"Why can't it be? Brother Wang Jiayin was bombed to the west of the mountain for this reason. Unexpectedly, Zhang Cunmeng has not learned his lesson yet." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "If you want to unite, you can only join forces with one or two rebels quietly. Don't play so big..."

When she heard Zhu Yuanzhang mentioning union again, Sato Hongqi became instinctively alert. She was not an ambitious leader. She didn't want to make any seventeen thunders and sixty-four villages like Wudian Mud, nor did she want to ride on top of others. But she was also a person who liked freedom and was unrestrained. She didn't want to ride a person on her head... Although the other party was Zhu Ba, who was famous all over Shaanxi, she didn't want to become his subordinate.

Xue Hongqi's face changed slightly!

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were so sharp that he immediately captured her subtle reaction. His tone changed and he smiled and said, "But my temple is a little small, and it may not be enough for a heroine like you. For the matter of joint venture, let's forget it."

"Huh" Xue Hongqi breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately launched a psychological offensive: "Miss Xue Hongqi, where are you going next?"

"I never thought about it, just wander around!" Xue Hongqi smiled: "We are horse thieves, and we have long been used to living on horseback."

"But you are no longer a small horse thief leader. In addition to you, more than 200 brothers who come and go like the wind, you have thousands of subordinates who rely on you to make a living." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the more than 4,000 bandits led by Yi Chuan and Yi Duoyun.

These bandits were not Xue Hongqi's confidants. When it comes to their joining, there was also a drama: a few days ago, Xue Hongqi, who liked freedom, walked past Yuhechuan with horse thieves, and happened to encounter a local poor uprising and causing trouble. The reason was simple. Spring is here. The government posted a notice to collect spring tribute, which aroused dissatisfaction among the people of Yuhechuan, and a large number of unorganized and undisciplined poor people jumped out to make trouble.

What’s fun is that none of these more than 2,000 poor people dare to come out to take the lead.

Nowadays, the government's policy of dealing with peasant uprisings is "the main evil must be dealt with, and those who follow will not investigate", which means that the risk of ordinary uprisings is not too great. Except for Hong Chengchou, Du Wenhuan and other more ruthless officials, they will kill the rebels without leaving any armor. Most court officials will only dispel the rebels and then dismiss the ordinary uprisings back to their hometowns.

With this major premise, there is a lack of heroes like Wang Er and Zhu Ba among the people who make trouble, so there is a situation where there is no leader. Just then, Xue Hongqi and the horse thieves cross the border, so more than two thousand people who make trouble stick Xue Hongqi like candy, saying that she wants her to be their leader.

If Xue Hongqi was a little smarter, she would not have taken over these more than 2,000 burdens, but she was not smart enough. Not only did she take over these guys who used her as a shield, she also sought a way out for these more than 2,000 people according to the loyalty of the world. So many people wanted to eat, but they would not have money. So Xue Hongqi led them to attack Anding City. It just so happened that the poor people in Anding City were also competing with the rich, so she became Xue Hongqi's inner supporter and broke the city in one fell swoop...

After the city was broken, she only grabbed more than 500 taels of silver in the county warehouse. She originally wanted to steal a few rich people and rob the rich to help the poor. But the rich people in the city were not fools. Before the city was broken, they fled with the protection of the brave army, and they did not leave a single ingot of silver for Xue Hongqi.

Xue Hongqi didn't make much money, but the poor people in the city joined her army, which made the burden even heavier. Well, although the burden was heavy, if there was a city to rely on, and plant some land in spring, and harvest some food in autumn, it would be possible to survive. However, this land was not so easy to occupy. Wang Chengen, the general of Yansui, rushed to recover Anding soon. Although Xue Hongqi's army had changed from more than 200 to more than 4,000, the combat effectiveness did not necessarily increase much. He heard that Wang Chengen had arrived, and more than 4,000 soldiers were yelling to escape. She had no choice but to abandon Anding City and move south. Then she heard that Huntianhou had robbed a large amount of money. This was like a life-saving straw for Xue Hongqi, who was in a difficult situation. She came and rush to grab Huntianhou's silver...

In short, she is having a hard time now. Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the thousands of mouths that were about to eat and was immediately worried that Xue Hongqi would not do it. Her heroic face was covered with a shadow and could not be stretched.

Seeing that her expression turned into this, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that there was a chance and said seriously: "Miss Xue Hongqi, it's not easy to wander around with so many mouths that you want to eat? Although we can't join forces, it's good to be a neighbor close to each other. You might as well build a county town next to my territory, take root and sprout, and we also have a look after each other."

This statement made Xue Hongqi quite excited. Yes, although I don’t want to join the Baishui and Zhu Ba’s, if I go to the territory with him, it’s not bad to be a neighbor. If the officers and soldiers beat me, he will help me. If the officers and soldiers beat him, I will help him. Without the joint venture, I can also gather the combat power of the two. This is also a good way to settle down.

Thinking of this, her heart became hot: "My sister wants to ask Brother Zhu Ba, which county town is suitable for me to capture?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly: "From the south of Chengcheng I occupied, there is a city called Dali, which I think is quite suitable for you."

"Dali?" Xu Renjie, who was standing behind Zhu Yuanzhang, thought: It is south of Chengcheng, west of the Yellow River, and north of Tongguan. If the officers and soldiers from Shanxi or the 36th Battalion crossed Tongguan and attacked Chengcheng, they must pass through Dali... It is no exaggeration to say that the city is the southern gate of Chengcheng. Brother Zhu threw Xue Hongqi to help us guard the gate.

It was indeed guarding the south gate with her, but Zhu Yuanzhang said it was not the case at all. He smiled friendly and said, "The Yellow River is on the east side of Dali, and it is impossible for the officers and soldiers to attack from the east. The north side is Chengcheng I occupied. I can help you guard the north side. You only need to guard the west and south side, so that it will be easy to take root."

It was obvious that he asked someone to help him guard the south gate, but when he reached Brother Zhu's mouth, he turned into helping him guard the north gate. Xu Renjie was so impressed by his speaking skills. It turned out that... he could say something in a different direction. In fact, there was no need to guard the north at all, because the north of Chengcheng was the Huanglong Mountains, and it was impossible for the officers and soldiers to come from the north. The Yellow River to the east and Baishui to the west. If there was another Xue Hongqi to the south, Chengcheng would be safe all sides...

Xu Renjie had mountains and rivers in his heart. He knew at first that Zhu Yuanzhang was coaxing the blind man to jump on a cliff, but Xue Hongqi was not so smart. She had no geographical map of mountains and rivers in her mind. She couldn't figure out where it was, and she couldn't tell the difference between north and south, east and west, so she naturally didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang was fooling her.

Instead, she was moved by the words Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Help you guard the north." She clasped her fists and said with gratitude: "I am really worthy of being Brother Zhu Ba in Baishui. He is really a righteous person. I heard that you have gone to take Dali. In the future, we will be a good couple. If you help me guard the north, I will of course help you guard the south!"

"Okay! A gentleman's word!"

"Hand a quick whip!"

When Xu Renjie heard this, he felt that Xue Hongqi was so stupid that he shook his head and tsk twice, sighing for this stupid woman.

Xue Hongqi didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing that his expression was strange, he immediately became wrong and snorted coldly: "Master Marshal, why are you sarcastically 'tsk' here? Do you think I can't guard the south well? Don't look down on others too much!"

Xu Renjie spread his hands: "No... I think you will definitely guard the south! No one is better than you guard the south."

"Hey, this time you're aware of your fists." Xue Hongqi clenched his fists at Xu Renjie.

"Oh, God, I can't stand it!" Xu Renjie quietly retreated to Zhu Yuanzhang, bit his ear and smiled bitterly: "Brother Zhu, can such a stupid woman really attack Dali? Since we had a quarrel in Baishui and Chengcheng, the government has strengthened its defenses in a circle of cities around it, right? With her and other mobs, it is probably difficult to take down the city where the officers and soldiers are fully alert to it."

"It is because she feels the difficulty, that she will rely on us in the future! It will be used by us slowly." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Let her suffer a loss and hit a wall first, and you can help her. I will leave it to you in a small city like Dali."

"Wow? Let me command the siege? It's great! I'm going!" Xu Renjie was overjoyed, and the corners of his mouth were smiling to his ears.

"But the premise is that she is beaten back by Dali first... Don't worry!" Zhu Yuanzhang patted his shoulder: "You will have more wars in the future. Taking advantage of the scale of wars now, you will be able to learn more."

The two of them were whispering, but Xue Hongqi was already impatient. She was the kind of straightforward and generous woman. Since she had set the goal to attack Dali, she wanted to fly to Dali City within a day and immediately take over the city as existing. She really didn't want to delay it for a minute or a second.

"Brother Zhu Ba, then... please help me point me a way, how to get to Dali?"

I don’t know where Dali is. You really want to go? Woman! Hey! At least you can ask how many officers and soldiers there are and how many feet of the city wall... Xu Renjie was sweating profusely. Are all those who run around the world and become horse thieves so unreliable?

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly: "Don't worry, Dali is not close. We are now located in Luochuan. We have to pass through Luochuan to Baishui first, then pass through Baishui and enter Chengcheng. Then we will walk south from Chengcheng to Dali. These places are my territory, so let me take you there. I hope you can restrain your subordinates along the way and not mess around in my territory."
Chapter completed!