King Fugu's real name is Wang Jiayin, and he is from Fugu County, the northernmost part of Yan'an Prefecture. In the first year of Chongzhen, due to lack of food in the famine, he and Wu Yangui and others organized a large number of local victims to rise up. First, they took over the mountain in Huanglong Mountain and gathered thousands of hungry people. They bravely attacked Fugu County. They were actually killed by them. Got it!
Fugu County is built on the edge of the Yellow River. On one side is the surging yellow water and on the other side are rolling mountains. The terrain couldn't be more dangerous. Moreover, the city is also very strong. It was built on the basis of the Fuzhou City of the famous Fuzhou Zhe family in the Western Army of the Song Dynasty.
The group of hungry people under Wang Jiayin would not have been able to conquer Fugu County. But this Wang Jiayin is a rebel who can use his brains. Moreover, he himself has served as a soldier in Yulin Town, has seen the world, and understands some things among officials and scholars. So he and his men disguised themselves as a general who had retired from Yulin Town and sneaked into the impregnable Fugu County.
At this time, there happened to be a group of hungry people from the surrounding villages gathered in Fugu City. They were incited by Wang Jiayin who had sneaked into the city, and they all rebelled together!
As a result, Fugu County was occupied, the county magistrate was killed, and the gentry who captured Fugu City had no chance of survival.
And Wang Jiayin is awesome. There are so many rebels in Shaanxi, who has ever captured a county? In other words, Wang Er conquered the county seat, right? And after taking the county seat, the only one who can still hold it is Wang Jiayin. This is the true anti-king of "containing anti-quantity"!
Those who plant flags in the ravines and rob a few local rich people are just "mountain kings" at best. Saying that they are "anti-kings" is simply putting money on their own faces!
Therefore, Wang Jiayin suddenly raised his tail and became the leading figure among the "anti-kings" on the 36th Road in Shaanxi. Even Wang Er, the leader of the uprising in Baishui County, was forced into despair by the army and led thousands of his subordinates to flee.
After taking in Wang Er's men, Wang Jiayin in Fugu City became the leader of the Shaanxi Thirty-sixth Route Rebel Army. So in June and July of the second year of Chongzhen, a hero post was sent out, inviting the heroes of the 35th Shaanxi Route to meet in Fugu County to discuss the important matter of opposing the foolish emperor Zhu Youjian. Moreover, the name "Fugu King" is also used. It is a bit unclear whether Fugu King means the person with the surname of Fugu, or the King of Fugu...
The future king of Chuang, Gao Yingxiang, was one of the thirty-five rebel kings invited by King Fugu. In late July of the second year of Chongzhen, he led hundreds of heroes to leave Ansai County and cross the mountains. to Fugu County, which is not far away.
Both Ansai County and Fugu County are actually on the edge of Yulin Town, an important town among the Thirteen Towns on Nine Sides - Yulin Town is a town with a very narrow terrain, extending along the northern border wall of Shaanxi, starting from Fugu County in the east and north of Qingshuiying, which passed through Shenmu, Yulin, Hengshan, Jingbian and Dingbian counties, and reached the border of Huamachi (now the eastern border of Yanchi County, Ningxia) in the west, was more than 1,200 miles long and had 36 fortresses and castles under its jurisdiction. According to an inspection during the Longqing period, the actual number of officers and soldiers in the town was more than 50,000, and there were more than 20,000 war horses.
Such a powerful town did not react at all to the civil uprising that happened right under its nose, and even watched Fugu County being occupied by rebels without any reaction. It seems that the Ming Dynasty has really exhausted its strength...
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In early August of the second year of Chongzhen, Fugu City.
This remote town under the nose of Yulin Town has become more and more lively these days. There were originally only a few thousand residents in the small county town, which was not as good as an ordinary town in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty. But now tens of thousands of people have gathered, and there are also a steady stream of heroes from all over Shaanxi, leading large groups of people to join the army!
The whole city suddenly became noisy and noisy, with groups of people coming and going. Every once in a while, groups of carriages loaded with food drove into the city! Behind and to the left and right of the carriage, there were rebels armed with weapons but wearing civilian clothes.
These grains were all dug out by the heroes of the rebel army from the homes of the gentry in various townships in Fugu County... There were tens of thousands of stones, enough for the heroes gathered in Fugu to eat for a while.
In addition to eating and drinking, the heroes who have gathered in Fugu are still discussing a good thing that makes people happy when talking about it - naming the king and setting up officials!
Rebellion! Of course, it was to become princes and generals... The slave chiefs in the northeast became khans, the chieftains in the southwest became kings, and of course the good men in Guanlong also had to take a share.
Now it is obvious that the deer has been lost! Why should the thirty-sixth anti-kings of Shaanxi Province join forces to conquer three parts of the world, right?
The entire Fugu is now filled with an exciting atmosphere.
At the west gate of Fugu City, there were several rebel heroes standing with swords on their backs. They stretched their necks and looked out. Suddenly one of them jumped up and said, "Ansai hero Gao Ruyue is here with his heroes!"
With a shout, all the rebel heroes gathered around, and sure enough, a group of people snaked towards them outside the west gate. A large flag with the word "high" is fluttering in the wind.
Gao Yingxiang is really a hero. The Ming Dynasty is not particularly depressed these days, so most of the heroes who rise up do not dare to act with their real names, and usually give themselves nicknames. "Gao Ruyue" is Gao Yingxiang's nickname, which means that his loyalty is as high as the mountains!
Moreover, the name "Gao Ruyue" did not just come out, but has been passed down in Yan'an and Yulin for many years. However, what was spread before was not Gao Ruyue, the rebel king, but Gao Ruyue, a hero who stole and sold horses... Gao Yingxiang was not a farmer who was about to starve to death, but a horse thief and horse trader who traveled around the country. The most famous one is, of course, the Jianghu eldest brother.
Therefore, many of the heroes who gathered in Fugu already recognized him.
More and more people gathered at the city gate. Seeing the horse team approaching, someone shouted loudly: "As high as a mountain, outside the gate, your loyalty is as strong as a mountain and as majestic as a mountain!"
Gao Yingxiang rode a big green horse, still wearing the iconic white clothes and white hat, and held his hands to the crowd with a smile on his face: "My dear heroes, I am Ansai Gao Ruyue, and I have been invited by King Fugu to come here today! "
Immediately, a man wearing a monk's robe and carrying a sword came out of the crowd and crossed his arms at Gao Yingxiang, "Monk Suide, by order of the leader of the alliance, we are here to welcome Gao Yingxiang!"
When Gao Yingxiang heard the name of Monk Wang, he quickly got off his horse and stepped forward to salute: "It turns out to be Military Advisor Wang, Gao Ruyue is polite."
Monk Wang's common name is Wang. Although he has become a monk, he is still a figure in the world of Yan'an and Yulin.
He was somewhat close to Wang Jiayin. When Wang Jiayin was entrenched in Huanglong Mountain, he also led a group of people to rebel, and then went to Huanglong Mountain to join forces. Because of his resourcefulness, he became Wang Jiayin's military advisor.
It was he who organized this Fugu Heroes Meeting.
"Commander Wang," Gao Yingxiang exchanged a few words with Monk Wang and then began to inquire, "Are there many good men coming and returning these days? Who are they? Can you tell me?"
Monk Wang smiled and said: "There are the two leaders of Baishui Wang, Hannan Wang Daliang, Luochuan Buzhanni, Wang Hu, Heisha Shen, Yichuan's Wang Zuogao, Feishan Tiger, Big Red Wolf, and Yan Cao Cao of Sichuan, breaking into the sky, Suide Laohui..."
Monk Wang reported twenty or thirty names in a row. Gao Yingxiang was counting while listening. It seemed that there were less than 36 families! Even if you include yourself and Monk Wang, there are still not enough 36 families. It seems like there are two missing! Gao Yingxiang couldn't remember who was missing.
Seeing Gao Yingxiang frowning a little, Monk Wang thought that the other party was worried about the lack of people, so he smiled and said: "It seems that there are less than 36 heroes in Fugu, but the heroes brought a lot of soldiers and horses, at least 50,000 to 60,000. The number. Now the officers and soldiers in Yulin Town and Shanxi Town dare not come to deal with us..."
Gao Yingxiang lowered his voice: "Commander Wang, I heard that the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty wants to personally conquer you, and he also leads an army of 100,000 people!"
One hundred thousand is more than fifty-six thousand! Can you beat it?
