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Chapter 70 This rebel army has great potential!

The remaining miners were driven away by the overseers and were already a little restless, not to mention those who were already in the cave.

Not only because this is a good opportunity to escape, but also because the miners are also afraid of the government troops - they are afraid that when the government troops come in, they will also kill them and use their heads to take credit.

Therefore, seeing Helian Yue kill an overseer easily after taking action, the other miners were greatly encouraged and followed suit.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of miners do not have enough to eat every day, work for most of the day, and lack weapons, so they are no match for the supervisors.

But Helianyue was very fierce. He killed the second supervisor without running away, and then went on to kill the third one.

Soon, the dozen or so supervisors who were left behind were all killed, and the miners in the cave also ran out one by one.

Relying on the majesty of killing several supervisors just now, Helianyue raised his blood-stained sword and shouted loudly: "Come over to me, fight out with me, and become bandits in the mountains!"

Many people have no idea when they are in a panic and just follow the crowd.

Because He Lianyue's performance just now was really impressive, this shout caused most of the miners to gather around him.Only a few people wanted to climb over the steep rock walls of the mining area and escape directly.

"Most of the officers and soldiers are fighting with the Pan family's supervisors. We took advantage of the chaos and rushed out from the side!"

He Lianyue had no experience in leading people, so he expressed his thoughts loudly and took the lead towards the exit.

In the end, after running only a dozen steps, he saw the officers and soldiers rushing in in groups, their armors stained with blood, and they looked fierce.

When the miners who were following Helian Yue just now saw this, they immediately dispersed and fled elsewhere.

But they found that some officers and soldiers also appeared on the surrounding rock walls.

Many miners did not dare to run around when they saw this, and subconsciously retreated to the mine.

He Lianyue's face turned pale as he looked at the officers and soldiers running towards him, thinking that he might die this time.

But they saw these officers and soldiers stopped dozens of steps away. Then a tall general came out and shouted: "Don't run away, we are not officers and soldiers!"

Not officers and soldiers?

Upon hearing this, the miners were stunned and subconsciously stopped.

It was Liu Sheng who shouted.

He continued: "We are rebels, and this iron mine has been occupied by us. If you don't want to die, just stay in the mining area and listen to our arrangements!"

Hearing this, He Lianyue thought to himself: Arrangement?Don’t they just want us to continue working hard in the mines?

At the same time, he silently retreated towards the crowd of miners behind with his knife in hand, trying to hide himself.

Liu Sheng had seen what happened in the mining area through a telescope before, and also noticed Helian Yue.

Seeing that he still wanted to hide, he pointed at him and said, "You, come here and answer me!"

Seeing that he had been noticed, Helianyue thought: Since there is no way to hide, it is better to try to kidnap the general. If he succeeds, he can escape with his life.

So he walked towards Liu Sheng obediently without throwing away the knife.

When he was four or five steps away from Liu Sheng, he suddenly rushed forward and tried to take Liu Sheng hostage.

As soon as he got closer, Liu Sheng stepped forward and grabbed the arm wielding the knife, then cut his arm back and kicked him until he fell to his knees on one knee.

"Why did you attack me?" Liu Sheng asked.

He Lianyue snorted: "Do I still need a reason to attack you dog officers and soldiers?"

"As I said, we are not an official army, but a rebel army."

"Bah!" He Lianyue spat, obviously not believing it.

Liu Sheng was not in a hurry. He glanced at the restless miners and said loudly: "We are rebels. Naturally, we have to mine and smelt iron after taking over the iron mines this time. However, if you people are not willing to continue here, Being a miner allows us to arrange to do our work elsewhere.

Those who are willing to stay will receive at least one or two wages per month, and they will also take care of three meals a day, so you will never go hungry. "

Helianyue hummed again: "I don't believe it!"

"Believe it or not, you have to listen to our arrangements!"

Liu Sheng saw that He Lianyue had good skills and courage, and he did admire him a little, but he didn't want to waste any more words on him.

After confiscating the knife in his hand, he sent someone to collect all the other weapons from the miners, and then he put Helian Yue back and kept him under centralized custody with the miners.

He then interrogated a dozen captured overseers and an injured steward.

Only then did we learn that the iron ore belonged to the Pan family in Gangyao Village.

Gangyao Village is six or seven miles northwest of the iron mine, not far away.

The Pan family is a local squire - the head of the family, Pan Liangchen, is a Juren and has about five to six thousand acres of land!
When Yang Heqing and Wen You came over, Liu Sheng said: "There is a member of the Pan family, and his background and connections are probably not simple. We have occupied the iron mine, and they will definitely not let it go. If we want to avoid future troubles, it is best to destroy the Pan family." In this way, even if there are still Pan family members alive outside, it will not be easy to deal with us after losing their wealth and power."

Yang Heqing said: "I asked some miners, and they were all deceived by the Pan family. The miners don't have enough to eat, they don't receive treatment when they are sick, and they often beat and scold them. Based on these things, the Pan family should be destroyed!"

"Then we will go to Gangyao Village tomorrow."

Later, Liu Sheng asked people to bring the craftsmen from the iron field (iron smelting workshop) next to the iron mine to the mining area.

He then escorted the dozen or so supervisors and stewards over and asked the miners and craftsmen: "These people help the Pan family guard the black mines and care so little about human life that they all deserve to die. But if you think any of them are good people and don't deserve to die, then You can tell me."

Liu Sheng made a simple distinction between good and bad prisoners.

However, no miner or craftsman spoke up to prove which overseer was a good person.

Maybe there really weren't any good people among the Pan family's supervisors, or maybe there were good people who were killed by Liu Sheng and the others when they invaded.

On the contrary, the overseers begged for mercy on their behalf.

Liu Sheng thought that people would always be needed to dig iron ore, so he said: "The manager will be fired, and the others will be kept as hard labor in the mining."

Many supervisors thought they would definitely die, but now they were able to survive, and many people thanked Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng dealt with the supervisors in public and fired the stewards, allowing the rebels to gain some trust from the miners and craftsmen.

Before the sun went down, the soldiers used the food left in the mine to make a meal of sticky millet porridge with minced meat, and gave part of it to the miners and blacksmiths, which further gained their trust.

In the evening, Liu Sheng went to personally investigate the situation in Wayao Village.

It was discovered that it was a large village, with an estimated two to three hundred households and a population of over a thousand people.

The outer wall of the village is very ordinary, just a rammed earth wall as high as one person.But there are several large houses inside, and the courtyard walls are built high and strong.

It is suspected to be the largest house of the Pan family. The walls are more than a foot high and are made of bricks and stones. The gatehouse has two floors and there is an arrow tower in the house. It is like a small city.

Liu Sheng told Yang Heqing and Wen You about the situation.

Yang Heqing said: "If this is the case, we will have to bring more soldiers. In other words, we cannot leave too many soldiers here in the mine."

Wen You said: "It is better to ask those miners if they are willing to join the rebel army. After recruiting a group, the rest will be rushed to the mine together with the prisoners, and a standing army will be left to keep an eye on them."

Liu Sheng nodded first, and then said: "Prisoners from the supervisors cannot mix with the miners, as it is easy to get into trouble. Anyway, we can return on the same day, just tie up the prisoners and leave them outside."

The next morning.

142 miners and 23 ironworkers were summoned.

Liu Sheng said straight to the point: "Today we are going to Wayao Village to attack the Pan family and need manpower. Is there any of you willing to join the rebel army and go with us?
As long as you are selected, you can have the thick minced meat porridge like last night for breakfast.As for those who didn't choose, they can only drink porridge. "

Because the rebels had already gained a certain amount of trust from the miners yesterday, upon hearing this, many miners immediately walked out of the crowd and shouted: "I am willing to join the rebels!"

"I would too!"

"···"

For a time, most miners wanted to join the rebels.

But few craftsmen stood up.

These craftsmen are actually the real employees of the Pan family and are not deceived.

He Lianyue was still wary of Liu Sheng and others, but seeing so many miners wanting to join the rebels, he suddenly realized that if he stayed, not only would his food get worse, but he might also be restricted to the mines again.

So he also expressed his desire to join the rebel army.

What he thought was that if the rebel army performed well, he would do a good job in it.If he was no different from those rebellious bandits, he would find an opportunity to escape and escape to the south.

Liu Sheng selected from among the miners and finally selected 90 people. They were organized on the spot into nine commanders and three standing army squads, and appointed captains, commanders, and corps commanders.

He Lianyue was also boldly appointed as captain by Liu Sheng.

He Lianyue and others were very excited when they were just appointed, but they heard Liu Sheng say: "Your positions are temporary. If you perform poorly, I will replace you; but if you perform well or even make meritorious deeds, you will be promoted to a regular position soon." !”

After becoming the captain, He Lianyue immediately changed his mind and believed that this rebel army had great potential.

At this time, Bendang responded calmly: "Don't worry, leader, we will perform well and strive to make meritorious deeds!"

Others followed suit.

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "I hope you will do what you say."

He immediately ordered people to drive the remaining miners and craftsmen into the cave, leaving a small group of standing troops to guard the mine. He, Yang Heqing, and Wen You led the army to Wayao Village...
(End of this chapter)