Thanks to Zhang Zhi's understanding of the suggestion of Wu Lianji Cao Mosheng from the Mozu clan, he took the lead in installing a spy in the Xiasi area where the location was critical. Otherwise, Wu Lian's Han army would have been caught off guard by the rebels.

On May 21st, Mo Zhu led the Mo clans to gather the slaves in their family and the hidden families in the village to distribute weapons openly, establish troops, prepare vehicles, supplies, military supplies, and food and grass, and prepare for attacks on Wulian County.

As a result, it was just afternoon of that day, and the situation was discovered by the Yang tribe of Xiasi, not far from Mawei. In view of the instant noodles given by Zhang Zhi, he immediately reported to the officers sent by Zhang Zhi from the county town. Wu Lian did not dare to neglect them. While using instant noodles to hire his fellow tribes to try to inquire about the purpose of the Mo family's gathering, he hired a fellow tribe to rush back to Wu Lian to call the police overnight at the cost of three instant noodles.

After receiving this news, although it was not time to confirm the purpose of the Mo clan's assembly, Zhang Zhi immediately adopted the suggestions of Fu Gong and Zhang Ju, and sent people to organize the people outside the city to urgently move into the city, while arranging the army to strengthen its vigilance and prepare to close the city at any time, without any negligence.

At noon on May 22, the He family and the Lu family of Wu Lian led a large number of people to Mawei, and met with the Mo family rebels, which were nearly a thousand people. They also prideedly and directly raised the banner of the Wei army, announcing that they would send troops to attack the Wu Lian Han army as the Yishi Division. They set out north on the same day and came to Wu Lian County.

When the news reached the Xiasi, Wu Lian, who was panicked, had no choice but to hurriedly bring a dozen members of the same tribe who were willing to serve the Han army for instant noodles, rushed back to Wu Lian and rushed back to Wu Lian after the dark day. After the details were all dark, he took the lead and reported the specific situation to Zhang Zhi.

In addition, the officers sent to the lower department also reported to Zhang Zhi the number of rebel forces that they had initially found out - at least 1,6700 people! They were all male!

This certainly surprised Zhang Zhi, and made Zhang Zhi unable to help but blurt out: "There are at least 1,600 people? How is it possible? The registered population of Wulian County is less than 4,000. Even if Wulian's population is mainly in the south, the surname Mo, He and Lu cannot attract so many people at once, and they are all males?"

"Reporting to the Ming court, the number of traitors that the villain has heard of is absolutely no mistake." The servant replied: "It is the villain's fellow tribe, who secretly counts the estimated ones in Mawei."

Zhang Zhi's face became extremely ugly. He first ordered the officer to go down and receive the reward, and then immediately ordered Zhang Zheng next to him: "Zhang Zheng, hurry up, send someone to invite Fu Gong, Zhao Quan, Zhu Xiang and the others and Wu Lian Shi Cao officials, and then he told them a big deal and asked them to come and have a meeting immediately."

After a while, Wu Lian Wenwu rushed to the county temple one after another. As soon as the people arrived, Zhang Zhi immediately announced the rebellion of the three major surnames Wu Lian, who jointly put the Wei flag on the flag. As a result, Wu Lian Wenwu was naturally shocked when he heard it. Cao Mosheng, who was also a member of the Mo family, was even more heartbroken. He quickly left the seat and knelt down at Zhang Zhi, and said in a trembling voice: "Ming Court's Ming Dynasty, I really don't know about this matter before, and I dare not participate."

After thinking about it, Zhang Zhi stood up and left the table, walked to Mo Sheng and helped him up with his own hands, and said, "Don't worry, Mo Ji Cao, I believe you. If you know that your fellow tribe launched a rebellion and had quietly participated in them, why would you dare to come here to see me now? Get up, sit back to your seat, and we have to discuss major issues."

"I beg for a retreat." Mo Sheng said quickly: "Is my subordinate a member of the Mo clan or Mo Zhu's distant cousin, and I am a melon field and plum tree. My subordinate should avoid it. Now I will go home and stay away. I will ask the Ming court to choose another person to replace me for the matter of Cao."

After thinking about it for a moment, Zhang Zhi shook his head and said, "What's wrong with you getting married with Mo Zhuzhu's traitors? Our Your Majesty is also getting married with the Xiahou family of Cao Wei. Zhuge Jin, the brother of Prime Minister Zhuge, his mother and compatriots, is also an important official of the Eastern Wu. Do they have to avoid the incidents between Cao Wei and Eastern Wu?"

"Don't worry, I believe that you and your tribe are not on the same side, and you are still not a member of Ji Cao." Zhang Zhi patted Mo Sheng's shoulder and said, "In addition, if you hadn't quietly hinted to me the day before yesterday and reminded me to arrange people to secretly monitor the Mawei area in Xiasi, our situation will only be more critical now. This is your credit, and I will reward you."

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhi would trust him so much. Mo Sheng was so moved that there was a flash of light in his eyes. He thanked Zhang Zhi repeatedly. Zhang Zhi personally helped Mo Sheng back to his position and sat down, and then sat back to his position. He said to Wu Lian Wenwu present: "There is another important situation. In addition to confirming that the three surnames of Wu Lian jointly launched a rebellion, we also initially understood the total strength of the traitor, at least 1,670 people! They were all male!"

"One thousand six hundred people? They are all male? There are so many?"

Wu Lian’s civil and military personnel present were in a big uproar. Like Zhang Zhi before, everyone was a little unbelievable about this number. Zhu Xiang, who knew some civil affairs situation, even said in disbelief: "How is it possible? The registered population of our Wu Lian is less than 4,000. How could Wu Lian’s three surnames pull out so many people at once?"

"This question should be asked about our Hu Cao Ma Feng." Zhang Zhi said with a gloomy face: "Ma Hu Cao, tell me what's going on?"

"this……."

Wu Lianhu Cao Mafeng was sweating profusely, so he quickly left the table and bowed, wiping his sweat and said, "Ming court forgives his crimes, his subordinates are guilty. He doesn't know the details of this matter. He only knows that Wu Lian's three surnames must have many Tiannu hidden households, but his subordinates never expected that they would be so bold and dare to hide so many Tiannu hidden households. His subordinates are not ineffective in statistics, so please punish the Ming court."

I accepted the memory of the previous Zhang Zhi and knew a lot of inside information. Zhang Zhi could not blame Ma Feng too much. He could only say this: "Get up, you can't blame you entirely on this matter. This official, the acting county magistrate, the deceased county magistrate Huang, and the previous county magistrate Wu Lian, are all responsible. We were too weak before, afraid of offending those local tyrants and did not dare to truly count the actual population of Wu Lian, so we have the result of the current result."

After a pause, Zhang Zhi added: "But this will never be the case in the future. When the rebellion is quelled and the leader of the traitor is dealt with, no matter how much the cost or what means are used, we must count the real population of Wulian County in detail and figure out how much manpower is in our county."

Ma Feng agreed continuously, and then returned to his seat with sweat. Fu Gongze said gloomyly: "It's trouble now. Our army has only expanded to about 600 people. We can form six unsatisfied garrison teams. Moreover, the new recruits have no time to train and are not equipped enough weapons and equipment. A small number of soldiers may have to go to battle with plows and farm tools. It may be difficult to kill the thief who is about three times our number."

"General Fu, I don't think so." Zhu Xiang, the former chief of Wu Liantun, said: "Although there are many rebels, they generally have not conducted military training. The hasty assembly and organization must be very chaotic. There are nearly 200 veterans in our army. When we fight head-on, we may not be the opponents of rebels."

"The General of the Last Site also believes that it is possible to fight head-on." Another old treasury chief Zhao Quan also spoke: "The General of the Last Site suggests that we gather our veterans, and form a treasury with the best-equipped weapons to form a treasury as a warrior, and then attack the thief formation head-on, and then use the new recruits as a support, there should be hope of defeating the thief."

"I think General Zhu and General Zhao's words are reasonable." Jin Cao said: "The thieves gathered in a hurry, but a group of mobs, although there are many people, they are definitely not the opponent of Wu Lian's veterans. We should use our veterans as the vanguard to fight against the thieves head-on."

Zhang Zhi didn't say anything, and then thought for a while before asking: "General Zhao, if you follow your tactics, how many veterans will be lost after we kill the Mawei thief?"

"This..." Zhao Quan was embarrassed and thought for a while before saying: "This is unpredictable. The key is to look at the thieves. If the thieves are uncoordinated in their hearts, we may be very likely to kill them back at a very small price. But if the thieves work together and encounter us rushing forward, not only will they not be timid and confused, but they will also charge us on the warriors who are trapped in the formation, then our sacrifice may be very expensive."

"Ming Court, my subordinates take the liberty, let me say something." Mo Sheng wiped his tears and said, "Please don't underestimate the unity of Mawei Mo. Mawei Mo is famous for being in Wulian. Every time he encounters a fight, he usually causes trouble for the whole tribe. Moreover, he is generally brave and fearless. He is recognized as the leader of the Wulian clan."

"So what?" Zhao Quan snorted coldly and said, "Mo Ji Cao, don't think I'm talking badly. The Mo family was dominating Wu Lian before. The key is that they did not provoke our Wu Lian County soldiers, and the county temples also care about the consequences and dare not let our county soldiers take action. Otherwise, our Wu Lian County soldiers would have let Mo Zhu know what Tai Sui was to get into the ground."

Mo Sheng, who was embarrassed, dared not say anything, but Zhang Zhi said calmly: "General Zhao is right. The regular army can indeed fight against the mobs of the clan and the clan and surname, and it is invincible. But have you considered this issue? If we have caused heavy losses to our veterans in order to deal with the Mawei thief, then how can we still use Wu Jian veterans as the backbone, form and train Wu Jian new soldiers, and how can we deal with the attack that the soldiers of the Ke County were about to launch against Wu Jian?"

Zhao Quan frowned, and Zhang Jue said, "Ming Court is considerate and there are indeed too few veterans, so we must not waste them at will. I suggest that you might as well stick to the battle, and while using the advantages of the city defense to confront the thieves, seize the time to train new recruits in the city. As long as you persist for a while, when the thieves' food and grass are exhausted, the thieves will retreat on their own."

"We must not just defend and not fight." Zhu Xiang said hurriedly: "If we cannot kill the thief as soon as possible, and if we confront them for a long time, the county army will also come to attack us, and we will have no hope of blocking the joining forces between the thief and the county soldiers."

"General Zhu is right." Mo Sheng hurriedly reminded: "The villages of the three major surnames of Wulian have a lot of food. If they join forces with the county soldiers to provide food and grass support for the county soldiers, it will be difficult for us to waste the county soldiers."

Although there is hope for going to fight, you must weigh the casualties and losses. You only defend but not fight and are afraid that time will be delayed. The soldiers of Ke County also came to make trouble. In a dilemma, Wu Lian, the civil and military officials present couldn't help but frown. Zhang Zhi also frowned. Then Zhang Zhi suddenly said: "Mo Jicao, you are from Mojia Village, and you are more clear about the situation there. Do you think that the Tiannu from Mojia Village would rather be a cattle and horse for those powerful landlords for the rest of their lives than be an ordinary citizen?"

After hesitating for a moment, Mo Sheng replied: "Report to the Ming court, there are three main reasons. First, those land slaves do not have their own land and must rely on those powerful landlords to survive. Second, according to the law, those powerful landlords must pay double the captive tax, so in order to evade tax, the powerful landlords do not allow the land slaves to register their household registration."

"As for the third one," Mo Sheng said again: "The cap tax is indeed too heavy. When the child turns one year old, he has to pay 23 cents of oral tuition every year. When he is sixteen, he has to pay 120 cents a year, and also to perform labor service. Therefore, many poor people would rather be land slaves than be free people."

Zhang Zhi nodded and said, "To do this, we will first base ourselves on defending this battle, and at the same time adopt the attacking tactics to let those Tian Nu who were forcibly brought by the rebels of the three major surnames of Wulian know that we can not only exempt us from taxes, but also live better and better. We try to disperse the morale of the traitors and disintegrate their morale. Then we consider going out of the city to fight, and strive to kill the traitors' army at the lowest price before the county soldiers react."

"The Ming court has a high opinion." Zhang Jiu echoed: "The vast majority of the traitor army should be born. As long as they don't want to fight or not, Wu Lian's tribe members of the three major surnames will definitely not be able to cause any storm."

Everyone nodded and agreed, and Fu Gongze asked directly: "Ming Court, what should I do?"

"First, write a list of things immediately to stabilize the people's hearts." Zhang Zhi calculated and said, "I inform the people in the city, and say that from tomorrow, each person in the city will distribute a pack of instant noodles every day to improve food. If the people in the city are willing to help transport materials to defend the city when the thief attacks the city, each person will give one pack each time."

"The Ming court is very smart. When you see such a list of articles, the people in the city will definitely be happy." Hu Cao Mafeng immediately said: "I will definitely rush to help our army defend the city."

"This matter will be left to you." Zhang Zhi said casually: "You are responsible for writing and posting the list, and instant noodles will be distributed by you. You have not had many responsibilities during your guard's city. You will take your subordinates to help Mahucao with your servants, and organize people to help us defend the city when necessary, and temporarily follow his command."

Wu Lian and the three Caos immediately agreed together, and Zhang Zhi said: "Second, let us know that from tomorrow, in addition to the daily meals, our soldiers can receive three packs of instant noodles every day to improve their meals, from two to one. If the thief initiates a siege, add a lunch, two packs of instant noodles for each person. In addition, behead one on the battlefield, reward two packs of instant noodles, catch a captive, and reward three packs of instant noodles!"

Fu Gong, Zhao Quan and Zhu Xiang’s three generals laughed together, and they all said, “The Ming court is generous, and our soldiers will be so happy now.”

"Ming Court, how do you arrange the third place?" Zhang Ju asked again.

"Third, of course, I'm thinking of a way to let the soldiers of the traitor army taste our instant noodles and know how to make instant noodles." Zhang Zhi replied with a smile: "We know that we have good instant noodles like surrender, and we know that we can be tax-free for our soldiers. What choices will those Tiannu who eat braised vegetables every day make?"

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As expected by Wu Lianhu Cao, after the list was posted in the morning of the next day, after the Wu Lian service began to distribute instant noodles from house to house, there was indeed a lot of joy in the city. The people's hearts were not at all panic, but on the contrary, many people hoped that the rebels could siege the city for a long time so that they could receive at least a pack of delicious instant noodles that could effectively replenish salt every day. In addition, many Wu Lian people tasted the deliciousness of instant noodles for the first time that day.

Just like Fu Gong, Zhu Xiang and others expected, Zhang Zhikaien increased the daily instant noodles supply of Wu Lian soldiers to three packs. Wu Lian soldiers were also cheering like thunder. Everyone was ready to slap the rebels quickly launched an attack on the city, allowing themselves to eat more, chop people's heads and capture prisoners for instant noodles, and the morale of the army was boosted and high.

Just as Zhang Zhi expected, when it was nearly noon the next day, the Wu Jian rebels, with a force of about 1,800 troops, came from the south under the flag of Wei. They were still able to barely line up during the march and follow the flag to which they belong. They knew at a glance that they had secretly carried out the most basic military training. At the same time, they kept shouting the slogan of flattening Wu Jian and capturing Zhang Zhi alive, and their morale seemed quite good.

These situations continued until the rebels drove outside the Wulian South Gate city facing the plain. After seeing the Han flag floating on the Wulian city walls, many sharp-eyed rebel soldiers immediately saw that in the middle of the road leading to the city gate, there were actually several steaming wooden barrels, and there were piles of yellow strange small bags piled beside them.
Chapter completed!