More than 100 miles to the north of Taiping Mansion, Daqingshan, which was unknown in the past, is now particularly lively, and the people shuttle endlessly, like a prosperous market.

But you must not think that this is really a market where merchants gather, this place does not belong to the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, nor does it belong to any separatist forces, as if it is an independent small kingdom between the two major forces of the Ming Dynasty and Dashun, and the government is in court.

But don't think that this is already a small dynasty that has the ability to compete with any separatist force in the world, and he is both in the world and independent of the world.

The people here do not pay taxes, do not pay rent, there are no fierce gods and evil officials and officials, there are no big families and powerful people, and there are no princes and nobles, there are not only honest people, but also bandits and bullies who were once full of evil, and there are also deserters and defeated generals who have nowhere to live in the chaos of the world.

These people are reunited on this great green mountain, there is only one purpose, it is better to die than to live, and life is their only purpose.

But here it is a place where all the people are soldiers, both men and women.

This is the territory of Princess Zhaoren Zhu Yan, and now she is a big bandit within a hundred miles of the Taiping Mansion, but she is a bandit who does not oppose the government, and does not make a living by robbery, if you don't look at the various weapons on their bodies, they are no different from ordinary people.

With the increasing fame of Daqingshan, the surrounding small groups of bandits are vying to vote, and even the surrounding good people have moved their families to the mountain, because there is no official expropriation on the mountain, and you can live a few days of peace of mind.

The power under Zhu Yan has expanded rapidly like a snowball, from a few hundred people to thousands of people. Two thousand, and now it has reached almost six thousand. This number is increasing day by day.

The entire Daqing Mountain, which stretches for dozens of miles, has become Zhu Yan's sphere of influence, and the officials of the Taiping Mansion are terrified. There is nothing to be done, who would have imagined that a few months ago it was a group of small thieves, and now it has become a big tail, as soon as I think of this, Zhou Shining, the prefect of Taiping Mansion, is like a stalk in my throat.

Yes, this Zhou prefect is the Anqing prefect who abandoned the city and fled when Li Laixiang attacked Anqing in the Dashun army.

Zhou Zhifu trotted, flashed and moved, and dredged up and down the relationship. gave Ma Shiying, who was the first assistant at the time, and Ruan Dacheng, the secretary of the ministry, a lot of silver, and finally transferred to the prefect of Taiping Mansion with his heart.

I thought that I could fish again in Taiping Mansion, but I didn't expect to encounter such a hot potato, I couldn't fight, I couldn't manage it, I couldn't drive it away, I was so worried that Zhou Shining was out of line, and the only thing that could give him a little peace of mind was that this group of bandits didn't do anything rebellious and didn't rob and kill. They do not plunder, nor do they make enemies of the government.

But after a long time, the people around them were empty sooner or later, and everyone ran to the mountains. The land is deserted, and the taxes are collected by whom.

The closest imperial garrison to Taiping Mansion was the last town of the original Beijiang Four Towns stationed in Hezhou City, Huang Degong's Department. Governor Zhou sent letters several times, begging Chief Officer Huang to lead troops to exterminate the tumor of Daqingshan. But there was no military department to transfer troops, and Huang Degong ignored him.

and the state's Huang Degong. The original 30,000 soldiers, of course, this is only the number on the surface, it is the quota used by the imperial court to distribute military salaries, but now what year is this, the world is in ruins, the imperial court's binding force on the local government is getting weaker and weaker, one by one, the superintendent and the general soldier took the opportunity to recruit private soldiers, erected recruitment flags, and some were food eaters.

Huang Degong is no exception, but the purpose of his recruitment is not to divide one side, so the Li Laixiang troops who confronted him are getting stronger and stronger, and the 30,000 military horses in his hands are already in absolute weakness, and the court is not able to add a soldier to him, so he deceived the superiors and concealed the subordinates, 30,000 stationed in fact there are no less than 60,000 people, and it is precisely because of his timely expansion of strength that the Li Laixiang Department of the Dashun Army has never dared to rashly attack the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River, becoming the last Ming army in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River that can fight with Li Laixiang.

It is precisely because of Huang Degong's great responsibility that he ignored Zhou Shining's request, just kidding, the little bandits also have to be conscripted and suppressed by the army of the labor court.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Yan can develop and grow rapidly here.

On the top of the big green mountain, above the calf collar, a big flag is waving in the wind, and there are four big characters on it: 'swear to kill thieves'.

Zhu Yan, a generation of princesses who once had a charming face and an elegant and refined temperament, is now heroic, often standing alone under the banner, quite a heroine's momentum, a touch of pale green tulle covers her amorous style, and also covers up the fear she pressed in her heart, no one knows what kind of expression is behind this scarf, but the eyes that were once as beautiful as spring water are now full of aggressiveness in the morning, and anyone who looks at it can't help but shudder in their hearts.

Since Zhu Yan went up the mountain, she has not let people see her true face, and the new people who have recently gone up the mountain are guessing behind their backs what this female boss looks like, whether she is too ugly or too good-looking to cover her face, and there is a lot of confusion.

Zhu Yan's governance of Daqingshan is completely adhering to the wishes of her father Chongzhen, she always remembers the last words written by her father when he was dying, let the thief split my body, don't hurt my Ming people.

Zhu Yan has no requirements for those who go up the mountain, as long as they can't live, they can come, as long as you have Daming in your heart and still remember the kindness of Daming, you will not refuse.

She dreams that one day she can train these people into loyal and righteous people who will restore the Ming Dynasty, take them back to Beijing, kill all the thieves and Manyi in the world, and restore the glory of the Ming Dynasty.

The dream is good, but the reality makes her frown.

In the past, it was easy to deal with a few hundred people, but now it has reached 5,000 people, and it has become a huge problem just to keep them fed.

Zhu Yan didn't even know how rice was grown in her life, where she had the ability to take care of the livelihood of 5,000 people.

As she spent more and more time in the mountains, she felt more and more that it was useless to just shout slogans, and that she had to have a long-term plan, that she had to make the mountains self-sufficient, and that it was the right way to let the people who followed her fill their stomachs first.

Fortunately, it is among the people who have recently ascended the mountain. Some of them are quite knowledgeable, and they give advice to the big bosses.

Since you can't do the work of bandits. That doesn't mean that there is no way to live in the mountains, and you rely on the mountains to eat the mountains. Relying on water to draft, can a living person still suffocate to urine?

The wild game in this mountain is inexhaustible, as well as all kinds of herbs in the mountain, rare trees, mountain fruits, etc., which are all sharp weapons that can be exchanged for silver. Even the prosperous areas of Taiping Mansion have shops in Daqingshan, and all the money earned is converted into food and weapons.

It's been nearly two months since this was done, and the days on the mountain are getting better day by day, at least no one is starving.

Of the nearly 5,000 people on Daqing Mountain, excluding some old and weak, at least 3,000 were able to pick up weapons and participate in training, with a similar ratio of men and women.

Zhu Yan is a woman, so she doesn't treat women who go up the mountain differently. She doesn't think that women must not be able to go to the battlefield, what men can do in this world women can also do, why can only men be crowned princes on the battlefield, and women can fight for a lifetime of fame when they pick up swords and guns. Just like her, with a weak woman, she also has to save dozens of miles of rivers and mountains in this big green mountain.

Zhu Yan also gave her a somewhat terrifying name for this all-female army. It's called 'Peach Blossom'.

There is a steady supply of manpower, and the decline in food and money is also improving day by day. This made Zhu Yan see the confidence of recovering the Ming Dynasty.

But what she didn't know was that she was a rabble in front of any force in the world. It's not enough to even stuff her teeth, all of this is just Zhu Yan's wishful thinking, but this is already the best a woman can do.

On this day, Zhu Yan came to the big flag again, looking at the sky in the north, she wanted to lead these thousands of people across the river more than once, all the way to Beijing, but reason told her that it was still early, wait, wait.

The mountains and rivers were long, blowing on her beautiful forehead, and her jet-black hair moved with the wind, which somewhat added a touch of softness to this murderous female bandit.

On the stone road winding the mountain, a few brisk footsteps came, Zhu Yan looked down, and saw that the cute maid like a little white rabbit was jumping towards the top of the mountain.

Ruxue carried her hands behind her back, jumping up one step at a time on the stone steps, entertaining herself and being carefree, in fact, this Ruxue can be regarded as a little beauty who is one in a hundred, not inferior to Zhu Yan, what is even more rare is that she was born with an optimist, as if nothing can upset her.

Ruxue jumped up a few steps, turned around and went down, Zhu Yan didn't understand, this step was so fun, every time Zhu Yan stood under the flag, Ruxue was jumping there, and she was very happy.

At this moment, there was a sound of tight and heavy footsteps on the winding mountain stone path, and Ruxue on the steps was about to turn around to look, but she didn't expect someone to knock her around.

Ruxue's mouth bulged, her silver teeth were bitten, her eyebrows frowned, and she pointed to the background of the person who ran over and said, "Zhang Liuzi, you are blind, do you want to knock me down the mountain?"

Called Zhang Liuzi is a man in his twenties, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a fan in his waist, he looks like a scholar, he turned his head when he heard the sound, and when he saw that it was her, he made a grimace, hehe smiled, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the sixth brother will help you rub it in a while, if you want to pinch your waist or beat your back, you can choose, keep your hands until the pain is removed"

Ruxue was so angry that she stomped her feet, twisted her thin waist and said, "Dead six sons, take advantage of me in your mouth"

Zhu Yan took a few steps down and said, "What's the matter, panicked"

Zhang Liuzi took off the folding fan on his waist and said while fanning the wind, "The big boss, a brother has sent a message, and something happened in Yangzhou."

Although Zhu Yan is in the mountains, her eyeliner has been outside to monitor the movements of all parties.

"The war in Yangzhou is over?"

"Yes, it's over, Yangzhou is lost, the soldiers and horses of the court are completely finished, Shi Kefa died in battle, and the one named Wang Lanping fled and hid in Zhenjiang"

At this time, Ruxue interjected, "Ah! Wang Zhuangyuan ran away? ”

Zhu Yan hated, "The rice bucket is a group of wine bags and rice bags, what about the Tatars, have you crossed the river?" ”

Liuzi wiped the sweat on his face and shook the fan harder, "That's not it, I heard that Tatar is enough to choke this time, a lot of people died, Yangzhou City was in ruins, by the way, even Kong Youde was killed in battle, and Tatar retreated."

When Ruxue heard this, she immediately turned her surprise into fun, and played with the hair hanging down on her chest and said with a little pride, "I'll just say, Wang Zhuangyuan is so powerful, how can he be so unbeaten, I think, the Tatar soldiers must have been beaten miserably by him, otherwise how could they run?" ”

Zhang Liuzi was unhappy, turned around and said disdainfully, "Hey, why do you keep mentioning that Wang Zhuangyuan, as if you know him, he is the one who has been sealed, why do you think about him all day long, does he know who you are?"

Ruxue retorted, "I'll just say it, what's in your way, it's Master Hou, aren't you just a broken scholar, and you haven't even been admitted to the exam."

Zhang Liuzi was speechless for a while, "I, I'm out of luck"

While the two were arguing, Zhu Yan walked past them silently and walked straight to the house on the platform.

There were bandits stationed on this mountain, and there were all kinds of basic housing, although they were not as good as deep houses, but they could also shelter from the wind and rain, and there were not only a row of houses built on the mountain, but also dozens of natural and man-made stone caves of all sizes, which hid a large amount of food and weapons.

As soon as Ruxue saw that the princess was gone, she didn't quarrel with Zhang Liuzi, "Dead Liuzi, ignore you" and followed with a kick.

Zhang Liuzi sent him off with a smile, "Don't go, where did you just hit it, let the sixth brother rub it for you, don't be ashamed, when the sixth brother makes a fortune, the sixth brother hurts you"

As the snow ran back, stuck out its tongue, and ran away giggling.

Back in the house, Zhu Yan still didn't say a word, the loss of Yangzhou was a catastrophe for Nanjing, although she hated the so-called Ming Emperor in Nanjing, but she hated Tatar even more.

As soon as Yangzhou was lost, the whole body was moved, and the entire Jianghuai army had no foothold for the Ming army, and Nanjing was completely exposed to the threat of the Tatars.

Ruxue poured a glass of water, walked over, and blinked her big eyes, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" Is Yangzhou important? ”

"You don't understand, my father once said that to protect Nanjing, you must defend Jianghuai, Yangzhou is the last important town of the imperial court in Jianghuai, you say it is not important"

"I, I don't understand, why do you have to fight, so many people have died, and the Manchurians are really greedy, they all occupy so much of our place, and they still have to fight, it's really annoying"

"The ambition of the wolf, hundreds of thousands of people dare to gallop on the land of my Han people, and the court is full of wine bags and rice bags, and there is no ability to keep this half of the country"

"That's not necessarily, Wang Zhuangyuan is a hero, didn't the sixth son just say, the Manchurians also retired, isn't this the credit of Wang Zhuangyuan? Without him, I don't know where the Manchurians will hit."

"What do you know, he didn't go to Yangzhou voluntarily at all, he was forced, Shi Kefa died in battle, but he survived, this person has a lot of ideas"

"Miss, you haven't seen him again, how do you know his thoughts, besides, the sisters on the mountain are saying that he is a hero who stands up to the sky, and he should marry the champion Lang, hehe" Ruxue said while outlining in his mind how great this Wang Zhuangyuan is, full of heroism.

Zhu Yan looked her up and down at her rippling appearance, "You little girl, don't be ashamed"

Ruxue shuang giggled, pouted and said, "I don't know who still wanted to marry a certain champion hero."

Zhu Yan's pink neck turned red, "Okay, you are like snow, you dare to count me down if you stay on the mountain for a few days" said and reached out to scratch it in the squeaky nest of snow.

Ruxue was itchy, squeaked and ran away with a smile, "Blushing, blushing, one day I'll help you go to Nanjing to have a look to see if this champion has the appearance of a horse master."

"You also said that the dead girl, obviously you are not ashamed here, you are worried about others, I will marry you to that Zhang Liuzi tomorrow, so that you don't have to think nonsense all day long"

Ruxue couldn't bear the itch, laughed so much that the flowers and branches trembled, and the cheeks were crimson, like a pink butterfly moving its wings, it was as moving as it was moving, and it was busy sticking out its tongue and running away.

Inside the house, Zhu Yan sat alone, covered the door, took off the veil, but her beautiful face was full of gloomy clouds.

After a long time, Zhu Yan took the pen and ink, unfolded the rice paper, and wrote a few words.

There are 100,000 people in Hanjia, and Yangzhou has no merit.

There are 3,000 peach blossoms, and the fragrance is full of Liaodong.

The words are like her person, and the two lines of small letters are neat and beautiful, but the meaning of these words is full of her ambition and heartache about the loss of Yangzhou.

But she didn't expect that these words were enough to make her never recover. (To be continued.) )