Qiming 1158

Chapter 741 Han Bawang

At the very beginning of this great uprising, the leaders of the uprising demanded that everyone only loot the government, only kill dog officials and thieves to accompany the army, and were not allowed to harm ordinary people.

Because everyone is a miserable person, why should a miserable person be a miserable person?

But things changed as the uprising continued to expand.

The number of insurgents continued to increase, and the three religions and nine classes were mixed. Everyone had them, and anyone could get into the rebel ranks.

Some of them just follow the trend, and when everyone joins, he joins, feeling that if he doesn't join, he will be thrown off, and he doesn't know what will happen when the time comes.

Some people just simply wanted to eat and drink, and after listening to the slogan of the rebel army, they said that they would follow the rebel army and have food to eat.

But some people are not like this. They saw the dark side of the Rebel Army and found that the Rebel Army can loot property openly and aboveboard. As long as they break the city, they can do whatever they want, and they can bully the guys who were high in the past, so they joined the Rebel Army for this.

Some are for resistance, some are for food, and some are for making a fortune. Such an army is destined to fail to achieve great things.

But then again, do they really have the idea of ​​accomplishing great things?
Once they have obtained enough property and food, their enterprising spirit will decline rapidly, and many soldiers and leaders of the rebel army are indulged in extravagant enjoyment and cannot extricate themselves.

They killed officials, officials, generals, wealthy merchants, landlords and gentry, and other high-class figures, seized their land, houses, money, women, and obtained wealth that they could never dream of before, and then quickly fell into depravity. into the enjoyment.

The insurgent army also quickly completed the division of the upper and lower classes. The upper class robbed the rich and officials of the things, and did not distribute it to the soldiers below. The soldiers looked jealous and could only rob the ordinary people.

So ordinary people also began to suffer.

The only rations and copper coins in the family were also taken away, the bedding was also taken away, and even the door panels were taken down and taken away, and some were taken away by the mother-in-law or daughter of the family. The rebels will kill them too.

During this process, the various factions of the rebel army also stabilized, and each had a relatively clear sphere of influence.

So in mid-July, when the Ezhou army and the Jiujiang army went south to suppress the rebellion, the distribution range of the rebel army was relatively fixed.

The most powerful is the force of Da Dao Han Wu, whose subordinates have grown to more than [-], controlling Yuanzhou, Junzhou and Longxing Prefecture.

He has the largest number of troops and the most capable rebel troops, and he is also very capable of fighting, so he has the highest prestige, covers the widest area, and kills the most officials.

The second is Zhang Xiaohu's forces, who control Jizhou and Nan'an Army. His subordinates are about [-] people, and they are further attacking Guiyang. The momentum is not diminished.

Although the power is not as strong as Han Wu, his courage is obviously stronger. The uprising army he leads is one of the only two uprising armies that are still attacking the Song Ting forces.

Then there are Liu Laosan, who controls Linjiang Army, and Qiao Tiegun, who controls Fuzhou. They each have [-] or [-] followers and occupy a piece of land.

These two people have already enjoyed it. After they obtained the chassis, they indulged their subordinates to slaughter the rich households, landlords, gentry, officials, etc., and plundered land wealth in large quantities.

Their subordinates also acted recklessly in the two places, looting the people, sweeping the countryside, and earning a lot of money, ignoring the wailing of the peasants, and those who couldn't figure out thought they were the official army, not the insurgent army.

Then there were the Li Geng Uprising Army and the Wang Sheng Uprising Army, who controlled part of Ganzhou's territory respectively. The two men each had [-] to [-] followers, and they regarded each other as mortal enemies and were in a fierce confrontation.

The last is the rebel army that went south to Nanxiong Prefecture. The current situation is not clear, but it is one of the two rebel forces that are still maintaining an offensive posture.

On the whole, the Jizhou Uprising has rapidly entered a period of burnout, because Song Ting is too decadent, so that the rebel army quickly won a victory, quickly gained a lot of wealth, and then quickly corrupted.

Most people are pursuing enjoyment and feel that they have succeeded in revenge and do not need to continue to fight in the Quartet.

After being poor for too long, they suddenly gained innumerable wealth and land, and even fragrant women. They couldn't stand the excessive shock and obviously couldn't control their depravity.

After all, they are not fighting for the cause of human liberation, but only to vent their anger and eat their fill.

Now not only have they spit out a bad breath, but they have also eaten a meal far beyond their imagination. What else can they do?

So even though a spy reported to Han Wu that the two Song armies had begun to attack him, Han Wu still took it seriously.

He felt that the Song army was nothing more than that, and would only flee from the wind. As long as he led the army to attack directly, the Song army would collapse quickly, just as cowardly and incompetent as the Song army in the prefectures he had faced before.

He could see it clearly. Song Guan and Song Jun are the same thing, they look fierce, but as long as they pick up the sword, everything will change completely. Those cowardly and incompetent bastards will definitely be punished. .

He didn't care, he cared more about the difficult choice he was facing at the time.

His subordinates flattered him and felt that he was the only one who was the strongest in the uprising army, and he was the only one who could fight the most hateful Song Dynasty officials and avenged countless people, so he deserved more glory and wealth. Get a higher rank.

He should establish a name, and then unify all the current rebel forces, unite orders, and launch an attack on Song Ting together, instead of the current state where everyone is separated.

So what name is more suitable for him?

It was suggested that he be called king.

Someone suggested that he keep a low profile and call him a general, something like a mighty general.

Some people think that he has more than 20 followers and governs the land of the three states, so he can be a local emperor no matter what, so let's just call him emperor directly!

At that time, Han Wu really did not expect that there was still the option of proclaiming emperor.

He was originally a street performer who played knives. He traveled around the world with his family kung fu, made many friends, and was able to make a living. He couldn't believe that he could get to this point.

But the fact is that he has become the leader of a big force, and he can't continue to be this headless big sword Han Wu, which is no longer in line with his identity.

Han Wu was very moved by the title of emperor, but knew that it might be too arrogant to do so.

Not to mention what the people of Song thought, what would the leaders of the uprising army think of this matter?
Although he is the most powerful, the other leaders of the rebel army are not vegetarians, and they also have a bit of hard work. In any case, it is still a little too early to declare himself emperor.

After thinking about it, Han Wu still refused to be the emperor, but he didn't want to be a general of Lao Shizi, so he decided to be the king.

What title fits him better?
After thinking about it, he felt that the title of Overlord was more in line with him.

So he played the banner of Overlord, reorganized his army into Overlord Army, and decided to use the title of Overlord to declare his existence to the entire Southern Song Dynasty and other uprising leaders.

Now that he has become an overlord, some things can't be done, some words can't be said, and more importantly, many things are not worthy of him.

For example, where he lives now is a bit out of line with his identity.

So he decided to use the prefect's mansion in Nanchang City as the basis, and make changes on this basis to turn this mansion into his palace.

He needed a lot of building materials and construction workers, so he gave an order, and naturally someone helped him turn half of the residents of Nanchang into laborers, which were free.

Of course, he still ordered to take care of the meals, and also allocated money for the workers to eat.

However, the money for the meal was embezzled by his subordinates, so it became the Nanchang residents who prepared meals themselves to build a palace for Han Wu.

The reason for this is also very good-they helped the poor people in Nanchang City get rid of the brutal rule of the Song Ting and allowed them to be free. Therefore, they should thank the Overlord Army and the Overlord.

(End of this chapter)