Just a few days after Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty bid farewell to his wife and children, led two regiments of cavalry and two companies of artillery, and embarked on an expedition to Shaanxi, one night with a sharp autumn wind, in Ansai County, Yan'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province

In the ravine to the north, on a bare loess slope, a group of Makou thieves arrived at some point, about one or two hundred people. A tall man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a mouth as big as a basin, and messy sideburns.

The bearded strong man seemed to be the leader of the group. Everyone gathered around him, while he looked at the Ansai County town with a few lights flickering in the dark night.

He was wearing a white robe and a white felt hat often worn by farmers in northern Shaanxi. He looked particularly eye-catching in the dark night. If you look closer, you can see that there is a chain collar under his white robe.

Zijia has the polished edges of his iron clothes exposed at the collar and cuffs. A cowhide belt ties up his white robe and iron clothes, and a lancet hangs from the belt. He also carries it cross-body on his back.

He was carrying a small bow and a cowhide quiver, with a dozen carved feather arrows inserted in the quiver.

This man in white robes and iron clothes seemed to be waiting for someone, looking intently towards the county seat to the south. It was the county seat of his hometown, and it was also the treasure land he wanted to occupy most. Since he led a group of horse traders into the world a few months ago,

After his good brother rebelled in the mountains outside his hometown of Ansai County, he has always wanted to break into Ansai County to take revenge on the gang of dog officials and gentry who oppressed him, a kind-hearted official, and at the same time to strengthen his family.

Lu Yijun’s strength and reputation.

It's a pity that Ansai has been a frontier fortress since ancient times. It goes without saying that the people are tough and tough, and there are also many generals who have made their fortunes by joining the army. Several large families living in Ansai County have people who are junior officers in Yulin Town next door.

The children in the family can also fight. So the white-robed man and his brothers fought several times but failed to capture Ansai.

However, the officers and soldiers here in Yan'an could not do anything to the rebels, because in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, farmers Wang Er, Zhong Guangdao and others from Baishui County were forced by the government to revolt in the year of severe drought.

There are constant uprisings. By now, in the second year of Chongzhen, wars have already spread all over the country. If you want to do a detailed calculation, there are dozens or hundreds of famous rebels alone.

Moreover, the uprising was not only the hungry people who had suffered natural disasters. Among the officers and soldiers in the five towns of Shaanxi, there were also many soldiers who could not bear the arrears of pay and the oppression of their superiors. They broke out in pay, mutinied, and military chaos continued. From time to time, officers and soldiers at the bottom of the army rebelled.

In the Ming Dynasty, he went up the mountains and down the ditches to join various rebel armies.

The officers and soldiers of Shaanxi could not survive and were about to revolt. How could they have any spare power to suppress dozens of rebels?

Moreover, God did not want to extinguish the vitality of the rebel kings. In the sixth year of Apocalypse, the seventh year of Apocalypse, the eighth year of Apocalypse, the first year of Chongzhen, the second year of Chongzhen...for five consecutive years, there was drought and little rain. Not only did Shaanxi Province

There was a drought in the state capital, and large areas of military farmland in five military towns including Yulin, Ningxia, Guyuan, Lintao, and Gansu also died of drought! As a result, military households could not survive, and the soldiers did not have enough to eat, that is, the few officials and heads of households.

Ding can still survive.

But how many talents are these? It would take a lot of effort to barely suppress the Ministry of Housing and prevent rebellion.

Therefore, the rebels in Ansai have always been quite carefree, and they are still growing. Their leader, a tall man in white clothes and white hats, named Gao Yingxiang, sometimes talks about the future with his subordinates.

, and he can also claim that he will "advance to conquer the world and upset the Ming Dynasty; if he retreats, he will gather in the mountains and forests and live a happy and carefree life"!

But just when the situation seemed to be good, a piece of news suddenly came that made Gao Yingxiang, who had not yet become a king, a little frightened - Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty already knew that there was a rebellion in northern Shaanxi, so he wanted to control him.

Personally conquer and lead 100,000 Beijing soldiers to Shaanxi to suppress the bandits!

This is really a bit scary. The emperor is marching in person! There are still 100,000 Beijing troops... There are only a few rebels in Shaanxi. Oh, they are rebels. Do they need an emperor to lead the troops to fight?

How about living well in the palace and being served by the three palaces and six courtyards? How hard is it to lead troops to fight?

Gao Yingxiang is different from those rebel leaders who live day by day. He has some brains and knows how to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

After hearing the rumor that the Emperor of Heaven was going to conquer the country himself, he immediately asked his brother Liu Zhe to go to Ansai County to find out the news.

And tonight is the day when Liu Zhelai and Gao Yingxiang meet.

In this tranquility shrouded in night, the sound of horse hoofbeats came from the ravine to the south. A strong man next to Gao Yingxiang stepped forward and whispered: "Brother, why don't you go take a look?"

This strong man's name is Huang Long, and he is also Gao Yingxiang's brother.

Gao Yingxiang nodded, "Third brother, be careful!"

The strong man responded and ran down the loess slope like flying. After a while, the man's voice came from the ditch at the foot of the mountain.

"Brother, it's Brother Liu, Brother Liu is back!"

Gao Yingxiang breathed a sigh of relief and shouted: "Second brother, third brother, come up quickly!"

The enthusiasm on his lips, but the defense on his hands did not drop. He had already drawn a willow-leaf waist knife in his hand. The strong men on his left and right also held their swords and prepared for a fight. Of course, they were not going to kill.

Liu Zhe, who came back from Ansai County to inquire about information, wanted to guard against Liu Zhe being unloyal and betraying the big guy to the court.

When they saw in the moonlight that there were really only two people and a horse going up the hill, they felt relieved and prepared their weapons. Someone also lit a torch to give Gao Yingxiang some light.

A lanky man wearing obviously ill-fitting Confucian clothes followed the strong man named Huang Long up the slope, crossed his arms and saluted Gao Yingxiang.

"Second brother, third brother, come here, let's sit and talk." Gao Yingxiang called the two brothers aside, and then the three of them sat on the ground. The men who had lit the torches piled their torches together, and before the three brothers

A bonfire formed around him.

"Brother, I've already inquired clearly," a man named Liu Zhe took a gourd filled with wine from Gao Yingxiang, took a sip and said, "The Dog Emperor is really coming... Ting County

Zhang Juren inside said, this dog emperor is even more ridiculous than the previous carpenter emperor!"

"How ridiculous?" When Gao Yingxiang heard that the little emperor was ridiculous, he immediately became energetic.

"This little emperor likes to play war," Liu Zhe said, "and he also likes to charge into battle. It is said that when he fought against the Northern Lu in Datong Town, he killed a Mongolian warrior. When he fought against the Eastern Lu in Yanshan, he also killed a Manchurian.

The first warrior..."

"Uh..." Upon hearing this, Gao Yingxiang's expression turned gloomy, "Is this ridiculous?"

"Yes, all the officials and scholars in the county say so." Liu Zhe said, "Well, thinking about it, I think this statement is quite strange..."

Huang Long, the third child beside him, said: "Brother, maybe this little emperor is brave and foolhardy? As the king of a country, how can he personally go into battle and kill people? If someone else kills him, it will be a mess.

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Gao Yingxiang said: "That's not easy to deal with! No matter how brave and foolhardy the little emperor is, he is still a good fighter. If he comes with a large army, how can we resist it if we are weak?"

Liu Zhe asked: "Brother, what should we do?"

Huang Long and Huang Laosan said: "How about... let's break up first..."

"Let's break up!" Gao Yingxiang said, "If we break up, a policeman can catch us! We have all been sued for our lives, how can we still survive if we let others take it away?"

When he said this, he deliberately raised his voice, just to let everyone under his command know that everyone had received the certificate of surrender, and there would be no way to survive if they didn't follow suit.

He paused and then said: "But Ansai can't stay any longer... The little emperor has brought in an army to suppress the heroes from all walks of life, and the heroes from all walks of life have to work together to fight him. Well, he has to take everyone out to explore.
Chapter completed!