Although they were dressed in casual clothes, Yao Liang's group was still particularly conspicuous. Because they were well fed, they contrasted sharply with the disheveled refugees around them. In addition, this group of people were all strong men armed with weapons, and they were not busy during the march.
They formed a queue consciously, so they didn't look like a group of ordinary people. Therefore, most of the surrounding refugees stayed away from Yao Liang and the others.
Yao Liang and the others also discovered this problem, but there was no turning back, so they could only move forward. As they walked, the number of refugees increased. Gradually, this group of people
He was trapped among the refugees.
Although most of the refugees still dare not approach Yao Liang and the others, there are always a few bold ones who will come over and ask. In a hurry, Yao Liang claimed that his team opened a cabinet in Nanyang Village. This time he heard that
Xinye County was empty, so he came down the mountain to grab food. For this reason, Yao Liang also made up a nonsense name for himself - Mountain Shock Cannon.
Those refugees had little knowledge and could not tell whether Yao Liang or the others were bandits. In troubled times, people who wanted to live longer had to seek refuge in the "organization", so it was logical that some refugees turned to Yao Liang.
They proposed to join Yao Liang's team.
Yao Liang and the others thought it would be good to recruit some refugees. At least with the cover of these refugees, the identity of his team would not be easily exposed. Besides, the food in Xinye County still needs to be transported manually.
So, the Zhenshan Cannon was officially opened, but as soon as it started to gather, Yao Liang and the others were startled. More than 2,000 people gathered in the refugee camp at once. At this time, Yao Liang and the others were in trouble, and it was impossible to stop the gathering.
He simply opened the door and closed it. There was no way to count the number of people anyway. He only knew that his team was getting bigger and bigger. Although it would inevitably affect the speed of the march, Yao Liang's team also became more powerful.
At the end of the day, Yao Liang's team was quite mixed. Some were fleeing, some were kidnapped, some were killed by the army and fled their homes, and some were stragglers from the peasant army. There were even a few groups who also rushed to Xinye County.
Little bandit. So in this troubled world, there are too many noisy refugees. As long as someone with some authority stands up and shouts, he can really pull up a team.
When the magistrate of Xinye fled the county seat, the well-informed officials and gentry in the city also fled the county seat immediately. As a result, a state of anarchy suddenly appeared in Xinye County.
In years of war and disaster, there were always many victims who wanted to enter the city. So those victims rushed into the county and started wreaking havoc and looting with the rogue Qingpi in the city.
But at this moment, the powerful grassroots control was revealed. Several large families in the city who had not escaped gathered their servants and the people in the neighborhood to stop this chaotic situation.
Those rogue Qingpi and the victims outside the city were locals after all. They couldn't do anything ruthless, and the powerful people in the city responded quickly, so after several confrontations, the two sides acquiesced to each other's sphere of influence in the city. Xinye County
The city gates were also closed, and both sides were temporarily at peace with each other.
But as long as there is a fight, there will be losers. So a few frustrated green men in the city went out to find the nearby peasant army. They promised to open the city gate when the peasant army arrived.
It was a coincidence. There was no peasant army near Xinye County at this time, so no peasant army leader knew about the chaos in the city. Only the nearby refugees, after hearing about the situation in Xinye County, wanted to go there and take advantage of the chaos.
soup.
After a lot of effort, those green men finally found a camp of peasant army in the west of Xinye County. The leader of that camp was none other than King Guabei. King Guabei was a relatively small force in the peasant army.
The current number of people is only more than 6,000, and the number of people capable of fighting is only more than 1,000, so he does not dare to get involved in the fight between the Ming army and the main force of the peasant army, let alone approach any city.
But when King Guabei heard the news from those green-skinned men, he was immediately overjoyed. As long as he captured Xinye County and harvested the food and property in the city, he could immediately expand his team and his reputation would also be great.
The number of peasants in the army increased significantly. So King Guabei led his troops to Xinye County without hesitation.
When Yu Zilian, who was in Dengzhou, received the escaped magistrate of Xinye County, he immediately knew that Xinye County was empty. So he immediately gathered four thousand elites, took the magistrate of Xinye County, and rushed to Xinye County.
The target is also food in Xinye County.
Therefore, there are now three troops racing against time to come to Xinye County. Fortunately, Yao Liang's troops are closest to Xinye County because they have the fastest response.
"Brother Yao! This is too chaotic. I can't control it!" Looking at the chaotic refugees around him, Ye Chao was already about to retreat.
Yao Liang also swallowed his saliva. To be honest, he was quite nervous: "We have come to this point. We are only three or four miles away from Xinye. There is no way to turn back. Let's seize this point and control the officials in the city.
The food in the warehouse must not be separated from our own people. With food, we can control the people. Also, call me Dashi."
Fu Sheng on the side nodded and said: "Okay! I will gather some more reliable retail investors to increase our strength. But Yao Xiang... Dacai, the spies just came to report that the city gates have been closed. How should we enter the city?
Woolen cloth?"
"The spies also reported that there were no soldiers guarding the city on the city wall, and it seemed that no rebels had entered the city yet. We used ladders to climb over the city wall, and then opened the city gate and entered the city. Okay! No more words. Their people
All are here. Remember! Our people must not be separated." After saying this, Yao Liang greeted several refugees and bandit leaders who had just taken refuge with him.
Those refugees and the bandit leader were summoned by Yao Liang. Yao Liang wanted to discuss with them: How to enter the city! What should you pay attention to after entering the city!
There are not so many vulgar etiquettes between these people. After a simple greeting, Yao Liang went straight to the topic: "Brothers, since we all eat together, we should work together in the same boat. How is my old Yao doing?
?I don’t like being in
Bragging in front of brothers, the future is long, and you all have eyes. If you think I am a good person, then I will definitely treat you as a brother; if you think I am not upright, then I will not stop you brothers from pursuing a good future.
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"We all see what kind of person Da Ke is! He's a good person. We can rest assured that we will follow you." Although they didn't understand Yao Liang's person at all, the leaders were still praising Yao Liang in unison. Anyway, talk more.
