By the way, there is one thing please everyone, if you think my books are good, you must collect them in the bookshelf, if you don't collect them, I will cry, I will really cry!

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Xu Renjie saw that he had spoken boldly, and he really got the opportunity to speak, so he hurriedly said: "Xiaomin Xu Renjie is a rice merchant in Baishui, and the villain has a few words, and he wants to report a few things to several officials...... That Baishui Zhuba, according to the Huanglong Mountain, rarely goes out, occasionally comes out, and does not dare to be the enemy of the officers and soldiers, and never dares to capture the city...... It can be inferred from this that this person must also have a good heart, and if the angel (the people's honorific title for the minister) moves out of the emperor's holy edict and knows the reason, this person should be glad to be caressed. ”

His words clearly disagreed with Du Wenhuan's opinion, Du Zongbing was furious in his heart, where did a millet merchant come from, and he dared to go against me? Didn't you see me punch Cao Baoxiang away? Do you want to be beaten too?

His eyes widened, he looked at Xu Renjie angrily, and was about to walk over and punch him. saw Xu Renjie's body shrink, turned around to support Cao Baoxiang on the ground, this small action made Xu Renjie turn his back to Du Wenhuan, which was not convenient to punch and fight. You must know that Du Wenhuan is also a member of the imperial court, and there is no reason to punch a pariah from behind.

He couldn't help but hate it in his heart, and secretly scolded: This guy is a little slippery.

Cao Baoxiang was helped up by Xu Renjie, covering his nose, he first threw a grateful look at Xu Renjie, and then raised his face and said: "This rice merchant is right, this white water Zhu Ba, rarely comes out to disturb the people, and he has been shrinking into the mountains for many years, it seems that he is not like the kind of ferocious bandit, he is moved by affection, and he knows with reason, but it can be said that he has come to surrender, why do you need to use troops?" Once the troops are mobilized, it will inevitably be damaged, which is quite unbeautiful. ”

It is said that he was beaten, and he should get up and immediately return to the field, but his official position is too small, and he is cowardly, how dare he go to Du Wenhuan to talk to him, so he had to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

As soon as these two people turned over and said this, it was Yushi Wu Fu's turn to think about it, he calmed down and thought about it carefully. Literati, it is inevitable that there will be more bookish anger and less blood, this is the ass problem that I said before, his ass is sitting on the side of the reader, as soon as he considers the problem, his thinking is immediately crooked in the direction of "not fighting", since ancient times, there are few scholars who like to fight, and on the issue of dealing with rogues, the civilian clique likes to be the main caretaker, and the military attache clique likes to be the main suppression. In dealing with enemy aggressors, the civilian clique prefers the main peace, and the military attache clique prefers the main war. The so-called "self-cultivation Qi family to govern the country and level the world", the first few items are the favorite of the literati, only the last three words "level the world", the literati are not very cold, especially the literati of the Ming Dynasty, when it comes to fighting, all of them are "cut" a thing.

Wu Fujiang's face sank, and he was thinking about it.

Xu Renjie over there suddenly muttered in a voice that was just right for Wu Fu to hear: "Fighting a war requires money......

Wu Fu listened to this, and his heart was chuckled, no one present knew better than him how difficult it was to get the 100,000 taels from the emperor's hands, he whispered to Du Wenhuan: "General Du, how is the reward in our army determined?" ”

Du Wenhuan was quite curious as to why he asked this, so he replied: "Take back the head of a rogue and reward five silvers." ”

Wu Fu silently calculated in his heart, it is said that there are seven or eight thousand rogues in the cottage of Baishui Zhuba, if all of them are exterminated, wouldn't they have to reward thirty or forty thousand taels of silver? The 100,000 taels of silver he brought from the capital had already spent most of it after appeasing Shen Yikui, and now there were less than 20,000 taels left, how could this be enough?

Wu Fu's face became a little strange, he twitched the muscles on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Kill a first-class Kou, and reward five silver, but I will appease a Liukou, and it will only cost less than one or two silver...... This...... Sure enough, it's better to caress it. I have made up my mind, General Du, you will stay in this Baishui City for a few days, and I will send someone into the mountain to appease Na Zhu Ba. ”

When Du Wenhuan heard this, he was suddenly unhappy in his heart, last time in Luochuan, Zhu Ba used scouts to play him a joke, he still remembered his hatred, this time he brought an army of 5,000 to Baishui, and there are 200 elite Shenji battalions in the army. No matter how many conspiracies and tricks Zhu Ba has, how can he be against the master of the imperial court? He wanted to take the opportunity to crush Huanglong Cottage to the ground and avenge the last time, but he didn't expect that this battle would not be able to start.

"Humph!" Du Wenhuan snorted angrily: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, this person can't be appeased at all, if you delay the fighter because you insist on appeasing, I will ask the emperor to refer to you." After finishing speaking, General Du flicked his sleeves, turned around and went back to his barracks.

Wu Fu didn't pay attention to him, you must know that the main Fu faction and the main suppression faction are originally two incompatible schools, there is no need to give the other party, he raised his hand and beckoned to Cao Baoxiang: "Cao County Order, you go to find a few guides who are familiar with the terrain of Huanglong Mountain, I will personally repair a book, and send a bold person into the mountain to appease Zhu Ba to try." ”

Xu Renjie smiled, and smiled secretly in his heart: I can't fight for the time being, the person sent to appease him goes into the mountains and goes out of the mountain, and lives in the village for a few days, so he can buy a lot of time for the cottage, we have scheduled three months, this time it will be delayed for at least a month, this is all I can do, let's see what Zhu Bugling should do.

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In the Huanglong cottage, there is still a calm and peaceful taste, except for the occasional "heyha" sound from the training ground on the top of the mountain, this cottage looks like an ordinary small town.

Zhu Yuanzhang calculated, twenty days have passed since the righteous army on the West Road was appeased, and if it drags on for about two months and ten days, the situation will change in favor of the righteous army again.

As soon as he thought of this, a man in sackcloth slipped to his side and whispered, "Master Xu asked me to pass on the news to you." ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang took the man to a secluded place, and then asked, "Say it." ”

"The officers and men have arrived, with a total of 5,400 officers, of which 200 are from the Shenji Battalion in the capital, and all of them are firearms...... The general who led the army was Du Wenhuan, the general of Yansui, but it was Yushi Wu Fu who presided over the overall situation...... "The man then told Xu Renjie everything he saw that day.

"Good!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, signaling that the man could go back to Baishui, and then he slowly walked to the mountain gate, thinking about what to do next as he walked.

To walk from Baishui City to Huanglong Cottage, it is not a matter of a few steps, you need to wear several ravines, cross several mountains, wear several woods, walk a few days of mountain roads, to drag out time, the best way is to let the imperial court send a messenger to appease, back and forth on this mountain road a few laps.

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly came up with a plan, he waved his hand and beckoned a sentry, and ordered: "Go and call all the leaders in the stockade and come to the meeting hall on the top of the mountain to meet me." ”

"Yes!" The sentinels flew away, and after about half an hour, all the leaders of the cottage gathered together and came to the council hall. Wang Er and Ying Shanhong, the little couple, also came, although they are still newlyweds, but when the cottage encounters a big event, how can they not be called Wang Er?

"There's one thing I need to talk to you about!" Zhu Yuanzhang saw that everyone had arrived, so he said seriously: "The imperial court is about to send someone to appease us." ”

"What?" The top of the crowd exclaimed, "Wooke us? ”

"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang said: "The heavens are beautiful, there have been a few spring rains this year, the people's hearts have gradually calmed down, and the righteous army in western Shaanxi has been appeased, so far, our stockade has become the most eye-catching place in the eyes of the imperial court, and the imperial court is about to send a messenger to appease the envoy to our stockade, and we will be allowed to give you an official position, glory and wealth or something" He deliberately only said Zhao'an, did not say that the court also sent a large army, first test the attitude of the leaders.

"Zhao'an, recruit a fart!" The three brothers, Miao Mei, Feishan Tiger, and Big Red Wolf, jumped up first: "Brother Wang Zuojiao just believed their bullshit Zhao'an, and now his soul has returned to the underworld, fuck, if the words of the court can be believed, the sows will go up the tree, we can die in battle, but we will never accept Zhao'an." ”

The desperate Saburo next to them also stood up almost at the same time: "I will never accept Zhao'an." ”

These are all leaders who have been hurt by the word "Zhao'an", so they have the most resolute attitude.

Then there is Wang Er, he has seen with his own eyes the collapse of the cottage of the desperate San Lang, how can he accept the reason of Zhao'an. His newly married wife Ying Shanhong was naturally on his side, and the little couple said together: "The bird official of the imperial court, don't do it." ”

Next, Li Chujiu, Poodle, Ma Xiaotian and others also expressed their attitudes, and none of them were willing to accept Zhao'an.

Zhu Yuanzhang is quite satisfied with the performance of these leaders, these leaders have been selected for thousands of miles over the years, and none of them covet the glory and wealth given by the officers and soldiers, so it can be seen that there is no problem with his vision of picking people! Only then did he continue: "But the officers and soldiers have also sent more than 5,000 troops, and if we don't accept Zhao'an, the officers and soldiers will attack our stockade." ”

"Ha, come on, I'm afraid of a fart, I haven't fought for a long time, and my hands are itching again!" Wang Er was overjoyed.

He was happy, and other leaders didn't have to, and Desperate Saburo knew the strength of the officers and soldiers, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Zhu, the rebels everywhere have been cared for, which means that the imperial court can spare all its strength to deal with us, even if we can defeat these five thousand people, the follow-up officers and soldiers will continue to come, we will be difficult to defeat after all, you have to think of a way, how to deal with this difficulty." ”

"You're right!" Zhu Yuanzhang said very seriously: "Defeating these 5,000 officers and soldiers will not be able to achieve a reversal of the entire situation, what we need is to hold on for a period of time, and wait for the rebel armies that have been appeased in various places to rise up again and oppose the imperial court again." I have carefully estimated that this time will not be too long, and it will take two and a half months, that is to say, we will have to support two and a half months in the situation of the two prongs of the officers and soldiers and the army. ”

"It's not easy!" The leaders began to talk about it.

"I've figured out a way, I just need to cooperate very well." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "Pass my order, from today onwards, all the soldiers in the cottage will take off their armor, wear cloth clothes, and the weapons in their hands will also be replaced with crude spears, do not use sharp weapons, the fortifications at the gate of the cottage are all hidden, and we are ready to welcome the appeasement envoys of the imperial court." ”