Chapter 263 Replacement Affixes
Wuchuan.
Before Po Liu and Han Baling started their rebellion, he sent his trusted subordinate Wei Kegu to operate near the two towns of Wuchuan and Huaishuo, and secretly gathered a lot of troops.
No one had ever seen Wei Kegu's true face. He always covered his head with a black veil. The only thing that could be recognized about him was the crane staff in his hand.
Starting from Empress Dowager Wenming in the Northern Wei Dynasty, people over the age of 80 were granted the crane staff. According to the law, if local officials committed illegal acts, they could be punished with the crane staff.
Wei Kegu did not look old, but he was holding a crane-shaped staff, which became his most distinctive symbol.
Wei Kegu had been active in Wuchuan and Huaishuo for a long time. After the white disaster this year, the number of troops under his command expanded a lot. After receiving the order to raise an army, Wei Kegu responded immediately, spread the news of the birth of the "true king", and led his troops to launch an uprising.
Wei Ke Gu had different ideas from Po Liu Han Baling. He believed that since they were going to start a rebellion, the more people the better. He continued to absorb nearby tribes into the rebel army, and soon claimed to have 100,000 people, and began to attack Huaishuo Town.
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In the second year of Zhengguang year, June 3rd.
Yang Jun, the commander-in-chief of the three western towns and the commander of Huaishuo Town, sounded the alarm in the commander's mansion. The entire Huaishuo City was under martial law. Gao Huan, who had already served as the military commander, was awakened by the alarm and he immediately got out of bed.
His wife Lou Zhaojun had never seen Gao Huan so serious. She also got out of bed to help Gao Huan put his clothes in order. She only heard Gao Huan say:
"When the alarm bells ring in the Zhenjiang Mansion, it must be something big that has happened. It's either a Rouran invasion or a rebellion. I don't know when I will be back from the Zhenjiang Mansion this time. After I leave, you must close the door tightly. No one should open the door except the person holding my token!"
All the women in the northern border towns understood what Gao Huan said. Lou Zhaojun just nodded and put on armor for Gao Huan herself.
Gao Huan mounted his horse and headed quickly towards the town commander's mansion.
As the alarm sounded, more and more officers gathered towards the town's mansion, and Gao Huan soon met his good friend Sima Ziru.
The town commander's mansion was already filled with soldiers, so the two men had no choice but to dismount, hand the horses to their deputies, and then walk side by side.
Sima Ziru came from a higher class than Gao Huan. He had once worked as an official in the Zhenjiang Mansion and was better informed.
"I heard that the refugees in Woye Town rebelled. Now the bandit leader Wei Kegu near Huaishuo has also raised slogans to respond to the rebels in Woye Town. The town general should have summoned us to discuss this matter."
When Gao Huan heard that it was Wei Kegu who rebelled, he felt a sense of relief for no reason.
This feeling is like a sword that has been placed on your neck finally being chopped down.
Wei Kegu was very famous in Huaishuo Wuchuan, and Gao Huan naturally had heard of his reputation.
Last year, Wei Ke Gu was wanted by Wuchuan Town, but this guy had a great influence in the remote tribes. At that time, the influence of the Six Towns General's Office was very weak, and there was no way to send people to arrest Wei Ke Gu.
The two men arrived at the town commander's mansion, where Commander Yang Jun was already checking the map with an old veteran.
This veteran general was named Dou Le, also the commander of Huaishuo Army. His family had been stationed in Wuchuan for a generation, and his prestige in Wuchuan was second only to that of the town commander Yang Jun.
Standing behind the old general was a young man, Dou Tai, the son of Dou Le, who was also an old acquaintance of Gao Huan and Sima Ziru.
Dou Tai saw Gao Huan and Sima Ziru and gave them a greeting look. However, he did not dare to be too presumptuous in front of his grandfather.
Gao Huan and Sima Ziru were among the first group of people to arrive. They saluted Yang Jun and were also pulled over by Yang Jun to check the map.
It is called a map, but in fact it is a sand table of the mountains and rivers near Huaishuo Town.
The earliest sand table is said to have come from General Ma Yuan. When Emperor Guangwu asked about the war situation, Ma Yuan used rice to represent valleys and pointed out mountains, rivers and roads to tell everyone the situation of the two armies.
After this, Zhuge Liang also made a sand table in Shu and explained the geography of mountains and rivers to the later lord.
After Yang Jun took office as the commander of Huaishuo Army, he also made this sand table.
When Gao Huan and Sima Ziru saw the sand table, they saw blue wooden blocks representing the enemy army. At this time, Huaishuo was already surrounded by blue wooden blocks!
Sima Ziru said quickly:
"The enemy army is so fierce!?"
Dou Le had just placed the sand table. He sighed and said:
"Too many tribes have been affected by disasters this year. Wei Kegu is good at deceiving people. He traveled around the tribes in the name of providing relief to the victims and treating livestock, and deceived many generals."
Gao Huan looked around quietly. Except for a few leaders of large tribes who were grazing near Huaishuo City, the leaders of small and medium-sized tribes were not here.
Among them, there are several handsome guys who are close to me and we often drink together.
Gao Huan now understood the seriousness of the matter. It was not just a few tribes that were rebelling, but all the small and medium-sized tribes were rebelling.
Even among the heroes present, it is not certain what the situation of their tribes is, or whether they have any thoughts of rebellion.
Things had become so serious. Yang Jun looked at the generals and finally his eyes fell on Gao Huan.
"Gao Huan, this town will order you to lead the troops in Huaishuo City!"
There was no way. He couldn't fully trust these tribal leaders, even his deputy Dou Le.
These military commanders must first be loyal to their own tribes, and then to Yang Jun, the garrison commander.
If their tribe rebelled, they could only choose to rebel with their tribe. A military leader like Gao Huan, who had no tribe of his own, was the safest and most reliable force at this time.
Gao Huan had a hundred Yulin soldiers left to him by Su Ze. Over the years, he made friends with local powerful people and also raised two hundred loyal soldiers.
He used his brain in fighting, and Yang Jun let him lead the army of Wuchuan Town. Therefore, Gao Huan surpassed many military commanders who had more experience and power than him, and Yang Jun appointed him to lead the town troops.
After accepting Yang Jun's military order, Gao Huan did not feel happy at all.
Huaishuo is now surrounded by rebels, and there are less than 5,000 garrison troops in the city, which can only defend the city.
Yang Jun looked around and then looked at Sima Ziru.
Sima Ziru was also a secretary of Zhenjiang Prefecture, so Yang Jun said to him:
"Sima Ziru, I will give you 100 cavalrymen. Leave the city now and inform Wuchuan Town of the rebellion in Woye. Transfer the troops from Wuchuan to relieve the siege of Huaishuo."
"only!"
Sima Ziru readily accepted the military order, as he knew it was an order that would put his life at risk.
The number of rebels gathered outside the city was said to be 100,000, so Yang Jun gave him 100 men to break out.
And we don’t know what the situation in Wuchuan is like. Maybe the situation in Wuchuan is even worse than that in Huaishuo.
Yang Jun also said some polite words, such as asking the military leaders and generals to work together, and as long as the imperial reinforcements arrived, it would be a great achievement for the imperial court.
Yang Jun also announced the opening of the town's granaries, and gave five hu of rice to anyone whose family had served in the army. He also took out silk from the town's commander's mansion and gave it to everyone as a reward, and gave twenty pieces of silk to Gao Huan and Sima Ziru.
After Gao Huan and Sima Ziru obtained the silk and food, they directly rewarded their generals. When Sima Ziru said goodbye to his family and was about to break out, Dou Le's son Dou Tai came to him.
"Brother Ziru, I also want to go out of the city with you!" Dou Tai, dressed in armor, said to Sima Ziru.
Sima Ziru knew that Dou Tai was an outstanding martial artist, and he was delighted:
"With Brother Dou's help, we will definitely be able to get reinforcements from Wuchuan! We will lift the siege of Wuchuan!"
Sima Ziru then introduced his own team to Dou Tai.
"Brother Dou, these ten riders were the personal soldiers that General Su left for me when I followed him to fight the Hu in the Six Garrisons."
The Dou family was a family of generals for generations, so they naturally knew military affairs. They could also see that Sima Ziru's ten riders were all elite soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles.
Back then, Su Ze also invested money in "investing" in the Six Towns.
The followers left for Gao Huan and Sima Ziru are basically blue followers without negative attributes.
There are also several minions with the [Reckless] affix that can have purple-level followers on the battlefield.
When Su Ze was suppressing the rebellion in the Six Garrisons, Dou Tai also saw the style of Su Ze's elite troops on the Huaishuo city wall and was deeply impressed by this General Su who left a great reputation in the Six Garrisons.
The military situation was urgent. After Sima Ziru reorganized his troops, he left the city that afternoon, taking advantage of the fact that the rebels had not yet completely surrounded Huaishuo Town.
Although there were many rebels outside Huaishuo City, they basically fought each other in tribal units. The cavalry around Sima Ziru was like a sharp knife, always able to find the weak points between the tribes and penetrate them.
When the rebels saw the elite troops leaving the city, they didn't want to lose men and horses on them, so they tacitly opened the way.
In this way, Sima Ziru and Dou Tai fought fiercely for half a day, and then continued to attack all night, and finally broke through the siege.
Although he broke through the encirclement, Sima Ziru looked back at Huaishuo Town and felt not excited at all.
There are too many rebels!
Although it was normal to have a force of 100,000 or 200,000 in those days, the densely packed rebel troops outside Huaishuo City showed that almost all the tribes outside Huaishuo City had rebelled.
Since when did it become common for herdsmen outside the town to curse the court?
Since when did the officials in the town have to be escorted by armored soldiers when they go out of the city to do business?
Sima Ziru had already forgotten, but he knew that Woye Town and Huaishuo Town had both rebelled, and he didn't know what the situation was in Wuchuan.
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When he woke up in the morning, Su Ze received a notification left in the system.
Another follower upgrade?
"After a night of bloody battle, [Reckless Yulin Cavalry] (blue) was promoted to [Bloody Yulin Cavalry] (purple)."
[Bloody Yulin Cavalry]
Grade: Purple;
Effect: Fighting in blood, the blood stimulates the knight's nerves, and rash retreat turns into calmness. The cavalry can remain calm on the bloody battlefield.
Comments: "Wearing Yulin Cavalry Armor, he can remain calm in a bloody battle, but when he retreats from the bloodbath, the brutality in his heart will erupt again."
Price: 200 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins, and a monthly maintenance fee of 100 Wen Tai and Wu Zhu coins is required. A lot of drinking is required after each bloody battle.
Su Ze didn't have time to check the reasons for the upgrades of these followers, but instead checked the combat records of these cavalrymen.
As expected, the Six Garrisons rebelled!
(End of this chapter)