When Zhang Mingliang and his family passed by the official hall of 100 households, they saw the crying warden next to the big drum.

Many people have seen it, many strong men are moist eyes, and some of the homeless strong men from Zhangzhou have a very deep affection for Xu Zixian, and some of their families changed their fate when Nan'anhou selected a young tooth general.

Now thinking of the unpredictable life and death of the prince, the corners of many people's eyes are also moist.

Many people are glad that there are no women or children at this time, otherwise they would have cried.

This is something that has often happened in recent times, often with a single person crying out without warning, followed by a mass emotional breakdown.

It's not that Xu Zixian's prestige in the eyes of everyone has reached such a point, in fact, many people only have a little respect and trust, after all, Xu Zixian is really a very good, very considerate of the people, doing things in an orderly manner, making people feel at ease and trusting.

The real reason lies in itself.

Many people left their families and businesses to come to the Eastern Domain, because they had a better future here.

For the sake of parents, wives, children, and all that is good, people struggle here, even if they work harder, but hope always stays in their hearts.

And the safety of Nan Anhou is really connected to everything these people have.

Not only the current residence, the fields, the farm implements, the mules and horses, but everything that is associated with a better future.

All the hopes, all the hopes for the future, all the previous efforts, sweat, even the bloodshed and sacrifice.

Everything seems so unworthy and ridiculous.

Many people are afraid to think about it, but they have to think about it, if it all is ruined, is it worth starting again? What if there were another pirate next year?

This possibility is not impossible, and it is quite large, and many people are overcome by negative emotions such as despair and frustration while being angry.

It is not an exaggeration to say that if the news of Xu Zixian's dying comes out now, without waiting for the pirates to attack, the Eastern Domain will directly cross over, and countless people will flock to the seaside, not wanting anything, just to be able to return to the mainland.

The human heart is very delicate, whether it is uplifted or collapsed in an instant, it is just about what people want to get, whether they get it, or finally feel lost.

Zhang Mingming's expression was also quite ugly, his wife sobbed quietly, a son and a daughter were half an age, and the two children were curious and a little worried.

"Crying a lot." Zhang Mingliang said: "We have been notified to go to the evacuation point." It is impossible for pirates to stay in the Eastern Domain for a long time, and the government army and the militia have a total of 50,000 or 60,000 people, and everyone has bows and arrows. The pirates wandered around the perimeter, and the robbery was almost gone. Our family avoided it for now, and then we talked about it after the pirates were gone. ”

Zhang's wife said with red eyes: "I'm not afraid of being caught by pirates on the island, this island is so big, how can it be easy to catch our family." I'm worried that the island will be defeated, the natives, the defeated army, and the time will be chaotic......"

Zhang Mingliang was also quite uneasy in his heart, but he didn't like his wife's statement, and said categorically: "The Nan'an Mansion army was brought out by the prince and the marquis, and they usually teach reading and literacy, and tell the stories of those loyal ministers and filial sons, even if they become defeated soldiers, they will not be bad." In addition, the military attachés on the island are popular, and they usually get along with their brothers day and night. is not like those military attaches of the forbidden army, who are high above and do not take their subordinates seriously. The military attache of the Xiang Army, who usually sees no one in the camp, gambles everywhere in the station, chases joy and laughter, and squanders his brother's hard-earned money, the Nan'an Mansion Army, it is absolutely impossible! ”

At first, Zhang Mingliang said such things to comfort his wife, but the more he said it, the more he felt that it was very reasonable, and the more he said it, his waist was straight, and his voice gradually became louder.

"That's right." Zhang's wife let go of her thoughts, her daughter is thirteen years old, Tingting Yuli, who has been out, Chu Chu is lovely, if it wasn't for the accident, there must have been someone who kept coming to the door to say kiss, if it was looked at in the war, it was really a tragic thing that was unwilling to die.

Son Twelve, white and chubby, with a smile on his face all the time.

If something happens to her children, Zhang's wife feels that it is better to live than to die.

She was already nervous, and when she saw the scene of the right talent, she was directly out of control for a while.

"We're going to the South." Zhang Mingming's mind was slightly fixed, he felt that his judgment was correct, that is, the battle was defeated, and the army would not collapse into a chaotic army, becoming the kind of chaotic army that kills people and does all kinds of evil.

The people on the island would never be like that, that's the bottom line.

Moreover, at that time, Nan Anhou may also be transferred, and Qin Dongyang and others will continue to control the army.

Li Yi and Kong He Fu Qian and others on the island have not low prestige, and many low-level officers have followed them all the way from the Nan'an regiment, and they are also full of respect for these civilian officials, Li Yi can still pull out a team and control the rest of the scattered soldiers and horses.

This is still the worst situation, as long as Nan'an Hou does not die, even the government army is very likely to defeat the enemy.

Zhang's wife nodded, and Zhang Mingliang continued: "To the south, the north of the island, these places already have simple roads, and the army has walked back and forth many times, which is not too dangerous. Besides, the evacuation is not our family, there are hundreds of officials and officers' families in a wave, and a sentry government army and a regimental training are sent to follow the guards. The important thing is to ask us to bring tents, tents, and some anti-mosquito herbs on our bodies, and burn herbs to repel mosquitoes when we arrive at the camp. These things are very important and very useful. The army went back and forth to practice, and no one died on the last trip, and there was no epidemic, which shows that it still works. Let's bring some dry food ourselves, the army will bring dozens of mules and horses to carry food on their backs, and everyone must bring a water bladder for each person, and if they encounter a clean water source, they will replenish it themselves, and don't forget ......."

Zhang Mingliang said for a while, feeling that nothing was missing, and his heart slowly settled down.

They moved to the central part of the country, one hundred and fifty or sixty miles away, where there was already a rudimentary permanent army camp, which had been built by the soldiers after burning the wasteland and cutting down trees, with dozens of houses and a fence on the perimeter, which was a fairly good settlement.

When the settlement was first built, many people didn't understand it, and even Zhang Mingliang heard strange words in his ears.

After all, there is no need to build a house there after the army has been trained and then back.

In the central part of the country, the conditions are not as good as in the southern port, and in many places the coast is too high, either very steep, or the sea is too shallow near the shore to be suitable for ships to dock.

According to people, further north of the island, there is a large natural harbor, but there are also many indigenous people there, and some tribes cultivate in the plains, and their strength is much stronger than the indigenous people in the mountains in the south, and it is not easy to provoke.

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Due to the army's many round-trips, the first dozens of miles were quite easy to walk.

There are quite a few streams in this area, and there are not many rivers heading north.

In general, the large island of the Eastern Domain is almost impeccable except for its mountainous area.

There is no shortage of water in the large plains, and the abundant sunshine makes the crops have an innate advantage in longevity, and in later generations, the Eastern Domain is an important base for tea, fruit, and rice production, and sugar production is also a world-famous large-scale base.

Zhang Mingliang and the others basically walked along the plains near the coast, and by the next day, more people had come to join them.

The whole team consisted of about five or six thousand people, mostly officials, soldiers and technicians, including medical officers, veterinarians, and family members of craftsmen.

Tens of thousands of civilians on the entire island have begun to evacuate and retreat along different routes, and the team will retreat to the farthest place, and the route more than 300 miles away from Nan'an will place these thousands of people one after another, the conditions are of course quite difficult, and even some dangerous, but if the government army is defeated, the farther away the safer.

In order to reassure the officials and soldiers, their families were the first to evacuate, and the route they took was the safest.

Prior to this, the army drove mules and horses, and set up supply points every twenty miles along more than 300 miles.

There was a lot of grain, dry firewood, pots and stoves, and of course water nearby.

Because it was quite difficult to walk, the line was long and long, and it was full of old and weak, so after walking ten or twenty miles, it would stop for a period of rest.

After walking for a few days, Zhang Mingliang and others began to keep inquiring about the news, and the latest news was not very reassuring.

The pirate vanguard is obviously getting closer and closer, and has entered the sea off Fujian, and now the channel from the Eastern Domain, Penghu, and Quanzhou to Fuzhou is close to stagnating, and a large number of merchant ships have taken refuge in various places, only a small number of fishing boats are still reluctant to fish in these waters because the fishermen do not work, but the fishermen also know to avoid at any time, so the number is much less than normal.

The news was passed on one after another, and in a day or two at most, the pirate vanguard would be in the vicinity of Fuzhou and Penghu, and the atmosphere was already very tense.

Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, these coastal military states have all declared martial law.

The port was closed to no one to enter or leave at will, and there was a curfew in the city to prevent pirates from making trouble at night.

If there is a pirate ship near the port, then all the military states will close the city gates, no one is allowed to enter and leave at will, only the official horsemen can go out of the city with documents, there will be a city guard car blocking the gate in the city gate, as well as sandbags and sacks, etc., once the situation is urgent, the door will be completely closed in the shortest possible time.

Of course, this is quite ridiculous, Great Wei pacified the envoys all the way, guarded the prince, and never thought of taking the initiative to kill the enemy and protect the people in the territory, but only thought about clearing the wilderness and tightening the city gates, other than that, they didn't have any other ideas at all.

As for the threat encountered by the Eastern Domain, of course, it was completely forgotten by these big figures, and no one mentioned it at all.

The news did not reassure people, but only made people more scared and worried.

Of course, there is anger, but when you don't have the power, anger is useless except to hurt yourself.

Now the people in the long queue only feel lucky, fortunately, the Nan'an Hou Mansion is quite responsible for the people under its rule, and does not ignore them because they are old or young and useless, or women.

When the soldiers knew that their families and all the people had been evacuated and resettled one after another, the feeling of instability in their hearts must have weakened a lot, and their hearts would be full of gratitude to Xu Zixian.

Therefore, although Nan Anhou has not yet recovered and the people on the island are panicking, because the officials and soldiers have undergone long-term training, all preparations are still being carried out in an orderly manner.

A few days later, the first settlement appeared, an empty plain area, with no dense forest and shrubs, not even too far from the beach, climbing high on the hillside, looking to the west, a large blue sea appeared in front of me, the sea was empty, there were no merchant ships, no fishing boats, no trace of human existence here.

People who grew up by the sea are accustomed to the sails on the sea, and they can see the dark shadow of the ship in the distance, and they can also see the sails high.

The merchant ships that went to the sea, the tugboats that were large and small, the fishing boats, every day from morning to dusk, there were boats on the sea, dolphins swimming with the boats, and seagulls flying in mid-air.

It is normal for ships of all sizes to be driven by the sea breeze on the surface of the sea.

It is not like what is in front of you, it is silent, empty, and there is nothing but the endless sea.

This situation is unnerving, not only in the empty sea in front of you, but also in the endless mountains behind you.

The indigenous people here should be mainly Kamalan and Guirou people, both of which are the majority, and there should be more than 10,000 people, under the premise that the indigenous people of the whole island are only a hundred thousand, these two tribes are indeed amazing.

In the early days of the Spaniards in the chicken coop and Taipei, they suffered a lot of losses from the two big tribes, and many people died, and even starved to death.

The colonists starved to death, it's a joke, but here it's a brutal truth.

Of course, the Spaniards were also constrained by financial resources, it was too difficult to supply from Manila to Taipei, they were not determined enough, and the manpower was insufficient, just tentative colonization, and the most important thing was that they had to guard against the attack of the Dutch, Manila itself was very dangerous, and of course it was impossible to station more troops in Taipei.

There are only more than 100 Spaniards in Taipei, in fact, this number of colonial troops is enough in South America, and the same number of Spaniards can destroy an empire in South America.

In the Eastern Domain, they did not take advantage, although they also crusaded against the Gyurou tribe, finally obtained food, built a few castles in the north, and established a preliminary colony, but they were still far from success, and were finally driven away by the Dutch, whom they feared.

And now, more than 6,000 old and weak women and children, as well as a capital army who rushed over to escort one after another, two battalions of people, and more than 300 people walked on the periphery with weapons, and the mountains stretched, as if there were birds and beasts chirping.