Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 161 Counterinsurgency
The ministers here were celebrating the effectiveness of this disarmament, which saved the country no less than four or five million copper coins.

Just a few days later, news came from Daming Prefecture that a rebellion had occurred in Beizhou, and that the rebels wanted to cut off the floating bridge in Chanzhou in order to cut off the connection between Henan and Hebei, and then capture the entire Hebei in a very short time.

Moreover, it seems that the rebellion is not just a matter of one state or one city. It is quite similar to Zhang Jiao's feeling that the blue sky is dead and the yellow sky should be established.

Yes!

It’s just that Zhang Jue believed in the Taiping Dao, while the rebellion in Beizhou this time was caused by Buddhism.

The leader of the rebels, Wang Ze, used the legend of Maitreya to deceive the people. In Qizhou, nearly a thousand imperial guards responded. In Dezhou, many people also burned down houses to support them. In Jizhou, there seemed to be accomplices of the rebels.

Originally, the rebellion was planned to be postponed to the first day of the first lunar month of the following year, when the emperor and his ministers of the Song Dynasty were celebrating the New Year and were not on guard, and then several states rose up together and quickly occupied the entire Hebei Province.

As a result, unexpectedly, there was a traitor among the rebels, a man named Pan Fangjing, who told all of Wang Ze's plans to the prefect of Daming Prefecture.

to this end……

The court immediately became tense.

This is a little different from previous rebellions.

Most of the previous rebellions had no action program, but this time the Beizhou uprising clearly called for the creation of a new world without pain.

'There will be no disasters such as fire, water, weapons, enemies, robbery, famine, or poison; doors will not be locked, no one will kill, no one will be greedy for treasures, and people from all distances will be able to see each other.'

The people of the Song Dynasty were already living a hard life, and when they heard this, they were shocked to find that there was such a world?
Naturally, I followed Wang Ze.

It’s not that they completely believed what Wang Ze said.

But...

Their lives are already so hard now that they can't even survive by selling their children, so they might as well give it a try.

Maybe it will work?

They are already at the bottom of society and there is no way they can go any lower.

……

Zhao Zhen summoned everyone to the Chuigong Hall.

The rebel leader Wang Ze had ordered people to tattoo the words "The righteous army defeated Zhao and won" on the faces of the rebels.

This is definitely coming towards their Zhao family!

If the other side were allowed to expand its momentum and even occupy the entire Hebei Province, the consequences would be disastrous.

After sitting down, Zhao Zhen asked directly with a serious look:

"Who among you is willing to quell the rebellion?"

Although the suppression of rebellion had already been initiated in Daming Prefecture,

Troops have been sent to besiege Beizhou.

However, even though Daming Prefecture has already taken action, there still needs to be a main person in power.

Let him take full charge of this matter and mobilize the surrounding troops.

Otherwise... by then, if neither of them is under the control of the other party, they may just do their own things.

Pang Ji said at this time: "Reporting to the emperor, the most important thing at this time is to have each state and city blockade the city, guard it strictly, and don't let the rebels flee to other places."

In the city of Beizhou, even if the enemy captured all the soldiers and civilians in the city, at most there would be only a few thousand or tens of thousands of people.

As long as the impact of the rebellion is limited to the scope of Beizhou City, other problems will not be a big problem.

Zhao Zhen: "Okay!"

He immediately ordered someone to draft an imperial edict, strictly ordering all states and cities in Hebei to defend themselves.

But when Zhao Xin heard about the rebellion, he remained extremely calm.

Zhao Zhen turned his gaze to Zhao Xin.

At first, Zhao Zhen thought that Zhao Xin would shout loudly that he would lead the Li Yuan army to quell the rebellion.

But at this time, Zhao Xin didn't say a word.

Not bad!

Very stable!

Zhao Zhen glanced at Zhao Xin and continued to solve the problem.

The rebels are not scary, but no one is willing to lead the fight against the rebels. After Pang Ji finished talking about stabilizing other states and other cities first, he immediately proposed to Zhao Zhen: "My lord, although I am old, I am willing to go to Beizhou to quell the rebellion."

Fu Bi also said: "Qizhou should not be underestimated. I am willing to go to Qingzhou and lead the Qingzhou troops to suppress the rebellion!"

Zhao Xin took a look and thought, isn’t our Song Dynasty known to be a waste?
Why are you all rushing to go there?
Zhao Xin looked at his teacher again, and saw that he was still standing there calmly.

I understand! It turns out that my teacher is the only one who is useless.

But don’t tell me!

If Pang Ji hadn't come back, it seemed that the only one who could really do things would be Fu Bi.

When Wen Yanbo saw that everyone was applying to go and quell the rebellion, he also wanted to go.

But he was quickly stopped by Zhao Zhen, "If Fu Qing leaves, there will be no one left in the Privy Council. Wen Qing, you should stay."

After that, he also asked Zhao Xin: "What do you think of Zui Xinglai?"

Zhao Xin said, "That's it! I actually wanted to go too, but I held back."

Everyone looked at him.

Zhao Xin added: "This time, suppressing the rebellion may not be as easy as the previous times. You'd better be cautious and be prepared."

After all, this kind of religious rebellion will not surrender just by giving them some money or an official position.

People have faith.

For the sake of his father's safety, Zhao Xin decided to stay as there might be people who believe in Maitreya in Tokyo.

and……

He planned to let the Li Yuan army stay there for a few more days.

After things were arranged.

Pang Ji and Fu Bi rushed to the front line without stopping.

Fu Bi's situation is fine.

Since the news was learned in advance, the one thousand imperial guards from Qizhou were all killed by Fu Bi before they could even react. Not a single one escaped.

But for Pang Ji, things are a bit difficult.

Because Wang Ze had already made preparations, he had all the people in the city, from those aged 20 to 70, tattooed and sent them to the army. Moreover, Beizhou was built to defend against the Khitans of the Liao Dynasty.

The defenders in the city are already prepared.

That is naturally not easy to attack.

Since ancient times, defending a city has been much easier than attacking it.

The only option is to launch a serious and forceful attack.

One day, two days, three days...

The days passed by.

There was no sign of any gain by Pang Ji.

He even wanted to pile up a hill of earth and build a tall building on it, but it was burned down by others.

This was a considerable setback to the morale of the Song army.

If it were usual, at this time, as long as the rebels were promised and given official positions, they would naturally surrender.

But this time, as Zhao Xin said, the problem is not so easy to solve.

It was not until the sixth day of the first lunar month of the following year that someone in the city finally let down a rope to lead the government troops into the city.

The people in the city finally couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to help the government troops.

However, these government troops had only a few hundred people entered the city when they were discovered by the city defenders. In the end, they were outnumbered and had to retreat.

Then why can’t we win with fewer people?
can only say……

The Song Dynasty is full of cleverness!
The few hundred people who went in first felt that they could definitely win, and they couldn't let anyone else take all the credit. So after a few hundred people had gone in, in order to grab the credit, they cut the rope used to get up, preventing the people behind from coming up.

Since Pang Ji was not the leader of the troops here, it was impossible for the soldiers to listen to him completely. When he heard the news, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

If there had been a thousand more of them, the city might have been conquered.

Who are these people!
(End of this chapter)