subvert the late Tang Dynasty

On the fifth day after Li Hanzhi captured Suanzao County, the people who had been suppressed for several days finally broke out.

The first person to protest was a young man from Xiangcheng, Chenzhou. His name was Wang Jian, who made a living by stealing livestock and smuggling salt. The village gave him the nickname "The Thief King Eight".Because he is used to stealing chickens and dogs, everyone in the village hates him to the bone.

Wang Jian could no longer live in his hometown, so he went away to live in other places.A few months ago, I went to Suanzao County to do some private salt business, but I didn't want to run into Li Hanzhi leading an army into the city.

This Wang Jian was a rascal since he was a child, and he often wandered around the rivers and lakes, and he also practiced a good martial arts.

In an unremarkable hut, the lights are like beans, and dozens of people are sitting in this crowded hut, discussing important matters in secret.The one sitting in the middle is none other than "The Eighth Thieves" Wang Jian.

Wang Jiandao: "Brothers! We originally thought that Tang Ting was stupid and hoped that Huangchao's rebels would enter the city every day. We thought that we would have a good life when the rebels entered the city. Who ever wanted to hope day and night but hoped for a plague god? Li Hanzhi is even more brutal than Tang Ting's officials. He actually robbed our property and ravaged our wives, daughters and sisters in front of the street, can we agree?"

"Can't, can't..."

Wang Jiandao: "Okay, then let's make an appointment with relatives and friends tonight to rob our belongings, rescue our wives, daughters and sisters, and kill that naughty Li Hanzhi, everyone agree?"

"Okay, okay..." There was a Zhancheng voice.

Sometimes, people can use a simple sentence to make many people willing to work for you, but most people will not seize this opportunity.Those who can seize this opportunity are not ordinary people.

Huang Chao can seize this opportunity, so can Wang Xianzhi, and so can Wang Jian, so it is destined that Wang Jian will not be an ordinary person.

A few years later, relying on his wit and martial arts and his thick skin like a city wall, he unified Bashu and established the Kingdom of Shu, becoming a relatively famous separatist force in the early Five Dynasties.This is something.

Then everyone left one after another, wooing everyone who could be wooed.

People are like this, when most people are oppressed, if no one stands up, they will suffer silently.Once the first person stands up to put forward the slogan of resistance, countless people will respond.This is the reason why peasant uprisings in ancient Chinese history always echoed.

In the middle of the night, Suanzao County was silent, and Li Hanzhi was sleeping soundly with his arms around a woman that his soldiers snatched from somewhere.There were still tears on the woman's face, as if she was still sobbing silently in her sleep, lamenting the miserable fate.

Most of Li Hanzhi's subordinates were also intoxicated in their dreams, not knowing that what awaited them would be a catastrophe.Those who do evil will eventually be punished, even if you use the guise of a teacher of benevolence and righteousness as a cover.

It seemed that at the same time, many fires broke out in the city, and countless people shouted on the street: "It's flooded, put out the fire!"

There were screams from time to time, and the so-called "rebels" in their sleep were decapitated before they could see the situation clearly.

The people in Suanzao County hated them deeply, and they were merciless in attacking them.Hatred, sometimes can only be repaid with blood.

Li Hanzhi woke up suddenly, shaking his dizzy head, as if he wanted to know what happened.

The panicked voice of the soldiers outside the door said: "General Li, something is wrong. The people in the county rioted, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties. General, please evacuate as soon as possible."

Li Hanzhi was startled, but after all he was a man who had experienced several battles, so he hurriedly put on his cloak, raised his sword and mounted his horse to gather the remaining troops.However, it was too late, and his strength was running low.

Li Han was very angry, but he also knew the truth of "keep the green hills alive without worrying about no firewood".With a loud shout, he said to the remaining remnants: "Brothers, follow me and rush out from the north gate."

Li Han's bravery was extraordinary, and all the people were either killed or injured when he swung his long sword.How could those temporary rebels stop him?

Suddenly a person came from the front, patted his horse, shouted, and said: "The thief will stop running wild, and the king of Xiangcheng is here!"

Li Hanzhi saw that the man had a big arm and a round waist, and a burly figure, riding a horse and carrying a spear, and wanted to charge forward by himself.Li Hanzhi didn't dare to be careless, he swung his sword to meet him.

He knew that a weapon like Ma Qian could not be used by ordinary people. In other words, people who could use Ma Qian were definitely not ordinary people.

The horse lance is eight feet long and resembles a spear.It is not easy to make a horse lance. Generally, the production process of a horse lance takes more than three years, and the success rate is not high. It is doomed that only a few people from aristocratic families can own this weapon.In addition, the horse is one foot and eight feet long and weighs more than twenty kilograms, so people with weaker arms can't use it at all.

Wang Jian also met officers and soldiers of the government when he was selling private salt. A young general in the army used a horse lance. It took Wang Jian's boss to kill the young general and seize his weapon.Since then, Wang Jianheng has rarely met his opponent immediately.

Although Li Hanzhi was extremely brave, but Wang Jian's spear was eight feet long, and when he swung it, Li Hanzhi couldn't get in at all.In addition, Wang Jian's arms were strong and his horse was heavy. Every time the weapons collided, Li Hanzhi felt his arms go numb.Fortunately, Li Hanzhi was also good at arm strength, so he barely let the sword out of his hands.

Li Hanzhi became more and more frightened as he fought more and more. He suddenly remembered Wang Jian's background, and laughed loudly: "Who am I? It turns out that it is the donkey thief from Chenzhou, 'Thief Wang Ba'. You don't want to steal your donkey and horse, but come here Mess with your Buddha's business?"

Wang Jian had a very thick skin, and he was not angry when Li Hanzhi called out his "bandit number".He just sneered and said, "Baldy Li, don't think that you are a monk if you shaved your head. You actually know the origin of your grandfather Wang. You can't keep you today."

The two are fighting again.Li Hanzhi became more and more unable to do what he wanted, and wanted to escape, but he was unable to do so.

When Li Hanzhi was about to be overwhelmed, Wang Jian suddenly pulled away.

It turned out that more than a hundred remnants of Li Hanzhi's men had already gathered. After all, the people in the city had never fought a war, and they were all scattered by the hundreds of remnants.Li Hanzhi narrowly escaped death and hurriedly led more than a hundred people out of the city to flee for their lives.

Wang Jian wiped out the remaining subordinates of Li Hanzhi in the city, gathered the people in the city, and said: "Li Hanzhi is cruel, and he will definitely come back to take revenge. Suanzao County can't stay here anymore. Brothers, everyone who wants to survive, come with me. We Take refuge in the army..."

This time Wang Jian went to the sky, and the "Eight Thieves", who sold salt on donkeys for a living, became one of the generals of the "Eight Capitals of Loyalty" by virtue of his wit and martial arts.Later, he entered Shu with Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty, and became one of the "five capitals with driving".

After decades of hard work, he was allowed to occupy the land of Bashu.After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, he established himself as the emperor and established the country as Shu, which is the former Shu among the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. This is a later story.