Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo, who were drunk, marched towards the barracks while burying Li Zhizhou's shamelessness.

When they arrived near the left side of the barracks, Liu Renjie, Yang Desheng, Wei Zhongyi and others came out to greet their generals.

When Liu Renyu saw Yang Desheng, he opened his mouth and asked, "Are those thieves who surrendered honest?" ”

"If you go back to your lordship, these homeless people are quite honest, but there was some turmoil when the firefighters sent food, and they sent people to be angry, so they knew the rules of queuing." Yang Desheng replied.

"Well, that's good." Liu Renyu nodded.

"Zhongyi, how did we live over there?" Liu Wuguo also asked Wei Zhongyidao.

"General, it's nothing." Wei Zhongyi replied.

Liu Wuguo also nodded.

"Okay, tomorrow we will return to Yulin, go to Hongjunmen to report merit, virtue, loyalty, you each go to inform Wang Zishun, Ji San'er and Zhang Shusheng, and ask them to follow me and General Liu all the way tomorrow, and then after the army is opened, the gunpowder buried in the ground will be picked up and taken away." Liu Renyu ordered.

"Yes, my lord, I know what I do." Yang Desheng and Wei Zhongyi both nodded.

"Brother, the tasks are all arranged, let's go and rest quickly, to be honest, what I want to see most now is the bed."

After Liu Renyu gave the order, he burped and said to Liu Wuguo.

"Brother Xian really said to my heart, let's go and rest." Liu Wuguo also felt that the world was spinning at this time, and his head was swollen.

So the two generals of the Liu family returned to their tents, and when they saw the beds in the tents, they both lay on them, and then they didn't know anything.

The next day, before dawn, there were heralds who played a wake-up call, Liu Renyu returned from eating and drinking yesterday, the time was not very late, that is, the scene of 7 o'clock in the evening that Taixi said, he slept for 11 hours, and at 6 o'clock in the morning, as soon as the wake-up call rang, he rose up and called: "Where is Renjie?" ”

Liu Renjie responded: "Humble duty." ”

"Fetch a basin of cold water."

"Yes."

Liu Renjie went to fetch a large basin of cold water, and Liu Renyu took advantage of the opportunity that the cold water had not yet been served, took off his armor, clothes and pants, and walked outside the camp wearing only pants.

Liu Renyu came to the outside of the big tent, and was blown by the cold wind, and suddenly became cold, and his drowsy brain was much clearer.

Liu Renjie took the basin and walked to the big tent of the Chinese army, and when he saw his own general like this, he was puzzled: "Why don't adults wear clothes and stand in the snow, if they stand for a long time, they are afraid that the cold will enter the body, which is not good for adults." ”

"Hey, we're iron-clad soldiers, what's the point of being cold. Come, give me cold water, I drank too much yesterday, my brain is a little drowsy, use this cold water to flush, you can restrain your mind and make me sober up. ”

"Yes, sir." When Liu Renjie heard this, he handed the cold water to Liu Renyu.

Liu Renyu turned out to be in the basin and shouted: "Leave you." And he poured down the basin of cold water.

In the cold winter, the cold water rushed on the body, like a sharp blade cutting the body, and there was some pain, and the cold water met the warm body, and suddenly brought a burst of white mist.

Liu Renyu was flushed with cold water, and the paralyzing feeling caused by excessive alcohol disappeared.

"The wine is gone, I can lead the troops back to Yulin!" Liu Renyu first smiled and muttered to himself, and then quickly ran into the big tent.

The cold winter moon of the Xiaoice River is not a joke, it is really cold.

After the wake-up horn was blown, Liu Renyu's Jingbian Fort army got up, ran, trained daily, washed his face and brushed his teeth, and had breakfast.

And because Liu Wuguo had Liu Renyu as a comparison, he had to get up early, wash and dress, and train It was impossible, but he was very interested in having breakfast.

Liu Renyu ordered his subordinates that the two divisions of the officers and soldiers must be supplied brightly, so that the officers and soldiers are fed, and the thieves who surrender do not have to be like this, just let them eat six points full.

That's why.

If you eat too little, you are afraid that the homeless people will not be able to walk, and if you eat too much, you are afraid that they will come and rebel and something like that.

After the large group of men and horses finished breakfast, Liu Renyu ordered Wang Zuohang, Zhang Shusheng, Wang Zishun, and Ji San'er to each take their own guards and act together, and then he ordered to allocate the captured 400 horses to Liu Wuguo's foot soldiers, let them ride on horses, and form 1,000 cavalry, escorting the carriage transporting grain and grass to walk in front.

The remaining nearly 14,000 surrendered refugees followed the cavalry and moved slowly, and this large group of men and horses stretched for more than 10 miles on the official road, which looked very spectacular.

Yulin is more than 200 miles away from Suide, and the cavalry can arrive in 12 hours regardless of horsepower, but counting a large number of displaced people, they can only travel 50 miles a day.

So every 50 miles the brigade marched, they set up camp.

This camp, Liu Renyu ordered it to be erected.

Surrounded by carriages, as a wall, the interior is neutral as a military camp, for 1,000 officers and soldiers, and a camp of more than 100 horsemen, in addition, Liu Renyu declared that the leaders are different from ordinary homeless people, and can live in the military camp to show honor, but in fact, they are closely monitoring those leaders.

When the leaders heard that they could live in a good tent like the officials and soldiers, and that they didn't have to dig a nest to spend the long cold night like other homeless people, they were naturally very happy, and their noses were tilted to the sky.

Liu Renyu saw Zhang Shusheng and several others looking proud, and he couldn't stop laughing in his heart.

"Let you be proud for two days, and by July next year at the latest, you will be killed." Liu Renyu was angry when he saw these bandit leaders who were destroying everywhere and killing innocents indiscriminately.

In fact, in Liu Renyu's opinion, if these thieves only kill those gentry who bully the weak and tyrannize the township, as well as corrupt officials and corrupt officials, he can understand it completely.

However, after these thieves who were originally at the bottom of the ladder revolted, they not only slaughtered the gentry, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but even the poor people did not let go at all, so Liu Renyu made up his mind to execute all the leaders above the captain of the thieves. But now Yang He is vigorously promoting the appeasement policy, he is a small garrison and does not dare to kill the thieves who surrender indiscriminately, otherwise Yang He will take off the hat of destroying the overall situation of appeasement, and he Liu Renyu may have to move his head.

Therefore, the matter of executing the big and small leaders of the thieves still has to wait until Yang He steps down and Hong Chengchou takes over as the governor of the three sides before he can do it, so that Liu Renyu can only treat these leaders preferentially now, so that they will not have the idea of rebelling again.

After walking like this for four days, the brigade finally arrived at Yulin.

When they arrived near Yulin City, Liu Renyu ordered Yang Desheng and Wei Zhongyi to take their headquarters to monitor the displaced people in Zhao'an to dig a nest outside Yulin City and rest for the time being, while he and Liu Wuguo took the remaining soldiers and horses, as well as Wang Zuohang, Wang Zishun, Zhang Shusheng, Ji San'er and others into the military camp.

When Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo marched to the left of the gate of the barracks with their troops, a battalion officer guarding the gate greeted them and asked Liu Wuguo with a smile: "Master Liu, you came back so soon, I said how did you go south to suppress the thieves this time?" ”

"Hehe, let's fight it back, destroy the first Miao Mei, recruit Wang Zuohang, Wang Zishun, Ji San'er, Zhang Shusheng and other departments, you will go to the south to see later, we will recruit more than 10,000 people." Liu Wuguo came back from the victory, and needless to say, he naturally replied in a very good mood.

"Liu Ye is mighty, you can go in and report the military situation to Hong Junmen later, his old man has already returned." The battalion officer also replied with a smile.

"Didn't Hong Junmen go with Du Zongzhen with soldiers to suppress Wang Jiayin? Came back so soon! Liu Wuguo was surprised.

"Wang Jiayin's house heard that the imperial court soldiers had arrived, so they immediately abandoned the city and left, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Yellow River to freeze and fled to Shanxi Hequ, Shanxi is not under our Yansui control, so Hong Junmen took Du Zongzhen and other generals back."

"In that case, I'm going to visit Hong Junmen."

After Liu Wuguo finished talking to the battalion officer, he first ordered with Liu Renyu, and the rest of the soldiers and horses returned to the original camp to camp, and then the two generals took Wang Zuohang, Zhang Shusheng, Ji San'er, Wang Zishun and other thieves to Hong Chengchou's Chinese army tent.

When he arrived outside Hong Chengchou's Chinese army tent, the guards outside already recognized Liu Renyu, not to mention Liu Wuguo, so the guards entered the tent and reported: "Military gate, the two generals who went to the south to suppress the thieves have returned, and they are waiting outside, do you say you see them?" ”

Hong Chengchou heard that Liu Wuguo and Liu Renyu were back, and immediately said loudly: "Why don't you see it?" Hurry up and let them in. ”

"Yes." The guard answered, then opened the door curtain, and made a gesture of invitation to the two generals of the Liu family who were waiting outside: "Two please." ”

The two generals of the Liu family agreed, and asked Liu Renjie to wait outside with Wang Zuohang and others, and then enter the big tent if necessary, and meet Hong Chengchou.

In the big tent where the two entered, they saw Hong Chengchou sitting in the middle with a smile on his face, so the two hurriedly saluted in unison: "The last general Liu Wuguo (lowly Liu Renyu) has seen Hong Junmen. ”

"No need to be polite." Hong Chengchou waved his hand and motioned for the two of them to sit down, and then he opened his mouth again: "You guys are back so soon, you must have taken care of the affairs of the south, let's talk about it, how is the suppression?" What about the appeasement? ”

Hearing Hong Chengchou's question, Liu Wuguo first glanced at Liu Renyu, meaning who should reply to this sentence.

Liu Renyu considered that his official position was lower than Liu Wuguo's, and it was inconvenient to reply, so he made a look and motioned for Liu Wuguo to reply.

Liu Wuguo agreed, so he got up triumphantly and said loudly: "If you return to the military gate, the last general and Liu Garrison will go south this time, destroy the first Miao Mei, recruit Wang Zuohang, Wang Zishun, Zhang Shusheng, Ji San'er and other departments A total of 14,000 people, we will be appeased on Yansui South Road." ”

"Well done, great work!" When Hong Chengchou heard that all the Yansui South Road was appeased, he first high-fived and admired, and then asked, "Where are the thieves who surrendered?" ”

"I'm waiting outside the tent."

"Call them in."

"Yes," Liu Wuguo agreed, and then bowed his hand to Hong Chengchou's guards who were standing on both sides of the big tent: "Please report and let the thieves and thieves waiting outside the big tent come in and speak." ”

The guard nodded, and went straight out of the tent to report.

After a short time, Wang Zuohang and the others walked into the big tent tremblingly.

But it was said that these thieves are usually promoted to small people, and the highest-level officials they have ever seen are only county officials, so when they see the governor today, they are naturally extremely nervous, and when they want to enter the big tent, they even have to think about whether they should take the left foot first or the right foot first for a long time.

When these thieves finally entered the big tent of the Chinese army with a twist, they saw a middle-aged official wearing a black gauze hat and a scarlet robe, and knew that this was the governor of Yansui, so Wang Zuohang and other thieves all fell to the ground, kowtowed, and said in a slumped voice: "The villain has seen Hong Duye." ”

Hong Chengchou and several other thieves did not call them up after seeing the salute, but condescended and scolded majestically: "You are a good citizen, why should you be a thief?" ”

When Wang Zuojiao and the others heard Hong Chengchou's question, they were all shocked in their hearts, sweating like pulp, and then they quickly kowtowed, and defended in a wailful voice: "There is really no way for villains and others to be thieves. God is blind, the year is too bad, there is no harvest in the field, we don't want to starve to death, so we fell into the grass and became a thief. ”

"Well, there is a reason for the incident, the official can also understand, now that the court has been recruited, you must abide by your duty and be obedient to the people, if you have any different intentions, then Miao Mei is an example for you, you can write it down." Hong Chengchou said at the end, and suddenly said in a loud voice.

"The villain and others have written it down." Wang Zuojiao and the others heard Hong Chengchou angry, and hurriedly kowtowed like garlic and replied.

"Alright, you go down first." After Hong Chengchou intimidated several leaders of the thieves who had surrendered, he let them go down first.

When the leaders of the thieves withdrew from the Chinese army's tent, the majesty on Hong Chengchou's face disappeared, and he frowned and said to himself: "More than 14,000 homeless people, where should they be placed?" ”

After Hong Chengchou finished saying this, he was silent for a long time, and then suddenly looked at Liu Renyu with an eager expression as if he remembered something.