41. Shangliang Mountain

Huanglong Mountain is located in the north-central part of Shaanxi Province, bordering Luochuan in the west, Baishui and Chengcheng in the south, and Yichuan in the north.

To the east of Huanglong Mountain, the water of the Yellow River flows down from north to south, dividing Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces into left and right, in other words, the Yellow River is the boundary between the two provinces, and Huanglong Mountain is on the edge of the Yellow River, which is also considered to be at the junction of the two provinces.

It is not only at the junction of the two provinces, but also the terrain is extremely complex, with many undulating hills and valleys, which are extremely difficult to climb.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even need to turn his brain, he knew that this big mountain was definitely the place that officers and soldiers hated to enter the most, the mountain road was difficult, the grain transport team could not move freely in it, all kinds of equipment were also difficult to carry, and firearms such as cannons and firearms were also easy to get damp and could not be used in the mountains...... Its environment is similar to that of those ethnic minorities in the southwest.

In the end of the Ming Dynasty, the toasts in the southwest were very headaches, and in most cases they could only adopt the policy of Huai Rou, because the toasts mostly lived in the mountains, and those mountains were extremely difficult to climb, and it was difficult for officers and soldiers to enter the mountains, so they had to give up the conquest and suppression, and instead use the method of enveloping to make the toasts obedient.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that as long as Zheng Yanfu walked into Huanglong Mountain, the local officials would definitely give up the pursuit, and then find a way to fool this matter over, as long as Zheng Yanfu had been obediently hiding in the mountains and not coming out, the government would always adopt an attitude of keeping his eyes open and closing his eyes.

There is also an advantage to letting Zheng Yanfu hide in the mountains all the time, Zhu Yuanzhang can remotely control this rebel army through some means, and when the time comes when the vigorous peasant uprising breaks out a year later, he will have the capital to participate in this game. But he didn't plan to join the rebels now, because Zheng Yanfu's uprising was not a sign of the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the real uprising broke out next year, which was the second uprising of the king of Baishui next year, and he wanted to stay in Baishui and wait for that day to come.

"Mark my words...... Scattered, fleeing...... Take advantage of the gap between the officers and soldiers to flee into Huanglong Mountain, and there will be your Liangshan......" Zhu Yuanzhang took out Zheng Yanfu's pig-killing knife from his waist, cut the strip of cloth that bound him, and then put the pig-killing knife in Zheng Yanfu's hand: "Go!" ”

In the short conversation just now, Zheng Yanfu was already impressed by Zhu Yuanzhang's powerful "rebellion ability", and couldn't help but give him a deep snort: "Strong man, why did you knock me out last night and carry me here to tie me up all night?" He also said that he would hand me over to the government, causing me to offend you, a hero. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, waved his hand and said: "Last night, I saw that your blood was boiling and very impulsive, so I deliberately knocked you out and tied you here, so that you could blow the cold wind and calm down all night, you see, haven't you calmed down now?" ”

Zheng Yanfu had no doubts, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you!" In the future, we will always remember these words of the hero, calm down and think about the way out before encountering something, so as not to mislead people and mistakes. ”

"Let's go! I've delayed you all night, and you still have a lot of villages to contact, so don't miss tomorrow. ”

Zheng Yanfu thrust the pig-killing knife into his waist, turned around and walked away.

Watching Zheng Yanfu's back disappear into the distance, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed deeply, overturned the chessboard of the Ming Dynasty, starting from Zheng Yanfu's pawn taking the first step, and then, the chariots, horses, artillery, and Zhu Yuanzhang will be the center of the chessboard, the most critical handsome chess!

The morning light has dawned, and the people in the cool courtyard have gotten up one after another. The porters carried the third lady's dowry out of the monastery one by one and placed it in the open space in front of the courtyard. Baishui Wang Er was shouting beside him with a whistle stick, and when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang walking in from outside, he laughed and said, "Brother, where did you go to play early in the morning?" ”

"I went to the woods for a walk, and I didn't do anything." Zhu Yuanzhang said hello with a smile.

After a while, Fang's guards drove over with a black carriage, and fifteen swordsmen were all on their horses, and the convoy began to pull off and set off in the direction of Chengcheng.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes couldn't help but lock on the big black carriage...... The woman in the car...... looks exactly like his Queen Ma, is this some kind of foreshadowing from God?

At this time, there was a faint cry of purple heart in the carriage, and the young lady got married, but the maid cried more than the young lady, which is also a strange thing. But the young lady who doesn't cry or make trouble, mourns and complains, makes people feel even more heartbroken.

Feel relieved! You can't get married, with me here, no one can marry you, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart.

The wheels kept turning on the official road of the loess, and soon, two more post shops and even a post station passed. From time to time, there will be one or two military fields on the side of the road, most of the fields are deserted, and occasionally one or two military households or farmers are busy in the fields, but Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't understand what they are busy with, there is not a drop of water in the radius, what are they busy in the fields?

In the evening, Zhu Yuanzhang finally saw the county seat from a distance, the city wall wrapped in blue bricks was not tall, only two or three meters high, and the city wall had collapsed in several places, with a few ugly openings...... This county seat is similar to the county seat of Baishui, lifeless, without the slightest smell of life.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked in the direction of the west of the city, and saw that there was a hill about two or three hundred meters high, and there was a boulder on the top of the mountain, which looked like a tiger's head...... In a trance, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to see hundreds of desperate villagers rushing down the hillside, brandishing hoes, wooden sticks, sickles, plowshares and other farm tools in their hands, rushing into the gate of the county seat......

Fang's guards drove the carriage to the city gate, explaining that they were here to send their daughter-in-law to the county commander Zhang Douyao, and the old guard hurriedly let him go. The group entered the county seat and walked slowly on the avenue in the city.

"Today, let's stay at the inn!" Fang Escort shouted to the swordsmen, family members, and porters behind him: "Although the young lady has sent it, but it has not yet been married, we can't enter the door of the Zhang family now, otherwise we will mess up the etiquette and lose the face of the Ma family, you guys, find the most comfortable inn." ”

"Yes!" The three swordsmen each galloped in three directions in the city, and after a while, the swordsmen returned, and led the convoy to an inn in the south of the city, which may be the most luxurious inn in Chengcheng, but the conditions were not very good, and the room was filled with a musty smell. The purple heart cabbage cleaned up and down for a long time, and finally arranged for the third lady to live in a room.

It is now the evening of March 20, and the time for the third lady and Zhang Douyao's son to visit the church and marry is set for March 22, but Zheng Yanfu's plan to kill officials and rebel is set for March 21.

That night, Zhu Yuanzhang went to bed early, because he knew that this county town would be very chaotic tomorrow, and he needed to use the most ideal mental state to meet tomorrow's chaos, and tonight's rest time was very precious.

Nothing to say for a night.

The next day, before dawn, Zhu Yuanzhang woke up, he walked to the courtyard of the inn, put on a posture, and began to fight boxing to move his muscles. The members of the Ma family all knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had the habit of getting up in the morning to box, and no one felt surprised. It's just that no one knows that today's Zhu Yuanzhang's every punch and kick is a tightened string. Baishui Wang Er also got up, ran to the yard with a smile, and boxed side by side with Zhu Yuanzhang. His red fist has a pretty good foundation, and he fights vigorously, but it covers up Zhu Yuanzhang's tight momentum.

After a while, Escort Fang also got up, and he was actually holding a big red sticker in his hand, which seemed to have been prepared a long time ago. He walked to the courtyard, gathered the knife hands and ordered: "You stay in the inn to protect the third lady, I will go to Zhang's mansion, inform Master Zhang that we live here, and let the Zhang family come over tomorrow to greet the relatives." ”

"Yes!"

After giving the order to the swordsmen, he turned to Wang Er and Zhu Ba and said, "You two also cheer up and take good care of those porters, but don't ask them to steal the dowry." ”

In recent years, there are a lot of bad people mixed in the porters who help carry the goods, and they often take advantage of the owner's inattention to pick up other people's things and run away. There is a saying that "the car and boat shop should be killed if they are not guilty", which means that there is no good person among such people, and even if they do not commit crimes, they should all be dragged to kill. Of course, this view is more extreme, in fact, most people are still good people, but occasionally a few rat droppings spoil a pot of soup.

Wang Er snorted coldly and said, "The porter brothers we brought this time are all good men, how can they do these things of chickens and dogs?" You dog looks down on people. ”

Fang Escort was scolded by Wang Er, and he was immediately furious, but he saw that Wang Er had fought red fists, and knew that this guy was not easy to mess with, so he snorted angrily: "I'll go and deliver a letter to Master Zhang first, and I'll come back to clean you up." ”

After finishing speaking, he held the worship sticker in both hands and walked towards Zhang Douyao's home.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled secretly in his heart: I wish you a life to come back.

He hugged his fist at Baishui Wang Er and said, "Second Brother Wang, I haven't been to Chengcheng yet, and I'm quite interested in this place." While it's okay today, I want to go out for a walk......"

Wang Er smiled and said, "Go ahead, I'll take care of the things here, and there will be no problems." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, he walked out of the inn as if he was relaxed, turned two streets, and then quickly squatted down, tied up his trousers and sleeves tightly, tied them with ropes, and took out a straw hat prepared in advance and buckled it above his head. Stretched out his hand and patted the Pu knife on his waist, cheered up, and walked towards the west gate of Chengcheng.

When he arrived at the West City Gate, the sky had just brightened, Zhu Yuanzhang sat down under a tree by the city gate, covered his face with a straw hat, and his eyes went out from under the hat, crossed the low city wall of Chengcheng, and looked at the Hutou Mountain outside the city......

Today, Zheng Yanfu will rush down from the mountain with hundreds of villagers, rush into the county office, and hack Zhang Douyao to death, which has happened once in history. It stands to reason that it will definitely happen, and there is no need to worry about it, but Zhu Yuanzhang was already involved in this matter yesterday, and he doesn't know if his participation will change history! If you could change, what would it become!

He wanted to use his own eyes to see with his own eyes how this happened and how it ended...... If history is not something that you can change, then you don't need to think about saving the Ming Dynasty, just finish this life. But if history will change even the slightest bit because of his accession, he has the confidence to rebuild the whole world with his own hands!

He waited for a long time, until it was almost noon, when a loud roar suddenly sounded on Hutou Mountain: "Kill! ”

Subsequently...... A surging crowd rushed down from Hutou Mountain......