Chapter 114 Nails, Nails

The chill of winter means that everything has entered a dormant period.

The winter of the tenth year of Chongzhen was very strange.

When almost all the rebels and bandits began to open up wasteland and farm fields, only the Ming government was thankful that the first winter in the Ming Dynasty with almost no bandits came as promised.

Opening up wasteland has long been a habit in Lantian County. With all the livestock and tools available, and under uniform planning, people built reservoirs and opened up wasteland at an unprecedented speed.

Zhang Bingzhong’s general Sun Kewang also used whips to drive the cattle, horses and family members of the rebel army to re-cultivate the fields around Xiangyang at an unprecedented speed.

After the Battle of Hancheng, Li Hongji only brought more than fifty cavalry, fled the battlefield and hurriedly entered Shanxi.

Unexpectedly, I just entered Shanxi. I thought I could use the power of Shen Yikui to make a comeback. Unexpectedly, Shen Yikui died of illness, and his subordinates had already scattered and sought refuge everywhere.

The frightened and helpless Li Hongji, after being attacked twice, killed many bandits with evil intentions, but was unable to gain a foothold in Shanxi and had to enter Henan again.

Traveling to Mengjin, Li Hongji saw the surging Yellow River. Li Hongji, who wanted to return to Shaanxi, remembered Yun Zhao's gloomy face, and finally sighed and took the more than 700 people who had finally gathered up to Hucheng Mountain.

Mengjin has been plundered by wars several times and is no longer as grand as the Mengjin Crossing.

After plundering the poor Mengjin County government, Li Hongji was exhausted and had to rest and recuperate in Hucheng Mountain.

There was not much food in stock, and the surrounding counties were almost deserted. With no choice, Li Hongji had no choice but to lead his men to farm in Hucheng Mountain.

A fire burned all the grass on the southern hillside. Li Hongji was the first to walk into the wasteland full of ashes with a hoe and work hard to open up wasteland.

If this field cannot be plowed and planted by the beginning of spring, next year, if the situation does not change significantly, they will have no choice but to wander again.

At this moment, it is too dangerous to wander in the relatively peaceful land of Ming Dynasty. Anyone with a little bit of force in their hands wants to capture him, the former king of Chuang, and ask for a reward from the court.

The flames swept over the emperor, and a huge boulder covered by weeds appeared in Li Hongji's eyes. Stepping on the warm earth, Li Hongji came to the boulder. On a whim, he actually found an ax and used it for a whole time. It took one day to carve out a huge word "forbearance" on this huge rock!

Hucheng Mountain!

"At the foot of Jibei Hubei Mountain, Huang Shigong is me!"

Li Hongji stroked the newly carved word "forbearance" and whispered: "Zhang Liang was taught by Huang Shigong!

Where is Huang Shigong of a certain family?"

His nephew Li Guo, who was almost the same age, saw his uncle standing beside the boulder for a long time. Without leaving, he cautiously came over and said, "King Chuang, don't think too much, the matter is over.It's time to go back and take a rest. "

Li Hongji said: "I have bad luck. I have made trouble twice and three times, but it has not resulted in good results and has caused trouble for you.

Li Guo chuckled and said, "How does it look like this now compared to when our uncle and nephew were in the border village?" "

Li Hongji said: "That's right, we can't do it all over again, but this time, we can't make the same mistakes again. "

Li Guo said: "What my uncle said is that our first batch of old brothers are all here. As long as we cultivate ourselves and let the brothers go around to recruit troops, within two years, we will be able to fight again." There are hundreds of thousands of heroes. "

Li Hongji leaned over and pinched a handful of soil and said: "The world is gradually becoming more stable, which is extremely detrimental to us. "

Li Guo picked out a stone from the ashes of the grass and trees, threw it from a distance and said, "Li Jin said that the world will not be stable for long.

The Lantian Yun Sect is already aggressive, and Zhang Bingzhong’s confinement in Xiangyang is not a long-term solution. As long as my uncle waits for these two people to fight against each other again, we will definitely have a chance to recover in troubled times.

Li Hongji shook his head and said: "The Yun family is rich and noble, and they are unwilling to be entwined with me, Mud Legs and others. We sent people to contact the Yun family at the beginning, hoping that they could start trouble in southern Shaanxi and fight with us in Shaanxi." The Northern Rebel Army attacked from the north and south, and it is impossible to capture the city of Xi'an long ago. Then, using Guanzhong as its foundation, and then marching into Henan and Shanxi, it will surely sweep the world like a grassland fire.

In the past few years, Zhang Bingzhong and Luo Rucai and I have sent envoys there, and as many as six people went there. Unfortunately, only three came back.

Whether it is coercion or good words, Yunshi is always stubborn. I even thought that he looked down on us people from the bottom of his heart.

They are all heroes of the forest, but he, the Yun family, is the only one who thinks he is noble and superior to others in every aspect.

Now, he has become a high-ranking official of the imperial court. Although he did not join the imperial court in attacking us, he issued a ban on us in Shaanxi.

If people like us could still return to Guanzhong, why would we end up here? "

Li Guo put away the ax and chisel that Li Hongji had thrown away, looked at the ugly word "forbearance" on the stone and sighed: "I still have to endure it..."

Li Hongji He smiled and said: "What you just said is right, it is a thousand times better than when we were in the border village.

We had nothing to begin with, and it’s no big deal if we have nothing again. As long as our brothers are here, and as long as this troubled world does not end, our brothers will turn around sooner or later. "

Li Guo looked solemn, but Li Hongji seemed to have poured out all the anguish in his chest after carving the word "endurance".

He turned back to Li Guo: “We still need to recruit troops!

Li Guo smiled bitterly and said: "This is nature, this is nature!" ”

Under the dim light, the faces of Yun Zhao and Li Dingguo were half hidden in the darkness and half exposed to the light, exposing their conspirator faces.

The map on the table has been messed up with charcoal drawings.

"Why do you think the Mongols will help you attack the Jianzhou people?

These two times I pretended to be a Jianzhou slave, and every time I was about to win, you would send a Mongolian cavalry to destroy our food routes. , and you cover me from behind, what’s the point?”

Li Dingguo’s eyes almost burst into flames.

Yun Zhao whispered: "I have Mongolian internal support."

"This is impossible. The Mongols are our old enemies, and there is no possibility of reconciliation."

"Who will believe you?"

"When people are extremely poor, there is basically nothing that cannot be sold. Just like our Han parents, they would sell their children and daughters just for a bite to eat."

"So the Mongols are willing to follow you?"

"They are not willing to follow me at all. What they are following is their food, and only I have the food."

"I heard It is said that it is not difficult to make a living on the grassland."

"What Gao Jie and others did on the grassland was to make it difficult for the Mongolians who could barely make a living."

Listen to what Yun Zhao said. , Li Dingguo stood up, leaned on the table and looked at Yun Zhao and said: "What is the difference between what you did on the grassland and what we did in the Central Plains?"

Yun Zhao also looked at Li Dingguo and said: " It may be more cruel than you. We will take away the cattle and sheep that can be taken away, and we will kill the cattle and sheep that cannot be taken away."

"Why do you do such a thing that harms others and does not benefit yourself? "

Yun Zhao sighed and said: "In order to make those herdsmen lose everything, they can only follow us! In order to greatly weaken the power of the slaves, and in order to prevent the Mongols from having a chance to make a comeback. "

Li Dingguo sat back in his chair and said calmly: "Do you really have your own power among the Mongols?"

Yun Zhao nodded and said: "Quite a few, and It is still expanding rapidly."

"So, when you fight on the grassland in the future, you will mainly use your own troops and horses, supplemented by Mongolian cavalry, right?"

Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "Not necessarily. The soldiers and horses of our headquarters will more often act as supervising the battle team."

Li Dingguo nodded and said: "The strategy is very vicious, let the Jianzhou people fight the Mongols in bloody battles." , is a good idea, the problem is that no one in this world is a fool, including the Mongols. "

"It will not be difficult after the Mongols and the Jianzhou people become enemies with blood feud. "

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Zhang Guofeng really couldn't stand the appearance of these two people, so he simply found two oil lamps and lit them together. There were three lamps in a small room, and it suddenly became bright.

"The forces in Lantian County have broken through Guanzhong and reached Mianchi County?" Li Dingguo sat up straight, looking very humble.

Yun Zhao took a sip of tea and said: "Li Hongji lost control of Hucheng Mountain, so I assigned the power of Lantian County to Mianchi County in vain.I just don’t want him to plot against Guanzhong anymore. "

"Li Hongji is finished, there is no need for you to kill him to death. "

"I didn't kill him, I just didn't let him look to the west. Just let him go all the way to the east. "

Li Dingguo sighed and said: "Did you plant nails around Li Hongji?

Yun Zhao looked at Li Dingguo and said, "I also planted nails around Zhang Bingzhong." ”

“Whose side did you not plant nails in? "

Yun Zhao smiled and said: "I sleep on a big bed with a secret passage mechanism under it. Who do you think I will let go easily? ”