The day of March, it is already the time of spring, according to the lunar calendar, it is indeed spring, and compared to a few days ago, this day is already a lot warmer, you can also see rape flowers along the way, the fragrance of rape flowers and the buzzing bees, make people feel indescribable and relaxed. But after nightfall, it was still very cold, and the cotton jacket on the body still couldn't be taken off, and there was no feeling of spring at all.

After traveling hundreds of miles, the soldiers had some complaints in their hearts, because they didn't know where their own generals were going to take them. There is no food, everything that can be eaten in the army has been eaten, and the previous three meals a day have become two meals a day, and one meal is dry and one is thin.

The soldiers of the old camp in Jinzhou can still understand and support, but those new soldiers and Sichuan soldiers are not so conscious, after all, the ambush of the Beijing camp in Shangxian County is a major event, and there are many people involved, and it is inevitable that there is nothing impermeable in this world, and after a long time, the ambush of the imperial court soldiers and horses is an open secret in the Jinzhou army.

The killing of officials and rebellion was the first reaction of all officers and soldiers who had not participated in this incident after hearing this, and it was impossible for them not to be frightened. Coupled with the continuous influx, people are sleepy and tired, and they can't eat enough, that is, the old camp in Jinzhou is pressed hard, and this complaint is always inevitable.

Taken by the strength of the old army and the wolf cavalry in Jinzhou, there is no chaos in the army for the time being, but no one dares to guarantee that if this continues, there will be no internal strife in the Jinzhou army.

More than ten miles ahead is Texas, beyond Texas is the territory of the rebels, and it is only less than a hundred miles away from the destination Pingdu.

For more than ten days, the Jinzhou army picked up no one to walk in a secluded place, and when they met villagers along the way, they all plundered to the army, in order to be afraid that their whereabouts would be leaked and intercepted by the soldiers and horses of Shandong.

But people are not as good as the sky, when they went to Changyi, the Jinzhou army was still discovered by the defenders of Changyi, and at the beginning Shi Dayong called out to play the banner of the official army, asking Changyi Mansion not to come to inquire, intending to pass the test in confusion, and go straight to Pingdu. However, Lu Xiong, the prefect of Changyi, didn't know which tendon he had in his brain, so he had to bring someone to the army.

It is a good thing that the place comes to reward the army, a great thing, in exchange for normal, Shi Dayong can't ask for it, but now, he doesn't dare to let Changyi Mansion go to the army, because what he is doing now is no different from that of a rebel general, and he can't take a risk. If the true identity of the Jinzhou Army is discovered by the prefect of Changyi and then reported to the governor Yamen, Shi Dayong believes that Zhu Dadian's soldiers and horses will definitely come to encircle and suppress him as soon as possible.

asked Jiang Wanli to send Lu Xiong, but he didn't know where something went wrong, but Lu Xiong was suspicious, and sent the garrison Peng Tai to lead the troops to block the road of the Jinzhou army to the east, Shi Dayong had no choice but to order Cao Bianjiao's wolf cavalry to attack the Lu soldiers at night, and killed the garrison Peng Tai in one fell swoop, and more than 600 guards of Changyi Mansion also made a knife ghost.

Lu Xiong, the prefect of Changyi, who was loyal to his duties, was also captured by Peng Dazhui's detective team, Shi Dayong didn't want to kill him, but the attack on Peng Taibu was already unspeakable, and Lu Xiong was a very proud person.

The person was already dead, and Shi Dayong had no choice but to reprimand Li Dashan, ordered Lu Bing's grain and grass to be robbed, and set off overnight.

The current Shi Dayong is like jumping on the back of a tiger, and he can't get down. Shang County ambushed Bai Shangyi and Jingying, and now killed Lu Xiong and Peng Tai, killing officials twice, and it is difficult to explain what he did if he has a great grievance.

Now, he can only take Pingdu to correct his name, if he can't get Pingdu, the best way out that Shi Dayong has prepared for himself is to go to the thief

After the sun went down, the Jinzhou army camped in a small village, Shi Dayong took Guo Yi for a brief inspection, then turned around and asked Guo Yi: "Where is Junyi?" Junyi refers to Lin Junyi, the battalion officer of the pro-military camp, that is, the young man from Changping who went to help Dalinghe that day and didn't want silver.

Guo Yidao: "After setting up the camp, he has been busy with the food and grass of the whole army, and he has not rested until now. Zhilu said, "You are going to convene the council of the future, and I have sent someone to tell him that he will come here after dinner." ”

Hearing this, Shi Dayong nodded, stood on a high place and looked carefully at the village, and asked, "Are there still people in this village?" ”

"Of course the people do, but they have all taken refuge in the mountains. I heard that there are still a lot of people in this village, but everyone has become a frightened bird, and when they see us coming suddenly, there is no reason not to be afraid? As soon as I arrived, I asked the brothers to search for the people of the village, but they only found a few old men and wives who were deaf and left behind as janitors, and they could not even speak clearly. I told the brothers to find a way to keep looking. As long as you can find a few sensible men, you can always find some news. "Guo Yi is a little unsure if he can find a sensible person, this place is unfamiliar with people, if there is no guide, it will be difficult for the army to pass through.

Listening to Guo Yi's words, Shi Dayong sighed, walked down to the high place, walked to the fire and took a branch to make a fire, while thinking thoughtfully, his brows furrowed terribly.

The mountains near Texas are the land of the outside, and there have always been thieves, and the common people call this mountainous area soft land, but the government calls this place "the land of disobedience".

The so-called "place of disobedience" refers to the fact that the people are thieves and thieves. The poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, this is actually not false. The people in this mountain have no source of livelihood on weekdays, and the government can't govern them, so they have developed a lawless character. When the government is about to catch them, they will hide in the mountain nest, and there is no way to catch them. Some bold young people simply stopped even doing this thing of robbing houses and houses, and groups of horse thieves in search of big horses formed a gang, and the strength was a little greater than Peng Da Hammer and them, and the officers and soldiers were also afraid of them. Over time, a tacit understanding was formed that as long as they did not commit crimes locally, the government would not come to them for trouble. This behavior naturally breeds the courage of these wicked people, and the counties are complaining about hardship, but there is nothing they can do. In this big mountain and deep wilderness, hide some thieves, where do you tell the officers and soldiers to find them, where to catch them?

Thieves are afraid of soldiers, it is justified, the Jinzhou army is an official army, wearing official robes, and playing official flags, suddenly appearing here, how can the people in the village not be afraid? The young people were even more frightened, and said that the government had come to arrest them, so they all hid, leaving only some elderly people to guard the door.

It was also when Peng Dazhui's detective team hit the striker, it came suddenly, and the people in a village couldn't escape, so they could see some young people. On other occasions, I couldn't even see the ghost of a young man, and all the people hiding in the house were old men and women who couldn't even understand and couldn't speak clearly. In front of them, it was Xiucai who met the soldiers, and he couldn't say anything. You can't intimidate them, you want to fight and kill, after all, the Jinzhou army is an official army, in Shi Dayong's mind, he is the official who kills more, he is loyal, he is a good minister of the emperor, and he is by no means a bandit. The Lord will have this mentality, and the following will naturally not dare to come nonsense. At least so far, the military discipline of the Jinzhou Army is quite good.

Having said that, this good military discipline is actually relative, if this will Shi Dayong break the jar and fall, I am afraid that his Jinzhou army is worse and more ferocious than Kong Youde's rebels.

There is a phenomenon that I don't know whether it is good or bad, the people hide a lot, but there are also bold young people who have been roadblockers or have a deep relationship with the horse thieves, and they come to the door by themselves for the purpose of earning some silver expenses, report the news of the surrounding officers and soldiers to the Jinzhou army, and lead the way for the Jinzhou army, but these people are few after all, and when they learn that the officers and soldiers in front of them did not come into the mountains to catch the thieves, they are not too eager. For these people, Shi Dayong was also happy, and the real money was swung in front of him, and everything was said, and all the roads were brought out.

The team had been drilling in the mountains for four days, and according to the guide who led the way, after crossing another mountain, it was out of the territory of Texas, and further on to the territory of Denglai, where I heard that there were rebels. The guide said that he could only take it there, and that he would not go any further. It's not that he doesn't want to serve the government, but that the rebels are really fierce, it is said that they are all ruthless people who fought with the Jurchen Tartars outside the Guan, and the officers and soldiers are not their opponents at all, and he doesn't want to give his life in vain.

The guide's remarks, Shi Dayong smiled and ignored them. Ruthless, fierce, he is not afraid, he is afraid of traitors, adults.

Adulterers are actually not terrible, they are terrible because adulters are adults. For example, Gao Qiqian, a big eunuch in a high position, if he plays a traitor, Shi Dayong will not be able to compete with him, because he is an adult, and he is a villain. That's the reason why officials crush people to death at the first level

Guo Yi brought the finished dinner. On the table was half a bowl of pickled radish with chili noodles, the rest was all steamed yams, and a bowl of porridge. This food is already quite good, compared to the soldiers, Shi Dayong, the main general, still doesn't have to worry about being hungry.

Dayong was already hungry, devoured a nest head, and then took a few sips of porridge. It is called porridge, but in fact, there is no millet in the bowl, and the figure of a person is seen under the lamp, so it is more appropriate to say that it is boiled in water and dried wild vegetables.

While eating yams, Dayong thought that the food was almost finished, so he could only barely support it for three days, and this area was a poor mountain, so even if he found the people, there was no way to find food in the warehouse. If you can cross the mountain and get out of the Texas border tomorrow, there will be a way to solve all the difficulties, and if you can't get out tomorrow, what if you can't get out tomorrow, what if the army is supplied?

Come to think of it, the only way out is to climb that mountain tomorrow at all costs. But Pingdu is less than a hundred miles away from here, how many rebels there are, how to arrange them, who is defending the city, whether the neighboring Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde will send troops to rescue, after occupying Pingdu, the next step is to directly attack Li Jiucheng outside Laizhou City or go east to Dengzhou and compete with Kong Youde, these are not clear.