On September 27 of the first year of Chongzhen, an army was stationed in Wuqiao.

It's late autumn, and it's the time of the crops.

The army was plagued by a lack of food.

Now that he has offended the powerful Wang family again, his resolute and dignified face is full of confusion.

Where do we go from here?

With the sound of footsteps from far and near, Liu Zeqing looked up and saw Li Yingyuan walking in with Li Jiucheng with a vicissitudes of life.

"General Lee? How did you come back like this? What about horses? ”

Liu Zeqing asked a few questions in a row.

Li Jiucheng didn't answer, and when he asked again, he said: "I took it to gamble and lost." ”

"Damn, you don't know me."

Liu Zeqing didn't believe it at all: "You take a group of people out, how can you gamble!" By the way, what about them? ”

"Hey, they're all separated from me."

Only then did Li Jiucheng tell what had happened.

As soon as he heard that Li Jiucheng had lost the horse price, a glimmer of hope ignited in Liu Zeqing's heart was shattered.

"Lao Li, I can't help you."

Liu Zeqing sighed: "Go back and confess your guilt to Governor Qiu yourself." For the sake of my comrades, I will not bring you shackles and shackles. ”

"The court treats you and me as well as pigs and dogs, and pigs and dogs stutter anyway."

Li Jiucheng said angrily: "But we are so hungry that we can't walk, and no one has pity." ”

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

Liu Zeqing was a little puzzled, which didn't match what he said at all.

"Liu Shuai, instead of waiting for death!" Li Jiucheng's eyes lit up, "It's better to learn from the Tang Dynasty and divide one side!" ”

"Li Jiucheng! You lost your horse price, you don't want to atone for your sins, but you want to rebel with Lao Tzu! ”

Liu Zeqing took the case: "Are you still fucking human?" ”

"Lao Liu, don't worry, listen to me slowly."

Li Jiucheng said calmly: "I heard my son say that you want to write a letter to He Kegang, begging him to intercede with Yang Chengying and help you speak, isn't it?" ”

Liu Zeqing glared at Li Yingyuan fiercely, but did not answer.

"You only know that the Wang family is powerful, but you don't know how powerful it is."

Li Jiucheng said: "The Wang family and the Bi family are in-laws, and Bi Ziyin, the commander of Wuqiao County, is the sixth brother of Bi Zisu who died due to the mutiny of the Guanning army. ”

Liu Zeqing was stunned for a moment, he had just arrived, and he really didn't understand this relationship.

It is no wonder that Wuqiao County refused to sell him a grain of rice, not even wine, so that the soldiers relied on drinking water to satisfy their hunger.

Family marriages have existed since ancient times.

How deep is the relationship between the Bi family and the Wang family, including Wang Xiangqian, there are five brothers of the Wang family who marry the women of the Bi family.

"Not only that, you want to rejoin the Guan Ning Army. But Inspector Yuan was unjustly killed, and He Kegang had completely taken refuge in Yang Chengying's disciples. ”

Li Jiucheng struck while the iron was hot: "Even if Yang Chengying is willing to take you and me in, He Kegang and the others don't hate us, thinking that we betrayed Guan Ningjun." ”

"This ......" Liu Zeqing suddenly felt a sense of weakness.

At that time, he was indeed afraid of betraying the court, so he made this decision.

"If you don't want to take refuge in Guan Ningjun, you can take refuge in Ma Shilong."

Li Jiucheng said: "But I also want to tell you that Governor Qiu's deceased brother Qiu He was the examiner of Wanli in the thirty-eighth year, and the top scholars such as Qian Qianyi and others were all good friends with the Wang family and the Bi family.

These people will settle with you, and Governor Qiu can stop them. ”

Speaking of this, Li Jiucheng took a dose of fierce medicine: "I forgot to tell you that Qiu Heshi was still the examiner of Wanli in the thirty-second year, and the leader of that year was the current Inspector Sun."

In addition, there is one thing, Sun Yuanhua, who is far away in Liaodong and is highly regarded by Yang Chengying, whose protégé was he when he was promoted? Unfortunately, it is Wang Xiangchun's protégé. ”

Liu Zeqing finally realized that he had fallen into a monstrous disaster.

Hou Shilu, the chief soldier of a dignified town, worked hard and diligently, but because he offended these big people, he ended up being assigned to the army.

He is a person with no roots and no roots, and he is not even qualified to be assigned to the army, so he can only be killed.

"But if we rebel now, isn't that asking for hardship?"

Liu Zeqing was shaken, "Yang Chengying is facing us across the sea, and the soldiers under him are too powerful." ”

Breaking into Hirokashima, of course, it was because some of the soldiers lost their combat effectiveness, but more importantly, they saw with their own eyes that the people of the joint defense team and the reserve battalion were superb in archery.

An arrow hit the feet of the soldiers who rushed towards the people's homes, directly cutting off their thoughts.

And the posture of those people with weapons, and the formation formed. Damn, if someone hadn't said it, he would have thought it was the elite of the Ming Dynasty.

"The Guanning army has not yet been reorganized, and Yang Chengying is still facing the attack of the Tartars, and he is powerless to deal with us."

Li Jiucheng analyzed: "There are more than 100,000 Liao people in Denglai and even the whole of Shandong, and these are our capital. ”

"We don't seem to be enough."

Liu Zeqing was completely moved.

"The general Chen of the Navy Division, the guerrilla Mao Chenglu in Dengzhou, has long been dissatisfied with the imperial court because he has not been promoted for a long time."

Li Jiucheng said with a smile: "They are all objects we can woo." ”

Some things are afraid to think about carefully, and the more Liu Zeqing thinks about it, the more he feels that this matter is too funny.

Chen was sometimes You Shihun's old department, and after You Shihun was transferred to Tianjin Wei, his situation became very embarrassing.

As soon as Shen Degong left, he had no backer at all.

Mao Chenglu is the son of Mao Wenlong, who was implicated by Wang Huazhen and forced to stay at home.

His son was valued by Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, and accumulated merit to become a guerrilla general.

Since then, several successive governors of Denglai have not taken him seriously.

These people are excellent targets for wooing.

After a brief discussion between the three of them, they gathered 700 Dengzhou soldiers late that night.

"Soldiers, corrupt officials in the court are rampant, and we and other soldiers have no food and clothing, and they are forced to steal chickens and touch dogs!"

Under the reflection of the torches, Liu Zeqing's face looked bitter and hateful: "So much so that he offended the important ministers, and the end was worrying." ”

These words spoke to the hearts of the soldiers.

Denglai is adjacent to the Golden State, what people are like, what are they like.

It was the corrupt officials who embezzled the military salaries and embezzled them, so that they marched hungry.

There was an unusually angry look on everyone's face.

"Soldiers, now we let Mr. Liu lead everyone back to Dengzhou and reunite with his wife and children."

Li Jiucheng said loudly: "Do you agree? ”

"I am willing to listen to Master Liu's orders!"

Dengzhou soldiers cheered.

The next day, September 28th.

Liu Zeqing led his army to launch a mutiny in Wuqiao and plundered Wuqiao County.

Under the banner of returning to Dengzhou to ask for food, the rebels did not capture the county government, but plundered and killed Denglai.

On the 29th, he immediately attacked Ling County in Jinan Prefecture.

The rebels opened the treasury and plundered their property. In addition to distributing it to everyone, the rest is used to recruit soldiers.

The prisoners in the prison were also released to expand the team.

On the first day of October, Linyi County was attacked. The third day of the junior high school broke through Shanghe County, and the fourth day of the junior high school broke through Qidong County...... The situation was overwhelming, and the counties had no power to resist.

As victories followed, the rebel army grew in size and discipline became more and more loose.

Robbing the people, humiliating women, doing everything.

When the rebels entered Xincheng County, they killed the Wang family who lived here.

finally shocked the government and the opposition.