Within the broken wall of the storm, the crowd who were resting and waiting under supervision made a low voice again.

"I'm back, I'm back..."

“It’s been five times.”

Wei Zhuang looked at the scholars who were escorted back in dejectedness, and then looked at his shoes that had been worn out and exposed to his toes. He couldn't help but lament in his heart that he was so cautious that he could not help but get on the pirate ship.

Who would have thought that this so-called business trip from Beijing would be no longer a way back. They followed the escort team to the south, and they kept coming to Lantian County between rest and diet for several times.

Then, someone finally realized something was wrong and tried to repent or negotiate with it, but it was too late. These thieves also privately took the faces that were originally polite and patient, and spared no effort to intimidate and threaten them.

Although it did not turn into violent harm on people, they also suffered a lot of disguised pain and became honest again. Then, some people saw that the negotiations were not successful and could not argue, and even thought of ways to create opportunities to escape overnight.

However, their fate was also obvious. These obviously premeditated thieves were not only prepared and alert, but also accompanied by the corresponding pursuit and escaped horse team. At least in the plain land of Guanzhong, no one could have been able to run beyond their four legs with their lack of exercise.

Not to mention that the scholars, because their hearts are not very tidy, often lose their limits or reveal their traces when they are intimidated. Therefore, no one has ever succeeded in the great cause of escape so far.

Especially after passing Lantian County and entering the Lantian Valley, which is surrounded by mountains, even local people like Weizhuang, who are known as the origin of the pass, could not help but lose their hopes. Although there were still people who escaped, they were basically unable to escape for long and were easily chased back.

Although there was no cruel means to deal with it, the punishment of holding it with a rope and dragging it away behind the horse was inevitable, and hungry for two more times was inevitable. During this period, Wei Zhuang hated and regretted himself countless times, so why didn't he have the courage to turn the mind of escape into action?

Could it be that after eating a few meals provided by the thief army, he lost his righteousness and integrity? In contrast, Du Xunhe, an old friend of his same sex, seemed much more open-minded.

He basically just eats what he should eat, sleeps what he should sleep, and walks what he should walk, as if he was in a common travel. He also persuaded Wei Zhuang to say that since these thieves spent a lot of effort to get them out of the capital and provide food along the way, it was obvious that it would not be to pay their lives.

Until last night, he was in a temporary bunk made of straw bales, and after getting up, he never came back until the day of dawn. Only then did Wei Zhuang realize that this old friend who seemed to be careless about the current situation actually had a hidden unruly mind.

Then, after trying hard to identify for a while, Wei Zhuang saw his friends with disheveled face, barefoot and lame face, clots and scars on his face among this group of people who were caught back like pigs and sheep.

"Yanzhi, these thieves dare to humiliate you so much, I..."

He couldn't help but face him with grief and agitation, eagerly supporting the other party and greeted him.

"You've made a mistake. Those thieves have never treated me. It's just that in order to escape from the anxiousness of those people, I was caught by the bushes and rolled down from the slope while running away...

Although Du Xunhe described it as being in a poor and unruly voice, he still said in a kind of dull and unruly hoarse voice.

"Next, I have to worry about you helping you... I ran away and ate a lot of dust again, and I am now very hungry."

Although he said this, he sat on the ground without any grace and appearance; Wei Zhuang then noticed that his barefoot was scratched, and his bloody mouth was covered with mud.

"Yanzhi, why are you here?"

Wei Zhuang quickly tore off a piece of clothes and slapped off a large piece of solid soil. After wrapping it up, he heard another noise from the south of the wall.

However, a team with clear flags was issued with horse stances, and it suddenly attracted the attention of many people present. However, just looking at their uniform outfits and spirits, they formed a clear contrast with the miscellaneous colors of the escorts who were responsible for escorting the thieves.

If you don't look at their strange green flag with strange beasts embroidered with wings, you will almost always think that this is the place of a serious official army. The leader of the thief army who was responsible for escorting them with thick beards also stepped forward to negotiate like an amnesty, and complained loudly without any concealment.

"You are here. I'm afraid you're here to get rid of these big headscarves all the way here. I'm afraid you're going to annoy us so much."

"I'm very proud to provide them with food and drink, but my superiors told me not to take ruthless actions, nor to hurt my life; I was willing to walk while shouting,"

"I was still trying hard to say strange words and try to eliminate people on the road; if I was not careful, I would slip away and I had to catch them again like a sheep."

"We have worked hard all the way, and finally we handed over all the heads and tails here... hurry up and check it out... Is it still complete?"

"Thank you so hard, brothers... don't rush this for now."

The person in charge of leading the team was Zhang Guihou, the captain of the Taiping Expeditionary Army. Then he gestured and half a truck of canned food, compressed biscuits and other items were pushed forward.

"This is some of the intentions of chatting, and it's worth the effort and energy of everyone running on this trip."

The general of the Renmin Army couldn't help but look at the bamboo tube, the clay pot and oil paper bag, and the stickers with "meat substitute", "mixed fruits" and "bad fish". His expression suddenly stretched out and became extremely brilliant.

"How did this really make it..."

Then Zhang Guihou handed over several bottles of soju in a net bag, and the other party laughed even happier.

"Since brothers are like this, I'll tell you the truth too... Although I don't know what your leader wants to do with these big headscarves, I actually saw a lot of hiding in the places in the cities I came here."

"If you are determined to make more money, I can talk about it and see if I can get some."

"Then I'll bother this brother, how dare I ask what his name is..."

Zhang Guihou also thought about it and followed the way, and took out a paper sheet from his arms.

"This is a voucher for going to Wuguan in the south to extract wine, sugar and salt; in the future, the more scholars you get will be given to your brothers according to the head. If the number is large enough, there will be corresponding floating..."

"I don't have a name below, but I am called Botuozi Zhou Mengnan..."

But in another place, Wei Zhuang stared at the civil servant who came to give them points and read the rules; he couldn't help but blurt out and shouted:

"Brother Zhiguang, but Brother Zhiguang is not right now..."

Han Wei, a former bookman who came with the army, suddenly turned to notice him in surprise when he heard the sound; Sui nodded to him without hesitation. Then he looked for him afterwards.

Han Wei had already put a table in a small tent, put some open cans of meat and vegetables, and a pottery bottle of wine, and poured them into three shredded pottery bowls. Then he looked at Wei Zhuang and Du Xunhe who were having fun, and slowly pondered and reminisced:

"Duan Ji, it's great that you and I can meet again... At the beginning, I was worried that you would be in Xijing because of chaos. Therefore, when I was ordered to come to collect talents and scholars from Luoguan this time, I recommended some old names from you to the top."

"What... do you know that this time I've been hurting me..."

Wei Zhuang, who was trying his best to pick meat and vegetables, couldn't help but eat it, but his chopsticks fell off in surprise, and then turned into a miserable and angry color.

"It's okay if you have no choice but to follow the thief, why bother with us, friends and neighbors? And there is no way to get people by cheating and tying people, and to drive away pigs and sheep with swords and guns... "

At this moment, Du Xunhe, who was sitting by, kept moving as if unheard of, and put a large piece of fat slices pressed into the sauerkraut to give him quick eyes and hands.

——I am the dividing line—

In Chang'an City, Huang Chao, who had just been persuaded by hundreds of officials of the Great Qi Dynasty to be respected as Emperor Chengtian and Qi Shengrui, also held a decent call in the Wuying Hall. There were both good news and bad news.

"Is Qilang and Lao Pang defeated Fengtian again? And reinforcements from the foreign town arrived, so they had to retreat temporarily and set up a new gate for the exception?"

"Wang Jingchong, the governor of Chengde Army, said he was willing to obey the banner of King Huang and attacked the old dynasty Taining and Tianping towns for the Great Qi."

"There is also the Changli Prince of Wei Bo, Han Jian; he is willing to serve 120,000 dan of rice and a million kilograms of reed salt; he only wants to open the access and transport it to the Eastern Capital..."

"But Li Keju from Fanyang Town still has an unknown attitude."

"Zhi Suen, the governor of the army of the army, was naturally exiled to Pengcheng. He used the military capital of Yuhou Shipu as his descendant, and now he has sent envoys to lose money."

"Have the Xuanwu Army not taken down yet? They have sent troops to siege three groups for more than a few months. Is the Jiedushi Kang Shi desperately surrendering... Then, let's compare the story of the Zhongwu Army's Xuzhou after the city is broken."

"Bianzhou is the northern hub of the canal transportation. If it is not taken down in one day, our Daqi's strategy and operations in various parts of Guandong will not be considered stable for a day."

Since taking Chang'an and becoming emperor, Huang Chao has become like a franchise and reward. He has successively led a group of his relatives, nephews and trusted subordinates to various places in Guandong to conquer cities and territory, either sweep away the remnants of the official army, or guard and manage a place, thinking that the rear plan to attack the battlefield of the old dynasty within the pass.

"The scholars in Chang'an City? What's wrong with these scholars..."

Then, someone talked about another topic.

"Someone is searching for these scholars and then transported them out of the city in batches."

“That means me too…”

Huang Chao lays his hands unconsciously

“Why is this again…”

The right servant of the Secretariat Li Junru couldn't help but say in surprise.

"Most of these people like to talk big rather than discuss current affairs, but their names are not in line with the facts... Daqi just needs to choose heroes in the middle and use them."

Someone rushed to explain, but it was Liu Tang, the transferee in the pass.

"The rest of the generals will not be like this. Such indiscriminate treatment and preferential treatment will only make them afraid of their authority but not be virtuous. This is useless in this dynasty, and it will also damage the new people's hearts."

Huang Chao nodded slightly.

For him, since the old dynasty officials led by Wang Duo have all surrendered to Daqi one after another, and now they seem to be quite easy to use; then the means originally used to win people's hearts, especially those who win over and comfort the scholars, there is no need to maintain them.

The cheap son-in-law in the south made corresponding requests, and he was happy to do a favor. Anyway, he also vaguely heard that the other party liked to play the decent humiliation methods called "Renovation of the Scholars", but in fact he was trying to deal with the scholars' decent humiliation methods.

These groups who are unwilling to surrender easily to Shundaqi and cannot be used immediately, but they have to continue to spend money and food to appease and maintain them, and will also make criticisms and say strange things from time to time; they will get rid of the places south of the road to fend for themselves.
Chapter completed!