In fact, the reason why Liu Yu set the target in Xuzhou, not only because this is the material transfer hub of the capital office, the most important thing is that it is only one step away from Jingdong, in the original division of the Great Song Dynasty, Xuzhou was under the jurisdiction of Jingxi Road, and the self-retained town went north along the Nanqing River, which was the Jining Mansion set up by the Yuan people, and it can be said that the door of Zhongshu Province has been opened. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, for Li Tingzhi and Zhang Shijie, it is still unimaginable to march into Shandong and directly attack the capital, and it is already the biggest limit to be able to take Bianliang and restore the Central Plains, the reason is very simple, logistics is the main factor, followed by the people's hearts, although the march is very smooth, but that is because Henan is extremely empty, to say that the people, especially the squires, will be hearted to the Great Song Dynasty? I'm afraid that even they won't believe it.

Not to mention, the operation in the first year of Duanping, the Song people even recovered Sanjing, including Bianliang, but the final result not only did not hold an inch of land, but the nearly 100,000 elites who were finally gathered were all lost in the barren Central Plains.

But after all, it is the national capital, after more than 40 years of recuperation, Henan has once again become the most important food producing area of the Yuan people, otherwise it will not be able to support such a big war, what should be done afterwards, Liu Yu is not a fairy, where can he expect to be so far, the only thing he can do is to help Li Zhang and the two consolidate the first line of Xuzhou, that is, to set off a storm in Jingdong.

He believed that Jingdong, the vast area at the core of the Yuan people's rule, was like the soft belly of a huge beast, and no matter what the level of blow, it would hurt to the bone marrow.

After the Li Pu Rebellion in the Zhongtong period, in order to further strengthen the rule of this chaotic land, in addition to further subdividing the original Shandong roads, the Yuan people also set up a special Shandong East and West Road Propaganda Division on it, after more than ten years of high-pressure rule, at least on the surface, suppressed the chaotic situation of bandits in the jurisdiction, Rao is so, because there are many chaotic factors here, even if the army of the country goes south, the Yuan people do not dare to relax their vigilance here, whether it is Yidu, Jinan has a garrison of no less than 10,000 people, and all of them are not locals.

Eight hundred miles of Yimeng Mountain, almost is the dividing line between Zhongshu Province and Henan Province, here the mountains are high and dense, in later generations is a famous old revolutionary area, known as the 36 peaks, 72 Gu, the most famous, is the liberation war in the Kuomintang reorganized the 74th Division of the destruction of the place...... Meng Lianggu.

More than 700 years ago, it was also a gathering place for heroes in the green forest, with countless horses, bandits, and bandits from all walks of life, no matter how the owners of this land changed from Song to Jin and then to Yuan, there was not much to do with them, and in troubled times, it was even more so.

Baoqingu is located in the depths of Mengshan Mountain, if there is no familiar mountain people to guide the way, it is not easy to find it, but on a certain day in the first month of the second year of Deyou, the originally quiet mountain forest suddenly became lively, and wave after wave of people were continuously received from outside the mountain, crowding a small village on the mountainside.

At the gate of the wall, a few men with cloth jackets, wearing jackets, wrapped in cloth on their heads, along the winding stone steps and paths, after a few turns, the front suddenly opened up, a very tight wall gate suddenly appeared in front of you, at this time the village door was wide open, there were a few people standing at the door, the leader looked quite old, but the body bones were still tough, in the cold, he actually only wore a single clothes.

"Old man Zheng, how can you always be here to greet you, where can you afford it." Several men hurriedly stepped forward and competed to greet him.

"The head of the house is laughing, he is a guest from afar, and if he can come, he will sell the old man a face, take a few more steps, what is tight, please come inside."

Zheng Deyan hugged his fists and saluted back, stretched out his hand to let the person inside, and not far from entering, he could hear a loud noise, in a hall separated by a natural stone cave, countless men in this kind of dress were pushing glasses and changing lamps, and the sound of wine, laughter, and even abuse was endless.

It's just strange that a tiger skin chair in the middle of the hall is empty, and these rough-looking men, although they are not afraid to laugh on the surface, are actually secretly inquiring and exchanging news through various means, after all, this type of gathering is never for eating and drinking.

"Old man Zheng has been silent and hidden for many years, and he is still dead, why did he suddenly come out like this?"

"But no, now that the Yuan people are in charge, all the checkpoints are guarded like iron barrels, and seeing that the mountains are about to run out of food, there is wine and meat here, so unhappy."

"Li Mazi, you know how to eat, you don't know when your head falls off."

"And you know a guy?"

"Have you heard, many grain teams in Shandong have been robbed recently, and the Yuan people are searching everywhere, do you say it is ......" The person who spoke was mysterious, holding a large stoneware bowl in his hand, the wine in it was turbid, and it smelled like a grain of food.

"You mean, these deeds are the beginning and end of Old Man Zheng?"

"I didn't say that, no matter who he is, dare to break ground on the head of the Yuan people, Lao Tzu just one word...... Wear. ”

"That's true, but why does the post say 'Red Lady'? What's the way this comes from? No one answered him, because in the aisle in the hall, a few men who had just entered the village were passing through the hall under the leadership of Zheng Deyan, which immediately caused a commotion.

"My mother, alas, isn't that Chen Erpole from Langyu Mountain? He actually came in person. "There are people who know each other and call out the other party's way of coming from in one mouth, and the man at the head is not hypocritical, he greets the people he knows while walking, finds a vacant seat and sits down, and then you come and go.

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This continued until a group of men in fur coats and felt hats entered the hall, and they went straight to an empty table at the very front of the hall, where several people took off their hats and suddenly revealed their true colors, and there was not a single person with their hair tied here.

Hu people! The arrival of these people made the hall appear a short silence, although everyone was on the road, but there were some simple nationalist thoughts, the reason why they gathered in the mountains and forests, it was not that they couldn't survive, most of them were due to the oppression of the government, including the Mongols, and seeing a group of foreigners coming, they suddenly became a little cold.

However, Zheng Deyan, who was in charge of the reception and hosting, didn't seem to care, and still greeted the heroes with a smile on his face, until the hall was full, and everyone had drunk several rounds before ordering someone to light a pine oil torch, and everyone found that the sky outside had darkened.

"Old Man Zheng, what kind of charter is it to call everyone here, if it's just eating and drinking, I'll wait here to bargain and spare a few more days, how about it?"

"When the guest comes to the door, the old man can't ask for it, but your belly, Xiaozhai is only afraid that it can't be tolerated, Li Da is a little quiet, what are the regulations, I have to be present to be able to say, the old man is a person who has most of his body in the ground, how can he be more and more blistered?"

This sentence suddenly set off a discussion in the hall, who in the green forest does not know the experience of this old man who started the army back then, his old master was once a figure in this land, but unfortunately it was jealous of the Yuan people, and he died in a disaster more than ten years ago, and now it has been so long, where is there another master?

However, seeing his smile and silent expression, no one continued to ask, no matter what happened later, it was not as important as having wine to drink and meat to eat at the moment, but this time, everyone had something on their minds, and they all lowered their voices, and there was no more noise before.

"The big boss is back to the village!" Fortunately, they didn't wait too long, and with a loud voice, it sounded from the foot of the mountain, and everyone knew that this was the arrival of the main master.

After a while, a red shadow with a cold wind swept into the hall, the steps of the people who came were extremely fast, and when the group of heroes in the hall put down the bowl and wanted to take a look, the people had already arrived under the tiger seat, and the figure was not tall from the back, and it was even a little short among these northern men, he threw a cloth package to Zheng Deyan, and his hand suddenly raised, and his body turned half a circle with the cloak behind him, and the front of the whole person appeared in the eyes of everyone.

This look suddenly made everyone look straight, only to see that the person who came was wearing a red jacket, the bright and shiny Shanwen armor was tightened by a belt, and a slender waist was tied, the scarlet cloak was tied into a hero knot on the chest, a black hair was tied into a bun, and the beautiful and exquisite face exuded a light that did not belong to the mortal world, and the corners of the delicate mouth were gently raised, with a hint of a smile, which made these men heartbeat.

And the pair of big eyes that looked forward to the bright light, as if they could speak, swept over the bodies of everyone in the hall, and no one even dared to look at them, and when a pleasant voice sounded, everyone realized that the person who came was actually a woman.

"You heroes can take the time to come, I am very honored to be here, I am here to meet with everyone, a certain surname is Jin, and the person who gives the name 'Red Lady' is."

Obviously a delicate little lady, dressed in military uniform, this kind of example is not unprecedented, more than ten years ago when the Red Jacket Army rose, there was such a woman, and in these green forests here, there were many people who participated in it back then, but what they didn't expect was that they could see one again today, everyone in the hall was speechless for her demeanor, and no one answered for a while.

"Let you wait for a long time, it's all a certain fault, according to the rules, you should punish yourself."

With that, she took out a large stoneware bowl from a plate brought by one of her subordinates, and poured it down with her head up, and in less than a moment, she drank the full bowl to the point of not dripping.

The pheasant slave didn't care about putting the empty bowl on the plate, and picked up another bowl without saying a word: "This bowl, a certain hero, not afraid of hardships and dangers, has been dealing with the Tartar for a long time." ”

The second bowl of wine was still poured into her mouth without a drop, and before everyone could react, she picked up the third bowl: "This third bowl is to thank you for braving the wind and snow to go to today's meeting." ”

Three bowls into her throat, she put the bowl upside down in her hand and showed it to everyone, the blush on her face made her whole person like a beating flame, this pride immediately convinced everyone's hearts, even the old man Zheng on the side, also frequently bowed his head.

"Good!" I don't know which one reacted first, and took the lead in cheering, and everyone woke up like a dream, and they all cheered.

You must know that the wine made from this kind of grain is by no means an ordinary fruit wine, it is not easy for a man to even make three bowls, not to mention such a pretty little lady, the most eaten by people in the green forest is this set, in their minds, probably only the bright and moving figure of the flame in front of them is worthy of the title of "red lady".

"You must be wondering why you came here. Don't hide it from everyone, the reason why I am late is because of a deal. ”

The pheasant slave's words suddenly whetted everyone's appetite, and for them, the bandits who occupy the mountains and rob houses, of course, they know what the so-called 'business' means.

"What kind of business, can the owner explain clearly?" No matter how good the wine and meat are, it can't compare to the real business, under the high pressure of the Yuan people, many of them haven't opened for a long time, otherwise how can a post be recruited.

"Big deal." The pheasant slave wiped the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand, and suppressed the dizziness in his mind: "A few days ago, the Yuan people were collecting husbands and grain everywhere in Shandong Zhulu, everyone knows it, and everyone knows where these people and grain are sent." ”

"Listen to the master, all those grain were robbed, all of them were done by you?" What is Grain? It is a hard currency that is more stable than gold and silver, and what the Yuan people levied was military rations, and the amount was not small.

"Well, you have a part of the wine you drink."

Seeing that she admitted calmly without pause, everyone immediately understood, but they understood that the Yuan people had lost such a large amount of grain, how could they be indifferent, and then they were afraid that the army would enter the mountain, and in this case, they were openly recruited to come, so that there was no need to say.

"Scared?" Of course, the pheasant slave knew what was going on in their hearts, and the contempt in their eyes was undisguised.

"The boss asked me to wait, what kind of charter is it, you might as well say it bluntly."

"As I said, it's a big deal, but it's not about the grain." She walked slowly along the aisle as if no one was around: "How many soldiers and horses the Yuan people have in Shandong, you all know in your hearts, if it really comes one day, even if we join forces, it will not work." ”

"But now, they are afraid that they are too busy to take care of themselves, but it is a good opportunity for us to wait, it depends on whether the heroes have the courage to make this deal."

"What do you mean by that?"

"The army of the Yuan people has gone south a few months ago, and now they are all trapped in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, so they will collect and distribute grain everywhere in Shandong, but now that the grain is lost, does the army in front still have the strength to fight?"

The Yuan people's conquest of the Song people is a matter that has nothing to do with them in the minds of these people in the hall, but since she said it, there will definitely be some reason, and everyone watched intently as her figure moved slowly, from the front of the hall to the entrance of the cave, and then turned back.

"Just a month ago, the Yuan people suffered a big defeat on the edge of Huaishui, even their commander was captured, the Song people took advantage of the situation to march, the momentum was like a bamboo, the day before yesterday got the news, they have captured Xuzhou, you say, is this a good opportunity?"

"Really?" This news made a group of people look at each other, and they had the impression that it was a country that had been defeated repeatedly, but they were afraid that even they would not be able to defeat the rabble, and for a while, where would they believe it.

"It's really not true, I said it doesn't count, Xuzhou is farther away, Haizhou is near the left, if you have time, you might as well send someone to see it yourself, there is already the wind down."

At this time, everyone believed a few percent, because it was indeed as the pheasant slave said, Haizhou was only a day's journey away from Yizhou, where they were located, and if it had become the land of Song, at least the success of this victory would not need to be doubted.

"But I don't know what the head of the house is going to do?" A man arched his hand at him.

"It's what we're supposed to do." The pheasant slave corrected his statement: "The Yuan people don't know the news yet, according to my meaning, after you go back, you can contact all around, waiting for the opportunity to move, we can't be thieves for a lifetime, as long as we can see the opportunity, take one or two states and counties, self-reliance, or obedience, it is a great merit, such a deal, is it more interesting?" ”

There was silence in the hall again, it is impossible to say that there is no idea, after all, no matter how good it is to rob the house, it is not as good as the income of a city, but when I think of the Yuanren forces, these bandits who are used to hiding and hiding, they will beat the drum in their hearts, they are not the masters of the economic system, they really have to show the pole, in case no one responds, wouldn't it be sent food into the tiger's mouth.

"Today's meeting is to let everyone make an oath, agree on a righteous day, if you violate the oath, the heroes will be discussed, heaven and earth will not be tolerated, I believe you are all heroes, will not be willing to be under the nose of the Tartars, bow down to be a slave."

These people come from all over the place, almost all over the road in Shandong, in Liu Yu's plan, I don't expect them to achieve much success, as long as they can stir up the restlessness of the place, the Yuan people are tired of running is enough, their biggest ability is to fight if they can fight, and if they can't fight, they can run, and those who can survive are all good at this, otherwise why should the pheasant slave spend so many words, this is what she is not good at.

The analysis of the pheasant slave is reasonable, if everything is as she said, this is really a good opportunity, the garrison of the Yuan people in Shandong is mainly concentrated in Yidu, Jinan and other places, most of the places are actually very empty, this, as the head of the snake, they naturally know that if they can really do things together, they may not be able to cope with those tens of thousands of horses.

In order to relieve their hesitation, the pheasant slave added another insurance to them: "Since the matter started because of me, I will take a few places here, and the two cities of Yidu and Jinan belong to me, do you have any objections?" ”

"The righteousness of the family, how can we not want to wait." As soon as they saw that the only hard bone was gone, everyone immediately became ready to move, and if there was a cheap one, they would not be a bandit.

"According to what the boss said, everyone made an oath and agreed to raise troops together."

"Damn, it's going to be this day."

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Old Man Zheng looked at the pretty and upright figure, and his heart was full of emotion, originally he planned to sell an old face in case it didn't make sense, but now it seems that this girl who is only fifteen years old has grown up far faster than he imagined.

Thinking of this, his heart moved, and he untied the package that the pheasant slave threw to him, but it was a ball-shaped thing inside, and it fell to the ground with a 'goo', and rolled down the aisle to the center of the hall, and the pheasant slave stretched out his foot and flicked the ball with the tip of his boot, and suddenly revealed a miserable white face.

"Ahh Several people in the nearby stockade immediately recognized the identity of this head, who was the chief official of the Yuan people in Yizhou City.

Doctor Bong, Yizhou Governor Higashino Rong!