Eighty miles north of Xuzhou, in the vast wilderness, on a long and narrow construction site as far as the eye can see, ant-like civilian workers are sweating profusely. This is the Grand Canal project excavated by the emperor. A little further north, there is a vast mist.
Weishan Lake, artificial canals and natural water systems are connected to save manpower and material resources.
Even so, the Thousand Mile Canal Project still brought endless heavy burdens to the people. The people of the imperial court were obliged to do corvee and tax. Except for those with meritorious status who were exempted from corvee, every household had to work hard to dig the river. Not only did
Even if you don’t give money, you have to pay for food and utensils yourself.
The emperor's original intention of digging the canal was to connect north-south transportation, to facilitate the transportation of troops and grain to the north, and to facilitate the transmission of government orders. With this canal, the northern territory of the Zhou Dynasty would be able to sit back and relax. Therefore, the construction period was very tight, and each layer was layered on top of each other.
High-level officials are busy working on it, and when it comes to the common people, they are even more overwhelmed.\
The Thousand Mile Canal is a huge project. For officials at all levels, although the affairs are complicated and busy, the extra oil and water are also much more than usual. Hundreds of thousands of people are eating, drinking, sleeping, requisitioning land, and purchasing tools, sand, stone, wood, mules and horses.
There are too many ways to do it, big officials get the big head, and small officials get the small head. Even the upright people in the village have a small power to dispatch civilian men and select young men. It is normal to get some filial piety.
The canal project is a catastrophe for ordinary people. They abandon their homes and children, suffer hardships, and live a life that is worse than that of a horse. Not only do they have to endure the oppression of the foreman; but for anyone who has some power, it is a disaster.
In this grand carnival, the pain of the vast majority of people is exchanged for the happiness of a small number of people. The resentment accumulates and gradually reaches the point of explosion.\
The construction site in Xuzhou North is an important construction area in the middle section of the canal. A large number of craftsmen and civilians gathered here and excavated day and night. This was because the emperor visited Xuzhou in person. Although the emperor came to fight the rebellion, the officials at the canal construction site
Thinking that the emperor would go to the construction site to inspect the project if he didn't do it right now, he would not wait until now. So these days, he forced the workers to work overnight to catch up with the progress, striving to complete the project as soon as possible and report the good news to the emperor.
Originally, the government was responsible for the food for the common people, but for the sake of their own pockets, the officials in charge of logistics withheld the food. The common people had to eat the food they brought from their own homes. Now the common people were annoyed and started working for the imperial court.
It is natural to live a life of corvee service, but it is unreasonable for the government to ignore food. You must know that two meals a day is a high burden for a poor farmer.
The peasants gathered to make trouble, but were suppressed by the government. There was no way to complain, and the public resentment boiled. In addition to the deadline, the foremen wielded whips and beat the peasants to pieces. The anger gradually deepened, and came from the fierce folk customs around Xuzhou Prefecture.
The strong men often whispered in private about the battle between the Han army and the official army in the Central Plains. The more the official army failed, the more excited they became. When it was mentioned that the Han army was about to hit Xuzhou, the civilian husbands' eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes.
He lowered his voice and scolded the arrogant supervisors, and cursed in a low voice: "Don't look at the fun now, sooner or later the list will be drawn up in the future.\"
One day, while digging a river, a one-eyed stone man was dug out from the depths of the soil. There were simple seal characters engraved on it, which were identified as "the sun and the moon are in the sky". It just so happened that the military flag of the Han army today is based on the sun and the moon.
As a red flag, rumors spread over time, saying that the Great Zhou Dynasty was exhausted and that the Han Dynasty was about to revive. When the government heard the news, they quickly sent out officers to hunt down those who spread the rumors. In the early morning of the next day, dozens of bloody heads were hung on the construction site.
On the flagpole.\
In other places, these powerful measures by the government may be of some use, but in the Xuzhou area where the folk customs are quite strong, such bloody methods can only be counterproductive. These people who were killed had three friends and relatives from all walks of life, and they were beaten on weekdays.
They were scolded, but their heads were cut off. The people's patience was pushed to the bottom line, and a riot began.
When the uprising started, the emperor was still recovering from his injuries in Xuzhou Mansion. After learning the news, Long Yan was furious and quickly sent a Forbidden Army to quell the rebellion. Although there were only three thousand troops, the well-trained and armed Forbidden Army had nothing to do with them.
After organizing, coordinating and commanding, the peasant army with only hoes and shovels still had a huge advantage. This was basically a one-sided massacre, with heads rolling in and bloodshed for a while.
But this situation did not last long, and the emperor could not escape in panic and abandoned Xuzhou. The three thousand quelling imperial troops became a lonely army.
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In Xuzhou Mansion, the flags on the city wall have been changed. The Han army entered Xuzhou without any blood. Han Wang Yuanfeng also arrived at the city with the Chinese army. Seeing the palace where Zhang Shicheng once stayed, Yuanfeng dismounted with interest and prepared to visit. He was about to
Upon entering, there was a sudden noise in the distance. A man dressed as a commoner wanted to see the King of Han, but he was stopped by the soldiers.
Yuan Feng saw that the man looked familiar, so he asked his soldiers to let him over. The man came closer, kowtowed and saluted, and said hurriedly: "The young one is the deputy chief of the Xuzhou branch of the Military Command Department. I have something important to report to my lord.\"
Yuan Feng said: "Why don't you report to your boss."
The man said: "The situation is urgent, and it is too late to take the usual route! Eighty miles north of Xuzhou, the imperial army is massacring the people. I am so anxious that I offended the Lord. I hope that the Lord will send troops quickly to save the people from the fire.
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Yuan Feng asked anxiously: "What's going on?"
The man briefly explained that everything that happened on the canal construction site, including the digging of the Cyclops, was planned by the Military Command Division. The Xuzhou Branch is a very small organization that is eager for success and is so happy about success that it is inevitable to do things.
Tang Tu's original intention was to coordinate the Han army and attract soldiers and horses from the imperial court, but it did not attract many soldiers and horses, and the people suffered a large number of casualties.
After Yuan Feng learned about the situation, he couldn't help shouting: "Absurd and reckless!"
The situation was urgent. Unlike the military system, the Military Command Department could not mobilize troops and horses. The army had just entered the city and it was a complete mess. The deputy secretary could not find the general of the Han army. He was anxious to find a plan. He happened to see Yuan Feng's royal flag, so he
Risking his own life to come and ask for an audience.\
In a race against time, Yuan Feng hurriedly ordered the mobilization of troops and horses to go to the rescue. However, he had already handed over the military power to Xu Da, and Xu Da could not be found for a while, so he had to go to the rescue in person with his personal guards.
Yuan Feng stopped visiting Zhang Shicheng's palace and got on his horse. The messenger ran to the door holding his sword and shouted: "Emergency gathering!"
The guard soldiers, who were originally in small groups, had unsaddled their horses, loosened their girdles, took off their armors and took off their boots, and were holding water bags and big cakes to eat and rest. When they heard the order, they immediately threw away everything in their hands.
Get off the horse, quickly put the saddle and bridle on the horse, throw the armor directly on the horse's back, and then get on the horse.\
From the time the assembly order was given to the completion of the formation, it was only a stick of incense. The deputy Tisi, who was originally from Xuzhou and had only stayed in Xiliang for a year and a half, was stunned. These were five hundred cavalry, and their movements were so neat.
Yiyi, just like a person, how well-trained and elite he is.
You must know that this is Yuan Feng's personal guard. In order to protect Yuan Feng's safety, all elite troops transferred from Xiliang are the strongest cavalry in the world.
Without further ado, Yuan Feng gave the deputy Tisi a horse and asked him to act as a guide to lead him to rescue people. He also sent someone to notify Xu Da and asked him to mobilize reinforcements later.\
Just after running a few steps, she met Hermione and Liu Ying'er. The two of them only brought a few dozen guards with them and came to visit the palace together. When they heard that Yuan Feng was going to rescue the men who were digging the river, Hermione immediately
Liu Ying'er asked to go with him, not to be outdone. Dealing with these three thousand soldiers was not a dangerous matter, so Yuan Feng agreed without even thinking about it.
Hermione got on the rouge horse. Liu Ying'er was originally sitting in a sedan, but now she also found a horse. She didn't need anyone to support her or step on a stool. She just stepped on the stirrup and jumped up as light as a swallow.
He stood on horseback and his movements were graceful and graceful, unlike someone who couldn't ride a horse.
Hermione was stunned. She suddenly understood one thing. Liu Ying'er didn't return the rouge horse to her because she was not good at equestrian skills at all, but to pretend to be for her. For a moment, Hermione felt a little touched.
, I think Liu Yinger is a kind person.\
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Troubled times require heavy rituals, and there was a riot at the canal construction site. The emperor made a decree to deal with it ruthlessly, so the leading general of the Forbidden Army was very ruthless. Under his command, three thousand butcher knives ruthlessly killed the civilians.
Rolling over, tens of thousands of surrendered peasants are standing densely on the unfinished river bed, waiting for the final judgment. There are not only young and strong peasants, but also strong peasant women and middle-aged men, many of whom are from the same family.
Everyone went into battle and saw their relatives being dragged out and beheaded, and for a while they could not stop crying.
The general sat high up and waved his big hand expressionlessly, a row of white lights flashed by, and dozens more heads fell to the ground. The general said coldly: "Let you rebel again!"
Suddenly, smoke and dust rose up in the distance, and the scouting horse came to report that something bad was going on, and the Han army was attacking.
The general was shocked. At this time, he did not know the news of the fall of Xuzhou. He was extremely shocked that the Han army came so quickly. However, he thought that the emperor was still in Xuzhou and did not dare to retreat easily. After a moment of hesitation, he
His destruction was doomed.
The eighty-mile journey took only an hour for the light cavalry. Five hundred cavalry rushed to the canal construction site and started a fierce battle with the Forbidden Army.
Yuan Feng's personal bodyguards are all heroes who are as good as ten, and they are also equipped with the most sophisticated equipment, including two short muskets, a spear, a saber, a pair of bows and arrows, as well as daggers, slingshots, and nail heads.
The secondary weapons chosen by everyone, such as awls and flails, can be said to be armed to the teeth.
This capable and powerful guard is the best even among the Xiliang army. In the war against the Turks, it often acts as a fire brigade. It goes wherever there is an emergency. Every soldier is a veteran soldier.
, it is said that it can deal with three thousand Imperial Army infantry, and it can even deal with three thousand nomadic cavalry.
The outcome can be imagined. The imperial army collapsed at the first touch, and the army was defeated like a mountain. When the red flag with the sun and moon in the sky appeared in the eyes of the desperate civilians, everyone had tears in their eyes. They chanted the same sentence:
The King of Han is here to save us.
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