【Luzhou Yang Xingmi】
Before escaping, Lu Yongzhi forged Gao Pian's order and ordered Luzhou Governor Yang Xingmi to lead his army to suppress the rebellion and defend Yangzhou.
After receiving the order, Yang Xingmi felt dumbfounded.
Because of the dim-witted Gao Pian, the treacherous Lu Yongzhi, and the rebellious Bi Shiduo, all three parties requested Yang Xingmi for assistance. Yang Xingmi seems to have become the top arbitrator in Huainan.
All three parties asked for help. Which one should Yang Xingmi help?
Yang Xingmi's great adviser Yuan Xi gave the correct answer: Don't help anyone, let's help ourselves.
So Yang Xingmi mobilized all the troops in Luzhou and borrowed troops from Sun Duan, the governor of Hezhou. Together, he gathered thousands of people and attacked Yangzhou.
Yang Xingmi is a ruthless character. Yang Xingmi is a native of Luzhou. He has been a farmer for generations. He lost his father in his early years and his family was very poor, so he happily became a bandit.
There is a very interesting coincidence here. Yang Xingmi and Zhu Wen were born in the same year (852), and their family circumstances were also very similar. They both lost their fathers early in life and came from poor families. They both chose the same profession: banditry.
In fact, this reflects the general situation of that era. The Zhu and Yang families were not the only ones who came from poor families and were willing to steal?
Later, Yang Xingmi was arrested by the government. Seeing that he was well-dressed, the governor secretly let him go. Good looks have been a life-saving weapon since ancient times.
Later, Yang Xingmi abandoned the dark side and joined the army. He guarded the border at Shuofang and was promoted to captain through his meritorious service.
Yang Xingmi possesses two unique skills. One is that he can carry a cauldron with a hand that can weigh a hundred kilograms and has extraordinary physical strength. The other is that he is a long-distance running champion and can run three hundred miles a day. There is a saying that the governor pardoned him because he was good at long-distance running, and the governor used him as a walking official to make up for his shortcomings.
In short, Yang Xingmi was outstanding in martial arts and popular. He was jealous of his superiors in the army, so the superiors abused their power and allowed Yang Xingmi to continue guarding the border in violation of regulations. In fact, they planned to exile him for a long time.
Yang Xingmi packed his luggage and passed by the officer's camp. The officer pretended to be reluctant to leave and asked him what he missed during the journey.
Yang Xingmi was furious and shouted loudly: "What I need is your head!" The sword fell from his hand, and the officer's head was missing. Yang Xingmi carried his head and resumed his old profession, raising troops to cause chaos. Later, he captured Luzhou and called himself the governor of Luzhou.
Although Luzhou is affiliated to Huainan Gaopian, Luzhou under the control of Yang Xingmi is a highly autonomous prefecture, and even Gaopian is unable to restrict it.
When Bi Shiduo raised his army, he was very afraid of Yang Xingmi, saying that Yang Xingmi was not willing to surrender to Gao Pian, so how could he obey my leadership? That's why he colluded with Qin Yan and asked Qin Yan to endorse his platform.
When Gao Pian, Bi Shiduo, and Lu Yongzhi were fighting, they all thought of seeking Yang Xingmi's support.
Lu Yongzhi, who was on the run, was overjoyed when he received the news that Yang Xingmi had raised troops. He immediately rushed to Yang Xingmi's army and swore to tell Yang Xingmi that he had 50,000 silver ingots buried in his house in the city, and that he would be willing to donate all of them when the city was conquered. .
Lu Yongzhi was not the only one who attached himself to Yang Xingmi.
Zhang Shenjian, who stayed in Gaoyou, heard that Bi Shiduo had taken over Yangzhou, so he asked Bi Shiduo for his due remuneration as one of the "Three Heroes". Didn't you say that after entering the city, we would rob money, food, and women together? Now that the company is listed, it’s time to pay dividends.
Do you hide behind when you are fighting for power, and move forward when you are dividing the spoils? Bi Shiduo was very unhappy and rejected Zhang Shenjian's request on the grounds that he needed Qin Yan's approval.
Zhang Shenjian was furious and scolded Bi Shiduo for crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. He was so angry that he, along with Hailing guard Gao Ba and others, surrendered to Yang Xingmi. Yang Xingmi's troops suddenly increased to 17,000.
Zhang Shenjian also donated Gaoyou's grain and grass to supply Yang Xingmi's army.
Yang Xingmi led his troops to surround Yangzhou, while Qin Yan closed the city and defended it.
After more than half a year of siege, Yangzhou was in short supply of food, and the price of a bucket of rice soared to 50,000 yuan. All the grass roots and tree bark in the city were eaten away, and the people had to eat dirt. They actually ate dirt. They used clay to make cakes to satisfy their hunger, and half of the city starved to death. Finally, it developed into cannibalism, and Qin Yan's troops began to prey on the people in the city. The streets and alleys were littered with skeletons and rivers of blood.
Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan "robbed people and sold them", and more than half of the people in Yangzhou City died as a result (the deceased were 16-7), and those who survived were all "ghost-shaped and bird-like, with dying breaths".
Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo also wanted to get help from Zhang Xiong who was stationed in Dongtang.
Zhang Xiong took the opportunity to make a fortune from the national crisis and sold grain to Yangzhou at a high price, driving up prices and making huge profits (two pounds of silver was exchanged for rice); Qin Yan spent a huge amount of money (a large amount of money) to implore Zhang Xiong to send troops, and Zhang Xiong did send troops. , but... I played a little word game and acted like a little hooligan, "I only said to send troops, but I didn't say to join the war." (Xiong leads troops to Dongtang, gets gold, goes without fighting) .
Zhang Xiongke made Qin Yan miserable.
Gao Pian's old troops in the city often deserted, climbed over the wall and left the city, surrendering to Yang Xingmi. Among them, the general Wu Miao alone led his 8,000-strong troops out of the city to surrender.
Qin Yan dispatched all his troops, 12,000 men, to break the encirclement, and ordered Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang to lead it. Yang Xingmi set out a bait and gathered food, gold, silver, treasures and other supplies in a camp, leaving the old, weak, sick and disabled to guard them. Bi Shiduo and Zheng Hanzhang happily took the bait, were ambushed, and were almost wiped out by the regiment.
After this battle, Qin Yan never dared to leave the city to fight easily again.
The tragedy of cannibalism also happened around Gao Pian. Gao Pian's whole family was under house arrest in the place where he practiced Taoism and became immortal, and daily supplies were intermittent. When there was really no food, they burned wooden statues of gods as firewood, cooked belts and leather boots, and later developed cannibalism.
Faced with the dilemma, Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo had the same idea: Gao Pian must have cast some spell!
So, the two found an "expert", a nun named Wang Fengxian, and asked her to do the math. Xie Ni counted his fingers and said: "A huge disaster is about to happen on the ground in Yangzhou, and a big man must die to resolve it."
Qin Yan thought about it, this "big man" must be tall and handsome, otherwise it could be me? So he sent his subordinates to massacre Gao Pian's family.
The large group of people rushed to Gao Pian's detention place with great momentum. A waiter saw that something was wrong, rolled and crawled into the back house, and reported that a thief was coming with weapons and armor.
Gao Pian was well-informed and calm, and comforted his followers: "The person coming must be Qin Yan." Then he straightened his clothes and sat upright, waiting to chat and laugh with Qin Yan.
Obviously, Gao Pian overestimated Qin Yan's life pattern and moral bottom line. He naively thought that Qin Yan would sit down with him even if it was just for show, apologize in a sanctimonious manner, clear up the misunderstanding, and create a happy ending where they met and smiled and no grudges were forgotten.
This is the generation gap between nobles and diaosi.
The insurgents, armed with sharp swords and shouting, rushed in one after another, and the high-ranking attendants were frightened out of their wits.
Gao Pian showed no fear and scolded sternly, "In this important military place, all military affairs are overseen by the army and generals. How dare you to intrude?"
What Gao Pian said is well-founded and inspiring.
However, gangsters are unreasonable.
