A big event is happening in Ruichang County in the far west of Jiangzhou Prefecture!
A big deal!
Someone wants to proclaim himself an emperor and establish a country!
The reason why there is no news from Ruichang County till now is related to this incident.
There is also a key figure here, Jiangzhou Juren Zhao Wenbin.
Zhao Wenbin proposed three strategies, but Song Yang did not adopt them, so he fled overnight.
His escape direction was to the west.
As a result, he persuaded the refugees from Ruichang County in the west to go back...
Because Zhao Wenbin told the refugees that Song Yang, the king of Jiangzhou, had lost his moral character and was punished by heaven.
Now the entire Jiangzhou Prefecture has been reduced to ruins.
All this was caused by Song Yang, and he used this to persuade the people not to go to Jiangzhou.
At this time, the literati’s right to speak finally came into play.
The people really believed what Zhao Wenbin said and followed him back to Ruichang.
When he arrived in Ruichang, Zhao Wenbin thought he could live a good life for a while.
Because almost all the government offices in Ruichang County were wiped out, leaving only a few government officials from top to bottom.
Zhao Wenbin took the post of county magistrate by himself as a judge.
On the second day after he became the county magistrate, Zhao Wenbin led his people to open a warehouse of grain in the county granary.
For a time, Magistrate Zhao was also very popular.
The surviving population of Ruichang is only over 2,000.
This warehouse of food can last for two or three months.
But just a few days after the good days, a group of bandits came from the west.
More than three hundred people!
This group of bandits came from a mountain called Beijia, west of Ruichang.
The leader is a man named Wang Neng, who has a fat head, big ears and a sinister face.
In fact, there are more than twenty bandits in Beijia Mountain.
After the natural disaster, half of them died.
Thief King Neng was lucky enough to survive.
So the bandit leader took a dozen of his younger brothers and went down the mountain to inquire about the situation.
When I came down the mountain, I saw many refugees fleeing for their lives.
I caught one or two and asked about the current situation, and learned that the entire Ruichang was destroyed.
Wang Neng immediately thought carefully.
He first called his men to gather all the refugees, and then distributed various weapons to them.
He also told the refugees that they would have food to eat if they followed him.
The refugees don't care who you are, the one who stutters is the old man.
Wang Neng's plan was initially successful, and he gathered a team of more than 300 people.
Now he is going to attack Ruichang County!
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Zhao Wenbin's fifth day as county magistrate.
While I was enjoying a good life, the police came in a panic and said that bandits were coming.
Hundreds of people!
When Zhao Wenbin heard that there were so many bandits, he was so scared that his calves went weak.
"Everyone...you...heroes...if you have something to say...speak carefully, hold back the knife! Hold back the knife!"
Wang Neng led three hundred warriors from Beijia Mountain into Ruichang County without any hindrance.
And directly at the gate of the county government office, he blocked the self-proclaimed county magistrate Zhao Wenbin in official regalia.
Zhao Wenbin looked at Wang Neng, who had a sinister look on his face and was holding a bloody steel knife in his hand. He was so frightened that his face turned pale and he was speechless.
Seeing Zhao Wenbin's cowardice, Wang Neng felt secretly happy in his heart.
It seems that the blood that was rubbed on the injured body on the roadside just now has indeed played a big role...
"Are you the magistrate of Ruichang County?" Wang Neng looked at Zhao Wenbin sideways.
"Yes, yes! He is the county magistrate! If the hero has anything to do, just tell him!"
Before Zhao Wenbin had time to speak, the government officials betrayed Zhao Wenbin.
"Well! In that case, I'm telling you, I'm going to occupy Ruichang County! If you follow me, I can consider sparing you..."
"Your Majesty, please! From now on Ruichang is yours to decide!"
When Zhao Wenbin heard this, he realized that this guy was not here to kill anyone.
He knew that his life was not in danger, so he immediately stopped being afraid and spoke fluently.
"Hey! Get on the road!"
Wang Neng patted Zhao Wenbin on the shoulder with the back of his knife, making Zhao Wenbin tremble again.
Just like that, the three hundred warriors of Beijia Mountain became the masters of Ruichang County.
As for Zhao Wenbin, the self-proclaimed county magistrate...
Now he is the chief of staff of the Beijiashan Group Army, commonly known as the dog-headed military division.
"Old Zhao! How many days will we have enough food in Ruichang?"
Wang Neng had been the master of Ruichang for a few days, and he was quite polite to Zhao Wenbin, who was very cooperative.
It's just that he is a bandit who can neither read nor do arithmetic. Looking at the food in the warehouse, he doesn't know how long it will last for them.
Three hundred warriors followed Wang Neng into Ruichang County and immediately began a life of eating and drinking.
In order to win over people's hearts, Wang Neng did not stop him.
As a result, the original refugees followed the bandits and gradually became bandits.
It has only been three or four days, and they have already consumed almost half of the food in the granary.
Zhao Wenbin said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, this little food can last you a month."
"One month... Ruichang's food has been eaten up. Where should we go from now on?"
Wang Neng looked at Zhao Wenbin and asked.
For bandits, it is enough to rob one place and eat up all the food before moving to another place.
Zhao Wenbin was a scholar. Wang Neng felt that scholars had many clever ideas, so he kept him by his side as a consultant.
"Your Majesty, it's not easy to go outside during a natural disaster. Why don't we go to Jiangzhou Fucheng?"
Zhao Wenbin wanted to lead the bandits to Jiangzhou.
He was determined to rebel.
Because a few days ago when he was still the county magistrate, he sent someone to Jiangbei to see it.
A piece of scorched earth.
Needless to say, this situation is probably gone.
Now that Da Gan is gone, he doesn't have to worry about Song Yang's identity.
With such a large population in Jiangzhou, Zhao Wenbin also wanted to annex it.
Now basically all the survivors in Ruichang have taken refuge with Wang Neng.
With more than 2,000 people taking up arms, they might be able to attack Jiangzhou.
After all, Wang Neng could conquer his county of 2,000 people with only 300 people...
"Jiangzhou? No! No! If I don't go there, isn't there a prince there?"
"The prince is dead!" Zhao Wenbin began to lie.
"Dead? You won't go even then. How dare we go to the prince's place despite our background?"
Wang Neng shook his head and refused. Although he was a bandit, he actually didn't have the courage to face the authorities.
He was afraid of the Great Qian Dynasty from the bottom of his heart.
"My King! You may not believe it! The student actually knows some stargazing skills! You are the right one now!" Zhao Wenbin said with an exaggerated expression.
"My true destiny... my true destiny?"
Wang Neng was stunned. He believed in this kind of fate.
"Tell me, how did you get your destiny?"
Zhao Wenbin organized his words a little and then continued: "The one who is destined to be the emperor is the one who will be the emperor in the future!"
"Actually, you were destined to be the real emperor, but you were suppressed by the Qian Dynasty."
"Now their prince lost his virtue and was killed by a natural disaster!"
"As long as your Majesty takes over Jiangzhou Dragon Cave, you will be the lord of the world from now on!"
Zhao Wenbin deceives people without making a draft, but just opens his mouth.
He could see that this idiot Wang Neng only had some strength and nothing else.
If you follow him, you will starve to death sooner or later.
So Zhao Wenbin planned to run away again.
But the bandits had horses, and he couldn't outrun them even if he ran.
He didn't know how to ride a horse, and the carriage was controlled by Wang Neng.
Thinking backward, Zhao Wenbin decided to escape to Jiangbei by boat.
After the bandits occupied Ruichang, they seized all the ships.
So Zhao Wenbin planned to send the bandits away and try to escape.
Of course, if Wang could really capture Jiangzhou Fucheng, he would also consider staying and continuing to be a military advisor.