Chapter 140 Chaos in Luoyang
Zhang Leigong is a man with a strong character and would rather break than bend.
This quality is an advantage in most situations, but it also has limitations. If you are tough regardless of the situation, you will often not only fail to solve the problem, but will make simple things complicated.
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Until Zhang Leigong was caught, it didn't really matter much. After all, the guards had seen a country bumpkin like him who made trouble in a brothel, ranging from 1,000 yuan to 800 yuan. They usually only fined him a small amount of money and gave him a beating at most.
Just let him go, and he won't even keep a record of the crime.
But when Zhang Lei Gong was caught, he started yelling at a group of officials. Although these officials belonged to the lower class, they were all a group of local snakes. Seeing that Zhang Lei Gong was dishonest, they changed their ways.
Tortured.
Zhang Leigong is strong-boned and can endure it, but his subordinates are not strong-willed people like him.
So a subordinate named Hu Er saw that he couldn't survive, so he decided to report Zhang Leigong and others for their intention to rebel, in order to find a way out.
It is impossible for someone of Hu Er's level to know about Ma Yuanyi's coming to Luoyang to start an uprising. But Hu Er is Zhang Leigong's fellow countryman and confidant, and Zhang Leigong has a rough character. When he is drunk and drunk, he will talk casually without avoiding others.
However, he actually let a few of his confidants know the reason for coming to Luoyang.
Normally no one would mention it, but Zhang Leigong had no idea that he had already exposed his secret.
When the officers heard the news, they were shocked and speechless. Although they were used to deceiving their superiors, they did not dare to hide it from their superiors when they encountered this kind of thing, so they reported it to them one by one, and finally reported it to Luoyang
Ask Li Gu to go there.
This Li Gu is not the Lieutenant Li Gu, he just has the same name.
When Li Gu got the news, he broke out in cold sweat. He didn't dare to delay and went to see the saint with Hu Er's confession.
Sure enough, when the news reached Emperor Ling, everyone was equally surprised.
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Emperor Ling is a ruthless man. In the past two years, he has been addicted to pleasure and indulged in extravagance. In any case, he is a foolish king, but he is not a fool. He is more nervous than anyone else about matters related to his rule.
Emperor Ling urgently convened the important ministers in the court to discuss the matter. At the same time, he ordered the three princes, the Sili Case Examination Palace, the Provincial Guards, and the common people to kill all those who had troubles. He also ordered Li Shao, the governor of Jizhou, to capture Zhang Jiao and others.
Henan Yin Hejin and Weiwei Dong Chong led the imperial army and followed Hu Er's instructions to go from house to house to capture the Taiping Taoists who had sneaked into Luoyang.
At this time, Ma Yuanyi was not aware that the uprising had been exposed, and was still waiting for the arrival of Jiazi Day. Until the government troops came and surrounded them, Ma Yuanyi was still in the dark and did not know that the disaster was coming.
Faced with the heavy siege by the government troops, although Ma Yuanyi and others resisted vigorously, they were eventually captured because they were outnumbered. Dozens of Taiping Taoists who were with him were also killed or captured in the battle.
Everyone in the imperial court successfully captured Ma Yuanyi and thought they were done. However, they never expected that this was just an illusion and Luoyang City would soon be in chaos.
Historically, it was Tang Zhou who was the informant. As Ma Yuanyi's confidant and a high-ranking official in Taiping Dao, he controlled everyone's hiding place. Therefore, under the guidance of Tang Zhou, the government and army killed all the Taiping Dao followers without any effort. But
Hu Er was just an ant-like figure in the Taiping Taoist congregation. He only knew Ma Yuanyi's hiding place because he followed Zhang Leigong on weekdays. As for the others, he didn't know.
Although Ma Yuanyi, Zhang Leigong and other high-ranking officials were captured, they refused to surrender. The government could not get anything useful even after a brief meeting.
He Jin and Dong Zhong were preparing to launch a large-scale investigation of the city of Luoyang. All new outsiders who came in were taken away before they could be dealt with. But before they could take action, the Taiping Taoists in the city began to rebel.
The leader of the more than a thousand Taiping Taoists who entered the city this time was Ma Yuanyi, and his deputy was Ku Qingke. Qingke was from Qingzhou and was originally a carpenter. He later joined the Taiping Taoist community and became a disciple of Zhang Jiao. However, he knew
After getting the word, he was worried that following Taiping Dao and failing to rebel would tarnish the reputation of his ancestors, so he called himself Ku Ku and never showed anyone his real name.ωωw..net
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The cockroach is a kind of insect, and Qingke feels that he has suffered all his life, and it is no different from a reptile.
Originally, Qingke was the leader of Runan Dafang in Yuzhou, and he and Ma Yuanyi were not subordinate to each other. But when Ma Yuanyi came to Luoyang this time, he brought people from Jingzhou and Yangzhou. The words these people spoke were completely different from the Luoyang language. Zhang Jiao was worried about so many things.
When southerners entered Luoyang, they were easily discovered, so Qingke was arranged to bring some people from Yuzhou to support Ma Yuanyi.
Qingke was a carpenter and knew a few words, so he was always very careful and cautious. He did not think that everything would be fine once he entered Luoyang City, so he also placed many sentries around the lurking place as a precaution.
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Although Ma Yuanyi's arrest was secret and Qingke didn't know about it, the presence of a large number of forbidden troops on the streets made Qingke uneasy. He immediately sent someone to see Ma Yuanyi, and he saw that something had happened to Ma Yuanyi.
At this time, the resilience of a commander was revealed. Although Qingke didn't know what happened, he knew very well that Ma Yuanyi and a large number of believers were arrested, and the uprising could not be concealed at all. Instead of waiting for the anniversary, it would be better to start the uprising in advance.
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Moreover, Qingke knew very well that the Han court was now on guard against them, and their rebellion might not be successful, but as long as they caused as much chaos as possible in the city, they could buy time for the wise master.
Ma Yuanyi and others' original plan was for the Taiping Taoists and the eunuchs who responded to them to attack the palace from both inside and outside the imperial army and capture the Emperor of Han alive. However, Qingke believed that the current palace must be heavily guarded and it would not be easy to break into it, so Qingke believed
Ke then decided to target Taicang and the arsenal.
As long as these two places are destroyed, the imperial court will be unable to suppress the rebellion for a while.
Luoyang's Taicang and arsenal are in the northeast corner of Luoyang City, close to the city wall, and there are canals outside the city. The terrain here is higher, and the city wall is wider and thicker than other areas.
At night, Qingke sent people to contact the Taiping Taoists who were scattered throughout the city. On the one hand, they all attacked to the northeast of Luoyang City, and on the other hand, they sent people to create chaos in the city, focusing on Sangong Mansion, Jinshi, Mingtai and other places to distract the imperial court.
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Soon, a fire broke out in the city, there were shouts of killing, and the whole city of Luoyang seemed to be full of thieves.
The officers and soldiers everywhere were panicked for a moment, running around like headless flies.
Qingke and others took advantage of the chaos and fought their way to the arsenal.
Qingke and others had a good idea. As long as Taicang and the arsenal were destroyed, the imperial court would never be able to send troops to quell the disaster. However, they did not understand the situation in Taicang and the arsenal. Although they relied on a sudden attack to catch the defenders off guard, Taicang,
There are heavy troops stationed around the arsenal, and reinforcements will arrive soon.
Qingke led his men and fought a bloody battle with the government troops. Although they burned down the arsenal gate, they were ultimately outnumbered and had to break out.
Chapter completed!