The two of them were whispering in a high place. Peng Yibin must be saying weird things, and Hao Ding must be trying to persuade them.
Liu Erzu raised his eyes to look at the two of them and wanted to send someone to urge them. But he looked at the other leaders who followed him and gave up the idea.
The reason why Peng Yibin fell behind was because of his loyalty to the Red Coat Army, but now, his loyalty to the Red Coat Army was meaningless.
After Yang An'er's death the year before last, countless generals' expectations for glory and wealth were dashed, and the huge and loose Red Coat Army regime collapsed immediately.
When Liu Erzu led the rest of the Red Coat Army back into the mountains, Peng Yibin and Hao Ding were the ones who supported him unswervingly. Without these two people running around, contacting various cottages and even defeating those who dissatisfied, the Taishan bandits would probably continue to fall apart.
But the efforts of the two of them did not actually change Liu Erzu's dilemma.
At that time, all the troops recruited by Liu Erzu from various places in Shandong were defeated. In the end, he only gathered more than 3,000 men with hands and feet at Baihe Bay in Culai Mountain. In many other villages, there are no less than 20,000 defeated soldiers who need to be fed, no less than 10,000 wounded soldiers who need to be treated, tens of thousands of people who have fled from Xuzhou, Jeju and other places need to be fed and clothed, and some people are seriously injured every day. They may die due to the cold and dampness in the mountains, or from freezing and starvation.
If Liu Erzu wanted to maintain the existence of Taishan bandits, he had to find a way for so many people to survive. But the supplies in the village were always poor, and Liu Erzu himself was living a hard life, so where could he feed them?
In order to ensure basic material supplies, Liu Erzu had to come forward in person to beg the red-coated generals who temporarily controlled several military states under the mountain.
But as soon as Yang An'er died, the conflicts among the generals broke out. For example, Zhan Hui and Fang Guosan of Dongping Mansion had already fought together. However, Shi Qing of Tengzhou launched an army to plunder for military supplies. As a result, Huo Yi of Pizhou was angered, and Shi Gui and Xia Quan were also involved, almost leading to a conflagration.
At this time, no one cared about his friends in the mountains, and Liu Erzu could only sit back and watch as the chaos became more and more chaotic at the bottom of the mountain.
Until Li Quan's former ally, Yin Chang, who served as the military governor of Jinan Prefecture's Xingde Army under Guo Ning, came to express his goodwill through Shi Qing's relationship, and offered to provide two thousand dan of food and a considerable amount of medicine every month, hoping that Ease relations with the Red Coat Army.
Behind Yin Chang is naturally Guo Ning.
Because Guo Ning turned against him and swept away Shandong, the generals of the Red Coat Army were full of resentment towards him, but the current situation forced them to submit. In the end, Liu Erzu sent Peng Yibin to come forward and went to Jinan to meet with Yin Chang, and then went to Yidu to meet with Guo Ning. I thought Guo Ning would ask them to surrender, but Guo Ning didn't. He didn't put forward any conditions at all.
So the remnants of the Red Coat Army reunited under Liu Erzu's banner, pretending to ignore anyone and still want to fight to the death with the Kingdom of Jin.
This gesture just catered to the Kaifeng court's need to isolate itself from Dinghai navy as much as possible. To a certain extent, it was also what the Southern Song Dynasty was happy to see. Therefore, in the past two years, Liu Erzu led the defeated Red Coat Army to regain a foothold in the mountains and became a local force between the three imperial courts of Zhongdu, Kaifeng and Lin'an.
This independent stance lasted for nearly two years.
Ding Haijun is really capable. They have always maintained this special food and material supply channel and have never revealed it to the outside world.
When Liu Erzu thought about it, it was probably due to the grain smuggling businessmen of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties who strived to make money in a low profile.
Unfortunately, despite two years of secret assistance from Ding Haijun, Liu Erzu's generals could not change their habits as rebels. They were never able to establish an effective management system in Dongping, and instead maintained a loose alliance of copycats. The best way out for such an alliance is to find a reliable buyer and sell it completely.
Those who have the conditions to become buyers are nothing more than two Jin Kingdoms and one Song Kingdom. The Song Dynasty only wanted to attract the Red Coat Army's troops to go south for their own use, and while using them, they were on guard; the Jin Dynasty court in Kaifeng felt that it was the orthodoxy of the Jin Dynasty, and inherited the Jin Dynasty's habit of raising the butcher's knife high against the Shandong bandits. Treat the Red Coat Army as a whole as the object of communication... Of course, the Red Coat Army itself has a deep hatred with them, and there is little room for relaxation.
Therefore, there is only one buyer left, which is Ding Haijun, who has moderate control.
Ding Haijun had already given two years of benefits in advance before officially raising the price, which was very sincere.
As for Guo Ning himself, he still has the style of a reckless martial artist. The whole process of blending with Liu Erzu was very calm, neither deliberately imposing nor being secretive.
When he had peace talks with Yang An'er, he came to see him in person; now he is the hero in control of one side, and is only a hair away from becoming king and emperor. The red-coated army he faces is already in dire straits, but when the two sides are about to join hands to launch a war At that moment, he still came to see him at his door, and even raised his hand to express his gratitude to Liu Erzu from a long distance away.
Even though he knew that this man was very powerful and his plans were ruthless and accurate, Liu Erzu had to bow his hands in return respectfully, as if there had never been a war or bloodshed between the two families.
The generals and village leaders behind him followed suit.
Following Liu Erzu was Shi Qing.
This man, one of the few powerful men among the remaining members of the Red Coat Army, has always prided himself on his bravery and is not easily convinced by anyone. But today he brought dozens of followers to the meeting, and the dozens of people included almost all of his cronies and key subordinates. It can be said that he is full of sincerity.
This sincerity is not without reason.
Among the dozens of people accompanying Shi Qing, only two of his capable subordinates, Xia Zhen and Du Guoen, were missing.
These two men intended to report Monk Luo's whereabouts a month ago, but Monk Luo's subordinates were clearly stationed in Xiong'er Mountain, and there were many people watching, but they got the news immediately. One day, the fat monk unknowingly led people deep into Tengzhou, picked off the heads of two people in Shi Qing's base camp, and then put them in a box with his backhand and gave them to Shi Qing as a gift.
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Shi Qing often complained in front of Liu Erzu, saying that these two generals were secretly dealing with the Kaifeng court or had evil intentions. However, the current situation was pressing and he could only endure it. In fact, everyone knows that these two people are Shi Qing's support for changing families at any time.
As a result, the two men died neatly.
It is obvious that in the past two years, Ding Haijun secretly bribed many people in the Red Coat Army with little benefits. Even Xiong'er Mountain under the eyes of the generals has been infiltrated, and no one knows how many people are sending messages to Monk Luo. As for Tengzhou, it has become a sieve riddled with holes.
Since they have made a request this time, the plan has been decided and there is no room for error. Anyone who has second thoughts or doubts will die.
The cavalry on both sides gradually approached, and many people took a peek, only to see that the gray-robed young man's face was full of spring breeze, just like the situation at the foot of Moqi Mountain at that time.
Is this man more than an evil tiger?
Still a smiling tiger!
Liu Erzu sighed in his heart. Peng Yibin, who finally caught up behind him, snorted coldly. Shi Qing's face was full of sincerity.
Everyone has their own thoughts, but one thing is the same, that is, they look at Guo Ning with admiration, fear, and awe.
Everything about being busy with governance and inspecting places is all fake and all pretended. This Guo Ning is a deadly beast. In his heart, the only real thing is fighting and killing, and the only real thing is being violent and stabbing at any time! But in this world in front of us, such a person can be called a hero, and he can really achieve great things!
When the two teams gathered, Liu Erzu took the lead in dismounting.
Guo Ning also turned over, strode forward, and patted Liu Erzu's arm. He asked directly: "What's going on in Guide Mansion, Shanzhou, and Xuzhou?"
"In return for our meticulous work, the Kaifeng court has recently mobilized the garrison troops of Guide Prefecture, Shanzhou, and Xuzhou one after another, and moved south one by one. From Guide Prefecture to Kaifeng, the garrisons are all empty. Zhou Guogong has been completely paralyzed at sea this year with great fanfare. Regarding Kaifeng... Duke Zhou, the good opportunity has arrived, we can take action."
