Chongzhen is a lucky man, he can sit on a high throne and reign over the world; Chongzhen is also an unfortunate person, when he ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty was terminally ill, crumbling, from the anxiety before the enthronement to the anxiety of taking power, it did not take a few days of comfortable days, the enthronement said that the order was in danger, and when the wind and rain drifted away, the Ming Dynasty was in control of the torn world ship to move forward with difficulty, and there was the possibility of ship destruction and death at any time.

In troubled times, the troubled guys, under the nest, there were eggs, the Ming Dynasty was turbulent, and it was not easy to sail this giant ship to survive for seven years, but the situation did not improve, even Sichuan, which has the reputation of the country of abundance, was not able to stay out of this turmoil.

Dong Jian, the new commander of the capital, raised the butcher's knife for the Sichuan Xiaowei Office to check the tuntian, and for a while I don't know how many officials in command of the embassy department were victimized, and how many powerful interests were damaged, and he engaged in smuggling and fraud in the process of inventory, and made a windfall, if this operation was an earthquake for Sichuan, but the next two "earthquakes" were larger in scale, more destructive, and more far-reaching.

First of all, Han Wendeng disappeared, since Han Wendeng announced that he was going out on business, the officials of the Metropolitan Command Department have not had information about Han Wendeng for more than a month, even Han Wendeng's most trusted henchman has no news, and people are panicked for a while, some people say that Han Wendeng is deliberately hiding, so that his brother-in-law can clean the commander of the embassy, some people say that Han Wendeng was attacked, and his body has long been abandoned in the wilderness, and some people also rumored that Han Wendeng has defected to bandits and is ready to rebel against Yunyun, anyway, there is bad news circulating every day.

The disappearance of the top military governor of a province can be said to be a major event, but the next thing suddenly made Sichuan nervous, and more than 100,000 bandits led by the starry sky, the rampant wolf, Yidougu, and the sweeping king, etc., under the response of the thirteen families of the shaking yellow, crossed the Daba Mountain in Kuizhou Prefecture, and entered Sichuan through the sheep intestine trail. Suddenly appeared in the Dazhu River, all the way like a bamboo, Taiping, Chengkou, Mingtong, Qianxi and other county towns fell one after another, approaching Kaixian, and the thieves were monstrous for a while.

On October 12, Zhai Tangwei, who had the responsibility of defending the land, commanded Deng Yuan to lead the 3,000 soldiers who had managed to get together to meet the battle in Majiazhai, but he did not expect to be ambushed by the stars and rampant wolves, and the Wei commander made Deng Yuan martyred, and most of the remaining 3,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and the remaining birds and beasts were scattered. After that, the rampant wolf and others scattered to attack, and within ten days, all the Kuizhou mansions fell.

After the capture of Kuizhou Mansion, the strength of the starry sky, the rampant wolf and others not only did not weaken, but became stronger, not only the exploited people joined the team, but also some soldiers from the guard post also joined, and some of the people from the guard house all joined, plus the harvest in the field had just been harvested, and the grain in the official warehouse was all laughed at by the rebels. The strength has increased instead of decreasing.

Sichuan was in a mess all of a sudden.

The snake can't do without a head, the army is chaotic without a handsome, and when Han Wendeng is there, everything is orderly. Everyone twisted into a rope, but once Han Wendeng was not there, no one below would obey anyone, and Dong Jian liquidated Tuntian and offended the generals of Sichuan. When something really happens, they all hang high that has nothing to do with themselves, allowing the smoke to fill the sky and the letters asking for help fly like snow. insisted on standing still, and some even secretly gloated.

Every guard has the responsibility of defending the territory, and it cannot be transferred lightly, anyway, there is no order from the commander, so why should anyone take this risk?

After the rampant wolf and others captured Kuizhou, under the construction of the ally Shake Huang Thirteen, they avoided the Baoning Mansion, which was stronger than Kai and had natural dangers such as Jianmen Pass, and attacked Shunqing Mansion and Chongqing Mansion in several ways.

The imperial court did not expect that the righteous army would enter Sichuan, and did not expect that the thirteen families of Shaking Huang would mobilize a large number of manpower and material resources to assist the righteous army to enter Sichuan, and as soon as they entered Sichuan, they would attack the weaker defense areas.

As a result, Sichuan suddenly became a paradise for the rebels, but no one thought that there was an invisible hand behind the control.

When the sky was full of stars, rampant wolves and others rampant in Sichuan, there was a force that could not be mentioned, and that was the Thirteen Yellow Shakers.

It is said that it is the thirteen families that shake the yellow, but in fact it is just a title, because the whole team is almost Zhang Rui's final say, and the king of the fight for food, Huang Harrier, has become a stepping stone for Zhang Rui's ascension, Yuan Tao, the king of heaven, Liu Weiming, and the king of the sky, Liu Weiming, and the 100,000 Hu Jiusi disagree with Zhang Rui, either assassinated or defeated, and the people who shook the sky King Bai Jiaolong, the Black Tiger King and the Tianxing and others also took Zhang Rui's head as the leader, and the rest of the forces were very weak and did not dare to go against Zhang Rui's meaning.

When the sky is full of stars and rampant wolves to attack the city and plunder the wealth, Zhang Rui naturally just misses the opportunity to make a fortune and strengthen his strength, and uses the relationship of being familiar with the terrain to often use the minimum price to obtain the greatest benefits, although so, he gets along well with Man Tianxing and others, because the two can take what they need.

Every time he conquers a place, everyone cares about robbing money, food, and women, but Zhang Rui focuses on robbing people, pulling strong men, craftsmen, and talented people into his team, and also paying attention to absorbing those sergeants scattered among the people.

When Zhang Rui entered Shunqing from Kuizhou Mansion, the number of troops in his hands had reached more than 26,000.

Of course, these more than 20,000 people did not all participate in the siege of the city and land, Zhang Rui left most of them in the old nest in the deep mountains and old forests of Bazhou, and only took about 10,000 people to participate in the battle, as the strength is getting bigger and bigger, Zhang Rui's prestige is getting higher and higher, and the position of the Thirteen Shake Yellow Family is getting stronger and stronger, that is, it is on an equal footing with the strongest Mantianxing of the Righteous Army, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a thunderous figure in the Righteous Army, and his subordinates respectfully call him a fight for the king of food, this is his inheritance of the title of the Yellow Harrier, that is, Mantian and others see, will also enthusiastically call Brother Zhang.

On October 17, on an unnamed hill thirty miles north of Yilong, that is, at the junction of Baoning Mansion and Shunqing Mansion, Zhang Rui respectfully saluted an ordinarily dressed person and said: "The small one sees the adult." ”

The one who could make Zhang Rui salute was Lu Haoshan, the commander of Lizhou Wei, and at this moment he brought people here to meet Zhang Rui secretly.

"Your Excellency?" Lu Haoshan smiled and said, "Hehe." Zhang Rui, now that you have a territory, you have nearly 30,000 people under your command, and you have more troops than me, does this official want to call you the king of food? ”

"My lord" Zhang Rui immediately knelt down and said with a serious face: "Zhang Rui is your soldier, and he has been your soldier all his life. ”

Lu Haoshan laughed. personally helped Zhang Rui up and said: "Yes, the official didn't see the wrong person, don't worry, as long as you follow me, you will never be wronged, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth after the fact, but if you have a different heart, the official can hold you up." Nature has the ability to pull you down. ”

Speaking of the back, Lu Haoshan's words revealed a bit of a deep murderous aura.

Zhang Rui's growth was supported by Lu Haoshan with one hand, in order to prevent him from supporting the army and respecting himself. Breaking away from his own control, Lu Haoshan naturally left behind, with promises in front and warnings in the back. lest Zhang Rui lose himself in the face of power.

"Yes, my lord, the villain has no suspicions. No matter what the adults order, they will never frown when they go to the soup and fire. Zhang Rui felt a thrill in his heart, and immediately said with a serious face.

"Sitting" Lu Haoshan sat on a stone very casually, but Zhang Rui didn't sit, standing in front of Lu Haoshan, standing very straight and very well-behaved, that feeling was like returning to the school field, Lu Haoshan was the captain, and Zhang Rui was still an ordinary soldier.

Lu Haoshan opened his mouth and asked, "How has it developed recently?" ”

"It's not bad, because Sichuan is relatively rich, there are many squires and landlords, robbing their goods and food is enough to maintain the army's expenses, and Mantianxing and others are not small, not only do not rob ordinary people, but also often share the stolen grain through the common people to buy people's hearts, so the casualties of the people are not large, and they are also willing to join the uprising, and Dong Jian's perverse behavior coupled with the disappearance of Han Wendeng, Sichuan has been in chaos, and has not encountered any major resistance."

"Well, that's good" Lu Haoshan nodded and said: "Remember, making a fortune in a muffled voice, low-key is the king, and those things that are in the limelight let others do a good job." ”

"Yes, sir."

Lu Haoshan saw Zhang Rui's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, shook his head and said, "Okay, I know you have a lot of questions, if you don't understand anything, just raise it." ”

Zhang Rui really had a lot of questions, and said cautiously: "My lord, why do we focus on robbing people, instead of robbing money, silver and food, aren't these the most important, we have so many soldiers under our command, and we spend a lot of money every day, if we focus on grabbing money and food, with our intelligence and familiarity with the terrain, we will definitely be able to get the lion's share." ”

"Let me tell you a story" Lu Haoshan pondered for a while, and began to whisper: "In a far, far away, there are many countries divided into two factions to fight, this battle has been fought for many years, the number of dead is millions, and finally the coalition led by the Bear Country and the Eagle Country invaded the capital of the enemy Manguo, the main general of the Bear Country only cares about looting gold, silver, goods and various materials, while the Eagle Country focuses on grabbing talents, collecting all the talents that the enemy country can find, two different choices, and finally leads to two completely different results, The glory of the Bear Country fell after a few days, and the Eagle Country greatly promoted the development of the country with all kinds of excellent technology, and finally became a superpower, that influence, well, how to say, is much stronger than our Yongle Emperor. ”

Lu Haoshan was talking about the story of World War II in the later generations, and Zhang Rui didn't know anything about it, but when he heard that the Eagle Country was even more powerful than the Yongle Emperor who was proud of the people and the people of all countries, he was so surprised that his mouth couldn't close for a while.

"My lord, is it really true?" Zhang Rui was still a little unconvinced.

"Of course, you've also seen the new firecracker, you know how much stronger it is than the old firecracker, if you don't have those craftsmen and talents, can you build it?"

Zhang Rui said with admiration: "That's an adult, if there is no adult, those poor craftsmen can't make it." ”

"Cough" Lu Haoshan coughed dryly, but admitted it very modestly: "That's because this official is a very great talent." ”

After speaking, Lu Haoshan continued: "Okay, let's get down to business, these days, money is not everything, but without money, it is impossible to do nothing, and the goods are not wanted, but, when the time is right, we will snatch it from the hands of Man Tianxing, and now let him collect it for us." ”

"Yes, sir."

After a pause, Zhang Rui said cautiously: "My lord, there are still two questions for the small ones, I don't know whether to ask them or not."

Lu Haoshan scolded with a smile: "If you have something to say, you can talk about it, and if you have a fart, you can let it go." ”

"Han Wendeng is obviously dead, why do we want to block this news, if it is publicized, isn't Sichuan more chaotic and better to fish in troubled waters? Or is it one thing, that is, there are so many of us, when will we act? (To be continued......)