Turbulent Times Chapter 1458: The Ogre King Zhu Can
The Wagang Army in Henan has gradually grown, and has even begun to try to block the Grand Canal.
However, in the second half of the twelfth year of the great cause, although there were constant small wars in the north, the big wars were gone, and the overall situation was peaceful.
The reason for this is that the three major overlords in the north, Wang Junlin of Hebei, Li Yuan of Hedong, and Li Mi of Wagangzhai of Henan, are all secretly digesting the land they laid down in the first half of the year and the population they accepted.
They are secretly training and preparing for battle, preparing for the real competition in the world.
In addition, the north is gradually entering winter.
Affected by the continuous cold current in Siberia this year, the north is extremely cold. In winter, it is icy and snowy, and roads are blocked by heavy snow. I don't know how many refugees and beggars were frozen to death.
In the cold winter, people in the Northland are silently licking their wounds. They waited for the arrival of spring with some hope and some fear, because when spring came, people knew that the chaos was about to start again.
As for Tai Sui's body, like the weather in the Northland, it no longer has any temperature to speak of.
Because of the winter, the north has calmed down, but the warm south has become a mess.
Zhu Can, the father of Bozhou City, raised an incident. In the west of Lianghuai, the Jingzhou area was very violent. Many people were killed and many people were eaten.
This person and Zhang Jin from Shandong said that in the past few years, the reputation of viciousness or cruelty even only chased Wang Junlin.
Of course, Wang Junlin's murderous reputation is due to killing foreign enemies and giant bandits, and these two people were killed by killing common people. Even the giant bandits failed to scare the two of them.
Wang Junlin has been planning three things recently, one is how to rescue Zhang Xutuo, a stubborn but extremely loyal general to the Sui Dynasty, and then receive him under his command. The second is to find a way to subdue Qin Qiong, a stubborn bull, while subduing Zhang Xutuo. For these two people, Wang Junlin even changed the entire strategic plan for the seven counties in Shandong.
The third thing that Wang Junlin focused on planning recently was to send a cavalry to attack thousands of miles to kill Zhang Jincheng.
Compared to Zhang Jincheng, Zhu Can is even more cruel, and he can no longer even be called a human being.
Because Zhang Jin said he was just killing people, but Zhu Can directly put people in his recipe, and proudly told his subordinates that human flesh is one of the most delicious foods in the world.
Zhu Can used to be a small official of the imperial court and a deserter. After gathering a group of people to rebel, he called himself the King of Garuda
, set off a large-scale so-called uprising, and this person is so far the second leader of the peasant rebel army who proclaimed himself emperor.
It's just that the cruelty he showed was unrestrained and rational, and he was a typical brainless and violent talent. Anyone with a little brain in the world knows that it is hard to last for a long time.
Just such a person who dared to call himself emperor actually didn't even have a base. Wherever this ogre king and his army passed, it was like locusts crossing the border, leaving nothing behind.
After eating up one place, he went to the next one to settle down, and was completely reduced to a wandering bandit. Like Li Zicheng of the Ming Dynasty in history, he was actually a bandit and had nothing to do with the uprising or the rebel army.
"After killing Zhang Jincheng, I will kill Zhu Can, the ogre king, as soon as possible, and I will make him suffer all the tortures in the world to death." In the official's discussion, he said lightly.
"Speaking of it, on the contrary, Du Fuwei, who was the first to proclaim himself emperor before Zhu Can, was considered a hero, and now he has gained a firm foothold under the eyes of Sui Emperor Yang Guang." The proud Luo Shixin said.
"This man is considered a hero, but since he has proclaimed himself emperor, he can no longer be subdued and must be killed." Du Ruhui said solemnly.
Wang Junlin didn't nod to Du Ruhui's words, but he didn't deny it either. Instead, he signaled Shen Guoer to continue talking about Du Fuwei's situation.
"Speaking of which, this Du Fuwei has been a thief for many years, and he has been a thief for the longest time among all the great thieves in the world. He committed a crime when he was sixteen years old and was hunted down by the government. Gong Er fled for his life together, and gathered a group of people to occupy the mountain as king, and the Sui Dynasty was not in chaos at that time." Shen Guoer knew all kinds of information about heroes and giant bandits in the world.
"Du Fuwei has been a small thief for five years, and he has been a great cause for nine years. Du Fuwei fled to the Changbai Mountain (now northeast of Zhangqiu, Shandong) area in Shandong, annexed many bandits, and led the rebellion with Fu Gong Er. Tens of thousands of people gathered in a month."
"After the great increase in strength, Du Fuwei claimed to be a general, traveled across Huainan, and merged with Liuhe, threatening Yangzhou. It was burned to death, and soon captured Yicheng as its old nest."
"Last year when we attacked the remaining three counties in Hebei and Gaoxuan County, Zhang Xutuo and Qin Qiong took advantage of the situation to send troops to deal with the Shandong thief Li Zitong. Du Fuwei."
"The joining of Li Zitong's department has strengthened Du Fuwei's power. Du Fuwei is of course happy. He regards Li Zitong as a life-and-death friend, and temporarily makes Li Zitong the second in charge. Unexpectedly, Li Zitong is also ambitious and refuses to be inferior to others. The people in the army suddenly mutinied, trying to annex Du Fuwei's territory and troops, and killed Du Fuwei. Du Fuwei was deceived by Li Zitong, caught off guard, and the whole army was in chaos. Du Fuwei himself was seriously injured under Li Zitong's pursuit. At the critical moment, Wang Xiongdan, a general under Du Fuwei's command, carried him on his back and hid in the reeds, and escaped the pursuit by chance. Du Fuwei's power was hit hard by this mutiny, and he and Li Zitong have been at odds ever since. death feud."
Hearing this, Wang Junlin interjected: "Turn back to the Military Intelligence Office to make a plan, let the owner of the Spring and Autumn Valley come, and you send a master to catch that Li Zitong alive, and then give it to Du Fuwei, I think Let Du Fuwei owe us a favor, and Shifuwei will be a great help in dealing with Wagangzhai in the future."
Shen Guoer quickly wrote it down.
Xiong Kuohai was originally the king of the mountain, and he was very concerned about Du Fuwei's situation. At this time, he urged: "Commander Shen, what is the current situation of Du Fuwei."
Shen Guoer continued: "Du Fuwei narrowly escaped death twice in a row, with heavy casualties, and lost the power to dominate, so he had to go around guerrilla, constantly absorbing refugees to join in to expand his power. After half a year of recovery, Du Fuwei With the strength of tens of thousands of people, and controlled Liuhe County near Yangzhou as a base."
"Du Fuwei went to Yangzhou? The old emperor led one hundred thousand imperial troops to Yangzhou. How did he gain a firm foothold in Yangzhou?" Yuchi Jingde asked suspiciously.
Shen Guoer said again: "This is exactly what makes Du Fuwei so powerful. In July this year, Yang Guang ignored the objections of his officials and left Luoyang for Yangzhou. Du Fuwei led his troops right under Yangzhou's nose. When Yang Guang first came, he also sent Huyalang General Gongsun Shangzhe to lead the local county soldiers to suppress it. As a result, Gongsun Shangzhe's army was completely wiped out. Yang Guangguang was furious and sent Yuwen Chengdu to lead 50,000 forbidden troops to fight. Du Fuwei's army was defeated again and again. But it is not easy to destroy Du Fuwei, the two sides have been in a stalemate so far. Unfortunately, this year coincided with the floods in Huainan, and the people were already unable to make a living. They were squeezed by the government in this way, and finally caused a big famine. The people rose up, and Du Fuwei took the opportunity to absorb a large number of refugees, and his power expanded rapidly. Now more than 100,000 people have gathered, and Yang Guang can't do anything to Du Fuwei."
Everyone was suddenly stunned, thinking that no wonder the prince wants to make this Du Fuwei owe him a favor, this person is indeed a hero.