Mountain River Rupture 1

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A crushing defeat: a march on Goryeo

Before the chariots of the Eastern Expedition to Goryeo could reach the battlefield, the backyard of the Sui Empire caught fire.

The beacon was first lit in Shandong. Since the war mobilization order was issued, Shandong has become the main logistics base for combat readiness. Beginning in the sixth year of Daye, Yang Guang ordered the local people to raise war horses for military use, and at the same time recruited a large number of people to transport grain to the Liaodong front. Due to the large volume of transportation and the long distance, a large number of vehicles and cattle and horses were destroyed and killed.

At the same time, frequent servitude squeezed out the farming season, resulting in a large number of farmland in Shandong, Hebei and other places being abandoned, grain prices soaring, a bucket of rice sold for hundreds of dollars, while officials at all levels still levied and extorted violently, coupled with the flooding of the Yellow River and flooding, resulting in the common people being unclothed, hungry, and completely breaking through the bottom line of survival.

How to survive tyranny?

The people of Shandong, who are on the verge of extinction, face this problem every day. In the winter of the seventh year of Daye, Wang Bo, a native of Zouping, Shandong, finally realized a truth in the midst of hunger and cold -- the only way to survive in tyranny was to turn himself into a mob!

Therefore, Wang Bo took the lead in raising the anti-flag in Changbai Mountain (south of Zouping County).

In order to spread his enlightened truth to the vast number of fathers and fellow villagers, Wang Bo called himself "Zhi Shilang" and carefully created a political propaganda song - "The Death Song of the Endless Liaodong Wave". The song sings: "Changbai Mountain Former Zhi Shilang, pure red Luo Jin back crotch." The long hammer invaded the sky and half, and the wheel knife shone in the sun. Go up the mountain to eat roe deer, down the mountain to eat cattle and sheep. Ignoring the arrival of the officers and soldiers, he raised his knife and swung forward. For example, Liaodong died, beheading what hurt! ”

As soon as this easy-to-understand and inspiring song came out, it immediately became the most popular pop track in Qilu Dadi that year. Poor people from all directions hummed this blood-surging song and rushed to Changbai Mountain like a tide. From then on, Wang Bo led his men to roam the areas of Qi Commandery (present-day Jinan, Shandong) and Jibei County (southwest of present-day Chipíping County, Shandong), attacking the officers and troops, plundering the treasury, wearing gold and silver, eating and drinking spicy, and living a very moist life.

The power of example is infinite. Looking at all this, Haojie all over Shandong was thrilled. As a result, many rebel forces blossomed overnight: "Uncle Thieves" (Liu Badao) rose up in Pingyuan County (present-day Ling County, Shandong), Sun Anzu gathered in Gaojibo (present-day gucheng County, Hebei), Zhang Jin gathered in Hequ (present-day Linxi County, Hebei), and Gao Shida rose to Qinghe (present-day Qinghe County, Hebei). They gathered in the mountains and forests and attacked the cities, leaving the local governments exhausted and overwhelmed.

Among the leaders of the large and small mutants in the seven years of Daye, there was a small person who was not well known at the time, but later became the most prestigious and powerful rebel leader in this group. He dominated Hebei and called himself the "King of Xia", and until the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he still divided one side and was the most powerful opponent of Li Shimin's eastern crusade in the early years of Wude.

This person is Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande, a native of Zhangnan, Hebei (present-day eastern Gucheng County, Hebei), was in the same township as Sun Anzu, and had been a hero since childhood, and had a chivalrous name in the township. In the seventh year of Daye, the imperial court recruited soldiers of the Eastern Expedition, and Dou Jiande was appointed as the chief of two hundred people because of his name of Xiao Yong, and Sun Anzu, a fellow villager, was also recruited. However, because sun Anzu suffered a flood in his home, his wife and children starved to death, and he hated the government to the bone and resolutely refused to apply. The local county commander was furious and arrested and flogged. Sun Anzu was furious and assassinated Xian Ling and fled to Dou Jiande's home.

Dou Jiande took him in and said to him, "Now the Lord does not sympathize with the people's strength, and if he wants to conquer Goryeo, there will be great chaos in the world." If the eldest husband does not die, how can he become a fugitive hiding in Tibet? Subsequently, Dou Jiande helped Sun Anzu gather more than two hundred brave men, and also assisted them to go to the area around Gaojipo to fall into the grass.

Although Dou Jiandeming knew that the world would soon be in chaos, he still had illusions about his future in the army, so he would support Sun Anzu's rebellion while reluctantly throwing away the chicken rib of "two hundred people long".

In the end, it was the local government that helped him make up his mind.

Originally, the local government had already realized that Dou Jiande was harboring Sun Anzu, and zhang Jinsheng, Gao Shida, and other bandits who went to Zhangnan to loot automatically avoid the street where Dou Jiande's family was located, so the government determined that Dou Jiande must secretly collude with the bandits. Soon, the government sent troops to raid Dou Jiande's home and hunt down all his family.

In the face of the tragic reality of the destruction of his family, Dou Jiande's last illusion was finally shattered. Frustrated, he had no choice but to take off his Sui Dynasty military uniform and lead his two hundred men to Gao Shida. Gao Shida felt that his wisdom and talent were inferior to Dou Jiande's, so he handed over the military power to him and made him the second in command. Subsequently, Dou Jiande repeatedly defeated the officers and soldiers who came to conquest, and his prestige increased rapidly. Because he treated his soldiers well, everyone was willing to die for him, and his subordinates soon grew to more than 10,000 people.

In this way, this two-hundred-man long who was originally going to Liaodong to be cannon fodder turned into a well-known grass king.

Dou Jiande probably never expected him to have such a day. He must also be shocked by the huge energy lurking in his body. At this time, Dou Jiande did not dare to imagine that in just a few years, he would cut off the land with his troops, dominate one side, and fight with the world's heroes to chase the central plains!

Dou Jiande's growth history tells us that although the times can create heroes, if you want to become a hero, an important premise is that you must throw away the chicken ribs in your hand. To be continued...