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The few non-commissioned officers who were not on duty held specially made corn cakes, and with each bite, they had to water them once to moisten their stinging throats.

There are only a few grains of corn that can be seen, and the rest is all chaff, which is really difficult to swallow.

However, the soldiers were very serious and would not spill a grain on the ground, and no one would care about the swelling and pain in the throat. Under the great famine caused by the drought in Guanzhong last year, the drought in Yanyu and Qingxu and the locust plague, for the people in the surrounding areas, it is not bad to have food.

As for the dregs of this cake, the general bought it from the merchants of Jingzhou with all his family property, and some people rushed to ask for it if he didn't eat it.

The soldiers tried to swallow, and someone pushed open the door of the Langling County Ya and walked in, and the people who were gnawing on the bread looked up and saw it, and they all got up and greeted: "Captain Wu!" ”

The sturdy Wu Ba nodded and asked, "Where is the general?" ”

A sergeant replied, "Practice guns in the backyard!" ”

Wu Ba left aside the sergeants and went straight inside, and found Li Tong who was practicing guns in the backyard, and shouted: "General! ”

Li Tong put away his gun and stood up and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Grabbing a few steps forward, Wu Ba hurriedly said: "Henan Deng Gong has been recruiting troops in Ruyang for seven days!" ”

"No hurry!" Li Tong frowned, walked to the stone steps and knelt down, took a silk scarf to wipe the spear, and said in his mouth: "You want to vote for him like this?" ”

Wu Ba smiled bitterly: "Duke Deng's reputation is down, and there is food in his army!" ”

Li Tong snorted coldly: "How do I not know? However, its Henan is disgusted by the people, and we will wait to vote, although we have to protect the present dynasty, I am afraid that we will also suffer disasters in the future, and we must not be careful! ”

Wu Ba was so anxious that he couldn't do it, and he couldn't persuade him with words, so he could only pace back and forth in the courtyard. It made Li Tong upset. He said, "If you want to vote for him." But you can lead the people and don't care about me! ”

"Where's the general?" Wu Ba stopped abruptly, and said in his mouth: "Ba has broken his heart and will not give up in this life!" ”

"In that case, don't be in a hurry!" After carefully wiping the spear, Li Tong put away the silk scarf and asked, "Where are you locked up yesterday and the people you were captive?" ”

"All in the camp! Because of the knowledge of the general and the heavy soldiers. We didn't dare to do harm, we just took away their ox carts! ”

Li Tong turned around and walked out the door, and Wu Ba hurriedly followed him.

The county was ruined, and there were almost no pedestrians on the street, so the two of them left the county office and went all the way to the Beicheng barracks along the street to look for the people who had been captured yesterday.

Yesterday, the sergeant went out looking for food and plundered two ox carts, with a population of more than 10 people, because there were three soldiers in it. Li Tong Chongshi, Wu Ba did not embarrass them. Only house arrest in tents.

Li Tong entered the account and apologized to everyone: "There is a lack of food in the army, so there are occasional acts of captivity, and there is no way to prohibit it, so that you are frightened, forgive your sins!" ”

Seeing that the head of this small force understands etiquette, the captives are a little relieved, and the three young scholars can also reply as usual.

After gently revealing yesterday's incident, Li Tong asked the names of the three people, Zhao Yan, Du Xi, and Fanqin, all from Yingchuan, who had avoided chaos in Jingzhou before, and recently returned to the north together, but they were captured by Wu Ba.

After asking about his name and place of origin, Li Tong asked in surprise: "I have heard that Chen Changwen, Dingling Du Zixu, Yang Zhai Xin George, and Zhao Boran are all known as teenagers, and are called the four sons of Yingchuan, and now I can see the second of them?" ”

"A thin name is not enough to worry about!" Zhao Yan and Du Xian looked at each other and smiled, Du Xian pointed at Fanqin and said: "This is Fan Xiubo, and it is also my Yingchuan handsome talent!" ”

Li Tong hurriedly apologized again, and sighed in his mouth: "Yingchuan is worthy of the country of Xia Yu, the family is well-dressed, and there are so many talents?" It's a pity that it was messed up by thieves, and it is still dilapidated! ”

Seeing that Li Tong was not like a layman, Zhao Yanfang asked, "Unknown general's name!" ”

Li Tongfang introduced himself: "A certain surname is Li, the name is Tong, the word Wenda, and the people of Jiangxia Pingchun." Young good rangers, because thieves disturbed the people, accompanied the county Chen Gong to raise troops in Langling to protect the people's safety. The former Chen Gong was victimized and died, leaving Li Tong to lead 3,000 soldiers to occupy the county and reject the Yellow Turban thieves. ”

looked back at Wu Ba, who didn't say a word: "This Wu Ba was originally the head of the Yellow Turban Canal, and he was captured for a certain life, so he worked under the account!" ”

The three of them originally went north to vote for the Ming Lord, and I heard that Li Tong had 3,000 soldiers here, if they could persuade them to go north together, there was just a step to enter the body, and Yingchuan and Runan were full of Yellow Turban rebels, and there was a lack of people to protect this small group of people. Zhao Yan said: "Please forgive the general for being shallow and profound: Today's chaos is chaotic, the people have been suffering for a long time, the people are at peace, or there will be a Ming Lord to calm the world." The general is alone in Langling, although he is a thief, but he boasts of his own strength, and he is afraid that he will be convicted in the future, so why not find a good lord and vote to fight the prince of the marquis? ”

Li Tong asked in surprise: "Do you want to go to Ruyang to run to Deng Henan?" ”

"Definitely!" Du Xi categorically denied it, and said: "The strong army in Henan is heard of in the world, and it is surprising that there can be such a person among the Kouzhong!" However, Deng Ji acted in a hurry for quick success, and sinned against the wealthy family, the sages and talents were ashamed to be in the company, and they were not the masters of our generation! Although its army is prosperous today, it violates etiquette and disorder, and it is like a bonfire with a lack of salary, which cannot last! ”

Fanqin's talent lies in the strong memory of Bowen, not the military and state affairs, so he was silent, and Zhao Yan picked up: "Although Yanzhou Cao Gong has not yet been able to level the rebellion of Lu Bu and Chen Palace, he has begun to recruit people to Tuntian, and he will take the order to take the scholar with meritocracy, and also focus on the family of clothes. ”

"This good lord too! Tong Qian did not return to Deng, just because he did not want to be infamous in his body," Li Tong was overjoyed, bowed down and said: "I heard that you have voted for Cao, and you are willing to go with you, and I still ask the three not to abandon it!" ”

Outside the county and the city, a team of dozens of people has just set off on the road.

After the ox cart, a pedestrian took two quick steps, caught up with the horse leader in front of him, and asked: "Uncle Zhi, we will follow the recruitment of the Zongzi of the Zongjia to join Liu Bei, and we may have to reuse it in Xuzhou?" ”

The knight looked back, lowered his body and said, "I don't know if I can use it!" However, the day before yesterday, I said that there is a famine in several states today, there are many thieves, the moth thieves are revived, and they rob the countryside every day, and there is no peace, and there is Henan Deng Ji for their assistance, if they do not migrate, I am afraid that the people will suffer! ”

"Uncle Zhi's words are reasonable! However, Liu Bei is new to Xuzhou, surrounded by strong neighbors, and the thieves in the territory are powerful, so I am afraid that he will not be satisfied! The people on the ground did not give up, and said hard: "Except for the vicinity of Wancheng, the rest of Jingzhou can be safe, and we can take refuge and go to its place!" ”

"My Chen clan takes Yingchuan as the clan family, and it has to be multiplied, and there are handsome talents," the hooked waist whispered uncomfortably, and the knight on horseback straightened his body again, and said in a loud voice: "Today's Chen clan has been famous since childhood, and its praise of Liu Yuanjun will not be bad!" And although I am in Runan, I have also heard from time to time that Liu Envoy Jun is benevolent and loves the people, and there is a matter of saving Beihai and Xuzhou in the past, and I have been admiring it for a long time! ”

"Even if Liu Bei is not bad, he may not be able to reuse me!"

"Shut up!" The questioner was only entangled in whether it could be reused, and after the knight on horseback scolded lightly, he said: "How can you dare to call him by his name even if he has run to the people's account?" is not the lord of us, Liu Yuanjun is also the governor of Yuzhou and the royal family, how can he be disrespectful? You must know that words come from the heart, be careful! ”

After being reprimanded on the ground, he shrunk his neck, but he still didn't give up, but he was an official fan: "If you can't reuse it, what should you do?" ”

"If you can't reuse it, you can ask the sect family, Chen Changwen, as the son of the sect, should make up your mind to sue me!" The knight on horseback said coldly: "If you are lucky enough to be valued by Liu Yuanjun, although there are many strong neighbors in Xuzhou, I should sacrifice my life and not give up left and right!" ”

In the Yazhong of Zhaolingcheng County, He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, and He Man were relatively speechless for a long time.

In the face of the great famine of this year, they have regained a lot of homeless robbers in Yingchuan and Runan counties, and there are tens of thousands of horses and horses, and more than 200,000 old and weak women and children combined, which has been regarded as a big force.

But now, because of Deng Ji, the overlord of Henan, he was stationed in Ruyang, which made them frustrated, but they were powerless to save the situation.

A famous person in later generations once said: When people's hearts are scattered, it is difficult to lead the team.

It has been 11 years since the Yellow Turban Uprising, from the initial bees to the world, to now everyone shouts and beats, how bitter the moth thieves are!

If it weren't for the great famine, the heroes only cared about attacking each other, and the two counties of Yingchuan and Runan were dilapidated and no one was willing to occupy the land, and their four yellow scarves would not have the scale they have today.

Although the scale of the four yellow scarves is large, the vast majority of the homeless robbers who are wrapped and lack of food have no choice but to join them, and there are few intimate old moths and thieves. Now Deng Ji is in Ruyang, Xu Ci Hanoi fields and others, and the subordinates can't stop abandoning Qu Shuai to vote, but after more than ten days, the population of the four families has been reduced by half.

If you want to be a thief at the beginning of the year, who will want to be obedient to the people again?

The world is like this, after a long time of chaos, and after seeing a lot, the thieves and outcasts have gradually understood a truth: in today's world, the yellow turbans are enemies everywhere, and there is really no way out, so they still have their lives first.

Although ordinary thieves think so, He Yi and other majestic Qu Shuai are different, who is used to being a chicken head and wants to be an oxtail?

The thieves are just that, He Yi, He Man, Liu Pi, and Huang Shao, as the commanders of the forty or fifty thousand people, but they are not very willing to vote for Deng Ji and rely on others.

Although they are both yellow scarves, maybe in terms of qualifications, Deng Pimple is not as good as the four of them!

It's just that the situation is always stronger than people, and seeing that the number of people under their command is decreasing day by day, what can the four of them do?

"Come down!" Liu Pichang, who has a little more old moths and thieves and is the most capable of fighting, sighed: "My captain Gong Du has led the crowd to join Deng Ji's account, and the former envoy has sent news that the soldiers of the army eat three meals a day, and there will be meat in the meal, which has provoked the army's heart, and it has gradually become impeachable!" And now there are not many people in Yingchuan and Runan who can be plundered again, and no one in the four fields is engaged in farming, so they will survive this year, and there will be no plundering in the coming year, so it is better to follow it! ”

The other three sighed in unison, looked at each other and smiled bitterly: Even if they don't fall, as long as Deng Ji has been garrisoning Ruyang and doesn't leave, his own strong and old people will run out sooner or later, what's the point of leaving a few of them to be bare-pole and ditch marshals?

If the power is insufficient, any wealthy family can send their troops to destroy them!

"Alas!" To be continued......