In this troubled time, Liu Heng had resigned himself to his fate and just wanted to find a suitable opportunity to leave the bandit army and find a way to escape to Macau. Even if the Ming Dynasty was ruled by aliens in the future, he would be able to protect himself, and he would know the future of the next few hundred years. The trend of history may not necessarily make you unable to make a career.
But now he is absolutely unwilling to be the leader of any rear camp. No one in this era knows better than him the tragic world in the next few decades, followed by more than two hundred years of slavish rule.
He was familiar with the history of the late Ming Dynasty and knew very well that the bandits in the Wanli period had no future. Only in the Chongzhen Dynasty would they have a short-lived glory. It was so short-lived that they became slaves of other families before they had time to taste the fruits of victory.
Seeing that Liu Heng was silent for a long time, Li Shuheng said: "I don't know what you are worried about, but the world is in chaos today. Only the stronger the power in our hands, the safer we will be."
Hearing this, Liu Heng was shocked and found that he had gone astray.
I just wanted to escape to Macau, but I forgot that this was during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Unlike hundreds of years later, you could get to Macau in a few hours with a plane ticket. Now I want to rush to Macau from the north of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the nine-year journey. Nine hundred and eighty-one is difficult, but it won't be much easier.
You know, these days, a typhoid fever can kill a person.
Chen Xunping on the side said: "There is nothing to hesitate about. If you become the leader of the rear camp, we will have two battalions in hand. By then, you can be like the two battalions on the left and right. Even Shi Yunhu will be afraid of us." .”
After hesitating for a moment, Liu Heng decided to put aside the unrealistic idea of going to Macau for the time being, and instead be more realistic and fight for the position at the head of the rear camp. With this position for protection, at least he would be safe before the Ming army encircled him.
Having made his decision, he said: "Brother Shuheng, can you tell me in detail how I should fight for the leadership of the rear camp?"
Seeing Liu Heng's agreement, Li Shuheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, the fight between you and Zheng Daqiu is very simple. Now that the army is short of food, Shi Yunhu and several of our battalion leaders discussed together and decided that you and Zheng Daqiu should fight in ten days." Inside, whoever gets the most food will be the master of the rear camp."
"When will it start?" Liu Heng asked. Since he wanted to compete, he naturally had to find out everything thoroughly before making a plan.
Li Shuheng said: "Tomorrow is the first day."
Liu Heng glanced at Li Shuheng and found that the other person's eyes were evasive. He immediately understood that Li Shuheng had probably agreed to fight for the head of the rear camp on his behalf under his banner.
Liu Heng did not show any dissatisfaction with Li Shuheng's private decision. This was a good thing, and anyone would have agreed first.
Now that he decided to compete for the position at the head of the rear camp, Liu Heng became serious and considered how to get food. After all, food would not fall from the sky by itself.
After thinking for a long time, he came up with an idea, which was most suitable for him who didn't have much strength yet, so he said: "Brother Shu Heng, tomorrow you send some people to go around to find out which village is the richest and which village's master treats the tenants the most harshly. "
Li Shuheng responded: "This is easy. I will send spies out to investigate tomorrow. But what are you doing asking about this? Why not find a small village to plunder. The men and horses in the archer camp are almost enough."
Liu Heng shook his head slightly and said: "Zheng Daqiu has the support of Shi Daqi's Chinese military camp. He must be able to mobilize more troops than us. If we attack Xiaozhuangzi, even if we get some food, we will not be able to surpass Zheng Daqiu. We can only take risks." Now, try to attack some big Zhuangzi."
"No, absolutely not, it's too dangerous." Li Shuheng shook his head and refused, "Dazhuangzi's armed defense is far better than that of Xiaozhuangzi. You have forgotten the lesson of the last attack on Wangjiazhuang."
Of course Liu Heng remembered that the battle at Wangjiazhuang was the first disastrous defeat for their bandit army. A battalion leader was killed in that battle. It was precisely because of the disastrous defeat in that battle that the position of Shi Yunhu's cabinet was questioned. Each battalion Instability began to appear, and the first people to express dissatisfaction were Wu Xiazi, the head of Zuoying, and Zhou Heilian, the head of Rightying.
"Don't worry, I have my own way." After hesitating, Liu Heng stated his idea again and told them that they must keep it secret.
Li Shuheng thought for a moment and then said: "I will do as you say, Xunping and I will cooperate with you, but you must be careful and pay attention to safety. We are the only three people who came out of the same fort back then. "
Liu Heng nodded heavily.
After the meat was eaten and the matter was discussed, Liu Heng decided to return to the rear camp overnight. Only by returning to the rear camp could it be easier to win over the bandits in the rear camp.
In his plan, the archer battalion alone still had a few men and horses, and the rear camp was temporarily lacking a battalion leader, which was convenient for him to win over a few small leaders and ordinary bandits in the camp.
Back at the back camp, when Liu Heng and Yang Yuan passed by the big tent at the head of the back camp, he found that the curtain of the tent had been opened and rolled up.
Seeing this, Liu Heng slowed down and finally stopped in front of the tent. Yang Yuan, who didn't notice, almost bumped into him.
"Liu Tou, what's wrong?" Yang Yuan and Liu Heng stopped and asked in confusion.
Liu Heng raised his hand and pointed to the tent in front of him and said, "Let's sleep here tonight."
Yang Yuan looked shocked and said: "This is the tent at the head of the camp. We are not qualified to live in it."
"What are you afraid of?" Liu Heng raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "Now that the camp head is dead, I am fighting for this position again. Living here is just to let others see that I can live in the camp head tent and sit there. At the head of the rear camp, there is not only Zheng Daqiu, but also me."
Another point he didn't explain to Yang Yuan was that he used to be too honest, and most of the gangsters in the back camp looked down upon him. Although yesterday he cleaned up the cook Ma Lao and had sex with Zheng Daqiu again, but the time was too long. Short, the impression of an honest person in the minds of others is not so easy to eliminate, and living in the big tent at the head of the camp will further change the image of an honest person that other people in the back camp have fixed on him, and at the same time, it also shows his attitude towards competing for the head of the camp.
The big tent at the head of the first battalion was much better than the sleeping place for ordinary bandits. There was a wooden bed made of wooden planks in the tent, covered with animal skin blankets. Unlike ordinary bandits, they could only sleep on hay.
Liu Heng pulled off the blanket on the bed and threw it to Yang Yuan, who lay directly on the wooden board.
Slowly, both of them fell into sleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Liu Heng vaguely felt something kicking him. He lazily opened his eyes and saw Zheng Daqiu staring at him with a sneer on his face.
Liu Heng sat up suddenly.
It was already bright outside.
"Haha, before I came here, I was afraid that you would escape to the Archer Camp, but I didn't expect that you were so courageous that you dared to stay in the back camp." Zheng Daqiu sneered, pulled out the knife in his hand, and pointed the tip at Liu Heng.
Facing the bright tip of the knife, Liu Heng's heart trembled, his hair stood up one by one, and the remaining sleepiness was swept away.
If you say you're not afraid, that's a lie. Anyone who has just woken up and been pointed at the tip of a knife would be surprised and break out in a cold sweat.
