Chapter 91 Notice
The news of the rebellion of the Brotherhood soon spread throughout Lingzhou, the reason is very simple, the Brotherhood did not do anything to cover up, some members of the Brotherhood led a team of Shanyue soldiers, wantonly checked the property of the government and some large households, occupied some mines and land, and many large households and official eunuchs who used to be very domineering were affected, such as the former Zhennan General's Mansion Zong Jia, which was completely confiscated, and the people of the Zong family fled with the paralyzed former Zhennan General Zong Zhengkui; The properties of officials such as Zhizhou Zhang Shibi were also confiscated.
In addition, there seems to be no other change in Lingzhou, and people still live their lives, but secretly people are panicking.
Although the fraternity was also domineering in the past, it had nothing to do with ordinary people, and as long as it didn't provoke, the fraternity wouldn't find trouble. In fact, the Brotherhood has been dealing with some bullies, fighting bandits, robbers, water bandits and other villains, so that ordinary people's lives are much more peaceful. Now that the Brotherhood is blatantly rebelling, the imperial court will definitely send troops to encircle and suppress it, and Lingzhou will inevitably suffer from the scourge of swords, and, I heard that this time, the imperial court originally sent troops to encircle and suppress the Brotherhood, and the Brotherhood will rebel, and now it seems that the Brotherhood has the advantage, surrendered the garrisons of the counties in Lingzhou, and arranged these garrisons to build bridges and roads.
Then, the Brotherhood put up some notices and distributed many leaflets, and people rushed to watch, but after reading them, many people in Lingzhou were stunned and silent, they really didn't know what to say.
The content of the notice of peace of mind, generally speaking, is to scold the government, and then say that what he has done is in accordance with the mandate of heaven and the will of the people, and he will treat the people well, etc., and the notice of the brotherhood is completely different.
did not use crepe words, flowery rhetoric, and did not pull any providence and people's hearts, written in quite colloquial concise words, the content is even more straightforward: from now on, Lingzhou is the territory of our brotherhood, our brotherhood can do whatever it wants, no opinion honestly listen to the brotherhood, if you have an opinion, get out of the house within ten days, and after ten days, the brotherhood will check the household registration of the population. If you choose to stay, find something for the Brotherhood, and don't blame the Brotherhood for being ruthless when the time comes!
"Uh........................!"
Usually a rebellion always has to win the hearts of the people, gather and coerce the people, where is there a notice to drive people away? However, such an outrageous and unreasonable notice is really in line with the past style of the Brotherhood.
There are many dissatisfied people with this notice of the Brotherhood, but no matter how big their opinions are, the Brotherhood will not care about their thoughts and rebel against the Brotherhood? Who has that power? The garrison was all surrendered, but the Brotherhood had a group of Shanyue soldiers wearing armor and holding sharp weapons, and Lingzhou had no strength to oppose the Brotherhood.
People in Lingzhou are faced with a choice, whether to stay in Lingzhou or leave Lingzhou with their families?
However, there was no hasty decision, who wants to leave their homeland easily? Hearing that the Brotherhood is at war with the imperial army, most of them are waiting to see the outcome of the battle between the two sides.
It doesn't matter to the average farmer or the like, who doesn't care about these big things, and those who know about it have their own thoughts.
The people who stand on the side of the Brotherhood are definitely very few, those who are loyal to the Great Xia Imperial Court, and those who have a grudge against the Brotherhood, of course, hope that the Brotherhood will be defeated and wiped out by the imperial army in one fell swoop, and there are even some people who are thinking, if the Brotherhood is defeated, how can they benefit from it? Those who have no grudges against the Brotherhood also don't quite believe that the Brotherhood can win against the imperial army, and even if they can win by luck once, the Brotherhood can withstand the entire Great Xia?
Not only outsiders, but also the family members of the fraternity who learned of the situation were also worried.
For example, Qin Jincai's parents, Qin Ren'an and Xiao Qimei, were shocked when they heard Qin Su say that the brotherhood would rebel. Qin Ren'an was originally worried that his son would be implicated by the Brotherhood, but now it's good, the Brotherhood will rebel directly, since he dares to rebel, what kind of court is he afraid of?! These boys are really not afraid of anything, what the hell do they want to do?! Xiao Qimei was also in a hurry, and immediately ignored the business, the two husbands and wives and Qin Su together, rushed to the hall of the Lingzhou City Brotherhood to find Qin Jincai, but did not find Qin Jincai, only said that they were going to fight, and several people hurried to Nanyue Pass.
Halfway through the road, the three of them saw the Shanyue soldiers escorting the prisoners of the official army, and they were also surprised to hear that the Brotherhood had defeated the imperial army.
When they arrived at Nanyue Pass, Xiao Qimei and Qin Ren'an were nothing, they just wanted to see Qin Jincai, but Qin Su couldn't believe his eyes.
"Fifth sister, what's wrong?" Qin Ren'an noticed Qin Su's surprise and asked.
Qin Su calmed down for a moment before he said, "Twenty days ago, there was no such a gate here. ”
"What!" Qin Ren'an was taken aback, and then carefully observed the Guancheng in front of him, to make sure that this was indeed a majestic and solid Guancheng, calculate the time, the construction time of this Guancheng was only about ten days, ten days, how to build a Guancheng, and no one was aware of it? Or did it fall from the sky?
"Father, mother, what are you doing?" Hearing that his parents were coming to him, Qin Jincai had to come out, with excitement on his face, he took some people to ambush Song Shixiong once, which can be regarded as a small success.
Qin Ren'an and Xiao Qimei almost couldn't recognize Qin Jincai, at this time, Qin Jincai rode a good horse, wearing a luxurious gold and silver armor, and carrying a cross blade that revealed his true face on his back, which was majestic.
"Jincai, I heard that you rebelled?" Xiao Qimei was the first to speak, she was relatively straight, what did she say.
"Sort of." Qin Jincai replied.
"You're too disrespectful, rebellious, what a sin that is! The whole army is going to be killed! Xiao Qimei shouted, in fact, she didn't know how big the crime was, she just listened to some stories.
"It's all made." Qin Jincai shrugged, looking indifferent.
Xiao Qimei thought about it, felt that it was the same, and nodded: "Yes...... So what to do? Riches, rebel against you...... Can it be done? ”
"It should be possible." Qin Jincai is quite confident.
"It can be done! Then you can't be a general or a prince in the future? Then won't I become the mother of the prince and the general?! Xiao Qimei couldn't help shouting loudly, her mind had already thought of a far away, with some expectation and joy on her face, but she quickly came back to her senses, her expression suddenly became serious, and she said to Qin Jincai: "Jincai, let me tell you, you have rebelled, then do ...... well."
Xiao Qimei actually began to encourage Qin Jincai and let him rebel well, Qin Ren'an slapped his head and sighed, what else could he say? As his son said, at this time, it is useless to say anything, since he has rebelled, can he still regret it?
"Where's the other kids?" Xiao Qimei said a lot, but she always felt that it was not enough, and she wanted to find Xiao Tianlei and they would talk about it well.
"They're in the gates." Qin Jincai hurriedly said, although he was used to it, he didn't want his mother to keep nagging in his ear, so he hurriedly transferred Xiao Qimei's preaching object.
Qin Ren'an, Xiao Qimei, and Qin Su just entered the Nanyue Pass, but Qin Su has been observing the Nanyue Pass, not looking at it, not knowing, startled when it sees, if as she guessed, the gate was built in about ten days, I thought it was a high wall, or the interior was relatively simple, only to know when I entered it that this was indeed a well-built pass, the scale was not small, and it was extremely difficult to break. And the soldiers in it are still building and installing some equipment, and they also saw the snow ape Nunu wearing a suit of armor, and they don't know what to say, the alien beast in the armor is definitely a weapon of war, what do these boys think?!
Qin Su looked around and saw some soldiers and snow ape Nunu carrying some black and shiny metal pipes, installing them on the walls, and transporting them to the mountains on both sides of the city.
"Jincai, what is this?" Qin Su asked intentionally or unintentionally.
"This thing is amazing!" Qin Jincai did not answer.
"How powerful?"
"It's going to be a secret."
"You can't say it yourself?"
"No, that's the rule." Qin Jincai flatly refused.
These black metal pipes are, of course, cannons, and they are a big hole card for the Brotherhood to have the confidence to resist the imperial army, and it is naturally impossible to leak. At present, Wild Boar Ridge has been able to make several types of artillery, although there are not many cast, the performance has reached the requirements of Xiao Tianlei, the power is huge, and there are solid shells, flowering shells, flame bombs, poison gas bombs and other shells, and a group of artillery has been trained in Wild Boar Ridge.
Qin Su didn't ask any more, thinking about it in her heart, Qin Su got the news, the Brotherhood relied on Shanyue to rebel, so many Shanyue soldiers also confirmed this, but she also knew a lot about the situation of Shanyue people, before there was no Brotherhood, it was difficult for most Shanyue people to eat enough, where did they get the manpower and material resources to build such an army and build so many armor and weapons? Where are the craftsmen and techniques for making weapons? Moreover, these things all appeared out of thin air, and before, there was no wind or sign at all? The Brotherhood is still full of suspicions.
Entering the Guancheng, Xiao Qimei found Xiao Tianlei and Xiao Tianbao, and dragged them one by one, and in the end, Qin Ren'an couldn't stand it, and pulled her back to Cangshan Mansion, Xiao Tianlei and the others were quiet.
Qin Ren'an didn't say anything, just asked Qin Jincai to be careful, he could see at this time that the rebellion of the Brotherhood was premeditated, not hot-headed, he didn't just ask what was going on, and he couldn't ask, looking at the posture of the Brotherhood, I don't know if it can be done, at least it's okay to hold Lingzhou.
At this time, the news that the Brotherhood had defeated the army sent by the imperial court also reached the rear, of course, it was a shock to the jaw, who would have thought that the Brotherhood would really win! And at this time, things also showed some clues, the strength of the Brotherhood was stronger than imagined, the Brotherhood rebelled, it seems that all the Shanyue people in Lingzhou rebelled, and the first thing after the Brotherhood rebelled was to liberate all the Shanyue slaves and take revenge on some people who killed the Shanyue people. If that's the case, the Brotherhood is at least not short of personnel, the Shanyue people in Lingzhou or those with Shanyue blood, add up to about one million, it is not a problem to form an army of one or two hundred thousand troops, and the Brotherhood does not seem to lack weapons and armor, to be precise, it should be that the armor and weapons of the Brotherhood are very sophisticated, although the shape is a little special, but even ordinary soldiers are wearing armor, which alone is stronger than the official army.
This news made many people at a loss, things were different from what they imagined, and they had to think about the way back, some scribes in Lingzhou, exiled officials, and officials who were driven out of the official mansion by the Brotherhood gathered at Zhushan Academy.
"The imperial army's army is really defeated?!" Some people still don't believe it, hoping that it's just fake news.
"Defeated, moreover, the Brotherhood unknowingly built several gates to block the road between Lingzhou and other states."
"Seki ...... What kind of Sekijo? When was it built? ”
"Strange to say, it was said that it only took about ten days."
"More than ten days, that is, build a few earthen walls and get some stones to block the road."
"This is also the strange thing about things, it is all the Guancheng of the Eight Classics, which is not worse than the three major passes established by the Shanyue people back then, and more than ten large and small roads have been repaired, blocking all the large and small roads."
"Ah...... Isn't that ......?"
The people present were all smart people, and they naturally understood that with the obstacle of Guancheng, the army of the imperial court could not enter Lingzhou, so they had to mobilize a large army to attack, and it would take a short time to mobilize a large army. And with the terrain of Lingzhou, it is too difficult to capture these passes, when the Great Xia suffered a lot of losses from the Shanyue people, the Shanyue people relied on the passes to resist for many years, and now the story repeats itself, if nothing else, at least for a period of time, the brotherhood can be regarded as occupying Lingzhou.
"These Shanyue people are not dead in their hearts and want to recapture the old land, but where will Shanyue be the opponent of Great Xia, they can't do anything, and sooner or later they will end up miserable like back then!"
Some people scolded angrily, and it was also very reasonable, it was difficult for the Shanyue people in Lingzhou to resist Great Xia. However, having said that, at present, the most urgent thing for these people is to solve the problems that matter to them, and they also have to choose whether to leave Lingzhou or stay?
Of course, most of them chose to leave, and the Brotherhood had a bad attitude towards them as scribes and exiled officials, and those officials were simply driven out of their respective yamen, and some of them were confiscated by the Brotherhood of their family property and fields, and took away the Shanyue slaves, and it would definitely be difficult to stay. However, there are also those who choose to stay, such as Zhou Shizhi, the head of Zhushan Academy, he is the head of Zhushan Academy, but he can't move the academy away, the academy is his hard work, and he doesn't want Lingzhou to have no place to teach students in the future.
Originally, Zhou Shizhi heard that the Brotherhood had rebelled, and he wanted to go to the Brotherhood angrily, with full integrity, but in terms of consistent style, it is conceivable that if he really wants to go to the Brotherhood theory, in addition to being beaten violently, it is estimated that there will be no other result, so he can only give up.
"Brother Jin An, do you want to stay too?"
Hearing that Xie Jinan decided to stay, Zhou Shizhi, the head of Zhushan Academy, was very surprised.
"Exactly, the Brotherhood rebellion I feel is premeditated, after occupying Lingzhou, I'm afraid there will be a big move, I want to see what they want to do. And, perhaps, the person behind the fraternity will also show up, but I want to see what kind of person it is?! ”
Xie Jinan started to study some of the systems of the brotherhood only because of interest, and the more he studied, the more he felt that there was a way, and he felt that there was a university question, so he stayed in Lingzhou. From the various systems of the Brotherhood, he sensed that the Brotherhood must have some purpose, and now it has been confirmed, but he still has many doubts, such as who is the author of these constitutions of the Brotherhood? Does the Brotherhood have a bigger plan? In order to clear up these doubts, he was reluctant to leave.
"It's just that the Brotherhood's approach is completely incomprehensible, it stands to reason that if they rebel and want to do something, they have to win people's hearts and recruit scribes, and they are better to drive people out! That notice said that it was like the king of the mountain who occupied the mountain, and he was a bastard! Are they fooling around, or are they really having some plan? Zhou Shiyi remembered that notice, and his face couldn't help twitching.
"I don't know, but as long as we stay, we'll be able to see it." Xie Jinan was determined.
On the same day, some people began to leave Lingzhou, mainly some exiled officials, scribes, and big households, and some followed suit, frightened by some rumors, and dragged their families to Yuezhou, Maozhou, or further states to join their relatives. However, most of them still stayed, their homeland was difficult to leave, and when they left Lingzhou, their lives were gone. In particular, the ordinary farmers, who are the bottom and foundation of society, cannot leave the land, and besides, the brotherhood is quite good to the farmers, and the rent of the brotherhood's fields is also low.
For the merchants, the impact was not great, and although the Brotherhood rebelled, business was still going on.
At the same time, the Brotherhood began large-scale construction, spilling a lot of money, recruiting a large number of workers, building workshops, building bridges, paving roads, expanding docks, building new housing, etc., people saw some new things, strange machinery, huge elephants, fast pedal boats, etc., and they were even more surprised by the speed of the Brotherhood's work, which was frighteningly fast, and some places were simply the same day by day.
At the same time, the news of the Brotherhood's rebellion and occupation of Lingzhou spread to many states in the land of Zhongzhou, and it was still being transmitted to the entire Great Xia.
In the prosperous era of the Divine Dynasty, there were people who rebelled, and they really didn't know whether to live or die! That's what most people think.
Many people are waiting to see the imperial court send a large army to exterminate the Brotherhood, however, the imperial court is in trouble at this time, the war in the north has not yet ended, and the confrontation with Beiliang in Bailuyuan consumes great manpower and material resources, and the military expenditure is huge, and it is difficult to mobilize troops from the north to fight Lingzhou,.
The terrain of Lingzhou is complicated, which is extremely difficult to fight, and the army in the north is not adapted to the environment in the south. Moreover, the Brotherhood built fortresses in several dangerous places, and the Zhennan general Song Shixiong tried to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the city, but ended in a great defeat.
At that time, Daxia suffered a big loss in the Guancheng of the Shanyue people in Lingzhou, Lingzhou is not easy to fight, but it can't be defeated, if it is not swept away as soon as possible, maybe it will become a big disaster, besides, if it is not exterminated, otherwise where is the majesty of the Divine Dynasty? After a few days of discussion, the DPRK and China reached an agreement to send a noble officer, a few capable generals and strategists, and some elite men and horses of his subordinates to the south, authorizing the mobilization of soldiers and horses from several states in the south to exterminate the Brotherhood as soon as possible before it has a firm foothold. (To be continued.) )