Young people like Li Wanshan accounted for the vast majority of the thousands of people who rose up this time, which made Li Qingshu a little worried.
How can one achieve anything if he has no perseverance?
Compared with the unswerving ambition to regain the Wanchun Kingdom, how can the pursuit of promotion and wealth be regarded as ambition? Such people seem to be full of enthusiasm and high morale, but once they suffer a setback, they will easily fail to recover, or even change their ways...
Li Qingshu is a descendant of the Han people, so he knows how powerful the Han people are.
At that time, the Wanchun Kingdom had gathered the power of most of Annan's powerful indigenous peoples, but they were vulnerable to the Sui army. When Li Qingshu was young, he witnessed the army led by his grandfather Li Daquan collapsed under the charge of the Sui army. The tragic scene was littered with corpses.
, that kind of shock is still fresh to this day.
Once the Han people do not kill each other, they will be invincible in the world...
Li Wanshan on the side was a little too excited. He kept pacing back and forth on the edge of the forest, looking at the tower in the distance and checking the equipment of the soldiers in the forest.
After a while, the night became darker and darker, and a faint sound of drumming came from the city in the distance. Li Wanshan couldn't bear it, and came to Li Qingshu and asked: "Uncle Yao, why is there no movement in the city? Could something be wrong?
Has it changed?"
Li Qingshu glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "In the face of important events, you should be calm and steady. How can you be so impetuous?"
He naturally knew that Li Wanshan was reckless and narrow-minded. Even his senior would not take it lightly. He would feel resentful because of his scolding and would even retaliate on the spot. But he had to suppress Li Wanshan's frivolous mentality.
, like him, many young people do not have the corresponding stability. If they are impetuous before such a big event, wouldn't everyone end up dead together?
But who would have thought that Li Wanshan's face just darkened, and he stared at Li Qingshu with gloomy eyes for a long time, but finally turned his head and said nothing.
Li Qingshu frowned, quite surprised, and felt something was wrong in his heart.
This Li Wanshan's reaction is really strange... Could it be that the important matter has finally matured and he knows how to take the overall situation into consideration?
"Look, look, there's a fire on the tower!"
Li Qingshu calmed down and looked up, and sure enough he saw a torch lighting up in the direction of the dark city tower, which was particularly eye-catching in the dark night.
The torch circled three times to the left and three times to the right, which was the signal agreed upon in advance...
"Everyone, the city gate has been opened. Come with me and rush into the city..." Li Qingshu was mid-sentence. Li Wanshan beside him had already rushed out like a tiger out of a fire. He shouted: "Charge!" He opened his legs and ran straight towards the city.
He rushed out towards the door, followed by more than a thousand tribesmen behind him, and ran out of the woods with a "whoop".
"..." Li Qingshu had no choice but to swallow back half of his words, waved his hands, and then rushed towards the city gate tower with his trusted clan members.
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The Jiaozhou General Manager's Office is located in the center of the county, adjacent to the county government office. It is just an ordinary building with five doors facing the street, and there is nothing unique about it.
In the fourth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court moved the Jiaozhou administrative office here and opened the Yamen of the General Administration Office, but there were not many troops stationed there. Jiaozhou had jurisdiction over the four counties of Jiaozhi, Huaide, Nanding, and Songping, which were under the jurisdiction of Lingnan Road.
After Qiu He, the first general manager, the general manager of Jiaozhou was concurrently held by the governor of Jiaozhou. Since the administrative seat of Lingnan Road was Panyu, the governor of Jiaozhou was based in Panyu and was not in Songping County, the administrative seat of Jiaozhou.
Qiu He, the previous governor of Jiaozhou, believed that Songping County was located in the hinterland of Annan. Although it was rich and prosperous, it was not a stable place. Once the Central Plains Dynasty was in turmoil, the place would be controlled by foreigners. Because it was too far from the hinterland of Jiaozhou, it was difficult to mobilize troops.
It is too difficult to send generals to transport all the food and crops, and the cost of quelling the rebellion is too high, and the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, I don't attach much importance to this place. I want to occupy the best position. If it is captured by foreigners, then simply give up.
Therefore, there are only a few hundred troops stationed in the city, and their equipment is outdated and their training is poor. It is better than nothing...
Wei Shu, the general of the Governor's Mansion, had just rested when he was awakened by the sound of noisy footsteps in the courtyard.
Today I had a dinner with Magistrate Song Ping, accompanied by a local famous prostitute. When the wine was flowing, and the fragrance of the beautiful woman's autumn waves was like orchid, it was natural that my heart was full of excitement and desire. After the banquet, I stayed with the beauty for the night. The spring breeze brought me joy for several times.
, Wei Shu, who almost broke his waist, turned over and dismounted, exhausted and sleepy.
How can I be in a good mood when I am woken up just after falling asleep?
He suddenly removed the thin quilt from his body, not caring that the jade-white body of the beauty next to him was exposed to the moonlight projected from the window, and cursed at the top of his lungs: "Who is out there? It's a crime to disturb people's dreams in the middle of the night.
It’s unforgivable! Come here, I’ll capture you and I’ll serve you with a severe punishment!”
After a while, someone at the door said urgently: "Report to the general, there is an army in the city to cause chaos!"
After being drunk, his head was already groggy, and after working hard and exhausting his strength, his thinking was inevitably chaotic and sluggish. When Wei Shu heard that someone was starting to cause trouble, he subconsciously replied: "It doesn't matter whether he makes trouble or not, first deal with the trouble."
The villain of Renqingmeng was captured by a certain person, and he was punished with thirty army batons..."
The people outside the door fell into silence, probably because they didn't know how to answer the question for a while...
There are people revolting here, and you still want to punish those who disturb your sleep?
The beauty next to her suddenly sat up, not caring about the scene being leaked, and exclaimed: "General, someone is rebelling? What should we do..."
"rebel?"
Wei Shu said something in a daze, and then his mind was shaken, and he shouted: "Rebellion?!"
This guy just reacted now...
He quickly got up from the bed, reached out and grabbed a robe and put it on. He ran to the door with bare feet and opened the door. When he saw the soldier standing at the door, he grabbed his collar and asked quickly:
"What kind of rebellion? Tell me quickly!"
"General, Li Zhuangzhi has hooked up with the rebels from several nearby counties, has opened the city gate, and is heading towards the General Manager's Mansion!"
"Li Zhuangzhi?"
Wei Shu widened his eyes and said angrily: "Does this old man think he has a long life? Come here, give me armor and clothes, gather soldiers, who will kill the enemy..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a dull sound of footsteps on the street outside the house like muffled thunder, followed by a thundering cry of death...
"Kill all the Tang troops!"
"Capture Wei Shu alive!"
"Restore the Kingdom of Wanchun!"
…
The entire governor's office was in chaos.
Wei Shuwu stood blankly at the door of the bedroom, wondering: "Wanchun Kingdom? What is that?"
The soldier stamped his feet anxiously: "Who knew what that was? But general, put on your armor quickly and let us protect you and fight out. The thieves are outnumbered and cannot be defeated!"
Wei Shu was furious and shouted: "You and I are soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. We are ordered to guard one side here. How can we shrink from the enemy and avoid fighting? The thieves are so rampant that they dare to raise troops to cause chaos. This is the moment when we, loyal to the emperor, regard death as home."
, we should fight to the death to show our country’s prestige!”
He was majestic and upright. If his empty robe hadn't been floated by the breeze, revealing his bare legs, he would have had the aura of a famous general!
The soldier was so anxious that he almost cried. He stepped forward and grabbed Wei Shu's arm and left. He said with a sad face: "No matter how hard you work, there is no need to fight to the death! That old dog Li Zhuangzhi gathered no less than three thousand rebels, all of whom were armed with swords and guns.
He's young and strong, and more than a hundred of us can't defeat him! You'd better put on your armor quickly, the thief has already arrived at the door..."
"What?"
Wei Shu was shocked: "Three thousand people?!"
Swallowing his saliva, his face changed drastically, he threw away the soldier's hand, and cursed: "So many people have come to the door, why are they wearing armor? It's too late! Come on, hurry up, you can protect me as soon as possible."
, let’s rush out from the back door, fight our way back to Panyu and bring in reinforcements..."
After saying that, without waiting for the soldiers to react, he grabbed his shoes, folded his clothes with his hands, opened his legs and went straight to the back door of the General Manager's Mansion...
More than a dozen soldiers quickly followed behind, and the maids and slaves in the courtyard were crying and screaming, and the sky was filled with chaos.
When he arrived at the back door, he heard a "bang" sound. The wooden door in the backyard had been knocked open from the outside. Then someone jumped over the wall and jumped into the yard. He killed everyone he saw and chopped down. He screamed for a while.
The sound of stern shouts filled the entire governor's office.
Wei Shu was so frightened that he could barely avoid a scimitar coming towards him, and shouted in a trembling voice: "You traitors, a certain Wei Shu, the general of the Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion, is raising an army to cause chaos, and you are not afraid of being killed."
Nine tribes?”
Even when someone shouted: "Weishu is here!"
Someone outside the door responded: "Don't hurt his life, catch him alive!"
"Know it!"
The thieves who rushed into the courtyard gathered towards Wei Shu. Poor Wei Shu had just climbed up on the bed. He had not even put on his shoes, and had no weapons. How could he dare to fight with the thieves? He could only hide.
Behind the soldiers, he urged the soldiers to retreat.
A group of soldiers held horizontal knives in their hands to protect Wei Shu in the middle. At first, they loyally protected him as he went into the courtyard and fought and retreated. However, when the bandit soldiers surrounded and killed the two of them indiscriminately, the rest of them let out a cry.
, the courage was exhausted, and the rat scurried away, leaving Wei Shu to dry in the middle of the yard...
Wei Shu was completely bewildered. His long robe was fluttering, his balls were cold in the wind, and the guard was unarmed. How could he fight against these ferocious thieves?
He was about to say a few honest words to scare the thieves. Just as he was about to speak, he was thrown to the ground by the thieves who came forward. He could only scream: "I am a general of the Tang Dynasty. You dare to harm my life?"
In the future, all nine tribes will be killed and their bodies will be divided into pieces by five horses... Wuwuwu..."
However, Li Wanshan stuffed a piece of rag into his mouth and cursed disdainfully: "What a waste, how can I be worthy of becoming a general of the Tang Army even if I save you? Bah! I am much stronger than you..."