The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 96 Is a Crisis and a Challenge
But at this time, Jiang Tao was on his way back to the base. At the beginning, he only brought Tiger Leopard Cavalry, Black Tiger Guards, and Hu Yidao's new barracks. Jiang Tao only led the tiger and leopard to ride first.

Under Jiang Feng's guidance, Jiang Tao took all the difficult paths, but he arrived at the secret base in two days. It turned out that Heihuzhai was only a hundred miles away from the base, but was blocked by mountains, so he had to detour twice as much along the way. Walking like this is still a narrow path, and people and horses can barely pass.

I saw that the base was hidden in the middle of the mountains, the entrance was one mile wide, and ten miles away from the entrance was a river, the torrential river flowing eastward.

Wrapped in silver everywhere, the ice is as clean as a mirror and the mountains are white.

Jiang Tao praised in his heart. The forest in the distance is as deep as the sea, and there are thousands of strange rocks; the primitive wildness, the beauty is too beautiful, there are mountains and waters. It is really a good place. He is immersed in the beautiful scenery, but he does not want to hear the laughter of his uncle: " Hei Hu'er, get into the house quickly, don't freeze to death."

Jiang Tao woke up suddenly. Hearing his uncle's kind voice, he felt very guilty. He lowered his head and whispered, "Uncle, my nephew is incompetent. My sister and Jiang Lang took hundreds of people out to play at night, and there is no news so far... "

"Ah, this child is really messing around." Jiang Zhong couldn't hear the overtones, almost couldn't stand still, and sighed: "Forget it, it should be a catastrophe, ignore her, why did you bring these people?"

"It's better to go back to the house before it's too late." Jiang Tao hurried to help Jiang Zhong, and the two walked into the house together.

At the entrance stands a five-meter-high and three-meter-wide stone wall, which is sandwiched between two large mountains. There are more than a hundred armored guards guarding the stone wall, and they are busy saluting Jiang Tao and others. The entire base has an area of ​​tens of square kilometers, and there is also a natural lake. Most of the houses are grass and wood structures. There are more than a thousand of them, but they are well-arranged. Many places have laid foundations. Obviously, snow has delayed the construction. house.

Jiang Tao nodded, but he was worried in his heart. If it snowed for ten days and a half months, the Heihu army in Heihuzhai would be sad. He couldn't help asking: "Uncle, what is the long river not far from here?"

Although Jiang Zhong was still worried about his little daughter's safety, seeing his nephew talking about serious matters, he had no choice but to put it aside for now, and replied without thinking: "It's Shi He."

Shi He?

Jiang Tao's heart moved, Shihe was called Jueshui in ancient times.Originating at the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains in the south of Jinzhai County, Anhui Province, the drainage basin spans Henan and Anhui provinces, with a drainage area of ​​[-] square kilometers, including [-] square kilometers in Anhui and [-] square kilometers in Henan.

Moreover, Jiang Tao was startled when it was connected to the Huaihe River. Wouldn't it be very simple if Manqing attacked from the waterway? It seems that this place is not as safe as he imagined.

No, the naval army must be developed, and its strength must be strengthened as soon as possible. As long as it is strong, there is no need to be afraid of the Tartars attacking. Instead, it is Kangxi's children who are worried.

Jiang Tao took a deep breath and asked, "Isn't that very close to Jinzhai County?"

"Come on, let's talk about it after entering the house. This is the Black Tiger Hall just set up." Jiang Zhong led Jiang Tao into a courtyard, pointed to the largest red brick building in front of him and said, and asked two armored guards to lead the tiger and leopard to ride. rest.

Jiang Tao strode into the room and felt a strong sense of warmth. He saw that the Heihutang had an area of ​​[-] square meters, and the floor was inlaid with red bricks, which was very flat.

On the wall directly in front is a plaque with four golden characters "Anti-Qing and Fuming", and a large-scale map hangs below it. The states, counties, mountains and rivers are clearly visible. In addition to the main seat of the Grand Master chair covered in white tiger skin, there are also More than a dozen chairs were neatly arranged, and a large brazier with a diameter of one meter was placed in the middle.

"Hey, why didn't you see Third Uncle?" Jiang Tao leaned in front of the map, looking for his current location.

"Brother Cheng is really talented. With him, uncle is much more relaxed. Now that the weather is suddenly cold, he is leading the young and strong to burn charcoal." Jiang Zhong said briskly.

Seeing Jiang Tao checking the map, he came to him, pointed to a place on the map and said, "We are here now, within fifty miles across the river is Jinzhai County."

"What? It's so close, wouldn't it be easy for the imperial court to call over, and then we will be passive, and how can our territory be connected to Shihe?" Jiang Tao was shocked. He didn't expect that he had come to the territory of Anhui , I saw that the base is in the middle of Bodaoling, Xiaoniuzhai, Songxiangzhai, Lujiuyan, Changling and Jiujiaojian. Not only is the Shihe River ten miles away from the exit, but there is also a tributary of the Shihe River at the other end, passing through the mountains , flowing to the main channel of the Shi River.

In this way, there are two exits from the secret base, one is a dry road and the other is a waterway. How can there be any secrets?

Jiang Tao's original intention was to develop in a secret base for two years in a low-key way, and then he will become stronger. According to the current form, he will not be able to keep a low profile.

"It doesn't matter, there is a water bandit leader in this river, nicknamed Death Wants Money, and there are more than a thousand elite water bandits under him. He doesn't interfere with the river water with his uncle, so it doesn't matter if he is here." Jiang Zhong said lightly.

"This?" Jiang Tao was puzzled.

"Hehe, with this person here, even the people from the government have to pay for crossing the river, and the price is very high. Although the government hates it deeply, there is nothing they can do about it. Although he is arrogant, our Black Tiger Army is not easy to provoke, okay. So, I heard that you killed thousands of elite Tartar cavalry a few days ago, I am so happy, please tell Uncle about it." Jiang Zhong smiled lightly.

"Oh, it's actually all Wei Junshi's scheme, he..."

Jiang Tao briefly described the situation of burning the Tartars, but he was thinking about this water bandit leader who "wanted money". Although he blocked the officers and soldiers, he also blocked the development momentum of the Black Tiger Army, and he may not really If it can stop the army of Tartars, the lifeline of the Black Tiger Army cannot be controlled by others. This nail must be replaced by the nail of the Black Tiger Army.

"Good strategy, good talent, ah, no, Heihuer, if this happens, the emperor of Tartars will be furious, and he may send a large army to attack me at any time. The situation is not good!" Jiang Zhong was praising loudly at first, but Suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise.

"No way, didn't we just kill thousands of Tartars? We didn't occupy the prefectures and counties. Besides, Wu Sangui has already rebelled, so I'm afraid. I believe Kangxi will not give up everything." Jiang Tao said indifferently, these mountains are not It can be crossed casually.

"Hei Hu'er is confused, insulting the emperor is a heinous crime, the Emperor of Tartars will never let it go, we'd better make preparations early!" Jiang Zhong sighed, it seems that the leisurely days will not last long.

"Heihuer came here first to develop firearms, especially to cast a large number of self-generated firecrackers." Jiang Tao said seriously, but he knew that now there is another task, which is to develop the navy. The Black Tiger Army has water. Even if the army is defeated, it can withdraw troops calmly.

"All the craftsmen have made five thousand spears, and now they are making armor. I'm afraid they will be too busy."

Jiang Zhong said in a tactful tone, but he was not optimistic about firearms in his heart. Back then, Daming had far more muskets and cannons than the Manchu Tartars.

Hearing this, Jiang Tao said anxiously: "Stop making armor, now the situation is critical, we must make a weapon to kill the enemy as soon as possible, uncle rests for a while, nephew will go to the craftsman's camp."

"Forget it, uncle will accompany you for a while." Jiang Zhong was a little helpless, but he couldn't bear to pour cold water on his nephew, and thought to himself: "As a man of the Ming Dynasty, he doesn't want to be famous in history. It is enough to have this patriotism. Time to die.

(End of this chapter)