Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 56: Anger turns beauty into beauty
The audience with the military and political chiefs of Fujian meant that Emperor Taizu Gaodi recognized that the number of provinces had increased to four.

Just a few days later, the rebellion in eastern Zhejiang was put down.

The process is very simple.

In fact, Xie Sanbin and others had already been discouraged by this time.

After all, their confidence in rising up stemmed from the promises of several prominent aristocratic families in over a dozen prefectures, including Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, and Hangzhou. The latter promised to join the uprising, ultimately creating a wave of resistance that would sweep across much of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Once this wave formed, eastern Zhejiang would be the safest, as it was the farthest from Nanjing. Even if the imperial court quelled the rebellion, it would have to first deal with the six prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang before taking their turn...

They actually took the lead intentionally because they knew this.

They wanted to trick the six prefectures of Susong into taking the lead.

They were watching the results from behind.

however……

They are also being cheated!
They tricked others into taking over the line, and others also tricked them into being test subjects.

Everyone is just pitting each other.

When Xie Sanbin raised his army, they panicked when none of the other prefectures responded as promised. However, there was no turning back, so they had to grit their teeth and move forward. After the imperial camp went down the river from Huizhou and the gentry of Yanzhou welcomed the royal army, even those who wanted to escape appeared.

However, they finally gathered 5,000 people and tried to intercept the imperial camp at Zhaixibu.

As a result, they were defeated by a thousand-man vanguard of the imperial camp.

Then the gentry of Shaoxing resolutely rebelled and attacked Xie Sanbin before the imperial camp arrived. Although the latter escaped by chance, he was also expelled from Shaoxing. Then the gentry of Shaoxing also welcomed the royal army like the gentry of Yanzhou.

Xie Sanbin was unable to escape back to Yin County.

Because the gentry who stayed behind in Yin County also hurriedly rebelled after hearing the news.

He was completely defeated after being bombarded from the city wall in front of the Yin County gate.

He originally planned to go out to sea by boat, but was blocked by the navy of Zhejiang General Wang Zhiren in Dinghai. Xie Sanbin surrendered very simply. Wang Zhiren was the Zhejiang General in the Hongguang Dynasty, but he was a northerner and a genuine eunuch. His cousin was the governor of the East Factory of Chongzhen. As a northerner with no land in the south, it was of course impossible for him to get involved.

In fact, he had been in Zhoushan all the time and had been defending it for the court.

Or just sit and watch.

In short, Xie Sanbin Group's seemingly powerful resistance ended in a farce.

"What? A rage for a beautiful woman?"

Yang Feng looked at Lu Jiude, the theoretical rebellion suppression commander who reported to him, in surprise.

As soon as the latter escorted the supplies to Xuancheng, the battle to suppress the rebellion ended.

too fast.

The speed of the rebel suppression forces could not keep up with the speed of the rebellion being suppressed.

In fact, when Xie Sanbin was captured alive, one of the four guards who were suppressing the rebellion was still waiting for a boat in Huizhou. Because the three guards had already collected all the boats that could be found in Huizhou, they had to make them on the spot. Fortunately, this was a war and not long-term use, so there was no need to worry about the drying of the wood.

It's enough to drift to Yanzhou in one go.

But even so, they didn't arrive in time before the rebellion was put down.

Lu Jiude was in charge of overseeing the transportation of supplies. He was only the theoretical commander; the actual combat operations of the guards were their own. Therefore, his real responsibility was to ensure sufficient supplies. In addition to the soldiers of the four guards, young and strong men from all over the country were to be conscripted to transport supplies for the four guards, especially for the mountainous land route from Xuancheng to Huizhou.

It’s easy after arriving in Huizhou.

Just load it onto the ship and let it float.

Ningguo Prefecture was the main recruitment area this time.

However, the young and strong people were very willing to do so. After all, transporting military supplies could accumulate military merit points. Emperor Taizu Gao had already fulfilled his promise of distributing land for military merit, so military merit became something that young and strong people from all over the country fanatically pursued.

"A rage for a beloved woman is worth ten thousand verses from those sour writers.

Rumors spread among the people of Zhejiang that Xie Sanbin was actually motivated by a woman. Liu Rushi, Qian Qianyi's wife, had fled to Ningbo after being executed by Emperor Taizu. Xie Sanbin rebelled to win her heart and avenge his master. He was Qian Qianyi's disciple, but the two had long since fallen out over Liu Rushi. After Qian Qianyi was executed, his wife and children were confiscated and enslaved for treason. Liu Rushi had escaped and taken to him, but she was his master's wife, and he had admired her for years, so naturally he was tempted by her and rebelled, hoping to win her heart.

Lu Jiude said.

"So he didn't do it for the land, but out of infatuation?
So this is not a story about the richest man in Ningbo who, because he couldn't bear to part with his land and silver, made up a lie to portray Emperor Taizu Gao as a monster and coerced the people to follow him in rebellion, but a story about a romantic who risked his life for love and was so angry that he lost his temper for the beauty he loved?
Nausea.

Very disgusting.

These bastards don't even dare to face the truth, and they want to use a woman as a shield, putting the blame on women for everything. They are just too infatuated, they never thought it would be like this, what's wrong with their infatuation? "

Yang Feng sneered.

Isn’t this the same as the one used to whitewash the King of Pingxi?

It wasn't because his brother, the Prince of Pingxi, and his uncle were all in the Qing Dynasty. His surrender to the Qing for personal gain was a natural outcome. It was because he was too infatuated, willing to risk his life for his beloved. It wasn't his fault. What was wrong with him being too infatuated? Similarly, Xie Sanbin wasn't rebelling over land or money. How could a well-read official like him care about such mundane matters? He was simply too infatuated.

His teacher was cooked, and his beloved woman was forced into exile and was about to become a slave. What did he do wrong when a passionate man like him risked his life for his beloved?

nausea!

Very disgusting.

"Does this Liu Rushi have any other old friends?"

Yang Feng said.

"She was famous on the Qinhuai River in the past and had many admirers."

Lu Jiude said quickly.

"What about the famous ones?"

Yang Feng asked.

"The most famous one is Chen Zilong, the former military censor."

Lu Jiude said.

Chen Zilong had previously raised an army to resist the Qing Dynasty, but the Qing army did not reach Songjiang. After the Qing army was defeated, the Songjiang prefect brought officials to meet Taizu. The gentry also lost their courage, and their so-called righteous army disbanded directly. Chen Zilong continued to serve as his local official.

"It has been bestowed upon him. It must be sent by my imperial decree. Since it is unlikely that he will become a wife, I will give him a concubine!"

Yang Feng said.

Although Liu Rushi belongs to the gray of the times, now that we know about it, we should still take care of her.

Besides, I also find this kind of remarks disgusting.

After all, no matter how you look at it, she and Chen Zilong are more compatible than Xie Sanbin.

Xie Sanbin lost his temper for his beloved...

Then the beauty belonged to Chen Zilong.

And Chen Zilong...

It seems that he has a much more positive image and reputation among the gentry in Jiangnan than Xie Sanbin.

And Xie Sanbin will definitely become the villain.

"They were attacked repeatedly by their own side, and yet they surrendered without hesitation. This doesn't feel right!"

Yang Feng smiled strangely.

The next moment, the spear beside him transformed into a golden dragon, instantly rushing out of the hall and soaring into the sky...

夜

Dinghai.

Zhao Baoshan.

"Damn it, this smells wrong!"

Wang Zhiren, who was in the middle of the melee, dragged the injured Xie Sanbin and retreated while shouting. He was surrounded by the rebels who came to rescue Xie Sanbin.

but……

The whistling of bullets suddenly sounded.

Wang Zhiren subconsciously pushed Xie Sanbin aside.

The next moment, the bullet passed by the latter's ear, and debris flew onto the ground.

"Ah, they are here to kill me. They are here to silence me. I told them they were going to kill me."

Xie Sanbin screamed in horror.

The guy rolled and crawled to the side of a rock and curled up.

There were more and more shouts and cries of killing around, and Wang Zhiren's soldiers were obviously unable to resist. In fact, he didn't have many people under his command, just a few hundred family servants and two or three thousand cannon fodder from the military households of the garrisons. Although he was the general of Zhejiang, the imperial court had long since disappeared, and no one had paid him a salary. It would be better to say that he was a homeless refugee rather than a garrison in Zhoushan.

After all, his family is from the north, and his close associates are all from the north.

Now I'm really homeless.

Originally, he was unable to go back in history. This guy resolutely sank the ship carrying his family, and then left a warship for himself. He sailed to Nanjing with the ceremonial guard of Ming officials, scolded Hong Chengchou who thought he was surrendering, and then killed him.

In eastern Zhejiang, he was an outsider and the local gentry were hostile to him.

This time he couldn't even take over Yin County. Although there was a rebellion in the city, their troops were far more numerous than his. If he really wanted to station there, no one knew what might happen. So he could only station there in Dinghai and wait for the arrival of the imperial camp, and then go to take over Yin County together.

The Imperial Camp was taking over the counties of Shaoxing, and due to insufficient troops, the progress was very slow.

Because Xie Sanbin was defeated so quickly, only a few thousand people from the imperial camp had arrived in eastern Zhejiang.

Later, they were still floating on the Xin'an River and Fuchun River.

The biggest problem with this kind of downstream rafting is that it is difficult to control the speed, so the team will be very long.

Even Dinghai wasn't safe. He had joined Xie Sanbin in the uprising and only rebelled after learning of the Imperial Camp's landing. Otherwise, his army wouldn't have been able to cross Dinghai. He had been driven to Zhoushan by the Dinghai gentry. Therefore, he didn't dare camp in the city and had to flee to Zhaobao Mountain for fear of a midnight attack. However, he was attacked in the middle of the night, and someone in the city opened the gates to the rebels, allowing them to charge directly onto Zhaobao Mountain.

He was caught off guard, and his few men were quickly dispersed.

"What do you have in your hand?"

Wang Zhiren shouted.

It was obvious that he was not here to rescue Xie Sanbin, but to kill him. No wonder Xie Sanbin surrendered without hesitation when he met him. He was looking for him to be his bodyguard.

"that……"

Xie Sanbin hesitated to speak.

"Did not say?"

Wang Zhiren dragged him out from behind the rock without hesitation.

In the light of the surrounding fire, Xie Sanbin's face immediately appeared.

"over there!"

Someone among the attackers immediately shouted.

"I'll tell you, there was a covenant for the uprising, signed by all the participants. I'm not stupid. How could I trust them without it? I've hidden the covenant a long time ago. More than a dozen prefectures and more than 30 families have signed it. They attacked me in Shaoxing for this reason. If they kill me, no one will know where the covenant is, and they won't be afraid of being implicated."

Xie Sanbin struggled to get back in and shouted anxiously.

The next moment, shotgun shells fired from a large-caliber turtledove gun flew over.

Wang Zhiren was immediately struck by a bullet. Although his armor protected him and the wound was not fatal, he was still knocked backward. Then a large number of enemies broke through his retainers and rushed towards them...

"You bastard, you've screwed me to death."

Wang Zhiren lay on the ground, struggling to get up and resist.

Xie Sanbin was already running away.

But the next moment, accompanied by gunshots, he was hit by bullets and fell down.

But it's not fatal.

He dragged his bullet-infected leg and tried to crawl into the darkness screaming.

And those enemies swarmed in...

But at the same time, the roar of a dragon suddenly resounded through the sky.

The enemies who were about to hack Wang Zhiren and Xie Sanbin to death with their swords all looked up in astonishment, including Wang Zhiren and Xie Sanbin. They stared in amazement at the golden light that was rapidly growing in the night sky. Then a golden dragon appeared in their sight, and even the top of the mountain was quickly illuminated by the golden light.

The latter, with the roar of a dragon, cut through the night sky and crashed down fiercely.

"Run!"

An enemy soldier screamed.

Then they turned and fled in terror.

But the next moment, the golden dragon crashed into them, knocking their figures away in an instant.

Then the dragon's tail swept across, not only people, but also trees and rocks were swept away. It stood on Zhaobao Mountain, raised its head and let out a deafening dragon roar. The remaining attackers around it all screamed in fear and fled in all directions.

The golden dragon turned its head towards Wang Zhiren...

"Don't panic, this is my divine weapon. Who is the general of Zhejiang?"

It then uttered human language.

Wang Zhiren struggled to get up and quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Highness, Wang Zhiren, the General of Zhejiang, pays homage to the Emperor Taizu Gao."

He said.

"Is this Xie Sanbin?"

Shenlong turned his gaze to Xie Sanbin.

the latter……

The latter suddenly pounced forward.

"Taizu Gaohuangdi, Taizu Gaohuangdi, I have the covenant with me. It contains the signatures of all the conspirators, a total of 34 families from 12 prefectures. They are all from local families of high rank and position for generations. I have hidden it in Yin County and would like to present it to Taizu. I only ask that you spare my life."

He shouted excitedly as he crawled forward.

Therefore, there is no need to torture him severely. A smart person like him knows what to do. At this time, he no longer cares about the consequences of falling into the hands of Emperor Taizu Gao. After all, Emperor Taizu Gao will not kill him now, but those allies in the past want to kill him now.

The dragon swung its tail, instantly sweeping him up and carrying him straight into the sky...

"Go to Yin County immediately. I will order the Imperial Army to rush over to reinforce you!"

Then a voice came from the sky.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Wang Zhiren lay on the ground and shouted excitedly.

He knew he had made the best choice in his life.

Success is right at your feet!
"Hurry up, those who are still alive, get up. Even if you are injured, you must crawl to Yin County."

He stood up suddenly as if he was not injured, holding the knife and shouting.

His subordinates in the forest, even the injured ones, were howling in excitement, as if they were injected with something. The golden light that was disappearing in the night sky had already told them of a future of wealth and glory. At this moment, they had to crawl over it even if they had to.

(End of this chapter)