Cheng Xu organized his troops, led the militiamen on a small train, and soon arrived at Baijiabao, then went into Huanglong Mountain and hid quietly inside.
Not long after, the people sent by Liang Shixian arrived quickly. They rushed into Baijiapu and asked Bai Yuan to ring the bell and call "Ghost Qianhu".
Of course Bai Yuan was happy to play games with them and rang the clock a few times.
The words "Baijiabao" on the outside of Li Daoxuan's box flashed brightly.
So, Cheng Xu swaggered out of the mountains with the "Guyuan Rebels"...
The whole group of people were having fun acting, but Liang Shixian was the only one who was worried.
When Li Daoxuan saw that the handover was completed, he switched his vision back to the county seat.
At this time, the county seat, under the command of Liang Shixian, had entered a state of war readiness. All the migrant workers who were building roads outside the city returned to the county seat and were once again crowded into the narrow streets and alleys of the county seat.
There were crowds of people everywhere.
The officers and soldiers under Fang Wushang, Liang Shixian's servants, government officials, militiamen, and some rural warriors who voluntarily joined to help defend the city were all preparing supplies for the war.
When Li Daoxuan saw this scene of soldiers and civilians concentrating on defending the city, he remembered the records he had seen in history books about various bandits attacking the county seat.
In the early days of the Peasant War in the late Ming Dynasty, with the exception of Wang Ergang, who successfully killed Zhang Yaocai, the magistrate of Chengcheng County, in a sneak attack during the uprising, and later went north to attack Yijun County, there were few records of other peasant rebels conquering the county.
Basically they can only corrupt the countryside!
It was not until the third year of Chongzhen that a large number of officers and soldiers joined the Peasant Rebel Army, and their combat effectiveness was greatly improved. Only then did they gradually record records of conquering county towns.
As for the capture of large cities such as prefectures and prefectures, it only happened occasionally after many, many years. For example, the city of Xi'an was obviously located in Shaanxi, where the peasant uprising broke out most intensely, but it was not conquered by Li Zicheng until the 16th year of Chongzhen. Before that, it had always been in the hands of the Ming court.
The reason for this is that strong city walls are of course a very important factor. Another important factor is that good people who are unwilling to rebel cannot survive in the countryside, so they flow into major cities in the form of "refugees" and follow the cities. The defenders here resisted the peasant rebels together.
ah?
The rebel army can easily number in the tens of thousands, but the refugees in these cities can also number in the tens of thousands. Tens of thousands fight tens of thousands. Who is afraid of whom?
This is the case in Chengcheng County now. Tens of thousands of refugees helped defend the city. The scene was really hot and rainy. It didn't take long for rolling logs and stones to fill the city wall. Many people even took the initiative to help cut arrows...
Fang Wushang stood on the city wall, watching the lively scene, and couldn't help but mutter: "It's strange, these people are so actively participating in defending the city this time. When Wang Zuogao and the non-stick rebels came before, Feng Wushang The people in the original town were not so active.
Liang Shixian stood beside him and sighed in a low voice: "The reason is not difficult to guess."
Fang Wushang: "Oh? I heard the details."
Liang Shixian: "These ordinary people got the job of "building roads." They had work to do every day, food to eat, and three kilograms of flour as wages. It was just when they saw the hope of life that the Guyuan rebels came At this moment
The temporary suspension of road construction work is equivalent to interrupting their livelihood...
Fang Wushang suddenly realized: "So that's it!
Liang Shixian: "Food is the people's heaven. Whoever takes away the food in their mouths is their sworn enemy... On the contrary, whoever gives them a bite to eat is their heaven."
Having said this, his eyes couldn't help but glance at Mr. Wang who was standing on the wall in the distance.
Next to Mr. Wang stood Gao Yiye, who was wearing a bamboo hat, and a small group of people from the militia group, including Pa Ditu and Zheng Gouzi, all guarding Gao Yiye.
The status of their small group of people is really remarkable in the county. A large group of refugees are surrounding them, protecting Mr. Wang and Gao Yiye. Looking at their posture, if anyone dares to touch them, thousands of refugees will be killed. Will rush up and crush it into powder.
Liang Shixian lowered his voice and said, "I am a little worried about the Li family."
Fang Wushang: "Huh? What does the Li family have to worry about?
Liang Shixian: "Now the hearts and minds of the people in Chengcheng all belong to the Li family. I'm afraid they don't even know who the emperor is anymore."
Fang Wushang: "Master Liang, do you mean that the Li family wants to rebel?"
Liang Shixian shook his head: "I didn't say they were going to rebel, I was just worried...'
Fang Wushang glanced seriously at the group of "Li family" people, and happened to see the rabbit come out from behind Gao Yiye, waved the sword in his hand, made two false strikes at the bottom of the city wall, and laughed. : "Just come to the Guyuan rebels. I will kill ten of them with one sword."
Fang Wushang shook his head: "Lord Liang, you are worrying too much. I can wipe out people like the Li family's servants with just one person and one ride.
Liang Shixian glanced at Fang Wushang worriedly and thought: You are not a bad person, but you are a reckless man. If I hadn't saved you, you would have been almost killed by guerrilla Li Ying without even realizing it. If I am transferred in the future and you are left here, who can protect you? well! Pity! People like you can't live long.
Li Daoxuan heard the conversation between the two in the sky and thought to himself: Liang Shixian has already seen that something is wrong? Right! Only a fool can't see that Gaojiacun is weird. Anyone with a little bit of intelligence would doubt Gaojiacun and the strange Li family.
but……..
Feel free to doubt it.
Even if you write a memorial on the spot and send it to Shaanxi Governor Hu Tingyan, saying that there is a squire here who may want to rebel, the evidence is solid, the governor will ignore you, and may even drag you to fight dozens of times. Not to mention that you have no evidence at all, just speculation, hehehehe.
At this time, Hu Tingyan, the governor of Shaanxi, was writing furiously, adding some missing parts to the "Huanglou Collection" written by the Song Dynasty poet Su Shi.
When people get older, they like to play with flowers and plants and write some poems and poems. What kind of peasant uprising is going on outside? What kind of rebellion was caused by the border troops? What kind of guerrilla Li Ying was captured by the rebels? What rebels went to Chengcheng County? Oh, I don’t know, I don’t know, I can’t see it, I can’t see it at all.
These things are not as interesting as Su Shi's "Huang Lou Collection".
“Coming, coming, the rebels are coming!
A fast horse rushed through the city gate. Behind him, the city gate closed quickly with a bang, and the soldiers and people in the city became nervous.
I saw an army appearing on the wasteland in the southwest, a majestic army of Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers. In the team was a large flag with a scrawled word "wolf" written on it. There were several horses at the front of the team. Sitting there were several military generals with bright armor.
Huh? There was an unkempt man tied to one of the horses!
Everyone took a closer look and saw that it was Li Ying, the guerrilla general who had come to Chengcheng County not long ago to make a circle and fight in the autumn wind.
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