Traveler Major League

Chapter 4 Coercion Repair and Preparation for Battle

"Yo! It's quite early, isn't it?"

Accompanied by hearty laughter, a thin, long-faced man in his thirties opened the door of the shack and flashed in, and introduced himself, "My surname is Yu, and I can read and write like you. You will follow me in the future." I'll get behind! I'll take you!"

Liu Ze nodded and stretched himself, and called out to Big Brother Yu obediently.

Judging from the appearance of this person, he should be easy to get along with, and he can read and write. He also seems to have a good temper. He is much better than the bald man last night. Liu Ze gradually let go of his defenses, and he became much more relaxed.

However, the crowd was so chaotic last night that they didn't notice Brother Yu. I don't know what role he is in the team. Liu Ze was trying to think about it, but Brother Yu spoke again.

"Yesterday, you stabbed those three local thieves to death. You were quick enough!"

Liu Ze smiled awkwardly, and his body tensed up uncontrollably.

"I still have lingering fears from last night, and I can't sleep peacefully."

Probably because he didn't want to mention this matter again, Liu Ze quickly changed the topic.

"Brother Yu, did you come to see me for something?"

Liu Ze rubbed his stiff face with his hands, the bloodshot eyes proved that he did not sleep well last night.

Brother Yu glanced at the hut, saw that there was only a pile of straw in the hut, and there was no place to sit, so he patted Liu Ze on the shoulder and came out and said, "Come out and talk."

Seeing that the smile on his face faded away, Liu Ze didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and followed Brother Yu out of the shack with trepidation.

"Since you have handed in the nomination certificate and joined the team, we are also our own people. To tell you the truth, we are going to do a big thing. I will tell you what it is specifically." Brother Yu paused and continued, " Where is your home? Is there anyone else at home?"

It turned out to be a thorough investigation, this is a good opportunity!

Thinking in his heart, Liu Zeli immediately replied in a loud voice: "I have no father or mother in my family. My ancestral home is in Suzhou. I have been learning medical skills from my master and rarely go down the mountain. Now that I have fallen to this point, my master is probably in danger!"

As he spoke, Liu Ze wiped away the tears slightly rising from the corners of his eyes with his hands, but these tears were shed when he thought of his dreamlike ordeal yesterday.

This non-existent experience is a good opportunity to clear up the strange phenomenon that I have a strange accent and basically know nothing about life in the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, following this group of strong men of unknown origin, after getting familiar with them gradually, it will be easier to live life and realize one's ideals in the future.

Seeing Liu Ze's pitiful appearance, Big Brother Yu couldn't bear to continue questioning his life experience, so he thought about asking him something else!

"Your name?"

"My name is Liu Ze!"

"From what you say, you look like a scholar without poverty. Do you have a name?"

"In the following words: Muzhi." Liu Ze replied eagerly and wisely.This is also when I suddenly remembered the name of Zhang Muzhi in the movie "Let the Bullets Fly" starring Jiang Wen, Ai Wu Ji Wu, and said it out of the box.

"Muzhi, do you know where this Majiazhai is?"

"Eh? Here?" Liu Ze also had this question. Why did he tie himself up when he came up? This was something he never thought of when he first started.

"This is a poor village. Now it's been drought year after year and there's a shortage of food!"

"This village is located next to the official road. It leads directly to Chengcheng in front. The road is flat, and there are mountains in the back. It is a good place with convenient transportation. Their group has been helping the nearby poles to hide meat tickets and sell them. Dirty or something."

Brother Yu saw that Liu Ze was listening with great interest, so he continued to talk a lot.

"It's all right, but a few days ago, I heard news that the son of the old Matou in this village has somehow gone away, and he was promoted to be a military official in Chengcheng, specializing in military affairs!"

"The old horse head was willing to help us hide the lottery number (the wounded) before, but now he has gained power, once he flies into the sky, he ignores us, and not only ignores us, but also acts as a spy. Humph! This Chengcheng Zhang Yaocai from Chengzhi County is not a good guy either! Now we have been suffering from severe drought for many years, we have nothing to eat, and we are always urging taxes and food. The folks in our family did not pay enough food, so they are going to lead troops to suppress us, that is The team led by the son of the old horse head! It is expected to come here this afternoon!"

Brother Yu glanced at Liu Ze and said, "The three you killed yesterday are relatives of Lao Matou!"

Liu Ze was taken aback, it turns out that there are so many twists and turns!It's much harder than making a video for yourself!It seems that there are many things to learn in the future!Liu Ze couldn't help but feel ashamed.

"Since you can read and write, follow me to take care of our money, food and supplies. It's not in vain to lose your knowledge. You come with me, and let me take stock of what's going on in this village!"

Then Liu Ze found out that Big Brother Yu's real name is Yu Ting, and he took his second brother Yu Chou to do some small business together. Although the two of them are not considered rich, they also have no worries about food and clothing. However, there have been many natural disasters and man-made disasters in the past few years. A few years ago, their stall was targeted by the little white servants in the county government. They kept blackmailing them. In the end, they couldn't bear it and went bankrupt. They had no choice but to go back to their hometown and join this group of people. , that is, the man known as the second brother, is going to do some big things as a thief.

In fact, the so-called big thing of being a thief is to pull a pole, be a swordsman, and do ordinary things for others, at most plus collect tolls from caravans, ask for protection fees from nearby villages, and so on.

Because they often help the poor who can't make it through, and occasionally hire some people to do some part-time business without capital, they are very principled, so they are also loved by the poor in the nearby ten miles and eight villages.

It's just that good luck comes with misfortune, which violated the taboo of the local county magistrate Zhang Yaocai, so he ordered the newly appointed pony pianist to bring troops to suppress it.

This also led to the current disaster in the Majiazhai. Yesterday, the second brother led people to slaughter him, and then planned to ambush the soldiers of the pony pawn here in the afternoon, because according to the secret rumor that the pony pawn It is to bring people here today, and prepare to use this as a base to clear the countryside in the future.

Under the leadership of Brother Yu, Liu Ze took advantage of the half-day when everyone was recuperating, and took a thorough inventory of the food and supplies in the team.

If you don’t count, you don’t know, but if you count, you will be shocked!There are more than 400 people in the second brother's team, and all of them are good guys. There is no old, weak, sick or disabled, but I guess most of them are temporary part-time jobs. I really follow the second brother. How many.

The Majiazhai was occupied last night, and only a few men were injured, and all of them were only skin traumas, so you can just wrap them up yourself.

Liu Ze couldn't help expressing his sincere admiration.

Of course, this was also the reason why the second brother was eager to accept Liu Ze. These days there are few educated people, and there is no dedicated doctor in the team. If there is another ambush today, there will definitely be many casualties.

Walking on the road to the grain warehouse, I saw that the young and strong people around me were holding all kinds of weapons, but they were all common farm tools. Only the thirty or so people with the second brother as the core were the ones who really held the knives and guns.

There was not a single horse, but three mules and five donkeys were seized yesterday.

There is indeed not much food. There is only about 10000 catties of grain in Majiazhai, which originally had a population of one hundred. The limited amount of food is only enough to eat for thirty or so days, which is really poor.

I haven't seen any other valuable gold and silver, and it is estimated that they have been put away in advance.

When passing the square in front of the stockade, Liu Ze stopped in his tracks.

There were about fifty people tied up in the square. Apart from the frail elderly and women, there were also a dozen half-grown children. These children lowered their heads and leaned on the adults, trembling uncontrollably with fear and fear.

At this time, a woman with disheveled hair and gray cloth clothes found Liu Ze. As if she was grabbing a life-saving straw, she desperately bowed and kowtowed to Liu Ze, and kept begging: "Please!" Please spare my baby! She is only a few months old! Please."

Only then did Liu Ze see that there was a baby on her back. The baby didn't know anything about the surrounding environment, and just sucked his little hand innocently, even ignoring that the woman's back was wet with saliva.

Seeing this, Liu Ze hurriedly asked Brother Yu: "Brother Yu, will we release these people after we finish the ambush?"

"No, I'll kill him later." Brother Yu saw that Liu Ze couldn't bear it, so he explained, "We have few people, and we don't have any extra people to visit them. It's a big deal to ambush the magistrates. What if they tip off the news?"

Liu Ze's heart tightened. Brother Yu's words made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. These people are poor people who have no resistance, and there are also children and newborn babies!
But Big Brother Yu's casual sentence of killing could end their lives in an instant.

Liu Ze knew that if he hadn't been of some use to them, he would have been killed and exposed to the wilderness by now!
It's terrible!

"Stop meddling in your own business!" Brother Yu repeated emphatically upon seeing this.

Liu Ze didn't dare to say much, but with a pale face, he nodded guiltily, turned his back, and stopped looking at those people.

Now that Liu Ze can't protect himself, he really doesn't dare to meddle in his own business.

At noon, because there was going to be an ambush in the afternoon, I deliberately ate a full meal.

Now Liu Ze finally knew why he had to sneak attack on this Majia village. There was a mountain pass between the village and the official road, and the dense forests on both sides were very dangerous. It was a good place to ambush.

Liu Ze also got a long spear, a broken gong, and two flags made of gray cloth. The so-called long spear is actually a long wooden pole with a sharpened front and hardened by fire. No one told him what it is for, so he just took it. These guys followed Brother Yu and lay behind a large rock on the top of the mountain.

From this angle, there were not many people to be seen, but Liu Ze knew that they had occupied the nearby hills, so they dispatched all of them this time, even the rookie followed.

Just waited until the sun started to go west, but the expected official army still didn't come.

In the nearby ambush, I began to hear the voices of many people whispering and cursing, and occasionally I saw someone standing up and looking towards the intersection.

Suddenly there was a voice: "Second brother's order is passed back, get down, don't speak!"

"Pass it backwards, get down, and don't speak." With the sound of passing words one after another, the mountain pass gradually became quiet, and occasionally there were only a few coughs.

After a while, the sound of hooves, footsteps, and the neighing of mules and donkeys could be heard in the distance.

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