Chapter 5 The situation in the world changes suddenly
Hu Youwei, the military supervisor of Jiyuan City, did not want to encircle and suppress the bandits. After all, the bandits were operating around Kongshan and did not come to disturb the state capital. There was no need to send troops to capture a bandit leader on the mountain.
Those gangs of bandits fought twice and were famous for their prowess. Hu Youwei would rather sit in the house and drink tea than raise his head to work for his life. He stayed like this for two days. When the Green Forest Army killed Gao Qiu in public, Ling Chi
When the news and the news of the attack on Luoyang, Xijing's Henan Prefecture in the following two days came like thunder one after another, the county magistrate Zhang Gu Xing began to jump in haste. The Green Forest Army had now defeated the tenth army of the imperial court and captured Luoyang. Those who had surrounded and suppressed the Green Forest Army
Most of the joint defense envoys of the army also surrendered. Under this situation, Mengzhou's territory also felt shaky and dangerous. These news naturally shocked Hu Youwei, but what really made Hu Youwei unable to sit still were some rumors.
The bandits on Kongshan Mountain have already announced that if the Green Forest Army invades Mengzhou, they will surrender the topographic map of Mengzhou and join the Green Forest Army to attack Jiyuan City and make contributions.
Only now did Hu Youwei realize that the situation was serious. If these bandits were left behind, it would be an endless disaster. If they really waited until the Green Forest Army came, how would they be able to resist internal and external troubles? Zhang Guxing also thought of this, and
He repeatedly urged Hu Youwei to send troops to suppress the bandits.
Hu Youwei gathered troops and horses that day, planning to send out heavy troops to fight in a bloody battle to eliminate future troubles on the territory. However, just as he was encouraging the soldiers and preparing to set off to sacrifice the flag, the two battalions suddenly made a noise. Hu Youwei could not suppress it and sent
When I went down to investigate, it turned out that it was because I had no money for military pay for two months. How could I kill the thieves now that I had a flat belly? Moreover, news of the mighty situation of the Green Forest Army had already spread to the military camp, and everyone had their own plans.
The bandits on Kongshan Mountain were so powerful that they also wanted to surrender to the Green Forest Army. How could these officers and soldiers be willing to kill fellow soldiers, so they mutinied.
Hu Youwei saw that the clamor of his troops was getting louder and louder, and that there was a danger of mutiny, so he quickly sent someone to find the county magistrate to inform him of the situation. When Zhang Guxing heard about the change, he was angry and scared, but this group was needed right now.
When people came to defend the city against bandits, they had to give out a month's worth of rice to appease everyone. It would have been better if they didn't give it, but once they gave it to them, the other battalions also started to make trouble. Why did giving money this time make people angry?
The sergeant? It turns out that Hu Youwei and Zhang Guxing deducted the sergeant's pension and rations on weekdays and did not pay them out until there was a big noise. This has already spoiled the morale of the military. The main reason is not here. The trouble is caused by the commanders.
On weekdays, they plundered the grains of their sergeants and exploited them for five cents and three cents. As the saying goes, "Don't be afraid of officials, just fear management." Everyone could only swallow their anger. No one spoke up and no one dared to provoke them. However, the situation today was different. The officers and soldiers
Seeing that the Green Forest Army was not far away, it was only a matter of time before they attacked Mengzhou. Some of the officers and soldiers who were dissatisfied with their judgments became hardened a lot. However, they had just received a month's money and food as appeasement today, and those captains came as usual.
Exploitation, the officers and soldiers were often exploited a lot, and they vented it out today. The military situation was fierce, and the soldiers and horses of several battalions rebelled first, and rushed forward to kill Hu Youwei. The bloody
The heads were picked up, and the remaining battalions of officers and soldiers mutinied.
Seeing that the momentum was not good, Zhang Guxing just protected the seal and evaded in advance. There was no owner in the city, and many local snakes in the city joined the rebels, so they burned and robbed the good people. Such a big movement in the city reached Kong within an hour.
Mountain. When the strong thief Wang Qing saw the changes in the city, he clapped his thighs and was extremely happy. He immediately took advantage of the situation and led many minions to attack Jiyuan. Those rebels and mobs followed Wang Qing. Therefore, Wang Qing won because of peace.
ambition, and thus occupied Jiyuan as its foundation.
In the end, Zhang Gu Xing couldn't escape and was hunted out by everyone. Wang Qing followed the method of the Green Forest Army and took Zhang Gu Xing to the entrance of the vegetable market and executed him in a hurry. I don't know if the local people were happy or not. Anyway, Wang Qing and others felt happy.
I am so happy. I have been suppressed by those pretentious officials all my life, and today it is finally time to stand up and become the master. Wang Qing robbed the money and food in the warehouse of Jiyuan City, and sent Li Zhu, Duan Er, and Duan Wu to various places under the jurisdiction of Jiyuan City.
They set up flags to recruit troops, bought horses to recruit troops, stored grass and stockpiled grain, and villages and towns far and near were plundered. Those idle scoundrels and those who were rebellious and criminals all joined the army after hearing the words.
At that time, Gong Duan and Gong Zheng were criticized by Huang Da and their family property was wiped out. When they heard that Wang Qing was recruiting troops, they were happy and joined the group. The neighboring prefectures and counties were already worried about the Green Forest Army soldiers crossing the river and attacking each other.
It was difficult for him to take care of the city, let alone anyone who dared to lead troops and horses to attack. In this way, within ten or eight days, Wang Qing gathered more than 20,000 people and defeated the three neighboring counties of Wangwu, Huaizhou and Wen.
City. Neighboring prefectures and counties reported to the court, and the court ordered troops to be sent there to capture thieves. In the Song Dynasty, the officers and soldiers were mostly lack of food and pay, and the soldiers lacked training. The soldiers were not afraid of the generals, and the generals did not know how to fight. When I heard that troops were to be sent out to encircle and suppress them, which generals were in the lead?
The enemy's propaganda was so fierce that the soldiers were chilled and the people were frightened. However, when they faced the enemy in battle, the generals were cowardly and the sergeants were weak. Not to mention how many soldiers and horses were transferred from the West Road of Hebei, how could these generals be restrained?
Wang Qing and others were fighting for their lives, and the officers and soldiers were all frightened and invincible. Therefore, Wang Qing's territorial gains made the situation bigger and bigger. Li Zhu disguised himself as a star and entered the city, secretly picked up the evil young villain, cooperated inside and outside, and attacked
After destroying the city of Luoyang, he went on to destroy Heyang, the capital of Mengzhou.
At this time, the Green Forest Army, led by Shi Jin, had divided into many groups and expanded rapidly. Since the Henan Prefecture was captured, Shi Jin had been conquering cities and territories. The Green Forest Army led by Wu Xiaolong, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun and others
The army assisted the attack along the river on the waterway. In just ten days, they captured the four cities of Yanshi, Yong'an, Gongxian, and Sishui. Liu Quantian and Lei Heng also captured Liuzhou with more than 100,000 troops.
, Yiyang, Yichuan, Yingyang. Under the overwhelming offensive of the Green Forest Army, the surrounding state capitals were shaken by a stone, and the whole state of Ruzhou defected and surrendered. As a result, Yingchang Prefecture also took advantage of the situation and became a wall.
Within a few days, Chenzhou rebelled. Jiang Wei, the supervisor of Chenzhou, mutinied and killed Yizhou Danhai of Chenzhou Prefecture. He led a total of 30,000 officers and soldiers throughout the territory to surrender to the Green Forest Army.
Let’s talk about the situation in the middle. Hu Yanzhuo, Xie Qianqiu, and Xu Ning led 60,000 troops and attacked Neixiang, Xichuan, Shunyang, Dengzhou, Nanyang, and Biyang.
The Green Forest Army pushed the front line to its own territory, and had already packed up Xinruan and fled with his entourage in the dark and windy night. The soldiers and horses of the whole city were panicked when they heard it the next day. The supervisor tried his best to stabilize
The officers and soldiers of a city, who would have thought that the next night, they would also take the money from the treasury and run away. As a result, the officers and soldiers of a city were completely leaderless. Several thousand commanders were together, left and right, and finally only opened the door to dedicate the city to a road.
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On the west road, Yang Zhi, Wu Song, and Lu Zhishen led 80,000 troops along the way to Shiquan, Xunyang, Hanyin, Jinzhou, Pingli, and Zhushan. They were invincible. Not only did they not have any opponents, they defected to them along the way.
After Zhushan was captured, the number of soldiers and horses quickly increased to 200,000. From then on, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, and Yang Zhi divided their troops into three groups to attack, those who could persuade them to surrender, and those who were unwilling to do so.
Those who couldn't hold on had nothing to say, so they directly brought out Lei Zhen's Fenglei mother-son artillery, and blasted those cities. Wherever a gap could be opened, Wu Song could force his way in. From this, Wu Song took the north road.
To attack the entire territory of Junzhou, Lu Zhishen took the middle route to attack Suizhou, and Yang Zhi took the south route to attack Yingzhou directly. Before they could unite their forces and attack Suizhou, Suizhou surrendered.
Just when the Green Forest Army divided into three groups to capture a large area of the state capital, Wang Qing knew that although he had also started a rebellion, he was no match for the Green Forest Army after all. Wang Qing could only see the rapid advance of the Green Forest Army, but felt that
I don’t know what Shi Jin is thinking, but although Wang Qing has many bad habits and is simply a scoundrel, he also has the advantage of being somewhat self-aware and knowing who can be bullied and who he cannot offend. This is also his point.
The scars accumulated after suffering Cai Jing's losses. After Wang Qing discussed with his sergeant "Mr. Golden Sword" Li Zhu, after Shi attacked the city of Surabaya, the two of them went there in person. Shi Jin specially led the crowd after hearing this.
Wang Qing was pleasantly surprised by his warm welcome when he left the country thirty miles away. After Shi Jin took Wang Qing and others into Surabaya City, Wang Qing explained his purpose of coming, offered the captured cities, changed his banner and surrendered to Green Forest, Shi Jin
After discussing with Wu Yong and others, they agreed, and ordered Wang Qing's troops to remain under Wang Qing's command, stationed in Mengzhou, implement the new green forest law, innovate the army, rein in his subordinates, and recruit troops strictly according to the standards in order to advance in the future. The next day
, after Wang Qing paid homage to Shi Jin in accordance with the surrender ceremony, everyone in the three armies was happy. Needless to say, they were treated well. Shi Jin even asked Le He to accompany Wang Qing throughout the whole process. Le He was originally a half-prodigal son who promoted dance music.
He was proficient in everything, and the brothels and gambling houses were where he learned more about it. He accompanied Wang Qing. The two had similar temperaments and were both beautiful young people. They were innovative in everything they could eat, drink, and play, making Wang Qing happy and happy.
We met very late and became sworn brothers that night.
The situation of the Green Forest Army was excellent, and they were quickly heading towards Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo. After all, the government and the public were shocked, especially the incident of Gao Qiu being Ling Chi, which made the so-called Long Yan furious again. However, just in Green Forest,
The army divided into three groups to attack the city and plunder the territory. During the period when Wang Qing rebelled and surrendered to Green Forest, some changes also occurred on the other side of the Song Dynasty. The previous surrender policy issued by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty as a delaying strategy had no impact on Shi Jin.
The Green Forest Army was useless, and Fang La refused to surrender. However, Song Jiang, who occupied Yuncheng County in Shandong Province, responded positively. He took the tens of thousands of horses that Yuncheng County had just recruited and broke with Chao Gai and quickly surrendered to the Song Dynasty. This became popular for a while.
After the Fang La Group was defeated by Tong Guan in Hangzhou, the situation took a turn for the worse. Fang La was still unable to regain Hangzhou after several attacks. He hurriedly led his troops to pounce on the surrounding cities. As he thought, Tong Guan had already made tight deployments in the surrounding areas. Fang La's army had no strength
Fang La's eagerness for quick success and quick gains made his strategic shortcomings more obvious. Tong Guan seized the opportunity and took advantage of the low morale of the Fang La Group to regain the previously lost ground. Fang La and others were forced to suffer, and finally
They also embarked on the road of surrender. Tong Guan saw that Fang La was at the end of his battle and it was difficult to achieve success. He originally wanted to make military exploits and defeated Fang La and his group, but Cai Jing was inspired by the break between Song Jiang and Chao Gai in Liangshan.
, and thus put forward the strategy of recruiting Fan La and using the bandits to control the bandits. This strategy was quickly echoed by the court and became the mainstream method to solve the current situation. With the imperial edict from the emperor, the Fan La Group suddenly changed from rebels to loyal ministers.