Chapter 63: Big Hat Mountains, the so-called Hero 1

The vegetation is lush and green. A gust of mountain wind blew, and the lush mountains and trees made a rumbling sound, and the ensuing fragrance of vegetation made Zhan Shifu feel relaxed and happy, and his worries just now were slightly reduced.

Big Hat Mountain is a good place. When Zhan Shifu was a child, he deeply thought so. He remembered that at that time, he was still a cattle herder, and unfortunately, he did not release his own cattle. At that time, he was deeply attracted by the unclaimed mountain. The terrain here is rugged and uneven. There is only a highland behind Hat Ridge opposite, where the altitude is not low, because Hat Ridge is the highest peak in the area of Damao Mountain, but it is flat land in the back of Hat Ridge. Although the land is slightly inclined, it extends to the bottom of the mountain, which is also their main way up and down the mountain. The terrain here is still good. Farming, as long as the land is leveled and some terraces are reclaimed, it can completely support more than 2,000 people in several stockades.

There are more than ten peaks in Damao Mountain. Just a day down the mountain, it is a village. If you get there, the road will be much easier. There is an official road there, and it is much faster to go to other villages from there. The remnants of the Damao Mountain Uprising Army, including Zhan Shifu, were almost ordinary people, who used to be villagers within a five-day trip to the foot of the mountain. But now, they have a family that can't be returned. No! Zhan Shifu's heart suddenly shook when he thought of this, and an anger surged into his heart. He immediately denied what he had just thought. No! It can't be said that there is a home that can't be changed. I don't have a home now!

Zhan Shifu thought of this, but couldn't help looking in the direction of his main village. In the past few years, it has become its own home and a veritable home. It has also become the home of all my brothers.

Zhan Shifu looked at the location at the foot of the mountain for the last time, which should be the location of his family when he was a child. Zhan Shifu thought so, maybe it's there? He can't remember clearly whether it doesn't matter there, because his home is not at the foot of the mountain, but on the mountain!

He turned his head and walked towards the road up the mountain. On the edge of an open space, there was a man-built path paved with stones, which was built by hunters who had been hunting in the mountains for many years. Zhan Shifu walked on the gravel path and sighed with emotion in his heart. If it had not been for this road, maybe he and his brothers would have been wiped out by the officers and soldiers early. Thinking of leading my brother up the mountain to escape is also a desperate choice. This incident can be traced back to He Jiqin, who first rose up against the court a few years ago.

In the sixth year of Zhengde, He Jiqin led a mass uprising in Damao Mountain, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province. Taking advantage of the dangerous terrain, he gathered people to attack and plunder the state and county from time to time. In February of the same year, the imperial court restored the military affairs of Chen Jin, the governor of the left capital, Jiangxi and other places, and later ordered Zhou Nan to be the governor of southern Jiangxi to encircle and suppress the peasant uprising army. The rebel army fought with it. Zhou Nan went to take office, that is, he recruited soldiers from Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and Yang Zhang, the deputy governor, Ling Xiang, and Sun Tang, the commander, etc. Chen Jin, the general manager of Jiangxi, also sent troops to help. In May of the seventh year of Zhengde, Jiangxi soldiers entered from Anyuan, Guangdong soldiers entered from Chengxiang, and Fujian soldiers entered from Wuping to surround the rebel army. After conquering the fortress one after another, the insurgents killed more than 5,000 people. The Damaoshan Uprising Army was defeated by Zhou Nan, the former governor of Nangan. He Jiqin and other leaders were captured. The uprising failed.

also led the mountain people uprising by Luo Guangquan and Chen Fu, who were also in Ruizhou, and built a fortress in the valley. The surrounding people responded, so they broke through Ruizhou City in one fell swoop, and Jiangxi was shocked. Local officials were in a panic. In February of the same year, the Ming court sent Chen Jin to command the officers and soldiers from Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Huguang provinces to suppress it. In May of the seventh year of Zhengde, Chen Jin sent Zhou Xian, the deputy inspector, to encircle and suppress Hualin Mountain in three ways. By virtue of their dangerous terrain, the rebel army defeated the Ming army, captured Zhou Xian alive, and smashed the encirclement and suppressors. Chen Jin was unwilling to fail, so he sent Li Chengxun, the governor of Nanchang, to join the local soldiers to attack Hualin. At the same time, he took a strategy, came out of the list to recruit and surrender, and raised Huang Qi, who was surrendered by a Rebel army, to lure him. Everything was well prepared. With Huang Qi as the guide, he attacked the rebel army at night. More than 4,000 people were killed and Luo Guangquan died. The uprising failed. After these two rebel forces were defeated, the few lucky rebel army brothers had to flee. Many people did not escape the search and arrest of the government, and only a few lucky ones fled to Zhan Shifu's team. Since the three-way Rebels rose up one after another, they have been connected from time to time, but because of the attack of the officers and soldiers, the three forces have been unable to unite and unite their forces into a rope. Unexpectedly, two roads were the first to be annihilated. At that time, there were not many troops under Zhan Shifu's command, and they could not compete with the powerful officers and soldiers, so they chose to escape into the relatively complex Taimao Mountain, where he was familiar with, and there were also hunters who had lived here for a long time to join the Rebels as guides, so they could smoothly escape into Taimao Mountain and rely on the power of the land to resist. Heng Guanjun. It was also because under the influence of the uprising forces in full swing in other places, the officers and soldiers who besieged Damao Mountain could not spend a long time here, so they soon retreated and went to encircle and suppress the rebels in other places. In this way, Zhan Shifu's team barely survived. If it comes, it will be safe. Now that you are here, let's live here. Therefore, Zhan Shifu and his 2,000 brothers stood up according to the original village group. In this way, the whole big hat mountain is divided into four cottages, the largest of which is the main fortress dominated by his original team, and the other three cottages are dangerously established. Although these four cottages are separated, they have built a clear road and a dark road for each other. The bright road is for general exchanges, and the dark road is the key road to escape from Damao Mountain under extraordinary circumstances. The construction of these dark roads depends on the help of those old hunters. Among them, the head of the hunter is now his most powerful deputy and Liu Jindao, the deputy owner of the main village. Although he is a hunter, he is not good at bowing and arrows, and a brass knife is vigorous and majestic. In this way, he has this nickname. When it comes to his real name, Zhan Shifu can't remember it.

Forget it, let's ask when he comes back. He thought of this and felt a little relieved. Because he sent him a few days ago, he went down the mountain with several powerful men to contact him.

The person you want to contact is Chi Zhongrong, who has been in the limelight recently. This Chi Zhongrong has long been passed down in the mouths of the brothers in the mountains. He had a certain command ability. After capturing the county government on the day of the uprising, he quickly released the prisoners in prison and gathered farmers around him. He said that he was just "walking the way for heaven and punishing injustice", and the people around him have been suffering from the government for a long time. There is no need to say much, there are people, money, and food. Not only the ordinary hard-working people, but also the villagers and the folk groups joined one after another. Just one day after the uprising, there were hundreds of people in Chi Zhongrong's team. And the number of people has soared by more than 1,000 in just a few days, and there are not only a certain number of teams, but also weapons. Moreover, Chi Zhongrong was also very presperent in terms of the number of people. When his morale was in full bloom, he attacked the surrounding government offices and county offices, and local officials fled.

In addition, in order to prevent the dragon from being leaderless, consolidating the base and having a unified leader, Chi Zhongrong called himself the "Golden Dragon Overlord". He named his brother Chi Zhongan, Chi Zhongning, Li Jian, Gao Yunxian, Gao Feijia, Huang Shangqi and other six marshals, with more than 40 generals (dudu), each of whom Hundreds of troops, centered on the source and guarded 38 cottages around the source, forming a perfect organizational system and military defense system, laying a solid foundation for the expansion and consolidation of the base in the future.

Under the call of Chi Zhongrong's "robbing the rich to help the poor", the rebels entered their heyday and besieged more than a dozen counties in Guangdong and Jiangxi. Even Nan'an Prefecture was captured, and the main book of Heyuan County, the county magistrate of Longnan County was kidnapped, and thousands of households of Xinfeng were killed, becoming the fastest-growing volunteer army at that time.

After several confrontations with the government and successfully defeating the officers and soldiers, Chi Zhongrong's reputation has been unmatched in the Rebel Army and deserves to become the "Golden Dragon Overlord". Previously, the government regarded this rebel army as a new one among the many "anti-thieves" that have emerged one after another over the years. They underestimated the enemy and did not pay attention to Chi Zhongrong. They fought with troops and underplayed the enemy many times. In the end, they were killed and damaged several senior officials. As a result, the army of the local government did not dare to march and suppress it without reinforcements. After dozens of days of fighting at the beginning of the uprising, Chi Zhongrong's team finally had a chance to breathe. In the control area, the rebel army confiscated the property of the landlords and bully, broke warehouses and divided grain, and divided fields. The feat of the rebel army was praised and supported by the peasants in the area. Farmers from all over the country defected to the rebel army one after another, and the rebel army continued to grow. In just a month, under the effect of the hard-working people, the rebel army has developed to more than 4,000. The Zhongrong Uprising Army has strict military organization and military discipline. They opened up wasteland, farmed troops, worked hard, made iron casters, and ensured supply in Qutan Village, Yutou.

The rebel army took the head as their base camp and took advantage of this excellent gap to actively strengthen their strength and find allies. When it comes to allies, there are really many allies who can fight side by side in such a large place in several provinces.

He not only uses good troops, but also has excellent communication skills. During this period, he has contacted the remnants of all kinds of volunteers who had previously revolted or failed to retreat into the deep mountains and had not been wiped out. They formed the Rebels in Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and also established a military alliance with the Chenzhou Rebels in Hunan to take care of each other. The military alliance of mutual assistance has made the rebels led by Chi Zhongrong the most powerful rebels on the border between Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian and Hunan provinces.

Remember that recently, more than a month after the officers stopped attacking the rebels, they received a total of 10,000 reinforcements from two or four guards in northern Guangdong to attack the area controlled by the rebel army. Although there are many officers and soldiers this time, after several months of development and growth, the rebel army is no longer the original temporary team that can only attack the county government, but an army with field capabilities. Naturally, the officers of the guard who underestimated the enemy again did not expect that the "bandit" who was originally thought to be unkempt would have such combat effectiveness. His morale immediately decreased greatly, and then he was defeated by the rebel army.