In the Juyi Hall of Yingshan Cottage, Mu Tianbo sat on a tiger skin high chair. His brows were tightly locked, his face was full of frustration, and even he sighed that life was impermanent, ups and downs, two months ago he was the king of Yunnan, the prince of Qianguo, but now he ran to the mountains and became the king of the mountain.

Although there is also a king word, but this king and that king are very different, the hereditary replacement of the king of Yunnan has been passed down for more than ten generations, that is, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, in the entire territory of Yunnan, who dares not to be the only one? Whether it is the local three divisions and yamen, or the governor and the prime minister, which one is not submissive to him?

Now there are only more than 2,000 soldiers and horses left, and this mountain king, who is said to be a good king, is actually a bandit!

Thinking about the glory of his ancestors and his current downfall, Mu Tianbo was furious, threw out his copper hammer and danced like flying, pointing where to hit, the hammer was indestructible, and in the blink of an eye, it was really flying sand and stones, and the soldiers under his command were so frightened that they didn't even dare to come out, hiding from afar, and only dared to approach him when he lost his temper.

After stabilizing on the mountain, he sent his capable general to kill Dingzhou, and after taking 500 iron horses down the mountain, he hurriedly took a shortcut back to Mu Tianbo Mansion and took his family, young and old, men and women, into the mountain, so as not to be poisoned by this poisonous hand.

In addition, over the years, Mu Wangfu has accumulated a lot of savings, and he also got it to the mountain, and there is a shortage of money and food on the mountain, so he can't be cheaper than the surnamed Lin.

After Sha Dingzhou received the order, he went to Mu Wang's Mansion and brought all Mu Tianbo's family, including the maid and the maid's mother-in-law, the slave house worker, and the family soldier and general martial arts teacher who took care of the house, etc., this big family had hundreds of people, in addition to gold, silver, jewelry, grain, horses, silk, and other valuable things, large carts and small cars, and dozens of carts were pulled by the important ones.

The arrival of these people also made Mu Tianbo feel better, his wife was still alive, and there were also the original wife, and the daughter-in-law and concubine, son and daughter of several rooms, and they had enough of the sin all the way, but the family was finally reunited, and they cried with joy.

Mu Tianbo arranged all the children of the family in the back mountain, and sent a team of people to cooperate with the family general and the martial arts teacher to be responsible for protecting the safety of the family.

Mu Tianbo knelt in front of the old lady and pleaded guilty, "Mother, my son is unfilial, so you have made your old man suffer." ”

The old lady is sixty and three this year, but her waist is not hunched, her ears are not deaf, she looks kind and kind, and her heart is not good, so she let out a long sigh, so that all the idle people and others retreated.

"Son, the old man is a woman's family, and now I have to say a few words, the current Ming Dynasty has changed the world, and it is said that this prisoner surnamed Lin is not as you said, stealing the country and robbing the prince to order the world. He gave amnesty to the world, drove the Tartars in the north, and the thieves in the south, very popular with the people, and the former civil and military officials were attached to each other, and they were all reused, like what Gao Hongtu, Lu Daqi, Shi Kefa, Jiang Riguang, Wu Weiye, etc., and even like Li Thief's relatives and subordinates Gao Guiying, Song Xiance, Li Yan and many other people who committed great crimes and were not tolerated by the imperial court, are now also pardoned and reused, can we not tolerate our family? Hurry up and ask Sin to surrender. ”

Mu Tianbo couldn't help but nod his head, I don't know where his wife got so much detailed information? I feel that what my mother said is not false at all, and my vision and knowledge are not as good as an old woman, and the prince of these years has been in vain!

However, when he heard the words of surrender, he kept shaking his head, this must have been done before Sun Kewang did not follow Sun Kewang to rebel, Qing Jun's side, attacked the city, and repeatedly defeated the official army, maybe it is possible, but now it is too late to say anything. The so-called thief ship is easy to get up and down, and it is difficult to recover when it is covered with water.

But the pain in his heart can't be shown in front of the old lady, so that the old man is frightened and scared with him, he is already sorry for his ancestors, he can't be sorry for the old lady anymore, people in their 60s, it should be a good day, and then let her follow her to work hard, how can I bear it!

Thinking about this, Mu Tianbo's nose was sour and he wanted to cry, but the man didn't flick when he had tears, so he just glared back at the tears.

forced a smile and comforted the old lady: "Don't listen to those one-sided words, those are just tricks to win people's hearts, the surname Lin is the national thief, the Ming Dynasty was originally the world of the Zhu family, since Taizu became the ancestor, more than 270 years of national ancestry, when will it be his turn to be the prisoner of the country surnamed Lin?" After winning a few battles, I felt that the credit was not small, and I took advantage of the death of the old master, bullied the prince at a young age, regarded himself as the prince and the prince, and in the name of supervising the country for the prince, he stole the country, what is it if he is not a national thief? He will not be able to tolerate him. Now although we have been defeated, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and when my son reorganizes his troops and horses, he will compete with him. You just have to rest assured to live, the mountains and highlands here are dangerous, one husband is a pass, ten thousand people are not open, even if the surname Lin has three heads and six arms, and the male teacher is million, can, what can I do? ”

The old lady sighed and said no more.

Mu Tianbo said goodbye to his mother, came to Qianshan from the back mountain, and discussed with his general Sha Dingzhou what to do next?

"Lord Wang,"

"Don't call me Lord Wang, we're a thief now." As soon as Sha Dingzhou spoke, Mu Tianbo interrupted, he used to feel that the title of prince was a kind of respect and supreme honor for him, but now he felt a little embarrassed. “

Why not? The king of Yunnan, the prince of Qianguo, the prince is hereditary, this is set by Taizu back then, we are not thieves, you will always be our Mu Wangye, the Mu prince of the Ming Dynasty! Sha Dingzhou insisted respectfully.

"Hey, it's up to you." Mu Tianbo didn't fight with him anymore.

"Lord Wang, now that we are alone, it is estimated that Lin Yi's men and horses will come to copy the mountain soon, or shall we go to Dieyun Peak to contact Commander Sun Dada?"

Through these battles, Mu Tianbo had already seen through that Sun Kewang didn't have much ability, so Mu Tianbo waved his hand disdainfully, "No need." Good horses don't eat back grass, so Sun Kewang will look down on us even more. Besides, even if it unites his thousands of soldiers and horses, it is useless. ”

"What the prince said is the same, either we go to Li Dingguo, or Zheng Zhilong from Fujian? It is said that none of them are small. ”

"Hey, the water doesn't quench the thirst of the near, and besides, they are either thieves or pirates, you and I are all courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, and we don't want to participate in the thieves. I think so, what we lack now is soldiers and horses, and we can't always hide in the mountains, right? We must recruit troops and horses, expand our team, my military teachers add up to two or three hundred people, all brave, these with the soldiers on the mountain together, but also make up 3,000 soldiers and horses, it is not a problem to hold this mountain in a short time, you go down the mountain and work hard, bring more gold and silver, to the nearby Shiping Tusi, Wei'e Tusi, Mengzi Tusi to recruit troops and horses, willing to join, let them hurry up the mountain, and achieve a big thing. ”

Sha Dingzhou received the order, took a few relatives, brought some gold and silver, and hurried down the mountain.

Within half a month, Sha Dingzhou came back in a hurry, bringing back more than 1,000 young and strong people. Finally, there was a team of 4,000 people, and if it went on like this, there would soon be thousands of horses, Mu Tianbo was very happy, and gave them military uniforms and salaries, and they were assigned to serve in the army, and he personally led the men and horses to practice all day long.

On this day, Ningzhou Tusi Lu Yongming and Jingdong Tusi Diao Xun, who were in charge of patrolling Qianshan, reported in a panic that Lin Yi had led an army of 200,000 to enter Yunnan.

Mu Tianbo was taken aback after hearing this, the surname Lin came really fast! But that's okay, does he dare to go into the mountains? I don't want Mu Tianbo in Yunnan, what I want now is to Shadow Mountain! An army of 200,000? How much is given for nothing, can the cannon be pulled? Even if you can pull a few doors, let them bang casually.

A few days later, I received a battle report again, Lin Yi personally led an army of 200,000 into the mountain, and also used troops in two ways, all the way to the cloud peak, and Lin Yi personally led the main force to the opposite shadow mountain, there are cannons, camels and war elephants, only a few dozen miles away from our front mountain.

This time, Mu Tianbo gasped, the courage of the surname Lin is really not small, this is to kill them all! The red-clothed cannons can't come, if some camel cannons come, it will be powerful enough, Mu Tianbo has seen the power of these camel cannons with his own eyes, and he can defeat the war elephants in one fell swoop, but that's nothing, it's a big deal, we all retreat to the herringbone ladder observation deck. When the time comes, we will see which of them can fly on the stage, and who can win my wire matching copper hammer!

Thinking of this, the corners of Mu Tianbo's mouth showed a sneer, and he immediately brought several leaders such as Sha Dingzhou, Lu Yongming and Diao Xun to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy.

Sha Dingzhou thought that this was a good idea, but Lu Yongming and Diao Xun shook their heads, it was almost impossible to sneak attack the baggage of the Ming army, because the Ming army had come too much, and there were more than 30,000 guards and horses such as artillery and grain and grass carts, and they had few manpower, and they could draw out a thousand soldiers and horses at most, and they couldn't start at all, even if they took the risk, they couldn't retreat, and they would definitely be wiped out.

Mu Tianbo saw that this trick didn't work, so he had to give up, so he decided to stick to every mountain pass on the mountain, fight offensive and defensive battles with them, prepare more stones, logs, bows and arrows, and build more fortifications.

The so-called Shadow Mountain, from the front mountain to the back mountain, there are several peaks, intertwined with each other, that is the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, or the moon comes out, symmetrical staggered shadows, hence the name, the main peak is the herringbone ladder observation deck. The mountain is dangerous and the terrain is complex, especially the main peak, which goes straight into the sky, and the clouds and mist are like a fairyland.

Lin Yi has traveled over the past ten years, fought big battles, fought countless battles, from bustling cities, to mountains and rivers, all kinds of terrain have been to, and today I see such a steep mountain, far from the mountains of Huguang and Qin and Jin, they can only be short in front of these mountains.

The road became more and more difficult to walk, and I could only walk forty or fifty miles a day.

This is difficult to damage Liu Liangzuo's troops in front, open roads in the mountains, stack bridges in the water, and there are places where only one person can pass, so they have to dig rocks in the mountains, but it is really not possible, bombarded with artillery and fried with explosives; In some places, the ravines are crisscrossed, and the trees block the way, so they can only lead the horses to go, so they have to build roads and cut trees.

After tossing and turning for a few more days, I finally arrived at the foot of the front mountain of Shadow Mountain, and looked up to see that the mountains were mountain-by-mountain, ridge-for-ridge, and the mountains overlapped, and the sky was vast. There was only one trail leading to the mountain, and Liu Liangzuo ordered the team to stop.

He sat on the big flower horse and looked at the mountain, and saw that as long as there was a way, after a short rest, he learned that Lin Yi's main force was still more than thirty miles away from him, and it was at least half a day's journey, so he ordered the team to rush up the mountain.

In his opinion, if the pioneer can only open the road, it is no different from the road builder, six or seven thousand people can't just be road builders, if you want to please Lord Jian Guolin, you must have military merits, otherwise what reward do you expect? He planned that it would be best to wait for Lord Lin to arrive, he had already taken down this cottage, and then Lin Yi would definitely be happy, and it would be impossible to get promoted and make a fortune!

Therefore, Liu Liangzuo gave an order, and thousands of men and horses rushed to the mountain in line with knives and guns, shouting like a tide......