Wuqing County, Huangzhou, Zhangzhuang.

The owner of the village was not at home, and the family went to Pingshan Town, Texas for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Zhang Fu, the housekeeper of the village. The news of the arrival of the Heavenly Army has already come, Wuqing County sent a government official to inform Zhang Fu to transport the grain into the city, Zhang Fu calculated that the grain into the city is a sheep into the tiger's mouth, rather than cheapening the government to help the villagers, the uncle will not blame himself after he comes back. Sanhei is going to go forty percent of the grain, Zhang Fu knows that Sanhei has contact with the people of Fuhu Village, Fuhu Village is a dog raised by the uncle, this year is not peaceful, it is a good thing to have a dog to take care of the home.

Under the care of Li Mingfeng, Fuhu Village has grown rapidly in the past two years, from a mountain of dozens of people to a team of more than 300 people, Shu Yongjie, the owner of the village, is full of energy, and often wants to take his brothers out majestic, but Uncle Zhang asked him to forbear, this is to endure until when, this is always nested in the mountains brocade clothes at night and more aggrieved panic.

Five days ago, a visitor came to the cottage and brought a letter from Rao Qiangfeng, the general of the court, asking him to go down the mountain and join the gang, let him be a general, and promise to make up 2,000 men and horses for him. Shu Yongjie was excited, since the uprising, the Heavenly Army first seized Fengjicang in Lingzhou, and then moved to Fangzhou, defeating 20,000 pursuing soldiers in the court, and the momentum was greatly boosted, and the soldiers and horses grew to 60,000, known as the Heavenly Army; The court sent Shen Guogong to lead the army to clear up, and the army of the sky quickly went south and entered Huangzhou, and the government of Huangzhou stuck to the city and did not dare to fight.

A few days ago, the Heavenly Army swaggered through Ningchuan Mansion in Huangzhou, and the four gates of Ningchuan Mansion were closed, and no one even made a sound when someone peed into the moat. Shu Yongjie knew that rebellion was risky, and he needed to be cautious from adversity, not to mention that Shen Guogong issued a placation announcement, allowing the heroes of the green forest to join the court and serve the country.

Therefore, Shu Yongjie replied to the messenger of the Heavenly Army that he would think about it for two days, and on the one hand, he would place people in the village to rest, and on the other hand, he would send people down the mountain to find Hei Ye and ask him to ask Uncle Zhang about his plans. But unfortunately, Zhang Ye went to Pingshan Town, Texas, and Hei Ye actually followed, and there was no contact between Shanzhai and Zhang Zhuang.

Two days later, Rao Qiangfeng's messenger came to the Juyi Hall again, this time his attitude became tougher, and directly told Shu Yongjie that the Heavenly Army was going to pass through Wuqing County, and if Shu Yongjie did not participate in the Heavenly Army, then he would be ready to die. After passing through Huangzhou Ningchuan Mansion, the army did not continue to go south, but turned back to the east, and the direction from which it came was Wuqing County, Shu Yongjie sent people to inquire, and the cottages along the way were either surrendered or destroyed, and then fled into the mountains to hide.

After thinking about it, Shu Yongjie agreed to defect to the Qiutian army, and took more than 300 brothers in the village down the mountain to greet the general Qiutian. After seeing General Rao, General Rao did not break his promise, and sure enough, he was named General Wuqing, and more than 1,000 soldiers and horses were assigned to him, and Shu Yongjie had 2,000 men and horses under his command, although most of these soldiers and horses were people who were coerced.

Military advisor Dong Haoyun sent Shu Yongjie to seize Wuqing County first, Panling Fuhu Village is very close to Wuqing County, Shu Yongjie often puts on makeup to visit Qinglou and restaurant in Wuyuan County, this kid is quite careful, every time he comes, he will pay attention to check the situation of the four cities and the city wall in Wuqing County, and he is always ready to lead the minions down the mountain to capture the county seat one day, but he didn't expect him to catch up.

There is a vacant land not far from the west city gate of Wuqing County, many poor people settle down in this vacant land, some people artificially save a few wooden planks to put their homes under the city wall, and over time they will dig out the large and small holes in the city wall, there is nothing wrong with the city wall from the outside, in fact, this place has been hollowed out nearly half. Shu Yongjie asked the others to pretend to attack the four gates to attract the attention of the defenders at the head of the city, and he took five hundred men with hoes to dig the city wall, and dug out the hole in less than an hour, and the county seat of Wuqing was breached.

Rao Qiangfeng's army arrived, and heard that Wuqing County had broken the great joy, and added a thousand men to Shu Yongjie, this time there were two hundred light horsemen in their hands, and the equipment was obviously different, obviously the elite of the Heavenly Army. In the troubled times, there are people, food, and equipment to be kings, Shu Yongjie is satisfied, and there is no mistake in the move of returning to the heavenly army.

Before the southern crossing of the Heavenly Army, Zhang Zhicheng, the assassin of Huangzhou, ordered the strong wall to clear the wilderness,

The food that the Heavenly Army received in Huangzhou was extremely limited, and the army had nearly doubled from 40,000 people, and the food was almost out of food.

There is not much grain in Wuqing County, so the general Rao Qiangfeng and the military advisor Dong Haoyun brought Shu Yongjie, the head snake, and asked him where to find food. Shengmi en's grudge, Li Mingfeng's former grace has become Shu Yongjie's demon, since he has rebelled with the Heavenly Army, he simply tore his face. So, the newly returned general Wuqing made new contributions, took the men and horses to snatch back 600 stone of military rations from Zhangzhuang, and set a fire before leaving, turning Zhangzhuang into ruins.

It is September soon, the late rice will be ripe, and there is not much food for the begging army, so it is urgent to grab grain. Wuqing County is located in Huangzhou, but with Dezhou, Qianzhou junction, surrounded by mountains, advance and retreat can be free, if the official army wants to clear at least 100,000 soldiers and horses, and is located in the mountainous area, the heavy cavalry is useless, Rao Qiangfeng and Dong Haoyun discussed to stay here for the winter, and then decide to stay next spring.

With Wuqing County as the center, 80,000 soldiers and horses are scattered in all directions, set up a village according to the mountain, rely on the water to set up a tun, and divide one side. Wang Keming's 5,000 soldiers and horses have been stationed in Ningchuan Mansion, and they met Zhang Zhicheng, the "Three Heroes of Fengle" who is as famous as Jiang Anyi, Zhang Zhicheng thanked Shen Guogong for his rescue grace, and told Shen Guogong about his practice of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness. Wang Keming greatly appreciated it, believing that Zhang Zhicheng's move was very good, and the bandit army had no food, and it would be self-defeating at that time.

After learning that the bandit army would not move forward after seizing Wuqing County, Wang Keming stared at the map and was silent for a long time. For a long time, he asked his son next to him: "Wang Zhixiang, the bandit army is stationed in Wuqing County, and it seems that there is a long-term intention to stay in the mountains and villages, how do you think we should deal with it?" ”

Wang Zhixiang had been waiting for his father's question for a long time, and immediately replied: "Now the autumn grain will be ripe, and the bandit army is stopped because of lack of food." Entering the mountains and setting up a village is the head of the bandit army, and it is not conducive to the development of the official army, and the heavy cavalry and light cavalry led by the father cannot enter the mountains to fight, which is beneficial to the bandit army. The area of Wuqing is all mountainous, connecting Huangzhou, Dezhou, and Qianzhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is conducive to the escape of the bandits. It is necessary to play the court of the Ming Dynasty, let the Annan camp go north, the Andong camp west into Dezhou, and the Anxi camp go south, and the father marshal is in the middle to command, taking advantage of the inconvenience of the winter army to besiege the bandit army in the snake mountain. ”

Wang Keming bowed slightly, his son's vision was not bad, and he could see the intention of the bandit army, but the snake mountain was hundreds of miles in radius, the forest was dense and the stream was deep, and it was not easy to enter the mountain to clear and suppress; If it is besieged but not attacked, it will take too long, and the northern border of the court is in urgent need of soldiers and horses, and 100,000 soldiers and horses cannot be spent here; What's more, the Yuantian Sect in the south of the Yangtze River has had an incident here, and its influence has not been eliminated for many years, and the remnants of the Yuantian Sect have continued to cause trouble, and now they are even establishing a country in the Western Regions, if Rao Qiangfeng colludes with the remnants of the Yuantian Sect, even if he can exterminate the bandit army, it will not be easy to eliminate the residual poison.

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Pingshan Town, Xinqi County, Dezhou, Jiangfu.

The housekeeper Zhang Fu brought the news of the destruction of Zhangzhuang, Li Mingfeng was angry and anxious, more than ten years of hard work came to naught, and the most hateful thing was that he raised a white-eyed wolf, no wonder Yan'er has always disliked her dealings with Fuhu Village.

Seeing her husband's face turning blue and panting, Yan'er persuaded: "It's good if people are fine, a little floating wealth, if it's gone, it's gone." Shu Yongjie led the troops to Zhangzhuang, Zhang Fu saw that things were not good, and ran away with Zhuang Ding first, and went directly to Pingshan Town, with nearly 200 people. Yan'er arranged for these people to stay, and there was an urgent report from the carriage and horse shop, and nearly 10,000 bandit troops entered Dezhou and were coming in the direction of Xinqi County.

Li Mingfeng patted the handrail and stood up and said, "It's good to come, I was about to avenge the destruction of my family, and these thieves came to the door." Yan'er, you asked the brothers in the village to go with me to meet the enemy. ”

Two hundred people fled from Zhangzhuang, and the Jiang family could pull out at least four or five hundred people in Pingshan Town, and if a summoning order was issued and waited for two days, more than 1,000 people could arrive. Yan'er has always thought that Mr. Zhang's practice of building a back village and helping orphans is a bit too much, but today it seems that Mr. Zhang is indeed far-sighted and seeks a century-old foundation for the Jiang family. For more than ten years, the stone wall of Houzhai has been far stronger than the city wall of Xinqi County, plus the wall river and the city defense equipment, it can be called a husband and a man, and the thief army will not be able to attack it without ten days and half a month.

There is enough food stored in the village, enough for 2,000 people to live in it for a year, in case the stone village is breached, there is a passage to escape from the back mountain, you can go into the mountain, you can go down the river, there are so many guards in the house to protect, there is no need to worry about safety.

Mrs. Jiang is no longer in charge, the nominal owner of Jiang Mansion is Jiang Anyi's eldest son Jiang Chenzhi, Jiang Chenzhi is fifteen years old, passed the government examination last year and became a Xiucai, two years earlier than his father Jiang Anyi. The young phoenix is clear in the voice of the old phoenix, and countless words of praise come to him, and the old lady Jiang is even more spoiled by this eldest grandson, Jiang Chenzhi is inevitably a little fluttering.

Dong'er saw that his son had become arrogant and empty-eyed, and he was secretly anxious, and took Jiang Chenzhi to Xinqi County to meet Master Yu, Yu Zhijie woke Jiang Chenzhi from the dream of genius with a slap in the school examination, it turned out that the material he thought was just a few books memorized, and the poems he made were barely decent, how could he have the slightest aura of his father's poetry, and Lord Thorn Shi took most of his own eyes for the sake of his father's feelings.

Jiang Chenzhi, who returned to Jiangfu, let go of impetuousness, ignored the affairs outside the window, and only read the books of sages and sages, and the affairs of the family were taken care of by Dong'er and Yan'er. Dong'er didn't want to show her face, she only took care of the internal affairs of the house, and the external affairs were Yan'er's business, and this aunt was the head of the Jiang family before she got married, and after being found home by Jiang Anyi, she lived in the Jiang family for most of the year, as long as Dong'er didn't compete with her, it was logical to become the Jiang family's external speaker, so Li Mingfeng would ask her to transfer the Jiang family's guards.

After many years of husband and wife, Li Mingfeng has confessed his identity to Yan'er, but he said that he is no longer involved with Yuantianjiao and lives with his wife and children at ease. Yan'er knew that her husband was a sleepy dragon, and she was eager to take off the clouds and rain for a while, because she and her children were willing to live in Zhangzhuang.

Yan'er once privately tested Li Mingfeng whether he was willing to serve under his brother, the second brother was already a general of Dingyuan (Zhengwupinshang) under the care of his eldest brother, and her husband's martial arts talent was not under the second brother, so he could be a general in a few years. But Li Mingfeng sternly refused, and Yan'er sighed secretly, knowing that her husband didn't want to be seen as relying on nepotism, and he really failed himself, and he didn't know who dragged him down.

Li Mingfeng was eager to try, but Yan'er could only follow his wishes. Under the order, the Jiang family's guards were quickly armed, and there were more than 200 war horses in the house, carriage and horse shops, and dart bureaus, and there was no shortage of good weapons, most of which were Bailian steel knives purchased by Mr. Zhang from the Western Regions. When her husband was about to go on an expedition, Yan'er moved out the Jiang family's family background, took Li Mingfeng to Houzhai, and opened the armory, which displayed Ju beard light armor, fine scale armor, and good leather armor.

The Zheng Dynasty allowed the people to have swords, but the number of armor was strictly controlled, and it was a capital offense for ordinary people to possess armor privately. Twenty deputies of military generals of four grades and above, and ten deputies of civil officials; 50 deputies of military generals of the third rank and above, and 20 deputies of civil officials; There are five barons, ten viscounts, fifty earls, one hundred marquises, and two hundred dukes. Jiang Anyi is the Marquis of Pingshan, and fifty pairs of armor can be placed according to the system, plus Jiang Anyi is a five-rank general, and ten more pairs are added, which means that the Jiang family is allowed to place sixty pairs of armor.

Li Mingfeng saw that there were as many as fifty pairs of silver-white beard armor in the warehouse, no less than 100 pairs of armor such as fine scale armor, bright light armor, and chain mail, and as for the leather armor, it was piled up like a hill.

Li Mingfeng selected twenty pairs of beard armor, twenty pairs of fine scale armor, and twenty pairs of leather armor, which is just the number of armor that the Jiang family can have, but after careful study, there are more than 100 guards around Jiang Anyi's brothers, all of whom have armor, which has long exceeded the regulations of the court. No one will seriously investigate this kind of thing, are the guards around the prince really as specified? Which duke's house did not have more armor than customized, and even the country gentry's house had a few pairs of armor.

Seeing off her refreshed husband, Yeona begins to take care of household chores.