The two of them were chatting in high places, Peng Yibin must be saying weird things, and Hao Ding must be trying to persuade them.
Liu Erzu looked up at the two of them and wanted to send someone to urge them. But he looked at the other leaders who followed him and gave up the idea.
The reason why Peng Yibin fell behind was because of his loyalty to the Red Coat Army, but now, his loyalty to the Red Coat Army was meaningless.
After Yang An'er's death the year before last, the expectations of countless generals for glory and wealth were dashed, and the huge and loose Red Coat Army regime collapsed immediately.
When Liu Erzu led the remnants of the Red Coat Army back into the mountains, those who supported him unswervingly were Peng Yibin and Hao Ding. Without these two people running around, contacting various copycats and even defeating those who refused, Taishan would have been
The bandits are likely to continue to fall apart.
But the efforts of the two of them did not actually change Liu Erzu's dilemma.
At that time, all the troops that Liu Erzu had recruited from various places in Shandong were defeated. In the end, he only gathered more than 3,000 men with hands and feet at Baihe Bay in Culai Mountain. In the remaining villages, there were no less than 20,000 defeated troops to support, and more than 20,000 troops.
Ten thousand wounded soldiers needed to be treated, and tens of thousands of civilians who had fled from Xuzhou, Jeju and other places needed to be fed and clothed. Every day, people died of serious injuries or died of cold and cold due to cold and cold in the mountains.
If Liu Erzu wanted to maintain the existence of Taishan bandits, he had to find a way for so many people to survive. However, the materials in the village were always poor, and Liu Erzu himself had a hard life. How could he feed them?
In order to ensure the supply of basic supplies, Liu Erzu had to come forward in person to beg the generals of the Red Coat Army who temporarily controlled several military states at the foot of the mountain.
But as soon as Yang An'er died, the conflicts among the generals broke out. For example, Zhan Hui of Dongping Prefecture and Fang Guosan had already fought together. Shi Qing of Tengzhou raised troops to plunder for military supplies, which angered the generals.
Huo Yi from Pizhou, Shi Gui and Xia Quan were also involved, and there was almost a fight.
At this time, no one cared about his friends in the mountains, and Liu Erzu could only sit back and watch the chaos getting worse and worse at the bottom of the mountain.
Until Li Quan's former ally, Yin Chang, who served as the military governor of Jinan Prefecture's Xingde Army under Guo Ning, came to express his goodwill through Shi Qing's relationship, and proposed that he could provide two thousand dan of food and a considerable amount of medicine every month, hoping that
Ease relations with the Red Coat Army.
Behind Yin Chang, of course, is Guo Ning.
Because Guo Ning turned against him and swept away Shandong, the generals of the Red Coat Army were full of resentment towards him, but the current situation forced them to submit. In the end, Liu Erzu sent Peng Yibin to come forward and went to Jinan to meet with Yin Chang and then to Yidu.
Guo Ning. I thought Guo Ning would ask them to surrender, but Guo Ning didn't. He didn't put forward any conditions at all.
So the remnants of the Red Coat Army reunited under the banner of Liu Erzu, pretending to ignore anyone and still want to fight to the death with the Kingdom of Jin.
This gesture just caters to the Kaifeng court's need to isolate itself from Dinghai navy as much as possible. To a certain extent, it is also what the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty likes to see. So in the past two years, Liu Erzu actually led the red-coated army's defeated troops back into the mountains.
It gained a foothold and became a local power located between the three imperial courts of Zhongdu, Kaifeng and Lin'an.
This independent stance lasted for nearly two years.
Ding Haijun is really capable. They have maintained this special food and material supply channel and never let the news out.
When Liu Erzu thought about it, it was probably due to the grain smuggling businessmen of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty who tried to make money in a low profile.
It is a pity that even with the secret assistance of Ding Haijun for two years, Liu Erzu's generals could not change their habits as rebels. They were never able to establish an effective management system in Dongping, and they always maintained a loose alliance of copycats. This way
The best way out for the alliance is to find a reliable buyer and sell it completely.
Those who have the conditions to become buyers are nothing more than two Jin Kingdoms and one Song Kingdom. The Song Kingdom only wanted to attract the Red Coat Army's followers to go south for its own use, and while using them, they were on guard; the Jin Kingdom court in Kaifeng also consciously
It is the Dajin orthodoxy, adhering to Dajin's habit of holding a high butcher's knife against the Shandong bandits, and has never regarded the Red Coat Army as a whole as the object of communication... Of course, the Red Coat Army itself also has a deep hatred with them, and rarely softens it.
room.
Therefore, there is only one buyer left, which is Ding Haijun, who has moderate control.
Ding Haijun had already given two years of benefits in advance before officially raising the price, which was very sincere.
As for Guo Ning himself, he still has the style of a reckless martial artist. The whole process of blending with Liu Erzu was very calm, neither deliberately imposing nor being secretive.
When he had peace talks with Yang An'er, he came to see him in person; now he is the hero in control of one side, and is only a hair away from becoming king and emperor. The red-coated army he faces is already in dire straits, but when the two sides are about to join hands to launch a
At that moment, he still came to see him at his door, and even raised his hand to signal Liu Erzu from a long distance away.
Even though he knew that this man was very powerful and his plans were ruthless and accurate, Liu Erzu had to bow his hands in return respectfully, as if there had never been a war or bloodshed between the two families.
The generals and village leaders behind him followed suit.
Following Liu Erzu was Shi Qing.
This man, one of the few powerful men in the remnants of the Red Coat Army, has always prided himself on his bravery and is not easily convinced by anyone. But today he came to the meeting with dozens of subordinates, and the dozens of people included almost all of his followers.
It can be said that the cronies and key subordinates are full of sincerity.
This sincerity is not without reason.
Among the dozens of people who accompanied Shi Qing, only two of his capable subordinates, Xia Zhen and Du Guoen, were missing.
These two men intended to report Monk Luo's whereabouts a month ago, but Monk Luo's subordinates were stationed in Xiong'er Mountain, and there were many people watching, but they got the news immediately. One day, the fat monk was unaware of the ghost.
He led people deep into Tengzhou, picked off the heads of two people in Shi Qing's base camp, and then put them in a box with his backhand and gave them to Shi Qing as a gift.
Shi Qing often complained in front of Liu Erzu, saying that these two generals were secretly dealing with the Kaifeng court or were plotting evil intentions. However, the current situation was pressing and he could only endure it. In fact, everyone knew that these two men were Shi Qing's support for changing families at any time.
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As a result, the two men died neatly.
It is obvious that in the past two years, Ding Haijun has secretly bribed many people in the Red Coat Army by giving little benefits. Even Xiong'er Mountain under the eyes of the generals has been infiltrated. I don't know how many people are passing on Monk Luo.
Xin. As for Tengzhou, it has become a sieve riddled with holes.
Since they have made a request this time, the plan has been decided and there is no room for mistakes. Anyone who has second thoughts or doubts will die.
As the cavalry on both sides gradually approached, many people took a peek and saw that the gray-robed young man's face was full of spring breeze, just like the situation at the foot of Moqi Mountain at that time.
Is this man more than an evil tiger?
Still a smiling tiger!
Liu Erzu sighed in his heart, Peng Yibin, who finally caught up behind him, snorted coldly, and Shi Qing's face was filled with sincerity.
Everyone has their own thoughts, but one thing is the same, that is, they look at Guo Ning with admiration, fear, and awe.
Everything he does about being busy with politics and inspecting places is all fake, all pretended. This Guo Ning is a deadly beast. In his heart, only fighting and killing is real, and only being violent and stabbing at any time is real!
But in this world in front of us, such a person can be called a hero, and he can really achieve great things!
When the two groups gathered, Liu Erzu took the lead to dismount.
Guo Ning also turned over, strode forward, and patted Liu Erzu's arm. He asked directly: "What's going on in Guide Mansion, Shanzhou, and Xuzhou?"
"In return for our detailed work, the Kaifeng court has recently mobilized the garrison troops from Guide Prefecture, Shanzhou, and Xuzhou one after another, and moved southward one by one. From Guide Prefecture to Kaifeng, the garrisons are all empty. Zhou Guogong has been completely paralyzed at sea this year with great fanfare.
Regarding Kaifeng... Duke Zhou, the good opportunity has arrived, we can take action."