Late April, Gucheng County.

"Father-in-law," Zhang Wenxiu reported, "someone is listening to our news these days. ”

"What do you know about us?" Zhang Xianzhong asked lazily. The weather is getting hotter, and it's afternoon again, and some of them don't wake up.

Zhang Wenxiu replied: "There is everything, find out the number of our army, equipment, food, and the degree of closeness to us." ”

Zhang Xianzhong yawned and said, "It must be someone from the imperial court, you didn't arrest anyone, right?" ”

"Without the direction of the Father, they were not moved. Or do you want to arrest them now? ”

Zhang Xianzhong waved his hand and said, "Forget it, if you are arrested now, it will cause trouble." How's our preparation? Are the food, the equipment, all ready? ”

"The equipment has been built all the time, and it is enough." Zhang Wenxiu replied: "But the food and salary are still a little insufficient. ”

"Then go get it!" Zhang Xianzhong instructed: "Now the imperial court has also begun to prepare, but they have been preparing for a much longer time. Those rich families have a lot of grain, rice, and silver, so they ask for them! Let's just say that we don't have money and food for the holidays. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, it is necessary to prepare properly, and the big war is together, who knows how many things will be ruined, and it is better to receive them in your hands as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Wenxiu hugged his fists and said: "Yes!" Children are honored. ”

"Give hope to those on the periphery, Dingguo, and tell him to let them strengthen their vigilance to prevent the official army from raiding." Zhang Xianzhong commanded again.

"Father, don't worry, someone is investigating our news, or they found out first, and let us be more careful in the county." Zhang Wenxiu said with a smile.

Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said, "You are all good, you have all experienced." Cao Cao, has there been a reply? ”

Zhang Wenxiu replied: "I was about to tell you. Cao Cao said, as long as you raise the anti-flag, go to Fang County to join him. After that, he contacted Bai Gui and Hei Yunxiang to rebel together. ”

"Old Splash!" Zhang Xianzhong laughed loudly and scolded: "It's just a villain!" thinks that everyone is as full of heart as him, and I'm afraid that our old Zhang will cheat him! ”

"He's always been like this." Zhang Wenxiu also said with a smile.

Zhang Xianzhong instructed: "Send someone and tell him that if our old Zhang goes to Fang County and he is not ready, our old Zhang will kill him together!" ”

Zhang Wenxiu said with a smile: "He has always been prepared, and the soldiers have always been in his hands, and he will not accept the adaptation like us." Then Li Zicheng is there, do you also inform me. ”

Zhang Xianzhong hesitated, touched his beard and said: "The time has not been set yet, Dragon Boat Festival, wait for the Dragon Boat Festival and send someone to go, it will not make people suspicious." His thousand-handed people don't know if they can play a role. ”

"It's better to have than nothing, then the boy will arrange it." Zhang Wenxiu said.

"Well, go ahead." Zhang Xianzhong nodded. But he soon stopped Zhang Wenxiu and ordered: "Send someone to keep an eye on our county magistrate (Ruan Zhitian), and dare to use the lives of the whole family to guarantee that I will not die?" He's a seven-grade petty official, is he worthy?! And his family members are still in Tongcheng's hometown, isn't this a joke for our old Zhang? Don't let him run! Lao Tzu wants to see if he still has the courage to do now after Lao Tzu raises the anti-flag again! ”

Zhang Wenxiu said with a smile: "I've been eyeing it for a long time!" The brothers had already cleaned up this old killing. Dare to take care of a few silver coins, that guy really wants to work hard for the emperor Lao'er who promoted him to be the magistrate of the county. ”

"Then Lao Tzu will fulfill his loyalty for thousands of years!" Zhang Xianzhong said jokingly.

Shaanxi, Shangluo Mountain.

Li Zicheng is in trouble. The big battle last winter had almost wiped out his troops. It was not easy to gain a foothold in the mountains, and sent people everywhere to collect the team that had been scattered, so that he got this thousand people. There are a lot of wounds among these subordinates, and there are no herbs in the cold, so they can only wrap a bag and carry it hard, so there are many who didn't survive later.

In the spring and summer, the humidity in the mountains was heavy, mosquitoes were infested, and the body was not buried deep enough when he was buried, so the plague began to spread in his camp.

First, someone had a fever, and the high fever did not go away. Then some people will develop a lump on their neck, and some will start coughing up bloody sputum. Since then, the number of cases in the camp has increased dramatically. Basically, anyone who starts coughing up bloody sputum will die after two or three days.

At this time, the doctor in the camp knew that it might be a plague. But these doctors were all plundered by the troops in the southern and northern wars, and after so many years of training, they are still good at treating the external injuries caused by knives and arrows, but when they encounter this kind of epidemic that even famous doctors are hot, they can only give a few doses of placebo to the sick people. The so-called placebo, that is, the treatment of cold and cough, has little effect on the plague.

Although the doctors have no choice, the basic isolation is still known. So the camp began to implement quarantine operations, and all those who were sick were gathered together and were not allowed to enter or leave. And those who are not sick will not be allowed to visit them, so as to stop the spread of the plague.

As soon as Li Zicheng came out of the isolation camp, he met Gao Guiying. Gao Guiying had just been recovered, and along the way, she took a few surviving family members and child soldiers to bypass from the trail and mountain road. And his daughter Cuiwei is fine, which is something that makes Li Zicheng very happy.

"What are you going to do?! Get back! Li Zicheng scolded unhappily.

Gao Guiying looked inside and said, "I want to go and see Yigong, he, he didn't have a lump, right?" ”

"He's fine, it's not as hot as a few days ago, he and Zong Min both live in a single room, you can rest assured." Li Zicheng comforted.

Gao Guiying knew that her brother was fine, so she smiled happily at first, and then suddenly said sadly: "Look, as soon as I come back, there will be a plague in the camp, is it a disaster that I have brought to me?" ”

Li Zicheng frowned and asked angrily, "Who told you this?!" Who is it?! It looks like I'm going to kill a few guys who confuse the morale of the army to establish military law! ”

"Nobody, it's my own thoughts." Gao Guiying hurriedly explained.

Li Zicheng comforted: "Don't think about it, go back quickly." Don't run here in the future, there is Cuiwei, think more about the child. ”

"Well, you should pay more attention too." Gao Guiying persuaded Li Zicheng and left helplessly.

Li Zicheng seems to be immune to the plague, and he has been running into the quarantine camp these days, but he has nothing to do. Even a person with a strong body like Liu Zongmin was also infected with the plague, but he was not infected.

However, at this time, he was not only worried about the plague, but also worried that there was no way to cooperate with Zhang Xianzhong's uprising. Now is the time for everyone to unite as one, and if we lose our faith, the road ahead will not be easy!