The incident of people in Gaocheng smashing the government offices and robbing official warehouses was reported to Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong only two hours later, but they did not pay attention to it because they had more important things to solve at the moment.
A few days ago, I was chasing Zhou Yuji in Dingzhou in the north. The enemy I once defeated fled in panic and hid in the mountains. The revenge of Taiyuan was finally avenged. The two of them vented their grievances and felt filled with pride. I have the final say on my territory. Who will attack whom?
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Unexpectedly, a slap in the face was too quick. I just returned from the north yesterday and was disgraced today. An unknown cavalry team first deceived the people and incited the refugees in Luancheng (today's Luancheng District, Shijiazhuang, between Zhaozhou and Zhending Fucheng).
The rebels who were patrolling nearby watched a battle between the two sides. Unexpectedly, although this cavalry was small in number, it was extremely terrifying. They slaughtered more than 300 rebels and even continued to go north and wander around Fucheng with such arrogance.
There were heavy troops garrisoned in Fucheng, but this cavalry came to provoke them regardless of life and death. Ma Shiyao was immediately furious and ordered him to kill them. Unexpectedly, his favorite general Sun Yangming led more than a thousand troops to fight and never returned. From then on, Yin and Yang were separated.
Ma Shiyao was so frightened and furious that he sent his army to fight. Unexpectedly, the cavalry had already fled far away. Their fighting power was frightening, and they acted boldly but shamelessly. What a familiar style!
Could it be him? The two of them were surprised and happy, but at this moment someone reported that there was civil unrest in Gaocheng.
A group of hungry refugees are just grabbing food. They can just send people to intimidate them. Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong have not realized the seriousness at this time. Their minds are now filled with the terrifying heavy armored cavalry, and they are sending people there.
When he went north to inform Li Zicheng (he didn't know that Li Zicheng had known that Chang Yu was in the south before him), he ordered Lu Bufan to go out of the city to search and quell the civil unrest in Gaocheng.
Lu Bufan received the military order and left the city. He was very frightened. It would be fine to quell the chaos, but searching for the heavy armored cavalry would undoubtedly lead to death. When he was thinking about how to deal with the encounter, he heard that there were friendly troops stationed in the east, and he suddenly
Overjoyed, he led his troops to seek support.
After entering the camp and meeting Gu Kecheng, they had a brief conversation and realized that King Chuang had known that the little eunuch was coming. The heavy armored cavalry was indeed the little eunuch's command. With a trembling heart, he felt a little glad that he was not fighting alone.
The little eunuch is cunning and good at fighting and should be dealt with with caution. Gu Kecheng does not recommend that Lu Bufan blindly search around, especially at night. It is too dangerous. With his 500 troops, if he does not encounter an encounter, he is afraid of the consequences, so it is better to join forces. Lu Bufan
Being familiar with the surrounding terrain, he could send another five hundred elite troops to help.
This was exactly what Lu Bufan wanted to say. At the moment, he was careless. The two of them planned it carefully. They also heard the noise and commotion on the other side. Gu Kecheng asked about it, and Lu Bufan told the truth.
Don't you think it's a coincidence? The little eunuch's men over there went deep into the tiger's den to cause trouble everywhere, and the refugees here began to gather in groups to cause trouble. Gu Kecheng felt that things were not simple.
"Send people to Fucheng quickly and let Wu Shanbo (Ma Shiyao) send heavy troops to suppress it." Looking at tens of thousands of people swarming on the other side, Gu Kecheng had a strong feeling that the background of the civil unrest in front of him was not simple, and the consequences would be very serious.
It is serious and must be dealt with immediately, otherwise it will become a serious problem!
Lu Bufan was also panicked and quickly sent people back to the city to report the news.
When Chang Yu looked through the autumn water, Jiang Fa finally came back, leading four horses. Chang Yu saw blood stains on his clothes and asked, "Did he kill someone?"
Jiang Fa quickly explained that he did not kill people by seizing horses. Horses were ownerless things in the city and belonged to those thieves before. As for the blood on his body, he was robbed by a few homeless gangsters after he stole the horses and left the city.
What you own is not allowed to be killed.
The crime of holding a jade, you are holding a horse. Chang Yu chuckled, beckoned Jiang Fa to come closer and whispered a few words. Jiang Fa left for a while and then came back: "It's done." He turned around and glanced at the south bank: "Those thieves are really
Will they take action against the refugees?"
Chang Yu's face was solemn: "Just in case, I'm afraid they will take action early tomorrow morning." After saying that, he ordered a few people to get on their horses and leave the place. After all, it would be too ostentatious for refugees to have horses.
Five people and four horses took advantage of the darkness to hit their horses and hurried northward, disappearing into the darkness in the blink of an eye.
Youdao means being a thief with a guilty conscience. Although Li Muxian is not a thief, he is undoubtedly a thief when he walks around in the world and cheats. Thousands of believers gathered around him in the past, and they were very proud and thought about how to make great achievements to gain a face in front of the little eunuch. In the blink of an eye, he began to be on tenterhooks.
After discovering an army of thousands of thieves coming from the other side, he began to feel uneasy and summoned Chen Wangting, his uncle, and his nephew to discuss in low voices what course to take.
"I'm afraid, didn't the governor say that if you do it as much as you want, I don't believe that those officers and soldiers can kill all these refugees. Besides, if they really do it, we can just take advantage of the chaos and leave!" Chen Wangting also did the same!
He was a ruthless man who killed officials and absconded when he was young. After studying for many years to cultivate his mind and character, his temperament became just right. However, after spending a short period of time in prison with the young lady, his ruthless energy was resurrected with full health.
Li Muxian immediately breathed a sigh of relief. If the bandit army suppressed them, they would not be able to defeat them. No one could catch up with me if I ran. Seeing the bandit army camping on the other side, he gritted his teeth and tempted the refugees to go to Zhending.
I need something to eat.
After receiving Lu Bufan's notification, Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong realized the seriousness of the matter. The danger of civil unrest should not be underestimated. A single spark can start a prairie fire, and in the blink of an eye, all the efforts of the rebels over the past few months can be burned away.
We need to know what the rebels relied on to attack the city and plunder the territory without spending a single soldier in the past few months. They relied on the prestige of these refugees, how they beat the officers and soldiers and how they gave the court a headache. It was still these refugees who were coerced.
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But if these refugees started to cause trouble, they would be shooting themselves in the foot. They must not be allowed to cause trouble. However, how to quell this civil unrest was a headache for Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong.
Kill? No, Li Zicheng is trying to be a good guy every day in order to win over people's hearts and minds. Although he wants to kill them all, he can't do it openly. He can only act as cannon fodder and kill a few people with borrowed knives. He can find some small excuses to kill a few people.
Forget it, if you kill these tens of thousands of people, you will immediately lose the support of the people, and your efforts for several years will be in vain. It will be difficult to move forward, unless you massacre the city like in Taiyuan, killing everyone and leaving no one behind.
But now that hundreds of thousands of refugees have gathered here, have you finished killing them?
If you can’t beat, scold, or kill, what should you do?
Suddenly, the two men were horrified to find that they were in the same embarrassing situation as the officers and soldiers.
The spies came to report that there were five to six thousand people making trouble, and they were coming along the river in a mighty manner. As for the city, which was only about ten miles away, the two were shocked. They immediately mobilized their troops to prepare for the enemy, and summoned their subordinates at the same time.
Discuss how to solve the problem and immediately inform Li Zicheng.
I'm afraid there will be another massacre to scare the monkeys. Otherwise, once they compromise, the refugees will follow the same example, how will they deal with it in the future? If they can't be saved, they will get on top of their noses and ask for more. Ren Jirong felt cruel and felt that he had to be tyrannical.
Some are domineering, some are domineering, if not, there will be blood.
Ma Shiyao felt that this was not possible and should be dealt with in a gentle manner so as not to arouse the resentment of the refugees, let alone resort to violence unless it was absolutely necessary, because no one could bear the consequences.
An attitude that is too tough will easily arouse the chaos and anger, while an attitude that is too soft will allow them to push further. The two of them discussed for a long time before they came up with a solution. They tentatively decided to delay the decision until Li Zicheng responded.
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