The next day, the officers and soldiers got up early in the morning and continued to shout at the foot of the mountain to persuade them to surrender, so that the early morning of the cottage was filled with the sound of "surrender quickly, surrender and become a big official".

Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that yesterday the officers and men had just begun to use the tactic of attacking the heart, and it would not show any results, but after a night's time, there must have been many people who had not slept all night and were repeatedly considering their future prospects.

Some book lovers may wonder why these people are so stupid? Obviously heard about Yang Hong killing Zhao Yu who surrendered, why did they still waver? In fact, in the final analysis, it's a fluke psychology that is making trouble, always thinking, maybe things will be different when it's their turn?

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about some small shakes, he knew the shortcomings of people's hearts, some people hesitated in their hearts, that was normal, as long as they didn't stand up and try to murder themselves in exchange for an official position, he could forgive, but if someone tried to deal with himself like Zhao Yu did with Zheng Yanfu, he would be killed!

One thing he can be sure of is that with Zhao Yu's killing in front, the soldiers and civilians who are willing to surrender to the officers and soldiers must be a minority, since they are only a minority, then the foundation of the cottage will not be shaken in any way.

He summoned Li Chujiu: "You pay attention to the attitude of the ordinary villagers, and if there is any change, notify me immediately." ”

"Yes!"

He summoned Ma Xiaotian again and commanded in a low voice: "You let the most faithful thirty-five brothers disperse among the soldiers, and you don't need to say much about your own opinions, just listen to their reactions, and report any changes to me immediately." Especially in the evening, when there are more than 10 people in the party, you must find out and tell me as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!"

"By the way, there's one more thing for you to do...... Come here with your ears ......"

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That night, until the sun had completely set, the officers and soldiers withdrew their loud scolding and returned to the camp to eat, while the soldiers and civilians on the cottage also returned to their caves early to rest.

In a small cave on the top of the mountain, a group of people with black eyes gathered, this group of people is not much, only about fifty soldiers, seven or eight villagers, if you carefully identify, you will find that most of them are the subordinates of the light road, when the light road was defeated, he fled to Zhu Yuanzhang with a group of brothers, and then the light road was stabbed to death by Zhu Yuanzhang, his group of subordinates did not know, and thought that the light road was really seriously injured and died, they had no leader, so they were naturally headed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

This group of people are usually the neighbors and neighbors to stay away from the scoundrels, taking the opportunity of the peasant uprising, burning and looting everywhere, doing all kinds of evil, following the light road to do a lot of evil things, since escaping to the Huanglong Mountain, life in the mountains is very hard, materials are scarce, lack of communication with the outside world, honest ordinary people can still live this kind of life, how can these gangsters and scoundrels stand it?

They have long been dissatisfied with the cottage, and now that the officers and soldiers have come to suppress them and made a promise of promotion and wealth, how can they not be tempted?

A group of people gathered around and discussed in low voices.

"What to do? Where do we go from here? ”

"I think I should surrender to the officers and soldiers, it's really uncomfortable to be stuffed in this mountain."

"But...... Zhao Yu and his gang surrendered to Yang Hong last year, weren't they all killed? ”

"Cut, who knows if this story is true? I think it was made up by the person called Desperate Saburo, who is Yang Qianhu? That's a five-grade official of the imperial court, two grades older than the county order, can you not count your words? ”

"I ...... Still a little scared! ”

"I'm afraid of a fart, wealth and danger are sought, are we safe now? You may finish playing with the cottage at any time, anyway, it's a big deal, it's a death, Lao Tzu fought hard, what if he turned over? ”

"So, let's go down the mountain like this?"

"No, it's useless to surrender like this, it's no merit! We have to get a gift for Yang Qianhu, otherwise we won't be able to reap the benefits. ”

"Gifts? We have no money, no treasures, what gifts to give? ”

"Zhu Ba's head! It just so happened that Wang Er went down the mountain with two hundred of his diehards, and we took advantage of the darkness to rush into his cave and chop him up with a knife, so that the whole cottage would have no leader, and everyone would have to listen to us. ”

"But...... There are still thirty-five guards of Ma Xiaotian living next to Zhu Bugs's cave, and there are also desperate San Lang who are very capable of fighting, if we are seen by the sentry during the night attack and shout, those thirty-five people block the entrance of the cave, just rely on our fifty brothers here, they may not be able to rush in, alarm other soldiers, and things will be troublesome. ”

"That's a problem......"

The gangsters frowned, but they quickly decided: "Whatever, fight ......."

They began to sort out their equipment, each carrying a wooden spear, and the one with a knife was also in his arms, and when they were busy, suddenly a gangster in charge of letting off the wind run in from outside, and said in a low voice: "Something strange happened, Ma Xiaotian asked me to report it, saying that he wanted to come in and say a few words." ”

"What? Ma Xiaotian? The scoundrels were shocked: "The fact that we are gathered here has been exposed?" ”

"Wait, if it's really exposed, it's Bugling Brother Zhu with a large group of brothers, and now only Ma Xiaotian has come, there must be something strange, let him come in and listen to what he has to say." There's a little bit of a thug with a bit of a brain.

When the gangsters heard this, they were a lot more relieved, and hurriedly asked people to welcome Ma Xiaotian in. I saw that Ma Xiaotian was wearing a black robe and a black scarf on his head, as if he was hiding from something, and when he saw the gangsters, Ma Xiaotian immediately spoke: "Don't treat me as an enemy...... I'm here to help you. ”

"What are you helping us with? We don't have anything to ask you to help with! The thugs flickered.

Ma Xiaotian said: "You can't hide it from me, you want Zhu Baba to ...... head"

"Hu ...... Say ......"

"Don't lie to me, I know!" Ma Xiaotian said mysteriously: "I am willing to help you, go down the mountain and surrender together, and get promoted and make a fortune." ”

"Come less, we don't believe you'll do it." Hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang's most loyal guard leader was willing to help him, the gangsters were overjoyed, but they tried their best to hide their joy, which was also full of hard work.

Ma Xiaotian darkened his face, gritted his teeth and said: "A few days ago, that guy Zhu Ba asked me to be in charge of supervising the team, saying that if I didn't listen to his orders, I would be killed...... You've seen this, right? ”

"This ......" is indeed seen by many people, and even among the scoundrels, several people have seen it with their own eyes.

Ma Xiaotian said hatefully: "I am loyal to him and do things for him, but he treats me like this, I think clearly, it is not interesting to follow him, it is better to kill him, take his head to fight for an official position, and in the future, Feihuang Tengda will be much more productive than being a guard leader in this mountain." ”

As soon as he said this, the gangsters and scoundrels believed it, but they still hesitated two or three percent, worried that Ma Xiaotian was trolling them to trick them.

Ma Xiaotian said again: "Don't worry, I won't trap you, so let's do it, you wait for me on the side of the path down the mountain, and I'll go to Zhu Ba's cave to kill him." I am his confidant, he will not be wary of me, after finding him, I took advantage of his unpreparedness, killed him with a knife, took out the head, and went down the mountain with you, this is not harmful to you at all. ”

The doubts in the hearts of the gangsters have been dispelled a lot, so it sounds like they really won't be pitted, and there is no risk in it, but a new question came out again: "Ma Xiaotian, why are you helping us like this?" If you can really kill Zhu Ba and go down the mountain by yourself to ask for a reward, why do you have to pull us to share the credit together? ”

Ma Xiaotian sighed and said: "It's not that I'm not scared by Zhao Yu's matter, I went down the mountain with Zhu Ba's head alone to ask for a reward, I'm a little worried that the officers and soldiers don't talk much, if there is a large number of brothers together, the courage will be a little stronger." ”

As soon as these words came out, the last suspicions of the gangsters disappeared, and now they believed that Ma Xiaotian was really here to help them, because Ma Xiaotian also needed them to be brave.

The relationship between people is often based on a certain relationship of needs, which may be the right to need friends, the money of friends, the laughter and tears brought to you by friends, and the warmth brought to you by the word friends...... These needs are both material and spiritual, in short, you have a need for a friend, and a friend has a need for you, so you can become friends, if you can give each other and what the other party can give you, so that each other feels that you have been satisfied, you will become good friends and close friends.

There is no friendship in the world without demand, and anyone who has no desire or desire to make friends is not pure in purpose.

The gangsters believed Ma Xiaotian, they didn't have to assassinate Zhu Ba, and they felt relaxed in their hearts, after all, Zhu Ba's prestige among the soldiers and villagers was extremely high, and it was quite scary to kill him. They packed their luggage and took advantage of the night to quietly touch a small road on the side of the cottage, which was a sheep intestine trail, a mountain road only one person wide, and it was impossible for officers and soldiers to attack the mountain from here, and large troops could not march here, but a team of 50 people like theirs had no problem taking this kind of mountain road.

There was a sentry at the mountain pass, Ma Xiaotian walked up and said a few words, and the sentry obediently retreated, and the gangsters couldn't help but think: It's really convenient for Ma Xiaotian to help us, even the sentry can be moved.

After arranging the retreat, Ma Xiaotian said to them: "You must wait for me, I will bring Zhu Ba's head over......"

"I'll wait for you, we won't be able to get a reward if we go down the mountain without a head......" The gangster understands this.

"Good!" Ma Xiaotian perked up, stuck a steel knife into his waist, and walked towards the small cave where Zhu Yuanzhang lived, followed by more than fifty gangsters, stretching their necks in anticipation.

Seeing Ma Xiaotian walking away, a gangster suddenly said: "I still can't fully believe him, who is bold and light-footed, quietly follow over and listen." ”

"I'll go!" A thin thug walked out, he was wearing a set of black clothes, just suitable for night walking, and after tightening his belt, he also followed lightly in the direction of Ma Xiaotian.