Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

During the talks between the two countries in Chengdu, the guest of honor sat opposite each other. The atmosphere on the surface seemed peaceful and quiet, but under the calm wind and calm, there was actually hidden tension of fighting wits and fierce debates.

If it is described as loose on the outside and tight on the inside, at the same time, Pingshou City is just the opposite. Inside and outside the city, it is tight on the outside and loose on the inside.

The North Sea is close to the sea, and there is plenty of moisture in Pingshou. The rain at night is even more powerful. As the middle of the night passes, it becomes more and more intense. It has gradually changed from a drizzle to a pouring rain.

As if using a sieve to sieve down, the rain lines formed a straight path, densely falling down, connecting the night sky and the earth into one piece.Looking far and near, there is boundless rainwater everywhere, falling continuously from the eaves, from the top of the wall, from the pavilions, from the tops of the trees, and rolling out of the yard, and converging into a torrent on the street. .

Even as the capital of the county, the drainage system is pretty good, but even so, some of the low-lying streets have already accumulated a deep layer of water on them.People walking through it can soak their ankles, because the night is dark, the lights in the city are sparse, and the stagnant water under the lack of reflection is dark and oppressive.

In the dead of night, when the city was flooded with water, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps.

Not one person is walking, but it seems that many people are running.

A wild cat was crouching under the eaves of the street, cleverly raised its ears, and looked in the direction of the sound.The night was dark and the rain was falling into pieces.At the corner of the street, there was a light of fire flashing faintly in the rain, which was reflected on the opposite wall. As the footsteps approached, the light of fire became brighter and brighter.

The wild cat seemed to sense the danger coming, so it raised its body, as if threatening, and let out a low cry: "Meow."

A torch appeared around the corner.Immediately afterwards, two, three, five, and six torches jumped into its eyes.The fire was shining brightly, passing through the rain curtain, one after another flames jumped in its eyes, and then spread out from its eyes. At the opposite corner, there were hundreds of soldiers fully armed and armored.

From time to time, in the ranks of the soldiers, there were low-pitched shouts, "Hurry up! Follow up." "Don't fall behind. You will be there after turning two streets."

The shouting sound seemed to frighten the wild cats, and a black shadow suddenly pulled out from the light of water and fire, and rushed up the wall quickly.

"His grandma's, where did the beast come from?"

The startled soldiers cursed and subconsciously looked up. In the eastern night sky, in the gaps between the thick cumulonimbus clouds, the stars at three or two spots were still shining. A seemingly indifferent stare.

"What the hell kind of weather is this?" the soldier muttered, "It's so weird that stars can still appear when it's raining."

At the front of the team, there are two people who take the lead.One was dressed in civilian clothes, the other was wearing black light armor, the man in civilian clothes was the secret agent of the Ben Ming Division, while the man in the arrow sleeves was Gao Jin.

Following Mi Heng's order, he galloped to Pingshou with 2000 troops in the starry night. After communicating with the county captain Wu Ban, he left most of the troops for him. One was stationed outside the city to prevent the thieves from escaping, Cooperate with monitoring the defenders in the city, and then Gao Jin and Wu Ban assigned tasks to each other, because the "gentlemen's chaotic parties" gathered in the city were not all in one place, so they divided their troops into several teams, and they appeared here There are more than [-] people in this group, led by Gao Jin himself, and the goal is directly at the Wang's mansion in the west of the city.

The Beihai Wang family has been a first-class family in Qingzhou since the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Qin Shihuang destroyed the Qi State, in order to prevent the local royal families from rebelling, they moved most of the Tian Qi clan to Xianyang. However, several descendants of the Tian family also escaped the migration. Staying in Beihai, he changed his surname to Wang, and because of the different places where he lived, he was divided into three branches in the Eastern Han Dynasty, namely Yingling Wang, Mixian Wang, and Juxian Wang.Among them, the Wang family of Ju County and the Wang family of Mi County reached their peak in the later Jin Dynasty. The most famous, living together for several generations and sharing wealth, the family has more than a hundred members, the family is harmonious, the village admires, the government hears about it, and is praised as the first family, known as the world's famous Yimen.

However, at this time, the Yingling Wang family was the most famous. For example, Wang Xiu, who served Kong Rong and Sun Ce successively, came from this place.

After recovering Qu'e, Wang Xiu and Quan Rou were captured alive by Gu Jian. Although they still refused to become officials, seeing that the other party was a fellow from Qingzhou and had the same surname as his own (mainly unknown, the trouble caused was not big), Wang Zheng did not. Without embarrassing the other party too much, let him go home directly.

It's a pity that his great tolerance did not bring Wang Xiu's gratitude, and he still hated this yellow scarf bandit very much, so not long ago, he privately met an old man who came from Xudu.

Since they came from Xudu, they naturally brought a letter from General Cao Cao. The letter stated that Wang Zheng entrusted his name to Han officials, but they were actually bandits. To contain the main force of the royal government, Yuan Tan of Linzi will also send troops to the south to contain the Xuzhou garrison in Langya and Taishan, and then cooperate internally and externally to try to conquer the Beihai Kingdom in one fell swoop.

Cao Cao even promised that after the matter is completed, the one with the most meritorious service will be named a marquis.

In fact, Wang Xiu didn't pay much attention to whether to be a Marquis or not. The reason why he planned to be an enemy of Wang Zheng was mainly because he wanted to avenge the old lord Kong Rong, but he had no choice but to suffer from powerlessness.Suddenly Cao Cao took the initiative to offer support. He naturally wanted it, so he made a decision on the spot and promised to do exactly what the letter said. After some contact and conspiracy, he immediately found many "like-minded" people.

This is also very normal. Although Wang Zheng changed his style after entering Xuzhou, and he no longer ransacked the homes and exterminated the ancestors of the rich noble families, but the North Sea fishing salt is so developed. Now that it has become his territory, why is such a big piece of fat? It may still be in the hands of others, and naturally it will be nationalized. In this way, there are naturally many people who hate it.

The two sides hit it off immediately, and immediately agreed that they would gather in Pingshou City at the end of April, and formally set up a flag for rebellion at the beginning of May.

The specific plan is as follows, because most of the people who participated in the riots were noble families, and there were naturally many servants in the family. Just referring to Wang Xiu’s mansion, there were no less than 300 servants, plus some others, it was a question of making up 2000 people. Not too much, in addition, many of the garrisons and some of them were originally surrendered troops, so you can also get in touch with them to make troubles together.

"There is a saying in military strategists, to catch the unexpected, to attack the unprepared..."

Wang Xiu, who has experienced the battlefield under Sun Ce's tent, is full of confidence: "We are now unprepared with mental calculations, and the odds of winning are at least [-]%!"

"And I have persuaded the county lord Fu Xu that on the day of the incident, we will first use the excuse of discussing the matter to invite the thieves such as Wu Ban into the mansion for a banquet, and then we will catch them all at the banquet first." Another big family in Pingshou City, the Zheng family The head of the family, Zheng Zhen, is more confident than him: "The leader of the thief has been eliminated, and the rest of the generation has no leader, and we are well prepared. The chance of winning is not only [-]%, but also [-]%."

"Great goodness."

Wang Xiu nodded: "After we capture Pingshou City, we must take advantage of the victory to pursue, and we can't give the thieves too much time to react, so according to my opinion, it is not necessary for all the people involved in this matter to come to Pingshou, and select some of them to stay in the city. This city, after receiving the signal that our uprising in Pingshou City has succeeded, immediately uprising in each city."

"In this way, as the general said, I will be able to recover Beihai in one fell swoop!"

"Your Majesty's words are true." The rest of the people agreed, "Right now, Zhuzi is using troops in Jingzhou, and most of his troops are gathered on the Jiangdong front line. The rear is already empty, and he was caught off guard. It's too late! Haha."

"There are our people in every city, and our old soldiers in the garrisons of every county and county. Coupled with the tyranny of the king's thief, our people in Beihai have suffered for a long time, but if there is an incident, there will be gatherings , until the event is settled!"

I have to say that this plan is quite strict, and these people are even more logical when they talk about it. It seems that a backhand can turn the world upside down. It's a pity that even Wang Xiu, who has been on the battlefield, has never been on his own. They are all pampered Gaoliang children, who don't know military law or battle formation, and no matter how much they talk about it, it's just talk on paper.

No, before the incident happened, Gao Jin discovered it early because of the lack of a secret, and the Benming Division even made repeated investigations, and even Langya's soldiers and horses arrived at Pingshou City, but they didn't notice it, and they didn't know it. .

In the night rain, Jianshui crossed two streets, Gao Jin led everyone to Yujie, and hurriedly passed down the orders one by one.

Hundreds or surrounded the street, or surrounded the palace.The preparations were made, and a Dubo came over to ask for instructions: "The teams are all in place, please tell me what to do, should I call them a few times to order them to open the door. Or?"

"We didn't put out the torches when we came, so I guess the other generation has already found out." The heavy rain was pouring down, and Gao Jin was already drenched in water. He gritted his teeth and smiled: "Call again? It's not to give them a chance to resist. ? Hit the door immediately!"

"promise!"

Three or four soldiers took off the bumper from the accompanying supply cart, lifted it up, and slammed it hard against the gate of the mansion with a loud bang.After bumping once, he took a few steps back and bumped again.

How can a mansion gate be compared with a city wall?In two or three strokes, it collapsed suddenly.There was a lot of water on the ground, and it splashed on everyone's faces.Because of Gao Jin's proximity, some of them were splashed on his face. He didn't care about it, wiped his face, and was waiting for the next order. At this time, the fire in the mansion was lit up, and someone shouted angrily: "This is the Gao Mi order." mansion! Which dog dares to make trouble like this?"

"Gao Mi Ling? Do you still think that Pingshou City is ruled by Kong Rong?" Gao Jin sneered. Gao Mi Ling was Wang Xiu's official position when Kong Rong was the Prime Minister. .

He glanced at Du Bo at the side and said, Du Bo understood, and immediately came out and said loudly: "According to the prefect's order, search for the rebellious party!" , Dozens of soldiers like wolves and tigers rushed forward immediately, and then they heard the commotion and became a mess.

Both Wang Xiu and his servant boy had already fallen asleep, and when they got up after hearing the news, they were in a hurry and did not have time to fight. Besides, Wang Zheng strictly controlled the military equipment. They had worked so hard during this period, but they had only smuggled in some swords and armor. Without bows and arrows, how could they be the opponents of these soldiers?In just a short time, there are already countless corpses, blood flowing like a river.

There were screams, wails, screams, weapons crashing, the sound of smashing things, the sound of walls collapsing, and the sound of soldiers shouting to kill, and the sound of seeing valuable things scrambling for each other, one after another, continuously ringing After more than two hours, it didn't calm down until the eastern sky was bright.

At this time, Du Bo came out of the mansion and reported to Gao Jin: "There are 410 men and women in the palace. Among them, there are 53 people who are not from the palace. During the arrest process, because most of them were armed and resisted, 320 people died. Now the remaining 98 people have gathered in the main courtyard, including Wang Xiu and his family members, and there are about [-] other outsiders left. After the general asked about it, most of them were Congju County, Zhu Xu, etc. The sons of the gentry from the west."

Gao Jin nodded and asked, "Are there any casualties among the soldiers?"

"Why do you ask such a question?" Uncle Du was also from the Qingzhou Army, curled his lips when he heard this, and said with a mocking smile: "There are only a few hundred of these thieves, even ten times more. It is vulnerable, how can we cause casualties to our brothers?"

"Only a few were slightly injured, and they all accidentally slipped and fell in the rain. A little injury, it doesn't matter."

"That's good." Gao Jin nodded, and walked into the mansion with his hands behind his back. At this time, there were many people kneeling in the courtyard, most of them were in disheveled clothes, and the heavy rain fell on them like a torrent. They were all shocked and frightened, their lips were black and blue.

"Which one is Wang Xiu?"

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers pulled out a middle-aged man in his forties from the crowd, and pushed him in front of Gao Jin. It was Wang Xiu. Compared with other people's face, which is earthy and frightened, his face is calm.

This performance made Gao Jin look at him with admiration, the disdain in his eyes disappeared a bit, and there was a little more pity. After a while, he shook his head and sighed: "My lord, why are you here?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiu raised his head and glanced at Gao Jin, and said indifferently: "The matter has come to this, what can I say?"

At this time, Du Bo on the side stepped forward and asked: "How should these survivors be dealt with, please give me some instructions."

"All of them will be taken into custody and sent to Kaiyang on another day."

From the time Mi Heng said those words, Wang Xiu's fate was already doomed, but since he was the chief culprit, he must know a lot, which is why Gao Jin didn't choose to kill him on the spot.

"promise."

It was like a wind and clouds, but within a few hours, there were fires and shouts of killing from all over the city. Gao Jin used a total of [-] troops in this campaign, divided his troops into several groups, captured more than [-] rebels and executed nearly a thousand on the spot.

In the next few days, Buzhi and other counties on the other side also sent good news one after another, all the thieves who wanted to make trouble in each city had been captured or killed, and the number was about the same as that of Pingshou City.

As the sky brightened, the bloody night had passed, but in Jiangling thousands of miles away, the war had just begun.