Lujiang County, Li Chao, thirty miles southeast, Gaoqiling.

As its name suggests, the ridge is tall and strange. Many strange stones fill the mountains. The mountains have sparse forests, but the roads are relatively steep, which is quite as if one man is at the gate of thousands of men.

There is a small mountain village on Gaoqiling, which is simply made of pine wood, covered with branches and miscellaneous materials, so it can only be regarded as a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

The village leader Pan Hu was originally from Chao Panwan. Because of the floods in his hometown, his income dropped sharply. The officials often entered the village like wolves and tigers to collect taxes, regardless of the lives of the people. They did not care about the lives of the people and had no money or food, and they kidnapped all the valuable things in the villagers' homes.

Last summer, Pan Hu couldn't stand the oppression and took a machete to kill the officials' servants, rose up, and took dozens of young and strong men from the village to Gaoqiling, becoming the freshest of the twelve thieves in Juchao.

Pan Hu was originally a farmer. His years of farming exercise made him strong, quick and powerful. Although he did not have the guidance of a famous teacher, he would be very powerful when dancing with a machete and was quite imposing.

Pan Hu originally wanted to avoid disaster and became a bandit, but he had no intention of harming the people. He only went down the mountain to rob those past merchants every day and seized some property to survive. Therefore, life in the village was not easy, and he was often in a situation where he had no meals after eating.

After Zhou Yu took office at Juchao, he immediately sent Gao Shun to lead 800 elite troops to suppress the bandits, and Zang Ba led 100 scouts to investigate military information every day, traveled back and forth to convey messages, and built dozens of beacon towers. Any bandit police would raise smoke as a call, and Gao Shun's troops rushed forward quickly.

This made the thieves in the territory very worried. They stayed in the mountain village and stood in the sky and ate the ground; went down the mountain to rob, but before they could start, Gao Shun's soldiers rushed over, and often returned with a loss of troops and a loss of generals.

On this day, it was drizzling outside. Pan Hu and his few small leaders sat in the village and stared at each other, sighing.

A small, short leader said, "Master, please think of a solution quickly. There is no food in the village today. It is not a solution to keep the brothers hungry."

"That's it. I remember that we could drink big bowls of wine and eat big pieces of meat after going up the mountain. Now let alone meat, we can't even see the hair. My stomach is so sloppy." A big man with a dark face shouted.

Pan Hu frowned and scolded, "Heizi, why are you shouting? What do you think of in this situation? Isn't other counterfeits also helpless?"

The big man named Heizi shouted loudly: "Grandma, instead of starving to death here, it's better for everyone to kill him down the mountain and fight with them!"

Pan Hu couldn't help it, so he got up and kicked Heizi, pointed at him and said sternly: "Go down the mountain! We have already broken more than a dozen brothers these days. You are still yelling like this, wanting everyone to die."

Heizi was kicked to the ground, and he couldn't help crying loudly when he heard this, "I want to avenge my brothers..."

Pan Hu was too lazy to pay attention to him. At this time, another small leader said to Pan Hu: "Master, I heard that the village leader Shi from Heishi Village has abandoned the village and took the brothers from all over the village to Yefu Mountain in Shu County to surrender to General Sun Xia. Otherwise, let's run over too."

"Bad! Shi Duyan from Heishi Village is the largest group of our village. There are nearly a thousand people and many of them are cavalry. Naturally, they act quickly, so we can escape them with two legs? Besides, what they have always done is to rob families and bully the common people. I don't want to be with them." After that, Pan Hu snorted coldly from his nostrils.

The little leader smiled and said, "What the village leader said is... Running is not a solution... I also heard that their troops were intercepted by Gao Shunyu halfway, and most of them were lost, and only two or three hundred people fled to Yefu Mountain. There were only more than one hundred people in total, which was not enough for Gao Shun to eat in one bite."

A man next to him sighed: "I can't beat you, I can't run away, I'll starve to death when I stay here. I'll starve to death. Is this what we should do unless...unless..."

Pan Hu asked anxiously: "What are your good ideas?"

The man said hesitantly: "I dare not say..."

Pan Hu said coldly: "There will not be pies in the sky. If you think pies in the sky will fall, then your mind will definitely be broken."

The man swallowed back what he wanted to say.

At this moment, a soldier guarding the village gate came in and reported: "Report to the village master, there is an old man outside the village gate, saying that it is the village master's uncle, you want to meet the village master."

Pan Hu slapped his thigh and said happily: "It turns out that my uncle is here, please invite him in quickly."

After a moment, an old man with white hair and beard was brought in. The old man was the one who Zhou Yu dealt with while investigating the water relationship in Panwan.

Pan Hu happily greeted him, enthusiastically grabbed the old man's hand, and said, "Uncle, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you okay?"

The old man touched Pan Hu's head with his hands kindly, and said as if he was a child, "Huzi, my body is tough. You have lost weight..."

Pan Hu's stomach made a "gurgling" sound at this time, causing several small leaders behind him to cover their mouths and laugh secretly.

The old man said in surprise: "What? It's this time, you haven't eaten yet?"

Pan Hu hurriedly covered up and said, "Hey, today I'm busy. I forgot to eat. I'll eat later... Uncle, you sit down first... By the way, Uncle, you haven't come to our village for a long time. What's the reason for today?"

The old man sat down, moved his legs and said, "We have suffered another disaster. Some time ago, the river flooded the embankment and flooded the village."

Pan Hu's eyes showed pain. Pan Wan had nine out of ten years. He knew deeply that the feeling of being called "Daily Day should not be called "Daily Day".

Thinking of this, Pan Hu hurriedly asked, "Is the villagers' losses serious?"

The old man replied: "Seriously, heavier than in previous years. There is no food at all, and everyone can only eat wild vegetables in bark."

Pan Hu looked at his uncle in embarrassment and thought to himself that I had no food here, so it was impossible to support some.

When the old man saw Pan Hu's expression, he said, "Huzi, your uncle did not come this time to ask you for food. Let me tell you, not long after the village was flooded, the newly appointed head of the village Zhou Yu brought people to help us build temporary houses and transported us food and supplies. He also decided to completely cure the floods in our place."

"Mr. Zhou Yu left a gentleman named Yuan Huan on the spot. After the rain stopped, he sent two thousand soldiers to take away the river water in the village, transported a large amount of stone, took soil on the spot, and started to rebuild the embankment. When I left, I was working hard."

"Oh..." Pan Hu pondered: "So, did this Zhou Yu do a good thing for us Pan Wan?"

"Of course it's a good thing. Lord Zhou Yu also said that we should never have another flood in Panwan."

"That's great!" Pan Hu seemed very excited. He killed the officials in the government just because of the flood, and occupied the mountain and became the king. He still missed his hometown very much. Every time he dreamed of the beautiful scenery of Panwan...

Thinking of his current identity, Pan Hu couldn't help but feel depressed and said, "It's just a pity that I am now a bandit and ambushed by Zhou Yu's troops. Pan Wan's flood has been cured, but I will never go back..."

The old man scolded, "Huzi, what you said is wrong! When you cut down those servants and went up the mountain to get weeds, we didn't blame you. The flood was ruthless and the government was unrighteous. If you couldn't live such a life, you had to turn it back!"

"But now the situation has changed. Zhou Yu, the new head of Juchao, is sympathetic to the people and cares about the people. It is said that when he arrived at Juchao, he put forward several proposals for developing people's livelihood, repairing water conservancy, garrisoning farmland, recruiting talents, and running education, and providing free seeds, ploughing tools, and oxen for farmers to use. It can be seen that he is indeed dedicated to the good things for the good things for the people who live in the nest, and is a great good official."

Pan Hu was a little moved and thought to himself: "Uncle won't lie to me, but is Zhou Yu really that good?"

The old man continued, "I came this time, and Mr. Yuan Huan asked me to come. After hearing about your situation, he felt that you were different from ordinary bandits. You were forced to go up the mountain and did not harm the people. He told me that Lord Zhou Yu is recruiting talents now. If you can surrender voluntarily, Lord Zhou Yu will not only not punish you, but will also use you."

"Is this...is this true?" Before Pan Hu could answer, several small leaders behind him asked indiscriminately.

"Haha," the old man kidnapped his snow-white beard with his hands and said, "I am already in my sixties, how can I lie to you?"

"Master of the Village!" Heizi hurriedly shouted to Pan Hu, "Master of the Village! Make up your mind quickly. Following that fish is better than starving to death here!"

Another small leader also said: "The village leader, for the sake of the present plan, surrendering may be a good way. We were originally good people, but we were forced to do this just now. If we could be recruited by the government, we would also be officially a soldier, wearing military uniforms and receiving military pay."

Seeing that his subordinates said this, Pan Hu asked hesitantly: "Then... what should some brothers do if they don't want to be in the army in the government?"

The old man replied: "Mr. Yuan Huan also said that all those who are willing to join the army will be treated as regular troops. Those who are unwilling to join the army will go home to continue farming and pay travel expenses."

"Ah, it's so good..." The leaders whispered to each other and talked a lot.

Pan Hu felt confused for a moment. From his uncle's account, Zhou Yu was a very good parent and honest and kind to the people. However, he had been fighting with Zhou Yu's troops for many days, and some brothers were killed and injured. If he wanted to surrender immediately, how could he wipe out this face?

Looking at his uncle's calm expression, and then the brothers around him were all dressed in rags and had a good face. Pan Hu thought for a long time and finally made up his mind.

Pan Hu first asked the leaders under his command: "Do you really want to surrender to the government?"

Heizi took the lead and shouted: "When you meet such a good parent, it's really a pie from the sky. We are all sincere. If you have any false intentions, you will be thundering."
Chapter completed!