Chapter Three Hundred and Forty-Three The Chaos in Shu
The chaos in Shu has lasted for nearly twenty years, mainly due to the continuous invasion of Xichuan by the Nanbarbarians and Tibetans. In order to resist the invasion of Nanbarbarians and Tibetans, the imperial court increased its military investment in Xichuan and gave Jiannan Jiedushi great power.
The Jiedushi of Jiannan became the local emperor of Xichuan, with overwhelming power.
The successive Jiedushi envoys were not good people. They acted wantonly in Xichuan, bullied their subordinates, made money wantonly, and squeezed the people. However, in order to resist the Tibetan invasion of Shu, the imperial court turned a blind eye to what they did as long as the Jiannan Jiedushi envoys were loyal to the court.
, many ambitious local officials took advantage of the people's resentment to rebel.
Since the Guo Yingyi Rebellion in the third year of the Dali calendar, official rebellions in central Sichuan have been intermittent and have never subsided. Cui Ning, the current governor of Jiedu, is even more greedy and cruel, extravagant and lustful, and forced the wives and daughters of subordinates to take charge of Xichuan Dashi
Over the years, public dissatisfaction boiled.
It happened that Cui Ning went to Beijing to report on his duties. Yang Zilin, the governor of Luzhou who had long had ulterior motives, took advantage of this gap to rebel. He led thousands of troops to attack Chengdu. After taking Zizhou, he immediately went to Jianzhou.
Zhang Qiong, the governor of the state, took the lead in surrendering to Yang Zilin, and he threatened Xue Xun, the chief governor, to surrender as well, but Xue Xun refused to surrender, so he was imprisoned by Zhang Qiong.
The carriage rushed out of the county town and followed the official road for several miles. When Guo Song saw a branch road in the distance, he asked, "Where does that road go?"
The driver said: "That road is to Pingquan County!"
"Just take that side road!"
The carriage walked to another road, and after walking for more than ten miles, it entered a forest and stopped.
Mrs. Han cried and begged: "Mr. Guo, please save Tao'er's father. He has a stubborn temper and will be killed by them."
Seeing that Xue Tao also had a look of pleading in his eyes, Guo Song nodded, "I'll save him right now!"
He turned back to Kang Bao and Xiao Yu Niang and said: "You two are here to protect yourself. You can't go out of this forest. The other party should go to Chengdu Mansion in a hurry and kill them. They won't come here. As long as they don't go out of the woods, they won't."
dangerous."
Kang Bao and Xiao Yu Niang nodded repeatedly, and Guo Song took out Wei Gao's post and handed it to his attendant Zhao Xiudao: "You rush to Chengdu Mansion immediately and tell him about Yang Zilin's rebellion, but be sure not to expose my identity. Do you understand?"
Zhao Xiu took the post and urged the horse to go on the road. Guo Song said to another follower, Yang Jun: "Follow me back to the county seat!"
Just as Guo Song was about to leave, Xue Tao suddenly stopped him, "Guo Lang, wait a minute!"
Guo Song stopped and Xue Tao stepped forward to straighten his clothes and whispered: "Be careful, don't take risks!"
Guo Song gently held her hand and smiled: "Don't worry!"
Mrs. Han saw this scene not far away, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, "What an injustice!"
Guo Song got on his horse, waved to Xue Tao, and urged the horse to gallop away. Yang Jun also whipped the horse and followed him closely. After a while, the two of them arrived at the city.
Guo Song threw the horse's reins to Yang Jun, "Just wait here!"
He tidied up a little, gave the bow and arrows to Yang Jun, and quickly climbed up the wall with only the black sword on his back. He didn't even need to use a chisel, and directly used the gaps to climb up the city wall. There were no soldiers on the north city wall, so he climbed over directly.
City wall, sneak into the city.
At this time, the two city gates had been closed, the city was already in chaos, and the city gates and streets were crowded with people trying to escape from the city.
Guo Song quickly found the state government office. The soldiers were gathered at the two city gates. There was no one near the state government office. Guo Song climbed in from the east outer wall. Inside was the government office room. Only a government official holding up his pants came from the side.
Come out of the hut.
The yamen servant hummed a little tune and took a step forward. A cold knife was placed on his neck. Someone behind him said coldly: "Where is Xue Changshi?"
The officer was so frightened that he retreated and almost fell to his knees. He stammered: "It's... right in the side yard. The hero spares the villain's life!"
"Take me there!"
The yamen servant walked cautiously into the side courtyard with one foot deep and one shallow. At this time, a man ran from the side yard and cursed: "You stupid son, you haven't come back for so long, have you fallen into a trap?"
When he saw clearly that the government officer was being coerced, he screamed in fright, turned around and ran away. A cold light shot through, and a flying knife penetrated the back of his neck. The man fell to the ground.
The officer became more and more frightened, his legs were trembling, and he could not walk. At this time, Guo Song saw a prison car in the side yard. There was a man in white prison clothes sitting in the prison car. His eyebrows were Xue Xun's.
Guo Song knocked the officer unconscious with one punch. He saw four or five officers with knives beside the prison car, who seemed to be about to leave.
Guo Song gave a low shout and rushed over. Several government officials had already noticed that the situation here was different, and they drew their swords to meet him. The black sword was swung, and several government officials screamed and fell down.
Xue Xun, who was looking down listlessly, slowly raised his head and recognized Guo Song. He was immediately overjoyed, "Nephew Guo Xian, how are Taoer and the others?"
What he cares about most now is his wife and daughter.
"They have left the city and are safe. I'm here to save Uncle Shi!"
Guo Song opened the prison cage with a knife, cut off the shackles on Xue Xun's hands, and pulled him out of the car. A look of pain suddenly appeared on Xue Xun's face.
"What happened to Uncle Shi?"
Xue Xun sighed, "They gave me fifty sticks and I can't walk."
Guo Song put away his black sword, carried Xue Xun behind him, and ran towards the high wall quickly.
Xue Xun was not tall and relatively thin. Guo Song had no difficulty in carrying him. He climbed over the high wall and ran along the residential path, avoiding the soldiers on the street, and soon ran to the foot of the north city wall.
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Xue Xun was startled, "My dear nephew, how can you get out of here?"
"Uncle Shi held my shoulders tightly!"
Guo Song tied Xue Xun's legs to himself with a belt, and he jumped up to the top of the city. Xue Xun was frightened and held Guo Song's shoulders tightly.
In just a moment, Guo Song climbed up the city wall. Seeing that there was no one at the top of the city, he quickly climbed up to the top of the city, ran a few steps, and climbed down from the other side. He was still a foot away from the bottom of the city. Guo Song jumped up lightly and lifted his feet.
Landed.
At this time, Yang Jun led the horse over, and Guo Song asked Yang Jun to take Xue Xun. The three of them left the city wall and ran towards the woods more than ten miles away.
Running into the woods, Han and Xue Tao greeted him, "Master, daddy!" They both exclaimed at the same time when they saw Xue Xun's condition clearly.
Xue Xun's wound burst open, his pants were covered in blood, and he was already in a semi-conscious state.
"Guo Lang, what happened to my father?" Xue Tao asked anxiously.
"He was beaten fifty times. Let him get on the carriage and lie down. I will ask Kang Bao to give him medicine."
Everyone carefully carried Xue Xun into the carriage. Kang Bao was good at healing wounds. He gave Xue Xun medicine and covered him with a quilt. He said to Guo Song: "The beating was not serious. It didn't hurt the muscles and bones, just the flesh and blood."
It’s an injury, just rest for a few days and it will be fine.”
Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "Let's go to Pingquan County!"
Pingquan County is eighty miles away to the west, and there will be no military disaster there. Everyone escorts the carriage to go west along the official road, and you can also go to Chengdu Prefecture from there.
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Not long after Guo Song left, Yang Zilin's six to seven thousand troops arrived in Yang'an County. Zhang Qiong, the governor of Jianzhou, opened the city to welcome the army. In fact, Yang Zilin was not an isolated rebel, including Zhang Qiong, the governor of Jianzhou, and Li Zhongzhou, the governor of Zizhou.
He has conspired with Yang Zilin to overthrow Jiedushi Cui Ning.
Yang Zilin was about forty years old. He was very elegant, fair-skinned, and tall. Although he was a civil servant, he could also lead troops to fight. When he saw Zhang Qiong leading a group of officials, except for the chief official Xue Xun, he asked
Said: "Where is Xue Changshi?"
Zhang Qiong did not dare to tell the other party that Xue Xun had been rescued. He smiled bitterly and said: "This person does not know the current affairs and refuses to cause trouble with us. He fled the city in the chaos and disappeared."
Yang Zilin was a little worried and said: "He will definitely rush to inform Chengdu, how many troops and horses are there in Jianzhou?"
"About three thousand people!"
"Give me two thousand men so that you can continue to guard Yang'an County with one thousand men. In addition, prepare more food."
Yang Zilin only stayed in Yang'an County for an hour. He incorporated 2,000 Jianzhou local troops into his own army, bringing his total strength to more than 9,000. He also replenished food from the official warehouse, and then led the army to continue northward until
Attack Chengdu Prefecture.
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[Yang Zilin’s rebellion actually happened in the third year of the Dali calendar. The plot here requires it to be postponed for ten years.]