"Four bosses, it's bad, there's a fight!" Du Zitong was drinking alone. He heard rapid footsteps coming from outside. A small leader had already rushed into the house, out of breath: "They
....They started fighting."
Du Zitong's heart trembled, and he took his knife and said angrily: "I am waiting for them, calling the brothers to fight with them to the death."
"No." The little boss explained hurriedly: "Yes...it was a fight at the warehouse."
"storehouse?"
"Leader Song went to get the food, but the white leader refused to give him food. After the two sides argued, they started to take action." The little leader said: "Then several other people rushed to the warehouse to snatch the food."
Du Zitong was shocked.
The total number of people in Baimuzhai, old and young, is five thousand, distributed in various villages on the mountain. Each village is managed by a small leader, and there are fifteen or sixteen small leaders in total.
Every month, Baimuzhai receives food from Heishui Village and stores it in a small granary on the mountain. Every five days, each village receives food from the granary and returns it to the village. After all, in life on the mountain, food is the most precious resource.
, so the management is also extremely strict.
The white leader was the little leader responsible for managing the grain depot in Baimuzhai. He was responsible for receiving food from Heishui Village and distributing food to various villages in Baimuzhai.
Du Zitong has been worried about the lack of food and grass in the mountains for the past two days, and even ordered the white leader to reduce the proportion of food distributed and try to maintain it for as long as possible. Although he knew that this was just a last resort, he could not think of any other way.
At this time, when I heard that something happened at the grain depot, I knew that big trouble was coming.
He did not dare to delay, and led a dozen people to the granary in a hurry. Before he got close to the granary, he heard shouting from the other side. He looked up and saw a chaos at the granary.
, it was crowded and densely packed, and I saw a group of people coming here carrying sacks of food. I sneered, stepped forward with a knife in hand, and said sternly: "What are you doing?"
The bandits bumped into Du Zitong head-on, and seeing Du Zitong's murderous look on his face, they were all afraid and did not dare to come again. However, there was still a lot of noise at the granary. Du Zitong said coldly: "Put down the food and stay here." They ran to the granary.
In front of him, he shouted sternly: "Everyone stop it!"
He yelled with all his strength, but still couldn't cover up the noise. Fortunately, many people were afraid when they saw Du Zi pass through and didn't dare to move any more. Others soon noticed that Yi was strange and saw
Du Zitong, all the troops stopped.
Du Zitong saw that the door of the granary had been opened, and a lot of food had been snatched from inside. Dozens of people were lying on the ground. Although no one was dead, they were all injured. Many people were screaming on the ground, which seemed abnormal.
Embarrassed.
"Fourth Leader...!" A man was snatched out from the crowd. His head had been broken and his blood was dripping. He said aggrievedly: "They are robbing food. Fourth Leader, these people are going to rebel."
Although this man's face was covered in blood, Du Zitong recognized him at a glance as the white-haired man in charge of the grain depot, and said coldly: "What on earth is going on?"
"Fourth Leader, you don't blame us." A young leader took two steps forward and said, "The man named Bai withheld food, and we came to collect the food. He only gave less than two days' worth of food for three days, and he said
There isn’t much food, so you don’t need to get it next time.”
"That's right, the food in my village has bottomed out, and everyone is waiting for the rice to be put into the pot." Another leader said angrily: "It's okay for adults, but the children have no food to eat, how can everyone not be angry?"
The white-headed leader pointed to the granary and said: "You have all seen it, there is so much grain in it, and there are more than a dozen villages on the mountain. If everyone collected it like before, the granary would be empty today."
"You are in charge of the food. If there is no food to eat, we will ask you for it." Someone shouted: "You deserve to be beaten if you don't have enough food to eat."
"Shut up, everyone." Du Zitong saw that everyone was starting to commotion again and said sternly: "Open your eyes and see. He is right. There is so much food on the mountain. After eating, it's time to chew the bark. It's not that he doesn't give food.
, there is no food to send." He raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Heishui Village, and said loudly: "There is a large amount of grain stored in the warehouse of Heishui Village, enough to last for the first half of the year. If you have the ability, go there to grab grain."
Everyone looked at each other, and some couldn't help but said: "Fourth Leader, my brothers are working hard with you, and you always want everyone to have enough to eat. Now we are trapped on the mountain. We can see the officers and soldiers on the mountain, and we can't go down. Are we just going to wait like this?"
Starve to death in the mountains?”
Although the various villages in Heishan seem to have calmed down, Long Rui's army has not retreated. It is only a dozen miles away from Heishan. Thousands of officers and soldiers are stationed there, and it seems that the officers and soldiers have no intention of withdrawing for a while.
Not only did they set up camp there, they even cut down trees from the surrounding areas and built wooden fences around the camp. Not only that, the officers and soldiers trained in the camp every day without interruption. These days, many people found places to observe the officers and soldiers' camp on the mountain.
Seeing the officers and soldiers training in neat formations, with cavalry, swordsmen and archers having their own divisions of labor, I felt fearful in my heart.
Du Zitong knew that if he continued like this, Baimuzhai would collapse without an attack, and the trouble would be bad, and even his men would directly rebel. He was heartbroken and said loudly: "If you have the guts, prepare now and follow me down the mountain tonight."
We are attacking the officers and soldiers’ camp. If we don’t want to be trapped on the mountain, we will break out.”
"Break through?" Someone immediately objected: "Four leaders, I'm afraid this won't work. Our belongings are all on the mountain. Even if we leave our belongings alone, what should we do with the women, children, the old and the weak? There are thousands of officers and soldiers, and hundreds more.
The cavalry, even if we all go out in force, there are not as many as them. They are well-trained. If we take our wives, children, and children to attack the camp, aren't we asking for death?"
"What if we succeed in breaking through with our little family?" Someone immediately continued: "Go south, and when you reach the grassland, you will find the Long Rui Army's camp. If we continue to break through their camp, where else can these thousands of people go?
go?"
Others were also talking about it.
"Fourth Master, it's not that we don't want to follow you, but going down the mountain now means death." Someone sighed: "Even if I really have to die, I would rather die on this mountain."
Everyone couldn't help but nod.
When Du Zitong saw this, cold sweat broke out on his back. It was a lie that he wanted to lead everyone to break out. At this point, he was already at the end of his rope. He just thought that after everyone came down the mountain, he could find a chance to escape while taking advantage of the chaos. After all, there were rovers at the foot of the mountain day and night.
Patrolling, if you leave the others and go down the mountain alone, you will be discovered immediately.
Xuanyuan Chong has already killed Zhou Hongji, and except for Baimuzhai, the other four villages have fallen under his control. If he falls into Xuanyuan Chong's hands, he only feels that he will definitely die.
After all, I have been at odds with Xuanyuan Chong over the years. Many people on the mountain know that there is some rift between the second master and the fourth master. Moreover, a few days ago, I personally led the troops to attack Huangtu Village and even killed many people in Huangtu Village.
The blood feud between him and Xuanyuan Chong was finally concluded.
The most important thing in the world of Jianghu is that grievances must be repaid. If you have a deadly feud with Xuanyuan Chong and fall into his hands, there is no way to survive.
"Fourth Master, I heard that the Second Master has killed the First Master, and now Blackwater Village is also in the hands of the Second Master." Someone bravely said: "The Second Master has always been a man of justice and takes good care of his brothers. If we surrender to him
, the second boss will definitely adjust the food for us."
As soon as this person finished speaking, many people agreed.
Now that Du Zitong knows what happened, people are against him. These people are also characters who lick blood. If they are forced into a desperate situation, they will do anything.
"What you said makes sense." Du Zitong nodded slightly and said, "Let me think about it again. If you insist on it for two more days, it won't be a problem for the food to last for another three or two days. I'm thinking about how to make peace with the second master. You all
Don't worry, as long as I'm here, you will always be safe and sound." Leader Xiang Baitou said, "Brothers need to eat food. It is only natural that it is your fault this time. Come with me and discuss how to ask for food from the second master." No.
Say too much, turn around and leave.
The white leader could only limp and follow Du Zitong back to the inner village. Du Zitong then pulled out his knife and slashed hard at a chair, splitting the chair in half.
"Fourth Leader...!" The white-headed leader was frightened when he saw this.
Du Zitong turned around and whispered: "These bastards know that if I fall into Xuanyuan Chong's hands, I will definitely die, but they still want to let me make peace with Xuanyuan Chong. This is to exchange my life for them."
own life."
The white-headed leader was in charge of Baimuzhai's granary and was naturally Du Zitong's confidant. He came closer and whispered: "Fourth Leader, it's not completely out of control now, but in two days, the food will be exhausted. This group of people really can't do anything."
It can be done. Many of them are still thinking about Er... thinking about Xuanyuan Chong, just in case they...!"
"I understand." Du Zitong nodded slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said: "We can't stay in Montenegro any longer. What do you think we should do next?"
The white-headed leader smiled bitterly and said: "There is nothing I can do. Going down the mountain will only lead to death. Staying on the mountain will only lead to death."
"Do you want to live?" Du Zitong asked in a low voice.
The white-headed leader hurriedly said: "Of course I think so."
"Okay." Du Zitong said softly: "Since these bastards are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. Shengshui, find some trustworthy brothers. Let's take the gold and silver and leave tonight."
"Go?" Bai Shengshui said in astonishment, "Where are we going?"
Du Zitong: "Let's go to the back mountain, climb over the back mountain, and go directly to the True Feather Department. I went to the True Feather Department a few years ago and bought some sheep from them. I know one of their special agents. I can't go south.
Let’s go north.”
"But Mahabe will take us in?"
"The True Feathers have always coveted the Black Mountains." Du Zitong sneered: "They control the Black Mountains, and there is a vast plain to the south. However, there are people who have always occupied the Black Mountains. They know nothing about the terrain on the mountains and have not dared to act rashly. We went to the True Feathers.
, tell them that you can help them seize Montenegro, and if you do so, they will definitely treat you like a guest." He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said: "Xuanyuan Chong has forced me to the point of desperation, so we will use Zhen Yubu to avenge our shame."