In fact, Liu Laosi is not the only one who thinks so, as long as all the landless peasants who participate in the armed farms, their lives have changed dramatically.

Participating in an armed farm is not as simple as everyone thinks, it requires people to leave their homes and go to the borderlands, it requires people to risk a certain amount of life, and they also need to learn how to use muskets against the enemy, which is simply unimaginable for ordinary farmers.

However, the policy implemented by Da Chu is still welcomed by the vast number of poor peasants, not for other reasons, but because their lives are too hard, for these peasants, as long as they can have a piece of land of their own, then it is worth paying a big price.

As long as you participate in the farm, you can get a large amount of land, which is distributed according to the way of household registration, usually 20 acres of land per capita, but this also depends on the situation in the region, such as Heilongjiang where the climate is severe and even a household can get 200 acres of land, while places like Hami are less.

Although these lands cannot be planted with double-cropping rice in the south, they can grow wheat, and unlike the cooked land in the interior, the land here has not been cultivated much, and the soil is still very fertile, so for old farmers like Liu Laosi, they know what crops to plant just by touching the soil.

In addition, although the armed farm assigned by Liu Laosi cannot be bought and sold, it can be exempted from paying taxes for the first three years, and the lack of this alone will make their lives much better, and every household in the farm can raise funds to repair the mill, and when the wheat planted by everyone only needs to give a little money, they can be ground into flour at the head of the village, which can save a lot of things.

As for the so-called head of the village, it is usually appointed by the officials of the county government, but you can also choose to sign up by yourself, and then the yamen will send people to conduct selection and assessment, only really capable people can be the head of the village, and this head of the village is not always able to be the head of the village, and the head of the village must be re-selected every five years to ensure the control of the official office.

Liu Laosi was thinking about his own life? On the other hand, I thought about the days when I was in the landlord's old rich house, and I couldn't help but sigh a little? Although the hometown is good? But it's too difficult to live without a field......

"Dididi-"

A series of whistles sounded quickly, and I saw a cavalryman of the Fu Han Army holding a horn in his hand? Running back and forth along the line.

"Everybody's resting in place, everybody's resting in place!"

Soon? Did the laborers stop pushing the cart? But didn't go straight to rest? Instead, they formed a circle around the cart, and everyone stayed in the circle, and then took out their own dry food and water from the cart, and some of them took out some pickle dumplings? Eat with relish.

Only the two hundred cavalry escorting the car gathered outside the circle at this time? The first two officers are Zhu Yuyan and Zheng Guoquan, but their military ranks have been promoted by one level at this time, becoming lieutenants and entering the cavalry array? The cuirass on his body looked extremely shiny.

Zhu Yuyan looked at the familiar car formation, and couldn't help laughing: "When you were in the military academy? I learned to arrange the car formation, I didn't expect that although they are all people, but they are so skilled, you look at that corner, and also set up a spear, if there is a cavalry rushing over, it is guaranteed to be pierced through the heart! ”

Zheng Guoquan also glanced at it, but he was quite puzzled: "Brother Zhu, don't you know, I have also participated in the work of escorting materials before, and I have never seen laborers with guns, but now the laborers in the border areas have to receive regular military training, so it can only be said that it is really different." ”

Zhu Yuyan smiled slightly, "I heard that there was a Russian attack in the north half a month ago, when the Russians had more than 200 cavalry, and some Mongols were coerced to launch an attack on a transport team, and the people in the transport team used carts and muskets to deal with the Russians for a day, and killed more than 40 people." ”

Zheng Guoquan couldn't help but smack his tongue when he heard this, he looked at the people of those collective farms with a rather strange gaze, especially when he saw the muskets that these people would not put down when they were eating, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly, and sighed: "Maybe only this kind of wolf-like people can survive here." ”

At this time, in the car array, Liu Laosi was eating bread in a big gulp, maybe because he ate sweetly enough, or maybe he had a simple face, but several laborers recruited from the northwest next to him took the initiative to come over and began to take the initiative to talk.

"When did my brother enter Zhuangzi?"

"Just a few months ago, I was signing up everywhere, and I signed up at that time."

Liu Laosi looked at everyone indifferently, but he didn't continue to eat bread, but said proudly: "Zhuangzi is not everyone can go in, I heard that there is a physical examination, if the body does not meet the requirements or is too old, Zhuangzi also does not want it." ”

Yes, if everyone could go, it would not seem like that, and only if it was not so easy to get into, it would make all of them appreciate their situation more.

The conscripted laborers looked at each other before they asked tentatively: "I heard that the land will be divided as soon as I go, and I don't have to pay rent for the first three years?" ”

"That's not it, our family has divided 80 acres of land, and some have divided more than 10 acres, but we can only plant this land, not sell it, but we don't have to pay rent for the first three years, and the field tax after three years is not much!"

"Three years without paying rent? Not much land tax? That brother, are there other miscellaneous factions? ”

Liu Laosi was a little annoyed when he heard this, "Where are there any miscellaneous factions?" We are in the farm, that is the people of the farm, and they still have guns in their hands, which ones dare to collect miscellaneous pies without dying? ”

Just when everyone was chatting, there was a rapid whistle in the distance, the whistle was three long and one short, and after hearing the whistle, the Fu Han army up and down suddenly seemed to be facing a great enemy, they quickly formed a formation, and some people rushed to the direction of the car formation and shouted loudly.

"Enemy attack! Don't panic! ”

"Prepare for battle!"

When the words came to prepare for battle, several of the laborers began to panic, their faces turned pale, and some even tried to flee, but soon the armed farm laborers blocked the exit and drove them back into the car formation.

Liu Laosi's temperament in the past was slow, but at this time he seemed very resolute, I saw that he quickly took down the musket on his back and put it on the shelf, and then roared loudly: "The old hairy people are coming, don't be afraid, whoever instigates will die quickly!" ”

"These old hairy people eat soft and not hard, if you are harder than him, they are the ones who run!"

After everyone heard Liu Laosi's words, their mentality gradually stabilized, and then they found that the ground was slowly trembling, and the sound of dense horse hooves soon came, and when everyone looked up at this time, they saw thousands of cavalry galloping in this direction.

"About 2,000 riders! As we expected, we were ready to send a signal. ”

Zheng Guoquan unhurriedly used his binoculars to point at the cavalry in the distance, because they themselves were deliberately released as bait, the purpose of which was to fish out these Russian cavalry dotted with the logistics line of the Fu Han army, so as to carry out a complete gathering and annihilation.

On the contrary, Zhu Yuyan sighed slightly, with a little loss in his eyes, "Looking at the current situation, the real Russian army is probably less than five hundred, and the rest of the more than 1,000 horsemen should be Mongolians who have taken refuge in the Russians, and they really know the truth of harassing and fighting behind enemy lines." ”

To put it bluntly, for the Russians, if they want to hit the logistics line of the Fu Han army, they will never gnaw hard bones, if they encounter a trap, then they will only let these forcibly brought subsidiary cavalry rush up first, they will only choose the opportunity to escape, so it is difficult to really catch the main cavalry of the Russian army.

"No matter, fly meat is also meat, order the whole army, prepare for battle!"

........

The sound of horses' hooves trampling on the dry and hard road made a crisp sound, and the Cossack cavalrymen in cylindrical curly hats took the lead, carrying muskets on their backs and sabers hanging from their waists, advancing in the dust, and thousands of Mongol cavalrymen followed closely with their sabers.

Since the Russians moved south to the Dzungar Khanate, a large number of Moxi Mongol tribes soon chose to surrender.

And for these Moxi Mongolian tribes, the favorite thing to do is naturally to intercept and kill the logistics line of the Fu Han army, after all, the materials are abundant, and the guards are not many, if they can make a surprise attack, then the harvest is quite good.

Especially at present, when the Russians are fighting with the Fu Han army, because of the small number of people, they are often very willing to pay money to hire these Moxi tribes, so inside and outside, the morale of the current Moxi Mongolian tribes is still very good, they shouted one by one, and soon rushed over.

The Russian commander at the head was a colonel officer named Semenov, with a slight gloom in his eyes, and he showed a smile when he looked at the more than two hundred cavalry on the opposite side, as well as the formation of about a thousand people.

Obviously, this is a fruit that will be abundant at first sight, and it is not so blatant, so the probability of being a trap is not very high, and it is very suitable for such a gamble.

For Semenov, when he participates in this kind of gamble, the bet will naturally not be his own people, but more Mongolians, anyway, once he falls into the trap, no matter how many Mongolians die, Semyonov will not feel a little guilty.

After a whistle, the Mongol cavalry rushed forward first, while the Cossack cavalry of more than 600 men led by Semenov deliberately slowed down and sent soldiers to look around—they had to make sure that they would only press all their forces when it was absolutely safe.

And when more than 1,000 Mongolian cavalry rushed towards the chariot formation, Liu Laosi and several other workers from the armed farm, with muskets in their hands, and some people stood aside with spears, they were the main force defending the entire chariot array.

On the contrary, the 200 cavalry of the Fu Han army could not directly rush up to meet the enemy, and their task was to bite the Russian cavalry to the death, so the front could only choose to retreat to the rear and wait until the time to join the battlefield.

"Everyone, pay attention, don't shoot in front of you, and then shoot when you let them go!"

"Don't rush, don't panic, they're more panicked than us!"

"As long as you kill a few dozen people, they have to run!"

"Da Da Da-"

The sound of dense horse hooves began to get closer, and the charging Mongol cavalry brandished sabers in their hands, with a slight bloodthirsty taste in their eyes.

"Bang Bang Bang-"

A series of gunshots soon rang out, and in the blink of an eye, they were filled with thick white smoke, which instantly covered the entire position.

"Don't shoot, don't shoot!"

Liu Laosi roared loudly, he glanced at the laborers who shot fiercely, and then said in a deep voice: "Don't be in a hurry to shoot, wait for my password!" ”

At this time, the Mongol troops charging on the opposite side were almost unharmed, they laughed loudly, brandished their sabers in their hands, and the distance between them and the chariot formation became closer and closer, so close that the laborers could see each other's eyes.

"Fire!"

"Bang Bang Bang-"

Liu Laosi pulled the trigger fiercely, and the laborers around him obviously couldn't help it, only to hear a series of gunfire, and the cavalry who charged on the opposite side suddenly fell down dozens of them, accompanied by the neighing of horses, the scene instantly became very chaotic, and there was no longer the offensive in front.

"Well played!"

Liu Laosi and the others waved their fists excitedly, after all, it was the first time they faced the Russians, and it was already great to be able to make some gains, even if they were all Mongolian cavalry, but they were all killed.

At this time, the Mongolian cavalry also crashed into the top of the car formation, although many people were stabbed down by spears, but there were still some cavalry directly crashed into the car formation, and this scene was very impactful for all the laborers, although they had the courage to let go of the guns far away, but they did not have the courage to kill at close range.

Seeing that the car formation began to gradually fall into chaos, Zheng Guoquan, who was watching the battle from afar, was a little anxious, "Should we rush, if we let the Mongols fight like this, I am afraid that these laborers will not be able to hold on to the reinforcements." ”

Zhu Yuyan shook his head and said firmly: "No, if we get entangled with the Mongols, those Russians will have no scruples at all, they will focus on us, and when the time comes, our two hundred cavalry will not be able to hold out for a long time...... It's nothing to die in battle, but next time you want to fish out the Russians, I'm afraid it will be very difficult. ”

Zheng Guoquan sighed softly, he knew that what Zhu Yuyan said was right, the Russians themselves were in the initiative when they harassed the logistics line, and for this fishing plan, the Fu Han army itself also paid a great price, if the plan failed now because of the kindness of the woman, then it would only bring more disastrous results.

Maybe even those who are fighting in the car formation will not forgive.