Zhang Kai was not idle after occupying Linwei County, he knew that he was a rebellion, if he was caught, he would be skinned alive by the officials and soldiers, from now on, how long he can live, it all depends on how long he can last.

So after killing all the officials of the county government, Zhang Kai started a large-scale sweep in the county seat, picking on the rich, raiding their homes and looting, and then distributing the property to his subordinates, so as to entrap his subordinates.

Then he found someone who could write, and put up a notice in the city, and everyone who was willing to follow him would have food, which was undoubtedly a great temptation for the hungry civilians, so more and more people joined the ranks of the rebels, and even children of eleven or twelve years old.

The people take food as the sky, and when they are about to starve to death, the emperor Lao Tzu is a fart.

The few grains in the official warehouse of Linwei County were taken out, and the grain was loaded into trucks, and then with more than 2,000 people, he walked eastward along the river, passing through the towns and villages along the way, and he still used the grain to lure the villagers to join his team.

The local people, who were already in a famine, saw each other's truckloads of grain, and their stomachs were rumbling, so they greeted the villagers, dragged their families with their mouths, and followed Zhang Kai away.

It is human nature to live and go wherever you go.

Although their team looked more like they were fleeing from the famine from a distance, after Yang Cong, the commander of Wu'an County, got the news, he immediately ran to the east with his family roll, because there were too many thieves on the opposite side.

To the east of Wu'an County is Shangdang County, and not long after Yang Cong left the city, he bumped into Lu Yongji's 2,000 soldiers.

"Losing the city and losing the land, Yang County Ling is really not afraid of death?" Lu Yongji stepped forward as soon as he was old, rode forward with a big belly, and was about to ask Yang Cong.

Yang Cong didn't bird him, after all, it was a clan, and when he heard the words, he said: "The thief army is huge, there are thousands of people, I can't stop it, since the Duke of Qi County has led the army to come, please go to the peace judgment quickly." ”

Thousands? Lu Yongji was dumbfounded, didn't the military newspaper say that there were only a few hundred people? How did it become thousands?

"The thieves are just a group of chaotic people, a rabble, as soon as the elite of our army arrives, their positions are in chaos," Xue Anguo, the hussar general of the Shangdang Mansion, said: "Calculate the time, the thief army has not yet arrived in Wu'an County, our army needs to enter the city as soon as possible, refuse to defend the city and then look at the situation." ”

Zhang Junmou, the general of the chariot cavalry, also said: "It's just a chaotic people, don't be afraid, His Royal Highness the King of Qi has an order, I will suppress it as soon as possible, Taishou should give an order as soon as possible." ”

The two generals of the military government didn't pay attention to these chaotic people at all, because they knew that what about thousands of people? Do they have armor stomachs? Isn't that just a bunch of civilians? There's no need to be afraid.

But Lu Yongji was afraid, he had never been on the battlefield, and this time he rode out on horseback, he felt that the road was hard and his body could not withstand it, so he let him enter the city to fight with thousands of rebels, he didn't have the courage.

How big is Wu'an County, surrounded by thousands of people, can you still run?

"My father thinks it's inappropriate, there is no food in the city, once it is besieged, how many days can it last without water and food?" Lu Yongji said: "Outside the city, there is a basis for advancing and retreating, and it is the best policy." ”

Shangce Nyima's head, if it is surrounded outside, then it is really impossible to get out, we are a foot army, there are not enough 100 horses in total, or a heavy baggage, if there is really a problem, how to run when the time comes?

Xue Anguo and Zhang Jun tried hard to persuade them, and their saliva was almost dry, but Lu Yongji was indifferent.

After all, they are relatives of the emperor and Shangguan, and the two of them are really helpless, so they have to choose Wuji Township, which is not far from Wu'an County, to station, and then send scouts to explore the situation in the direction of the county.

It was also inconvenient for Yang Cong to run away, so he just arranged for his family to flee to Shangdang County, and he himself took seventy or eighty followers and followed Lu Yongji.

After spending the night in the township, there was no movement on the county side, so the scouts expanded their exploration area a little more, and after another day, they did not even see the shadow of the rebels.

"Are you fooling me? Where are the rebels? Lu Yongji asked Yang Cong.

Yang Cong raised his eyebrows and said, "Can I still lie to you about this?" Who dares to joke about military intelligence? At most, the number of rebels will be miscalculated, and nothing else will be wrong. ”

As soon as these words came out, Xue Anguo and Zhang Junmou glanced at each other, and they understood in their hearts, good guy, why are you really scolding us? It seems that there are not so many rebels at all, thousands of people are very watery, one or two thousand is also thousands.

"In this case, we need to enter the city as soon as possible, the rations are almost exhausted, and if we don't go into the city to replenish supplies, we won't be able to last a few days," Xue An said.

Yang Cong nodded and said: "I seconded General Xue, the granary in the county town still has some grain after all, and I can also find the big families in the city to borrow some more, and it is not a long-term solution for the soldiers to stay here and sleep in the open." ”

Lu Yongji nodded, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he sent a hundred people to lead the city first, and after confirming that it was correct, the army followed.

At noon that day, the guards came back to tell that although the city was full of refugees, there was no trace of the rebels, so Lu Yongji led a large group of men and horses into the city with peace of mind, and closed the city gate, not allowing anyone to enter or leave.

Zhang Kai didn't have the idea of fighting Wu'an County at all, because he didn't dare to go, the people were afraid of soldiers, this was nature.

He guessed that the news of his rebellion must have spread out, maybe there were officers and soldiers chasing him behind his buttocks, so he didn't even dare to enter the larger towns, but chose the wilderness to march, and after walking for a few days, he actually entered the territory of Shexian in Shangdang County.

Seeing that the food he was carrying was almost finished, and once he was finished, he didn't have any hole cards to make his subordinates follow him willingly, so after consulting with his subordinates, they planned to take the risk of attacking the county seat.

There is a first time, there is a second time, Linhao County also fought, and the official was killed, anyway, it would be a death if caught, so it would be better to do a big job.

Coincidentally, his scouts came to report that there was a convoy fleeing to the west on the official road not far away, and the carriage was full of goods, and he was overjoyed, and immediately led the army himself, and led the convoy with five hundred men.

More than ten carriages were pulling Yang Cong's belongings, as well as his wife and children.

Except for Yang Cong's concubine and more than a dozen maids, the rest have become ghosts under the open knife.

He learned from the little concubine that Yang Cong, the commander of Wu'an County, ran away directly with his family after finding out that their rebel army was moving in the direction of Wu'an County.

Moreover, the party guarded Lu Yongji, and he had already led the army to find them.

If you look at it this way, there are no soldiers in Wu'an County at all? There are no more soldiers in Shangdang County?

So what am I afraid of?

Zhang Kai immediately arranged his subordinates, pretending to be a fleeing business traveler, and went directly to Shexian, where he led a large group of men and horses and quietly followed behind.

After the civil unrest broke out in Wu'an County, Shangdang County, as a neighbor, only opened a crack in the gates of all county towns during the day, and some people wanted to enter the city, and only after strict interrogation did they let in.

As soon as they noticed something unusual outside the city, they would immediately close the gates.

There were only more than thirty people in the group who pretended to be caravans, and the leader was Zhang Kai's son Zhang Shun.

"Where did it come from? Who to look for in the city? ”

"I'm looking for your uncle!" Zhang Shun was also a reluctant man, and he directly turned sideways and crashed into the officers and soldiers in the crack of the door, and the people who followed him hurriedly pulled out their blades from the mule cart and entered sideways through the crack in the door one by one to protect their young master.

The gatekeepers, there were only a dozen or so of them, and after Zhang Shun took the blade, he hacked four people to death in one go.

It's not how brave he is, but these people guarding the door are really defenseless, who would have thought that thirty or so people would dare to kill officers and soldiers and hit the county seat?

In a moment, Zhang Shun had already taken the city gate, and at this time the two gates behind him were also opened, and looking out from the city gate, you could see that his father took the lead with more than a hundred cavalry rushing towards the city gate.

Behind Zhang Kai was the dense and chaotic Zhang Jiajun.

Some people ran and stumbled on the soles of their feet, and some people directly hit the backs of the people in front of them, implicating a piece, in short, not like rebels, more like homeless people.

Zhang Kai told them that there was food in the city, so everyone was desperately running to the city.

The few guards guarding the city wall originally noticed that the city gate was abnormal, and was about to come down to check, but looking at the situation outside the city, they also checked a fart, one was faster than the other, and hurried home to pack their luggage and beckoned their families to run in the direction of the west city gate.

In this way, Zhang Kai smoothly entered the county seat, and the first thing he did was to find the county office, arrest a few civilians from the shop on the street, and after asking the direction of the county office, he directly led people to kill him.

The gate of the county yacheng was closed, and there was no equipment to hit the door at once, so he opened and ordered the ladder to be stacked and climbed over the wall to enter.

As the brief fighting in the courtyard ended, the gate was opened from the inside, and the rebels had already rushed in without opening the order.

The county magistrate of Shexian County is Chen Xiang, Chen Shuyi's cousin, and the eldest son of Chen Shubao's fifth brother Chen Shuqing, who has now been taken to Zhang Kai by a lot of people.

"Where's the key to the treasury?" Zhang Kai stood in front of Chen Xiang quite majestically, holding the knife at his waist.

The Great Sui Treasury, are all iron bolts plus iron locks, you don't need a key to open, very labor-intensive, open also has the experience of Linwei County, the last time the lock was opened, five knives were broken and could not be opened, and finally the axe cracked the window before entering.

The windows of the warehouses are high and small, and it is very inconvenient to transport things outside from the windows, so it is better to go through the main entrance.

Chen Xiangwang opened the people behind him and said: "This official Zhier and others rebelled, all of them were forced to do so, now I can protect you from safety, only I know where the key is, as long as you put down your blades and listen to me, everyone will have something to eat." ”

Good guys, sow discord? How could Zhang Kai allow him to continue, and directly drew his knife and slashed at Chen Xiang's neck.

Less than two months after taking office, Chen Xiang hung up like this, and his wife, who followed him from Jiangnan to Shexian County, was also ruined to death by the rebels, and his seven-year-old son was chopped into pulp.

This is how the civilian rebellion looked, open and did not know how to restrain it, so that on that day, all the mansions of the rich people in Shexian County were swept away, and everywhere you could see ragged women being kidnapped by the rioters, and every household kicked open the door, demanded food and property, and killed if they did not give it.

In just one night, more than 2,000 people died in Shexian County, and corpses could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.

They were afraid that the officers and soldiers would chase after them, so they did not dare to stay in Shexian for a long time, and two days later, Zhang Kai took 3,000 men and horses, as well as grain and grass, and went to the direction of Shangdang.

The rest of the homeless people all opened their mouths to ask him for food, and they didn't need it to fight and wasted food, so they were directly abandoned by him.

Fighting a shot to change a place, rebellion also requires accumulating experience, and Zhang Kai undoubtedly did it very correctly this time.

And the Shangdang, who received the news, was too guarded by Lu Yongji, and was completely confused.