The magistrate of Huoyi was named Zhang Bao. He was originally a rogue gangster in the county. He was about forty years old and very fat. He went to the county yard a few years ago and became a yamen runner. When the Jin soldiers came, the magistrate of Huoyi and the county magistrate abandoned their official positions and fled. However, Zhang Bao found the opportunity and ran out of the city to welcome the Jin soldiers. Seeing that he was familiar with the situation in the county, Wanyan Chang asked him to be the magistrate of Huoyi.

Zhang Bao loyally carried out various Jin soldiers' recruitment and entrusting grain. At the same time, he also took advantage of the opportunity to carry out various tasks of Jin soldiers to fill his personal pockets. This time, the Jin soldiers gave Huoyi County a quota to collect 5,000 young and strong places. Zhang Bao saw the opportunity to get rich. He changed the quota of 5,000 to 8,000 people. Any township that did not complete the task can be used to offset the number. One quota is twenty stagnant, and the extra 3,000 places can earn him 60,000 yuan in one go.

In the county yamen, Zhang Bao was in a very good mood and was hugging his new concubine to drink and have fun. The new concubine was originally the leader of Baihualou, Linfen County. He bought it for 500 taels of silver and became his own concubine.

"I'm so happy. Don't mention a set of Baoyanzhai's powder. Even if I buy one in Lin'an City, I'll buy you one. At that time, you can use the perfume of Baoyanzhai and the rouge at any time."

"Oh! When did the master be so rich? Can you afford to buy a small house in Lin'an City?"

"Master, I'm going to make a fortune soon. You'll lie in the money in a few days and go to bed!" Zhang Bao became more and more proud of himself, and he picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

At this moment, the sound of running footsteps suddenly came from outside, and a yamen runner hurriedly reported at the door: "Mr. County Lord, something happened, and many unlucky people are coming to the county yamen."

Zhang Bao was shocked and hurriedly said, "How many people have come?"

"I heard there are thousands of people!"

Zhang Bao was scared and quickly came out and ordered: "You ask your brothers to block the county government gate and prevent the troublemakers from coming in, so I said I went to Linfen County early in the morning."

The yamen runner agreed and turned around to leave. Zhang Bao called him again and said, "Hurry up and let Zhou Mazi ride to Linfen County to ask for help, and let Governor Li send troops to rescue immediately!"

There were originally 500 troops in Huoyi County, but the troops had been transferred to Taiyuan Prefecture. There were only 1,000 soldiers in Linfen County, the entire Jinzhou. To suppress the troublemakers, they could only ask for help from Linfen County.

Just then, a roar of roaring sounds suddenly came from outside. Zhang Bao was so scared that he trembled, he got into the table and shouted: "You might as well go!"

The yamen runner hurriedly out

At this time, seven or eight thousand people had quickly gathered outside the county government. In addition to the more than 1,000 people in Baishui Township, there were nearly two thousand people from the other two townships. They were also led by Liu Da and others to follow the county town, and there were thousands of residents in the county town. The cruel exploitation and exploitation of the Jin soldiers and Zhang Bao had already caused the people's grievances in Huoyi County. This time, the forced recruitment of most of the civilians in the county to Jingxing finally released the anger that people suppressed in their hearts.

Seven or eight thousand people surrounded the county yamen. Liu Da held a big gun in his hand and pointed at more than 20 yamen runners in the county yamen and shouted: "Call Zhang Bao, the dog official, and speak!"

Liu Da was very skilled in martial arts and was very famous in Huoyi County. All the yamen runners knew him. The leader of the yamen runner Jiang Quan shouted: "Liu Da, don't do anything randomly. It is illegal for you to gather people like this to cause trouble."

Liu Da laughed in anger, "You Jiang Heixin, you are still stubborn when you die. Hurry up and call out the dog official Zhang Bao and give us an explanation. Otherwise, don't blame me for being cruel and vicious today!"

Jiang Quanse was so brave that he shouted tremblingly: "Liu Da, you are really rampant. Tell you that County Magistrate Zhang went to Linfen early in the morning. If you have the will, you go to Linfen to arrest him!"

"Brother, Zhang Gouguan has gone to Linfen, what should we do?" Several brothers from the Liu family said angrily.

Liu Da frowned, "It should be impossible. Du Baozheng said that the above requested to recruit civilians within three days. How could Zhang Bao leave at this critical moment?"

Liu Wu had a bad temper and immediately shouted, "Then rush into the county government and arrest him!"

At this moment, there was a riot behind him. Everyone turned around and saw more than a dozen young masters escorting a yamen runner. Liu Da knew this yamen runner, who was Zhang Bao's confidant, named Zhou Mazi.

"What's going on?"

"Brother Liu, this Zhou Mazi is going to Linfen County to bring reinforcements to suppress us, but was intercepted by his brothers at the gate of the city."

Everyone was furious and hit Zhou Mazi with raindrops. Liu Da quickly stopped everyone and stared at Zhou Mazi coldly, "Is it Zhang Bao who asked you to go?"

Zhou Mazi cried and begged for mercy, "Give me ten courage, I don't dare to go to Linfen to move troops. Zhang Bao forced me to go. If I don't go, he will kill my whole family."

"Don't say all this nonsense, where is Zhang Bao now?"

"He is in the county yamen!"

Zhou Mazi saved his life and did not care about Zhang Bao, so he gave everything. "This time he forced the recruitment of civil servants, and the superiors asked us to recruit 5,000 people in Huoyi County. He increased it to 8,000 people without authorization. Each person counted twenty guan, so he personally earned 60,000 yuan. The last time he forced the collection of grain, he sold the 2,000 stones of grain from the official warehouse and then spread it all over the heads of everyone. He made at least 20,000 yuan from it."

Zhou Mazi's words suddenly became like a fuse, and the anger of thousands of people finally erupted. They picked up stones and smashed them at the twenty yamen runners at the county yamen gate. The yamen runners were in a panic and hurriedly closed the county yamen gate.

Amid the roars, torches were thrown at the county government office. The county government office was ignited, and the yamen runners escaped one after another, knelt down and begged for mercy. At this time, the magistrate Zhang Bao and his concubine ran away from the back door, but the concubine escaped, but Zhang Bao was caught up by the angry people because he was too fat and was eventually beaten to death by the people.

Liu Dayi did not do anything, so he simply raised the banner of anti-Jin in Huoyi County. He responded with a call. People from Jinzhou, Fenzhou, Zezhou, Honglong Prefecture and other places responded and rushed to Liu Da. In just a few days, tens of thousands of people gathered. They captured Shangdang County, Honglong Prefecture, and won tens of thousands of stones of official grain, quickly becoming the largest anti-Jin rebel army on Hedong Road.

Li Yanqing also received the news and urgently ordered Yan Qing, who was in Jiexiu County, to rush to Shangdang County to incorporate the anti-Jin rebel army.

Yan Qing left Deputy General Li Ying to continue collecting intelligence in Jiexiu County, while he himself led his five subordinates to Shangdang County.

Shangdang County was covered with the Yellow Dragon Banners of the Song Army. Although Liu Dahe and his subordinates could not bear the oppression of the Jin soldiers and raised the flag to fight against the Jin Dynasty, their goal was still very confused. The capture of Shangdang County was just because there was food here, which allowed the soldiers to have enough food, but what should we do next? Liu Da did not have a clear direction in his mind.

In the morning, Liu Dazheng sat in the temporary military yamen and listened to a civil servant report on the warehouse inventory. Liu Da’s most troublesome thing now is that the five brothers are illiterate, they cannot understand various documents at all, and they do not know how to manage military affairs. He could only select a few civil servants from the county yamen who are still responsible to do their jobs for him.

At this time, a subordinate ran to report, "Brother Liu, several horse riders came out of the city, saying that they were following the order of Dutong Li to discuss with the brother."

"Ah!" Liu Daxing stood up in shock. A few days ago, he was just a little hunter. Li Yanqing was like a god to him. Now Li Yanqing has actually sent someone to him, which made him feel a little panicked while surprised and hurriedly said: "Please invite them into the city!"

After pausing, he said again: "I'll go by myself!"

He put on a robe, ran into the yard and turned over the horse, urging the horse to run towards the entrance of the city.

Outside the north city gate were several cavalrymen, which were Yan Qing and his four men. They were wearing casual clothes, but the horses were indeed real war horses, and they were majestic and well-trained, so that they could guess their identities at a glance.

At this time, the city gate opened and Liu Da quickly came out, "A few brothers are coming from Taiyuan?"

Yan Qing turned over and got off the horse, clasped his fists and said with a smile: "In the lower Yan Qing, the scout camp of Jingzhao Army, come to see General Liu under the order of Li Dutong!"

"Haha! I am not a general, a rough man, which made Yan General laugh."

Yan Qing saw that he was wearing a pair of high-quality mountain-patterned armor, but helmets often worn by ordinary rural soldiers on his head, which really seemed a bit out of place. Yan Qing couldn't help but laugh in his heart and said, "General Liu is modest. My governor highly praised General Liu's patriotic and anti-Jin's righteous act, and was worried that the rebel army could not withstand the suppression of the Jin soldiers, so he asked me to assist General Liu."

"This is simply a timely help! Welcome the Yan Commander."

Liu Da enthusiastically asked Yan Qing to enter the city. The two rode horses side by side and slowly walked side by side. Yan Qing looked at the situation in the city and asked: "It seems that the army has no military camp yet?"

"There is indeed no military camp. The brothers are temporarily living in the west of the county town, and they are crowded in some empty houses. It is quite chaotic, mainly because we do not have military tents or the like."

"I also see that many brothers guarding the city are holding wooden sticks, hoes, not to mention armor, General Liu, this is the most urgent problem that needs to be solved at the moment."

"If Li Dutong is willing to support us, we are willing to become a member of the Jingzhao Army." Liu Da implicitly expressed his willingness to follow Li Yanqing.

Yan Qing smiled slightly, "Li Dutong is the Privy Councilor of the Song Dynasty. He will support any rebel army that resisted the Jin Dynasty. First of all, General Liu needs to understand that Li Dutong has no selfish intentions. He just hopes that General Liu can be loyal to the Song Dynasty and the court, but he does not want to recruit General Liu's army."

Liu Dafeng blushed and said for a while: "I really admire Dutong Li very much. If I can become his subordinate, it will be a great honor."

"There will definitely be a chance, but the most urgent thing is to build this army together."

The two of them soon arrived at the temporary military yamen. Yan Qing smiled and said, "I'll go and learn about the situation of the soldiers and military rations first, and then we'll talk in detail tonight."

Liu Da quickly asked two confidants to accompany Yan Qing to investigate the army and warehouse. At this time, his brothers rushed over after hearing the news.

"Brother, Li Yanqing sent someone here to pick our peaches?" Liu San was honest and couldn't hide his words, so he made it clear.

Several brothers looked at Liu Da, and Liu Da shook his head, "You are thinking too much. If Li Yanqing wants to recruit an army, as long as he raises his arms and with his reputation, he will definitely respond to it. Now we have nothing, so people won't care about us."

"Then what did he send someone to do?" several brothers asked in unison.

"Of course I'm here to help us. He was worried that the Jin soldiers would come back and wipe us out, so he sent General Yan, don't underestimate General Yan, who is the commander of the scout camp of the Jingzhao Army, and is higher than the official position of the prefect."
Chapter completed!