The reason why Zhao Zaili had the strange idea of surrendering and losing half was because he felt that his rebellion could be forgiven.
What! Can rebellion and rebellion be forgiven?
It wasn't possible in other dynasties, but it seems to be possible in the Five Dynasties.
Rebellion in other dynasties would definitely be a serious crime of genocide, but in the Five Dynasties, it was just an ordinary farce among countless similar farces.
Not to mention that this is Wei Bo's Yabing, a model of the Fifth Generation Yabing. Isn't that standard equipment?
Therefore, Zhao Zaili did not regard this rebellion as a serious matter. The only thing he felt was different from the past was that the atmosphere in the world had really changed.
In the past, if there were rebellions involving Wei Boya Bing and later the Silver Spear Festival, there would be tens of thousands of people ready to join in three to five days, armed with their own swords, guns, armor and stomachs.
But this time, he, Zhao Zaili and Liu Jixun, who were from Weibo, took the initiative to recruit, but only three to four hundred people responded. Times have indeed changed.
Speaking of which, the reason why Zhao Zaili jumped out and took the initiative to rebel was because of wealth.
Originally, after Zhang Zhi took control of Tokyo, he really wanted to find an opportunity to kill Zhao Zaili, because the name of Zhao Zaili was so resounding. He almost ran through the entire five generations and was the most typical embodiment of the five generations of warriors.
Greedy, arrogant, cruel, cunning, and unfaithful. The word "eyesore" used to describe him, Zhao Zaili, has even become a common word used by later generations to describe the person who wants to get rid of him quickly and hates him the most.
But at that time, after the Battle of Luoyang, Zhao Zaili was very discerning. Zhang Yan was still in Luoyang, so he became the first commander of the Later Jin Dynasty to lead his troops to kill the Khitans in Kaifeng Mansion, Tokyo, in response to Li Cunhui.
By the time Zhang Gao discovered this thorn in his side, he had turned around and became a hero in welcoming the new emperor.
I, Zhang Shengren, am a reasonable person. Although I wanted to kill Zhao Zaili immediately, I did not do it because of my personal preferences.
But there was always a thorn in his heart, so he seized on Zhao Zaili's painful extortion, and kept sending people to his door to hint Zhao Zaili, suggesting that only by handing over the ill-gotten gains could he save his life.
I, Zhang Sage, am so greedy!
He Ning made a rough calculation for Zhang Gao. Zhao Zaili only counted the property in his hometown of Weizhou and the gold and silver stored in his home, which amounted to at least one million yuan.
If his shops and properties in Chang'an, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Xuchang, Shangqiu, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places are included, they would be worth at least 1.5 million yuan.
If so much property belongs to Zhang Zhang, then I, Saint Zhang, can use this money to support the reconstruction of water conservancy facilities in Hebei and bear part of the travel expenses for people from all over the country to move to Liaodong.
Land property can be used to level the land, and shops in various places can be used to reward meritorious officials.
However, Zhang Yan sent people to the door to give hints three or four times, and even Zhang Lieming, the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guards, came to the door in person, but Zhao Zaili still refused to let go.
This old boy is a bastard who is determined to put his mind on the scale. Not to mention all his property, he is not prepared to give out even 10,000 guan.
Because in Zhao Zaili's eyes, these money are more important than his life!
This is the family fortune that he accumulated through all the wind and rain, almost being killed by the soldiers below him several times, and the emperor and the king from above.
Even because what he did was so immoral, people in the world cursed him to cut off his descendants. By coincidence, among Zhao Zaili's four sons, except for the eldest, who lived to be more than 20 years old, all the others did not live past the age of 20.
As a result, Zhao Zaili had a lot of wives and concubines and gave birth to a lot of children. Now except for three daughters and a single grandson, he has no close relatives.
Therefore, in Zhao Zaili's eyes, this family property of more than one million guan was not money. It was the lives of his four sons. How could he be willing to dedicate it to Zhang Xian.
Therefore, Zhang Yan had long been interested in killing Zhao Zaili, and Zhao Zaili knew that the emperor would definitely find a reason to kill him, so rebellion became a natural thing.
But now Zhao Zaili discovered that he and Liu Jixun could only summon a few hundred people, and even the Inspection Department of Yanhe Fort could not defeat them.
This expert in waging war and chaos finally realized that times had changed.
He suddenly felt that if he could surrender, he would lose half of it, no! It is not impossible to only keep one or two hundred thousand yuan for your grandson and donate the rest.
Hmm..., a bit whimsical, but also a bit reasonable.
Because Zhao Zaili’s greatest asset was his hoard of gold and silver, and there were no banks in this era. Zhao Zaili had already melted the gold and silver into balls or long strips and buried them. He also killed all the servants and craftsmen who knew about it. If he didn't tell me, it wouldn't be easy to find him.
Considering the situation since the Later Tang Dynasty, as long as the rebel commanders below kneel down and beg for mercy, there is a high probability that they can survive.
They all come from the north and east of Hedong. There are times when everyone does not know what is good and what is bad, and it is convenient for themselves and others.
So after having this idea, Zhao Zaili immediately winked at his confidants.
The confidant is actually more afraid than Zhao Zaili, because he knows the power of Dazhou better than Zhao Zaili, an old man who has not left Weizhou City for many years, or even the mansion.
Hell, there are bow and arrow societies and gun and stick societies all over the mountains and plains. Wealthier places even have Helong and Qiji societies in Guanzhong.
Moreover, there is an ascending route from Fanshang Yicong - Changzheng Jianyong - County Xuedou - Guards Army Chief and Team Deputy - Forbidden Army Xiaorui - Pro-Army Henchman.
What’s even more frightening is that there are substitutes for this route. For example, if you go to the county school and you can’t get up to the first step, you can also go to the county government to be a Wuhou, go to the Weisuo Army to accept Juntian and be a fire chief, etc. The petty official.
If you retire from the imperial army and the pro-army, you can become a local patrol inspector or centurion of the guard army. Military officers even have the power of county lieutenants, tax ambassadors, etc.
This is a great attraction for a native leopard who was born in the countryside and is eager to change his destiny. There are many people who are willing to risk their lives in exchange.
The confidants could even feel that in the woods around the fort along the river, there were red-eyed 'earth leopards' looking at them with eagerness everywhere.
It's better to run, and run back to Weizhou first. If that doesn't work, the confidant took one look at Zhao Zaili, so he had no choice but to take Zhao Weng's family to buy his own life.
Feeling anxious, his confidants quietly brought in a few horses and called on a dozen of the knights who were usually closest to him.
Zhao Zaili looked at Liu Jixun, who was almost fifty years old in the distance, and personally rushed to the front to climb the wall of the fort along the river to take a look.
The poor guy was robbed of all his property by the Khitans in Tokyo. His wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law were all stabbed to death by the Khitans. His son was beaten to death outside Yanshi City, leaving him alone.
In the past, I had a lot of enemies, but now I have no official position. If I don't rebel, I don't know when someone will come to kill me.
"Let's go! You follow me back to Weizhou and kowtow to the emperor and confess your sins. I have given up all my family property to keep you."
Zhao Zaili thought it would be better to comfort him and show him some kindness. After all, if he could save his life, the remaining one hundred and twenty thousand yuan of family property would still have to be protected by these people.
The confidants also nodded happily. As long as they returned to Weizhou, they could either run away or buy a way out for Zhao Zaili and his family. It would be much better than what they were doing now.
However, he glanced at the surrounding trees uneasily, fearing that a group of desperate native leopards would emerge from there.
It's a pity that sometimes good things don't work but bad things happen.
When Zhao Zaili ran away under the protection of his cronies, Kang Sanlang's entire family of forty or fifty people had been lying in wait in the woods for a long time.
The reason why they didn't dare to come up was because Zhao Zaili and the others all had armor, and apart from attacking Yanhe Fort, there were also twenty or thirty people there.
Among the Kang family members, there were only two or three spears and one bow, and the rest of the weapons were all farm tools, not to mention the armor and stomach.
If they rush out like this, there will be no second consequence other than death, so they have never dared to go out.
But now, Zhao Zaili and more than ten people want to run away, that is their opportunity.
Kozaburo kept breathing in the cold air, using the feeling of coldness reaching his lungs to try to stabilize his trembling hands and feet.
He, Yasuzaburo, trained hard regardless of the cold or heat, but he just didn’t want to dig in the soil for food like his father. To be an official, he needs to eat a lot of fat and drink a lot of wine.
He wanted to marry a girl with black hair, black eyes and fair skin, so that her son and grandson would no longer be laughed at since childhood because of his yellow hair and gray eyes.
Under the gaze of more than a hundred pairs of eyes, Zhao Zaili and more than ten cavalrymen passed by the woods where Kang Sanlang and the others were ambushing. Kang Sanlang took a deep breath, held the hunting bow and suddenly shot five or six arrows in a few breaths.
The arrowheads were made of sharpened sheep bones, the arrow shafts were not straight, and the hunting bow lacked strength, so Yasuzaburo had to use quantity to make up for quality.
He was very lucky, because Zhao Zaili and others were running away and did not dare to wear armor. Instead, they put the armor on the horse behind them.
So even though they were arrows shot from a hunting bow, the arrows all pierced into the body of Zhao Zaili's follower at the front, causing him to scream in pain. The horse was also hit by an arrow in its butt, and it suddenly hissed and started flying. Got out.
"Kill the thief!" With the sound of a gong, the young men of the Kang family howled and rushed towards Zhao Zaili and others from the woods, like vicious dogs attacking their prey.
Moreover, their division of labor was very clear. Some of them surrounded him from the front and back, and the fastest and most courageous ones went straight to Zhao Zaili.
Such an old man went to the battlefield, and he looked like a high-ranking official, bah! At first glance, he is the leader of the thieves. If he is captured, military glory will be obtained.
Kang Gouzi didn't take anything, so he ran the fastest. Just by hearing his name, you knew what kind of situation he was in.
The Kang family is only in their thirties in this generation, but he can't even get the rank of Kang Sansanlang, so he only deserves to be called Kang Gouzi.
When his eldest sister, who loved him most, got married, her parents couldn't afford the dowry and the engagement was annulled. She was so frustrated that she committed suicide by jumping into a river. The younger brother obviously has a talent for reading, but he can only be called Kang Ergouzi like him.
A Niang is sick, and I can only watch her being tortured to death by her illness.
Kang Gouzi never wanted to live like this again. He didn't want his family to continue being called by Er Gouzi and San Gouzi, and he had no intention of living.
Amid the howls, Kang Gouzi actually looked like a hyena. He howled like a vicious dog, jumped on Zhao Zaili's horse side, grabbed Zhao Zaili's thigh, and gave him a crazy meal. Pull.
The war horse was frightened. It kicked and kicked, but failed. Zhao Zaili was so frightened that he yanked the handle of the knife and wanted to kill Kang Gouzi.
But in this panic, he couldn't draw out the knife. Zhao Zaili had no choice but to smash the knife with the sheath.
One, two, three times, Kang Gouzi was hit with blood all over his face, his legs dragged on the snow and he almost lost consciousness.
But he didn't let go, and tried his best to lift his leg to kick the little bird of Zhao Zaili's horse under his crotch.
His mouth kept howling crazily, "Sanlang! Sanlang! Sanlang!"
Even though he was a eunuch, the place where he was peeing was hit hard from time to time, and it still hurt so much that he soon slowed down.
Just like this, countless Kang family members rushed towards him from all directions. They threw away their weapons, and in order to run faster, many people risked their lives to pull the horse's tail or even hug the horse's legs.
Finally, the war horse could no longer hold up and was surrounded by more than a dozen people and fell to the ground. Zhao Zaili had long been torn off the horse by them.
Seeing that Zhao Zaili was gone, the remaining cronies panicked. How could they dare to tangle with these desperate local leopards? They hurriedly beat their horses and ran away.
Shocking cheers rang out, and the strong men of the Kang family, covered in blood, cheered and shouted filial piety. They knocked down four people in total and captured the leader of the thieves.
The confidant didn't run far, because the gong sounded everywhere in the land.
There are people from the eight villages around Yanhebao, an inspection department, and Huazhou Zhongwei.
Zhao Zaili opened his mouth wide and was about to beg for mercy. He wanted to say that he would use his family wealth to buy his life, but Kang Sanlang grabbed a handful of mud, shoved it into Zhao Zaili's mouth, and then covered his mouth.
"Let's go! Let's go quickly! Someone from the Black Burger Zhao family is here, don't let those idiots steal our work!"
