Jia Zhen, Uncle of the Red House

　　Jia Zhen sneered: "What kind of climate is a group of rabble?"

　　Zhang Deli and others all laughed: "If they dare to rebel, it's time for us to make achievements!"

　　But one of the personal soldiers whispered: "I heard that Ning Guo has suffered a disaster this year, and they are fighting against food!"

　　Jia Zhen's face changed instantly, and she grabbed the soldier and asked, "Is what you said true?"

　　The personal soldier replied, "Junmen, my uncle is in Ningguo, this year is flooded and dry, and the food is low, but the government is still urging the government as usual. , asking for relief!"

　　Jia Zhen frowned, why did she catch a few small thieves and catch a big case of rebellion?Right now, Ning Guo is in chaos, and if someone adds to the flames, there will be a catastrophe in an instant.Moreover, the surrounding land is full of money and food for the imperial court. Once a war breaks out, if it drags on for a long time, the imperial court will be turbulent, and the fun will be great!

　　Action must be taken immediately, but Jia Zhen is not in charge of that place!The situation he is facing now is like a neighbor's house on fire. He can only call 119 and wait for the fire department to put out the fire.

　　Well, that's all!

　　Jia Zhen informed the Jinling Jiedu envoy that the Hongyang Sect was planning to rebel in Ningguo, and she immediately returned to Suzhou to rectify the soldiers. What if the army in Jinling was not strong enough?

　　With the military situation on fire, Jia Zhen comforted Daiyu, who was full of reluctance, "Brother has an important matter that needs to be dealt with in Suzhou. You can accompany your uncle here. If you have any urgency, you can go back to Suzhou."

　　Daiyu lowered her head and said "um", her expression very restrained.Jia Zhen thought it was strange, but she didn't think too much about it. Her daughter's family had many things on her mind, especially a girl like Daiyu, who had an exquisite mind, and her thoughts were beyond anyone's guess.But Daiyu was annoyed in her heart that her brother didn't understand her thoughts. How could she say something even if she had some selfish words in front of so many people?

　　Don't you see the blush on her face?

　　Jia Zhen really didn't see it.He said on behalf of Jia Lian, "The person who hurt you during the day has already been killed by me, you don't need to worry." Then he turned to Aunt Zhang and said, "Now I find out that the person your brother accidentally injured that day was the thief of the Hongyang Sect. I said hello to the prefect, and I believe he will handle it as appropriate. Although he may not be freed, his fate is saved."

　　Aunt Zhang was so grateful when she heard this, she was about to bow down.Jia Zhen quickly declined, and hurriedly led Timur and the other personal soldiers away.

　　When the news reached Jinling, Jiedu envoy Huang Zhezheng was playing mahjong with his subordinate generals. He smiled and said, "Then what kind of military does Jia Zhen know? How dare you seal the uncle when hundreds of people have been killed?"

　　One of the subordinate generals also smiled and said: "If your lord was leading the army at that time, how could King Ander enter the Qianqing Palace?"

　　Another lieutenant also said flatteringly: "That kid also has some ability to make money, and he was looked at by the emperor. As soon as he arrived in Suzhou, he ransacked his house and murdered him, and they called him the devil over there!"

　　Huang Zhe gave a few compliments to his subordinates, and Le's beard cocked his head high: "Let's play again!"

　　Unknowingly, all three of his subordinates had painful expressions on their faces.

　　Therefore, the news from Jia Zhen was put on the shelf, and there was no further follow-up.

　　At this time, hundreds of people had already gathered in front of the county office in Taiping County, Ningguo Prefecture.With fire and water sticks in their hands, the yamen officers brutally beat the people who rushed in front of them. A head arresting man shouted in front of the yamen with a dazzling knife in his hand: "Back off, back off! The county magistrate has given an order, if you Going forward, let's talk about impacting the government, our brothers are about to start."

　　The screams of the beaten people, the angry shouts, and the censure of the surrounding injustice, one after another.

　　An old man in front, clutching the blood dripping wound on his head, begged, "Sir, do me a favor, we really can't afford it. I beg the lord for mercy!" He knelt on the ground and kowtowed, a bloodstain.The people knelt down one after another: "My lord, the water is rising in spring this year, and the summer is dry. More than half of the crops in the fields have died, but the grain tax has not only increased by [-]%, but also increased by [-]%. It's not enough!" "We're all going to starve to death, please forgive me!"

　　Seeing this, Cao Tou suddenly felt sympathy.He helped the old man up and persuaded: "Old man, wait here, don't make any noise, I'll go and ask the county magistrate again."

　　The old man bowed: "Thank you!" Someone next to him shouted, "Li Zhaotou is a good man, we believe in you!" The turbulent crowd gradually quieted down, waiting for news from Li Zhaotou.

　　Soon after, Li Zhao came out with his head down.The old man hurriedly asked, "How is it? Has the eldest master agreed?"

　　Li Zhaotou looked at the old man and sighed: "The county magistrate exempted my catcher and drove me out too."

　　"Ah?" Everyone else exclaimed, and then even more anger broke out. Someone shouted: "The county magistrate doesn't care whether we live or die, even if we kneel and die here, he won't take a look."

　　The patience of everyone was gradually exhausted, and they all gathered in front of the yamen and slowly squeezed forward.When all the yamen saw that the arresting head was dismissed, they all stopped and stepped aside, seeing that they were about to rush into the yamen.

　　Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted: "Brothers, you don't know that the county magistrate deliberately raised the grain tax, put all the grain we paid in at the grain store, and sold it to us at a high price. This kind of black-hearted official, we are polite. what?"

　　Immediately someone instigated: "Rush in and kill him!"

　　Many people echoed: "Yes! Rush in!"

　　So the flow of people involuntarily followed the leader and poured into the county office.Several strong men tore off the heads wrapped around the sticks, opened the cover of the bamboo basket, took out the swords, and shouted and chopped down the yamen in the county government office, "Kill them!"

　　When everyone saw the blood, some people were afraid and wanted to retreat, but more people were wrapped up, their heads were hot, and they shouted: "Kill them!"

　　Some daring ones picked up sticks and even stones and shouted, "Everyone went in and grabbed them!"

　　The crowd completely lost their minds and began to frantically beat, smash, and loot in the county office.

　　Soon, several brawny men with knives found the magistrate who was shivering under the bed.They dragged the magistrate out, and when the magistrate saw the leader, he suddenly resented: "It's actually you! Li Zhaotou, I treat you well, how can you take revenge!"

　　Li Zhaotou grabbed the magistrate and stabbed him in the stomach with a knife. "My lord, I still need to borrow your head!"

　　It was only then that the magistrate realized that all this was a conspiracy of Li Zaitou. If he hadn't slandered, how could he have raised the grain tax?It's just too late to understand now.

　　Li Zhaotou killed the magistrate, immediately tied the prepared red turban, lifted the magistrate's head in his hand, and strode out.

　　The rioters along the way saw the bloody head and fled.Someone quietly put the murder weapon in their hands, carrying the stolen items, and planning to sneak away, but without exception, some men with knives wrapped in red scarves stopped them.

　　Li Zhaotou stood on the steps of the main hall, raised the head of the magistrate, and said loudly: "The magistrate's chaos in the government has harmed the people, so that the people of Taiping County have no life and starve. , save the people from water and fire." At the moment, many Hongyang sects shouted: "The red sun will be robbed, and the white sun will flourish. The young master will establish the world, and the heaven will destroy it!"

　　The surrounding people looked at each other in dismay, and the old old man was also full of fear and surprise and said to Li Ya: "Li Zhaotou, you... this is... going to kill everyone!"

　　Li Ya smiled and said: "Old man, the world is ignorant, so it is necessary for the ancestors to teach the future. And if we kill the court officials together, will the court let you go?"

　　The old man opened his mouth to say something, but he stooped helplessly, looking annoyed.

　　Hundreds of people who rushed into the yamen had no choice but to accept the headscarves and swords handed down by Li Ya and others. It's the general of the Taiping Army!

　　Next, Li Ya led the Taiping army of several hundred people, and firstly occupied the major grain stores in the city and opened warehouses for grain.He also incited the uninformed people to "persuad them to lose" to various officials and gentry's houses. For some who did not listen to the persuasion, the Taiping Army immediately rushed in and plundered them all.As a result, not only did the Red Sun believers join in, but some refugees and rogues also joined in.In one day, Li Ya's Taiping army has rapidly expanded from hundreds to thousands, and the number is still increasing as time goes on.

　　Li Yazhi commanded his subordinates proudly: "You go and report to Counsellor Ouyang and General Gu, Taiping has been captured by us, and let the brothers in other places respond accordingly!"

　　Almost later on the same day, Wang Jinlong led an uprising of five or six hundred people in Sanxi Town, north of Jingde County. After killing the local bully and landlord, he immediately joined forces with Li Ya in the west.That Wang Jinlong saw that Li Ya called himself the Taiping Army, and was unwilling to be his subordinate.

　　Ouyang Wenruo and Gu Ming, who were in Jingxian County, heard the news of the uprising in the two places and immediately stepped up their arrangements.For fear that the government will find out in advance, it has not been launched for the time being.

　　The news of the rebellion of the Hongyang Sect spread to Ningguofu City, and the prefect Liao Yihe reported to Jinling urgently.When the army reported to Jinling, the Jiedushi envoy Huang Zhe was not awake. When he woke up, he was shocked and said, "Taiping really turned against you?"

　　The subordinate generals looked at each other in dismay, but they didn't expect Jia Zhen's crow's mouth to come true!

　　"What should I do now?" Huang Jiedu pointed at the lieutenant generals, "Which one of you sent troops to help me destroy those damn thieves?"

　　These generals shrank their heads one by one, and none of them stood up.

　　Huang Jiedu said angrily: "Everyone who boasted about his invincibility and invincibility on weekdays is really going to use you now, and they are all dumb?"

　　A general had no choice but to explain: "Sir, your subordinate's floodwaters are in Guangde. The Ningguo Mansion should be in charge of the commander-in-chief."

　　The generals agreed, "It's time for General Wang's troops to go out." "General Wang's soldiers are strong and strong, and it's natural to eliminate a few bandits."

　　The commander Wang couldn't evade it, and with an embarrassed look on his face, he gritted his teeth and said, "Although Ning is under the command of the last commander, I heard that the bandits have already gathered tens of thousands, and the last commander is less than [-] troops, so I'm afraid they are not strong enough. In danger, it will spoil the great affairs of Lord Jiedushi!"

　　Hearing this, Huang Jiedu stood up and asked, "Don't you have [-] troops? Why is there only so much left?"

　　Why?Do you still ask?Wang Zongbing roared in his heart, playing cards and drinking with you all day long, don't you need to spend money?Is it weird to take free rates?Who hasn't eaten?When did your Huang Dajiedu envoy, even if it was a Chinese military camp, reach its seven-member quota?

　　Wang Zongbing smiled awkwardly, and Huang Jiedu, who knew the inside story, had an ugly face, and immediately ordered: "When the disaster is at the forefront, it is not the time to be held accountable, each of your battalions will draw one or two hundred people to supplement Wang Zongbing's army. In the middle of the day, Commander Wang will gather 5000 troops tomorrow, and immediately command Ningguo, and we must put out the bandits!"

　　Wang Zongbing saw that he had replenished his troops and had to take orders.With a smile, he said to the generals who had drawn out the soldiers and their faces were aching: "When Wang has wiped out the bandits, he will not forget the kindness of everyone's assistance today."

　　A few days later, as soon as General Wang entered the city of Ningguo, there was a military report saying that Jingde had fallen.

　　First, Li Ya and Wang Jinlong joined forces, tens of thousands of horses marched eastward, at the foot of Zhengshan, they encountered the officers led by the Jingde guerrillas, and the Jingde guerrillas were killed. , the county magistrate was hacked to death, and the county magistrate hanged himself.The Hongyang Sect continued to expand its troops in Jingde, and within two days, they continued northward along the Tengxi River, and their troops reached Jingxian County.

　　At this time, the official army also drove to Jing County.

　　There is a battle ahead.

Chapter [-] The leader also needs love

　　 (I still think that there can be no Water Margin in a Dream of Red Mansions, even if it is a war, there must be a rainbow.)

　　The fighting in Jing County was dramatic.

　　When the commander-in-chief of Ningguo Town, Wang Weiyi, led his troops to Jingxian County, the army of the Red Sun Sect also arrived at the city of Jingxian County.The official army took the initiative to attack, lined up behind the city, and planned to attack the bandit army that was like a rabble.Wang Zongbing seemed to have seen victory beckoning to him.However, the sound of a cannon at the head of the city shattered his sweet dream.It turned out that Ouyang Wenruo and Gu Ming held the general manager Yang Zhaoli hostage, killed the magistrate on the tower, and aimed the guns at the official army.As a result, the official army quickly collapsed in the front and back, and Wang Wei had to escape back to Xuancheng.

　　So Ouyang Wenruo and others officially erected the banner of the Hongyang Sect in Jing County and spread the word to the world.And Gu Ming could not recruit Li Ya, Wang Jinlong, and Li Wang, so Gu Ming built the German army, and the three armies were standing together.Li Ya's Taiping army went north to Nanling County, attacked Taiping Prefecture, and went down the river to take Jinling; Wang Jinlong's Tianping army advanced eastward to Ningguo County, and entered Zhejiang to take Hangzhou; Gu Mingming's German army took Ningguofu City from the north, passed Gaochun and Lishui, and then landed by road. Attack Jinling.The plan can be said to be huge. If it can be realized, it will be a serious problem for the court's confidants.Just one question, do they have that many soldiers?

　　The Red Sun Sect rebels broke through three counties in just a few days, and then defeated the official army. The news spread, Jinling shook, and Jiangnan shook!

　　At this moment, there are only more than a thousand soldiers left in Ningguo Mansion, and even the city walls are dissatisfied.Wang Weiyi made an urgent appeal to Jinling.Jinling Jiedushi Huang Zhe panicked. The [-] soldiers and horses that Wang Wei brought with him were already half of his mobile force. He still had to guard Jinling and go up to the various houses, and he couldn't use any troops to rescue Ningguo.

　　How to do?Huang Zhe had to rush to the court for eight hundred miles, and at the same time asked the Admiral Jiangbei for help in defense, and the Admiral Jiangnan asked for troops to help suppress.

　　Besides, since Jia Zhen returned from Yangzhou, the news of the rebellion of the Hongyang Sect came as soon as he arrived in Changzhou.He acted decisively and began to mobilize troops in Changzhou.Except for the City Defense Battalion and the Zuo Battalion who stayed behind in Suzhou, all the battalions that raised the bid went to Changzhou, while the Songjiang and Zhenjiang battalions were transferred to Changzhou for assembly.When Huang Jiedu's rescue letter was delivered to Jia Zhen, [-] officers had already gathered outside Changzhou.

　　Jia Zhen was discussing the military situation with the generals, and the personal soldiers came to report that there was a woman outside the camp with a maid begging to see the military gate.

　　Wouldn't it be Daiyu?Could it be that Uncle Lin has passed away?Jia Zhen was absent-minded and motioned for Timur to take a look?The large and small military academies in the tent looked at them, and they all held back their smiles.Shen Xin, the commander of the central battalion, was a sincere person, and said to Jia Zhen, "Junmen, please allow the last general to retire first, discuss the strategy again, and report to the army later?" Agreed to Shen Xin's request.

　　At the back of the tent, Jia Zhen opened the tent and asked, "But sister? How did you get here? Is it..." He walked into the tent, but found that it was not Daiyu who came.

　　I saw her splendid and graceful, dazzling like a spring flower, bright like an autumn moon, wearing a beige gauze skirt, and an orange-yellow long coat with a white background.Jia Zhen calmed down, stepped forward and asked with a smile, "Is the girl here to find me?"

　　The girl was blessed, bowed her head and replied, "Exactly!"

　　Jia Zhen stared at the girl and took two steps forward without realizing it. "But why don't I know you? But I seem to have seen you somewhere?"

　　The girl smiled at him, and a short sword touched Jia Zhen's waist.There was a maid next to the girl, but Jia Zhen ignored it!

　　Why didn't he know what was going on?The dignified Admiral was actually hijacked in his own tent, which is really humiliating.

　　"Who are you?" Jia Zhen pretended to be calm.

　　The girl smiled and said, "Last year, I went to your Ningguo Mansion!"

　　Jia Zhen exclaimed: "Then why don't I know?" If he knew, the person in front of him was already the mother of his child!

　　The girl sat on the chair, covered her mouth and smiled: "At that time, you were assassinated, and the Red Yang cultists were hunted down in Beijing, and I came to the door to ask for help."

　　Jia Zhen suddenly remembered and asked in shock, "You are the head of the Red Sun Sect, Han..."

　　"Han Xinning! It's my name." Han Xinning approached, Jia Zhen could smell the delicate fragrance of a girl on her body. "I want to make a deal with Master Jia!"

　　"What deal?" Jia Zhen looked at the beautiful woman in front of her, and her heart moved.

　　Han Xinning said, "As long as your lord agrees not to rescue Ning Guofu, I will let you go, how about that?"

　　Jia Zhen smiled and said, "It's that simple? I promise!"

　　Han Xinning took out a pen from the bookcase, "Please leave a copy of the receipt, so that you don't regret it."

　　Jia Zhen shook her head, "If I write it, you can use this to blackmail me into working for you. Then I might as well die by your sword."

　　The maid pushed the tip of the knife a little and threatened, "Aren't you really afraid of death?"

　　Jia Zhen said calmly: "I'm afraid of death, but even more afraid of living without dignity!"

　　Han Xinning's eyes lit up, and she looked at him approvingly: "If you die, wouldn't those young and beautiful women of yours be taking advantage of others? Are you willing?"

　　Jia Zhen smiled and said, "If I die, they will naturally have their own lives, so how can I force them to do something?"

　　Han Xinning felt ripples in her heart, "No wonder Yun'er falls in love with you. You still have merit."