That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 375 Zhang Dingguo and Wei Xianji

Xu Beiyou suddenly remembered what that kid Li Shentong had said before, that this kid had a spiritual energy brought out from beating a mother's womb in this regard, and he, as a master, was far behind. Could it be that this kid really got what he said?

Wu Yu suddenly sighed, "I lost my temper."

Xu Beiyou laughed dryly, but remained silent.

Wu Yu said softly: "I'll go back first."

Xu Beiyou hummed, and watched her lightly leap, fly across the river between the two boats, and return to their upstairs boat.

He turned around and went back to the cabin. At some point in the huge cabin, there were two rows of soldiers standing, holding the handle of the knife at their waists, imposing. On the wall was a public opinion map of Huzhou, cities, villages, roads, bridges, Rivers, mountains, lakes are all there.

Yu Kuang sat on a grand teacher's chair and said softly, "Vice Dutong Bai, introduce our Huzhou to Mr. Xu."

After Bai Yu respectfully promised, he came forward to the public opinion map, and introduced: "Because it is close to Dongting, which is [-] miles away, and the river traverses the whole prefecture for more than [-] miles from west to east, it moistens the Chutian, the water network is criss-cross, and the lakes are densely covered. Qianhu, so it is called Huzhou."

"Huzhou is connected to Huizhou in the east, Xiangzhou in the south, Shuzhou in the west, Shanzhou in the northwest, and Zhongzhou in the north. Great Chu has been operating here for many years. In terms of wealth, it is second only to Jiangzhou in the whole of Jiangnan. Moreover, it is also a place of hundreds of battles, a barrier to the south of the Yangtze River, and a hub between the north and the south."

Xu Beiyou suddenly interrupted her and said, "Speaking of this place of hundreds of battles, I remember that Dudu Zhang and Dudu Wei are from Huzhou?"

Yu Kuang got up from his seat and said slowly: "In the first year of Jianwen of the Great Zheng Dynasty in the previous dynasty, Taihu Lake was flooded, the governor of the river was greedy for ink, and the corvee was heavy. On May 3000th, [-] people with red scarves tied around their arms gathered in Bailuzhuang, [-] miles away from Taihu Lake. The leaders Lu Lin and Zhang Fu, who killed the white horse and black cow Limeng uprising, took the name of the red scarf and called themselves "red scarves". Towel Army', supported Lu Lin as General Tianbu, and Zhang Fu as General Average."

Xu Beiyou remained silent.

Yu Kuang walked slowly and said: "At the end of the Zheng Dynasty, the military equipment was slack, and the [-] red scarf troops came to the city of Xiangfan. On the spot, Li Cheng opened the city gate and welcomed Lu Lin and Zhang Fu into the city."

"The chief envoy of Huzhou and the garrison gathered the remaining troops and retreated to the inner city. Three thousand red scarf troops and Li Cheng's troops entered the city. Lu Lin ordered a strong attack. Zhang Fu personally supervised the battle. The two sides started street fighting. The street fighting lasted from Chenshi to noon. More than [-] men were killed in the battle of the Scarf Army, and finally Zhang Fu went to the battlefield in person, leading the soldiers, covered in blood, and there were as many as a dozen feathered arrows in his body."

"Finally in the evening, the defenders in the city were completely disbanded, and the defenders of Huzhou City died in battle. He was killed by General Zhang Fu's knife, which pierced through the heart. The chief envoy of Huzhou, knowing that there was no way out, killed the whole family. After that, he hanged himself in the office of the chief envoy, and the governor of the river had already fled in a hurry when the city was broken."

While speaking, Yu Kuang had already arrived in front of the public opinion map, and Bai Yu took a step back to make room.

Yu Kuang pointed to Xiangfan on the map and said softly: "After the city of Xiangfan was broken, the south of the Yangtze River was shaken. The top red scarf rebelled, and at the same time ordered the secret guards to arrest the governor of Hedao. But before the governors of the two lakes mobilized troops to suppress the rebellion, Huzhou was already full of flames, and seven rebel armies, large and small, responded at the same time. The seven rebel armies have joined forces in Xiangfan City, and their strength has already reached more than [-]."

"At the end of July, Lu Lin and Zhang Fu led the army to march eastward. At this time, there were many disaster victims. Lu Lin engulfed tens of thousands of victims, big and small. In just over a month, the Red Scarf Rebel Army has claimed 20 people, sweeping across two lakes and thirteen It can be said that the situation in the entire two lakes is corrupt."

"At the beginning of August, the defender of Yueyang in Xiangzhou faced the Red Turban Army, which was said to be 20, and fled with a group of confidantes. The Red Turban Army broke into Yueyang City without any effort. At the same time, Zhang Dingguo was sent to lead an army of [-] red scarves to attack Jiangling, where Cao Ting, the governor of the two lakes, was in charge."

"Huzhou is a major grain-producing area in the world. Whether or not Huzhou can be won, Jiangling is the most important thing. At this time, Cao Ting is already at the end of his life, sitting in a sad city. In this battle, Jiangling fell. Cao Ting, the governor of the two lakes, only brought a dozen Famous confidant, fled in a hurry."

"This battle not only made Xiangyang an isolated city, but also completely corrupted the situation in the two lakes. Sun Ligong is listed as the one who must be killed by the secret guards, and he is as famous as Lu Lin, Zhang Fu and others."

Yu Kuang squinted his eyes, as if recalling a lot of bad memories, and said in a low voice: "Speaking of which, it was an eventful year. The shepherds of King Liao started to focus on Qin Zheng, and Emperor Wuzu started to arrange the Eastern Capital and Jiangnan. Wan Tianzi's pro-army is like a rootless duckweed Qin Zheng is like a fight between trapped animals, while Taizu Xiandi in the northwest is focusing on grassland rebellion and internal cleansing."

"Internal cleaning?" Xu Beiyou asked doubtfully.

Yu Kuang smiled, with a penetrating smile, and said in a cold tone: "At that time, the governor Xu Lin was in charge of the overall planning and dispatching of the central capital, while Lan Yu was ordered to reorganize the guards, and personally began to clean up. Dark clouds cover the sun, blood flows like rivers, he would rather kill by mistake than let it go, there is no mercy at all, everyone is in danger at that time, for fear that a dark guard will take him into that dark dungeon in the next moment, and he will die again in this life. There is no possibility of coming out..."

Yu Kuang said with a complicated expression: "I almost died in that turmoil, but fortunately I survived."

Xu Beiyou didn't expect that there was such a level of grievance between Yu Kuang and Lan Yu.

"Let's not talk about that." Yu Kuang waved his hand, "Then let's talk about the Red Scarf Army back then. They just bullied the defenders in the deserted places all the year round. Defeat after defeat, often tens of thousands of people were defeated by thousands of us, and then the East Lake Bieyuan happened, and the entire Red Turban Army was completely torn apart."

Yu Kuang didn't say what happened in East Lake Bieyuan back then, but Xu Beiyou was very clear. Back then, the White Lotus Sect, Jianzong, and Ghost King's Palace joined forces to fight against Xiao Huang and Jiangnan Daomen, but the result was a big defeat. Tang Shengyue, Tang Yuerong, and Zhang Xueyao were captured, and Lu Lin and Zhang Fu, as the White Lotus envoys of the White Lotus Sect, also died in that battle.

Yu Kuang sighed softly and said: "After that, Zhang Dingguo and Wei Xianji each led a group of troops to occupy various places in the south of the Yangtze River. In the fifth year of Jianwen, Zhang Dingguo and Wei Xianji were defeated and captured one after another, so they surrendered to the late emperor. The first emperor's personal guards were named Wubing and Wuji respectively, that is, today's sick tiger Zhang Wubing and human cat Wei Wuji. After hearing the cause and effect, Xu Beiyou finally understood everything.

It is precisely because Zhang Wubing used to be a member of the White Lotus Sect that he chose to convert to Buddhism after he lost power, and it is precisely because of this that he insisted on coming to Jiangnan.

No wonder he couldn't forget Tang Shengyue. It's really unpredictable that there is still such a relationship between the two of them.

(End of this chapter)