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Among the thieves, there were also generals in charge of the army, and all the generals rushed over from the mountains in western Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan and other places, and it took about half a month to gather together.

They were in the hottest period in the forests and barren mountains, and sometimes they had to face the pursuit of the village warrior regiment and the Xiang army, and the road was very difficult.

These people have followed Li Kaiming for many years, and each unit has sent a big leader at the level of the army to restrain them, so after more than a year of separation, the troops have not dispersed, and among the rest of the rogue team, this is quite a rare situation, and it can even be said to be unique.

Now they are located on a hill in Jianzhou, overlooking the county seat of Jianchang, and then more than 100 miles to the northeast, it is the seat of Jianzhou Mansion.

It was here that Li Kaiming set up his banner, and his command had gathered tens of thousands of poor miners and ordinary people, and with the addition of these old subordinates, his strength had increased dramatically.

There are also a large number of miners who have poured out of Jianzhou to join the army in Nan'an Town, and at least more than 10,000 people have been qualified and have already moved into Nan'an Town or military camps.

After he set up the flag, there were still more than 10,000 miners to join, plus the old battalion soldiers and horses gathered, and immediately there was an army.

The officers and men of the old battalion, who served as military attachés at all levels, organized and trained the newly joined miners in just ten days, at least on the surface, the style of an army has been presented in front of them.

When these poor people first arrived, it was really a cry that shook the sky, the tax burden of Dawei was originally quite heavy, Jianzhou was originally a place where industry and commerce were developed, and ordinary people could easily find a job, in the past six months, the mine iron yard had closed down cleanly, and the miners' income was high and still supported, many casual workers had no source of livelihood, and various miscellaneous taxes such as body tax were the same, so they could only sell their property and pay taxes, otherwise they would be caught in the county jail, suffer a lot, and have to spend money and bribe the servants to save their lives.

In the past six months, there have been at least hundreds of people who have died standing in cages or shackles in Fucheng.

Under such severe punishment and pressure, many people handed over their rations and seeds, and the whole family fed their stomachs with wild vegetables and wild fruits, and every adult was yellow and thin, and the children were as thin as skeletons.

This time, many families have been able to eat this meal of refined rice for a few months, although it is a porridge rice with wild vegetables from Luoxi, for these people, it is undoubtedly a delicacy of the mountains and seas.

After the news spread, hundreds of thousands of people joined one after another every day, and the food gradually ran out, but fortunately, the food prepared by the Pu family was delivered one after another, and after dozens of convoys, 30,000 stone grain was nearly 4 million catties, with more than 40,000 strong men in the army, and the scale of nearly 100,000 people in the family, saving some food, and two months was enough.

And when there are two months, it is enough for Li Kaiming to stir up the storm and establish a foundation.

"I've seen the big palm, the second cabinet."

Several groups of thieves rushed over one after another, most of them were rushed from Jingnan, and the banditry was quite strong, that was because of the chaos in Jingnan, there were a large number of bandits in almost every deep mountain, these people did not have to hide their traces, they made a living in Jingnan.

These people are quite respectful to Li Kaiming, each strong beam with a sword, to Li Kaiming is a half-kneeling salute, for the Wei people, in addition to the great court will worship the Son of Heaven, see the prime minister, the prince and other respected big people, that is, when sacrificing ancestors, they will kneel with both legs. Half-kneeling down is already a sign of special respect.

Li Kaiming would pat the leaders of these returning crowds, sometimes hugging each other, saying a few jokes, a few words of kung fu, the slight alienation and indifference of not seeing each other for a long time disappeared without a trace, and many rogue leaders gathered together, first looking left and right, and then they all laughed loudly.

"If we do it again this time, we will definitely succeed!"

"The big boss is the king, and we will also be the marquis."

"Who's going to be prime minister?"

"Except for the second cabinet, who else is qualified?"

"Isn't the second cabinet a privy envoy, Captain?"

"You can't call Luo Shorty to be the prime minister, is he monkey-like enough?"

"Then catch a famous Confucian and get a sign to hang up for him."

"This time we want to govern the county, everyone has to take care of the state and county, except for copying some notorious gentry and grain outdoors, ordinary big households, rich businessmen, and ordinary people can't move. This is a special order from the big boss, let's take a next state, we must govern a good one, collect the endowment normally, plant the flag and train the troops, and never be like back then, being chased back and forth like rabbits by officers and soldiers, and there is no time to catch my breath after being an adult. ”

Many generals, as well as strategists such as Luo Xiaozi, all passed on Li Kaiming's will, in case these newly gathered old brothers inadvertently violated military law for unknown reasons.

And Li Kaiming is eyebrows are faintly excited, no matter what, even if the start is not smooth, now he is on the right path.

It is not difficult to feed 300,000 troops with more than 20 counties in the three prefectures and millions of people on the market of more than 20 counties and millions of people.

Restore the Jianzhou iron industry, every day and night to build weapons, armor, crossbows, bows, arrows, with the advantage of elite soldiers and mountains to confront the officers and soldiers, this uprising, is to establish a foundation, never be a rogue again.

"It's almost noon?"

Liu Maoqi looked at Li Kaiming and said, "Is it impossible to get there today?" ”

Li Kaiming felt a little anxious and said, "Then Li Gu is a reliable person and fine

People, he said that today is here, and it should be today. If you can't make it, something has gone wrong......"

Liu Maoqi understood, knowing that under the calm surface of the big boss in front of him, he was already quite anxious.

The materials that Li Gu promised, at present, only tens of thousands of stone grain are in place, and there are more than a dozen people who charge grain, all of whom belong to the level of small minions, and they don't know anything at all, and Li Kaiming will not embarrass these small characters, he only asks people to be assigned to serve in the army, and when he fights, he is the cannon fodder in the front row anyway, and he doesn't have to be serious, and he will almost die after a few battles.

However, it is said that the important affairs of armor and weapons came with a large number of military attachés.

Li Kaiming had already made up his mind to deal with the military attache sent by Li Gu, but the weapons and armor did not arrive, and the cash did not arrive, which made Li Kaiming feel a little anxious in his heart.

Now that the banner has been erected, several of the big gentry and grain families around them have been washed by Li Kaiming, and they will kill one family if they wash it.

If such a tragedy occurs in the local area, the people around will suffer, and if they don't turn back, they will have to rebel.

In this way, the supply of soldiers will be endless, but the food is enough for a while, and the cash that has been robbed is only tens of thousands of yuan, and there are some antiques, gold and silverware, and valuable woodwork, which cannot be exchanged for money for a while.

If there is no money, people can't be truly effective, and when the rogues can coerce Ding Zhuang and their families to wander around and loot, they can gradually solidify people's hearts with the money they have robbed.

If you want to build a foundation, you have to pay at the beginning, and you have to hire people to do all kinds of work.

If you don't have the money to come, or if you don't have armor or weapons, you're in big trouble.

"Luo Xiaozi took a team of people to the valley mouth area to sentry." Liu Maoqi frowned and said, "Short, you are quite cautious in handling things, and you should hurry back when you have news." ”

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"I saw the convoy."

After walking around the town for a while, Luo Zhenbang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to a horse army leader beside him: "It seems that it is the convoy in front of you, well, that's right." ”

Not far from the center of the town, under a three-storey restaurant, stretching for more than two miles, there are more than 100 large cars parked on the side of the road, and when the few pedestrians in the town pass by, they all look at the convoy with curious eyes, and some people even look forward, except for the head of the car, there is no one else to take care of it, let these people watch and look.

Luo Zhenbang was shocked for a while, and then angry, these bastards put these most important things on the street with the convoy, and there was no one to take care of them.

If it weren't for the current situation of Great Wei, there would always be an army stationed at Gukou or an inspector from the Criminal Division, and once they found something abnormal, they would immediately gather soldiers and horses to wipe out these bastard things.

At that moment, Luo Zhenbang endured his anger, rode a horse to the door of the restaurant, and heard the wine order shouted from inside, and the aroma of wine and food came to his face.

In front of the restaurant, the upper and lower floors were occupied by people sent by Zhao Wangfu, and more than 100 people were wearing various colors of robes, but they could still see that they were all military attachés. Although these guys are water, most of them are generals from Jiangmen families, but most of them are concubines and non-descendants, and the family sent them to the palace as tooth generals, which is already considered to have fulfilled their responsibilities, they are also practicing martial arts since childhood, practicing shooting, the tiger's mouth is full of calluses, the finger joints are unusually thick, the shoulders are broad, and the muscles have obvious bulging shapes, which are typical martial arts appearances.

But these people in front of them, shouting and drinking, drinking red and red-eared, fighting non-stop, did not take the current team and heavy responsibilities in their eyes at all, but they were obviously incompetent and unworthy of becoming military attachés at all.

Before Luo Zhenbang became a rogue, he had seen a lot of the local civil and military officials of the Great Wei Dynasty, and he knew that there were civil officials who fulfilled their duties, military generals who dared to die, and of course there were such mediocre people in front of him, and even this generation was the mainstream of the civil and military officials of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Holding back his anger at the moment, he walked to a table, hugged his fists and said: "In Xia Luo Zhenbang, you should be told the identity of Xia before you leave the city, I don't know which one can be the master?" ”

A tooth general who had already drunk his face was red, and he squinted at Luo Zhenbang and said, "Aren't you Luo Shorty?" Master Li has told him again and again, and he is impatient. You wait outside, let's drink three more rounds, and then we'll go out." ”

Luo Zhenbang's face was pale, he was also regarded as a strategist in Li Kaiming's army, although Li Kaiming, Liu Maoqi and others did not pay much attention to it, but they would listen to his advice, those generals who led 10,000 people and thousands of people in the rogue were also commensurate with his official name, and would not call him a bandit in person.

And these royal generals, this little military attache in front of him, who is at most at the level of a sentry, dares to despise him so much and look down on him!

Luo Zhenbang was about to speak again, but was pulled by the leader of the horse army behind him, the other party shook his head gently, Luo Zhenbang understood, and suddenly squeezed out a smile on his face, and said: "Drink slowly, this trip will be like a big peng spreading its wings, about to fly high, the future is thousands of miles, the glory of the ancestors is just around the corner, and it is also appropriate to drink a few more cups at this time." ”

Hearing this, the general of the Wangfu who was disturbed by the wine did not say anything, but just glanced at Luo Zhenbang, and continued to drink with his comrades at the table.

Luo Zhenbang came out of the mess, of course he was very angry in his heart.

After getting out, Luo Zhenbang whispered to the leader of the Ma army: "Why don't you tell me to drive them on the road quickly, these military supplies are very important things." ”

"I've already sent two horsemen back to report the news, and soon the second cabinet will send cavalry to escort it." The leader of the Ma army has a long scar on his face, from the eyebrows to the bottom of his mouth, and the scar writhes when he speaks, looking hideous

Abnormal. He looked at the restaurant and said softly: "These bastards are sent by Zhao Wangfu to share power with us, and the big boss and the second cabinet have already decided, and they will move their hands in a while, and they will not be given the slightest chance." Originally, they were going to set up the wine over there, and after drinking it, they cooked it, but now they are drinking so much that it saves a lot of trouble. ”

Luo Zhenbang was shocked, he originally knew that it was impossible for Li Kaiming to sincerely cooperate with Li Gu and others, and in terms of Li Gu's judgment, he was only sure that Li Kaiming had the best rebellion in Jianzhou, so he had nothing to fear. But he didn't expect that at the beginning of Li Kaiming's uprising, he would cut off the constraints from Zhao Wangfu!

It's normal to think about it, with Li Kaiming's ambition, unruly character, and the character of the rogue generals including Liu Maoqi, how could he accept the constraints of Zhao Wangfu's side?

Moreover, it is difficult to restrain these people to join the team, and they will be controlled by them with military supplies, and a large number of miners and displaced people will be diverted.

It can be said that people like Li Gu are mixed up in the palace and officialdom, and the people's hearts are weird, and the officialdom is indeed an expert. arranges conspiracy and acts decisively, and can be regarded as the number one person.

But for the real heroes who are rolling on the head of the knife, dare to rebel, and are willing to cut their bodies without fear of the world, Li Gu and his ilk are nothing at all.

"It's for the best." Luo Zhenbang couldn't help but be frightened, grinned, glanced back at the restaurant that was still noisy, and said with a smile: "They are interesting, and they drink the severed head wine first." ”

The leader of the Ma Army also smiled slightly, looking at the restaurant with a look of cruelty and desire before killing, these people really kill a lot, and they can already regard killing people as a pleasure.

Rao is Luo Zhenbang has been among these people for a long time, but he still can't fully adapt, so he has to pretend to be happy, and withdraw with the rest of the horse army, guarding the restaurant and both sides of the convoy.

In the eerie silence outside, the atmosphere in the restaurant is extremely hot.

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In the evening, the people in the palace, who had eaten and drunk enough, came with the convoy.

Li Kaiming ordered a large number of people to light torches, and the light of the pine torches was everywhere on the winding mountain road, and the golden black light faintly falling from the high places of the mountains was embellished, although there were all over the mines, blast furnaces, abandoned and dilapidated iron fields, but there were still rocks, shrubs, and woodlands in the high places of the mountains, coupled with large camps, bustling crowds, and a strange sense of the fusion of ruin and new, which still made people feel bright.

Many of the generals and officials of the royal palace were a little surprised, and they felt a little faintly panicked.

The cooperation between Li Kaiming and Li Gu has been less than half a month, and the flag has only been set up for less than half a month

There was no movement, Jianzhou was originally chaotic and abnormal, full of bandits who occupied the mountains as kings, gathered into shares, and a team of thousands of people and thousands of people had already existed, so after Li Kaiming set up the flag, except for the local officials in Jianzhou who knew and were frightened, the news did not even reach Fuzhou at all.

This is also the characteristic of the times, the spread of news is slow, and the officials will always subconsciously conceal the local situation, as long as Li Kaiming did not conquer the prefecture and county of Jianzhou, he might as well suppress this in advance, if this stream of rogue goes to Jiangxi or western Zhejiang, then thank God, no matter how big the trouble is, it has nothing to do with Jianzhou, in this case, why bother to take care of things?

It was the people in the palace who originally thought that the situation here would be quite simple, and even a group of helpless rogues waiting for their help.

When these people from the Zhao Palace's mansion saw the big banner of "Li" erected, and then saw the camps, tens of thousands of people setting up tents in the middle of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, or living in the old houses of the original iron field, there were people walking around, and there were large groups of thousands of people training with spears sharpened from wooden poles, their eyes showed a look of confusion and nervousness...... The reality was far from what they imagined.

"The left hand is raised, the right elbow is down, the waist should be twisted, and a force should be accumulated, and all the strength should be used on the pressure gun, but the force should be reserved, and it will swing like this, and when the order is given to stab, the two feet will grasp the ground, and the two arms will be stabbed forward by the waist force, so that you can kill the enemy!"

"The sword and shield are difficult to learn, and the gun array is not easy to learn, the sword and shield can be refined in one year, and the spear skills are only introduced in three years.

"Bows and arrows are useless, but they must be strong. Thousands of people shoot arrows together, as long as they are facing the enemy's formation, no matter whether you are hit or the robe around you, as long as you have a strong way, you can hurt the enemy. If it is soft and weak, it must be used by birds? Most of the officers and soldiers have armor, that is, the box army also has leather armor or cotton armor, the least poor has paper armor, if your arrows are weak, people wear iron helmets, lower their heads slightly, when a few sounds, your arrows will be in vain. ”

"What we said was all exchanged for life, so wait for a good life to listen, if you don't listen, it will not be someone else who dies on the battlefield, but your own family. You don't suffer hardship in training, you don't sweat, and you can let someone else behead you on the battlefield, do you hear? ”

Less than two thousand rogues have been dispersed, one by one the original pawns have served as sentinels, all heads, each of them is with dozens, hundreds of new troops, first practice battle formations, queues, spearmanship, shields, archery, etc., although the equipment is insufficient, many people with wooden knives, wooden shields, wooden guns, bows and arrows are also shoddy folk products, but when training, these elite soldiers still show unparalleled battlefield experience and ability, their training, simple and direct, the battle formation does not show tricks, is to use a few of the simplest arrays, According to the terrain, weapons, and the number of enemies, after they are laid out, they will come into contact with the enemy in order to kill the enemy.

They have a lot of experience, and their speech during training is unpretentious, but it is moving.