Zhu Nao

At the same time, the officials of Chengdu Prefecture were also shocked by the major events in the capital.

The officials surrounded the messenger who brought the news, chattering non-stop.

"The capital fell??? When did it happen??"

"Who captured the capital?!"

"Where is the emperor? How is the emperor?! Are the eunuchs and courtiers still alive?!"

"How many rebels are there? Where did the defenders go? How did they let them capture the capital?"

"What are Jingzhao Mansion, Hebei Mansion, and Guangjin Mansion doing? Did no one send troops to help?? God!"

The person who sent the letter was dizzy from the officials' quarrel, and didn't know whose question to answer first.

It was Xu Yu who came out to preside over the order and said loudly, "Quiet!"

Shocked by Xu Yu, the officials all shut up.

After order was restored in the lobby, Xu Yu asked the messenger, "What's going on? Who actually captured the capital?"

The officials all looked at the messenger helplessly.

Who has such skills?Liu family?Xie family?Lu family?Or the Zhao family?Which wealthy family is planning to change the dynasty?Or which famous general rebelled with his army?

Only then did the messenger find an opportunity to speak: "On March [-]th, the rebel general Guo Jinli led his army and captured the capital."

The officials froze.Who is Guo Jinli?No one has ever heard of the name.

Where did this guy come from?

Xu Yu was also taken aback, and asked blankly, "Who is Guo Jinli?"

The messenger scratched his head, not knowing how to answer this question: "He is... a native of Taiyuan."

The officials were stunned.that's all?Gone?Taiyuan Guo?It's really not a big family.

Xu Yu asked again: "Then...how many rebels are there?"

The messenger said: "I heard that there are more than 3."

The officials were in an uproar! More than 3 troops!No wonder the capital will fall.Could it be that Guo Jinli was a subordinate of a certain general, or a confidant of a local official, who successfully usurped power and seized the throne, so he became the commander of the rebel army?

Xu Yu obviously thought so too, and hurriedly asked, "Which department does he belong to?"

The messenger said: "Originally? No."

Before Xu Yu could ask, the other officials became anxious and asked with a white face: "Don't you understand? I just asked you who he followed before? Which part of the [-] army used to be? Is it possible or out of thin air? Came out?"

The messenger shook his head and said: "As far as I know, Guo Jinli was an ordinary citizen in Taiyuan. He served in corvee service in Taiyuan Prefecture half a year ago. He heard that he was dissatisfied with the harsh treatment by the government, so he led hundreds of laborers to make trouble. Later, the noise became bigger and bigger. The number of people is increasing... Half a year later, he led an army of [-] to attack the capital."

Officials: "........."

How to omit the most critical part?Why is it half a year later? ?

Wait, half a year? ? ! !

Where did this fairy come from?Where did you get the Heavenly Soldier?

Just half a year, only half a year!From an ordinary farmer to a general who commanded [-] cavalry, and even broke into the imperial city in one fell swoop? !If Xie Wuji is a heavenly genius, then this Guo Jinli... is simply a god descending from the earth!

The faces of the officials suddenly became extremely frightened.

……

……

Time goes back half a year ago.

Taiyuan, mine.

A group of slave laborers are working by the side of the mine.Holding chisels and shovels, they chiseled the rocks again and again.There is also a group of people carrying baskets on their backs with bare feet, staggeringly transporting stones down the mountain.

Every ten meters in the mine, there is an official with a long whip in his hand to supervise the work.Once they saw a hard worker who dared to be lazy, or just looked at someone who was not pleasing to the eye, the officials would go over and beat him severely with a whip.

"Hurry up!" an official yelled loudly, "The governor has ordered that you must finish digging this mine before winter! If you can't finish it, everyone and every household will have to pay a fine!"

As soon as this remark came out, the guards immediately panicked.

These people are all people who have been forced into corvee. Now that the autumn harvest has begun, they can't go back to take care of their own fields, and they have long been filled with resentment.Moreover, there is no wages for serving in the military, and even the food has to be prepared by oneself. They work six or seven hours a day, and they have to endure being beaten and scolded at every turn.But just like that, there was even a fine!How could such a large mine be dug before winter?Obviously, the government found another reason to exploit them!

"Why should we be fined? You can do it yourself if you have the ability!"

"That's right, why? There is so much work, and we only have so few people, how can we finish it?!"

"You corrupt officials, filthy officials! Our family can't even afford to eat, and no one has harvested the rice in the field, yet you still want to exploit us!! There is no law of heaven, no law of kings!!"

"You are trying to force us to death!"

The laborers complained a lot and stopped working.The supervisory officials were suddenly furious, and began to maintain order by waving their whips.

"Shut up! Work hard for me!"

Guo Jinli is also one of the hard labor.

Later, people who heard of Guo Jinli's name thought that he must have a good personality, but in fact, he was born in a poor family, and he didn't know a lot of Chinese characters, and he didn't know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.If I have to talk about his strengths, there is only one point - his height is outstanding, and he has grown by more than nine feet.No matter where he is, he is a head or two taller than others.

It is precisely for this reason that when he was in the military, he was always given special "care" by the officials who supervised the work.

At this moment, everyone was obviously complaining, but when the official turned his head, he couldn't see other heads, and he saw Guo Jinli, who was a little taller, flipping his mouth up and down.So the official went to him with a whip: "You talk too much, let me see if I don't beat you to death!"

After being whipped twice, Guo Jinli was angry and impatient, so he reached out to grab the whip, shouting, "I'll fight with you!"

In fact, he is not the only one who is fighting with officials at this moment, but it is because he is tall that he is exceptionally outstanding.Pushed by him, the official lost his balance and fell backwards.It's so hard to die, the ground is full of sharp stones, the official's head hit the ground, and he lost his breath on the spot.

Guo Jinli was only angry and uttered harsh words, but he was stunned when he thought that he had accidentally killed someone.

When the people nearby saw this scene, someone immediately shouted: "Guo Jinli killed someone!"

Someone shouted again: "Guo Jinli took the lead in rebellion!"

When Guo Jinli heard the word "rebellion" on his head, his eyelids twitched in fright.But before he could explain, the whole mine was in chaos in an instant.

——The forced laborers have been oppressed for a long time, and they can't stand it anymore, but they lack a leader.Now that someone has started, what are you waiting for?

With a huff, hundreds of strong laborers in the mine rioted one after another, beating dozens of officials who were usually arrogant and domineering to the ground, and fled in all directions.

It wasn't until dusk that the chaos finally ended. The officials died and fled. There were only a few hundred laborers left in the mine who were at a loss after venting.

When people don't know what to do, the best way is to find another person and let him decide what to do.

"Brother!" I don't know who started it, and shouted at Guo Jinli, who "led the rebellion", "Since I followed you in this rebellion today, I will always follow you from now on!"

The crowd immediately surrounded Guo Jinli: "Big Brother! Big Brother! Big Brother! Big Brother..."

Guo Jinli: "........."

……

A month later.

Guo Jinli was leaning against the tree and nibbling the wild fruit picked by his younger brother. A younger brother ran over and reported: "Brother, just now there are more than [-] people from Linshui Village to join us. Today's second wave of people."

"Oh?" Guo Jinli was no longer surprised, and spat out the fruit core with a "Bah".

The recent autumn harvest season is also the time when the government collects taxes, and it is also the time when people complain the most every year.I don't know how their stories spread, and the more they spread, the more prestigious they became.The nearby people and bandits all heard that there was a group of people who rebelled against the government.So almost every day, people came to join them on their own initiative.Sometimes it is a small group of refugees, sometimes it is three or five thieves, and sometimes it is the people of the whole village.

Guo Jinli gnawed on the fruit and asked, "It seems that people often defect to us recently. We have hundreds of people now?"

The younger brother thought for a while, and reported, "There should be more than 3000 people."

"Pfft!!!" Guo Jinli spat out a mouthful of fruit and was choked immediately.

……

two months later.

Guo Jinli was lying on the fox fur blanket and gnawed on the chicken legs that his subordinates had snatched back, when a younger brother stumbled in and rushed in: "Brother, it's not good! Taiyuan governor sent eight thousand soldiers out to suppress the bandits!"

"What?!" Guo Jinli shook his hands in fright, and the chicken leg fell on the snow-white fox fur.

……

Two days later.

"Brother!" The men rushed into the room.

Guo Jinli was packing gold and silver and was about to escape, when he heard the sound, he hurriedly stuffed the package under the table.

"what's up?"

The subordinate said: "Didn't the governor of Taiyuan send [-] soldiers to attack us?"

Guo Jinli's eyes widened in shock: "It's already here??? Didn't you say there are still two days away?"

The subordinates shook their heads again and again: "No, no. I heard that General Liu, who is in command of the army of that government, is the cousin of the governor of Taiyuan. He started fighting among himself! I heard that General Liu has been killed by his subordinates!"

Guo Jinli was dumbfounded.

……

A few more days.

Guo Jinli was drinking ginseng soup in the house when his subordinates ran in.

"Brother, the army is coming!"

"What?!" Guo Jinli spilled half a bowl of soup in shock, "Didn't it mean that the army broke up halfway and didn't come to suppress the bandits?"

The subordinates said: "I didn't come to suppress the bandits. The man who led the troops was Li Cui, the lieutenant of the military school of the government. It is said that he killed General Liu. He killed the chief, which was a serious crime of treason. He can't go back to Taiyuan Mansion. The army has dispersed. More than half, there are still more than 3000 people left, who have come to join us with Li Cui."

Guo Jinli: "!!!"

……

Another two months.

Guo Jinli and Li Cui sat at the table, which was full of delicacies from mountains and seas.There are several maids at the table serving them.

The men ran in.

"General Guo, General Li."

After Li Cui arrived, he also brought over the formation of the army.Now Guo Jinli has transformed into a general with an army of more than 1.His soldiers burned, killed and looted in Taiyuan Mansion, and also brought him a life of rich clothes and fine food.

Guo Jinli calmly wiped his mouth with silk and asked, "What's the matter?"

The subordinate said: "We have attracted the attention of the imperial court. The imperial court ordered Hebei, Jingzhao, and Guangjin to send troops to Taiyuan to suppress bandits. It also ordered Luzhou, Hengzhou, Zhaozhou and other prefectures to raise food money, recruit soldiers, and raise an army against us."

Both Guo Jinli and Li Cui were taken aback.

Guo Jinli said: "Mobilize the troops of the three prefectures and order the states? This, this, what have we done, so that it is worth the imperial court's big fight?"

The subordinates were uncertain: "Maybe we are closer to the capital? Maybe we have more people? Or maybe we robbed too much?"

Li Cuicai didn't care why the court gave the order, he only knew that it was a big deal for the court to make such an order!

He nervously said: "What should we do?! The army of the three prefectures came together to encircle us, why don't we run away quickly and go north to outside the pass?"

This time Guo Jinli was much calmer than Li Cui.He comforted: "Brother, don't be afraid, with me here, you will be fine."

Li Cuiqi said: "What good idea do you have?"

Guo Jinli couldn't say anything, so he just waved his hands and said, "Anyway, wait for a while to see, I believe there are still variables!"

……

Another half month.

The bandit suppression troops from Hebei, Guangjin, and Jingzhao prefectures did not come, but the news from Luzhou, Hengzhou, Zhaozhou and other prefectures came to Taiyuan first.

"General Guo! General Li!" His subordinates rushed into the room and excitedly reported: "Reverse, rebellious!"

The two were surprised: "What's wrong?"

The subordinate gasped and said: "Luzhou, Zhaozhou...rebelled! The people are overwhelmed by the government's pressure, and they all rebelled! Now Luzhou has formed a state soldier, and sent someone to send us a letter saying yes, willing to join us!"

Guo Jinli was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "See what I'm talking about?"

Li Cui was dumbfounded.

After a long time, he said in admiration: "Brother is so clever, he can even count this! Little brother is really convinced this time!"

The imperial court ordered Luzhou and other prefectures to raise food funds and form an army in order to form a barrier between the imperial court and Taiyuan, lest the rebels threaten the capital.However, this order is actually another violent expropriation and compulsory conscription of the people in the states. The people have long been overwhelmed. The army was formed and money and food were raised, but they did not serve the court, but directly threw themselves into the arms of the rebels.

Li Cui asked: "Brother, what should we do now?"

Guo Jinli thought for a while, and felt itchy in his heart: "Since all the states are reversed, why don't we simply go south and go to the capital? I haven't been to the capital yet, so I don't know how rich it must be."

Li Cui was dumbfounded: "This, will this be...too..."

Guo Jinli was a little guilty, and after thinking about his journey, he gained a lot of confidence.

He patted his chest and said, "With me here, no problem! Anyway, let's go to Luzhou first!"

……

The rebels went all the way south, first to Luzhou and then to Zhaozhou.People along the way either fled or joined the rebels.And they met almost no resistance.

In a blink of an eye, the capital city is within sight.

The closer they got to the capital, the more nervous Guo Jinli and the others became.

On the march, Li Cui asked: "Brother, the capital is heavily guarded. Are we really going to the capital?"

Guo Jinli stroked his chin and thought.

Li Cui didn't know what he was thinking, he thought he really had the determination to fight the defenders of the capital.In fact, Guo Jinli was thinking: According to the usual experience, there must be a change at this time, right?

While thinking, his subordinates rushed over: "General!"

Guo Jinli hurriedly said, "What's the matter?"

The subordinates said: "The news came from the capital, the eunuch has escaped from the capital with the little emperor, and the defenders of the capital have heard the news and have already collapsed!"

Guo Jinli and Li Cui: "..."

The eunuch ran away with the emperor, and the dignitaries also ran away. What morale is there for the defenders in Beijing?They heard that tens of thousands of rebels were coming all the way, and they were about to approach the city, so who would stay and fight for them?Hurry up and fly separately in the face of disaster!

The officers ran first, and the soldiers followed, and finally the army was defeated without a fight.

Li Cui was shocked and said: "Brother, you insist on going to the capital, don't you even count this?"

Guo Jinli looked up to the sky and laughed wildly.

I don't know how long he laughed, but he finally stopped, his face was ruddy, his eyes were piercing, and his head was straight.

"Of course!" He said in high spirits, "Believe it or not, I am a god."

Li Cui was puzzled.

Guo Jinli said: "Let's go, go to the capital!"

After a pause, he said again: "Hurry up and send a team of fast horses to chase the emperor back to me!"

The author has something to say: his eyes are full of absurd things, and his mouth is full of absurd words.

Guo Jinli = Guo Jinli, the villain of a lucky ex

It is said that when I was writing this chapter, I suddenly remembered the famous saying of an entrepreneur: Standing on the wind, pigs can also fly.