In the middle of the night, Yang Qi still hadn't fallen asleep, and now he was racing against time, and there was a risk of news leakage every minute and every second.

In order to prevent the townspeople from escaping, let the townspeople monitor each other and reward each other with food if found. Families and neighboring townspeople are severely punished if there are fewer people.

Of course, this is only a precautionary measure.

All measures are just to prevent Pingcheng County from getting the news, once Pingcheng County gets the news of the rebellion, the official is very likely to conceal it and not report it for the sake of his official position. However, troops will also be transferred, villagers will be recruited to prepare for counterinsurgency, and the city gates may be closed.

What Yang Qi is really afraid of is this!

Although the county seat of Pingcheng is a city with a population of tens of thousands, it also has a real city wall. For the rebels who have no means of siege, once the city gate is closed, it will become impossible to capture it in a short time. Once it drags on for a long time, the pressure of local troops in other directions and a single grain will be enough for the rebels to collapse on their own.

The time to start the army can only be as fast as possible, and it can't be delayed!

Even if the weapons and equipment are not in place, it doesn't matter. After all, compared to them who took the initiative, Pingcheng County itself was even more defenseless, and its power was extremely limited. The officials and catchers were originally a force, but unfortunately they suffered heavy losses on the side of Shangyun Town. The remaining local village soldiers, without being requisitioned and assembled in advance, relied on their own strength, and it was difficult to confront the rebels.

First, the villages and towns were broken through one by one, weakening the war potential of Pingcheng County, and increasing the strength of the rebel army, so that the balance of forces between the enemy and us would be reversed.

No matter how fast the troops are, they will attack before the people of Pingcheng County are not vigilant, and the rebel army will win.

Tomorrow, we must start our troops and set off towards the county seat, otherwise we will have many dreams at night.

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Pingcheng county seat.

Shen Xian Ling was sitting on the main seat of the high hall, looking at the official documents, and listening absentmindedly to the colleagues discussing the grain collection task issued by the center.

The wardens and catchers who were sent out two days ago have not moved yet. Shen County's order was a little anxious. But there is still no news, which makes Shen Xianling a little uneasy. It can't be an accident, right?

Could it be that the thieves who attacked the officials have reappeared?

However, he sent a team of county battalion officers and soldiers, not to mention a dozen or so catches. Just an ordinary thief, he shouldn't dare to move.

Shen Xianling thought about it and was a little uneasy, so he called his staff and ordered: "Send a few clever subordinates to urge the warden to come back as soon as possible." ”

He still thinks that there is something wrong with the wardens and catchers who went down to collect taxes, and he didn't expect that there would be a rebellion!

The order was sent down, and Shen Xianling breathed a sigh of relief.

But I don't know why, he is inexplicably a little uneasy in his heart.

After being in a daze for a moment, Shen Xianling shook his head and picked up the official document in his hand again.

It must be their own delusion.

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Shangyun Town School Field.

The soldiers of the rebel army are neatly aligned, hunting with flags, and lined up with guns, but they really have a bit of an army atmosphere.

[Activate the military query capability.] 】

The number of militia members has reached more than 300 people, and with the newly recruited 100 displaced people, the number of new recruits has remained at about 300.

Yang Qi had already sent a cavalry team to reconnoiter the situation in the surrounding two kilometers, and in order to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to escape, he could come back at any time to report.

The 5,000 townspeople plus the 2,000 displaced people, a total of more than 7,000 people, took a morning to mobilize alone.

Yang Qi was extremely annoyed, called Wang Wei, and told him to see what the reason was, causing the team to be unable to set off.

A moment later, Wang Wei came back to say goodbye.

It turns out that some people have an inseparable attachment to their homeland, and they are reluctant to leave their homeland for a long time. Especially the elderly.

Seeing that it was almost noon, time was wasted. Yang Qi had to be ruthless, and people forced them to drive them away with knives, but even so, there were still a few who refused to leave.

If it weren't for the fact that most of the rebels were from Shangyun Town, Yang Qi would have been eager to abandon these elderly people. In order to cut off the idea of these people returning to their hometowns, they were directly knocked unconscious or tied to the transport cart and taken away.

Shangyun Town has been burned to ashes, what is there to be nostalgic for.

In this way, the team of 7,000 people set off slowly, and at the front were the rebel soldiers of the 300 elite battalion led by Zhou Ping, mainly to explore the way. If you encounter an enemy, you can always face it.

At the back were Li Wu's three hundred recruits, who were protecting the grain and grass to prevent the enemy from attacking.

Most of the townspeople and outcasts in the middle will take this step away from the town, they will say goodbye to their former peasant identities completely, and after a few killings and battles, they will become real rebels and mobs in the future.

Despite the delay, the procession walked only six or seven kilometers slowly, stopping the rebels before dark