I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 161 Elite
The civil uprising was the rhetoric of the governor of Luzhou.

The military newspaper given by Luzhou Sima clearly stated that the bandits shouted an eight-character slogan: "The red lotus fire, burn the devil to save the world."

And they all wore red scarves.
Although he has been reminded by his own wife that Honglian Road will rise up in response to the chaos of King Wu in the south of the Yangtze River, but Fu Jinchuan can't guard against thieves for a thousand days, so he can only consider the enemies in the south of the Yangtze River first.But now that Luzhou is on fire, that's another matter.

The strategy of surprise attack was immediately invalidated.

On balance, Fu Jinchuan's decision was to put out the fire in the backyard first.Jiangzhou?Luckily for yourselves.
Speaking of the Beizhou Rebellion 30 years ago, many people who have witnessed it now feel lingering fear.

If this fire is allowed to ignite, it may be even more troublesome than King Wu's rebellion.Fu Jinchuan, as the governor, can decide all military affairs in the seven east states of Huainan with one word.

At the same time, the Grand Marshal's Mansion of the Jianghuai Army has not been abolished, so the use of troops in the entire Jianghuai can still be decided with full authority.

Immediately, Fu Jinchuan ordered Shi Wannian to lead the cavalry from the two capitals first, He Baxu to lead the infantry from the two capitals of his headquarters, the cavalry from the first capital as the rear army, and all the soldiers from the five capitals of the Jingnan Army.In addition to the 500 soldiers of the governor's mansion, the total number of infantry is more than [-].

Go straight to Luzhou and Shouzhou.

Luzhou is located in the hinterland of Huainan, surrounded by Chaohu Lake. It has always been an important military town when the North and the South are fighting.

Sima Leibo looked at the bandits with red turbans outside the city, and he was very happy.

Originally, the defense of Luzhou could only be said to be better than nothing.It was after the rebellion of King Wu in the south of the Yangtze River that the governor Fu Jinchuan personally ran all over the military states under his rule to ask the states to rectify their defenses, and from time to time let the officials of the governor's mansion inspect.

As a result, Luzhou, which was a little lax or had a lot of loopholes, including its subordinate Shucheng, Lujiang, Shenxian, Dongguan and other city pass defenses, were all cleaned up by Lei Bo.

He was born in a wealthy family in Huainan. Although he was young, he achieved the position of Sima in Luzhou. This was mainly due to the help of his uncle Nankang Boleixu from the same clan.

But this Lei Bo has some skills, after being reprimanded by Fu Jinchuan, Luzhou's defense is not to say that it is impenetrable, at least he has the confidence to defend until the reinforcements from the governor arrive.

And the rebellious army under the city may not be called an "army" at all, but at most they are called rebellious bandits.

These gangsters were very brave, and when they climbed the city wall, they were desperately attached to them one by one.

Fortunately, there are sufficient arrows, crossbows, rolling logs, and rocks on the city wall to defend the city.There are also [-] defenders in Luzhou City, and the governor also organized a regiment to help defend the city. It will be no problem to defend the city for ten days and a half months.

All the believers of the Red Lotus Dao under the city knelt on the ground, and on the temporary high platform, a man in a red Taoist robe was chanting.

". Red lotus karma fire, descend into the world and burn demons!"

"I have finished casting the spell, so you can go there in peace, as long as you recite our slogan silently in your heart, you will surely reach bliss early and escape from the sea of ​​suffering in the world."

"Red lotus karma fire, descending into the world to burn demons"

Even Lei Bo who was in the city heard the voice of the Taoist in red.He was very puzzled, did anyone really believe this obvious deceitful thing?

"It's still a little hasty. Although the congregation practiced martial arts all day long and made up formations, they didn't make sense after all, and they lacked siege equipment. It seems that it will take some time to take down Luzhou."

Pang Zhigu looked at the chaotic Honglian Taoist crowd outside the city, and said helplessly.

Fang Jiao said: "If you don't practice warfare, then use it instead of training. As long as we can win Luzhou and Chao County, we can support Xue Julin's troops. When the king of Wu's navy goes north, we can directly drive Shou After passing Shouzhou, I am afraid that the officials and gentlemen in Gyeonggi Province will be scared to death."

Whether this so-called chaos army or bandits.They are all Honglian Taoist members, who originally hid in the mountains and used the name of bandits to deceive others.This time it can be regarded as a full-scale dispatch for the great cause.

According to Pang Zhigu's plan, it was launched in many places at the same time, which made the court tired of dealing with it.

Pang Zhigu and Fang Jiao are in Shouzhou and Luzhou, Fang Qiu is in Huangzhou, Fang Hong, the youngest of the Fang brothers and sisters, is in Xiangzhou, Fang Qiu's disciple Zhang Xia is in Sichuan and Shu
Civil upheavals have always been the cause of the people's difficulty in surviving. The ordinary people in Huainan Road must have had a difficult life, especially now that there is a rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, and taxes are heavier to quell the chaos.

For the benefit of the local officials, they increased the price layer by layer.The imperial court originally hoped to collect more taxes from the rich, but officials at all levels below still felt that it was easier to exploit the ordinary people.
Therefore, as soon as the Red Lotus Road "Rebel Army" came out of the mountain, under the instigation, many people immediately joined the bandits, and tens of thousands of people were coerced in a short period of time.

But there are tens of thousands of people, good and bad.

The core part is the elite composed of thousands of believers who are hiding in the mountains of Red Lotus Road. These people practice all day in the mountains, and they are quite like an army.

There are also thousands of people who are bandits and rogues who are looking out for the wind nearby, as well as people from the rivers and lakes that Honglian Road has already won over.

Although these people are quite capable, it is difficult to dispatch and unify them.

The rest are the people who took the initiative and couldn't survive and the people who were coerced.

Such a rebellious bandit, which can hardly be called an "army", was considered Liankelianjie in the early stage, and it took down several counties.

For a while, the Red Lotus Rebel Army was in high spirits, but as the army came to the city of Luzhou and fought for several days without conquering it, the situation changed somewhat.

First of all, the food carried by the rebels was not enough.

After all, there are tens of thousands of mouths. The original plan to conquer Luzhou within five days was unsuccessful. Fang Jiao, who is the marshal of Honglian Dao, also had a headache because of this, so he had to let all the ministries loot everywhere and search for food.

In this case, the rebels immediately turned into bandits.

Villages and towns in Dingyuan, Chao County, and Shen County were all looted.

In the beginning, these "rebels" just "borrowed" some food.

Later, I think the chickens you raise at home are also good.

Later, I felt that the women in your family were also good.
What?Not "borrow"?
What is the knife for?
Ever since, the people in Huainan finally knew that compared with these so-called "rebels", the government that they hated so much in the past was not bad.
Mei Shisan was born in Huainan since she was a child. It is said that her ancestors migrated to Huainan to escape the war.I live in Dingyuan County, close to Luzhou.There are dozens of families in the village, either with the surname Mei or the surname Hu, and they live together as a group.

This morning, someone who fled from Luzhou came to the village, saying that there was a war there, and the rebels burned, killed and looted everywhere, so the heads of the two families combined and took all the old and young in the village into the nearby forest .

And the young and strong in the village gathered together, stayed in the village, and hid the grain while hiding the grain. If there were few people coming, the thieves would be driven away, and if there were too many people, they would withdraw.

Mei Shisan was only 13 years old, not considered young and strong, so the thieves asked him to run to the mountain first and hide it for the old and young.

But he didn't expect that he had just run to the edge of the mountain, but was caught by the "thief".

"What is your name?"

Mei Shisan looked at the "thief" in front of her and glared at each other, but she felt something was wrong.
These people are all riding tall horses, all of them are tall and strong, and the most important thing is that they are all wearing iron armor!
"You, you, are the officers and soldiers?"

"if not?"

The leader, who looked like a military officer, sneered, this man should look very young, about seventeen or eighteen.

"Master, my name is Mei Shisan. I'm from the village in front of me. A thief rushed into our village just now. I beg you to save our village."

Mei Shisan directly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Thief? How much?"

"I, I, I don't know, maybe a hundred or ten"

"One hundred and ten? We have 21 riders, and each of us cuts five. Is there any problem?"

"Boss, what if there are more than one hundred?"

"Then cut a few more! Take him and leave!"

Mei Shisan was still in a daze when a tall knight rode by, so he bent down and stretched his arms, grabbed his belt, picked him up, and put him on his horse.

Mei Shisan had never seen this kind of arm strength and riding skills.

When he got to the village, he was put down lightly again, and then he stood up and watched the 21 riders rush directly into the village!

The horse kept moving forward and crashed into the crowd.The officers and soldiers cavalry roared and drew out their long knives and slashed left and right. Wherever the blade passed, rain of blood and broken limbs immediately flew.The power and speed brought by the impact of the horses are simply not what these bandits, who are not even soldiers, can resist.

And these officers and cavalry are all well-trained elite frontier soldiers who have experienced many years of fighting, and surrounded the officers as the chief generals in a dense queue and charged forward.

With swords and guns raised at the same time, the thieves were divided like waves, and the screams continued one after another.

But in a short while, the thieves who rushed into the villa on the [-]th were all killed, and the rest of them ran away.

The young Mei Shisan also saw a real soldier for the first time.

And soon, the whole of Huainan will know what a frontier army is.

And why they are called elite.

(End of this chapter)