Henan......

Henan, which had just suffered the bursting of the Yellow River, ushered in a major drought in the sixth year of Chongzhen.

There is no harvest in autumn, and wheat is difficult to plant. There is no grass in the wild, and ten rooms are empty. So there are those who have a bucket of rice worth five dollars of silver, there are those who do not have rice for a day's work, there are those who pick grass roots and leaves to satisfy their hunger, there are husbands who abandon their wives and mothers abandon their children, there are those who sell one child and have less than a few meals, there are those who hang themselves in the forest and fill in the ditches, there are those who starve to death on the roadside, there are those who beg for quail clothes and vegetables, there are those who die by pillows, there are those who flee from mud doors, and there are those who eat flesh and blood.

In such a tragic situation, the rogue is here again!

The rogues, who arrived like an army of locusts, carrying swords, were about to rush into the village to grab a special robbery, but they couldn't help but be shocked when they saw that this was the case in the countryside of Henan.

"Brother Chuangwang, we can't grab anything in the village." The tiger replied: "The people of Henan are poorer than our mother. ”

When King Chuang heard the return, he couldn't help but be a little confused: "How can this be good?" We have an army of more than 100,000 people, and we have to have something to eat. ”

"We still have to attack the city." General Chuang came out from the side: "Brother Chuang Wang, please allow me to say a word, with the current scale of our army, it is meaningless to rob the countryside and the common people." How many people do we have to rob to feed more than 100,000 of us? We can only go and rob the city of the imperial court and open the granary of the official mansion. As for these peasants and ordinary people, not only can they no longer rob them, but they should be vigorously recruited, and all of them should be allowed to join our army. In this way, we can continue to grow and grab more cities. ”

After hearing this, King Chuang also felt reasonable.

The Liukou army changed its normal state, no longer robbed the countryside, vigorously coerced the villagers, strengthened the army, and targeted the attack on the city.

The thieves attacked in many ways, and the counties in western Henan fell one after another.

The Rogue is thriving again!

The soldiers pointed directly at Wuguan ......——

Tianzhu Mountain.

The people under Tianzhu Mountain were panicked when they heard the news that Liukou might be coming.

But they didn't wait for the Liukou, but first waited for the logistics supply convoy from Gaojia Village.

As soon as this transport team came, the people of Shanyang County were blessed.

Li Daoxuan didn't say a word, the first thing was to give an order, and the family would send five buckets of grain.

First of all, calm the emotions of the people.

As soon as this trick came out, it really worked outstandingly, and the people did not panic in an instant, and became obedient and cooperative.

Everyone temporarily put down their farm work, built all kinds of defensive tools, dug trenches, dug foxholes, and made the villages in Shanyang County look like villages in tunnel warfare, everything was ready, just waiting for the devils to enter the village.

And then the news came!

The Liukou arrived, and after the disaster in Henan, the army of the Liukou, which originally had only 100,000 people left, swelled to 250,000 again.

The soldiers were strong and strong, and they were trapped in the county seat.

As soon as the Liukou army was strong, they began to wave again, and they did not hide in the mountains and forests at the junction of the four provinces, but directly killed Wuguan.

"Liukou is about to arrive at Wuguan." Luo Xi quickly ran into the Yaowang Temple and shouted: "Brother Zheng, the big thing is not good, Liukou is about to go to Wuguan, Wuguan is the gateway to Shaanxi, if Liukou breaks through Wuguan, he can return to Shaanxi again." What are we going to do? ”

When the news came, Zheng Gouzi couldn't help but spread his hands: "Liukou is so arrogant? Don't go on the mountain road, go directly to the official road, and dare to go straight to Wuguan? ”

Luo Xi: "Liukou must have calculated that Hong Chengchou was dragged by the Mongols in Guyuan, and there was no time to deal with them, and Shaanxi's military strength was empty, so he dared to attack Wuguan head-on." ”

"Cheng, then let's move to Wuguan." Li Daoxuan walked out of the carriage and said with a smile: "We chose to be stationed in Shanyang County because it is located in the middle of the place, so it is convenient to go to any place around for reinforcements." Wherever the rogues are, we'll be there. ”

Li Daoxuan gave an order, and the militia immediately took action.

From Tianzhu Mountain to Wuguan, it is only a hundred miles away.

Everyone threw the ham a little faster, and it took a little more than a day for Wuguan to be in sight.

Luo Xi said: "Look, Wuguan, I didn't see the thieves and soldiers in the pass, this level is still in the hands of the officers and soldiers." ”

Lying on the ground: "But I didn't see any officers and soldiers." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Luo Xi was a little confused: "Strange? This is the gateway to Shaanxi, since ancient times it has been a battleground for soldiers, and there should be a guard of officers and soldiers stationed all year round, what about people? ”

Lying on the ground: "Poofhahaha, escaped, must have escaped." ”

Roshi wiped a handful of sweat.

At this time, the scouts of the Gaojia villager group had already emerged on the Wuguan, and they were still waving at the main force from a distance on the wall, meaning that there was no danger and they could pass.

Everyone hurriedly accelerated and ran to Wuguan.

When I arrived at the pass, I saw that sure enough, the entire Wuguan was empty!

There was not a single officer and, of course, not a single civilian. The local people living in Wuguan saw that the officers and soldiers had fled, and they naturally did not stay here stupidly, so they all dragged their children and hid in the nearby mountains and forests.

Luo Xi couldn't cry or laugh: "This military general guarding the pass is more cowardly than me." I'll run if I lose, but I won't run until I fight. Isn't this guy afraid of being picked up by the emperor? ”

Zheng Gouzi smiled: "If you run away, you will only be dismissed, and if you lose, you will die." It doesn't matter if there are no officers and soldiers, it's just convenient for us to play. ”

The Gao family villagers immediately began to confirm their defensive position.

Just like when he was stationed in Luoyang, he took the lead in finding his position and making a good mark, so that he knew where he should appear when the thief army came.

Luo Xi and his family felt a little bit of nothing to do, and a group of people could only spin around behind the butts of the Gao villagers......

"That...... Brother Zheng, can you help me find something to do? ”

Luo Xi said a little embarrassed: "Anyway, I asked you to help, but I didn't do anything, I always felt that something was not good." ”

"Get out of the way." A militia soldier came from behind and pushed Roshi away: "Don't get in the middle of the road. ”

Roshi: "......"

This was very embarrassing, and he was in a hurry: "Otherwise, my people will be in charge of scouts and sentinels, and we are also very good at these." ”

"That's good." Zheng Gouzi said with a smile: "Choose some of your people to go up to the guard tower and stand on a high place to stand sentry." In addition, he sent a few people to go out from the east of Wuguan, and leaned into the Henan side for a while, and immediately ran back to report when he found the Liukou army. ”

Roshi was overjoyed: "Okay! Then I'm finally coming in handy. ”

He has one hundred and fifty families under him, and these families can be regarded as elite, and the soldiers of the generals of the Ming Dynasty are all elites, and there will be no soft-footed shrimp.

The group of family members divided into several people and went up to the watchtower. A few other people were divided, and they went out of Wuguan and scattered around, starting the promising job of scouting.