The reason why Zhao Zaili came up with the strange idea of surrendering and losing half was because he felt that his rebellion could be forgiven.
What! Can rebellion and rebellion be forgiven?
It wasn't possible in other dynasties, but it seems to be possible in the Five Dynasties.
Rebellion in other dynasties would definitely be a serious crime of genocide, but in the Five Dynasties, it was just an ordinary farce among countless similar farces.
Not to mention that this is Wei Bo's Yabing, a model of the Five Dynasties Yabing. Isn't that standard equipment for rebellion?
Therefore, Zhao Zaili did not take this rebellion as a serious matter. The only thing he felt was different from the past was that the atmosphere in the world had really changed.
In the past, if there were rebellions involving Wei Boya soldiers and the Silver Spear Festival that was later established, there would be tens of thousands of people who would come to participate in the rebellion in three to five days, bringing their own swords, guns, and armor.
But this time, big bosses like Zhao Zaili and Liu Jixun who came from Weibo took the initiative to recruit, but only three to four hundred people responded. Times have indeed changed.
Speaking of which, the reason why Zhao Zaili jumped out and took the initiative to rebel was because of wealth.
Originally, after Zhang Zhi took control of Tokyo, he really wanted to find an opportunity to kill Zhao Zaili, because the name Zhao Zaili was so resounding that he almost ran through the entire Five Dynasties and was the most typical embodiment of the Five Dynasties warriors.
Greedy, arrogant, cruel, cunning, and unfaithful. The word "eyesore" used to describe Zhao Zaili became a common word in later generations to describe the most hated person who wanted to get rid of him quickly.
But at that time, after the Battle of Luoyang, Zhao Zaili was very discerning, and while Zhang Yan was still in Luoyang, he became the first commander of the Later Jin Dynasty to lead his troops to kill the Khitans in Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo, in response to Li Cunhui.
By the time Zhang Hao discovered this thorn in his side, he had turned around and became a hero in welcoming the new emperor.
I, Zhang Shengren, am a reasonable person. Although I wanted to kill Zhao Zaili immediately, I did not do it because of my personal preferences.
But there was always a thorn in his heart, so he seized on Zhao Zaili's painful extortion, and kept sending people to his door to hint Zhao Zaili, suggesting that he could only save his life by handing over the ill-gotten gains.
I, Saint Zhang, am so greedy!
He Ning made a rough calculation for Zhang Gao. Zhao Zaili only counted the property in his hometown of Weizhou and the gold and silver stored in his home, which amounted to at least one million yuan.
If his shops and real estate in Chang'an, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Xuchang, Shangqiu, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places are included, they would be worth at least 1.5 million yuan.
If such a large amount of property belongs to Zhang Xian, then I, Saint Zhang, can use this money to support the reconstruction of water conservancy facilities in Hebei and bear part of the traveling expenses for people from various places to move to Liaodong.
Land property can be used to level the land, and shops in various places can be used to reward meritorious ministers.
However, Zhang Gao sent people to the door to give hints three or four times, and even Zhang Lieming, the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guards, came to the door in person, but Zhao Zaili still refused to let go.
This old boy is a bastard who is so determined that he won't give out even ten thousand guan, not to mention all his property.
Because in Zhao Zaili's eyes, these money are more important than his life!
This is the family fortune that he accumulated after going through thick and thin, almost being killed by the soldiers below him several times, and almost being killed by the emperor and the king above him several times. He was shameless and shameless, going up mountains of swords and seas of fire.
Even because what he did was so immoral, people in the world cursed him to cut off his descendants. By coincidence, among Zhao Zaili's four sons, except for the eldest, who lived to be more than 20 years old, all the others did not live past the age of 20.
As a result, Zhao Zaili had a lot of wives and concubines and gave birth to a lot of children. Now except for three daughters and a grandson, he has no close relatives.
Therefore, in Zhao Zaili's eyes, this family property of more than one million guan was not money at all. It was the lives of his four sons. How could he be willing to dedicate it to Zhang Xian?
Therefore, Zhang Yan had already had murderous intentions towards Zhao Zaili, and Zhao Zaili also knew that the emperor would definitely find a reason to kill him, so the rebellion became a matter of course.
But now Zhao Zaili discovered that he and Liu Jixun could only summon a few hundred people, even the Inspection Department of Yanhe Fort could not defeat them.
This expert in waging war and chaos finally realized that times had changed.
He suddenly felt that if he could surrender and lose half of the money, no! It would not be impossible to only keep one or two hundred thousand coins for his grandson and donate the rest.
Hmm., a bit whimsical, but also a bit reasonable.
Because Zhao Zaili’s greatest asset was his hoard of gold and silver, and there were no banks in this era. Zhao Zaili had already melted the gold and silver into balls or long strips and buried them. He also killed all the servants and craftsmen who knew about it.
If he didn't tell me, it wouldn't be easy to find him.
Considering the situation since the Later Tang Dynasty, as long as the rebel commanders below kneel down and beg for mercy, there is a high probability that they can survive.
They all come from the north and east of Hedong. There are times when everyone does not know what is good and what is bad, and it is convenient for themselves and others.
So after having this idea, Zhao Zaili immediately winked at his confidants.
The confidant is actually more afraid than Zhao Zaili, because he knows the power of Dazhou better than Zhao Zaili, an old man who has not left Weizhou City or even the mansion for many years.
Hell, there are bow and arrow societies and gun and stick societies all over the mountains and plains. Wealthier places even have Helong, and only in Guanzhong have Qiji societies.
Moreover, there is an ascending route from Fanshang Yicong - Long March Jianyong - County Xuedou - Guards Army Chief, Team Deputy - Forbidden Army Xiaorui - Pro-Army Healer.
What's even more frightening is that there are substitutes for this route. For example, if you go to the county school and you can't get up, you can also go to the county government to be a Wuhou, go to the Weisuo Army to accept Juntian and be a fire chief, or something like that.
petty official.
If you retire from the imperial army and the pro-military army, you can become a local inspector, a centurion of the guard army, an officer, and even a county lieutenant, tax ambassador, etc.
This is extremely attractive to a native leopard who was born in the countryside and is eager to change his destiny. There are many people who are willing to risk their lives in exchange.
The confidants could even feel that in the woods around the fort along the river, there were red-eyed 'local leopards' everywhere looking at them with eagerness.
It's better to run, and run back to Weizhou first. If that doesn't work, the confidants took one look at Zhao Zaili, and they had no choice but to take Zhao Weng's whole family to buy his own life.
Feeling uneasy, his confidants quietly brought a few horses and called a dozen of the knights who were usually closest to him.
Zhao Zaili looked at Liu Jixun, who was almost fifty years old in the distance, and personally rushed to the front to climb the wall of the fort along the river to take a look.
The poor guy was robbed of all his property by the Khitans in Tokyo. His wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law were all stabbed to death by the Khitans. His son was beaten to death outside Yanshi City, leaving him alone.
I had a lot of enemies in the past, but now I have no official position. If I don't rebel, I don't know when someone will come and kill me.
"Let's go! You follow me back to Weizhou and kowtow to the emperor and confess your sins. I have given up all my family property to keep you."
Zhao Zaili thought it would be better to appease him and show some kindness. After all, if he could save his life, the remaining one hundred and twenty thousand yuan of family property would still have to be protected by these people.
The confidants also nodded happily. As long as they returned to Weizhou, they could either run away or pay for Zhao Zaili's family's life. It would be much better than what they were doing now.
However, he glanced at the surrounding trees uneasily, fearing that a group of desperate native leopards would emerge from there.
It's a pity that sometimes good things don't work but bad things work.
When Zhao Zaili ran away under the protection of his close associates, Kang Sanlang's entire family of forty or fifty people had been lying in wait in the woods for a long time.
The reason why they didn't dare to come up was because Zhao Zaili and the others all had armor, and apart from attacking Yanhe Fort, there were also twenty or thirty people there.
Among the Kang family members, there were only two or three spears and one bow. The other weapons were all farm tools, and armor was even more unthinkable.
If they rush out like this, there will be no other consequences besides death, so they have never dared to go out.
But now, Zhao Zaili and more than ten people want to run away, that is their opportunity.
Kozaburo kept breathing in the cold air, using the feeling of coldness to his lungs to try to stabilize his trembling hands and feet.
He, Yasuzaburo, trained hard regardless of the cold or heat, just because he didn't want to dig in the soil for food like his fathers. To be an official, he had to eat big fat meat and drink big bowls of wine.
I want to marry a girl with black hair, black eyes and white skin, so that my sons and grandchildren will no longer be laughed at since childhood because of his yellow hair and gray eyes.
Under the gaze of more than a hundred pairs of eyes, Zhao Zaili and more than ten cavalrymen passed by the woods where Kang Sanlang and his friends were ambushing. Kang Sanlang took a sharp breath, held the hunting bow in his hand, and suddenly shot five or six arrows in a few breaths.
The arrowheads were made of sharpened sheep bones, the arrow shafts were not straight, and the hunting bow lacked strength, so Yasuzaburo had to use quantity to make up for quality.
He was very lucky, because Zhao Zaili and others were running away and did not dare to wear armor, but put the armor on the horse behind them.
Therefore, even though the arrows were shot from a hunting bow, the arrows all pierced the body of Zhao Zaili's follower at the front, causing him to scream in pain. The horse was also hit by an arrow on its butt, and it suddenly hissed and started flying.
Got out.
"Kill the thief!" With the sound of a gong, the young men of the Kang family, howling and with red eyes, rushed towards Zhao Zaili and others from the woods like vicious dogs attacking their prey.
Moreover, their division of labor was very clear. Some of them surrounded him from the front and back, and the fastest and most courageous ones went straight to Zhao Zaili.
When such an old man goes to the battlefield, he looks like a high-ranking official. Bah! He looks like the leader of thieves at first glance. If you capture him, you will gain military merit.
Kang Gouzi didn't take anything, so he ran the fastest. Just by hearing this name, you know what kind of situation he is in.
The Kang family is a young man in their thirties, but he can't even get the rank of Kang Sansanlang, so he only deserves to be called Kang Gouzi.
The eldest sister who loved him the most got married, but her parents couldn't afford the dowry and the engagement was annulled. She was so frustrated that she jumped into a river and committed suicide. The younger brother obviously had a talent for reading, but he could only be called Kang Er Gouzi like him.
My mother-in-law is sick, and I can only watch her being tortured to death by her illness.
Kang Gouzi never wanted to live like this again. He didn't want his family to continue being called by Er Gouzi and San Gouzi. He had no intention of living.
Amidst the howling, Kang Gouzi actually looked like a hyena. He howled like a vicious dog, jumped on Zhao Zaili's horse side, grabbed Zhao Zaili's thigh, and gave him a crazy meal.
Pull.
The war horse was frightened. It kicked and kicked, but failed. Zhao Zaili was so frightened that he yanked the hilt of his knife, trying to kill Kang Gouzi.
But in this panic, he couldn't draw out the knife. Zhao Zaili had no choice but to smash the knife with the sheath.
One, two, three blows, Kang Gouzi was hit with blood all over his face, his legs were dragged on the snow and he almost lost consciousness.
But he didn't let go, and tried his best to lift his leg and kick Zhao Zaili's horse's little bird under his crotch.
He kept howling crazily, "Sanlang! Sanlang! Sanlang!"
Even though he was a eunuch, the place where he was peeing was hit hard from time to time, and it still hurt so much that he soon slowed down.
Just like this, countless Kang family members rushed over from all directions. They threw away their weapons and, in order to run faster, many people risked their lives to pull the horse's tail or even hug the horse's legs.
Finally, the war horse could no longer hold up and was surrounded by dozens of people and fell to the ground. Zhao Zaili had long been torn off the horse by them.
Seeing that Zhao Zaili was gone, the remaining cronies panicked. How could they dare to tangle with these desperate local leopards? They hurriedly beat their horses and ran away.
Shocking cheers rang out, and the men of the thirty or forty Kang family, covered in blood, cheered and roared. They knocked down four people in total and captured the leader of the thief.
The confidant didn't run far, because the gong sounded everywhere in the land.
From the eight villages around Yanhebao, people from an inspection department and Huazhou Zhongwei came.
Zhao Zaili opened his mouth wide and was about to beg for mercy. He wanted to say that he would use his family wealth to buy his life, but Kang Sanlang grabbed a handful of mud, shoved it into Zhao Zaili's mouth, and then covered his mouth.
"Let's go! Let's go quickly! Someone from the Zhao family of Black Burger is here, don't let those idiots steal our success!"