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Chapter 360 Under House Arrest(2/2)

The wealthy family in Bazhou City was in trouble first, and then the wealthy family was also looted. Then the beautiful woman began to be raped and insulted. The whole city was in chaos. The crowd of people in the fleeing area spontaneously opened the city gate and ran around.

Before dawn, Zhang Mao controlled the whole city and began to recruit soldiers. Some people who were bullied by the government for a long time and the rascals who took advantage of the chaos to rob, rob property, and rape women had tasted the sweetness. At the same time, for his own safety, he responded and joined Zhang Mao's team. More than 300 people reached the height of the sky and developed into 1,200 people.

Liu Liu and Liu Qi were overjoyed when they saw the situation. Only by developing their troops quickly could they have the ability to confront the court. Therefore, they immediately asked to lead their troops to fight against the court. Before the news spread, they quickly attacked Wen'an, Gu'an, Yongqing, and Xiongxian. These county governments had no permanent troops and could quickly seize enough wealth and attract the poor to join.

Zhang Mao also knew that the most urgent task was to quickly grow himself, so he agreed without hesitation and assigned Liu Liu, Feng Lei and others to lead an army, and at the same time attacked various counties and towns. However, there were still many things in Bazhou City that had not been dealt with, and some food, grass, gold and silver had not been collected, so Zhang Mao volunteered to stay in Bazhou to deal with it.

Liu Liu and others were worried that Jiang Bin was close at hand and came to attack after hearing the news. Zhang Mao was very confident in Jiang Bin, believing that he would not ignore his brotherhood for the sake of the court. Besides, if Jiang Bin leads his army to attack, he can escape at any time, and there are too many people to defeat him. It is still no problem to escape. Liu Liu and Liu Qi knew his ability, and thought for a moment, and agreed.

Zhang Mao left sixty elite soldiers and 120 newly recruited brothers, searching one by one, and was rushing to accumulate wealth. Someone came to report that the guerrilla general Jiang Bin led twelve cavalry to the city for a visit. Zhang Mao stepped on the seat of the magistrate. When he heard the news, he laughed and said to his left and right: "How? My brother only led twelve cavalry to ask for a visit. It was clearly here to vote for me. Hahaha, please follow me quickly."

Zhang Maoxing brought people out of the city, and saw Jiang Bin leading his twelve cavalry confidants standing on the side of the city gate. When he saw him out of the city, he rode his horse alone to welcome him. When he met, he said in surprise: "We just went to the thief camp, but it was indeed ruined. The rovers fled everywhere. Brother, why are you...... Why are you really rebelling?"

Zhang Mao smiled and said, "Isn't it the old thief Liang Hong? I'm extorting countless times and forcing too much. We brothers can't stand this lustful anger, so I'd just turn against him. Brother, you are a high-ranking official and have a bright future. Brother, you are not difficult for you. If I don't lead troops to attack your military camp, don't come to me for bad luck. Xiao Xiaobazhou can't keep me. If you have enough military pay, your elder brother will leave the country and make things difficult for you. How about not making things difficult for you in your territory?"

Jiang Bin snorted and cursed: "Fuck, is a great official? A man of the world, two brothers, the name Bo Yuntian, if you are a thief, you are a guerrilla general, it is hard to guarantee that you will be evil with you. I have a plan. Since you want to rebel, the court will dislike me even more. It would be better if this official is not done. Brother will rebel with you!"

Zhang Mao was overjoyed and stared at him and said, "Are you serious about this?"

Jiang Bin said angrily: "Of course, take it seriously! Don't you believe me? These brothers are my good brothers who share life and death. They are brought from Xuanfu. I told them that they are willing to follow me. I'm just here to vote for you? My military horse has just taken over, and I'm really worried and dare not tell them my thoughts, so... only these few people cannot help my elder brother, and I feel that I don't have the face to see you."

Zhang Mao shook the reins of the horse, and the horse came over to stand with him, and said proudly: "If you don't believe you, my brother will not just lead these few people out of the city. What are you afraid of if you can't attract officers and soldiers? Brother, you can only get thousands of elite soldiers. Come and follow my brother into the city. In the future, we two brothers will fight together and sit together!"

Jiang Bin and Zhang Maotie Palm, laughed loudly, then galloped into the city and got into the thief.

At noon, the two of them were in the lobby of the prefecture, looking at the gold, pearls and jade treasures collected in front of them, using the prefecture's land case to make a wine table, a large bowl of wine, a large mouthful of meat, and a happy drink, discussing the direction of recruiting soldiers and horses.

The two of them were drinking together. When they were in a deep state, Jiang Bin suddenly smashed the sea bowl. With a moment of shock, Zhang Mao's neck was filled with a huge pain, cutting off his artery, and blood gushed out, splashing Jiang Bin's face.

Zhang Mao roared and slashed out with a palm. Jiang Bin was ready and had already bounced back. Zhang Mao yelled angrily: "Crazy child!" With a word, his eyes were blurred and he was already unstable.

Jiang Bintuan retreated and immediately took down the two slashing sabers hanging on the pillars. He used the sabers like a wheel, without hesitation, and heard a "puff" sound, and his head swung into the air. Jiang Bin stabbed the tip of the knife and shouted: "The thief is dead, who dares to resist?"

I saw that he was covered in iron armor and his face was covered in blood. He raised his swords in his hand, and a head with a glaring and fierce look on the blade seemed to be alive. It was really a horrifying soul.

When his twelve brave soldiers brought out from the border army of Xuanfu saw that the general was successful, they immediately jumped up and attacked. Like a strong wind swept the fallen leaves, slaughtering several bandits in the lobby. When Liu Erqi, who was plundering in the city, led people to come after hearing the news, Jiang Bin had led the twelve cavalry out of the city, met with the brigade waiting in the dense forest for several miles, and killed the general again, and Bazhou City was lost.

Liu Liu and others, who were successful in the county, heard the news sent by Liu Erqi. When they heard that Zhang Mao was killed in a trap, they were suddenly in a panic and led several troops to fight over the country to Bazhou. In this battle, Liu Liuyi's side attacked the city with all their strength. Although the soldiers and generals in his hands were not trained, they were all extraordinary in martial arts and horse skills, and they were definitely not comparable to ordinary people.

After a long battle, he rushed into the city again. Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiang Bin immediately collected the remaining soldiers and retreated from the city. Bazhou changed hands again. The horse thieves vented their anger by the people, and countless other families were poisoned.

Jiang Bin heard that his cousin had rebelled. And this time he was a public rebellion, and it was not easy to forgive the charges of the last time when he was a thief, so he also took some effort. If he did not send troops, he would be impeached by the court because of his relationship. This official would probably not be able to do it. If he sent troops, his generals would be suspicious of him and always worried that he would conspire with Zhang Mao to ruin himself. How to win in this way? Jiang Bin was in an embarrassing dilemma.

He was absolutely unwilling to give up his bright future and rebelled with Zhang Mao. But now if he doesn't kill Zhang Mao, his bright future will be destroyed by Zhang Mao. Jiang Bin thought about it for a while, and finally made up his mind to kill Zhang Mao.

Wealth and honor are in danger, and opportunities are to be achieved by oneself. Zhang Mao is now the one who ruins his future and can also send him high-ranking officials and rich people. Once he made up his mind, Jiang Bin no longer looked forward. He gathered his generals and schoolmen to explain his intentions in person. He also stated that he had taken the lead in entering the city, took Zhang Mao's head, and then led a large army into the city. Despite this, the generals and schoolmen were still half-believing, but finally nodded and agreed, so this fraudulent surrender plan appeared.

Jiang Bin had thousands of soldiers and horses. Although according to Yang Ling's words, his combat power was not as strong as the elite of Xiangma, it was the most elite unit in Bazhou. When the imperial court sent a large army to eliminate the bandits, they were the most effective units in the local area to help suppress the bandits. Even if the walls of Bazhou City were short and thin, it was not conducive to defending, but they were captured by Xiangma thieves for half a day...

Xu Tai looked serious and immediately ordered the entire army to enter the city and send a scout to find out the movements of the horse theft in order to decide the army to stop. Zheng Heyi heard that Jiang Bin led the remaining troops to flee, and his whereabouts are unknown, and he was very anxious. This person is an important person pointed out by the Duke of the State. It may be related to the security of the State. Hua Yu is dead. If this person has another good or bad, how can he find out the truth about the rebellion in Bazhou?

As soon as the army was stationed, Zheng Heyi quietly went to see Xu Tai and explained to him that he was worried. Xu Tai was also eager to find Jiang Bin, but now the entire Bazhou government has been completely destroyed. The army is like a blind man and a blind horse, and there is no understanding of anything. Moreover, the army has only been carrying food for two days, and the supplies and vehicles are all behind, so it is impossible for the army to wander aimlessly.

The two of them had a long discussion and decided to send some small teams, including Du Bantou, Hu Bantou and some yamen runaways in the area, and put on a small group of escape teams to inquire about Jiang Bin. If he could be found, he would come to Bazhou to meet quickly, and at the same time he would collect information about Xiangma’s stolen information.

Teams of horses were sent out. Zheng Heyi went to the prominent area in the city to make some marks, hoping that the people from his factory could come to contact him in time when they saw it. However, Bazhou had already made a big fuss, so the news channels were destroyed in the war. The remaining personnel of the situation were all fighting on their own. The message delivery personnel were fixed in the middle, and the delivery nodes no longer existed, and the efficiency became extremely low. After waiting for a long time, no one came to meet. Zheng Heyi could only hope that God would protect him and get news from Jiang Bin.

In the reed marsh outside Zhaojiazhuang in Wen'an County, Jiang Bin led more than a dozen brothers to avoid them. Many of his brothers were injured. A soldier tore off his lace and wrapped his arms with a wound and said angrily: "Damn, these farmers really can't be despised. Sir, these horse thieves are even more cruel than Tartars. Let's escape quickly."

Jiang Bin lay lazily on the reed ground, pillowing with two knives, looking at the blue sky with swaying reeds, and said, "That's amazing! If my men were our border brothers, would they be so cowardly? They are all local soldiers, and their combat power is not to mention their poor combat power. When they heard that bandits everywhere were ripping up their hometowns, even the generals and schoolmen were only concerned about asking about their hometowns, and their own villages were in their hearts, and their relatives were uneven. I just arrived and couldn't gather these wastes, otherwise...."

He said this and suddenly sat up, shouting: "Shut up!"

As he said that, he waved his hand to signal everyone not to speak. At the same time, he gently grabbed the hilt of the knife. There was a roar. It seemed that someone was walking through the grass. His subordinates all held their swords in their hands and held their breath to pay attention. After a while, a figure flashed out, and two soldiers jumped up like a fierce tiger pounced on the sheep. He threw the man to the ground, and the blade was crossed by the man's neck, which scared the man to scream: "Give me your life, spare me your life, the little one is just an ordinary citizen, the heroes will be kind to you..."

Jiang Bin felt relieved and shouted: "Shut up! I'll kill you again and get him up."

The man was pulled up by two soldiers. He turned out to be a white and fat woman. He had a round figure, tender skin, and a blue cloth scarf wrapped around his head. At first glance, he looked really dressed up by a farmhouse, but his body looked a bit like a pampered landlord.

Jiang Bin looked up and down in confusion. When the woman saw Jiang Bin, her eyes widened suddenly. After a long time, the two of them suddenly said in unison: "It's you?!"

The man was overjoyed and patted his fat breasts and said, "I'm so scared that I thought I had met a bandit. Lord Jiang, why are you hiding here?"

Jiang Bin snorted and said, "Where am I hiding? My people were broken up. I just took people here to wrap up the wound and rest. County Magistrate Qiao, why... Gu'an County was also captured by bandits?"

Qiao Yushu, the magistrate of Gu'an County, dressed in a woman. He pulled off the blue cloth scarf on his head, wiped the oily sweat and the reeds covered with stains, and said, "That's right, there are no soldiers in Gu'an? The horses and thieves will be broken in one attack. Oh, I saw the opportunity early, so I quickly took off my official robe and put on the women's clothes and slipped out. They just snatched things. No one paid attention to me."

Jiang Bin curled his lips and said, "Just like you, Xiangma is lazy to touch you, why don't you carry it alone?"

County Magistrate Qiao said with a sad face: "I don't care about it. I dare not go back to Gu'an. I have been hiding from Tibet all the way here. I heard on the way that the court had sent a large army and is now stationed in Bazhou City, but I have the responsibility to defend the territory. It's not right to go. It's not right to go back to Gu'an. It's really a difficult situation."

When Jiang Bin heard that the imperial army had arrived, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "The court has sent troops? Haha, that's easy. Let's go back to Bazhou immediately, um... Lord Qiao, you have three yamen runners under your command. I'm almost the same as having corpses in the guards. Don't hide from each other. Go back to Bazhou with me, and I'll help you to join forces. You'll lead the yamen runners to defend to the death, but the enemy is strong and I'm weak. After Gu'an fell, he wanted to die with the city. Fortunately, the official led the army to fight fiercely with the enemy, and rescued you. Isn't that a responsibility?"

Jiang Bin said a few words and achieved a great achievement. Qiao Yushu was so grateful that he hurriedly grabbed Jiang Bin with two fat fat hands, and said with tears in his eyes: "Thank you, Lord Jiang, Lord Jiang, Lord Jiang is really my reborn parents, Qiao cannot repay you. I have a widowed girl at home..."

Jiang Bin waved his hand impatiently and said, "No, no, you girl, just forget it. Oh, my beautiful woman, who just married a family, is almost done in a mess."

He shook his head regretfully, raised his sword and said, "Let's go, there are too many people joining the bandits, there are people everywhere, and Liu Liu and Qi are staring at me, grandma, let's take a small way back to Bazhou."

He led more than a dozen people quietly along the reed marsh for a while, suddenly waved his hand back, and then fell down. The people behind him hurriedly crouched on the ground. Qiao Yushu was nervous and lay down, overwhelmingly. The soldiers next to him wanted to curse. Fortunately, the people outside were also running for their lives, and no one paid attention to them.

I saw a burly man in green robe holding a girl in his arms, holding a beautiful woman as slender as a willow-like figure in his right hand, walking hurriedly along the stalk next to the reed marsh. The beautiful young woman had small feet, running around on this rugged road. Even with the support of the man, she still staggered.

As soon as Jiang Bin was about to grow up and call, he heard the man chasing and shouting from behind, and immediately fell down again and looked at it through the vague gap between the reeds. The woman heard the chase and shouting, and felt anxious. She twisted her feet and knelt on the ground in pain. The man with thick eyebrows and big eyes asked anxiously, "Madam, how are you?"

The woman cried and said, "My husband, my family is amazing. You can run away quickly with your children, don't worry about me."

The big man said anxiously: "How can that work? Get up quickly, I will carry you away."

At this moment, the pursuers had arrived. The man looked back and was extremely anxious. He had no choice but to put down the little baby who was only five or six years old and said, "Watch your mother, don't leave." After that, he turned around and met him.

Unexpectedly, this big man had good skills, and the three or four men he caught up with had swords and sticks. He could deal with them with bare hands and fists. He just wanted to be scruples and never dared to hurt others. He just shouted: "Zhao is just an ordinary citizen, why do all the heroes fight each other hard?"

A rioter peeked at the beautiful young woman holding her daughter and said with a lewd smile: "It is rare for such an outstanding lady to be a child. Brother, I will take the lead, hahahaha..."

As he said that, he stepped up his feet and ran over and pulled the girl's doll away. The young woman screamed, and was thrown to the ground by him, so she went to pull her clothes.

"My husband, please save me...", the young woman was crying and shouting for help.

The big man turned his head and looked at it, furious. He didn't dare to hurt anyone. At this time, he swung a pair of iron fists that were big in the mouth and shot left and right, no one could take it. He forced everyone to scatter, jumped over, and grabbed the big man who was molested his wife. He punched an iron fist on his temple and killed him on the spot.

The bandits were frightened and furious, and they surrounded each other. The man picked up the sticks beside the dead body, causing the wind to blew, and several big men were unable to get close to each other. At this moment, a large group of horses chased after him, and the leading man was Liu Liu.

Jiang Bin was shocked. He knew that since he had appeared, he would follow the bandits and he would have planned to kill his cousin. Liu Liu hated himself to the core. If he had revealed his whereabouts today, he would be unable to escape. So he lay on the ground and held his breath. He dared not say a word again.

Liu Liu saw that the great man was extremely skilled in martial arts and was majestic, and he was a good man. He waved his hand and said, "Go up a few, don't hurt him." Liu Liu immediately rushed out a few people. Although the great man had high martial arts skills, he could not defeat the crowd. In addition, his wife and daughter were by his side, and he did not dare to escape, so he was captured alive.

With the steel knife plus the neck, the man was still dissatisfied, glaring at his eyes, and was about to spit out the fire. Liu Liu stepped forward and shouted, "Who are you? You dare to act wild!"

The big man replied angrily: "What a stupid robber, don't you even recognize the Zhao Crazy Man in Wen'an County?"

Liu Liu has always admired the brave and heroic man. He is also from Wen'an County. Why didn't he know that Zhao Xiucai, who is generous and honest, couldn't help but be respectful when he heard that it was him, and hurriedly bowed: "It turns out that it is Mr. Zhao. He has long admired the reputation of a hero. I regret that he has never met before, and it has caused offense. I beg you for forgiveness!"

Zhao Sui stood up and said, "You walk your path, and I walk my path, why should you be polite to me?"

Liu Liuzhen said with a grudge: "Corrupt officials are everywhere in the world. We are forced by him and have no choice but to do this business. Now that I have come here, if I am willing to invest in helping and instruct everything, I am willing to follow the orders and teach you. I don't know what Mr. Zhao wants?"

Zhao Shui laughed to the sky: "Can you win the world with just you?"

Liu Liu was not surprised or angry, and smiled and said, "Would you rather have a king, prince, general, and minister? Those who succeeded are kings, princes, losers, and thieves. The heroes who were discussed after success or failure are inevitably glorious. In fact, since ancient times, those who have achieved hegemony have become so powerful, how different are they from us before they have achieved great achievements?"

Zhao Sui did not expect that the robber had such knowledge, so he couldn't help but look at him with a slightly cursed look on his face. Liu Liu checked his words and expressions and smiled and said, "Come on, don't make things difficult for the wife and children. Please ask the gentleman to return to the village. Liu also needs to ask for advice."

He knew that Zhao Shui was generous and righteous, and often came forward for poor people. He was loved by others and was repeatedly excluded by the government. Although he had real talents and knowledge, he was still difficult to enter the officialdom. He had no shortage of powerful generals under his command, but to achieve great things, he lacked a talented person with a strategic location, so he was determined to win over him. Zhao Shui had been dissatisfied with the government and loved his wife and children deeply, so he might not be able to succeed by threatening this.

Zhao Shui's wife and daughter were in the hands of the man, so he had no choice but to follow him to the village. The robbers guarded Liu Liu and surrounded Zhao Shui and coaxed him away. Seeing the wind shaking the reeds and returning to silence, Jiang Bin jumped up and said, "Liu Liu returned to the village. This is a good opportunity. Let's go quickly and go to Bazhou to report the news and lead the army to attack!"

The war in Bazhou was continuous. Due to the delay of Liu Jin in the court, Liang Hong restrained his actions in the army. The war was not over for a long time, and Bazhou became increasingly corrupt and out of control.

According to the news from the capital, Xiangmao thieves absorbed Zhao Shu, a student from Wen'an County, into the gang. Zhao Shu dispersed all his family fortune and joined the rebels with his brothers Zhao Pan, Zhao Hao, family servants, tenants, etc., and served as the deputy marshal of Xiangmao thieves Liu Hui, and changed his name to Zhao Huaizhong.

With him, he strictly enforced military discipline and unified orders. He was like a wandering soldier who robbed aimlessly, starting to act purposefully, attacking cities, killing officials, and suppressing gentry and landlords. Wherever he passed, he invited local gentry and celebrities first and told the people not to panic and avoid.

The local troops were absorbed more and more. They captured Boye, Raoyang, Nangong, Wuji, Dongming and other counties, and the local garrison officers and soldiers fled to the wind. Although the border troops in Xu Tai were able to fight, the horses were robbed like the wind, and they were familiar with the terrain of Bazhou. They could gallop for hundreds of miles in a day and night. They just avoided the Beijing army. They only focused on suppressing the gentry everywhere and absorbing the troops. Xu Tai was restrained by Liang Hong and could only follow them behind and clean up the mess for them. Now the army of chaos and democracy has nearly 15,000 people.

The news came back to the capital. The six ministries were shocked, the emperor was shocked, and Liu Jin made a big splash. He kept asking for additional troops to quell the rebellion and demanded that Yang Ling be killed to thank the world. The situation took a sharp turn. He thought that the rebellion could be quelled quickly, but Yang Ling was only slightly scolded. The officials who were also aware of the grim situation. The capital was clear and the spring breeze was warm, but the officials were filled with haze.

That evening, Zheng Heyi brought a man to the capital and quietly sneaked into the Yang Mansion under the arrangement of Song Xiaoai. That night, the study in the Yang Mansion was brightly lit and never turned off all night.

On the night of the next day, the residences of Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Jiao Fang, Yang Yiqing and other officials also welcomed an uninvited guest. They were worried about the situation in the central government of the court and did not fall asleep. When the mysterious visitor left, their residences were brightly lit and never died all night.

At the same time, many civil and military officials in the capital were called out in the middle of the night. When these adults got up from the bed in amazement and walked into the living room in a hurry, they held Jiaoge's greetings, and waited in the living room with a mysterious person who smiled and presented a worship box, and then bowed and said goodbye without saying a word. When they opened the box with confusion, what was placed inside was a letter, gift list, calligraphy and painting with Liu Jin...

Mou Bin, Dai Yi, Zhang Yong and others also stayed up all night. What’s even more rare is that someone held Mou Bin’s handwritten letter and asked to open the door. The inside was “ding Ding Dangdang” and didn’t know what they were creating. The old man who was watching was very curious, but unfortunately the access control was replaced by Mou Bin’s confidant, and no one could step into it at all.

It was dawn and all officials came to the court.

Li Dongyang carries a notice written by Zhao Sui to help the people, which lists Liu Jin's thirty serious crimes, sixty minor crimes, and reasons for raising an army to attack the court. He stood straight ahead of all officials, full of energy.

I have always liked to be behind the scenes and calmly plan this prime minister knows that it is time to stand in front of the stage and defeat the opponent in a dignified manner.

The Duke Weiguo Mansion was still under the strict guards of the guards, but Yang Ling wore a python robe and jade belt and sat upright in the study. In front of him was a cup of fragrant tea and clear smoke. He was under house arrest, but this outfit seemed to be about to go to the court to face the king.

A tiger general sat opposite him, wearing armor, but deliberately covered with scars, with blood on his face, and a small fan in his hand, suffocating it with great effort, as if he wanted to fan the blood stains as soon as possible.

Weird, a kind of scary weirdness......

Liu Jin went to the palace with great energy. The inner minister was not qualified to discuss politics, but Liu Jin has been a regular guest in the court these days. He talked with a few confidants all night last night, and was a little sleepy, but he was full of fighting spirit. He decided to take advantage of the chaos in Bazhou, and today he concentrated his efforts to completely defeat Yang Ling, making it difficult for him to turn over again.

He was wearing a python robe, with sleeves on the front and back collars, and there were four pythons in total. Sitting on a python robe, he was the only one in the court, Liu Jin and Yang Ling, who won this honor. However, from then on, he was the only one in the world, and he was truly one and above ten thousand people.

Liu Jin smiled slightly, pressed his hand on the jade belt and looked at the officials, like a king looking at a humble and respectful minister under his feet. Suddenly, he felt a little strange. His eyes were a little cold, and a faint coldness was like a group of flesh-eating beasts.

An inexplicable chill rose from his spine.
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