MTL - Poor Family-Chapter 894 Public Complaints Boiling (Part 1)

  Chapter 894 Public Complaints Boiling (Part 1)

  Five days later, Wan Yanchang sent a letter of appeal for help to Daming Mansion, "The siege failed in a row, the casualties were heavy, and the troops were not enough to continue the siege. I begged Marshal Du to send troops to reinforce. If the humble position is still in Luoyang, it will not be such a defeat."

Wanyan Xie also slapped the table and cursed at a request letter full of resentment, all the generals tried to persuade Wan Yanxie to calm down, Wanyan Xie also shook his head and said to everyone: "It really disappoints me, nothing more than letting him down Withdrawing from Luoyang and returning to Taiyuan to attack the city, he has such resentment in his heart, do I, Wan Yangao, have to follow his wishes?"

Wanyan Xiyin persuaded: "Tailan has always been a very proud person. The heavy setback in the attack on Taiyuan this time may have made him a little unbalanced, so there are some complaints in the letter, which is actually understandable. The most urgent thing now is to send reinforcements. Taiyuan must be captured as soon as possible, otherwise it will be really difficult for the emperor to explain."

Wanyan Xie also let out a long sigh, and walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looking worriedly at the snowdrift outside the window. Just yesterday, the emperor's decree was sent to Daming Mansion. Then he blamed them for losing Taiyuan, and ordered them to regain Taiyuan as soon as possible, otherwise it would affect the overall situation.

   "This is called pulling one hair and moving the whole body!" Wanyan Xie also sighed softly.

Of course Wan Yanxie also understands the meaning of "affecting the overall situation" in the will of the Son of Heaven. Hedong Road is connected to Hebei in the east, Shaanxi in the west, Central Plains in the south, and Mobei in the north. It can be said that it is the core area in the northern part of the Great Song Dynasty. Importantly, when the Kingdom of Jin attacked the Song Dynasty, the first thing to do was to attack Hedong Road and take down the Hedong Road. The plan to attack the Song Dynasty was almost half completed.

  The core of Hedong Road is Taiyuan Mansion. Taiyuan Mansion is like the eyes of a game of chess.

   "The army can be reinforced, but where can I find the heavy siege weapons that Wan Yanchang wants?"

  Wanyan Xiyin pondered for a while and said: "I remember that there seems to be some in the warehouse of Zhending Mansion, why don't you ask Liang Fangping, he knows better."

  Wan Yanxie also immediately sent his own soldiers to look for Liang Fangping. Not long after, Liang Fangping rushed to Marshal Du's tent, bowed and saluted, "Marshal Du please give me instructions!"

   "I remember that Mr. Liang was originally a transshipment envoy for the two routes in Hebei, so he should be familiar with the situation in Hebei!"

  Liang Fangping didn't know the meaning of Wanyan Xie's question, he hesitated and said, "It's pretty familiar!"

"Wan Yanchang lost his army in Hebei, and now he is asking me for help, asking for reinforcements and heavy siege weapons. The army can be increased, but I don't have heavy siege weapons in my hand, and it is too late to make them now. Just now, Wushi said that there is no real siege. Less heavy siege weapons, is it true?"

  Liang Fangping nodded, "There are quite a few, including catapults, cannons, bed crossbows, nest carts, ladders, siege ladders, and other siege and defense weapons. I saw it with my own eyes when I went to inspect the warehouse half a year ago."

  Wan Yanxie was also overjoyed, but then he thought of another troublesome matter, how to transport these large siege weapons to Taiyuan? It is too far away and too difficult to take the Luoyang detour.

  He asked again: "Mr. Liang, is it really impossible to go to Jingxing now?"

  Liang Fangping said: "Now that Jingxing is blocked by heavy snow, it is really difficult to travel under normal circumstances. If it is not a special situation, it is best not to go to Jingxing."

  Wan Yanxie also heard something in Liang Fangping's words, and quickly asked, "Can you leave under special circumstances?"

"As far as I know, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, whenever there was heavy snowfall, Jingxing stopped the east-west communication. However, there are precedents in history. The Northern Zhou Dynasty General Dugu Xin once conscripted 200,000 people to clean up the snow in Jingxing. The Northern Zhou army opened up the snow within ten days. As a result, he entered Northern Qi and caught Northern Qi by surprise."

Wanyan Xie also took a few steps with his hands behind his back, and he immediately said: "It is urgent to open the passage between Hebei and Hedong, I will leave this matter to you two, and forcefully recruit three 100,000 people will start from the east, and Wan Yanchang will recruit 200,000 people from the east to start from the west, and within ten days I will get through Jingxing!"

Jingxing is the only passage in the Eight Xings of the Taihang that can take heavy vehicles. Its strategic position is extremely important, and it is not impossible to go in winter. Wait until the beginning of spring to resume the exchanges between the east and west of Taihang Mountain.

Today's two blizzards caused a lot of snow on Jingxing's tens of miles of mountain roads, blocking the Jingxing passage, but the serious situation in Taiyuan Mansion made it necessary for the Jin soldiers to get through Jingxing. Dingzhou, Xingzhou and other three prefectures forced 300,000 civilians to rush to Jingxing to clear the snow road. At the same time, Wan Yanchang also forced 150,000 civilians to clear Jingxing from the west.

  For a while, the people in Hebei and Hedong were full of grievances, and the people who fought against the gold came one after another.

Huoyi County, Jinzhou, is the starting point of the south of Shuque Valley. It is a small county sandwiched between mountains. It is surrounded by Huoshan Mountain in the east and Gushe Mountain in the west. There are many mountains and scarce cultivated land. , Most of them make a living by gathering herbs and hunting.

  The lack of food makes the population of Huoyi County not large.

Just before dawn, Liujia Village in the west of the county seat was boiling. Liu Yong, the governor of Baozheng, brought a message. To Liujia Village, at least 120 strong men must be dispatched.

In the ancestral hall at the entrance of the village, more than a dozen men were angrily questioning Du Baozheng, "A few days ago, the Jin soldiers forcibly confiscated food and coachmen. Some ten carts were also confiscated, and now there are only sixty-four men in the village, including the elderly and children. If we want us to send out one hundred and twenty strong men, how can we do that? And we only need to bring dry food. Are the wives, children, and parents starving to death?"

   Du Baozheng Liu Yong smiled wryly and said: "The amount was suppressed by Zhang Zhi County. I have no choice. I heard that if the number of people is not enough, you can donate money and food to cover the amount. A strong man counts as 20 guan, or two stones of rice."

"fart!"

Liu Da, one of the five brothers of the Liu family, roared angrily: "There are only thirty strong men in our village, and there are still ninety people who count as 1,800 yuan? gone."

   "It was suppressed from above. If you don't do it, Jin soldiers may come to suppress and kill people!"

   "We will kill if we are in a hurry!"

  Liu San rolled up his sleeves and shouted: "Brother, stop reasoning with the dog officer, take out a knife and kill them all, let's go to Taiyuan and go to Li Dutong."

  The other 20 or so young and strong shouted together, "We are Song people, not Jin slaves!"

   Du Baozheng Liu Yong shivered in fright, "Brothers, don't take it easy on me, I was also forced by Zhang Gouguan, if I can't get enough money, food and youth, my own life will be in danger."

   At this time, Liu Dayi raised his hand, "Everyone be quiet, listen to me!"

   Everyone gradually quieted down, Liu Da asked: "Are there any golden soldiers in the county?"

  Liu Yong shook his head quickly, "Soldiers from all over the country have been transferred to Taiyuan Prefecture to fight. There are only a dozen government servants in the county, and there are no soldiers."

Liu Da said to the crowd: "It must be impossible for us to live a peaceful life. I suggest to go to the county town together with young and strong people from other villages to ask the magistrate for an explanation. If we don't give us an explanation, we will kill that dog official. , go to Huoshan to be a rebel army!"

Everyone agreed, they imprisoned Du Baozheng, each went home to take hunting knives, bows and arrows, more than 30 people led by Liu Da went to the villages to gather rebels, and their anger had already burned all over Baishui Township. Gathered hundreds of hunters and drove towards the county seat in mighty force.

  People continued to join their team along the way. When they arrived in Huoyi County, more than 1,300 rebels participated in the rebellion against the conscription, and the five Liu brothers became their leaders.

  (end of this chapter)