Chapter 307 Chaos

In troubled times, it was because of hunger that the rebel armies in various places took up arms.

When they heard that Renzhou City had planted grain last year and obtained hundreds of thousands of shi. This year, they had raised rice seedlings and planted early rice. They also wanted to plant two crops on one land.

The crowd was excited.

Two crops of rice? Two crops on one land? How much grain would be harvested?

Is it true? It's not a fairy tale, right?

What fairy tale? The son of my uncle's aunt's second aunt's mother-in-law, who lives in the mountains, told me that in the mountains near Renzhou, the two-cropping experiment was successful, and six or seven hundred kilograms of grain could be harvested in one season in the mountains!

One season! Just imagine how much can be harvested in two seasons!

It's still mountainous land. If it was good farmland, how much would it be!

When the news spread, everyone was shocked.

Renzhou people can eat enough, so they don't have to go hungry when they go to Renzhou. Let's go to Renzhou! Go to Renzhou!

When beggars are given food, they won't be hungry.

In addition to the common people, the armies of various places naturally wanted to go. If Renzhou was captured, would they still be afraid that the army would be short of food? Would they still be afraid that the soldiers would not have enough food?

Since June, Renzhou has been attacked by various armies one after another.

At first, it was only intermittent, with small groups of troops. Later, the troops became stronger and stronger, and more and more people came to capture the city.

Relying on the thick walls of Renzhou City, Pei Nian led the soldiers and people of Renzhou to resist wave after wave of attacks.

After Su Qing'an learned the news, he immediately transferred all the hundreds of people who were digging iron and stone in the mountains and the one hundred people who stayed in the market town to help make weapons to Renzhou.

Let them listen to Pei Nian's arrangements.

At the same time, each village also strengthened its vigilance to prevent mountain bandits from attacking.

Sure enough, Renzhou could not be captured for a long time, and a small group of mountain bandits turned to attack the mountain.

They were repelled one by one by Su Qing'an and the mountain people.

Now Ma Xin helps to train the young and strong in each village, which is quite effective.

Moreover, each village had excellent weapons, and everyone had one, even the elderly and children.

The trenches in front of the village gate were also dug wide and deep, and the water was so deep that no one knew how deep it was. Unless the bandits carried small boats when they entered the mountain.

Otherwise, they could not get close to the mountain gate at all.

As soon as they approached, they were blocked by waves of iron arrows.

Gradually, the saying "the seventy villages in Jiangdong cannot be broken" spread outside.

There were sayings that the mountain people were cunning and had strong fighting power, and the barbarians resisted them in the dangerous places, so the bandits dared not enter the country.

It spread more and more widely.

Let the various green forest heroes who coveted the food in the mountains sigh at the sight of the mountains.

Su Qing'an led the mountain people of the allied villages to block the wave after wave of attacks from the bandits. The mountain people had confidence and became more and more courageous. However, Renzhou gradually became a little exhausted after blocking so many rounds of attacks.

Pei Nian wrote to Yang Bi, the governor of Jiangxi, repeatedly, but all of them fell into the sea.

Sending people to the surrounding areas for help was also perfunctory, and no governor was willing to send troops to support.

Don't you know that the lips and teeth are cold? If Renzhou is destroyed, what good will the surrounding states have?

Pei Nian felt like falling into an ice cellar, and the chill surged up.

Under his rule, Renzhou finally became prosperous, and the people could finally eat half full and no longer have to leave their homes. But who would have thought that this would arouse jealousy and come to rob?

Once the capital was broken, a large number of people would flee. Is it necessary for him, the governor of Renzhou, to exist?

Pei Nian felt sad.

But at the same time, a sense of pride rose in vain, and he vowed to live and die with Renzhou.

As long as he was the governor of Renzhou, he would be the governor of Renzhou until his death.

Su Qingmei was very anxious when she learned that Renzhou was besieged.

She discussed with Ma Xin and asked him to bring fifty of his men and two hundred young men from each village to support.

Attack the enemy from the rear of Renzhou.

The support of Lianzhai made the officers and soldiers defending Renzhou feel relieved.

Pei Nian sighed with infinite emotion.

Su Qingmei, Lianzhai... Fortunately, we still have you.

The support of Lianzhai broke the plan of the siege bandits and also made the soldiers defending the city breathe a sigh of relief.

But there were too many troops besieging the city, and it was a bit stalemate for a while.

I am afraid that if the siege lasts too long, Renzhou will not be able to resist.

Su Qingmei and Pei Nian were so anxious that their throats were smoking.

It took a long time to wait for the superiors of Renzhou to send people to support, and they were afraid that Yang Bi would really give up Renzhou.

In July, Renzhou was besieged for a month. Just when the morale was low, Ma Mingwen personally led two armies to ask for support.

It immediately boosted the morale of the soldiers defending Renzhou!

Ma Mingwen's 20,000 elite soldiers fought fiercely with the various armies that besieged the city for several days, and finally repelled the 50,000 bandit troops that besieged the city with 20,000 troops.

Resolved the crisis in Renzhou.

Ma Mingwen accepted some surrendered troops, rectified the army, and continued to work hard, killing all the way.

In two months, he got Jizhou, Xinzhou, Raozhou, Fuzhou, and Renzhou, five states in his hands.

When the news reached Yuzhang, Yang Bi, the governor of Jiangxi, regretted it.

He just wanted to stand by and watch, and wait until Pei Nian could no longer hold on, and then send troops to support. So that Pei Nian would know that he could not do everything according to his own wishes, and it was a very dangerous thing to ignore him as a superior.

He had to push him into the mud, and when he was desperate and wanted to commit suicide, he, Yang Bi, would reach out to him again. At that time, Pei Nian would definitely be grateful to him and obey him from now on.

But he didn't expect that he would make a wedding dress for Ma Mingwen.

He not only got Renzhou, but also the other four states in Jiangxi!

What a hateful bastard!

He was so angry that a mouthful of foul air was stuck in his chest.

It was so hard to get such a big granary like Renzhou, but Ma Mingwen took it away.

Yang Bi was unwilling to give up, and personally led an army of 50,000 to take Renzhou back.

But for Ma Mingwen, Renzhou had already fallen into his pocket, how could he give it up easily?

Yang Bi knew that Renzhou was a big granary, how could Ma Mingwen not know? He now had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, so many people and horses, must they have food and drink?

So the two big guys fought fiercely for several times.

The battle was fierce.

In the end, Ma Mingwen's army, which was strong and diligent in training, won.

Yang Bi finally brought less than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and returned to Yuzhang in disgrace.

Ma Mingwen took advantage of the victory and took Chuzhou and Hongzhou into his pocket.

There was a man named Ma who took the seven states of Jiangdong into his pocket in three months. The news spread all over the country immediately. It also reached the capital Chang'an.

Wu Quanzhong, who was already second to none and regarded the new emperor as his puppet, naturally heard about it.

He found Ma Mingwen's information...

He was happy after seeing it.

Has a grudge against the Shuo Dynasty? Did several of his own sons and adopted sons die on the battlefield? Did the dynasty treat him unfairly?

Great, that's exactly what he wants.

When the information came out, Ma Mingwen?

Wu Quanzhong had an impression.

When he was still fighting and causing trouble in the countryside, the Ma family was already a well-known general in the Shuo Dynasty. Several generations of his family were loyal and helped the Shuo Dynasty to guard the border and the city, and resisted many foreign invasions.

But in the end, he was the only one left in the Ma family.

Miserable, really miserable.

I heard that when Wang Hu was fighting with the Shuo army before, Ma Mingwen helped a lot.

Good, good. Very good!

Wu Quanzhong immediately drafted the edict.

After drafting it, he only took it to the new emperor for a look, and he stamped the seal himself, and then sent someone to deliver it to Ma Mingwen.

Wu Quanzhong had his own plans. If he could win over Ma Mingwen, it would be very beneficial to his future.

Ma Mingwen had several states in his hands, and all the armies were jealous.

They were all staring at him.

They would fight him from time to time. You, Ma Mingwen, can take five states today, and we can't take them back?

And you are not upright. How dare you ask for the state and county of the court?

Many people attack him in the name of justice.

Ma Mingwen led his troops to fight with various armies almost every day.

On this day, Ma Mingwen received a document from the court. He thought it was another attack on him. He didn't want to read it and planned to throw it aside.

After thinking about it, he picked it up.

He was shocked when he saw it.