The red lady smiled: "It's nothing." Our sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes have traveled north and south since they were children, and in order to avoid being bullied, generally speaking, they have to join gangs. ”

Li Yan was stunned: "Jianghu Gang? I've never heard of this. ”

This is not surprising, Li Yan was born in an official family since he was a child, although he is well-read, he is not familiar with the tricks on the rivers and lakes. Because most of the people in the rivers and lakes are illiterate, even if they are literate, their culture is not high, and they can't write books, so everything on the rivers and lakes is passed on by word of mouth, not in books. For example, a craft or kung fu is demonstrated by the master to the apprentice, and then the apprentice follows it, and the master gives it to the master, and teaches it to the hand. There is no such thing as martial arts cheats.

If you can practice kung fu according to the book, it is like fighting a war according to the book, and it is absolutely impossible to talk about the army on paper.

Seeing that Li Yan was puzzled, the red lady came to her senses, and secretly thought that there was finally something you didn't understand, and if you don't show off, how can you be worthy of your knowledge over the years? So she danced and explained, which opened Li Yan's eyes and made him listen to it as if he was drunk.

In fact, the Jianghu Gang has been there for a long time, these Jianghu artists who are despised by righteous men and gentlemen, due to their low status, life is not easy, so for thousands of years, they have spontaneously organized themselves, formed sects, and increased their own strength.

The so-called outer eight gates are crooked and heretical and do not enter the right stream.

The Eight Gates, Thief, Gu, Machine, Piety, Lan, God, Red, and Suo Yes.

A thief is a thief, a Gu is poisoning, a machine is a mechanism, a pious door is a thousand doors, a thousand is a deception, an orchid is an orchid, and there are prostitutes inside the door. Red is a red handkerchief, which refers to the trick of blinding and circus illusion, which is the door of the red lady, and Suo is asking for life, which is the assassin.

Most of these eight doors are low-grade and have always been despised by people. The government has also banned them many times, so the people in these doors have studied a lot of code words to hide people's eyes and ears. For these, the red lady is naturally clear.

She told a story about the rivers and lakes, and Li Yan admired it very much: "The girl has rich experience and is convinced." Although these eight doors are mysterious, I don't think they are all bad people, and in each door, there seem to be characters who have been famous for centuries and have been famous for thousands of years. The red lady asked, "Is it?" ”

Li Yan thought for a while: "For example, in the thief's door, there is space. In the organ gate, there is Luban, and there is ...... in the thousand gate Dongfang Shuo, there is Liang Hongyu in the Orchid Gate, and there are more in the Assassin Gate, Zhuzhu, to leave, Jing Qi, they are all incredible characters, how can you say that the outer eight doors are the lower nine streams! ”

The red lady was very happy, she didn't know much about these people, but when she heard this little genius say this, it must be true.

Li Yan replied to the preface: "When you join the gang, do you know about military affairs?" ”

The red lady shook her head: "Of course not, it's just that for many years, these gangs on the rivers and lakes have been suppressed by the government and often fought with the official army, so many people in the gang have talents in this area." In order to prevent the gang from being exterminated by the official army, these people often read military books and taught them to their apprentices, and my father learned some military art from my grandfather and passed it on to me. Therefore, when I manage the troupe, I always use the art of war to restrain them. ”

Li Yan sighed and said, "I see, you can be called Xiang Liang in the second life." ”

Xiang Liang, the uncle of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu who destroyed Qin in history, was the son of Xiang Yan, the general of Chu, and when he fled to the countryside, he restrained the villagers with the art of war, which was very appropriate. That's why Li Yan said so.

The red lady was very proud: "Wait until the war starts again, and let you see the methods of our women's army." Li Yan laughed: "It depends on whether they can draw the bow and hold the knife." The red lady wanted to say something domineering, but she frowned and thought about it, but she didn't say it.

Li Yan looked at her and suddenly asked, "You pulled up this women's army, and you also want to rebel?" ”

The red lady pouted: "What?" Only you men are allowed to be beautiful, but we women are not allowed to have long faces? Li Yan smiled: "How can you mean that, I just don't understand, why do you want to do this." The red lady tilted her face, stared at her and asked with a smile: "What about you?" Why do you want to rebel too? As far as I know, you and these Qin soldiers are not all the way. ”

Li Yan's smile froze: "Yes, until now, I can't remember who I am." ”

The red lady felt a little sour in her heart, this poor child couldn't even remember his parents and relatives, and she was even more bitter than herself, so she had to comfort him: "Don't be sad, you will definitely remember." Li Yan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Even if I think about it, I will rebel." It's better not to know your background. ”

The red lady asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Li Yan sighed: "I don't know who my parents are, so I don't want them to be affected." The red lady said: "So whether you rebel or not, it has nothing to do with your parents at all." Li Yan nodded: "Exactly, this world is too unfair, so I want to rebel, even if I remember everything, I still want to rebel." If it succeeds, it will give the people of the world a fair world, and if it fails, die for the ideal and die a well-deserved death. ”

The red lady said: "This is your true words?" ”

Li Yan paced: "Now that I'm a thief, what's the use of saying such things." There is no regret medicine to buy in the world, and I have already embarked on a road of no return, so I don't want you to come up too. ”

The red lady glanced at him: "I saved you, the red family class has already been on the wanted warrant of the government." If you don't rebel, what else can you do? ”

Li Yan said: "You can be incognito so that the government can't find you." The red lady snorted: "Do you want to hide for the rest of your life?" It's better to die on the battlefield. Li Yan shook his head lightly: "It is a man's sin to let a woman die on the battlefield." The red lady snorted: "This is my own choice, and it has nothing to do with men." Li Yan sighed lightly: "Okay, I know, the girl is not an ordinary woman." Maybe in the future history books, there will be a page that belongs to you. ”

The red lady stood up: "I don't care about leaving a name in history, I only care about this life and this life, and I can get what I want." With that, she took her leave and went out.

Li Yan stood there stunned, looking at the back of the red lady, until she disappeared, and did not retract his gaze. At this time, a person hurriedly walked in outside the door, it was Li Kang, he came to Li Yan, and he was not polite, and asked on the spot: "Brother, I have something to ask you." Li Yan invited him to sit down and sat beside him: "What's the matter with the eldest brother?" ”

Li Dare said: "Brother, we reoccupied Huayin, defeated the Ming army, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted, why don't we take advantage of the situation to attack and take a few more county seats." ”

Li Yan smiled: "Because there are too few of us." Moreover, if Huayin is lost, the surrounding counties will inevitably strengthen their vigilance, which is not so easy to fight. Li dared to say: "Then at least one more county town must be taken, as a horn momentum, there will be an echo, just like there was Tongguan before." Li Yan smiled slightly: "Big brother is right, but at the moment, our troops are insufficient, and we can't recruit many soldiers in Huayin City." Now we only have nearly 2,000 men under our command, and it is a little difficult to defend the city, so how can we attack? Once the nest is poured out, if Huayin is lost, we will have no place to occupy it. ”

Li Dang frowned and thought for a while: "Brother is right, but I just received a report from the scout, saying that among the surrounding counties of Baishui, Hancheng, Pucheng, Heyang, etc., Pucheng has the least defenders, only a few hundred, and it seems that most of them are village warriors, and they have not undergone much training. We might as well sneak attack Pucheng, and after we succeed, quickly recruit troops and horses, pack up money and food, and increase our strength. ”

Li Yan got up and walked a few steps, and said to himself: "Pucheng is less than a hundred miles away from Huayin, and it is very sure that it is very good to run at night. Li dared to say: "Yes, if we just stay in the small Huayin, and wait until the Ming army in Shanxi comes back, there will be more than one luck." Li Yan stopped and suddenly asked: "Zhang Xianzhong, this person, has a good relationship with you, right?" ”

Li Dang didn't know why his brother suddenly asked this, and replied: "Exactly, we met in prison, and later took refuge together, which can be said to be friends of life and death." ”

Li Yan said: "Later, you went to hunt down Sun Chuanting, and Zhang Xianzhong followed, but he left halfway, didn't you?" Li Dang nodded: "I sincerely ask him to stay and fight the country together, but he seems to have made up his mind." Li Yan sneered: "This person is very thoughtful, and he is very ambitious, so it is impossible for him to stay in the Qin army and send people under the fence." ”