Chapter 808 Joy
Xu You was kidnapped.
At that time, the people in Minzhongli were very happy. After finding a car, they dragged Xu You to the nearby Taishan Army military station.
In fact, Xu You was discovered when he first entered Minzhongli.
He may not know that after many of the exiled conscripts ran home one after another, the residents of Minzhongli began to closely monitor the people outside.
After all, they didn't want their families to be taken away, and the way the county soldiers treated these fugitive concubines was too cruel.
Not only will they be hanged on the roadside, but the people who concealed and sheltered them will also be made into slaves.
In normal times, this harsh punishment would still be somewhat effective, but after Yuan Shao's own head was sent to Guangcheng Pass, everyone knew that Chen Duke's country was in decline and there was not much left to live.
Therefore, no matter how hard the pressure was in the past, the rebound will be fierce now.
In fact, not including Minzhongli, the people in nearby villages had already begun to take action. They continued to take revenge on the subordinate officials who forcibly recruited them as Ding.
These people act as the lackeys of the county, and their hands are stained with an unknown amount of blood.
All these bloody accounts are in the eyes of the residents, and now is the time to settle the accounts for them.
At first, the county sent people to suppress the riots in the countryside, but soon the residents contacted the Taishan Army in Guangcheng Pass to lead the way.
With the support of the local people, the Taishan Army, divided into dozens of cavalry groups, continued to attack, greatly defeating the power of the Yingchuan heroes.
So when Xu You walked out of the mountains, the entire Yingchuan and Northern Yuzhou including Chen Liu were almost in chaos.
As the strongholds of powerful people in the countryside continued to be broken, these people finally decided to shrink their power after losing a large number of people and land.
Their contraction did not mean to defend the larger cities like Yangzhai, but directly transferred the essence to Runan Xuanhu.
Xuanhu is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Guo Jia, who was in charge of the military and government affairs there, had already issued a document asking the powerful people of Yingchuan to move to Xuanhu for a long-term defense.
Of course, Guo Jia's tactics were not that simple. He relied on his network of contacts in the Yingchuan gentry circle and constantly wrote letters to each family to assign tasks.
The specific tasks are unknown. Anyway, each family has left many capable tribesmen in their hometown, trying to compete with the Taishan Army for the countryside.
Every day, there are oxcarts heading towards Xuanhu from dock walls all over Yingchuan, and there is an endless stream of people on the road.
And because these people were often scattered, even the Taishan Army's assault cavalry often sent out to intercept them. However, because the number was too small, a lot of manpower and material resources were still transferred to Runan.
Some of the Taishan Army's assault cavalry tried to pursue Runan, but because the above intention was to encircle Runan but not fight, these people stopped leaving after the pursuit to Yingyin.
Yingyin, for many Taishan Army officers, is a return visit to their old place.
And because the Taishan Army recruited many rangers and heroes in the Yingyin area, their mass base in Yingyin is still good.
With local support, Taishan general Xu Chao set up a military station in Yingyin. Its main task was to mobilize the local Guizhou leaders to attack local tyrants and powerful armed forces, and to rebuild local order with the Taishan Army as the core.
There are eight more military stations of this type built by Xu Chao, each with hundreds of soldiers.
At this time, the people in Minzhongli carried Xu You and walked to the nearest military station, Yangguanju.
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Yangguanju is only fifteen miles away from Yangzhai, the county seat of Yingchuan, and shares the Yingshui River with Yangzhai.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Yangguanju is the north gate of Yangzhai, but such an important place was occupied by the Taishan Army without spending a single soldier.
Relying on the original buildings in Yangguan Ju, the Taishan Army built a military station and a river pass to cover Yingchuan's peripheral communication lines from both water and land.
The hundred-man general in this military station is Guo Chong, the son of Guo Tu.
It is not surprising that Guo Chong entered the army. In fact, all generals in the Taishan Army almost sent their nephews and nephews into the army, because only in the army would they have the opportunity.
This time, Guo Chong went south with nine other hundred generals.
Almost all of them have connections in Yingchuan, and they are generally low-level military officials. Their average age is no more than twenty-four, and they are the new generation of the Taishan Army.
Even though these people all seem to be from Yingchuan, they are very cruel to the powerful people in their hometown.
Except for Guo Chong, the others all came from the lower levels of Guizhou, rangers, and disciples. It is understandable that they would be cruel to the powerful people in their hometown.
But Guo Chong is different. He comes from the Guo family in Yangzhai, and he is a descendant of an authentic aristocratic family.
But Guo Chong was not only ruthless to other families, but also ruthless to his own clan. Not long after occupying Yangrenju, he had already broken through the walls of five or six families.
One of the Wubi houses belonged to his uncle, and he liquidated it just because he resisted him.
There was no way, Guo Chong knew very well the embarrassment of himself and his father in the Taishan Army. They had a fashionable background. If they were no longer cruel, how could they gain the recognition of their colleagues?
The blame is that those people couldn't understand the situation and insisted on risking their lives to cushion the knife in his hand.
At this time, Guo Chong was in the tent and two teams were arranging the next stage of tasks.
They had already cleaned the dock walls near Yingshui before, and the remaining ones gradually shrank into Yangdi City.
While Guo Chong was sitting in Yangguanju, he came into contact with many children from various families who wanted to join the Taishan Army, so he wanted to try to see if he could conquer Yangdi City.
If he can win Yangzhai, then Guo Chong will really make a fortune.
In fact, this is not impossible. With the Taishan Army appearing in Yingchuan, the mentality of each family in Yingchuan changed rapidly.
The Han family was the first to raise the flag of rebellion. They raised troops in their hometown of Wuyang and blocked the access to Runan from the south.
In addition, some members of the Zhong clan in Changshe also raised yellow flags, but because they did not obtain the consent of the majority of the clan, they were not yet able to occupy Changshe.
However, the emergence of the Taishan Army also inspired desperate resistance from some wealthy families. For example, the Li family in Xiangcheng mobilized all their relatives, guests, and disciples to form a tribe of about a thousand people.
However, due to the lack of war horses, these people can only stay in the city for now, while the wider countryside has been lost to the Taishan army.
Now, the enthusiasm for riots in various communities in Yingchuan has been aroused. Under the education of the Taishan Army, they are no longer outsiders in the war, but were quickly mobilized to avenge and complain.
Therefore, Guo Chong was very confident that as long as he dispersed his cavalry, he would be able to draw thousands of people to help in the battle in an instant.
Although these people are just a mob, aren't those people in Yangzhai City?
In fact, it was precisely because of this terrifying mobilization ability that Guo Chong was afraid of becoming the enemy of the Taishan Army. He was well aware of the riot potential promoted by the Taishan Army, the kind of hatred that mobilized poor people to avenge the injustices of ten lifetimes.
He was afraid that he would stand on the opposite side of this infinite destructive power, so he had been deliberately downplaying his upper-class background, and had the same food and clothing as ordinary soldiers in the army.
Suddenly, someone from outside came to report that people nearby had captured Xu You.
This surprised Guo Chong. After the decisive battle in Yiluo, almost all the upper-level figures in Yuan Jun who could be caught were caught, and those who were not caught were basically not caught.
Unexpectedly, after so many days, he was allowed to catch the big fish Xu You. Wasn't this a fortune sent to him from heaven?
You must know that Xu You is the second-in-command in Duke Chen, a prime minister. His students and followers are all over Yingchuan counties. For Guo Chong, who is eager to capture Yangdi at this stage, he is too important.
Yes, according to the information Guo Chong learned, Yin Kuang, the current prefect of Yingchuan, is Xu You's good friend, and he is included in the Nanyang lineage of the Duke of Chen.
In fact, Yuan Shao also had imperial skills. On the one hand, he relied on Yingchuan scholars, but he also used Nanyang scholars as the chief officials of Yingchuan counties. It can be said that he is well versed in the way of checks and balances.
But now this method of checks and balances has become an opportunity for Guo Chong to take advantage of.
So, he shouted:
"Please give me permission."
He even felt that it was inappropriate after shouting this sentence, and even took the initiative to go out of the tent to pick up Xu You.
At this time, Xu You was tied up with ropes. After seeing Guo Chong approaching, he obviously recognized this junior.
Guo Chong personally untied Xu You and complained about the few warriors around him:
"How can you neglect Xu Zaifu like this? He is my biological uncle."
After saying that, Guo Chong helped Xu You out of the oxcart, ordered a meal to be cooked and delivered to the tent, and then took Xu You back to the tent.
After Xu You was brought into the tent, his mind was spinning crazily:
"As the same saying goes, when you treat others with courtesy, you must ask for others. This Guo Tu's son has no friendship with me, and he will not praise himself like this just because he has an old relationship with his father. Moreover, this Guo Tu's son used to I’ve seen him, he’s a wolf, and I can’t disobey him.”
Thinking of this, Xu You started talking to Guo Chong, first talking about the happy days when he and Guo Tu were studying together, and then talking about the scene when he met Guo Chong at Guo's old house.
In short, Xu You mainly focuses on being cute.
But Guo Chong didn't have the patience to listen to what Xu You said. He cut through the mess quickly and said:
"Uncle, I want to attack Yangdi. I wonder what uncle can teach me?"
Xu You felt a little uncomfortable, feeling that Guo Chong was really a wolf, mean, unkind, ruthless, and didn't even have the patience to talk to him.
But he also knew that his life was now in someone else's hands, so he could only laugh and say:
"My nephew, you have asked the right person. Now I am recommending the prefect of Yingchuan to protect our army's rear food supply. But I don't know if my nephew can help my uncle."
Guo Chong also pretended to be confused. He tilted his head and said doubtfully:
"I wonder what uncle wants to pull?"
Xu You didn't care about the little wolf pretending to be confused, but said seriously:
"Uncle, I also have a heart for Taoism, and I have long admired the high righteousness of our Taiping Tao. I wonder if I can give you a chance to join the Tao."
Guo Chong held his chin, shook his head and said:
"Uncle, you may not know that I am a master of Taiping Taoism. Even I have no chance to enter Taoism, let alone you, uncle? Why don't you talk about something more practical?"
Xu You looked regretful and then said what he really wanted:
"I want to join the Taishan Army, just like your father did back then. Don't talk to me about the threshold, just give me this opportunity, I can be, I can also learn, and in return, I will take all the Yuzhou land for your army .”
Xu You's words completely blocked Guo Chong's excuse, and he could only give an ambiguous answer:
"Uncle, let me tell you the truth. If you help me win Yingchuan first, then I can be qualified to respond to your words. As for me now, I definitely can't make the decision."
Xu You thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case, but he was definitely not willing to compromise completely like this, so he put forward a simple condition:
"The group of people who just escorted me here are rioters. You kill them for me, and then I will get Yang Zhai for you."
Unexpectedly, Guo Chong jumped up in fright after hearing this. He first looked at the other guards in the tent and saw that they were all standing there, seemingly not hearing them.
But he still turned pale and angrily scolded Xu You:
"Xu Laoden, who do you think I am? Am I a villain who kills people? I've blinded you."
After saying that, without waiting for Xu You to speak again, Guo Chong ran out of the tent, as if he didn't dare to stay here at all.
Guo Chong's behavior was beyond Xu You's expectation. What seemed like a small matter to him turned out to be a big deal to the boy from the Guo family, and he didn't even dare to stay.
It seems that I still don’t know enough about the Taishan Army.
In the days that followed, Xu You was never able to see Guo Chong until he was put into a prison car again and then drove him to Kyoto.
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The great Kyoto, the magnificent Kyoto, has experienced the most turbulent period since its founding this year. I don’t know how many people have sweated and died for it.
But at this moment it seemed to have forgotten its past owner and greeted its new owner with a low posture.
At this time, there was joy and laughter everywhere inside and outside Kyoto.
The battle was won, and the military merits of the sons and daughters of the bloody battle were also paid off.
After many officials of the Gongcao Division stayed up all night for several days, they finally determined the grade of the merits this time.
Among them, there are four types of meritorious service: one is for beheading the enemy; the other is for capturing the enemy alive; the third is for watching and visiting the enemy; and the fourth is for those who are wounded in battle.
In addition to these four skills, there are also four types of special skills, namely, those who kill generals, those who capture generals, those who capture flags, and those who trap enemies. Among them, the generals captured and killed will have different merits according to the enemy's rank.
Because there were so many people who made meritorious service in this battle, it took a long time to award rewards. It can be said that a large amount of money and silk were sent to the military camp outside the city every day.
Calculated according to the fifth-level military merit of the Taishan Army, the first-level military merit will be rewarded with ten pieces of silk and ten thousand yuan; the second-level military merit will be rewarded with seven pieces of silk and eight thousand yuan; the third-level military merit will be rewarded with five pieces of silk and five thousand yuan; the fourth-level military merit will be rewarded with five pieces of silk and five thousand yuan; Those of the first rank will be rewarded with three pieces of silk and three thousand dollars, and those of the fifth rank will be rewarded with one piece of silk and three thousand dollars.
It can be said that with such a huge amount of money and silk, the Taicang treasury in Kyoto would not be able to issue a reward of this scale.
But the effect is also obvious. Although spirit is the pursuit, the reward of money and food is indeed what the soldiers need.
After all, who doesn’t love money?
Just when Kyoto was filled with joy, Xu You, with a bitter look on his face, drove into Beijing and met Yuan Shu, who was equally happy.
Yes, Yuan Shu, like all Taishan troops, was immersed in a joyful atmosphere.