It was quickly time to deliver in November. Due to the particularly cold weather this year, in November, the northwest region is already howling and snowflakes are flying! Everything in heaven and earth seems to be frozen!

But on the banks of the Yellow River, an unknown number of people gathered there to form a huge camp. The camp seemed to wake up from the freeze after the sunlight appeared, and people began to move inside the camp.

Those who were active in the camp came out in search of food and wood. A group of men carried the bodies of their companions and threw them outside the camp. Those people were the ones who froze to death last night.

This large camp was formed by the gathering of the rebels. Li Zicheng and others are all among them. They were surrounded and intercepted by the Ming army, and there was no way to escape, and they had been blocked by the Yellow River for more than ten days.

Although there were sporadic escapes during these days, most did not. Because they know they have nowhere to go. If they leave the collective, even if they are not killed by the Ming army, they will be killed by the cold!

So all the rebels were waiting for the end to come on the banks of the Yellow River. Food is dwindling day by day, and morale is falling day by day. The leaders are also trapped in the city of sorrow, and they can't do anything! So now the chiefs are gathered in the big tent all day and drink stuffy, which is a bit pre-apocalyptic.

In a dilapidated but tightly covered tent, there were more than a dozen people squeezed into sleeping together. The heat from the mouth and nose covered the tent with a layer of hoarfrost.

At this moment, a man came out of the quilt, stood up straight, and began to move. The man looked quite old, but his body was still very strong, and his movements were very smooth.

When he turned his body away and got a little feverish, he began to kick the people in the quilt one by one. Kicked all the dozen or so people in the tent awake. Then he straightened his beard and hair, revealing his face. Only then can it be seen that this person is Niu Bajin.

One of the people who was kicked snorted and said, "Dad, what are you calling us to get up on this cold day?" ”

Niu Bajin said: "Get up and patrol the sentry!" ”

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After Bajin finished speaking, the person in the quilt sat up, and saw that this was a sturdy young man, but there were already signs of a beard on his face. He wrapped the quilt tightly to prevent the cold from rushing inside, shook his neck and said, "Dad, do you see how many people are still patrolling now?" Why are you so serious? ”

Niu Bajin said: "Don't be verbose! This is a war that will be fatal! Let's go to the sentry and maybe we can save our lives! Get up! ”

Niu Bajin said and kicked the people in the quilt again, telling them all to get up. Everyone couldn't afford it, so they had to get up and pack their clothes.

Since the Guyuan Mutiny, Niu Bajin and his son fled to the surrounding cottages with a group of rebellious soldiers. A few of them stayed in the cottage for more than half a year. It was not until the limelight of the mutiny had completely passed that he left the mountain.

According to Niu Bajin's meaning, he still wants to find a quiet place to live and be a peaceful person. But at this time, Liu Liukou is rising in Shaanxi and Shanxi, where is there a place for them to stay? It's just that they can't be swordsmen if they want to! Because there are too many people who want to be a swordsman!

Several people discussed, some people wanted to go to relatives, and some people wanted to fall on the grass, so everyone scattered. In the end, only two of those rebel soldiers were willing to follow Niu Bajin.

And after thinking about it for a long time, Niu Bajin was desperate to find that unless he went to Jiangnan, he would never be able to settle down. And it's a long way to Jiangnan, not to mention what will happen on the road, even those gentry will eat the father and son who have no foundation and don't even have their skins left!

The more he thought about it, the more angry Niu Bajin happened to hear the news of the rebels, so he simply took Niu Mangu and the two soldiers to join the rebels! Anyway, God doesn't want them to live, so just kill a bloody way!

In fact, what Niu Bajin wants to go to the most is Luo Rucai. Because Luo Rucai has a very good reputation in the green forest, he has always had a reputation for righteousness. Throw yourself under his command, say nothing else, at least don't worry about being betrayed! If something happens, someone can help you out.

But by mistake, they were discovered by a small group of officers and soldiers on the road! When the officers and soldiers saw that they had weapons, horses, and armor, they immediately identified them as them

The spies of the rogue want to catch them and ask for credit. A few people ran around, and they actually ran to a small group of rebels. The leader is called a pangolin.

Pangolins see a few people who are good guys and have good skills, but they have the meaning of reuse. As a result, it was blocked by the official army within a few days, and the descendants escaped after a long fight, but the pangolin was hit by an arrow and died within a few days!

In the end, everyone discussed, and simply went to the nearest Li Zicheng. After everyone defected to Li Zicheng, they saw that Niu Bajin and the four of them were from the army because they had horses and armor, and they were naturally valued and directly included in the old camp.

This old camp Niu Bajin doesn't feel anything, but Niu Mangu is like a fish in water! To put it bluntly, Li Zicheng and others are all called the rebels, and they did rebel because they were forced to do so. But over time, their hearts have changed!

After their rebellion, the lords and gentry who had never been willing to see them before them knelt down and begged bitterly, and they were able to play with the ladies who they had never looked up to before, all of which completely changed their hearts! What they need is a higher status, greater rights! And the old camp is a strong support for them to achieve this.

After each battle, the people of the old battalion would take the most silver and the most loot. Distribute to the most beautiful woman assigned to them. They exchanged these things for the loyalty of the old battalion. And the soldiers of the old battalion, bewildered by everything in front of them, volunteered to be the knives in their hands! For the sake of money, for women, for the sake of being able to control the life and death of others, they will use even more crazy battles to maintain their current lives.

Niu Mangu, who is not deeply involved in the world, is confused by everything! He thoroughly fell in love with this life. Able to kill, with large pieces of meat, large bowls of wine, with beautiful women! He can no longer return to the life of facing the loess with his back to the sky.

However, the good times do not last long, and after all, these rebels lack organization and training, lack a normal program and long-term vision, and live a life of drinking and getting drunk today. So after engaging with the Ming army a few times, he was beaten to the ground! The rebels, led by Li Zicheng, have now been blocked by the Ming army on the banks of the Yellow River and have fallen into an unsustainable situation.