In Jiaodong in late June of the ninth year of Chongzhen, due to the influence of the small glacier, the air was already filled with a hint of coldness, indicating that a frost would come to the earth again.

A team of about a few hundred people was walking in the wasteland, and several big flags were clattering in the wind. This was the sixth new recruit from Wendeng Camp led by Wang Zheng.

These recruits basically had two to three bloody heads hanging around their waists. Since they had just won a great victory, the recruits were all bloody, as if they had just undergone a transformation, and they looked so arrogant when walking on the road with long spears.

Winter is cruel, with countless elderly and weak victims everywhere. They are not covered in clothes and cannot fill their stomachs. I wonder how many people will be frozen to death and starved to death during this year's long winter.

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng shook his head.

The situation is not stable. Although he has won a great victory in Wuwenhe, Wang Zheng cannot relax his pace. As the slave chief Huang Taiji became emperor, Ajige led more than 100,000 Qing soldiers to knock on the gate, the situation will become even more difficult.

Wang Zheng, who was walking in front, held the steel knife in his hand tightly, and could only keep some words on his own, and could not tell Huang Yang and the others clearly.

In my impression, the Songjin Battle that was shaking throughout the world was about to begin in less than three years. This was a key war that determined the fate of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Time was tight and I could no longer tolerate any slackness!

Compared with the water camp, there seemed to be a lot of fewer people in Wang Zheng's queue. Jiang Da and the 300 people rescued did not come together in the queue.

A few days before leaving, Wang Zheng often had a heart-to-heart talk with Jiang Da, and he would have been in a short while.

Judging from Wang Zheng’s understanding of Jiang Da over the past few days, he is undoubtedly trustworthy, but after thinking about it, Wang Zheng felt that Jiang Da’s personality was not suitable for being a grassroots general in the army.

Jiang Da was taciturn, ugly but kind-hearted. In his heart, besides his loyalty to Wang Zheng, the most important thing in Taoism is. Letting him lead his troops is undoubtedly a disaster.

The most obvious feature of an excellent leader is that he knows people and uses them well. No matter what kind of person he can play his role in his hands, such as Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han.

Compared to Zhu Yuanzhang's personal actions, Liu Bang is an alternative. He does not have the talent of Zhang Liang in the world, nor does Han Xin have the ability to command troops and fight. The only thing he is good at is the way of employing people.

According to the rules of the court at this time, Wang Zheng, who has any background, will almost never retain the gains from this battle, and will be divided up by the greedy superiors. Under the protection of officials and officials, Wang Zheng has no choice but to do anything to them.

At most, there is a merit of promotion, but this obviously cannot satisfy Wang Zheng.

No matter who he lets him down, he doesn't want to give up the place he has worked hard to defeat. However, rules are dead, people live. Even though rules are pressing on his head, Wang Zheng is still thinking of a way to solve it.

According to the rules at this time, it would be impossible for Wang Zheng to keep the materials seized in the water village openly, so he could only work hard in secret.

That's right, Wang Zheng thought of Jiang Da who surrendered from the water bandits, and he was not enrolled in the new recruits' household registration.

After thinking about it, Wang Zheng finally decided to keep Jiang Da in the Wuwenhe River Village. On the surface, he was the new leader of the Wuwenhe River bandits, but secretly occupied the Wuwenhe River treasure land for Wang Zheng.

Jiang Da was naturally very happy when he heard this news and showed a rare smile. In his opinion, Wang Zheng asked him to set up a pole outside and hand over the Wuwen River he had worked hard to manage to manage. That was a great trust, and he was extremely grateful to Wang Zheng.

Although there was no change in Jiang Da's face, Wang Zheng could still see from his slightly shaking hands that Jiang Da was still very excited.

Since Jiang Da wants to set up a pole, he needs Wang Zheng's help. The surrendered water bandits naturally cannot use it anymore. They were all cut off the head the day before departure, preparing to lead the military achievements.

More than 300 people have been arrested by water bandits for many years, and they have long lost any relatives at home, and they don’t even know whether their respective villages still exist or not.

Nowadays, the soldiers outside are not as stable as the Wuwen River, with food, accommodation and safety. Almost all the water bandits were driven away by Wang Zheng.

These people discussed for a long time, but in the end, few of them left. Almost all of them were willing to stay and follow Jiangda and stand up to Wuwenhe.

In this way, with the food, grass, silver and other materials left by Wang Zheng for Jiang Da, Jiang Da and hundreds of people occupied the water village, which became the largest player in Wuwen Hanoi.

At this time, the water bandits would not use their real names, such as Langli Baitiao, Helongwang, Langlijiao and others. Even the peasant army almost used their names, such as the King of Chuang, Shooting and the Eight Kings, etc.

These vicious people who work hard on their own are offending people almost everywhere. At first, this was also a way to protect their family members, but now it has become another unwritten rule on the Tao.

After Wang Zheng led the new recruits in Wendeng Camp away, many people heard that another water bandit was re-establishing a pole in Wuwen River and called it a black fish, but this black fish was different from the two brothers, the Dragon King of the River and Langli Jiao, and never harmed the people.

Gradually, the story of Wuwenhe Water Village retention of refugees spread, and the name of Black Fish gradually became louder. Many refugees and water bandits came to submit, and these were all later stories.

When Wang Zheng was walking on the road, he thought about how to do it when he arrived in Ninghaizhou. After all, the white strips in the waves were not as important as the Dragon King of the River. In Wang Zheng's heart, water bandits like the Dragon King of the River were easier to deal with.

The white strips of Langli are different. His nature is already somewhat similar to that of the peasant army. He knows that the people are used as cannon fodder to attack the city to avoid casualties from the elite water bandits, which shows that he has ambitions.

The military supervisor Xu Chengwen's edge is temporarily avoided, and when the officers and soldiers are arrogant, they set up a situation to break it. This also shows that there are many tricks in the waves, and this kind of person is the most troublesome to become the bandit leader.

Holding the steel knife tightly, even if there is a sea of ​​swords and fire in front of him, Wang Zheng would still take the old and young men of Yijing Village to explore. This is a foregone conclusion.

There were less than thirty miles from the Wuwen River to the periphery of Ninghaizhou. Wang Zheng and his group set out in the morning and walked into the woods outside Ninghaizhou in a slow afternoon.

After leaving the woods and seeing the city gate open with the west gate, Wang Zheng felt a "splitting" in his heart. Could it be that Ninghaizhou City had been broken by water bandits?

With the recruits stepping through the scattered flags in front of the door, he saw the bleak streets in the city at first sight. Without any hesitation, Wang Zheng led his men to the prefect's yamen. If the officers and soldiers were still resisting, there would undoubtedly be the last hope.

Just as he turned the corner, more than twenty people came over screaming, including men and women, followed by water bandits who were like wolves and tigers.

These people saw the neatly-clad new recruits in Wendeng Camp in front of them as if they had grabbed the last straw to survive, and ran behind the new recruits in Wendeng Camp in surprise and joy.

After all these people passed, Wang Zheng pulled out the steel knife with a "scarlet" and took the lead.

"Dear soldiers, follow me to kill bandits and make contributions!"
Chapter completed!