.In the dense elm forest, a cries of grasshoppers suddenly sounded, and immediately another place also sounded. After several sounds, the cries of grasshoppers on both sides stopped, and several black shadows emerged, most of them were some strong men, their clothes were a little worn, and one of them was surrounded by a person whose eyes were covered with black cloth and whose hands were tied up.

"Qian Jiu."

"Chen A-Si."

"What's going on?" The man named Qian Jiu was fat and worthy of his name. He looked at the man covered in black cloth and tied his hands behind his back with confusion.

"This guy said he was from the court and wanted to see us boss Ren." Chen Asi, who was tall and covered in muscles, said indifferently.

Qian Jiu's fat flesh shook a little, and his eyes widened: "Chen A Si, what are you doing? The Tartars killed people like a slap, and they have an irreconcilable grudge with us. How can he have a good thing to see our boss? Just kill him with one knife and take him to see the boss.

Chen Asi shook his head: "If it were a Tartar, I would naturally kill it with one knife. Do you know where he said he came from."

Qian Jiu suddenly realized: "You said he came from the south, and the government troops in the south are not good things. You have forgotten that when Ren and Zhang were forced to survive by the dog government, they took us into Yuyuan. The boss must not want to see him."

The two bosses of Ren and Zhang mentioned by Qian Jiu were named Ren Qi and Zhang Qi respectively. This group of people are Yuyuan thieves active in Puzhou and Fan County, Shandong Province. Yuyuan thieves have a long history and can be traced back to the Wanli period. Puzhou and Fan County are close to Henan and not far from Nanzhili. Whenever natural disasters occur, hungry people who cannot survive will enter Yuyuan in groups. On the one hand, there are elm leaves here that can be used as food. Relying on the dense Yulin, they can proudly snatch the mountains and forests, not only avoid taxes from the government, but also rob some big households.

However, the Yuyuan thieves in the Wanli period did not last long. When encountering a good year, the Yuyuan thieves would disband and become good people again. During the Chongzhen period, droughts in Shandong became frequent, and officials and gentry exploited severely. The Yuyuan thieves became the norm. With the dense Yulin and the tunnels dug underground, the government could not defeat the attack and had to let them act.

Last year, the Central Plains changed its turmoil. Beijing changed three masters in just one month, and the Yuyuan thieves also ushered in their golden development period. Shandong first threw the city into the Dashun army. After Li Zicheng's failure, Shandong was in a power vacuum period for a period of time. Many people were worried that the official army and the Tartars came to kill people indiscriminately, so they hid in Yulin for refuge. After Wang Fu sent Huang Degong to conquer Shandong, he originally wanted to recruit the thieves in Yuyuan as the government said before. However, Huang Degong had just occupied Shandong for more than a month and was defeated by the Qing army. He drove out of Shandong. The idea of ​​recruiting the Yuyuan thieves was naturally incomplete.

After the Qing army occupied Shandong, in order to raise military rations in the south, they exploited Shandong even more cruelly. After a little resistance, their families were destroyed. Many families in the past were already poor. Ren Qi and Zhang Qi judged the situation and proposed the slogans of expelling the Tartars and defending their hometowns. This attracted the people from the places where most of their property had been lost because of the Tartars.

In addition, Shandong's troops were almost all drawn by Duoduo. Ren Qi and Zhang Ren did do several major tasks in a few months. He successively captured several county towns and executed officials in the Qing Dynasty. His power suddenly expanded to six or seven counties including Chaocheng, Guancheng, Yuncheng, Chengwu, etc. It was a huge momentum. Even Fang Dayou, the governor of Shandong, was alarmed. He hurriedly issued a document to urge the local government to fight against him.

However, Shandong's troops were empty at that time. Many Qing dynasty officials had just arrived. They were helpless about the thieves in Yuyuan, the leader of Ren Qi and Zhang Qi. However, this situation changed after more than 20,000 mankind arrived in Shandong. The Qing army's troops were greatly enriched in Shandong. Faced with heavy encirclement and suppression of Qing army and local troops, although Zhang Qi and Ren Qi fought to the death, all the counties occupied were still lost. Tens of thousands of troops were left. There were only thousands of people left. They had to hide in the Yushu Forest for a while.

The situation in Yuyuan, Shandong was fed back to Wang Fu's ears through the Jinyiwei. Although the Yuyuan thieves began to resist the rule of the Ming Dynasty, the Yuyuan thieves are now targeting the Qing army. Based on the principle that the enemy is the enemy, the enemy is the friend. Wang Fucai instructed the Jinyiwei to contact the leader of the Yuyuan thief. Of course, the Nanming can recruit them with the orthodox land name. Then, they can directly subsidize some weapons and armor, so that they can make more noise in the rear of the Qing army and gradually consume the strength of the Qing army.

The person beside Chen A Si was blindfolded and his hands tied was the one sent by Jinyiwei to contact the Yuyuan thieves. As soon as he arrived at the periphery of Yulin, Chen A Si and others discovered it. After the Jinyiwei confirmed that Chen A Si was looking for the Yuyuan thief, he did not resist and let Chen A Si tie it up and brought it in.

Hearing Qian Jiudi's words, Chen Asi nodded: "If the situation is normal, it is indeed the case. But if it is true, the boss will definitely meet him."

Qian Jiudaqi: "What did he say? A Si, the imperial officials have no faith and righteousness. Don't be deceived by him."

"He dares, if he deceives me, I will chop him into meat sauce with my own hands." Chen Asi said viciously, and at the same time pushed the Jinyiwei with his hand: "Do you really have a lot of weapons for us? If you dare to deceive us, you will die."

"Don't worry, everyone, this is your territory. As long as you have seen your boss, you will naturally give you weapons. Could it be that so many of you are still afraid that the next one will not be able to do so?" The Jinyiwei was not afraid of being tied up and blindfolded, but instead said aggressively.

"Who will be afraid of you, go, take him away." Chen Asi was the most unbearable. Qian Jiu didn't see anything wrong. He just signaled several people to pay attention to the back and see if anyone was following him. He quickly returned and shook his head when he saw someone. Qian Jiu also felt relieved. Several people walked through the forest, and from time to time he had to learn a few bird calls or insects to get a response before he could continue to move forward.

After almost half an hour of travel, Chen Asi said, "Here, help him solve it.

The black cloth on the Jinyiwei's face was taken down, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He closed his eyes for a few seconds before opening it again. In front of him was a large camp with a large wall and a divine battle. Behind the camp were a continuous mountainous mountain, in front of it was a whole piece of plain land, and a lot of farmland was also reclaimed. The crops in the fields were lush and growing well. Such a camp could accommodate at least ten thousand people, and it seemed that it had been operating for at least several years.

However, the guards at the gate of the camp were not very strict. Many farmers were coming in and out, and there were still a group of children playing at the gate. The Jinyiwei was about to see clearly, but one of them was already pushing behind him: "Go!"

In the largest wooden house in the middle of the camp, Ren Qi and Zhang Qi were discussing military information. Ren Qi was tall and mighty. It was already May. The weather was neither cold nor hot. He was only wearing a single dress, revealing his muscles all over his body. Zhang Qi was tall and thin, wearing a long gown, and he looked like a scholar.

A few months ago, Ren Qi and Zhang Qi were still full of energy and captured four counties, with hundreds of thousands of people under their jurisdiction and tens of thousands of troops. Zhang Qi even used Yulin as a green forest. Compared with the new city, Ren Qi persuaded Ren Qi to draw the career of Nanyang (Emperor Guangwu).

But now in just a few months, not only has the county town been lost, but the army has also been reduced to only 5,000 people. If this camp had not been in operation for a long time, they would not have even left to settle down, which made the two of them feel frustrated.

Although they have repelled the Qing army's attack on Yulin several times, the Qing army has not yet found the location of the camp, but hiding in Yulin all day is not a problem. Although they have opened a lot of farmland in Yulin, they still cannot meet the food needs of tens of thousands of people. As for cloth, iron and other things, they all need to be imported from outside. If they cannot counterattack the Qing army, the pressure within the Yuyuan army will become increasingly greater.

Although the rebel army still has 5,000 people, its morale is low and its weapons are short. If it rashly breaks out of Yulin and fights the Qing army with a decisive battle, it is tantamount to seeking death. Both of them have been thinking hard these days, but they have no choice but to break the current deadlock unless there is foreign aid.

"Report, leader, military advisor Zhang, and Chen Laosi brought back a Jinyiwei and wanted to meet two adults."

"Emperor Yiwei, ***, why are the Jinyiwei coming to join in the fun? Kill him and throw him into the valley." Ren Qi said angrily. He had suffered losses from the government in his early years and had no good feelings for the infamous Jinyiwei. Now that he was worried about him, he naturally would not treat the Jinyiwei well.

"Yes." The soldier who came to pass the order turned around and was about to go down.

Zhang Qi's eyes turned around for a few moments, and hurriedly shouted: "Slow!"

The soldier who was sent to the order was at a loss and looked at him. Zhang and the other two were circling. He didn't know who should listen to it. Ren Qi looked at Zhang Qi with a little unhappy: "Military advisor, the Jinyiwei's terror dared to come here. It's obviously a matter of seeking death. Why don't you let me kill him?"

Zhang Qi said a few words to Ren Qi, and a hint of reluctance appeared on Ren Qi's face, and finally nodded: "Bring him in."

"Yes!" The messenger finally walked out in great strides. After a while, the Jinyiwei, who was still tied with his hands, was brought to Ren Qi, Zhang Qi and the others.

"Are you the Jinyiwei?"

"Yes, He Chao, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, has seen two leaders." He Chao had no idea that he had almost walked away at the gate of hell, and his face was very calm.

He Chao's name is ordinary. Ren Qi and Zhang Qi looked at each other, but they didn't know whether it was true or not. There was a look of suspicion in their eyes. He Chao saw their doubts and said, "The Jinyiwei waist card under the subordinates is under the two leaders. If the two leaders don't believe it, you can check it."

Ren Qi was about to ask someone to bring the waist card, but Zhang Qi continued, "No need, it's hard to fake a waist card. If you don't have any other proof, we can only suspect that you are a spy of the Tartars, so don't blame us for being rude."
Chapter completed!