Chapter 46: The Deceased

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Ning Sheng kept spreading the news of the Ming Dynasty to the mountains of Helinger in the mouth of killing Hu.

In order to prevent thieves from crossing the river in Shaanxi and disturbing the situation, the governor of Shanxi actually ordered the Yellow River crossing to be sealed, and the grain could no longer flow from Shanxi into Shaanxi, completely making the mountains and wilderness of Shaanxi a hell of Shura. Emperor Chongzhen transferred Guan Ning's iron cavalry Cao Wenzhao into Shaanxi, and returned to Hong Chengchou to encircle and suppress the people's army.

Every time Zhai Zhe reads the letter, he will change hands to Xiao Zhiyan, and also let him know the shape of the surrounding area.

At the end of March, Xiao Zhiyan suddenly came to Hanzhai with the grain transportation team, which surprised Zhai Zhe very much, and thought that something had happened to Helinger.

This is Xiao Zhiyan's second time in Dizhai, and after looking up and down, he also praised: "This place is really amazing!" ”

"No one has occupied such a good nest before!" Zhai Zhe shook his head again and again, deliberately teasing.

There is no liquor in the cottage, only mare's milk wine from the Tumut people, although Xiao Zhiyan is not used to that taste, but it is better than nothing.

"I'm looking for you to have something to discuss!" Xiao Zhiyan poured a sip of wine, and his expression was a little stern when he spoke.

"What?"

Xiao Zhiyan put down the wine bag, looked out the window, and asked, "Do you really want to know where I came from?" ”

"I used to think when I was in Zhangjiakou, but now," Zhai Zhe chuckled and said, "There are so many people in the cottage, how can I know whose past?" ”

"I'm from Shaanxi!"

Zhai Zhe nodded, he could still hear Xiao Zhiyan's accent.

"I was originally a hereditary military household in Weibian Town, Yulin, Shaanxi, and ten years ago, I assassinated Yu

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General Lin Zhen fled into the grassland and became a horse thief. A few years ago, when I was a horse thief in Xikou, I often went home, where my brothers were killed, and I fled to Zhangjiakou alone, never to return. ”

"Now the shape of Shaanxi, you also know. I want to enter the Ming Dynasty, and if my brothers are in a bad situation, I will bring them out. ”

Zhai Zhe frowned and said, "Cao Wenzhao's men and horses have just arrived in Shaanxi, and I heard that the people's mutiny army has been killed recently, and the border army of the Yulin Town Guard Station doesn't know if they have rebelled?" ”

"So I can't rest assured!" Xiao Zhiyan's expression was rarely so solemn.

"Now if you want to enter Shaanxi, it is absolutely impossible to go from the mouth of the killing Hukou, the crossings of the Yellow River have been blocked, and the border passes leading from Shaanxi to the Hetao grassland have also been closed, and there is only one way to enter Shaanxi!"

"Meander!" Xiao Zhiyan spat out two words from his mouth.

It has been more than a year since Wang Jiayin, the leader of the People's Mutiny Army, broke through the Hequ, which is the base camp of the thieves and the main battlefield of the encirclement and suppression of the official army. There is a ravine between the meandering river and the Hetao grassland, and the horse thieves who can't get along in the grassland all go there.

"In the past, I also had some reputation among horse thieves in Shaanxi, so there should be no problem in throwing myself into the river meander."

There was a brief silence in the room, and after a moment, Zhai Zhe said, "Okay, I'll go with you!" ”

"No, it's not going to war!" Xiao Zhiyan looked a little moved, shook his head and swayed, "Besides, if you and I leave, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the cottage!" ”

Zhai Zhe thought about it, nodded and said, "It's okay, you bring more entourage, and in ten days, I will lead people and horses to meet you outside the river meander, and send me a message if you have something!" ”

From Hanzhai to the west, swim across the Yellow River into the Hetao grassland, along the east bank of the river to the south, to the junction of the Ming Dynasty is the river meander city.

There is a folk song in Shaanxi, "Hequ Baodezhou, ten years and nine years do not collect, men go out, women dig bitter vegetables!" "The drought has made it even worse here, and the hungry people are everywhere, so Wang Jiayin can break through Hequ City.

Xiao Zhiyan took ten entourage, quickly whipped across the grassland, and galloped to the loess mountains with interlaced ravines on the border.

A short walk into the mountains, before

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A group of people stopped on the road, all of whom crossed their swords and bows, and shouted, "Who is coming?" ”

"An arrow!"

Xiao Zhiyan's words did not decrease, until he was in front of the person who blocked the way, he suddenly stopped, and an arrow was his former bandit.

The leader of the man on the other side shook like a rattle, and said, "I don't know, but you have come to the meander." ”

"Exactly!"

The man looked Xiao Zhiyan, who was arrogant on the horse, up and down, and said, "Let me go!" ”

A group of people shuttle in the Huangtou ravine, the road is like a maze, sometimes you can see the road is on the opposite side, but you have to make a big bend to bypass the deep ditch of the barricade.

Two hours later, the crowd crossed the mountains, and the city of the river was in sight.

The leader of the road guard looked at Xiao Zhiyan's war horse with envy, pointed to Hequ City and said, "When you get to the edge of the city, you will be received!" "These days the grassland is in turmoil, and there are not a few horse thieves who have fled back, and Wang Jiayin specially ordered people to wait in the mountain road.

Xiao Zhiyan bowed his hand on the horse, and led his entourage to gallop away.

About ten miles away from the city wall, Xiao Zhe began to see hungry people with yellow faces and thin muscles, leaning weakly on the side of the road. The closer you get to the city, the more hungry people there are, and when you get to the bottom of the city walls, there are thousands of hungry people in all directions.

The gate of Hequ City was open, and someone on the city wall saw Xiao Zhiyan and his party coming over on horseback, and came out to meet more than a dozen horses.

"Another brother from the prairie has thrown in!" The steppe horse thieves are quite strong in the people's rebellion army, and they have war horses, so they have always been very popular.

"An arrow!"

"It turned out to be Brother Xiao, I haven't heard from you for a few years!" The person who greeted him this time was quite familiar with the grassland, and had heard the name of Xiao Zhiyan.

"I almost died in the prairie!" Xiao Zhiyan laughed at himself.

"They are all brothers when they enter Hequ City!" Someone came to lead Xiao Zhiyan into the city.

When he entered the city, Xiao Zhiyan knew that there were really a lot of acquaintances here, Gao Yingxiang, who had been a horse seller and robbed at the border, was already a big boss, as well as steppe wolves, winged tigers and other horse thieves who had been famous here. Wang Jiayin commanded Hequ, but there were dozens of subordinate factions, among which Gao Yingxiang and Lao Huihui were the largest.

As soon as they met, everyone was very enthusiastic, and acquaintances rushed to greet each other, all wanting to pull Xiao Zhiyan into their team.

Xiao Zhiyan likes this situation the most, they are all horse thieves who escaped from the grassland, and they are divided into cordial meetings when they meet each other, Xiao Zhiyan quickly found a circle of friends, and everyone chatted about it.

"Brother Xiao, Hong Chengchou has killed his brothers very hard after taking office, and the Guanning cavalry is brave and unstoppable, and we have lost many battles in a row!"

Now Shaanxi is flooded with thieves, there are people everywhere who occupy the mountains as kings, only Hequ City has the greatest pressure, Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou stared at Wang Jiayin of Hequ with a pair of eyes, as long as the thieves are defeated, the others will naturally disappear.

"Is Yulinwei's border army reversing?"

"Most of the opposite, the military salary has not come down, the price of food has skyrocketed, either it is starvation, but there is still a glimmer of hope for life!"

Xiao Zhiyan seized the opportunity to inquire: "I still have clan brothers from Yulinwei, I don't know what is going on now?" ”

"What's your name?"

"I have two brothers, Zuo Ruo and Lei Yanqian, who were both the commanders of Yulinwei three years ago!"

The steppe wolf was taken aback and said: "Lei Yanqian is the thousand president of Yulinwei, on the contrary, in Qingyangling, Biguan County, I heard that Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, is wooing him!" ”

Xiao Zhiyan smiled and said: "These two are my brothers, and I will definitely be better than Zhang Xianzhong!" ”

"The Yulin Border Army has always been very strong, if you can pull them over, you don't have to eat white meat in Hequ City."

White meat is a black word, referring to human flesh, Xiao Zhiyan felt sick to his stomach for no reason, do those hungry people outside the city have to eat each other? No wonder there were no women on the road.

After staying in Hequ City for a day, Xiao Zhiyan asked Gao Yingxiang for a guide and went straight to Qingyangling.