Chapter 361 The Fire of Burning the City (Part 2)
At the end of July, Fang La raised his arms and shouted in Wannian Township, igniting a fire.
Fang La claimed to be the Lord of the Yuan Dynasty and established the Yongle of the Yuan Dynasty. He set up officials and generals, and used various headscarves such as headscarves to distinguish between hijabs and red scarves as symbols to establish an uprising army. The rebel army had no bows, arrows, and armor, and used the theory of ghosts and gods to incite each other, gathered countless people who had long been resentful, burned houses along the way, plundered children of gold and silk, and turned civilians with family businesses into refugees, forcing them to join the rebel army.
At Fang La's call, the people from far and near Qingxi County responded to the news. How quickly the fire was burning was beyond the imagination of officials in Jiangnan. It took less than ten days to enter thousands of refugees to tens of thousands of people, and it was increasing at an astonishing speed.
The news just spread and did not attract the attention of officials in Jiangnan. Zhao Fei and Shen Yu, who were living in Qingxi County, were experiencing all this personally.
In just a few days, the county town was filled with fire. The wing army and the yamen run back and forth, holding swords and warriors, and the people hid in the houses and dared not go out. In the wilderness outside the city wall, there were often large groups of villagers, led by thugs and the people of the Jianghu, running towards Wannian Township, more than ten miles away, with hoes and picks.
Zhao Fei's face was pale, she hid in the attic with Shen Yu in her arms, looking at the mess in the county town, and she didn't know what to do. The maid Cha Gu looked pale and wanted to comfort her, but she had nothing to say.
Outside the house, one hundred Hujie Army and more than ten Black Feather Guards guarded everywhere to prevent the people in the county from falling into madness and burning and killing everywhere.
Zhao Feizhu's round and smooth figure could no longer see the charm at this time, only trembling trembling remained.
She saw with her own eyes the honest and honest workers holding hoes, who killed the master's house with a hatchet and hoe, and were hacked to death by the yamen runners. Outside the city wall were countless civilians running from the village, knocking on the city gate to hide, and many people were covered in blood and crying and screaming.
Whenever a thief catches an official, he must cut off his flesh, cut off his body, boil his lungs and intestines into ointment, and penetrate his body with arrows. He tortures him in various ways and repay his blood debts to relieve his hatred.
If a princess like her in the court is caught, the outcome can be imagined.
Qingxi County, which was originally beautiful in mountains and rivers, became like this almost overnight.
Zhao Fei originally wanted to go back to Hangzhou under the escort of the guards, but as soon as she left the city, she met a brigade of refugees. The road was destroyed and the ships were robbed. The guards did not dare to take her to take risks, so they could only wait for reinforcements in the county. However, in just a few days, Qingxi County had sealed the city gates to prevent the rebels from taking advantage of the chaos to attack the city. The people inside could not go out, the people outside could not come in, and they were completely trapped here.
Shen Yu's petite body shivered slightly, and he was still a little calm at this time, and he spoke out to comfort him:
"It's okay, Sister Fei'er is okay. The court will send troops soon. The bandits surnamed Cao are very powerful and will definitely come to save us."
Zhao Fei was weak-hearted and kept rolling down her tears. She just hugged Shen Yu in the attic. When she heard the shouts of killing, she trembled. Her eyes stared in the direction of Hangzhou, looking at her eyes...
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Cao Hua came out of the pleasure boat and wanted to find Xie Yijun. As soon as he arrived on the river bank, Han'er rode on his horse and jumped down from the horse as he was far away, landing on the street with sweat beads on his face.
"Young Master, Fang La is rebelling."
Cao Hua was not surprised to hear the news. He looked around and pulled Han'er to a secluded place, frowned slightly:
“What’s the situation?”
Han'er wiped the sweat from her forehead with a little anxiety: "Three days ago, Fang La and more than a hundred subordinates killed Baozheng Youchang's family in Qingxi County, Muzhou, inciting more than a thousand local people to rebel, heading towards Qingxi County, killing officials and gentry along the way, and enlisting the people to join. It is estimated that there are already 3,000 people."
Cao Hua frowned when he heard Qingxi: "Princess Zhao Fei is still in Qingxi County?"
Han'er nodded: "The spy heard news that the princess was safe and sound, but the city was full of riots and was trapped in Qingxi. Muzhou had already dispatched the troops and horses from both Zhejiang routes to supervise Yan Tan and Cai Zun, leading 5,000 imperial guards to suppress."
Cao Hua frowned, thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Five thousand people are not enough. When the imperial guards arrived, Fang La had incited many people."
Han'er hesitated: "The people Fang La incited were only the poor people, without armor, bows and arrows, and most of them were mobs holding hoes and wooden sticks. Five thousand soldiers and horses were enough."
"It's definitely not enough, don't underestimate Fang La..."
Cao Hua crossed the steps back and forth with his hands behind his back. After thinking about it, he turned over and ran to the royal palace with Han'er, and at the same time ordered:
"I'll send heavy troops to the court to suppress it. I'll go to see King Kang and ask him to come forward to mobilize the Xiang army and Hujie army in Hangzhou first. The people in Jiangnan have been resentful for a long time. If they don't start, they will pinch the flames. Hangzhou can defeat a million people who can develop in just a month."
These words were obviously a bit alarmist. In Han'er's eyes, Fang La's rebellion was no different from the mobs in other places. They were all ignorant farmers. Basically, the officers and soldiers fled in panic as soon as they left, and they were not as powerful as the bandits.
"Young Master, this may not work, just a few thousand refugees..."
"That's what I listen to."
Cao Hua galloped over and quickly returned to Baima Mountain.
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The news of someone rebelling in Muzhou has also spread to Hangzhou City. The officials knew it first, but they didn't care about it. They were still searching for the people in and outside the city to wipe Zhu Xie's butt.
Of course, King Kang had just received the news that he was talking to several staff members in the study and was also talking about this matter. Song Yang, the commander of the Hujie Army, was also there. Rebellion among several people was common. Although there were few incidents in Jiangnan, most of them were suppressed. King Kang rushed over and analyzed the cause of the incident. After all, King Kang was in charge of the granary of Jiangnan Road and had the responsibility of supervision.
The princess sat next to King Kang and drank tea, and Zhao Huai was also listening, but he was not very interested and just talked to the princess.
After listening to the master's report, King Kang shook his head gently:
"A mere bandit, without any movement, was called the emperor and the country. Alas... I killed Zhu Xie and my tail was overturned to the sky. Fortunately, Cao Hua was in danger. If I killed Cao Hua and Zhu Xie in a row, this person named Fang La would not become an immortal."
Song Yang, the commander of the Hujie Army, is the princess' nephew. He is extremely brave and highly valued by King Kang, and he doesn't take several rebels seriously:
"Fang La called himself the Holy Lord, and under the banner of Manichaeism, he called himself a saint and reincarnated. He originally regarded himself as a god."
"Hahaha...."
The people in the study shook their heads and chuckled, obviously agreeing with this statement.
While we were discussing, a servant came to report:
"Prince, Prince Cao asks for a meeting."
King Kang put down his teacup and nodded:
Chapter completed!