Wen Chou didn't have long prepared for it, because the war had waved to him.

The fourth year of Zhongping, at the end of November.

The biting cold wind blew from the distant Northern Siberia, wrapped with the resentment of countless Guizhou leaders, crossed the vast and flat nomadic grasslands, and came to the territory of the Han Dynasty without any obstacles. There were many mountains and rocks in the Youji area, which forced the power of the cold wind to retreat a lot. But that's all, the cold air still arrived as promised.

When you wake up early, you will see a white frost covering the earth. The coldness becomes deeper, and the poor people will naturally feel quite sad. Although there are many measures to deal with this cold winter, there are many people!

The first batch of linen made of raw hemp purchased was not sold to other places, but was purchased in the hometown. However, under the supervision of Wen Chou, the price was much lower than the ordinary market price. Otherwise, these poor families might not be able to afford it.

The villagers under Wen Chou are still like this, and the refugees placed in other counties and townships are even more unbearable. Although there has not been any rumors that "there are frozen bones on the road" have been heard shortly after the beginning of winter, people are already prepared in their hearts, and such news will not be too far away from them.

The people of Qi who lived under the rule of the court were still like this, and the bandits who lived in the mountains and valleys were even more unbearable. There have been disputes and fights under the power of hunger, cold and poor. The black mountain bandits in Pingji and Gaoyi are the ones that are more agitated!

Because of Wen Chou's sudden and strong rise, the bandits of Li Damu's army who were originally living in this area suffered serious setbacks! The overall strength has weakened from 12,000 strong strength at its peak to 4,000 strong strength troops. Of course, the bandit's strong strategy is a man aged 16 to 56. If some strongly powerful women are also counted.

These four or five thousand strengths are jointly controlled by three subordinates of the original Li Damei. Of course, the other two are just empty positions. Who made them lose their gathering arrangements! Nearly 20,000 old and weak need to take care of. Of course, after these three or four months of short-term food and clothing, those who can survive are some strength and ability.

Now that the thief leader Liu Min came to the granary that day, he saw that only a small pile of stock were left, and he couldn't help but frown.

Liu Min thought that when the people harvested the seeds in September, they would come out to plunder. But when it came, Wen Chou ordered the soldiers in Taolinsai to be assigned to patrol the various places, he retreated. He was afraid that Wen Chou's army would be left. Although there were only 700 soldiers left at that time, which one did not come from the blade? Even if his entire army of four or five thousand people came out, he might not be able to take them down. So he just sent a small group of people to steal and rob a few Xiao Lilu, and there was still a turbulent movement and he would escape from the distance.

Moreover, the grain harvests grown in the valley are not good, not as good as the eleventh place on the plains outside the mountain, and can be called barren land. Besides, there are not many fields that can be reclaimed.

Fortunately, the strength has been reduced by half, which has reduced the food consumption by a lot, so I can barely survive until now.

Thinking of this, Liu Min couldn't help but smile bitterly, "If I was strong and had no loss, how could I, Liu Min, hide here like a turtle? Why didn't I have a big battle with that shitty 'chirticulous Xiaosanlang'! I remember that when I followed Li Dashen, although I had a lot of control, I was also very majestic. If I were short of food and clothing that day, I would roar out and return with a full load!"

"I didn't expect that if I became this commander, I would be better than being a general. Alas, if I could survive this cold winter and there was no improvement, I would go to Zhang Yan, the commander of Heishan Daqu, and report it and cancel the Qu Department. Let other Qu Commanders take over here!"

"It's the cold winter. I think Wen Chou is relaxing his vigilance! After all, this weather is not suitable for military operations. But I can't wait any longer. I need to go out of the mountain to find some life-saving food." Liu Min took a look at the small pile of food in the granary and decided to arrive. This was also a helpless move. If it was other seasons, I wouldn't be able to cook some wild game on the mountain. In this winter, where can I go to find wild game?

"Well, that's it. At worst, it's like before. It's about to leave at once. I think it's okay." Liu Min flashed a determined look and decided to arrive.

When he thought of doing it, Liu Min did not delay. He came to send a commander to send a few small leaders to the lobby to discuss matters, so there was no need to say much.

Soon, the bandits flocked into a strictly defended house located at the heart of the valley. This was the meeting hall of their bandits and the residence of Qu Shuai.

The bandits had long known that there was not much food left and they had the intention of robbing the mountain. However, Liu Min had been suppressing him and did not take any specific actions. This time, Liu Min decided to rob the mountain, and everyone agreed. Soon after, they reached an agreement and assigned the tasks of each stock.

Liu Min was quite talented, and did not make these bandits roar away in groups like the Li Damu period. Instead, they were divided into several stocks, with old and weak people coming to approach nearby counties and townships as refugees. They were just caught off guard and robbed the villages to the greatest extent. Hundreds of cavalry were on the periphery to prevent accidents.

On this day, Liu Qing led his elite soldiers to Jihe Township to hand over to the elite soldiers led by Wenba. This was an agreement reached by Jihe Township Youzhi and Wen Chou. Today is the time for handover. It is not easy to marches in the middle of winter. Fighting forward step by step, all faces red and exhaling into frost.

It is even rarer to see pedestrians on the road. There are one or two families, and they are also disabled people who wander in the wild. They are not dressed in a mess, and their faces are pale and thin. Liu Qing saw it and didn't ask much, and just skipped it. Because he knew that if you could help someone like this, there would definitely be a group waiting for you! They would be unable to save them. Besides, he still has important matters, so naturally he can't make trouble. If something goes wrong, he can't afford it.

While the marching was still less than twenty miles away, the soldiers were quite happy. But they saw several cavalry rushing in the distance, which was quite conspicuous on the desolate land. Liu Qing did not dare to be careless and hurriedly stopped the army and set a defensive posture. In this cold weather, it is not easy to meet several cavalrymen! What if there were some bandits who were robbing and leaving? There were no cavalry in his team!

After seeing Liu Qing and his group, Liu Qing realized something was wrong when he saw him quickly! After seeing clearly that it was Taolin military uniforms, he suddenly felt: "I guess there was an unexpected incident in Jihe Township! Otherwise, these people would not be so impatient!"

Liu Qing thought it was right. These people were the people sent by Wenba to Taolinsai for help! Jihe Township is now robbing the bandits led by Liu Min. Wenba led a hundred people to fight with a group of hundreds of bandit soldiers! It can be seen that the bandits are prepared! Another group of people will entangle Wenba and prevent them from reinforcing Jihe Township!

"But Jihe Township has been bandits?!" Liu Qing asked in a distance.

"That's right, Liutun, you go to help Wentun! Now he is being surrounded by three or four hundred elite bandits in a Liluli in the northeast of Jihe Township! We are going to Taolin to report to the lieutenant!" The cavalryman said first.

"Okay, wait and report back! I will move forward at full speed and rescue Wentun Chief!" Liu Qing didn't say nonsense, and said immediately. The cavalrymen did not even stop, and whistled past Liu Qing's troops without even stopping for a moment.

"Okay, the situation is critical, please do your best!" Liu Qing said just one sentence, then let go and run towards Jihe Township. The other soldiers did not speak, but just held the swords around their waists and their heads tightly! Following up. The steps were neat, and a momentum surged out, blending with the north wind of the cold winter.

Liu Qing was marching urgently here, but Jihe Township was in danger! To be precise, those slightly wealthy villagers were in danger!

In addition to the three or four hundred elites used to entangle the cultural tyrants, more than two thousand elites and four or five hundred old men flocked into Jihe Township and plundered them. Originally, Jihe Township had an order to arrange the five or six hundred elites in the main roads in the village, but I had long known where they had been rushed to! I was eager to gather the other elites in the village. And just the four or five pavilions in the southeast did not play much role.

Even the villagers who were idle at home picked up farm tools to resist, how could they compare with the bandits holding sharp soldiers? They were soon defeated. Some wealthy families still wanted to make their families with their guests and guard the residential courtyard! But these bandits were the first to concentrate their efforts to clean up these wealthy families! Hundreds of people rushed forward, how could the dozens of troops in the families of these wealthy families resist?

At this point, Jihe Township is in order, so he dare not act rashly. He just asked the village soldiers and the three or five hundred elites who were temporarily summoned to guard the town pavilion, waiting for the Wenzhu to come to help. He thought that these troops still had experience in dealing with the bandits. He just waited left and right but could not see Wenzhu leading his army! He knew that it was not good, because the Wenzhu stationed in the place was not far from Jihe Township, just one mile! Standing at the outermost point where the villagers gathered, you can see it at a glance.

At this time, the literary archer was in pain. One hundred of the elite thieves were archers! As long as the literary archers and the others were determined to break through the siege, the thieves archers would shoot arrows, which was quite a bit like leaving the literary thieves and the others on the way to break through.

Wenba led his men to break through three times. Although he was protected by the wooden shield, more than 20 people were still shot! And every time he rushed to the vicinity of the archer, several elite bandits beside him would wield swords and fight with Wenba and the others. Then dozens of archers who were proficient in shooting skills waited for an opportunity to shoot the cold arrows! The Wenba was very troubled and had to retreat.

As long as the Wenba led the people to retreat, these bandits would not force each other to death. They just trapped Wenba and did not go any further.
Chapter completed!