October, Pingzhou Yinling Village, Juyi Hall.

A small leader reported the harvest of the cottage to Rao Qiangfeng, "Dongling reclamation field is 1,200 hectares, 100 stones of grain are delivered, and 800 hectares of land in Nanzhai are handed over 60 stones...... A total of 5,300 stone of grain will be stored in the autumn this year."

Dong Haoyun interjected: "But according to the regulations set by the cottage, twenty percent will be levied. ”

The leader didn't dare to slack off, and said respectfully: "The military advisor has repeatedly warned us that we don't dare to go beyond the rules." ”

Dong Haoyun nodded and said, "I will send someone to check, if you find that you dare to fake the order of the cottage to collect more food from the people, you will not be spared." "When the summer grain was collected, someone cheated and was found out by Dong Haoyun, not to mention the beheading, there was a bloody lesson in front, and there were many rules for the collection of autumn grain.

When the leader retreated, Rao Qiangfeng smiled and said, "The military advisor is a little too harsh, and the brothers are suffering in the mountains with me, and they are too afraid of complaining. ”

Dong Haoyun said solemnly: "The king wants to live this life in the mountains? The rebellion of the Annan Tun army, the people of the world are suffering, and people's minds are changing, this is the opportunity to establish meritorious deeds. ”

Rao Qiangfeng has a headache, his military advisor is really capable, the cottage is thriving under his governance, there are more than 3,000 minions in the village, and there are more than 10,000 people who come to rely on the people around, secretly colluding with the government, and there is no need to worry about the encirclement and suppression of the government. Having said that, there are now 3,000 soldiers and horses in the cottage, and more than 10,000 people are dependent on the people, even the four state governments dare not act rashly, and the counties around Yinling Mountain are worried that they will go down the mountain to attack the city. In Dong Haoyun's words, make a fortune in silence and grow in secret.

"Military advisor, the situation of the Annan Righteous Army is not good", Rao Qiangfeng didn't want to argue with Dong Haoyun, so he diverted the topic.

Dong Haoyun was really diverted, and said with a beard: "Wu Yanhao left Panghua Mountain and went south to Lizhou, which has become the end of a strong crossbow, as for Liu Wei being defeated by the new Pingnan Marshal Zhu Yi, I estimate that he will soon lead the army to flee south, and this big change is about to end." ”

Rao Qiangfeng proposed: "The court is in a hurry at this time, why don't we take the opportunity to go out of Yinling Mountain to attack the city and plunder the land, echoing the Annan Righteous Army, what do the military advisors think?" ”

"No", Dong Haoyun shook his head firmly and said: "Yinling Mountain is dangerous, at the junction of Pingzhou, Fangzhou, Lingzhou, and Louzhou, which is a unique place. The imperial capital is only 500 miles away from here, and the soldiers and horses of the 16 guards in Beijing can arrive within five days, and the story of Yinling Village will be repeated again. ”

Rao Qiangfeng slapped the table hatefully, and the situation back then came to mind, how many brothers fell under the swords and guns of the official army, and what he never forgot about re-establishing Yinling Village was to avenge the brothers who died.

Dong Haoyun saw the painful look on Rao Qiangfeng's face, and knew that he remembered the past, so he comforted: "The king will stay for a while, and when the desert people go south, the court will take care of itself, and the sixteen guards in Beijing will be transferred to the northern line, and then the king will be able to go out of Yinling Mountain to dominate the world." ”

Rao Qiangfeng said: "It has only been three years since the Moren signed a peace treaty with the court, and they also need to recuperate, and it will take at least five or six years before they can move their troops south." After five or six years, Rao may no longer be able to wield an axe to avenge his brothers. ”

Dong Haoyun said: "The Great Khan of the Desert led the army to cross the Heluo Mountain and brought back hundreds of thousands of troops.

There are more than 100,000 people who control the strings, plus three years of interest, the strength has increased greatly, the rebellion of the Annan Tun army has greatly damaged the vitality of the court, and Liman will definitely not let go of this opportunity, I estimate that the desert people will go south in the spring next year. ”

Rao Qiangfeng was in good spirits, stood up and came to a hand-drawn map, and said: "Then we must step up our training, and after the desert people go south, they will go out of the mountain to take revenge and take Pingzhou Songtong Mansion directly." ”

This map was drawn by Dong Haoyun, so there is no need to look at the map, Dong Haoyun also knows the entire terrain, shook his head and objected: "The city of Songtong Mansion is strong and deep, and it is almost impossible to attack with 3,000 soldiers and horses, and Songtong Mansion is connected to Fuzhou, less than 400 miles away from the capital. ”

"Do you think you should go south to attack Louzhou or go west to attack Lingzhou?" Rao Qiangfeng looked at the map for a long time and asked.

Dong Haoyun stood up and came to Rao Qiangfeng's side, pointed to the map with his hand and said, "Here, Xishui County, Lingzhou." ”

Xishui County, Lingzhou, only fifty miles away from Lingzhou Jinyang Mansion, water and land transportation is very developed, to the west through the state of evolution, to the east into Pingzhou into Fuzhou to go to the capital, to the south is Louzhou, the Anhe outside the city leads directly to the Huanyang River, the family Lin family is from here to move to Yihu.

Rao Qiangfeng's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "The military advisor has taken a fancy to Fengji Cang. "Fengji Warehouse is one of the top ten granaries of Zheng State, which can store 600,000 stones of grain, and is located in the south of Xishui County, and the court has 1,000 soldiers and horses stationed to guard the grain depot.

"If you can take Fengji Cang in your hands, you can immediately recruit tens of thousands of horses, and with a little training, you can wave your army to seize Jinyang Mansion, and it will take time for the court to send soldiers and horses to rescue, and Lingzhou can be controlled in your hands at that time. Yihu Lin's family is in Lingzhou, hundreds of years of savings can be used as military funds, and the king has no shortage of money, food, soldiers and horses in his hands, and he can watch the changes in the world and advance and retreat freely. Dong Haoyun became excited, and his fingers slapped the map straight.

Rao Qiangfeng remembered something, and hesitated: "There is a scoop in the green forest in the northwest, speaking of which, Lingzhou is also his sphere of influence, let's enter Lingzhou, do you want to say hello to the Qin officials?" ”

Dong Haoyun said disappreciatively: "What a secret it is to seize Fengji Cang, how can you inform others in advance, if the news leaks and the government takes precautions in advance, wouldn't it be useless." Although the Qin officials are powerful, they are far away in Qizhou, and after the king captures Fengji Cang, he can send someone to contact him and let him go out of the mountain to help. The king has grain in his hands, so he doesn't have to worry about people, the king has seized the power of Fengji Cang, and the Qin officials can only live under the king when they come with the crowd. ”

Rao Qiangfeng stared at the map silently, and the four words that Dong Haoyun liked to say the most in his heart - Wang Tu hegemony, maybe he could really split the soil and achieve Wang Tu hegemony.

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November. The sound of hooves broke the tranquility of the mountain pass, and many people walked out of the house in the barking of dogs, greeting the visitors with a smile, Brother Xu, Brother Xu, and Uncle Xu, Xu Changhua slowed down the horse's hooves, and responded with a smile, and Xu Changhua, a senior official of Qin, returned to Woniu Pass for the New Year.

Since inquiring about Mr. Zhang's persuasion and repaying Jiang Anyi for saving his wife, Xu Changhua took his brothers out of the mountains and gradually ambushed the green forests of Qizhou, and then expanded his influence to Bingzhou, Qingzhou, and Jiangzhou, becoming the chief scoop of nearly 100 cottages. Becoming the chief scoop has become very busy, and Xuchanghua has been running around for most of the year, befriending, co-opting, persuading, and subduing copycat leaders everywhere.

Xu Changhua found that he liked this kind of life in the rivers and lakes very much, and his brothers

Mr. Zhang wrote to him that it would not be long before he would lead his brothers to fight on the battlefield, which was what he dreamed of. With Mr. Zhang's funding, the cottage does not have to worry about food, and after training, the brothers in the cottage are not weaker than the officers and soldiers, and the lord will be overjoyed to see this hidden team.

The horse's hooves stopped outside the bamboo fence courtyard wall, An Niang led her daughter Xu Zhurong and her youngest son Xu Zhuangfei to stand in front of the door with a smile, and the eldest son Xu Zhuangcheng next to him dismounted from the stirrup, ran to his mother, and shouted with a smile: "Mother, I'm back." ”

Xu Zhuangcheng is already fourteen years old, Xu Changhua has taken him with him since he was twelve years old, and all the heroes in the cottage know this young master, his daughter Xu Zhurong is ten years old, and Xu Zhuangfei is also seven years old. An Niang hugged her son and scolded: "Stinky boy, I haven't come back to see my mother for half a year, and I have grown again, taller than my mother." ”

Xu Zhurong and Xu Zhuangfei ran to their father, Xu Changhua smiled and took them into his arms, and said, "Dad brought you a lot of good things." Su Fei (third), take the things to the hall, Peng Yun (fifth), you go and scatter the gifts you brought to everyone, Liangfei (second), Shengqian (fourth) You arrange for the brothers to stay first, and come over for a drink later. ”

The family entered the house with a smile, and An Niang asked: "Xu Lang, you have been gone for more than half a year, this time you come back to rest at home, Zhu Rong and Zhuang Fei are always making a fuss about going outside to play, and you take them out for a good walk during the New Year, and my head has been noisy by them three times." ”

Xu Changhua took the tea handed over by his daughter, touched Zhu Rong's head with a smile, and said with a smile: "I came back this time, and I was going to take the whole family to Huazhou Huiye Mansion, Mr. Zhang wrote to let me go, if you want, you will settle down in Huiye Mansion in the future." ”

An Niang smiled happily: "Really, this girl Tong'er has written to me many times to ask me to go to Huiye Mansion, but she didn't have a fixed number of people who ran around by herself, so I didn't agree." Xu Lang, you went to Huiye Mansion, what should you do here in the cottage? ”

Xu Changhua put the tea bowl on the table and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang said that there are changes in the world, let me prepare for the situation and send you to Huiye Mansion, and I will have no worries." With Tong'er here, I just have three long and two short, and your mother and son don't have to worry. ”

An Niang's color changed, and she said sharply: "What did Xu Lang say, what is called three long and two short, Mr. Zhang didn't let you do anything dangerous, I will write to Tong'er and ask her to tell Jiang Anyi that Jiang Anyi saved the life of the concubine, and at most the concubine will return this life to him." ”

Xu Changhua touched the heads of the two children, comforted the frightened daughter, and said with a smile: "Anniang, where do you want to go, Mr. Zhang just asked her husband to be ready for the situation, you take the children to Huiye Mansion, there is no need for me to worry about Tong'er, I can respond with peace of mind." ”

An Niang knew her husband's temperament, and said sadly: "I heard that the Qianzhou Tun army rebelled, isn't it that Qizhou is also going to fight, Xu Lang, don't rebel, our family lives peacefully, I don't want you to have an accident." ”

Xu Changhua said with a smile: "An Niang, you know that being a husband is doing things for Mr. Zhang, and that is also selling for An Yi, how can you rebel." Mr. Zhang asked me to prepare for the opportunity to return to the court one day. Anniang, you have been wronged by marrying a husband, and your husband always has to earn a phoenix crown for you, and also seek a future for the children. ”

An Niang looked at the children around her, and her heart was confused for a while, and she didn't know how to persuade her.