After crossing the river, Li Zicheng had already used the people in the old camp as a scout to collect all kinds of news. So the specific location of Gao Yingxiang was quickly determined. But now for the rebels, the top priority is to replenish food supplies.

After all, they have been blocked by the Yellow River for a long time, and a lot of food is consumed. If you don't have supplies, it's hard to hold the team. You must know that most of the rebels are people who can't survive, and once they run out of food, the fear of hunger of the rebel soldiers will crush them!

The people from the old camp brought back a lot of information about the surrounding area, so Li Zicheng chose a route to meet Gao Yingxiang after careful consideration. There are just three county towns on the route: Mianchi, Lushi and Yinyang. As long as they are knocked down, they can not only replenish the lost materials, but also replenish the manpower.

Although most of the members of the rebel army were poor people, their unplanned movement and destruction were also very destructive to the economy and stability of various places.

Although these rebels will also help the people and victims, they are more likely to take away all the local food and materials. The local people lost all their food and supplies, so they were left to follow the rebels. Otherwise, they will also face the possibility of starving to death. And if you follow the rebels, maybe there is still a way to live!

And even if they didn't die of starvation, the officers and soldiers behind the rebels might not be willing to let them go!

The rebels have already passed, but you are still alive, so maybe you are the thieves of the Insiders! It would be better if you could spend money to avoid disasters, at least you and your family can survive. If you meet a ruthless Ming army general, maybe you will directly cut off your head to repay your merits!

So that's why every time the rebels fight, their ranks will be expanded. Because they have driven the local population, men, women, and children, to the point of despair. had to follow the rebels. So the ranks of the rebels grew very quickly. But the damage to the local economy is also enormous.

The rebel soldiers who collected intelligence clearly told Li Zicheng that the nearest county town of Michichi was defenseless at all! They thought that the rebels were separated from them by the Yellow River and could not appear here. So it's easy to overcome

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Li Zicheng immediately decided to take the county seat of Mianchi and rest for two days. Because the siege ability was too poor, Li Zicheng chose to use spies to capture the city gate.

Because Niu Bajin's father and son discovered the freezing of the Yellow River, Li Zicheng was very grateful to their father and son. Therefore, Li Zicheng specially named Niu Bajin and his son to lead the team into the city, and then seize the city gate.

Niu Bajin naturally nodded in agreement. Because it seemed to him that it would be too easy to take an unsuspecting city!

Niu Bajin led dozens of people under him and began to prepare to sneak into the city. Dozens of people under his command knew that it was their father and son who found out about the freezing of the Yellow River, so they were very grateful to them. So I listened to the fiddling of two people.

Niu Bajin picked up some things in the camp and disguised some of the people as a caravan. Most of the rebels were poor, so they wanted to take everything they could with them. This makes it a lot easier for Niu Bajin to find something.

Several large carts were ready, and several bags of sand and dirt were loaded on them, and various weapons were hidden underneath. Put a few more bags of grain on the outside. Such a grain caravan appeared. As for the others, they disguised themselves as other people, and they mixed in piecemeal.

The convoy slowly approached the county seat of Mianchi, and the people in the team began to get a little nervous. This can be seen by Niu Bajin. He shouted to everyone, "There's nothing to be nervous about! Don't you know what the officers and soldiers are like? It's okay for them to bully the common people, but when there is a war, they will shrink their eggs! ”

Niu Bajin's words caused a burst of laughter in the team. This relieved everyone's tension a lot.

The convoy slowly approached the county seat of Mianchi, and there were already sporadic pedestrians walking on the road. But everyone was in a hurry. Seeing a caravan on the road, many people consciously got closer. It seems that the area around Michi County is not so peaceful.

After approaching the gate of Shengmichi County, Niu Bajin lowered his eyelids and looked at the situation near the city gate. The situation looks bad! Or for Niu Bajin, they are very good!

There were only four soldiers standing guard at the gates. The four of them were blown by the strong wind, and their whole bodies were huddled together.

The spear was also only caged diagonally in his arms. Even when they saw a caravan approaching the gate, the four of them looked indifferent. As for the city, there is no one to see!

The convoy reached the city gate, and one of the soldiers came out of the door. When he came out, he did not hold the spear in his hand, but put his hands together and tucked the spear under his armpit.

The soldier asked weakly, "Where are you from?" What for? ”

Niu Bajin immediately greeted him with a smile on his face and said, "This military master, we are selling grain. It's getting late today, so I'm going to stay in the prefecture for one night. ”

The soldier of the People's Army looked Niu Bajin up and down, but did not find any flaws. He looked at the cars behind him and said casually, "I want to check!" ”

Niu Bajin bent down and approached the Ming soldiers, took out a small string of copper coins from his sleeve and stuffed them into the soldiers' arms. Niu Bajin said in a low voice: "Master Jun, if you want to see which bag, tell me, and I'll take it down for you." Small business, don't poke with a gun! ”

When the Ming soldier found that a string of copper coins was stuffed in his arms, his face had changed, and his face was smiling.

Niu Bajin knows these Ming soldiers who guard the door too well. These Ming soldiers didn't have any rights, so they could collect an entrance fee, a poll tax or something. If they meet someone powerful, they don't dare to mess with it. But when they meet people who have no power, they are afraid that they will do anything.

If you don't take care of them, they will be able to poke a few holes in the food bags in your car in the name of inspection, and let your food spill down! So the ox eight catties on the road gave him a string of copper coins,

The power of this string of copper coins is really not small! The Ming soldier immediately smiled and motioned for them to go directly into the city, and he hurriedly began to tie the rope of copper coins, and even the matter of inspecting the convoy was exempted.

As for the three soldiers, when they saw the convoy being cleared, of course they understood what was going on. also came over with a smile on his face and shared the dirt with his companions. They didn't even care when the grain cart passed them into the city. This discovery made Niu Bajin very satisfied! After all, if the opponent is lax, the hope of taking the city by himself is greater!