stubborn thief

Chapter 185 Longevity Girl

After a rain, Nanniwan was flooded again.

The Lion Camp made a difficult journey to Lion Bay, and the Liu family from Heilongshan met again.

One year, the Liu family didn't sit together and have a good meal for a whole year.

Even on August [-]th last year, when the Lion Camp was stationed at Dawang Mountain, Liu Chengzong only ate half a meal at Zhuantianmao, and rushed back to have two meals with his subordinates.

This time he was finally able to have a good meal with his family, but not all his family members ate with him.

Mr. Liu is temporarily living in the cave dwellings in Shiziwan. There used to be villages in this area, but the houses are in disrepair and cannot be lived in. Only a few cave dwellings can be cleaned up.

Fortunately, the kiln yard is spacious, and there are three tables, one for the Liu family, one for Zhang Tianlin, Luo Rucai and other leaders, and the other for the leaders' guards.

Somehow, Li Bei went to the table.

Hey, this defeated general is sitting at the table in their house, with his father on the left and Yang Dingrui on the right, taking the right seat.

Moreover, Li Bei is very familiar with his father and Mr. Yang.

A dead man with a household registration in Daming, sitting among a group of rebels, how should I put it, expresses his ease naturally.

It seems that Li Bei is used to living with the Liu family, but he is definitely not used to eating with Liu Shizi.

Liu Chengzong knew this well.

Li Bei couldn't let go of losing under his hands, and he couldn't forget that Li Bei almost trained Ren Quan'er to become a master assassin.

Moreover, during the banquet, every time Liu Chengzong wanted to lead the topic to where to go in the future, his father and Mr. Yang would divert the topic.

So the meal was barely eaten.

Waited until evening, after dinner, Liu Chengzong came out from home, his elder brother Liu Chengzu caught up with him, the two brothers climbed up the mountain, sat on the rock and watched the sky full of stars, Liu Chengzong's mood was slightly better.

Liu Chengzu said: "Xingzi River is fine. Manager Lin sent someone to tell you to rest assured that more than 400 shi of winter wheat has been harvested, and there are still [-] shi for rent."

It is a very happy thing that Xingzihe Wangzhuang is fine.

However, Liu Chengzong had the final say, the frost killed the wheat at the beginning of this year, and the production reduction was very serious.

There are [-] mu of self-owned land and [-] mu of donated land. They are all well-irrigated and rare good fields in northern Shaanxi, so they took this stuff.

He sighed and said, "Don't expect to help other people with this little food, it's enough to feed the farmer."

Liu Chengzu was very optimistic, nodded and said: "I think it's okay. There are only more than 600 people over there, and there is still plenty of self-sufficiency. Send a batch of farm tools over next month, and the land can be cultivated here."

"What's more, it's not that there will be no farming in the future, this year's weather is okay."

Liu Chengzong nodded and didn't say much.

Only then did the elder brother smile and said, "Do you still think about the dinner at home? Mr. Dahe Yang is trying to win over Li Bei, and wants him to be used by us."

"Will that work!"

Liu Chengzong turned his head and said: "How much does he know about us? Thousands of households, two Wangzhuangs, and this, he knows all of them. If you want to be an official, you rely on these things."

"What can I do, kill him?"

Liu Chengzu laughed, and said: "When I withdrew from Xingzi River, I thought about killing it, but I was afraid of causing trouble for you. Since I can only keep it, let's try it."

Liu Chengzong understood what his brother meant by causing trouble.

Even in today's Lion Camp, the surrendered soldiers from Li Bei's tribe are still the main force of the soldiers.

"It's troublesome to keep such a person. In fact, it's still my fault. I didn't have the guts or confidence at the time."

Liu Chengzong sighed and shook his head: "Like now, He Huchen will let him go as soon as he says so. Don't be afraid of him."

Fighting Li Bei was really a fateful battle. Even when he recalls it now, Liu Chengzong still has lingering fears.

Since that battle, the lion battalion, which has been reorganized in winter, has the strength to confront the army of thousands of soldiers head-on.

Liu Chengzu smiled and asked: "I see that you have been wanting to talk about the future, and you already have a plan in your heart? What are you going to do next?"

Liu Chengzong shook his head.

He looked up at the starry sky, then lowered his head, changed into a comfortable sitting position on the rock, and said, "It's not what I plan to do now, King Qin's army won the victory in Gyeonggi, recovered the four cities of Yongping, and the imperial court made a move." Come on, it's time to deal with Shaanxi with all our strength."

"Officials in Shaanxi wrote a letter to jointly govern the two provinces, and officials in Shanxi criticized Shaanxi for being unfavorable in preventing bandits. This year is really tiring, and it will be even more tiring in the future."

Liu Chengzong did the math, since the Chongzhen incident in the second year to now, he has led the team to run more than 3000 miles in the two provinces of Shaanxi and Shanshan. If you count the suppression of bandits in Yonghe County, he has fought more than [-] battles.

Almost either at war or on the way to war.

"The imperial court united the two provinces, and the trick of jumping around at the junction will not work. I can still play for a year this year, so I am a little undecided now."

After Liu Chengzong finished speaking, Liu Chengzu nodded slowly, and asked seriously: "Can't make up your mind?"

"The biggest problem in front of me now is food and grass. There are 6000 people in the Lion Camp, more than 2000 war horses, and more than 3000 donkeys and mules. The day before the transport, I calculated the account for me. These things need to eat 560 stone grains a day."

Liu Chengzong raised his hand, said a very outrageous number, and then said: "Even if the animals are stocked, they still need [-] shi of grain every day, so..."

Speaking of this, he was very annoyed. He had obviously restrained himself from recruiting soldiers, but he inevitably took this path in the end.

This is the road in which the army was urged by rations.

"You can't keep soldiers in one place, they have to be separated."

Liu Chengzu has different experiences in this area. His people have always been scattered, and the total number of people is quite large, but the food pressure has always been very small, but he laughed himself when he said it, and said: "But if you divide it, you may not have it." Soldiers."

This was so funny, Liu Chengzu couldn't even explain what was going on, he just felt that the biggest vampire around him was his younger brother.

And this vampire was raised by him.

The little lion has always paid a lot for the family, so from the beginning of attracting the firepower of the army, Liu Chengzu has been providing new blood for the lion camp behind the scenes.

First the veterans of Gao Xian were sent out, then Chengyun, then Liu Guoneng, and finally Yang Yanchang.

Think about last year, for two or three months, Liu Chengzu once became the largest peasant army ally near Yan'an Fucheng, and Zhang Tianlin, Monk Wang, Li Wanqing, Liu Guoneng, Yang Yanchang and others gathered under his command to listen to him.

But he has never objected to blood transfusions for the Lion Camp, asking for troops and people for people.

Losing or losing, these old brothers who joined forces with him have become the second-line troops of the Lion Camp.

Directly make the second brother the most powerful anti-thief leader in Shaanxi.

Now there are only a thousand people left in Liu Chengzu's headquarters, and many of them are newly recruited refugees.

Liu Chengzong said: "I'm also thinking about this matter. Now the Lion Camp is already the target of public criticism. Once the imperial court unites the two provinces, it will not be so easy to get food."

"So I want to take advantage of the present and send people to Qingyang and Weibei to get food. Governor Yang in Guyuan didn't know soldiers. Hong Chengchou, who was guarding Hancheng, was a soldier, but he went to Yansui Town. These two places It's all safe."

"But this is by no means a long-term solution. If the imperial court suppresses me in Shaanxi, I will occupy the junction of Shanxi and Shanxi. If the imperial court jointly governs the two provinces of Shanxi and Shanxi, it needs to jump to the third province. But where is the third province now?"

Shanxi is the only province adjacent to northern Shaanxi.

Liu Chengzu took a deep breath, sighed long, and said: "Actually, Mr. Yang and his father have also thought about this matter. They mentioned several directions, but I didn't tell you because I think there are some short-term things that can't be done. If there is something that can be done, you won’t accept it.”

Will not adopt?

Liu Chengzong tilted his head and asked: "Brother, tell me that you won't accept it."

"Going west, the Lion Camp has sufficient troops and strong combat power. Guyuan is short of troops in the west, so it can't stop you. The situation in Lintao is similar. Gansu is an unlucky place where enemies are everywhere. If you don't mess with them, they won't move you. .”

After Liu Chengzu finished speaking, he then pointed to the west: "Rush all the way to Qinghai, dominate the place where Haitarzi rest and recuperate, and wait for the situation to change."

On the other side of Qinghai is the territory of the Tumote Ministry, to the east and north is Gansu Town, and to the south is Uszang.

Let's put it this way, in northern Shaanxi, anyone who doesn't have a big brain can't bring up this matter.

Liu Chengzong was dumbfounded: "Who came up with the idea?"

"Mr. Yang, Mr. Yang said it was royal, but he wouldn't have thought about it two months ago, but now the Lion Camp is indeed capable of fighting over it. It gathers more than ten thousand people and horses to migrate there. Talents are needed, talents are needed. Generals have generals, so it may not be possible to do that big thing, but you can pretend to be king, and it is not impossible to set up a court of the Liu family."

With this strength, you can claim the title of king?

But Liu Chengzong thought about it carefully, and it is indeed possible.

The frontier soldiers under him, so far not everyone has experience in fighting frontier soldiers, but I am afraid that all of them have a lot of experience in fighting Mongols.

Old opponent, too familiar.

But this thing is outrageous. Open the door to outrageous.

Under the moonlight, Liu Chengzong's expression was extremely strange, he thought for a while and said, "I can't say this idea."

Liu Chengzu nodded and said: "I had the same reaction as you when I first heard it. You said it can't be done? It can be done, and there are many benefits. Backed by Gansu, while recruiting deserters from Gansu, and fighting the Mongols at the same time, the imperial court will be endless Keep adding troops to Gansu, and Gansu will have a steady stream of deserters.”

"And I heard that there is no drought there, but the biggest shortcoming, and the reason why I don't think you will adopt it, is that it can do great things."

Liu Chengzu said: "That can only do a big job, build a small court, and it will be impossible to do more. Even when the Central Plains changes, there may be no news."

Liu Chengzong blinked, this is not a problem for him!
When did the Central Plains change, he knew it.

Although I don't know the exact year, but ten years after Chongzhen is the time to set the world.

But even so, this plan is still quite outrageous.

If you run that far, you will basically withdraw from the struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains.

This made him very interested in the other short-term unreliable directions that his brother said.

Going to Qinghai is not outrageous, so what is outrageous?

He asked: "Brother, what do you think the other directions are? Tell me and let me hear."

"Mr. Yang proposed three directions in total."

Liu Chengzu spread his hands and counted: "The first one, and the most likely to be achieved, is the Qinghai I just mentioned."

"The second is to occupy Hanzhong first, and then enter Chengdu, which is also a royal land; the third is to occupy Lu'an Mansion in Shanxi first, then enter Henan through Huaiqing, and finally occupy Nanyang."

Liu Chengzong felt very strange, and asked: "Brother, what makes you think that these two are more strange than going to Qinghai?"

"The other two plans are not surprising, and going to Qinghai is strange, but these two plans are too difficult."

Liu Chengzu said: "Only by going to Qinghai can we survive. How do you feel about fighting in Huanglong Mountain this time?"

Liu Chengzong shook his head decisively: "It's not bad, I don't want to fight on the mountain road in my life."

"Mr. Yang said that Hanzhong is hundreds of miles from east to west and forty miles from north to south. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides. The mountain road is two to three hundred miles away from Sichuan and Xi'an. In such places, as long as you lose a battle, you will be gone."

"Even if you get into Sichuan by chance, Sichuan has just experienced more than ten years of war, and there are veterans and veterans everywhere. I don't know the place where I live, what do you think the chances of surviving are?"

Liu Chengzong didn't speak, nodded and asked, "What about Nanyang?"

"Shanxi is also surrounded by mountains. Henan is a good place to go. Cao Guan is from Henan, but he hasn't been home for more than ten years. He was still young when he left home, so he couldn't help much."

"There is no drought in Henan right now, just think about how the hungry people rushed into Heilong Mountain. The rich gentry are the people's reliance. Are you ready to fight the people?"

"But it's not too difficult to fight this way, but there is no way out. The local court can mobilize troops to suppress it in all directions, which will be more tiring than running around."

Speaking of this, Liu Chengzu said with a smile: "Maybe we can't even get the title of king, and our family will be gone."

In fact, Nanyang is really a good place.

Stand there, go south to Huguang, west to Sichuan, and make it a rich land.

But Liu Chengzong also shook his head and said: "It's just that it's not chaotic enough now. If we want to stand firm now, we have to be close to the nine sides. The elite soldiers who have no food and clothing on the border are the biggest help."

If they leave Nine Sides, they will lose this support.

But not leaving Jiubian also means receiving the worst beating.

Liu Chengzu spread his hands and said: "So in terms of decision-making, the family really can't help."

"It's still useful. I've been staring at this three-acre land in northern Shaanxi all day long. Looking at Mr. Yang's height, I'm looking at the world directly. What I'm doing is planning for a few years or even ten years later."

Liu Chengzong admired: "These two roads will be of great use for many years to come. You can be a king in Sichuan, but it's still the same sentence. Unless you take Guanzhong or Huguang first, you will not be able to enter and exit Sichuan."

"So I think the two roads mentioned by Mr. Yang can be combined. When Guanzhong no longer poses a threat to us, first take Nanyang, then go down to Huguang, take Sichuan in the west, and split the world in half along the Taihang Mountains. "

Liu Chengzong smiled dreamily, raised his hand and said, "The west belongs to us, and the east belongs to the emperor. Brother, do you remember that poem? Feng Yansi's."

Liu Chengzu thought for a while: "You mean long-lived girl?"

"Yes, she is the long-lived girl who occupies the western part of the world and goes from Taihang Mountain to North Zhili to meet the emperor every year."

Liu Chengzong jumped down from the rock happily, clapped and sang while dancing, and the singing sound spread far in the mountains.

"A spring feast, a glass of green wine and singing again. I would like to pay my respects to Chen three more wishes: first, I wish my husband a thousand years;

　good evening!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)