With one slash, blood splattered. The cannibal was really unlucky.
Thirty years ago, he was massacred by Huang Chao, with all his property lost and heavy casualties. It took a long time for the pain to slowly heal.
Thirty years later, with the increasingly prosperous trade, the cannibals seemed to have forgotten the bloody rivers of the past, and happily settled down in Guangzhou to run businesses.
As a result, they suffered another bloody massacre today.
Soldiers of the Qing navy rushed into every Hu merchant's house, with butcher knives raised high and heads rolling in. The women were dragged into the military camp and disappeared after a while.
No one dared to touch the property. They were counted and recorded one by one and taken away in a carriage. The warriors all knew that they were going to surrender. This was a bribe to buy their lives. Don't reach out to things you shouldn't have--of course, secretly hide them.
The next point is innocuous. The Shangguan turned a blind eye and took a relatively loose approach.
The area where Hu merchants lived was purged. Other large households and wealthy merchants saw this and became trembling with fear. After being invited into the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, they only said a few words and pledged their donations one after another.
As the most dazzling pearl in the Wuguan region, Guangzhou is very wealthy. Foreign trade has brought them huge wealth. They were even famous during the Tianbao period of the former Tang Dynasty, and provided a large amount of tax revenue to the court.
In fact, the taxes collected by the imperial court were only a small part of the wealth, and the real majority was still in the hands of the merchants. This is a fact well-known to everyone in Guangzhou. Liu Yin spoke very kindly, but the fate of the Hu merchants who ate too much was there.
The persuasiveness suddenly became stronger.
The businessmen who pledged the donation did not show any embarrassment. They were all upright and gave money and gifts very happily. In just one night, they raised two hundred thousand yuan of money, five hundred thousand pieces of silk, and various kinds of things that they had never heard of.
There are countless goods that have passed through - these are all goods that were originally intended to be traded with Hu merchants.
Many people even donated their courtyards, farms, and forests outside the city without any regrets.
Some people even donated the goods on the ships that had not yet returned to sail, "to tide over the difficulties", which moved Liu Yin extremely.
If I had known that everyone was so aware of the righteousness, I would have asked them for more money. With more money, I could organize the army and fight, and maybe there would be no defeat today.
Misstep, misstep!
However, the matter had come to this, and it was useless to lament. Liu Yin still wanted to be relieved. After gathering his mood, he went to the city on the fourth day of February to ask for surrender.
And his surrender also marked the change of hands of the Qing navy. Even if there were strong locals and the generals were still resisting, they would not be able to make big waves. It would be easy to take some time to find peace.
At the same time, the news of the fall of Guangzhou spread step by step under the promotion of all parties.
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A large number of soldiers and horses rushed into Guizhou City in a chaotic manner.
For a time, the streets and alleys were noisy and noisy.
Lu Shizhou did not restrain the soldiers. He did not have the mood and the prestige. Of course, it would be nonsense to say that he had no prestige at all.
Lu Shizhou was from Yangzhou. When he led his troops to besiege Hongzhou, he was defeated by Zhou Dewei.
As the son of Huainan's meritorious general Lu Ke, Lu Shizhou took over his father's position and took charge of the Black Cloud Changjian Division. He was repeatedly suspected and even threatened by Yang Wo.
The defeat of Hongzhou was not a crime of war. The rest of the tribes collapsed, and the four thousand soldiers and horses he led were affected and were defeated. Can you blame him? Besides, during the retreat, he even killed two generals of the Jin army.
He killed more than a thousand of his pursuers, making the people of Jin fearful.
But he soon figured it out. After returning from defeat, Zhu Sixing, Fan Sicong, Chen Fan and others may be fine, but he may not be. Yang Wo dislikes them as a group of meritorious old ministers, and insists on promoting Fang Yingyao who follows him.
Dogs are always punishing or even killing old ministers. Will they be able to reap any good fruits when they return this time?
After he figured it out, he immediately rushed west with more than a hundred soldiers and took refuge in Ma Yin, leaving behind his family property, wife and children.
When he arrived in Changsha, Ma Yin thought highly of him and immediately entrusted him with military power. He conquered the barbarians and returned with a great victory, which was a small test of his skills. Then he was sent to Guizhou to assist the Jingjiang Army's Jiedu Envoy. Ma Xizhen, the eldest son of Ma Yin, and the Ningyuan Army,
Confrontation on Lingnan West Road.
The former Jiedushi of Jingjiang Army was
Li Qiong was the one who led the troops to conquer Guiguan. However, he passed away the year before last at the age of sixty-eight.
Ma Xizhen's abilities were average, and he wasn't very able to control the situation - to be honest, he was not very popular among the warriors because he liked to sing harmoniously with poets, monks and Taoist priests.
Lu Shizhou was sent to Guizhou to assist Ma Xizhen in stabilizing the situation.
After contacting him for a period of time, Lu Shizhou discovered that Ma Xizhen was actually not as bad as the outside world said. He studied poetry and songs, had banquets with literati, and sang harmony, which was actually a way to protect himself.
He is the eldest son, but this status is of little use. His father favors the Yuan family.
Ma Xisheng, Yuan's son, is thirteen years old this year. I heard that he is very popular with Marshal Ma, and he has the idea of nurturing him and inheriting the throne.
Although Ma Xizhen was appointed as the military commander of the Jingjiang Army, the officials and generals under him were all Ma Shuai's men. He was unable to win over and did not dare to win over them, so he showed that he loved literature and did not make friends with the generals.
Lu Shizhou looked down upon this.
Your temperament is a little soft. If you are dead or a bird falls to the sky, you should give it a try. What if you succeed?
Every time he thought about this, Lu Shizhou wished that he was Ma Yin's son, became the governor of the Jingjiang Army, and then raised his troops to go north to mourn when Lao Tzu passed away.
Of course, that's all just thinking about it, now he has more difficult problems to deal with.
"Dutou, Yameni has gone to another court and is not in the city." The general came over and said in a low voice. With the help of his soldiers, Lu Shizhou took off his armor and asked, "What did you do?"
"I heard that Cuo Da was demoted to Guizhou in the past. He also wrote some poems. I found someone in the Yamen to carve a stone to commemorate him. I also sang with a group of Cuo Da. I don't think he will be back until tomorrow." The general said.
Master Lu Zhou smiled.
He knew some literature and had read a few books when he was young. Later, he felt that it was not in line with his temperament, so he went out to work as a knight-errant until his father and King Ruowu became successful.
It is a fact that Wu Guan is a place where the literary style is not strong. But sometimes it will welcome some top literati, because it is a good place to demote officials. Zhang said that he was exiled to Qinzhou and wrote "Lingnan Sending Envoys", "Nanzhong" Poems such as "Farewell to Chen Qi and Li Shi".
When Shen Quanqi was exiled to Annan and passed by Yong and Rongshi, he once wrote "Entering the Gate of Hell".
Song Zhiwen wrote "Fa Tengzhou", and Dai Shulun, Liu Zongyuan, Li Deyu and others also wrote poems. These full-level bosses came to Wuguan, which more or less promoted the development of local cultural undertakings and made Wuguan such a barbaric place It gradually becomes like traditional Han Dynasty.
"Dutou, do you want it?" the general asked.
Lu Shizhou put away the smile on his face and asked, "How is the situation in the army?"
"The ones from Hunan are very worried. It's hard to say what they are thinking. The ones from Guiguan are quick-thinking and seem to no longer want to work for Ma Yin." The general said.
Those who come from Hunan are not necessarily from Hunan, they may also be from Henan, Huainan, or Jiangxi. The first two are the remnants of Sun Ru's army, and they are now generals. The latter are the new subordinates developed by Liu Jianfeng when he moved west to Jiangxi. Now he is also a veteran, a junior high school student.
And these people, in the official documents of the former Tang Dynasty, had a unified name: Cai Thief.
In the past, Wang Jianzhao of central Guizhou was a Cai thief, Zhao Kuangning of Jingnan was a Cai thief, Yang Wu's elite Black Cloud Changjian Army was a Cai thief, Qian Liu's elite warriors were all Cai thief, Wang Shenzhi of Fuzhou was a Cai thief, and Hunan Ma Yin was a Cai thief. Cai Thief······
The real Cai thieves and the fake Cai thieves of "Cai Hua" are both Cai thieves.
"Are you sure?" After hearing what the general said, Master Lu felt a little at ease and asked repeatedly.
"How can there be any certainty in this matter?" the general said helplessly: "You are also an old warrior, Du Tou, so you should know what the warrior is thinking." Lu Shizhou chuckled twice and punched him.
It is actually difficult to say whether the warriors will rebel or not.
When reaching a critical point, if there are external incentives, such as people with wide acquaintances making noises, cheering, etc., it may be the opposite. There are too many examples of this.
If the general smells something unusual and takes decisive measures, it is possible to suppress it, such as Duan Xiushi in the Jingyuan firefighting incident.
In other words, many warriors have no objection to whether they rebel or not. They just follow the crowd. Under normal circumstances, they are in a state of being coerced by the thorns.
"When Ya Nei left the city, who did you take with you?" Lu Shizhou asked again. "The soldiers took them away, and they collected food and grass by the way." The general said.
"That's all Ma Xizhen's skills are." Lu Shizhou smiled. He said it was "recruiting food," but in fact it was robbery.
The warriors were unruly, and Ma Xizhen could not control them. He could only rely on this method to appease and please them, making them look down upon by generals like Lu Shizhou. Literary men cannot be commanders, princes, or even emperors. Do you know that if you don't have the strength?
"You all split up and gather all the trustworthy people, wearing armor and armed with weapons." Lu Shizhou ordered.
"As ordered." When the general heard this, he was excited and immediately led his people to join forces.
Lu Shizhou entered Duyuhousi and sighed secretly in his heart.
At first, he killed many Jin soldiers outside Hongzhou City. He was afraid and did not dare to surrender to Xia, so he turned to Ma Yin. Now it seems that he made some mistakes. Zhou Dewei should not be a small person, so he would not have too much influence on him.
prejudice.
Moreover, Zhou Dewei may not have the authority to deal with the surrender of a general of his level. He has also heard of Da Xiazi's style.
It is the duty of a warrior to fight each other on the battlefield. As long as there are no dirty tricks that are outraged by both humans and gods, no one will be held accountable for surrendering. This kind of magnanimity is indeed only possessed by the emperor.
It's a pity that I didn't think about it for a while and got sidetracked. Finally, there is still a chance to make amends. If we surrender to Guizhou, we might be able to make some good fortune.
However, I still took some risks after all.
Why did Ma Yin dare to let him serve as the commander of the Mabu capital to assist Ma Xizhen? Wasn't it because he was a foreign general and had some abilities, so he could assist his son?
During his tenure in Guizhou, his performance was quite good.
He, Ye Guanglue, and Shao Desheng attacked each other. Generally speaking, he won more than he lost, so he accumulated good prestige in the army. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he also deployed some of the hundreds of soldiers he had brought with him.
Serve as an army officer or local state and county magistrate.
This time, taking advantage of Shao Desheng's victory to lead troops to attack Liu Yin, he led more than 10,000 troops south to attack Rong Guan.
First, they defeated Ningyuan's army in a field battle and captured and killed more than 2,000 people. Sima Pang Juzhao, who was marching by Ningyuan's army, fled in panic and defended the city. To be honest, if the Ningyuan army had not had the confidence of Xia Ting, these people might have surrendered.
Lu Shi surrounded the city for a long time without success. It was not until the city of Guangzhou was broken and the news of Liu Yin's surrender came that Lu Shi Zhou ordered a large-scale plunder of the countryside and returned to Guizhou. Pang Juzhao did not dare to pursue.
With these solid military exploits and his efforts to win over, he gained the support of some local soldiers in Guangxi Province. This was all he needed.
It was a little risky, but he wasn't prepared to wait any longer. Anyway, Ma Xizhen's prestige was almost nonexistent. If he gave it a try, maybe he would succeed?