Chapter 286 Since you are desperate, resist to the end!
Gao Shun nodded, knew it, and immediately ordered. "The whole army obeys the order and continue to march!"
After Gao Shun's order, the 120,000 troops waved their whips and continued to march towards Xuzhou Prefecture.
When crossing the borders of the two provinces, the commander of the Luzhou Guard Army issued an order to his subordinates early: "Hurry! Get rid of the horse quickly!"
The soldiers stationed on both sides of the road immediately moved the horses on the road as quickly as possible.
Then, they stood on both sides of the road, staring at the 120,000 troops in awe, rushing past them and heading towards Xuzhou Prefecture.
At the same time, the people involved in the civil rebellion in Xuzhou Prefecture were deceived and gathered together by people from the four major families.
These people are basically all long-term workers or tenants from the four major families of Xuzhou Prefecture.
Their personal property is highly dependent on the four major families.
To put it bluntly, whether these people in Xuzhou Prefecture can eat enough, wear warm clothes and live in a house this year depends on the expressions of these four major families.
Like the people of Puxian before, the locals' awe and obedience to these four major families is far better than the mountains and roads, and they can hear and see the invisible Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the four major families can organize such a large-scale, reckless and extremely stupid militia without any effort.
The militia team in Xuzhou Prefecture also has 30,000 to 40,000 people, and were all arranged outside the county town of Xuzhou Prefecture by four major families.
Although they are all a group of mobs, it is still very intimidating to gather tens of thousands of people together.
The patriarchs of the four major families and Tang Fang, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing, hurried to the camp where the militia gathered.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou, for your mercy. I have never eaten so much in my life!"
"Mr. Sun! We have done all the things you told me. You have promised to rent another two acres of land for our family next year..."
"Mr. Wang, will my land rent really be reduced by half this year?"
"Mr. Li, I will definitely pay it back for the 50 kilograms of rice I owe before. Can I return my granddaughter to me? She is only fifteen years old and can't take care of people. I'm afraid it will annoy you, Master!"
"..."
All the way, the militia gathered around him all threw expressions of flattery or begging.
These people were dressed in rags and worn, and some were even uncovered.
Some in their hands were holding hoes, some with sickles, and some just holding simple wooden sticks as weapons.
Some of them were holding black and yellow thick steamed buns in their hands, and they were smiling with their eyes.
Their outfits are in sharp contrast with the patriarchs of the four major clans who are well-off and fed.
But even so, these people are still grateful to these four major families.
There is no other reason, because the four major families had promised them that as long as they participated in the civil unrest, they would get rich rewards.
And during the troubled period, there is enough food supply, which will definitely allow them to have a full meal every day.
Even if it is just the hardest to eat thick buns, they can be very happy, because even the people in Jiangnan cannot have enough food every day.
The people were busy showing their gratitude to the four major families, but the group turned a deaf ear and quickly came to a simple tent.
Inside the tent, there were twenty or thirty strong men, frowning and talking about something.
They kept sighing, with sad faces and despair.
As soon as I saw the patriarchs of the four major families coming in person, I quickly stood up and greeted him respectfully.
"Four clan leaders, you are here."
These men showed great respect to the patriarchs of the four major families, and they were somewhat familiar with respect.
It shows that their relationship with the four major families is extraordinary.
Among them, some of them were small landlords in Xuzhou Prefecture, while others were rich peasants in Xuzhou Prefecture, and they belonged to the middle class of Xuzhou Prefecture.
They contributed the most to this civil rebellion, and they personally led the incident of impacting Peixian County Government.
It was also them who first got the news that 100,000 black cavalry went down to Jiangnan.
"His Majesty really sent troops to attack Jiangnan?"
"How many people did they dispatch in total?"
"When will the army arrive?"
"What should we do?"
As soon as we met, the patriarchs of the four major families asked a few of their most concerned questions.
A small landlord in the head, named Zhao Ju, is also the leader among these people.
He replied with a wry smile: "It's true. From the capital to Jiangnan, people have seen a large number of cavalry along the way, heading south."
"That number, that scale...at least 100,000 cavalry..."
"And...and...and the army is now close to the border of Jiangnan. If there is no accident, the army of the court will arrive at Xuzhou Prefecture in about an hour."
After Zhao Ju said with a pale face, his whole body seemed to have been drained, and he was gasping for breath because of nervousness and fear.
"How could this happen? How could this happen?"
The patriarchs of the four major families completely felt despair, and the only trace of luck in their hearts also disappeared.
Their original fantasy of self-entertainment disappeared, and the real blow made them unable to bear it, becoming unruly and blindly believed in the person who had drawn a beautiful blueprint for them before. "Shima Tang, Shima Tang, didn't you say that Your Majesty would never send troops south?!" "Now Your Majesty has really sent troops, what should we do?!"
"Now that Your Majesty really sent troops, what should we do?!"
"Shishou Lord Tang, say something, Shishou Lord Tang!"
The patriarchs of the four major families looked behind him and saw that Tang Fang, who was planning and energetic just now, was also pale and sweating in his cold words, unable to say a word. Tang Fang's eyes were dull and he didn't say a word. After staring at the patriarchs of the four major families for a while, he suddenly used all his strength to run out quickly!
"Shishou Lord Tang! What are you running away?!"
"Shishou Lord Tang, don't run away!"
"Tang Fang, stop for me!"
"..."
The leader of the four major families was shocked and subconsciously chased after him!
The people were summoned to cause trouble, but Tang Fang was the only one who took it. They couldn't let Tang Fang, the initiator, run away!
Unfortunately, Tang Fang was still faster. He casually found a horse in front of the barracks, and urged the horse to rush towards Nanjing.
"Ga!Ga! Hurry up, hurry up!"
Tang Fang kept waving the horse whip, his mind was blank, and he had only one thought in his heart.
That is to hurry to Nanjing and stay away from the dangerous place of Xuzhou Prefecture.
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Report your Majesty's troops to attack Jiangnan immediately to Zhang Peng, Minister of War, Nanjing!
"Stop him, stop him quickly!"
The head of the Zhou family yelled desperately, but unfortunately all this happened too quickly.
The people outside the camp have not yet reacted. I don’t know why the patriarchs of the four major families have changed so much in just a moment.
But they had to obey the orders of the patriarchs of the four major clans, so they had to hurry to chase and block them, with loopholes in the encirclement.
In this way, Tang Fang found the right opportunity while everyone was rushing and panickedly siege and blocking, and got rid of the people chasing behind him and ran out.
"Class Chief Zhou, what should we do now?"
Seeing that Tang Fang was running away without a trace, the head of the Li family asked worriedly, with both sadness and despair.
The four major families run Xuzhou Prefecture for generations, and their roots are here. Even if they want to run away, they can't escape. "What to do, what to do?"
The head of the Zhou family murmured to himself, his expression on the verge of collapse.
In the face of absolute military crushing, all strategies are futile.
Now, the only thing the patriarchs of the four major clans can count on is that Zhu Youzhang can care about his reputation.
These army that went south dared not commit such a vicious incident as massacre of civilians!
"Return to the city and go back to the city immediately!"
"Let these unlucky people block the gate of Xuzhou City!"
"I don't believe it. These army dares to offend the world and openly slaughter the people!"
"We just need to hold on for a while, and when things get big, there will definitely be a way for Nanjing to save us."
"Absolute...yes..."
The head of the Zhou family talked to himself, saying something he didn't even believe in, and comforted himself.
But they are at the end of their journey, and they can hold on for a while. The patriarchs of the other three families have no other way except to believe it.
"Okay, then I'll mobilize those troublemakers!"
After saying that, the head of the Li family immediately came to the camp center and asked Zhao Ju, the small landlords and rich peasants, to gather the lowest-level workers and tenants.
Faced with the tens of thousands of people in Wuyang, the head of the Li family's family became slightly more stable. "Famous people, we have heard all your calls!" "We promise that our previous promises will definitely count!"
"From next year... no! From now on, all of you will reduce the rent of land by half... 10%!"
"In addition, our four major families will also take out an additional 50,000 acres of land for everyone to rent land!"
"We guarantee that every Xuzhou fellow villager can plant the fields of our four major families!"
The head of the Li family shouted loudly. After hearing this, the people of Xuzhou Prefecture were all excited, cheered and cried with joy.
It is a great joy they can't afford to exploit their labor force by the four major families!
"We have heard of each of you've got the needs. Chen Erniu, your granddaughter can be taken back from our mansion today!" "Zhou Damao, you can rent three acres of land for the Sun family next year..."
The head of the Li family, before he could finish his words, there were bursts of screams around him immediately.
Every Xuzhou people had an ecstatic smile on their faces.
At this time, the head of the Li family suddenly changed his mind: "But before this, there is one more thing that needs everyone's help!"
Suddenly, a sound of conformity sounded around.
"Captain Li, don't worry, no matter what the matter is, we will help you!"
"Yes, we have to pay off our great kindness in this life. If you have anything, just say it. Even if you sacrifice your life, we must help the four patriarchs!"
"Captain Li, if you have something to do, please give instructions as soon as possible. The affairs of the four major families are the affairs of our people in Xuzhou, and we will definitely not refuse!"
"..."
"..."
Listening to the shouts of the people around me, watching so many people who support them.
The clan leader of the Li family and the other three clan leaders looked at each other, nodding secretly, and his originally panic gradually calmed down.
Even, there was a smile on the corners of their mouths.
(This chapter ends)