I rode on horseback and led more than 2,000 brothers who were falsely accused of being bandits and were willing to follow me toward Taihu Lake on an uninhabited path. We had no way to go. In this troubled world, there was already a Chinese army disrupting history. Now that the rules are in place, I will also build my own business and power to protect ourselves. I decided to go to Taihu Lake to develop and avoid the limelight. It is known as "36,000 hectares and 800 miles around". It has a large territory and is far away from Nanjing. It's relatively far away, and it's relatively safer than being a bandit near Nanjing, and none of the people who follow me are inexperienced, of course, I am an exception. I also let Zhao Zhilong go, after all, he was very cooperative, but he told me that the eunuch I killed turned out to be It was Wang Bao, a popular figure next to Emperor Zhu Yousong of the Southern Ming Dynasty. It is estimated that Zhao Zhilong's life will not be easy after he returns, but as long as he is not beheaded by the emperor, he is better than us Luocao.
Along the way, we asked brothers who were familiar with the road to lead us through remote mountain roads and wilderness areas. When we were hungry, we hunted, replenished our fish and gathered wild fruits and vegetables. When we had nothing to eat, we went to rich households to steal food. I guess it was because the rich households had been robbed. After reporting to the officer and giving us money, about five hundred Ming officers and soldiers caught up with us. The Ming officers and soldiers who came were all armed with long spears, and there were more than a dozen leaders on horseback. I don't know what generals they were.
I immediately asked everyone to line up in two large circles, and put the food, horses, old and young into the circle. I picked up my spear and charged forward on horseback alone.
When the leading general of the Ming army saw a madman, he immediately asked his soldiers to rush forward and kill him first. The soldiers rushed forward and stabbed me with their spears. The horse I was riding on had a few bloody holes in it and was about to fall down. I turned over and jumped over several rows of people. When I jumped down, more than a dozen guns were stabbed at me. I kicked the side of the gun head diagonally with my left foot and jumped up again with the help of my strength. The leading general of the Ming army saw this attack. The person who came up was a very skilled martial arts master. He jumped over as if he was flying. He was so frightened that he dismounted to avoid it.
I saw the leading general of the Ming army dismounted and ran into the group of soldiers. He chased after him with his gun, and killed a few soldiers who were blocking him. There were many soldiers around, so I jumped in the direction of the fleeing general of the Ming army. I only jumped. In two strokes, he reached the head of the leading general, raised the spear in his hand, opened his helmet and inserted it into his head.
When the other Ming army generals saw it, they galvanized their horses and ran away first. When the Ming army soldiers saw that their leader was dead, all the generals ran away. There was no reason not to run away, so they all dispersed in a rush. The two thousand brothers saw that the leader was brave. After retreating from the enemy, those who shouted long live ran over to collect the weapons discarded by the fleeing Ming army.
Maybe it was to establish our authority in the first battle, or maybe it was for other reasons. Until we arrived at Taihu Lake, no Ming army came to destroy us, and there was no movement from the Nanjing court. We asked people to go to the towns to inquire about the news, and the information they got was the same. Nothing major happened in Nanjing, and there was no sign of troops being dispatched.
I have never been to Taihu Lake. There are many waterways here and many islands in the lake. It is a good place to hide soldiers and leave grass. I placed more than 200 old and weak people on a relatively large island to farm and fish, and the rest More than 1,700 people were organized into two regiments, each regiment had three companies, each company had three platoons, each platoon had nine squads, and each squad had nine to twelve people.
I appointed Li Erdan and Zhao Qijin, who were relatively capable, good at swimming and had some martial arts skills that I had observed in the past few days, as the commanders of the first regiment and the second regiment respectively. The deputy commander of the first regiment asked the scholar Mo Mo, who had some experience and read military books, to be the commander of the first regiment. Xiao serves as the deputy commander of the second regiment, and the deputy commander of the second regiment is Li Gaoshun, who was a Jinshi but has an open mind. We also have Huang Ziya, a Jinshi who is familiar with the art of war, as our military advisor. He is not only knowledgeable and ambitious, but also Gu Yanwu, a great thinker in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. I am a classmate and friend. Unfortunately, my whole family was killed by bandits and they were arrested as gangsters. If it weren't for me, an outstanding talent would have been killed.
We inquired about the surrounding situation and learned that there is a water village in the northwest of Taihu Lake. The water village is across the lake from Wuxi City. The two places are 40 to 50 miles apart. I heard that standing on the water village tower,
You can see the top of Nahui Mountain in the west of Wuxi City. The water village is built of huge rocks and surrounded by lake water as a moat.
There are several cannons mounted on the walls surrounding the stockade, making it a stronghold that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. This stronghold was built by a famous water bandit leader in the past, a failed scholar nicknamed Wu Chi Confucius, and now there are only six people inside.
There are 700 people, many of whom are family members of water pirates. We can occupy that place as our base camp.
Since the water bandits in the water village are all ordinary people who have no choice but to survive, I first went to see if I could merge with their alliance, and then asked a smart and well-spoken platoon leader to go to the water village to convey my intention.
Soon the platoon leader came back and said that the leaders in the water village were willing to merge with us and wrote a letter. I took the letter and it probably contained the following: Li Gang, the leader of the water village, Song Wancai, the second leader, Gao Qiyuan, the third leader, and all the water leaders.
The village brothers welcome us to join, but require several of our leaders to enter the water village to negotiate.
After I read the letter, I showed it to the military advisor Huang Ziya. After Huang Ziya read it, he passed the letter to Mo Xiao and Li Gaoshun and asked them to tell the meaning to the illiterate Li Erdan and Zhao Qijin.
He turned to me and said: "This is obviously an attempt to kill some of our leaders! There are many of us, and he is afraid that we will attack them, so he will first lead us into the water village and kill us, and then we will be leaderless. Once they attack, he will
Gone."
I said, "I know, but I have to go. I'm going alone, and they can't do anything to me. If that doesn't work, I'll kill the leader, so that the low-level people can be dealt with easily."
Huang Ziya and Mo Xiao, Li Gaoshun, Li Erdan and Zhao Qijin, who already knew the meaning of the letter, all said: "No, no!" Li Gaoshun said: "The leader is our backbone. Without the leader, there will be no us. Once you
If there is danger, our brothers will disperse. You must not do it. Let me go. If I die, everyone will avenge me. If they are willing to merge, I will also make a contribution." Mo Xiao, Li Erdan and Zhao
Qijin also shouted to let him go.
Huang Ziya said: "Li Gang, Song Wancai and Gao Qi are all good in kung fu, but they are not easy to deal with, especially Li Gang. It is said that he learned martial arts in Shaolin and also practiced iron sand palm. He can split stones with one palm.
Leader, don’t take any chances!”
I smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't you know what I am capable of? Even if I can't be beaten, I can escape. Okay, you don't need to persuade me. Since I am the leader, I will say it."
Forget it, gather some good people and wait for me not far from the water village. If things go bad, I will come out and lead you in. Okay, listen to me."
In the Juyi Hall of the water village, the three leaders Li Gang, Song Wancai, and Gao Qi were sitting on the three seats at the top. There were also more than a dozen water bandit leaders, big and small, sitting around them. At this time, a water bandit who reported the news ran away
He came over, knelt down, and said, "Report to the three kings and leaders that Zhang Huahan, the leader of that group of bandits, came to the door and wants to negotiate with us."
Song Wancai said: "Brother, look, they came really fast. Shall we go and greet him?" Li Gang snorted and said, "What are you greeting? Come in by yourself if you have the legs. Boys, bring me fifty axes."
They stood on both sides of the door to greet distinguished guests. I heard that they had robbed many wealthy people, and they might still have some oil.
Where's the water? Haha. By the way, how many people did they come?" The water bandit who reported the news said: "Only one came." Li Gang was stunned and said: "It seems that this person is really brave. Open the door and let him in.
Hey guys, set up a fire in the hall, put the biggest oil pan on it, and let me see if he is afraid."
I looked at the dilapidated tall water fort. It seemed that the water bandits here were all short-sighted people. The water fort didn't even need to be repaired. They were just getting by. From a distance, I saw several cannon muzzles that were all covered with rust. I was very suspicious of that.
Can the cannon still be used?
At this moment, the suspension bridge of the water village was lowered, the gate of the village was opened wide, and a little leader came out and said: "Master Zhang, we three kings have invited you and are waiting for you!"
When I saw it, I didn't even bother to greet you, and I didn't even put in the effort to put on a show. I was really hopeless. I said, "Haha, okay, I'll go see your king." With that, I strode into the water village.
As soon as I entered, the gate of the water village and the suspension bridge were immediately closed. I sneered when I heard the creak of the door closing, and strode forward.
When I arrived at the entrance of Juyi Hall, I saw dozens of swordsmen and axemen standing on both sides, glaring at me fiercely. Some of them couldn't be cruel and just kept a straight face. They were really tired.
I entered the Juyi Hall without hesitation and saw a large iron pot in the middle with a fire burning underneath. The pot was full of vegetable oil, but not even a bit of it was left. I guess the oil was cold. It seemed that
It was set up not long ago.
I walked up to Li Gang, Song Wancai and Gao Qi, stood there and looked at them with a tilted head and said, "It seems that the three leaders are not sincere at all. Then why did you ask me to come? Didn't you ask me to come?
You killed them." All the water bandit leaders immediately yelled, "You don't know whether to live or die." "You have to call me the king." "Why don't you kneel down when you see our king?"
Li Gang raised his hand, and the water bandit leader below him gradually became quieter, and no one spoke for a long time. I watched the leader raise his hand for a long time before he became quiet. This kind of discipline is really bad. He is not as good as a peasant like me.
A hastily formed team of scholars and common people!
Li Gang waited until people stopped talking, then put down his hand. He glared at the people who had been arguing for a long time, and said to me: "I know what Chief Zhang means when he comes. When your people come, we will accompany them in person and treat them with courtesy."
, but I don’t know what the conditions are for you to merge with us? Will Shuizhai listen to you in the future? Or will it listen to me? "
I looked at him, straightened my head, folded my arms, put my feet up, and said, "You know how many of my people there are. You have no ambitions and can't be great. I won't be wordy anymore. Now you only have
There are two paths, one is to be absorbed by me and listen to my command, the other is to be destroyed by me, which one do you choose?"
The water bandit leaders immediately started shouting again, and some yelled. Song Wancai stood up and said, "What if we don't choose?" I combined my inner strength and uttered a few words, "Then it depends on the real skill, and it is a dead end."
More than a dozen
The leaders of the large and small water bandits, the fifty-sword axemen and dozens of water bandits standing in the Juyi Hall were all covering their sore ears. Only Li Gang, Song Wancai and Gao Qi had relatively high internal strength. They just jumped when their bodies were shaken.
Come in front of me and kill me.
Song Wancai and Gao Qi each held a big sword in their hands and danced, and Li Gang's pair of iron sand palms danced in the wind. I dodge and move around and said: "I originally wanted to spare your lives, but it seems that you are determined to seek death, Li Gang.
Song Wancai and Gao Qi, since you became the leader of the water bandits, you have killed many kind and innocent people and robbed countless
A good woman turned a group of righteous bandits who only robbed the rich but not the poor into a group of evil bandits who committed all kinds of evil. The crimes are extremely heinous. I will do justice for God today." After saying this, she flipped her palms and instantly sent out three palms, palm wind.
Wu Xiao, Li Gang, Song Wancai and Gao Qi didn't react yet. Their chests collapsed and their mouths and noses were bleeding and they fell to the ground dead.
More than a dozen big and small water bandit leaders, fifty-sword axemen and dozens of water bandits standing in the Juyi Hall had just recovered. Seeing that the three leaders were killed instantly, most of them did not dare to move anymore. A few against three
Your Majesty's loyal leader of the water bandits also rushed up. I fired a few palms in the air, and the internal energy spit out from my palms. Mixed with the wind of the palms, I hit several people. Their bodies flew back like torn sacks, and they fell to the ground dead.
When the water bandits saw that this god-like person in front of them could kill people in the air without touching the opponent's body, they had never heard of it, let alone seeing it before. The smart ones among the water bandits immediately knelt down and kowtowed to express their submission. Someone took the lead.