Chapter 137: Follow Marshal Li to have food to eat, a house to live in, money to spend, and a life to enjoy
Jun Liju opened his mouth and finally said something after a long while: "How about we discuss this important matter again?"

The ugly Li Lian beside him reacted much faster, "Fuck you. I've had enough of this humiliation."

Military households during the Wei and Jin Dynasties were also called Shijia and Bingjia. The able-bodied men in the military households had to serve as soldiers for life, and boys between the ages of seven or eight and fifteen or sixteen had to "prepare for guard duty," that is, to be on guard and patrol in their hometown.

Even if they had to serve in the army, they still had to pay taxes. Some families of soldiers who participated in the military settlements paid 50% to 60% of their harvest in rent each year, and in good years they would harvest more, and in bad years they would collect the same amount as in normal years.

In a word, serfs were more valuable than them, because the serfs of the big families were bought with money, and when there were not enough military households, they would only be supplemented by criminals and refugees, and the government would not spend a single five-zhu coin.

There was no need for Ugly Li Lian and his men to waste time talking; Li Hao and he joined forces to persuade Handsome Li Ju.

"You said you were a marquis, but the governor of Song sent some people to kill you. When will this world change?"

"That's right. Some of us have swords and we have many relatives in Zhao. I heard that King Sima Lun of Zhao is leading his troops to revolt in Luoyang. Zhao doesn't have many elite soldiers, so we might as well take this opportunity to start a rebellion."

Li Hao and Chou Li Lian had lower status in the Jin Dynasty and did not have much burden to start a rebellion, but Handsome Li Ju was different. He had just fought in the army for nine years and survived many dangers to get the title of Marquis of Ting. Starting a rebellion meant that all his previous efforts were in vain.

Although the title of marquis in the Western Jin Dynasty was not worth much and thousands of people were conferred the title of marquis at a time, Jun Li Ju was still a man of title after all, and others had to call him marquis out of respect.

The Li people around him were cleaning up the corpses on the ground. There were pedestrians and merchants stopping for hundreds of steps along this mountain road to watch the situation. Such a large-scale murder could not be concealed.

Jun Liju looked back at his young son and his sad-looking wife, and couldn't make up his mind.

"Song Taishou is a good man, he treats me well, but Wu Ji is a bit bad, but as long as I run away, Wu Ji will not make things difficult for me."

He slowly put the long, ring-handled sword back into the scabbard, not daring to look at the two distant relatives who had saved him along the way.

"You fool, Song Taishou will definitely not kill you in Pingyang County. He and his relative Wu Ji have different attitudes, just to force you to leave his territory. As long as you leave Pingyang County, it will have nothing to do with him. Killing you must have been approved by Song Taishou!"

"In today's world, if you don't rebel, do you still have a way to survive? People like Song Taishou are not only in Pingyang County. Think about your previous nine years of hard work, but in the end you are being hunted down and can't even stay in your hometown. It's better to rebel with us."

"We have so many brothers. If we take down a few cities, your wife and children will be safe."

Li Hao and Chou Li Lian took turns persuading them, and the core idea was that only by rebelling could they gain a piece of land where their families could live.

Based on his experience of successfully leading a rebellion in his previous life, Li Hao understood that a sense of security was the core factor in getting his subordinates to follow him in a rebellion.

This sense of security not only includes the lives of the soldiers themselves, but also their families, prospects for promotion, and stable ways to obtain property.

In one sentence, let the brothers understand that if they follow Marshal Li, they will have food to eat, a house to live in, money to spend, and a life to enjoy.

Jun Liju looked at Dongfang's wife and children again. His wife's face was pale and she was wiping tears from time to time, but she was still comforting her five-year-old son who was also frightened and stupid. The two servants had thrown away the burdens on their shoulders while fleeing, and were only carrying a few small bags.

He made up his mind and suddenly drew out his ring-handled sword, "I swear I will not be a human being if I don't kill Song Zhou and Wu Ji!"

He fought for nine years, but ended up being exiled to a foreign land. Anyone would be angry about this.

After swearing the oath of allegiance, the Jin Dynasty Tinghou held the hilt of his sword upside down and bowed to the two relatives who rescued him. "I have a lot of family wealth and some reputation in Pingyang County. What do you two brothers plan to do?"

This place is located in Leping County, while Pingyang County is still on the west side of Taihang Mountain. It is far away, and it is obviously inappropriate to start an uprising in Pingyang County.

Chou Li Lian was very enthusiastic about his work, but he rebelled only because he was instigated by Li Hao and he had no plan in mind.

Li Hao had already thought of a preliminary plan. "Leping County and Jingxing County in the northeast are both mountainous areas, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack. Why not start the rebellion here? Let's catch up with the slave caravan at night and add some manpower. Then we can act according to the situation and prepare to seize Leping City."

Leping County only had two counties under its jurisdiction, Leping County and Zhan County. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's Qingzhou cavalry once stationed troops here because Leping County was the throat from Bingzhou Taiyuan area to Jizhou Changshan County.

After the Tang Dynasty, the famous Niangzi Pass was located in Leping County, but this pass name obviously had not yet appeared at that time.

In the fight for territory, the key is to have a golden corner, silver edges and a grass belly. That is, the terrain in the corner is the best, the territories on the four sides are second, and the worst is the central area, which is vulnerable to attacks from all sides.

Although Leping County is located between Bing and Ji, it looks like a grass belly, but it should be considered a silver border. Because it relies on Taihang Mountain, blocking the pass can prevent the enemy from coming from Taiyuan in the west, and the outside can only attack from Yuanshi County and Jingxing County. The rest of the direction is all mountainous, not to mention transporting food, even marching is inconvenient.

The Jin army in Taiyuan had no time to attack Leping County in the east. To their north, west and south were the Qiang, Hu and Southern Xiongnu who were ready to make a move. At this time, the position of King of Taiyuan was temporarily vacant, and the army under his command was temporarily commanded by General Anbei.

Sima Fu, the former King of Taiyuan, had died, and his grandson Sima Suo inherited the title of King of Zhongqiu in the south of Zhao. Zhongqiu was originally just a county, and Sima Yan greatly increased the number of prefectures, turning Zhongqiu from a county into a prefecture, and granted it to the royal family in order to counterbalance the more powerful Zhao.

"Cai! The families of the brothers I brought with me are all in Changshan County. You can order someone to bring them here."

Chou Li Lian is quite supportive of the rebellion cause. These people are not professional recruits, and the presence of their family members can greatly enhance their loyalty.

After agreeing on the uprising, the three Lis were arranged according to age and recognized each other as brothers. Since Li Hao, 29 years old, was the oldest, he became the eldest brother.

Although handsome Li Ju has been in the army for nine years, he is actually only 27 years old and ranks second. Ugly Li Lian looks old, but he is only 25 years old and ranks third.

Cleaning up the battlefield is a meticulous job. The armor of the assassin leader was stripped off, and the other assassins' ring-handled swords, clothes, rations, and five-zhu coins were all taken away by Zhu Li.

"There are a total of 22 ring-handled swords, some long and some short. The five-zhu coins we found were tied together in six strings. There was a lot of food rations, so the brothers carried them all."

Chou Li Lian's men reported the seized proceeds to the three brothers.

The ring-handled sword is a long sword with a straight blade. The length of the sword is generally four or five feet, that is, one to one and a half meters. There is a circular ring on the top of the handle for balancing and counterweighting.

The length of a foot in the Wei and Jin dynasties was roughly 24 or 25 centimeters. From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the length of a foot increased from 21 or 22 centimeters to 31 or 32 centimeters. The Wei and Jin dynasties was exactly in the middle.

"Song Zhou bought my second brother's life for only six taels of silver. He is really a piece of shit." Ugly Li Lian never forgot to belittle the governor of Pingyang County.

"Perhaps there is still money that has not been paid."

Li Hao felt that there must be more than that. The money on the assassins was only used to cover the expenses during the pursuit, and they probably didn't carry any money for their lives.

"My servant carried a lot of valuables, but unfortunately they were lost on the way. Fortunately, I have 300 acres of land in Changshan County, which I can sell for military supplies."

The military system of the Western Jin Dynasty was quite strange. The foreign troops were led by the local military governorates and the vassal kings, and there were not many standing soldiers in the counties and cities.

Ever since the rebellions of barbarians such as Hao San, Hao Duyuan, and Qi Wannian, and the troubles caused by Jia Nanfeng and Sima Bawang, refugees and bandits have been everywhere, and some small counties have been attacked and captured several times.

After everyone agreed on the details of the rebellion, they immediately split into two groups. One group, led by Jun Li Ju, took ten people, as well as his wife, children and servants to Leping City. They were not wearing armor and were able to enter the city smoothly.

The other group was led by Li Hao and Chou Li Lian, who went to chase the slave caravan. The Hu slaves would do anything as long as they were given enough food.

The two parties agreed to act decisively inside and outside Leping City around noon tomorrow.

The rebellion had not yet succeeded and the Li clans still needed to work harder, so Li Hao, Chou Li Lian and others hurriedly ate the Hu bing they brought with them and then chased the slave caravan overnight.

Halfway through the journey, Li Hao suddenly remembered that among the three of them, one had fled from Bingzhou to Hebei, and there were two people from Hebei. If there was also Liu Sheng, the King Jing of Zhongshan, the gang would be complete.

It was obvious at first glance that this group was capable of causing trouble. Of course, it was already the Western Jin Dynasty, and the things they were causing trouble for were certainly not to support the Han Dynasty.

"Third brother, have you ever heard of any descendants of Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan? The talented kind."

Li Hao asked.

He just asked casually, but he didn't expect that Chou Li Lian would actually name someone on the spot.

"There is a man named Liu Kun, who is from Zhongshan County and is very famous. I have worked under him and I think he is very capable and handsome."

Zhongshan County is adjacent to Changshan County, not far to the east.

Li Hao was delighted. "Where is this person now? When our territory grows bigger, maybe we can try to recruit him."

"Then you better not try." Ugly Li Lian obviously didn't think that Liu Kun would join them in the rebellion. "This man is a subordinate of Zhao Wang Sima Lun. Right now, I guess he's enjoying himself in Luoyang City."

Although King Sima Lun of Zhao's fiefdom was in Zhao State, he had always served in Guanzhong and Sizhou, and Liu Kun, who followed Sima Lun, was most likely not near Zhao State.

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