Chen Haoyuan now works as a clerk for Wu Bin. This was recommended by Li Yong to Wu Bin, and Wu Bin also gave Li Yong face and agreed on the spot.
Li Yong actually did this for Chen Haoyuan's benefit. The main reason was that Chen Haoyuan's combat power was too stretched. Li Yong had to concentrate on protecting him during normal battles. As a clerk, he was relatively safer in battles. In this way, Li Yong will no longer have to be distracted when fighting in the future.
Zhou Pingchang, the rebel military advisor who protects the country, is going to visit an old friend of his today. Zhou Pingchang's old friend's surname is Guo and his name is Guo Huaiyi. He currently lives in Lishang County in Lingzhou.
Zhou Pingchang drove to Guo Huaiyi's house. When Guo Huaiyi learned that his friend was coming, he hurried out to greet him. After the two met, they greeted each other for a while, and then Guo Huaiyi invited Zhou Pingchang to the living room. The two had not seen each other for almost three years. , we chatted endlessly as soon as we met.
The two chatted until the evening. At this time, it was getting late and it was dinner time. Guo Huaiyi asked the servants at home to cook a few side dishes. After the dishes were ready, the two began to eat and chat again. During this period, Zhou Pingchang also invited Guo Huaiyi. Join the rebels with yourself.
Zhou Pingchang knew that his friend was knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and his abilities were far superior to his own. If he could join the rebels like himself, he would definitely achieve great things, and it would also be of great benefit to the rebels.
Zhou Pingchang also revealed to Guo Huaiyi that the rebels will soon attack Jiangyan County, the capital of Lingzhou. Once Jiangyan County is captured, the entire Lingzhou will belong to the rebels. Zhou Pingchang feels that it is quite useful to follow the rebels. promising.
Although Zhou Pingchang said a lot, Guo Huaiyi politely refused in the end. Even if his friend was unwilling to join the rebels, Zhou Pingchang couldn't force him.
Guo Huaiyi's home is in Lishang County, Lingzhou. Lishang County is now under the control of the rebels. Now the rebels will plunder the people in the city every time they capture a city. Guo Huaiyi's home was destroyed not long ago. A group of rebels robbed Guo Huaiyi's family, but they didn't have much money.
Guo Huaiyi spent most of his family's money on buying books, calligraphy and paintings. The family usually lived a bit tight, but as a scholar, Guo Huaiyi was fine with this.
The rebels didn't get anything valuable from Guo Huaiyi's house. As for the books and paintings that filled the house, the rebels didn't understand them. No matter how valuable they were, they were just a pile of waste paper in the eyes of the rebels.
Guo Huaiyi felt that the rebels would lose the support of the people if they did this. As the saying goes, "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world." If this continues, the rebels will be finished sooner or later. This is an important reason why Guo Huaiyi did not agree to join the rebels.
After the two had dinner, it was already getting late, so Guo Huaiyi left Zhou Pingchang to stay at home. The next morning, Zhou Pingchang had breakfast at Guo Huaiyi's house and left.
A few days later, Wei King Liu Jinrong personally led an army of 70,000 to attack Jiangyan County, the capital of Lingzhou. There were only 20,000 defenders in Jiangyan County, and the governor Song Baochang was worried about this.
Seventy thousand rebels had heavily surrounded Jiangyan County. King Liu Jinrong of Wei gave an order for the rebels to begin attacking the city. Half a month later, Jiangyan County was captured by the rebels. After entering the city, the rebels began to plunder the people in the city. The people were made miserable by the rebels.
After military advisor Zhou Pingchang learned about the situation, he quickly reported the matter to Wei King Liu Jinrong. Zhou Pingchang suggested that Liu Jinrong quickly order an order to stop the rebels' looting, and said that if this continued, he would lose the support of the people.
At this time, Zhennan General Dong Wei, who was standing aside, said: The soldiers who attacked Jiangyan County shed countless blood and sacrifices. It’s not a big deal to grab something now. Let’s treat it as a reward for them. Otherwise, everyone will feel bad. happy.
Liu Jinrong, the king of Wei, also felt that what Dong Wei just said made sense. After all, it was not easy for the soldiers to bleed and sacrifice all day long, so he ordered the soldiers to rob for three days. With King Wei's permission, the rebels were allowed to rob. More fun.
The rebels were raping and plundering crazily on the street. Li Yong was a man who hated evil and was very angry when he saw this scene. Li Yong saw a soldier raping women and was so angry that he took the guy to the street and stabbed him. Split.
When he saw someone robbing common people, Li Yong wanted to step forward and take care of it, but someone told Li Yong that this was the king's order. Since King Wei had given the order, Li Yong had no choice but to rob him.
Chen Haoyuan was filled with emotion when he saw this scene. Many of these rebel soldiers had just joined. Before joining the rebels, they were just ordinary people who were bullied. After joining the rebels, they picked up the knife and started to fight not long after. He bullied others and quickly became the person he hated most.
Chen Haoyuan told Li Yong that the King of Wei only asked everyone to rob for three days and did not say that he could kill people and rape him. Chen Haoyuan was actually reminding Li Yong, but Li Yong was not stupid and understood it immediately.
Next, Li Yong gathered all his men. Li Yong was a commander with a low hand and was in charge of more than 1,200 people. When everyone arrived, Li Yong told everyone that it was okay to grab something, but not to rape or kill. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning against others. Since you can't control others, you should control your own people. Everyone has heard about Li Yong's previous stabbing of a rapist, so everyone dare not not listen to Li Yong's words.
After the rebels captured Jiangyan County, they quickly occupied the entire Lingzhou. Wei King Liu Jinrong also designated Jiangyan County as the royal capital. The rebel army has now grown to 100,000 troops. Wei King Liu Jinrong and his ministers are confident Doubling, Liu Jinrong next prepared to attack Shangzhou to the north of Lingzhou.
Zhou Pingchang came to the home of his friend Guo Huaiyi again. Guo Huaiyi asked his servants to make some side dishes and the two of them ate and chatted. Zhou Pingchang told Guo Huaiyi that the rebels would soon attack Tong'an County, the capital of Shangzhou. By then, the entire The capital of Shangzhou will be rebels.
After hearing this, Guo Huaiyi kindly reminded Zhou Pingchang that there are still many defenders in Shangzhou and the capital Tong'an County has strong walls. Guo Huaiyi suggested that the rebels should capture some other counties in Shangzhou first, so that they can continue to grow their troops and at the same time If Tong'an County is isolated, Tong'an County will be much easier to fight.
However, Zhou Pingchang felt that it would not be a big problem for the rebels to capture Tong'an County now that they had a hundred thousand troops. Guo Huaiyi saw that Zhou Pingchang was unmoved by what he just said, so he said no more.
King Liu Jinrong of Wei asked his son Liu Zixing, Shangshu Ling Qiao Tai, and Zhendong General Wang Danian to lead 20,000 troops to stay in Lingzhou, while he personally led 80,000 troops to attack Shangzhou. The rebels claimed to have an army of 100,000.
Gao Li, the governor of Shangzhou, heard that the rebel king Liu Jinrong personally led an army of 100,000 to attack Tong'an County, the capital of Shang, so he quickly gathered troops to defend.
Soon after, Wei King Liu Jinrong led the rebels to heavily surround Tong'an County. At this time, 30,000 defenders gathered in Tong'an County.
The governor Gao Li often practiced martial arts on weekdays, and he also had a trace of blood on his body. Moreover, Gao Li was the uncle of the current emperor Gao Xi. Gao Li thought that the old Gao family could not be lost, so Gao Li came to the front to personally supervise the battle and the rebels. After the decisive battle to the end, the soldiers defending the city were also inspired and their morale greatly increased.
When the rebels were ready, Wei King Liu Jinrong began to order an attack on the city. The rebels continued to attack Tong'an County for half a month but failed to capture it. Liu Jinrong was also anxious about this.
The Tong'an County garrison is having a hard time defending now. After all, there are 80,000 rebels coming this time. The governor Gao Li is also very worried now.
The rebels then attacked for another ten days, but they still failed to capture Tong'an County and suffered a lot of casualties. In the end, Liu Jinrong had to order the troops to retreat and make other plans.
When the governor Gao Li saw that the rebels had retreated, he was finally relieved. If the rebels persisted in attacking for a few more days, Tong'an County might really be lost.
In the end, Gao Li personally went to the city wall to kill the enemy, and even shouted, "The city will be destroyed and people will die." Fortunately, Tong'an County still defended in the end, Gao Li thought to himself.
