Li Zicheng leaned into Gao Yingxiang's ear and whispered: "Zhu Babao hides evil intentions and wants to hold our family in his hands so that we can become his puppets."

Gao Yingxiang nodded and replied in a low voice: "This person really should not be underestimated. We cannot agree to this condition."

Zhang Xianzhong on the other side also laughed twice: "This is the real thing of coaxing a fool to jump off the cliff, it's even more than us."

Only the old Hui Hui Ma Shouying's face remained unchanged. He still held his fist and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Brother Zhu is willing to help us take care of the old and weak women. That's a great thank you, but the tens of thousands of old and weak women under my command are Hui people and Mongolians, I'm afraid you won't be able to take care of them."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "There is nothing to be taken care of. I have long known about the Hui people. The Hui people and the Mongols in Suide have a hard life. Whenever the wheat is ripe, they will take their wives and children to wander around and live by picking wheat ears or selling medicine to barely make a living. This kind of Hui people who are scattered are called wastelanders... I have already collected tens of thousands of wastelanders and placed them in the old village of Huanglong Mountain. Well... This time the army also took a few new recruits in the army, so that you can see you."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and several new recruits came to the wall. These people had just been exiled from northern Shaanxi to Zhu Jun's territory not long ago. They stretched out their heads and saw Lao Huihui, and immediately shouted loudly: "Brother Lao Huihui, do you recognize us? We are from the village next to you..."

Lao Huihui looked up and recognized him. These people were Hui people from Suide. Because their family background was relatively good, they did not revolt with Lao Huihui. Instead, they stayed in Suide's hometown. Unexpectedly, after many years, they could not help but lose their families and had to join the thief army.

"Well, now?" Lao Huihui asked quickly. Ethnic minorities are different from Han people. Since the number of ethnic minorities accounts for a small proportion of the total population, they are more inclined to live together. Compared with the Han people, their small circleism is more serious and they are closer and united with each other. Therefore, Lao Huihui's inquiry is sincere.

The new recruit quickly said, "It's a good life here with Brother Zhu. When we first came, we were penniless. Brother Zhu took us in and allocated food to our family's young and old, and gave the fields and the 'seeds' of new crops, so that my family can support themselves. The food they owed is only returned to Brother Zhu after the autumn harvest."

When Lao Huihui heard this, she was moved: "Don't talk nonsense!"

The recruit said, "I have no lie to swear in the name of Allah."

Hui Hui's beliefs are mostly Islam, and in this religion, Allah is the supreme existence. It is almost impossible for a lie to swear in the name of Allah. Hui Hui attaches more importance to faith than Han people. If a Han man says "swear in the name of Buddha", the tenth ** is fooling people. But Hui Hui swears in the name of Allah, the tenth ** is true.

As soon as he stood up, he couldn't help but believe it. Seeing the recruit's neat and clean clothes and his obvious appearance of being full and full, he couldn't help but believe it halfway.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang added: "You send the old and weak women to me, and then fight with the officers and soldiers. After winning, come to me again, and I will return your old and weak women to you, and I will never imprison them and refuse to return them."

Lao Huihui smiled bitterly and said, "I dare not believe what you said."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "If you believe it or not, you can only do this. In short, I, Zhu Ba, occupied the territory of the division of troops according to the Xingyang Conference. Even if all the people in the world come together, it makes sense that I don't open this door. If you really want to force me to open this door and fight with me, we might as well recall the 72nd Battalion of the Thirteen Factions participating in the Xingyang Conference, let's evaluate and let everyone tell me whether you are right or I am right."

Everything can only be polite. The Xingyang Conference decided that Zhu's army would go west. Now that other people are going to catch it, they really don't have any reason. Lao Huihui and others have no choice but to do anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "I am helping you fight for a chance to win a battle. As long as you throw away the old and weak, with your marching speed, you can definitely get rid of the old and the old soldiers... Every time the officers and soldiers go to a place, they will bully men and women, kill good people and make achievements, and will be troubled by local officials. After you get rid of the old and weak women, you can move as fast as lightning. It is not difficult to make a few holes in the net composed of 70,000 officers and soldiers. As long as they break their big net, they can be free and carefree all over the world."

He paused and said, "If I detain your old and weak women, let alone whether they can be used to threaten you, just say that the food that tens of thousands of people eat will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. If this is not considered helping you, what does it count?"

After hearing this, Lao Huihui frowned and thought for a long time before he raised his head and said seriously: "Okay, then I will trust Brother Zhu Ba and hand over all the old and weak women from the Fifth Battalion of the Left. Let you take care of me. I can go back to the army to deal with the officers and soldiers."

When Gao Yingxiang saw Lao Hui responding to his promise, he was quite moved and decided to do the same. However, Li Zicheng was anxious and came to him and said, "Uncle Gao, this matter must not be done. If you hand over your family to others, it would be like someone to be pinched to your life."

Gao Yingxiang shook his head and said, "It is not enough to withdraw the officers and soldiers, and I have no choice but to do anything."

Li Zicheng secretly complained in his heart that Gao Yingxiang was the big boss after all. Once he made up his mind, Li Zicheng was inconvenient to persuade him. Although he knew that this was inappropriate, he had to say: "Then like this, Uncle Gao, after repelling the officers and soldiers, please be sure to get all the families back. No matter what these families say, no matter how much they want to stay with Zhu Ba, they must get them all back, otherwise we will have nowhere to gain a foothold."

Gao Yingxiang nodded and said, "I promise you this."

The two of them agreed and expressed their willingness to hand over the old and weak women. Only Zhang Xianzhong refused to agree. He snorted coldly: "You are going to die, let me go. I don't believe in this evil. I go south to see if the officers and soldiers can clean up my son in the mountains and ridges." After that, Zhang Xianzhong separated from the army alone, led his troops across the Lu family mountain area, and headed towards the two lakes and the southwest.

Zhu Yuanzhang took over Gao Yingxiang and the old and weak women from the old Hui army, arranged people to send them to Li Qingshui, and concentrated them in the deserted county town for unified management. Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were immediately reduced to 20,000 elite soldiers, and the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo led by Lao Huihui was also reduced to 10,000 elite soldiers. Without the burden of the old and weak women, he suddenly felt light and refreshed.

Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that these guys were not opponents of the officers and soldiers, so he brought 10,000 elite troops out of Tongguan with Xue Hongqi, and joined forces with them to discuss strategies to repel the officers and soldiers.

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In the eighth year of Chongzhen, autumn...

Zhu Yuanzhang, Xue Hongqi, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Lao Huihui's coalition forces entered the Lu family mountain area and were stationed in the former site of Babaozhai, intending to use this place as a temporary base to fight a guerrilla war with the officers and soldiers.

The Lu family mountainous area is not a steep mountainous area. It is not enough to use it as a base, but it is more than enough to use it as a temporary guerrilla base. The camps of 40,000 troops are continuous, with high and low in the mountains, which is quite spectacular.

Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others didn't know that there was an abandoned village here, and they all found it novel and asked Zhu Yuanzhang how he learned it. Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang would not tell them, but just smiled without saying a word.

That night, the bright moon was hanging high, and Xue Hongqi sat alone on a small hill. The night breeze blew her red clothes, and the sound of the rushing sounds. She sat alone late at night, feeling desolate in her heart and couldn't help but shed tears secretly. At this time, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her, but Xu Renjie came over and smiled at her, "Sister Ma Fei shed tears alone in the middle of the night. If your brothers saw this, I wonder what would you think?"

Xue Hongqi was so embarrassed that he quickly wiped away his tears and hummed: "The wind blew the sand into his eyes."

Xu Renjie chuckled, sat next to her, and whispered: "Stop pretending, I know you can't get married and cry in a hurry."

Xue Hongqi was speechless.

Xu Renjie smiled wickedly and said, "How about marrying me? I can fight and do business. It is rare for such good men to be aware of."

Xue Hongqi shook his head: "I am only a proper wife, not a concubine. Your family already has a beautiful wife and a beautiful concubine, but I have no place to live. Unless your wife dies of illness or runs away with others, I will not marry you."

"Wow, I'll just say it casually, have you actually considered this level seriously?" Xu Renjie knelt: "I cursed my wife for death and then cursed me for being cuckolded. Is there anyone who said this?"

Xue Hongqi snorted, "I am such a woman. If you don't accept it, you bite me?"

Xu Renjie was speechless.

After a while of silence, the two of them suddenly saw a woman walking around the hill from afar. With the moonlight, they could see that she was beautiful, beautiful in the face, and a hot and seductive figure. She walked very carefully, took one step at a time, and was sure that there was no one around, so she continued to walk again. It seemed that she didn't want to be seen. But she didn't know that there were two people looking at her on the hill above her head.

Xue Hongqi whispered: "It's amazing, aren't all old and weak women being taken over by us? Why are there still women in the thief army?"

"Aren't you a woman?" Xu Renjie also laughed in a low voice.

Xue Hongqi spat: "I'm talking about an old and weak woman, not a female general like me. This woman's steps are empty and she is obviously not a family member, but a family member, so I have this question."
Chapter completed!