Chapter Ninety-Eight: Guts

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the peasant rebel army, now called the Liukou by the imperial court, its leader or the plate is as many as a cow's hair, any person raises his arms and shouts, after gathering a group of people, they all call themselves the leader or the plate, these people they gathered, most of them are homeless and hungry people, even the old and weak women and children are also counted in it, when the army marches to fight, the old and weak women and children are in front, the number of people who can really fight is very small, they are all hidden in the crowd, once they encounter the encirclement and suppression of the official army, almost all of them are old and weak women and children, Those who can be called elite have taken the opportunity to escape, so the official army can win a big victory every time, but the main force of the rogue is still there. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

These leaders or those in charge of the plate will give themselves a seal, such as the King of Zijin Liang for his own use, the King of Chuang Gao Yingxiang, and the old Hui Ma Shouying, including Zhang Cunmeng, who was killed by Li Yong, and so on.

Only recorded in the history books, there are more than 100 leaders with nicknames, some people only left nicknames, and their real names have not been recorded, until the eighth year of Chongzhen, the Liukou concentrated in Xingyang, forming the so-called thirteen families and seventy-two battalions, and the leaders of the Liukou were basically fixed.

Throughout the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, most of the time they fought separately, there was no coordination between them, only the relationship of annexation, Li Zicheng was able to develop and grow later, and he also annexed many other rebel armies, and killed some of the leaders of the rebel army.

But at the beginning of the third year of Chongzhen, there were some changes, that is, the army of King Qinqin in Beijing, because of various reasons, there were many mutinies, some sergeants chose to return to their hometowns, and more joined the team of Liukou, becoming the main force, so that the strength of Liukou began to grow, which is why Chongzhen entered Shanxi at the end of March of the third year.

Wu Fanhui had already fallen into deep thought, and a bold idea popped up in his mind, but this idea was too risky and needed to be carefully considered.

Wang Baofu and Wang Decai were arranged to wash and change clothes, and the two must have stayed.

The trip must be carried out, not too far, lest there be a conflict in time, too close and no place to choose, looking around is almost full of rogues, and the Houjin Tartars are having a good time in Beizhili.

The best choice is to stay at home honestly, not go anywhere, study with peace of mind, and prepare for the township exam.

However, the upcoming matchmaker made Wu Fanhui tremble, he was only fifteen years old, and he really didn't want to deal with these things, and whether the future wife was really beautiful or not, he couldn't see it at all before entering the cave room, if he was really fooled by the matchmaker, and found an ugly monster, or a tigress, then the future days would be really difficult, and the struggle would be meaningless.

After thinking about it, Wu Fanhui pondered his own considerations.

"Li Yong, Ma Jigang, Sun Kailin, Liu Fangheng, Dai Nengxiang, I have a consideration, this idea is very risky, or very dangerous, related to the lives of the brothers, but I think it is worth the risk, the so-called success is fine, wealth and danger are sought, the brothers have been in Shilipu for nearly two months, and they have been training for so long, it is time to move."

A light appeared in Li Yong's eyes.

"The young master is thinking about dealing with rogues or bandits."

"Yes, last time we were in Luochuan, we cleanly killed Zhang Cunmeng, who was not in the mud, and the money and food obtained can last for a long time, but if we are satisfied, I am afraid that such a comfortable life will not last long, what Wang Baofu and Wang De just said, you have all heard it, these rogues are becoming more and more arrogant, one day they will kill Mizhi County, at that time, we are afraid that we will not be able to resist."

"What decision does the young master have, even if he is told, the brothers will definitely follow it, and they will never frown."

Wu Fanhui shook his head slightly, it was simple to make a decision, his mind was spinning, and he came out when he opened his mouth, but it is not easy to make a good plan, the brothers' ability is indeed extraordinary, but the number is too small, in the face of thousands of rogues at every turn, there is no way to start, it is definitely not possible to fight hard, and many times it is necessary to outwit.

Wu Fanhui's main consideration is to further hone these people under his command, after experiencing more baptism of blood and fire, these people will burst out with real murderous energy, a hundred times of training, not as good as a real knife and real gun duel, and with the growth of the Liukou, Mizhi County cannot always be in peace, when the Liukou kills over, the Wu family will suffer, the best way is to strengthen their own strength before this, so that the Liukou dare not covet here.

It takes people to grow stronger, and it needs money and food.

"Li Yong, you said that there are still some brothers in Datong, Shanxi, how many people are there."

"Young master, we were a total of 100 people, when we dispersed, I just took some people, went to Shaanxi and Shanxi and other places, and some went to Datong, and then the subordinates slowly contacted the brothers scattered in Shanxi and other places in Shaanxi, and finally got together, at that time to Shanxi Datong, it should be about 40 people, and it is not a big problem to find these more than 40 people, if the young master needs it, his subordinates will find it in person."

"It's okay, you set off tomorrow, with a few brothers, you must rush back to Shilipu before the end of the month, how many can be found, if we want to attack the Liukou, we must have enough people to ensure it."

"Young master, don't worry, this place is more than a thousand miles away from Datong, and twenty days of going back and forth is enough."

"Don't pay attention to safety, this road is not smooth, if you encounter trouble, don't be reluctant, come back."

"I see, I haven't seen those rogues in my eyes yet."

"Don't be careless, put safety first, and pay more attention to your surroundings along the way."

Wu Fanhui is not particularly worried about the problem of Liukou, because starting from Mizhi County to Datong, you can enter Shanxi from the direction of Jiazhou or Wubao, take Taiyuan, Shanxi, and arrive at Datong, without passing through Shenmu and Fugu and other places, and Liukou entered Shanxi at the end of March, but it is difficult to say whether you will meet bandits along the way.

Li Yong's trip to Datong was quickly settled, and he took his five brothers to choose the best war horse.

What Wu Fanhui didn't expect was that just after noon, Li Yong and the other five brothers were ready for everything, thinking that they would set off immediately.

In fact, Li Yong has always wanted to find the brothers scattered outside, but he doesn't have time to do this, and now the brothers by his side are following the young master's side, eating and drinking, and their lives are not bad, but those brothers scattered in Datong, what is going on, I don't know, the secret identity makes the life of these brothers definitely not easy.

The longer the time drags on, the more dangerous the situation of these brothers becomes, and they may even be forced to join the ranks of the rogues.

In the room, there are Wu Fanhui and Li Yong.

Li Yong is ready, they are going to set off before the time, they are ready to travel day and night, rush to Wubao, from Wubao into Shanxi, as for the road guide, Wu Fanhui has long been prepared, and Li Yong and the others are mainly in a hurry, almost will not enter the city to rest, the role of the road guide is not very large, just in case.

"Li Yong, do you probably know where those brothers are?"

"In September last year, they were probably in Shuoxian, Mayi and Shanyin, but a few months have passed, and there is a lot of commotion outside, and it is difficult to determine where they are."

"Then how can you guarantee to find them, and in what way you will contact each other."

Li Yong looked at Wu Fanhui, and his eyes revealed a look of admiration.

"The young master thought really thoughtfully, when we fled the capital, it was already agreed that we would be active in Shaanxi and Shanxi, we knew the allusions of the big hidden in the city and the small hidden in the wild, so we decided to hide in the vicinity of the city, so that we could get the news as soon as possible, we will leave a special mark in every place of activity, and generally use a steel knife to carve a guard on the first pillar of the house or the place of the threshold, and we have relied on this way to contact us over the years."

"Another point, the place where we operate is very fixed, unless there is no way, we will leave that place, if anyone finds danger, we must notify others as soon as possible, fortunately, there has been no danger in these years."

"So you are in Shuoxian, Mayi and Shanyin, I am afraid that you can find these brothers, although the surroundings of Mizhi County are very chaotic, but there should be no big problem in the Datong area, after finding them, quickly bring these brothers back."

"Young master, don't worry, your subordinates will definitely find the brothers."

"After finding these brothers, report the news immediately, I have to prepare, remember one thing, we have to act at the end of the first month, we can't delay time, this time you only have more than 20 days, you must hurry."

Before the time came, Li Yong took five people from Shilipu and headed in the direction of Wubao.

Wu Fanhui didn't go back to the county right away, he was alone in the house, pondering for a long time, he didn't know where he got the guts, he actually thought about exterminating the Liukou, of course, he didn't think about contributing to the court or anything, the main thing he thought of was money and food.

Active in Fugu and Shenmu and Jiazhou around the Liukou, has gradually become the climate, the mutiny of the border army joined, the strength of the Liukou, the imperial court at the moment all the energy and attention in the area of the Beijing Division, Huang Taiji led the Houjin Tartars, violent, directly threatened the capital, so the armies everywhere are going in the direction of the Jingshi, no one really cares about the Liukou, even the trilateral governor Yang He, at this time the main attention is also in the capital.

At this time, he Wu Fanhui led his brothers to attack boldly and attack the rogues in a steady, accurate and ruthless way, which should be able to succeed, of course, it is not enough to have guts, we must make all arrangements and have a clear battle plan, so as to ensure the success of the operation and reduce casualties.