Chapter 1694: Soldiers Point to the Imperial City
On the long road in the wilderness, a group of officers and soldiers were escorting grain and grass, slowly coming towards Beichenzhou Mansion.
The long horse-drawn convoy was filled with food collected from other state capitals. Nearly a thousand soldiers were following the convoy, watching out for possible enemies.
Nowadays, the war is tense and food is in short supply. I originally wanted to raise food locally, but unexpectedly, due to the famine, I can't find a single grain of rice locally.
The coalition forces in the state capital searched and found nothing, and finally left the devastated village with a curse.
The villagers were unable to resist, but their eyes were full of hatred, and the seeds of hatred had been planted.
As a result, the coalition forces in the state capital did not wait for the rebels to attack. Instead, they were besieged by the people of Beichen Prefecture. Of course, there were inevitable people who wanted to add fuel to the flames.
The grain transport team was suddenly ambushed when passing through a village. Countless people, led by people, waving spades, pickaxes and wooden sticks, swarmed towards the soldiers.
Even though the soldiers escorting the grain and grass were holding swords and spears, they were stunned by this unexpected sight, and were later swallowed up by the rolling flow of people.
Not long after, all the food in the food transport team was robbed, and the skulls and weapons of the soldiers were also taken away.
A soldier's head and a gold coin are absolutely not false. Naturally, those people will not miss this opportunity to make a fortune.
Similar scenes were staged everywhere in Beichen Prefecture, and the small teams that were separated from the large troops also suffered a devastating blow.
First they lost the first battle, and now their food and grass were robbed. After hearing the news, the generals from various states were so angry that they cursed loudly, but there was nothing they could do.
Since there is insufficient food and grass, the war cannot be delayed. It is best to win in one go, otherwise something will happen.
As a result, the state coalition forces, which had just suffered a defeat, had to brace themselves and prepare for a decisive battle with the Beichenzhou rebels.
Three days later, the decisive battle began.
After a bloody battle, the main force of the allied forces in the state capital was killed and defeated. The rout stretched for dozens of miles. The local people were killed at the same time, and headless corpses littered the mountains and plains.
After defeating the allied forces in the state capital, the Beichen Prefecture rebels took advantage of the victory and pursued the victory, heading straight for the nearby state capital.
This incident shocked the entire empire. No one expected that the rebels were so fierce that they were no match for the regular armies of several state capitals!
However, more people believe that the victory of the Beichenzhou rebels is mostly related to their sharp weapons, and the remaining half is because the rewards for the rebels are really generous.
Regardless of the reason, as the Beichen Prefecture rebels defeated the prefectural coalition forces, their wings have gradually matured and they have begun to take over the world.
Just when the whole world was shocked by the Beichenzhou incident, in other state capitals, Cao Mangqiang Liang also raised troops to attack nearby state capitals and towns.
Although these rebel forces are strong or weak, they have made the entire empire a mess, with chaos everywhere.
In this chaotic environment, the Beichen Prefecture rebels were unstoppable and unstoppable wherever they went.
The rebels have something to say: surrender their weapons, kill no one, resist stubbornly, and the city will be destroyed and people will die!
Those towns that knew they were no match for the rebels chose to surrender in order to protect themselves. As a result, the rebels made no mistakes.
They just collected weapons, spent a lot of money to recruit people, and then continued to move forward.
After the news came, the towns along the way took the initiative to surrender, which also avoided a military disaster.
When encountering towns that were stubbornly resisting, the Beichen Prefecture rebels attacked the city with artillery, throwing poisonous smoke everywhere, and the rebel soldiers were like wolves and tigers.
Only because Tang Zhen ordered that all property gained from attacking the city would belong to the individual, and those who captured the enemy's heads would also be rewarded heavily.
With such incentives, all those men are jealous, hoping to get more spoils so that the whole family can live a prosperous life.
There must be brave men under the heavy reward. All the cities that tried to resist were captured, but all those who participated in the resistance were shown their heads in public.
Even the people in the city were looted by Beichenzhou rebels. Those who dared to resist often ended up dead.
"Beichen Army is fighting in the middle, and you have a lot of gold in your pocket and nowhere to put it!"
Under deliberate temptation, more and more people joined the Beichen Prefecture rebels. From the very beginning, The number of more than 200,000 people soon grew to more than 500,000, and it is still increasing. The army advanced all the way without stopping for a moment, heading straight for the imperial city. The emperor was so frightened that he quickly summoned all the state capitals for support.
At this time, the major state capitals of the empire were in chaos, and they all had too much time to take care of themselves.
However, the sacred orders cannot be violated. Under such chaotic circumstances, the state governments can only send troops to the imperial city to deal with the approaching Beichen Prefecture rebels.
Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, something happened in the imperial city, catching everyone off guard.
First there was a shortage of food, and there was no grain in the granary and rice shop. Then there was an incident where the grain transport convoy was robbed and the grain was completely burned.
This matter immediately attracted attention, but the person behind the scenes had fled long ago, leaving only a mess.
The population of an imperial capital is nearly one million, and the amount of food consumed is also huge. Now that the people have no food, they naturally have to find a way, otherwise they can only wait to starve to death.
In just a few days, there were many incidents of granaries being robbed, smashed and killed by rich people, leaving the imperial city in chaos.
Under this situation, the Beichen Prefecture rebels, whose number had reached one million, gradually approached the imperial city.
The change of ownership may not be far away.
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In a village near the imperial capital, there is a house where more than a dozen trialists are gathering.
After arriving in the imperial city some time ago, they tried to assassinate the emperor, but unexpectedly they were ambushed by hundreds of martial arts masters as soon as they entered the depths of the palace.
In addition to these masters, there are also many Forbidden Army soldiers who defend the deep palace watertight.
If they had not evacuated in time, they would have been eliminated by now, or they would have been imprisoned in a dark death row and endured torture every day.
In that case, it would be better to commit suicide and quit.
In the following time, these trialists have been observing carefully, waiting for the best opportunity to take action.
Assassinations occurred one after another, but without exception they all failed, and more and more trialists were lost in the palace.
It was only then that the trialists discovered that the inner courtyard of the palace was actually a huge trap. It could be said that no matter how much you entered, it would be damaged!
To qualify for the Destiny Child competition, assassinating the emperor is a task that must be completed. However, the heavily guarded palace has become an insurmountable barrier for the trialists.
Even though I knew it was a trap, I had to jump in.
While the trialists were racking their brains to discuss countermeasures and study how to kill the emperor, news of the Beichen Prefecture rebellion suddenly came.
The trialists didn't agree with what the natives were doing at first, but soon they realized that wasn't this the opportunity they were looking for?
The main reason why they have failed many times before is because they have too few manpower. But with the help of the rebels, the problem of insufficient manpower will be easily solved.
It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to assassinate the emperor under such circumstances.
Now we can take advantage of this opportunity to launch an attack on the inner courtyard of the palace when the Beichenzhou rebels attack the imperial city!
If he also controls an army, such as a rebel army of the size of Beichen Zhou, he will command the army to attack the city, no matter how many martial arts masters he has. In the end, he had to die under the rebel army.
It will be easy to kill the emperor then!
After thinking of this, the trialists also took action and began to recruit people in various state capitals. In cooperation with the Beichen State rebels, they announced rebellions one after another.
There are even trialists who are directly eyeing the Beichenzhou rebels and want to take control of the rebels' supreme commander. This will be equivalent to controlling the rebels.
But they didn't expect that these things were exactly what Tang Zhen wanted. The trialists and him were completely using each other.
(End of this chapter)