The leader of the men in black was vigilant, knowing that the Ming army was alarmed, but he still didn't want to give up, he stared at the cow beside him, "Brother, this is handed over to you, as long as you open the city gate, the Metropolitan Governor will definitely reward you for your merits!" With a gesture of his hand, the other two men in black quickly leaned over.

Niu Kejing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood, "Good man, there are hundreds of people in the Ming army, wouldn't the three of you be sent to death if you go over?" ”

The two men in black stood proudly and said nothing, and the leader of the men in black smiled miserably and said slowly: "As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we must not give up!" ”

Niu Kejing took two steps forward, stopped in front of the leader of the men in black, stared at the Ming army opposite, and said: "Good man, let me go, my life was saved by you, and I will return it to you now!" ”

The leader of the men in black shook his head gently, "The kindness of my brother is received in my heart, and I am a member of the Heavenly Mandate Army, this is the responsibility of ...... below."

"Hero, you are completely sending to death, just the three of you, how long can you stop the Ming army? In such a short period of time, we will definitely not be able to move the boulder and open the gates......"

"How do you know if you haven't tried?" The leader of the man in black leaned close to Niu Kezun's ear, and lowered his voice: "Remember the location of the boulder, the torch will be extinguished in a while, you quickly hide behind the boulder, and use the boulder as a shield...... " He patted Niu Kezun's shoulder, and barely squeezed out a smile, "Brother, please ......"

"Heroic ......" Niu Kejing was a little puzzled, knowing that it was death, he still had to go up and hit the stone with an egg, who are the Heavenly Mandate Army? But the Ming army was in front, he didn't think much about it, he just said hurriedly: "I don't know the name of the hero yet......"

"If you can survive by luck......" The leader of the men in black was about to extinguish the torches, but found that his eyes suddenly lit up, and dozens of fine lights were really a little dazzling, his heart sank suddenly, it seems that the wish to open the city gate while it was dark, I am afraid it will be difficult to realize, the prisoners have not been strictly trained, under the light of the torches, once they see the casualties with their own eyes, they will definitely not continue to move the boulder!

He was very close to success, but unfortunately, at the last moment, it fell short, if it weren't for the warning signal issued by the Ming soldiers at the head of the city before they died......

He knew that he didn't have to flee, he was surrounded by hundreds of Ming troops, and there was absolutely no chance of survival, unless the Heavenly Mandate Army entered the city in time, but the Ming army would never allow them to move the boulder and open the city gate......

Under the light of the torches, all conspiracies will appear, Niu Kejing and Wei Ziming also know that the idea of making meritorious contributions to the Heavenly Mandate Army has completely failed, and the two of them turned pale, but they didn't know what to do for a while.

has just been released from prison, but now he has to face the arrows of the Ming army......

Before the Ming soldiers received the new order, they did not move at all, and the torches flickered left and right under the breeze, and the firelight flickered, covering the cold faces of the Ming soldiers.

Suddenly, a person walked out of it, covered in armor, only revealing his eyes and the middle half of his face, glanced at the man in black, his eyes stayed on Niu Kezun's face for a while, and then saw Wei Ziming beside him, "You are Niu Baihu?" Wei Cong Baihu? ”

Niu Kejing obviously recognized the person who came, his chest straightened, and he stood at the front, "I've seen Master Ma!" ”

Master Ma put his hands behind his back, and under the firelight, his face was very gloomy, "Niu Baihu, this official has heard about your sending troops to suppress bandits, although ...... But it may not be a capital crime, but what you did tonight, attacking and killing officers and soldiers, and making internal responses for the rogue," he stared at Niu Kejing with dead eyes, "Do you know what you are doing......

"I naturally know what I'm doing," Niu Kejing raised his head and arched his hand to Master Ma from a distance of dozens of steps, "Thank you Master Ma for reminding me, I did all this, what's the matter, just come at me, can you let them go?" ”

Wei Ziming hurriedly said: "It's all my attention, it has nothing to do with Niu Baihu, he listened to my encouragement......"

Master Ma's gaze swirled around the two of them, uncertain, "Why?" Why do you do this? ”

"There is no way in the court, there are visions in the sky, droughts are frequent, the people are displaced, and wolf smoke is everywhere," Wei Ziming arched his hands and continued: "Lord Ma asked himself, is there enough food and salary in Yongning City?" Let the soldiers go hungry to suppress the bandits, some people don't do anything, but it is the wine and meat of Zhumen that stink...... Master Ma, is there such a reason in the world? ”

"You're talking about King Wan'an? It's not a small amount of courage! Master Ma glared at Wei Ziming, "You failed to suppress the bandits and were punished, but do you have complaints?" ”

"It's not a complaint," Niu Kejing had recovered from his initial surprise, his voice had always been on the loud side, and it was the dead of night, and it could be heard far away, "We were ambushed by the rogues, and it was reasonable to be punished, but the brothers always have to eat well, right?" Hungry to fight, how to fight on this cold day, freezing to death......"

"Henan suffered from a drought, coupled with the ravages of the Liukou, and the imperial court was forced to ...... Forced to be more allowed," Master Ma turned around and glanced at the soldiers behind him, also full of concern, "The difficulty is temporary, maybe it is ...... to get through this period of famine"

"If this continues to develop, will the famine be overcome?" Wei Ziming said brightly: "Shaanxi has also suffered from drought, has it been alleviated over the years?" Natural and man-made disasters......"

Master Ma stared at a few people in black and said slowly, "Who are they?" But what do they deceive you? ”

The leader of the men in black stepped forward and said: "Yes, I am a member of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and I am the one who instigated them, but I did not deceive, following the court, not only the people, but also the soldiers are not enough to eat, but on the side of the Mandate of Heaven, the Metropolitan Governor is to let all the people on the earth have enough food and clothing, I don't understand any big truth, I only know, whoever asks me to eat and dress, I will follow whom!" ”

Master Ma didn't get angry, but just showed a hesitant look, "Henan is full of famines, where do you most of you get the food?" ”

"The secret of heaven must not be revealed," said the leader of the men in black: "Not only the people of Henan, but also the people of Gansu, Qinghai, and Sichuan, as long as they follow the governor, they will be able to have enough food and clothing. ”

Master Ma's heart moved, and when he saw the firearms of the Heavenly Mandate Army, there were ripples in his heart, the Heavenly Mandate Army was definitely different from ordinary rogues, but he had never intersected with the Heavenly Mandate Army, and at this time, after listening to the words of the man in black, he had the intention to take some information out of his mouth, "It's nonsense, Sichuan is still rich, but Gansu and Qinghai are border lands, and it is difficult for the land to grow crops, can the people eat soil to live?" ”

"The Metropolitan Governor has brought some high-yield crops, even if they are halfway up the mountain, the yield is unimaginably high......" The leader of the men in black paused suddenly, and after a while, Fang said: "You have seen for yourself, if the people are not rich in food and clothing, how can they have the strength to produce rifles and artillery?" You've seen it with your own eyes, right? The people outside the city have already assisted the Mandate of Heaven Army, and Lord Ma weighed, even if you kill us and others, can you defend Yongning City? ”

Master Ma frowned and said, "In the Heavenly Mandate Army, are you and other outlaws with sharp teeth?" ”

Niu Kejing didn't know much about the Heavenly Mandate Army, but in this half night, he seemed to have seen a lot, in the county government prison, the two prisoners were no longer able to walk, but the leader of the men in black must take them away; When he saw a large number of Ming troops appear just now, the leader of the men in black was not thinking about running for his life, but about completing their task, knowing that the task was already difficult to complete, he still put life and death out of the way!

There are very few people who convince him, but this unknown leader of the man in black made him a little moved, could it be that there are all such characters in the Heavenly Mandate Army?

Niu Kejing arched his hand towards Master Ma and said, "Master Ma, how many soldiers are there in Yongning City, you know very well in your heart, in the face of the 5,000 main force of the Heavenly Mandate Army, can the city be saved?" The brothers will only die in vain, in case they annoy the Mandate of Heaven Army, after breaking through the city, they will wash Yongning City in blood, and Lord Ma is also the culprit...... One! ”

Master Ma said in a deep voice: "Niu Baihu is saying that you want this official to be like you?" ”

The leader of the men in black rushed to say: "Say a disrespectful word below, Lord Ma is guarding the city, for what?" Protect the people, or the goods of the city? ”

Master Ma was stunned, "Huh? ”

"The Mandate of Heaven Army is a team born for the people, and it will never harm the people, Ao, soldiers, gentry, and officials are also part of the people, but some of the people are a little richer," the leader of the men in black did not wait for Lord Ma to speak, and continued: "After the Mandate of Heaven Army came to Henan, they took Nanyang and Ruzhou in succession, have you ever heard that the Mandate of Heaven Army has slaughtered cities?" ”

Master Ma was taken aback, and his originally calm face showed a look of surprise, "What? Have you already taken Nanyang and Ruzhou? Wouldn't that be the next step......"

"We did take the entire Nanyang Mansion and Ruzhou, and now the prefectures and counties are all our people, as well as our army, Master Ma doesn't know, that's because the Mandate of Heaven Army not only did not slaughter the city, but also pacified the local people, the people did not flee, naturally did not spread the message," the leader of the men in black said in a deep voice: "As for the next step, I don't know what the Metropolitan Governor thinks, our people, in addition to going all the way up the Luoshui, the other two roads, after leaving Ruzhou, went to Yanshi in the east and Xin'an ...... in the north."

Master Ma pondered for a moment, and unconsciously screamed: "Luoyang! You are so bold that you dare to attack Luoyang? ”

"Whether it's to attack Luoyang, I don't know," the leader of the black-clothed man arched his hand and said: "What the governor wants to do, no one can stop it, the imperial court used more than 100,000 troops to attack the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Army in four ways, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Fu Zonglong, Xiong Wencan, as a result, the Ming army was defeated, and the four-way army all returned in vain......

Master Ma remembered that he had heard about it back then, and later because of the defeat of the imperial court, the government strictly forbade rumors, which was gradually forgotten by the world, but what has happened, how can it be treated as if it does not exist because it is sealed?

This is what happened back then, after several years of development, the strength of the Mandate of Heaven Army, maybe more and more powerful, this came to Henan, it seems that the Mandate of Heaven Army is going to take the initiative to attack the imperial court.

But the imperial court ...... It seems that the main force is being dragged in Liaodong, and the Liukou in Huguang is also part of the main force that attracted the imperial court, and it seems that Yang Sichang is in Huguang to supervise the army!

Master Ma lowered his head, his face was embarrassed, he suddenly turned around, faced the Ming soldiers holding torches, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "Brothers, you have heard, as long as the Heavenly Mandate Army attacks in turn, it will definitely be able to take Yongning City, and Lord Ben is also facing a problem, now I ask for your ideas, you can talk about it, where should we go?" ”