The sun was rising, and Pusan ​​Anzhen narrowed her eyes and looked at the attacking team ahead.

The gunpowder stone bullets flashing with sparks bounced and rolled in the Jin army's attack queue, bringing panic, shouts of fear, and chaos in the queue.

This is one of the functions of delayed fuses. From the perspective of disrupting the enemy's formation, it is more effective than triggering fuses. Of course, even Meng Jiuzheng did not create a trigger!

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"... The flying stones and shrapnel brought casualties to the Jin army, and howlings and screams were heard.

Guo Alin stomped his feet hatefully, and the enemy on the wall was condescending and bombarded with a stone thrower, which had a great lethality.

Under the repeated attacks of the troops, not only were there many casualties, but there was no progress. Since the South Transfer, Guo Alin has participated in the battle to wipe out Yang Aner, and regards the rebel army as a mob. Only after the two battles against the Red Turban Army did his heart to underestimate the enemy?

However, Guo Alin did not expect to encounter similar setbacks when he conquered Liu Erzu. That kind of weapon that could explode was really shocking.

A general retreated with a defeated soldier, with shame on his face, and stood with his head down, waiting for Guo Alin's thunderous anger. To his surprise, Guo Alin did not get angry, but sighed softly, and then remained silent.

After a while, Guo Alin spoke: "The enemy is condescending, possessing a good location, and has such a sharp weapon. Such an attack is difficult to work. The lord has sent an order to suspend the frontal attack and prepare to detour from the side."

"General, I am willing to lead a whistle to advance from the mountains." The general hurriedly bowed and volunteered.

Guo Alin pondered for a moment and said, "That's thank you for your hard work. I will lead my troops here to attack you to support your detour."

"Abide by the orders of humble duties." The general bowed and went to recruit soldiers, first retreated from the mountainside, and then found a way to climb the mountain.

The sun was in the sky, and Guo Alin put the troops on the front, continuing to restrain the rebels who were defending, but did not continue to launch an attack, but waited patiently for news about the detoured troops.

…………………

The Jin army launched an attack on Liu Erzu. Due to the communication level at that time, Meng Jiucheng did not understand the battle situation in time.

Even if you understand it in time, you cannot make timely reinforcements according to the transportation and the speed of the troops moving at that time.

Therefore, Meng Jiucheng could only make preventive arrangements to ensure that the western front of the base area could continue to be stable after Liu Erzu's defeat.

Liu Erzu will definitely lose, which is the conclusion that Meng Jiucheng came to. The gunpowder stone bullets he supported, and even more than 100 pine cannons, may cause greater losses to the Jin army, but the result cannot be changed in the end.

Peng Yibin, Xia Quan, Shi Qing, Hao Ding and other rebels all surrendered to Liu Erzu, but they still maintained a certain degree of character, which inevitably led to the problem of preserving strength and not actively fighting.

At the same time, so many followers made Liu Erzu become a big tree and attracting wind. In addition, the area where he was active was the gateway to Henan, which was the key to ensuring the East and West Road in Shandong. It was not surprising that the Jin people took him as the target of attack.

Of course, if the Jin army was very strong, the Red Turban Army would be more caring than Liu Erzu. If the Red Turban Army had not repeatedly defeated the Jin army and showed its combat power that should not be underestimated, it would not have been possible to compete for this rare buffer time.

Since ancient times, if a king wants to prosper, he must have deep roots and solid foundations.

Both Emperor Taizu of Han and Emperor Guangwu of Han attached great importance to the foundation.

Although Emperor Taizu of Han failed repeatedly, he finally defeated Xiang Yu with the continuous supply of troops and food and supplies from Guanzhong; the same was true for Han Guangwu. Relying on the foundation of Hanoi, he finally eliminated all the heroes... Therefore, without a foundation, he could not withstand failure.

Although he relied on the foresight, took the opportunity to rise during the turmoil in Shandong and defeated the Jin army repeatedly, Meng Jiucheng actually felt like walking on thin ice.

Before every battle, he couldn't help but think that if he was unfortunately defeated, he would have nothing and almost no chance of making a comeback.

Therefore, Meng Jiucheng repeatedly reminded himself to be calm and not to make a victory suddenly. If he loses, he will never be able to recover.

Meng Jiucheng, who can play Go, of course, knows what is first and second, and what is second and second. Before the financial resources are abundant, recovering large areas of lost land and supporting too many people is really a foolish way to drag down his own stupidity.

Moreover, Meng Jiucheng absolutely did not want the Red Turban Army to become beast soldiers like the Mongolian and Jin armies to maintain their place by looting and killing.

"The Jin army is a paper tiger." Meng Jiucheng reminded himself to keep calm and cheer himself up.

Judging from the original trajectory of history, the decline of the Jin Dynasty was difficult to fundamentally reverse.

Although the Mongolian army suffered repeated setbacks after the strategic contraction, and finally had to destroy the Jin Dynasty by saying that the Song Dynasty was the only territory. However, the territory was only Henan and the strategic resources were insufficient. Even if it could last for a few more years, it would be difficult to escape the fate of the country.

Therefore, Shandong East Road was first abandoned by the Jin Kingdom, then Hebei, and then Shandong East Road. The Jin Kingdom could only hide in Henan in the end. This is the general trend, and Meng Jiucheng does not need to be too radical. As long as he consolidates himself, those territories will be his sooner or later.

The wind blew on my face and the fields turned green. With the joint work of the military and civilians, the spring plowing ended successfully.

"Menglang, after collecting this season of food, our army will launch a big move again, right?" Yang Miaozhen accompanied Meng Jiucheng to Weizhou because Li Quan was going to Weizhou to visit the grave, which was also an opportunity for the leaders of the two families to meet.

Meng Jiucheng pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Military rations should be guaranteed. As for the launch of a large-scale campaign, it depends on the specific situation."

Agricultural production in the occupied areas can be expected to improve greatly, and most of the once deserted fields have been reclaimed and planted, and there is also the promotion of high-yield crops such as potatoes. If paid according to normal taxes, the people can also have surplus grains and their living standards will be improved.

With enough civilian use, Meng Jiucheng can use more food to ensure the army, and he will indeed have the confidence and materials for a strategic offensive.

Time is still very precious and urgent for Meng Jiucheng.

He wanted to straighten out the relationship between the various anti-Jin armies so that they could work together to coordinate their actions; he wanted to strengthen their arms, expand their army, continue to fight with the Jin army, and restore a larger territory; he wanted to establish his own team and establish higher authority in order to implement his own policies...

The sky is rare as clear water. When the wind blows, the rice fields are undulating and rustling, making a "rustling" laughter. The potato seedlings and vegetables in the dry land in the distance have already been exposed, covering the ridges of green.

Li Sanduo walked in the field with a short pole hoe removing grass. As a disabled soldier who had retired from the army, he was placed in this village, with twenty acres of land, and was the head of the village security office, and had another salary to get.

Moreover, he could not participate in heavy labor, and some people in the village were farming and planting him. But he was a stubborn man. Although he had only one hand, he was learning to work with one hand and even asked someone to do light short-stalk hoes, cushions and shovels to do some work within his ability.

Ten acres of land will only be charged 20% of the rent and tax from next year; ten acres of land will be exempted for 30 years. This year, all rent and tax will be exempted, so you should have no worries about food and clothing and live a good life.

Li Sanduo felt comfortable, and his eyes turned, he frowned slightly again, took a few steps, waded on the water to the ridges, and walked over to a woman carrying a large wooden barrel.

This is his wife, a commander girl who was liberated from a Jin official's house, named Chun, who was given to him by the army.

Chun has the typical strongness of a northern woman, but she has been beaten and scolded in wealthy families and becomes a little timid.

Chun was carrying two wooden barrels, which seemed a little difficult. Li Sanduo came up and grabbed it with one hand, bent his body slightly, and put the burden on his shoulders. He didn't speak and walked forward.

"Li, Li Lang." Chun followed behind him and shouted timidly.

"Yeah!" Li Sanduo liked to hear such a title, his face calmed down a little, and he said, "Do some light work in the future."

Chun responded softly, and two people poured the little fish caught by the river into the rice fields by the field, stood side by side, watching the fish in the water swim in scattered.

The rice-fish symbiosis system of "With ponds, there is water, and if there is water, there is fish, and the field fish are poultry" is not the original creation of Meng Jiucheng, but in fact it has a history of more than a thousand years.

The field fish is delicious. Meng Jiucheng just told civil affairs officials on a whim that this way of working was really gradually promoted.

"You can eat it during the Chinese New Year, right?" Li Sanduo said uncertainly.

Chun nodded and said, "You can eat, you can eat."

A sound of horse hooves came from a distance. Li Sanduo was stunned for a moment, raised his eyes and looked at it, and then walked towards the avenue.

The supplies are not sufficient now, and the public security office does not issue uniform clothing. Li Sanduo is still wearing the soldiers' clothes, but he has a red cloth sleeve on his arm, with the yellow words "public security".

"Salute!" Li Sanduo stood by the roadside, saluted with his own hands, paying tribute to the cavalry running towards him.

"Salute!" The leading cavalry captain saw a veteran standing by the roadside with a blank sleeve, and immediately showed admiration, raised his hand to return the salute, and issued an order to his subordinates.

One man, a team of cavalry, kept a salute posture and looked at it, passing by.

Li Sanduo's eyes were a little tide. I wonder if he remembered the passionate battle of the past? Or did this clanging iron cavalry bring him back from his comfort and comfort, and recalled the years of golden swords and iron horses?

Meng Jiucheng gently pinned the horse's head and looked at the disabled veteran by the roadside. A famous saying came to his mind: The veteran will not die, but will just wither slowly.

"Meng Shuai--" Li Sanduo's eyes straightened, and his saluting hands trembled a little.

Meng Jiucheng turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to his guards, walked over, nodded in admiration, and said, "Good looks, although he has been discharged from the army, he still has the spirit of a soldier."

"Meng Shuai, you, that—" Li Sanduo was not good at speaking, and at this time he was even more clumsy.

Meng Jiucheng didn't care, and asked about other things kindly, just like chatting about family matters.

Li Sanduo answered one by one respectfully and his speech became fluent.

"Oh, that's your new wife? She looks very capable? Let her come over, I won't eat anyone."

After a series of teasing words, Li Sanduo's face turned red and he waved to Chun. Seeing his wife shrinking timidly, he had to run over and pull Chun over.

"Hurry, salute Meng Shuai. And, there is also a wife." Li Sanduo urged.

Chun knelt down with a pounce, kowtowed deeply, Meng Jiucheng didn't hear clearly what he said. He smiled and nodded, and nodded at Yang Miaozhen who was standing beside him.

"Get up quickly!" Yang Miaozhen understood, stepped forward and helped her, took off her two earrings and put them in Chun's hand, and smiled and said, "I'm a little thinner and eat more in the future. Well, I have to live a good day in the future and respect each other as guests. This is for you, it's a gift for you to get married!"

Chun was flattered, her lips moved, and she couldn't even say thank you with her earrings.

Haha, Meng Jiucheng smiled and nodded, said a few more casual words before turning over to the horse, waved at Li Sanduo and his wife, and set off on the road.

"It was the wife who gave her a gift in person. This is a blessing I have earned in life!" Li Sanduo looked at the crowds who were leaving and murmured.

Chun had already shifted her gaze to the delicate earrings, as if she was dreaming, her eyes were dull.

The situation is fine, at least in Li Sanduo's mind, all his promises are fulfilled.

If you have a care, you will be carefree, and you will be safe, and your emotions will be relatively stable.

Meng Jiucheng let out a long breath and felt a little relaxed. He also realized that it would take at least the second half of the year to recruit soldiers on a large scale.

After all, it is still difficult to support too many full-time troops before the occupied land is fully developed and planted.

"Menglang." Yang Miaozhen leaned his horse's head toward this side and said with a smile: "You have to give the maids and officials in the Jin Dynasty to disabled soldiers. It can be said that they are a random match for the couple, but it looks good."

Meng Jiucheng pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "Have you heard this sentence: feelings come from sleeping in bed."

Whether women of this era bought them or the matchmakers who had never met each other, as long as they became married and had sex with men, they would not say that they would be devoted to each other in the future. Anyway, 99% of them would live a peaceful life with this man.

As for feelings, after sleeping, you will have them. If you add a baby, it will be even deeper. What is free love and what is equality between men and women? That is inappropriate and contrary to tradition!

Yang Miaozhen shook her head gently, and stared at Meng Jiucheng thoughtfully.

"Haha, this sentence is not suitable for us." Meng Jiucheng quickly waved his hand and said with a sarcastic smile: "We have deep feelings, don't think wrong!"

Yang Miaozhen snorted and said, "Sweet words."

Hehe, Meng Jiucheng smiled awkwardly, continuing to speak sweet words and make things more pleasing.

Along the way, Meng Jiucheng and others did not move slowly, and they only stopped in the big towns, while small villages passed by.

However, inspections and inspections are not formalities. Meng Jiucheng can also draw relatively close to the truth by observing the construction of the passers-by, the people's mental outlook, and the people's attitude towards passing the Red Turban Army.
Chapter completed!