and hung up the curtains. Sun Anzu was stunned and said in his heart: "What are you going to do, it won't be ...... No, I didn't hear this guy has this hobby! Forget it, who let him beg someone, what should he do if he loves it, and he will dedicate himself once in a big deal. With a slight determination in his heart, Sun Anzu's eyes when he looked at Dou Jiande changed from panic to a little color.
Dou Jiande stared at Sun Anzu's somewhat colored eyes and said, "Now there is only one way to save you." "I said Brother Dou can't send me to the government? Whatever you say, I'll listen to you. ”
Sun Anzu said happily. "Rebellion." Dou Jiande said word by word. "Rebellion?" Dou Jiande nodded. "Is this the only way?" "You join other peasant armies, or recruit your own team, there are only these two paths, and there is nothing else." Dou Jiande said resolutely.
These are two roads, and they are clearly one road. Sun Anzu thought so but couldn't say so, he gritted his teeth, swallowed and spit and said: "I did it, no matter how it is, it's better to die vigorously, go to others, we have to listen to others, let's pull the team ourselves and do it ourselves." "This not-so-famous meeting of the two decided that one person would join the ranks of the anti-Sui team.
Soon, the two recruited a team of several hundred people, and Sun Anzu led this team into Gaojibo Luocao. There was an underworld organization established, Sun Anzu called himself a general, because the army was too small, Sun Anzu rarely fought with the official army, and mostly robbed civilian finances. In any case, Sun Anzu finally saved his life. In that troubled era, how difficult it was for the working people to save their lives! As the saying goes, it is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world.
After sending Sun Anzu away, Dou Jiande was always full of worries, and said to himself: "Brother Sun, I don't know if you and I will be able to see each other again in my lifetime." He knew that the road of rebellion was a one-way street, and there was no way back, and once he did, he could not turn back.
In his heart, he is reluctant to rebel, because the rebellion is too risky, and if he doesn't get it right, his head will fall to the ground and he will be beheaded all over the house. Therefore, when Sun Anzu invited him to go to Gaojibo with him, he said, "Wait a little longer." The time is not yet ripe. He politely declined. But he knows better that no one is allowed to be left alone in troubled times.
He just wants to live a peaceful and peaceful life, and he can live one day at a time. This kind of life is what he wants, and it is destined to not last long. Why? Because these are troubled times! How much bitterness and blood and tears are contained in the troubled times! How many families have been ruined, and how many wives have been separated? In troubled times. To think about living a peaceful and peaceful life is to dream. Dou Jiande's dream didn't last long, and it was broken. The person who broke Dou Jiande's dream was not to become a citizen, but to the government. …
The reason is that Dou Jiande is very famous in the local area, and his popularity is also very good, and the local underworld kills people and sets fires back and forth. robbed the house and never entered the street where Dou Jiande lived. The parents of the county government suspected that Dou Jiande was also colluding with the underworld, and all the family members who arrested Dou Jiande were slaughtered. Dou Jiande fled alone and defected to Gao Shida, an underworld boss in Qinghe County (now Qinghe County, Hebei Province). Gao Shida proclaimed himself the Duke of the East China Sea and appointed Dou Jiande as a soldier. That is, the military senator.
In this way, Dou Jiande became a member of the underworld organization. Not long after, Sun Anzu was killed by Zhang Jin, the boss of another underworld organization, and all Sun Anzu's subordinates took refuge in Dou Jiande. Countless insurgents have proved one sentence true – rebellion is to survive.
The surging anti-Sui uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty kicked off, and the Sui Dynasty had reached the end of the stormy era. Luoyang City Palace Hunting Ground. "It's the other way around." After receiving so many reports of the sudden establishment of so many societies from all over the country, Yang Guang said angrily. "Crack down on me, crack down." Therefore, the edict ordered the county commanders and Ying Yang Lang generals to cooperate with each other to hunt down the mutants. Decapitation on the spot.
But this is just wishful thinking, as long as you, Yang Guang, are still the emperor, the popular rebellion cannot be eliminated for a day. There will be more and more underworlds, to put it bluntly, people are coming at you Yang Guang. Don't you don't treat the people as human beings?
Now let you see the power of the masses of the people, and let you know that history is the truth that the masses of the people created it. Angry loyalist. In 612 AD, the eighth year of Emperor Yang of Sui. The first day of the first month. Yang Guang summoned Yu Qian, the magistrate of Heshui County.
Yu Zhi knelt down and kowtowed: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." "Get up." "Thank you." Yang Guang asked: "The national population of Goguryeo cannot be compared with one of my counties, and you think I have sent so many troops." Can you win? "This is a question, it is clearly sè.
I have never heard of such an army fighting a war in ancient times. I see your head is squeezed by the door. Yu Zhi thinks so, but he can't say that. He thought for a moment and said, "I think you will definitely be able to win the battle, but I have a foolish idea in my heart, and I don't want you to go out in person. ”
Yang Guang lowered his face and said, "My army has arrived here, how can I retreat without seeing the thieves?" "Obviously, Yang Guang didn't understand the words, and people told him that you didn't let you go to the front line in person, who said that you had withdrawn from the army. Yu Zhi said unhurriedly: "If you can't win all of them after a big battle, I'm afraid it will damage your majesty's prestige."
If His Majesty stays in Zhuo County, and only sends elite soldiers and fierce generals, instructs the opportune time, and advances at a double speed, by surprise, he will definitely be victorious, and the battle must be fast, and if he is slow, he will not be able to establish meritorious service. Yang Guang was very unhappy and said, "Since you are afraid of hard work, stay here." ”
Yu Qian's kind words were in vain, but Yang Guang was stubborn and didn't listen to it at all. said that Yu Zhen was playing the piano to the cow, I don't know if he Yang Guang was insulted or Niu was insulted. Loyal ministers are respectable, but loyal ministers who don't know each other are a little angry.
There are angry people every year, and there are especially many of them this year. Geng Xun, the supervisor of the palace right Shang Fang Agency, is one. Geng Xun earnestly dissuaded Yang Guang from the Eastern Crusade, Yang Guang has never seen someone who doesn't know each other, I haven't seen such an unknown person, my army is ready, you asked me to give up the Eastern Crusade, are you talking in a dream? Yu is forgivable, you Geng Xun must not forgive, "cut me immediately".
Fortunately, Geng Xun is usually not bad, and He Chou, the young superintendent, begged bitterly, and Geng Xun was able to pick up a life. Angry loyal minister Geng Xun, you can go home to retire. Otherwise, you will be killed by Yang Guang sooner or later. Why? No, it's because you love to tell the truth too much. Geng Xun is a good comrade, but not a smart person.
After 5,000 years, it's finally my turn!! The conquest of Goguryeo was defeated, Yang Xuangan was killed, the originally honest people rebelled, and the underworld organization was flourishing. Yang Guang's situation is getting worse day by day, and he already feels that the end is coming. As the sun set, Yang Guang stood alone in the wilderness and wrote such a poem: The jackdaw flies to count, and the flowing water surrounds the lonely village.
Where the sun is about to set, it is dim*. This qiē and qiē are all seen in a person's eyes and remembered in their hearts. When the conquest of Goguryeo failed, he was indifferent; Yang Xuangan was killed, he didn't care; The rebels have been suppressed, what does it matter to me. In his heart, there is a great plan planned, his name - Li Yuan. His great plan is to unify the world. Since ancient times, there have been many people who have wanted to do this, but not many have actually done it. (To be continued)