The peasants respectfully followed Liren into the tent, and Liren generously instructed the guards: "Sit down for all fellow villagers." "Farmers have never been in such an occasion before, and they don't know what to do for a while.

Li Ren looked at them with a hearty smile, pulled an older one over, gently pressed him to his seat, and said, "You don't have to be rigid here, please feel free." ”

After the peasants sat down one after another, Li Ren asked kindly, "I wonder what you are doing in our army?" ”

"General, we have come to cheer for the general." The farmer, who had just been invited to his seat by Rihito, stood up and replied respectfully with his fists clenched.

Richin wondered how the peasants were cheering him on, so he turned to the old farmer and asked, "Oh! I wonder how you can cheer for our army? ”

"General! Don't look at us that we've never fought, but we all have a lot of strength. There are also many young men who can become generals at any time. Do you say it's a general? The old farmer said.

Li Ren saw that the old farmer was not simple, and asked him, "I don't know what this old man is called?" ”

The farmer said respectfully: "The grass people's surname is Ji, the name is Lou Xing, and the word is martial." ”

After hearing that the old farmer still had words, Li Ren immediately bowed to him: "Xiaosheng has seen Mr. Ji." ”

"Don't do that! Generals can't do that! The old farmer surnamed Ji hurriedly stepped forward to support Liren, not daring to let him bow to himself.

Liren got up and looked at the old farmer surnamed Ji and asked, "Why don't you dare to do this?" Xiaosheng is the last student, and it should be so. ”

"General, don't do this, listen to the old peasant. The old farmer's family was very wealthy when he was a child, and he only studied in the academy for two years, and because of his diligence and studiousness, his husband rewarded him with a word. However, after the family was defeated, he never went to the academy again. Therefore, the old peasant did not dare to be a general. The old farmer surnamed Ji looked at Liren sincerely and said.

Li Ren waved his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. must be in the academy earlier than my generation, and he should be a courtesy." But if Mr. shirks it like this, the little student will no longer be embarrassed. Looking at the old farmer surnamed Ji After saying this, he said to the old farmer: "What Mr. said moved Liren. But Liren panicked, this time mainly to deal with the officials and soldiers, afraid that the villagers would innocently hurt their lives for Liren's own selfishness. Don't dare to be Elimin! After speaking, Liren looked at everyone a little ashamed and gave a salute.

The peasants didn't know how to say it clearly, and then the old peasant surnamed Ji interjected: "General! I'm here not just for the sake of my husband, but for everyone's business. I wonder if the general wants to hear about it? ”

Li Ren was stunned, and he didn't know why the peasants dared to make the feat of killing the officers and soldiers, and he also wanted to know, so he nodded and motioned to the old farmer surnamed Ji to continue.

The old farmer surnamed Ji swallowed his saliva, and then said: "General, we were originally a farmer family around a radius of 10 miles from Yangjiazhuang, and we originally lived and worked in peace and contentment. However, since the passing of the official army a few days ago, the people in the villages have become miserable. Some of them also died for their daughters. So this time I came to cheer for the general, not for the sake of the general alone. ”

Li Ren had never heard of the official army having lost his fortune, so he looked at the old peasant surnamed Ji and asked, "Sir, don't the official army belong to the imperial court?" Isn't it for the protection of the population? Why is this happening? ”

"Phew!" The old peasant surnamed Ji said with disdain when he heard that the official army was to protect the people: "The general doesn't know anything, and I slowly inquired that the official army has an unwritten rule that if there is a shortage of food during the march, it can be collected on the spot." Now these officers and soldiers are even more excessive, not only collecting grain and grass from us, but also occupying the women in the village, and if you don't obey them, you will be killed on the spot on the charge of collaborating with the enemy, so many people in these villages have been ruined. These officers and soldiers not only robbed food and women, but also looted the valuable things and the little money left in the families. In the end, the families heard that this group of officials and soldiers came to fight Yangjiazhuang's attention, and everyone had long been unable to survive because of the previous incident, and then heard that the officials and soldiers were coming to attack the benefactors of the families in these ten miles and eight villages. So here we are. Saying that, the old farmer surnamed Ji took a sip of the tea ordered by Liren before he spoke again: "At the beginning, we saw too many officers and soldiers after we came, and there were still thieves together, so we didn't dare to act rashly." Just the day before yesterday, we saw that the general only brought 2,000 people to defeat the 20,000 army, everyone was very happy, not only the general avenged us, but also relieved the siege of Yangjiazhuang. ”

The simple peasants next to them also echoed at this time: "Yes, the general is really brave!" ”

Liren smiled embarrassedly: "You guys praise it." ”

At this time, the old farmer surnamed Ji said: "Originally, we were going back to the villages, but someone rushed back from Jizhou to say that General Xia had recruited 30,000 soldiers in Jizhou to come to fight, so we were afraid that the general would be very tired of running away from 20,000 people, so we decided to bring all 3,000 people to cheer for the general." ”

Hearing this, Liren was even more moved, and solemnly gave these farmers a deep salute and said: "You are fortunate, maybe you don't know something. My surname is Yang Liren, and I am the great-grandson of the old lady of Yangjiazhuang. I would like to thank you all for your generosity! After saying that, it was another salute.

The peasants hurriedly returned the salute, and the peasants surnamed Ji rushed to Liren's side to help him up and said ashamedly: "We really don't know that the general is actually the queen of Engong." I'm sorry to wait! Now I will listen to the general's orders, and if the general is unwilling, I will not be able to kneel here. After speaking, the farmer surnamed Ji took the lead and knelt on the ground, and all the farmers who came behind him followed the farmer surnamed Ji and knelt down.

Li Ren didn't know what to say, so he hurriedly helped him up one by one and agreed: "Since everyone is like this, then please listen to Li Ren's instructions." ”

"General, please command! If there is a disobedience, I will wait for five thunders to hit the sky! The peasants stood up and clenched their fists and swore aloud.

Li Ren looked at these simple villagers and immediately ordered: "Everyone! You first go to Zhang Hu's place to get weapons, and then you can only harass the officers and soldiers along the way, so that they cannot rest. But without my orders, you can't just contact the officers and soldiers. Can you do that? ”

"General, don't worry." The farmer surnamed Ji replied firmly.

Rihito nodded and said, "Very good!" In this way, I let Zhang Lei come with you, and he can guide you how to harass. What do you think? ”

The peasants looked at each other, nodded and said to Liren, "The general just needs to send it." ”