On the day before entering the Jin Dynasty, Wang Jiayin recruited various rebels to go to Qingjian to discuss matters.
Liu Chengzong left Shangtianhou and others to attack Yanshui Pass and headed to Qingjian.
Hundreds of rebel leaders gathered in Wuyangyang, which really allowed Liu Chengzong to meet all the rabble he should see in his life.
People arranged their seats, and Liu Chengzong was ranked fourth against the king. He should have been third, but he gave it to Master Gao.
In the end, it was decided to divide the army into six groups: Wang Jiayin's Hequ, Bumuji's Jiazhou, Wang Zuogao's Hancheng, Huntian Wang's Yichuan, Gao Yingxiang's Wubao, and Liu Chengzong's Yanshui Pass, and they would all enter the Jin Dynasty. p>
When Liu Chengzong returned to Yanshui Pass, the door was already open to him.
The carrier led a few tall horses and walked forward and said: "Brother, after you left, some people said they were subordinates of King Hengtian and sent twenty armors, thirty war horses, and a golden seal of Marshal Hengtian."
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He looked a little panicked: "We didn't know what was going on, so we let him go. What's going on... King Hengtian was recruited?"
"Is it really official?"
Liu Chengzong also looked confused and asked Wei Qian'er to gather the sentry commanders and entered the Yanshui Pass official office.
There were exactly eight chairs set up on the left and right of the official office, and the captains sat down one after another, and immediately started talking to each other with questions.
Some asked about the establishment of officials, some asked about military strength, and some asked about the situation of the anti-king gathering.
Liu Chengzong raised his arms and pressed them down, and waited for everyone to be quiet before saying: "Let me tell you the results of the Qingjian discussion first. There are more than a hundred leaders from all walks of life in Qingjian. They said that there are 140,000 troops entering the Jin Dynasty this time."
Cao Yao, Yang Yao and others didn't think so. I was surprised when Shicheng was the only one who accepted the letter. I was dumbfounded and said in surprise: "140,000?"
"If you look at the other commanders, you will believe it. They said the number of soldiers themselves."
Liu Chengzong teased Chengyun and said to everyone: "What are you doing here in Shanxi with 140,000 people? We went straight to Guyuan and whipped the governors of the three sides. There are hundreds of leaders, and there are too many people."
"I won't talk about the small leaders. Some leaders have too many mules to transport their soldiers and horses. When it comes to seating, Qingjian arranged the seats."
Liu Chengzong rested his arms on the armrests of the seats: "The first is Wang Jiayin, the king of Hengtian, and the second is Zuo Guazi. After the line is finished here, I stand in the middle. Several leaders who say they have 10,000 or 20,000 people dare not sit forward." The official office burst into laughter, and Cao Yao asked: "Then we rank third?"
Liu Chengzong turned out his palm and showed four fingers: "Fourth, third, I let Master Gao sit down. We will have a long time in the future, there is no need to go there and make short-lived tricks."
"As for the strength of the troops, there are definitely less than 140,000. Everyone has seen King Hun Tian. We even had a meal together in Yanchuan a few days ago. His entire battalion has a total of more than 3,000 people, and only 600 of them can be called bandits.
When you reach Qingjian, there will be three thousand soldiers and ten thousand auxiliary soldiers."
Everyone burst into laughter again.
The Sky Monkey did not laugh as he wanted to help his friend, so he said seriously: "King Hun Tian was chased by Li Bei earlier. Perhaps he was afraid of being looked down upon, so he said more."
"Yes, that's what he thinks."
Liu Chengzong suppressed his smile and continued, which was regarded as exposing the matter of King Hun Tian, and said: "I estimate that the number of troops entering the Jin Dynasty this time is only thirty or forty thousand."
Cao Yao couldn't hold himself back for a long time. Everyone didn't laugh at this meeting, so he simply asked: "General, what's going on with the official position? We haven't overthrown the Emperor of the Zhu family, but we have invited the Emperor of the Wang family back on our head?"<
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"As soon as I sat there, I was given an official position. I thought it was just a casual comment. I am Marshal Hengtian, Bu Zhanmu is General Shudi, King Huntian is called General Huntian, and there are a lot of other generals and lieutenants. Who knows?
All the gold seals have been sent."
Liu Chengzong was also helpless about this, and then stood up with a smile and said: "Whatever, isn't it good for someone to give gold? This grassroots team may fall apart at any time. It's not important. We still have a long time. What's important is... I
Draw a line for them."
There was a map hanging in the garrison office at Yanshui Pass. Liu Chengzong took advantage of this and pointed on the map with a riding whip: "South of Taiyuan and north of Jiangzhou, a distance of 500 miles, is the place where we and King Chuang belong. Don't let it go."
They come in."
All the sentry commanders were stunned.
Liu Chengzong circled this area, which is almost one-third of the most fertile land in Shanxi.
Yang Yao asked: "Are they willing to take away a large piece of the general?"
"What if you don't want to do it?" Liu Chengzong asked with a smile: "Let's fight? They have to weigh it. How do they compare to Li Bei?"
Everyone laughed again, General Li has become a unit of measurement for combat effectiveness.
But having said that, no one would dare to take food from Liu Chengzong's mouth.
Nowadays, there are many rebel kings who have fought against the official army, but only the first four people have actually fought. Wang Zuo lost, and Gao Yingxiang was defeated and relied on Liu Chengzong to win the battle.
Only Wang Jiayin and Liu Chengzong were able to defeat the army in an upright confrontation between the two armies.
Of the two, Wang Jiayin is the more powerful. Liu Chengzong is waiting for work in Yan'an Mansion, while Wang Jiayin has been wandering inside and outside the border wall since the beginning of the uprising, constantly poking the butts of Yansui Town officials and soldiers.
Without Wang Jiayin, all the rebel kings in northern Shaanxi would not be so comfortable. Once the border troops at the second border wall were mobilized, Wang Jiayin would definitely steal their homes.
Liu Chengzong smiled and said: "But it's actually not as tense as you think. The people behind you don't dare to say anything. They say there are six routes to enter the Jin Dynasty, but in fact there are only three routes. King Hengtian and Bu Zhanni are all the way, we are all the way with Chuang Wang, and Zuo
Guazi and Hun Tianwang went all the way up, down, middle, and just divided Shanxi."
"Wang Hengtian passed through Kelan Prefecture and Xinzhou Daizhou, which is also a fertile place. If Zuo Guazi can break through Hancheng, there will be fertile fields east and west of the river... Remember to take this map away after a while."
After admonishing Chengyun, Liu Chengzong continued: "However, we did take advantage. We have two sides from the north and the south. It is unlikely that we will be intercepted by a large number of officers and soldiers. The biggest problem is Luliang Mountain and ourselves."
Ourselves?
The eight sentinel commanders and the Sky Monkey all looked confused. Wang Wenxiu curled up his beard and said, "General, please give me some instructions."
Liu Chengzong stood up, put his hand on the table and pressed it hard, organized his words a little, and said: "You are all people whom I, Liu Shizi, trust, and we can't take all of the five hundred miles."
"We Shaanxi people, who are soldiers, are accustomed to despising life when we see life and death. The hungry people are homeless, and we still survive today by stepping on the corpses. The drought in Shanxi is not like this. The people there are somewhat oppressed, but they can still survive. I don't want to end up in Shanxi because of me."
, let those people who could have lived die."
"If we all crowd into one place, I can't tell who is killing and robbing for stuttering, and who is killing innocent people for fun. This imperial court, which can't control the captives on the outside and calm the people on the inside, regards us as thieves, and its strength has been exhausted.
Shit, we can’t think of ourselves as thieves who harm the people, we are anti-thieves.”
Several sentry commanders with backgrounds in the border army chuckled.
Not only do you laugh at the imperial court, but you also laugh at yourself.
They all shed their blood for Ming Dynasty.
If the Ming Dynasty is a galloping horse, everyone once thought that they were flesh and blood, but later they realized that they were grass, chewed up and swallowed!
Bang bang twice.
Yang Yao, who was sitting on the chair, straightened his spine and slapped the table: "The general is right, we are rebels, not thieves who harm the people!"
The sense of honor cannot be eaten as food, but the sense of honor is very useful after eating enough.
On the other hand, Wang Wenxiu, the other chief executive, was much calmer. He glanced at Yang Yao with his big beard and chuckled: "How many days have you had enough food? I don't care about the people of Shanxi. My brothers rely on the generals to eat."
When I have enough to eat, I will do whatever the general orders."
Gao Xian and Liu Chengzong looked at each other and said with a smile: "Don't look at the three of us. Commander Cao is an old rebel, and we are just small rebels at most. Too many people have died in this world, and I think it's too little."
The dead center is good."
Feng Lei smiled and said nothing, but nodded towards Liu Chengzong.
The old rebel Cao Yao fell into thinking.
Liu Chengzong asked: "What does Brother Cao think?"
"Well...it doesn't matter whether we live or die in this world." Cao Yao frowned and sighed: "But there is one thing. When we enter Shanxi, we are just discussing matters. You listen to me and think about what we are going to do."<
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Cao Yao spread his hands and talked eloquently: "The big families who annexed the land, as well as the corrupt officials, oppressed the good gentry, destroyed or divided the land, equalized the land and freed grain. This has always been done by failed rebellions.
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"There is also the vassal prince. It has been many years since the Qingcheng Palace. I thought carefully. After the raid, they would have food and return to Shaanxi. I knew that Chengyun had said before that he would penetrate into Shanxi and lead the people to resist the tax like he did in Yan'an Prefecture.
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After that, he put his hand on the table: "But in fact, this is helping the imperial court. Those bastards in the imperial court who want to kill us have never dreamed of doing this."
Cao Yao spread his hands, his meaning was obvious.
A vassal king, land annexation, a large family of gentry, and a chronic illness in the court.
"In Fushi County, Ansai was able to achieve success because of natural disasters and the army. Wang Jiayin in the north held back the border troops, and Liu Guan team was stationed in Yan'an Prefecture. We successively attacked the road in Yanchuan. It was luck or luck, and in Yanhe
Hequ beat Li Bei... Grandma's battle was really cowardly. It's not like she couldn't win, but, alas, it's not important."
As he spoke, this guy even got angry with himself, and clapped his hands and said: "We are there, dividing the land equally among the people, and leading the people to resist taxes. That is to say that one call will answer the wishes of all, but won't you leave? Can you lead all the people away?
What will they do if you leave? Continue to resist the tax? Fight with a knife."
"There is no natural disaster. Secondly, corrupt officials are killed. Thirdly, the wealthy families who collect rents are gone. Paying taxes will not destroy the family. Donations are gone. In this way..."<
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Cao Yao waved his hand and circled the crowd: "Let's go to Shanxi. We don't dare to tell the south or the north. The autumn grain harvested by the imperial court in Shanxi this year will be at least half as much."
Chengyun kept frowning and listened, and waited until he finished before saying: "Captain Cao, let's keep some people to continue resisting the tax. Let's keep the injured veterans and teach them how to train and fight with the people, tax collectors, and flag troops."
"Okay."
Cao Yao first confirmed the idea of carrying luck, and then said: "There must be such a person who lives full of anger and doesn't know who to seek revenge. If you don't show him a clear way, he will fall into the grass or hang himself. He will be determined to do it."
Qian, but again, Shanxi is not Shaanxi, and others are not Heilongshan."
"How many talents like that are there? Go and train them. One family will give us a strong man. If there is no strong laborer for farming in the family, the livelihood of the people will be lost. After training for half a year, we will fight with the army. After the fight, these people will be dead and the village will be destroyed."
They were all looted by the army. Next time we enter Shanxi, the people will also take up swords and guns to deal with you and me."
Cao Yao opened his palms and shook his head silently: "The situation in the middle may not be better than that in the north and the south."
Chengyun wanted to say something more, but he raised his hand above his head, and finally dropped it weakly: "What should we do?"
Zhong Hu clutched his hair scarf with his hands in distress, and finally looked helplessly at Liu Chengzong: "General, this is too damn complicated. Who can you tell me to kill?"
Liu Chengzong smiled and said: "Actually, I have thought about what Commander Cao said. In the past, there were no conditions in Shaanxi. The troops were limited. They were either driven away by this or beaten by that. They could not disperse into the countryside to control the villages, and there was no way to think about the long term.
The only thing that matters is the Xingzi River, which is big enough."
"We have indeed been in Shanxi for a short time. There are two mountains and a river. It is difficult to get in and get out, but I still want to try. If the people continue to resist the tax after we leave, the people who care about us will be killed and injured, so we will not resist the tax.
Well."
Liu Chengzong said very easily: "Humans, people are more important than horses, people are more important than money, people are more important than anything else. As long as these people are here, we will not lose money. If we pay for the food to the court, we will pay for it. At worst, we will go there again to pay the autumn food."
So what’s wrong with just arresting the officials and robbing them?”
"What if we step back ten thousand steps and let them collect some grain? The people in those villages are waiting for us. Without the apportionment, the people will collect more grain. We don't expect the people to give everything. We will help when they can.
That’s enough, why should others risk their lives for us?”
He did not think that the common people would fight to the death with the officers and soldiers, and in his heart he opposed the common people to fight to the death with the officers and soldiers after they left.
The biggest lesson he learned from Emperor Chongzhen was to know that others need to eat.
Is it realistic to ask people to abandon their homes, careers, wives and children to devote themselves to training and contribute to their rebellion?
People want to eat, and they want to live.
There is only one possibility for most people to rebel and fight to the death, which is to prevent the people from living. No matter what, they will die, so some of them will choose to fight to the death.
"Leave the name of the rebel army behind. This time the people are afraid. Next time the people will not run away. Next time the people will line the streets to welcome you. We have to eat one bite at a time, but we have to make it step by step. We can do better than the officials and soldiers of the imperial court. This is confidence.
None?"
Liu Chengzong smiled particularly relaxedly.
The degree of drought in Shanxi is mild, but there are still frontier troops in Shanxi, and the frontier troops still have no military pay and no enough food.
The officers and soldiers cannot rob the gentry, the government, or the Wangzhuang. The officers and soldiers can only rob the common people.
They are different. They can rob too much, but the common people are the least necessary.
The benefits are low and the harm is high.
"It won't do any harm. You just need to explain these things clearly to the sergeants at the sentry. At the same time, you must strictly enforce military discipline and do not plunder without authorization. 50% of the profit from each sentry will be handed over, 20% will be retained, 10% will be distributed to the officers, and 20% will be distributed to
Soldier, just do these two things."
"This is the first time we have appeared in the eyes of Shanxi people, letting them know that we are rebels and not thieves who harm the people."
Liu Chengzong repeated this sentence again, and then said solemnly: "The whole battalion is protected, from top to bottom. The sentry commander protects the captain, the captain protects the commander, and the commander protects the sergeant to ensure that the soldiers under his command will not harm innocent people.
, fight bravely, and anyone who violates the rules will be killed... Anyone who can't do it will return to the Xingzi River."
