Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Tianjian knew that it was a difficult thing for them to rush to the night, most of them had night blindness, and if they didn't light torches, someone would be left behind if they weren't careful, so after seeing that it was dark, he beckoned his subordinates to stop in a leeward place.

Although it is already spring now, but they are still full of desolation along the way, the grass and trees in many places because of the drought for many years, even if it has been spring, it has not sprouted, and there is still not much vitality, which makes people feel very uncomfortable at a glance, even if it is farming, it is difficult to have any harvest, and the imperial court continues to increase the salary, and the life of the common people is even more difficult.

Along the way, they saw that the bark of the trees in many places had been stripped of by the hungry people, and from time to time they could see some bones in the mountains that had been gnawed by wild beasts and only dry bones, which made people want to curse.

Those new recruits also silently looked at the miserable scene along the way, and their hearts twitched from time to time, to be honest, even when they did not suffer from the military disaster, their life in Zhaojiabao was not easy, in addition to the two large families in the village still have surplus grain, they are also about to completely run out of food, every day can only rely on digging some wild vegetables, and bran or wheat bran into cakes to satisfy their stomachs, just feel that this day can not be passed, but they suffered a military disaster.

If it weren't for Xiao Tianjian, even if they didn't suffer from the war, in fact, the ending would be basically the same, and it would be impossible to expect the two rich families in the village to help them! At this time, it is time to pull the stick and go out to escape the famine and ask for food, there is a great possibility, they should be gnawed by wild dogs like these hungry people on the roadside! Where can they eat a full meal every day like now, so these new recruits are even more grateful to Xiao Tianjian after seeing such a scene.

Although it was already spring, the temperature was still very low at night, and they didn't have any good clothes, so they could only build a bonfire and gather together to keep warm.

Zhao Erdonkey was scolded by Xiao Tianjian in the afternoon, and he was completely honest, although he was a little reluctant, but this thing still had to be done, and although he was a little dissatisfied with Xiao Tianjian, he didn't dare to say it, after all, he also saw that the vast majority of people supported Xiao Tianjian, no matter how unwilling he was, he couldn't make any waves, maybe if he talked more, he really couldn't mix here, so Zhao Erdonkey put away his reluctant thoughts, and began to turn his head to cheer up the other new recruits.

Xiao Tianjian has been paying attention to Zhao Erdonkey, the performance of this guy does not make him worry about it the most, now that he has changed his attitude, he can breathe a sigh of relief, people are all kinds of things, people like Zhao Erdonkey, the future generations can be said to be more, selfish, greedy, but flexible, although this kind of person is an unstable factor, but it is impossible to completely eliminate the existence of such a person anywhere, as long as he does not make trouble, Xiao Tianjian can tolerate him, At this time, seeing that he was boasting about how powerful the new Zhaojiabao people were, and how benevolent and brave Xiao Tianjian was, Xiao Tianjian sneered and let him go, and after arranging the sentry post, he lay down with his clothes.

Maybe it's because this is the first time they come out to do things, and tomorrow they may die in battle, many of the new recruits can't sleep, and they are muttering quietly about what may happen tomorrow.

There were also a few old brothers, listening to them, they also came over to chat together, and they also talked about the fact that in the first few days, they only had a dozen people sneaking into Liujiazhuang and robbing a lot of food and weapons.

One of them, the blacksmith named Li Xuanzhu, heard Xingzhu, slammed his fist on the ground, and shouted: "Rejoice! It's really powerful! You can figure it out! What I admire most is this kind of person, when will I be content if Lao Li can be like a plate! This time, fortunately, there is a palm plate to take us in, and my Li Laotie's life will be handed over to us in the future!

Damn, this world doesn't want to be a good person! I took my wife with me the year before last, and I finally ran from Yan'an Mansion to Zhaojiabao here to settle down, and I didn't have time to let my mother live a better life for two days, so I ...... Damn, I, Li Laotie, have figured it out, and this world can only pull the pole up the mountain like a plate! Honestly, you can't survive by earning some craft money or farming!

By the way, I said Brother Erdonkey, you tell us what is the origin of our plate! I look at the hair on the plate, how do you feel ......?"

Xiao Tianjian was lying on the ground, with his back to the guys who were gathered together to chat, but he was not asleep, he was also worried about what would happen tomorrow, although he was confident that he would take this group of people to clean up Sha Erbao's gang, but after all, there was a huge disparity in numbers, and he could not completely guarantee that he would be able to beat Sha Erbao's gang, so he had to think carefully about how to do it once he started.

Li Xuanzhu spoke in a loud voice at the beginning, but when he talked about the back, he unconsciously lowered his voice, and Xiao Tianjian couldn't hear what they said anymore, but it was certain that the new recruits were inquiring about his origins.

"Okay, let's lie down and go to sleep, and I'll be working tomorrow!" Don't chirp anywhere! If you die in a bad night, don't blame me for the pain of my baton! Xiao Tianjian turned over and reprimanded the gang.

When a group of people heard this, they immediately dispersed, and they all gathered together, and they all lay on the ground and did not dare to speak more.

But as soon as everyone lay down, they heard a whistle in the distance, and everyone got up again, and grabbed their respective guys with a nervous face.

Soon they saw a man leading the horse to the front, and it turned out that Shi Ran had come looking for him.

"Is there any movement in the Sand Erbao over there in the Mountain Temple?" As soon as Xiao Tianjian saw Shi Ran, he asked him.

Shi Ran smiled, and lifted a person off the horse's back, the guy fell heavily to the ground with a plop, and let out a muffled snort from his nose, it turned out that his mouth was blocked by Shi Ran with a rag, and he also strangled a strip of cloth on the back of his head, and he couldn't spit it out if he wanted to.

"Palm the plate, the little one is fortunate to be dishonored, and he has captured a Sha Erbao's subordinate for you! Interrogate this guy directly! Shi Ran kicked this guy on the ground, and the guy who was in pain snorted a few more times.

Xiao Tianjian was immediately overjoyed, it seemed that Shi Ran had really chosen the right person to do the scout's job, and he actually knew that he would go and grab a tongue and come back to ask, so that he could understand the situation on Sha Erbao's side.

Everyone gathered around, and Tietou reached out and carried the prisoner in front of Xiao Tianjian, and took out the rags from the prisoner's mouth.

As soon as the captive saw Xiao Tianjian and so many of them coming around, he was immediately frightened, his eyes were full of horror, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Xiao Tianjian again and again with his head on the ground.

"A good man spares his life! Heroes spare their lives! The little one is just a minion, I don't know if I offended all the good guys, the good guys must spare the little one's life! The little one is willing to be a cow and a horse for the good man, and begs the good man to spare the little one's life......"

Xiao Tianjian stood in front of this guy, in the dark, by the light of the bonfire, his body was covered with a red halo, which made him even more tall and abnormal, giving people a strong sense of coercion.

"You look up and answer, don't be like a kowtow here! Anyway, you're a man, can you be so afraid of death? I promise you, as long as you answer my questions honestly, I won't hurt your life! If you're not honest, then don't blame us for being ruthless! Xiao Tianjian snorted coldly and said to the captive.

"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you, good man! Thank you for the good man, you just ask, as long as the little one knows, you will never dare to deceive the good man! The captive was also clever, and quickly knelt on the ground and straightened up to Xiao Tianjian and replied.

The interrogation went very smoothly, this guy really had questions and answers, and everything he knew was poured out like beans poured out of a bamboo tube, and there was nothing to hide at all.

After interrogating this kid, Xiao Tianjian was much more relieved, it turned out that this Sha Erbao was actually not a big person, and he was just a ruffian in the area of Huangyang before, in the first few years, the people here made trouble, and this guy took the opportunity to follow the chaos, and then the rebels went to fight in other places, this guy felt that he was familiar with the local area, and he didn't want to follow, so he stayed, and gathered some people in the past two years, so he pulled up the pole in Huangyang, became a palm plate, and led a group of subordinates to rely on the meat ticket to blackmail large families, is also mixed with a belly, and the main attention of the officers and soldiers during this period of time is focused on the large rebels like Gao Yingxiang, no one will pay attention to them at all, plus this Sha Erbao is a ruthless person, after two years of mixing, he has not mixed up the climate, but he just occupies a Zhuangzi who has suffered a military disaster, and a small wealth is just a peaceful life.

He recruited less than a hundred people in total, some of them were ruffians in this area, and some of them were forced to follow him into the gang, in fact, they were not very powerful, and they didn't even dare to touch the bigger Zhuangzi, so they could only do some cutting business, tying up a meat ticket from time to time, and extorting a little money to get by.

For his subordinates, this Sha Erbao is not very good, except for more than 20 people who are close to him who can eat well, the rest of his subordinates are often not full, barely starving to death, there is really no combat effectiveness at all, and this captured person is one of the peripheral members, good things are not his turn, like this The drudgery of sentry outside the ancient village, it is always them who do it, so today he was knocked out by Shi Ran with a stick, and after being caught, this guy didn't think about killing him at all. immediately told Xiao Tianjian everything he knew.

And yesterday after they robbed the three of Jin Fuzi, Sha Erbao detained Jin Fuzi, he didn't believe what Feng Gouzi said at all, thought that Feng Gouzi was lying to him, and also believed that Jin Fuzi must be a person who did business with some family background, so he let Shi Ran and Feng Gouzi go, and asked them to go back to Jin Fuzi's family to ransom people! They didn't do much to Master Jin, they just tied him up and threw him in the cellar, and the captive also said that he was willing to lead them to Guzhuang tomorrow and rescue Master Jin.

(Everything that needs to be said has been said!) Continue to ask for tickets and collections, and promise to update another chapter in the afternoon! ）