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Chapter 250 Nanpu Rebellion

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    Hou Junji surrendered on the North Road, while Qin Wutong led the remnants of the Tang Army's navy and escaped to Yun'an.  But what awaited them was not the news of survival, but the news of the fall of Nanpu Prefecture.

    Nanpu Prefecture is a prefecture established by Li Yuan after he was upgraded from Nanpu County (today's Wanzhou District of Chongqing City). It is small in area and only governs three counties: Nanpu, Liangshan (today's Liangping District of Chongqing City) and Wuning. Its population is no more than a few thousand households.

    Nanpu Prefecture was originally just an ordinary small state, but due to its geographical location, it became an important hub on the Badong defense line.  It borders Kaizhou in the north and can reach Hanzhong; it borders Kuizhou in the east and can reach Jingxiang; it connects to Linzhou in the south and can reach central Guizhou; it connects to Quzhou in the west and can go deep into the hinterland of the Bashu Basin and even go straight to Chengdu.  Therefore, since Li Shimin established the Badong Defense Line, he has operated Nanpu Prefecture as the rear area of ??Kui Prefecture.

    There are countless ordnance and food in Nanpu City, which greatly guarantees Kuizhou's logistical supplies.

    Li Shimin originally stationed five thousand troops in Nanpu Prefecture. On normal days, Nanpu City, with abundant supplies, would never have fallen so easily.

    However, Li Shimin marched westward and drew 30,000 troops from the Badong area. The Kuizhou defenders could not move and could only draw troops from Nanpu, Linzhou, Yuzhou and other places. As a result, only two of Nanpu's 5,000 troops were drawn.  Thousands of people.

    The governor of Nanpu Prefecture was Li Shimin's uncle Dou Shilun.

    Dou Shilun and his brother Dou Qian were the only two of Dou Kang's disciples who followed Li Shimin to Bashu.  Although Dou Kang surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, due to the successive defeats of Li Tang, Li Yuan relied more on the Guanlong clan, so the power of the Dou family did not decrease. Dou Shilun was also named the governor of Nanpu Prefecture because of his status as a Dou family.

    Dou Shilun has always stood firmly on Li Shimin's side, so he is trusted by Li Shimin.  He is not only a governor, but also responsible for frontline logistics affairs in Kuizhou, and has extremely powerful powers.

    Dou Shilun and Linzhou Governor Zhao Hongzhi were in charge of Badong's logistics affairs. However, one of them was from Li Shimin and the other was from Li Yuan, so their emphasis was different.

    In comparison, Zhao Hongzhi¡¯s task was more to transfer from Chengdu to Zhongzhou as a general transfer station; while Dou Shilun¡¯s task was to collect grain and ensure grain roads.

    Because of the special nature of Nanpu Prefecture, the five thousand troops must not only ensure the safe transportation of materials to Nanpu, but also ensure the safe transfer of materials to Kuizhou, so the number of troops is not large.  After removing 3,000 men and horses, Dou Shilun's available troops were even more stretched, and even the officers and soldiers escorting supplies were reduced below the safety line.

    Dou Shilun wrote to Li Shimin, Xue Shou and others several times, but the situation was like this and no one could do anything.

    Dou Shilun had to recruit civilians to supplement his strength.  If the Han people are not enough, then they will recruit barbarians.

    In the land of Badong, there were many barbarians. In order to transport food and appease the place, Dou Shilun successively recruited six to seven thousand barbarians to serve.

    These barbarians are all strong men, and together they can be called the largest group of barbarians in Badong.

    Originally, it was not impossible to recruit barbarians to serve.  After all, the barbarians can supplement manpower and make up for the shortcomings of the Han people.  However, the barbarians are rude, disobedient to discipline, and have a bad temper. If they cannot subdue this group of people, they are often prone to trouble.

    The Tang Dynasty officials in Nanpu City had always looked down upon barbarians. They would fight and scold them at every turn, and it was common for them to withhold food.  Most of these conscripted barbarians lived a life of insufficient food, lack of warmth, and poor working conditions. Many barbarians were even tortured to death by Tang Dynasty officials.

    Especially after the Ming army attacked Kuizhou, the Tang army in Kuizhou was in a tight situation. Dou Shilun worked desperately to transport grain, grass and ordnance to Kuizhou. The increase in transportation capacity led to a shortage of manpower. In order to rush the work, the Tang Dynasty officials worked desperately  Exploitation of barbarians.  The barbarians in Nanpu Prefecture were forced to work day and night, and many of them died of exhaustion.

    Seeing the ferocity of the Tang people finally aroused the resistance of the barbarians.

    Kaizhou Lifuli was originally a small tribe leader of the Kaizhou Li people, and he rebelled with Ran Zhaoze.  Later, he was captured by the Tang army, became a slave, and was forced to work.

    This Livli is brave and fair, so he is very prestigious among the barbarians who work.

    Liveli saw the situation and knew that his life would be in danger if he continued like this, so he decided to escape.  Of course, he knew that a person who escaped would be helpless and would not survive, so he encouraged more people to escape with him.

    "However, this barbarian has never been meticulous in his work. Liveli planned to escape, but he did not expect to be discovered by the overseer.

    The overseer¡¯s name was Xu Li, and he was also an unintelligent man. Seeing Liveli and others trying to escape, he thought they were a group of little sheep, so he led a few people to capture them, preparing to give them a good look.

    Xu Li led someone to break into the shabby shed where Liveli lived and wanted to arrest him on the spot.

    Liveli knew that his escape was exposed, and he knew very well that if he was captured by Xu Li, he would die.  ?At this time, he became jealous and even rebelled violently.

    Liveli is also a rare warrior among the Hu people, so naturally he is not comparable to Xu Li and a few losers.  So Liveli fought with several people and killed several of them on the spot.

    Seeing that Xu Li and others were dead, Liveli also knew that the matter could not be rectified, so he called on everyone to rebel with him using the Tang Dynasty's continuous sitting method.

    In order to supervise the work of the barbarians and prevent them from escaping, the people of the Tang Dynasty issued an order that everyone should "monitor each other and expose each other. If one person makes a mistake, ten people will be punished, one person will escape, and ten people will sit down together."

    Liveli¡¯s crime is worse than running away.

    Seeing Livli killing people, a group of barbarians became ferocious and started to rebel together.  First there were ten people, then hundreds, and finally thousands of barbarians were involved in the rebellion.

    The Tang Army had two thousand defenders in Nanpu Prefecture, but most of them were transporting grain. The entire Nanpu City had only a few hundred defenders.

    After Liveli led the crowd to rebel on the pier, he quickly killed all the Han people on the pier, and then rushed towards Nanpu City.

    Unprepared, Nanpu City was captured by Liveli.

    "These barbarians have been suppressed for a long time. After breaking the city, their bestiality emerged. In order to retaliate, they soon started committing violence in the city. The entire Nanpu City immediately became a slaughterhouse, and the whole city was filled with screams and moans.

    At this moment, Chen Jingzong also hurriedly arrived with his troops.

    They set out from Linzhou and passed through Wuning along the way. After Chen Jingzong broke the city, he left one unit to garrison, while the rest of the troops rushed to Nanpu without stopping.

    Chen Jingzong also knew the importance of Nanpu, so he was ready to capture it before the Tang army could react.

    But when Chen Jingzong arrived, he happened to encounter the barbarians who were slaughtering in the city.

    Chen Jingzong immediately ordered an attack on the city.  As for those barbarians, they were even ordered to be killed.

    Liveli and others had just started wreaking havoc for a long time, and before they had enjoyed enough, they encountered the Ming army.  These barbarians may be brave, but they lack organization. The reason why they broke the city was because the defenders in the city were unprepared.

    So a group of barbarian troops were quickly annihilated by the Ming army, and Liveli also died among the rebels.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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