Li Hao and the others did not go to Luoyang, and went all the way to Jiangdong.

In the places I passed along the way, the Taiping Taoists I met were all missionaries, recruiting soldiers, and storing food. On the road behind, Li Hao and Guan Hai had to take the small road to avoid being entangled.

After the New Year, when the two arrived in Yangzhou, the time also came to the seventh year of Guanghe.

After Li Hao and the others left Pingxiang County, they only headed towards Jiangdong.

Almost all the places I passed along the way were disciples of Taiping Dao. On the way, I met several times that Taiping Dao was recruiting believers, and there were also people collecting grain, and they also listened a little, as if they were talking about overthrowing the government.

On the road behind, Li Hao and Guan Hai had to take the small road to avoid encountering people from Taiping Road again. is mainly afraid that someone will recognize Guan Hai, and he is also afraid that Guan Hai will be willful. He guessed from these Taiping Dao actions that the other party must be plotting an uprising. I just don't know what is driving all of this behind this.

When the time came to the end of the year, the two had already arrived at the location of the Yangtze River, looking at the land behind them, and then at the river in front of them, Guan Hai looked at Li Hao with some embarrassment.

Li Hao looked at Guan Hai looking at him, coupled with Guan Hai's expression, and asked curiously, "Brother Guan, what do you mean by this expression?" ”

Seeing Li Hao ask himself, Guan Hai scratched his head and said, "That... I'm a little afraid of water and seasickness. ”

Li Hao was speechless, thinking that something was wrong with Guan Hai, he was actually afraid of water and seasickness. But to put it mildly, the difference between the north and the south in ancient times was really very big.

"What's this, it's not the first time I've taken a boat, and I won't fall, don't worry."

Hearing Li Hao's comfort, which was not a comfort, Guan Hai had no choice but to admit his fate.

But after waiting on the boat, Li Hao underestimated how seasick Guan Hai was. vomited all the way, and even the boatman's eyes looked at Guan Hai, from the beginning of the bland, to surprised, and then shocked.

As you can imagine, it has been spitting from the time you got on the boat, all the way to the middle of the Yangtze River. If it weren't for the fact that Guan Hai had nothing in his stomach, he would probably be able to vomit until he got off the boat.

When he was on the boat, Li Hao had been patting Guan Hai on the back, and at the beginning he comforted him, just wait. didn't expect to vomit and almost cramp in the back, if it weren't for Guan Hai being a martial arts cultivator, I was really afraid that he would vomit to death because of seasickness, it would really be a joke.

After crossing the Yangtze River, the two continued to move forward until they reached the range of Danyang County.

On the way, Li Hao also noticed that he had never seen the disciples of Taiping Dao here, and he wanted to cross the Yangtze River, and for the current northerners, seasickness is the biggest obstacle. Moreover, the Yangtze River is separated, and it is not convenient to move.

When he passed through a small village, Li Hao planned to stay here for a while.

After getting the approval of the village chief, he borrowed some tools from the villagers to build houses, and the villagers were enthusiastic when they saw the newcomers, and came to help the two from time to time. During the construction of the yard, the two of them lived in the villagers' homes, and Li Hao also taught the villagers to make pepper fish, and the villagers tasted the fresh taste, and they were more enthusiastic about Li Hao and the two.

After the yard was built, the villagers also sent some bedding and fishing gear, and the village chief even gave Li Hao a fishing boat. Li Hao also smiled and accepted them one by one. There's no way, if you want to live here for a while, and you're surrounded by four walls, you can't accept it.

On the other hand, Guan Hai has been suffering from a bitter face, he is a northerner and is afraid of water. Especially when I saw the fishing boat, my face turned green.

In the following time, Li Hao took Guan Hai to fish from time to time, and Guan Hai slowly overcame the obstacle of being afraid of water, and became no longer seasick.

……

Time flashed to the end of February of the seventh year of Light.

Pingxiang County, Julu County.

One person stood on the top of the hillside, looked at the people below, raised the long sword in his hand and shouted: "Today, I swear here that I am bound to overthrow this corrupt government, and I hope that all righteous people will work together with me!" ”

Everyone below shouted: "Good! ”

When the people below were a little quieter, Zhang Jiao continued: "Since this is the case, then sacrifice the flag!" ”

Suddenly, the crowd made way from the middle, and two big men came to Zhang Jiao with a person tied up with flowers.

This man didn't know what happened to him being kidnapped, but just now he heard the word "sacrificial flag", and if he didn't understand what the result would be, he would really be an idiot. But with so many people around, how can you escape? I could only look at the person in front of me who was dressed as a Taoist with a desperate expression.

"Today, I use the head of this corrupt official to worship heaven and earth! I wish us success in the uprising! ”

The words fell, and the long sword in Zhang Jiao's hand also fell.

Blood splattered, and a skull rolled to the side. Zhang Jiao walked over and picked up the head and put it on the offering table, then knelt down with a long incense stick, and everyone knelt down after seeing Zhang Jiao kneel.

"We wait for the will of God today! I beg Heaven to wish us success in our uprising! ”

Zhang Jiao bowed three times after speaking, then stood up and inserted the long incense into the incense burner.

Then he looked back at everyone and shouted: "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is lucky!" ”

Hearing Zhang Jiao's slogan, everyone below also stood up and shouted: "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand!" ”

Zhang Jiao continued: "Summons all parties to the commanders, in early March, uprising! ”

The messengers in the crowd heard the order and scattered, each going to inform the commander who was in charge of him.

……

After everyone dispersed, Zhang Jiao returned to his house.

A black-robed man walked out of the back room and said, "Our great sage and good teacher are really majestic, what a 'The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand!'" ’。 ”

When Zhang Jiao heard someone talking, he was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the clothes of the black-robed man, he first looked outside the house, then immediately closed the door, and then knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and said, "See your lord." ”

The black-robed man walked up to Zhang Jiao and asked, "Okay, how is the matter going?" ”

"My lord, according to the plan, I have pretended to be Zhang Jiao to announce the uprising, and I don't know what happened next......"

"Hmm. Get up and speak, how many of those Qu Shuai are willing to listen to us? ”

'Zhang Jiao' stood up, looked at the black robe respectfully and replied, "Basically, all Qu Shuai is willing to obey us." It's just that a few of them are willing to raise the flag, although they do not agree to join us. As for those who do not listen to dissuasion, I have found someone to take their place. ”

Among them, Bocai agreed to join them, and when Zhang Jiao said that he wanted to disband, he strongly opposed it, even if he was one of the first people to follow Zhang Jiao, and he was also one of Zhang Jiao's most trusted people. So when someone approached him and asked if he wanted to join them and continue on Taiping Road, he agreed without thinking.

Including Zhang Mancheng is the same, except that he only agrees to the uprising, and does not listen to anything else. But these people didn't mind, and told Zhang Mancheng that as long as they could follow them to revolt.

On the other hand, Ma Yuanyi, although he did not experience the rebellion of Tang Zhou and was killed by the car, he was also imprisoned because he was unwilling to obey their arrangements. Fortunately, he is mainly the person in charge of liaison, and it is not easy for them to deal with him directly, otherwise he would have died by this time.

The same was true of the other commanders, but most of them were in agreement with the uprising, and even if a few disagreed, they were replaced by their deputies.

"Just ......"

"Say."

It's just that Guan Hai has never returned to Beihai County, and he doesn't know where he went, but the disciples under his command are all managed by Guan Cheng. Those Qu Shuai said that Zhang Jiao also had a sworn brother, but they didn't know the specific information. A few months ago, Peng Tuo came to report that two people inquired about Zhang Jiao's news, and it was a young man and a big man. ”

The black-robed man looked at the 'Zhang Jiao' in front of him like this, and after a long while, he said, "Didn't you think that those two were Zhang Jiao's sworn brothers, and Guan Hai?" ”

'Zhang Jiao' was stunned for a moment, but also reacted. At that time, he was guided by Peng Tuo's thoughts, after all, he had never seen Zhang Jiao's sworn brother and Guan Hai.

When he knelt down and said, "My subordinates should be damned!" ”

The black-robed man waved his hand and motioned for him to get up, in fact, he also understood that the people who had seen the young man were the same as the original ones, and they were all the same.

"Okay, after their movements are investigated, let people keep an eye on them at all times. And where did Zhang Jiao go to investigate? ”

"I haven't found it yet, and Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang don't have any news, the three of them should be together."

The black-robed man didn't expect Zhang Jiao to hide so deeply, even if the person he installed became Qu Shuai, he didn't know where he went.

At that time, Zhang Jiao announced the news of the dissolution of Taiping Dao, but it really scared him, fortunately, those Qu Shuai are not fuel-efficient lamps, most of them have made up their minds to revolt, nothing more than to ask Zhang Jiao to take the lead, after all, his reputation in Taiping Dao is still very famous in the north. Even if I don't know where Zhang Jiao has gone now, it is still very easy to find someone to replace him.

"I didn't expect that even you can't figure out Zhang Jiao's whereabouts, but the uncertain factors must be controlled in your own hands, after all, what we are planning is too big."

"My lord, you also know that Zhang Jiao's master is ......"

Feeling the gaze of the black-robed man, 'Zhang Jiao' immediately stopped his mouth.

"What shouldn't be said, can't be said nonsense. After the uprising, you can decide for yourself, and you must involve all forces in this war. ”

"Yes!"

The black-robed man glanced at the 'Zhang Jiao' in front of him again, and said, "If you can really overthrow the Han Court, it is not impossible to help you ascend to the throne. With that, he left.

After the black-robed man walked for a while, 'Zhang Jiao' came back to his senses, clenched his fists and said, "I will definitely live up to the expectations of adults!" ”

…

When the commanders in various places received the news from the messenger, they all responded one after another and immediately raised their flags and raised their troops. All of a sudden, war broke out.

Although the garrison of the county towns in various places ranges from a few thousand to 10,000 people, they are usually distributed throughout the county, and it takes time to mobilize them. In addition, there were more or less pre-bribed people in various localities, and it was impossible to organize an effective defense for a while.

…

"My lord! The nearby counties have been overrun by traitors! Looking at the direction they are heading, the next step is our county town! ”

Listening to Jun Cheng's report, Taishou Aiyi of Julu County stood in the courtyard of Taishou Mansion, looking at the sky with lost eyes.

More than ten days have passed since the traitors started the war.

At the beginning, Ai Yi also sent a garrison to suppress it, but he didn't expect that he sent troops out again and again, and every time it was news of defeat. Moreover, the other party's general is actually a martial artist, and his own side is directly weaker. As soon as the Lord is dead, the soldiers under his command will only be defeated.

For a long time, Ai Yi sighed deeply, and the whole person instantly aged a lot, and said in a hoarse voice: "How long will it take for them to get to the county seat?" ”

"At the current rate, it will be outside the city gate in two days at the latest."

Hearing Jun Cheng's answer, Ai Yi said what was in his heart, "Let everyone go, you can go too." ”

Jun Cheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "My lord, what about you?" Aren't you leaving? ”

Ai Yi smiled sadly, "Let's go? Where can I go? When I leave, I will be ashamed of Your Majesty and this big man! And the source is from me. ”

"But, sir!"

Before Jun Cheng could continue to speak, Ai Yi waved his hand and interrupted: "I know what you want to say, the people in the world are now miserable, Your Majesty doesn't care about it, and the eunuchs form a party for personal gain." But what can I do? I'm just a Taishou, I did everything I had to do, and now all that's left is to die in the line of duty. ”

When Jun Cheng heard Taishou Aiyi say this, he didn't know what to say for a while, he knew that he couldn't persuade Taishou to say anything.

He bowed deeply to Ai Yi and left.

Ai Yi called the steward of the palace and told him to let the subordinates in the Taishou Mansion pick up some valuable things by themselves and go their separate ways.

At night, there was a huge Taishou Mansion, and only Ai Yi was left sitting alone in the courtyard.

Two days later, the county seat of Julu fell, and Ai Yi's head was hung on the gate of the county seat.

'Zhang Jiao' and the lieutenant general are now in the city to see all this, and the city is at the mercy of the disciples.

The adjutant general on the side asked, "My lord, what are we going to do next?" ”

"You said you want to call me the sect leader!"

But thinking of something, he continued: "Trim up a little, and then continue to capture the other surrounding cities." ”

"Yes!"

After the lieutenant general left, he was the only one left in the city to look at the city of Julu County, fantasizing that he would be able to capture more places in the future and gradually ascend to the supreme position.