Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 122 Zhang Xiong Uprising
Dongfei River.

Chen Chengzhao anxiously directed the boatman to turn the bow of the boat.

According to Liu Yanzhen's plan, part of the guards besieging Shouzhou will be attracted by the Zhengyang floating bridge, and part will be attracted by Huangfuhui's infantry.

At that time, the encirclement of Shouzhou was the weakest.

With the help of the guards in Shouzhou City, they can send food and weapons into Shouzhou through the water gate by surprise.

If everything goes well, this strategy of repairing the plank road in the dark and keeping the warehouse in the dark is indeed feasible.

It's just that Liu Yanzhen and Huangfuhui were broken by Luo Youdu and Zhao Kuangyin respectively, this plan is really funny.

Chen Chengzhao hid in the Dongfei River, the news was blocked and he did not get the news of Huangfuhui's defeat, but the appointed time had passed, and there was no change in the Zhou camp, so he had an ominous premonition in his heart.

He sent people to investigate near Zhengyang, and met the soldiers who had driven Pan Mei down the river to escape, and learned that Zhengyang was in critical condition.

Chen Chengzhao is best at water control. In history, he opened Huimin River, diverted Jinshui River, and dredged Wuzhang River, benefiting thousands of people. He was highly regarded by Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, and he was appointed as the leader of Youlongwu Army.

Chen Chengzhao also knew a thing or two about military affairs. Seeing that Zhou Bing robbed Liu Yanzhen's warship, he also knew how bad luck he was.

The Dongfei River may not be safe either. Chen Chengzhao took the initiative and sent someone to inform Luzhou Camp Governor Wu Feng to come to support him. At the same time, he transported the food and military equipment that were originally destined for Shouzhou to Luzhou as a precautionary measure.

"Hurry up, move faster."

Chen Chengzhao shouted and directed the transport ship to turn.

Hearing Chen Chengzhao's shout, a tall and thin middle-aged man cursed, looking around from time to time, with a solemn expression.

The middle-aged man's name is Zhang Xiong, and he wears a sack directly on his body. At the bottom of the sack, three holes are cut in the left and right hands to form a piece of clothing. He looked at a few good brothers around him, and nodded to them.

Under the rule of Li Min, the Southern Tang Dynasty was a paradise on earth, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

But after Li Jing came to the throne, the situation in Southern Tang was very different.

Li Jing was so ambitious, he changed his father Li Min's conservative policy, and began to use troops abroad on a large scale, and was extravagant, which led to political corruption, people's livelihood, and complaints.

The Jiangnan region was good, but Huainan was treated differently like a stepmother.

Huainan has fertile land, dense water networks, and is rich in corn and silk cloth. It contributes a large amount of strategic materials to the Southern Tang court every year.

Because of the enmity with the Central Plains, the salt tea and other commodities in the south of the Yangtze River could not be sold.

Officials in the south of the Yangtze River colluded with profiteers and created a system called Bo Zheng.

The so-called Bo Zheng is to forcibly expropriate materials by bartering, exchanging the salt tea from Jiangnan for the corn and silk cloth in the hands of the people in Huainan.

This is obviously an extremely stupid system. The common people are the bottom of the existence. They are exploited by all sides, and they are forced to exchange the few remaining corn and cloth in their hands for salt tea.

Can this salt be eaten as a meal?

People can't get enough to eat, so how can they have leisure time to make tea?
In addition to Bo Zheng, Li Jing set up camps in Huainan to strengthen the exploitation of the people.

Coupled with the stupid officials like Liu Yanzhen who exploited the people endlessly, the life of the people in Huainan is like a year.

Zhang Xiong was also one of the victims.

Coincidentally, his family originally had more than ten acres of land, and he lived a good life as a child, raising ten sons.

But Liu Yanzhen took a fancy to his home and the ten thousand hectares of fertile land nearby, so he dug a river embankment and flooded his home's field.

In order to make a living, he can only sell the land cheaply.

This lost their land property, and Zhang Xiong's family was getting worse day by day.

Now two of the ten sons are dead, and the remaining eight wear three sets of clothes.

Last winter, I survived by relying on the three Zhang Po being hugged together, and the two youngest did not survive.

Zhang Xiongben had no other hope for the future, and Zhou Bing went south, giving him a glimmer of life.

It is said that the Great Zhou Emperor who occupies the Central Plains is a wise emperor who loves the people and has the world in mind.

Whether it is true or not, Zhang Xiong does not know, but in the case of Nantang, he is not prepared to stay.

Two sons have already died, Zhang Xiong doesn't want to see his son die in front of him again this winter.

While waiting in the Dongfei River, Zhang Xiong persuaded many people in the village to plan to kill Chen Chengzhao for the rebellion and go north to vote for Zhou, seeking a way out for his remaining sons.

Zhang Xiong looked at Chen Chengzhao who was not far away, and felt a little scared in his heart. There was sweat on his forehead, and his heart was slightly shaken. But thinking of the sons in his family, his eyes showed a trace of determination, and he said in his heart: "How many people will die in the future?" It's better to be in front of my children than to watch them die in front of them!"

When his boat passed by Chen Chengzhao, Zhang Xiong suddenly jumped up and threw Chen Chengzhao to the ground. He grabbed his neck tightly with both hands, shook him up and down, with a ferocious expression, and roared in his mouth: "You guys let me go!" I can't live, and I want you to not live."

This change caused chaos on the river bank.

The soldiers around Chen Chengzhao hurriedly drew their weapons and came to the rescue.

Zhang Xiong's throwing down of Chen Chengzhao was a signal, and the people who had agreed to start an incident picked up various weapons and attacked the soldiers beside them.

They have all kinds of weapons, such as twisted ropes, oars, and wooden sticks. They are so strong that they can even lift a bag of corn and smash it at the soldiers.

Seeing that Chen Chengzhao seemed to have lost his breath, Zhang Xiong pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted: "Brothers, if the Southern Dynasty does not give us a job, we will go to the North. People have to find a way to live for themselves, not like pigs and dogs." Die like a fool."

He didn't care whether the people listened or not, and directly killed the officers and soldiers. He held a long sword in both hands and swung it left and right.

Seeing Zhang Xiong's crazy posture, the officers and soldiers were timid before fighting, turned around and ran away timidly, and hacked him to death if they were bold.

Zhang Xiong's eldest son, Zhang Zhong, and second son, Zhang Xiao, snatched swords and guns from the transport ship that transported the equipment, and each of them fought desperately with the Southern Tang army.

The Southern Tang army defeated the chief, and met a group of desperate lunatics. Seeing that they were numerous and powerful, they scattered.

Zhang Xiong wiped off the blood on his face, raised his hands high, and laughed loudly.

"Brother Xiong!"

A man with a gloomy face came closer and said, "There is a lot of food. I have never seen so much food in this life. It is all ours now, what should we do?"

Zhang Xiong is not an ordinary person. Although he comes from a humble background, he is righteous and has a very flexible mind.

In history, because he couldn't survive, he revolted and defected to the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the Zhou General they met was just like the Southern Tang Dynasty, despising their humble origins, and some even robbed them of their property.

In a fit of anger, Zhang Xiong turned against Da Zhou again, gathered the people in his hometown, built a fortress wall, and temporarily taught himself the art of war. The regular army of the encirclement and suppression was thus recruited by the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the official residence was the governor of Yuanzhou.

Later, when the Song army invaded Jiangnan, Zhang Xiong, his father and his son all died in service of the country, and there were no survivors.

Zhang Xiong saw at a glance that the other party had other thoughts, and said: "Brother, you call me brother, and listen to brother's persuasion, so much food, we low-ranking people can't afford it. In this way, if you are willing to vote with me Zhou, don’t move a grain of grain, if you don’t want to follow me, take a boatful of grain and I won’t stop you, so let’s get together and get separated.”

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