The first thousand six hundred and ninety-five chapters soldiers refer to the imperial city
On the long road in the wilderness, a group of officers and soldiers were escorting grain and grass, slowly coming towards Beichenzhou Mansion.
The long horse-drawn convoy was filled with grains mobilized from other state capitals. Nearly a thousand soldiers were following the convoy, wary of possible enemies.
Nowadays, the war is tense and food is in short supply. I originally wanted to raise food locally, but unexpectedly, due to the famine, I can't find a single grain of rice locally.
The coalition forces in the state capital searched and found nothing, and finally left the devastated village with a curse.
The villagers were unable to resist, but their eyes were full of hatred, and the seeds of hatred had been planted.
As a result, the allied forces in the state capital did not wait for the rebels to attack, but instead encountered the siege of the people of Beichen Prefecture. Of course, there were inevitably people who were willing to add fuel to the flames.
The grain transport team was suddenly ambushed when passing through a village. Countless people, led by others, swarmed toward the soldiers with spades, picks, and sticks.
Even though the soldiers escorting the grain and grass were holding swords and spears, they were stunned by this unexpected sight, and were later swallowed up by the rolling flow of people.
Not long after, all the food in the food transport team was robbed, and the heads and weapons of the soldiers were also taken away.
A soldier's head and a gold coin are absolutely not false. Naturally, those people will not miss this opportunity to make a fortune.
Similar scenes were staged everywhere in Beichen Prefecture, and the small teams that were separated from the large army suffered devastating blows.
First they lost the first battle, and now their food and grass were robbed. After hearing the news, the generals from various states were so angry that they cursed loudly, but there was nothing they could do.
Since there is insufficient food and grass, the war cannot be delayed. It is best to work hard to win, otherwise something will happen.
As a result, the state coalition forces, which had just suffered a defeat, had to brace themselves and prepare for a decisive battle with the Beichenzhou rebels.
Three days later, the decisive battle began.
After a bloody battle, the main force of the coalition forces in the state capital was severely defeated. The rout stretched for dozens of miles. The local people were killing them at the same time, and headless corpses were scattered all over the mountains and plains.
After defeating the allied forces in the state capital, the Beichen Prefecture rebels took advantage of their victory and pursued the attack, heading straight for the nearby state capital.
This incident shocked the entire empire. No one expected that the rebels would be so ferocious that they were no match for the regular armies of several state capitals!
However, more people believe that the victory of the Beichenzhou rebels was mostly related to their sharp weapons, and the remaining half was due to the fact that the rewards for the rebels were so generous.
Regardless of the reason, as the Beichen Prefecture rebels defeated the prefectural coalition forces, their wings have gradually matured and they have begun to take over the world.
Just when the whole world was shocked by the Beichenzhou incident, in other state capitals, strong troops were also raised to attack nearby state capitals and towns.
Although these rebel forces may be strong or weak, they have brought chaos to the entire empire, with chaos everywhere.
In this chaotic environment, the Beichen Prefecture rebels were unstoppable and unstoppable wherever they went.
The rebels have something to say: surrender their weapons, kill no one, resist stubbornly, and the city will be destroyed and everyone will die!
Those towns that knew they were no match for the rebels chose to surrender in order to protect themselves. As a result, the rebels made no mistakes.
They just collected weapons, spent a lot of money to recruit men, and then moved on.
After the news came, towns along the way took the initiative to surrender, which also avoided a military disaster.
When encountering towns that were stubbornly resisting, the Beichen Prefecture rebels attacked the city with artillery, throwing poisonous smoke everywhere, and the rebel soldiers were like wolves and tigers.
Just because Tang Zhen ordered that all property gained from attacking the city would belong to the individual, and those who captured the enemy's heads would also be heavily rewarded.
With such incentives, all those men are jealous, hoping to get more spoils so that the whole family can live a prosperous life.
There must be brave men under the heavy reward. All the cities that tried to resist were captured, but all those who participated in the resistance were shown their heads in public.
Even the people in the city were looted by the Beichenzhou rebels. Those who dared to resist often ended up dead.
"There is a battle in the Beichen Army, and you have a lot of gold in your pocket and nowhere to put it!"
Under the deliberate temptation to gather together, more and more people joined the Beichen Prefecture rebels. From the initial number of more than 200,000, it soon grew to more than 500,000, and it is still increasing.
The army advanced all the way without stopping for a moment and headed straight for the imperial city. The emperor was so frightened that he quickly summoned all the state governments for support.
At this time, all the major state capitals in the empire were in chaos, and they all had too much time to look after themselves.
However, the sacred order cannot be violated. In this chaotic situation, the state governments can only send troops to the imperial city to deal with the approaching Beichen Prefecture rebels.
Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, something happened in the imperial city, catching everyone off guard.
First there was a shortage of food, and there was no grain left in the granary and rice shop. Then there was an incident where the grain transport convoy was robbed and the grain was completely burned.
This matter immediately attracted attention, but the person behind the scenes had fled long ago, leaving only a mess.
An imperial capital has a population of nearly one million, and consumes a huge amount of food. Now that the people have no food, they naturally have to find a way, otherwise they can only wait to starve to death.
In just a few days, there were many incidents of granaries being robbed, smashed and killed in the homes of wealthy people, leaving the imperial city in chaos.
Under such circumstances, the Beichen Prefecture rebels, whose number had reached one million, gradually approached the imperial city.
The country may be changing hands, and it may not be far away.
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In a village near the imperial capital, there is a house where more than a dozen trialists are gathering.
After arriving in the imperial city some time ago, they tried to assassinate the emperor, but unexpectedly they were ambushed by hundreds of martial arts masters as soon as they entered the depths of the palace.
In addition to these masters, there are also numerous Forbidden Army soldiers who defend the deep palace watertight.
If they had not evacuated in time, they would have been eliminated by now, or they would have been imprisoned in a dark death row and endured torture every day.
In that case, it would be better to commit suicide and exit happily.
In the following time, these trialists have been observing carefully, waiting for the best opportunity to take action.
The assassinations occurred one after another, but without exception they all failed, and more and more trialists were lost in the palace.
It was only then that the trialists discovered that the inner courtyard of the palace was actually a huge trap. It could be said that no matter how much you entered, it would be damaged!
To qualify for the Son of Destiny competition, assassinating the emperor is a task that must be completed. However, the heavily guarded palace has become an insurmountable barrier for the trialists.
Even though I knew it was a trap, I had to jump in.
Just when the trialists were racking their brains to discuss countermeasures and study how to kill the emperor, news of the Beichen Prefecture rebellion suddenly came.
The trialists were initially dissatisfied with the indigenous people's approach, but soon they realized that this was not the opportunity they were looking for.
They have failed many times before, and the main reason is that they have too few manpower. But with the help of the rebels, the problem of insufficient manpower will be easily solved.
Under such circumstances, it would undoubtedly be extremely difficult to assassinate the emperor.
Now we can take advantage of this opportunity to launch an attack on the inner courtyard of the palace when the Beichenzhou rebels attack the imperial city!
If he also controls an army, such as a rebel army of the size of Beichen Zhou, when the time comes to command a large army to the city, no matter how many martial arts masters he has, he will eventually die under the rebel army.
When the time comes, it will be easy to kill the emperor!
After thinking of this, those trialists also took action and began to recruit people in various state capitals. In cooperation with the Beichen State rebels, they announced rebellions one after another.
There are even trialists who directly target the Beichenzhou rebels and want to take control of the rebels' supreme commander. This is equivalent to controlling the rebels.
But they didn't expect that these things were exactly what Tang Zhen wanted. The trialists and him were completely using each other. 2k Reading Network