Daming pirates

The young man lay on his father's body, crying uncontrollably, and kept kowtowing to the people approaching them, begging passers-by to save his father.

However, such pleading had no effect at all. Passers-by walked past them numbly, as if they had not seen this scene.

Gradually, the weak man's eyes lost the last luster. Although he seemed to still be breathing, he was no different from a dead person.

At this time, several refugees who looked a little stronger saw the man lying on the ground and slowly surrounded him, but they did not rescue him, nor did they give any help to the crying young man.

, but just surrounded him and started to peel off the thin clothes from the man. This was the last so-called property left on this man.

The young man cried desperately, held their hands, begged them, and dissuaded them not to take off his father's clothes. His father was not dead yet, so he begged them not to do this.

However, several men turned a deaf ear and continued what they were doing. They took off the clothes of the man lying on the ground and wrapped them around himself.

A man who stood on the mound couldn't help but cursed: "Grandma, what kind of world is this! I really can't stand it anymore! He's not dead yet! Just take off his clothes like this, and...

With his son by his side, is this what humans do?" His accent was also a local Shandong accent, but it didn't sound like the accent from Dengzhou.

One of the leaders nodded and lamented: "At this time, people have no humanity! Forget it! Help this child today, otherwise this child will die here! Ma Qi, go down.

Drive away those people and bring the children back. It seems that the rebels will not come today!"

The man next to me who just spoke immediately responded after hearing this: "Yes! I'm going!"

Before he finished speaking, he shook the horse's reins, knocked the horse's belly with his feet, and the horse rushed from the mound to the official road. When the sound of horse hooves sounded, the refugees on the road were frightened and hurriedly ran away.

Including the few guys who were clinging to the fallen man on the ground, they all quickly stood up to avoid it.

Ma Qi urged the seated war horse and rushed to the official road like a whirlwind. He raised his whip and cracked it at several guys who were taking off their clothes, and cursed: "You are not fucking human.

Get out of here! Get away as far as you can. If I see you again, I will kill you bastards!"

Several guys were whipped and screamed, rolling and crawling around. Ma Qi reined in his horse and stopped beside the fallen man and the boy. He turned around and jumped off the horse neatly, landing with both feet on the ground.

Without even shaking, it was like a nail stuck on the icy ground. A discerning person would know at a glance that this man must have been a cavalryman before, and he was also a very skilled rider. His riding skills were quite superb.

After Ma Qi jumped off the horse, he knelt down, felt the breath of the man lying on the ground, put his fingers on the man's neck, felt for his pulse, then sighed, shook his head slightly and said to the young man: "

Boy, stop crying! Your father is gone! Just follow me and I will take you to a place where you can survive!"

In fact, the young man also knew that his father was dead. After hearing what Ma Qi said, he choked and nodded. After all, it was a troubled time. The young man followed his father all the way and saw many such scenes, so he quickly controlled it.

Although he was still overwhelmed by sadness, he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Ma Qi several times.

The young man also knew very well that no one could save his father. Now that Ma Qi was willing to save him, it was considered a great blessing for him. With this Ma Qi, he could survive. Otherwise, he himself would

He also knew that with the strength of his feet, even if he walked to Mouping County, he might not be able to get anything to eat, and he would still starve to death.

Ma Qi didn't bury the boy's father. He just dragged him to the roadside ditch, covered his body with the snow on the roadside, then put the boy on the horse, turned over and sat on the boy.

Behind his back, he took out a small piece of cake from his arms and handed it to the young man.

When the young man saw this pancake, he snatched it away like a hungry wolf and gnawed it like crazy. He choked and almost choked to death on the spot. Ma Qi quickly slapped him on the back.

He kept saying: "Boy! Eat slowly. There will be food when you get back. I won't starve you to death! Don't you choke to death now? Isn't my kindness in vain?"

Some refugees nearby on the road looked at this scene, their eyes full of envy or even jealousy. They all looked at the small piece of grain cake in the young man's hand and swallowed their saliva. If it weren't for the fear of this fierce Ma Qi,

They were probably swarming over to snatch the piece of multigrain cake right now.

After Ma Qi got on his horse, he glanced at the dozens of refugees gathered around, and suddenly shouted: "I heard you all clearly, even if you arrive in Mouping County, no one will give you food. If you want to survive,

If so, just listen to me!

You continue to walk forward to Xishan Village, ten miles north of Mouping County. Over there, Mr. Liu will give out porridge to help you survive. Whether you can go anywhere depends on your own ability. As long as you go wherever you go,

You will never die of hunger!”

After saying this, he stopped talking nonsense, shook the horse's reins, and shouted: "Hey...!" He galloped back to the mound, nodded to several brothers, and several of them also

He nodded slightly and glanced at the thin black boy in Ma Qi's arms. Everyone turned the horses' heads together, flicked the reins, and the horses immediately spread their hooves and galloped towards Xishan Village through the ice and snow.

These knights are the scouts of Sea Wolf in Xishan Village. These people were all bandits or deserters recruited by Sea Wolf in Shandong. Everyone can ride a horse and have superb riding skills. Some time ago,

After another period of special training on Haitan Island, I regained my ability to fight immediately. This time, I was sent to Liu Butong with the two platoons. Now I serve as a scout in Xishan Village, specifically coming out early every morning to observe the officers.

conditions on the road to prepare for a sudden rebel attack.

When they returned to Xishan Village, hundreds of refugees had gathered outside Xishan Village. After each of these refugees arrived, they first received a bowl of hot porridge. After eating, they somewhat refreshed themselves.

Light up the heat to avoid freezing or starving to death at night.

Then the people in charge of Sea Wolf will screen them and check their identities. As long as someone is a guarantor, they can be taken into the Tuwei on Yangma Island to take refuge. However, if you want to enter the Tuwei, you must sign a deed of betrayal.

, From now on, we must listen to the instructions of the people here and go wherever they are told. If we don't leave for the time being, we must work in the earthen fence in order to eat.

By this time, the vast majority of these refugees no longer care about this. Although they are no longer free after signing the contract of sale, they still have the best chance of survival. It is freezing cold and there are rebels and rebels everywhere.

There are soldiers and thieves, and there is no one to help them. Walking around like this, they will starve and freeze to death sooner or later. Although they will have to obey others' orders after entering Tuweizi, after all, they can give them a bite to eat, so they will not

Let them starve to death.

Moreover, there are houses inside Tuweizi to allow them to escape the cold and avoid freezing to death in this horrible weather. This is already a great blessing, so most people chose to stay and signed the contract of sale.

Become a servant of Liu Dashan.

As for those who were unwilling to sign the deed of betrayal, the Sea Wolf tribe was not polite. After giving them a bowl of porridge, they expelled them from here and stopped providing them with food. As for what they will do in the future, it is up to them

It's their own business. Showing kindness at this time is not an option. The only people the Sea Wolf wants to keep are those who are willing to listen to their arrangements. They can't save everyone.

Fortunately, after Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde led their troops to capture Dengzhou City, they obtained a lot of food and money. In order to boost the morale of the army, they did not rush to force the soldiers to go out to grab food, so after they captured Dengzhou City,

, but it stopped for a while, giving Liu BuTong in Xishan Village more time to prepare.

In just half a month, Liu Bubu took in three to four thousand refugees in Tuweizi on Yangma Island, and would send some refugees out every day to recruit more refugees in all directions. The news spread

Word of mouth spread quickly, and soon people in far away places learned that as long as they could walk to Xishan Village, they could live and have food to eat.

So gradually more refugees began to flow towards Xishan Village. The refugees who had gathered outside Muping County also hurried to Xishan Village and were taken into Tuweizi one after another.

Fortunately, the earthen fence was built very large, and it could accommodate tens of thousands of refugees. Although there were not enough houses, a lot of earthen ditches were dug out before the freeze. When there were more refugees, the former earthen nests would be replaced.

After the country could no longer accommodate more refugees, Liu

Differently, the newly arrived refugees put the wood they had saved before on the ditch, covered it with straw, and built some flues with earth mounds inside. They lit a fire at the mouth of the fire pit in the flue, and the hot air evaporated.

As the flue goes, these long earthen nests are gradually warmed.

Although it's not too warm inside the earthen house, at least it's above freezing. If you wrap yourself in some clothes and put some clean straw underneath, you won't get frostbite from the cold.

This method can solve a big problem. A large number of newly arrived refugees are filled into the nests like this. Although there is a risk of disease, the weather is very cold now, so it is not too serious, and the refugee requirements are not

It's higher, and it's warmer when crowded together. Hundreds of people can be crammed into a fifty-meter-long earthen nest, and it's actually warmer.

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