In the summer of the 18th year of Wanchang, the Governor-General's Office of Sichuan and Guizhou issued an order. In order to comply with the new law of the imperial court, Sichuan and Guizhou Provinces banned the smuggling of tea leaves and tea bricks from now on. The business was carried out under the full supervision of the person in charge of the Governor-General's Office. This was a great uprising in the southwest, and Xichuan Tea
Xiaobo, a prostitute, gathered two hundred people to rebel, and the rebel army developed rapidly. Two days later, they captured Pengshan County, killed the county magistrate Qi Fangzhen, and seized a large amount of ordnance. Poor peasants and merchants from far and near came to join forces. Within ten days, the army grew to 70,000 people.
, the rebel army went out to attack Jiangyuan County, an important outpost of the Leng family against Tubo. Under the planning and command of Chao Shili, one of the leaders of the rebel army, they defeated the fourth guard of the Chengyu Guard guarding Jiangyuan County at the foot of Jiagu Mountain. The deputy commander of the guard
Liu Xupeng was killed in the battle, and Zhang Huanzhi, the commander of the remaining troops, retreated with more than a thousand troops. After being defeated, the rebel army continued to attack Jiangyuan. They attacked Jiangyuan for three days. Finally, with the help of the Qian family, a wealthy family in Jiangyuan, they escaped into the city at night and the entire fourth guard of Chengyu Guard was wiped out.
, the supervisor Leng Ming died in battle, and the commander Zhang Huanzhi fled alone. Jiangyuan, the first important town in Xichuan, was declared to have fallen. A huge amount of ordnance and food was confiscated by the rebels, and the rebels' strength increased greatly.
Half a month later, four elite guards, the First Guard, the Second Guard, the Fifth Guard, and the Sixth Guard, totaling 22,400 people, had been assembled outside the Chengdu Mansion.
The commander of the First Guard made Leng Yue the commander-in-chief of the march and marched westward. The frontline of the troops was pointed directly at the source of the Yangtze River. The war was about to break out! Leng Xiang himself stayed in Chengdu, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from Hanzhong Guard and Juzhou Guard.
In the half month after capturing Jiangyuan, Huang Xiaobo's rebel army has grown to 120,000 people. These 120,000 people are different from the 70,000 people who previously captured Pengshan County.
There was a lot of water, and the old and weak took up 30% of it. After attacking Jiangyuan, Huang Xiaobo's rebel army suffered heavy losses and was temporarily unable to attack everywhere. After half a month of rest and absorption, in Chao Shili
Under the advice of the leader, we eliminated the uncultivated greens and finally left these 120,000 young men, who can basically be regarded as capable soldiers.
Chao Shili, a dark and thin middle-aged man, was valued by the leader Huang Xiaobo because of his outstanding performance and being very respectful to Huang Xiaobo and others. He was promoted from the original leader of the second echelon to become the fourth leader of the entire rebel army.
Ranked behind Huang Xiaobo, An Mingting (Uncle An) and Li Changshun (Huang Xiaobo's brother-in-law, Shunzi), he alone controls an army of 30,000 people and is very prominent.
At this time, Huang Xiaobo personally controlled an army of 60,000, Li Changshun and Chao Shili each controlled 30,000, and An Mingting, a veteran, was responsible for logistics and internal affairs, as well as recruitment (actually selecting people to join him) and other matters
While Leng Yue's army of the Four Guards was heading west, the rebels were not idle either. A military meeting of the four giants was being held in Huang Xiaobo's commander's tent.
Although Huang Xiaobo became a big leader and had more than 100,000 troops under his command, he did not have the same airs as him. He greeted the three people to sit down very easily. He was not very particular. He sat down casually and waved his hand: "The Leng family is here.
Recruitment, everyone knows about this, four guards have come, more than 20,000 elite soldiers, what should we do now, please tell us."
Li Changshun waved his hand and said proudly: "Then what else can we do? Come one and fight one, come two and fight a pair. They have more than 20,000, and we have 120,000, and it keeps increasing every day. We can win this battle!"
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Huang Xiaobo frowned and said dissatisfied: "Shunzi, can you please use your brain when you speak? You were not there when we attacked Jiangyuan last time. The Leng family army is still very capable as long as it is not commanded by Gua Wa'er (a fool).
Fighting! Jiang Yuan's 2,000-strong fourth guard and a group of newly recruited military households held us back for three days. Finally, someone came to help us and they came in! Now they have more than 20,000 people, and they brought them with them.
Didn’t the Leng Yue and Yisheng (Chao Shili, also known as Yisheng) brothers in the army also say that he is Leng Xiang’s younger brother! He joined the army at the age of thirteen and has been in the army for more than twenty years now. He is a
He will not be as easy to deal with as Zhang Huanzhi, a man who leads an old army!"
An Mingting nodded, agreed, and said to Li Changshun: "Shunzi, your brother-in-law is right, that Leng Yue is not Zhang Huanzhi. A person like this who has led soldiers for many years should not be like Zhang Huanzhi last time."
It’s so easy to be fooled, so we still need to take a long-term approach.”
Li Changshun was a little dissatisfied and curled his lips: "No matter how powerful they are, there are only more than 20,000 people. Our 120,000 troops can surround them one by one and still not drown them? Brother-in-law, Uncle An, you are too careful!"
Huang Xiaobo glared at him, frightening what Li Changshun said later. He was still very afraid of his brother-in-law, so he had to scratch his head: "Okay, okay, I'm impulsive, I'm reckless, why don't I stop talking?... Then
You guys say, what should we do now? We won’t say we won’t fight anymore?”
Huang Xiaobo breathed a sigh of relief: "Of course it's impossible not to fight. We have wiped out a whole body of the Leng family. According to their arrogance, if they don't get this face back, they will definitely not give up. The key is
How to fight...Brother Yisheng, you have studied and know a lot, please tell me, what should we do better now?"
Chao Shili pondered for a moment and suddenly asked: "How to fight, it's easy to say, but before that, I would like to ask the chief a few questions."
"What's the problem?" Huang Xiaobo didn't care: "We brothers, feel free to ask if you have anything!"
Chao Shili nodded and asked: "Excuse me, the chief, why did we raise the army in anger?"
Huang Xiaobo said curiously: "Of course it is to oppose the oppression of the Leng family, so that we Sichuan people can have food to eat, and will not be forced to sell our sons and daughters, or even starve to death."
Chao Shili nodded and continued to ask: "So, if the Leng family doesn't agree, we will always be against the Leng family, right?"
"Of course, do you still need to ask?" Huang Xiaobo frowned a little.
Chao Shili did not panic, and continued to ask: "The big leader leads us to fight against the Leng family. Is the ultimate goal to overthrow the Leng family, or to fight against the entire Wei Dynasty?"
Huang Xiaobo was stunned. Sichuan and Guizhou had been ruled by the Leng family for too long. People had long forgotten that there was a great Wei court at the head of the Leng family. Even Huang Xiaobo, the leader of the rebel army, only thought about how to deal with the Leng family from the beginning to the end.
After hearing Chao Shili’s question, I remembered that the Wei Dynasty had 1.2 million elite soldiers (including the Bianzhen Army, but low-level people like Huang Xiaobo
The merchant couldn't figure it out), even though his arrogance has surged recently, he couldn't help but hesitate and scratched his head: "Well, we still only oppose the Leng family, not the imperial court? The imperial court... The imperial court has not heard anything bad, right?
?" As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that he was showing too much weakness, so he coughed and added: "Besides... I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is still very wise, that... he defeated the Liao army and Xixia, well, still
Not bad”
In fact, he didn't quite understand why it was "good" to defeat the Liao army and the Xixia army, but when he heard people talking about "we the Wei" defeated so and so, he was very pleased that His Majesty the Emperor could lead these victories. Naturally,
That's a good emperor
Chao Shili knew that Emperor Wanchang had cared about everything else in the years since he came to the throne, but he had never cared about the livelihood of the people at the bottom. Perhaps in his view, if the world is peaceful and the weather is smooth, what else can the common people not do?
The defeat of the Liao Army and the defeat of Xixia, the latter can be said to be due to the imperial court supporting a large amount of weapons and supplies, but the former was completely accomplished by Shan Shuai Yunlan. At that time, Wanchang had just ascended the throne, and his status was not yet stable.
Well, where is the effort and ability to help Yun Lan! It is because of Yun Lan's victory this time that his position is secure. This credit has nothing to do with him. But with these words, Chao Shili is not too lazy.
Explain to Huang Xiaobo and others
Chao Shili nodded noncommittally: "That is to say, our goal is just the Leng family. Just defeating the Leng family is enough, right?"
Huang Xiaobo looked at An Mingting and saw that An Mingting had no objection, so he nodded: "Not bad."
"So, great leader, have you ever thought that we have no intention to oppose the imperial court, but the imperial court may not be able to tolerate us. If the imperial court wants to annihilate us, what should we do?" Chao Shili asked calmly.
Huang Xiaobo, An Mingting and Li Changshun all changed their expressions. An Mingting was the oldest and the least enterprising. After hearing Chao Shili's words, he immediately asked: "Will the imperial court really treat us like this?"
Huang Xiaobo was a little nervous when he thought of the court's "1.2 million troops" and asked: "If the court... I'm afraid I'll wait... Brother Yisheng, you've always been so wise, do you think... is there any way to make the court ignore it?"
Us?" Li Changshun is the youngest and the most courageous. Although he is a little worried, he is used to being careless and will not ask even if he is worried. Anyway, his brother-in-law and Uncle An have already asked, right?
Chao Shili shook his head: "In the whole world, is it possible that we, Sichuan Gui, are the kings of the whole world? Although we are the governor of the Leng family, we are still the kings of the Wei Dynasty. If the Leng family is defeated by us, how can the imperial court sit back and watch?"
"What should we do?" An Mingting was a little nervous and stood up: "The imperial army has more than one million, and I heard that many of them are more powerful than the Leng family's army. Now there are more than 20,000 Leng family members... cough
, are all a bit tricky, but what if the court also... then what should we do?"
Li Changshun couldn't help but said: "Uncle An, what are you afraid of? We have nothing but one life. Even if the court really wants to suppress us, it won't happen today or tomorrow. Why are you worrying so much now? I said
Brother Chao, you are good at everything else. You are good at fighting, training troops, and coming up with ideas...but you are not good at all. You always speak in half sentences. Can't you finish what you say in one go?
By sacrificing our appetite, can you eat more deliciously?"
Chao Shili laughed dumbly. Although Li Changshun seemed reckless, he was not completely scheming. His words pointed out a truth. He already knew that he had a way.
Huang Xiaobo and An Mingting also reacted at this time. Huang Xiaobo raised his fist towards Chao Shili: "Brother Yisheng, you know what kind of person I, Huang Xiaobo, am. I don't know how to beat around the bush. I just want to
Let's take our current brothers to seek justice from the Leng family so that everyone can have food to eat and clothing to wear. I also know that the court is not something we can deal with, but if the court really wants to deal with us, what should we do?
Keep it safe, I really don’t know this. Brother Yisheng, you are a scholar and knowledgeable. If you know, please tell me. Even if there are some things that are not easy to deal with in terms of face... I, Huang Xiaobo, am not a rigid person. I will never
Do not blame you!"
These words are heartfelt. Besides, Huang Xiaobo is really good to his brothers. He is also kind to Chao Shili. Chao Shili couldn't help but feel a little moved after hearing Huang Xiaobo's words.
, stood up, cupped his hands and said: "The big leader is righteous, and my subordinates understand! Forgive me for speaking frankly, right now I am like a fish in water in Shu. That's because the people of Shu have been forced by the Leng family to have no way of living, and they don't want to work with us.
It's probably a death, that's why our strength has grown so fast. But the big leader, once we leave the territory of Shuzhong, the people in those places are not as miserable as we are. It is impossible for them to lose their heads with us.
The people of the Wei Dynasty are still playing tricks on their waists. Even if we can defeat the Leng family, we can't rebel against the court, otherwise... I'm afraid it will be a dead end."
Huang Xiaobo nodded with a heavy look on his face and asked, "Brother Yisheng, is there anything you can do?"
Chao Shili nodded slightly, but his tone was a little heavy: "Yes"
Huang Xiaobo and the others became energetic and asked in unison: "What can we do?"
Chao Shili said with certainty: "From now on, we will take the initiative to contact the court and express our willingness to accept the recruitment, but ask the Leng family to cancel those harsh orders!"
Huang Xiaobo and the other three were stunned for a moment. After looking at each other, Huang Xiaobo asked with some doubts: "Is this... okay? Now take the initiative to contact the court? Can the court agree to our agreement?"
Chao Shili smiled slightly: "Of course the court will not agree now."
An Mingting was immediately discouraged and a little angry: "Since you won't agree, what else can you say?"
Li Changshun also looked depressed: "Brother Chao, are you kidding me?"
Huang Xiaobo smiled bitterly: "Brother Yisheng, what do you mean?"
Chao Shili laughed and said, "Don't blame the three leaders. It's because the subordinates didn't speak clearly." Although he has become the fourth leader, he is very cautious and always calls himself a subordinate in front of the three of them, instead of following his own example.
What they call "brothers"
Chao Shili's face straightened, and he said: "Now the imperial court will naturally not agree, because we have not shown enough strength, and the Leng family's prestige and strength are still there, and the imperial court cannot accept us without paying attention to them.
In fact, there are many people in the imperial court who dislike the Leng family. I can guarantee that if we can defeat the Leng family and significantly weaken the Leng family, when the Leng family cannot control the situation, the imperial court will seriously consider recruiting An.
