At dusk, a few people approached Emei and settled temporarily in a small town.
Zhao Zhengli and others were very surprised; the people in this town were extremely arrogant. They would deal with the pavilion chief today and the village officials tomorrow, and even the elders who caught thieves for their own interests would not be spared a beating.
Although these official titles are not among the ninth rank, they are still in the official royal family. How dare they openly challenge them?
The next moment everyone was shocked. A group of common people were surrounding the village official's old house, led by several neighborhood elders.
What is the leader of a neighbor? Five households constitute one neighbour, one hundred households constitute one li, ten li constitute one pavilion, and ten pavilions constitute one township.
It can be seen that the neighbor chief is the link between the officials and the people. The neighbor chief is also an official and a farmer. He plays the role of running errands, conveying messages and coordinating the neighbors. Most of the time, he is still digging the land and farming. It can be seen that the neighbor chief is also a farmer. ; No matter in public or in private, it is wise to turn against the people.
After all, there have been rumors; in some places, even the county magistrate has been hit, but he, a small neighbor, can still tell the difference.
In the old house surrounded by dozens of people, the only thing that could be heard was the choked and aggrieved apology tone of the township official.
“It’s my fault that the Shu government is so corrupt and dark, and I have no choice but to look down on my neighbors.”
After questioning, it was found that this township official often collaborated with the gangsters to prey on the common people. Now that the anti-corruption campaign in Shu is fierce, he naturally cannot escape the hands of the people.
It is really rare for the people to rebel against the officials, but when the oppression is extreme, there will be resistance. If it is difficult to survive and death is inevitable, who wouldn't want to give it a try? If there was a chance of survival, who would dare to commit suicide?
A few people were asking around while walking, but there was no need to ask. Wherever there were people in the world, there was always talk. From teahouses to wine shops to inns, almost everyone could talk freely.
It's just that there is no news about the few of them who returned to Shu from the border.
When they heard that Situ Jianzhuang had been massacred and that the owner of the village, Situ Qing, was missing, several people's expressions changed, including Zhao Zhengli, who could not move, who was also horrified.
Although he had expected it, he was still shocked when it was confirmed.
There is also breaking news later. The bandit suppression team on the eastern front was basically destroyed. According to the shocked oral accounts of the survivors, there was a melee that day, with more than 100 casualties. There were five grandmasters. In the end, two were lost. The one who took action was the grand master of Emei. Aunt Yun Chan and old Grandmaster Situ Lan.
Wolong Villa, more than ten miles away from Shu County Prefecture, was also destroyed.
Nearly a hundred people were killed or injured, and the lowest level was in the junior master realm. There were dozens of master masters, and as many as two grand masters had died. The person who took action still escaped unharmed, and it is still unknown who did it.
Thirty miles away from Emei, a group battle broke out among the masters, and the two masters were killed by scimitar blades.
Emei stretches for 20 miles and has traces of a duel comparable to that of a great master. Mountain forests collapsed, boulders shifted, and deep pits and cracks tens of meters deep were left. The forest vegetation withered into pieces, suspected to be caused by poison, and was similar to the poison in the inn. It was consistent and was also confirmed to be the work of the survivors of Nanzhao Kingdom and Zhao Daozhang who was suppressing bandits along the way.
For the first time, people in the Jianghu felt that the lives of the monks were worthless. The unpredictable masters and the unmatched great masters were not invincible. They were also wiped out by others. They all speculated that there would be a land god to save the world. This has also become a common theme among the Jianghu and Shu in recent days. The main backer of the people's resistance to corrupt officials settled old scores without any worries.
When I learned that Biyu Birou and the Emei disciples were searching for the missing Taoist Zhao, I felt somewhat emotional after hearing this, and that I would sacrifice my life to protect them.
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Situ Yao, who had always aspired to become a heroine in the world, suddenly fell silent. To be precise, she was all taciturn.
After a long time, everyone guessed Zhao Zhengli's identity. Even if they did not believe that this young and handsome man had the strength to become a great master of the War of Resistance, they still chose to believe it.
I also learned the details from Zhao Zhengli, but he didn't know the follow-up to Situ Jianzhuang, let alone the other battlefields.
After hearing this, Situ Yao rode a fast horse back to Situ Jianzhuang in Shunlongtan alone. She did not believe that all this was true.
The other disciples of Jianzhuang were worried and followed him. There was one person who stayed to take care of Zhao Zhengli. The young Taoist priest saw what he was thinking, so he asked him to bring a letter with a flying pigeon to send a message to Emei, so that he could go back to Situ Jianzhuang together. Just pretend he has no regrets.
Before dark, a group of female disciples from Emei rushed to the inn in a hurry. Biyu Birou cried when she saw him, which disturbed the people in the inn town.
We see a lot of women, and we see a lot of beautiful women, but a group of pretty ones is really rare. The picture is very impactful.
After a while, in full view of everyone, several beautiful women carried the handsome man who couldn't move and left the town. This was really the envy of others.
It took a long time for the uninformed Jianghu people to understand why the beautiful man needed to be carried, among thousands of flowers; no matter how strong he was, he did not suffer any hardship, leaving everyone with admiration and envy.
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Major events happened one after another in Shu County, which spread throughout the world and also spread to other countries.
Master Muni, the master of Tubo, immediately reported information that could dismantle Qing's territory after returning to China.
When the Tubo leader Songgan Zanpu heard that the Qing Kingdom could be dismantled without the use of weapons, he immediately agreed to handle the matter and asked him to select a group of warriors he liked.
A Tibetan team quietly hid in the rivers and lakes and crossed the border to the south, and Qing's spies also immediately reported the Tibetan news.
In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the scorching sun is shining in the sky. The most anxious people are the Shu governor, the military and political envoy, and the two leaders of Yizhou.
They did not want to have their vassal military power reduced, nor did they want to be supervised by civil servants and scholars sent by the court. They couldn't stand it, so they plotted against Qing.
The two of them are like grasshoppers tied to a rope. Even if you think about it with your buttocks, you can understand that all this is the imperial court's method. At present, there is no one available at the Jianghu level. The only option is to gather troops to resist forcefully, cooperate with Tubo internally and externally, and completely cooperate with the imperial court. Break the skin.
In mid-July, the governor of Shu and Jiedushi gathered 80,000 troops to guard the east and north.
To the west is Tubo and to the south is Dali.
In previous years, he should have guarded against these two countries, but now opening the back door to the enemy country shows that he has completely rebelled, and sent a support signal to Tibet in advance, so that he can safely hand over the rear.
The people in Shu County were panicked and the people were in mourning. At this moment, the survivors of the Nanzhao Kingdom, who were on the fence between Dali and the Qing Kingdom, began to fan the flames and planned to have an oriole behind them.
This move angered the world of Shu, and a group of masters and masters suddenly appeared on the border between Dali and Qing. They killed several groups of Nanzhao survivors. The murderous aura spread to the watching capital of Dali, and the two countries were temporarily confused. The situation at the junction was tense and people were trembling.
Just as all parties were in full swing, a team appeared across the western border of Shu, cutting off the border between Tubo and Shu, directly controlling several cities in western Shu and the north bordering Shu; the Xingyuan Army on Lizhou Road took advantage of the situation and moved thousands southward. The cavalry guarded the western border, like divine soldiers descending from heaven, completely cutting off the main route from Tibet to Shu.
The Gobi Iron Cavalry in the Northwest has been famous for a long time. As early as the troubled times when the emperors took turns taking turns in the disputes between the ten kingdoms, the Gobi Iron Cavalry frightened Jiedushi from all over the country. Together with Lanzhou Prefecture's Changqiang Qin Fengjun and Jing Zhaofu Mo Dao Yongxing's Army, they were also called the Northwest. The "Three Tiger Roaring Armies" ranked among the top five in Daqing's 24th Road Administrative District. The armies of the three states directly deterred the Xixia in the northwest and the Khitan in the north, which showed their general ferocity.
In addition, there are Zhending Prefecture, Daming Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture, and the three route armies. Together they are called the "Six Lions of Zhenbei" of Daqing Kingdom. The six armies charge into battle and are divided into iron armor, heavy armor, and black armor. There are more than ten thousand. There are tens of thousands of infantry and light cavalry in the formation.
Although there were only a few thousand armored cavalry heading south to the western border this time, it was enough to deter Tibet for the time being. Both Tibet and Khitan were mainly nomadic and were good at plundering on horseback. There were many Tubo vassals that were not unified by the Khitan, and they lacked systems and overall equipment. Of course, horses were not However, there is still a lack of decent armor. At this moment, thousands of cavalry are running horizontally; unless Tubo is ready for a war between the two countries.
Even if several tribes are ambitious, it will be difficult to unite them in a short time.
Even if they are ready to invade the south, the three thousand cavalry still have the capital to fight for several rounds. This does not include the mysterious army that swept over and occupied several cities. It is obvious that the situation in Tubo has become passive.
That mysterious army was the army from Kuizhou in the east. They were good at concealment and assassination. They had detoured north from the junction of Dali and sneaked into cities in the western part of Shu as early as half a month ago.
The person leading the team was none other than Xiao Yong, the number one assassin of the Kui clan. He had assassinated dozens of commanders and several Jiedushi envoys during the troubled times of the Ten Kingdoms.
It was a great feat in the era when Jiedushi was the king and hegemon. At that time, Jiedushi had great military power, comparable to the emperors of prefectures and counties. You can imagine the difficulty and risks, but Xiao Yong was able to succeed many times. His strength was terrifying.
This formation far exceeded the predictions of the Tubo Imperial Army. They did not expect the Qing army to be so fast. The only explanation is advance planning and deployment. Sending troops at this moment will definitely cause war between the two countries. Using Jianghu methods requires at least dozens of masters. It is obviously short-term. It is impossible to raise time, and even if there are dozens of masters, it is difficult to guarantee that the world of Shu will not participate.
That day, he learned that Wolong Villa was massacred, so he returned to Tubo almost overnight. Later, he heard that the master of Shu was encircling and suppressing the forces of Nanzhao. Before that, he seriously underestimated the world of Shu.
At present, Tubo is definitely not willing to meet the Qing Kingdom's swordsmen. First, the Tubo tribes are not united.
Secondly, if a war breaks out, Xixia in the north and Dali in the south may not stab the two countries in the back.
Considering this, I really don’t dare to move.
Hearing the news that Tibet would not send troops, Governor Liu and Jiedushi's 80,000 soldiers panicked and wanted to fight to the death. The voices of advice from the families of the soldiers began to be heard in the army.
"Son, I thought you joined the army to protect your family and country, but I don't want my son to use a knife to rebel in the land where you were born and raised!"
"Brother, my sister has been abused by bandits over the years, and my mother was also killed. Recently, when I resisted the county government, I learned that the bandits were actually the county magistrate's subordinates, and the person who persecuted and insulted my sister was actually the county magistrate's son-in-law. My sister doesn't want me to Brother, you have to work hard for such an official!"
"Alang! In the past, you often said that Shu was brought to purgatory by the Liu family and his son. Now the imperial court has taken action to rectify it. Don't resist when the time comes!"
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Governor Liu and the Jiedushi immediately blocked the family letters of the three armies and severely punished the spread of rumors, but it was too late. People's hearts and minds were dispersed, and the morale of the army naturally collapsed.
What Commander Liu has done over the years has been seen by all. In the past, he was forced by the majesty, but now it is different. If he and Commander Liu and others resisted the court, it would be a capital crime to destroy the nine tribes. If Tubo did not send troops to help, how could tens of thousands of people resist Daqing? The situation is hopeless. The seats where the founding fathers, princes, and prime ministers were honored were no longer attractive. The three soldiers were panic-stricken and lacked momentum.
After resting for a few days, Jiedushi sent his troops to move westward, expecting to break away and connect with Tibet.
Faced with three thousand heavy cavalry and the call of relatives from Shu, the soldiers surrendered without fighting every time. Several times in a row, most of the eighty thousand horses were reduced by half.
Governor Liu and Jiedushi knew that the situation was over, and the accumulation of two generations collapsed in less than a month. The result almost drove Liu Yuanji crazy, and they also witnessed with their own eyes what "a defeat is like a mountain".
His disheveled hair has turned gray for nearly half a month, his Chinese-character face is full of vicissitudes of life, and his burly body has lost more than half of its weight. He lacks the majesty and vigor of the past. He wanders around the commander's camp without a soul. Maybe he was wrong from the beginning, and he shouldn't trust anyone. , there is no one you can rely on except yourself, and now it is too late.
At the end of the seventh month and the beginning of August of the lunar calendar, the last military and political envoy and governor of the state and county who held real power in the Daqing Kingdom died quietly in the camp. Some said he committed suicide, some said he was assassinated by Kuizhou, and some said he was killed by themselves. The men were beheaded.
In short, the disaster in Shu was resolved. The Qing Dynasty divided Shu County into two prefectures, Dudu and Tongchuan, and formally organized the 25th Tongchuan Administrative District. Each government set up transfer envoys for finance, military and state affairs for military affairs, and prefectural shepherds for people's livelihood.
In this way, the Jiedushi's monopoly power was split, court officials and Confucian officials were sent to supervise the army and govern the country, and the remaining Jiedushi were upgraded to an honorary title, gradually stripping away the real power.
