Yu Baocheng looked at the down-and-out man in front of him, and was a little surprised to learn that the other party actually knew his surname. Yu Baocheng is still more well-known as the little white wolf on the road, and the top smoke of Papaya Mountain can understand his own information more deeply than others, which means that the top smoke is not a small role.

Yu Baocheng, who wanted to understand, put away his contempt, and said in a very polite tone: "Our big boss also has some friendship with Liu Da of Papaya Mountain, and the two sides have also given gifts to each other in previous years. Liu Da is a righteous person and has always preached the rules of the sermon. Our brothers in Jindingshan have always been quite respectful, but I don't know if you are passing by today, or waiting (for a while), why don't you say hello, if it hurts the harmony of the two families, it will not be beautiful. ”

In fact, the friendship between Papaya Mountain and Zhang Mengjin was formed by selling smuggled salt back then, and after the Zhang family planted the flag in Jinding Mountain. There is very little connection with Papaya Mountain anymore. But the Tao is full of face, Yu Baocheng has been on the road for a few years, and he knows the proportions of speaking.

Therefore, Yu Baocheng said that the other party's behavior of opening the market in Jinding Mountain was passing by and waiting. In this way, both sides have good steps, even if the two sides can't talk and fight later, it is because the other party does not follow the rules.

When he heard the other party's inquiry, he was a little embarrassed, and simply said, "I want to see you Zhang Da in charge." ”

Yu Baocheng saw the other party's downfall, so he said a little toughly: "Our big boss has now joined the official army, and Dazi is guarding the border in the north and doesn't have much time to entertain friends, so if you have something to say, just tell me." ”

Ding Shangyan knew that the other party would receive the news sooner or later, so fortunately, he directly confessed: "Papaya Mountain has broken up, and we want to beg for food under Zhang Da's master." ”

Seeing that the other party was still waiting for him to tell the whole thing, the top smoke on the top who was at a disadvantage no longer covered it up, and told the details of what happened. "At the beginning of the year, our big boss Liu took his brothers down the mountain to cast a yuan for God, and then he was ordered to dig around Huanxian County. Later, when he heard that God Yiyuan was dead, the big boss began to work alone again. Waiting for Shen Yikui to lead people to surrender the official army, the big boss wandered around with our brothers, and died of illness a while ago. My brothers fled in all directions, and I knew that Jinding Mountain had a friendship with our Papaya Mountain, so this time I took some brothers with me in the hope of begging for food in Jinding Mountain. It's just that I haven't sent the messenger out yet, so I didn't think you were already here. ”

Yu Baocheng looked at their embarrassed appearance, remembering the bad reputation of Papaya Mountain before, Yu Baocheng knew that they still didn't say something.

Liu Blind in Papaya Mountain is a ruthless character, and I heard some rumors about him when Zhang Mengjin and his gang were still selling smuggled salt. Because his eyes are not good, he has the nickname Liu Blind. In the past, Liu Blind heard that people's hearts and galls can cure eye diseases, so he dug up the hearts and gall of many people and drugged them. Because Liu Blind acted too arrogantly and unscrupulously, Papaya Mountain offended many people.

But this guy hasn't always been like this, once Zhang Mengjin and his gang of smuggled salt sellers passed by Papaya Mountain, Liu Blind was not blind this time, and saw that Zhang's gang was not easy to mess with. Especially Zhang Mengguang, who made the line gun, was extraordinary, so he became friends with Zhang's gang.

Before the thieves in Shaanxi broke out, Liu Blind's Papaya Mountain was the same as Cai Xiaozi's mugwort, and it was also a relatively stable bandit nest. It's just that Liu Blind has done too many immoral things such as digging out his heart and guts, and he has offended many people in black and white. After that, there were thieves in northern Shaanxi, and the strength of many of Liu's blind enemies grew instantly, so they all came to the door one after another to take revenge.

Liu Blind couldn't resist the new thieves who emerged one after another, so he had to hug Shen Yiyuan's thigh. In order to appease the other subordinates, Shen Yikui, who took over later, was unwilling to continue to cover this guy with poor popularity.

Liu Blind had no way to get the court's recruitment, and then they were chased and killed by the black and white Dao. This time, it seems that life is really unbearable, and I don't know if Jin Dingshan will take them in, so I didn't send someone over early in the morning to help, but chose to wait for Jin Dingshan's people to find them themselves.

However, Jin Dingshan is indeed short of manpower now, and Yu Baocheng saw that the other party had the intention to take refuge, so he said directly: "Our brothers in Jin Dingshan followed the big boss to join the official army, and they no longer do the previous business. Now I only know that I can kill the enemy in the border fort to serve the court, and the other is to farm in the countryside to live a peaceful life, do you know these things? ”

"Zhang Da's family is killing Dazi in the north, we naturally know. As long as Zhang Da's family is willing to take in our brothers' families, our group is willing to follow Zhang Da's family to fight and kill the enemy. He already knew that Zhang Mengjin and his gang had been whitewashed, and he didn't know what the other escaped Papaya Mountain brothers thought. The brothers who came to the Jinding Mountain site with him really didn't want to live this kind of life of being chased and killed everywhere again.

Hearing that the other party has a small family and not all of them are strong, Yu Baocheng felt a little regretful. But at the same time, I also comforted myself that only when there is a small family will there be concern for the other party, rather than a bunch of unscrupulous outlaws.

After thinking for a while, Yu Baocheng directly agreed to the other party's request, and he said to the other party: "As long as you follow our boss with peace of mind, then Jinding Mountain will never miss a bite of food for you." There is also a teacher in our village, who will teach your children to read and write. and they will give you seed and clothe you. Over there is the teacher in our village, and he is also the third brother of our big boss. If you can trust me, I can take you over to say hello. ”

Ding Shangyan was a little moved after hearing Yu Baocheng's invitation, but after many years of bandit life, he had seen a lot of despicable methods. The top smoke is still a little hesitant because of scruples.

Yu Baocheng naturally knew what he was afraid of, so he continued to comfort him and said: "Our brothers in Jindingshan value faith and righteousness the most, and they will never do anything bad to our friends who plan to take refuge. If you don't believe me, I can stake myself into your hands, and you can visit the Xiucai in our village with peace of mind. ”

Seeing that Yu Bao's CD said it to this point, it was no longer hypocritical to smoke on the top. Instead, he let go of the entanglement in his heart, and immediately asked one of his brothers to go back and report the news, and pull everyone out of the stockade.

There was no need for Yu Baocheng to be a hostage, he walked directly to Zhang Mengcheng of the cavalry team with Yu Baocheng.

When Zhang Mengcheng saw Yu Baocheng bring people over, he knew that the matter had been negotiated. So he went up alone, and together with Yu Baocheng, he comforted him again after the top cigarette. So he asked his men to bring a pack horse, take the cooking utensils and grain from it, and prepare to cook some porridge for the people in the stockade to drink.

Looking at the depressed appearance of the leader on the top of the smoke, Zhang Mengcheng knew that he hadn't eaten a full meal for a long time. Because people who have been hungry for too long are better to give them some porridge to drink slowly, so Zhang Mengcheng first ordered his subordinates to prepare porridge.

With the command of the smoke on the top, all the people and horses in the Jintang Village walked out. Zhang Mengcheng and Yu Baocheng discussed for a while, and then began to appease the thieves who came out together with the top smoke. At the same time, tell them that they will soon be able to cook porridge for everyone to drink, and let everyone prepare their own dishes and chopsticks.

After being appeased by the leader and hearing that there was something to cushion their stomachs, all the people who came out to take refuge were very happy. A few people who still had the strength also took the initiative to help the handle, so that the work of cooking porridge was completed quickly.

After the porridge was cooked, Zhang Mengcheng took people to distribute it while counting the number of thieves who took refuge. Yu Baocheng counted the weapons and materials of the smoke gang on the side, and classified and stored these things.

In the time that followed, the top smoke gang regained some strength by drinking porridge. Zhang Mengcheng was by the cauldron on the side and made a list of the gains of this surrender operation.

This time, a total of 63 thieves chose to take refuge, and in addition to the 26 people who were old and weak, women and children, the remaining 37 sturdy men could become laborers in the tuntian fields of Jinding Mountain. After that, as long as Zhang Mengcheng returned to Jinding Mountain, and then selected personnel from among these men for a little training, he could directly supplement the troops in Duhe Fort.

As for the other party's donated materials, Zhang Mengcheng and Yu Bao CD were a little unsightly.

The thieves' armor was heavy, with only a pair of rusted and unseemly purple cloth armor, five pairs of tattered and old cotton armor, and a six-petal helmet that was relatively intact. There were also three lean horses, five three-eyed guns, seven bows, fifteen spears, and seven waist knives that were barely enough, and the rest were a few tatters.

Moreover, the three hungry skinny horses left by the other party, if Zhang Mengcheng and his gang arrived a few days later, most of these horses would have to be slaughtered and eaten by hungry and uncomfortable thieves.

However, this surrender operation has made a good start to find laborers, and there are still several thieves from other places around Jinding Mountain, and Zhang Mengcheng and they can completely absorb them one by one to relieve the pressure of Jinding Mountain's lack of manpower.

After that, Zhang Mengcheng and Yu Baocheng returned to Jinding Mountain with the newly recruited people, and quickly assigned jobs and places to live for the gang.

Without letting the other party take time to adapt to the new life, Zhang Mengcheng transferred twenty people from among them the next day and began to follow the remaining troops of the cottage to remove other nails that appeared on the Jinding Mountain site one after another.

Although these people couldn't keep up with the actions of the elite troops of Jinding Mountain, the newly rejuvenated top smoke gang still strengthened the momentum for Zhang Mengcheng and them.

The remaining nails fled or surrendered in the subsequent raids, encountering almost no decent resistance, and not even a single casualty on Zhang Mengcheng's side.

Counting the group recruited by Jintangzhai, Zhang Mengcheng recruited nearly 100 troops in these actions in total, and added 63 Jianding to the cottage, which can be regarded as relieving the pressure of the shortage of manpower in Jindingshan and Duhe Fort.