Eight hundred and ninetieth chapters interests determine everything
In mid-August, Zhou Yiwen rebelled against Shimen in Wenzhou. Eight and five counties in Wenzhou responded. However, due to lack of preparation, Gaotang and Beixing counties were defeated one after another. What made everyone feel strange was that the reason for letting
The reason why Zhou Yiwen was not prepared enough was that his good third brother Zhou Jinwen once again sided with the Han army!
Zhou Jinwen realized that something was wrong, changed his appearance and ran out of Shimen County. He rushed all the way to Wenyang City before asking his followers to return to the city to report to the county government office.
Facts have proved that Zhou Jinwen's caution was correct. People from all over Shimen County were involved in the conspiracy. Although the Shimen Prefect was not among them, he was still ignored and had no power at all.
Some people say that this is simply someone pulling the banner of the Zhou family into a tiger skin. The person in charge of the matter cannot be Zhou Yiwen. Otherwise, Zhu Biao would not have let him go so easily before.
Some people say that this is the plan of the Zibo court.
Others agreed with Zibo's plan, and went a step further: Zhou Yiwen came out to set the banner, and Zhou Jinwen jumped up to expose the whistleblower. This is the Zhou family's method of splitting the bets. No matter which side wins in the future, the Zhou family will have it.
Bloodline preservation.
When aristocratic families have to take sides, this is their usual method.
But no matter what the common people and scholars said, the chaos in Wenzhou was rising. Wang Renqing hurriedly raised troops and horses from the remaining counties, and first ordered Wang Shao to lead 10,000 troops to Gaotang to resist the threat of rebels from the west.
Then the remaining soldiers and horses were stationed in Beixing and Wenyang to ensure the transportation of grain and grass supplies to Langzhou.
The entire Wenzhou regular army only has 60,000 soldiers.
Because of the rebellion in the five counties, they became rebels and the number of casualties was close to 20,000. The remaining soldiers were also in a state of turmoil. Wang Renqing knew the military well, and knowing that under such circumstances, he rashly raised troops to attack the three counties of Shimen was unreasonable.
Policy.
Zhu Biao's foundation in Wenzhou is too shallow. Many people still miss the old commander and the Zhou family. Furthermore, the Han army and the Wenzhou army fought several battles, and every time a soldier of the Wenzhou army died,
It's a family's hatred for Zhu Biao.
What is the population of the entire eight counties of Wenzhou? Only 500,000 households.
The families of Wenzhou soldiers who died in the war, as well as the families whose interests were implicated and harmed, at least one-fifth of the people in Wenzhou have a hostile attitude towards Zhu Biao. This is a huge force.
If these people could mobilize their relatives and friends again, Wang Renqing would be frightened just thinking about it.
The situation in Wenzhou and Cizhou, which were captured by the Han army all the way, is completely different.
Therefore, Wang Renqing sought stability first. He first stabilized the situation in the five counties, at least the three counties of Gaotang, Wenyang, and Beixing. He did not drag down the army in Langzhou, and then began to deal with the rebels on the opposite side.
The stalemate situation entered September. Wang Renqing did not move, and the rebels did not dare to move. The total number of troops in their hands was only ten thousand people. They were unable to counterattack Wang Renqing. The Gaotang Army was blocked by an insurmountable mountain.
before.
All the rebels could do was to play the emotional card and send someone to contact Wang Shao to persuade him. Wang Shao was unwavering. Only real soldiers can know the power of the Han army. As Zhu Biao said at the beginning, after the army left Ciwen and Wenzhou,
If you rebel, then go back and fight again!
The rebels recruited aggressively in the limited time. By the end of August, the number of troops numbering more than 10,000 had swelled to 30,000 to 40,000. However, many of them did not even have leather armor, and only had swords and guns.
This kind of army is the cannon fodder among the rogues. It is no match for the regular army. But with 30,000 to 40,000 people, the rebels are huge, right?
Taoqiu City still stands intact on the ground. The Qi army once transported more than a hundred large, medium and small thundercarts to the front line. However, there is no master in Qi State who can withstand Zhu Biao!
The national master of Qi State. He is also the chief priest of Jixia Academy. He is the only grand master of Qi State and an innate master of swordsmanship. He joins forces with the royal family of Qi State to worship the great elder. He has already stood on the side of Tian Wu, Tian Cheng and other three young masters.
A master of boxing, accompanied by hundreds of masters, and thousands of warriors who dared to die, could not stop Zhu Biao's head-on assault on the Thunderbolt Chariot Formation.
Without the thunderbolt chariot formation, they could only rely on ladder chariots, well gates, ram chariots and other equipment to attack the city. After more than half a month, the Qi army suffered 20,000 casualties and no success.
Fighting hand-to-hand in the small space of the city wall, the Hedong Army based on the Yuanyang Formation was like a fish in water, so happy. The ratio of casualties to each other was simply not something that the Qi Army could bear.
Zhao Shuming was completely helpless. Tao Qiucheng in front of him was like a prickly hedgehog, which he couldn't swallow at all.
Yuanling County, north of Wenyang.
Outside Guangyi County, Wang Shan kicked the guy kneeling in front of him, pulled out his sword, and chopped him down with the first blow.
He was angry and annoyed. He just hit a brick wall in Yuanling County, but he didn't expect that he would also hit a nail in the small Guangyi County. Compared with the county town, he lost his deputy general Li Jiaming!
The people who fled back did not dare to breathe. This moody captain had a bad temper and was not a good-tempered living Bodhisattva!
"Lao Zhiquan, Wang Hun, is cunning. He directly sent these wastes to me, but he refused to move forward. He clearly knew that he would encounter a tough fight and wanted to preserve his strength!"
Wang Shan thought to himself and was very angry. Moreover, these guys all fled after hearing the news. He didn't even know who led the officers and soldiers who killed Li Jiaming, or how many they had!
A bunch of trash!
"Huang Ke, go and gather the troops who have returned. Those people will be under your command from now on!" Wang Shan pondered for a moment and looked at his generals: "Find a few people who can speak human words and ask what happened.
What’s going on!”
Huang Ke's heart was beating loudly, he suppressed the joy in his heart, and went out in response.
This is the opportunity Wang Shan gave him!
Although the leader of the soldiers who is the leader is favored, it is not beneficial. Moreover, the soldiers under his command are the foundation of Wang Shan. He is just a leader, but he has absolutely no possessions. Now that he has the military power, he can lead the army alone. He can lead the team as he pleases.
If you sweep out a bunch of money, you will find thousands of taels of real money. Even if the team breaks up in the future, you will still be a rich man with these belongings.
As for Wang Shan. In this team of small warlords under the big warlord, Li Jiaming is one of the small warlords, and a very strong one. Otherwise, he would not be the deputy general. Although he was angry that Li Jiaming was killed, let himself
The troops lost their arrogance and prestige, but Wang Shan also regarded this as an opportunity, an opportunity to completely annex Li Jiaming's troops.
The rest of the troops must join up with Lao Zhiquan and Wang Hun as soon as possible. Then... Guangyi County.
While Wang Shan was being fierce, Huang Ke came in with several people. These people were all Li Jiaming's own riders and knew what happened in detail.
"Since you have defeated the townspeople Minzhuang, how come you were so defeated in the end that even Li Jiaming got involved?"
"Sir General, it's not that the young men didn't use their strength. It's that the sudden group of cavalry was too powerful. The general at the head was so brave that he killed my general with one shot among thousands of troops."
"Cavalry? Who is that?"
"The enemy is coming and using a congratulatory flag..."
"hiss!"
Wang Shan took a breath and his eyes widened with fear. The word Zhu. Originally, he had no impression of this word, but now in Qi State, there is no other surname that is more intimidating than this word.
Congratulations Biao!
No, it won't. In the Battle of Taoqiu in the south, although the imperial army was unable to break the city, the Han army was also unable to defeat the imperial court's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in one fell swoop. Zhu Biao could not live without Taoqiu.
Is there any leftover...
They are Zhu Biao's relatives and generals. For example, the few who led the Han army into Cizhou were like Zhu Zhenguo, who had a sharp eye for murder.
"Then what……"
"General Xiao Li was also killed by Zhu, and the team dispersed..."
This time Wang Shan did not get angry. He listened carefully to these defeated bandits telling them about the battle, and then nodded slowly. Huang Ke saw that he had no questions, so he dismissed these people and said: "General, there are only two or three of us.
Hundreds of horses, the last general is willing to be the vanguard. I will sweep the countryside for the general and take the head of the man named Zhu by the way!"
"Are you sure?" Wang Shan snorted: "Although Li Jiaming is reckless, he is very brave. He was a brave general in the army in front of the old commander's tent. He fell into the hands of Zhu, not to mention you.
Got it!"
"This Zhu family is really a gathering of outstanding people. Not to mention Zhu Biao, Zhu Zhong, and Zhu Tong guarding their hometown, there are still talents who continue to emerge and become famous."
Huang Ke was so angry that he puffed up his chest and said: "When it comes to bravery in the army, I, Huang Ke, am not good at it. But fighting in battle depends on knowing the soldiers and being good at planning. How can Li Jiaming be praised as a brave man?"
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"The final general is willing to put down a guarantee. If I can't take the head of the Zhu thief, I will cut off my own head."
"Well, you are worthy of being a general of a certain family. Since you have such courage, you will take command of this headquarters. I will give you another thousand people. You can go to Lao Zhiquan and Wang Hun and ask them to lend you some soldiers and horses.
Gather 3,000 people and go raid the countryside and towns!" Wang Shan said with a big smile.
Huang Ke went down to organize the troops without mentioning the need for troops. Zhu Zhenguo asked, "Hutou, what are our losses?" After waking up from a nap, Zhu Zhenguo asked his soldier Li Hu.
"Twenty-one of the cavalry were killed and 15 were wounded. Eleven of them were afraid that they would not be able to fight anymore." Li Hu reported: "The rebel men captured and killed 700 to 800 people and surrendered. Some more escaped.
Of those who have gone, only five or six hundred can return to the enemy camp."
Zhu Zhenguo was not only worried. He only had more than 300 cavalry in total. Although there was a group of infantry behind him, he was accustomed to cavalry and had no idea how to use infantry. In this battle, one-tenth of the cavalry was damaged.
, and this battle went relatively smoothly! This result not only made him feel distressed.
"Sir, there is no need to feel heartbroken. This is entirely due to the poor performance of the Wenzhou soldiers themselves. If it were our army's Dysprosium spearmen or ordinary cavalry, more than 300 people would charge two thousand rogues. It would be a complete blow to kill a chicken, and it is possible that no more than ten people would be killed or injured."
"But we have to rely on them to fight the war." Zhu Zhenguo shook his head, feeling depressed.
"The concession camp will sort out the captured bandits, and pick out all the ones with blood on their hands and their leaders. The good families who have been kidnapped can be included in the supply camp."
Li Jiaming was not only brave in fighting, he was also very good at robbery. A preliminary count revealed that there were tens of thousands of taels of gold alone, more than 73,000 taels of silver, more than 10,000 taels of money, and countless various jewelry and utensils. In addition, there were
More than three hundred stones of grain, thousands of bolts of silk..."
More than 200,000 taels of silver is definitely not something that can be collected from a small town. It should be accumulated by Li Jiaming before.
Zhu Zhenguo had money in his hands. The soldiers who died in the war were first given one hundred taels of silver each as a pension, plus another ten taels of money for burial. The two disabled people were given fifty taels of resettlement money each, and the wounded were left behind.
In the rescued town, medical and food packages were provided. The remaining nine seriously injured were given twenty taels of silver each, and the four slightly injured were given ten taels of silver each. The remaining cavalry were given five taels of silver each. The infantry was not mixed in.
The battle is just cleaning the battlefield and taking prisoners, and each person earns one tael of hard-earned money.
At the same time, Zhu Zhenguo announced that the military pay would be increased threefold!
He is buying people's hearts and forcing the soldiers to fight bravely.
Because a dead person is worth one hundred and ten taels of silver, and an immortal and crippled person is worth fifty taels of silver. The latter is not a small amount, but for a crippled person, missing an arm or a leg, life is worse than death in troubled times.
It's a happy death. I can earn more money for my family.
Zhu Biao understood this very well when he was running Hedong, but he did not change the rules on pensions in the army. At most, he tried to arrange for wounded soldiers as much as possible. For example, after returning to the place, let them serve as li chiefs, pavilion chiefs, or civil servants.
The leader, an official from Tingyi.
Zhu Zhenguo naturally understood it very well. But similarly, he did not change at this moment.
People have to face reality. Interests determine everything.
Who makes them the superior ones?
"I know that some of you are decent people. Now you are in this situation. Who harmed you?"
"Is it the government?"
"The government has forced you to have no way out, no way out?"
"No! No!"
"The ones who harmed you were rebels and bandits, rebels -"
"Think about your family, your parents, your wives and children. Think about the old days, and then look at now..."
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"... Point out the evil traitors and traitors among you, point out those rebels who have the blood of innocent people on their hands. See if there are any enemies of yours, point them out. Say them, and you will take revenge yourself..."
More than 400 people were captured. In the eyes of the people in the small town, the number of prisoners was reduced to 300.
The lives of more than a hundred people made the people in the small town look at Ms. Zhu Zhen with an added layer of awe and gratitude.
Compared with the three hundred corpses on the battlefield, this can be said to be a massacre of more than a hundred people, which is more deterrent.
When the Wenzhou rebels attacked Gaotang, Yuanling failed and could not threaten the food routes of the Han army in Langzhou. But no matter what, they could still be said to be an army before. No matter how poor their combat effectiveness was, they still had military discipline and rules.
But at the end of early September, suddenly, just suddenly, the 40,000-strong rebel army changed drastically. Even though the Cizhou Army began to take action and attack the three counties of Shimen, this army still looked vague.
Such an army suddenly exploded.
They dispersed into more than ten groups of men and horses, large and small, and first caused chaos in the three counties of Shimen, and then moved toward Yuanling, Nandongming, and poured in like a tidal wave.
Harm the people, attack the city and seize the county.
They were unable to capture the two counties and towns, but some of the county towns were unable to withstand the rebels' offensive.
Wang Renqing took a look and realized that the rebels were going to corrupt the place. It seemed that the people behind them saw that the Cizhou Army was about to move out, and knew that the prospect was not good, so they simply gave up the chess piece and turned them into bandits.
, completely eroding the place, in order to hinder the Han army.
Zhou Jinwen's eyes were red, and he cried loudly that his brother had indeed been taken advantage of by a treacherous villain. After this change, the reputation of the Zhou family was completely ruined from now on.
Wang Renqing sent someone to contact Cizhou quickly and asked the Cizhou army to advance as quickly as possible. He also allocated Wang Shao 10,000 troops and asked him to command 20,000 soldiers and try his best to kill the rebels. Thirdly, he also had to defend the enemy.
Outside the country's gate, he tried to protect Wenyang and Beixing counties, maintain the smooth flow of logistics and transportation, and did his best to block the rebels in Yuanling and Dongming. In the end, he had to ask Zhu Biao for help and asked Zhu Biao to send him
He then mobilized a group of capable officers and recruited a group of brave and brave warriors from the army and civilians to use flow against flow to cull small-scale rebels and bandits.
Zhu Biao agreed. So now there is Zhu Zhen** here. He is the leader of the ten army commanders sent back by Zhu Biao.
His cavalry of about 300 people was recruited from the people, and was simply trained and dragged to the battlefield. The 500 infantry were Wenzhou's regular army, and their training quality was much better than that of the cavalry.
Changfeng County.
Li Panlong has been busy making the Thunderbolt Chariot during this month. As early as twenty days ago, the Thunderbolt Chariot roaring under the city became a symbol of the Changfeng battlefield.
At most, the Han army commanded more than a hundred thunderbolt chariots for bombardment.
Although these rush-made Pili Chariots will need to be repaired within two days, or even completely scrapped, and Li Panlong's army does not have that many equipment soldiers to operate the Pili Chariots, so accuracy is quite a problem. But after so many days,
, He Qing in the city was still beaten to a disgrace.
The city wall in Changfeng County was also destroyed in three places.
He Qing once organized elite soldiers to attack at night, but who was Li Panlong? He was smarter than a monkey with hair on his head. He Qing failed to steal the chicken but lost the rice. The thousand elite soldiers he killed were swallowed by Li Panlong.
The two of them fought back and forth several times. It cannot be said that Li Panlong can win every time, but with his strong strength, he can always gain the upper hand.
The morale of the Puzhou Army in the city was gradually declining. It only suddenly recovered once at the end of mid-August. Li Panlong was not anxious when he saw it. He knew that someone outside must have informed the Shi Family Army in the city about the Wenzhou rebellion.
Time will wear away everything. And when the rising hope is shattered, the inner loss and depression will be greater and deeper than before.
Everything was as expected by Li Panlong. It was almost the end of September, and the Han army was still standing outside the city as steady as a mountain. The thunderbolt chariots continued to bombard the city, and they were not affected by the Wenzhou rebellion at all.
The morale of the Shi's army in the city dropped to the bottom of the valley.
"General, look -" Wang Guang, excited, ran towards the battalion commander, holding a crossbow bolt with silk in his hand.
He is the commander of the cavalry left in Changfeng County by Chen Mengren. During this month, he only patrolled the sentries, but he was exhausted.
Today when I was patrolling Changfeng City, I saw a crossbow arrow wrapped in silk stuck to the ground. I galloped towards it, leaned over and picked it up.
Wang Guang did not open it. The words written on the silk surface were very clear and were to be presented to the general.
"General, is this a letter of surrender?"
Wang Guang looked at Silk Silk very curiously. This scene was very familiar, but he had never really seen it before.
"It's really a letter of surrender. Jianyi Zhonglang General Wu Ziqi." But is it true or false?
This is what Li Panlong was thinking about. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
