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In February of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Henan, Kaifeng Mansion, Tongxu County.

It is the middle of spring, everything recovers, the mountains are full of flowers, and it is a good time for spring ploughing, but this year Henan is still full of drought, serious disasters everywhere, the people are dead, fleeing, the white bones in the territory are vertical and horizontal, and they have been broken to the point that they are not in shape.

In fact, even if the drought situation improves, it is impossible for Henan to recover in the short term, because there is no order in various places, and there are many displaced people and bandits everywhere. This is also the terrible feeling of not suffering from poverty but suffering from insecurity.

The dry ground was covered with dust, and everywhere there was a white patch, and the trees that could be seen, the bark of which had been stripped by the hungry, and the grass roots that could be seen had been dug up by the homeless people. Between heaven and earth, there seems to be only a piece of dry yellow, and when the wind rolls casually, it is the dust in the sky.

It was an elm forest, stripped of its bark at least until the waist of the tree, revealing a white glow. There were weeds around the trees, spreading into the distance, and there were a few corpses and bones lying in the middle, and suddenly a sound like a broken gong came from the woods.

"The king asked me to patrol the mountains, and after patrolling the north mountain, I patrolled the south mountain, patrolled the east mountain to kill passers-by, and patrolled the west mountain to see the sun. My king has three heads and six arms, I robbed the little lady and carried it on my back, so pitiful that I can't swallow the fat in my mouth, when can I turn over and be the king. ”

Then there was a majestic chorus: "On other days, I became the king of the mountain, and when I became the king, I didn't patrol the mountain, and I wanted to ask the minions to rob the world, and robbed the cardamom to grab the twenty-eight." Robbed twenty-eight to rob the young woman, robbed the young woman to rob the, babbling, babbling. ”

Singing voice: "Babble, babble, babble......"

The song was like a sea of passion, and with the singing, a group of people turned, among them, more than 300 people rode horses, and the rest were foot soldiers. All of them were dressed in tatters. Wrapped in a red scarf, a tattered flag fluttered in the wind, and three words were written crookedly on it: "Mountain Patrol Army." ”

There is an even worse flag floating on the side, with the words "for heaven" written on it. There are already several small holes broken on the other side of the Heaven and Dao.

However, these people are dressed in tatters. The mental outlook is very good. Only a small number of people have vegetables, and everyone has weapons, not big knives. It was a spear, and there were even two teams of infantry of fifty men each, and they were all young and strong.

This is a rarity in the local area, and even among the nearby armed forces.

They also walked in a procession, and as they walked, they happily opened their throats and sang in a neat and passionate voice.

At this time, the people and horses were led by three strong men, one of whom had a face full of flesh and a rough expression, wore a woolen jacket, a bow and arrow backpack around his waist, and wore a waist knife.

The other person has a peculiar appearance, a pig nose, high eyebrows, a big face and a small face, which is impressive at first glance.

Of course, this kind of appearance, according to the ancient saying, called the face is out of phase, or the appearance is clumsy, he wears a cotton jacket, a felt hat, a bird gun on his shoulder, and a waist knife at his waist.

There was also a tall man with a slightly pale face, wearing a long dark blue cotton jacket and a six-in-one hat. It stands to reason that he is dignified, but the two whiskers on his lips ruin his image, making him look like a master with thief eyebrows and mouse eyes, and a short gun stuck in his wide cloth belt.

But it was Kong San, Lao Hu, and Huang Weijie.

The three of them came down to Tongxu, Henan Province in October last year, and they first blended into a small pole group, relying on each other's fighting and tearing each other apart for a living.

Now all parts of Henan have fallen into incomparable chaos, the power of the government has long been gone, and everywhere in the people, either the strong and strong have formed villages to protect themselves, or they have gathered in the dens of homeless and hungry people, which can be described as small thieves like hair, and poles like clouds.

The people have nothing to do, and there is no self-protection power, they are all a nest of people gathered, this kind of chaotic environment, of course, not to talk about everyone to cultivate with peace of mind, if you want to survive, you have to raid others, rob others of food and clothing.

If countless small three kingdoms are formed in Henan, big fish eat small fish, small fish eat small shrimp, only survival, no humanity.

The three of them relied on their own skills, and soon stood out in this group of poles, and Lao Hu even exerted his ability to plot against his boss, and once when he was fighting with other poles, he shot the little boss with an arrow.

After returning to his own small village and having no leader, with the support of Kong San and Huang Weijie, Lao Hu became the owner of the village very smoothly, Kong San and Huang Weijie were the second and third owners respectively.

The three of them are also considered to be divided and cooperated, Kong San trained the troops, and also selected elite and reliable people as pro-soldiers, Huang Weijie is responsible for logistics, and Lao Hu is in charge of the overall situation, after all, he looks the most like the owner of the village, and outsiders are convinced when they see him like this, and he is a natural leader candidate.

In mid-November, the three of them set up a plan to "walk for the heavens and protect the territory and the people", and also set the name of the "mountain patrol army" to vigorously suppress bandits in Tongxu County, gradually eliminate the pole thieves in the territory, rob them of their harvest, and strengthen their own strength.

At the same time of robbery, he also scattered some grain and rice to relieve the hungry refugees, and soon became famous, and many hungry people came to take refuge.

The people in the territory are spreading the word that there is a gang of righteous bandits, just like Xiao Yuanying in Suizhou at this time, they do not kill people indiscriminately, but only plunder wealth and gather people, and even the local Fei County Commander has a good impression of them, and also intends to recruit them and give them an official position.

Considering that he was taking the road of bandits, and if he was recruited, the follow-up work would not be easy to carry out, Lao Hu, Kong San and others refused, but they also maintained a tacit understanding with each other, and they could go to the county seat from time to time to buy some items.

And because it was just to suppress bandits and eliminate large and small poles, several relatively wealthy thick fortresses in Tongxu also had a good impression of this force, and slowly after Lao Hu and others became stronger and stronger, they were also willing to lend them grain and pay protection fees.

These fortresses are all local large families gathered, the fort wall is high, the defense is tight, and the people with the same surname of the clan are gathered inside, the cohesion is strong, it is very difficult to capture such a village, they are willing to make friends, Lao Hu and others are of course happy to do so.

After the New Year, Lao Hu and others were even more numerous. There are already nearly 1,000 infantry and more than 100 horsemen, and they are still young and strong, and it is certainly remarkable that there are such forces in just one county, and this is also the result of the support of the Ministry of Intelligence.

A steady stream of support was sent from Kaifeng and other places, such as some grain, some iron, waist knives and spears, and some three-eyed guns. Bird guns and so on.

Although these weapons. For example, the bird gun is the kind of simple bird gun that does not have a fire door device, and the caliber is of different sizes, and it cannot use fixed cartridge ammunition, but it is also considered excellent. The bandits have such weapons. Of course, it's like a tiger with wings.

In the eyes of everyone in the stockade. The three owners of the village are people with great skills, and they have a wide range of contacts. Always have the ability to get all kinds of materials needed in the village, so that the strength of the party continues to grow.

Of course, this kind of support is not unconditional, and collecting women and children and sending them to the Metropolitan Protectorate is one of their "main businesses"; at present, in many places in Henan, both officials and bandits, are doing this kind of "business", and the "business" is even greater.

Because of the continuous support, since the beginning of the year, the "Mountain Patrol Army" has extended its tentacles beyond the borders of the country, and the soldiers and horses have become more numerous.

On the way to this rush, the habitual bandits and bandits collected everywhere are also constantly exhausted, such as the familiar faces of Xiaozhai at the beginning, all of them have disappeared, and they are replaced by new people, and they are also the people hoped for by the three village owners.

Countless battles are inevitably dangerous, and the three of them are also considered blessed and fatal, and they are still alive now, of course, the big and small wounds on their bodies are inevitable, life and death are fateful, and the three of them have already seen it.

At this time, the three of them all smiled with big mouths, looking like thieves and rats, and they couldn't tell that they were the elite of the intelligence department.

At the same time, on Lao Hu's saddle, there are still a few fluttering chickens and ducks, behind Kong Sanma, there is a purring fat pig horizontally, and behind Huang Weijie's horse, there is a desperately struggling ewe. The three subordinates are also carrying rice, carrying rice, carrying burdens, all laughing, like a group of bandits who have just returned from robbing their homes.

Yesterday, under the leadership of the three village owners, their "mountain patrol army" had a big fight with the "Breaking into the Sky" forces in Wei's territory, and they fought against the "Breaking into the Sky" with more than 2,000 horses, and even seized more than 200 weapons on the spot.

There are more than 60 stones of grain and rice, more than 1,000 taels of silver, and there are many colored satin, mountain silk, cotton cloth, pig and sheep wine, etc., how can it not make people happy?

After this battle, the prestige of the lord of Dazhai "stepping on the dragon" is not only in the territory of Tongxu, presumably it is the Wei family, Fugou, and Taikang counties will also be greatly spread, as a subordinate, there is a strong backer, and it can also be better to survive in the troubled times, isn't it?

But to be honest, the failure of "breaking through the sky" is also inevitable, it seems that there are few people, but it is elite, and the horsemen with horses are on three hundred and fifty horses, although most of them are not riding donkeys, or riding mules, or riding inferior horses, but those who have good war horses, there are also fifty horses, which are the soldiers of the master of the big village led by the second master of the village, Kong Ye.

There are 1,500 foot soldiers on their own side, although only 1,000 people were dispatched this time, but the sharpest bird gun team has a horse to fight, a hundred fire guns volley, the first round of "breaking through the sky" was beaten miserably, after more than 20 people were killed and wounded, more than 2,000 young people were scattered.

Kong Ye led the guards to attack again, and the rest of the horsemen followed, and the defeat of "breaking through the sky" was just around the corner, he shrank into the nest and no longer dared to move, and even better, this battle caught more than 1,000 women and children who couldn't run, which is a big source of wealth.

Their main business in the village is now "human trafficking" is the first, "weapons processing" is the second, and "collecting protection fees" is the third.

Among the more than 1,000 women and children who have not gathered their wives, the rest will be sent to Kaifeng Fucheng, where they can exchange for a lot of materials they need. Well, the only thing to be careful about is Chen Liu's gang of "shooting through the sky", they have long been jealous of their own "business", and this time on the way to the army, be careful of them blocking the road and robbing it.

These people are not things, they have sold all their wives and children, and they also loot women and children everywhere in exchange for resources.

Returning with a full load, the "Mountain Patrol Army" was elated, and the "military song" was sung loudly, only the women and children of those subordinates who "broke through the sky" who followed behind were sad and sad.

I heard that the women and children who were taken away were sent to Shanxi to enjoy happiness, and they didn't know whether it was true or false, and the unknown future made them feel uneasy.

Turning through this wood, suddenly a guard horse soldier in charge of the detective came urgently to report: "Shoot through the sky and pour out the nest, waiting not far ahead, I am afraid that there are more than 3,000 people." (To be continued.) )