Huanglong Mountain is not the name of a single mountain, but a continuous mountain range with vast land and ravines. It connects Baishui in the south, Chengcheng in the southeast, Yichuan in the north, Luochuan in the west... The Yellow River is natural danger to the Yellow River, crossing the Yellow River is the boundary of Shanxi Province.

After being defeated in Baishui, Wang Zuogao fled to Luochuan, west of Huanglong Mountain. He set out from Zhu Yuanzhang's village and walked westward to the vast mountains. It only takes about six to seven days to reach.

When dealing with a thousand officers and soldiers, Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to be arrogant, so he directly pointed out the most elite old team to the 12th team, with a total of 1,200 people, leaving only 400 people who desperately led the New Thirteenth Team to the New Thirteenth Team to the New Thirteenth Team to the New Thirteenth Team to the Statue.

Pinming Sanlang was a little puzzled: "Brother Zhu, although Miao Mei is a man, it seems a bit unworthy to take risks in order to save such a person." Pinming Sanlang's fear of officers and soldiers was the deepest of Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates. He was the only one who deeply understood the essential difference between officers and soldiers and bandits. That was not an opponent who could be easily defeated! It was not worth it to be clamoring with officers and soldiers without any necessity.

"That's right!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "If I only want to save Miao Mei like this, it would definitely not be worth it."

He paused slightly when he suddenly changed the topic: "Do you think that if we thousands of brothers are trapped in the small village of Huanglong Mountain and come back from the nearest county towns to grab some money and food, and just keep consuming it, can we really achieve something big?"

"This..." Although Pinming Saburo was not smart, he still had this self-knowledge and replied: "It should be no prospect. The people who are willing to come to join our village in the surrounding cities have already come up the mountain. For a long time, it is impossible for us to expand our strength."

"That's right!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "Go to save Miao Mei not just to save him alone... I also want to send a signal to the heroes in the world. This signal is: I, Zhu Ba's clerk, can tolerate people!"

"Uh, I don't understand!" Tsang Sanro shook his head.

"Although the main force of the officers and soldiers was drawn into Beijing this time, it can be seen from the assembly of 18,000 troops that the officers and soldiers have begun to pay attention to bandits. In the near future, the officers and soldiers will use various methods to deal with bandits and rebels... In this case, the bandits in Shaanxi and West will be chased by the officers and soldiers for a long time and have nowhere to stay."

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "I want to use the action of saving Miao Mei to tell the heroes of the world... when there is no place to go, you can come to me."

"Uh..." Pursuing Sanro seemed to finally understand something: "I understand, just like the 108 stars in "Water Margin", when those heroes were desperate, they thought there was a Liangshan to go, so they came from all directions."

"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "In this way, we can recruit heroes from all over the world and strengthen the strength of the parish... and expand our strength again. In fact, I have been thinking about how to expand the influence of the parish. This action of officers and soldiers to wipe out Wang Zuoguai gave me this opportunity."

"I finally understand! Brother Zhu, don't worry, I will guard the village." Psychosaku also said seriously: "To gather with more heroes and heroes!"

"Wang Er, Grand Marshal, are you ready?" Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and shouted to the brothers on the other side.

"Okay! The food, weapons, and armor are all packed up. I'll wait for your order..." Xu Renjie laughed: "Finally, we're going to fight, hahaha, let's show my strengths..."

In the third year of Chongzhen, in mid-January, Zhu Yuanzhang and 1,200 well-trained soldiers left the mountain village and headed towards Luochuan to the west...

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Luochuan, connected to Yichuan and Huanglong in the east, Yijun and Baishui in the south, are important hubs connecting Guanzhong and northern Shaanxi. This is a rare flat area in the terrain of the Loess Plateau. Looking around, there is a plain and continuous farmland. Before the arrival of the severe drought, this was the most important agricultural area on the Loess Plateau, commonly known as the "Yan'an Granary".

After the arrival of the drought, Luochuan was also devastatingly hit. Large areas of farmland turned into dry and cracked mud, and the plants and trees were withered. Looking around, the beautiful plains of the past have become a piece of wasteland.

In a deserted village in this wasteland, Wang Zuogu's army was resting. This army formed by the mob is now a bit declining. The long-term circumvention has caused most of the people to be physically exhausted, and the elderly, weak, sick and disabled are suffering. Even the young and middle-aged people feel physically and mentally exhausted.

There is no water in the deserted village, and eight thousand bandits, no, it has now expanded to nine thousand, because he has brought many poor people from Luochuan... These nine thousand people are scattering around to find water. They have opened their dry lips and their faces are covered with wind and frost.

Miao Mei held Wang Zuogao and sat down in a house without a roof. Wang Zuogao looked a little embarrassed, and it seemed that she had just experienced a messy escape.

It turned out that not long ago, Wang Zuoguai left the main army of the bandits and only brought a team of 300 people to collect grain. He encountered a village brawl with a population of up to 500 people. The village brawl was led by a scholar named Li Panlong. He was quite combat-ready and well-organized when fighting. As a result, Wang Zuoguai was defeated for a while. Fortunately, Miao Mei sacrificed her life and escaped, otherwise he might have fallen somewhere.

"It's hard!" Wang Zuogao sighed: "It's really difficult to rebel..."

"Brother!" Miao Mei whispered: "I think we should learn from Zhu Ba, find a mountain to station in, build a small village, and live a peaceful and stable life."

"Build a village? I...I can't do it!" Wang Zuogao smiled bitterly.

Miao Mei had no choice but to sigh. The biggest problem with their bandits was that they had no talent. Their head was a soft-horned shrimp, and their subordinates were all rampant men. For example, Miao Mei, Feishan Tiger, and Big Red Wolf, all of whom knew how to fight and fight desperately, and doing other things was all in a dark way.

The two looked at each other speechlessly for a while, suddenly a bandit ran into the house and shouted anxiously: "Brother, the big thing is wrong... The brother who went out to find water sent a message back, saying that he had caught two villagers nearby and asked something about it from the villagers."

"What's the matter?"

"The court sent troops to chase and suppress us... It was a general named Du Wenhuan who had a force of up to 1,000."

"What?" Wang Zuogao was so scared that he almost jumped up when he heard this. With a trembling foot, he kicked down a broken stool next to him and said in panic: "One thousand officers and soldiers? Oh my God! So many... What to do? What to do?"

In the past, he was not very afraid of a thousand officers and soldiers, at least he would not be so scared when he heard it. However, since Zhu Yuanzhang taught him a lesson with hundreds of people, he finally realized his strength. The thousands of bandits under his command were simply unbearable to fight. It is okay to scare soft-cornered, but he is trying to defeat the officers and soldiers. That is to seek death.

"Brother, don't panic!" Miao Mei quickly comforted: "Since we have received the news that the officers and soldiers are coming in advance, it's simple. Just run away... The officers and soldiers are going to rob good people along the way, and the marching speed is very slow, so where are they afraid of him?"

"But, where can I run?" Wang Zuogao looked left, right, front, back, and after a long time, and then said bitterly: "The world is so big, there is no place for me to live. If I had known that I would not rebel at the beginning... I am not a family that could not survive without rebellion."

"It's you... it's you and Feishanhu, the big red wolf incited me to rebel!" Wang Zuoguai began to speak incoherently: "No, I can't continue like this anymore. I want to surrender, I want to surrender to the officers and soldiers."

Miao Mei was anxious: "Brother, you can't surrender. The officers and soldiers like to surrender the most... If you go and surrender, you will die without a lifetime."

"I don't care, I must surrender." Wang Zuogao jumped up: "I don't believe that the officers and soldiers are going to surrender. This is all your make-up. In order to deceive me and rebel with you, you kept lying to me with words... and deceived me into the current land. This time I don't believe you no matter what I say..."

Wang Zuogao rushed out of the broken house, let go of his voice and shouted at the bandits outside, "Brothers... come here and listen to me... we can't wander like this anymore... Let's be good people again? Let's go with me and beg for surrender to the officers and soldiers."

His roar was like throwing a stone on the calm lake, and ripples rippled out among the bandits one after another...

"Beg for surrender?"

"Be a good person?"

Countless pairs of eyes that had lost their magic looked at their leader together. Many unexplained and unexplained emotions spread among the crowd... It was really painful, especially with leaders like Wang Zuoguai... They were already tired and tired, but they had no way to go. Now the leader said he wanted to surrender... Is this really a way out?

The crowd began to whisper: "Brother said he was going to surrender, what do you think?"

"I think... there should be a chance..."

"Since ancient times, the government's attitude towards large-scale thieves has always been the main evil, and the followers will not investigate. The first evil is the eldest brother, and the followers are us. Even if the eldest brother is beheaded by the government, we will not investigate..."

"Okay, let's surrender..."

Thousands of people were posing the same little abacus in their hearts, many raised their hands, and many people shouted together: "Okay, surrender... let's surrender..."

Seeing that most people supported surrender, Wang Zuobu immediately felt refreshed and was happy that his decision was supported. He couldn't help laughing wildly: "Surrender...Surrender...I will not be a rebel...I can be a good citizen again...hahahaha..."

In the crowd, Miao Mei slowly moved her pace and walked towards the edge of the bandit group. He knew that Wang Zuoguai could not persuade her to come back, but he would never be willing to surrender. Instead of taking the path of death without life, it would be better to go and try again.

"Farewell...Brother!" Miao Mei sighed deeply: "Brother is parting ways with you here..."

Behind Miao Mei, a group of people followed silently, with Feishan Tiger and Big Red Wolf among them, and there were hundreds of young and strong men who dared to fight and fight. Like Miao Mei, they sighed deeply at Wang Zuogao, and then turned around and left...
Chapter completed!