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Chapter 50: Fire Another Fire

The head of the county magistrate and Li Fengyun's white hair represent bloody killing. The Yongcheng bureaucrats were both disintegrated and surrendered, and the rebels easily captured Yongcheng.

Middle-earth has been peaceful for a long time, and the Middle-earth people live in a pampered and privileged life, gradually forgetting the sufferings of the chaotic times back then. In addition to still being on the frontier of the Civil War, both the government, the army and the general public in the country were far away from war and suffering. While enjoying the stable life caused by peace, millions of Middle-earth people gradually lost many precious things.

The bureaucrats surrendered. There were more than 70 people in the county government, and none of them resisted except for the county magistrate and county magistrate who were killed. No one of them wanted to die this day by day, and the killings of the rebels in Xiating obviously scared them. It was better to live than to die. Living was better than dying.

The local army in the city also surrendered. Because during the Eastern Expedition, the court increased the collection of taxes and the collection of corvee labor, and the conflicts between officials and the people were fierce, and the conflicts continued, and bandits became increasingly rampant, resulting in more and more serious local security problems. The county government was overwhelmed, thus increasing the security force. The number of local army in Yongcheng expanded to more than 200.

Instead of ordering a massacre, Li Fengyun accepted their surrender and ordered them to join the rebel army and swear allegiance to him. If he had any unfair intentions, he would be killed without mercy.

With the help of Yongcheng bureaucrats and local troops, the rebel army's plunder in Yongcheng was very smooth. All the county government's official warehouses were opened, and all the arsenals of Yingyang Mansion were opened. All those who could be moved were moved away, and those who could not be moved were prepared to burn it.

Lu Mingxing made a suggestion that since Yongcheng was to burn, why not loot all the bureaucratic nobles and rich people in Yongcheng? Why not rob the tens of thousands of people in Yongcheng? If the rebel army wants to develop and grow, it cannot be separated from money, grain and population. How can we give up this great opportunity in front of us?

Chen Rui, Han Shou, Guo Ming and Yue Gao all supported Lu Mingxing's suggestion. Chen Rui even came up with more sufficient reasons. Han Yao was about to gather troops on both sides of Tongji Canal. Conservatively, he could pull out a team of thousands of people, and among them, at least nearly a thousand young people. In this way, Han Yao's strength exceeded Li Fengyun, seriously threatening Li Fengyun's leadership over the rebel army.

Li Fengyun flatly refused.

Yingyanglang general Fei Huai and the third regiment of Yingyang Guards were striking towards Mangdang Mountain. Mangdang Mountain was less than a hundred miles away from Yongcheng. The news of Yongcheng's fall would be quickly transmitted to Fei Huai. Fei Huai turned around and rushed back. Yingyang Guards could quickly reach Yongcheng in a few hours, so there was too little time left for the rebel army.

"Where will we go after fighting Yongcheng?" Li Fengyun asked several leaders.

This is a question that the leaders of the rebel army are very concerned about. There is no need to ask before attacking Yongcheng, but after Yongcheng was defeated, this question became extremely urgent.

"Go back to the mountain." Han Shou said without hesitation, "Go back to the mountain immediately."

Li Fengyun shook his hand, "Let's go to Pengcheng."

Go to Pengcheng? There is Zuo Xiaowei Mansion in Pengcheng, and there are more troops under the jurisdiction of Zuo Xiaowei Mansion. Wouldn't you seek death if you go to Pengcheng?

Li Fengyun immediately explained. Han Yao wanted to gather troops on both sides of Tongji Canal to raise flags to rebel. For this reason, the rebel army must help him "transfer" the Yingyang Prefecture army of Qiao County from both sides of Tongji Canal. The only way to "transfer" these troops is to immediately switch to Pengcheng.

The profound meaning contained in the incident of Li Fengyun and Chen Rui forcing Han Yao to rebel was not understood by Lu Mingxing, Han Shou and others. He is a noble bureaucrat, we are thieves and prisoners, and we are not all along the way. Why do you have to force him to rebel? If you want to harm him, just cut it off with one knife, and be clean and neat. Why do you have to make things so complicated and bring endless trouble to yourself?

Therefore, as soon as Li Fengyun finished speaking, Han Shou expressed his different opinions, "Why do we need to go to Pengcheng? We can go through Mangdang Mountain to attack Liangjun and Dangshan City."

"My purpose is to plunder heavy troops." Li Fengyun interrupted Han Shou without hesitation, "My said that those heavy troops are crucial to the survival and development of the rebel army. The reason why I forced Han Yao to rebel was to use his power in Qiao County to help us transport the heavy troops back to Mangdang Mountain. Without Han Yao, what would we use to transport heavy troops? If we turn to Liang County, how could we plunder heavy troops nearby? If we stay away from Han Yao, how could we keep in touch with him and join forces with him to rob the heavy troops?"

Han Shou didn't dare to speak anymore, and the others could not find a reason to refute Li Fengyun, and things were settled.

"We will go to Jinkou Wharf later. The ones we should burn and the ones we should rob should be fast." Li Fengyun made a brief deployment and finally said, "The boatmen and sailors on the canal, whether old or young, will be abducted. We have more than 200 young and strong people in Yongcheng, and the boatmen and sailors who plundered in Xiating and those shipbuilders can also gather three groups. If we can still plunder a group of boatmen and sailors tonight, we can at least gather four groups. When we plunder a heavy fleet, we can still plunder a group of boatmen and sailors. If we are lucky, we may also be able to plunder some Yingyangwei. In this way, our troops will soon exceed one thousand, which is enough to suppress Han Yao, and there is no need to worry about losing control of the rebel army."

As soon as this statement was made, Chen Rui, Lu Mingxing and others understood it, their morale was greatly boosted, and they agreed with a loud promise.

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The Jinkou Wharf in Yongcheng was about four or five miles away from the city. That night, the rebels wore the military uniform of Yingyang Guard and occupied Jinkou in a swagger, captured Jinwei, and dozens of young and strong servants who temporarily acted as guards of Jinkou.

Next is a large-scale plunder. Yingyang Guard represents the army, the force of the dynasty, and the absolute authority that cannot be violated. Yingyang Guard comes forward to grab people and things, and no one dares to resist, and everyone chooses to obey. Although he is full of anger and doubt about Yingyang Guard's actions, the eastern expedition is imminent, and the interests of the dynasty and the army are above everything else. Any abnormal or even illegal acts are now normal and unquestionable and cannot resist, otherwise you will be the one who is unlucky.

However, when the Yingyang Guard began to set fire on the boat and began to burn the entire Jinkou Wharf, hundreds of boatmen, sailors, husbands and soldiers on the wharf, as well as merchants and their entourages and slaves, finally realized that something was wrong. Thinking of the rumor that Xia Ting, which was in full swing, was burned by the bandits and the waterway was interrupted, some people boldly speculated that these Yingyang Guards might be portrayed by the bandits, and some whimsical people directly inferred that the Yingyang Guards in Yongcheng rebelled. As for why they rebelled, only God knows.

On the eve of dawn, hundreds of ships on the canal and Jinkou Wharf quickly fell into the sea of ​​fire, and the fire rose to the sky and reddished half of the night sky.

At dawn, thick smoke rolled over Yongcheng, and the entire city was quickly swallowed up by the fire.

At this moment, Yingyang Guard was crossing the Suishui River with the property and men plundered from Yongcheng. On the way, someone tried to escape and resist, but was killed by Yingyang Guard, and even killed people. One person escaped or resisted, which would cause more than a dozen innocent people to be buried with him. As a result, the killing had a huge deterrent effect. Everyone supervised each other, and no one dared to leave the team, and no one took the lead in resisting.

At the beginning of Si AM in the morning, the team completed crossing the river and had a temporary rest at Taoist office.

The little tyrant saw Han Yao again, saw the white-haired general, and saw the army of Yingyang Mansion. The rolling smoke over Yongcheng several miles away and the hundreds of thriving men in front of him who were shoulders and backs and frightened, made him clearly realize what happened in Yongcheng last night, and what Han Yao and General Baihaired were doing.

When he rebelled, the benefactor actually rebelled, and Ying Yangwei actually rebelled, and he was confused and he would definitely die.

If I rebel, I can only rebel.

The little rich man wanted to cry, but he couldn't cry. He wanted to be angry, but he didn't dare to be angry. He had no choice but to knock down his teeth and swallow his blood, and claimed that he was unlucky.

"My benefactor, take me with you. From now on, I will follow you with you in the same place."

Han Yao was exhausted both physically and mentally, but he had to cheer up, mobilize people and plan to raise the flag. Seeing the little tyrant taking the initiative to be loyal to him, his mood improved slightly, "Take your people and your property with me, follow me. As long as someone has food, you won't go hungry."

Li Fengyun summoned all the leaders and made careful arrangements to prepare for Han Yao's raising the flag and looting heavy troops.

As far as Han Yao knows, the fleet carrying heavy troops is still in Pengcheng County and is about to enter Qiao County. Considering that the canal channel has been interrupted in Xiating and Yongcheng, the fleet must be stranded in the Tongji Canal section of Linhuan County or Yongcheng County, Han Yao decided to set the location of the flag-raising uprising in Linhuan to facilitate the robbery of the heavy troops.

Li Fengyun accepted Han Yao's suggestion. In fact, the influence he could exert was very limited in Han Yao's flag-raising, and all he needed was Han Yao's cooperation.

Based on this, Li Fengyun decided to divide the troops into two groups. One was led by Li Fengyun and headed straight to Pengcheng County, and moved to Xiaoxian, Fuli County and Qixian, "transferring" the troops of Yingyang Prefecture of Qiao County from Tongji Canal to provide convenience for Han Yao to raise the flag. The other was led by Han Yao, and some surrendered bureaucrats in Yongcheng County who were willing to follow him went south along the Tongji Canal and gathered people along the way.

Then Li Fengyun and Han Yao agreed on ways and code words to keep in touch, and the two bowed to say goodbye.

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After Fei Huai joined forces with his deputy Yingjilang general Wang Yang and two regiments of Yingyang Guards on the banks of the Suishui River, he led his army across the river to advance eastward and killed Mangdang Mountain. But just as he was about to enter Mangdang Mountain, he received shocking news that the rebel army captured Yongcheng, burned Yongcheng Jinkou, and another place in the canal channel was broken.

This news had a huge impact on Fei Huai and Wang Yang, causing the two to almost collapse.

The two were dead. Although the bandits were cunning and succeeded repeatedly, Fei Huai's mistake was fatal. He should not have transferred all the troops of Yongcheng Yingyang Mansion in anger. He had to leave at least one regiment to protect Yongcheng and protect the canal channel in Yongcheng section. Now Yongcheng has fallen and the canal channel has been interrupted, causing the situation in Qiao County to quickly fall into crisis. The time for cleaning and unblocking the channel has been greatly delayed, which will delay the court's plan for the eastern expedition. As the chief and deputy chief of Yongcheng Yingyang Mansion, who is responsible for the safety of this section of the canal channel, the blame is too great. Even if the two of them do not die, they will be completely finished in their lives. They must be imprisoned.

Kill, kill back, and don’t kill these evil bandits completely, and you will not be a human being.

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