Zhang Han clapped his hands, looked at the mountains like the sea, and said with emotion: "Here in Shanxi, there are too many places with seven mountains, two rivers and one field, and the people's livelihood is very difficult, and it is not surprising that there are many bandits. ”

"If there are more wolves, you still have to fight." Liang Xing is a native of Shanxi, he said: "When we were the most bitter back then, we were a tiger, and we refused to be bandits, and the bandits had to kill people when they joined the gang, and all the people killed were good people and merchants, so we really couldn't do such a thing." It's not a pity to kill all of these guys. ”

"There's a hanging platform ahead." Liang Xing pointed to the mountain range in front of him again, and an inconspicuous village appeared in front of everyone. He continued: "We have a bureau of people scattered out, guarding a few trails that can go over the mountain, these guys are blocked, unless they go all the way over the mountain, such a cold and freezing weather, there is snow everywhere that has not melted, there is no place to dig wild vegetables, there are no people along the way, they don't want to freeze to death and starve to death, they have to hold on, we are stable in this battle." ”

Zhang Han said: "Liang Xing is right, everyone rest for another quarter of an hour, and then continue to go over the mountain." ”

"Yes, sir."

Although they were resting on the mountain ridges, everyone got up for the first time and responded immediately.

……

"Big cabinet, now the archers of the inspection department have been found on all sides outside the armor platform, and a brother scolded them from dozens of steps, and asked someone to beat them, and we carried it back......"

Yu Shiqian did not live in the abandoned military platform, but rarely ran to the outermost village of Jiaojiatai to observe the enemy's situation, in his eyes, there are obvious traces of archery activities on the east and west mountains, before noon Yu Shiqian ordered a few old brothers to take a few teams of people up the mountain to rush the mouth, but was beaten by several rounds of birds, and now there are more than a dozen corpses lying there on the hillside, and the dark red blood stains on the snow are extremely dazzling.

No one dares to go uphill this time, the hanging platform is under the sunny side of the hillside, obliquely to the southeast is the abandoned military platform, and then to the south is the thirty lidun, this radius of several miles is a spoon-shaped valley with concave and convex terrain, and now Yu Shiqian feels that he is about to be stewed by a pot.

His eyes were blood-red and bloodshot.

Yu Shiqian turned around and said to an old brother who had been released: "You go and tell that Zhang Han, according to the agreement in advance, we will listen to his greetings and do whatever we want." ”

"I'll take a trip."

The old brother didn't dare to say no, in front of everyone, he raised his hands and walked outside the entrance of the village, about a mile and a half away, the person gradually became a small black dot, and then everyone saw that there was an ambush at the intersection of the road, the person was shouted from afar, and then seemed to have a few words, and then there was a piercing sound, the old brother was beaten and jumped on the spot a few times, it seemed to be dancing, it felt very funny, but Yu Shiqian They didn't think it was funny, because the old brother quickly fell to the ground, and he couldn't see it far away. But it is conceivable that he was beaten very badly.

"This is a fucking way to live...... Yu Shiqian said to everyone: "This guy can only work together, Zhou Daniu, you select archers on the periphery, and press them to attack and release at will, Yang Chun and you take the selection of the best weapons to prepare, once they want to pour into the armor platform, they will rush out and beat them out." If we can't attack it, we will spend it with them, on such a cold day, in the mountains of the wilderness, see if they can survive for a few days. ”

Yu Shiqian ordered a few old brothers who could fight, and singled out the selection of the front to be stationed on the periphery of the abandoned military platform, and he himself still went back to the abandoned military platform to live, and some of the most elite old brothers and good men from the border army were taken by him to the abandoned military platform, which was the core of the final garrison, and now they don't want to break through for a while, and obviously can't break through.

"The big cabinet is to put us on the periphery, gradually consume our strength and the people of the inspection department, and finally consume them until they can't stand the cold, and then run out of food, so they will naturally withdraw, which is also a good calculation."

Yang Chunhe was wrapped in a quilt, his teeth were still frozen, and Zhou Daniu was no better...... Recently, the scope of activities of the archers has become more and more tight, in the past, some brothers were sent out to collect grain or firewood to roast the fire for warmth, but also to cook and boil hot water, more than 1,000 people need at least 20,000 catties of firewood every day to be enough, save some use, dozens of people squeeze into a house to raise a brazier, a day also need thousands of catties of firewood.

There were not many dead trees and woods in the vicinity, and there was no need to go farther to cut firewood, but now where anyone dared to go far, everyone huddled together and shivered from the cold.

The last few thousand catties of firewood were moved clean by the abandoned military platform, and even the big and small leaders were not left.

Yang Chunhe trembled and said: "We are still wrapped in futon in the house, and we are still frozen like this, you said that the person named Zhang Han, as well as his subordinates, how did he bear this crime!" ”

"Not to mention that the archers are well-trained, they are well equipped, they have things to keep warm, and they can endure it." Zhou Daniu said sullenly: "Even I didn't expect that today is already the Chinese New Year's Eve, and they have no sign of retreating, but are pressing more and more tightly." ”

Yang Chunhe's eyes flickered, and after half a ring, he said, "Da Niu, can you talk to them?" ”

Zhou Daniu shook his head and said: "The big cabinet is very tightly guarded, how dare I do such a thing." ”

If Yu Shiqian really had the heart to surrender just now, he would definitely pick an old brother who was released from the Inspection Department to negotiate, but the manpower sent did not meet the conditions, and Zhou Daniu and others who were released were all on guard against use, and the manpower brought was much smaller than before, and they were all placed on the periphery, and did not hold the core position.

Yang Chunhe said: "I don't know how long I can survive such days." ”

Zhou Daniu didn't say anything, he asked his own soldiers to cut a few catties of horse meat, and then with millet, boiled a pot of porridge for everyone to eat, which was a celebration of the New Year.

"There is still meat and millet, and there is lard, but there is no firewood." The soldiers brought it to eat, but the kitchen was empty, with pots, stoves, and meat, but no wood.

"Doesn't I have a bed in my room?" Zhou Daniu knew that all the furniture in the village had been split and burned as firewood in the past few days, that is, the thatch on the roof did not dare to be used, if the roof was lifted, it was equivalent to sleeping in the wilderness, only the big boss had a bed and a bedding, and ordinary bandits did not even have enough bedding.

Zhou Daniu's words have never been much, but the amount is enough, everyone knows that his meaning is irreversible, immediately someone ran into the house, knives and axes together, a bed split out dozens of catties of wood, everyone happily held the stove, a while the fire was hot, everyone put a pot of water, put the horse meat and millet into it, and then put the lard, suddenly half of the village smelled the fragrance.

A few qualified big bosses also came, and Zhou Daniu and the two of them huddled together to chat, and the stove room was full of people, many of whom were full of frostbite on their faces and hands, and they kept rubbing their hands and feet at the stove.

After a while, the meat and rice were cooked, and everyone quickly put out the fire, this firewood can still be used for a few days, and it can't be burned and wasted like this, so people are reluctant to leave, dozens of people are crowded in the house, and they keep warm with the heat left between the stoves.

"We are either fathers and mothers, or we are raised by our mothers." The big leaders in the house drank hot soup, and their grievances rose, and some people complained: "The wind shield in Taicheng is good, there is a lot of firewood, and each house also burns firewood for heating, and there is enough meat, noodles, and wine, but people eat fragrant and drink spicy food, and the warm and warm ones are not cold, so we suffer here." ”

"I'm really tired after swinging for so long, if I can be a bandit in peace, it's not bad, what do you do to provoke Zhang Han's killing star."

"I said I wasn't afraid when I robbed someone, what's wrong now, we are the old turtles in the tank now, just wait for the pot."

Zhou Daniu didn't say much, just interjected a sentence at the right time, which made everyone's mood worse, almost about to explode, but he didn't say anything to do in the end, there was some disappointment in people's eyes, after dark, these people slowly dispersed and went back to their rooms to sleep.

After dark, there was a small snowflake, most of the people did not sleep, looking up at the sky in the house, because it was a light snow, the wind was not strong, almost no wind, there were no dark clouds in the sky, the stars in the sky were particularly clear, the moonlight was also very bright, everyone thought that today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, tomorrow is the new year, if it is peaceful at home, what is the situation, it must be much stronger than the current appearance of people and ghosts.

Even if you are a bandit, it is too miserable to be like this now.

At this moment, the bandits had almost no morale, and their resentment against Yu Shiqian was also getting bigger and bigger.

……

"Son-in-law knocks on Lord Taishan!"

Fan Yongming kowtowed under the eaves of the front porch of the courtyard according to the number of courtesies, and his wife had already entered the inner room and was not with him. Miss Hanfu's temper is very big, she quarreled with Fan Yongming a few years ago, Fan Yongming thought that the New Year was going to come to pay New Year's greetings, and it took several days to coax it, even so, the people of the Han family heard the wind, after Fan Yongming entered the door, he felt that the expressions of the people in the back house were not very friendly to him, he wanted to leave several times, but now the situation of the Fan family is not as good as it was back then, and Fan Yongming can't raise this courage.

Han Qi sat under the eaves, the chair under him was padded with a wolf skin mattress, a small copper stove in his hand, and big fur leather boots on his feet, the whole person was wrapped very tightly, he sat here basking in the sun, looking at the plum blossoms blooming in the courtyard, and felt leisurely.

Now that the yamen has been sealed, there is no official business everywhere, and there is no emergency military situation, when he is a political envoy, there are many places where there are complicated government affairs, and when he becomes a governor, he controls the military and political power, and he is less concerned about those trivial matters, which makes Han Qi feel very comfortable.

"Get up." Han Qi glanced at his son-in-law, this son-in-law was decided before the Fan family lost the business war, originally thought that the Fan family had millions of family assets, in addition to the dowry can be a lot of money, there may also be a large number of fields or shops into the account, as a result, soon after getting married, the Fan family began to go all the way downhill, and now the family property has almost shrunk by more than seventy percent, Fan Yongming's son-in-law's furniture is at most tens of thousands of taels, and it is still a big fortune in the eyes of ordinary people, in the eyes of Han Qi, this wealth is almost nothing.

From this level, Han Qi felt that he had been deceived by the Fan family.