Chapter 136: In such a world, let’s rebel first

In late February of the first year of Yongkang in the Western Jin Dynasty, in Leping County, Leping County, Bingzhou.

It was the year 300 AD. Winter had passed and spring had arrived. The ground had begun to thaw, the road had become muddy from being trampled upon, and the narrow mountain path was becoming increasingly difficult to walk on.

In order to prevent slaves from falling behind, the escorting Han private soldiers whipped them at will, which made the Qiang and Hu slaves in the team miserable.

Li Hao also had his own difficulties. He was an emperor in his previous life, but in the blink of an eye, he was sent to the Western Jin Dynasty by the dog system. He was just an ordinary citizen and did not even have a set of armor. The only valuable thing on him was a ring-handled sword.

Think about the last time the game started, he was still a sixth-rank team officer with five servants and eight war horses.

Now he only has a knife on his waist and three bad friends. He usually calls himself a knight-errant, but in fact he is a street thug in Changshan County. He earns a few five-zhu coins by working as a thug all year round, and he has to hand over two pieces of cloth to the Sima family every year. How miserable he is.

The world was not peaceful at all. The Sima princes were busy fighting for power and wealth. The high-ranking nobles were committed to annexing land and selling Hu slaves. The lower-class military households, civilian households, and customers were all hungry, with no food to eat and no clothes to wear. China was about to face a hundred years of war caused by the Five Barbarians.

In such a world, we should rebel first!
Friends who often rebel know that if they want to start an uprising quickly, they can either learn from the Yellow Turbans and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and use religion to rally the people.

Either he is a core member of a large clan or a general who controls an army, and has a team to quickly annex the forces around the base.

It just so happened that Li Hao had nothing to do with either. He was not good at playing tricks and he did not have a prominent family.

The only thing that made him better than others was his familiarity with the killing points system.

[Role: Li Hao; Affiliation: Jin; Identity: Regular Household]

[Clearance rate: 0.0000%]

[HP889|900]

[Level: 2; Experience value: 183|300]

The dog system wiped out most of the points he had earned from beheading people in his previous life, retaining only a few. It still set an upper limit of one million for clearing levels and killing people, and indicated that after clearing ten copies, one could freely travel through the worlds.

The good news is that the health limit is raised to 900 at the beginning, so you can be more wasteful this time.

While Li Hao was planning his rebellion, he followed the team escorting Qiang and Hu slaves.

From the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, most of Bingzhou was occupied by Qiang Hu, Xianbei, and Southern Xiongnu, leaving only a few places such as Taiyuan County.

Bingzhou has many mountains and little land, and fertile fields are only in a few basins. There are many Hu people who have surrendered to the state, while the Shandong nobles lack people to farm the land. The Sima family also promulgated the unnatural system of household adjustment, which openly recognized the existence of private households.

Therefore, trafficking in Hu slaves from Bingzhou to Jizhou became a considerable industry. Starting from Taiyuan State, through Leping County, Jingxing County to Changshan State, Zhao State and other places, this route was the second largest Hu slave trade route.

Changshan is Shijiazhuang in later generations. Four hundred miles to the south is Yecheng, an important military town in the Western Jin Dynasty. There are many aristocratic families gathered there, and there is a great demand for Hu slaves.

The team consisted of more than 160 Hu slaves and 37 private soldiers armed with knives.

Although they were called private soldiers, only twenty-four of them were not on the official register, and the remaining thirteen were temporarily hired, including Li Hao's cronies.

The entire team was dressed in coarse brown and short clothes. He was bent on rebellion, but he couldn't even grab a set of armor.

Don't even think about war horses.

"Hey~ Li Dai, tell me where I can get a horse. I really don't want to walk anymore."

Li Dai was one of his chivalrous friends and a distant relative of his.

Five hundred years ago, there was an ancestor named Li Mu.

Of course, the ancestor of this branch of the Li family on the southern foot of Taihang Mountain is Li Tan, the grandfather of Li Mu. But because Li Mu was one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period and was very famous, the Li family near Zhaojun all recognized Li Mu as their ancestor.

"There must be some near Yuanshi County. Why do you want to buy a horse? How much five-zhu coins does it cost?"

Yuanshi County was the former seat of Changshan County and is now part of the State of Zhao. There are quite a number of large family manors and fortresses nearby. Their destination of this trip is Yuanshi County, located southwest of Jingxing County.

Li Dai was short and strong, and he only liked drinking and eating meat. His only advantage was that he could run very fast. On flat ground, he could run faster than a donkey. On the narrow paths in Taihang Mountains, even a fat warhorse could not outrun him.

"Get a horse first."

Raising horses is very expensive. The saying "one horse costs six men" is not nonsense. Most of the wealthy families that can own horses also have armor. Li Hao felt that he still had his fighting strength, so robbing a wealthy family's manor would not be a problem.

"That's not easy. We have to call Wang Quan and the others."

Li Dai guessed his cousin's intention and felt that he did not want to leave. Although stealing a horse would offend the big families in Yuanshi County, most of them were in Changshan State and Zhao State, so it would be no big deal if he stole the horse and slipped away to other counties.

There are more relatives slightly to the south, and King Sima Lun of Zhao is at the height of his power, so they can live better in the south.

This was the only road from Taiyuan to Changshan, so along the way the slave trading team encountered many caravans and pedestrians heading towards Taiyuan.

Before Li Hao could realize his plan of robbing the big family's fortress, they met a group of acquaintances.

There were more than a dozen strong men with the same surname Li, and the four or five in the lead were wearing armor, which made Li Hao feel very excited.

If this group of people were not relatives, he would have followed them and robbed them.

"Aren't these Li Hao and Li Dai? Do they have time to kill people?"

Li Lian, the leader, was sharp-eyed and caught a glimpse of two chivalrous relatives in the slave trading team.

This group of strong men surnamed Li were obviously up to something big, and they started by asking people if they were willing to kill someone.

"Kill, kill, kill. Who are you going to kill?"

After greeting Sun Pei, the leader of the private soldiers, Li Hao and his friends stopped temporarily and chatted with relatives who were heading towards Taiyuan. "It's hard to say, but we will definitely kill someone."

Li Lian was of medium build, with inverted triangle eyes, a flat nose, a wide mouth and thick lips. He was ugly in a very distinctive way, but his face did not look fierce.

This group of Li clan members talked about the cause of the incident one after another.

There was a relative named Li Ju, who was from Pingyang County, Bingzhou. He was originally a minor official in the county. He was appointed as the Yamen General for his meritorious service in escorting the resigned county magistrate to Chang'an. In the previous nine years, he had followed the imperial army to suppress the rebellion of Qi Wannian, a Di people. He had made many military achievements and was granted the title of Dongming Ting Hou.

After Li Ju returned home after making great contributions, he was appointed as the governor of the county.

This is a position similar to the political commissar in later generations, with the authority and responsibility to command the army.

However, Song Zhou, the governor of Pingyang County, wanted his relative to serve as the supervisor and hinted to Li Ju many times.

Li Ju therefore decided to escape. He first sent people to search for relatives with the same surname near Changshan and Zhao State to find a way to escape. Li Lian and others who were from military families learned about this and were afraid that something might happen, so they took their friendly clansmen to Taiyuan to meet them.

After hearing this, Li Hao understood. Isn't this the classic plot of a vicious governor framing a loyal and honest person?
"How do you know that the person sent by Governor Song must be between Taiyuan and Leping County? If they can't pick up Li Ju, wouldn't that be bad?"

Li Hao asked one more question.

He decided to fight against the ugly Li Lian and his gang. Li Ju seemed to be from a wealthy family, so he rescued him and directly pulled him into the rebel team.

He sent Li Dai to catch up with the slave trading team and told his private army leader Sun Pei that he had left the team.

"Don't worry about this. Song Zhou's relative is called Wu Ji. The assassin this fool hired is from Jinyang, Taiyuan. Someone got the news and passed it to me. Otherwise, why would I run away secretly and make this trip in such a hurry?"

This Li Lian was even more miserable. He was born into a military household. The military households in the Wei and Jin dynasties were much more miserable than those in the Ming Dynasty. Even their daughters could only marry male members of the same military household.

Li Hao nodded, and immediately took his chivalrous friend to join the gang.

They walked in the mountains for most of the day, and finally met Li Ju's family who were in a panic near dusk.

Li Ju was a strong man and could easily defeat three or five ordinary people, but there were more than twenty assassins chasing him. With his family at home, Li Ju had no choice but to flee in panic.

"Hold on, bro. We are coming."

Ugly Li Lian first caught a glimpse of the target to be greeted, pointed it out to the relatives who were coming, and then rushed forward first.

How could Li Hao, who was about to kill, miss such a good opportunity? He chased hard on the muddy mountain road and finally surpassed the ugly Li Lian in armor. After letting Li Ju and his family pass, he raised his ring-handled knife and killed the assassins.

"Brother, don't be reckless. Let me go first."

Ugly Li Lian screamed loudly. His original intention was good. It would be dangerous for Li Hao, who was not wearing armor, to rush forward.

After sending his family to the relatives who came to greet them, Li Ju could no longer hold back his anger and turned back with a knife in hand.

The narrow path could only accommodate two or three people passing side by side. Three strong men squeezed forward together, one in front and two behind, and the scene suddenly became somewhat funny.

The assassins had never seen such a formation before. The leader among them was also wearing armor. Seeing that his target Li Ju was right in front of him, he took two steps at a time and engaged the three Lis head-on.

"Li Ju, die under Nai Gong's knife!"

What Nai Gong means is your father and me. The assassin leader is quite arrogant.

How could Li Hao let the two people beside him rob his head? He shouted angrily, and without avoiding the assassins' blades, he raised the ring-handled sword high and chopped it down heavily.

The blood of the assassin leader and Li Hao spurted out one after another. More than 20 pairs of eyes on the opposite side widened at the same time, as if they had seen ghosts. They had never seen such a reckless person since they were young.

In the past, they would never have believed that an unarmored swordsman and an armored soldier could fight each other in close combat, but today they finally opened their eyes.

What was even more surprising was that the person who fell was actually a man in armor.

Ugly Li Lian and Li Ju, who were a step or two behind, were also shocked. Li Ju even looked at Ugly Li Lian, as if asking where he found such a reckless relative.

"You dare to be stunned in front of me, and I will kill you."

Li Hao followed the local customs and also called himself Naigong.

He swung left and slashed right, making the ring-handled sword move in a circular trajectory. In just a dozen breaths, fourteen or fifteen assassins fell.

The blood on his body dyed the brown cloth shorts into a deep red, which looked extremely creepy.

Seeing this, the remaining assassins no longer had the heart to chase Li Ju and immediately turned around and fled for their lives. However, the mountain road was rugged and only the last two or three assassins escaped. The rest were chased and chopped down by the three Li assassins in the lead.

"Brother, accept my respect! I don't need to thank you for your kindness. If you need anything, just tell me. I will do it even if it costs my life."

While Li Ju was shocked by his relative's fighting ability, he also showed concern for his relative's injuries. After giving his relative a simple bandage, he expressed his gratitude.

He clasped his fists, bowed, and knelt down in front of Li Hao.

Li Hao and Ugly Li Lian helped him up immediately. Li Ju had regular facial features, thin eyebrows, phoenix eyes, and a circle of beautiful beard under his chin. He was much better looking than Ugly Li Lian.

"Well, I have a desperate matter to do, and I need help."

Jun Liju was also a sincere and honest man. He immediately replied, "How dare I not die for you! Just tell me what it is, brother."

"Raise the flag of rebellion!"

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