Suddenly, among the prisoners of the Ming army, there were several strong young men who struggled to get up, and one of the leaders said loudly: "Our brothers, I am willing to follow you, against his mother." Let those officials and gentlemen see, we poor people are not so easy to bully! ”

When the people around heard this, they were a little surprised and turned their heads to look over.

Hu Guang was very interested, looked at them and asked, "What about your family?" ”

"Several of us have no wives and children, and we are single!" The man replied immediately. But if you are careful, you can hear a hint of sadness in his voice.

Hu Guang listened, a little curious, he looked left and right, and found that Wang Jiayin and they had gone away, and there were only the eldest brother's subordinates left here, so he asked him: "Then since you don't have the drag of your family, why didn't you descend just now?" ”

When the man heard this, he hesitated slightly, but still replied: "You are different, follow you, even if you die one day, you know what you are doing!" ”

The meaning of his words naturally means that if it is the same as those rebels before, they will disdain it. And with Hu Guang, they know what they are doing this, even if it is death, it doesn't matter much!

After listening to this person's answer, Hu Kuan showed a thoughtful expression on his face for the first time.

Hu Guang didn't expect him to say such a thing, and felt that this was a very assertive person.

So, he couldn't help asking, "What's your name?" ”

The man smiled and replied to Hu Guangdao: "My little brother and I are from our own family, and our surname is Hu, and our name is Hu Hansan, so it's good for you to call me the third child!" ”

When Hu Guang heard this, he was speechless. The name of Hu Hansan, in later generations, I believe most people are familiar with it.

When Hu Kuan saw these on the side, he waved his hand and asked the brothers who followed him to untie the Ming prisoners and prepare to let them go.

If it is in the Hereafter, it will be given to them at this time. However, this was at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and Hu Guang was not the person in charge, so forget it if you think about it.

Before the Ming army prisoners left, they all came to the mound one by one and solemnly saluted Hu Guang, their faces full of gratitude.

Hu Guang solemnly explained to them that when we went back to publicize more, we were just forced to kill the officials and try to survive because we really couldn't survive. This will not only allow people to understand our grievances, but also allow the official master not to persecute you too much.

In addition, I also specially explained to them that if you are sent to suppress us next time, I Hu Guang patted my chest and promised you that as long as your hands are not stained with the blood of our rebel brothers, I will definitely let you go!

These Ming army captives were grateful to Dade one by one, grateful to Hu Guang for thinking about them, and grateful to Hu Guang for his kindness, so they left with great gratitude.

Unconsciously, the night was dark, Hu Guang solved the matter, his mood improved, and his stomach suddenly felt hungry.

Hu Kuan and Liu Daneng waited on the side, and it was only then that they freed up a horse and asked Hu Guang to go back with them.

As for Hu Hansan and the others, they followed behind the team, and they had Hu Kuan's subordinates, pointing out what they needed to know.

Who knew that they had just left the mound not far away, and five or six more Ming army captives sneaked back one after another and found Hu Guang, which made Hu Guang very surprised: "Why don't you leave?" ”

"Little brother, I'm willing to follow you, kill the official to survive, and make trouble for the fuck!"

"Oh, why didn't you just say it just now?" Hu Guang asked a little curiously.

"I have family, so it's not very convenient to say just now. I'm afraid that if someone goes back and says it, the family will be unlucky. Now no one knows that I'm okay if I join, anyway, the family has a brother to take care of, even if I don't have it, it's not in the way, I will let those officials know that we poor people are not so easy to bully! ”

When Hu Guang heard this, he understood why they ran back after leaving to participate. He certainly wouldn't refuse and happily let them join.

Hu Kuan looked at these things, a little surprised, but he didn't speak, and when he was about to enter the city, he urged Hu Guang to follow a little, and then asked him in a low voice: "Second brother, you won't release the prisoners in the future, right?" ”

"yes, I told them all about it!" When Hu Guang heard this, he nodded, and said as a matter of course.

Hu Kuan frowned when he heard this, and said with a little worry on his face: "Your incident this time has already made the eldest brother a little unhappy." If you upset Big Brother again and again......"

Hu Guang could hear that the eldest brother was worried about his relationship with Wang Jiayin. He immediately interrupted the eldest brother's words with a smile and said, "Big brother, don't worry, I do this, on the surface, it seems to have the kindness of a woman, but it is actually conducive to our rebellion." ”

"As long as we are strong enough! After fighting a few battles like this, and letting go of the prisoners who were not stained with the blood of our rebels, do you think they will fight hard next time on the battlefield? ”

"This ......" Hu Kuan hesitated, he was a little unsure.

When Hu Guang saw it, he smiled and said: "Big brother, don't worry about this, you'll know later, go, go back quickly, starve to death!" ”

He is very sure, because this point has been proven to be right countless times in later generations, and it must be fine. The key point is that you still have to be strong enough to do it!

At this time, it was the first time that the rebel army and the official army had to fight, so the prisoners had many concerns, and most of them despised the rebels in their hearts, believing that the rebels were thieves and had no future, and these were the reasons why the prisoners were unwilling to surrender.

But after arriving, after the rebel army spread all over Shaanxi, they became numb, and they also knew what was going on, and the prisoners of the Ming army didn't matter, they surrendered if they surrendered, as long as they could save their lives.

However, those who were captured by the Ming army or those in the rebel army who had family members often changed their names or simply took nicknames, which is why the leaders of the peasant rebel army in the late Ming Dynasty almost all called nicknames.

As soon as Hu Guang and Hu Kuan entered the city, they met one of Wang Jiayin's guards and invited them to a celebration banquet. No matter what, even if Wang Jiayin is angry at this time, he still has to show favor to the Hu Kuan brothers.

When Hu Kuan heard the joy, he was most worried that there was a conflict between the eldest brother and his second brother, so he immediately agreed, and he didn't even go to see Wulan and Yaya, so he dragged Hu Guang away.

At the wine table, Wang Jiayin seemed to have forgotten the unpleasant experience outside the city, and frequently persuaded him to drink, coupled with Hu Kuan's eldest brother, who coaxed him, to get Hu Guang drunk.

On this day, it was the first year of Chongzhen, on September 3, 1628, due to Hu Guang's butterfly effect, the prelude to a large-scale peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty became the first to be initiated by Wang Jiayin.

The next day, Wang Er of Baishui County rebelled, broke through Yijun County, released the prisoners, and then went north to Fugu.

On September 3, 1628, in the far northeast, the Nu chieftain Taiji annexed the Mongol tribes to the Shenyang Alliance, the purpose of which was to conquer the Chahar tribe of Lin Dan Khan, which was also the first time that the Manchu and Mongolian alliances were formed.