Xuelu Town is located in the west of Jingzhao, 40 miles from Wugong County to the southwest, 30 miles from Xingping County to the southeast, and less than 30 miles from Fengtian County to the northwest. It was named after Xue Rengui, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty, who collected food here.
Because it is located among the three counties and has convenient transportation, it has become a famous town in Jingzhao since the Han Dynasty. There are hundreds of businesses in the surrounding three counties and even Li County in the northeast, where traders gather to trade grain, local products, and mountain products.
Livestock, seeds, tools, etc., developed to the ninth year of Qianyou and became the largest town in the west of Jingzhao.
However, this extremely prestigious Jingzhao town has lost its cloak of prosperity, allowing the rebels to humiliate and trample on it at will. Under the scorching sun, everything is desolate, and the town is in chaos.
Wang Shun's rebel army marched across the counties, killing and plundering the people, plundering the common people, and forcing good people to become bandits. After moving westward, they naturally would not let go of this famous town. There is a saying that there is still a part of the expansion of Xuelu Town.
Thanks to the achievements of the Shu army prisoners, they participated in the hard labor of the rebel army, and many of them were assigned to build roads and ditches.
However, as hard and hard as they were to build in the beginning, they are now being destroyed with ease. The only good thing is that before Wang Shun led his people to the west, many of the townspeople who heard the news abandoned their homes and businesses and fled into the county to seek shelter.
The government seeks to avoid disaster.
Even so, in Xuelu Town, the rebels also plundered a large amount of buried money, silk cloth, and grain. The ability to scrape the ground three feet away seemed to be an innate ability for the bandits.
So far, after excluding the dead and wounded, there are still more than 4,000 rebels who are temporarily entrenched in Xuelu Town. Nearly half of them were prisoners of war. Wang Shun tried hard to gather the surrendered troops, but was hindered by the dispersion.
In various places, the state governments in Guanzhong took strict control measures, but in the end they failed to cause the situation of "20,000 Shu soldiers chaos in Guanzhong".
Even so, letting him bring up nearly two thousand old soldiers is quite a trick.
The rest, except for a few scoundrels and criminals with evil karma, were all common people who were coerced and persecuted by the rebel army. In the early days of the "uprising", Wang Shun did not think about killing people on a large scale, and even intended to confuse the people in various villages.
, using the slogan "harsh government and inequality between rich and poor" as the slogan, he wants to recruit people and expand his team.
However, facts have proven that Wang Shun thought too much. Up to now, the taxation of the Han Dynasty is not light, and the corvee is constant, but it has not reached the point of overly squeezing the people's power. The people in Guanzhong have rarely lived a stable life for a few years.
, and King Yong has a good reputation, and the chief envoy Hu Yanke is calming down the government and pacifying the people. How can anyone be willing to follow the rebellion of Shu to create the Han Dynasty?
After understanding the truth, Wang Shun decisively changed his strategy and began to use force to force each other and plunder money and food. The result was a mass killing, with rivers of blood flowing along the way. There were too many chaotic soldiers, and the hostility in their chests was even worse.
Help the blood.
During the initial period of the army, taking advantage of the negligence of the government and the dispersion of the garrison, when Zhao Hongyin mobilized troops and horses to suppress the rebellion in the east, the rebel army, just like Wang Shun's name, swept through the counties with the wind and the current,
It was unstoppable. The county officials could only gather the people to defend themselves, and the Weihe River plain became a fertile ground for the rebel army to gallop.
Xianyang, Xingping, and Wugong were all attacked by him. Although they failed to break the city, they still gained momentum. However, as time went by, the mobilization and arrangement of the government and army became like a life-threatening web.
, covering him, unable to escape.
Wang Shun once took a risk and attacked Wugong County, regardless of casualties, and almost allowed him to break the city. However, Fengxiang's Han army came too fast and attacked with all their strength, causing Wang Shun's plan to fail.
Knowing the power of the Han cavalry, out of fear, he decisively withdrew his troops, crossed the Desert River eastward, and burned the pontoon bridge. Even so, he left thousands of corpses of the rebels in his martial arts.
Afterwards, the situation took a turn for the worse for Wang Shun's "rebel army". From Fengxiang, two thousand Han cavalry came from the east, led by Han generals Ma Renyu and Murong Chengtai. The two mobilized from Longzhou and attacked more than two thousand people along the way.
Here, after taking a short rest in martial arts, he crossed the Mohe River and followed the trail.
Killing all the way, like hunting, constantly shrinking the space for activities of the rebellious army. If Wang Shun had not sent people to occupy Xuelu Town first as a response, I am afraid that they would not have a foothold in the Weihe Plain.
, even without Zhao Hong Yinxi coming, Ma Renyu and Murong Chengtai were enough to defeat these thousands of rebels.
However, every advantage has its disadvantages. Although it has a foothold, it has also restricted its hands and feet. It is trapped in the city of sorrow, waiting for death.
On the outer edge of Xuelu Town, under the arrangement of rebel officers with military experience, some fortifications were repaired, but they were simple and simple. Fortunately, the town's earthen city was still strong, built with Sanhe soil, and could be relied on.
However, the rebel army of several thousand people camped in it, which seemed very crowded and chaotic. The morale was low and the people were distraught. If it were not for the suppression of those Shu soldiers, the rebel army would have dispersed. But they could still maintain the army to resist the officials.
The reason for joining the army is just the thought of survival.
On the low town, there are a few simple flags scattered here and there, with the characters "righteousness" and "king" written on them. There are few army armors and weapons. There are almost four words written on the soldiers' faces: rabble. earth and stone.
, but they were well prepared, and they were obviously well prepared for the Han army's attack.
Many rebels looked desperate and were immersed in a depressing atmosphere. Battalions composed of prisoners of the Shu army were constantly patrolling the area, not only to check the enemy's situation, but also to monitor the forced soldiers.
Others rudely preached to the soldiers, to the effect that they were already members of the "rebels" and were regarded as traitors by the government. If they did not want to die, they had to take up arms to resist, otherwise they would fall into the hands of the government.
After the liquidation, he will die without a burial place...
In the center of Xuelu Town, in the original official office, there are also some bandits crowded together. Compared with most of the bandits, they seem to be more refined. They are equipped with more iron weapons and some even wear armor. This team is naturally made up of
The leader of the thieves, Wang Shun, selected the best and strongest soldiers, all of whom were old soldiers of the Shu army, and were also the backbone of the rebel army.
The entire rebel army was organized into eight battalions by Wang Shun. Wang Shun took the title of General and led the troops. He had four "generals" under his command, who were worshiped as commanders.
The scorching sun was shining brightly, and all evil was avoided. Wang Shun, the leader of the "rebel army" who was sitting in the town office, was discussing the military situation with his brothers, and his heart was filled with chills.
Wang Shun was in his thirties, tall and thin, with a sallow complexion and looked very unhealthy. He was originally a low-level officer in the Shu Army's Imperial Han Army. He was injured during the battle between Qin and Feng and was captured. It was precisely because of his injuries that he
He was not selected into the Huaiwei or Huaide armies. Otherwise, his fate might have been to go another way and become a pawn of the Han Dynasty.
"General, we have been trapped in Xuelu Town for three days, and the situation is not good!" One of the thieves general said to Wang Shun with a solemn expression: "Quickly think of a way, if we continue to delay, the rebels will be waiting to die!"
"Brothers are also afraid. Those Han people are also restless and their hearts are turbulent..."
"I'm afraid the government troops are mobilizing and coming to attack us. We can't just sit back and wait for death!"
A group of people talked about the difficult situation, and they all seemed very nervous. They no longer had the pride and joy of raising troops for the first uprising, but were full of hesitation and despair about the future.
"Otherwise, it's better to escape from Xuelu Town as soon as possible!" someone suggested.
"How to escape? There are officers and cavalry roaming outside, ready to strangle us at any time. We have cut off all contact, and we don't know what is happening with the other rebels. Where are they escaping to?" someone retorted.
"There isn't much food now. If we stay here any longer, we will all starve to death without an army attack!" someone warned.
"If I had known this, I should have grabbed some food!"
"How to rob? Now in the surrounding villages and towns, there is nothing to rob or kill. Besides, if you go out, you will die!"
"We still have to go!"
"How to go? Where to go? If you go out, you will die!"
"That's better than waiting to die here!"
"Back then, we should have fled south to Zhongnan Mountain before the officers and soldiers could react. Maybe we could have survived!" Someone said with regret and resentment in their words.
"Why didn't you say anything that day? You only focused on killing, robbing, and playing with women!" one person scolded.
When faced with an existential crisis, everyone's minds seemed to become more alert, and they could actually see the situation more clearly.
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"That's enough!" Finally, Wang Shun spoke, his face looking particularly gloomy. He was silent for a while, then he looked around and sighed: "Now, we are staying in Xuelu Town, and we still have defenses to rely on. Once we leave this town,
They will be hunted by the Han army like prey. Our purpose of raising troops this time is to fight to the death, and we will survive. If we lose, we will die. Now that the matter has come to this, what's the use of lamenting?"
"Otherwise, let's surrender..." Someone reminded me weakly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Shun looked at him angrily: "Stupid! Confused! We have raised troops these days, destroyed cities, killed officials, and plundered people. We have committed such things. Can the court let us go? Even if we are spared our lives, it will only
I’m afraid I’ll still be sent back to do hard labor and labor, and even the supervision will be stricter, the work will be more tiring and painful, and sooner or later I will die from exhaustion! Sooner or later, I will die, it is better to die happily!”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was frightened, and any thoughts of surrender that arose in Fang were quickly suppressed. Wang Shun's words made sense.
Silence, silence again. Still a thief leader, looking at Wang Shun: "General, no matter what, you make a decision, life or death, we will all follow you!"