A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 258 Backfired, Avengers

The third year of Xinmang (the third year of the founding of the People's Republic of China)

After all, the New Dynasty became everything to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, after a year of hard work by the New Dynasty's army, the mutual trade with the Han Dynasty was cut off. In addition, in recent years, the climate has been changeable and the harvests have been reduced. They could no longer hold on and started to fight one after another. Re-sent envoys to Chang'an to request surrender.

May
The vassal states in the north came to court, apologized to Daxin, and expressed their willingness to accept Xin Mang's rule, hoping that Xin Mang would ignore the past grievances and become the suzerain of the vassal states again.

In the past two years, a large amount of military expenditures in the border areas have left the national treasury empty. Especially in Guanzhong, taxes had to be increased in order to transport supplies to the front line. Because Guandong has not yet implemented the New Deal, it cannot collect much tax at all. The entire year's expedition depends entirely on the bumper harvest of the millions of people in Guanzhong last year.

Therefore, in the face of requests from other vassal states to surrender, Wang Mang agreed.

Although most of the vassal states in the north surrendered again, fighting was still going on in the south, so military expenditures remained high.

In addition, in the past two years, clan members surnamed Liu have been launching rebellions in Guandong. In order to quell the rebellions that have arisen in various places, the number of Xinmang's troops has been continuously increasing.

There have been many disasters in these years, and the chaotic political situation in the previous dynasty further weakened the central government's control over local areas. In addition, the court continued to recruit soldiers to put down rebellions. In order to avoid military service, the unruly people in various places began to fight against the local tyrants. Under the instigation, they revolted one after another.

However, Xinmang's New Deal in Guanzhong was successful after all, so it was still able to maintain a large number of troops. Xinmang's court also had many talented people. The officials in various places were not completely paralyzed, and the people were not completely desperate. Therefore, rebellions in various places were almost They were all small rebellions that did not reach a large scale, so they were suppressed by local counties.

Big thieves like Zhai Yi and Zhao Ming did not appear, and Xin Mang's regime could still be maintained, but it was just a little shaken.

The tenth year of Xinmang (the fourth year of Tianfeng)
The New Deal implemented by Xin Mang in Guandong encountered great obstacles. Even if half of the country's troops were mobilized into the Guandong region to suppress it, it would be of no avail.

At first, Wang Mang sent his grand master and imperial censor Bai Xuan, who also served as the reform envoy of Guandong, to lead people to Guandong to implement the New Deal.

Bai Xuan led a team of hundreds of officials, all of whom were capable officials promoted during the restructuring of Guanzhong.

Bai Xuan first divided it into more than a dozen teams, with more than a dozen people in each team, and appointed them as special envoys to each state, with full authority to supervise and guide the implementation of the New Deal in that state. Then he led a team of 100 people to settle in Dongjun first, wanting to start from Yanzhou.

However, because the central government's influence in the local area was already very small, and the borders around Xin Mang were not stable, because of Wang Mang's overbearing policies, from time to time tributary tribes broke away from the rule of the new dynasty and invaded the borders of the new dynasty.

Wang Mang had no choice but to send troops to suppress it, but this delayed the best time to implement the New Deal in Guandong, and a large number of troops accumulated at the border, making it impossible for Wang Mang to send many troops to suppress Guandong.

The powerful families in Guandong came back to their senses and slowly began to support the rebels. The situation in Guandong soon deteriorated.

Today there are two famous generals in Xinmang, one is Shaobao, General Pingyi, and Pingluhou Baiwei mainly leads the army to suppress the border and prevent foreign invasion.

The other person was the Taibao, General Ping Kou, and the Marquis of Chengdu Wang Yi. At this time, he was leading the few central troops in Xinmang and cooperating with local county troops to put down the Guandong rebellion.

July
The Yellow River burst its banks in Bai County, Guandong, and several states and counties downstream were plunged into a state of chaos. There was no grain harvest this year, and the imperial court was unable to provide disaster relief due to the empty treasury, so it had to order the local counties to act on their own.

As a result, the victims of the flood quickly evolved into refugees, and then evolved into a peasant army. In order to survive, they broke into counties, cities, and fortresses of powerful families. The entire Guandong was ablaze in just one night.

The main force of the imperial court, the regular army led by Wang Yi, was currently quelling the rebellion in Yangzhou in the south.

The rebellion first started in Bingzhou in the north. The rebellion in Bingzhou started in the second year of Tianfeng and lasted until last year. It was mainly because a large number of Xiongnu and foreign troops were entrenched on the border of the north waiting to be assembled for the expedition. During this period, Bingzhou alone once reached To the extent of three hundred thousand.

A large number of people naturally means loose discipline, so many county soldiers who came from other places to join together, because they were not in their hometown, could not restrain their greed for money and robbed the local people.

The local people could not bear the harassment of the soldiers who conquered the north, and thousands of people rebelled. It took more than a year of encirclement and suppression by the general Kong Ren to suppress the thieves.

Later, Guatianyi led an uprising in Changzhou, Kuaiji. The momentum was so huge that he occupied half of the state for a time. Therefore, the main force of the Pingke army led by Wang Yi has been fighting Guatianyi in Yangzhou.

September
Qingzhou, Langya County, Haiqu County
With the implementation of the New Deal, in order to hinder the implementation of the New Deal, the local powerful people in Haiqu County first united with the county officials to oppress the people, create unjust, false and wrong cases, and let the local restructuring envoys get involved in the whirlpool of the case.

Then he stepped up the oppression of his tenant farmers, accelerated the pace of annexation, and saw rebellions surging in various places. Realizing that the world was about to be in chaos, he tightened the granary and refused to release grain, causing a large number of people to starve.

In order to survive, the people in the countryside had to gather around the county town, hoping that the gentlemen in the city would give alms and release some food to let them survive.

But no, not only that, in order to save the city, the local county magistrate closed the city gate tightly and refused to allow the victims outside the city to enter the city. Soon, people died of hunger everywhere outside the city, and the people exchanged their children for food.

East of Haiqu County, Lu Township

A woman of about forty or fifty years old was seen. She was wearing leather armor, her hair was tied up and tied behind her head. She wore a red scarf around her neck. She held the sword on her waist with her left hand and held a spear in her right hand. He also had a bow and arrow with him.

Her name is Bai Yuan, a member of the Bai clan in Qingzhou. She married Lu Liang, a powerful man in Haiqu County at that time. She was the actual controller of Lu Township and a well-spoken person in Haiqu County. Lu Liang was born in the Lu family of Qingzhou and was a member of the Lu family. Clan people.

They had a son named Lu Yu, who served as a governor of Haiqu County. Lu Liang died early, leaving only Lu Yu and her son to depend on each other. However, Bai Yuan was not an ordinary person. After her husband died, she managed the Lu family very well and preserved the Lu family. The inheritance lasted until Lu Yu grew up.

Last year, the local powerful forces united to resist the New Deal and deliberately created chaos, so they sent Lu Yu to punish those people who could not afford to pay taxes. However, Lu Yu was deeply taught by his mother Bai Yuan since he was a child. He had a bottom line in his heart and was unwilling to do things that harmed the people. Therefore, he was ostracized by other powerful people. The county magistrate executed Lu Yu for his disobedience.

After Lu Yu became a prostitute, she was highly praised by many local people because of her character and ability, while Bai Yuan gradually retreated into the background and was gradually called Lu's mother.

Now that Lu Yu was unjustly killed, Lu's mother was filled with grief and anger, and decided to secretly contact the warriors and plan to avenge her son.

The Lu family was quite popular in the local area because of the management of the Lu family and Bai Yuan. Many people felt sorry for Lu Yu's murder. Now Bai Yuan has dispersed millions of family property, opened hotels everywhere, bought swords, and provided relief. Poor people.

Some young people came to buy wine and had no money, so Lu's mother often gave them credit. If they had difficulties, Lu's mother would lend them clothes and food. Gradually, Lu's mother gathered hundreds of good players, all of whom were deeply favored by her.

Now the refugees are gathering outside the county town. It is time to avenge their son.

Lu's mother stood on the mound that had been built in recent months to hide people's eyes and ears, using it as a commanding platform.

"My dear heroes, my son Lu Yu was convicted and executed because he was unwilling to help the county magistrate punish those people who could not afford to pay taxes. How unjust is this?

Nowadays, the world is in chaos and heroes from all over the world are rising up. Is it because they want glory and wealth? No, it's because they can't live anymore. King Zhang Chu said: Does the prince and general Xiang Ning have the guts?

They officials don't give us a way to survive, so we go and find it on our own. It just so happens that there are thousands of refugees outside the county. They are all abandoned. As long as we rise up to resist, they will definitely follow us. By then, we may not be able to do anything. Make a career.

Although I am a girl, I still have great ambitions to make a living for the people and create a future for you. Gentlemen, would you like to go with me? "

These people have all been favored by Lu Mu, and they have seen the county government going more and more excessive, and they have long been resentful in their hearts. Now that Lu Mu is willing to take the lead, that is the best thing.

Wasn't Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, also born as a small pavilion chief? Now that we are in troubled times, how do we know that we will not become the next Liu Bang?
"Attack the county town and kill the corrupt officials!"

Hundreds of young men raised their arms and shouted.

Seeing that their morale was ready, Lu's mother asked her servants to distribute weapons to them, and asked them to tie a red scarf around their necks to show their recognition. Then everyone killed a dog and smeared the dog's blood on their foreheads to show their determination.

These weapons were constantly collected by Lu's mother through the family channels. Most of them were old and rusty weapons that had been eliminated from various places, but they were better than sticks. As long as the county town was conquered, weapons would naturally be available.

Lu's mother quickly arrived outside Haiqu County with hundreds of people. Looking at the dense crowd of refugees outside the city, Lu's mother felt pity, but in order to take revenge, she could not be hesitant.

She asked people to prepare wooden ladders and prepare for a frontal attack.

Because Haiqu County is a small county, the city wall is not very tall, only three or four meters high. According to Lu’s mother, the defenders in the city are all old, weak, sick and disabled who are preparing for military service. They have no fighting ability, and among these people , and there are many old friends of Lu Yu.

When the wooden ladder was ready, Mother Lu waved her sword and shouted: "Come up with me!"

After speaking, he took the lead in the charge.

Lu Mujun shouted, "Attack the county town, kill the dirty officials, and eat the rice!"

The surrounding refugees looked at this murderous army and hurriedly avoided the path of their charge.

No one in the county garrison thought that anyone would dare to attack the county, so they responded extremely slowly.

It wasn't until Lu Mu's army leaned the wooden ladder against the city wall that the defenders reacted and hurriedly raised their bows to shoot. Because of their panic, their accuracy was impressive.

When Lu Mu saw this, she asked people to climb up, and then raised her bow herself. As long as any defender dared to show their head, she would shoot them down. For a time, Lu Mu alone suppressed the top of the city so that they did not dare to show their heads.

Lu Mu's army quickly arrived at the top of the city and easily killed the defenders.

"Open the city gate quickly!" Mother Lu ordered after stabbing a defender over with her sword.

"Squeaky!"

The city gate of Haiqu County, which had been closed for several days, slowly opened. An officer from Lu Mu's army immediately shouted out the door: "Enter the city to eat food!"

As soon as the refugees who had been hungry for several days saw the city gate open, they all rushed towards the city gate.

When Lu's mother saw that the city gate had been opened, she no longer cared about the refugees pouring in. She just led people to the county government herself, and asked one of the Lu brothers to lead people to occupy the grain depot, arsenal, etc.

(End of this chapter)