A vacant lot on the east bank of the Yellow River in western Shanxi, Baode Prefecture.

A black and oppressive head, most of them are in rags, a picture of refugees, busy looking for their father, mother, and children, crying, calling, what a mess.

The best part of the terrain is occupied by a group of sturdy men, all with horses, armed with knives and guns, and extremely fierce.

No matter how chaotic the rest of the place is, it has not affected here, and the busy refugees have intentionally or unintentionally distanced themselves from this place, and if the occasional reckless person inadvertently intrudes, they will be beaten by a few heavily armed and fierce men with scabbards to cry and call their mothers, and flee in embarrassment.

In the middle of the field, several large fires were blazing, and a group of people sat on the ground around the fire.

"Lao Gao, it's still your subordinate's brain that is easy to use, if it's one day late, we won't be able to cross the Yellow River." It was a big man who spoke, his upper body was extremely long, even if he sat on the ground, he was a cut taller than the others, and there was a long scar on his face, which squirmed up and down as he spoke, which was extremely hideous and terrifying.

Not far from them, under the seemingly calm ice surface, there was a loud noise from time to time, the solid ice layer trembled a few times from time to time, a few cracks spontaneously appeared, the center of the river had revealed the rushing water, and a few pieces of ice floe drifted with the waves, drifting downstream.

"The big boss has won the award, that kid still needs to experience a little more." The man who was called the old man replied.

"Alas, we don't have to do the same thing as the court officials and soldiers, if we have the ability," said the big leader, "If it weren't for his strong persuasion, we would still be in northern Shaanxi, where there is no food, and we can only eat soil." ”

"That's right, when I was in Shenmu, didn't someone propose to stay a few more days?" Lao Gao squinted at a person by the fire with his eyes, and said a little proudly, "How is it now?" If we really listened to him, then we would... Hey! ”

The man he despised seemed to have been poked in the sore spot, and stood up and scolded with his halberd fingers, "What 'someone', Gao Yingxiang, you make it clear, I also saw that the brothers were very tired, so I persuaded everyone to stay in Shenmu for a few more days, and you didn't object at that time, why did you come to stir up trouble again at this time." ”

Gao Yingxiang was speechless by this person's refutation, and became angry, "Wang Er, if you weren't cowardly, you would be afraid of that, how could it take us so much time to get to Shenmu?" "I started to dig through old accounts.

"That's it," someone in the crowd suddenly said in a cold voice, "Wang Er, I think you were frightened by the fire in front of the Fugu in the north, haha!" ”

"Enough!" The big boss shouted angrily, and stopped everyone's behavior before Wang Er went crazy, otherwise, it would probably be a fist-to-flesh scuffle next.

Don't look at other people who respect him as a big leader, that's just because he is famous and got up early, and he doesn't belong to each other, many people are not very convinced by each other, and some have a lot of grudges.

"Brothers, why bother yourself, if you have the strength, go to the trouble of the officers and soldiers." The big leader said that this Wang Er was the first to come to him after the incident, and he has always been headed by him, and he can be regarded as his confidant, so he has to help him a little bit, and he can't be too embarrassed.

Wang Erpo gave him face, didn't say a word, sat back on the ground, and the others were also dumbfounded.

"Okay, okay, even if this matter is over, no one is allowed to hold grudges." The big boss warned, "Let's all talk about it, where are we going to get food next?" ”

There was not much food left with them, and the battalions could only ensure that the elite men and horses of the old battalions had something to eat, and the refugees who were coerced by them could only go hungry, drink some water, and fend for themselves.

The leaders were a little worried, if there was no more food to coax the stomachs of the homeless, they themselves might not end well.

Don't look at the usual honest and submissive appearance of these homeless people, it seems that anyone can bully them, but if they are really hungry, they can turn into violent beasts in an instant, and they have not seen it.

The fire was blazing, and there was a sound of "must be peeled", and the leaders of the homeless people who had been arguing just now were all silent.

Most of them are peasants, they don't know a single big word, if they don't pull the pole to get into trouble, they will probably not be able to get out of the place of birth for a lifetime, the land of western Jin is a complete strangeness to them, how to know where to go.

The big boss Wang Jiayin, although he has been a border soldier, he has never been to Jinxi, so he is naturally blind.

"When we quarreled just now, wasn't it quite loud, why did you get into business when you got down to business?" The big leader said dissatisfiedly, "Wang Er, you talk about it first. ”

"Big leader, I've never been to this Jinxi before, and I can't say a word, but I think we have to be careful and don't go to a place with a lot of officers and soldiers."

"Cut...!" Several disdainful taunts rang out around the fire.

"What do you cut? Isn't what I said right, although we have a large number of people, when we meet the officers and soldiers, we have not been defeated and defeated, I am doing this for everyone's good. Wang Er said unconvinced.

"Is there anyone who is familiar with Jinxi? Tell us about it? Wang Jiayin continued to ask.

He was greeted by silence.

"The big leader, the last general is not talented, but he knows a little bit about Jinxi." Just as Wang Jiayin was about to run away, a voice came from behind them.

Wang Jiayin followed the prestige, it was a young general who was guarding them, clasping his hands into fists and saluting him.

"Come on, come on, don't have so many rules, come and talk to us." Wang Jiayin was overjoyed, and finally he would not be blind.

"Yes." The young general was not stage frightened, and came to sit down next to Wang Jiayin.

Regardless of whether everyone could understand it or not, he drew a picture on the ground, pointed to one of them and said, "We are here now, a little north in the west of Jinxi, and then north is the border town, and the border army is better not to provoke it at present." ”

"That's, that's." At some point, all the leaders came over and stared at the ground, regardless of whether they could understand it or not.

"To the southeast is the capital Jinyang, and there are many heavy troops, so naturally we can't go," the young general continued, "We can only survive in the cracks, either to the east, between the border towns and the capital, or to the south along the Yellow River, between the Yellow River and the capital, as for which direction to choose, the big boss is in charge." ”

Although Wang Jiayin couldn't understand the picture, he finally understood the direction where to go, south and east, and his heart was overjoyed, and he looked at this young general's eyes with some appreciation.

"What's your name?" Wang Jiayin asked.

"The big leader, the last general Li Zicheng."