Chapter 11 Stirring Up Trouble

Wang Bo, who made Zhang Xutuo gnash his teeth, was a native of Zouping County, committed an accident a few years ago, was wanted by the government, he simply fled to the Changbai Mountain at the junction of the four counties of Qi County as a thief, claiming to be Zhishilang, gathering more than 100 ruffians as his subordinates, often robbing houses in the area of Qi County and Jibei County, doing all kinds of evil, and this person is extremely cunning, he has read a few years of books, and he has escaped by setting traps several times to lead him into the trap.

This time, Zouping County became the hardest hit area, with tens of thousands of hungry people and no way to survive, so Wang Bo felt that the time for rebellion was coming, and quietly took dozens of people to sneak into his hometown, waiting for an opportunity to start an incident.

At this time, more than 10,000 hungry people gathered in front of the county government of Zouping County, the crowd was dense, and the crowd was raging, demanding that the county order open the warehouse and release grain.

In the crowd, people kept chanting: "The righteous warehouse is our grain, and the government is required to open the warehouse to release grain!" ”

"Put the grain!" More than 10,000 people roared loudly, the roar shook the sky, the granary was on the east side of the county government, and tens of thousands of hungry eyes stared at the high spire of the granary.

In the hall of the county office, several officials were anxious, all helplessly looking at the county order, the county commander of Zouping County surnamed Kong, in Zouping County has been serving as the county commander for three years, he is also the first time to encounter this situation, as early as a few days ago, he found that someone was provoking the hungry people to gather to make trouble, sent someone to report to the county urgently, he now expects the county army to arrive in time.

Kong County Commander paced back and forth restlessly with his hands behind his back, and the county magistrate persuaded him, "County Order, there are still 2,000 stone of grain in the official warehouse, it is better to put a little grain, I am worried that they will soon attack the county government." ”

Kong Xianling glared at him fiercely, "It is very clear in the imperial decree that all official food will be converted into military food and transported to Liaodong, if the grain is released, how can we explain to the imperial court?" ”

The chief bookkeeper couldn't help but persuade: "The imperial court doesn't know our current situation, once the hungry people break out, not only will they rob all the food, but none of us will survive, rather than being killed by the hungry people, it is better to put a little less, a hundred stones, two hundred stones, first appease them, and wait for the county army to arrive." ”

Kong Xianling was also very conflicted in his heart, the only thing he was counting on now was the army in the county, but he was also afraid that it would be too late, his wife, children and parents were in the back house, and once the hungry people rushed in, the family would not be able to save it.

He finally made up his mind and whispered to several officials: "A few of us are now in order to save our lives, so we will put three hundred stones of grain, once the county asks, we can't admit it!" ”

Several officials said, "The county order is relieved, everyone is here to save their lives." ”

Kong County's order said to the county again: "These 300 stone grain will be made into the Liaodong account." ”

The county Cheng smiled meaningfully: "The county order is smart, anyway, there are countless fugitives, and Liaodong can't receive food, so we can also say that the fugitives are greedy." ”

Kong Xianling's eyes narrowed, he understood what the county Cheng meant, now the rice is worth thousands of dollars, this is a good opportunity to make a fortune.

"Then make a tent of six hundred stones, and give three hundred stones to the hungry, and the other three hundred stones, just a few of us........"

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At the same time that the county government decided to release grain, in a room near the county government, Wang Bo and more than a dozen of his key subordinates were also discussing countermeasures.

Wang Bo is about forty years old this year, because he has read books for a few years, his appearance is slightly polite, but many years of thief life have already made his heart cold and hard as iron, he does not care about the life and death of the hungry, his only concern is whether his goal can be achieved.

In the past few years, he has been constantly requisitioned and suppressed by Zhang Xutuo, which makes him feel that he has reached the end of his rope, rather than die, it is better to do something vigorous, it happens that the drought in Qi County, and the imperial court forcibly requisitioned the people to transport grain, which made the people's grievances boil, and Wang Bo realized that his opportunity had come.

This time, more than 10,000 hungry people besieged the county government, which was done by him and his subordinates, at this time Wang Bo was also waiting for the arrival of the army, he knew that the hungry people gathered to attack the county government, and the government would inevitably send troops to suppress it, so he hoped that such a situation would appear, and the officials would force the people to rebel.

"Chief, are we going to take these hungry people away?" One of his subordinates asked cautiously.

Wang Bo glared at his subordinates, "Take these hungry people away, what will I feed them with?" ”

Another subordinate shouted rudely, "Then aren't we going to come to Zouping County to eat enough?" ”

Wang Bo was furious, picked up the whip and whipped it fiercely, so frightened that all his subordinates did not dare to speak, Wang Bo glanced at everyone and said: "If we provoke the hungry people to storm the government, more and more hungry people will follow suit, so that Zhang Xutuo will be tired of running for his life, and he will have no time to take care of us, so we can take advantage of the trouble." ”

Only then did the subordinates suddenly realize that they were still the leaders! Wang Bo said triumphantly: "Didn't the government levy and send people to send grain to Liaodong?" Let's call on it, don't send the grain to Liaodong, isn't it good to send the grain to us directly? And these grain delivery men have cattle at home, the situation should be good, they are coming, the family property will naturally be brought, we can buy weapons and armor if we have money, when we are strong, we also occupy a few county orders to enjoy the taste of being an emperor. ”

There was a look of yearning in the eyes of all his subordinates, and in their hearts, the emperor's life was to have a group of beautiful women every day.

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More than a dozen people shouted together, "Chief, what are we going to do?" ”

Wang Bo took out a piece of paper and said with a gloomy smile: "Call on the people, the best is a ballad, I wrote a song "The Song of the Death of the Waves of Liaodong Wave", after the Zou Ping incident, you go to the official road to spread it widely, I believe that they are cornered, so they will naturally come to us." ”

All the thieves surrounded them together, Wang Bo cleared his throat, and sang triumphantly: "Changbai Mountain's former Zhishilang, wearing a red Luo brocade crotch, spear invades the sky and a half, the wheel knife shines in the sun, go up the mountain to eat roe deer, go down the mountain to eat cattle and sheep......."

"Good song!" The crowd laughed.

At this moment, one of his subordinates rushed in and shouted urgently: "Chief, the county government said to release grain immediately, so that everyone can be restless!" ”

Wang Bo's face changed, how could he let the government release grain, he immediately said to everyone: "It's too late to wait for the army, now go and incite the people, just say that the county government wants to suppress us, and you take the lead in attacking the county government." ”

"And when are we leaving?"

Wang Bo said without hesitation: "As long as the impact is together, we will withdraw immediately!" ”

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Although the Zouping County government had told the people to prepare for the release of grain and asked them to wait, the more than 10,000 hungry people had lost their minds and patience under the double torture of hunger and anger.

Someone shouted among the hungry people: "The government is cheating, delaying time, everyone go to the warehouse to get food!" ”

More than 10,000 people roared angrily, under the leadership of dozens of Wang Bo's subordinates, the people finally broke out, like a flood bursting the embankment, crashing open the gate of the county government, the flow of people rushed into the county office, while the hungry people rushed into the county office, tens of thousands of residents in the county also heard the news from all directions, participated in the snatching of food, scrambling, trampling on each other, screaming, crying, the whole county was crazy.

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At the west city gate, Zhang Xutuo led five hundred cavalry to rush into the county seat, they were still a step late, the warehouse had already been looted, and there were only a few hundred hungry people around the county government who did not grab food and were unwilling to leave.

The county magistrate, the county magistrate, the chief bookkeeper and more than a dozen officials were all killed, their heads hung on the gate of the county government, and the corpses were thrown on the side of the steps in a blur of flesh and blood, including the county commander's family members in the county government's back house, and dozens of hungry wild dogs were frantically tearing at the corpses.

This scene made Zhang Xutuo furious, just at this time, a young man ran out of the county government in a panic, carrying a bag of black beans, which he found from the office, Zhang Xutuo burst out of the murderous machine, Zhang Bow is an arrow, the young man screamed, was killed by an arrow.

"Kill me!"

Five hundred cavalry rushed forward like a storm, slashing at the hungry people who had not yet fled, and hundreds of hungry people scattered and fled in all directions.

Qin Qiong saw that there were many old people and children inside, he couldn't bear it in his heart, and shouted, "Stop!" ”

Qin Qiong was the captain of Guoyi, under his order, the cavalry stopped killing, Zhang Xutuo glared at Qin Qiong angrily, "You dare to disobey my orders?" ”

Qin Qiong pointed to several women and children and said, "If you want to kill, go and kill Wang Bo, what do you have to do with these hungry people?" They are all women and children, how can they kill? ”

Zhang Xutuo stared at Qin Qiong fiercely, Qin Qiong lowered his head, and said for a while: "I am willing to be dealt with by military law!" ”

Zhang Xutuo slowly turned his head and stared at these hungry people, although he knew that the impact on the county government had nothing to do with these people, but Zouping County had already set a bad precedent, if it was not bloodily suppressed and the hungry people were deterred, then there would be ten or hundreds of Zouping counties, and the world would be in chaos.

He categorically ordered: "Kill! No matter how old or young, no one will be left! ”

The cavalry rushed up and slashed with their swords, and suddenly there was a miserable scream, hundreds of hungry people fell in a pool of blood, Qin Qiong was extremely sad in his heart, don't turn around, and refuse to kill.

Zhang Xutuo glanced at him, sneered and said: "My military order is like a mountain, you dare to disobey, come here!" Drag it down and beat a hundred sticks. ”

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At the same time, with the acquiescence of the county government, the county officials were also afraid that the grain rush tide in Zouping County would burn on their heads, and they also successively opened Yicang to help the hungry people, and persuaded large households to provide disaster relief, so that the famine was slightly alleviated.

At this time, a catchy "Song of the Death of the Waves of Liaodong Wandering" began to circulate in the six counties on both sides of the Yellow River, calling on the people to resist conscription, and many people who were desperate because of the loss of official food fled to Changbai Mountain to seek refuge in Wang Bo, and Wang Bo's power gradually grew.

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A few points of explanation, first, the Changbai Mountain here is the Changbai Mountain in Shandong, in the territory of Zhangqiu County, the mountains are high and dense, there are countless bandits hidden, and it is difficult for the government to encircle and suppress them.

Second, before the outbreak of the Goryeo War, Wang Bo was a bandit in Changbai Mountain, quite vision and courage, dared to do great things, took advantage of the famine and the people's dissatisfaction with the government, and took the lead in gathering people to rebel.

Third, the uprising against the Sui Dynasty first broke out from Qi County, Qinghe County, Pingyuan County and other places, by no means a simple peasant uprising, but has an extremely profound historical background, these areas are the core ruling areas of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the people are brave and fierce, the Northern Qi relics are very many, and the Sui Dynasty is generally dissatisfied, like Liu Badao, Meng Rang and others, the so-called peasant uprising, the peasants are just cannon fodder, this is Yang Guang's second major threat, the remnants of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

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