The Ming Dynasty's policy of Fu Yao was very arbitrary. It often depends on the local official's personal talents. However, in peacetime, the attitudes of local officials towards the Yao people often fall into two extremes. One is: "Officials in Guangdong and Guangxi are only concerned about security and are unprepared for military and political affairs." They turn a blind eye to various small-scale robberies and infringements by the Yao people, and even suppress them. Local people are not allowed to complain. Even after the Yao people rioted and looted wantonly, the local officials were helpless and could only "prepare flowers, red oxen, and wine to appease them." The second extreme was the opposite, extorting, exploiting, and humiliating the Yao people who had already resigned from the village. He even deceives him from afar without complaining, is cruel and confuses right and wrong, which not only harms his life, but also destroys his nature."
Li Sanjiu had been with the chieftain Mao for a long time and knew a lot about the mentality of Ming officials. In his opinion, since Australians call themselves Song Dynasty, they are also Han people - he knows too much about the behavior of Han officials.
In his more than ten years of military experience, when a general sends troops to fight, as long as the soldiers are not in danger, it is a good opportunity to make a fortune. The same is probably true for this Australian "Great Song Dynasty". After all, this Lianzhou City still belongs to the Ming Dynasty. The generals of the Song Dynasty have no responsibility to defend the territory, and I am afraid they may not be very enthusiastic about the rescue. They are so quick, just because they have taken a fancy to the children and treasures in the city. It's not that he, Li Sanjiu, can't discuss this matter. Regardless of the fact that the Yao people went down the mountain to plunder every three days, what they actually wanted was nothing more than daily necessities such as salt, grain, and iron. If this Australian official covets other items, he can't part with them - compared to his ambition, what are these children and treasures?
If the Australians want to be appeased, he will be submissive. Not only will they be soft, but he will also give them large gifts. If the Australians want to suppress them, he will go into the mountains and fight guerrillas with them. It gave Australians a headache - and finally had to touch it.
Now that the Australian has arrived, he has to show his sincerity:
He found a confidant who was good at water, whispered a few words, and asked him to swim across the west bank.
Huang Chao heard that a messenger was coming to see him. He really couldn't believe that the rebel leader would actually take the initiative to seek peace talks with him.
The Bapaiyao Rebellion in history lasted for a long time and affected a large area. It can be seen that the leader's attitude was very "firm". Why did the other party come to talk about appeasement so soon when it came to his side?
In Huang Chao's heart, he naturally hoped that there would be fewer wars and fewer deaths. It was not inappropriate for the other party to ask for peace talks - at least he could listen to the other party's thoughts and learn the details.
The guards escorted the envoy in after searching him. The envoy was very well-behaved. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed after entering the tent. He announced his name as Li Wu and came to see the "General of the Song Dynasty" on the order of "Li Sanjiu, the chief executive of Lianyang Yao Village".
Naturally, Li Sanjiu made up the title himself. Although the eight platoons of Yao troops under Lianzhou City were under his command, he was just a temporary coalition commander. Except for the Ding Zhuang of the Ma Jian platoon, all the other platoons were Ding. Zhuang people all have their own leaders, and when fighting wars, they "obey the instructions but not the propaganda."
"Get up and talk." Huang Chao looked at the person who came down. He was short and sharp, and could speak fluent Cantonese Mandarin. He was obviously not an ordinary Yao citizen.
He already knew the name Li Sanjiu from the Yao people in Yonghua Township. However, their information was relatively simple. They only knew that this person had "been an official" and had just returned to Ma Jian Platoon not long ago, and he was very popular. He was in charge of the dispatch of troops this time.
Li Wu stood up respectfully, feeling half at peace. Although there is a saying of "don't kill envoys", during wars, envoys are a high-risk profession, and they might be treated as spies and beheaded. This kind of thing is There used to be.
He secretly looked at the "General of the Song Dynasty" in the tent, and saw that there was neither a "Tiger Case" nor a "King's Order Flag" in the tent. As for the man who was surrounded and sitting behind a big table, he had no general bearing. He was just an ordinary man, wearing an Australian homespun jacket, no armor, and no black gauze boots and robe. If he hadn't asked, he wouldn't have been able to identify him among the crowd. He had followed Li Sanjiu in the war and had seen the pomp and circumstance of the Ming Dynasty's generals. In comparison, this Song general was extremely shabby.
"I am Huang Chao, the recruiting envoy to Lianyang of the Great Song Dynasty and the military commander of Lianzhou." Huang Chao read out his official title in one breath. "Since you are here under orders, what are you going to say? Just say it!"
Li Wu was a little nervous. He raised his head slightly and saw that there were many people crowded in the dark tent. He knew several people: the Tianzhang Gong and the chief ministers of several villages of Yonghua Yao people - he said slightly. Wow, haven't the Yonghua Yao people already surrendered to Li Sanjiu? Why did he surrender to the Australians as soon as he turned around? Could it be that Yangshan has been completely defeated?
Surprised, Li Wu still tried his best to keep calm, but his attitude was a little more humble when he spoke:
"Our chief said: The Song Dynasty also attacked the Ming Dynasty. We, the Lianyang Yao people, did not want to be ruled by the Ming Dynasty, so we rebelled. The Lianyang Yao people have no intention of becoming enemies of the Song Dynasty. If the general is willing to help When we conquered Lianzhou City, we eight rows of Yao people did not want any of the treasures and treasures in the city. We gave them all to the general, as long as we were allowed to transport salt, grain, and ironware in the city. Lianzhou City was also under the control of the Song Dynasty."
According to Li Sanwu, this condition is very generous - he values "name" more than money and silk now. As long as the Song Dynasty can recognize his power to rule the Lianyang area, a mere Lianzhou City is nothing. What?
I want them all. Huang Chao almost blurted out this sentence. If he really wants to rob Lianzhou City, he doesn't need to help Ba Pai Yao. He can do it with the National Army alone, but rob is impossible. Fubo Army is not a Ming army. They can do anything. Gotta come out.
"Absurd! Really absurd! How dare you barbarians come to negotiate terms with our Song Dynasty." Zhou Liangchen jumped up. Even though he had only surrendered for a short period of time, his seniority was lower than that of the naturalized civilians in the headquarters, but in terms of attitude, he was afraid that he was not "firm" enough. This time he came to Lianzhou with Huang Chao. Although he was just a "consultant" and no one talked to him about the specific situation, from the usual conversation arrangements of Huang Chao and others, we knew that the Australians were definitely not willing to use "appeasement" to fool him. , the Lord who exchanges for a moment of peace. So he immediately stood up and scolded the messenger.
Huang Chao signaled him not to interrupt, but Zhou Liangchen immediately shut up.
"Is there anything else?" Huang Chao ignored Li Shuangwu's first condition for the time being, thinking about what else Ba Paiyao wanted.
"As long as the Song Dynasty is willing to ennoble our Ma Jian Pai Li Sanjiu as the local magistrate of the three cities of Lianyang, regardless of hereditary succession, he will immediately lead eight platoons and twenty-four rushes to submit to the Song Dynasty. Lianzhou City will also be offered with both hands, without any The spoils of war.”
This condition made Huang Chao dumbfounded. Seeing Zhou Liangchen's eagerness to give it a try, he winked at him.
"It's funny to know the state, but is Li Sanjiu literate?"
"It doesn't matter if you don't know the state, you can also have the chieftain or Lianzhou Xuanwei - it can be named whatever the Song Dynasty wants."
Huang Chao secretly shook his head: If making a chieftain could stabilize the country and appease the people, there would not have been the Bozhou Rebellion, the She'an Rebellion, and the Shapu Rebellion in the late Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty in the old time and space would not have needed to change its land. Flowing and conquering the Jinchuan River.
In the final analysis, the bondage system such as the chieftain is a "last resort" method when the strength is insufficient. It can bring temporary peace in the short term, but in the long term it will inevitably lead to loss.
"You go down." Huang Chao did not answer his suggestion. He waved his hand and asked the guards to escort Li Shuangwu down. Then he signaled all the surrendered people to go out, leaving only the converted cadres.
"What do you think of Li Sanjiu's suggestion?"
"Of course we cannot agree to this." Yang Zeng said, "If we agree, what are we doing here?!"
"That's right. But I can see that he has a big appetite."
"Chief, I think this matter can be used."
The speaker is Fu Debang, a naturalized citizen who is preparing to come to Lianzhou to take up the post of county magistrate of Lianzhou.
He suggested that he first agree to Li Sanjiu's conditions for seeking a seal in exchange for Lianzhou's relief from the siege. After their vigilance weakened, they took advantage of the "canonization" occasion to catch them all.
Huang Chao shook his head repeatedly: "This is inappropriate."
Fu Debang still lacks some cautious sensitivity in politics. From a strategic point of view, this is an excellent strategy, but they are not bandits and pirates, and they cannot trample on their integrity without limit. Those in power should cherish their feathers as much as possible and do as little treachery as possible. Fu Debang is still lacking in this aspect, and I would like to give him a heads up if I have the opportunity.
"Let the Li Miao task force find someone to interrogate Li Wu properly." Huang Chao said, "Especially about Li Sanjiu's personal situation."
Then he asked the others to retreat, leaving only Yang Zeng to discuss the battle strategy. The two of them studied the map. The West Bank River and the Xingzi River merged into the Lianjiang River in the west of Lianzhou City. Except for several mountains such as Yanxi Mountain, Beishan Mountain, and Jinfeng Mountain, the area around Lianzhou City was all flat land. Yang Zeng's plan was to leave one Kuomintang army to guard Lianjiang Ferry, while the rest of the troops would first cross the Xi'an River to the north, and then cross the Xingzi River to the east. With a company of Fubo troops as the vanguard, they would outflank and besiege Yanxi Mountain.
The reason why we chose to cross the Xi'an and Xingzi rivers from the north instead of crossing the Lianjiang River in the south is because the West Bank and Xingzi rivers are narrow in width, shallow in depth, and have small flows, making it easier to build temporary pontoons to allow large troops to pass quickly. The structure of the pontoon to be built is very simple. The collected boats are used as the base and the top is covered with wooden boards - it is not difficult even if there are no engineers.
"This battle is actually not difficult. Their equipment level is very poor - not even as good as the Ming army, and they don't have many firearms." Yang Zeng said, "The key point is to annihilate them all. After annihilating the main force of the Eight Pai Yao, There is no condition for Bapaiyao to negotiate for recruitment - he can only surrender."
Ethnic minorities often fight with only male soldiers, and the mobilization rate is often very high. A small population can mobilize a large number of troops. However, once they are wiped out, they will lose the ability to continue fighting.
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