After Huang Mingyuan moved to Xindu County, there were still Wei, Wuyang and Ji counties in Hebei. Huang Mingyuan was in charge of politics in Xindu, so he ordered his generals to conquer the three counties.
Among the three counties, Wuyang County has the most severe banditry problem.
Wuyang County is also a large county, with jurisdiction over 14 counties. There were 210,000 households in the fifth year of Daye. It is the most populous place in Hebei after Qinghe County.
The county has a large population and a large number of aristocratic families, but the land on which the people depend for their livelihood is small. Therefore, since the seventh year of Daye, civil unrest has continued in Wuyang County. Zhang Jincheng, Ge Qian, Liu Badao, Gao Shida and other big thieves who wreaked havoc in Hebei have all settled here.
At this time, although all the famous bandits in Hebei have been killed, there are still countless bandits in Wuyang County. They are entrenched in the county seat, wreaking havoc in the countryside and causing chaos. The most powerful among them are Zhao Junde in the north of Wuyang County, Han Jinluo in the east, and Zhang Sheng's three tribes in the west.
After Huang Mingyuan pacified Qinghe County, he appointed Hu Lusheng as the prefect of Wuyang County and commanded the Long Xiang and Konghe armies to attack the bandits in Wuyang County. Hu Lusheng and Wang Bian divided their forces to advance, one to the north and one to the east. The first target of Hu Lusheng's northern army was Zhao Junde.
Zhao Junde was in the northernmost part of Wuyang County, occupying Guantao (now Guantao County, Hebei Province) and other counties. Originally, his group was not outstanding or conspicuous among the bandits. Now he is the main target of the Sui army, not because of how powerful he is or how obvious his evil deeds are, but because all his predecessors are dead.
Tens of thousands of troops rushed southward along the canal, with no one blocking them along the way.
Seeing the main force of the Sui army attacking, Zhao Junde knew that he was outmatched, so he decided to surrender to the Sui army. Zhao Junde was a descendant of the Zhao family in Guantao, but because he was from a remote branch and his family was poor, he could not even afford food, so he became a thief in the mountains. Later, when the world was in chaos, Zhao Junde captured Guantao City with the support of the Zhao family.
Zhao Junde felt that although he was a rebel, he had never done evil, nor was he a loner. He was not a force that the Sui army needed to destroy. Moreover, Duke Wei had a very good reputation and had the habit of not killing and surrendering. Dou Jiande, Lu Mingxing, Yang Gongqing, Gao Kaidao and others who surrendered were all entrusted with important tasks. If I surrender to the Sui army, I don't want to be like these seniors, but I can still hold an official position anyway, so I don't have to worry about it in Guantao City.
Zhao Junde has no ambitions, otherwise he would not have rebelled for so long without even having a name, let alone becoming king and hegemon, living the life of an emperor.
As for Zhao Junde¡¯s subordinates, most of them were big thieves in the mountains. They were used to eating chaffy vegetables. Now that they suddenly gained power, they were satisfied and supported Zhao Junde¡¯s surrender.
Hu Lusheng¡¯s army came, and Zhao Junde opened the door and surrendered.
Hu Lusheng accepted Zhao Junde's surrender and appointed him as General Ying Yanglang. Although his official position was not high, Zhao Junde was one of the few bandits who was directly granted a position of real power.
The people under Zhao Junde also transformed into officers and soldiers.
If normal procedures are followed and the Sui army reorganizes its troops, Zhao Junde will become a mid-level general in the Sui army like Dou Jiande, and even become a founding hero in the future.
But the problem is that Zhao Junde is not Dou Jiande. He does not have Dou Jiande¡¯s vision and vision. And Zhao Junde's subordinates are not a group of useful talents, but a group of ruffians in military uniforms.
After the generals of Zhao Junde surrendered to the Sui army, they still went their own way and acted the same as before. Although the Sui army proclaimed the Sui army's military laws to their troops, in their view, serving as a soldier, eating food, and fighting for the Yang family was no longer allowed to be enjoyable.
A few days after Zhao Junde's troops surrendered to the Sui army, there were hundreds of cases involving his troops.
Soon a rape case came to Hu Lusheng¡¯s desk.
Zhao Junde¡¯s troops followed the Sui army southward and came to Daming County. According to the military law of the Sui Army, officers and soldiers of each battalion are not allowed to leave the camp privately. The Sui army was naturally used to it, but Zhao Junde's men felt very uncomfortable. Usually when they were in Guantao, they ate, drank, whored, gambled, and did nothing else. They thought that becoming a Sui army would make them more impressive. Who would have thought that they would become saints.
On this day, Zhao Junde's younger brother Zhao Junyi could not restrain his anger, so he sneaked out of the military camp and came to Daming City.
¡°Zhao Junyi is lustful, but you can go to a brothel, but he doesn¡¯t. Zhao Junyi likes to rob good families the most. When he was a thief, every time he broke into a city, he would rob countless women from wealthy families.
In the past, Zhao Junyi was used to breaking down doors. This time, Zhao Junyi robbed a large household in the city and robbed the women in the household. The head of the large family resisted and was killed by Zhao Junyi.
Zhao Junyi had a good time all night, but did not return to the camp until the next day. Finally, he was discovered by the military judge of the Sui army and was captured by the army.
Rape, robbery, and murder were crimes committed by beheading in the Sui army.
Hu Lusheng was furious and ordered Zhao Junde to kill him on the spot, regardless of Zhao Junde's plea.Junyi pushed him out and beheaded him in public. By the time Zhao Junde looked back, the executioner had already returned with Zhao Junyi's head in his hand.
Zhao Junde was greatly shocked. In his opinion, his contribution to surrendering to the Sui army with so many people was not worth his brother's life. Isn't it just that he has played with a few women and is worth making such a fuss about?
The more Zhao Junde thought about it, the more he felt that Sui Jun was deliberately targeting him.
Zhao Junde¡¯s subordinates were also aggrieved. Zhao Junyi had committed any crime. He just made a mistake that men would make. Why should he be executed? At this time, some uncomfortable generals who had long been restrained by the Sui army's military laws came to see Zhao Junde to express their dissatisfaction with the Sui army.
Zhao Junde¡¯s dog-headed military adviser Lai Yong even believed that the Sui army deliberately used these unfounded charges to deal with them, just to gradually eliminate the wings around Zhao Junde. After everyone is cleaned up, it's time to take action against Zhao Junde. They were all bandits, and the Sui army did not trust them at all.
After everyone discussed it, they decided that since the Sui army did not trust them, they might as well turn against the Sui army and live their happy life.
¡°Everyone is a bandit, so they don¡¯t have to worry about robbery.
Zhao Junde then discussed with his subordinates, taking advantage of the Sui army's unpreparedness, they attacked the Chinese army's tent, and then set fire to cause chaos. It would be best if they could defeat the Sui army and kill Hu Lusheng. Even if they failed, they would avenge Zhao Junyi's death. hatred.
Everyone returned to their respective departments, gathered their troops, and prepared to rise in the evening.
Zhao Junde and others thought well, but they did not guard against information leakage.
Not everyone wants to be a robber.
Before Lai Yong became a bandit, he was a poor teacher in the village. Although his status is not high, he dreams of becoming an official one day. Because Zhao Junde needed a few literate people, he kept him by his side. This Lai Yong also had a quick-witted personality and gradually gained Zhao Junde's favor and became Zhao Junde's confidant.
He encouraged Zhao Junde to rebel in the hope of using Zhao Junde's head to change his future, but he had no intention of actually rebelling.
So after Lai Yong left Zhao Junde's tent, he immediately sneaked into Hulv Sheng's army and secretly reported Zhao Junde's rebellion.
At night, Zhao Junde indeed led the troops to cause chaos, and finally the Sui army, which had been ambushing it for a long time, captured it. Zhao Junde's rebels were completely wiped out by the Sui army, and Zhao Junde was also killed. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com