Wei Heyong was reporting to Zhang Mengjin the news obtained from the interrogation, he used to eat official meals, and the interrogation was really difficult for him. Originally, he wanted to use torture to see if the newly caught turtle had anything to hide. But Zhang Mengcheng spoke to save the mouth, and this bit of face was given to the talented man in the village.

After Wei Heyong finished talking about the news he received, he added another sentence; "The big boss, the turtle shouldn't be lying, it seems that Sha Li Roll does have an inexplicable grudge with this gang of Hui Hui, and now Sha Li Roll has won this gang of outsiders to grab jobs, morale is flourishing, and there is no family to worry about. Isn't it time for us to prepare? ”

"Lao Zhou, you watched their whole fight, you can talk about it." Zhang Mengjin held his cigarette pouch and smelled the smell of tobacco leaves, but he still couldn't help but smoke, and said to Zhou Shaoteng.

When Zhou Shaoteng heard this, he immediately began to report: "Sha Liluo was deceived by us before, and I always thought that he was so stupid, how did he mix it up for so many years, but today I know that he still has a little brain." He first sent his fifth brother to lead more than a dozen people on horseback to lead away the group of dozens of cavalry, and the armor of the dozens of cavalry obediently was the best armor of the officers and soldiers, and the steel swords in their hands were bright. Coupled with the skills of those of them, I see that Xiang Zhong and Meng Guang in our village can be better than those Huihui. ”

"The five cavalrymen in our stockade can fight, and the three of them are hanging. The sand roll can lure them away first, and it is beautiful enough. After that, Sha Liluo took a hundred foot soldiers and thirty or so cavalry soldiers into the rear team, and slashed indiscriminately. There were a lot of good skills in the team after returning home, but there were too many miscellaneous pieces mixed in. It was all messed up by the sand rolling. The sand roll was not bad, and in less than a few strokes, they broke up the back team. When the group of returning elites rushed back, they must have run too quickly and the horsepower was tired, but the team was quite neat, so they fought with them in the sand. After a pause, he continued.

"When the fifth brother who was rolling in the sand came back with his brother and stabbed them back, he was all defeated. Fortunately, we didn't choose to fight hard with Shari before, otherwise we would have to come back from other places cheaply. Zhou Shaoteng described the scene that happened at that time, and made a comparison of the martial arts of the two sides in the battle at that time, and at the same time felt fortunate that he had not fought hard with Sha Liluo before.

"How many people and how many horses are left?" looked at Zhou Shaoteng and said his speech after watching the big play, and he couldn't stop being excited. Zhang Mengjin wisely reminded him.

Zhou Shaoteng, who reacted, recalled: "There should be seventy or eighty people in Sha Liluan's foot soldiers, and I remember that there should be more than forty people left in Sha Liluan's final pursuit, and many of them are injured." As for the horses, there are quite a few, and there must be a total of about 80 horses that have been snatched back. After returning, the team collapsed, and it is not clear how many people were left. However, under the pursuit of the horse team rolling in the sand, if there are only ten or twenty people left, it is time to burn high incense. ”

"That is to say, after this time, there will be more than 100 soldiers who have experienced bloody battles, and if you collect some horses, it will be more than 100 elite horsemen. Obediently, there are no generals in the imperial court. I'm afraid it's going to happen this time. "Fan Shunjiang is also a fugitive who has experienced the war in Liaodong, and he has an understanding of the military strength of the imperial court. This burst of emotion is naturally not an exaggeration.

At this time, the Ming army was no longer the heroic division that led the world with Emperor Taizu. The soldiers were all beggars who did not have enough to eat, and they could not count on them when they were fighting. Even the generals can only be a group of family members who usually drink the blood of soldiers. But even if you desperately drink the blood of the soldiers, how much can the family raise, let alone the elite who can fight to the death and never retreat.

"The big boss, now this situation is a tiger who has broken free from the chains, they have no family and are strong at the same time, and they are crazy to come to the security guard, I am afraid that no one can stop them. We have been in constant conflict with him before, and we killed his third brother a while ago, and we have formed a mortal enmity. I think we should have made a plan early, it is better to contact a few leaders around Xiao to take advantage, and take advantage of their fatigue to get rid of this fang. Shali has been a disaster for security guards for many years, and has long become a thorn in the side of the government. If we can dedicate his head to the court, there will be great hope for him to be appeased by the court. "Zhao'an is one thing that everyone has been looking forward to, so when Ma Xiangbo said this, everyone was a little moved. couldn't help but turn to Zhang Mengjin, the big boss.

Zhang Mengjin finally stopped smelling the tobacco leaves and put them away, and responded to the brothers: "Zhao'an has always been the hope of everyone, when the grass just fell. Meng Cheng made some calculations about the days after we fell into the grass, and everyone felt that what he said was reasonable at that time. Now we have about 300 slots under our hands, and there are almost 80 horses (not all of them can be used as war horses). It is considered that he already has a lot of family business. Meng Cheng, you said it again, let everyone think about it together. ”

Zhang Mengcheng, who had been silently squatting aside and playing with hay, heard his eldest brother's instructions. He rolled up the hay in his hand around his fingers, cleared his throat and said to everyone: "Last year, more than a dozen of our brothers were chased and killed by the government, and there was no way to do it. Although the grass is free, no one is restrained. But this deal is never a long-term solution, and I haven't heard of any mountain king who can have a good end in the end. The smart ones are trying to change themselves into an official skin, and come out with a future in the future, so that they can seal the lintel of their wives and sons. ”

Seeing that the other leaders in front of him were listening carefully to his speech, Zhang Mengcheng continued: "It just so happens that there is a great drought in Shaanxi right now, and there is no harvest for the victims and no food, and there is no government relief. And I think that the emperor of the Dragon Court can't come up with money and food to help the victims. The government can only hope that God will rain as soon as possible, and pretend that nothing has happened for a while. When the food grows, these troublemakers will settle down. But if it doesn't rain all year round, the government won't want to cover the lid of northern Shaanxi, and the whole of northern Shaanxi will be in trouble at that time. And now that Jiannu in the east is making a fierce scene, the imperial court may not have so much energy to manage the affairs of northern Shaanxi at the moment. At that time, the court can only choose Zhao'an, if we have a sword and someone, and we are willing to serve the court. I'm not afraid that the government won't agree. ”

"Haha, Xiucai is really clever, this god really hasn't rained for a year. Nowadays, northern Shaanxi is full of looting, and I heard that the county towns in some places have been captured. Except for some border troops who were fighting fires everywhere, no army from the imperial court appeared. With so many people relying on that little border army, it is impossible to manage it. Isn't it time to recruit An? After listening to Zhang Mengcheng's speech, Wei Heyong was the first to get excited. Since falling into the grass with Zhang, he has never dared to return home. Now that I finally see the hope of going home, I can't close my yellow teeth with a smile. Amused everyone else on the scene.

"Lao Wei, you have been looking forward to going home, are you anxious to see if the good friends in the city have cuckolded you? Plus the two mothers-in-law and aunts in your village, can you cope with it in one night? Do you want me to help" The short man Li Yang was also very happy, and laughed at Wei Heyong.

"you, you feed your mother-in-law with your short chopsticks first." Wei Heyong was not annoyed, and continued to laugh after replying.

"Hahaha, it's finally fucking over, when I get back to Baoan City, I'm going to find that Li San to settle the score, and see if I don't beat him out of the shit." Yu Baocheng, who is also a security guard, is also very happy, and is already thinking about how to settle accounts with the enemy after he goes back.

"After the fight, let's go to Nafula House to have a big meal, I haven't tasted that roast chicken for a while." Zhao Wankui interjected at this time, it is true that the craftsmanship in the cottage is comparable to that of a real chef.

"We should also order a roast whole lamb, and find a few more to sing a little song, and have fun." Che Jibao looked like the roundworms in his stomach had been hooked, and he kept smashing his mouth after speaking.

"............." Everyone was full of confidence in the upcoming Zhao'an, as if the messenger of the imperial court Zhao'an had arrived at the door of the cottage. Keep gossiping about the future life. As for what, the sand roll has long been thrown out of the clouds. After everyone was happy for a while, Zhang Mengjin picked up the bangzi beside him and knocked it to indicate that he had something to say. "Everyone, don't be in a hurry to be happy, the sand roll hasn't been solved yet. Let Meng Cheng finish his words. ”

The prestige of the eldest brother made the excited crowd quickly quiet down, and they kept turning their heads to Zhang Mengcheng. Waiting for Zhang Mengcheng to finish speaking. Zhang Mengcheng waited for everyone to calm down and continued: "Listen to the second brother in charge, the imperial court's envoy has arrived in Ansai. I guess it's the Qincha Ma Maocai sent by the imperial court to inspect Shaanxi as mentioned in the newspaper a while ago. It shows that now the imperial court has begun to face up to the chaos in Shaanxi, and no longer pretends to be stupid and waits for the victims to decide for themselves. Waiting for him to report the famine in Shaanxi, some of the taxes may be exempted. However, I am afraid that the money and food for relief will still not be available. With such a big disaster, the imperial court is still busy dealing with the eastern captives, and there should be no money and food to adjust. And now the chaos in northern Shaanxi is afraid that it will last longer and become more chaotic, and only those dignitaries and nobles in the court will consider appeasing or exterminating. ”

Zhang Mengcheng, who was relieved, continued: "If the Eastern Prisoners send troops to attack the imperial court at this time, the imperial court will not have time to take care of us here. And I estimate that Dongyu has been blocked outside the pass all these years, if they make a detour into the pass this time, or even run to the city of Beijing. At that time, even many of the border troops who were pressing here had to be mobilized to King Qin. At that time, the imperial court had no time to control us, and the leaders in various places would make even more trouble without the constraints of the official army. At that time, the government will be short of soldiers and food, and there will definitely be the idea of recruiting peace. This is the time when we are fighting for the official body, the time when the autumn is high and the horse is fat, and the Dongyu is most likely to attack, and all the opportunities will gradually emerge at that time. Now what we have to do is to take advantage of this time to expand our team. When the court recruits peace, the greater our strength, the greater the officials who will be crowned by the court. ”

Regarding Zhang Mengcheng's statement that Dongyu may bypass Shanhaiguan and attack the Guannei soldiers from other places under the city of Beijing, most of the people in the cottage will still be suspicious, and the letter is that they have been getting along for many years, and they have long known that this Xiucai is very accurate in judging many of them in the big things that they can't touch.

What is suspected is that they have some insight, and there are also many passes on the west side of Shanhaiguan, since the eastern captives have not been able to break through the Shanhaiguan Pass and many other city fortresses, then these passes in the west may not be able to break through. And first of all, if you want to make a detour, you can only go from the territory of the Mongols. But will the Mongols give way, the cottage people are skeptical.

For these Shanzhai people, who are mostly illiterate or semi-literate in the lower strata of society, they naturally don't know that the Later Jin Dynasty had already begun to divide and attack the Mongolian Chahar Department in the first year of Chongzhen, and the defense of the west of Shanhaiguan was also very bad. To borrow a sentence from the "Ming History Chronicle": "The west of Shanhaiguan is in decline, the army is in ruins, and the three guards are not tied to many others." ”

It's just that everyone is also happy to say that the imperial court will come soon. Therefore, for Xiucai's words, he should grow stronger as soon as possible before the fall, and raise his hands in favor. For the growth of the cottage, everyone had some scruples. First, they are afraid that the gun will hit the first bird, and the rapid expansion will attract the joint efforts of several surrounding forces, and even the direct attention of the officials and soldiers. The second is that the cottage does not have enough food to feed so many people. Now that it is time to seize the time to strengthen the team, and the amount of strength directly affects the future of these people, they naturally plan to expand desperately.

"Everyone has heard Meng Cheng's statement, and I also think it's time for us to start expanding our family business. It looks like he's going to have to get rid of him anyway. What do you think? After hearing that his third brother's plan for the imperial court was coming, Zhang Mengjin was quite happy. is worthy of being the only literate person in the family, and he can even talk about the affairs of the court.

"Big boss, I'm willing to go to the border fort again to pull some border troops to join us. Now the border troops are already hungry and red-eyed, as long as they are given food, they are willing to do anything. He Zongwei was the first to speak when he heard his eldest brother's command. Li Yang, who escaped from the border army with him, also said that he was willing to go to the military fort to pull people.

"Big brother, a while ago, the iron helmet of Shilou Taishan died, and the people under his command ran out, and they hid in order to hide from the enemy. I have relationships with some of them and know where they are. There are six or seven points of certainty to pull them into our stockade. Zhao Wankui, who has a wide range of friends, also put forward the idea of joining the gang at this time.

"The foot soldiers in the stockade have been practicing for a while. Among them, there are 41 people who form an archery team, which can be compared with the officers and soldiers. It's just that there are still more than 60 people with wooden sticks in their hands, and the weapons of the cavalry are broken during the battle and drills during this time. The second brother, Zhang Mengguang, who was in charge of supervising the daily training, asked some questions.

"On the way back this time, I went to Sanyupo to hide some fine iron. I can bring someone to grab it and build a weapon. After hearing Zhang Mengguang's concern, Guan Zhiqing recalled a discovery on the road.

"This time, there is one who can strike iron in the cottage, and I also know that there is a blacksmith three miles south of Baoan City, who has good skills, I have helped him with some things, this time I personally invited him, I am not afraid that he will not come." When Ma Xiangbo heard that there was iron, he immediately recommended a blacksmith he knew.

"Jibao and I found a small pasture today, although it is not much, but it is still possible to raise a dozen or so horses. It's quite close to the land in the sand, we may be able to set up a set for him" Zhou Shaoteng was not far behind, and Che Jibao told the latest investigation results.

"......" The leaders in the village all spoke their thoughts, and the more they talked, the more enthusiastic they became. Everyone in the meeting was immersed in how to strengthen themselves and eliminate the atmosphere of rolling in the sand, forgetting the passage of time.