After seeing that they had escaped, the cottage fell into flames, and under the guidance of Jiang Yugang's men, they naturally thought that the Luchuan soldiers burned down the cottage in order to vent their anger.

The courage that had been held back before was intertwined with the anger and hatred that had been added to the destruction of their homeland, and when they were arranged to the outskirts of Nansang Village to block the Luchuan army's attempt to escape from the cottage, they showed a performance far beyond their previous battle.

With the addition of various morales, the villagers of Nansangzhai played a strong combat effectiveness in the face of the Luchuan army who were bent on escaping for their lives and wanted to break out of the wall of Nansangzhai like lost dogs.

Under the spears and long knives, the Luchuan soldiers who rushed up like a tide were repulsed like a tide, and all the Luchuan troops who were a little slower were all eaten up by the firearms of the Ming army behind them, and they fell down one by one.

This no longer looks like a battle, but like a one-sided harvest, except that the side of the harvest is actually the side that was originally inferior in numbers. The so-called time, place and people, the Luchuan soldiers were the dominant side in the battles with the Ming army in many places.

It's just that with Jiang Yugang's efforts, in the Manggu Mountain outside Mengyang City, this position of advantage and disadvantage has quietly changed. The time and place were favorable, and they slowly came to the side of the Ming army, and the balance of victory also tilted.

More than 200 militiamen, plus 60 or 70 Ming troops formed a defensive line of death for the more than 800 Luchuan troops who attacked Nansangzhai.

As the fire spread in the village, the Ming army and militia retreated to the fire line dug outside the village, and the last team of Luchuan troops was engulfed in fire along with the burned village wall.

After mercilessly engulfing the village and nearby woods, the fire finally came to a slow halt in front of the dug fire line. In fact, the water source in this vicinity is quite sufficient, and it is already a big surprise for Jiang Yu to be able to burn like this.

After the fire gradually went out, Nansang Village also returned to the darkness of the night. For many villagers who participated in the battle, the excitement of the fire night celebration and the cruelty and bloodshed of the battle with the Luchuan soldiers were as illusory as a dream, and they couldn't believe that they could defeat so many Luchuan troops, and they couldn't believe that they had survived safely.

They looked blankly at the embers of Nansang Village, there were wooden blocks that had not been completely burned and showed a thick dark red like blood, and there was a strange red light in the dim night, although the fire had stopped, but the heat of the fire still remained on the ruins of Nansang Village.

No one cheered the victory, they all understood what it was for - their homeland. Many militiamen sat exhausted and collapsed underground, while others volunteered to clear the rubble. Now it seems that this kind of clean-up is completely a drop in the bucket, and the overall clean-up work requires a lot of effort.

A militiaman couldn't help but break the silence, and he looked up at Jiang Yugang helplessly: "Baihu, what about our village?" ”

"I said, I have a way," Jiang Yuyan was perhaps the only one who looked at it all calmly. The process of Nansangzhai turning into ruins can be regarded as his manipulation, which is also his plan.

The old Nansang village belongs to the Luchuan people here. Luchuan people, although they are not Luchuan soldiers, are not his soldiers. In order to make the Luchuan people their own, it is necessary to regenerate their foundation from destruction, and give them new life by themselves.

"Do you have a way?" The militia's eyes widened.

"It's good to rebuild Nansangzhai, in a safer place." Jiang Yuyi pointed out the direction of the Junmang Gushan camp: "In Beishan, it used to be the camp of the leaders of Mengyang's forces, and then our Ming army came over and occupied it. ”

"Now, I am willing to hand over the place to you, so that you can rebuild your home there, and the materials you need, and the food you need in the process, my Ming army can provide it," Jiang Yu paused, and said: "To resist the force needed by the Luchuan soldiers, our Ming army is also indispensable to everyone." ”

Jiang Yugang's words were so loud that almost all the Nansangzhai militia present could hear them clearly, and for a while, everyone was talking.

In fact, Jiang Yu's conditions are very generous. The location of the camp of the Ming army is a small valley in the north mountain of Manggu Mountain, which is said to be a small valley, and Daxiao is also several times more than the river valley where Nansang Village is located, but it is relatively small compared to the largest valley in the north of Manggu Mountain, the place where Mengyang City was built. Whether it is all kinds of resources, arable fields, or security against bandits and Luchuan soldiers, it is much better.

In addition, if it is used as a new settlement, it is possible to use the existing buildings there. Because there were originally people living there, it was still some of the more powerful forces in the Manggu Mountain, and they had something to do with the Luchuan nobles. It was only when the Ming army entered Mengyang that they all fled.

A villager boldly asked, "Baihu, what are you trying to do with us with such a good thing?" ”

Hearing this villager's words, the others immediately burst into laughter, not only because this person directly asked the most pointed question, but also because they really wanted to find out Jiang Yu's purpose.

Jiang Yu didn't hesitate, and said calmly: "Nothing else, I just want to be the leader of this area." ”

"I know that you are not with the Luchuan army, and since the Luchuan soldiers came, the head of the village in your area has also died, I, Jiang Yu, came here, with sincerity, and strength to help everyone find a way to live, against the Luchuan people, is to gain everyone's trust and do a good job of this leader." What he said was loud, and every sentence was indeed true.

The villagers also guessed that Jiang Yu meant this, and after hearing his words, although it was a whisper, they did not show any dissatisfaction or opposition, and generally seemed to accept it.

In the end, it was the villager who stood up before, it seems that he is a kind of talker among the villagers, and he has some courageous role: "Baihu is willing to be the head of our Nansang Village, I am in favor, but Baihu is a character from afar after all, and sooner or later he will have to leave, once he leaves, this Luchuan is still the Luchuan of the Luchuan of the big man, and there is no reliable person for us such small people after all." ”

"Well, you don't have to worry about it." Jiang Yu's eyes froze, he didn't expect the villagers' eyes to be so sharp, and they pointed to the most important place at once. Quickly turn your mind and comfort them.

As an outsider, the most unreliable thing about him is not his sense of alienation, after all, the village is full of his own people, and outsiders are detached from morality, so it's good if they don't listen to him. Jiang Yu's biggest problem is instability, he may not do things that are harmful to the village, but instability itself is a hidden harm.

To take the simplest example, if Jiang Yugang's troops were transferred away by the generals above, how would the villagers who had lost Jiang Yugang's protection deal with various dangers? If some villagers who can fight follow Jiang Yu away, then the other villagers will be even more dangerous.