Guancheng is not big and cannot accommodate so many people. However, there are several villages outside Guanmen, and they can barely accommodate the five or six thousand soldiers and horses who arrived first and more than 30,000 scrolls.
Tong Jianye hinted several times that he planned to stay in Guancheng. Huang Tengyuan pretended not to understand and arranged his two thousand troops and family in Sanhuang Village outside Guancheng.
Chen Xing watched the unhappy Tong Jianye lead his people out of the gate and went to the village below for resettlement. He said to Huang Tengyuan: "Sir, this man doesn't look like a kind person, so it's better to be careful.
We only have more than 1,300 direct troops, which is not as many as theirs. In this mutiny, we plundered many gentry families and gained a lot. The wealth is very attractive, so be careful that they have other ideas."
Huang Tengyuan said: "This time, our brothers have restrained themselves very well. They did not kill the people indiscriminately. They only robbed the gentry who owned the fertile land and mansions. It can be regarded as robbing the rich and giving to the poor. Unlike other rebels, who are completely like gangsters.
All this money is for the survival of the brothers. If anyone dares to think about it, I will kill him alive."
"Sir, have you found a way out?" Chen Xing asked.
"It has been arranged. Wu Zhenpu from Qingshui Pass has already gone with two hundred brothers in advance. It should have arrived by now. This time, we have money and food to eat. We are not short of anything. When we arrived at the abandoned fort,
We can settle down and have enough time to sow a crop of winter wheat."
Chen Xing said excitedly: "That's great. I don't want to be so arrogant anymore. Once I'm out of isolation, the world is vast and I can rebuild my home."
Among the rebels who are here now, 1,300 are Huang Dengyuan's troops, 2,000 are Tong Jianye's troops, and the remaining 2,7800 are more than a dozen groups of relatively scattered rebels. Originally, they were very loose.
They gathered together. Under the current circumstances, these people couldn't tell who they listened to.
When the situation was overwhelming before, they were willing to act under orders because they had common interests and wanted to grab more money and food. Now that the rebels have been defeated, it is hard to say what they are thinking.
Huang Tengyuan is not greedy for soldiers and horses. A person who is not of the same mind has no advantages but only disadvantages. Too many people will only cause chaos. He just wants to take his own people away.
After walking such a long way and not daring to stop, everyone is very tired and in urgent need of repair.
At this time, it was already past noon, and everyone's stomachs were already growling with hunger. There were old people and children in many houses. At this time, everyone in Guancheng and in the villages outside began to cook rice, ready to have a bite of Ansheng.
Eat, and then have a good sleep.
After all, they were already outside the pass, and there was the Da'ankou Pass wall behind them. They were all outside the Great Wall, and they didn't have to worry about pursuing troops.
Anyway, this Da'ankou was Huang Tengyuan's defense area. If the imperial troops came after them, Huang Tengyuan and his men would still be guarding the pass, and the officers and soldiers would not be able to open the pass on the Great Wall for a while.
Huang Tengyuan's three sons were sent to Qingshui Pass early to go outside the Great Wall with the soldiers and horses there. He first prepared his own escape route and arranged the family's incense. As for the final outcome of this turmoil
No matter how it ends, he will not let his family be exterminated.
Huang Tengyuan returned to the Yamen of Da'ankou Pass. He had just sat down, preparing to have a peaceful meal with his wife and daughter. Then he picked up his rice bowl and saw Chen Xing opening the door curtain and walking in.
"Sir, Tong Jianye sent his brother-in-law here, saying that he is inviting you to a banquet to discuss important matters."
Huang Tengyuan put down the bowl so quickly that he was a little surprised. This place is not a safe place. In less than three days, the army will definitely come after him. With those heavy artillery, this city cannot be defended.
Stay here for three days. One is to run around for the past few days. They are exhausted and urgently need repair. The other is to gather other rebels who have fallen behind. After all, there are thousands of people running this way.
Huang Tengyuan will only stay here for three days, and he will be able to escape as much as he wants. He doesn't plan to take these people to the place he has prepared. Waiting for them for three days can be regarded as following him to rebel, and he has exhausted his benevolence and justice.
He doesn't have that much money to feed these people.
At this time, people are in panic. Before, they were just running for their lives and had no time to think about where to go. Now that they have settled down, their minds must be active. Everyone has his own little ninety-nine.
At this time, Tong Jianye asked him to go to dinner, and he knew from his bottom that he had some ideas about where to go.
After all, he also knows that this Guancheng cannot be defended. Sooner or later, he will have to continue running.
But after leaving the Great Wall and going deep into the grasslands, the possibility of the officers and soldiers continuing to pursue them was very small.
"Sir, could it be that Tong Jianye wants to follow us, or he has somewhere good to go?" Chen Xing said.
"We can't take them with us. There are so many of them. If we take them with us to the edge of the field, the good place I have painstakingly arranged will become their territory. We old brothers will have to make a living under their hands." Huang Tengyuan said. "
I did such stupid things because my mind was filled with phlegm."
"Sir, do you want to go? Our people are all in Guancheng. We won't be afraid of them once we close the city gate."
Huang Tengyuan slapped the table and said, "Go and listen to what medicine he has in his gourd."
"Sir, my subordinate will go with you with three hundred soldiers. If they have bad intentions, we must be prepared."
Huang Tengyuan shook his head and said: "They won't come hard. They still expect us to block the pursuers. This is not the time to fight with us. I can just bring fifty personal cavalry. You are here
Keep the door closed and accept the soldiers and family papers that are coming one after another."
Huang Tengyuan and his party rode out of Guanmen and headed straight for Sanhuang Village.
Several villages outside the pass were so frightened that they fled into the mountains when they heard that the rebels had been mobilized. Several villages had become empty villages. At this time, Sanhuang Village was very noisy. After all, too many people came, and this small village
There is no room for people to live in the village, and even the Tutu Temple is overcrowded.
"Brother Tong, are you settling in well here?" Huang Tengyuan said jokingly.
"This shabby place is okay. It's more comfortable than the city." Tong Jianye greeted him at the door with a few confidants. He said with a bit of sourness in his mouth.
"Brother Tong, how about I evacuate all the people and let's change places, and you can take two thousand troops to garrison Guancheng." Huang Tengyuan said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Tong Jianye immediately shook his head like a rattle.
The houses in Guancheng were good, and there were more than a dozen piles of grain. He was jealous, but after asking him to take his own people to cut off everyone, he would do such a stupid thing after his brain was kicked by a donkey.