Early in the morning of the second day, Han Ming and Zuo Di led the Black Flag Army out of Qiancheng and headed for Niutou Mountain, the largest gathering point of the nearby rebels.

Along the way, the barren land was littered with wreaks, and next to the occasional corpse, a few vultures and wild dogs wandered.

Han Ming followed Zuo Ming's side, and Kuang Yue and Liu Han followed closely behind Han Ming.

Along the way, seeing such a desolate and miserable scene, Han Ming was deeply touched, the most pitiful people in the troubled times were the people, they first suffered from natural disasters, and there was not a single grain in the crops, and then the officials were incompetent and suppressed by force, in order to survive, they could only go to the opposite side of the government.

Han Ming knew what Kuang Hua was thinking, which was why he decided to come alone. He's here to solve problems, not to get rid of them.

"Brother Zuo, I will stay at the foot of the mountain, first station the army, and don't rush to dispatch. Let me go up the mountain and try it first, and see if I can disperse the chaotic people on the mountain without using swords. ”

When Zuo Jian heard this, he was a little incredulous.

"Brother, the rebels are ignorant, if you hurt your brother, I can't explain it to Your Majesty. ”

Han Ming waved his hand, "It's okay, this group of people just wants to live, besides, it's still a little difficult for them to hurt me just because they want to." ”

Seeing that Han Ming had made up his mind, Zuo Di clenched his hands into fists.

"Don't say that my brother will solve this gang of chaotic people, just with this courage, brother, I admire, if you need manpower, you just ask. ”

"Then thank you Brother Zuo first. ”

Not long after, the army came to the foot of Niutou Mountain, and Han Ming first greeted Kuang Yue and Liu Han and told them what he thought. But as soon as Han Ming spoke, Kuang Yue immediately objected.

"I'm against it, you're going to die, the people on the mountain are rioters, they don't care who you are, and they have no reason to talk to them. ”

"My lord, I think so, I have been a bandit, and I know that if my lord falls into their hands, the consequences will be unimaginable. Liu Han also opened his mouth to persuade.

"I know what you think, but you all ignore the fact that most of these chaotic people are ordinary people, they have no way, they can't survive below, they can only fall into the grass, but even if they are bandits, their essence remains the same, if there is land to plant, there is food, they will not take this road. What I have to do now is to help them get back on the right path. Kuang Yue, isn't this exactly what your brother wants?"

"But ......" Kuang Yue originally wanted to say something, but she didn't know how to say it, she knew her brother better than Han Ming.

She also knew that at this time, her brother hoped that Han Ming could solve the problem by peaceful means, but she also didn't want Han Ming to put herself in danger.

Thinking of this, her heart was full of words, and she didn't know where to start.

Han Ming left at noon, out of the camp, one person and one horse ran to the mountain, Zuo Ming didn't have time to stop him, but received a letter from Kuang Yue, in which Han Ming asked Zuo to wait for him at the foot of the mountain, if there was no result after three days, it would not be too late to attack at that time, he reassured Zuo that he had the ability to ensure the safety of his life.

Han Ming rode his horse and walked halfway up the mountain, and was surrounded by a large number of people.

Han Ming came to sue for peace this time, and he didn't bring weapons, so he didn't resist, and let this group of people escort him up the mountain.

Came to the village on the mountain, this village should be the den of a certain bandit in the past, as soon as you enter the gate of the village, as far as the eye can see, the whole village is crowded with chaotic people.

As soon as these rioters saw Han Ming and saw the outfit on his body, they were excited, and immediately raised the sickle, hoe, stick, and pitchfork in their hands, and glared angrily, with the urge to go up and tear him apart.

When Han Ming saw this situation, he was not afraid, but felt a burst of sadness.

How ironic it is that these people, who were carrying things that were supposed to support themselves, are now raising weapons that are not weapons to harm others.

After passing through the walled field, I walked past a row of thatched houses, and I saw a slightly tall stone building, which was where the leader of the rebels lived.

The few people who escorted Han Ming handed Han Ming over to the slightly well-equipped guards at the door, and left after a few words of greeting.

Then Han Ming was escorted into the lobby, and there was a middle-aged man sitting in the hall, his face was not fierce, he should also be a person who had read some books.

Before Han Ming could speak, the middle-aged man spoke first.

"You're from the government?"

"That's right. ”

"You know what this place is, right?" the middle-aged man asked with interest.

Han Ming nodded. "Yes. ”

"Aren't you afraid of death?" the middle-aged man suddenly changed his face and said viciously.

Han Ming still looked calm and unmoved.

"I'm afraid. ”

"Haha, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that you dare to come and die?" said the middle-aged man with a smile.

Han Ming looked directly into the middle-aged man's eyes and said, "Of course I'm afraid of death, but I'm even more afraid that all the people on this mountain will die with me." ”

The middle-aged man heard Han Ming's words, squinted his eyes and said, "You dare to threaten me? ”

When Han Ming heard the middle-aged man's words, he chuckled, did not resist, and let the people escort him down.

Han Ming was escorted to a room, which was a cottage and there was no so-called prison, so he had to find a house to improvis.

When Han Ming heard that the middle-aged man was going to kill him just now, the reason why he didn't do it when he was detained was because Han Ming knew that what the middle-aged man said just now was to scare him.

He knew that if he had the intention to cut someone, he would not wait until tomorrow morning, he would definitely pull it down and cut it immediately, at least if it was Han Ming, he would definitely do it.

And this middle-aged man specially asked him to cut it tomorrow morning, probably because he had something else to say to Han Ming.

Thinking of this, Han Ming was not in a hurry, he found a place in the room and sat down, he had nothing to practice and practice, and it was also excellent to think about the exercises. In this way, Han Ming sat all afternoon.

In the night, Han Ming suddenly opened his eyes, and then blew vigorously with his hand to his mouth.

A few moments later, there was a few muffled noises outside the door, and then the door was quietly opened.

"How's the investigation going?" asked Han Ming, sitting on the ground and looking at the visitor.

Three black-clothed people came in, and the first one said: "Lord Bing, we have already understood the general situation of this cottage, this is the detailed situation." ”

After speaking, a man in black next to him handed Han Ming a piece of cloth and a pair of calligraphy.

"My lord, this is a map and a resource book, which records the basic situation of the entire cottage defense and materials. ”

"Well, well done, you guys go down, keep an eye on that middle-aged man, and report any movement at any time. ”

Everyone nodded, "No." ”

Yang Xu stayed. Han Ming said to the leading one.

Looking at the detailed map, the corners of Han Ming's mouth smiled faintly.

After separating from Kuang Yue, he divided the dark guard into two, but most of them were still by his side, these more than ten people, it was really good to do things, and the more Han Ming used his heart, the more he liked it.

After having a general understanding of the map and the situation in the cottage, Han Ming beckoned to Yang Xu.

"I have something to do with you, you ...... tomorrow"

Early in the morning of the second day, the middle-aged man came to the door with a bunch of people.

As soon as he came, he saw two guards lying at the door, the middle-aged man thought that Han Ming had run away, and hurriedly pushed the door in to look, but found that Han Ming was sitting steadily, without any movement, the middle-aged man was relieved when he saw people.

"You're pretty honest, for your sake, tell me, how do you want to die. ”

Han Ming heard the middle-aged man speak and opened his eyes.

"I think you may not have seen the situation clearly, your life is in my hands, and you actually asked me how to die?"

When the middle-aged man heard Han Ming's words, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Haha, joke, you are in my hands now, I think you are ...... to die"

Before he finished speaking, the middle-aged man's throat was choked by Han Ming.

However, Han Ming just pinched him, let him go, and then sat down in his place again.

At this point, the middle-aged man retreated into the crowd and looked at Han Ming in horror as if he had seen a ghost, and was about to call someone to go up and take Han Ming down.

Han Ming patted his sleeves, looking light and breezy.

"Don't you want to know what's going on on this mountain?"

The middle-aged man's hand stopped in mid-air as he was about to greet someone.

"Tomorrow, a large group of troops will rush up at the bottom of the mountain, and when the time comes, you are afraid that you will be razed to the ground, and I, you miscellaneous fish and rotten shrimp, are not my opponents, I can come if I want, and I can leave if I want. ”

The middle-aged man said stiffly: "No matter how powerful you are, can you kill everyone on my mountain by yourself?" want to scare me, besides, my place is stronger than an iron bucket, and even those officers and soldiers are looking for death when they come." ”

"Killing everyone, I can't do it myself, but killing you is as easy as pie. Also, you say it's like a bucket? Aha! Are you sure you're not lying to me?"

As he spoke, he took out a piece of cloth and threw it to the middle-aged man.

"Look for yourself, this picture, the army under the mountain, everyone has a copy. ”

It's okay not to look at it, but it's shocking to see it.

The more the middle-aged man looked at it, the more frightened he became, the topographic map of this cottage was even more elaborate than the one in his hand, what was contained in each place, what was it used for, all of them were carefully marked.

Looking at him, a cold sweat flowed down, if it was really as Han Ming said, everyone under the mountain had a copy, then this cottage was like stripping naked, and all of it would be exposed.

However, Han Ming was not finished, and then said, "You send someone to see the grain depot, the warehouse, and the armory." ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately sent someone down.

After a while, people came back and said that these curries were all showing a sign at the same time.

The sign reads, "Tomorrow the mountain will be closed, and those who descend will not be killed".

"This ...... This ......," the middle-aged man was speechless in surprise.

Seeing the bandit like this, Han Ming knew that the time had come.

"Don't look like I'm locked up by you, but in fact, I'm already coming and going here freely, you say, what are you threatening me?"

The man only reacted at this time, and said respectfully: "I don't know what the purpose of the adults is here? The villain has just offended the adults, and I hope the adults will not care. ”

Han Ming looked at him and smiled with satisfaction, it seemed that his thoughts were right, they were not some heinous people, they were just a little powerful, and they floated away, and now the situation had scared him.

"I came here to save you, if the officers and soldiers come up, then the people above will suffer a catastrophe, I know that your nature is not bad, so I want to help you. ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, his heart was overjoyed, and he knelt down and said, "Ask your lord to show you the way and save the people on the mountain." ”