Daming pirates

The news that Dengzhou City had fallen and that Governor Sun Yuanhua had fallen into the hands of the rebels spread quickly to all directions, immediately shaking the entire Denglai and other parts of Shandong into confusion.

People can't believe that Dengzhou Prefecture is such a strong city. It has sufficient food and wages, sufficient troops, and a mountain of weapons. In the eyes of others, no matter how bad it is, it is not a problem to persist for a year and a half.

, if you do well, it is not impossible to hold on for two or three years, but Dengzhou City, under the personal control of Governor Sun Yuanhua, actually could not hold on for even a month, and was easily taken by the rebels.

So some people didn't quite believe it at first, but when the news was confirmed repeatedly, they had no choice but to believe it. For a while, the whole Shandong was in chaos.

It turns out that various demon sects such as the White Lotus Sect and other chaotic demon sects in Shandong are very active. In the second year of Chongzhen's reign, they once gathered a crowd to rebel, and the army was suppressed with great difficulty. After hearing about the Denglai Rebellion, these demons hidden in various places

, and once again began to take advantage of the situation to stir up trouble, causing the entire Shandong to fall into chaos.

Of course, the news reached Liu BuTong's ears as quickly as possible. Liu BuTong's head was a little big when he heard it. Sure enough, he guessed that Dengzhou City really didn't last long before it was captured by the rebels. What's next?

The rebels will immediately plunder in all directions.

Ninghai Prefecture is less than 200 miles east of Dengzhou City. Although it cannot be said that there is a flat plain along the way, there are no dangerous passes that can stop them. There are quite a lot of cavalry among the rebels. As long as they want to, they can almost lift their legs.

I can get to Ninghai Prefecture.

The Ninghai Prefecture seat is in Mouping County, which is only about ten miles away from his Xishan Village. You can reach Xishan Village with a short walk, and Xishan Village and Yangma Island Tuweizi have a large amount of grain and grass stored in them.

, this is extremely attractive to the rebels, and this kind of thing cannot be concealed.

Therefore, no one can guess when the rebels will arrive outside Xishan Village. As long as the rebels come, there will not be too few, so whether Xishan Village can be defended becomes a problem.

Xishan Village currently only has two elite infantry platoons, but only half of them use Wolf Fang rifles, and the other half use South Japanese-style rifles. There are not many spare barrels and spare parts, and repairs are not necessary.

There is only one weapons personnel, and although the ammunition base is not small, if the rebels come with thousands of people, it will still be difficult for them to resist.

Fortunately, during this period of time, Li Futong and two other second lieutenants, plus some non-commissioned officers and several trainee officers, were still very diligent in their work. They prepared all the swords and guns stored in the village and used a simple round rod machine.

and circular saws to produce a large number of bows, arrows and crossbows.

At the same time, they took in a large number of refugees here, selected young and strong men from them, and trained them to become local warriors in Xishan Village, who could be used as auxiliary soldiers.

In a short period of intensive training, these rural warriors have mastered some basic knowledge of formation combat and have basic combat capabilities. However, this is limited to allowing them to defend the city. If they are taken out to fight against the rebels,

In a field battle, it is estimated that when there are more enemies, they will panic.

Currently, Xishan Village has trained three to four hundred such rural warriors, divided into two companies. Li Futong and another second lieutenant officer each command a company and serve as auxiliary troops for their platoon of infantry.

Before the sea froze, the last ship that came here to transport food and transport refugees finally brought them two new twelve-pound cannons, which gave Liu BuTong four twelve-pound howitzers on hand.

Two gates are placed in the mountain village and Yangma Island's earthen enclosures, giving them a certain amount of heavy firepower support capabilities.

However, in Liu BuTong's eyes, such armaments are still too weak. Regardless of their current military strength, looking at Ninghai Prefecture, even if Ninghai Prefecture's garrison comes, they are not afraid at all. The entire Muping County of Ninghai Prefecture is like them.

There is no other village in Zhuangbao with such strong force.

If a large number of rebels attack, it's hard to say whether Xishan Village can be saved. For this reason, Liu Butong was so anxious that he could only quickly find a way to continue to recruit some refugees and train them into

Even if the new Xiangyong are not given sufficient training and cannot be put to great use, when necessary, they can still maintain the order of the refugees in the village and Tuweizi to prevent internal chaos first.

Sure enough, just after the fall of Dengzhou Prefecture, a large number of refugees began to flow from Dengzhou Prefecture to Ninghai Prefecture. These refugees turned out to be villagers from the villages surrounding Dengzhou City. The rebels arrived outside Dengzhou City.

Afterwards, in order to raise food and wages, many troops were sent out to raid villages and forts.

Almost all the villages within dozens of miles around Dengzhou City were harassed. Many villagers wanted money and land, and they had no family property that they could not let go of. When the rebels came, they wanted to hide away.

The rebels fled their homes with their families and began to flee in all directions to places they thought were safe.

Muping County was naturally an option. Many refugees flocked to Muping County. By mid-January, many refugees had entered Muping County and gathered outside Muping County.

The Ninghai Prefecture government would definitely not dare to open its doors to accept these refugees, and the townships and villages would not dare to accept these refugees, let alone provide relief. Not to mention that they do not have enough food, even if they did, they would not dare to provide it at this time.

Relieve these refugees.

Who can guarantee that among these refugees, there are no rebels or strongmen hiding among the refugees? If they are allowed to enter the city or village, who can guarantee that once the rebels attack, they will no longer be in the city?

Or should the inside and outside of the village cooperate to cause trouble?

Therefore, although these refugees braved the severe cold and fled to Mouping County, they still did not receive any relief. However, someone soon heard that in a Xishan Village near the sea in the north of the city, there was a man Liu Dashan who had always been

Giving porridge outside the village to help the hungry people.

So these refugees immediately swarmed towards Xishan Village, hoping to find something to eat in Xishan Village and continue to live. If Liu Dashan from Xishan Village could be kind enough to take them in, they could

Get a shelter from the wind and rain, and no longer have to wander around in such cold and freezing weather.

The temperature in the first month of the year is still very low, and there is also a heavy snowfall. The temperature is so low that dripping water turns into ice. Many of these refugees don't even have cotton-padded clothes, just any rags that can be wrapped around them.

They wrapped themselves up as much as possible to keep some warmth. Some people had shoes on their feet, but some even lost their shoes and were just stumbling barefoot on the icy road.

Many people's toes have turned black and purple from the cold, and it seems that they cannot survive. Many people have no food in their stomachs and cannot provide enough heat to their bodies. They fall down while walking and have never been able to get up since.

, he just died on the road due to cold and hunger.

Situations like this can be said to be common on land in Denglai and other places. People are lying dead on the roadside every moment, but no one bothers to ask. As long as someone falls, many refugees will immediately swarm up and earn money.

They snatched away the only clothes they had to keep out the cold, immediately wrapped them around themselves, then dropped the red body and continued to stagger toward a destination they didn't even know.

Several horses stood on a mound more than 30 miles west of Xishan Village. The men riding on the horses all looked very tough. They all had single swords with black scabbards on their waists, and there were also belts on the horse's buttocks.

He was carrying a shield and a carbine in his hand.

But they were not wearing military uniforms, just some civilian clothes. They wore strange cotton hats on their heads. The brim of the hat drooped down on both sides, just covering their ears. There was also a furry thing hanging horizontally from side to side.

Hanging on the two ears of the hat, even the nose is protected. The entire face only exposes the eyes and mouth. Hot air is constantly spraying out of the mouth, and white frost forms on the fur that protects the nose, which makes it look very strange.

It's warm.

These few people stared silently at the road coming from the direction of Dengzhou. The road was filled with sparse refugees fleeing the war.

A refugee was staggering on the road, moving forward step by step with difficulty. His waist was stooped, as if he could no longer support his body. However, he was dragging a boy about ten years old in his hand, who was also very thin.

, followed him and moved forward with staggering steps.

But everyone could see clearly that the two of them could no longer hold on, especially the adult. The eyes in his eyes had begun to lose focus and he could not focus. He just used his last breath and instinct to pull the person.

The young man struggled to move forward step by step.

Suddenly, the refugee staggered and fell to the ground. After struggling for a while, he could not get up again. The young man cried and threw himself beside him. He knelt on the ground and cried loudly, begging people who passed by.

I could give him a bite to eat and save his father, but everyone looked at the refugee lying on the ground indifferently. Although some people showed a trace of pity in their eyes, no one stopped, even to give them a bite to eat.

thing.

After the refugee fell down, he struggled for a while and gradually stopped moving. Although he was still breathing, he didn't even have the strength to speak. He just held the young man's hand stiffly with one hand, with a look in his eyes.

He felt a trace of unwillingness, a trace of reluctance, and intense grief, but he couldn't say a word and just looked at the young man quietly.

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