After Ma Sanbao received Li Sanniang's instructions, he first took the money from the sale and went to White Horse Mountain in the south of Yu County.
There was a rebel army of a few hundred people there. They were just bandits who occupied the mountain and held the banner of rebellion. However, in this chaotic world, the rebel army was better than the bandits. The people were more willing to accept it. Therefore, in less than a month, they had recruited a team of a hundred people.
Don't underestimate this troop, because they were a volunteer army, protecting the people and preventing them from being oppressed by the government. They were not bandits who bullied the people.
They robbed the rich to give to the poor, robbing the councilors of several families. These people were the local tycoons who oppressed the people on a daily basis, and their families had money and food.
The leader of the Zhezhi Revolutionary Army, who lived on White Horse Mountain, was called Zhang Yi. He was an ordinary citizen. In his early years, he was a common person. In addition, he had fought outside for a few years, so he knew a little about the world.
In the beginning, he was also a leader in Yu County. He had dozens of people under him, and these people worked with him.
Later on, he fell in love with the eldest daughter of an aristocratic family. Although she was called an aristocratic family, she was actually just someone who had some connections with the county lord and had a few restaurants at home.
When the master of this family found out that his daughter was actually in love with a lowly contractor, he was instantly furious.
She had personally found Zhang Yi and made the servant make Zhang Yi vomit blood on the street. In the end, she even threatened Zhang Yi and made her daughter marry someone she didn't like, breaking up the pair of mandarin ducks.
That young miss was also a loyal woman. She actually committed suicide on her wedding night. After Zhang Yi found out about this news, he was filled with hatred.
He brought his men and kidnapped the young miss's father on a dark night. When he did not repent, he killed him with a knife.
Then, Zhang Yi, who had nowhere else to go, directly occupied the mountain and became a bandit. However, he knew that bandits would not have a good ending. Not only would they be suppressed by the government, but they would also be hated by the people.
Therefore, Zhang Yi directly used the banner of rebellion to seek the welfare of the people, enforce justice on behalf of the heavens, and rob the rich to help the poor.
When Ma Sanbao arrived at White Horse Mountain, he saw that it was a small village. There were a few people guarding the outside of the village. The location of the village was not bad. It had a mountain behind it and a valley in front of it. There was only one road leading up the mountain.
The rest were steep cliffs. This kind of place was easy to defend and difficult to attack. No wonder the government of Yu County could not do anything to Zhang Yi when he killed someone and robbed the aristocratic family.
The current government had long established their own sect and lived a life of drunkenness. As long as they did not attack the county, they would not use the power in their hands.
"Who are you? State your name!" A soldier saw Ma Sanbao standing in front of the mountain gate and shouted.
They had already discovered Ma Sanbao. When he entered the valley, he had already entered their line of sight. However, the leader had already instructed them not to kill people randomly unless they saw the government attacking the village and directly knocked on Big Luo.
Ma Sanbao cupped his hands and said," I am the second young master of the Li family in Taiyuan. I am Ma Sanbao, the deputy general. Please report to your leader, Zhang Yi. Tell him that the Li family is here to discuss something important!"”
"You wait here!"
The gatekeeper went straight into the mountain to report to Zhang Yi. Ma Sanbao was waiting at the mountain gate.
After a while, the man returned and said loudly,"Open the door! Welcome!"
When Ma Sanbao saw Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi was currently reading. These books were snatched from the young miss's house.
Back then, that young miss had encouraged Zhang Yi to read and write. She had said that reading made one wise, sensible, and aware of right and wrong. Only then could one achieve something.
Therefore, after Zhang Yi became the leader of the rebel army, he did not forget to study.
Zhang Yi put down the book in his hand and said to Ma Sanbao unhurriedly,"Please sit down and have some tea."
Ma Sanbao sat down, took a sip of tea, and said,""Chief Zhang, I really admire you for not forgetting to study in such an environment.”
Zhang Yi smiled and said," A woman once taught me that if I want to marry her, I have to study more. Only by studying can I have more strength."”
Hearing this, Ma Sanbao knew that this was another sad story. He said gently,""That woman must be a very virtuous woman. Chief Zhang must have no regrets in his life to meet such a woman.”
Zhang Yi nodded and replied,"Yes, no regrets, no regrets!"”
Ma Sanbao stood up and cupped his hands at Zhang Yi.""Chief Zhang, there is a fatuous ruler in the royal court, causing the people to live in misery. I am the deputy general of the Li family's second young master. I came here to persuade Chief Zhang to discuss a major matter and save these people.”
Zhang Yi looked at the books on the table and said in a low voice,"Save the people? I can't even save her, how can I save the people? I only want to protect my brothers and let them have a good life and live out their lives in peace. The war doesn't belong to them.”
Ma Sanbao looked up at Zhang Yi and said,""I think that woman must hope that you can achieve something so that you can openly carry the bridge to marry her. Right now, the people of Yu County are being oppressed by the county lord. They have no food and no hope of survival. As long as we can take down Yu County, we can open the granaries to release food and save these people.”
Zhang Yi lowered his head and thought for a moment." I can promise you, but my brothers used to follow me through life and death. I don't want them to join the war."”
"Actually, I think they yearn for war, so they have been staying in this village. Although their lives are peaceful, they are still humans, the people of Yu County. Seeing that the people are in dire straits and do not even have food and clothing, they must also want to attack Yu County and open the granaries to release food.
I believe that they are just like Chief Zhang. They know what is right and what is wrong. They must have the people in their hearts.”
Zhang Yi paused for a moment. The truth was indeed as Ma Sanbao had said. His brothers did want to attack Yu County. When the time came, they would open the granaries to release food and save the people.
However, there were only a few hundred of them, while the entire county had 2,000 guards. There were also the aristocratic families in the county. They naturally did not want to see the county fall into chaos, so they would definitely resist the foreign enemies and the rebel army.
That was why Zhang Yi did not attack Yu County because he did not have the strength to do so.
"Alright, we can follow you."
" Not me," Ma Sanbao shook his head." I'm following Second Young Master Li."”
This was the first volunteer army, and he had roped them in effortlessly.
This was not only because Ma Sanbao was very eloquent. The key was that when Li Sanniang handed this task to Ma Sanbao, she asked him to be emotional and reasonable. She asked him to be polite before using force.
Ma Sanbao had read books before, so he naturally had read the Analects of Confucius. He knew where emotional reasoning came from.
However, reading was different from actual action. To be able to apply what one had seen in reality was a little difficult in the eyes of the people of this era.
Only those with high awareness could understand many principles from books and use them vividly.
Yun Yi actually did not remember much. He had only read the Analects of Confucius when he was free and happened to remember this sentence.
Lure them with profit, move them with emotion, enlighten them with reason, threaten them with power, teach them fishing, bring them to justice, and guide them to action.
As for the phrase " using courtesy before resorting to force ", it was indeed a new thing. Ma Sanbao knew from this that such a good idea was definitely not something she could come up with.
Li Sanniang was someone he had taught, so he naturally knew what kind of ability she had. To put it simply, Li Sanniang's military skills were very strong, very decisive, and very brave. She had a good grasp of the overall situation.
However, she might not be able to come up with the idea of using courtesy before resorting to force. Perhaps everyone could think of it, but they could not say it out loud.
"There are only a few people around Miss, and I know their situation. Then, there's only one person, that little Langjun. It seems that I underestimated him.”
Ma Sanbao quickly thought of Yun Yi. When Third Aunt Li brought Yun Yi into the residence, he was not in the Li residence. It was only later that she found out that there was a new chef in the residence. He was only thirteen years old, but his cooking was very delicious. Third Aunt Li seemed to be a little inseparable from him.
Therefore, Ma Sanbao had a better understanding of Yun Yi. He knew that Yun Yi's background was very clear, so he did not take it to heart.
Now it seemed that he was not a simple chef, and he was not only good at cooking. When Li Sanniang escaped from Chang 'an, she took him with her. Besides wanting to eat his cooking, there was another reason why he was talented.
Sanniang Li left the matter of recruiting the rebel army to Ma Sanbao. She was very relieved. He was considered her master and had taught her a lot of knowledge. He was also her right-hand man.
Yun Yi was now watching Yun Xue 'er closely. He did not want her to suffer any harm. There were refugees everywhere outside. There were all kinds of people. It was especially dangerous.
"Brother, I want to go out and take a look. Just stand at the door and watch, okay?”
Yun Yi shook his head and replied," Not good. Your current task is to practice writing. When you can recognize all 100 words, I will bring you out." Listen to me. It's not safe outside now. Don't go out casually.”
Yun Xue 'er pouted and said," But I'm worried that they won't be able to eat well and have no place to stay. They're really too pitiful."”
Towards the kind Yun Xue 'er, Yun Yi really couldn't reject her. He knew that Third Aunt Li was currently gathering the hearts of the people. Only by gaining the hearts of the people could she stand firm in Guanzhong, create achievements, and realize her ambitions.
Therefore, she would not let those refugees starve, nor would she let them suffer. At the very least, they had to have food and a place to live.
The people at this time were like this. As long as you gave them food, shelter, and allowed them to live, they would be grateful and think that they would support you. However, if you let them live a bad life, they would be forced into a corner and naturally would not support you anymore. If you don't want them to live, just rebel!
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