Shandong, Changbai Mountain.

There is a camp here, a bandit village, which used to be one of the eighteen villages under the anti-thief leader Wang Bo, and now it is one of the few bandit gathering places in the Changbai Mountain area.

After Wang Bo's defeat, many of his men fled here to avoid being pursued by the officers and soldiers.

Some of the rebels who followed Wang Bo to rebel were out of helplessness, Zhang Xutuo could open the net, but some were purely robbers, and they would definitely be killed if caught.

In the past two years, Shandong's main job is to appease the people of the family, and there is really no effort to clean up the bandits hiding in Changbai Mountain.

First, the scale is too small to be cleaned up, and Changbai Mountain is a natural hiding place, and the laborers may not be able to catch the bandits when they move the crowd to suppress the bandits.

So such a small scourge, Zhang Xutuo naturally didn't pay attention to it.

This cottage is called the Great General Village, because the bandit leader in it, who called himself the Great General, followed Wang Bo to rebel and killed a lot of officers and soldiers.

Originally, the small life was peaceful, but something has been wrong recently.

Because more and more people who have evaded military service and forced labor are fleeing to them, more and more people.

Because Wang Bo rebelled in this place back then, the people of Shandong naturally thought that if they wanted to avoid the capture of strong men by the official army, they had to run to this place.

As more and more people came in Changbai Mountain, Du Fuwei, the bandit leader of the Great General Village, became more and more worried.

"Brother, it's not good to go on like this," Du Fuwei said: "In the past, we were low-key, and the officers and soldiers couldn't take care of cleaning us up, but now more and more people are fleeing to the mountains, which will inevitably attract officers and soldiers, and I am afraid that we will be cleaned up by piggybacking." ”

Du Fuwei is seven years old Chinese New Year's Eve today, and he is also a big anti-thief leader in history, in the biography of Shuanglong in the Tang Dynasty, he is the father-in-law of the two protagonists, yes, this person likes to accept righteous sons, and now he has already received four.

And the brother in his mouth is his hardcore hair and small hair, and he is also a big thief.

The level of rebellion of these two people and their sphere of influence at the end of the Sui Dynasty are not comparable to Wang Bo, but it has to be said that Wang Bo was the key person who fired the first shot of the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Fu Gongyi's face was ugly and said: "The brothers came to report, they have found traces of officers and soldiers outside, Zhang Xutuo is too powerful, he also has a few fierce men under him, we are short of weapons, there are hundreds of people, once the official army enters the mountain to encircle and suppress, I am afraid that you and my brother will fold here." ”

Yizi Wang Xiongdan said on the side: "I sent people to inquire around, Zhang Xutuo should not have left Qi County, he is responsible for the recruitment of soldiers in Shandong, I heard that the fight will start in April and May, where can we flee to?" It's better to hide in the mountains and survive this month or two, and you should be fine. ”

"This dog emperor, three days and two conscriptions, it seems that there is an endless battle," Yizi Kan Ling said: "I see, Shandong has to be in chaos this time, just look at these fleeing civilians, from all over Shandong, I know that Zhang Xutuo's conscription is very unsmooth." ”

After that, Kan Ling said: "Father-in-law, why don't we take advantage of the situation and hide in this deep mountain all day long, how different from a wild man?" Anyway, it would be a death to go out, so it is better to take advantage of the situation vigorously, recruit refugees, and form a rebel army. ”

"My son's words are exactly what I want," Du Fuwei laughed and said, "He Wang Bo can do it, how can I Du Fuwei not do it?" It's just that now is not the time, as Xiong said, after the imperial army in Shandong leaves, when the county yamen troops are empty, it is the time for us to show our strength. ”

Fu Gongqi frowned and said: "Knowing how powerful Shilang was back then, he still couldn't escape defeat and death in the end, but I know that Shandong is a place, and it is not suitable to raise righteousness for us in the future, so we still have to go to the south and hide far away from the imperial army." ”

"That's right," Du Fuwei nodded, and said: "I followed Zhishilang to conquer the south and the north and was defeated and went to Hebei after leaving Shandong. ”

Fu Gongyi said: "At present, the civilians in the mountains can be used by me, and the hearts of the people in the network are at the moment, and we need to withdraw to the mountains as soon as possible to avoid encounters with the officials and soldiers." ”

"Good!" Du Fuwei slapped the table: "Brother will be the long history of my Du Jiajun in the future, let's also make an official for ourselves." ”

These two people have been playing since childhood, and they are friends with each other, but in fact, Fu Gongqi was still pitted by Du Fuwei and became bandits.

Du Fuwei's family is also a landlord, but his parents died early, and he is a loser, and he is all clean, and Fa Xiaofu Gongqi has been helping him, always stealing sheep from his aunt's house to Du Fuwei.

Later, Fu Gongyi's aunt reported to the official, and these two boys hid in the mountains as bandits, Du Fuwei was only sixteen years old that year, and he was a group of people who fell into the grass in Changbai Mountain very early, and Wang Bo belonged to the back.

It's just that Wang Bo is older and his personal charm is not ordinary, and he gathered a gang of bandits who fell into the grass in Changbai Mountain, and Du Fuwei followed Wang Bo at that time.

After the two descended to the Tang Dynasty, Du Fuwei took the initiative to apply to see Li Yuan, and was named King Wu in Chang'an, appointed as the crown prince Taibao, the southeast road Xingtai Shangshuling, and the pacification ambassador south of Jianghuai, above Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and was the fourth in command of the Tang Dynasty.

And Fu Gongyi, who stayed in Jianghuai, rebelled directly, and after being caught by Li Xiaogong, he lied that Du Fuwei made him rebel, so that Du Fuwei, who was in Chang'an, was implicated.

This is a report and a report, when he was a teenager, he fell into the grass because of Du Fuwei, and later Du Fuwei also died because of him.

Du Fuwei's epitaph records that his death was due to Fu Gongyi's "stay in Danyang, the picture is provocative", causing Du He to "have fear in his heart, and his age will not be eternal".

Zhang Xutuo has been many years old for a few months, this conscription is His Majesty's will, and he knows very well that if he can't do it well, His Majesty can take his life.

And in Yang Ming's letter to him, he also said, do your best.

The number of soldiers assigned to Shandong is not much, only 30,000, but there are still 300,000 people, and the grain of each county has also been requisitioned.

The people of Shandong are now changing color when they hear about military service, and before the officials can explain clearly, they are already preparing to flee with their families.

What about playing?

"Alas, now it's all about catching strong men, but fortunately, it's almost ready," Fang Xuanling said: "As soon as the army leaves, I'm afraid Shandong will be full of thieves, and the turmoil three years ago is just afraid that it will be staged again." ”

The reason why Fang Xuanling is here is that the hundreds of thousands of acres of open fields that are responsible for dealing with Xuangan are here, if there is no northern expedition this year, everything in Shandong is stable and is developing in the best direction.

But as soon as the conscription began, it was over, bandits were everywhere, the people were struggling to make a living, and now the rich merchants and clans were all nested in the city, and they no longer dared to go out.

Zhang Xutuo sighed: "The general trend is like this, it is beyond you and me to change it, even the crown prince can only sigh." ”

"The Licheng Military Mansion must guarantee a standing garrison of 3,000 people, otherwise as soon as the army leaves, we may not even be able to keep the yamen of the county government," said Zhang Xutuo's new general, Luo Shixin.

Luo Shixin's family was originally a wealthy family in Licheng, and in the rebellion three years ago, his elder brother Cheng Luoming of Linji County died at the hands of Wang Bo, and their family and Zhang Xutuo were very close.

Now he is fifteen years old, he has been fighting bandits abroad for a year, he is brave and invincible, and people in Shandong give him a nickname, Xiao Mengben.

At the age of fifteen, he is tall and big, about the same as twenty years old.

Zhang Xutuo nodded: "In the name of recruiting military salaries, I privately deducted some grain and grass and stored it in the Licheng Treasury for future needs. ”

"That's right," Fang Xuanling nodded: "But it's only a little better than this year, compared to last year, it's far inferior, bandits and thieves together, it's a spark of fire, and in the future, Xuancheng will have to put out fires everywhere." ”

Zhang Xutuo almost doesn't want to do it, what is this doing? Can't you let Shandong live a stable life?

"After surviving this year, Xuan Ling will help me talk to the prince, give me a different place," Zhang Xutuo said with a wry smile.

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "The prince once said, Shandong can't go without words for a day, here, I still have to rely on you, Shandong will be very difficult in the future, but the more difficult it is, the more talented the pillars of Xuancheng Hou." ”

He didn't dare to agree to Zhang Xutuo's kind of thing, his level is higher than mine, and he is also the prince's person, why don't you say it yourself?

Zhang Xutuo smiled and said: "Xuan Ling will prepare for the next few days, and return to Beijing as soon as possible, there is no business for you here, if you leave late, I am afraid that the road back to Beijing will be bumpy." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded, he also wanted to leave quickly, if he didn't leave, it would not be easy to get out of Shandong, the bandits who were blocking the road and robbing at the moment were not young or old, although he had dozens of followers around him, but he couldn't stand the bandits.

At present, the soldiers recruited from Shandong are being drawn, which is considered a relatively safe period, and when the army leaves, the official road will be full of dangers.

As for Fang Xuanling, he would start from Qi County to cross the Yellow River, enter Qinghe County, and then take a boat from the canal to Luoyang, and then return to Beijing from Luoyang.

This route is the safest, because on this line, it is full of large armies, and the Xiaoguo army that came to protect the children took the canal, and between Luoyang and Guanzhong, it was the safest official road in the entire Great Sui.

Because there has always been various news transmissions between Jingshi and the Eastern Capital, and the post guards are continuous, no one dares to rob on this road.

Two days later, Zhang Xutuo and his generals personally sent Fang Xuanling's convoy out of the city.

Looking at the departing carriage and horses, Luo Shixin frowned and said: "This person is a bit of a bad seed, the prince didn't say to let him go back, look at his timid appearance." ”

Zhang Xutuo said with a smile: "People who are afraid of death have the advantage of being afraid of death, and those who are not afraid of death have the advantage of not being afraid of death." ”

"Then we shouldn't be afraid of death, right?" Roth's Letter.

Zhang Xutuo nodded and said: "If we are also afraid of death, we will be completely useless people, and useless people will naturally be abandoned." ”

"Humble," Luo Shixin nodded.

(End of chapter)