I

  Chapter 253 251 [Thirty people seize the city]

  During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a pattern of Yao people's uprising.

  Shuyao’s rebellion is usually due to heavy government oppression, which is no different from peasant rebellion.

  Shengyao rebelled, usually down the mountain to loot. Just like the nomadic Kou Bian, because the living environment has become harsh, they come to grab money, food, and supplies, which is extremely destructive when they become large-scale.

  The Eight Pai Yaos who revolted this time all belong to the "Shu Yao", that is, the Yao people who have registered as a household and must pay taxes every year.

   Liu Xinyu took the Yao people from Qianjiadong to contact the Ba Pai Yao rebel army, and Ba Pai Yao immediately led the troops to join them.

"Brother...General Zhang," Liu Xinyu introduced, "These three are the leader of the Youling Pai, the leader of Tang Fayin Tang, the leader of Pan Chengyun Pan, and the leader of Fangzhi Renfang. These three are the leader of Nangang Pai, Li Liangyong and Li Boss , the leader of Pan Enhao..."

  There are a lot of bosses, Zhang Tieniu is a little dizzy, but fortunately, the names are still normal.

  Zhang Tieniu didn't understand what the boss did. After inquiring in detail, he felt that the management mode of these Yao people was very strange.

  Ba Pai Yao has eight large settlements and more than 20 small settlements.

   If "Pai" is likened to a big village, "Chong" is a small village, and "Dragon" is a group in a village.

  Yao people must first elect Yao elders, which is equivalent to electing members of the village self-government committee.

   Continue to elect cadres from among these Yao elders. There are Tianchanggong (big leader), Tougong (small leader), Fangshuigong (management of water resources), Temple Master (sacrifice and education), Burning Incense Lord (worshiping incense), and Guanshitou (commanding battles).

  Elder Tianchang, changed every two years, Yao Lao takes turns.

  Equivalent to members of the village committee, who take turns serving as the village head, changing every two years.

  The head of the office will change every two years, one new and one old.

  Equivalent to each village group, there must be two group leaders. Elections are held once every two years, with an old team leader as positive and a new team leader as deputy.

   These Yao people not only practice the electoral system, but also practice monogamy.

   And it must be a small family. Within one year of the wedding, the young couple must separate.

  There were riots in these more than 30 Yao villages, and Tianchanggong (big leader) stayed in the mountains because he was too old. However, many bosses (little bosses) were sent, and Tang Fayin was elected as the temporary boss, leading more than 20,000 Yao soldiers to contact Zhang Tieniu.

  Everyone sat down and began to discuss matters.

  Tang Fayin asked directly: "Our Yao people rebelled because the government did not abide by the agreement and collected more and more land taxes every year. May I ask the general, if Zhao Tianwang becomes the emperor, how will the taxes here be collected?"

  Zhang Tieniu said with a smile: "You don't believe me when I tell you, you can send people to Jiangxi to inquire about it. Zhao Tianwang's land tax is very light. Last year, there was a severe drought in Jiangxi. He not only reduced taxes, but also distributed food to the victims."

   "Does King Zhao have a son?" Tang Fayin asked again.

  Zhang Tieniu said: "There is one."

  Tang Fayin asked: "Have you ever been married?"

   "No." Zhang Tieniu said.

"That's good," Tang Fayin said, "The twenty-fourth Yao people in the eighth row agreed to choose the most beautiful Yao woman to marry the son of Zhao Tianwang. As long as the two parties get married, Ba Paiyao will always be loyal to Zhao Tianwang !"

  Zhang Tieniu said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to get married. I don't know if Zhao Tianwang's son is weaned or not."

  As soon as this remark came out, all the leaders of the Yao nationality were astonished.

  The Yao nationality does not prohibit intermarriage, at least Ba Pai Yao does not prohibit it.

  According to the ballads passed down by mouth in Ba Pai Yao, we can probably guess its source—

   At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo led his troops to march south. In order to consolidate the territory, he encouraged soldiers to marry locals.

  Fang Shiliu, the leader of the Sanmiao Legion in Huainan, married King Pangu (female leader) of the Yao nationality and gave birth to three sons. This is the ancestor of the Fang family of the Yao nationality. Fang Shiliu recruited another son-in-law named Tang Huangbai, who was the ancestor of the Tang family of the Yao nationality.

  Moreover, before the intermarriage between the soldiers of the Qin army and the aborigines, Ba Pai Yao was probably in the matrilineal clan era of group marriage.

  The leaders of Ba Pai Yao began to whisper, as if discussing what to do.

  Suddenly, Tang Fayin asked: "How old is Zhao Tianwang, and how many wives does he have?"

  Zhang Tieniu replied: "Not very old, a wife."

  Tang Fayin actually bowed his hands: "General Zhang, the Yao people hope to marry Zhao Tianwang himself."

   "I have no control over this, you should send people to Jiangxi." Zhang Tieniu said with a smile.

  Tang Fayin nodded and said, "Okay, let's send people to Jiangxi."

  The detour from Huguang to Jiangxi is too far away. In order to save the distance, everyone decided to open the main road directly.

  These Yao people in the mountains have mastered the technology of terraced fields, and the main responsibility of the water release is to preside over the discharge and storage of water in the terraced fields. If it weren't for the heavy exploitation by the imperial court, Ba Pai Yao's life would actually be pretty good, and even collecting land taxes would be relatively easy.

  Their weapons are farm tools, and they also have some weak soil bows.

  Zhang Tieniu led Liu Xinyu, Tang Fayin, and logistics troops, and a total of 30,000 people besieged Shaozhou Fucheng. Liu Zhu led a partial division to attack Renhua County.

   "Shoot an arrow in!"

  Dozens of letters were shot in, the content is very simple, Lianzhou Ba Pai Yao uprising, the western counties have been captured. Zhao Tianwang captured the whole territory of Huguang, and General Zhang led his troops to kill from Huguang, ordering the defenders of Shaozhou to surrender immediately.

  After the surrender, only high-level generals, middle and low-level officers and ordinary officers and soldiers were killed, and all travel expenses were returned to go home.

  The person in charge of stationing Shaozhou Prefecture is a general named Li Yingsheng.

  When he saw the letter shot in, and looked at the tens of thousands of troops outside the city, his face turned pale with fright, thinking that Zhao Han had really occupied the whole of Huguang.

  Li Yingsheng put away the letters and sent people out of the city at night to investigate. As expected, all the Yao people in northern Guangdong rebelled.

   How about a fart?

  Shen Youlong's military defense line layout is used to guard against Jiangxi. Zhang Tieniu suddenly rushed out from Huguang, he ran around and stabbed the chrysanthemums of the Shaozhou defenders.

   Moreover, there are tens of thousands of Yao people rebelling, and it is impossible for the officers and soldiers to win.

   Li Yingsheng was upset, so he went to the government office in a sedan chair to meet the magistrate Xiong Shikui who was under house arrest.

  Why is the magistrate under house arrest?

  Because Xiong Shikui is from Xinchang, Jiangxi (Yifeng County), and most of his relatives are under the rule of Zhao Han, what if the prefect brings people to sacrifice the city?

   "Master Fu, I have offended a lot recently." Li Yingsheng smiled apologetically and cupped his hands.

   "Hehe." Xiong Shikui responded with a sneer.

  Li Yingsheng explained the purpose of his visit: "Zhao Tianwang has captured Huguang, and from Huguang, he divided his troops to attack northern Guangdong. Tens of thousands of Yao people in northern Guangdong have revolted, and they have joined forces with Zhao Tianwang. Why don't we join the bandits together?"

"what?"

  Xiong Shikui exclaimed in horror: "Zhao thief has already occupied Huguang?"

   "It's absolutely true." Li Yingsheng said.

  The Xiong family belonged to a large family in Jiangxi, and the Xiong Shikui branch was relatively weak, but there were also a few Jinshi. Two years ago, he was transferred to be the magistrate of Shaozhou, and immediately took over his family, took away a lot of property, and directly forcibly purchased land in Shaozhou.

  As for the relatives who stayed in Jiangxi, Xiong Shikui could do nothing but take care of his own family.

   "It's over, it's over."

  Xiong Shikui lost his soul, Zhao thief occupied Jiangxi and Huguang, and it will be a matter of time before he takes Guangdong.

  If I had known this earlier, why did I bring my family to Shaozhou?

  Li Yingsheng said: "Fu Zun, surrender."

  Xiong Shikui said angrily: "You are the leader of the army, if you want to surrender, you will surrender. Why are you holding me?"

Li Yingsheng cried bitterly: "I am a general in charge of the army. I was persuaded to surrender from outside the city. I only agreed to let ordinary officers and soldiers go home. Fu Zun is a scholar. Can you go out of the city to help negotiate? Just say that I am willing to surrender the city and the treasures in the army. Hand them all over, and only ask for a dog's life to return home."

   "Oh, let's go." Xiong Shikui sighed.

  Xiong Shikui went down from the basket and went straight to the barracks, where he was **** and taken to see Zhang Tieniu.

   "Did you come out to surrender?" Zhang Tieniu asked.

  Xiong Shikui cupped his hands and said: "Xiong Shikui, the magistrate of Shaozhou, was originally from Xinchang, Jiangxi."

  Zhang Tieniu smiled and said, "I'm still from the same town."

  Xiong Shikui said: "The city guard intends to surrender and asks for his life."

   "Go back and tell him that if you surrender, you will do meritorious deeds, and if you do deeds, you will survive." Zhang Tieniu said.

   Li Yingsheng got the promise, but he couldn't believe it. He asked Zhang Tieniu to take only 30 people into the city to accept the surrender.

  Zhang Tieniu really brought only 30 people, and swaggered to the bottom of the city: "Quickly open the city gate!"

  Li Yingsheng was startled, standing on the tower and shouting: "Why are there tens of thousands of troops outside the moat?"

Zhang Tieniu shouted: "Of course I have to be prepared when I enter the city to accept surrender. If something happens to me within 35 minutes, tens of thousands of troops from outside the city will immediately attack the city! Open the urn city, open the main gate, don't think about burning me to death in the urn city Inside!"

   Li Yingsheng saw that Zhang Tieniu had only 30 troops with him, and the rest of the troops were all outside the moat, so he already believed in Zhang Tieniu's sincerity. But he was still afraid, and said: "Please, this general, order the army to retreat another half mile!"

   "You eggless coward," Zhang Tieniu ordered, "play the flag!"

  The flag was waved, and the army retreated.

  Li Yingsheng finally felt relieved and asked someone to open the gate of Wengcheng and the main gate.

  A soldier entered the urn to check, came out and said to Zhang Tieniu, "The main door inside is open."

"Walk!"

  Zhang Tieniu walked in with a smile, and Li Yingsheng came down immediately, ready to surrender and offer the city.

  Zhang Tieniu led his troops through the Wengcheng and came to the main gate. Li Yingsheng led the officers under his command and knelt down and shouted: "Welcome the general to enter the city!"

"it is good!"

  Zhang Tieniu walked over with a smile, as if he wanted to help Li Yingsheng up, and Li Yingsheng also waited for Zhang Tieniu to help him up.

  Suddenly, Zhang Tieniu drew his knife and swung it out: "Kill!"

   Accepting the surrender is a very complicated matter, at least it will take several days.

   Moreover, Li Yingsheng was too cautious to let Zhang Tieniu bring only 30 people into the city to accept surrender.

  What would Zhang Tieniu think?

   It must be a hairy heart. What if Li Yingsheng suddenly regrets before the surrender is completed?

   Rather than trusting Li Yingsheng, it is better to trust the knife in your hand. Although there were only thirty people around him, Zhang Tieniu dared to take the opportunity to seize the city!

   Li Yingsheng was kneeling on the ground, Zhang Tieniu slashed out with a knife, and killed him in a daze.

"kill!"

  Wu Yong also drew his knife and hacked another officer to death.

  Including Zhang Tieniu, thirty-one of Zhao Han's personal guards slashed wildly at those kneeling officers.

   Standing and kneeling were killed, and a lot of them were hacked to death in an instant, and the remaining generals turned around and ran away in fright.

  Xiong Shikui stood beside him in a daze, completely dumbfounded.

  There are thousands of officers and soldiers in the city, and dozens of rebels dare to kill and seize the city?

   Zhang Tieniu really dared to kill, and the officers and soldiers really dared to escape.

  Seeing the army outside the city approaching again, seeing his own generals being killed and running around, the officers and soldiers on the nearby city wall collapsed immediately.

  (end of this chapter)