Chen Chengzhao anxiously directed the boatman to turn the boat around.
According to Liu Yanzhen's plan, part of the generals besieging Shouzhou would be attracted by the Zhengyang Floating Bridge, and some would be attracted by Huangfuhui's infantry.
At that time, Shouzhou's encirclement was the weakest.
With the help of the garrison in Shouzhou City, they could unexpectedly send food and weapons into Shouzhou through the water gate.
If everything goes well, this strategy of building plank roads openly and concealing Chencang is indeed feasible.
It's just that Liu Yanzhen and Huangfuhui were foiled by Luo Youdu and Zhao Kuangyin respectively. This plan is really funny.
Chen Chengzhao was hiding in Dong Fei River, and because of the lack of information, he did not get the news of Huangfu Hui's defeat. However, the appointed time had passed and he had not seen any movement in the Zhou camp, so he had an ominous premonition in his heart.
They sent people to investigate near Zhengyang and met the soldiers who drove Pan Mei down the river and narrowly escaped. They learned that Zhengyang was in critical condition.
Chen Chengzhao was best at water control. Historically, he opened the Huimin River, diverted the Jinshui River, and dredged the Wuzhang River, which benefited thousands of people. He was highly regarded by Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and was promoted to the commander of the Youlongwu Army.
Chen Chengzhao also knew a little bit about military affairs. When he saw Zhou soldiers robbing Liu Yanzhen's warship, he also knew that he was in danger.
The East Fei River may not be safe either. Chen Chengzhao took the decision without authorization. While sending people to notify Wu Feng, the Superintendent of the Luzhou Camp, to come and provide support, he also transported the grain and weapons originally destined for Shouzhou to Luzhou first to be prepared.
"Hurry up, move faster."
Chen Chengzhao shouted loudly and directed the transport ship to turn.
Listening to Chen Chengzhao's call, a tall and thin middle-aged man cursed and looked around from time to time, his face serious.
The middle-aged man's name was Zhang Xiong. He was wearing a sack directly on his body. Three holes were cut at the bottom of the sack for his left and right hands to form a piece of clothing. He looked at the few good brothers around him and nodded to them.
Under the rule of Li Min, the Southern Tang Dynasty was a paradise on earth, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
However, after Li Jing came to the throne, the situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty was completely different.
Li Jing was so ambitious that he changed his father Li Min's conservative policies and began to use troops abroad on a large scale. He was also extravagant, which led to political corruption, people's livelihood was in dire straits, and there were widespread complaints.
The Jiangnan area is relatively good, but Huainan is treated like a stepmother and treated differently.
Huainan has fertile land, dense water network, and is rich in corn, silk and cloth. It contributes a large amount of strategic materials to the Southern Tang Dynasty every year.
Because of the feud with the Central Plains, salt tea and other products from Jiangnan could not be sold.
Jiangnan officials colluded with profiteers and created a system called Bo Zheng.
The so-called Bo Zheng means forcibly expropriating materials through barter, exchanging salt and tea from Jiangnan for corn, silk and cloth from the people in Huainan.
This is obviously an extremely stupid system. The common people are originally at the bottom of the class and are exploited in all aspects. They are also forced to exchange the few remaining corn, silk and cloth in their hands for salt tea.
Can this salt be used as food?
People don't have enough to eat, so how can they have the leisure to make tea?
In addition to Bo Zheng, Li Jing also set up camps in Huainan to strengthen the exploitation of the people.
Coupled with stupid officials like Liu Yanzhen who exploited the people to no extent, the lives of the people in Huainan were like years.
Zhang Xiong is also one of the victims.
Coincidentally, his family originally had more than ten acres of farmland, and he lived a good life and raised ten sons.
But Liu Yanzhen took a fancy to his house and the vast hectares of farmland nearby, so he dug embankments and flooded his house's fields.
In order to make a living, he could only sell the land at a low price.
After losing their land, Zhang Xiong's family's life became worse and worse day by day.
Now two of the ten sons have died, and the remaining eight wear three sets of clothes.
We got through last winter with three tattered quilts holding each other, but the two youngest ones couldn't.
Zhang Xiong originally had no other expectations for the future, but Zhou Bing's march south gave him a glimmer of hope.
It is said that the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty who occupied the Central Plains was a wise king who cared about the people and had the world in mind.
Zhang Xiong didn't know whether it was true or not, but given the situation in Southern Tang, he was not prepared to stay any longer.
Two sons have already died, and Zhang Xiong does not want to see his sons die in front of him again this winter.
While waiting in Dongfei River, Zhang Xiong persuaded many people in the village and planned to kill Chen Chengzhao for rebellion and go north to join the Zhou Dynasty to seek a way out for his remaining sons.
Zhang Xiong looked at Chen Chengzhao not far away, and he was a little scared in his heart. He broke out in sweat on his forehead, and his heart was slightly shaken. But thinking about his sons at home, his eyes showed a trace of determination, and he thought: "How many of them died?"
It’s better to be in front of your children than to watch them die in front of you!”
When his boat passed by Chen Chengzhao, Zhang Xiong suddenly jumped up and threw Chen Chengzhao to the ground. He strangled his neck with both hands and shook him up and down. His expression was ferocious and he roared: "You guys let me
I can’t survive, and I don’t want you to survive either.”
This incident caused chaos on the river bank.
The soldiers around Chen Chengzhao quickly drew their weapons and rushed to the rescue.
Zhang Xiong's knocking down Chen Chengzhao was a signal, and the people who had agreed to start a rebellion picked up various weapons and attacked the soldiers around him.
Their weapons were various, including ropes, oars, and wooden sticks. They were so strong that they could even lift a bag of corn and throw it at the soldiers.
Seeing that Chen Chengzhao seemed to have died, Zhang Xiong took out the sword from his waist and shouted: "Brothers, if the Southern Dynasty doesn't give us a life, we will go to the North. People have to find a way to survive for themselves, and we can't be like pigs and dogs.
They will die just as useless."
He didn't care whether the people listened or not, and went straight to kill the officers and soldiers. He held a long sword in both hands and swung it left and right to chop. He had no skills. He relied on the strength he had gained through hard work and the aura of risk-taking.
Seeing Zhang Xiong's crazy posture, the officers and soldiers became timid before fighting. They turned around and ran away timidly. The brave ones hacked him indiscriminately, killing everyone alive.
Zhang Xiong's eldest son, Zhang Zhong, and his second son, Zhang Xiao, snatched knives and guns from the transport ship carrying equipment, and fought against the Southern Tang Army risking their lives.
The army of the Southern Tang Dynasty defeated its commander and encountered a group of lunatics who were desperate for their lives. Seeing that they were outnumbered, they dispersed.
Zhang Xiong wiped off the blood on his face, raised his hands in the air, and laughed loudly.
"Brother Xiong!"
A man with a gloomy face came closer and said, "There's a lot of food. I've never seen so much food in my life. It's all ours now, what should we do?"
Zhang Xiong is not an ordinary person. Although he comes from a humble background, he is a righteous man and has an extremely flexible mind.
Historically, because he could not survive, he rebelled and defected to the Zhou Dynasty. However, the Zhou generals they met were just like those of the Southern Tang Dynasty. They despised their humble origins and some even robbed them of their finances.
Zhang Xiong was so angry that he rebelled against the Zhou Dynasty. He gathered the people in his hometown and built a fortress. He temporarily taught himself the art of war and strategy, and named it the White Armor Army. He used paper as armor and agricultural weapons as weapons. He actually defeated several waves of Zhou Dynasty.
The regular army encircled and suppressed was recruited by the Southern Tang Dynasty, and became the governor of Yuanzhou.
Later, the Song army invaded the south of the Yangtze River. All eight of Zhang Xiong's father and son died serving the country, and no one survived.
Zhang Xiong saw at a glance that the other party had other thoughts and said: "Brother, just call me brother and listen to brother's advice. Untouchables like us can't afford so much food. In this way, if you are willing to surrender to me,
Zhou, don't touch a grain of grain. If you don't want to follow me, you can take a boatload of grain and leave. I won't stop you, so we can get together and disperse."