Fangjiazhuang is located in Shangzhou. The place where Fangjiazhuang's caravan is going this time is called Linyuan County. Linyuan County is located at the border of Shangzhou and Lingzhou.
Fang Hua privately suggested to Chen Haoyuan that it would be better not to go with the caravan this time, mainly because the rebellion in Lingzhou has been fierce recently, and the Linyuan County he is going to this time is on the border of Shangzhou and Lingzhou. Fang Hua was worried about what danger the caravan would encounter, but Chen Haoyuan told Fang Hua not to worry about being careful.
Mr. Fang Qi, the accountant of Fangjiazhuang, is also the steward of this caravan. There are more than thirty people accompanying the caravan this time, including Li Yong. Since there are not many people in the caravan this time, Wang Qingxiang The supervisor did not come in person, but just asked Mr. Fang Qi, the accountant, to take charge of the affairs. In fact, Fang Qi was also the distant nephew of Fang Zhongxin, the owner of Fangjiazhuang, and Fang Zhongxin usually regarded him very highly.
The caravan drove for more than ten days and finally arrived at Linyuan County. When Chen Haoyuan arrived in the city, he saw that both sides of the street were filled with victims who had fled famine in Lingzhou. The victims were begging along the street. All of them were ragged, sallow and thin, and even There are also those who sell their sons and daughters.
Chen Haoyuan gave some money to the victims, but because there were too many victims, Chen Haoyuan was powerless. Seeing the victims being so miserable, Chen Haoyuan thought that no wonder the people wanted to rebel.
It was getting late, so everyone found an inn to stay, preparing to sell the goods the next morning.
In the morning of the next day, everyone got up and had breakfast and then went to find buyers with their goods. After the caravan sold the goods they brought, they were ready to buy some local specialties and take them back to sell. It was almost noon when they finished all this. , a group of people from the caravan were going to have lunch before leaving.
At this time, someone on the street suddenly shouted "The rebels are coming... The rebels are coming". After hearing this, the people on the street immediately became confused. After a while, everyone on the street ran away. .
At this time, the gate of Linyuan City was closed, and the caravan group could not leave the city for the time being, so they had to return to the previous inn to stay.
King Liu Jinrong of Wei sent Cao Rui, one of the four rebel generals, to lead 10,000 troops to attack Linyuan County. However, Linyuan County only had more than 2,000 defenders at this time. The prefect of Linyuan County Zhang Zhaohui was also worried about this. The rebels came this time with tens of thousands of people, four times as many as his own side. Linyuan County was basically unable to defend itself.
At this time, the rebels led by Cao Rui had heavily surrounded Linyuan County. Cao Rui first persuaded the Linyuan County defenders to surrender. When the persuasion failed, Cao Rui ordered the rebels to begin attacking the city. A few days later, the rebels Linyuan County was captured.
After the rebels entered the city, they began to plunder the people in the city. Chen Haoyuan and his party prepared to escape from the city. However, the city was now full of rebels. Chen Haoyuan and his party were soon captured by a group of rebels. The caravan took away all the goods and vehicles.
Finally, the rebels also searched the people in the caravan. The rebels found a silver hairpin on Li Yong. Seeing that the hairpin was about to be taken away by the rebels, Li Yong immediately became anxious. This was Li Yong. Bought for my wife.
Li Yong immediately clashed with the rebels. Fang Qi saw that something was wrong and was about to step forward to stop him, but was knocked to the ground by the arrogant and unreasonable rebels. Li Yong was so angry that he started fighting with the rebels. He defeated more than a dozen rebels in a row. Seeing how brave Li Yong was, the rebels around him swarmed forward. With so many people attacking together, Li Yong soon became overwhelmed.
At this time, a rebel general rode up to him. The rebel general loudly stopped the rebels' behavior. Only then did Li Yong breathe. The rebel general admired Li Yong's ability very much, so he invited Li Yong to Be brave enough to join your team.
Li Yong calmed down at this time and knew that he was in trouble. Li Yong could only agree to the rebel general's invitation. Li Yong asked the rebel general to release the rest of the caravan, but the rebel general did not agree to Li Yong's invitation. Requesting, the rebel general said to Li Yong: "Now is the time for the rebels to employ people. Wouldn't it be better to join the King of Wei in making contributions?"
The people in the caravan had no choice but to join the rebels. At this time, Chen Haoyuan also regretted that he had not listened to Fang Hua's advice, but now it was too late to regret, and there was no regret medicine in the world.
The rebel general's name was Wu Bin, who was a commander of thousands in the rebel army. Wu Bin asked Li Yong to serve as a centurion under him, and then Li Yong began to follow Wu Bin in his expeditions east and west.
Under the constant attacks of the rebels, half of the twelve counties in Lingzhou were occupied by the rebels. The number of rebels now numbered 40,000 to 50,000, and they were still rising.
Emperor Gao Xi of the Jin Dynasty quickly summoned all civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures after learning of the rebellion in Lingzhou.
In the court hall, the ministers were a little surprised when they learned about the Lingzhou rebellion. The previous rebellions usually had around a few thousand people, and the largest number was tens of thousands. These small number of rebels would soon be eliminated. The local government suppressed the rebellion, and the scale of the rebellion in Lingzhou was not small. It had grown to tens of thousands, and the imperial court also took it seriously.
After deliberation, the imperial court appointed Fu Youde as the general to counter the rebellion and ordered him to lead an army of 50,000 to suppress the rebellion. After receiving the order from the imperial court, Fu Youde led the army to Lingzhou day and night. Fu Youde wanted to rush to Lingzhou as soon as possible. Destroy the rebels and report the good news to the emperor.
In the mansion of the prefect of Pingshan County in Lingzhou - King Wei Liu Jinrong is sitting in the lobby, which is the position that the prefect of Pingshan County used to occupy. Standing under the hall are the crown prince Liu Zixing, the military advisor Zhou Pingchang, the minister Ling Qiaotai, Zhennan General Dong Wei, General Cao Rui of Zhenbei, General Tang Yongxing of Zhenxi, and General Wang Danian of Zhendong.
This time, the imperial court sent an army of 50,000 to exterminate the rebels. Wei King Liu Jinrong was discussing with his ministers how to deal with it. The rebels now numbered almost 50,000. In fact, there was nothing to discuss. Just come and fight. .
In front of the formation of the two armies, Fu Youde, the counter-rebellion general, said to the rebels on the opposite side: The heavenly troops from the imperial court are coming, why don't you and other rebels quickly dismount and accept surrender?
Liu Jinrong, the king of Wei on the rebel side, said: The current emperor is fatuous and incompetent, and traitors in the court are in power. Why shouldn't we follow the destiny and rise up?
After the two sides exchanged words, the war began. This battle lasted from morning to evening. The two sides fought in darkness. At night, both sides blew their whistles and retreated their troops until they could fight again tomorrow.
Li Yong fought more and more fiercely. On the battlefield, Li Yong kept waving the serial sword in his hand and killed countless enemies. However, Chen Haoyuan started to fight. If Li Yong hadn't protected Chen Haoyuan during the fight, he would have been killed. He was hacked to death by officers and soldiers several times.
As a modern person, Chen Haoyuan has never seen such a bloody scene. After the battle, Chen Haoyuan vomited several times. Li Yong told Chen Haoyuan that everyone would be fine if it lasted like this for a long time.
The next morning, after everyone had eaten breakfast, the battle started again. In the end, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were defeated by the rebels with high morale. The officers and soldiers were defeated and fell thousands of miles away. The rebels took advantage of the victory and pursued and killed countless people.
Li Yong's immediate superior, Wu Bin, was promoted from a centurion to a commander of a thousand for his meritorious service in killing the enemy on the battlefield. Li Yong was also promoted from a centurion to a commander of a thousand for his meritorious service in killing the enemy.
After defeating the officers and soldiers, the rebels captured several counties in Lingzhou. The rebels grew rapidly and now have grown to 70,000 to 80,000 people. Wei Wang Liu Jinrong wanted to take advantage of the high morale of the rebels to capture Jiang, the capital of Lingzhou. Yanjun.
The rebels now have 70,000 to 80,000 troops, while Jiang Yan currently only has 20,000 defenders. Liu Jinrong feels that taking Jiang Yan County now should not be a big problem.
