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Since the establishment of the Grand Canal connecting the north and the south, a huge and complex interest relationship has been formed around this golden waterway, and gradually the Cao Gang came into being.

Li Jinao was born in the Caokou family, and the so-called Caokou is a cultural person with a certain level of knowledge, familiar with the rules of Caokou, and able to argue with the imperial court, to put it bluntly, he is a squire on the canal.

The imperial court exploited excessively, and the small households could not survive, so they asked Caokou for help, and Caokou relied on familiarizing himself with the laws and regulations to force the Caoyun Yamen to collect less money and profit from it. Li Jinao's father is the famous Caokou, a sharp mouth can bring the dead to life, and a large number of merchants rely on the Li family to live.

However, since the years of Chongzhen, there have been constant wars, and Caoyun has also been frequently affected, and bandits have looted from time to time. Li Jinao couldn't just rely on one mouth, so he recruited a large group of big hands and became a black-and-white figure on the canal.

However, the good times did not last long, with the entry of the Qing army, the Cao Yun was cut off, and the Qing army looted excessively, Li Jinao could not mix on the canal, so he could only take thousands of brothers to the area of the Daimyo Mansion, and mixed with the local bandits, and also accepted two sworn brothers, becoming a group of bandits with considerable strength.

In the grove, Li Jinao and the third eldest Weng Zhongshu sat opposite each other, Weng Zhongshu was the one who did the job and mixed into the city, he knew the situation of Neihuang very well.

"Big brother, now there are only more than five hundred defenders in Neihuang, all of them are the original servants, and after shaving their heads, they have become Qing troops, and they have no combat effectiveness, let's take advantage of the sneak attack at night, maybe we can rescue the second brother."

Li Jinao let out a sigh: "Third brother, are you sure?" ”

"No problem!" Weng Zhongshu gritted his teeth and said: "The people in the city have long been dissatisfied with the Qing army. Let's kill it, it's just the right thing to do. ”

"The third child, it's easy to save people. So what's next? ”

"Big brother, I think we have to flee to the south, there are so many of us, the Ming Dynasty has appeased us, so we can be mixed up with an official and a half-job. If we don't, we'll continue to be bandits! ”

Weng Zhongshu is a scheming person, after Li Jinao listened to it. The fist slammed into the stone, "That's it!" ”

Li Jinao gathered all his brothers, and there were 13,500 people. Weng Zhongshu: They had already asked some of the brothers to disguise themselves. Blended into the city.

As soon as Qiē was ready, when it was ten minutes old, Li Jinao quietly approached Neihuang County with his people. When he was still three or five hundred meters away from the city gate, he suddenly saw three fires lit up at the head of the city. Li Jinao was overjoyed. It was the signal they agreed upon.

"Brethren. Rush with me! ”

Li Jinao immediately led more than 1,000 people and rushed towards the city gate. Sure enough, the city gate was opened, and Li Jinao and Weng Zhongshu successfully entered the city. The brothers also danced their swords and swords one by one, thinking that they were done.

But at this moment, torches suddenly flashed around, and Neihuang County ordered Su Guangshui to lead the soldiers from the city to kill.

In the firelight, Su Guangshui's smile was particularly hideous, "Listen to me." Catch the bandit Li Jinao and reward 1,000 taels of silver. The official has been promoted to the third level! ”

Although they are not elite, they are still much stronger than a gang of bandits, and in an instant, several people around Li Jinao fell.

Fortunately, Li Jinao was extraordinarily brave, and the ghost head knife in his hand danced, like a small wheel, cutting down several Qing troops and barely holding on.

But the good times didn't last long, and while they were fighting to the death, Weng Zhongshu suddenly appeared outside the city with countless torches, and a fire dragon pounced on them.

"The big boss, the third boss, no, the people of the Jin family are here!"

Hearing this, Li Jinao went weak and almost fell to the ground. The Jin family is the largest landlord in Neihuang, with countless big hands under his hands, and they are also the only force that Li Jinao and they are afraid of.

"Shameless!" Weng Zhongshu was so angry that his lips turned blue: "When did their Jin family become the lackeys of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, aren't they afraid to poke their backbones?" ”

Of course, Weng Zhongshu also knew that it was not the time to scold, so he hurriedly divided his troops to resist the attack of the Jin family. This time it was the second son of the Jin family, whose original name was Jin Yuanbao, and because he regarded wealth as his life, he was called Jin Yuanbao. It was he who discovered Li Jinao's movements in advance, reported it to the county commander Su Guangshui, and then killed him with the big hands of the family, wanting to kill Li Jinao and them!

"Kill, kill a young master, I will reward one or two silver, and wait for the Qing Dynasty to reward the official position, and you will also follow the chicken dog to heaven." The gold ingots shouted arrogantly. The men swarmed up, and the more cheerful they became.

Faced with the two-way attack, Li Jinao and the others became more and more unable to hold on, and they were defeated one after another, killing and wounding all over the place, and many brothers ran away secretly, leaving only Li Jinao and Weng Zhongshu still fighting desperately.

"Big brother, I'm afraid we won't be able to hide from today!"

"There is a place for life and a place for death, Lao Tzu has long been not afraid." Li Jinao said breathlessly.

"That's right, it's a blessing for brothers to be able to die with their eldest brother!"

At this time, the gold ingots suddenly rushed to the front, this guy held a long knife in his hand, and slashed at Weng Zhongshu fiercely.

"Let's go to hell and be brothers!"

Weng Zhongshu hurriedly blocked, but the gold ingots were riding on the horse, and the momentum was so strong that he couldn't stop it at all, and the waist knife in his hand suddenly collapsed.

The gold ingot raised his big knife again, and was about to chop it down. Weng Zhongshu had already closed his eyes and was waiting for death, and the corners of Li Jinao's eyes were bloody.

Bang bang bang!

At the most critical moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out, which frightened the gold ingots and shrank their necks.

"Who?"

Before he could finish asking, he felt a powerful vibration coming, like thunder.

"What the hell is going on?"

Before the gold ingots could figure it out, a cavalry rushed towards this side quickly, for the sake of Yue Poyu.

After just taking up the post of head of the regiment, Yue Poyu held back his strength and wanted to show it well, he led his men and horses into the territory of the Daimyo's Mansion, and constantly persuaded the people to go south along the way. But after all, it wasn't enjoyable enough, and he went all the way north. It was in the territory of Neihuang.

Originally, Yue Poyu didn't think about attacking the fortifications, but when he heard the scout's report, he said that Neihuang had fought. Yue Poyu didn't let go of this God-given opportunity, and led the men and horses to kill him.

Like a black whirlwind, they rushed out of the night, and in the blink of an eye they were in front of the scuffling crowd. The family members of the gold ingots were still surrounding Li Jinao's subordinates, but in the blink of an eye, they also became dumpling fillings.

The cavalry wielded machetes and easily slashed in, passing by and killing and wounding everywhere. Kill this kind of family. It's not even a battle at all, it's easier than a drill.

Yue Poyu could even cut down two or three people with a single knife. In the face of this group of fierce gods, Jin Yuanbao's subordinates quickly collapsed, and he still wanted to escape on horseback. Weng Zhongshu picked up a spear from the ground and threw it at the gold ingot. It stabbed right in the back. This second son of Jin turned over and fell off the horse, and his subordinates also scattered.

"My lord, follow the villain into the city!"

Weng Zhongshu led the way in front, and Yue Poyu followed them closely, and finally entered Neihuang. In the blink of an eye, the victory and defeat changed hands, and Su Guangshui still wanted to resist for a while, but was shot indiscriminately by An **. Beat him into a sieve.

The battle was not over yet, and Li Jinao and Weng Zhongshu all knelt in front of Yue Poyu.

"Thank you for saving your life. The villain is grateful. ”

"It's just a coincidence, it's not to save you, let's talk about it, why did you attack Nei Huang?"

Li Jinao They didn't dare to lie, and told the matter again and fifteen, Yue Poyu heard it, and immediately smiled: "This official is the head of the An ** cavalry regiment, since you have the heart to surrender to An **, this official naturally welcomes it." ”

Li Jinao and Weng Zhongshu glanced at each other, and they both showed ecstasy.

"Thank you, my lords, the little ones are willing to swear allegiance to the death!"

"Don't come to these false courtesies, since you said that Wu Sangui is going to rush over, then hurry up and organize the people to retreat, we can't leave anything for the big traitor!"

"Yes!"

Li Jinao and Weng Zhongshu are both local snakes, and they have more than 1,000 people on their hands, and with their help, the evacuation operation has become much easier.

When the sky was bright, Yue Poyu took more than 10,000 Neihuang people to help the old and the young and go south together. Yue Poyu was the last to go out of the city.

"Brothers, are you ready for the gift for Wu Sangui?"

"It's been ready for a long time!" His subordinates said with a smile: "We cut off Su Guangshui and the gold ingot, and piled up their heads in the north of the city to ensure that the big traitor can see it as soon as he comes." ”

"Hahaha, let's leave him another candle so that he won't be able to see it!"

Yue Poyu said as he drew his bow and arrows, and a series of arrows wrapped in fire shot into the city. They had already poured oil on the house, dipped it in an open flame, and it burned in an instant.

Flames flew, black smoke filled the ground, crackling, a gust of wind blew, and more and more houses were engulfed in flames.

Seeing that Neihuang had been completely destroyed, Yue Poyu calmly led his men and horses south. They rushed all the way back to Ji County, and Yue Poyu hurriedly reported the situation to Gu Zhenhua.

"Good job, if Ci is not in charge of the army, he will be ruthless."

Yue Poyu scratched his head and said with a smile: "I'm just worried that Wu Sangui will pick up a bargain!" ”

Gu Zhenhua smiled slightly, "The big traitor has suffered a loss, and now he has learned to be obedient and is not in a hurry to go south, but to build a line of defense between Zhangde Mansion, Daimyo's Mansion, and Changzhi in Shanxi, it seems that he is going to spend it with us!" ”

"Grandpa Guo, are you going to spend it?"

"Of course not." Gu Zhenhua sighed, "Logically speaking, let's confront each other, and let the Manchu Qing and the Dashun army fight to the death, which is the best for us." However, I have a hunch that the Dashun army may not be the opponent of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and we must make a big move to attract the attention of the Qing army and share the pressure of Li Zicheng. ”

In Gu Zhenhua's heart, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has always been the first enemy, and when necessary, he can even cooperate with Li Zicheng.

"Po Lu, your practice of killing all the traitors, robbing the people, and burning the city is really good, let's do this next, and force the Manchus to come out and fight!"

Gu Zhenhua muttered, and then smiled, isn't this the Ming version of the three-light policy!

"Call the bandit leaders, I want to meet them."

Not long after, Li Jinao, Weng Zhongshu, and Qian Yongzhen, a thin-faced man, the three of them rushed in. saw Gu Zhenhua and knelt down together.

"Sinners meet the Duke of Thistle!"

"All heads up!"

As soon as Li Jinao and the others heard this, they quietly looked up, and saw a tall young man sitting in the middle, looking to be in his early twenties, burly, and handsome. And the most striking thing is that there is a sinister aura at the corners of the eyes and eyebrows, even if it is far away, even if it is full of smiles, but this strong pressure still makes people shudder.

In a trance, the person sitting in the middle is not a person, but a god who presides over life and death!

After just one glance, they all bowed their heads in fright.

"I heard that you have a Cao gang background?"

"It's a villain!" Li Jinao hurriedly replied: "The villain's family was born in Caokou, and later fell into the grass, and he was ashamed of his ancestors. ”

"There is nothing unusual about the government forcing the people to rebel, but Ben Jue is very concerned about the Cao Gang, I heard that there are many of your brothers, and your hands and eyes are all over the sky, and you can't hide anything?"

When Li Jinao heard this, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground, "Grandpa Guo, this is all misinformation from outsiders, although the Cao Gang has a bit of power, but each section has different rules, for example, Lianghuai has to listen to the salt merchants, and when you cross the river, you have to listen to the big clans in the southeast. ”

Gu Zhenhua frowned, it stands to reason that the Cao Gang is the predecessor of the Green Gang, with huge power and is well known. But listening to Li Jinao's words, it doesn't seem to be the case.

Of course, Gu Zhenhua cares about whether the Cao Gang can be used by me.

"Li Jinao, to be honest, Benjue has gathered a lot of people from three religions and nine streams, and wants to spy on the information of the Manchu Dynasty. There is just a lack of someone who understands the rules of the rivers and lakes, I don't know if you are willing to help? ”

"Yes, yes!"

Li Jinao kowtowed to the ground, his head turned red, "The villain has long admired the divine power of An **, and it is a great honor for the villain to be able to do things for Grandpa Guo." ”

"It's quite good at talking, so let's do it, you will appear now as the acting director of the third division of the intelligence department, your two brothers are the deputy directors, and this lord requires you to send a group of actors to the capital as soon as possible, and find a way to make them popular!"

"No problem!"

Li Jinao patted his chest and said: "Grandpa Guo, just rest assured, the humble post will be done!" If it can't be done, the villain is willing to sacrifice his head. ”

"Well, if you have this mind, you are not afraid that you will not be able to do things. However, Ben Jue thinks that in the future, you will always have a cover for your activities under the rule of the Manchu Dynasty, what do you think is more appropriate? ”

Weng Zhongshu's mind was very fast, his eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "Grandpa Guo, the people of the rivers and lakes are helpless, just with a craft, the so-called natural raising, and I think it will be more appropriate to call heaven and earth!" ”

Heaven and Earth Society!

A strange expression also flashed on Gu Zhenhua's face, could it be that he wanted to take the lead and get this anti-Qing organization out without waiting for Chen Jinnan?

"Grandpa Guo, do you think it's inappropriate?" Weng Zhongshu asked tremblingly.

"It's a good fit, it's a good fit!" Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "Heavenly Father and Earth Mother, anti-Qing and Ming." You will be on the front line of the dark war in the future! (To be continued......)