Now that the boss has been selected, the next thing to do is to recruit troops and prepare for the uprising.
Several people discussed together and planned to capture the county government office first. Then Wang Da led a few people to the county government office. At this time, there were only a few handymen left in the county government office. As soon as the servants saw Wang Da and others, they came to the county government office. He was so frightened that he ran away like an evil spirit. Guaigui and his gang dared to kill even the county magistrate, so that was not too fierce.
Wang Da was sitting in the lobby of the county government office at this time. Before this, the county magistrate Cao Wannian sat in the seat. Wang Da felt uncomfortable sitting on it now. This was something he never dared to dream about before.
Then, Wang Da and others came to the backyard of the county government office. Magistrate Cao's family and some servants lived in the backyard. However, these people had already run away from the back door of the courtyard when they saw Wang Da and others coming. Wang Da and others came to the backyard. The magistrate Cao's family was completely plundered. Cao Wannian had plundered many people during his years as magistrate of Zhengyang County.
Mr. Wang and others collected a lot of money from his house. Seeing so much money in front of them, their eyes were filled with gold. They were ordinary people who had never seen so much money in their lives! However, after seeing so much money, Wang Da didn't just think about himself. Wang Da wanted to distribute all the money to poor people like himself.
At this time, Zhou Pingchang said that since we want to revolt, we must recruit soldiers and horses. Recruiting soldiers and horses all costs money. The money should be used as the starting capital for the uprising. When Wang and others heard this, they felt that Zhou Pingchang That does make sense.
On the next day, Wang Da summoned all the nearby people, and then announced the uprising to everyone. In these years, the people of Zhengyang have been squeezed by the county magistrate Cao Wannian, and some of them can't even live anymore. , hearing that Wang Da was going to rebel, many people chose to join.
Next, Wang Da and others opened the granary in the county to put food for everyone. The people were very happy after receiving the food. More people were willing to join Wang Da's uprising team. In the end, there were five people with Wang Da. About a hundred people.
Wang Da also appointed Zhou Pingchang as prime minister, Chen Sankuai as general, Wei Dahu as left guard general, and Wei Erhu as right guard general. After doing this, Wang Da led these people to attack nearby counties.
County towns in ancient times basically had no defensive force. Wang Da and his group quickly captured several nearby county towns, and the number of people quickly increased from 500 to 2,000 to 3,000.
In the Prefecture of Xintian County - Prefect Sun Changhao learned that someone dared to rebel in the area under his jurisdiction. He thought that this was a big deal and he had to wipe out this group of rebels as soon as possible, so Sun Changhao quickly summoned two thousand people to go and wipe out the rebels. Rebellious thief.
Wang Da also got the news soon. When Wang Da learned that the government had sent two thousand troops to eliminate him, he was not afraid at all. He directly led more than two thousand troops and the government army to do it. Wang Da Wang Da was a pig butcher before, so the weapons Wang Da used were two pig-butcher knives.
Wang Da used these two pig-butchering knives very smoothly. On the battlefield, Wang Da kept waving the two pig-butchering knives in his hands. Many officers and soldiers were chopped to the ground by Wang Da's pig-butchering knives. The rebels looked at themselves. The boss was so brave that he fought with the enemy without fear of death.
In the end, the officers and soldiers were no match for the rebels and returned in defeat. The rebels won the final victory. At this time, Wang Da's body was covered with blood, both from his enemies and from his own. Looking at the fleeing officers and soldiers, Wang Da thought to himself that he had finally won. , after winning the victory, the rebels began to clean up the battlefield.
The victory in this battle greatly increased the confidence of the rebel army, and also made Wang Da's rebel army famous. After defeating the official army, the rebel army captured some county towns, and its number grew to more than 6,000 people.
Now that the number of rebels is increasing, Prime Minister Zhou Pingchang suggested that Wang Da attack Xintian County. General Chen Sankuai also thought Zhou Pingchang's suggestion was good. As the number of rebels continued to increase, Wang Da had already Not content with capturing the county seat, Wang Da listened to Zhou Pingchang's advice and prepared to attack Xintian County.
Not long after, Wang Da personally led 6,000 troops to attack Xintian County. Last time, Taishou Sun sent 2,000 troops to eliminate the rebels but ended in failure. Now the rebels have directly attacked Xintian County. Grand Administrator Sun was quite worried when he learned that the rebels were coming to attack Xintian County. After all, the two thousand defenders in Xintian County were not that many.
Wang Da led the rebel army to the city of Xintian County. When everything was ready, Wang Da ordered the rebel army to start attacking the city. The rebel army continued to attack Xintian County for more than ten days, but still could not defeat it. Wang Da is still quite anxious now. Wang Da even thought about doing it himself if it doesn't work.
Zhou Pingchang told Wang Da not to be too anxious. He felt that the enemy could not hold out for much longer now. Under the repeated attacks by the rebels in the past few days, the defenders of Xintian County were indeed about to lose their hold. Sun Changhao, the prefect, was also very anxious at this time.
Seeing that Xintian County could not be captured for a long time, Chen Sankuai decided to go in person and capture Xintian County no matter what. Wang Da initially did not agree with Chen Sankuai's attack in person, thinking it was too dangerous, but under Chen Sankuai's control After repeated insistence, Wang Da finally agreed. Chen Sankuai personally led the siege team and finally captured Xintian County a few days later.
After capturing Xintian County, Wang Da gave Chen Sankui credit. After entering Xintian County, Wang Da stipulated that only wealthy people were allowed to be robbed, not ordinary people. Then the rebels began to plunder the wealthy people in Xintian County. Rich people, as for those ordinary people, it doesn't matter how much money they have at home.
In the Prefecture of Xintian County - Wang Da is sitting in the lobby. This position was previously occupied by Prefect Sun Changhao. Wang Da feels that this position is more satisfying than that of the county magistrate. Below the lobby are the Prime Minister Zhou Pingchang and the General. Chen Sankuai, left guard general Wei Dahu, right guard general Wei Erhu, and newly joined Dingyuan general Guo Kai.
Guo Kai was originally the leader of a group of bandits nearby, with more than a hundred people under his command. At first, Guo Kai couldn't stand the oppression of the government, so he went to the mountains to become a bandit. Recently, he heard that there was an uprising nearby, and even Xintian County was uprising by this group. After being occupied by the army, Guo Kai felt that there was no future in being a bandit all the time, so he led his men to defect to Wang Da and was named General Dingyuan by Wang Da.
Chen Sankuai made his first contribution by attacking Xintian County. Wang Da rewarded him with a lot of jewels. As for those who had made great contributions to him, Wang Da also gave many rewards one by one. Wang Da was a very loyal man. People are never stingy with their brothers. In Wang Da’s words, brothers should share blessings and hardships.
Zheng Zhizhou, the governor of Wanzhou, learned that Xintian County had been occupied by the rebels. Then Zheng Zhizhou sent his general Liu Yong to lead 10,000 troops to eliminate the rebels.
The rebel army now has about 8,000 troops. Wang Da learned that the government had captured 10,000 troops this time to eliminate him. Wang Da was a big boss and didn't know how to attack the enemy directly when they came. So Wang Da led The rebel army and the official army started to fight.
The two sides fought together for a whole day, from morning to evening. In the last battle, the rebel army was more numerous than the official army, but in this battle, the official army was more numerous than the rebel army. Wang Da clearly felt that this time It was much more difficult to fight than last time. Although it was more difficult to fight this time, the rebel army won in the end, and Liu Yong led the defeated officers and soldiers to escape back.
In the evening, Wang Da hosted a banquet for everyone in the prefect's mansion to celebrate the victory of the battle. Everyone was very happy that they had won the battle. Everyone stayed drunk until midnight before going back. Many people drank until they were unconscious and were carried back by their men.
