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Seeing everyone happily playing with the sharp tools in their hands, Lu Zeyang secretly rejoiced: You will know the benefits of this thing when you use it: it is easy to use, but it cannot make medicine - this flash hat was sold to the British smuggler. The Taiping Army has one tael of silver each. [No pop-up novel website]
It's the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the military leaders are not as rich as the Taiping Army. It's still okay to sell one tael of silver for one or twenty. Lu Zeyang thought.
After some false pats on the shoulders and fists, and the brothers flying around, Lu Zeyang finally came out of the city. Sun Yuanhua knew that he belonged to the owner of Luzhuang and had made great contributions to Laizhou, so he specially invited him to come over and praised him, saying that as long as he could help, he would definitely ask for credit for them. Then the two talked about the specific contact details in the future. Lu Zeyang also discussed the general situation he had with Sun Yuanhua, especially when he mentioned that the rebels' future movements were likely to turn towards Qixia and Pingdu. Sun Yuanhua said that he also had such expectations and had already reported to the court to request that the troops be divided to intercept.
Lu Zeyang was a little disappointed. He thought that he had mastered a huge intelligence clue and was going to sell Sun Yuanhua a favor. He didn't expect that his intelligence analysis ability was not low.
Although Sun Yuanhua's own safety was still in danger, he still valued firearms very much and expressed the hope that he would convey to the owner of the deer farm that it would be best if more Australian bird guns could be transported. In addition to Zhang Tao, Lu troops from all over the country will be in demand. This business can be done.
Lu Zeyang agreed one by one. Early the next morning, Zhang Tao's troops took over the defense of Nanguan Pass. Lu Zeyang led his troops to withdraw in a mighty manner. When they left, the team swelled to five or six hundred people, all of whom were prisoners and prisoners who were willing to follow. local people. Nanguan Guanxiangpai Jia Fan Twelve did not hesitate to lead the whole family into a small car and followed.
Lu Zeyang's men passed the rebel position calmly. The rebel generals outside Nanguan Pass were already familiar with him and knew that this guy's men were extremely difficult to mess with, and Laizhou could not be defeated. Maybe they will become "officers and soldiers" once again, so it would be a good idea to build a good relationship with Mr. Lu. So when I saw them passing by, I greeted each other with a smile.
Lu Zeyang led the team slowly towards Zhaoyuan. His team was flying the big "Qi Mu" flag and dared not provoke anyone on the ground in Dongsanfu.
Zhaoyuan and Longkou Bay are very close to each other. Out of careful consideration, the northward detachment currently only occupies part of the coastal area of Zhaoyuan and has built several forts, forming a situation that echoes Qimu Island.
These so-called forts are large villages and towns surrounded by a trench guarded by a few simple bastions or even gun towers, and are defended by locally organized rural brave companies. In terms of combat effectiveness and protective measures alone, they can only deal with bandits or stragglers. However, the rebels are wary of the "Qi Mu Island" flag and do not dare to gather a large number of troops to attack - once such a thing happens, revenge will come quickly and severe. After annihilating a group of rebels who tried to take action, no one dared to launch hostile actions against these fortresses flying the "Qi Mu" flag.
Zhaoyuan County is located in the west of Jiaodong Hills. The terrain is complex and broken, with hills and valleys staggered. The terrain in the northeast is high and steep, mainly composed of granite and granite gneiss. The ridges are jagged and majestic. The mountains extend from northeast to southwest and run diagonally across the county. The hills are below 400 meters above sea level. The undulations are gentle, presenting a wavy denudation plain scene with shallow hills and wide valleys. This place has never been a prosperous place. In addition to being rich in mineral resources, the agricultural products are mainly fruits and grains - the main production area of Longkou vermicelli is here. Fans have always been a product of Zaoliang. Until the 21st century, the county with an area of more than 1,000 square kilometers had a population of only 560,000.
The population in this time and space is sparse, and it is a barren and desolate land. Therefore, the rebels' footprints rarely touched this place. The damage here was relatively small. Zhu Mingxia and Lu Wenyuan also had this consideration in their decision to occupy Zhaoyuan - Qimu Island was too small as a base. Only refugees can be transferred. And expanding the territory outside the island can easily make one's own goals bigger. Qimu Island is only a few dozen miles away from Huang County, and very close to Dengzhou, an important coastal defense town on the sea. It's easy to stand out by maintaining a strong base here. It would be better to stay in the hilly area of Zhaoyuan for peace of mind. Moreover, there is still gold in Zhaoyuan - of course, this development is a later story.
The place Lu Zeyang wants to go is the Xinzhuang area in Zhaoyuan, which is backed by the Bohai Bay and echoes the Qimu Island in Longkou. The main fortress of the northbound detachment in Zhaoyuan was built in Xinzhuang. With this main fort as the core, seven or eight branch forts spread out, controlling more than dozens of square kilometers of land.
The managers and militia commanders of these forts were soldiers from the northward detachment. Zhu Mingxia felt that the regular armed forces sent to Zhaoyuan had been diluted too much. Although Zhaoyuan had thousands of rural warriors in its accounts, once there was an emergency, these rural warriors would not be of great use, and reinforcements had to be mobilized from Longkou, so he sent them to Zhaoyuan. Lu Zeyang's troops are transferred to Zhaoyuan - by the way
There is an elder sitting in charge.
This area is now the reservoir for the northward detachment. All refugees who cannot be evacuated in time during the summer break will be sent to the Zhaoyuan area for "hoarding". Since most ships have stopped sailing, there are currently only a few special transport boats. Traveling between Shandong and Jeju Island, transporting refugees on a small scale. These ships are adequately armed to protect themselves.
"I wonder if the fans from Zhaoyuan are delicious." Elder Lu was riding on his horse, thinking about this question.
Huang Ande took Zhu Si and Cao Qing outside the Huangxian city. Huang Ande and his group of brothers in the city hid for a while after the fall of Dengzhou and then took advantage of the chaos to sneak out. After staying on Qimu Island for half a month, he was incorporated into the reconnaissance team.
Huang Ande not only received a military medal, it also meant that he was one step closer to the rank of lieutenant.
In the early days, being a reconnaissance team was a matter of putting your head in your pants. Scouting on foot was extremely dangerous - almost all the rebels were rangers, and if they were discovered, they would be put to death - when the rebels saw a suspicious man, they would directly Beheaded. Reconnaissance on horseback is less risky:. Their weapons are good and their horses are well-bred, but the casualties of the scouts in this cat-and-mouse game are not small. One of Huang Ande's brothers died during the reconnaissance operation - he died before he could see the beautiful scenery of Lingao that Huang Ande boasted about.
As the situation developed and the tacit understanding of "not attacking each other" was established between the rebels and Lu Wenyuan, the scouts' actions gradually became less dangerous.
But today they are not performing a reconnaissance mission. But it's for business. They all wore armbands as a sign of safe passage. Huang County is now almost the base camp of the rebels. The roads are full of small groups of rebel activities. If there is no such agreed armband, they may be killed and captured on the road.
The so-called business is to obtain population through trading with the rebels - the rebels often kidnap entire villages, men, women and children. Except for some young men who are used as cannon fodder, women and children are often reduced to commodities. In the rebellion, Buying and selling among soldiers and generals. There are similar human cities not only in Huang County, but also in Dengzhou and Laizhou cities.
A sizable "market" has been formed a few miles outside Huang County.
This was originally a large village, a lively and prosperous place. Since the stronghold was broken down by the rebels, there are only many ruins left. Because there was a trench outside the stockade, the rebels used it as a human enclosure. The captured people were directly sent here to be imprisoned and then sold for a price.
Thousands of people were crammed into the ruins. There is a well in the stockade, and the drinking water is barely enough, but the food depends entirely on the mood of the guards and their own supply. On good days, they can throw in some dark and hard buns made of unknown materials. When it's bad, I won't be given anything to eat for several days.
If you're lucky, maybe after ten and a half months, you'll be bought for someone else's pleasure, or you'll be assigned to the young men's team to be used as cannon fodder. Those who are unlucky can only suffer slowly in this living hell.
Thousands of people were crowded together, exposed to the sun and rain, and eating and drinking abnormally. The epidemic soon spread, especially after the third month of the lunar calendar, hundreds of corpses were dragged outside every day, but the rebels said, because Refugees are being sent in a steady stream from everywhere - there is never any worry about running out of supplies. Some soldiers, tired of playing with the women they bought, sent them back here to sell them and buy fresh "goods."
In addition to the population, a large amount of property was mostly obtained from plunder. Although there was a lot of property from plunder, the soldiers moved around and could not carry heavy property. They all wanted to exchange it for gold and silver jewelry and other soft items. A large amount of goods are sold here at ridiculously low prices.
Lu Wenyuan discovered that there were such "markets" in Huangxian, Laizhou and other places, so he came up with the idea of doing business with the rebels.
Kong Youde also discovered Lu Wenyuan's strong interest in population. The rebels were suffering from food difficulties and urgently needed to supplement food. The owner of the deer farm seems to have plenty of food - since he can't be robbed, doing business with him is a suitable choice. Therefore, someone was specially sent to propose: exchanging people for food. The two parties hit it off and immediately reached a verbal agreement.
According to this agreement, Lu Wenyuan sent several "housekeepers" to Huang County every week to "see the goods." The price is 500 grams of grain for adult men and women, 250 grams for young children, and 150 grams for the elderly. This "grain" can be any unshelled grain or dried potato, or it can be a "paper-wrapped grain brick". If the owner of the deer farm chooses to pay with potatoes, the price will double - after all, potatoes are fresh products and have a moisture content problem.
The conditions are very harsh, but for Kong Youde, this is the top priority to solve the food problem. The army's food supply is unstable, and nothing can be done without food. If the captured refugees can be exchanged for food, it will open up a huge food source.
