"General, how was your harvest today?"

As soon as the horse rushed into the location of his army's camp, and before he dismounted, a general came to inquire about the results of today's battle.

"It's okay, I annexed a horse bandit, seized more than 100 stones of grain and grass, more than 40 horses, and hundreds of people."

Rubbing his buttocks, which was a little painful, Hong Yangtang replied without grinning.

"It's another money-losing deal!"

Hearing Hong Yangtang's answer, the man who opened his mouth to ask looked at Hong Yangtang with a sad face.

Hanzi's surname is He Sanjiang, on the surface, he is the deputy of Hong Yangtang, and he has been working hard with him for many years, but in fact, he is the same as Hong Yangtang, a Hongmen chess piece from the spy war, but because Hong Yangtang has developed better, He Sanjiang was arranged to Hong Yangtang's side as his helper to transmit and receive information, as well as give advice to him.

In today's team, the only one who can sit on an equal footing with Hong Yangtang is He Sanjiang, of course, this must be secretly on the surface that Hong Yangtang is still the only leader of this team.

"There's a letter from home!"

When the two walked side by side, He Sanjiang suddenly made a color to Hong Yangtang, and at the same time quietly lowered his voice and said a word to the other party.

“！！？？”

Hong Yangtang was unhappy on the surface, but he was equally shocked in his heart.

It has been more than a year since I came to the grassland, from the beginning of the army stationed in Gangcha Town in February last year, far away from Li Zicheng's army, to the early summer of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, this is the first time that the direction of the base camp has contacted Hong Yangtang and them to give the next action step.

After staying in the vast grassland and the Gobi Desert for a long time, even Hong Yangtang forgot his identity as a disciple of Hongmen, and only then did the two start talking.

"What do you say from your hometown?"

Hong Yangtang's expression was calm at this time.

"The family said that last year, half a year after we broke away from the team of thieves, the thief Li Zicheng was ambushed and defeated by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chengzong, two commanders, in Tongguan, and all the main forces were wiped out by him, and finally the thieves escaped with only a few horses, hiding in the mountains."

"Now that my hometown has received information, it has been passed on to the mountains in recent days, and after the generals such as the thieves' henchmen and generals Chaotianxing and Guotianxing were recruited by the government, there are now many less capable talents in the hands of the thieves, as well as an army that has experienced a hundred battles."

"Therefore, the family will not let us go out of the mountains, bypass the officers and soldiers of the Gansu and Ningxia guard stations and enter Shaanxi, join the thieves near Tongguan, and merge into the other party's banner, so as to gain greater trust from the other party."

He Sanjiang revealed the information he had obtained, and at the same time said to Hong Yangtang with an excited look on his face: "This is a good opportunity, Lao Hong." ”

"According to the information at home, now except for one Liu Zongmin around Li Zicheng, the rest of his henchmen are either killed or surrendered to the enemy, and even the relatives and brothers around him are all dead, it is a good opportunity for us to break into the high-level of the thieves!!"

However, soon, He Sanjiang sensed that something was wrong with Hong Yangtang, and it seemed that the other party was a little dissatisfied with the arrangement of his hometown, at least He Sanjiang did not feel the excitement of Hong Yangtang.

"What, Lao Hong, do you have other ideas?"

He Sanjiang turned his face and asked.

"Lao He, I won't tell you, I think it may not be a correct decision for us to go and join King Chuang now, give me another half a year, I can create a team of five thousand elite horsemen, you are also a person who understands soldiers, you should understand the gap between cavalry and infantry."

Sure enough, Hong Yangtang had other ideas in his heart, and he didn't seem to plan to carry out the orders that came from the old ones.

Hong Yangtang's words are actually true, the army in his hands has been coerced from the beginning of the peasant members, gradually replaced by the grassland like cattle hairy horse bandits.

The horse bandits on the grassland and the Gobi are complex, most of them are composed of ethnic minorities who have lost their tribes, as well as the people of the Ming Dynasty who fled from the southeast, but they have one thing in common, that is, they are cruel by nature and have superb equestrian skills, otherwise they would not be able to do the business of this horse bandit.

Therefore, after joining the members of the horse bandits, the combat effectiveness of this army under the command of Hong Yangtang is increasing day by day, compared to the strength when they could only be used as cannon fodder by Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, it is not at the same level at all.

And the peasant members under his command have not been idle for more than a year, and the beef, mutton and horse meat that is the staple food on the grassland has gradually strengthened the physical fitness of this group of peasants under the command of Hong Yangtang, and Hong Yangtang has spared no effort to train everyone.

Now everyone is still pondering the must-learn skill of the grassland - horsemanship, Hong Yangtang is another group of elite soldiers galloping on the grassland, chasing those nomads who can eat them, swallowing the cattle and sheep in their hands, and the most important resource on the grassland - war horses, is to create a pure cavalry.

"Lao Hong! Don't let a small loss be a big one! ”

He Sanjiang did not agree with Hong Yangtang's idea, and hurriedly persuaded the other party angrily: "Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, has a very high reputation among the peasants, and he is the leader of the peasant rebel army of all roads, if we don't seize the opportunity at this time, and insert it into his henchmen team when Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, needs manpower the most, then as long as he rejoins with any other peasant rebel army, he will definitely have countless peasant armies to support him!" ”

"In half a year, our cavalry may not be able to be built, but Li Zicheng's side will definitely be like that spark again, burning all over the grassland."

"The opportunity is fleeting, and there is no delay!"

He Sanjiang's concerns were also reasonable, compared to the growth of the strength of their team, he hoped that he and others could gain a foothold in the upper echelons of the peasant army, further enhance their status in the peasant army, and gain greater power.

In this way, they will be able to make a greater contribution to their hometown and collect more information.

"Okay, okay, I'm really a little tired today, otherwise, you let me think about it, how should I act next?"

Hong Yangtang was also a little impatient, although he also knew what He Sanjiang said, but he didn't know why, he was just reluctant to participate in the chaos in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and sent the army he had built up with great difficulty to the battlefield to die.

"Okay, then you rest tonight, let's officially discuss how to act tomorrow!!"

He Sanjiang also looked calm, and said with a calm face.

(End of chapter)