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Chapter 36 Wang Chao mutiny to seize military power

In order to gain Lin Shuode's support, Wang Chao lobbled again: We abandon our hometown, abandon our wife and children, and become thieves that everyone calls for beating. They are all coerced by Wang Xu. Nowadays, Wang Xu is suspicious and unkind. Anyone with talent in the army is killed by him. How can such a person achieve great things? You are handsome and have outstanding talents. I don't know when you will cause a disaster of killing.

After hearing what Wang Chao said, Lin Shuode hurriedly knelt down to Wang Chao and cried, hoping that Wang Chao could point out a bright future and direction. What Wang Chao wanted was this effect. With his outstanding eloquence, Wang Chao finally pulled him into the alliance. Since the alliance has been formed, a mutiny must be launched immediately.

During the march one day, Wang Chao and Lin Shuode led dozens of elite soldiers to ambush the bamboo forest. When Wang Xu passed through this bamboo forest, Wang Chao and others led their troops out of the bamboo forest and captured the unprepared Wang Xu. Wang Xu had lost all his heart in this Guangshou Army. Faced with this sudden mutiny, no one was willing to stand up and work for Wang Xu at such a critical moment. Everyone cheered and shouted long live in unison, and the mutiny was declared successful.

At this time, Wang Xu naturally regretted because Wang Chao's brothers were on his list of removals, and the next one to be eliminated was Wang Chao's brothers. But history has no assumptions, and Wang Xu could only accept the fate of failure. Wang Xu was imprisoned and lost the opportunity to turn over. Perhaps he felt that he might suffer shameful treatment, so Wang Xu committed suicide soon afterwards, ending his rebellious career.

Wang Xu was finished, the Guangshou Army could not be without a leader, and had to elect a new commander. In the admiration of most people, Wang Chao's prestige and charm were superior, and he was the main planner of this mutiny, so he was naturally the best candidate for the new commander. However, when faced with temptation, Wang Chao seemed very calm, rejected everyone's proposal, and took the initiative to elect Lin Shuode as the commander.

The position of the commander is obviously a hot potato. If it is not done well, it will end up with the same fate as Wang Xu. Lin Shuode is unwilling to take on this important task. Wang Chao has shown extraordinary leadership skills in this mutiny. Without Wang Chao's help, he might not even be able to protect his life, so the commander should naturally be the one who will be Wang Chao.

Although the vast majority of soldiers unanimously elected Wang Chao as the new commander, Wang Chao was determined not to take on this task. In the end, he decided to let God decide the matter. The myth was staged again, and Wang Chao decided to hold a "sword worship election". He inserted a sword into the soil and asked several generals in the army to kneel in front of the sword three times in turn. If anyone could worship the sword, he would be the commander of the army.

Everyone felt that since Wang Chao was unwilling to take the initiative to serve as the commander, let the will of heaven decide. Several important generals took the initiative to kneel in front of the sword. Of course, the sword did not change at all. When it was Wang Chao's turn to kneel down, the sword did not move at all. Didn't God want Wang Chao to serve as the commander? However, no one saw any disappointment or regret in Wang Chao's expression at that time. Because Wang Chao's expression was quite calm and peaceful, it seemed that he was indeed not interested in the position of the commander in his heart.

The next one was Wang Chao's third brother Wang Shenzhi. When Wang Shenzhi knelt down to the sword, the myth and legend finally began. The sword miraculously loosened, broke out of the ground, and fell directly to the ground. The entire army suddenly burst into a burst of awesome sounds. It turned out that there was really a will of heaven. God wanted Wang Shenzhi to be the commander of this army, and everyone regarded Wang Shenzhi as

The gods and men all bowed to Wang Shenzhi one after another.

"Sword-worshiping Election" is an election method that everyone agrees. Since God's will favor Wang Shenzhi, there is no doubt that Wang Shenzhi should be the commander of this army. The story has developed to this point, beyond everyone's expectations. Wang Chao, who was expected to be, was not elected. The one who was elected was his younger brother Wang Shenzhi, and the result is quite puzzling.

But Wang Shenzhi, who is regarded as a god, refused to serve as the commander, so he still elected his brother Wang Chao as the commander. He said: "Everyone thinks that I am a god favored by God, so I can only be helped by God's will. Therefore, the god should be my brother Wang Chao, who is the commander arranged by God. Please recommend your brother Wang Chao as the commander. I would rather be the deputy to assist my brother."

Only then did everyone know that everything in front was paving the way for the subsequent results. There was only one will in heaven, that is, Wang Chao was the commander. Although the Wang Chao brothers were of great prestige in this Guangshou Army, they had never really held military power. There were still many military commanders in the army with profound qualifications. If Wang Chao could easily obtain command of the entire army through a lucky mutiny, it would be difficult to convince all the soldiers.

In order to make all the soldiers of this Guangshou Army completely convinced Wang Chao, he had to make some mysterious things come out, so Wang Chao planned this "Sword Worship Election". With the wisdom of Wang Chao's brothers, it is naturally not difficult to make the sword loose when kneeling down. However, Wang Chao cleverly made an echo and attack. In order to avoid arousing the suspicion of the soldiers, he simply bet on his third brother Wang Shenzhi. The two brothers staged a successful "Sword Worship Election" together.

The "Sword-Worshiping Election" has reached this point, and it is really unnecessary for Wang Chao to be humble and pretend to be polite. Wang Chao finally agreed to take the position of commander, and this Guangshou Army ushered in its second leader.

In August of the first year of Guangqi, Wang Chao officially became the leader of the army that leaped into Wuyi Mountain thousands of miles away. It was a very difficult task before Wang Chao. Due to Wang Xu's indulgence, the military discipline of this army was not very good. He moved everywhere and conquered cities and villages everywhere, but he could not take root. Even in Wuyi Mountain, where there was no "tiger", this army seemed to have no support from the local people and had unstable footholds.

This army is notorious and once relied on Qin Zongquan, who had relied on Caizhou. We will naturally classify this army as the same type as Qin Zongquan, and the reputation of thieves and bandits has always followed this army. If these two problems cannot be solved, this army will sooner or later move towards the road of death!

Wang Chao felt that he had the responsibility and obligation to lead this army on the right path. After all, everyone came from the Huai River and traveled thousands of miles to remote mountainous areas, and no one wanted to die in a foreign land. Wang Chao had his own ideas and ways to manage the army. In the troubled times, strong soldiers and strong horses seemed to be the boss, but strong soldiers and strong horses were not the only condition for achieving great things.

Wang Chao has the ability and quality to achieve great things than the butcher Wang Xu. If you want to achieve great things in troubled times, in addition to mastering the army, you must strictly rectify the military discipline, otherwise the army will only become a group of killing machines. Under Wang Chao's governance, this Guangshou Army has been greatly improved, and there will be no large-scale killing and damage. The phenomenon of looting the people occurred, which gradually won the praise of the local people.

Although military discipline has been improved

, but the contempt and ridicule of this army still made Wang Chao feel deeply uneasy. Wearing the broken hat of Qin Zongquan's party made it difficult for Wang Chao to calm down. In order to completely cleanse the shame of Qin Zongquan's past party and make this army a righteous army recognized by people, Wang Chao made amazing things. He wanted to make another great migration, intending to switch from Fujian to Sichuan to fight in Sichuan to serve Wang Baojia for the Tang Dynasty emperor Li Yan who fled to Sichuan. By serving Wang Baojia, he won fame and honor for the soldiers of this army and glorify his ancestors.

Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty, Li Yan, was not lucky. He had not been the emperor for a few years. Before he could have had enough fun, he was driven out of Chang'an by Huang Chao and forced to flee to Sichuan. Although Huang Chao had been killed, Li Yan was obviously scared and hid in Chengdu, Sichuan. Although Li Yan had long been no longer taken seriously by those powerful vassal states, he was nominally the only legal emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He could naturally change the fate of this army, and it was certain that he would get rid of the title of thieves and bandits. He could also be recognized by the court and become a legal regular army.

After all, Wang Chao was born into a family of officials, so he naturally hoped to gain recognition from the court and become the legitimate Tang army. Although it was very hard to move again, for his future and destiny, all the soldiers had no complaints and embarked on a journey of thousands of miles west again. When the army reached the vicinity of Sha County, Wang Chao met a person from Quanzhou.

This encounter seemed inconspicuous, but it was an important turning point. It changed the fate of all the soldiers and the history of Fujian. The person Wang Chao encountered was named Zhang Yanlu, a native of Quanzhou, Fujian. He took the initiative to reward Wang Chao with more than a thousand Quanzhou people and Niujiu. Of course, rewarding the army was not their only purpose. They begged Wang Chao to stay in Fujian and help them drive away the Quanzhou Governor Liao Yanruo.

Fujian is a remote mountainous area with few populations. Although there are no tigers in the mountains, there are always a few powerful monkeys jumping around. Although Wang Chao led an army of tens of thousands, he was not the strongest person on Fujian's territory. At least two forces were stronger than Wang Chao. One was Chen Yan, the Fujian Observer who occupied Fuzhou, and the other was Liao Yanruo, the governor of Quanzhou.

Huang Chao's army swept through Fujian four years ago and occupied the Fuzhou City, the largest prefecture of Fujian. Officials in Fujian either died or fled, and Fujian once had an anarchic state of management. A local hero named Chen Yan stood up in Jianning, gathered thousands of village party members to seize the opportunity to break through Fuzhou City, expel Huang Chao's generals, and helped the Tang Dynasty recover Fuzhou City.

Zheng Yi, the new Fujian observer of the Tang Dynasty, admired Chen Yan very much and recommended Chen Yan as the deputy envoy of the Fujian regiment training. Li Lian, the left-wing capital of Fuzhou, was arrogant and illegal, and often allowed his subordinates to harm the people. After Chen Yan learned about it, he decided to enforce the law impartially and kill Li Lian. Li Lian got the news in advance and fled to Xidong and gathered his party to attack Fuzhou. Chen Yan calmly responded and defeated Li Lian, which further improved his prestige in Fuzhou.

Zheng Yi had found out that Chen Yan was not a thing in the pond. His position as the Fujian Observer would sooner or later belong to Chen Yan, so he simply did a good job and took the initiative to recommend Chen Yan as the Fujian Observer. Therefore, Chen Yan became the number one vassal state in Fuzhou area with just a legitimate reputation.

Liao Yanruo was an unknown and mediocre person, but he took advantage of the chaos to take the position of Quanzhou governor. However, he was greedy and cruel by nature, and he imposed heavy taxes on the people of Quanzhou, causing the people to live in misery.

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