A knife in love

Chapter 3739
Listening to Mao Shusheng, Li Qiufeng thought to himself that both Han Shantong and Liu Futong were well-known figures in the late Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. I also saw the deeds of these two people in the files when I was an official in Fusi, Jinyiwei South Town.It is recorded in the file that these two are the leaders of the Red Scarf Army. Although they were not the first leaders of the rebel army who rose up in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, the Red Scarf Army they led was the most powerful among all the rebel armies, but the file did not state that the two were Bai Lian. believers.This is really strange. With Jin Yiwei's ability, it is not difficult to find out the identities of Han Shantong and Liu Futong. Why did they only record the incident of the two, but not record that they were from the White Lotus Sect?
While Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, Mao Shusheng continued: "Seeing that the White Lotus Sect uprising planned by Han Shantong, Liu Futong and others was about to collapse before it even started, Liu Futong and others who escaped from Yingzhou sneaked into Jieshou and summoned people from Yingzhou. The Bailian Sect members who were defeated and fled in Zhouzhou recruited Han people who had been oppressed and humiliated by the Tazi government to join the White Lotus Sect. The White Lotus Sect not only regained its vitality, but also strengthened its power a lot.

"While Liu Futong and others were training their soldiers and horses, they sent spies to inquire about the news of the Tazi government. They learned that after the Tazi soldiers defeated the White Lotus Sect in Yingzhou, they burned, killed and looted the local area. Then he turned back to the barracks triumphantly. Because he defeated the White Lotus Sect who was about to revolt and robbed a lot of money, the Tatar soldiers who returned to Yingzhou drank and had fun every day without any precautions. After Liu Futong heard the news, Immediately convened a discussion with his generals and decided to gather a rebel army to attack Yingzhou and avenge Han Shantong and the Bailian believers who died at the hands of the Tartars.

"When the Tartar officials and soldiers in Yingzhou were intoxicated, tens of thousands of White Lotus followers suddenly appeared at the foot of Yingzhou City. The White Lotus followers who had mixed into Yingzhou before set fire to the city and released the prisoners from the prison. They robbed and killed Tartar officials and soldiers. The Tartar soldiers in the city didn't know what had happened. They thought there were thieves making trouble, and they wandered around the city like headless flies. Entering the city. The Tartar soldiers were in a mess, and most of them were beheaded by the rebels. The Tartars who survived escaped Yingzhou desperately. It was the first big city captured by the rebels in the last years.

"After the rebel army led by Liu Futong entered the city, Qiu did not commit any crimes. The Han people in and outside Yingzhou City cheered and joined the rebel army one after another. However, in a few days, the number of rebel soldiers surged to 6 or [-]. Because the soldiers of the rebel army wore red scarves on their heads. The common people call it the Red Army, and some people call it the Red Turban Army. However, although there are many White Lotus followers among the rebel soldiers, and Liu Futong and other leaders are even important leaders in the White Lotus Sect, the Tartar court, the government, and even other rebels Most of the people and ordinary people only know about the Red Army, not the White Lotus Sect. When Han Shantong and Liu Futong planned the uprising, they originally planned to use the White Lotus Sect uprising as the banner, but it turned into an uprising of the Red Army.”

When Mao Shusheng said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "The Red Army captured Yingzhou in one fell swoop, and the peasants who were forced by the Tartars to build embankments on both sides of the Yellow River responded one after another. They either fled to Yingzhou to join the Red Army, or assassinated the caretakers. The Tartar sergeants raised their flags and rebelled. The Tartar court received the report that the rebels had risen along the Yellow River and that the Red Army had captured Yingzhou, and immediately dispatched troops to Yingzhou to attack the Red Army. He was ordered to lead the Yingzhou soldiers and horses to The main Tartar general who suppressed the Red Army in Yingzhou was called Hesi, and the deputy general was called Tu Chi. Both of them were powerful Tartar generals. This time, they went to Yingzhou to suppress the Red Army. The Han army helped each other. Hesi and Tuchi thought that the Red Army was just a group of mobs composed of Han people, not even as good as the bandits who occupied mountains and became kings and looted houses. When the horse came to success, it was extremely arrogant, and vowed to kill the Yingzhou Red Army completely, capture Liu Futong and other leaders alive, and escort them to Dadu.

"Hesi and Tuchi led a large army to attack Yingzhou, burning, killing and looting along the way, doing all kinds of crimes. The Han people hated the Tartar soldiers even more, and they defected to various rebels. Many landlords and wealthy households feared that after the Han people revolted, they would rob them. Family wealth, originally expected the Tartar court to send a large army to Yingzhou to conquer, but unexpectedly, after the Tartar army was expected, these Tartar soldiers were like wolves, tigers and leopards, and first robbed the wealth of these landlords and wealthy households, even They abused their wives and daughters. As a result, not only the poor people hated the Tartar soldiers, but even the landlords and wealthy households who originally supported the Tartar court hated the Tartar soldiers to the bone, and turned to support the Red Army to fight against the Tartar soldiers.

"After Liu Futong and others raised the flag of rebellion in Yingzhou, there was an endless stream of Han people who came to join the army, and the power of the Red Army increased greatly. However, the Azow army led by Hesi and Tuchi burned, killed and looted on the way, which delayed the trip and gave It was a time for the Red Army to strengthen the city and drill its troops. In addition, many peasants and Han people on both sides of the Yellow River formed a small rebel army and harassed the Tartar soldiers along the way, making the Tartar soldiers trembling and slowed down. And those who were surrounded by Tartar soldiers and attacked Yingzhou The status of the generals of the Han army was low, not to mention being insulted and bullied by the Tazi soldiers, and even beheaded at will by the Tazi soldiers. Therefore, many Han soldiers fled, and many Han soldiers could not stand the bullying of the Tazi soldiers and rose up to resist. , After assassinating the Tartar soldiers, they fled to Yingzhou and joined the Red Army. These Han soldiers were all veterans who had been killed in battle. After they joined the Red Army, the Red Army's combat power was greatly enhanced. When Hesi and Bald Chi led the troops When they arrived in Yingzhou, what they faced was no longer a group of vulnerable mobs, but a powerful army with strict military discipline and bravery.

"Liu Futong received the military report and knew that Hesi and Tuchi had led the Tartar soldiers to the vicinity of Yingzhou. He immediately summoned his generals to discuss how to defeat the enemy, and finally decided to take advantage of the fact that the Tartar soldiers were not stable, and the whole army went out of the city to attack the Tartars. At that time, the Tartar soldiers had just arrived at the foot of Yingzhou City, and they had not even set up their camp. Liu Futong led the Red Army to rush out of the city and stormed the Tartar soldiers who had not yet lined up. Hesi did not expect that the Red Army would dare to attack first. Without the slightest precaution, they encountered a surprise attack by the entire Red Army, resulting in countless casualties, so they had no choice but to flee. The Red Army won the first battle, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted. Counties and other places, and finally attacked Shangcai City, and trapped the defeated soldiers led by Hesi in Shangcai City."

(End of this chapter)