What is power? Now it's it.

Yang Hu rode on the horse and looked at the vast army with serene satisfaction. Nearly 100,000 troops, and when he went down the mountain, he was still 10,000 bandits from Taihang Mountain. Now he has 100,000 soldiers in his hands, siege cities and plunders, killing and killing people. Who dares to say that Yang Hu, I, is not capable of sitting in this world?

Shandong is also an area for horse administration. The people are responsible for raising horses for the government, so Yang Hu can plunder a large number of war horses in a very short time. Nearly 10,000 horse bandits who made a living in the Taihang Mountains are brave and good at fighting and bloodthirsty. They are taught by these cruel and skilled murder experts, and the cruel battlefield of blood and fire teaches fighting experience with death. The originally simple and kind, even cowardly sheep-like crop men quickly become equally cruel.

The combat effectiveness of Yang Hu's army was rapidly improving, and the soldiers were all like wolves and tigers. It was difficult for local officers and soldiers to fight with these crazy desperate battles. During the way, the army of the imperial court was able to compete with them, except for the heavy troops guarding the city and the thick walls of the city, and the high and thick walls were difficult to break. Yang Hu was unwilling to consume a large amount of troops to attack, in the field, no imperial army could compete with them.

Yang Hu's army obtained a large number of weapons seized from the officers and soldiers. Not only were they well-equipped, but his guards were even equipped with firearms. In order to maintain their strong combat power and drive his soldiers to work for him, Yang Hu abandoned the principle of not robbing the young and not tyrannical women when he was a bandit. The military's war discipline was extremely corrupt, and there were ruins everywhere he passed, and countless women were erudite and were insulted to death.

People in troubled times are not as good as dogs, so why are these people just fighting against the common people?

The strong men in troubled times are probably the humble little people in peaceful and prosperous times. They picked up swords and guns, so they could decide the rise and death of others, but at the same time this also accelerated their own death.

However, the pain of the people is not only the same. There are soldiers in the army with corrupt military discipline, especially small troops who have been dispersed and lost the control and supervision of the court's laws. They have become as cruel and greedy as Yang Hu's white-clothed army.

‘Bandits are like combs, soldiers are like casters’, in order to avoid the pursuit of the official army, the white-clothed army hurriedly robbed them. After satisfying the desire of the beast, they rushed to the road. However, the officers and soldiers following behind were unscrupulous and used the same means to bully the people.

Their actions forced more desperate people to join the White Army, transformed from a kind-hearted person who was bullied and became a kind-hearted person, and began to harm other kind-hearted people. They became cruel to survive, and became shameless, vicious circles and corruption because of their bleak future.

The Shandong Governor was not ignorant of these situations, but at this chaotic moment, he was already busy with the White Army. He was already busy with the defeated generals of the remnants who had left the brigade of officers and soldiers in the battle and had broken military discipline and committed crimes. He could only pretend to be deaf and dumb, so as not to stir up mutiny and add fuel to the fire.

The situation in Shandong became worse, and no one had the hope of quickly quelling the rebellion. The rich began to move to the canal early and fled to the capital. Dozens of treasure chariots and hundreds of people from Yanshenggong fled to the capital by taking water.

Yang Hu's army was very fast and surpassed them. Along the way, they met rich landlords who fled to the canal with their families with gold, silver and soft, and as a result, these men from wealthy families lost their lives, women became toys, and gold, pearls and jade treasures were all like packing and handing over to Yang Hu as military funds.

But these are not enough. On the one hand, gold, silver and treasures aroused the strong fighting spirit of the rebels, and on the other hand, they provided Yang Hu's army with financial resources to rebel. However, due to the mixed soldiers and bandits in Shandong, the normal economy was completely disrupted, and money could not be converted into their necessary war materials for the time being.

The white-clothed army did not engage in production, and blindly destroyed production, with a large army of 100,000 and more than 50,000 war horses. The supply of grain and fodder in such a large area was entirely robbed and plunder. The producers either died or fled, or joined the ranks of destroyers. How much food and grass is left in Shandong for them to consume?

There may be abundant supplies in the city, but now all the cities are being consolidated and stationed to guard the troops. In the wilderness, it is the world of the White Army, a group of predators. Once they attack the city, especially Dafugao City, if they want to fight, they will have to pay a large number of soldiers who have just been trained and successfully. Yang Hu cannot bear such a great price.

In this spring, flowers bloomed, and the fields should have just sown hope, and there was a desolation and death everywhere. The soldiers of the white-clothed army had not yet realized it. However, as the commander of the three armies, Yang Hu had already felt the pressure brought by food. There were food and soldiers. Once the soldiers could not provide food for food, the consequences would be staked. Therefore, it is imperative to cross the river south, or go south to enter the richer Central Plains.

The shadow of Juye County can be seen from afar. The soldiers are like dogs who see bones, and they are excited from the bottom of their bones.

There is a city ahead, which means that they can rob a lot of money, play beautiful women, and enjoy free delicious food. As for whether they have to trade his life, it’s okay. If they don’t fight, don’t join the army, or be bad people, can they survive? Since that’s the case, let’s live happily.

Life is full of autumn, and since you don’t know which day you will die, why not enjoy it as much as possible? The timely pleasure makes the army tired of marching raise their morale again. They speed up their pace, and the cavalry shouted even more excitedly.

When Yang Hu saw the soldiers' high morale, he couldn't help but smiled with satisfaction and continued to discuss the next plan with several confidant generals.

Mu Yun is now a general that Yang Hu relies heavily on. Yang Hu's army divided into the Five Tiger Army in front, back, left and right. Mu Yun led the Central Army, the first of the Five Tiger Generals. He turned his head and said, "Capture Julu and then seize Jining, so that the food and grass should last for more than half a month. Taking advantage of this period of time, the troops will surround Xuzhou City and capture Xuzhou, which will surely be awesome in the world."

Yi Chenfeng, the commander of the left army, was a general of the Bazhou clan who had been following Yang Hu. Hearing this, he said in confusion: "General Mu, I am afraid that this matter is difficult. There may be some hope in attacking Jining, Xuzhou..... Heavy troops are gathered, backed by the Yellow River, without any worries. The Ming Dynasty can also increase troops from the water route and increase grain at any time. If you attack Xuzhou, you will not be able to take it down in a short time. After a long time, the pursuers behind will surround us by surrounding three sides. It is too dangerous."

The commander of the former army was Han Bai. He took the opportunity of fighting in front of the station to inform Hongniang of Yang Hu's plan to destroy the embankment and dig the river and use water as a soldier. Then he rushed back to the army. Now he was recalled by Yang Hu to discuss the plan. He immediately agreed: "Yes. Marshal, our initial plan was to mess up the entire territory of Shandong, recruit soldiers and store food. Now, our goal has been achieved.

I still suggest that we should contact Liu Liu and Liu Qi of Bazhou as soon as possible to join forces, and attack the capital with fast cavalry and directly attack the Ming Dynasty. More than half of the army in the Beijing camp is infantry and may not be able to fight with us. Even if we fail, we can retreat immediately and attack the Central Plains. By then, the sky is high and the earth is vast, and the people are like dragons. Who can do anything to us?"

It is not only dangerous to go to Xuzhou, but also our army is heavy, especially more than 50,000 war horses. It is difficult to cross the river as if it is ascending to the sky. Even if it crosses the river and goes all the way, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are crisscrossing rivers, which is not conducive to the tens of thousands of cavalry fighting. This plan is not feasible."

Jiangsu and Zhejiang have many rivers and lakes, which are not good for horses to fight. The white-clothed army relies on the team of ten thousand people with a strong momentum. Yang Hu couldn't help but hesitate when he heard this.

Li Yeyin, the commander of the right-road army, was one of the three Qingzhou rich men who defected to Yang Hu. He was about forty years old, with three beautiful beards and a pair of phoenix eyes, and was handsome. Because he had outstanding martial arts skills, he was appointed as the commander of the left-road army.

Seeing Yang Hu hesitating, Li Yeyin laughed and said, "No matter what, if we can conquer Xuzhou, our army will have a great reputation. If we go south, it is not too late. We will be able to move north again. Haven't we sent someone to contact Liu Liu now? We must have their news to discuss the strategy of going south to the Central Plains."

The commander of the rear army, Tofu Wolf, was a tyrant in Taihang. He rode on a dark horse and said lazily: "Li Da Qianzhu, it's hard! Ah! Our people are good at fighting in the field and are not good at fighting tough battles. If they didn't fight Qingzhou, they were defeated by Dezhou. Is Xuzhou so easy to fight?

In my opinion, there is no good or bad in Shandong, so it’s better to go to the Central Plains early. Jiangnan is rich and handsome, and Jiangnan women are all beautiful, with fine skin and tender flesh, compared to our big girls..., wow! What a handsome girl...."

The tofu wolf's eyes were straight and he stared at a ridge in front of him. His saliva seemed to be almost coming down. Seeing this, everyone turned their heads and looked up the ridge.

In front, there was a ridge on the left, with bare and sparsely growing shrubs. On the right was a plain of rivers, and on the ridge was a strong white horse. There was a woman in red, with a red cloak, red dress, and a red scarf mask. She couldn't see her appearance, but judging from the graceful and charming bee waist and breasts, she was clearly a hot-bodied beauty.

"Xi Yuyu" said the horse neighing, and the white horse man stood up, and then his feet stepped heavily on the ground from the mouth of the bowl, like cast by iron and stone, motionless. The woman in red turned her head and looked down the slope. Although it was far away, everyone felt that the woman's bright eyes were looking at herself.

The soldiers, like wolves and tigers, were eager to try, but they did not ignore the woman in red, and the arrogant aura and a short sword on her slender waist. The sword was already full of murderous aura before it was unsheathed. The instinct taught them by the killing pole made them realize that this woman should not be humiliated and no one dared to rush forward, but the soldiers had already started to stir up.

When Yang Hu saw this woman, his originally confident expression disappeared. His face turned very ugly. The people who moved from Bazhou from Yang Family Village and some core figures among the thieves in Taihang Mountains had already recognized this person. Han Bai's eyes lit up, and then he hid an excited expression. He leaned against Yang Hu and whispered: "Brother Hu, he is the eldest sister-in-law."

Yang Hu said with an ugly expression: "I know."

Han Bai looked at his face and slapped, "I don't understand you, the couple is fine. What's going on? I'm so furious. Now, my sister-in-law is coming to you. Maybe she wants to make peace with you. I won't go up and meet her for a while."

Yang Hu sneered, thought for a while, finally nodded, and hurried up the mountain.

Tofu Wolf had only seen the Hongmao on both sides. When he saw this situation, he remembered who this woman was. The Hongmao who had entered the Taihang Mountains alone was full of thorns and could not afford to offend him. Tofu Wolf whistled sharply and shouted loudly: "The whole army rests on the spot."

When the soldiers saw the Grand Marshal riding on the mountain alone, even if they had never heard of Hong Niangzi, they knew that the woman in front of them must have something to do with Grand Marshal Yang. They lazily got off the horse and sat on the ground. Someone was lying in the grass, and someone was standing next to them to relieve their hands, laughing, scolding, and fighting.

Mu Yun rode on the horse, frowned and looked at the figures of the two on the mountain, with his eyes flashing, and he didn't know what to think. His eyes occasionally touched Li Yeyin, and their eyes immediately staggered.

On the hillside, Yang Hu slowed down his horse and slowly approached Cui Ying'er. Cui Ying'er was covered with a silk red scarf on her face, revealing only a pair of beautiful eyes, a pretty nose and full cherry lips. She reflected a beautiful gallery on the red scarf.

"Ying'er, you... why are you here?" Yang Hu asked stammeringly.

Cui Ying'er glanced at the bandits at the foot of the mountain and said lightly: "Master Yang is so powerful. When I left Tang Saier Village, you were still fighting Qingzhou. I captured Qufu and you also arrived in Liangshan at the same time. You are really in a hurry to do military operations. Where are you going now?"

Hearing her name, Yang Hu's eyes dimmed. His voice also became cold: "Where can you go? Of course, you are going to fight Juye."

"Are you leading a hundred thousand troops to travel a long distance just to attack a small giant field?"

"That's not the case. If we have to attack Jining and take over this big city, we will definitely raise more military spending, recruit more soldiers, and accumulate some strength. We can break out of Shandong and seize the world!"

"What is the point of taking Jining? Continue to go east, if you conquer Xuzhou, you can even cross Henan and seize Jiangnan directly. Wouldn't that be better?"

Yang Hu looked at her strangely, and couldn't figure out her intention for a while, so he had to answer carefully: "Xuzhou City has high walls and heavy troops stationed. Once the city is attacked, the Ming army can still transport troops from the water to support it, and it is very difficult to capture Xuzhou. Even if the imperial army did not encircle and suppress it, the food we carried will be difficult to support the hard battle outside Xuzhou City for many days."

Cui Ying'er sneered and said, "If you fight around here for a while, after the spring rain gradually rises, what if the Yellow River Beiba is broken in Changyuan, Dongming, Liangshan or near Taiqian? All the lower flows are flooded, and millions of people become unjust souls. If the Yellow River is changed, Xuzhou will become an isolated city. Not only is it not difficult to get it, but it will even be easy to abandon the city and directly cross the dry Yellow River waterway, right?"

Yang Hu Youran changed color, his tiger's eyes shone fiercely, and he said in a deep voice: "What are you talking about?"

Cui Ying'er's eyes drooped slightly, she glanced at his hand holding the hilt with contempt, and said sarcastically: "Why are you going to kill someone to silence me?"

Yang Hu's body trembled, and he struggled for a while. Finally, he slowly let go of his right hand and said coldly: "I understand that it is Han Bai, it must be him. I ordered him to be a pioneer and inquire in front of me. He knew about this, and only he had time to find you. I was useless to trust me so much, and he actually betrayed me!"

"Betray you?" Cui Ying'er asked back and laughed and shook her head: "Yang Hu, Yang Hu, you are really obsessed with greed now. No one is good to you, and no one is hurting you. If you break the dike and dig the river, flood Shandong, it's really a pity that you want to come out. It's a good thing. This will definitely lead to chaos in Shandong.

But have you ever thought about it? When you sent troops to Xuzhou, the Yellow River will be changed at this time. No matter how secret you do, it will not be hidden from anyone who is interested. Once this matter is exposed, you will be the enemy of the whole world. Not to mention being an emperor, you will be immediately disgraced and become a rat crossing the street that everyone calls for."

Yang Hu could not hear it at this time. He heard this and just sneered: "So, Han Bai failed my trust and betrayed me, but for me? You Miss Cui came to stop me, because it was for me?"

The Hongniang raised her chin and said proudly: "Forget it, you have been unreasonable for a long time, and I am too lazy to reason with you. I will just tell you that the dam will break and turn yellow, don't think about it!"

Yang Hu sneered: "Madam Hong, I tell you, don't point fingers at me. I now hold 100,000 cavalry in my hand. Who dares to underestimate me in the world? I waved my hand and bleeded thousands of miles away. I ordered it and thousands of heads fell to the ground. Why do you fight me? With your martial arts, or more than a thousand defeated soldiers in the Cuijia Dazhai?"

The red lady pointed her jade finger northward and said lightly: "Go back!"

"Yeah?" Yang Hu was angry by the contempt of Hongmao and said sternly: "Don't forget, I am the commander of the three armies! Do you dare to order me?"

The Hongniang plucked the horse and said coldly: "Go back! Don't make the idea of ​​the Yellow River! Otherwise, I will immediately announce the world: You Yang Hu, you dug the Yellow River! Three thousand soldiers? I can immediately pull up a team of 300,000 people, and 300,000 soldiers and 300,000 soldiers and 300,000 soldiers and horses that will fight you desperately!"

Yang Hu shouted in anger: "Are you crazy? I'm in Shandong and I don't want to rely on your Cui family's troops. I don't care about the power of your Cui family anymore. It's you! You came to the door to rebel with me. I, Yang Hu, left aside and took you in. You are going to drag me back now?"

Cui Ying'er glanced coldly and said, "Hold you down? If it weren't for you, how could Cuijiazhai be implicated? The commander of the three armies? It's even more funny! Tell you, without me, you will rebel! Without you, my uncles will rebel. I am willing to join because they are my uncles and they avenge my father. We are just using each other.

The dam broke and turned yellow, and it was full of conscience. Do you know how many people would drown in the flood? After the flood, the plague spread and how many people would die of illness? It is spring now. All the crops planted in spring have been destroyed, there is no harvest this year, and how many people would starve to death this year or even next year? This is crazy!"

"Hahahaha..." Yang Hu pointed at her and laughed loudly: "Madam Hong, why are you going to rebel? You might as well become a Bodhisattva."

The Hongniang looked at him and said quietly: "Is the Bodhisattva funny? There are really people in this world who do great good deeds and do great deeds. You, Yang Hu, are not even as good as someone's toe!"

Yang Hu's laughter suffocated, and her face turned red with humiliation. The red lady looked into the distance and said, "I am not a Bodhisattva, I am just a foolish woman. I am not a good deed. But if I have a little human nature, I will never do it. Yang Hu, I have said all my words. You will decide where to go!"

She glanced at Yang Hu coldly and said, "My local people have already gone north. I want to go back to Bazhou. Yang Hu, remember, as long as the Yellow River breaks, your crime will be revealed to the world. I, Cui Ying'er, will not let you go!"

After saying that, the red lady kicked the horse. The white horse neighed and spread its four hooves and ran wildly towards the other side of the hillside. More than 20 knights at the foot of the mountain were waiting there quietly. When she saw her going down the mountain, she immediately turned over and surrounded her and galloped towards the distant plain. A white cloak rose in the wind, like a white cloud carrying a ball of flames.

Yang Hu was independent of the mountains and looked at the place where Hong Niangzi left in distantly, until more than twenty cavalry had disappeared on the horizon, and still stood still. Mu Yun couldn't bear it and rode his horse up the mountain to come to him. Seeing him looking away, he was in a daze and called out softly: "Marson! Marshal! Brother Hu?"

Yang Hu's eyes moved, woke up, gritted his teeth and said to Mu Yun: "Go! Take the Julu, and the army returns north!"

Mu Yunqi said: "What? If we don't go to Xuzhou, will the Yellow River waterway be cut off?"

Yang Hu looked at Han Bai at the foot of the mountain, with endless hatred in his eyes and said grimly: "You can't go! She... already knows my plan. When the Yellow River fights, she will immediately announce the world and ruin my major affairs."

Mu Yun never understood why the couple was strangers. Since they rebelled together, why they dragged Yang Hu back. However, he had heard of the famous lady of Hong Niu. He could do it. He was a hero who was a wise man. If she had no intention of Yang Hu, it would be difficult to do this. I am afraid that the good situation that had just opened would be ruined.

Mu Yun thought for a moment of annoyance, and suddenly smiled coldly and said, "Marantor, don't be depressed. We didn't expect to have so many troops so soon, so we had to use the method. We now have 100,000 elite soldiers, and we continue to recruit soldiers and horses all the way north, which is enough to confront the court. If we recruit more troops, the problem of food and grass will be difficult to solve."

He glanced at Yang Hu and said, "The subordinates have a plan. We will rush our troops to the north to join Liu Liu, then break out of Henan and rush straight to the heart of the Central Plains. We are all cavalry and move quickly. We can take advantage of the Ming army's return to aid and capture Nanjing, support the Ming Dynasty's royal family and become a puppet emperor to compete with Zhengde. When the time is right, we will kill the puppet emperor and replace it with the marshal. At that time, we can advance to the north to attack the Ming Dynasty, and retreat to rule. What do you think?"

Yang Hu said with hatred: "There is only that now. Let's take Julu first, and then rush our troops north to fight to Dezhou to fight with the Liu Liu brothers."

He said with a sharp look: "I want to try it. It would be better to take the capital, Zhengde, and Yang Ling's dog head in one fell swoop!

Yang Ling was most concerned about the war situation in Shandong, but the military situation in Shandong was always unable to be delivered in time. He also received news from both north and south. News from the north was sent to the north. Xuanfu was attacked by the Tatar cavalry. Yang Ling did not expect that Boyan would dare to draw taxes to attack the Ming Dynasty when he was surrounded by enemies.

Perhaps the troops in Boyan are no longer as powerful as before. This time, his attack on the border can only use the maneuverability and flexibility of the cavalry to quickly attack some small towns and villages that are easy to occupy. They are about to leave with the main force of the Ming army and have no intention of fighting for a long time. Now they have gradually moved to Datong, Shanxi. It seems that the threat is not great. The troops in various places are waiting for battle, so he can't get much advantage. However, in this way, the troops in the border cannot be transferred.

The south is still a peaceful and prosperous scene. After a winter, merchant ships from various countries have been continuously in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Fuzhou and Quanzhou. The maritime taxation is endless, and now it has become a major pillar of the imperial court's finances.

A small caravan of Florence has come, bringing news about Spain. The country's expeditionary fleet has returned to the country. Due to the loss of the armed protection of the powerful fleet, it was repeatedly looted by the pirates who had avoided it in the past. When they returned to the country, less than one-third of the people were all dressed in rags and pale faces and thin skin. It was worse than beggars.

The quarrels about it in this country, whether to retaliate or change the strategy to deal with the Ming Dynasty, once became the focus of debate in the court, but starting from reality. Moreover, seeing the power of the Ming Navy, the expedition to the east was almost an unattainable fantasy. In the end, the party of seeking peace had the upper hand with the support of the king. He is currently building a large merchant ship, and it is estimated that it will not be able to set off this fall as soon as this time.

In Jiangnan, under the management of Ma Lianer and Adni, the internal factory business was booming, and Yang Ling was very pleased with this. He separated the powerful force from the internal factory. He was concealed from the imperial court, and this force could not be handed over again. He confessed to the emperor that he had reserved a backup plan for his acceptance of the position of Duke. Moreover, once the country embarked on the right, Yang Ling was unwilling to let the imperial court have such a powerful spy organization.

However, this force, these people must arrange a way out. With the development of business, Yang Ling wants to gradually transform them into a powerful business organization that runs through the north and south and connects overseas.

Looking at Ma Lian'er, Adni's letter, Yang Ling frowned slightly and said, "Adni is too anxious. She suggested that I colonize overseas now. Quickly embrace some small countries or unowned lands as existing. She does not understand the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty and the geographical situation of the Ming Dynasty."

Cheng Qiyun blinked and said, "I think what she said makes sense."
To be continued...