"Factory, you...... Is it cold? ”

Song Zhe handed over a fur coat, and Wang Li took it.

Draped on his body, although it was much warmer, his whole body still shivered.

This is not because of the autumn wind of the Xiaoice River period!

It's because the formation of the tributary thieves on the opposite side is too terrifying!

Wang Li has seen thousands of troops and horses, and he has seen the fierce Eight Banner soldiers!

But......

When I was in Xiping Fort last year, or the siege of Jingshi half a year ago, and the Great Wall Broken Fort not long ago, I was on the city wall!

According to the danger, and there is iron armor to protect you, there is nothing to be afraid of!

This time, it's a very different story!

Because......

When Wang Li rushed to Jiazhou and climbed the small peak to look west, it was noon.

The army of thieves on the opposite side came from west to east, marched more than ten miles south along the Yellow River, and then turned back to the west.

It may be because of the deterrence of the cavalry on the east coast that this thief did not dare to cross east.

However, this team marched from noon to evening, and never saw its "tail"!

According to the cavalry along the coast, they were on the march in the morning!

In other words, this team traveled for more than ten hours, and there was no "tail"!

In this formation, there are more than 100,000 people!

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Cao Bianjiao couldn't help it: "Factory father, if you kill it now, you will be able to win!" ”

"Factory man, please give the order!" Cao Dingjiao is also eager to try, grinding his fists:

"We've been training for months, it's time to fight for real!"

"Uh...... No need! Wang Li shook his head and tried his best to hide the fear in his heart: "They are all the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they really can't survive, so they are desperate!"

As the saying goes, "God has the virtue of a good life"!

Since they didn't kill them, we don't have to kill them all!

And...... The riverbed was dry, but it was full of loose sediment!

When a war horse steps on it, it is easy to sink!

So, there's no need to take any chances! ”

Wang Li refused to kill the past, and the reason was very good!

Cao Dingjiao and Cao Bianjiao wanted to kill the thief and make meritorious contributions, but they no longer persuaded each other.

Seeing this, Wang Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief!

The formation on the opposite side is really terrifying!

There really are more than 100,000 people!

With a ratio of hundreds to one between the enemy and the enemy, how can this battle be fought?

Even if the other party doesn't fight back and queues up to cut off his head, he can exhaust himself to death!

His team is covered in iron armor, and it is inconvenient to move!

Swing a knife and chop hundreds of heads in a row, it's no wonder if you don't die of exhaustion!

If the thieves unite as one and fight to the death, they can crush themselves to death even if they use the pile of dead people to suppress them!

After spending hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, the heavy cavalry that was finally formed could not be crushed!

Therefore, I really dare not take this risk!

In this way, for a whole day, the enemy and us looked at each other across the river and did not invade each other.

When it got dark, Wang Lisheng was afraid that the other party would touch him at night, so he decided to return to Datong overnight.

"Cao Bianjiao, Cao Dingjiao!"

"Factory, what do you command?"

"Keep a close eye on both sides of the Yellow River!

If the thieves don't come, don't go there!

Of course, if the thieves come, they must be wiped out! ”

"Whoa!"

The two of them looked happy and bowed respectfully.

Wang Li was about to leave, but he noticed the stomachs of the two!

Looking back at Song Zhe's belly, he recalled the stomachs of Yuan Chonghuan, Man Gui and Hong Chengchou,

recalled the stomachs of Chen Wangting and Zhu Kezhen, recalled the illustrations of various "generals" in the history books, and found an interesting phenomenon:

Regardless of whether it is a Jinshi or a Wujinshi, anyone who is thirty years old, as long as he is a general, will have a "general's belly"!

Just like Cao Bianjiao and Cao Dingjiao, the two are less than thirty years old, and they still have a "general's belly"!

Their waist circumference, even if it is not three feet two three, is two feet eight or nine!

Song Zhe, Chen Wangting and Zhu Kezhen, who are strong in martial arts, are strong and capable!

Wang Li couldn't help but guess that if Man Gui and Chen Wangting "went head-to-head", Man Gui would be defeated!

However, if each side leads a team of men and horses, camps in the field and confronts each other, and starves for three or five days, Man Gui will win!

Because, Man Gui's belly is too big!

The fat stored in his stomach is estimated to be dozens of catties!

If you stab it with a sword, I'm afraid you won't be able to hurt your internal organs!

It's all "buffered" by thick fat!

A heavy punch in the lower abdomen is estimated to be fine, and it is also "buffered" by the fat layer!

With such a big belly, even if you are hungry for three or five days, it is estimated that it will not affect your combat effectiveness!

Chen Wangting doesn't have much fat in his stomach, if he is hungry for three or five days, I'm afraid he will be dizzy and his limbs will be weak!

Of course, this is just conjecture.

Why don't you take some time and let Song Zhe and Cao Bianjiao beat each other and verify their conjectures?

……

On the west bank of the Yellow River, Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao are still killing all sides, killing thieves and chickens.

On the east bank of the Yellow River, because of the cavalry patrol, the thieves never dared to enter Shanxi and began to flee south.

When the news of Hong Chengchou's promotion to governor of Yansui came, Wang Li was stunned.

It's time for this guy!

According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou, who was born as a Jinshi, has no connections in the court, and the official to "participate in politics" is already the top of the sky!

Unexpectedly, the governor of Yansui was scared to death by the thieves!

Hundreds of officials in the DPRK, no one dares to go to Yansui to be the governor!

Come to think of it, no one even dares to be a "trilateral governor", let alone a "governor"?

So, Hong Chengchou, who killed all sides in Yansui, naturally took over the position of "Governor of Yansui" and received 10,000 taels of military salaries from the imperial court!

After receiving the invitation, Wang Li thought about it several times, and still crossed the Yellow River west to Yulin.

After all, the elder brother has been promoted, and the younger brother doesn't go to congratulate, it's really unreasonable!

Besides, due to the large-scale killing of Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao, there were few bandit activities in the Yansui area.

Therefore, with two thousand "ironclad brocade guards" to escort him, Wang Li is naturally not afraid!

Knowing that Wang Li was coming, Hong Chengchou went five miles out of the city and waited outside the city early.

As soon as they met, Hong Chengchou greeted him warmly and held Wang Li's hand tightly: "Brother, if you don't come again, I will go to Datong to pick you up!" ”

"The elder brother came out of the city to greet him, and the younger brother was really flattered! Brother, please! ”

The two hooked their shoulders and put their backs, their faces were full of spring breeze, and they exchanged pleasantries for a long time, and then they each rode their war horses and walked slowly towards the city.

Wang Li's heart is scolding his mother again!

This guy, in less than two months, turned out to be developed!

However, he recruited a "Hong army" of 30,000 people, but he never mentioned the matter of "returning the army"!

I just said, I borrowed soldiers, but I didn't hear that it would be returned!

Hey?

Those people in front of them...... What's going on?

I'll go! It seems to be a thief!

A large area of black pressing, it is estimated that there are twenty or thirty thousand people!

But how could the thieves be outside the city?

Wang Li's heart tightened, and he hurriedly stopped the war horse: "Brother, that's ...... in front."

"Don't worry, brother, that's the soldiers and horses of the thief king Zuo Gui!

Now that I have been promoted to governor, I should learn from Governor Yang, pacify the party, and stop killing indiscriminately! ”

Wang Li was half incredulous, and Hong Chengchou continued: "I learned that I intended to appease, and the thief leader Wang Zuogui led the crowd to surrender and is welcoming us into the city!" ”

"Oh, I see!"

Noticing that Cao Wenzhao's cavalry was patrolling and the thieves had no weapons, Wang Li was a little relieved.

But, think again.

That's not right!

Hong Chengchou knew that he was coming, and he also knew the exact time, and he went out of the city to greet him, and there seemed to be no problem.

However, the thief leader Zuo Gui led the crowd to surrender, and it happened to be today?

That's a coincidence, isn't it?

Scold!

This guy is playing "Fox Fake Tiger Might"!

Cao Wenzhao's heavy cavalry killed the thieves, chickens and dogs, and now there are two thousand!

Just ask, who dares not to be afraid?

Who would dare not to descend?

That's it!

Since it's a brother, it's nothing to let him borrow a prestige!

It seems that this brother is still persuasive!

Learned to be a "soldier who surrenders without a fight"!

That's it!

The thieves are all ordinary people, and they take risks if they can't survive!

Hundreds of thousands of thieves in Shaanxi, can you kill them all?

Especially the killing and surrendering, it will really be criticized!

Therefore, only appeasement and disaster relief are the best ways to quell the civil unrest!

Look at that Wang Zuogui, how sincere!

Leading a dozen subordinates to saddle up before and after the horse, where is it like a thief!

That's right, that's how it should be!

Treat them with courtesy!

You see, if you invite them into the temple and serve them food and drinks, the thieves will all call you brothers!

Of course, it is just a soothing, and it can't solve the essential problem!

Strong disaster relief is also needed!

Otherwise, it will be reversed!

"Brother, you have appeased this thief, have you thought about how to settle it?"

Faced with Wang Li's question, Hong Chengchou smiled and said nothing.

The dozen or so thieves who were drinking the banquet all stared straight at Hong Chengchou, their faces full of anticipation.

"Rest assured, everyone! This governor is the man of his word: as long as you lay down your arms and surrender, I will not pursue your rebellion!

The silver and food provided by the imperial court for disaster relief will arrive soon!

After you receive the money and food, you must learn from the people of Shanxi!

Plant sweet potatoes, grow potatoes, plant corn!

As long as you are diligent and willing to work, you will never go hungry! ”

Hearing that severance pay was going to be paid again, the thieves were so excited that their faces turned red, and they said a lot of words of gratitude, and devoured them.

But......

I'll go!

Before Wang Li could come back to his senses, a group of armor soldiers suddenly rushed in!

The thieves haven't come back to their senses yet, and their heads have all moved!

Some people still have chicken legs in their hands!

Some people still have pig's trotters in their mouths!

No way!

Hong Chengchou of this dog day is still killing and surrendering!

It's so brutal!

It's really miserable!

Alas!

Even if you want to kill someone, you can let the family finish their meal!

Anyway, let the family be a full ghost!

"Humph!"

Hong Chengchou sneered and twisted his neck: "Brother, it's not that I don't listen to your advice, but there are too many thieves!"

If you are like you to comfort the disaster relief, it is really difficult to do it without millions of dollars!

So, I can only see one and kill the other!

Kill all the thieves!

Until there is no leader, no matter how many thieves there are, they will be scattered!

If you don't believe me, you can go to the city and check it out!

As long as a dozen heads are thrown down, the more than 30,000 thieves outside the city will disperse on their own!

No one dares to rebel again! ”

Hong Chengchou's words, Wang Li is convinced!

Through more than a year of disaster relief in Shanxi, he has gained more insight into quelling the civil unrest.

The thieves are all desperate people, who have hardly read and have no faith!

As long as they can eat enough, as long as no one agitates, they will not rebel!

Those thieves are either able to read and write, or they have been border soldiers, and they are all guys who have "seen the world"!

Kill the thief leader, and the thief will indeed collapse!

However, this is only temporary!

Because, the essential problem has not been solved: the people still do not have enough to eat!

In this case, what about killing a "thief 1.0"?

It won't be long before there will be "Thief Head 2.0" and "Thief Head 3.0"!

Endlessly, endlessly!

Who can kill it?

However, in order to feed the people, we must provide strong disaster relief!

Disaster relief requires huge amounts of silver and food!

Whether it is Hong Chengchou, Zhu Youzhen or the household department, they can't get any money!

I can't get any food!

Disaster relief, where to start?

Of course, it's basically impossible for me to come up with the money!

I'm carrying my head to make some money, is it easy for me?

Why should I take it out?

There are a lot of courtiers who are richer than me, why don't they pay for it?