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Chapter 6, 27 Moments in the Four Years of Chongzhen ([-])

The Sixth Moment: The Incredible Savior

November of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Liaodong Peninsula, Lushun

Lushun, known as "Lion's mouth" in Yuan Dynasty, in the fourth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Ma Yun to lead his troops across the sea from Shandong to guard Liaodong. Because of the smooth sailing, the lion's mouth was renamed Lushunkou, which was the reception of Dengzhou's marine military supplies in the early Ming Dynasty One of the points, after Jinzhou Jianwei was established, Jinzhou Wei Zhongzuo Qianhu Office was set up in Lushun.Lushun South City was built in the tenth year of Yongle and was built by Xu Gang. It has a circumference of [-] steps per mile. The moat is [-] feet deep and [-] feet wide. Only two hundred steps away, one mile to the west is Xiguan Mountain, which is later known as Baiyu Mountain. In the late Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang said, "If there is gold, there should be white jade", and it was renamed Baiyu Mountain.As for the northern city of Lushun, it was destroyed by the war.

This place and Dengzhou control the Bohai Sea from the south to the north, and Lushun is surrounded by mountains. The tiger tail extending from Laotie Mountain forms a natural breakwater. There is only one waterway leading to the port at Lushunkou. The unique geographical conditions make This place has become a famous military port for later generations. The Beiyang Navy in the late Qing Dynasty used it as its home port, built sea-facing forts in Jinjin Mountain and other places, and established a solid defense line against the land on the surrounding hills in the north.However, with such excellent defensive advantages, the Manchu Qing, who belonged to the world, still could not withstand the Japanese attack, and easily fell into the hands of the Japanese army in the Sino-Japanese War. Later, Japan and Russia fought again here, and Manqing declared neutrality calmly. The god of war, Nogi Nozomi, displayed the glory of suicidal tactics here, shocking the world with bloody offense and defense.

However, at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the accuracy and power of the artillery were not enough to control the nearby plains from the top of the mountain, so the Xiguan Mountain, Golden Mountain and Tiger Tail next to the South City were not fortified, except for the majestic Lushun South City, or Lushun City, Only the shacks of some village households are scattered among them.

In the past Apocalypse years, Dongjiang Town, which was composed of fugitives from Liaodong, used this as a base to fight the Jiannu who were criminals in the south for a series of bloody battles. They once turned the tide of the battle little by little, and almost saw the dawn of victory by just a little bit. ...It's a pity that since Marshal Mao Wenlong was killed, everything has come to naught again.

The howling cold wind swept over the turbid waves, and the haggard soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town curled up numbly in the air-leakage shack while touching their shriveled bellies.

In the second year of Chongzhen, in order to completely disintegrate the fighting power of Dongjiang Town, let Huang Taiji lead the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners to march into Beijing, so that the hinterland of Liaodong can be safe and worry-free, and the great cause of destroying the Ming Dynasty can be realized in one fell swoop. Ji Liao Governor Yuan Chonghuan It once strictly ordered all ports in the Bohai Sea and North Korea not to send a boat or a boat to the Dongjiang River.1.1 meters of fish and Dongjiang are not allowed to be sold.In the face of Governor Yuan's repeated strict orders, the state capitals suddenly felt like an enemy. All ships that were prohibited from entering the sea would be confiscated and all merchants who dared to transport grain and cloth to Dongjiang Town would be thrown into prison.

Soon, the terrible epidemic spread rapidly throughout Dongjiang Town, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians starved to death one after another... Although after beheading Mao Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan aroused opposition from the ruling and opposition parties in order to prevent going too far. His criticism was unable to continue to cover Huang Taiji's entry into the pass to destroy the Ming Dynasty, and he ordered the restoration of the food supply to Dongjiang Town.But only a few months later, the powerful forces of the Eight Banners broke through and ravaged the capital, looting all the prefectures and counties around Beijing.After the army of King Qin from all walks of life was defeated, they turned into bandits and ravaged everywhere. Even the Guan Ning army rebelled for a time, thus turning all parts of Hebei into a big purgatory where chaos and soldiers ran rampant.Not to mention that Jiannu went and came again, and once again broke through Xuanda and Shanxi, creating countless hungry people, routs, and rogues along the way, and it didn't stop until the third year of Chongzhen...In such a messy situation in the rear, How can the imperial court distribute how much food to Dongjiang Town?
Therefore, even after Mao Wenlong's death, people in Dongjiang Town continued to starve to death one after another, and food was always very scarce.

In addition, after Mao Wenlong's death, Huang Long, the new Dongjiang commander-in-chief appointed by the imperial court, was unable to suppress Mao Wenlong's old troops in Dongjiang Town. A series of famous generals were killed one after another.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, even the soldiers stationed in Phi Island, the general of the Dongjiang Army, had a large-scale mutiny because of Huanglong's harsh treatment-driving them to dig up ginseng and resell it for profit. Soon, due to the arrival of the court's food and the internal strife among the initiators of the mutiny, it automatically subsided, but the unlucky Huanglong was also kidnapped during the mutiny, and had his nose and ears cut off by the mutiny... As a result, even after the Pidao mutiny subsided However, Huanglong, who became a "disabled face", really didn't dare to stay in Pidao, but quickly moved Xingyuan to Lushun.

But no matter what, for most of the soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town who did not starve to death or die of internal strife, the three years of Chongzhen were still half-starved and half-fed, and the first half of the fourth year of Chongzhen could still make do, but when it came In the second half of Chongzhen's fourth year, the astonishingly large-scale Battle of Daling River broke out, attracting all the attention of Beijing.Since the destructive power of slavery in the original plane to Gyeonggi is far greater than that of the same period in history, the financial and material resources of the Beijing court are even more difficult, and they can only use the few resources they have to lean on the battlefield in western Liaoning... In this way, Dongjiang Town has become The stepmother's son fell into a crisis of food shortage again!
——Dongjiang Town in the fourth year of Chongzhen, although it is not as grand as it was when Marshal Mao Wenlong was still alive in the seventh year of Tianqi and the first year of Chongzhen, there are still about 30 soldiers, distributed in Juehua, Zhenjiang, Hengshan, and Jinzhou , Shepu, Seli Island, Zhangziliu Island, Chengdao, Ludao, Changshan Island, Xiaochangshan Island, Wangjiadao, Michuanbao and other hundreds of castles, cities, ports and islands.In addition, there are Liao people on the island, relatives of officers and soldiers, and Liao people who escaped from the disaster. In addition to the Tieshan "refugee camp" set up in North Korea, the total number of Liao people under the jurisdiction of Quanjun Town is no less than [-] to [-].

Although the soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town have tried farming, the most fertile Liaohe Plain in Liaodong has been taken away by the Tartars. Most of the existing land in Dongjiang Town are barren islands. Even in the modern world, the agricultural harvest is very low. It's a tragedy.Coupled with the harsh climate of the current global Little Ice Age disasters, it is a miracle to have a little harvest, but it is normal to have no harvest... Therefore, Dongjiang Town can only count on transporting grain from the rear.

As a result, in the second half of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the number of grain ships coming from Dengzhou and Tianjin in Shandong became increasingly scarce—even if the local government could still build a fleet of grain transport ships, they were caught by the Guan Ning army who could only rebel and would not fight. The rice bucket was cut off, but the imperial court would rather give millions of salaries to these traitors than provide supplies to the loyal officials of Dongjiang Town.And Dongjiang Town itself didn't have much hoarding, and the rations for the soldiers were not enough to eat. Coupled with the embezzlement of a bunch of corrupt generals, the life of the military households and Liao people who were already half-starved and barely survived was naturally even more difficult. Since autumn, countless people have starved to death on the islands of Liaodong, and the scene of the entire Dongjiang town has once again become horrific.

If Marshal Mao Wenlong was still there, the Dongjiang army might still have the courage to launch a desperate blow to Jiannu, trying to snatch food from the enemy's hands to survive the difficulties.However, in view of the current situation where the Dongjiang generals are divided, internal strife continues, and many people have secretly collude with Jiannu, it is very difficult for the Dongjiang army to maintain it. Naturally, they can only wait for death in the face of the famine... That's why Huang Taiji was able to devote all his troops to the Dalinghe battlefield, without worrying that Shengjing and Liaoyang's hinterland would be taken advantage of by the Dongjiang army, and a black tiger would attack his heart.

But when hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town were on the verge of starvation, and no one came to collect them even if they wanted to sell themselves as slaves, the situation changed...

"...beep—"

An unusually loud siren sound broke the silence of the sea at Lushunkou.The hungry soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town on the beach and cliffs at Lushunkou turned their heads in bewilderment, and then they were startled by the huge monsters that appeared on the sea, and their minds went blank...

big ship!

What a big boat!

How can there be such a big ship!

And it's still an iron ship!
The so-called "large warships" of the Daming Navy, compared with the huge iron ship in front of them, are as ridiculous as toys.

"...my mother... this boat has at least a few thousand... ah no... at least tens of thousands!"

Whether it was soldiers or civilians, they all gathered on the beach and hills, all dumbfounded, looking at the big ship stupidly. After all, they had never seen such a big ship in their life, or even heard of it.It wasn't until the huge iron ship slowly sailed into the bay, and the huge bow gradually opened, that they yelled "Oh my God", "The Lord of the Land has appeared", and "The monster ship is coming" and fled in all directions.

The next moment, the villages, towns and camps on the shore were in chaos in an instant. The Ming army and the people were all running around in a noisy manner. The appearance of chickens flying and dogs jumping is like ants on a hot pot.

Mao Shisan, wearing a Russian-style military overcoat, stood on the bridge of the No. [-] landing ship, holding a telescope borrowed from a certain "chief", carefully watching the familiar scene on the shore: the port The "people's market" like a livestock pen, the dead trees that have been stripped of bark in the wilderness, the dead babies abandoned in the wild grass by the side of the road, the starved people who are too hungry to run, the so-called animals that are eaten by wild dogs and hungry people. "Corpse on the road"... burst into tears.

"...The folks are really suffering, but it doesn't matter, wait until you get on the chief's boat, and you can enjoy the blessings." He murmured silently in his heart.

At this time last year, Mao Shisan, like the dying people on the shore, was also an ordinary military child in Dongjiang Town. He originally lived in Lushun, and later moved to Zhenjiang Fort by the Yalu River with his adoptive father.I remember that he was really hungry that day, so he sneaked to the seashore when the sun was warmer in the afternoon, to see if he could dig out some shells from the ice-covered beach, or dig some crab screws It's good to fill his stomach or something - since Chongzhen entered the autumn three years ago, he hasn't eaten decent food for more than two months.

Both Mao Shisan's parents died in the Battle of Lushun during the Tianqi era, and finally a fellow father from his hometown adopted him.The two depended on each other for life. Although they were lucky enough to survive several difficulties and barely survived, it was a pity that life was still extremely difficult—it was said that they were military households, but they didn’t have much land, and it was not easy to grow crops in the land of Liaodong. In the early years, I relied on the food distributed by the imperial court, and I didn't get much from the distribution. On weekdays, I had to rely on fishing and hunting, digging some wild vegetables, and I could always make a living.But ever since Mao Shuai was killed by the old thief Yuan, the life of the military households in Dongjiang has become even more miserable. The food distributed is given priority to the servants of the generals, and those military households have almost nothing to receive.Although Zhenjiang Fort is close to the Yalu River, you can catch some small fish and shrimps from time to time to fight tooth festivals, but all kinds of food are also very tight, especially when you go fishing in the Yalu River, you will conflict with the North Koreans from time to time. Originally, the Dongjiang Army They are not welcomed by North Korea.The wild vegetables around Zhenjiang Fort have basically been picked. Fortunately, there are forests not far inland here. At least it is not a problem to light a fire to keep warm. Otherwise, this day will really be impossible. up.

I remember that it snowed every day in those few days, and I should have stayed in the shed as much as possible to rest and rest as much as possible, but Mao Shishi had no choice—there was no food at home. For this young man who had just grown up, this kind of stomach The feeling of sour water in the mouth is really indescribable pain.

Even if he wants to borrow food from his neighbors who are also in trouble, it is impossible. In Dongjiang Town now, there is no longer the situation where all the people were united in revenge against Jiannu when Marshal Mao Wenlong was still there.Except for a little fellowship that is becoming more and more indifferent, no one has cared about others for a long time.

Although Mao Shisan's stepfather had been sent on an errand the day before, there might not be any rewards, but at least he could get a bite to eat, and maybe he could bring some leftovers when he came back tomorrow.But Mao Shisan was already dizzy from hunger, and really couldn't wait for tomorrow.Facing the howling cold wind, he dragged his weak feet to the coast, and there was no life to be seen on the icy coast.Let alone anything edible.He felt that he had hallucinated, and felt that there was a huge iron ship parked in the bay not far away... Then, Mao Shisan's eyes blurred and he fell down, and then he didn't know anything.

When Mao Shisan woke up again, he was already lying in the cabin of the No. [-] landing ship, and was delighted to find that he was not dead, but was rescued on the big iron ship by a group of strange short-haired men— —According to a Korean who was on the boat earlier than him and could speak a few words of Chinese, it was the "chief" who found him fainted at the seaside. Died on the beach.

Then, Mao Shisan drank hot rice porridge and changed into new clothes, so he stayed on this big ship with peace of mind, and followed these short-haired "heads" to their old lair. "Vladivostok" to work as a laborer - in the short-haired "chief" here, at least for the time being, I can get enough food and clothing for the time being, but when I go back to Zhenjiang Fort, I can only starve and suffer from cold, maybe I will die from the cold and starve, how to choose is naturally self-evident figurative.

Next, Mao Shisan, a half-child, followed those weird short-haired "heads" and experienced a fantasy journey that seemed to him like a dream, and saw many unimaginable things: No There is a big iron ship that can gallop like flying without sailing, a strange "Military Lord" with short hair and green clothes, a terrible artillery that is so powerful that it can be destroyed for miles, and there is a "Vladivostok" The city, the "Far East Company" that ruled that city, and the small black box (walkie-talkie) that can talk through the air, the iron cart that can walk without a cow and horse, and the big iron bird that can fly in the sky... But the most let What impresses Mao Shisan, who has lived in hunger since he was a child, is the rich food there!

—— Rice and white noodles that are full for every meal, fish and meat that must be eaten every day, corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes that have never been seen before, refined salt, sauces and oily meat in the meals are also full, and there are even spices in the meat dishes ...Every time he walked into the cafeteria, Mao Shisan silently thanked God in his heart for allowing him to escape from the "hell" in Dongjiang Town and come to the "paradise" in Vladivostok.At the same time, I would like to thank all the benevolent people of the Far East Company for letting me escape from the sea of ​​suffering like a dream. I no longer need to suffer from hunger, hunger, suffering, and hardship. I only need to work every day to eat and drink. I also have strange but warm clothes. The houses they live in are much better than the shacks in Dongjiang Town.What's more, if you perform well and make great contributions, Far East Company—according to Mao Shisan's understanding, it is a surprisingly large firm, and will even give you a woman as a wife!

Well, although women from the Ming Dynasty are unlikely to be available, usually they can only get Japanese women and Korean women, and may even be Tartar women, but how can poor military households like them have the qualifications to pay so much attention?If you can have a woman from anywhere to carry on your family, you should burn the incense!
Therefore, in order to be able to make meritorious service and assign women to carry on the family line as soon as possible, Mao Shisan patted his chest and claimed that he had many acquaintances in Lushun and Zhenjiang Fort, and rushed to take the job of being a guide and recruiting soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town, without the slightest sense of shame as a leading party ——Taking those half-starved fellow villagers of Dongjiang Town to Vladivostok to eat and clothe themselves, it should be regarded as an excellent deed of kindness!It's an honor, so what's there to be ashamed of?

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Closer to home, by the time the No. [-] landing ship surveyed the route and finished the beach, the Dongjiang military households wandering outside Lushun City had all escaped. Some fled into the city, and some hid in the mountains. Lushun City The door also closed.Crowds of Dongjiang soldiers and civilians tremblingly leaned on their knives and guns, stood on the top of the city with fear and surprise, squinting at the huge ship in the harbor that was far beyond the limit of their imagination.

——Accompanied by the shocking "Soviet March" played on the tweeter, groups of heavily armed soldiers rushed to the beach in the south of Lushun City, and then quickly gathered to establish a beachhead.Among them are the short Japanese sword-drawing team, there are also slightly taller Koreans and Liao people who "naturalized" last year, and the "Nurchen" tribal warriors around Vladivostok... However, they are all dressed in almost the same clothes at this time They have the same modern military uniform, have the same short hair, and hold similar rifles. If you look at them from a distance, you can't see any significant difference.

Next, the Dongjiang soldiers and civilians who were lying nervously on the head of Lushun City were surprised to see a small man wearing a dark green coat and short shaved hair opposite him, holding a trumpet in his hand, slowly Walking towards the city wall, he kept repeating the following words with a Liaodong accent: "...Brothers in Dongjiang Town, my name is Mao Shisan. I used to stay in Zhenjiang Fort. Some of you must know me. Last year I told Some other Dongjiang brothers who couldn’t survive, invested together in the Far East Company in Vladivostok. They were just hungry and wanted to make a living, but they didn’t expect that the treatment of being a soldier in the Far East Company was really good. They had rice and white flour buns every day. I eat steamed buns, and I can often eat meat. When I think that I have a lot of fish and meat every day, but my fellow villagers suffer hardships in Lushun, I feel uncomfortable, so I told the head of the company about the suffering of the elders in Dongjiang with a few brothers. Yes, I hope the chief can relieve the suffering of the Dongjiang elders. The chief of Vladivostok is benevolent, he sent a big boat to pick you up without saying a word, and brought you delicious food. I hope everyone has a full meal, and then you can Sign up to board the boat, and we will eat delicious and spicy food together from now on..."

After shouting like this for a while, Mao Shisan felt a little tired, so he threw the trumpet to a former Dongjiang Town soldier named Zhang Yu, and asked him to continue shouting... After the two took turns shouting for a quarter of an hour, although Lushun There was still no movement on the top of the city for the time being, but in the wild woods outside the city, dozens of Dongjiang military households who had not had time to withdraw into Lushun City emerged one after another, and slowly approached the beach hesitantly.

Hearing the noise, Mao Shisan turned his head to look intently, and immediately saw a familiar figure, and was immediately stunned: "...Dad!!!"

"...You are...Little Shisan! I didn't expect you to die! I was sad for several months last year!"

Mao Fugui, who was covered in ragged clothes, leaned on a spear tremblingly, opened his eyes wide to recognize it for a while, and finally cheered, and the old tears rushed forward, and embraced Mao Shisan, who had grown stronger and stronger. into his arms... After being happy for a long time, Mao Fugui noticed Mao Shisan's strange outfit and short hair, "...Eh? Your outfit...and this hair...could it be..."

"...Yes, Dad, I was rescued from the sea by the chiefs' boat that day, and I joined the Far East Company in Vladivostok. Now I have food and clothing, and my life is much better than before." Mao Shisan said generously. He said frankly, "...by the way, Dad, why didn't you stay in Zhenjiang Fort, but came here instead?"

"...Well, it's not the fault of Huanglong and Huang Zongbing. The good Pidao refused to stay, and insisted on moving Xingyuan to Lushun, but he felt that there were no decent houses in Lushun, so he ordered to build a house. The even more imposing General Bing Yamen conscripted us from Zhenjiang Fort to serve as labor labor, chiseled stones, chopped trees, burned lime and sifted sand for him, but we didn’t even have a full meal..." Mentioning this matter, Mao Fugui sighed After taking a deep breath, he complained naggingly, "...by the way, little Shisan, what kind of route are these short-haired pirates you brought today?" He asked a little nervously.

"...Father, don't be afraid. The head of the Far East Company is unparalleled in kindness and righteousness. He has nothing to say about treating his subordinates well. This time, you will bring your fellow villagers to vote here and go to Vladivostok with your son to live a good life!" Mao Shisan accompanied He said to his adoptive father with a smile on his face, and at the same time he took a hand on his body: "...Oh, I didn't expect you to be here beforehand. You didn't bring any good things with you. There was only a pack of compressed biscuits rewarded by the head. Daddy, you should try it first." Try it! The taste is not bad, the key is that you are very hungry... Hey, isn't that the uncle of the Li family? There is also the second uncle of the Zhao family! Everyone, come and sit down and share the biscuits..."

Next, Mao Shisan asked Zhang Yu to speak with a loudspeaker, while he found a flat place and sat in a circle with old acquaintances who came to Lushun with his father, and talked about his "going up" in the past year with great interest. The adventure of "Paradise" blows up the standard of living in Vladivostok: there is rice and white noodles every day, fish every day, clothes and shoes are distributed, and women are distributed.

Most of the people around Mao Shisan did not believe the words of Mao Shisan. In this era of famine and misery, the saying that even grassroots soldiers can eat rice every day is really amazing. As for sending a woman... that's a treatment that even a general's servant doesn't have!
However, after all, there are many acquaintances of Mao Shisan here, so some people think that Mao Shisan may have told a part of the truth, but he just happened to meet a good time when "pirates made a big deal and rewarded the three armies". Pirates are probably hungry and full, and it is absolutely impossible to be so extravagant - you must know that when Marshal Mao Wenlong was still there, some Dongjiang soldiers and civilians used the opportunity of "robbing" Hou Jin to eat a few full meals meal.But since Mao Wenlong's death, Dongjiang Town hasn't won a decent battle for a long time, and the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang haven't had enough food for a long time.

But even so, compared with Dongjiang Town, which is almost dying of hunger and cold, Vladivostok, as Mao Shisan said, is still a good place to go—from Mao Shisan’s current appearance of being strong, ruddy, and well-dressed It can be seen that even if the far east company's treatment is not as exaggerated as he said, at least the cost of food and clothing is definitely not bad... Some Dongjiang military households who are active or dissatisfied with the new general soldier Huang Long will soon have Thinking of "returning to the Ming Lord", they carefully asked Mao Shisan for news, and considered whether to board the boat of these short-haired pirates.

Mao Fugui didn't have any extra thoughts. Unlike others, he had no choice from the beginning - so many people saw his adopted son standing with the pirates, if he dared to return to Lushun City If you go, I'm afraid you will be beheaded immediately by Shangguan as a spy!
Therefore, no matter how reluctant I am, I can only go with these pirates... Anyway, Mao Fugui has had enough of the hard life of Liaodong military households with ups and downs.And Xiao Shisan is also a filial person, even if he cheats no one, he won't cheat himself as a father, right?
"...Little Shisan, it seems that from now on, we father and son will be stirring in the same pot again! How do those short-haired kings plan to arrange us, and what are the particulars and taboos? You have to talk to dad..." Looking at Mao Shisan, who has become much taller and stronger now, but also seems to have become a lot stranger, Mao Fugui scratched his hair and sighed, and said with complicated eyes.

"...Father, don't worry, those chief executives are very talkative, just wait and enjoy your blessings!" Mao Shisan comforted, "...Of course, the 'purification' test before joining the group is still inevitable. First of all, everyone You have to take a shower, and you have to shave your hair, just like my son..."

"...What? Do you really have to shave your hair when you join the gang? Just like a tartar?" Hearing this, Mao Fugui felt a little conflicted.

"...It is to shave your head like a monk, not the ugly braid of Liu Jiannu. Besides, shaving your head is not beheading, and your hair can grow back after shaving. The chief said that if you have long hair, you will get miasma, and it is easy to get sick. Plague. And once the head is injured, it is not easy to treat..." Mao Shisan hurriedly explained.

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At the same time, on the other side of the beach, the soldiers who landed have lined up in a loose ring with guns and live ammunition.In the middle of the warning circle, the laborers who disembarked last used the wooden boards and iron legs unloaded from the ship to quickly put together twenty sets of simple seats.Each set of seats consists of a long table and two benches, which can accommodate ten people, and the entire open-air camp can accommodate 200 people at the same time.On the left and right sides of the dining table group, the five large pots set up by the cooking team have already boiled fragrant batter, and the ten large bamboo baskets beside them are filled with steamed buns and steamed buns.

Lured by the smell of food, several hungry Dongjiang military households tremblingly got out of the bushes and piles of rocks, and accompanied the smiling faces to beg for food, and soon got their wish.With their example, other Dongjiang military households who were hiding in the wild soon showed up one after another, swarming up to snatch those delicious steamed buns and steamed buns, and then happily feasted on them.Mao Shisan was gesticulating and chatting enthusiastically with his acquaintances, but when he looked back, dinner was already being served there, and he couldn't care less about chattering anymore, and hurriedly dragged his adoptive father Mao Fugui over for dinner, followed by a large group of people with staring eyes. The green starving ghost... After a while, even the Dongjiang military households guarding the Lushun city wall were staring at the eyes, feeling their flat stomachs and couldn't stand it anymore, so people climbed the rope and descended the city one after another. The number of "diners" in this "beach open-air restaurant" quickly expanded to nearly a thousand people.Most people can't find a seat at all, so they can only find a place on the beach to squat and gobble up...

Of course, although there are many people who come to eat, not all diners intend to board the boat and go with these "short-haired pirates". I plan to run back to Lushun City with excuses such as "going home to clean up" or "bringing relatives out of town" after eating - after all, these short-haired pirates are so unfamiliar, it makes people feel a little bit uncertain.

However, there are also many Dongjiang military households who are half-starved to death. They are already desperate for their future and fate, and they really don’t want to continue to suffer in Dongjiang Town. Start to walk slowly towards the temporary camp under construction.

However, at this moment, the gate of Lushun City suddenly opened wide, and a tall and strong man with the appearance of an officer rushed out on a horse, led more than a dozen soldiers slowly approaching the beach landing site, and yelled loudly, trying to get rid of the soldiers who were eating. The Dongjiang military household rushed back: "...you, these lowly sons, all go back to the city for me. Huang Shuai has an order that no one is allowed to beg for food from the gangsters. Anyone who violates the order will be punished as a 'bandit'! Kill them! "

The Dongjiang military households on the beach with stuffed mouths couldn't help but hesitate for a while when they heard the words.But a traverser soldier immediately raised his rifle and shot it with a "bang", knocking over the officer's horse, causing the officer who was still proud a moment ago to fall into the mud.

"...Go away now! My uncle is in a good mood today, so spare your life! If you don't go away soon, the next shot will blow your dog's head off!"

"...Hmph! Don't be arrogant, these pirates! If you act so arrogantly, aren't you afraid that I will attack you tomorrow?"

Although he said it loudly, the officer is now being stern and soft. The big iron ship in Lushunkou Harbor and the black cannons just unloaded from the ship are still very bluffing no matter how you look at it. The opponent hit such a precise musket.

Therefore, after the harsh words, the officer hurriedly got up from the ground, beat and cursed and escorted away a few military households who were caught on the way and wanted to come to eat. As for those who were eating or even had enough, they started The military households who heard the short-haired pirates "tell the rules" dared not run over to catch them.

While people from both sides were making noise at this "food stall" outside Lushun City, the soldiers and laborers of the Far East Company had already surveyed the terrain on the beach near Jinshan Mountain, and began to build simple trestle bridges and temporary camps.Later, another large freighter followed, unloading batch after batch of supplies from the ship, and those military households who had just surrendered were also driven to help, which greatly accelerated the construction of the camp.

That night, Huanglong, who did not dare to send a navy to confront the big iron ship head-on, finally had a little luck, and asked his servants to organize a night attack from the ground, trying to snatch the mountains of grain and "short hair" on the beach. The guns in the hands of the "Pirate" were immediately exposed in front of the scouts equipped with infrared night vision goggles, and then they were beaten up under the machine gun fire, and returned in a big defeat, losing hundreds of people in vain.

Seeing the powerful guns of the short-haired pirates, Huang Long, who failed to steal the camp, had no choice but to order Cage City to defend to the death.Moreover, after this defeat, the morale of Lushun's Ming army also dropped, and no one was willing to let them go out of the city to die.What's worse, those short-haired pirates continued to set up floating mats under the city, trying to use food to lure the soldiers to surrender the city, so in the next two days, hundreds of people sneaked out of the city in the dark.

Fortunately, although Huang Long, the chief soldier, was greedy and tyrannical, he was not incompetent. Seeing that the morale of the army became more and more unstable, he quickly and quietly ordered a few of his own soldiers to do so.As a result, all kinds of weird rumors about the gang of short-haired pirates outside the city quickly spread in Lushun City:
"...The pirates like to take people as slaves the most. Once they are caught, they will be transported to the pirate lair tens of thousands of miles away. You will never be able to return to the homeland of Ming Dynasty. Not only yourself, but even if you have a queen in the future, you will have males as slaves and females as prostitutes. Life from generation to generation is better than death. What? People say that Vladivostok is on the edge of North Korea? That must be nonsense of!"

"... I heard that if we outsiders want to join the gang of pirates, we have to "clean the words" first. Do you understand what is "clean words"? It means to clean the words between your legs, Be an eunuch from now on! In the future, you won’t be left with a whole body even if you die, and you won’t be able to see your ancestors…”

"...Did you ever know that these pirates are driving big iron boats, and the firearms in their hands are so sharp, where in the world can't they go? But why did they come to Lushun, a place where no shit? Is it? Because these pirates came to Lushun not to make money, but to catch people. They have evil methods. After they catch people, they always like to poach people's hearts and boil them into oil. At night, they light the lamps and go to various places underground. Take it. The human heart is always greedy for money, so when it shines on the place where the treasure is buried, the fire is bent. They immediately dug it open and took the treasure. Those pirates made their fortunes by relying on this sorcery..."

As these deliberately concocted horror rumors spread rapidly in the city, coupled with the fact that Huanglong's general soldier had learned from the pain in the past two days, he gritted his teeth and took out the grain he had embezzled and embezzled over the years, causing the soldiers and civilians in the city to open their bellies. After eating enough, the morale of the army in Lushun City has finally stabilized. Although the quality of the food provided by Huanglong is still not as good as the "Pirate Rice" on the beach, at least it can open its belly and eat enough. In this case, "short The running water seats set up by the "Mao Hai Bandits" are temporarily unattractive to Lushun military households.Although everyone in the city of Lushun knows that the good days of eating with open belly will not last long, but who can guarantee that after joining the gang of pirates, they will really be able to "big fish and big meat" every day?
After all, given the tragic environment of continuous natural disasters and military disasters in the late Ming Dynasty, even the vast majority of small and medium landlords could not guarantee that they would have rice and meat every day!Therefore, in the eyes of the Dongjiang military households in Lushun City, the "good life" promised by the "short-haired pirate" is really too illusory and unreal. It is no problem to have the courage to eat a "king meal". It will be difficult for them to make up their minds to go with the "short-haired pirate".It’s like if you go to the talent market to apply for a job now, and a company announces that there is no limit to the qualifications of applicants, and all applicants will be accepted according to the order. After entering the company, you will be given a house, a car, and an annual salary of more than 20 yuan. The life of the middle class, you will also feel strange, right?As long as you are not a fledgling career rookie, facing this kind of recruitment conditions, the first reaction is that this company is a liar; A big price, such as sacrificing one's integrity, chastity, and even life... In contrast, the rumors spread by Huanglong, such as "pirates kidnapping people as slaves", "pure talk" is castration, and "dug out people's hearts and boil them into oil", etc. It becomes "real and believable"...

But no matter how hard and soft the Huanglong soldiers are and how tricky they are, at best they can only stabilize the morale of the army and the people in Lushun City. Watching helplessly, the "beach stalls" outside the city are crowded with people and business is booming every day, and the big iron boats of the "short-haired pirates" come and go, transporting groups of humble and poor military households who have no loyalty Walk……

——In the eyes of military generals like Huang Long in the late Ming Dynasty, the military households under their own name are almost equivalent to their own slaves. It is a matter of course that they should work hard for themselves like cattle and horses. Of course they can starve to death, they can die of plague, You can be beaten to death by Jiannu, but I will never wipe a tear from these lowly embryos, nor will I give them a penny or a grain of rice, but I just must not let them be dug away by others!Seeing these "short-haired pirates" have the audacity to run right under their noses to poach the wall, of course they are beating their chests and feet with rage, furious.

However, in view of the fierce force of the short-haired gang outside the city, Huanglong's general soldiers, who had lost hundreds of family members in the previous night attack, did not dare to send troops to smash up the food stall, so they could only stay in Lushun City Acting as a tortoise, he didn't dare to talk nonsense, lest one of his side accidentally annoy those evil stars, and let them push the cannon to break Lushun City, then I, the general soldier of Dongjiang, would have nothing to do... …So, this year, this guy was just given plastic surgery by a group of poorly skilled soldiers who practiced medicine without a license, missing some parts such as ears and noses—in short, he looks very much like Voldemort in "Harry Potter" In the end, he could only curse the unfaithful and unconscionable military households who defected to the bandits, lamented his bad luck this year, and prayed to the Buddha to bless those short-haired pirates. Don't call into the city...

Although the "Voldemort" in Lushun City, um, or Huanglong General Soldier, was already gnashing his teeth and squatting in the corner drawing circles to curse people, but he didn't know that Gao Jianguo, chairman of the Far East Company Military Committee on the No. [-] landing ship, looked at Cheng The Dongjiang military households who flocked in were also scratching their heads in worry.

——You know, when they came to Liaodong to recruit military households in Dongjiang Town this time, they did not just set up a point in Lushun to attract people, but in many places under the jurisdiction of Dongjiang Town such as Ludao, Haiyang Island, Changshan Island, and Pidao. At the same time, the local area was expanded. I thought that 2 people could be recruited as the limit, but unexpectedly, more than 3 people came in one breath!The most direct problem caused by this is that the food hoarded in Vladivostok may not be enough to eat...

Therefore, he resolutely rejected Mao Shisan's absurd suggestion of "taking advantage of the situation to attack Lushun City and rescue the suffering folks"—the Far East Company in Vladivostok is already hard to digest the current number of people accommodated. Ten thousand people, aren't you afraid of dying?

"...Although we sent a small team to Jiangnan to find a way to purchase grain before we set off from the temporary transfer station on Jeju Island. But at that time, we did not expect the current situation. Even if we can successfully purchase grain and rice, the quantity may not be enough. That’s enough. How about… wait until Liaodong’s stalls are closed, and take the entire fleet to Japan to try your luck. Anyway, it’s like cheap perfume, glass pendants, small mirrors, fruit knives and other modern small industrial products , we still have a lot around us. Even if we are not familiar with the Japanese market and we can’t sell it for the time being, we still have a batch of silver brought from the modern world...Of course, if it still doesn’t work, then we have to take it seriously Pirates, grab food and eat it..."

While Gao Jianguo was sitting in the cabin and thinking over and over again, a sailor knocked on the door and came in to report that the watchman on the mast found a ship peeping outside the harbor. It might be the Ming army navy from Dengzhou or Tianjin, but now Has turned around and left, the captain asked if he wanted to pursue.

"...Since they have sensibly left, we don't need to pay attention to it! We don't think our own troubles are enough!" Gao Jianguo waved his hand and said disapprovingly, but he didn't know that he missed it because of this negligence. Gained a chance to contact another traverser force...

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On the sea outside Lushunkou, six warships of the Ming Dynasty flying the "Chen" flag were heaving and falling in the cold waves.Looking at the huge iron ships in the bay of Lushunkou, the sailors of each ship were already pale with fright, but they did not dare to retreat without authorization, so they could only look expectantly at a general standing on the flagship deck—— Wearing a cloak, the general looked at the Soviet-style landing ships and modern cargo ships moored at Lushunkou for a long time, then shook his head helplessly, and gritted his teeth, "... The ship obeys the order! Turn around immediately! All return! Return to Weihai!"

"...Decree! You guys, hurry up and pass on the words of Marshal Chen!"

Hearing this order, all the sailors on the ship immediately felt amnesty-they don't have to touch stones with those big iron ships!So he hurriedly hoisted the sail, steered the helm, and gave orders to other ships... but no one noticed that "Marshal Chen" cursed secretly while smoking a cigarette: "...Damn it, that Huangshi in Fujian, The "Kun Thief" in Hainan Island is enough to give me a headache, who knows that there is a Far Eastern company that is even more difficult to deal with here in Vladivostok! Looking at their meager Soviet equipment, it must be Really Russian bastard!"