Chapter 460 The mutiny of hundreds of workers in Luoyi
On the other hand, after Guan Cong sneaked into Luoyi, he made some inquiries quietly at first, and finally identified one of them - Sikong Yan of Luoyi.
This Sikong Yan was the person who was in charge of Zhou Baigong. It is said that the reason why Wang Zichao was able to lead his old troops and Baigong to suddenly attack during the funeral of King Jing of Zhou Dynasty was because of this man's great contribution.
However, Sikong Yan acted cautiously. Although he did many things in secret, he never showed up in person.
Even though the previous uprising of Wang Zichao was the most unsuccessful, Sikong Yan was still able to protect himself and gathered the workers together again, preserving this power from the people for Wang Zichao.
After the previous rebellion of hundreds of workers, Danqi was already worried about these workers. But the so-called law does not punish everyone, but there are too many of them, and they are involved in all walks of life in Luoyi. If
Carrying out a large-scale liquidation against them will probably only lead to chaos in Luoyi.
After all, he had just elected the new King of Zhou. As Gong Jian said, at this juncture, he must cherish his own feathers and would not dare to go too far in anything.
Therefore, he did not settle the scores and hold Baigong accountable. He only closely monitored him and simply comforted him.
After seeing Sikong Yan, Guan Cong didn't say anything. He only handed over the slips that Wang Zichao had handed over to him. After Sikong Yan read it, he didn't say anything and just threw the slips directly into the stove next to him.
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"I wonder how your Royal Highness is doing now?"
"Your Highness has now taken over the capital, and defeated Gong Jian and Gan Loi. The situation is very good! Otherwise, Shan Qi would not have been afraid and left Luoyi with King Zhou!"
When Sikong Yan heard this, he closed his eyes calmly and couldn't help but be silent for a while.
"Since the last defeat, the people in the city have not been in a good mood. Although they have not been liquidated by Danqi, most of them have been closely monitored. This move... I'm afraid it will be difficult!"
After watching and listening, he said calmly:
"Your Excellency, you have thought carefully, and the current situation is indeed like this. But I think that Danqi has left Chengzhou, and he has taken away the King of Zhou with him. Although there is some defense in the city, it must be empty. We just need to be careful and take things by surprise.
, it will definitely have a miraculous effect! The only thing we are worried about now is not the defenders here, but the Shan family’s soldiers stationed in the city!"
It seems true that this statement is true.
I think that when King Jing of Zhou Dynasty was still alive, the main reason why he finally chose to go far away from the near and planned to take advantage of the hunting opportunity to kill Shan Qi was because he was afraid of the private soldiers under the Shan family who were entrenched in Luoyi.
After all, the Shan family has been operating in Luoyi for a long time, and the power hidden in the city is quite strong.
Even in his capacity as a king, it was impossible for King Zhou Jing to choose to punish the Shan family in Luoyi City.
And all this is enough to show how powerful the Shan family is in Luoyi.
Sikong Yan hesitated for a moment, then slowly said:
"We are all willing to serve His Highness the Prince. I think Shan Qi's previous actions are really excessive. None of the countrymen are blind, so they can't stand him. But...as you just said, the Shan family's private soldiers can
It’s not something to be underestimated!”
"I have already planned this. I can entangle Baigong and other countrymen, and go directly to attack Shan's ancestral court after the mutiny. As the saying goes, if you attack the ancestral court, you will save it. If you attack Shan's ancestral court, the private soldiers he raised will definitely come to rescue you. At that time,
, we can rely on the danger to fight against it. If we can succeed, the entire Zhou Dynasty can fall into our hands; if not, we can evacuate Luoyi directly from the corridor behind the ancestral temple that connects to its mausoleum!"
When Sikong Yan heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and covered Guan Cong's mouth:
"This matter is no small matter and requires caution..."
Guan Cong understood its meaning and whispered:
"Your Excellency, why don't you name a few trustworthy people? If it is inconvenient for you to come forward, I will contact you among them. Even if something happens, I will not make things difficult for you."
Sikong Yan saw that Guan Cong was very courageous and knowledgeable. He sneaked into the city alone, which showed his courage. Besides, he was quite understanding of human nature, so he nodded:
"That being the case, you can act accordingly!"
So, Sikong Yan took a bamboo slip that had been prepared from his sleeve and handed it to Guan Cong, asking him to just contact these people. These people were all people he trusted in the first place.
It also has quite a reputation.
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And just when Guan Cong was in contact with these people in secret, an accident happened unexpectedly!
At this moment, the news of the defeat of the battle suddenly came out in Luoyi City. However, the Shanqi commander directly took him to Chengzhou and burned him to death in public in the market.
This move was indeed quite a deterrent, and even Sikong Yan was a little scared.
Guan Cong knew that the hundreds of workers were now uneasy and feared that the incident would be exposed directly. So he decided to attack in advance and directly mobilize the existing workers to gather at the Shan family's ancestral court. Sikong Yan also knew that his identity would be exposed sooner or later, so he simply
It is to act together with Guan Cong.
After all the workers were gathered, they suddenly launched an attack on the Shan family's ancestral court.
Fortunately, these people are involved in a wide range of people. It can be said that they are all kinds of people, and most of them are extremely hard-working and have extremely perseverance. Their fighting ability is not low, and they quickly entered the ancestral court of the Shan family.
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However, Shan's private soldiers are also well-trained. After all, these people are managed by Shan Qi with great pains, and they can be said to be all brave people. After hearing the inquiry, they rushed over and immediately killed one with the Baigong people.
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Baigong had no choice but to resist with all his strength, but neither Sikong Yan nor Guan Cong were good at leading troops in battle. Seeing that they could no longer resist, they had no choice but to retreat further and further into the ancestral court.
Hundreds of workers suffered heavy casualties, and the defenders of Chengzhou also heard the news and rushed over to kill them. Seeing that the workers had mutinied, the entire army was about to be annihilated.
Fortunately, Guan Cong had already anticipated that this move would be difficult to succeed, so he prepared a route to escape. He led hundreds of workers and quickly opened the corridor leading to Shan's mausoleum, and they all took advantage of this to evacuate.
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After Shan's generals learned the news, they also led their troops to chase them to the east gate. However, Guan Cong and Sikong Yan had already fled away with Baigong at this moment, and he did not dare to pursue them in the dark night, so he had to give up.
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Sikong Yan and Guan Cong fled to Dongyu overnight. At this time, Sun Wu and Fan Li joined forces and had just captured Qianyi.
When the scouts came to report to Sun Wu, they said that a mutiny among hundreds of workers had suddenly occurred in Chengzhou. Sun Wu knew that it was Guan Cong who had taken action, so he immediately hurried back to Dongyu to respond.
Sun Wu led Baishi Cavalry non-stop all the way, and finally picked up Guan Cong halfway. Sun Wu covered the rear for him, and seeing that there were no pursuers behind him, he followed Guan Cong and others into the east cave.
After everyone calmed down, Guan Cong introduced Sikong Yan to Sun Wu. After hearing this, Sun Wu raised his hands and said:
"I have met Lord Sikong at the end of the day. In fact, since my husband was defeated in the battle, he knew that things would be difficult in Chengzhou. It is a great blessing among misfortunes that the two of you can escape unscathed today."
When Guan Cong heard this, he looked ashamed:
"I have never been able to complete my mission. I am truly ashamed of my lord!"
"No, although the Baigong uprising was a failure, it also weakened Chengzhou's defense. The two of you have made a great contribution to the elimination of the enemy and our strength. Sir Sikong, please rest assured that the military will properly arrange these Baigong.
After you have rested, I will escort you to meet His Highness the Prince!"
Hearing this, Sikong had no words, he only raised his hands and bowed to express his gratitude.