After sneaking back to the Han Dynasty from Rome, Yi gathered his old troops at Fangshan in Changshan County, Jizhou. [Fangshan is not high, but has dense forests and is inaccessible. Yi established a mountain stronghold here, which is not known to outsiders. It's just that he now has nothing.
Erliang, the recruitment of old troops has had little effect. After a few months, less than 500 people have gathered. It is a big joke for these people to want to rebel.
At this time, Liu Xin suddenly issued an order to recruit the old armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Although these old armies were only temporary recruits, their food and salary and daily treatment were different from those of the regular army. There were many people who signed up at once. Their names were not legitimate.
It became even more difficult to recruit old members if his words were not smooth. Once a person's ambition is born, it is difficult to take it back. Yi was not discouraged. While training his old members, he worked hard to find opportunities and turned his attention to those who he had not looked at in the past.
Thief.
Hebei was originally the birthplace of the Yellow Turbans, and there were many thieves in the past. After Yuan Shao's defeat, the Han army carried out a vigorous crackdown on thieves in various places. At the same time, they promised that as long as these thieves were willing to abandon evil and do good, the court would forget about it and distribute the money to them.
Land. Therefore, within a few months, the thieves have turned to good deeds, and the land of Hebei has gradually become peaceful.
Most of the thieves came from poor people and could no longer survive, so they gathered in the mountains and forests or were "confused" by Zhang Jiao and his like. However, there are also a few thieves who are used to living a life of eating well, being lazy, and getting something for nothing. Let them
He couldn't bear to go back to the old life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, with his face facing the loess and his back turned to the sky.
However, the Han army carried out a very strict campaign, and large groups of thieves were hiding everywhere. They could only go out in groups of three or five, go out day and night, and engage in theft, robbery, and house robbery. They could no longer compare to the "scenery" of the past.
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At this time, Yi, the former general under Yuan Shao, suddenly extended an olive branch, and the thieves readily obeyed. Within a month, two thousand people had gathered in Yiyou's stronghold.
Two thousand men and horses are not many. As long as they are properly dispatched, it is enough to capture a county. Although Yi does not understand the principle that a single spark can start a prairie fire, he does know that Liu Xin's rule in Hebei is not very stable, and there are many local nobles.
There is still resistance to Liu Xin. As long as a county town falls, those dissatisfied nobles will follow his example and rise up, and he can "make trouble" in the chaos.
Yi lurked in the mountains for more than two months. The food and grass were gradually exhausted. His subordinates were complaining and the morale of the army was unstable. Just when Yi Zheng was about to implement his plan, news suddenly came from outside the mountains that a large number of troops were stationed in the Fifth Army Corps stationed in Hebei.
The troops and horses were transferred to the west.
In fact, the Fifth Army mobilized only 10,000 cavalry, and the main force still stayed in the Hebei area. But Yi had no exact source of information and relied more on his own judgment. The unusual movements of the Fifth Army showed that the war in the west was tense, and at the same time it also
It would leave Hebei completely empty, and Yi felt that an opportunity had come.
In the evening, Yi ordered all his troops and horses, burned the village on fire to show his determination never to look back, and marched towards Lingshou County, a hundred miles southeast. More than two thousand people lined up in a long queue, holding torches, as if in the night
A fire dragon is quite spectacular. However, except for Yi and his more than ten cronies, who are equipped with armor, everyone else is wearing cloth, and their weapons only have a ring-headed knife and a sharpened wooden stick. Yi understands,
With such an army, even if the defense of Lingshou City is empty, it will be extremely difficult to capture it. Only by surprise can there be any hope of victory.
These two thousand people were originally a mob, but people actually complained about this rapid march. It wasn't that Yi's training during this period was effective, it was because they had been holding back in the mountains for too long, and they all thought they could go to the city and indulge themselves.
Yi promised them that after conquering Lingshou County, except for not harming the noble families, the rest of the property and children would be allowed to be taken by them.
The sky was still dark, and there was a soft sound of "bang bang bang" from the top of Lingshou City. It was five o'clock, and some people who got up early had gathered at the city gate to wait. People entering the city entered the city, and those leaving the city left the city. Finally, "
A creaking sound was heard, and the four gates slowly opened. Suddenly, in the darkness, a large group of people rushed straight towards the west gate. The people waiting outside the city gate had no time to dodge, and dozens of them were cut down in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the soldiers guarding the city hurriedly closed the city gate. However, a large number of people came in and out of the city gate hole, and they could not be locked in. The group of bandits had already rushed forward and killed everyone they saw. Many innocent people were killed.
The people fell into a pool of blood one after another, crying and shouting.
Lingshou County is not an important town. The people who defend the city are all local army soldiers, with no more than a hundred troops. However, these soldiers have spent at least a year in the training center, especially in response to emergencies, and have gone through no less than ten drills. The city
The door could not be closed for a while. The soldiers tried to evacuate the people at the door and sounded the warning gong.
The garrison soldiers woke up from their sleep, quickly put on their armor, picked up their swords, guns, bows and arrows and rushed out of the barracks. Emergency gathering is also one of the daily training items. It only takes a cup of tea to complete this set of actions. But it is just this cup of tea.
By that time, the rebel bandit army had already rushed into the west gate. Although the six soldiers on duty at night resisted vigorously, they were ultimately outnumbered and all died heroically.
Capturing Ximen has completed the first step of Yi's plan. His next target is the county government. However, this gang of people refused to obey the command. They broke into the houses along the street in groups and began to plunder property. "Prostitution"
He defiled women and killed innocent people indiscriminately, creating a smoky atmosphere in the Ximen area.
Lin Jin, the magistrate of Lingshou County, was a disabled soldier. One of his right arms was cut off in the battle to pacify Hebei, and he retired from the army. Lin Jin was educated and a meritorious minister, so he was appointed as the magistrate of Lingshou County.
.Years of military service have made him develop the habit of getting up early. At this time, Lin Jin had already gotten up. He did not eat breakfast and was looking through official documents in the back office.
Suddenly, a government official stumbled in and said repeatedly: "Sir, it's not good, tens of thousands of thieves have entered the city!"
"What!" Lin Jin was shocked, slammed the table hard, and shouted, "Quickly, summon three squads of government officials to cover the people out of the city!"
Although Lin Jin wanted to go to the battlefield again, he understood his responsibilities better. The local army was responsible for facing the enemy, and his responsibility was to protect the people and pacify them.
At this time, Tang Yong, Lieutenant of Lingshou County, had led more than 80 soldiers to fight with the bandits of Yi. Although there were many bandits, they were all busy robbing property, and they were so chaotic that they could not form a team.
Blocking on West Main Street.
Yi Bujue was so angry that he drew his sword and rushed forward. Tang Yong did not show any weakness and waved his sword to meet him. The two of them fought together.
After fighting for three or five rounds, the two knives collided, and there was a loud "dang" sound. Yi's knife was not as sharp as Ba's knife, and the head of the knife was cut off. But Yi's strength was so strong that Tang Yong's jaw went numb for a while, and Ba's