When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he couldn't help but worry about the fate of Turge, and he didn't know how Huang Taiji would punish him after this guy returned to Liaodong? Lost the Tumut Department and gave so many livestock to the Ming Dynasty, especially war horses, which is a rare military material, and this "credit" is also big enough!

I hope that Huang Taiji's subordinates will show mercy, or it will be a pity for the "Class A eavesdropping seed" on Turge's body.

After reading this, Emperor Chongzhen swept the eavesdropping seeds on the others again. He found that Sun Chuanting, the governor of Jiliao stationed at Shanhaiguan, seemed to have begun to implement his policy of "clearing the tun and replenishing the salary" after a few months of peace.

The reason why he waited so long to start, Sun Chuanting seemed to be a little afraid of the ancestral family forces led by Zu Dashou. It's okay, let him continue to do it, anyway, he has his own support for him, see what else Zu Dashou can do!

Emperor Chongzhen thought so, so he went to see Lu Xiangsheng again.

There are not many things here, Lu Xiangsheng has been busy with the shipyard and training soldiers, and most of the civil affairs have been handed over to his deputy, that is, Chen Hongxu, the governor of Denglai.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen was a little depressed, he didn't know what happened to Zheng Zhilong, if he really didn't know each other, then he would definitely fight, but in this way, it would cost countless money and food, and delay the plan to rebuild Dongjiang Town. Without Dongjiang Town to contain the Manchus, it is impossible to wait until winter, and they may detour through the Mongolian steppe to invade Guannei.

Although the thieves have been basically pacified now, the army has also been greatly improved, and they are not afraid of fighting a good battle with the Manchu army. However, if this battlefield is in the Guannai, it will still be very unfavorable to the recovery of the people's livelihood in the Guannai. In particular, if the Manchu army avoided the main forces of the three major battalions and did not fight, and specifically attacked other places, the impact on the people's livelihood in the Guannai would be even greater.

If it were possible, Emperor Chongzhen would never want the war to happen again in Guannai.

calculated in his heart that if Zheng Zhilong left after receiving his secret order, even if it was too late, he should have to arrive at Denglai within a month, right?

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen decided to wait another month, anyway, this side has only defeated the thieves, and there are still many things to do, no matter what, it may take another month.

For example, if you want to hunt down the thieves in the next few days, there will definitely be thieves who are fleeing. In this way, the soldiers and horses on the periphery are approaching inside, and the soldiers and horses here are searching outside, squeezing the space of the thieves, even if they go to heaven and earth, they must all be hunted down.

The next step is to settle ordinary thieves, at least so that they can survive, so that they will not continue to rebel.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen's brows couldn't help frowning, because according to the Grade A eavesdropping seeds on Chen Qiyu's body, the grain delivery in Jiangnan and other places was not completed as planned, at least Chen Qiyu did not receive much grain.

Now that the war is over, the urgency of the food problem is a bit high. I also owe myself here, I must be strict again, and if there is a problem, it must be solved immediately.

Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about things one by one, relatively speaking, he was still relatively idle. However, at this time, in the mountains deep in Wollongong, there are many thieves fleeing.

This area is actually the Nanyang Basin, and there are no high mountains to hide, so they must continue to escape, or go south, or north, if they can escape to Wudang Mountain, or even farther Daba Mountain, then the official army will definitely not be able to catch them. Or Laojun Mountain, that is, the Funiu Mountain Range, is okay, or even if you escape to the Qinling Mountains, then it will be the best, and the officials and soldiers don't want to catch them again.

However, the officers and soldiers were obviously well aware of this, and the cavalry troops searched and hunted these places as much as they could, cutting off traffic and preventing them from having a chance to escape.

After a tiring day during the day, and running so far in the dark at night, so tired that the thieves finally stopped and rested.

Seeing that the bright moon in the sky was shrouded in dark clouds and the earth fell into darkness, some thieves couldn't help but scold their mother, looked up at the sky, and cursed in a low voice: "Thief, even you fell into the well, and you didn't even give us a little moonlight, this is not giving us a way to live, isn't it?" ”

Without the moonlight, they did not dare to rush with torches, and it was so dark that they could not hurry at all. Once it was daylight, the imperial cavalry searched everywhere, and it was impossible for them to escape. Therefore, this thief is also in a hurry, and even the thief is scolded by God.

As soon as people cursed here, there was movement in the mountains not far away, and someone shouted in a low voice: "A tiger, is it you?" ”

The one who scolded people just now was Li Zicheng's nephew, Li Guo, who was known as a tiger. When he heard the voice, he couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Gao Yigong? ”

The person over there was Li Zicheng's general Gao Yigong, and after confirming it, he was also happy and hurriedly came over to meet. However, they looked at each other, there were only more than 20 people in total, thinking of so many people before, and remembering that Li Zicheng's head was cut off by Zuo Liangyu, they couldn't help but feel very depressed, and for a while, they were silent.

At this moment, a young voice suddenly came from the nearby mountain: "But the subordinates of King Chuang? We are the sons of the Eight Kings! ”

When Li Guo and the others heard this, they responded. No matter what happened before, this time is a difficult brother, not to mention, there is really a slight surprise in my heart.

After a while, Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son brought someone to touch it, and then reported their names one by one, namely Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Nengqi, the four most famous of Zhang Xianzhong's righteous sons.

They found that the other party was actually similar to their own side, and there were only more than ten or twenty people left, and they were all silent for a while. The youngest Zhang Nengqi remembered the past and couldn't help crying in a low voice.

Hearing the cry, an equally young voice suddenly scolded: "Cry, cry a ball, what's so bitter, it's a big deal, and after eighteen years, he will be a good man again!" ”

"Laiheng, shut up!" As soon as Li Guo heard this, he knew that it was his righteous son Li Laiheng who was talking, so he reprimanded him, and then asked the opposite side in the darkness: "The eight kings were also killed by the left thief, and the official army won a big victory, what are you going to do in the future?" ”

Zhang Kewang was the oldest, and when he heard a tiger asking, he replied: "If we can escape, we plan to change our surname back to our original surname and go back to our hometown to have a look." ”

Speaking of this, perhaps afraid of misunderstanding, he hurriedly added: "But we will definitely avenge our father-in-law and cut that left thief with a thousand knives!" ”

Hearing this, Li Laiheng suddenly sneered and said, "It's a good idea!" Still trying to run back, don't you hear? The officers and soldiers are shouting, for the sake of peace, kill, do you know what this means? ”

"The court thinks that we are causing chaos in the world, so they want to kill us all!" Zhang Dingguo, who should be called Li Dingguo at this time, immediately replied to Li Laiheng, "So you will definitely go all out to hunt us down and kill us, isn't it?" ”

Hearing this, his mind was touched, and Gao Yigong suddenly interjected in a low voice of resentment: "Is this what we want to rebel against?" It's the court that forces us to live! The emperor is incompetent, local corrupt officials are rampant, there is a great drought, a great drought, a great drought, and there are locust plagues, locust plagues, locust plagues, they all turn a blind eye, and they force us to pay the land endowment, and even increase the salary, sell our sons and daughters, and sell us all ourselves, and it is not enough to pay this money. ”

"Dog Emperor, Dog Official, no good thing!" When Li Laiheng heard this, he immediately scolded in a low voice, "Lao Tzu turned around and continued to work, killed the dog officials, killed the dog emperor, and killed them all!" ”

When Li Guo heard this, he reprimanded in a low voice: "Shut up, Lao Tzu Lao Tzu at a young age, in front of whom do you shout Lao Tzu?" ”

He is Li Laiheng's father-in-law, and after such a training, Li Laiheng shut up.

However, Li Guo was moved by what they said, and he said in a low voice: "In this world, there is no way for the people to live, even if we don't want to rebel, flee home, or flee to other places to live incognito, but there is the dog emperor here, and those corrupt officials are rampant, and the final result is definitely the opposite!" ”

Hearing this, Sun Kewang nodded, and then immediately remembered that the other party couldn't see it in the dark night, so he opened his mouth and whispered: "That's right, when my father-in-law was in Gucheng, I was harassed by those dog officials, saying that my father-in-law usually robbed so much gold, silver and jewelry, and asked my father-in-law for it. The court is mediocre and incompetent, the dog emperor does not distinguish between right and wrong, loyalty and treachery do not argue, and there is no way for the common people to live in this world! ”

These people are all thieves, and naturally their butts sit on the side of the thieves, and when they say these words, they naturally ignore the harm they have brought to the people of the world.

Hearing this, Li Dingguo sighed and whispered in an old-fashioned voice: "In this world, there is no good official who really reassures the people!" ”

After saying this, for a while, no one spoke again, and the mountains and forests fell silent.

At this time, they realized that the wind seemed to be blowing stronger than just now, blowing the mountains and forests "rattle".

Gao Yigong looked up at the night sky, and couldn't help cursing: "This thief, it looks like it's going to rain!" ”

Running for my life in a hurry, I was already hungry, and if it rained again, although it was an August day, it would be very uncomfortable to get wet at night.

After being silent for a while, suddenly Li Guo whispered: "If you want me to say, since the government doesn't give us a way to live, then we will find a way to live ourselves, according to what my uncle said, Juntian is exempt, so that the people have hope, they will hope that we can win, maybe we can make a comeback!" ”

"A tiger, do you still believe this?" When Gao Yigong heard this, he couldn't help but say with a little hatred: "What about Song Xiance who deceived ghosts?" It is also said that King Chuang is the eighteenth son, the main artifact! Don't think that your surname is Li, it will fall on your head! ”

When Li Guo heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then quickly explained in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, when did I think about it like that?" That Song Xiance is a charlatan, and now he doesn't know where he is, and when he looks back, he will definitely chop him with a knife! ”

After explaining, he picked up the topic again and said: "I just said, if you think about it again, if the disaster in various places is serious and the big guys can't survive, we tell them that if you follow us, you can be exempted from paying taxes, so if you are you, are you willing to do it together?" ”

"Of course, I can't survive anyway, so I have to gamble on my life!" Gao Yigong listened, thought for a while and replied.

On the other side, Li Dingguo suddenly interjected and said: "If I can't survive, I will definitely do it." If you don't rebel, you will die, and if you rebel, you will die, but no matter what, if you rebel, you can live a few more days, maybe if the rebellion is successful, you will have land to share, and you don't have to pay taxes, how good is that! ”

These thieves obviously don't have the knowledge of the old people that day, and it is impossible for Juntian to go on forever, otherwise the new emperor and his official government can't all go to farm by themselves, right?

But at this time, these thieves all echoed this statement. I feel that everyone in the world will not be able to live, and since I have such a hope, I will definitely follow suit.

Speaking of later, even Li Guo didn't expect that the morale of these people had recovered a lot. He could clearly feel that everyone had a fighting spirit again.

Sure enough, after being excited for a while, Sun Kewang, as the boss, hesitated for a moment and then said, "That...... Then we won't go either, so let's do it again together! ”

"I agree!" Li Dingguo did not hesitate and immediately agreed.

"I do!" Liu Wenxiu also immediately followed suit, and even the youngest Ai Nengqi did not cry sadly, but said with a little excitement: "Kill the dog official again, kill the dog emperor!" ”

The two parties, about 50 people, set the direction for the future. After a little more whispered deliberation, they decided to continue to rebel after escaping with a tiger Li Guo as the head.

Li Guo looked at the night sky and found that the dark clouds were thick, and the mountain wind was blowing more rapidly, so he whispered: "It seems that there must be rain before dawn." I hope this rain will last a little longer, so that we can escape from the pursuit of the officers and soldiers! ”

Speaking of this, he ordered the people present to move forward hand in hand and move as soon as possible.

Speaking of which, these thieves have not had a life like this. Therefore, after accepting my current situation, I adapted quickly.

They followed Li Guo's instructions, hand in hand, and began to move forward in the dark, even if the person in front stepped on the air, or fell off the cliff or something, there were people behind to hold it, and it would be fine.

And just like that, they continued to flee.

By the time the eastern sky slightly revealed a hint of fish belly white, Li Guo and the other thieves had already touched another mountain, and they were about to reach the foot of the mountain. Taking advantage of this opportunity, they must move as soon as possible. Although the imperial cavalry is here, there is little hope that they will be able to escape, but no matter what, they must try to escape.

Li Guo thought about it in his heart, and with the help of the faint morning light, when he was about to speak, he suddenly saw the person in front of him shaking, and he himself felt untenable.