Chapter 562: Man-made Disaster
"Since Lu Junshou is injured and can't be a director, the rebellion in Linzi City will be handled by this official, the county officer, and the superintendent of the imperial history, what is it?"
Early the next morning, after a day and night of fierce battles, stepping on the blood of the light mob, Heifu walked into the palace where the officials of the Linzi County Government had retreated. And in the name of the injury of Lü Qi (yǐ), the commander of Linzi County, he unceremoniously showed the edict and tiger talisman of Qin Shi Huang ordering him to quell the rebellion, and took over the defense of Linzi.
The pattern of Linzi is very different from Xianyang: the palace city is built in the southwest of the city, and its northeast extends into the southwest corner of the city, more than four miles from north to south, nearly three miles from east to west, the terrain here is slightly higher, planted with cypresses all over the place, standing tall and covering the sun, and between the trees, it is a high platform that rises from the ground.
The so-called high platform is to ram an earthen platform tens or more than ten meters high, and build a palace house on it. Almost every monarch will build a high platform of his own, so in the palace city of Linzi, there seem to be countless pyramids, their bases are very wide, surrounded by smooth stone inlays, looking magnificent.
When the royal family of Tian Qi was still alive, this was a place where the kings of Qi lived and enjoyed themselves, and the conversations between Qi Jinggong and Yan Ying, and the meetings between King Qi Wei, King Xuan of Qi and Mencius were mostly held on the stage.
After the fall of the Qi State, it became the palace of Qin Shi Huangdi, and at the moment of crisis, it was used as the last inner barrier of the government......
After the turmoil broke out in the city yesterday, the Qin officials and Qin soldiers were scattered everywhere, unable to resist the premeditated rebels. So Lü Qi moved here with the county officials and relied on the strong wall to resist.
Unexpectedly, their whereabouts were leaked, and they were attacked by the light warriors led by Hua Wuxian halfway, Lu Qi was very unlucky, the emperor galloped and drove, but he was hit by an arrow on his back, although he was not dead, but half of his life was gone, and now he was being treated by a doctor, looking old and embarrassed.
Knowing that the Jiaodong County Shou Heifu had pacified the rebellious party at the East Gate, the Jiaodong soldiers gradually recovered the city gates and Lilu and eliminated the thieves, Lu Qi stood up and thanked him.
"If there is no captain to save each other, Linzi will be in danger......"
Now, Lu Qi can't clean up the situation and can only rely on Jiaodong. So he promised Heifu and Linzi Juncheng to act as defense agents, and the transfer of power was very simple - this guy also hoped that Heifu would be able to say a few good words for him afterwards.
Unexpectedly, Heifu's next sentence made Lu Qi so angry that he almost vomited blood!
"Lu Junshou."
Heifu unceremoniously took the talisman, smiled again, and said to Lu Qi, who was lying on the couch to recuperate: "As the saying goes, seeing is believing, and hearing is false." In my opinion, what is happening in Linzi County now is not a group of thieves jumping off the beam at all, but an organized and premeditated restoration rebellion! I report to Your Majesty like this, and I believe that Lu Junshou will no longer have any objections? ”
Lu Qi's face is like ashes, what awaits him will be the most severe punishment of the imperial court, losing the official and losing the title is a trivial matter, so that the county town under his rule has made such a big incident, and he also lied to the emperor that "it is a group of thieves and not a rebellion", heh, the crime of bullying the king, it would be good to be able to keep his head.
After settling this small grudge, Heifu immediately ignored the dying man and asked the surviving officials of Linzi to gather to discuss the follow-up of the Linzi Rebellion.
Scanning the people in the room whose faces were still stained with fire ash and sand, and who had not recovered from the chaos, Heifu said solemnly: "The chaotic party has dispersed, and next, our biggest enemy is the fire in Linzi City!" ”
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After a day and night of street fighting, the armed uprising in Linzi was suppressed by Heifu, but the fireworks were still everywhere.
In the fierce battle between the Qin army and the light heroes, the dead and wounded reached thousands of people, although the process was very bloody and cruel, but the city gates were recovered in turn, as Hua Wuxian was killed by Cao Shen and others, the organized resistance gradually subsided, and the arsenal was finally recaptured, but most of the weapons inside were gone, probably flowing into the people, which is a headache.
Although the 5,000 Jiaodong soldiers suppressed the scene, so that the scene of Linzi Yizhi did not appear, they were faced with a capital that was in chaos.
Order has completely left the city, speculators are plundering and doing evil in the city, doors and windows are closed, and ownerless dogs and horses are galloping through the streets—they are afraid of the flames that are burning everywhere!
The fire was lit from the Qin County military camp early yesterday morning, and the arsonist was Gongzi Tian An's men, who burned hundreds of sleeping Qin soldiers to death and burned, and it was also a signal of rebellion.
Next, the rebels got into a bitter battle with the Qin soldiers who came from all over the place, and did not extinguish the flames, which made it even more intense......
Because of the large population of Linzi, most of the houses in Lilu were made of wood, which were densely packed, and the flames quickly spread. Until this time, Heifu stood on the palace and looked into the distance, the sky above Linzi was still full of smoke, the fire was flying in the wind, and the sky was full of smoke. The sound of flames, the collapse of houses, the running and screaming of the people mingled like a boiling pot.
Heifu watched this scene in Linzi Palace City, his brows furrowed, he knew that he had prevented the rebels from seizing the city and raising the flag to restore, but if he couldn't avoid the fire that burned the city to the ground, then the casualties would still be countless, and what was even more terrifying was that 400,000 people would be homeless!
"The imperial court will never be able to settle so many people at one time, if the Linzi people are displaced and lose their livelihood and residence, it is undoubtedly sending a steady stream of new force to the Tian Heng brothers in Di County!"
If you can't survive, and the government can't save you, you can only rebel, and you can only find a way to live for yourself, this is a very simple truth, dynastic rebellion and natural and man-made disasters are always inseparable.
But the good news is that the flames only plagued the eastern part of Linzi City, because there is a 20-meter-wide Zhuangyue Street separating the east and west of Linzi. It is said that this was designed by Guan Zhongshi, and increasing the spacing and reasonable partitioning was the simplest and most effective fire prevention method in ancient times.
What's even more gratifying is that there are several water channels running through the city, and there are wells in each of them, so it is possible to artificially extinguish this fire.
"I didn't propose in vain to sacrifice Guan Zhong in the Jingbian Temple......"
Thinking so, Hefu immediately and simply gave three orders:
"Let the soldiers go to the streets in a team of 100 people and go to the east of the city to fight the fire!"
"The military judge led people to inspect the streets and alleys, acted in strict accordance with the law, and killed people who set fires and raped people were killed on the spot! Grab the robbers and bring them to justice! ”
"On the one hand, we must put out fires and restore order in the city, and on the other hand, we must continue to arrest the rebels, especially Gongzi Tian An! Blockade the city, no one is allowed to enter or leave, and no one is allowed to escape! ”
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The tense firefighting lasted all day, and the next day, the flames were extinguished one after another, and the Qin soldiers reappeared in the streets and alleys of Lilu with their spears, arresting those who took advantage of the fire to do evil, and those who dared to resist were executed as traitors! Order gradually settled down.
But at this time, more than 30 of the 300 Lu in Linzi have been destroyed by fire, and the prosperity of the past has become the current scorched black ghost. Thousands of people died in the fire, tens of thousands of people were homeless, and they lost their former homes and wealth, and their ambitions were high, but they hung their heads, or cried and buried their relatives in the fire, or stared at their homes with nothing......
A piece of news was also brought by Heifu from Jiaodong by him, and the disciples of the public school who could speak Qi and Qin bilingual spread the news:
"This fire is a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster!"
"Arsonist, Qi Gongzi Tian An and Hua are not injured! The firefighter is the captain of Jiaodong County, and the Qin official Qin pawn! ”
The public school disciples in Jiaodong, escorted by the soldiers, preached this matter one by one in 300 Lu, in the past, this group of "Qi traitors" who acted for the tiger would definitely be secretly spurned, but now, what they said was an indisputable fact.
Thinking about yesterday, the people of Linzi Dongcheng saw a group of Qin soldiers rushing over, and they thought they were going to kill themselves and take their heads, which scared the two of them. But they never thought that they would go to the fire and help everyone put out the fire!
Although Qin Bing was not voluntary, but got his order, this contrast is enough to make Linzi people have mixed feelings.
After this incident, the fish in the pond were affected by this, and they changed from faintly looking forward to the success of the restoration of Qi and restoring their lives of light and meager endowments, to resenting the perpetrators......
"Although the tax and labor are heavy, it is better than the family being burned and relatives and friends being burned in the fire."
For a while, although Tian An would not become a rat crossing the street, the sympathy and goodwill of the Linzi people towards him were gone.
Next, Heifu released Tian An's bounty: If you can capture it alive, you will be rewarded with 100 catties of gold!
This is the market rent of Zhuangyue City for one day, and it is also the reward that can only be obtained by cutting two hundred heads in the Tian Qi era!
After being intervened by Heifu, Childe Tian An's restoration game ended before it started, and the next thing to play was cat and mouse......
There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and those who originally respected and feared the son will also have the courage to arrest him for money.
Only two days later, Tian An, the son of Tian'an, who was hiding in Tibet in Linzi City, was betrayed by a "traitor", captured by Qin soldiers, and brought to Heifu!