The drizzle is like silk and the weather is wet and cold. At the end of the first month in Jiangnan, it is actually colder than winter.
The city has been flooded for the past few days, and was extinguished shortly after.
The fire had been going on for several days, and even Xun Lansheng, the ignorant magistrate of Muzhou, realized that there was something wrong with the problem - even a fool could figure out that it was probably the Mingjiao believers hiding in the city who were sending messages outside the city.
Wang Lin has been waiting.
He really didn't expect that Fang La would be more patient than him.
Based on Wang Lin's current judgment, which is of course based on the summary of information from all aspects, Fang La's uprising is inevitable, and he will temporarily involve 20,000 to 30,000 refugees and disaster victims in several surrounding counties.
A mob of only 20,000 to 30,000 people was nothing in Wang Lin's eyes.
But Fang La was obviously waiting for the congregants arriving from Jiangnan states one after another, which made Wang Lin wary.
Therefore, Wang Lin ordered Song Jiang to add fuel to Fang La's fire in Qingxi County.
Therefore, the Fangla Rebellion was finally advanced by more than half a year. At the end of the first month of the second year of Xuanhe, it broke out in Qingxi County with the force of starting a prairie fire!
Fang La launched a rebellion in Bangyuan, Muzhou. He named himself "Shenggong" and his reign "Yongle". He appointed officials and generals and established a political power.
Fangla rebels distinguished their ranks by turbans, and they were divided into six grades from red turbans upwards.
The army did not have bows, arrows, or armor. They only used the secret and unpredictable things of ghosts and gods to incite each other, burn houses, rob children of gold and silk, and lure good people to join.
The people of Qingxi County and surrounding counties were content with peace and had no knowledge of military revolution. When they heard the sound of golden drums, they obeyed orders. In less than two days, 30,000 people participated in the rebellion.
The day before yesterday, Fang La led his army to defeat and kill Song general Cai Zun, the commander of the Muzhou Xiang army in Xikeng, and his arrogance suddenly rose.
Almost at the same time that Fan La launched his troops, Wang Lin's 800-mile expedited report on the civil unrest in Jiangnan and Fan La's rebellion was sent to Tokyo simultaneously.
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The drizzle was still like silk, and the overwhelming Fangla rebels came from all over the mountains and plains, surrounding the originally small Muzhou City.
On the tower, Xun Lansheng turned pale with fright, his legs were like chaff and he could no longer stand still.
Not only Xun Lansheng, but also the thousands of soldiers guarding the city were scared to death.
This is mainly because there are so many rebels wearing red turbans outside the city. They are so dark that you can't see the side at a glance. Just the impact can destroy the city wall.
Xun Lansheng said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Muzhou City is small and low, and it is difficult to hold it. There are too many rioters, and I am afraid there may not be tens of thousands of people. In my opinion, it is better to let the prince's tiger guards protect us, and we rush out of the city.
How about going to Hangzhou, and then the prince will mobilize an army to put down the chaos?"
Wang Lin stood there proudly, but his expression was extremely calm.
Although there are many rebels outside the city, they are mostly refugees and farmers. They are making a mess and there is no military formation at all.
If the three thousand Tiger Guard cavalry were allowed to rush out of the city and charge back and forth twice, they would be able to kill more than half of them.
Of course, if Fang La takes Muzhou and creates a climate that attracts refugees from all walks of life to vote, it will be a different situation.
Hearing Xun Lansheng's words of running away for fear of death, Wang Lin glanced at him indifferently and said coldly: "Xun Lansheng, you are the magistrate of Muzhou and the parent official of Muzhou. Now that the people in Muzhou are in chaos, not only do you not want to serve the country, but you want to abandon it."
Are the people of Muzhou escaping alone?"
Xun Lansheng was afraid and said: "Your Majesty, I am not just a low-ranking official escaping for fear of death, but the people are really in chaos and it is not suitable to fight with an enemy."
Wang Lin said calmly: "If you want to escape, go and escape, but Dangu, I swear to live and die with Muzhou!"
Xun Lansheng trembled all over and did not dare to say anything more.
Without Wang Lin's military and horse protection, he would not dare to leave the city even if he were killed.
The two women in white clothes who were tied to the flagpole of the city gate tower by the Tiger Guards were equally as beautiful as flowers, and their ages were only three to five years apart.
One of them is Fang Jinzhi, the Mingjiao saint who assassinated Wang Lin, the daughter of Fang La.
The other one was Fang Baihua, Fang La's sister, who led a group of female snitches into the city the day before yesterday to prepare to rescue Fang Jinzhi, but was captured instead.
At this time, Fang Jinzhi looked at Fang La's army surrounding Muzhou with her beautiful eyes, smiled happily and sneered: "Wang Lin, the holy army has arrived, and your death is imminent!"
Fang Baihua cast a complicated glance in Wang Lin's direction.
Wang Lin waved his hand and signaled Yan Qing to release the two women.
Fang Jinzhi didn't expect that Wang Lin would actually let them go. For a moment, she couldn't believe her eyes.
Seeing that the Tiger Guards came to take away their ropes and did not take care of them, Fang Jinzhi said tentatively: "Wang Lin, do you really want to let us go? Aren't you afraid that this saint will take your head here?"
Yan Qing sneered: "Witch, you can give it a try!"
As soon as Yan Qing finished speaking, hundreds of tiger guards suddenly appeared around him. The tiger guards had been aiming their crossbows at the two women for a long time.
As long as Yan Qing gives the order, Fang Jinzhi knows that she and her aunt Fang Baihua will turn into two delicate female hedgehogs.
Fang Jinzhi stamped his feet and snorted coldly: "I know you have ulterior motives!"
Wang Lin said calmly: "Fang Jinzhi, Fang Baihua, I am too lazy to kill you. I hope that God will have the virtue of a good life. My last words of advice are to go back and persuade Fang La to stop the army and surrender with your own confidants. I, the king, can do it for you."
The imperial court pardons all the capital crimes of your Fang family. Otherwise..."
Fang Baihua said coldly: "How else will you treat me?"
"Wherever the army arrives, it turns into powder, leaving no trace of the Fang family's chickens or dogs!"
Fang Jinzhi sneered: "Wang Lin, you are so arrogant that you don't know whether to live or die. How many people do you have in Muzhou? Thousands of people? With just your few manpower, do you still expect to be able to withstand the siege of my Holy Cult army?"
Fang Baihua looked proudly outside the city, then stared straight at Wang Lin and said, "When my brother comes from Qingxi County, it will be the day when Muzhou City will be destroyed! Wang Lin, if you are willing to marry me as a wife,
Our holy religion will not only spare your life, but also canonize you as a first-class general of the dynasty!"
Wang Lin's face turned dark.
Yan Qing almost laughed out loud.
After working on it for a long time, this witch from the holy sect, Fang La's sister Fang Baihua, fell in love with her own prince and wanted him to marry him as a straw prince?
Fang Jinzhi also giggled: "Since my aunt has taken a fancy to you, I won't compete with her. Wang Lin, think about it, it's better to die than to live. I have a beautiful face and martial arts. You marry me."
You won’t suffer any loss if you give it to her!”
Wang Lin waved his hand and said one word out of anger: "Get out!"
The two women tentatively walked down the tower back to back, and were overjoyed to see that no one was chasing them.
Wang Lin raised his head to look at the sky, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Order the Tiger Divine Guards to beat the drums and form an array and set off rockets!"
Yan Qing bowed to accept the order, and then raised the big red Fuhu military order flag high in his hand.
All around the city, bright and dazzling rockets suddenly rose up.
The rocket shot up into the sky and exploded high in the invisible clouds.
Outside the city, 20,000 to 30,000 refugees were sitting in a mess on the ground, or in small groups, all looking up at the brilliant sparks bursting into the sky.
Suddenly, I heard the fierce and desolate sound of military drums coming from the city.
Then the city gate on the front opened.
Just as Fang Baihua and Fang Jinzhi were about to take the opportunity to rush out of the city, they heard a thunderous roar of the earth behind them, and a purple torrent rushed out with murderous intent.
Fang Jinzhi's pretty face changed suddenly: "It's Wang Lin's Tiger Guard!! There are so many people?! No, sister-in-law, leave quickly!"
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Three thousand well-trained and battle-hardened Tiger Guards rushed over in a group attack formation. Their movements were uniform, and wherever the iron flow passed, countless heads fell to the ground.
In this way, two or three people rushed down, and the rabble outside the city was completely overwhelmed and defeated!
Thousands of bloody corpses were left under the city, and the rest were expelled by the Tiger God Guards in formation, and fled in a rout in the direction of Qingxi County without their lives.
Xun Lansheng on the city tower and the soldiers of the Muzhou Xiang Army guarding the city were stunned. At this time, they saw Wang Lin wearing armor and holding a gun, astride a handsome white horse, and led the other tiger guards to rush into the military formation.
Xun Lansheng was stunned and sighed: "The King of Bohai County is really a god! The Song Dynasty is truly lucky to have such a god general!"
Almost at the same time, Guan Sheng's nearly ten thousand Shenwu army also came from the river bank to cover up the enemy. According to Wang Lin's military order, this was probably a bluff.
The purpose is to expel the rebels and march towards Fang La's lair.
At the same time, Song Jiang's 2,000 Liangshan troops also made waves among the rebels in Qingxi County.
The red-haired ghost Liu Tang even sneaked into Fang La's "big house" in advance, killing the generals from the inside out.
Within two days, tens of thousands of members of the cult who had just sworn allegiance to the cult and Fang La died, surrendered, and fled.
And the group of civil servants and generals who had just become officials and had not had time to put on their new official robes rebelled immediately. Lou Minzhong even led a group of his confidants to capture Fang La and his family and submit to him.
Except for Fang La's nephew Fang Jie who died in the battle, the rest of the Fang family was full of 136 people, including Fang La's wives, concubines and children.
A sudden civil unrest in Fang La that swept through several counties subsided.
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Qingxi County.
Song Jiang led Liu Tang, Zhu Wu, Song Qing and others who came to Muzhou to pay homage to Wang Lin.
"Song Jiang, my subordinate, pays homage to the prince. He may be a thousand years old!" Song Jiang saluted and paid homage.
Liu Tang and others also followed closely behind.
Wang Lin laughed, stood up and helped Song Jiang and others up, "Gongming, thank you for your hard work this time, brothers!"
Song Jiang said respectfully: "Serving the prince and serving the court, I will do whatever I can, so how can I talk about hard work?"
Wang Lin nodded slowly: "Okay, very good."
"Gongming, please lead your brothers to repair in Qingxi for a day or two, and then return to Liangshanbo. You can take the gold and silver from Fang La's lair and bring them back to Liangshan as military supplies."
Song Jiang was slightly happy, but hesitant, as if he was about to say something.
Wang Lin glanced at him and said calmly: "You are waiting in Liangshan alone. It's not the best time for you to come out of the mountain yet, so you should stay dormant for a year or two."
Song Jiang hummed, and although his face looked disappointed, he still bowed and accepted the order and left.
After Song Jiang left, Yan Qing said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, my subordinates are not very happy to see Song Gongming, and the leaders of his subordinates are even more resentful."
Wang Lin was silent for a while and said calmly: "They are originally rough and tumble people who came to Muzhou to work for me. They thought that they had made great contributions to the court and would be promoted and rewarded. From then on, they turned into officers and soldiers. As a result,
Gu ordered them to go back to Liangshan to lie dormant, so naturally they were unwilling to do so."
"In the Square La Rebellion, they did have merit, but it was not a crucial factor. But they have made contributions in the end, and I will also consider it in the future. Don't worry about some grievances, and let them be settled gradually in the future."
Yan Qing remained silent.
Wang Lin glanced at him and smiled: "Xiao Yi, are you worried that Liangshan will rebel? Or betray Gu?"
Yan Qing smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, it's hard to tell Song Gongming, but the people under him, as well as Sun Li and Sun Xin in Liangshan, are afraid that they all have dissatisfaction with Your Majesty."
Yan Qing added: "Your Highness, Brother Chao Gai and others have absolutely no problem, but Song Gongming has a deep influence in Liangshan. If he acts secretly, I am afraid that Brother Chao Gai will not be able to stop him... Besides, there is Wu Xuexue,
This person is full of tricks and tricks, and his subordinates feel that he is not very trustworthy."
Wang Lin smiled.
He pondered for a long time and said slowly: "Xiao Yi, there is nothing wrong with being born to yearn for wealth. I know that except for a few people such as Brother Chao Gai, the rest of the people in Liangshan are looking for future official positions and glory and wealth.
I work under my command, especially Song Gongming."
"I am not stingy with these things, nor am I credited with suppressing them... But now, it is really not the time for pleasure. The Jin people are just around the corner to destroy the Liao Dynasty. A full-scale invasion of the Song Dynasty may be within the next two years. If even the Song Dynasty cannot be saved,
Well, what if I get some official positions?"
Yan Qing sighed softly: "I have been with the prince for a long time, and I know that the prince has good intentions and a heroic heart, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people. But Song Gongming's men are all reckless, and what they care about is drinking from a big bowl and eating in big chunks."
There is so much meat and gold, how can there be any loyalty at all..."
"Don't talk about it anymore."
Wang Lin smiled again: "Xiao Yi, tell Song Jiang to escort Fang Laman and a group of principal criminals to Dongping Mansion. At that time, Dongping Mansion will take over and escort them to the capital."
Yan Qing looked deeply at Wang Lin and bowed to accept the order.
When Yan Qing rushed to Song Jiang's camp in person, he heard the complaints from Song Jiang's younger brother Song Qing, Zhu Wu and others.
Although Wang Lin was not publicly criticized, the resentment could not be concealed.
Liu Tang, on the other hand, didn't pay much attention to it and just kept his head down and drank.
When everyone was shouting fiercely, he suddenly shouted: "Are you all out of your mind? Are you and I brothers gathered in Liangshan just for the sake of official rank and wealth? I'm so bored. I'm going to go to bed!"
Song Jiang's gloomy face became even gloomier.
Just as he was about to say something, he saw Yan Qing walking into the tent, and he hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face. Yan Qing was a celebrity and absolute confidant around the King of Bohai County, and the commander of the Tiger God Guard.
"Meet Yan Tongzhi!"
Yan Qing smiled slightly: "Brother Gongming, please don't go out. I will pass down the prince's military order, ordering brother Gongming to set off immediately, escort Fang Lamanmen and a group of important prisoners back to Shandong, and hand them over to Dongping Prefecture for escort to the capital, and you will return to Liangshan."
Song Jiang bowed and accepted the order: "I obey my orders!"
But his heart became even more gloomy.
I worked on it for a long time and worked for several months, but it was all in vain.
He originally thought that even if the Liangshan collective was recruited, he would at least have an official rank no lower than that of Yan Qing and Wu Song. But...
He was disappointed.
Yan Qing turned around to say goodbye and walked out of Songjiang Camp.
He guessed that Song Jiang would have second thoughts, but he had said everything that needed to be said. The prince himself did not pay attention to it, so what else could he say?
Perhaps, in the prince's heart, these Liangshan troops are just dispensable.