To capture Xingyuan Mansion, you have to send troops immediately.

The later it is to go south, the more Xiongguan will be consolidated by the government.

The officers and soldiers who were captured in this war were first classified according to their origins, and priority was given to the training of people who were not from Xingyuan Prefecture, and they were taken back to their hometowns. The strong are regular soldiers, and the old and weak are miscellaneous soldiers.

Then, from among the local captives, young and strong soldiers were selected as soldiers, and the rest were given some rations to return to their hometowns.

The strength of Zhu Ming's command was expanded to 20,000 (excluding the defenders of Yangzhou and Jinzhou).

The soldiers are divided into two ways.

Zhu Ming personally commanded the main force and marched south on the Golden Bull Road.

Li Bao led 5,000 partial divisions and went down from the rice cangdao.

Li Jinyi and Gong Xiu led 2,000 vanguard troops and took the lead in killing Sanquan County.

The troops of Sanquan County have long been transferred to Xingyuan Mansion to defend the city, and it is easy to take down the empty garrison at this time.

Li Jinyi and Gong Xiu arrived at Sanquan, but they did not encounter resistance. The county order had already run away, and the officials opened the city and surrendered, and there was no matter of soldiers.

The two did not stay, made a little supply, rested for a day, Li Jinyi led the troops to the south, and Gong Xiu led the troops to the north.

Let's say that Gong Xiu led a thousand troops, so he ran to attack Xingzhou.

Xingzhou (Luoyang) only has two counties of Shunzheng and Changju, and the strategic location is extremely important, and Sanquan County is connected as a whole, jointly controlling the middle passage of Echuan, Shaanxi and Han.

In addition, there is economic value.

Chuanxia 4th Road, there are three major coinage institutions. Among them, Jizhong Jian is in Xingzhou, and iron coins are minted every year.

Whoever is the prime minister will be promoted to the supervisor of the people.

Today's supervisor is naturally Wang Huang's henchman, whose name is Yang Zhaoshu.

The governor of Xingzhou recruited township soldiers and pulled the inspectors to defend the city. Yang Zhaoshu insisted on taking a part of it to guard his money minting yard, and organized an army of miners.

Gong Xiu went up the Jialing River, due to the turbulence of the river, it was difficult to sail in many places, and he couldn't find a slender man for a while. After nearly a month of delay, most of the military rations were consumed, and finally arrived near Jizhong Prison.

"Dad, there are officers and soldiers ahead!" Gong Yi came back with the pathfinder team.

Gong Xiu ordered: "Stop, prepare for battle." ”

But when he saw several strong men coming, he knelt on the ground from afar, and two of them were still carrying their heads in their hands.

Gong Xiu took a few steps forward and asked, "Who are you?" ”

A strong man replied: "We are blacksmiths and miners in the prison, and we can't stand being exploited and beaten by corrupt officials, so we kill the field supervisor and the inspection commander." On the side of Jizhongjian, there are more than 2,000 brothers who are willing to follow Zhu Xianggong to do great things! ”

Gong Xiuxi said: "More than 2,000 people are all craftsmen? ”

The strong man said: "There are also some township soldiers recruited by the supervisor, and they can't stand it anymore, so they kill the officials and rebel with us." ”

"Good!"

Gong Xiu laughed heartily: "Whose head are you holding?" ”

The strong man gritted his teeth and said: "The head of Yang Zhaoshu, the field supervisor, this bird official is used to practicing us. ”

Gong Xiu asked again: "How many officers and soldiers are there in Xingzhou City?" ”

"I don't know." The strong man said.

Gong Xiu collected more than 2,000 soldiers and continued to walk north along the river valley.

When I came to the city of Xingzhou, I saw that the city gate was wide open, and the people in the city were fleeing.

Gong Xiu sent someone to stop him, and after careful inquiry, he learned that the miners of the Jizhong Prison had killed officials and rebelled, and Xingzhou Taishou ran away when he got the news.

Xingzhou Taishou fled to Changju County by boat, but he didn't feel safe enough, so he smeared oil on the soles of his feet and fled to Chengzhou (Chengxian), which was already the boundary of Qinfeng Road. Halfway through, Changju County Commander ran with Zhizhou, and no one in the entire Xingzhou presided over the situation.

In this way, he took Xingzhou in a daze, Gong Xiu scratched his head to himself: "My eight characters, is it bad luck or good luck?" ”

"Good luck." Gong Yi said.

Father and son raised troops in the scrap gold mines, and they were full of enthusiasm to do great things.

As a result, they attacked Chenggu, Xingzhou, and Changju, and all the officials abandoned the city and fled, and they have not seen blood until now.

……

However, it was said that Li Jinyi continued to open the road to the south, and was stuck when he arrived at Mantianzhai.

Here is also called Chaotian Gorge, Emperor Tang Ming fled into Sichuan, Shuzhong officials took over here to take the meaning of "worshiping the Son of Heaven" (later changed to Mingyue Gorge).

High mountains, deep gorges, turbulent flows, plank roads, walled forts...... Without 20,000 or 30,000 troops, it would be impossible to kill them without counting the casualties.

Lizhou Taishou Huang Deyu, who is already in his sixties, personally sat in Mantianzhai and put a coffin beside him.

Huang Deyu stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the thieves who came to inquire about the news, and said nothing with a blank face.

He was twenty years old, a young talent, and a graceful man.

At that time, Tanhua was not fixed for the third place, but let the youngest and handsome Jinshi do it.

He is Tanhualang.

The official in the imperial history, who was born in Bangyan, took the initiative to marry his niece to him. For a time, the beauty was in her arms, the future was immeasurable, and the scenery was indescribable.

He was in Min County, personally visited the typhoon-stricken area, and led the people to relieve the disaster.

He was in Fengxiang, encouraging the people to sue and severely punish the children of the big families (there are a large number of official eunuchs in Fengxiang Mansion).

However, these achievements did not work, but offended the powerful and made it difficult to be promoted.

Huang Deyu was able to be promoted to a court official because he was good at writing and painting......

Song Huizong liked his calligraphy and painting, crowned him as a young protector, and asked him to give lessons to the princes.

Because he was not allowed to Wang Huang and was close to the prince, Huang Deyu was demoted to Lizhou last year to be the Taishou.

"The thief has retreated, the thief has retreated!"

The thieves disappeared without a trace, and the defenders cheered.

Huang Deyu was still expressionless, sitting on the coffin, looking at the surging Jialing River in contemplation.

He can prevent the thieves from going south here, but what about the Bazhou side?

Sichuan is probably gone!

"Too shou, too shou......" A messenger came from the south.

Huang Deyu's heart tightened, and he hurriedly kept his composure, still sitting on the coffin, turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The messenger panted and said, "Zhao...... Zhaohua is gone, and some people rebel. They also spread the slogan of thieves everywhere, saying that they would ...... He said that he would 'kill corrupt officials, and equal the rich and the poor'. ”

Huang Deyu is like having phlegm in his throat, but he can't speak when he opens his mouth wide.

He was known for his honesty all his life, but when he was old, he became the target of "killing corrupt officials".

Zhaohua County, which was captured by the anti-thieves, is stuck between Jianmen Pass and Lizhou City, and there must be no mistakes!

Huang Deyu left 1,000 "elite soldiers" to defend Mantianzhai, and he quickly returned to suppress the thieves with the main force.

……

Half a month ago.

Jiangjiagou Village near Wangxi Town, Zhaohua County.

Jiang Chengwu, a country sergeant, watched a group of officials leave, and the anger hidden in his heart finally couldn't help but float to his face.

His family is a rural landlord, and the father and son have all studied, and they have spent a lot of money before and after, but only the second brother has been admitted to the juren. The family sold the land for the second brother to enter Beijing to take the exam, but unfortunately he was still not on the list.

In order to support his family, Jiang Chengwu gave up the imperial examination to work.

I have copied Buddhist scriptures for people and made accounts for others. His classmates recommended him to be a teacher in the county primary school, and he finally had a stable and decent livelihood, but who knew that the imperial court reduced the scale of official education and directly abolished the primary school in Zhaohua County.

Now there are only more than 100 acres of land left in the family, of which 70% belong to barren dry land, but they have to feed the whole family of 16 people.

Four brothers, three of whom gave up their studies, worked while farming, and were willing to do anything as long as they made money, and gathered the strength of the whole family to support the second brother to study.

Because the second brother has passed the examination, he is the most promising to be a jinshi!

However, the government did not let them go, because the Jiang family used to be a third-class household. The families have fallen in the middle of the road, but the number of households has not decreased, and they have their share in all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and they have collected heavier taxes than ordinary peasants.

"Father, it's the other way around." Jiang Chengwu returned to the house.

Jiang Zhongru is a village teacher, not yet fifty years old, but his hair is already gray.

There are not many students studying in the village, and they can't get a few bundles, so they usually have to go to the fields and farm by themselves.

When he was young, he was upright and irritable, and he beat the children of the big clans in his county, and has been retaliated against for more than 20 years.

And the blunt knife cuts the flesh, and if it is not killed at once, there is his family every year. sold a lot of land, and the households and others have been stuck and refused to surrender, and they have to torture him to death before they are willing.

Hearing that the eldest son said that he was going to rebel, Jiang Zhongru didn't react much, but said: "Once you rebel, your second brother will study hard, and all your hard work will be in vain." ”

"I can't pass the test, so I'll just do the opposite." Jiang Chengdong walked in.

Jiang Zhongru asked, "I haven't borrowed any money again?" ”

Jiang Chengdong smiled bitterly: "The government's exploitation is getting heavier and heavier, everyone knows the situation of our family, which one of the four miles and eight towns is willing to borrow money?" ”

Not long after, Jiang Chengliang and Jiang Chengzhang went home with hoes.

The four sons stood around their father, and they had reached a consensus that they would rebel against the whole family this time.

The enemy family and the government have deceived people too much, and they have come to loot it several times this year.

This time, the Zhu family father and son rebelled in Yangzhou, and the counties of Lizhou urgently recruited township soldiers. If you are not an only child, you can also not be a strong man, but you need to pay free money.

The four brothers of the Jiang family must produce two strong men.

Either go to the army to fight, or pay forty yuan of free money according to the household.

They don't have much money left.

"Can the surname Zhu succeed?" Jiang Zhongru was worried about this, and he had no psychological burden on the rebellion.

Jiang Chengwu said: "It doesn't matter if he can succeed or not, let's rebel against us." The official messenger gave a deadline, and within ten days, if he did not hand over the free money, he would come to his house to arrest the servant. My father and son all read the books of the sages, if they are arrested to be conscripts, how will they be based in the countryside in the future? The government insulted me to the point that even if I was killed, I would rebel! ”

Jiang Chengliang also said: "The second brother has been admitted to the juren, and he does not need to serve in the military." The government has its own rules, so don't blame us for working hard! ”

Jiang Chengdong said: "This year, we have levied two free money, and the money for the feet in the field has also risen to 300 yuan, and the peasant households in all townships and villages are overwhelmed. We can learn from Wang Xiaobo, play the righteous banner of equal to the noble and the lowly, and the rich and the poor, and then kill one or two inferior gentry landlords, and we will definitely be able to respond in all directions to enter the county! ”

The gray-haired village school teacher slowly stood up: "Then...... It's the other way around. ”

The four brothers went to the former tenants of the Jiang family first and tore up all the IOUs that could not be recovered. He also connected the poorest families in the village, preaching the idea of "waiting for the rich and the poor", and said that the Zhu family father and son had occupied Hanzhong and would soon be able to kill the Lizhou side.

In less than ten days, the official messenger entered the village again, went door to door to urge the husband to waive the money, and arrested the strong men who could not pay the money.

"The government is trying to force us to death!" Jiang Chengwu said with a hoe on his shoulder.

Jiang Chengdong said: "My classmates in the county said that the Zhu family and his son have an army of 100,000 and have already killed Sanquan County, and they will be able to come to Lizhou next month." The government arrested us to be soldiers to let us die! ”

This is a scholar who has been promoted and went to the capital to take the exam, and his words are infinitely convincing.

Not only the villagers believed, but even the officials believed.

Those who go to the countryside to collect taxes are all small minions, and they don't have much access to information. They looked at each other, worried about the Zhu family's father and son, and they really came with an army of 100,000.

"Kill this dog!"

Jiang Chengliang smashed it over, and the villagers who had already connected it in series followed suit.

Jiang Zhongru, as a village school teacher, after beating officials to death, began to give speeches on "equal to the noble and low, rich and poor", enumerating the hatefulness of corrupt officials and shameless landlords.

The villagers were convinced of him, and then thought of what happened to their own family, and soon became angry, picked up sticks and killed Jiang Yuanwai's house.

In addition to Jiang Yuan, he was still the uncle of the four brothers of the Jiang family in terms of seniority, but he was beaten to death by the four brothers and the villagers.

They swept through several villages in a row, killing people in each village, and then went to sack Wangxi Town.

This is the only way to pass through the Golden Bull Road, where land and water cross to form a commercial town, and business travelers stay here every month.

The rebellious peasants ransacked the caravan and shops, and the unemployed homeless people in the town joined in. After killing people and stealing goods, they looted rich families along the way and rushed straight to Zhaohua County.

The county order had already recruited more than 2,000 township soldiers and planned to send them to Zhizhou.

But when he heard that the peasant army was coming, the county order ran away, completely forgetting that he still had more than 2,000 soldiers.

This guy is still running fast, no matter how slow he is, he will definitely die.

Because the peasant army had just arrived in the county seat, those township soldiers also rebelled and directly opened the city gate to gather together.

Jiang Zhongru with his four sons wanted to restrain the peasant army, but he had completely lost control.

These peasants went crazy, first rushed into the government and killed people when they saw them. After venting his anger, he looked for a mansion in the city and rushed into the mansion to kill and rob people.

Truly realize the equal high and low, equal wealth and poor!

(Thanks to the leader of the Little Flying Carpet for the reward, O(∩_∩)O~)

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