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Hearing what he said, the people on the side suddenly became unhappy: "Who are you talking about? What's the benefit of going to report? Can Jianlu be given food or drink? Why don't you just scold them? Whatever they did, even scolding them would be frivolous!"

The old fisherman quickly apologized to his neighbor, and then changed the subject and said: "The imperial army did not come from the sea this time. If they were defeated, they would probably not be able to escape, and there would be many casualties!"

"Yes, with so many casualties, we probably won't even have such an attack in the future." The neighbor picked up the topic and said, "If the Ming army doesn't come again in the future, Jianlu will have nothing to worry about, and our future life will probably be even more difficult!"

"..."

They were discussing, but they were not optimistic about the attacking Ming army, let alone their own future. The conclusion of the discussion triggered a pessimistic atmosphere among the fishermen.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that they have always lived in Lushun and are isolated from the outside world. Otherwise, they would not be so pessimistic if they knew that Governor Denglai had directly attacked Shenyang and even captured Liaoyang and Anshan posthouses.

While they were discussing, more than three hundred Ming troops arrived about a mile away from the city, not far from the thatched houses on the outskirts of Lushun. They stopped leaving and just stood there, pointing at Lushun City and talking loudly, vaguely. They seemed to be scolding Jianlu.

"..." The fishermen were speechless. The Ming army that came this time was actually worse than the Ming army that came last time. At least the Ming army managed to attack the city once, but they quickly withdrew when they saw that they could not capture it. It was good this time. He stopped so far away from the city. How could he scold the Jianlu in the city to death just by scolding him?

On top of the city of Lushun, Baros watched the movements of the Ming army outside the city and couldn't help but frown and asked, "What are they doing?"

"It seems...it seems to be a scolding!" The Han subordinate listened carefully for a while before reporting.

When Baros heard this, he couldn't help but have a look of disdain on his face. According to his understanding of the Dongjiang Ming Army, he was afraid that these Ming troops came to attack the city under pressure from their superiors, but they were afraid of casualties and did not dare to attack. They only dared to stand far away and curse.

Thinking of this, he ordered: "Ignore them, wait and see."

Just like that, both parties were getting along peacefully. The fishermen who were watching were a little bored. Some of them even ran back to their thatched houses to get some things, or some simply fished beside the fishing boat, so that they could have more food. .

After scolding for a while, the Ming soldiers seemed to be tired of scolding, and they all sat on the ground to rest in a mess, with no formation at all.

But Baros frowned. These Ming soldiers fought and refused to fight, and refused to leave even after scolding them. What did they want to do?

With this in mind, he looked outside the city with some confusion. Suddenly he remembered something and couldn't help but be shocked: "Could it be that these Ming troops are just here to hold us back and then go grab the food in the fields?"

This season is when the fields are about to harvest. These Ming troops came ashore at this time, but they didn't come to fight. According to their poor appearance, they must have come to the shore to grab food!

Although Lushun is located in a remote area, on the protruding part of Liaodong, there are some fertile fields, but they are not under the city, but over the mountains. Naturally, these fertile fields would be cultivated by Han slaves.

When he thought of this, Barosh couldn't stay any longer. He knew that the Ming army would definitely not only have what they saw in front of them. It is even possible that their large troops are there to grab food. And these people in front of them are just here to monitor Lushun City.

No food should be lost, otherwise the higher-ups will definitely blame you. With this in mind, Baros immediately issued an order to send people from every family in the city to the city to assist in defense. And he mobilized more than 600 of his men to prepare to leave the city.

He rode on his horse and gave a loud order: "The Ming army must be grabbing grain. After defeating these Ming troops who were watching, listen to my order. The Ming soldiers who are grabbing grain should kill them less and harass them if there are more people. When the reinforcements from Jinzhou arrive, Then wipe out all these Ming troops who are robbing food!"

After issuing the order, he specifically told his confidants to ride five fast horses out of the city to kill the Ming army and then go straight to Jinzhou for help without stopping.

After the arrangement was completed, the gates of Lushun City were opened wide, and groups of Jianlu soldiers rushed out.

"Look, look, Jianlu is out!" A fisherman who was bored fishing looked up and said in surprise.

When the others heard this, they all turned their heads to watch. Sure enough, countless Jianlu were pouring out of the Lushun city gate. There were even thirty or fifty cavalry troops. It could be said that they almost came out in full force.

When the old fisherman saw it, he said a little nervously: "This is not going to be good, I'm afraid many people from the Ming army will die!"

When he said this, the fishermen looked towards the Ming army one after another. Sure enough, those Ming troops also immediately discovered that Jianlu had left the city. They all panicked and ran back one after another. Some of the Ming troops even deviated from the official road and jumped into the mountains beside the official road.

"Well, let's do whatever happens in the future. I hope the imperial court will regain Lushun, but I'm afraid I won't be able to see it again in this lifetime!" After looking at it, the old fisherman sighed.

After hearing this, his neighbor seemed to be comforting himself and said: "No matter what, it's okay. Anyway, when the Ming army was here, we were bullied a lot!"

What he meant was that everyone was being bullied from both sides, and it didn't matter who was here.

But after hearing this, the old fisherman still shook his head and retorted: "The Ming army is not as ruthless as the Jianlu. If we have a choice, of course it would be better if the Ming army is here. It's just a pity..."

"That's what I mean, no, the Ming army doesn't have that ability, so what can I do? I can only say this!" The neighbor said, looking at the official road and stopped talking.

Most of the fishermen are also watching the battle. For them, there is no entertainment program at all and it is just a pastime.

However, they suddenly discovered that the Jianlu army seemed not to care about the Ming army who fled to the mountains, but hurried away along the official road. This situation surprised the fishermen again.

"What's going on? Jianlu is in such a hurry, as if he's rushing to reincarnate!"

"Just hurry up and reincarnate!" The old fisherman took the words and suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but said in a voice: "Could it be that you are going to grab food?"

"Grain grabbing?" a fisherman repeated, and then immediately agreed, "Yes, it must be grabbing grain. In the past, it was the Jianlu captives who came to grab the grain, but now the Jianlu captives are occupying it, and the Ming army is coming to grab the grain. It must be like this!" "

"But can the Ming army defeat Jianlu?" The old fisherman's son finally couldn't hold it in anymore and interjected.

Upon hearing this, the enthusiasm of the fishermen suddenly dropped a lot. Yes, the Jianlu were invincible in the field. When they came to grab food, the Ming army could only stay in the city and watch. But the Ming army came to seize food. Once the Jianlu were dispatched, could they still seize the food?

The answer was obvious. The fishermen shook their heads and sighed. After looking at it for a while, they each did their own thing. However, they did not expect that after less than half an hour, the rumble of horse hooves could be heard from the official road, coming from far and near, heading towards Lushun.

The next chapter will be around 5pm.