They were greeted by their brother-in-law, General Xiao Yuanzhi, riding a tall horse, holding a machete, silver helmet and silver armor, majestic and murderous, and the soldiers behind him were neatly equipped and energetic.

Xiao Yuanzhi was happy when he saw Cen Fenghan, jumped off the horse and hugged him and said: "Good boy, you have grown so big and become a Shaolin monk, follow me to kill the enemy in front of the battle, strive for meritorious service, and glorify the ancestors." ”

Cen Fenghan replied in frustration: "What, I don't have a chance to go to the battlefield and cook for them in the back." ”

Xiao Yuanzhi nodded and said, "It's a good thing to be on the battlefield, isn't it good to see how your brother-in-law kills the enemy with your own eyes." ”

"Watching others kill the enemy is the same as killing the enemy yourself, this trip is in vain. ”

Xiao Yuanzhi laughed: "Come on, come home with me first, your sister is thinking about you every day, and your mother and your father are both in Kaifeng, I took them over and lived together." ”

Cen Fenghan became happy, he hadn't seen his parents and sister for a long time, he really missed them a little, Xiao Yuanzhi rode the same horse with him, and said hello to Zhou Zhi'an, Zhou Zhi'an didn't say anything.

Kaifeng Mansion is an important town in the Ming Dynasty, almost became the capital of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the fifth son Zhu Hu took Kaifeng and was called the King of Zhou. "The number of feudal feudal lords in the world" King Zhou himself is also very wise, plus Kaifeng Mansion is the seat of Henan Chengxuan's political envoy, Kaifeng has become the first metropolis of the Central Plains. Zhou Wang Zhu Hu has been in Kaifeng for more than 30 years, and he is very interested in medicine, believing that medicine can save lives and help the wounded. Prolong life. He has organized and edited works such as "Records of Protecting Life", "Pocket Formula", "Puji Formula" and "Materia Medica". Basically, he didn't ask about politics, and the use of soldiers and other affairs were handed over to Xiao Yuanzhi for management, and Xiao Yuanzhi was actually the head of Kaifeng Mansion.

The Xiao family compound is extremely magnificent, with a large plaque of "General's Mansion" written on it, and the two big stone lions at the door are majestic, Cen Fenghan's father Cen Weiyong and mother Cen Zhang's are already waiting where, seeing his son Cen Zhang's began to wipe his tears, Cen Weiyong looked at him silently. After looking up and down, left and right, Cen Fenghan walked up and shouted: "Dad, mother, my son has come to see you." ”

Cen Zhang's took him into his arms and hugged him tightly and refused to let go, Cen Yuying led a boy who was a little more than five years old out and said, "Mother, Feng Han didn't come to see you, he couldn't run away, why did you hug him so tightly?"

Cen Zhang let go of his hand and said: "It's been ten years, and it's the first time he came back, and I don't know if he still has this home in his heart." ”

Cen Fenghan hurriedly replied, "Mother." Why not, after this time the matter is done, I will leave the Shaolin Temple and go home to serve your old man, and never leave again. ”

Cen Zhang nodded happily.

Cen Weiyong spoke: "You fought for it this time with the warrior monks of the Warrior Monk's Academy, didn't you?"

Cen Fenghan nodded.

"It's good, it's the descendants of the Cen family, and we strive to receive awards for meritorious service, so that the people in the village can see that our Cen family's martial arts are not blown. ”

Cen Fenghan didn't answer, can he really go to the battlefield with real knives and guns to fight the enemy, Zhou Zhi'an asked him to go to a room and cook with Anji. Thinking of it, Cen Fenghan felt that he was swoon, he couldn't speak, and he was depressed in his heart, but he was happy to see his sister's child. Touching his head, the child was dissatisfied, looked at him and said, "Where did you come from, stinky boy, dare to touch my head." ”

The crowd burst out laughing.

In the evening, the whole family had a lively reunion dinner. Cen Zhang was very worried when he knew that his son was going to the battlefield, so Cen Weiyong said: "What is the purpose of practicing martial arts." If a manly man does not go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, what will he do if he stays at home. ”

Boss Xiao also added fuel and vinegar on the side and said: "What the in-laws said is not wrong, isn't my son Yuanzhi just right, now he is a general, Feng Cold, you have to study hard with him and fight for the Cen family." ”

Cen Weiyong nodded: "Feng Han has great ambitions, and his family can't trap him." ”

Cen Weiyong is right, the family really can't trap Cen Fenghan, he is a goshawk with wings spread, once he crosses the sky. That azure will contain its unruliness and its banishment, and nothing will restrain him.

He stayed at home for three days, and after three days, he set out with the troops, and went all the way north into Shandong. Cen Fenghan learned that the so-called rebels were actually a horse that migrated from the mainland.

The relocation of the Ming Dynasty at the big locust tree in Hongdong was the largest, longest and most extensive organized and planned migration in the history of our country. After the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, after more than 20 years, Zhu Yuanzhang unified the world, but at this time, the country was already full of devastation, covered with the trauma of war, and Shandong, Henan, and Hebei were mostly no-man's land.

In order to restore agricultural production, develop the economy, balance the population, make the world peaceful, and consolidate the rule of the Ming Dynasty, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted an immigration policy, according to the ratio of "leaving one of the four families, leaving two of the six families, and leaving three of the eight families".

But who wants to leave their homeland, this time the troublemakers are mainly Sichuan immigrants, they are concentrated in Laiwu, Shandong, on the way the immigrants are like prisoners, tied up by officers and soldiers, wantonly humiliated, the dead abandoned the wilderness. In order to complete the number of immigrants set by the emperor, the immigrants Qincha, Qi Guogong, and the general Ma Rong used deceptive means to arrest the people and forcibly emigrate. In addition, immigration officials colluded with some local gentry to seize the opportunity to forcibly seize the people's land and family property, making a windfall and arousing public indignation.

Historically, the Sichuan region has been relatively stable, which has enabled the social economy to continue to develop, and has become the rear of the two Song Dynasty resistance to Jin and Mongolia. However, in the Song and Yuan dynasties, the war in Sichuan for half a century caused great economic damage. There have been many large-scale peasant uprisings, such as the uprisings of Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun. In addition, the people of Sichuan are jealous and hateful, and their anger is like a thunderbolt, unstoppable. Ming officers and soldiers tied up and beat them, wantonly abusing Sichuan immigrants, and finally aroused public indignation.

Laiwu is only a hundred and ten miles away from Mount Tai, there is a person named Guo Yong among the immigrants in Sichuan, this person is strong in martial arts, mentioning "Guo Shovel Head" has a great influence among the Sichuan people, this time also immigrated to Shandong, seeing the officers and soldiers oppressing the strong men and women of the villagers, the heart has long held a breath, to Laiwu to settle down, the magistrate deliberately withholds, fill his own pockets, and see a beautiful girl to forcibly occupy. Guo Yong was only in his thirties that year, married his wife Cheng, more than ten years younger than him, young and beautiful, was favored by a small lieutenant of the Ming army, and came to entangle, Guo Yong could be so angry, holding a flat pole and fighting with him, as a result, the captain was broken in the head, almost died, and went back to move the troops. Guo Yong discussed with the villagers, but there was no way to live, so he simply lifted the pole and rose up, but reversed.

"Guo Shotou" rebelled, and the Sichuan immigrants responded to the call, they killed the officers and soldiers who came to suppress it, and the little lieutenant also died in the chaos. The uprising team soon grew to several thousand, Guo Yong became the leader, and started a big battle with the officers and soldiers under Mount Tai in Laiwu.

The ratio of casualties between the Ming army and the righteous army reached an astonishing one to one, killing a mountain of corpses and bones, a river of blood, and finally the officers and soldiers were defeated, Guo Yong led the remnants of the righteous army into Mount Tai, and gradually developed and grew again, and the number once reached as many as 10,000 people.

The news reached the imperial court, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was shocked, the officers and soldiers of Shandong were frightened by the righteous army, so they transferred troops from Henan, and sent the "big knife general" Zhu Cheng as the commander-in-chief, Xiao Yuanzhi of Kaifeng Mansion was only part of it, as a pioneer they came to Laiwu first, and the Shaolin monks of Cen Fenghan also came to Laiwu together.

Laiwu is located in the central part of Shandong Province, Laiwu was called Ying and Mu in ancient times, it has always been a place where soldiers must fight, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a "battle of long spoons" here, which is what history says "a blow." ”

Xiao Yuanzhi should be said to be a general who is good at leading troops, his soldiers can fight well, and the weapons and equipment are also good, and Guo Yong's rebels met at Dongping Lake in Mount Tai near Liangshanbo, and the two sides opened their formations to prepare for a decisive battle. And Cen Fenghan stayed behind, cooking with Anji in a village people's house, sitting on the stove to add firewood to the fire, and became the head of the fire. Looking at the teams of soldiers waiting in front of me, my heart itched. What's even more annoying is that those Shaolin warrior monks also laughed at him and said: "Wind and cold, cook well, people are iron and rice are steel, we can only have the strength to fight on the battlefield when we are full." You are also stared at, we will kill a few more traitors for you, the credit is yours. ”

Cen Feng's cold face was red and his neck was thick, Zhou Zhi'an came over and said: "Feng Han, don't be unconvinced, fighting is not martial arts, you can start again if you lose, the sword and gun are ruthless, don't die before you get out of the school, how can I explain to the abbot after I go back, and how can I explain to your father." ”

Anji hugged Chai He and walked over and said, "Feng Han, cook patiently first, and follow me to fight with you." In my opinion, the Ming army was a bit underestimated this time, they did not take the rebellious peasants in their eyes, 'Guo Shotou' is not a simple character, not to mention outstanding martial arts, but also very appealing and commanding. They were able to play against officers and soldiers, and they had long been prepared. Your brother-in-law is still too young and inexperienced. Let's wait and see what happens. ”

Anji has participated in battles, killing countless thieves with a burning stick, what he said will not be wrong, Cen Fenghan is a little worried about Xiao Yuanzhi. But Xiao Yuanzhi is now full of ambition, bent on killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, and he can't listen to the words of a fire-burning monk. The Ming army is indeed strong and strong, belonging to the regular army, the rebels are just a rabble, and the number of the two armies is also about the same, and the Ming army has no reason to lose.

But the battlefield is ever-changing, and things you don't expect often happen suddenly and are hard to guard against. (To be continued......)