When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he couldn't help but worry about Turge's fate. He wondered how Huang Taiji would punish him after he returned to Liaodong? They destroyed the Tumote tribe and gave Ming Dynasty so many livestock, especially war horses, which were rare military supplies. This "contribution" is also great!
I hope Huang Taiji will be merciful, otherwise it will be a pity for the "Class A eavesdropping seed" in Turge.
After reading this, Emperor Chongzhen scanned the eavesdropping seeds on other people again. He found that Sun Chuanting, the governor of Jiliao who was stationed at Shanhaiguan, seemed to have begun to implement his policy measures after a few months of peace, which was the policy of "clearing the villages to replenish wages."
The reason why he waited so long to start was that Sun Chuanting seemed to be a little worried about the ancestral family forces headed by Zu Dashou. It doesn't matter, let him continue to do it. Anyway, he has his support. Let's see what Zu Dashou can do!
Emperor Chongzhen thought so and went to see Lu Xiangsheng again.
There wasn't much going on here. Lu Xiangsheng had been busy with military affairs such as the shipyard and training soldiers. Civil matters were mostly left to his deputy, Denglai Governor Chen Hongxu.
Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen was a little depressed. He didn't know what was going on with Zheng Zhilong. If he was really ignorant, he would definitely fight him. However, this would cost countless money and food, and delay the reconstruction of Dongjiang Town. plan. Without Dongjiang Town to contain the Manchus, they might invade the pass through the Mongolian grassland again in winter.
Although the bandits have basically been put down now, the army has also been greatly improved, and it is not afraid of a good battle with the Manchu army. However, if this battlefield is within the pass, it will still be very detrimental to the recovery of people's livelihood in the pass. In particular, if the Manchu and Qing troops avoided the main force of the three major battalions and attacked other places, the impact on the people's livelihood in the pass would be even greater.
If possible, Emperor Chongzhen would absolutely not want the war to happen again in the pass.
After some calculation in his mind, if Zheng Zhilong sets off after receiving his secret order, no matter how late it is, he should reach Denglai within a month, right?
With this in mind, Emperor Chongzhen decided to wait for another month. Anyway, they only defeated the bandits here, and there were still many things to do. It might take another month no matter what.
For example, if there is a search for bandits in the next few days, there must be some bandits fleeing. In this way, the soldiers and horses from the outside are approaching inward, and the soldiers and horses here are searching out, squeezing the space for the stray thieves. Even if they go to heaven or earth, they must hunt down all the stray thieves.
The next step is to resettle the ordinary bandits, at least to ensure that they can survive so that they will not continue to rebel.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but frown, because according to the Class A eavesdropping seeds on Chen Qiyu, he knew that the food transportation in Jiangnan and other places was not completed as planned, at least Chen Qiyu did not receive much food.
Now that the war is over, the urgency of the food issue has become a bit higher. It's a shame that I'm here, so I have to give strict instructions. If there is a problem, it must be solved immediately.
Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about one thing after another, and relatively speaking, he was relatively free. But at this time, there were many bandits fleeing in the mountains deep in Wollongong.
This area is actually the Nanyang Basin, and there are no mountains to hide from. Therefore, they must continue to escape, either south or north. If they can escape to Wudang Mountain, or even further to Daba Mountain, it will definitely be impossible for the officers and soldiers to catch them. It's their turn. Or Laojun Mountain, that is, the Funiu Mountains, that's okay. It would be best if they even escaped to the Qinling Mountains. The officers and soldiers would not be able to catch them again.
However, the officers and soldiers obviously knew this very well. Groups of cavalry troops searched these places and cut off traffic to prevent them from having a chance to escape.
After a tiring day during the day and fleeing so far in the dark at night, they were so exhausted that these bandits finally stopped to rest.
Seeing the bright moon in the sky covered by dark clouds and the earth plunging into darkness, Youliu thief couldn't help but curse. He looked up at the sky and cursed in a low voice: "God, thief, even you are adding insult to injury, even a little moonlight." If you don't give it to them, it won't give us a way to survive, right?"
Without the moonlight, they didn't dare to go on the road with torches. It was completely dark, so they couldn't go on the road at all. Once daylight came, the imperial cavalry searched everywhere, and it was simply impossible for them to escape. Therefore, this thief is also anxious, and even the thief is scolded by God.
As soon as someone was cursed here, there was movement from the mountain not far away, and someone shouted in a low voice: "A tiger, is that you?"
The person who was scolding just now was none other than Li Zicheng's nephew, Li Guo, who was known as a tiger. When he heard the voice, he distinguished it a little, and couldn't help but said with a little surprise: "Gao Yigong?"
The person over there was none other than Li Zicheng's general Gao Yigong. After confirmation, he was also happy and hurriedly came over to join them. However, they looked at each other and saw that there were only about twenty people in total. Thinking of so many people before and Li Zicheng's head being chopped off by Zuo Liangyu, they couldn't help but feel very depressed. For a moment, they were silent.
At this moment, a young voice suddenly came from the nearby mountain and said: "But King Chuang's subordinates? We are the adopted sons of the Eight Great Kings!"
Li Guo and others responded after hearing this. No matter what happened in the past, we are all in the same boat at this time. Not to mention, there is a slight surprise in my heart.
After a while, Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son came over and reported their names one by one. They were Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Nengqi. They were the four most famous among Zhang Xianzhong's adopted sons.
They found that the other party was actually similar to their own, with only about ten or twenty people left, and for a while, they were all silent. Zhang Nengqi, the youngest, couldn't help but cry softly when he thought of the past.
Hearing the cry, an equally young voice suddenly cursed: "Cry, just cry, what's the point of suffering? At worst, you'll die, and you'll be a good man again in eighteen years!"
"Laiheng, shut up!" When Li Guo heard this, he knew that it was his adopted son Li Laiheng who was speaking, so he scolded him, and then asked in the darkness opposite: "The eight kings were also killed by the left thieves, and the officers and soldiers were killed again." It’s a big victory, what are you going to do next?”
Zhang Kewang was the oldest. When a tiger asked him, he answered: "If we can escape, we plan to change our surname back to our original name and go back to our hometown to see."
At this point, he may be afraid of misunderstanding, so he quickly added: "But we will definitely avenge our adoptive father and cut the left thief into pieces with a thousand knives!"
Hearing this, Li Laiheng suddenly sneered and said: "That's a good idea! I'm still thinking of escaping back, didn't you hear? The officers and soldiers shouted, kill for the sake of peace, do you know what this means?"
"The imperial court thinks that we are the cause of chaos in the world, so it wants to kill us all!" Zhang Dingguo, who should be called Li Dingguo at this time, immediately answered Li Laiheng, "So they will definitely search for us with all their strength and kill us all, right?"
Hearing this, Gao Yigong suddenly interrupted his thoughts in a low voice and said angrily: "Is this what we want to rebel against? It is the imperial court that has forced us to survive! The emperor is stupid and incompetent, local corrupt officials are rampant, and there is a severe drought. , severe drought, severe drought, and locust plagues, locust plagues, locust plagues, they all turned a blind eye, and they forced us to pay land tax, and even added additional taxes, sold our sons and daughters, even if we sold ourselves, it was not enough to pay. With this money, how can we not rebel?"
"Dog Emperor, Dog Official, none of them are good!" When Li Laiheng heard this, he immediately cursed in a low voice, "I will go back and continue, kill the Dog Official, kill the Dog Emperor, kill them all!"
When Li Guo heard this, he scolded him in a low voice: "Shut up, you are calling me "I" at such a young age. Who are you calling me "I" in front of you?"
He was Li Laiheng's adoptive father. After such training, Li Laiheng shut up.
However, what they said moved Li Guo's thoughts, and he whispered: "In this world today, there is no way for ordinary people to survive. Even if we don't want to rebel, we can escape home or escape to other places." The place lives in anonymity, but with the dog emperor here and corrupt officials running rampant, we will definitely have to rebel in the end!"
Hearing this, Sun Kewang nodded, and then immediately remembered that the other party could not see him in the dark night, so he whispered: "That's right, when my adoptive father was in Gucheng, he was made things difficult by those dog officials, who said that his adoptive father usually robbed people. I have bought so much gold, silver and jewels and asked for them from my adoptive father. The imperial court is incompetent and the dog-emperor cannot tell the difference between right and wrong, and cannot argue between loyal and traitorous people. There will be no way for ordinary people to survive in this world!"
These people are all thieves, and they naturally sit on the side of the thieves. When they say these words, they naturally ignore the harm they have brought to the people of the world.
Hearing this, Li Dingguo sighed and whispered in an old-fashioned voice: "There are no good officials in this world who really take the people at ease!"
After saying this, no one spoke for a while, and the forest fell silent.
At this time, they discovered that the wind seemed to be blowing stronger than before, making the forest roar.
Gao Yigong looked up at the night sky and couldn't help but curse: "Damn it, it looks like it's going to rain!"
I was running for my life in a hurry, and I was already hungry. If it was going to rain again, even though it was August, it would be very uncomfortable to be caught in the rain at night.
After a while of silence, Li Guo suddenly said in a low voice: "If you ask me, since the government won't give us a way to live, then we can find a way to live by ourselves. Just follow what my uncle said, equalize the land and exempt from taxes. Only then will the common people have hope." I hope we can win, maybe we can make a comeback!”
"A tiger, do you still believe this?" After hearing this, Gao Yigong couldn't help but said with a bit of hatred: "What about the liar Song Xiance? He also said that King Chuang was the 18th son and the main artifact! Don't think that you My surname is also Li, so it must be your fault!"
When Li Guo heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly explained in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, when did I ever think about that? That Song Xiance is a charlatan. I don't know where he is now. I will definitely kill him when I see him later." Chop him up!"
After explaining, he picked up the topic again and said: "What I just said, if you think about it again, if the disasters everywhere are serious and everyone cannot survive, we tell them that if they follow us, they will be evenly affected. Tian Minfu, if it were you, would you be willing to work together?"
"Of course, I can't survive anyway, so I have to risk my life!" After hearing this, Gao Yigong thought for a moment and replied.
On the other side, Li Dingguo suddenly intervened and said: "If I can't live anymore, I will definitely follow suit. If you don't rebel, you will die, and if you rebel, you will die. But no matter what, if you rebel, you can live a few more days, maybe you will If the rebellion succeeds, we will have land to divide and we won’t have to pay taxes anymore, how wonderful that would be!”
These thieves are obviously not as knowledgeable as the older common people that day. It is impossible for the equalization of land and tax exemption to continue forever. Otherwise, the new emperor and his government cannot all farm by themselves, right?
But at this time, they, the bandits, all agreed with this statement. I feel that no one in the world can survive. Since there is such a hope, everyone will definitely follow suit.
Later, even Li Guo didn't expect that the morale of these people had recovered a lot. He could clearly feel that everyone had fighting spirit again.
Sure enough, after being excited for a while, Sun Kewang, as the boss, hesitated for a moment and said: "Then...then we won't go, let's work together and do it again!"
"I agree!" Li Dingguo agreed immediately without hesitation.
"I do!" Liu Wenxiu also immediately expressed his position. Even the youngest Ai Nengqi no longer cried sadly, but said with a little excitement: "Kill the dog official again, kill the dog emperor!"
The two parties, about fifty people, just decided on the future direction. After discussing in low voices for a while, they decided to use a tiger named Li Guo as the leader and continue to mobilize people to rebel after escaping.
Li Guo looked at the night sky and found that the clouds were dense and the mountain wind was blowing faster. He whispered: "It seems that there will be rain before dawn. I hope this rain can last longer, which will help us escape from the officialdom." The army’s pursuit!”
Having said this, he also ordered everyone present to hold hands, move forward in the dark, and move as quickly as possible.
Speaking of which, it's not like these thieves have never lived on the run like this. Therefore, after accepting his current situation, he adapted quickly.
They followed Li Guo's instructions, hand in hand, and began to move forward in the dark. Even if the person in front missed the mark or fell off a cliff or something, there would still be people behind to hold them, and nothing would happen.
Just like that, they continued to escape.
By the time the sky in the east showed a hint of fish belly white, Li Guo and other bandits had already touched the top of another mountain and were almost at the bottom. Taking this opportunity, they must transfer as soon as possible. Although the imperial cavalry was there, there was little hope for them to escape, but no matter what, they had to try to escape.
Li Guo thought about it in his mind, and with the help of the faint morning light, when he was about to speak, he suddenly saw the person in front of him shaking, and he himself felt unsteady.
