The so-called difference between the three people obviously means that there is a difference between him and the two foreigners at ATF - in the future, their treatment and development will be different based on this difference. [Read the latest chapter] As for whether it is good or bad, it is difficult to say.
On the bright side, he is Chinese, and the other two are Americans. Considering that they are not members of my race, he is obviously a "object that can be united with." But from the perspective of some Chinese people who always like to treat foreign adults preferentially, it is certain that these two foreign friends with no roots are more valued by this group of leaders, and they themselves have become a hateful person who attempts to sabotage their plans - If so, the best outcome for him would be "controlled use."
This troubled him a lot. He knew that leaders often have different ideas, and this weird thinking mode is accompanied by the position rather than the individual - when a person becomes a leader, the way and logic of thinking about things will change. He will be different and it will be difficult for others to figure out his true intentions. In his opinion, the leader of this time and space adventure group is no exception.
Since being assigned to the basic labor team, he has been working in obscurity. He naturally understands the principle of "becoming a man with your tail between your legs", a principle that ordinary Chinese people deeply understand, but he is also always waiting for the opportunity, waiting for an opportunity for the executive committee to recognize him as a revolutionary comrade.
He didn't expect this opportunity to come so soon.
When the time-travelers threw themselves into the construction of this new city with enthusiasm, no one realized that this huge construction site was not fully fortified. After landing on 6, the locals fled and won several small-scale conflicts, which made the traversers proud. The ships full of munitions shipped from the North American Branch also made their sense of security reach the extreme - they thought of trenches, deer firewood, and barbed wire. , sks and searchlights can form the strongest fortress.
The spies in the county were snooping from a distance every day, and they were careful not to get too close. Those companions who were captured by pirates riding roaring monsters had already taught them enough lessons. The bravest people used trees and grass during the day to approach slowly and more or less be able to see what the pirates were busy doing. The city basically knew every move of the pirates, but was helpless. There are not many people who can negotiate, but all the talk is just talk on paper, and the gentry are not active, so what can they use to fight? He knew the thoughts of this group of wealthy people: at worst, they would hide in a village outside the city in a critical moment: avoid the city for small crimes, and avoid the countryside for big crimes. This is an old saying that has been tried and tested for thousands of years. As the county magistrate, he has no reason to escape if the city is destroyed. He will inevitably die in the city - this is something he is unwilling to do - if he had not been very ambitious about his career, he would not have gone to such trouble to pick a big one. A man from such a remote village came to be the county magistrate.
The city is not peaceful either. There are more than 2,000 villagers who have taken refuge in the county town. There are not that many houses to live in in the city. Farmers from the four townships have either hid in the city, and those who have not entered the city dare not transport grain, rice and vegetables. When I entered the city, I was afraid that I would be robbed by pirates on the way. All kinds of food are in short supply, and the evacuees live on the alms from the porridge shacks. Due to malnutrition and sleeping in the open air, some elderly people and children have died due to frailty. Every day, people are crying on the streets, even the magistrate of Wu County. He was so disturbed that he was deeply afraid that if something happened, a civil uprising would happen. For this reason, he personally led people to patrol the streets every day to appease the people.
Just in case, he had sent his close family members and Ding Zhuang to secretly send his family and valuable savings to Fucheng, with the intention that if anything went wrong, he would immediately send them back across the sea to their hometown. In this way, he became a complete "naked official".
The city lived in fear for more than ten days, but there was still no sign of the pirates attacking. The spies came back to report that the thieves built the road to Bairentou Beach and then stopped, where they were currently building a lot of construction. There seemed to be no intention of attacking the city. Wu Mingjin couldn't figure out what was so special about Bairentou Beach that they should dig around - he hadn't heard of any ancient tombs or legends about buried treasures here.
"This is really troublesome." Wu Mingjin patted his head. In the past ten days, his head seemed to have turned a lot whiter.
"Sir, I'd like to see you, Inspector Fu." The chief came in to report.
"Invite him in." Wu Mingjin said angrily. Although he knew that Fu Bowen's twelve men could not withstand the attack of the Kun thieves, he still felt grudged against this man for running away and not fighting hard. Now I can only deal with him. After all, he is the only military attache in the county and he needs someone to rely on. Fu Bowen probably knew that he was guilty of a serious crime, and he worked very hard whether preparing for war in the city or going out to investigate.
"My lord, the thieves have built a city on Bairentou Beach!"
Wu Mingjin's hand shook and the tea was spilled. He hurriedly asked: "How do you know?"
"Yesterday I went to investigate in person and found that the thieves had already built many houses on Bairen Beach!"
Wu Mingjin's tea cup almost fell to the ground - what he was most worried about was this. If the pirates couldn't take over, what would he do? In the past, he always held out hope that the pirates would leave after staying for a while. Now, instead of leaving, they are still building roads. Now they are building a stockade less than ten miles away from the county seat.
Once the stockade is built, the pirates will stay there for a long time. Needless to say, it is already September, and it will be the day of the autumn grain harvest. Both sides of the Wenlan River are the grain and rice production areas of the county, and the pirates are right in front of them. , how dare the common people go to the fields to collect grain!
Not being able to collect autumn grain...Wu Daling knew that this was much more serious than the pirates in the territory, not to mention that Wusha was definitely out of business.
"Invite Mr. Liu quickly." Wu Mingjin turned around and ordered, "Invite all the gentry in the city! And Mr. Huang from Huangjiazhai."
The officials and gentry in the city heard the news from the spies at the meeting, and many of them had read military books. When they saw the group of thieves lined up along the road, they thought that the pirates didn't know how to fight, so they were so arrogant that they couldn't care about each other. A long snake formation. There is no stockade built along the moat and forest in Bopu. There were only two or three bandits carrying guns everywhere. They are all workers in short clothes working hard.
As a result, the officials and gentry became much more courageous. Because Fu Bowen lost his defensive line as a patrol inspector of the shop, he was the most active in advocating against the pirates in order to turn his merits into crimes. Magistrate Wu specifically pointed out that autumn was approaching and farmers in the villages along the river were afraid to go to the fields. If there was a delay, the harvest for the year would be gone. Not only would the court be in trouble, but the people below would also not be able to make a living, let alone Talking about paying the rent... The gentry's minds gradually came to life. It was about their own vital interests, so they had to take the initiative. Some people immediately expressed their willingness to provide people and money to fight and drive away the pirates.
On the eleventh day of the ninth lunar month, all the village and village groups with local bravery were ordered to go to the city to discuss matters. Wu Daling's words were extremely harsh this time. In addition, several wealthy gentry in the county made it clear that they were willing to fight to the death, so Xiaozhaizi had no choice but to agree to participate. , or three or five people, or those with swords, guns and gunpowder. By the 13th day, nearly 300 Xiangyong people had arrived in the county. Magistrate Wu felt that it was not enough, so he sent people to Lipandu, Xinhua Township in the south of the county. Thirty Li soldiers were recruited from Li Dong. These soldiers are crossbowmen, armed with poisonous arrows refined from poison.
Liu Jinshi suggested a night attack, and Magistrate Wu also agreed. However, both Inspector Fu and Huang Shoutong objected. They had some actual combat experience and knew that fighting at night meant that even the best-trained officers and soldiers would have difficulty controlling the advance and retreat of their troops, let alone a ragtag group like them that had been improvised. Since it is a mob, the only way is to rely on the strength of the people, attack the pirates a little bit, use the crowd to bully the few, eat a group of people, and destroy some of the pirates' vehicles and equipment.
Fu Baiwen ordered everyone to prepare more tinder and gunpowder to set fire to when preparing for a war. He originally planned to bring the Folan cannon from the guard station with him, but Sun Baihu refused, claiming that the cannon and soldiers were all here to defend the city. Going out to fight in the city is a county matter and he has no control over it. Magistrate Wu went to tell the matter in person and received a negative vote. He was very disappointed. The messenger who went to Tang Yunwen in Baisha also came back. Tang Yunwen said that he had to participate in the battle to encircle and suppress Liu Laoxiang recently and had no time to come and expel this "small group of pirates".
However, Tang Yunwen's answer was what he expected. If the thieves did not breach Lingao City, the government troops would not come to suppress the bandits. Now all we have to do is cheer up and give it a try.
While the county gathered everything in the arsenal to equip these poorly clothed country warriors, they also asked the blacksmiths in the city to make many new iron spearheads, and collected all kinds of scrap copper and iron to make cannon balls. They needed manpower to build the chariot... For a while, the city was in a state of commotion and chaos.
All these movements in the city were reported to the Executive Committee by the observation posts under the city. No one can tell whether Lingao County is further strengthening its defenses or preparing for a counterattack. Finally, the order to strengthen the vigilance was issued, but the military team actually had no more power.
Including the armed militia mobilized after the 6th consecutive invasion, the military team only had more than 70 people in total. This also deducted the three people sent to the surveillance points outside the county and the two people who escorted the long-range reconnaissance and exploration team. The remaining people were responsible for the For the security tasks at the Bopu camp, the guard posts along the highway, and the Bairentan construction site itself, the military team has canceled the three-shift duty method and adopted two shifts to barely maintain a certain security scale.
Whether such a defense line full of loopholes would be effective in front of the Ming Dynasty's rural warriors training, only actual combat can answer this question. This is not a game, it has no load available. Every person who dies and every piece of equipment that is lost means irreparable losses.
All the news from the observation station showed that Lingao County of the Ming Dynasty was about to launch a full-scale attack on them. This was beyond the expectations of the Executive Committee. It was originally thought that the county would not attack before receiving reinforcements from the Ming army. However, on the 13th day of the ninth lunar month, someone at the observation post was dismantling the Tiger Cannon on the tower. This move This further proves the military group’s speculation. He Ming warned the Executive Committee that their current security situation was not optimistic. The Executive Committee decided to fully mobilize at an emergency meeting. Except for a few projects to continue, all others were suspended. SKS rifles were distributed to all men and revolvers to all women. , and the military team will be responsible for conducting several live-fire training sessions as soon as possible.
He Ming knew that most people had received limited training. Due to limited conditions during the preparation stage for crossing, the so-called military training mainly consisted of walking in formation and practicing physical fitness. He had only done live ammunition shooting a few times. A rookie who was not familiar with shooting could use SKS and Burning a fire stick is no different. There is no need to expect them to fight proactively and effectively.
After discussion at the meeting, the military group decided to continue the mobile defense plan. Once attacked, the mobilized soldiers would retreat to important strongholds, while the soldiers of the military group used agricultural vehicles and jeeps to maneuver. Where would the enemy gather the largest number? The attacking force, the agricultural vehicle mobile unit, attacked it unexpectedly from the side and rear. He Ming believes that our strong communication and mobility capabilities will effectively make up for the lack of military strength.
