Zhu Nao

As soon as the news of tomorrow's expedition was announced, the barracks immediately fell into great chaos.

The soldiers were busy working all day after they joined the army, and they were not so informed about the news from the outside world. Only then did people know that many people in Mianzhou had begun to rebel!Not only in Mianzhou, but in this short period of time, there is almost no peaceful place in the states in central Sichuan, and the situation outside has turned upside down.

For a moment, shock, anger, bewilderment, worry, ready to move... all kinds of emotions filled the barracks, and people were restless.The officers expended a lot of energy, almost screaming their throats, and broke the whip in their hands, and finally managed to suppress the restlessness.

It was getting dark, and the noise in the barracks was getting quieter.But how many people can't sleep, no one knows.

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Under the cover of the pitch-black night, several people sneaked out of each tent and came to a tent to meet up.

Wei Yue counted the number of people and found that there was still a boss Zhao missing.After waiting for a while, Boss Zhao finally came over in the dark.

Wei Yue asked, "Why are you so slow?"

Zhao Laodao: "Don't mention it. Several of the tents I slept in came from Mianzhou. I heard that tomorrow the troops will be sent to suppress the people of Mianzhou. Everyone was very angry and kept scolding the dog officials in Chengdu. I haven’t slept yet after scolding. I sneaked out with an excuse to shit, and I have to go back quickly.”

Immediately someone echoed, "It's the same with my tent."

"I am me too!"

"Hey, by the way, why is there such a mess outside? Is it Zhuzhou Mu's fault?"

"It should be? Zhuzhou Mu is really amazing..."

Seeing that everyone was talking gossip, Wei Yue hurriedly interrupted: "Okay, don't talk about it, let's get down to business."

Only then did everyone stop their voices.

Someone eagerly said: "Brother Wei, now is a good time. After the announcement of the dispatch of troops in the afternoon, I have heard several people discussing that they want to rush into the government to kill the dog officer and want to rebel. We must instigate it now. It's an overwhelming response!"

"Yes, I heard that too. Brother Wei, is it time for us to do it?"

Wei Yue said: "No, there is no rush. We only have one chance. If we fail, the consequences will be disastrous. The time is not yet ripe, let's wait a little longer."

It is true that right now there is a lot of anger in the barracks, but many people are still fearful when they are angry, and no matter how loudly they curse, they may not really dare to take action.If they go to instigate rebellion against the army now, the effect may not be good.And at this time, the officers must be fully alert and strictly investigate the change.Once the matter is exposed, it is a trivial matter if they cannot get things done, and it is a major matter if they lose their lives.

Everyone couldn't think of much, they just asked, "Brother Wei, what are we waiting for?"

Wei Yue hooked the corners of her lips, and said: "When the first battle starts, it will be the turn of the army to attack. Don't worry, it will be soon."

Everyone stared blankly at each other.Head start?What does that mean...

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Early the next morning, the soldiers were woken up by the sound of drums.

Sure enough, the army has begun to recruit troops.It is said that thousands of people in Mianzhou participated in the riots, so the army had to send [-] soldiers, that is, six battalions of troops, to suppress it.

The battalion where Buxi and Yuedong belonged was also among the ranks of soldiers who were ordered this time.No one expected that their first return to Mianzhou would be for such a reason.

The two came out of the tent with mixed emotions, and were about to gather at the school grounds when they heard a few officers yelling in the crowd: "Who is from Mianzhou? Let me go back to all those from Mianzhou. Don't go!"

The two were taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Last night a few soldiers from Mianzhou in their battalion got together to discuss secretly. They would definitely not want to attack the villagers when they returned to Mianzhou this time. They might as well find an opportunity to sneak away. It is proposed there to let everyone rebel together.Had their plans been leaked ahead of time?Or did the officers deliberately not allow soldiers from Mianzhou to participate in anticipation of possible accidents?

Yue Dong hesitated and took a step back, not knowing whether he should go back to the camp obediently.Yet a hand at the side grabbed him firmly.

"Go, go to the school grounds."

Overwinter looked at Buxi in surprise.Didn't the officer say that people from Mianzhou were not allowed to go?

But Bu Xi smiled and said, "Let's go. Don't you know the rules of this place? That means there are no rules at all." While speaking, he dragged Bu Xi to the direction of the school grounds.

Sure enough, the two walked all the way, and no one stopped them at all.When I arrived at the school grounds, I saw that there were many fellow villagers from Mianzhou in the team, and no one came to take care of them.

This time the riots of the common people came fiercely, and the order to send troops came in a hurry.I received the order last night and will set off this morning. Where did the officers have the time to check their backgrounds one by one?In addition, the management of this army was chaotic, and it was too difficult to distinguish a large number of refugees with false nationality when they were recruited. They could only yell a few times, hoping that the soldiers from Mianzhou would withdraw voluntarily.

Not long after, the soldiers of the Sixth Battalion were assembled, and the officer in charge hurriedly led them to Mianzhou.

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At this moment, the face of every official in the government office in Chengdu was clouded, and from time to time, officials in a hurry went to report the news.However, in the past few days, officials have heard all kinds of bad news, and they are almost frightened by the arrival of new news.

——Another case of fighting and murder occurred in the army.

——Instances of civil uprisings occurred in both XX and XX states.

——Food prices skyrocketed, the officers and soldiers who bought the military grain were resisted by the common people, and several officers and soldiers were beaten to death by the common people.

It seems that suddenly, but also like a gradual change, the Chengdu Mansion has fallen into a quagmire, and the order is collapsing.

Lu Qinghui led an attendant and hurriedly walked on the avenue of the government mansion.He had just finished drafting a call to action against Junao, and was planning to show it to the relevant officials in person, and then let the officials release it to the people.However, just as he turned a corner, he happened to run into Xu Yu who was coming towards him.

The two Shaoyin saw each other and stopped at the same time.

Xu Yu asked, "Qinghui, where are you going?"

He came just in time, and Lu Qinghui gave him a vicious look, and said angrily: "Xu Yu, I told you a long time ago, we can't let that non-traitor grain store open! Now they maliciously manipulate the grain price, which has caused chaos in Sichuan! You are happy Is it gone?!"

Xu Yu frowned, and saw the manuscript in his hand, and already knew his whereabouts.Facing Lu Qinghui's accusation, Xu Yu was neither angry nor ashamed, and lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "I really didn't expect it to become like this."

Lu Qinghui sneered and said: "You didn't think of it? You really didn't think of it? He started a grain business and monopolized the grain business in Sichuan, so you really didn't think of his conspiracy at all? Don't tell me that you think he is doing justice and saving people's livelihood !"

He continued: "I finally understand why he recruited troops so openly, and I finally understand what his intentions are! He was the one who disrupted the situation in Sichuan, but now the people outside are clamoring for him To save the people from the fire and water? It's ridiculous!"

Right now, there are frequent riots in various parts of central Sichuan, all because of the sudden soaring of food prices, the prices are completely out of order, and the common people can't afford to eat, so they have to rise up and resist the tyranny.The skyrocketing price of food is precisely manipulated by non-traitor grain companies.It's just that most people don't know this.

For the vast majority of the people, they don't even know that the non-traitor grain store is hosted by merchants in Langzhou, and they don't know what relationship this grain store has with Langzhou shepherd Zhu Nao.Why do ordinary people care about this in their daily life?As long as the price of the grain bank is favorable, I will look for the grain bank to buy grain.

And this time the non-traitor grain industry manipulated the skyrocketing food prices, and it was not out of thin air.They took advantage of the panic of the people and the trend of rising food prices to completely ignite this unburned torch.And they just started, and the chaos in the future will be all natural.The common people didn't know that this was the handiwork of the traitor, they only thought that the panic had finally come, so they pointed all the blame at the government.

However, the ordinary people cannot see the tricks of the non-traitorous food industry, but businessmen and officials who are familiar with the economic form can understand Jun Nao's plots with a little research.So Lu Qinghui was furious, and immediately wrote down nearly a thousand words of a crusade, and prepared officials to post announcements everywhere, vowing to expose Zhu Nao's true face to all the deceived people.

After angrily accusing Xu Yu, he didn't want to get too entangled with Xu Yu, and walked around Xu Yu.But within two steps, he heard Xu Yu calling him from behind.

"Qinghui."

Lu Qinghui didn't plan to talk to him, and continued to walk his own way.

"Do you really think that the current chaos is caused by Junao? Or, do you think it's his fault alone?"

Lu Qinghui paused and slowed down.

"I also don't want to see this chaos." Xu Yu sighed, "But the dripping water wears through the rocks, and the ant's nest bursts. He is just the last first drop of water, the last ant."

Lu Qinghui's footsteps finally stopped completely.He didn't turn around to face Xu Yu, but his breathing suddenly became a little short.

If it wasn't Zhu Nao who caused the chaos in Central Shu today, who then?If not soaring food prices, what is it?

It is the fatuous Yuan Jilu, the long-corrupted officialdom, the domineering powerful family, and the chaotic and domineering recruits.But if there are no such things, no matter how the non-traitor grain industry disrupts the situation, it will not be able to create the current situation.

Public grievances are boiling like water, the pot for boiling water has long been set up, and the salary for boiling the pot has long been ignited.

Xu Yu said: "I have nothing to quibble about what you accuse me of. But now, I have to say: Your faults and mine are both worse than Zhu Nao's faults."

Lu Qinghui's whole body was shaken, and the hand holding the manuscript was tightly squeezed.

After a while, Xu Yu suddenly remembered something again, and said: "That's right. I just came out from the governor. Yesterday he heard that some people in Mianzhou gathered to make trouble, so he immediately ordered the military camp to send [-] soldiers to suppress it." .”

"What?!" Lu Qinghui turned around in shock.

Xu Yu pulled out an indescribable smile: "I have persuaded. From yesterday to today, no matter how much I persuaded him, he would not listen. He said that this matter must not be tolerated, otherwise it will support the mob. The three thousand soldiers now may Already on the way."

Lu Qinghui immediately took a deep breath.How long have those [-] soldiers been training, and they sent out in a hurry? !And three thousand soldiers were used to suppress the people... No matter whether the suppression is successful or not, the ending will be unimaginable.

Xu Yu didn't say anything, just took a deep look at him, turned and left.

Lu Qinghui looked at his back, his mood was violently turbulent, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

After a long time, his attendant asked cautiously, "Shao Yin, shall we still go?"

It was only then that Lu Qinghui suddenly woke up from a dream.He lowered his head, looked at the proclamation that he had kneaded into a ball, and slowly unfolded it.This is a thousand-character book written by him when he was emotionally angry just now, eloquently and instantly.However, just after a cup of tea, he re-read the words above, and found many of them ridiculous.

After a while, he kneaded the call to action into a ball and slammed it on the ground.With nowhere to vent his emotions, he stomped on the ball of paper a few times like crazy, and shouted angrily: "Ah! Ah——!"

Officials passing by in the distance looked sideways at him in horror.

After Lu Qinghui yelled and stomped, he let out his anger.He slowly bent down to pick up the ball of paper, and he walked back and forth in a hurry.

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After the army entered Mianzhou, the soldiers realized that the outside world had changed a lot during this period.

When they came along the road, they saw several corpses on the road.There are common people and officials.The ground was stained black with blood, which was shocking to see.

The officer suddenly ordered the soldiers to stop and rest.

The soldiers stopped, and the officer leading the team climbed up a big stone and stood on the high stone to give a speech.

"Go one mile further and you will be there! Several villages in front of you have participated in the rebellion. If you pass by in a while, you will be detained if you see anyone. Anyone who dares to resist can be killed on the spot!"

The army was in an uproar.Along the way, despite repeated warnings from the officers, the soldiers kept whispering.Everyone has just come out of the people, and no one wants to do anything to the people.They were eager to do something, but they didn't discuss how to do it.Having said that, even though they have been hastily mobilized to go out today, because the army has no time to forge 3000 weapons, most of them still have nothing in their hands, and only a few of them have received sticks as weapons.This is probably also the reason why [-] troops were mobilized to suppress the riot of [-] people.

At this moment, some sharp-eyed people saw a black figure climbing towards the boulder where the officer stood.They gasped suddenly, and stared at the black figure without fail.

The officer himself was unaware of this, and was still looking down at the team.He reprimanded in disgust: "Cheer up all of you! When you join the army, you are soldiers. Military orders are like mountains. Who dares to disobey, I..."

Before he could finish speaking, the black shadow that successfully climbed up the boulder suddenly rushed towards him from behind, and strangled his neck with a rope!

The officer was startled, and immediately struggled desperately, but the rope was so tight that it cut off his breathing instantly.His physical strength declined rapidly, and the veins on his forehead bulged out. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break the rope.

Most of the [-] soldiers saw this scene, and immediately made a fuss, but none of them had the intention of stepping forward to stop it.There were also a few officers in the team, most of whom stood far away, and were probably stunned when they saw this scene, and it took a long time before someone rushed over to help.However, a large number of soldiers blocked his way.

After a while, the top officer's hands gradually dropped, his eyes protruded, and he was already out of breath.

The young man who did it pushed the officer off the boulder and stood up on the boulder himself.This person is none other than Wei Yue's young man in Jianzhou, and he is also in the camp today.

The young man glanced at the vast army and let go of his voice and shouted: "Brothers! Don't serve the dog officer anymore, go home!" "Everyone go home! Go back to your relatives! "

The army was in disarray.

The remaining officers knew that the situation was not good, and there was a chance that no one would come out to preside over the army.Some people are afraid that they will suffer, so they turn around and run away.Someone immediately tore off his officer's uniform and turned his back on the battle.

Finally, the dark team gradually spread out.People are going home.

Yue Dong struggled to weave through the crowd, pushing aside one piece after another, and finally found Buxi's figure.He quickly ran over to grab Busi: "Axi, let's go back together."

Previously, Yuedong was always afraid that if he deserted, his family would be implicated, but now that the situation was like this, he didn't have much to keep.He was still worried about whether his family members were among the rioting crowd along the way, and he should go back to the village anyway.

Unexpectedly, Buxi smiled at him and broke his hand: "Go back by yourself. I won't go."

Yuedong was shocked and said, "You're not going back? Then where are you going?"

Bu Xi said, "I plan to go back to the barracks."

"What?!" Yue Dong was shocked, "Back to the barracks?! Are you crazy??"

Now their chief has been killed, and their army has dispersed. If they go back, wouldn't everyone be treated as rebels?

Bu Xi saw what he was worried about, and waved his hand indifferently: "Don't worry, I'll sneak back and find a random camp gangster, no one will find out. I recently met a brother named Wei in the military camp. It's very interesting." .I think he is planning something big, and I want to participate too. If you see my family members after you return to the village, please help me say hello to them. Anyway, there are other brothers in my family to take care of my parents, so it doesn’t matter if I’m missing.”

Yue Dong was dumbfounded.Bu Xi has always been a courageous person, never thought that he would be so courageous.event?What kind of event will it be?

Seeing that Yue Dong refused to leave, Bu Xi laughed and said, "Why, do you want to go back with me? I would like to invite you, but I guess you won't agree."

Yuedong really shook his head in fright.Seeing that Buxi really refused to go back with him, he hesitated again and again, and slowly backed away: "Then you, take care of yourself."

Buxi waved his hand: "Go. I hope we will have a chance to meet again in the future."

Yuedong nodded vigorously, took a deep look at him at last, then turned and ran towards home.

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A day later, the news that the [-] soldiers who had set out for the expedition rebelled halfway had spread back to Chengdu and the barracks.

Yuan Jilu was furious, but the soldiers in the army seemed to hear the good news, and their hearts became more and more fluctuating.

At night, Wei Yue's subordinates gathered together again under the cover of darkness.The young man who killed the officer and Busi had all returned to the army, but they were not found out.They also joined the discussion team.

Boss Zhao rubbed his hands excitedly: "Brother Wei, Yang Lie played really well! Several groups of people in our battalion have already started serious discussions about how to rebel instead of letting go. That's it. Has our time come?" Yang Lie was the name of the young man who killed the officer.

Wei Yue still smiled and said, "No hurry. Let's add fire."

If it was said that the seeds of resistance had been planted in the hearts of 3000 soldiers when the news of sending troops was announced, then the rebellion of 7000 men gave courage to the remaining [-] men.Let them understand that this is not only possible, but not difficult at all.

But this is not enough.Of the remaining [-] soldiers, half were conscripted by force, and half signed up by themselves. Many of them joined the army for food and pay.Moreover, people are often very adaptable, and those who have been recruited by force may not be tempted by food and wages.

Boss Zhao asked: "Brother Wei, how do you increase the fire?"

Wei Yue beckoned, motioning for everyone to come closer.Everyone gathered around him, and he leaned into everyone's ears, and explained so and so in a soft voice.

Everyone suddenly realized, showed admiration, and then went back to the camp.

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The next day, all kinds of rumors spread rapidly in the barracks like a plague.

"Hey, have you heard? The 3000 people who sent troops to Mianzhou ran away, and the officials in Chengdu were furious, saying that this happened because of our lax military discipline, so we will not be paid this year. Maybe Not even next year."

"What?! Why did those 3000 people run away and want to deduct our rations?! I came from Fuzhou to join the army to receive this ration. My family's field was taken by the squire, and my younger brothers and sisters had to wait for me for the rations. Let's eat!"

"There's no reason for it, I just took the opportunity to find an excuse to deduct. Now that there is a shortage of food outside, what is the price of food so high? Where can the government distribute the food for more than 1 of us, so I want to find an excuse to skip it. "

"...If that's the case, I'm a bad soldier!"

"Aren't you inappropriate if you think about it? You have registered your household registration formally, right? The government has your military record. Even if you go back, you can find your hometown right away. Unless..."

"..."

One pass to ten, ten to a hundred, the same camp to the same camp, and the same village to the same village.In an instant, the news had spread to the ears of all soldiers in the army.

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Langzhou Campus.

The newly recruited [-] soldiers lined up neatly, looking down from the high platform, it was spectacular.

Standing on the high platform, Zhu Nao glanced at the crowd with a smile: "Soldiers."

Everyone said in unison: "Yes!"

Zhu Nao said, "Although it's a bit hasty, we're going to send troops soon."

The crowd was also in an uproar for a while, but quickly quieted down.

These thousand soldiers were all carefully selected and recruited by Zhu Nao from Langzhou, and they were all voluntary volunteers.Right now the training days are short, but there is no other labor other than training, and they only concentrate on training. Although they are not considered elite, they have achieved initial results.

Zhu Nao said: "Commander Yu will tell you about the dispatch of troops. Tomorrow, we will leave for Chengdu."

The soldiers said loudly: "I would like to serve the state shepherd!"