Jiang Hao was about to eat cakes with tears in his eyes, hundreds of miles away, in the vast hills west of Luliang Mountain, in a dilapidated cottage, a group of men named Huazi were gnawing on the head of the miscellaneous grain nest that he didn't know where to find it.

The cottage is built on the top of a relatively high hill, steep and difficult to walk around, a path winds up from the foot of the mountain, there are several places along the way although dilapidated but can still see the stone gables that were quite majestic in the past, leaving a narrow city gate hole in and out, the whole structure looks easy to defend and difficult to attack, in the past, it must have been either the village of the family to prevent thieves and avoid disasters or the dock fort where officers and soldiers were stationed.

However, the times have passed, the world is unpredictable, and it has long been abandoned under severe natural disasters, weeds grow in the cracks of the wall tiles, roof tiles and thatch are blown away by the strong wind, and the remnants of the bricks and tiles have fallen all over the ground, and the smell of waste fills every corner here.

The midday sun shone through several holes in the roof, as large as a dustpan, and sprinkled golden pillars of light in the gloomy room, and dust flew in them, wild and free, as if to declare that they were the masters here.

A large square table with a missing leg and a few bricks was placed in the center of the room, and several arrogant and extremely unscrupulous men sat around, the broken bowls on the table were empty, and the nest head in it had long been robbed.

Li Da Yanzi bit the bitter taste of the nest head fiercely, as hard to give up as holding a fine dim sum made of Jiangnan Gongmi, a fist-sized nest head, he took a few bites of his belly, touched the belly, and there was a dissatisfied "cooing" sound inside, so he turned his eyes to a few people around him.

Those people also gobbled up, almost at the same time as him, and the big nephew Li retracted his gaze stupidly.

The cottage has been a hard time for a while, and after today, the barn will run out of food, and tomorrow there will be no food for the nest.

It's rare to be a bandit to do this.

"Big boss, what's going on here? Say something. A man with a scar on his face asked Mr. Li: "There have been no merchants on this road for several days, and I have not even seen a living person. ”

"That's right, big boss." Another sturdy man chimed in: "At the beginning, you had a lot of ideas, and you could bring everyone to get rich, and everyone was willing to follow you, but now you are waiting for death in this broken ground, but you can't do it." ”

Li Dazi didn't speak, grabbed a crockpot on the table, poured a "grunt" breath, and rushed the stalk in his throat that was difficult to swallow.

An old guy stood up to play a round game, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, okay, the big boss has his own measure, and he will take everyone to eat and drink spicy food, but you can't break up the family because there is no oil and water now, and everyone will break up after the family, how can you have a good heart now?" If you are alone outside, you may be made by someone, so why bother? Listen to the big boss, don't worry, big guy. ”

Everyone was silent, and looked at Li Dazi in a muffled voice.

Li Dazi was drinking water in his mouth, but his eyes were dripping, and he was thinking of ideas.

Since the escape of Yajiao Fort, Li Dazi returned to the bandit den alone, there were only some old and weak women and children left, Li Dazi gathered a few henchmen, became the boss with rhetoric, unceremoniously snatched the property from the hands of the original boss's widow, and sold the two for silver, burned the mountain, wandered everywhere in the western part of Shanxi, recruited some stragglers along the way, and finally settled in this deserted fort, became the king of the mountain, and did some cutting paths and robbing the road without capital trading.

The world is difficult and dangerous, even the robbers are not happy, choose here, originally because there is a small road leading to the Great Wall, many business travelers who hide from the military disaster will go from this side, collect some money to buy the road or meet the guards of the little black hand to kill people and cross the goods, there are a few market towns and villages nearby, you can ask for some food, but after a few days, drought and flood successively, the people can not survive, and run away. There are also extinct people and animals on the road, and there is not a single merchant who can be seen through the autumn water.

Bandits are like this, if they have milk, they are mothers, and if they don't have milk, they have to eat mothers. After a few days like this, the bandits began to be dissatisfied and wanted to break up and share the spoils.

This period of time is not long, but there are some gains, plus the things that Li Dazi collected from the previous boss, some of the bandits know a little, and they have long been red-eyed, and today Li Dazi has not handled it well, so he will draw his knife to see the red.

"Smack!" Li Dazi smashed the crockpot to the ground and splashed a room full of water.

All the people in the room stood up, and the sound of "slapping" made a scene, and the knives were all drawn, revealing their fierce faces.

Li Dazi's face was gloomy, one foot was on the bench, and his eyes swept viciously over the faces of these people, some were his cronies, and some were not afraid of him, and they also glared back with an unkind expression.

"If you want to split up, you can go, but don't want to take one with you!" Li Dazi shouted violently, and slowly pulled out the knife: "If you want to stay today, take back the knife, when it hasn't happened, everyone is still brothers, and there will be wine and meat in the future, and there will be a prosperous day." ”

No one spoke, the atmosphere was tense, and the silence was on the verge of erupting.

A tall bandit stood up, with a sneer on his face, holding a knife, and just as he wanted to say something, he heard footsteps outside.

A minion hurriedly smashed open the false door and shouted happily: "Coming, coming!" ”

When I came in, I saw a sword light in the house, and I was stunned, and I couldn't shout the words below.

Li Dazi pointed the knife at him: "What are you panicking about?" What's coming? ”

The minions obviously had never seen this kind of infighting, and the words were a little intelligible, and they stammered: "Yes, it's fat, fat sheep are here, there are a lot of fat sheep!" ”

The instant joy dispersed the tense air, the knife was put down, and the word "fat sheep" was more effective than any righteous anger in the rivers and lakes, and the people in the room were pleasantly surprised and high-fived each other.

Li Dazi put away the knife and shouted: "Everything else is put aside, brothers, let's go eat this flock of fat sheep, and then discuss other matters!" ”

Everyone shouted in unison: "Listen to the big boss!" ”

……

Dorgon didn't expect to become a fat sheep.

He was a little sleepy on the mountain road, and because of the heat and because it was not convenient to walk a long way, he took off his armor and was carried by his guards, and he wore a brocade robe and carried a portable sword.

The people around him, after several pursuits by the Ming army, became fewer and fewer, except for the chasing soldiers who did not disperse, what I never expected was that the crops of the villagers along the way became the biggest obstacle, and all kinds of cottage bandit nests in Luliang Mountain were more or less notified by the local bureaucrats anyway to intercept and kill all the Qing soldiers who were left alone.

After several sneak attacks and ambushes, these bandits who made Dolgon look down on them in the past consumed the lives of a large number of Qing soldiers, and there were casualties almost every day, until they left the main vein of Luliang Mountain and entered the hilly area on the west side of Dashan, which was sparsely populated because of the disaster, and Dolgon's people breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this time, there were only more than 20 people with him.

The dignified regent of the Qing Dynasty, one person under 10,000 people, out is only inferior to the Son of Heaven, into the supreme luxury, happy amnesty to the world, angry is the corpse thousands of miles, extremely noble, power over the world, the seeer is not two trembling and dare not raise his head The regent who is covered in the four seas is gray at the moment, covered in blood, although he is wearing a brocade robe, he is embarrassed, and he has no princely manners.

But out of the mountains, at least there is no large group of mountain bandits to make trouble, much safer, although this side of the red land is thousands of miles, uninhabited, no food or drink, but the Jurchens are all men who grew up in the mountains, and some have a way to live, it doesn't matter if they are bitter, and Dolgon has not endured hardships.

Gritting his teeth, Dolgon took Rosh and the others to step forward among the undulating hills, fast, and after walking more than two hundred miles, you can see the Great Wall, and when you go out of the wall, the grassland is in front of you.

The Horqin Department can be trusted, even if the Mongols on the steppe are all reversed, they will not rebel, so many Gege have married, so many Mongolian princesses have married, and the bloodlines of the two sides have long been connected and inseparable.

The formation of more than 20 people looked down on the hill, but it was only a small row of ant-like black spots.

Li Dazi squinted his eyes and looked at the grass for a while, and then slapped the minion who reported the news.

"Fat sheep? This is the fat sheep? He scolded, "Are you blind!? This is a tartar, a real tartar with braids! ”

The minion covered his face and defended himself: "Where do they look like tartars from a distance, besides, there are only about two dozen people ......"

"Twenty or so are also Tartars, don't you know how ruthless Tartars are? This trade is too dangerous to do! Li Dazi retreated.

He tried to leave, but no one else moved.

Li Dazi was angry: "What? Are you fucking greedy? Watch your heads! ”

A man raised his head and said in a sinister manner: "Big boss, if you are afraid, you will go by yourself, we will not go, for so many days, it is easy to see the upper road, and it will be struck by lightning if you put it over." ”

The other also said: "Yes, big boss, if you leave, this trip will not be your share, and the property in the cottage, when you send it to us, you have to go naked!" ”

Li Dazi is angry and anxious, these brutes don't even take themselves seriously, can the bear it?

When he stood up, he was about to get angry, but the old man came over and persuaded again: "Hey, hey, don't say a word, you two too, how do you talk to the big boss?" Is the big boss like that? The big boss wants to take us to eat and drink spicy food and sleep with the most watery girl in the city, hurry up and pay the big boss compensation! But the big boss, did you still do this job? You see, those Tartars walk crookedly, where did the defeated soldiers come from, and many people carry big burdens, most of them are still carrying the soft stolen, God-given opportunities! ”

A few more people echoed, and Li Dazi looked at everyone, all of them looked anxious, and said in their hearts that if they really left like this, I was afraid that if they couldn't walk out a hundred steps alive, they would be killed alive by these animals.

Under his hands, there are more than 100 people, including dozens of soldiers who have been soldiers, who are ruthless and reckless, and they really want to make trouble, and a hundred Li Dazi are not opponents, and this is not in line with interests, no matter how iron people are, they will not stand on his side.

"You've figured it out, it's a Tartar!" After thinking for a while, Li Dazi squatted down again and said fiercely: "Don't regret it when the time comes!" ”

But the crowd laughed, and someone said, "What about the Tartars?" We have a mechanism that can catch even a four-legged wolf, let alone a two-legged man? If you are in charge, you can take us to do it! ”

"yes, let's do it!!" Babbling and screaming.

Li Dazi gritted his teeth, settled down, and ordered: "You, you, you, and you, take ten people to be responsible for smashing stones over there, you, you, you, take ten people to the other side, and when the next organ is launched, you will throw stones with all your might, and the rest of the people will go down with me, since you want to do it today, don't leave any trouble!" Not a single live mouth can be left! ”

The bandits agreed in unison and went as ordered.

On the road at the foot of the mountain, Li Dazi is a thin man with a lot of eyes, in order to save effort, and in order to deal with those big merchants who protect a lot, he led people to dig a pit on the road, set up a tripping mechanism, and fell into it without a way to live.

Unbeknownst to Dorgon, there was a group of hungry bandits waiting for him.

A cloud drifted over, blocking the drowsy sun, and a shadow fell on the earth, in which the Qing soldiers who opened the way unsuspectingly stepped on the pit camouflaged by the thin soil of the branches, and fell into the pit.

This kind of pit is a chain, the pit with a strong structure is in front, people walk through it, continue to walk, go to the back, step on the thin one, you will fall into, the thin one has a chain lasso, after the person falls down, the noose will be pressed, the pit with a strong structure will be pulled, and the people who follow behind will also fall into the pit.

The ground seemed to suddenly crack open, swallowing more than a dozen Qing soldiers in one go, and there were sharpened branches at the bottom of the pit, and if you fell into it, you would not die and peel off the skin.

Dolgon walked behind, and when he saw this scene, he reflexively stepped back, drawing his sword as he retreated, and looked around coldly.

Then his eyes widened suddenly, and he saw many heads popping up on both sides of the road, and they were all holding large stones and throwing them at him.

Rosh was protecting him, but he was hit in the head by a boulder, and his head was bleeding.

"Is it the Ming Army?" Frightened and angry, Dorgon quickly denied himself: "It's a thief! ”

On the hillsides on both sides, ragged men rushed down, brandishing knives, with a light in their eyes, shouting "buy money" and the like.

"Let's go!" Rosh shouted, and the rest of the soldiers held off the swarming bandits, desperately telling Dorgon to leave.

But Dorgon was not afraid, how could a warrior who had been hardened in a hundred battles be afraid of these thieves? Withdraw? That's a shame!

"Fight!" Dolgon's muscular body stood behind Rosh, protecting him behind him, violently slashing a bandit who tried to sneak up on him in two: "Kill them all!" ”

The bandits surrounded on all sides, carrying guns and sticks, some of them were brave, and when they saw that there were few Qing soldiers, they dared to rush and kill head-on, and in an instant the shouts of killing were everywhere, and they were all in a heap.

"Tough stubble!" One of the bandits exclaimed, blood flew up, and the person who spoke fell to the ground clutching his neck.

The people around Dolgon are all selected from the vest of the White Bayala Guards, all of them are veterans with superb martial arts, to deal with these bandits, even if there are Ming deserters mixed in it, and there are few people, they are not left behind, and they are a few hands, and they actually have the meaning of counter-defense as attack.

The old bandits followed Li Dazi's side, and they were frightened, so they were the first to coax Li Dazi and persuade Li Dazi to go.

Li Dazi coaxed the bag in advance, but at this moment he saw it clearly, and scolded angrily: "Go your mother!" Can you go? When the brigade comes, the cavalry chases, and no one can escape! If you want to do something, you will never leave a trace, damn it, you have been a bandit for so many years? ”

He took out a bag of things from his bosom and shouted, "Idea! Guys, use some gray noodles! ”

Gray surface, river and lake cuts, synonymous with quicklime.

With a wave of his hand, Li Dazi scolded and rushed forward, smashing a bag of lime into Dolgon's face, Dolgon didn't see what it was, and instinctively swung his knife.

The white smoke exploded, smudging Dorgon's face.

(End of chapter)