"Usually scattered all over the place, avoid the market in times of chaos, and turn the market into a castle ......"

A seemingly inconspicuous "pacification policy" laid the foundation of the Gui State, in the past two years on several major passages to the South Hengzhou, in the past two years, has built ten markets, these ten markets are the only way to the South Hengdu, the capital of the Gui State.

Anping set.

Although it was nominally a fortress, it was actually only a brick wall about one foot six inches thick and six feet high, and it was more of a market compound than a fortress, with a holy temple and a dozen houses in the courtyard, and they were undoubtedly lucky for Anpingji and the people in the vicinity, at least from Anpingji, they were not attacked by the natives.

Even, sometimes, they even think that the so-called Turen attack is just a rumor, but on the third day of the sixth month of the fifth year of Xingqian, the peace of Anpingji was broken. Hundreds of surviving civilians fled into the market from the surrounding countryside, and then thousands of Mataran soldiers flocked to the market from all directions.

When the indigenous soldiers of Matalan gathered in Anping, the people in the market were also preparing for the arrival of the enemy. In the corner of the fortress, four 8-pound cannons pointed directly into the distance, which is a necessary weapon for every fortress. Although it is old, it is also extremely effective against the natives.

While the men in the market were preparing there, the women and children were crowding to board the small sampans from the pier not far away.

"It's sewn, you can try it."

Before getting on the boat, Qiu Niang finally sewed the clothes, which was a thin cloth short, and it was also the first dress she made for Li Liangdong, when she saw him wear this dress, she seemed very happy, and even forgot the lesson of being pricked with needles countless times in ten fingers in the past period.

"Well, it's still neat to wear this short shirt, but it's a pity to wear this new dress now, I'll put it away first, and look at your hands. What kind of clothes do you have to make......"

Li Liangdong was nagging, but there was a smile on his face, this was the first piece of clothing that his daughter-in-law sewed for him.

In fact, Ye Qiuniang is his daughter-in-law, she is not even Han, but a Manchu bannerman, when the Manchus were defeated and retreated, she was only nine years old and was plundered by the Mongols with her mother.

Later, in the Mongolian market, she was sold to the Northeast with her mother, and in the spring of this year, she married him, but in fact, it was not married, after all, he spent 60 taels of silver.

"Since we got married, no, I haven't made clothes for you......"

Ye Qiuniang bit her lip lightly, she originally wanted to say something, but she swallowed the words back to her mouth, he was very good to her. Knowing that she wanted to eat noodles, she deliberately took rice to the capital to change noodles for her to eat, and because of this, she wanted to give Li Liangdong a thing, thinking about it, it was to make him a dress, but no one expected that the clothes here were not ready, and those "Tuyi" over there called over.

"Don't worry, although I haven't been on the battlefield, and I haven't fought with Ma Dalanren, but this battle is easy to fight, just hide behind the wall and put the gun, Qiu Niang, after you get to the city, you will live in Uncle Sun's house, he and I are fellow villagers......"

Li Liangdong took off his clothes while admonishing, and at the moment when he took off his clothes, he took advantage of Qiu Niang's inattention and kissed her fiercely on the cheek, Qiu Niang was only made by his sudden attack and only felt that her face was hot, and she quickly looked around, there were people around, but no one noticed them.

All were immersed in the sentimentality of leaving.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, you, why are you so unconscious......"

Looking at his mother-in-law crying and crying, Zhang Dayuan couldn't help but reprimand, saying this, but his face was also reluctant. Forty-year-old Zhang Dayuan really married a virtuous woman, not to mention good-looking, and can also do housework. However, she is a native, and no one wants to marry a native, but Zhang Dayuan doesn't feel anything, and she also loves this dark-skinned daughter-in-law.

"When the time comes, you will follow the Dongzi family, you know? You look like this, as soon as you go out, you know that you are a native, don't be treated as a spy......"

Zhang Dayuan is a veteran of the Ming Army, he once followed the country surnamed Ye, and because of this, he knows the appearance of a woman, and it may cause trouble in the city, when there is a war, others don't ask so much, he and Li Liangdong live very close to each other, and move around a lot, and Qiu Niang often goes to Shanmei to learn how to cook with local melons and fruits, the relationship between the two families is very close, at this time, only she can be relied on.

"I remember, remember, the mud wants to be alive......"

Shanmei told her man in blunt Chinese, she always felt that she was lucky, when Gui Guobing entered the village last year, many sisters of the same age became Gui Guobing's slaves, but Zhang Dayuan married her. In fact, she wanted to escape with Zhang Dayuan, she knew how to survive in the rainforest, but she also knew that men would not leave.

Not a single man will leave.

It is unwilling, it is even more impossible, and the law of the country does not tolerate it.

When the women, women and children left by boat at the small pier not far away, Li Chengkun, who was standing on the wooden walkway behind the parapet, looked quite solemn, unlike the other soldiers wearing green military uniforms, he was wearing a red military uniform, which was the military uniform of the Ming army. Even now, he can't forget that he is a Ming army.

Or so it was.

"Captain, actually, we can leave."

Sun Laomao took a cigarette pouch in his mouth, spit out a cigarette, and looked at the dozen or so lines on the river heading towards the sampan in the direction of the capital, and on those boats, except for the oars, there was not a single man, even if it was holding a firecracker, it was also a woman.

"So Ma Yi came around, even if we withdrew, we didn't say anything."

"Nobody will say anything."

Li Chengkun shook his head.

"But we can't withdraw, Qujiang will pass in front of our eyes, if we withdraw, Ma Yi can drive down the river all the way to Xinhengzhou, anyone can withdraw, we can't, as long as we stay here, they must take the land route, and they have to bypass from other places."

"It's only forty miles."

"That's going to take an extra day!"

"Probably, a day later, we'll all be dead."

Lao Mao's words made Li Chengkun silent for a moment, and then squeezed out a sentence.

"If the husband dies, he will die!"

With that, he jumped off the two-foot-high wooden platform and came to the courtyard, except for the soldiers who were guarding the courtyard wall, everyone else was in the courtyard, many of them were dressed as civilians, and did not wear military uniforms, in fact, there were no civilians in Guiguo. Whether they were sent by the emperor to King Gui's palace guards or immigrants, they are now all citizens of Gui and national soldiers.

"Alright, brethren, I won't talk nonsense."

Li Chengkun looked at the brothers in the courtyard, and his tone was serious and serious.

"The brothers should know that the Mataran people are coming, and thousands of Mataran people will soon hit here, and the brothers will definitely say, so many people, we are here to guard, we will definitely die, but, brothers, from Anpingji to the capital, there are 40 miles, as long as we keep it for one day, the king will have one more day to prepare......"

When Li Chengkun's voice fell, everyone didn't speak, the courtyard was quiet, the big guy just held the fire gun, and just when the atmosphere became depressing, Sun Laomao, who was holding a cigarette pouch with his hands behind his back, grinned.

"Captain, isn't it just a few ants, look at the ones who make you nervous, in my opinion, our brothers, just let go of the guns, it is estimated that when the king's reinforcements come, our brothers will tie one up, I will tie one up, and then tie those grandchildren home to our grandfather to farm!"

As soon as Sun Laomao said this, the atmosphere that seemed to be a little depressing immediately changed, and there was a burst of echo around him.

"It's not, but I look at the two barbarian slaves of the Liang family, if I catch it this time, when the time comes, when Lao Tzu is farming, he can also be a little more relaxed."

"But no, the more people who come, the better, and when the time comes, the big guys will be unevenly divided."

When everyone was talking about it, Li Chengkun, who saw that his morale had been boosted, said with a smile.

"It's not like this, in the past, we were thinking all day long, when those Tuyi would come over, and even wondered why they hadn't come yet, only a thousand days to be a thief, where is there a thousand days to prevent thieves, and now the horse has beaten the blue people, this is not a good thing, if we don't come again, we will have to go over the mountains and mountains to fight them in the future, they are here now, it's just right, let's give them a pot." When the time comes, brothers, when we see that everyone is divided into ten or eight captives, let's be masters......"

Compared with the big truth, there is nothing more tempting than the real interests, but everyone knows that these so-called "interests" are nothing more than self-deception, and everyone knows that after the Mataran people surround them, they will definitely die in life.

If the husband dies, he dies!

What's the big deal!

Without much fear or hesitation, the soldiers, who usually lived in the countryside as farmers and as soldiers in wartime, stood by the wall with their firearms and carried boxes of ammunition to the wooden corridor.

Their eyes were fixed on the distance, two years ago, when they first came here, it was still a swamp by the river, it was thanks to their efforts that the once swamp became fertile land, and now they are not fighting for the king, but for themselves!

It's to protect your homeland!

"Look, they're coming."

Suddenly, someone shouted, pointing to the distance, and at the end of the paddy field, a group of people of different colors, most of them were shirtless natives with knives and guns, and there were even several tall war elephants......