Chapter 44: Hanzhai
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The fast horse followed the mountain road in the direction of Kill Hukou, which was Pingkui's messenger.
Food, Zhai Zhe only needs food now! As the news of the deterioration of the civil uprising in Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty continued to come, Zhai Zhe's requirements for food became more and more urgent. Without food, all the qiē in the cottage will disappear, and most of these people will be buried in the grassland.
Who knows what this year's harvest will bring?
End of February.
The young people in the cottage who had been tortured for two months finally stopped, not knowing that two pairs of eyes had been staring at them secretly for the past two months.
Zhai Zhe ordered Wang Yi and Che Feng to pick out the people who have been down-to-earth, meticulous, and hard-working without complaining in the past two months, as their own personal soldiers, and of course Geng Guang's son Geng Zhu.
These people are not very old, most of them were born as herdsmen, they have suffered in the grassland since they were children, and they were taken in at the time of life and death, Zhai Zhe hopes that staying by his side for two years can produce a few talents who are loyal to him.
There are very few people in the cottage who can make Zhai Zhe really trust, Xiao Zhiyan and Meng Kang are okay to fight, and they don't know anything about military affairs and food. And Zhai Zhe didn't want the strength of the side branch to be too strong, after Geng Guang came out of the jam, Meng Kang had 300 people in Montenegro, and he immediately transferred 100 people back to Lao Yao Mountain. He needs talent, people who can be trusted.
The weather is getting warmer, and the land that has been frozen for five months is finally starting to melt. The horse thieves have been frozen for a winter, and their bones are about to start moving.
Zhai Zhe took more than 100 people down to Lao Yashan to search in the mountains of Helinger, and almost every inch of land here, he wanted to re-select the site and establish the old camp. Black Mountain and Lao Yashan are too close to the avenue, and the terrain is not very strong, once they are targeted by the Chahars, the cottage can be abandoned, and if the stored grain is lost, it will fall into a place of no return.
More than a dozen newly elected soldiers have been by Zhai Zhe's side, Zhai Zhe treats people kindly, and everyone is not so nervous in a few days.
In the south of Helinger, originating from the Tumao River in Shuozhou, Shanxi Province, it flows into the Yellow River across the mountains, and the cliffs on both sides of the front section are towering, and the terrain is dangerous, and the terrain on both sides of the Hetao near the latter section gradually flattens. Zhai Zhe led his troops around to the west of Helinger and walked along the river to the mountains.
Some of the soldiers wandered with Lingle, and everyone talked as they walked, telling Zhai Zhe about the terrain ahead.
A bold and clever soldier named Zong Mao, who had been a slave on the grassland since he was a child, had the courage to say: "I know that there is a mountain, and it seems that it was a cottage a long time ago."
"Have you been?"
"I went up when I fled to Horingle a few years ago, and it was on the bank of the Tumao River, and there was only a small path up the mountain, the top of the mountain was flat, there were no trees, and there was a circle of stone walls."
Zhai Zhe's heart moved and asked, "Where is it?" Do you remember? ”
Zong Mao thought back for a moment and said, "It was autumn when I went up, and I stayed on it for three days, and then I ran out when I had nothing to eat, and I should be able to find it." ”
"You take a few people and look for it." Zhai Zhe restrained his horse and ordered more than a dozen people to follow Zong Mao into the mountain.
Zong Mao didn't dare to slack off, went east along the river, looked around with his memory, and finally found the place where he had wandered for more than a day.
Zhai Zhe led a large group of men and horses to follow Zong Mao, and it was not difficult to walk along the Tumao River to the east. When I got closer, I followed Zong Mao's pointing and saw that the mountain in front of me stood on both sides like a wall, the slope of the waterfront side was slightly slow to enter the water, the top of the mountain was flat, the place was open, and a grassy sheep intestine path led to the top of the mountain.
Everyone went up to the top of the mountain along the sheep intestine path, and their horizons suddenly broadened, there were soil and stones, and some stone walls and ridges could be vaguely seen. Looking into the distance, the Tumao River gradually widens after this mountain and flows straight into the Yellow River, and the grassland on the opposite bank is flat. Rolling mountains from now on \u5
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Zhai Zhe gently rubbed the abandoned stone wall on the top of the mountain, the weathered stone shattered when touched, this place has been abandoned for many years, but it must have been a cottage in the past! Legend has it that there were Yi people living in Helinger a long time ago, and later they all moved out of the mountain.
"Great place!" Zhai Zhe couldn't help but admire.
It's fitting to set up the old camp here!
The trail into the mountain is built and the fortress is built, and the back is not worried about the lack of water, and if it is besieged, it can even retreat by water. The grassland on the opposite bank can be cultivated and cultivated, and the nearby hills can also graze cattle and sheep, and from this place all the way to the west, it can go straight to the Yellow River and the Hetao grassland.
Hearing the praise of the big boss, Zong Mao, who was worried on the side, relieved himself.
It was late that day, and everyone stayed in this mountain, and in the dead of night, the river was gurgling.
After many days of hard work, Zhai Zhe couldn't sleep, crawled out of the tent in the middle of the night, the moon was bright in the sky, and the rabbit hair river water flowed under the moonlight like white fish scales, and he suddenly missed Zhangjiakou a little. The people in the collection fight to the death, and the ultimate goal is no different. And in this cottage of horse thieves, he only felt lonely, and even Xiao Zhiyan couldn't imagine how big his heart was.
Nothing happened overnight.
In the early morning of the next day, a group of people and horses returned from the mountains and forests, and went over countless mountains along the way, the road was narrow, and some places could only lead the horses on foot, and it was difficult to find this place from the direction of Liangcheng.
After returning to Lao Yao Mountain, Zhai Zhe immediately set about the migration.
Under the warm wind in March, the green grass begins to sprout, and the Chahar people will also be nomadic everywhere, and the people in the cottage will not even be able to stand it anymore if they are lazy. Wang Yi led the old and weak women and children first, followed by Che Feng and Zhai Zhe's brigade, and most of the supplies were also taken away.
Meng Kang and Xiao Zhiyan stayed on the road of Helinger. Meng Kang led 200 people in Montenegro to monitor the road out of Hukou, except for Pingkui, Zhai Zhe did not allow any caravan to go out of the fortress. Xiao Zhiyan led 300 people to stay in Lao Ya Mountain to monitor the movements in the direction of Liangcheng, and he could also take care of Meng Kang in case of trouble.
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"Big boss, give the village a name!" Wang Yi asked Zhai Zhe for instructions.
"Name?" Zhai Zhe thought for a moment and said, "We are all Han people living in the grassland, let's call it Hanzhai!" ”
"Good!"
Most of the people who moved here were herdsmen, who had done as much hard work as they did under the oppression of the Tumuts, and they also built the earthen houses in Bansheng City on the steppe, so there was no difficulty in doing these jobs. Geng Guang's subordinates were also very peaceful under Wang Yi's instructions.
But there are a very small number of old horse thieves who are reluctant to do it for a few days, killing people and setting fires is their forte, and they once had a bit of a status in the cottage of the grass or the mountain wolf, and these hardships are really unbearable for them.
Zhai Zhe waited for this situation, there are many horse thieves who fish in troubled waters and surrender, in order to survive in Helinger, he has been busy for a winter and has no time to clean up the interior, and now he is about to make those restless horse thieves suffer a little.
Xiao Zhiyan used his charm to convince the horse thief, but he Zhai Zhe didn't have the ability, so he could only use grace and power to control his subordinates. After receiving many horse thieves and captives, he has never beaten or scolded anyone, nor has he killed anyone, and most of the days he has been running around, and after a long time, some people feel that the tiger can also touch his buttocks.