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On this day, Tang Hai gathered eighteen brothers in the Daxiong Treasure Palace, Tang Hai said: "Although we have already raised troops, but the Buddha soldiers are not familiar with the formation, the skills are not perfect, and there are only 18,000 men and horses, it is not suitable to go out of the mountains to fight, but this place can not stay for a long time, once the news leaks, the officers and soldiers will come to encircle and suppress, and the generals can have a clever plan?" ”

The wolf said domineeringly: "Marshal, Daba Mountain is deep and high in the mountains, full of dangers, easy to defend and difficult to attack, why don't we set up camp here, build a high city, and forgive him The officers and soldiers dare not attack." ”

Tang Haidao: "Although what General Wolf Ba said is reasonable, it is not in line with the times, although Daba Mountain can be held, but there are 200,000 Zuo Liangyu elite soldiers stationed in Xiangyang in the east, and more than 100,000 Sichuan troops in the west and south are eyeing each other, and the people of Daba Mountain are poor and thin, which is not enough to support the army stationed all year round. In addition, the Buddhists are all local people, and their fathers, relatives, and friends are all in the mountains, and they will return home in the long run. Besides, when we raise an army and aim to seize the world, how can we stick to a corner? ”

All the generals said: "What the marshal said is very true. ”

Ala Tai said: "Marshal, I have few soldiers, if you go down the mountain now, you will be killed by the official army, now Zhang Xianzhong has surrendered to Gucheng, with 100,000 soldiers, Luo Rucai is lurking in Fang County, hiding 20,000 male divisions, these two places are only two or three hundred miles away from us, why don't we contact them and gather together." ”

Duan Qi smiled and said, "General Ala Tai doesn't know, although these two are the leaders of the rebel army, they are capricious, and the marshal has long expected that they are not people to work with. ”

Liu Jia said: "The soldier is treacherous, as long as it is beneficial to the army, why bother with his virtue? ”

Tang Hai nodded and said, "General Liujia's words are not unreasonable. ”

Duan Qidao: "Luo Rucai is cunning, Zhang Xianzhong is cruel, Xiong Wencan allows these two to surrender, but Zuo Liangyu has always wanted to get rid of them quickly, and the two of them are also secretly recruiting troops and horses day and night to guard against the officers and soldiers. ”

Tang Hai said with a smile: "Seventh Sister expected it to be good, I will kill the mountain here, and I will not allow the two of them not to rebel." I mean, we hold high the banner of righteousness, make a big noise, along the way said to deal with other anti-king, the court heard about it, must be strict against the previous surrender of the anti-king, or cut the post, or demote the official, or kill, and our army is small, can find a dense forest to hide, and when the officials and soldiers of Henan come to fight with Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, Zhang and Luo are victorious, and we will kill into Henan with them. If they are defeated, they will definitely lead their troops to the west, and the officers and troops will definitely cover up and chase away, but I will take advantage of the weakness to enter the Central Plains. ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and Liu Jia said: "The marshal has a good plan, this plan can force Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai to rebel, second, it can use the hands of the court to get rid of the traitors, and third, it can open a passage for us to gallop through the Central Plains." ”

Tang Hai added: "Fourth, you can also assist King Chuang out of the mountain. ”

All the generals said: "Marshal, give the order quickly!" ”

Tang Hai ordered: "The generals will listen to the order and set off for the north early tomorrow morning." The left general of the expedition to the north, the general Xiaolong, the general of the right expedition to the north, and the former general Lin Yuan were the front army, leading 3,000 troops first. The left general Ala Tai, the right general Siren, and the right general Zhang Chuan were the rear army, leading 3,000 soldiers. Ben Shuai led the rest of the generals to lead 12,000 troops in the center. The three armies were separated by 30 miles, and each sent 100 spies to disguise themselves as peddlers, farmers, and homeless people to scatter within 200 miles of the front, rear, left, and right of the army to inquire about the enemy's situation. The generals said in unison, "Yes." ”

Tang Hai also ordered: "After the generals return to the camp, they should do a good job in the military ranks, and the generals will have a mighty general, a mighty general will be a captain, a captain will be a brigade, a brigade will be in charge, a department will be in charge of the brigade, a sentry will be in charge of the department, and a flag lieutenant will be set up in the sentry general. All the generals offered their hands and said, "Obey." ”

Tang Haifu said: "Now the commander issued the No. 1 general order: Wherever the army goes, it will only kill corrupt officials and corrupt officials, not hurt the good people, only capture the bully squire, not bind the good rich man, only suppress the arrogant soldiers, do not behead the soldiers, only collect stolen money and goods, and do not take the people's fat and people's cream." The generals were overjoyed and said in unison: "Obey the general's orders." ”

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Early the next morning, Tang Hai gave an order, and the three armies set off, waving flags all the way, stretching for dozens of miles. On the way, the soldiers were thirsty and begged the people for water to drink, but when the people asked, they all said that they were the generalissimo who broke the evil and established the righteousness and went to the Central Plains to respond to the rebellion of the anti-kings.

On this day, the army came to the outskirts of Fangxian County, and the former army came to report that the soldiers and horses in the city were frequently mobilized, as if there was an attack. Shan Yong said: "Marshal, our army has just come out of Bashan, and when we look for an opportunity to fight, one is to boost morale, the second is to rob grain and grass, and the third is to test the combat strength. Ye Yangxi said: "What I said is that I will capture this county seat in Fang County." Duan Qidao: "The county seat of Fangxian County is solid, and there are 5,000 defenders in the city, all of whom are Zuo Liangyu's elite divisions, and they cannot be attacked." Liu Jia said: "That being the case, it is better to abandon Fang County and attack Zhushan County in the west." Duan Qi said: "It's okay, Zhushan County, it will definitely be successful." Tang Haidao: "Zhushan is easy to take, but it is not rich, I intend to avoid Fang County and take Baokang in the east." Everyone was shocked, Tang Haidao: "Fang County is a big county, the east fifty miles for the small county of Baokang, the west fifty miles for the small county of Zhushan, but Zhushan is poor and Baokang is rich, we are now camped on the outskirts of Fangshan County, making a siege of the city, the defenders in the city do not know my reality, and it is late, they will not dare to rashly go out of the city to meet the battle, will secretly send messengers to contact Zhushan, Baokang two counties to send troops to rescue, the main force of our army tonight secretly marched to the outside of Baokang City to ambush, tomorrow morning after the Baokang reinforcements out of the city, we will take advantage of the void to attack the city, surprise attack its unprepared, I will definitely be able to win Baokang. Duan Qi was overjoyed and said: "This plan is feasible. ”

Tang Hai ordered: "Tang Xi, Siren, Shi'an, Lin Yuan, and Lu Qi listen to the order, you five people lead twenty soldiers to Baokang quickly, and sneak into the city tomorrow morning as woodcutters, farmers, hawkers, and walkers. In addition, it is necessary to find out the location of the county government, warehouse, post station, horse storehouse, and armory in the city. The five took the order and left.

Tang Hai ordered Jin Zi to pass down the military order, and the three armies set up camp around the county seat of Fang County, and each army planted more military flags, and released rumors that the city would be attacked tomorrow, and those who surrendered would be pardoned, and those who postponed the confrontation would be killed.

When the news came out, the people in Fangxian County were panicked for a while, and the county commander Hao Jingchun asked the deputy general Qin Xiandao: "The general has been dealing with thieves for a long time, can you know which way the generalissimo outside the city is the anti-thief?" How are the skills? ”

Qin Xiandao: "Hao County Order, rest assured, this general has been on the southern expedition to the north for many years, and I know that the thirteen families, seventy-two battalions and eighty-one roads are against the king, and this gang of rabble is now dead, wounded, fleeing, and descending, and it has long been a climate." This is a little boss who has slipped through the net, so he doesn't have to worry about it. ”

Hao Jingchun said: "The world's first Kou Tanghai, claiming to break the evil and establish righteousness, the criminal department has arrested him for more than ten years and has not been seen, this person is against the rich and wealthy of the government, I heard that he has a good relationship with the 13 families, 72 battalions and 81 roads against the king, isn't he?" ”

Qin Xian's color changed when he heard this, and he was shocked: "If it's him, Fang County is in danger!" Although this person is a figure in the rivers and lakes, he is very capable of using soldiers, and his brothers all have means, if he gets into trouble, he will conspire with Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, we might as well close the door and wait for the rescue party to be the best policy. ”

The two agreed, and sure enough, they ordered the four gates to be closed, and sent people to Zhushan and Baokang counties to move rescue troops.

Tang Hai ordered Xiaolong and Ala Tai to leave 2,000 men and horses each to besiege the city, and ordered a bonfire to be raised at night, creating a noisy noise, and making an illusion that soldiers were gathered. After Tang Hai settled down, he personally led the team to rush to the outside of Baokang City to ambush him. After daybreak, when the gates of Baokang City were wide open, an army of about 2,000 men hurriedly drove out of the city. After half an hour, it is estimated that the official army out of the city has gone away, Tang Hai ordered the armies to break through to Baokang County, the county town defenders were shocked at first sight, and hurriedly wanted to close the city gate, at this time the city was on fire, Tang Xi, Si Ren, Shi'an, Lin Yuan, Lu Qi five generals led twenty people to rush to kill together, the West Gate guard did not have time to close the city gate, it was already Tang Xi and others rushed into chaos, Tang Hai's army took the opportunity to kill into the city.

The defenders of Baokang City were originally only 4,000, and 2,000 were transferred out, which can be regarded as an empty city, plus the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have never been able to get food and salary, so they are unwilling to fight to the death.

Tang Hai's army broke through the county government and captured alive a group of officials such as Li Wenhao, the county commander, Liu Zan, and Wu Zhongguo, the county lieutenant, and captured a group of squire bullies such as Tiangong, Meng Tie, and Niu Hu. Tang Hai ordered seven people to gather outside the county government to beat drums and publicly kill the sacrificial flag. Then he comforted the list, opened a warehouse and released grain, and collected 3,000 weapons, more than 100 firearms, 500 horses, a number of siege equipment, thousands of stones, 50,000 taels of gold and silver, and recruited 500 new soldiers into the Chinese army.

Tang Hai ordered the generals and soldiers to camp near the four gates of the city to rest, and in the early morning of the next day, while the people were asleep, they opened the city gate and quietly evacuated.

The army traveled day and night, walked for four days to reach the uninhabited area of the dense forest of Shangluo Mountain, at this time Xiaolong and Ala Tai also led the troops to arrive, Tang Hai ordered the front army to be stationed in Bears Ears Mountain, and the rear army to be stationed in Savage Valley, and he led the Chinese army to camp in Xianshen Village, and passed down the military order to order all departments to repair secretly and step up drills. He also sent Wang Feng and Wang Yu to scatter in Luoyang, Nanyang, Xiangyang, Fangxian and other places to investigate the movements of the officials and troops.

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Chongzhen ten years, Xiong Wencan was appointed prime minister Zhidi, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Huguang, Sichuan military affairs, after several hard battles, Li Zicheng defeated Tongguan, Zhang Xianzhong surrendered to Gucheng, Luo Rucai was cared for in Fang County, Jin Ge into the warehouse, Ma Fang Nanshan, Xiong Wencan was repeatedly rewarded by the emperor, is enjoying the peaceful world in Xiangyang.

Zuo Liangyu found out that Fang County and Baokang were in danger, hurriedly visited them, and said hurriedly: "Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai are not really descending, but now they have really reversed, and they have failed to live up to the kindness of the adults. ”

Xiong Wencan took the official document handed by Zuo Liangyu and glanced at it, and said casually: "Why should more than 10,000 rogues be alarmed, and the official document does not say that it is Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's sergeants, I have a plan to find out the truth of the two of them, you quickly go to Gucheng Taiping Town to pass on my military order, and order Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai to lead the army to strangle the thieves who besieged Fangshan and attacked Baokang. ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "Please allow me to go with 30,000 fine armor." ”

Xiong Wencan said with a smile: "General Zuo is mighty and fierce, how can he be so timid today, these two only have more than 10,000 old and weak soldiers, why do they need to mobilize the army." ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "I heard that whenever the adults send people to inspect Gucheng, Zhang Xianzhong hides his strong army, hides his fine armor, shows his master, and falsely shows the treasury, in fact, Zhang Xianzhong has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and studies the art of war day and night with the down-and-out literati Xu Yixian and others. Na Luo Rucai is known as a traitor, although he cultivates crops in the countryside of Fang County, but he also secretly accumulates strength, and it is Liu Bei who grows vegetables in Xuchang. ”

Xiong Wencan was uncertain, and Zuo Liangyu said again: "According to the spy report, this gang of thieves came down from Daba Mountain to deal with the anti-kings from all walks of life who surrendered before. Xiong Wencan said angrily when he heard this: "This official is kind enough to recruit the rebels and give them a way out, but they dare to bear me?" Zuo Liangyu said: "Liukou is not credible. Xiong Wencan said angrily: "Order, secretly monitor all the rebels who surrendered, and once they find anything suspicious, they will be beheaded." In addition, you quickly took 30,000 elite soldiers to Gucheng and Fang County, this matter was really done by Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, and you were allowed to cut it first and then play. ”

Zuo Liangyu was overjoyed, quickly returned to the camp, immediately ordered troops, and set off for Gucheng. When the news reached Taiping Town, Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly sent people to Fang County to secretly ask Luo Rucai to discuss countermeasures. Luo Rucai said with a smile: "Zuo Liangyu is afraid of you and me, and if you lead the troops to come today, you will definitely have no good intentions, and you and my brother will have to rebel if you don't rebel." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "We will rebel sooner or later, but the time has not come, I don't know where a rebel army came out to besiege Fang County, attack Baokang, and bring wildfire to you and my brother." ”

Xu Yixian said: "I heard that the leader of this group of rebels claims to be the generalissimo of breaking the evil and establishing righteousness, claiming to be the anti-king who has surrendered from all walks of life. ”

Luo Rucai smiled: "Break the evil and establish the right? Needless to say, this must be Tang Hai's trick, this person was originally a general of the Ming Dynasty, because of his lack of ambition and wandered into the rivers and lakes, gathered some outlaws to kill corrupt officials and bullies, mixed with the name of 'thief', 'the world's first thief', when I participated in the Xingyang Conference, you and I had a relationship with him. He raised troops here, one forced the two of us to rebel, and the other used a knife to kill people to get rid of the various anti-kings who had surrendered to the official army before, which was really killing two birds with one stone. It's just that he is reckless, with only seventeen brothers under his command, how he can suddenly gather more than 10,000 people, it is really incomprehensible. ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "I don't care how he Tang Hai made his fortune, but although Zuo Liangyu said that he came to encircle and suppress Tang Hai, he actually took advantage of the Tao to cut down Yu, he came with 30,000 fine armor, and I, Zhang Xianzhong, had to rebel." ”

Xu Yixian reminded Zhang Xianzhong: "Since the general returned to Shun, the imperial court has never treated him badly. ”

Zhang Xianzhong frowned: "Yes, the teacher is unknown, the taboo of the soldier, I am worried about this matter, Brother Rucai has always been resourceful, can you have a clever plan to teach me?"

Luo Rucai smiled: "The general's idle days in Gucheng must have cost a lot of money in exchange, right?" The general can know what the people are most jealous of, what the emperor hates the most, greed, the corruption of officials, the people are jealous, and the emperor hates it. ”

Zhang Xianzhong was trapped that year, and bribed Xiong Wencan on a large scale, Xiong Wencan was greedy for money, received gold and silver, and expressed his strength to the court to appease Zhang Xianzhong, and asked for an official for him, please guard. After the surrender of the imperial court, Zhang Xianzhong was stationed in Gucheng, and Zhang Xianzhong bribed officials at all levels in Gucheng and Fang County to paralyze the government, but secretly recruited troops and horses to accumulate strength.

After listening to Luo Rucai's words, Zhang Xianzhong said happily: "Yes, there is." ”

Xu Yixian also suddenly realized, and said: "Clever plan, wonderful plan." ”

In May of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong rebelled in Gucheng, led the army to break through the county seat, beheaded the county commander Ruan Zhitian, and posted notices everywhere in the city:

The eight kings Zhang Xianzhong told the world: dedication to the suffering of the common people in the world, the soldiers under the command of the handsome men are resting on the banner, collecting the bow and hiding the sword, abandoning the fame of the thousand autumns, and bowing to the king. In one year, Xiong Wencan asked for 120,000 taels of silver, Zuo Liangyu 80,000 taels, and Hao Jingchun 70,000 taels ......, and the officials were insatiable, resulting in soldiers not covering their bodies and not having enough to eat, and thousands of strong men were filled with righteous indignation.

I thought that Li Zicheng's army was defeated, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai surrendered, and the world returned to peace, Emperor Chongzhen and the officials of the Ming court all breathed a long sigh, who would have thought that suddenly there was a generalissimo who broke the evil and established righteousness from Daba Mountain, although there were only more than 10,000 people, but the world was restored and muddy, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai did not change their thief nature, and took the opportunity to raise troops and rebel, and other rogues who were ready to move were not going to make chaos again?

When the news came out, Emperor Chongzhen was shocked, and heard that Xiong Wencan, Zuo Liangyu and others were greedy for money, blackmailed Zhang Xianzhong, and forced him to rebel again. Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of Revenge, gave Shang Fang the sword, and ordered the superintendent to be Pingkou.

Yang Sichang came to Xiangyang in a hurry to suppress the thieves, first scolded Xiong Wencan and Zuo Liangyu, and then ordered the two to quickly chase Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and Tang Hai, and ordered the three thieves to be captured within two months. Zuo Liangyu did not accept the benefits of Zhang Xianzhong's one or two silvers, all because of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's fraud, so he was wronged in vain, first condemned by the imperial court, and then scolded by the military department.

Zhang Xianzhong detected that Xiong Wencan and Zuo Liangyu led tens of thousands of elite soldiers to speed up towards Gucheng, and immediately abandoned the county seat, and the handsome army captured Baokang, and then joined forces with Luo Rucai to storm Fang County, capturing and killing the county commander Hao Jingchun. Yang Sichang got revenge, he was so angry that he urgently transferred the armies of Henan to quickly encircle Fang County, swore to destroy the thieves, and dismissed the leaders of the peasant army who had already surrendered to the Ming court, and ordered the enemy to be killed to prove his innocence, and those who were ineffective in fighting were all beheaded.

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Shangluo Mountain is located in the southeast of the Qinling Mountains, stretching for more than 100 miles, the mountain is high and the ravines are deep, the forest is dense and there are many caves.

On this day, the crowd gathered to discuss the matter, Tang Hai said: "Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai have rebelled, the two ambushed Zuo Liangyu's pursuers in Luo Monkey Mountain, killed the deputy general Luo Dai, and annihilated more than 10,000 officers and soldiers. Now the two commanders of the army entered Sichuan in the west, Xiong Wencan and Zuo Liangyu led 50,000 elite soldiers from Henan to follow, and the Central Plains was empty, and it was the time for our army to play in the world. "The generals rejoiced.

During the discussion, Jin Zi came to report: "Marshal, there is a woodcutter who asks to see you." Tang Hai said: "Please come in." ”

The woodcutter was more than 30 years old, and saw Tang Haibai and said: "The last general is the general under the command of the king of Chuang, the grass grass He Zonghan lived, the defeat of the king Tongguan, and the two years of the merchant Luoshan soldiers, I heard that there were heroes who rose up in Shennongjia, and raised their prestige in Baokang County, and the special elite brothers inquired around, and the spies reported that it was 'the generalissimo who broke the evil and established the righteousness', guessed that it was a life-saving benefactor, so he ordered the last general to come to find it, and invited the Tang hero Jin Zhongshan to discuss major matters. ”

Tang Hai was overjoyed: "Is it good to break into the king?" ”

Living grass said: "King Chuang has already raised 10,000 new soldiers in the mountains, and he is about to pass through the Central Plains, but Xiong Wencan and Zuo Liangyu's army is stationed in Henan, so he does not dare to move lightly. King Chuang often misses Tang heroes, saying that Tang heroes crisscross the rivers and lakes, and the government slanders them as 'the world's first thief', but he is actually the world's first hero, if he can help, why not be afraid of Xiong Wencan and Zuo Liangyu. ”

Tang Haidao: "King Chuang has won the award." Tang Hai fell into the rivers and lakes, and took his brothers to learn from the ancient heroes, happy to enmity and revenge, and wine and meat were enough. How can the Ming court be brutal, the thirteen families of the seventy-two battalions and eighty-one anti-kings were poisoned by the officials and soldiers, Tang Hai couldn't bear to see the world's righteous flag folded, so he raised troops in Daba Mountain, hoping to throw bricks and lead jade, and then lead heroes to come back to save the world. ”

Huo Di Cao said: "Great, King Chuang is looking forward to meeting Tang Hero sooner or later." ”

Tang Hai said: "I often miss King Chuang, please reply to King Chuang, Tang Hai will visit him in person on a certain day." ”

The living grass is goodbye.

Tang Haidao: "King Li Zicheng lurks in Jinzhong Mountain, more than 100 miles away from here, I want to visit each other in person, make an appointment to advance together, and take the Central Plains together, what do the generals think?" ”

Xiaolong said: "Our army only has more than 18,000 people, and it is taboo for soldiers to go deep alone. ”

Liu Jia said: "What Brother Long said is very true, but he just joined forces together, but I am afraid that people will not agree with the marshal's evil and righteousness." ”

Ala Tai said: "Thirteen families, seventy-two battalions, eighty-one roads against the king, many leaders are doing unrighteous things under the banner of righteousness, we join forces with them, who dares to guarantee one heart and one mind?" ”

Duan Qi suggested: "Although King Chuang gave the marshal the sword to break the evil, promised not to kill the good, and gave the marshal the right to supervise the army, but listening to his words, he still has to watch his deeds, Liu Jia and Ala Tai are not unreasonable, the marshal can go to the meeting with King Chuang for a while, agree or not, and act at the opportunity." ”

Tang Hai nodded yes.

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The next day, Tang Hai took Xiaolong, Duan Qi, Alatai, Shan Yong, Shi'an, Liujia, Ye Yang, Siren, Wang Feng and 30 soldiers to Jinzhong Mountain. At the intersection of the first and third forks, Tang Hai hesitated and asked Qiaodao: "Big brother, how can I get to Jinzhongshan?" Seeing that although they were not wearing armor, they were all mighty and mighty, guessed that they were rebel warriors, and asked, "Where did the general come from, and why did he go to Admiralty Mountain?" Tang Hai got off the horse and said: "Don't hide it from the eldest brother, in the Xia Nai Daba Mountain Righteous Army, I heard that King Chuang is in Jinzhong Mountain, and he has come to meet." The woodcutter smiled: "Since this is the case, then I will show you the way, the road on the left is to Shenglongzhai." ”

After the woodcutter finished speaking, Ye Yang said strangely: "This person is so strange, we are going to Jinzhong Mountain, but he told us the way to Shenglongzhai." Si Ren smiled: "I think he is strong and strong, but he speaks without a head and no brain, he must be a crazy person." The Qiao man didn't look back, and said loudly: "King Chuang married a wife and had children in Jinzhong Mountain, and now there is no Jinzhong Mountain in the world, only Shenglongzhai, hahahaha." ”

Tang Hai came to this peerless beauty, his face was always happy, and after listening to the words of the woodcutter, his face gradually became serious, and he reluctantly bowed his hand to the woodcutter: "Thank you." Then he got on his horse and walked to the left. Ye Yang said: "What a king, the brothers are dead, the dead are dead, the fleeing are scattered, he is good, hiding in the deep mountains and jungles to marry a wife and have a baby, and also renamed Jinzhong Mountain as Shenglongzhai, what kind of leader of the righteous army should this virtue be?" Siren took over the topic and said: "Haha, what I'm saying is, I don't think this king is a maven, what kind of soldiers are with him, if we go it alone, we can kill a piece of our own world." Ye Yang was overjoyed and echoed: "Yes, yes, why should we take refuge in King Chuang, with our brother's eighteen ......"

"Hugh said nonsense," Tang Hai cut off Ye Yang's words, reined in the horse's head and did not move, and everyone also stopped their horses, Tang Hai said to everyone: "In the last years of the Apocalypse, the court has no way, the righteous people in the world have unveiled their rods, there are hundreds of big and small leaders, the imperial court has used more than one million troops to encircle and suppress for more than ten years, the righteous warriors have died, the wounded have been injured, those who have fled, and they have scattered, the original leader of the rebel army, Xiao Qin Wang Baigui, Hui Dengxiang, the whole world Wang Guoning, the king of Tuotian, Chang Guoan, the ten anti-king Yang Youxian, Guan Suo Wang Guangen, the whole 100,000 black Yunxiang, the mixed world Wang Wu Ziqiang, Guan Yong, the armor-breaking cone, surrendered one after another, and even Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, the two long-awaited leaders, also surrendered to the imperial court. King Chuang raised troops, fought dozens of battles with officers and soldiers, was in countless distress, several times his life was on the verge of death, but he never surrendered to the imperial court, even if the Tongguan soldiers were defeated and escaped into Shangluo Mountain, they were still training soldiers during the day, and they were hard at night, and they were self-reliant, vowing to compete with the Ming army for the world. If we want to fight alone, we will be no different from the Liukou, and sooner or later we will be exterminated by the officials and troops, and only by uniting with King Chuang can we gain a foothold in the Central Plains and compete with the Ming Court. The two generals must not misjudge King Chuang because of this trivial matter. ”

Ye Yang smiled: "Okay, okay, it's not enough to listen to the marshal's orders." ”

Tang Hai smiled bitterly and patted the horse again.

Xiaolong asked, "Marshal, how many men and horses are there in these rebels, and how can they all be kings?" ”

Tang Hai said: "Although he is the king, he is actually only tens of thousands of soldiers. ”

Duan Qi said with a smile: "Strictly speaking, they are not a rebel army, they are just rogues. ”

Alatai sneered: "These people who are keen to be kings, I think they are all arrogant power maniacs, and if they are not truly eloquent saviors, they will fail sooner or later." ”

Tang Hai looked up to the sky and sighed: "That's too right, we should take this as a warning, and we must not be arrogant." ”

Everyone walked all the way, and suddenly saw a bamboo pavilion on the side of the road, there was wine and meat in the pavilion, and three men were sleeping soundly on the table. Tang Hai and the others felt quite strange, Le Ma stopped to watch, the three people were awakened by the sound of horses, one of them saw Tang Hai and the others, rubbed his eyes, and asked in surprise: "The hero is a Tang hero?" ”

Tang Haidao: "In Xia Tanghai, who are the three brothers?" ”

The man was overjoyed: "King Chuang learned that the hero was coming, and ordered my general to hold a banquet in this bamboo pavilion to wait, King Chuang told my general: 'Tang Hero is my life-saving benefactor, if the benefactor does not come tomorrow, you will wait until the day after tomorrow, if you don't come the day after tomorrow, you will wait until the day after tomorrow, if you don't come on the tenth day, you will wait until the eleventh, in short, until he comes. The general of my family led the three of us to this bamboo pavilion to wait for the heroes. ”

Ye Yang said: "In this case, what about your generals?" ”

The man said: "My general has been waiting here for a long time, seeing that Tang Hero is in the future, he went to send some money and food to his parents-in-law, and the three of us are here, he has been gone for some time, and he must be coming back soon, you heroes and sit in the pavilion for a while, eat some wine and meat, and when my general comes, we will go to see King Chuang together." ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and they dismounted and entered the pavilion to eat and drink. Tang Hai asked, "Who is your general?" The man said: "My general, He Zonghan, is called living grass in the rivers and lakes." ”

After eating for a while, Ye Yang was in a hurry, drank a bowl of wine, hurriedly went to find a thatched house, walked for a long time and couldn't find it, saw a small village in the distance, expected to have a thatched house, so he walked over quickly, and found a house behind a house. After solving the internal urgency, Ye Yang lifted his pants and scolded as he walked: "This ghost place, the last thatched house also causes grandpa to run ten miles and eight miles." ”

Fang was about to return to the bamboo pavilion, and suddenly heard someone crying, stopped to listen, and the sound came from the wooden house in front of the thatched house. Ye Yang walked to the door, only to hear a man inside say: "What are you crying for, grandpa will be a marquis in the future, you are a lady of fate, isn't it 10,000 times stronger than you are old in the mountains and a ragged peasant woman for the rest of your life?" Another woman said sadly and indignantly: "Although the husband has no skills, but he is honest, we depend on each other for our lives, bitter and no complaints, the concubine does not want to do anything to make a lady, the general forcibly occupies the people's daughter today, he can really be a marquis and worship the general, he must also be a harmful general, and the concubine does not want to follow when he dies." I heard the man scolding: "The slut doesn't know what to do, believe it or not, grandpa killed you with a knife." ”

Ye Yang was furious, flew up and kicked the door open to break in, and saw a big man dressing, a woman on the bed who was not covered by her body, crying and crying with grief and indignation. When the man saw Ye Yang, he was stunned at first, and then said with a smile: "Hero, when did you come?" What about Don Hero? Ye Yang fixed his eyes and saw that it was the living grass He Zonghan.

Ye Yang asked angrily: "Living grass, as a general under King Chuang, how dare you bully the women of the mountain village?" ”

Huodicao was embarrassed for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "The hero misunderstood, misunderstood, this girl is my mother's cousin, and they are all from her own family." The woman scolded: "Whoever is with you is a family, my sister marrying you is not voluntary, she has to endure humiliation and burden in order to save the life of the family, and secretly often weep sadly." ”

The woman said and cried, and Ye Yang persuaded: "Sister Hugh and grief, you meet me Ye Yang, and it still works if you meet Bao Qingtian." He Zonghan scolded again and said: "Living grass, as a general of the righteous army, how can you act like a beast?" ”

The living grass was furious, and pointed at Ye Yang and scolded: "Ye Yang, you say that you are really Bao Qingtian, you don't care about Lao Tzu's affairs, you are the oldest!" After speaking, he picked up the waist knife on the table, revealing a murderous aura on his face.

Ye Yang said with a smile: "Even if it's the king, I don't care, I don't care." Then he leaned in and whispered, "Brother, are there any pretty girls in this village?" The living grass turned his anger into joy, and said with a smile: "You want to get one too?" Ye Yang looked embarrassed, and only made a smirk. He said: "Brother, don't make a noise about today's affairs, I'll find a tender one another day, go, and see King Chuang first." The living grass pulled Ye Yang out and hung the waist knife on his waist.

Out of the house, Ye Yang suddenly pulled out the knife of the living grass, threw the knife into the pond with a force, and scolded again: "The living grass, eat me with a punch." As soon as the words fell, a punch hit He Zonghan in the back of the head.

The living grass was furious, scolded "I don't know what to do", and rushed towards Ye Yang with a fierce momentum. The two fought and scolded each other, and fought for a long time by the pond outside the house without winning or losing.

Tang Hai saw that Ye Yang had been gone for a long time and had not returned, so he ordered Wang Feng to find out. Wang Feng walked for a while, heard the sound of fighting in the distance, so he hurriedly ran over to take a look, and saw that Ye Yang and the living grass were fighting, thinking that Brother Ye Yang was drunk and making trouble again, so he hurriedly grabbed Ye Yang and said, "Brother Ye Yang, why are you fighting with General He?" Ye Yang shook off Wang Feng and said, "What a bullshit general, this guy is a flower thief." Wang Feng saw a woman in the house hiding behind the door tremblingly, disheveled, her eyes were sad, and he immediately understood the reason, so he also came with Ye Yang to catch the grass.

The living grass was one against two, and gradually became at a disadvantage, and was subdued by Ye Yang and Wang Feng together, and scolded: "Ye Yang, you dare to capture me." Ye Yang held him down, punched him a few times, and scolded: "There is no one in the world who grandpa doesn't dare to capture." Wang Feng persuaded: "Brother Ye Yang, don't kill the thief, hand it over to the eldest brother." Ye Yang said: "That's right." Then he took his hand, picked up the flower thief, and left. Wang Feng came to the door of the house and said to the woman: "Please come with us to see the generalissimo who destroys evil and establishes righteousness, so that we can be a witness and clarify the facts, so as not to quibble with this thief." ”

The four of them returned to the grass pavilion, Tang Hai couldn't help but be shocked when he saw Ye Yang holding the live grass, and was about to reproach, Wang Feng said: "General He forcibly insulted the village aunt and was captured by Brother Ye Yang." The woman also said, "Please ask the marshal to make decisions for the people." Living grass knew that he was at a loss, and he didn't dare to argue, so he had to force a smile and said: "Tang Hero, you are here, He Zonghan was ordered by King Chuang to greet the hero here, and he lost his temper after drinking, and he messed with his wife and sister Zhou Gong's ceremony, and he smiled." ”

Tang Hai's face was gloomy, and Liu Jia said: "Marshal, it's not a matter of planning if the Tao is different, let's go back to the house." Allah said: "Let it go?" In my opinion, slaughter this flower thief and go back. Liu Jia said: "No, if we slaughter the grass alive, we will make an enmity with King Chuang." Si Ren said: "If you have a vendetta, you will make a feud, you are afraid of a bird, kill this thief, we will go back, he Li Zicheng wants to take revenge, let the horse come." ”

Tang Hai asked Xiaolong and Duan Qidao: "What do General Xiaolong and the military advisor claim?" Xiaolong also hated this beast and beast, and said: "Kill He Zonghan and go home." Duan Qi said: "But it's up to the marshal to decide." ”

Huodicao listened to everyone's words, afraid that this gang of murderers would kill themselves regardless of King Chuang's face, so he said flatteringly: "Tang Hero, He Zonghan was reckless for a while, but even if there is a mistake, it should be punished by King Chuang, since the brothers have been righteous, we are a family, King Chuang is looking forward to discussing the anti-Ming plan with the heroes in the camp, let me go quickly, I will take the heroes to see King Chuang." ”

Tang Hai said with a smile: "I must see King Chuang, but King Chuang gave me the sword to break the evil spirit, and told me to meet the righteous soldiers who did evil, and cut them with a sword to correct military discipline. Tang Hai said, took out the Evil Breaking Sword and held it in his hand.

The living grass was shocked and asked tremblingly, "You want to kill me?" ”

Tang Hai sighed: "Since I received the sword, I have only beheaded the official army on Elephant Mountain, and I have never tried the scum of the righteous army. ”

Huo Dicao scolded: "Tang Hai, if you dare to kill me, King Chuang will not spare you." ”

Tang Haidao: "Whether he forgives me or not, whether I spare you or not is my business, General He, since we are called the righteous army, we should be worthy of this righteous word, I will not kill you, our righteous army will be abandoned by the people of the world, let's go on the road with peace of mind." Tang Hai looked left and right, and Si Ren happened to be on the side, and presented his sword and said: "There is General Lao Siren to break the evil and establish the right for Marshal Ben." ”

Si Ren was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Obey." He took the Evil Sword, grinned, and happily came to the Living Grass and said: "Living Grass, you are really creative, I Siren is an expert in killing, and it doesn't hurt to go down with a knife." ”

The living grass was shocked, although his hands were tied by Ye Yang, he had to fight for his life, so he writhed vigorously, and Ye Yang was negligent for a moment and let him break free. The living grass was about to escape, but Ye Yang chased after him and twisted his head, and Si Ren strode towards him with a sword in the abdomen, and the living grass screamed in pain. Si Ren smiled: "If you don't run, it won't hurt." The living grass scolded: "Thief, the first ...... in the world raised by a son of a bitch" Before he finished scolding, Si Ren drew his sword and cut him on the neck, cutting off the head alive.

The three sergeants trembled with fear, and Tang Hai soothed: "Don't be afraid, the evil sword only kills the evil, and the three of you go back first to tell King Chuang, and say that Tang Hai is here." The three sergeants went in a panic. Tang Hai said to the insulted girl again: "In the future, if there are any rebels who do evil and bully the villagers, please report it to Tang Hai, and Tang Hai will definitely make the decision for you." The woman was overjoyed and went away with tears in her eyes.

Tang Hai ordered Siren to lift the head again, turned over and got on the horse to leave, but Liu Jia stopped him and said, "Marshal, do we still want to see Li Zicheng?" Ala Tai also said: "Yes, Shenglong Village is very bad." Duan Qi also reminded: "The living grass is Li Zicheng's confidant, and the marshal is dedicated to the public, but I am afraid that he Li Zicheng may not be above board, and the marshal will think twice." Tang Hai said: "Don't worry, the king is open-minded and has a clear distinction between right and wrong, and he will never blame me." ”

Tang Hai was about to ride the horse, Xiaolong grabbed the saddle bridle on the horse's head and said: "In case King Chuang is not open-minded, we enter the Shenglong Village, isn't it a sheep into the mouth of the tiger, for all plans, the marshal will return temporarily, please allow Xiaolong to live the grass man's head to go on his behalf." Tang Hai said with a smile: "General Xiaolong's kindness is handsome, the first fighter in Hanzhong punched the rebel to ask for thanks, the heroes of the rivers and lakes are all admired, this handsome is not talented, today there is also a sword to beg for a reward, why not!" ”