Just before Zhang Xianzhong had time to raise the rebel flag, he was bribed by a mere cavalry errand and 500 acres of land, and "betrayed the rebels" and became a lackey of the Ming Dynasty. Not far from his home, Bai Yu

In a hidden ravine among the mountains, a group of rebels who ran out of Fugu City and were determined to confront the Ming Dynasty finally got rid of their pursuers and could breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

After the Battle of Fugu that day, Zhu Youjian sent Zhang Honggong, Wu Zimian, Geng Ruqi and Zhang Mengjing, four of his own soldiers to chase and kill him. In fact, there was uneven balance between the rebels and the rebels.

The "hard-pressed rebels" who escaped on two legs were chased and killed by four faint-hearted soldiers. However, most of the "high-level rebels" who fled on horseback ran away. It was not how fast the horses of these high-level rebels were.

But they ran faster than the minions who walked on two legs. The officers and soldiers had killed enough of the minions, so of course they would not have to deal with the big bandit who stabbed them.

The big leader of the Fugu rebels and those heroes who had horses to ride, after being chased for two or three days, dived into the vast Baiyu Mountain and completely got rid of the pursuers. And they didn't enter the mountain empty-handed, but

It was a big and small package with the belongings that came from Fugu City, so it was not a wasted trip.

Although Baiyu Mountain is a very large mountain range, it is not inaccessible. There are many villages in the ravines. Because it is far away from the prefecture and county guards of the Ming Dynasty, it is a place where feudal power is very weak. The rebels who were in trouble hid here.

You can rest and recuperate and wait for the opportunity.

The refuge that Gao Yingxiang and his brothers occupied was a rather remote mountain village. The village was in a ravine, and the villagers built many cave dwellings on the mountainside as a place to live. Below the cave dwellings was a large area of ​​loess.

The terraced fields looked barren, and of course this year they were hit by drought, so there wasn't much harvest.

Fortunately, Gao Yingxiang was a "good king" who robbed the rich and gave to the poor. He asked his men to distribute some property to the villagers here so that they could go outside the mountains to buy some food to survive.

The villagers got the property and saw the bravery of Gao Yingxiang and others, so they had no choice but to allow them to stay temporarily, and sent out guides to lead Gao Yingxiang's confidant Liu Zhe out of the mountain to pick up Gao Yingxiang's family members. Among the ordinary brothers Gao Yingxiang brought to Fugu

There was no trace of them, and I don’t know if they were caught by the army or simply rebelled. So Gao Yingxiang was afraid of involving his family, so he sent people to Ansai County to arrest his mother-in-law, nephews Gao Yigong, Gao Yidao, and niece Gao Guiying.

They were all taken to Baiyu Mountain to join him.

I don’t know whether it was the Ming court’s slow response or Liu Zhe’s ability to do things. Finally, before the winter of the second year of Chongzhen came, he brought several people from the Gao family, several relatives of Liu Zhe’s own family, and Gao Yingxiang’s other brother Huang Long.

My relatives returned to Baiyu Mountain together.

And he also brought back an imperial list for recruiting knights in front of the tent!

"Brother, this imperial list was secretly revealed outside the city gate of Ansai County. It is the imperial list used by the Ming Dynasty's Xiaohunjun to recruit knights in front of the tent. Take a look."

"Eh, don't look at it, just talk to me about it."

In a newly dug cave dwelling, Gao Yingxiang waved his hand and handed over the imperial list. He didn't know much about literacy, so how could he understand the imperial list? The writing on it was all written in a sophisticated way, and none of it was written in human language.

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Liu Zhe has read books and is the only intellectual under Gao Yingxiang who can understand the imperial list.

"Brother, let's just say," Liu Zhe said with a smile, "the little Hunjun of the Ming Dynasty offered 500 acres of Yanshan land plus an annual salary of 30 taels of silver to recruit Shaanxi warriors who were proficient in riding and archery to serve as his front army.

Warriors. Anyone who is willing to serve the imperial court and is capable can apply for the examination at the Prince of Qin's Mansion in Xi'an after the Spring Festival in the third year of Chongzhen.

Do you think our brothers are going to Xi'an Mansion?"

"Brother, it sounds good!" Huang Long and Huang Laosan beside him were already a little reluctant to sign up as a former military warrior.

"Huh! Trap!" Gao Yingxiang snorted heavily, interrupting the thoughts of the two good brothers.

Liu Zhe and Huang Long both looked at Gao Yingxiang and frowned slightly.

Gao Yingxiang said: "This is the dog emperor's trap, just to trick heroes like us into throwing ourselves into the trap!"

After listening to Gao Yingxiang's words, Liu Zhe nodded: "What my brother said makes sense. This foolish king is indeed cunning and cruel. We must deal with him carefully."

Huang Long also said: "Brother is so thoughtful, we almost got called the Dog Emperor and were deceived!"

Gao Yingxiang asked again: "Besides this imperial list, does the Dog Emperor have any other means?"

"Other means? That's what my brother said"

"Of course we are exempt from food and military service!" Gao Yingxiang said, "We also open warehouses to release grain and provide relief to the victims. If Shaanxi is suffering from a drought like this, the court can't just ignore it, right?"

Liu Zhe shook his head, "No, I haven't heard of it."

Gao Yingxiang snorted coldly: "He is indeed a dog emperor. He has no common people in his heart. What can he do even if he has the courage of Lu Bu? The severe drought in Shaanxi continues year after year. I don't know when it will end. If the imperial court cannot help but

If there is no food relief, how can the people of Shaanxi survive? The people of Shaanxi have no way to survive, and sooner or later they will still make a big fuss!"

Zhu Youjian has indeed not given much benefit to the starving working people of Shaanxi now. He has only exempted more than 200,000 taels of Liao pay starting from the third year of Chongzhen. As for the grain movement of the people, the grain of the people's movement can be converted into silver, and the people's movement can be folded into cloth.

Grass, etc. are inevitable.

However, the grain, land, grass, etc. in the five towns of Yulin, Ningxia, Guyuan, Lintao, and Gansu are all unavoidable and collected as usual.

Of course, Zhu Youjian did this not because he was stupid, but because he knew that these civilian rations and military rations maintained the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and family members in the five towns.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian could not give the people free food before drastically reducing the number of troops in the five towns.

Moreover, even if he exempts the people of Shaanxi from grain, it will not change the situation of a huge gap in Shaanxi's total grain supply.

In addition, the food exemption does not have much to do with the lower-class farmers. Because there are not many homesteaders and landlords in Shaanxi, they will not charge less rent just because the court exempts them from food, right?

As for disaster relief, it is even more difficult. What Shaanxi lacks now is food. It is useless to send money to Shaanxi, and if the money is too much, the price of food will be more expensive! And transporting food into Shaanxi is a no-brainer.

Gao Yingxiang hummed a few times and then said: "Now there are natural disasters and man-made disasters here in Shaanxi, and there are not many of them! The natural disasters are droughts for many years, and it will turn into a desert! The man-made disasters are official corruption, ruthless officials, and the vassal kings

There are so many scholar-bureaucrats who are so shameless that they don’t regard their subordinates as human beings! I don’t believe that the dog emperor can use any magical means to save this great tomorrow!”

It seems that Gao Yingxiang still knows the major events in the world. How else could he have become a king in his previous life?

He smiled and added: "Let's just squint in Baiyu Mountain and bet our destiny with Zhu! If God wants to spare him, it will naturally rain and relieve the drought of Shaanxi people. By then, we will

So they broke up, concealed their names, and traveled far away.

If God doesn’t spare him, next year will be the time for us to go out and show off our skills!”

"Okay!" Liu Zhe nodded, "Well, listen to big brother."

Huang Long also said: "Well, I will listen to my brother and stay in Baiyu Mountain until next year."

"Long live, long live, long live"

When the sound of "Long Live the Mountain" sounded, the ferry boat Zhu Youjian was riding finally arrived at Tongguan Pier. Zhu Youjian, who was wearing a neat arrow suit, was attracted by the sound of "Long Live the Mountain". He looked up and saw

On the beach near Tongguan Pier, 10 square formations of about 1,000 people and a total of 10,000 infantry soldiers have been laid out in front of Zhu Youjian.

These thousand-man troops were made up of 600 spearmen, 300 gunmen and 100 sword soldiers. They formed what was called the Spanish Phalanx, now of course called the Taizu Phalanx.
Chapter completed!