At the beginning of the afternoon of this day, more than 100 wheels suddenly appeared on the sea outside the Beihai fishing port west of Gaizhouwei, and a large area of black pressure made people's scalps tingle.

If the Houjin defenders saw it, they would definitely be frightened, but at this time, there were no sentry posts in the Beihai fishing port, and they couldn't even see a single figure.

Huang Taiji, the lord of the Later Jin, led the main force of the Eight Banners to attack the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and those who remained in Liaodong were only some temporarily selected young and strong Zhushen, they were just like the Yu Ding of the guards of the Ming Dynasty, and they did not have much combat power, and they also had to garrison the city fortresses everywhere, and they couldn't draw people to come to the sentry at all.

Besides, this ghost weather, it's so cold, who dares to go out, the cold wind outside can freeze the nose off, they think that the Ming army is running to attack at this time, it is simply self-defeating, so they don't have much defense at all.

However, the Ming army just came, and the wheels docked on the fishing port one after another, and Cao Wenzhao was the first to come out of the cabin.

Lying down, it was so cold, he subconsciously tightened the white cloak on his body, and tidied up the white cloth wrapped around his head, trying to block the air leakage, and then raised his eyes to look around.

Fortunately, Mao Wenlong made sufficient preparations for this, and specially sent someone to Dengzhouwei on wheels, bought a large number of thick gloves, and bought a batch of thick cotton cloth, took it back and processed it simply, and made it into a cloak and a long cloth strip wrapped around the head, otherwise, it would really freeze people out of trouble.

There was no one around the fishing port, Cao Wenzhao walked on the thick snow to the open space outside the fishing port, took a general look, and then ordered: "Quick, let everyone gather here for a while." ”

When the herald behind him heard this, he hurriedly ran to the dock and shouted.

At this time, 2,000 Dongjiang troops and more than 200 elites of special operations battalions had already begun to disembark, and a team of soldiers quickly ran to the open space where Cao Wenzhao was, and they were neatly huddled together.

Of course, they usually don't crowd when they line up, but before coming this time, all the generals made a special confession that they should try to stay together when they line up, because this can also protect against the cold.

Cao Wenzhao took out the map with a slight tremble, and looked carefully, where to send who to go, this had already been decided when they discussed it yesterday, and he only needed to arrange it according to the map.

Just as he was fascinated, a low call suddenly sounded not far away: "Wang Fu, don't think about it, hurry up and gather." ”

Wang Fu is one of the thousand commanders of the Dongjiang Army who led the team this time, what is he thinking? What's there to think about?

Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but turn his head to look over, there were a few people kneeling on the ground facing northwest on the edge of the open space, looking at the shoulders shrugged, obviously crying, Lu Shiju, another thousand generals of the Dongjiang Army, was standing next to him to persuade him.

He couldn't help but walk over curiously and take a look, and it was President Qianwang Fu who took the lead in kneeling, and several people kneeling on the ground were in tears at this time, and they didn't know what they were crying about.

With a puzzled face, he turned his head and asked Lu Shiju, "What's wrong with him?" ”

Lu Shiju shook his head and sighed: "General Cao, his hometown is from Jinzhou. ”

Jinzhou's? At this time, the Guan Ning Jin defense line is still in the hands of Daming, he misses his hometown, he can apply to go back to see, why are you kneeling here crying?

Seeing Cao Wenzhao's puzzled expression, Lu Shiju sighed and said leisurely: "In the first month of the second year of the Apocalypse, the slave chief Nurhachi personally led the Jiannu army to cross the Liao River to attack Guangning. After the Nu chieftain Nurhachi repelled the Ming army, he decided to relocate the civilians of Jinzhou to Liaoyang east of the Liao River, and the civilians of Yizhou to Gaizhou Wei and Weining Camp east of the Liao River. Civilians in Jinzhou and Yizhou were reluctant to migrate, and many fled deep into the mountains. ”

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Cao Wenzhao had not yet come to Liaodong at that time, and he asked curiously: "Wang Fu also fled into the mountains at that time?" ”

Lu Shiju nodded and said: "Yes, Wang Fu fled to the Thirteen Mountains Mountain City with his family, according to him, at that time, there were forty or fifty thousand people gathered in the Thirteen Mountains Mountain City alone, as well as more than 10,000 people in Qiansi Mountain, and 450,000 people in Chajiao Mountain, as well as Zhangjiabao in the south of Yizhou City, Shuangbao and Shiguantun in the south of Jinzhou City, and a total of more than 100,000 civilians gathered in these places. They refused to surrender to Jiannu, and resisted desperately with hoes and kitchen knives. ”

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, the Ming army equipped with muskets and artillery was not Jiannu's opponent, and the civilians with hoes and kitchen knives and Jiannu couldn't imagine it!

Speaking of this, Lu Shiju choked up and said: "At that time, Mao Shuai was ordered to lead a ship to meet it, but we didn't have so many ships, we gathered all the big and small warships, a total of more than twenty, and at most six or seven hundred people could sit!" ”

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, his face changed, and he could only sit down with six or seven hundred people to pick up more than 100,000 civilians!

Lu Shiju continued to choke and said: "I don't know what happened on the mountain, anyway, there are more than 40,000 people, and in the end more than 700 people came down, I heard, I heard that ......." ”

Cao Wenzhao had a very bad premonition, this was definitely a tragedy, but he still asked carefully: "What have you heard?" ”

Lu Shiju wiped away his tears and continued to choke: "I heard that in order to let Wang Fu run away with his son, his parents and wife committed suicide, but when Wang Fu got on the boat, his son had already been covered to death!" Many, many, the children they brought out, almost all of them ....... ”

"Hiss", Cao Wenzhao gasped when he heard this, and in order to ensure that everyone could escape, he actually .......

Lu Shiju wiped his tears again, and said miserably: "Mao Shuai went to Ningyuan to ask, that time, the civilians in Jinzhou and Yizhou who fled into the mountains, except for the more than 700 people we received, the others, alas, the blood of the thirteen mountains flowed like a river, and there were only two who fled to Ningyuan in the end!" ”

More than 100,000 civilians, except for the more than 700 people picked up by Mao Wenlong, only two escaped in the end!

Cao Wenzhao's heart twitched faintly, then cheered up, forcibly suppressed the grief in his heart, stepped forward and patted Wang Fu's shoulder, and comforted: "Alas, the matter is over, don't think about it, let's rescue the people of Gaizhouwei together, and let them go back to Daming with us." ”

Wang Fu slowly stood up, wiped away his tears, and then nodded heavily: "General Cao is right, we can't watch them suffer here, let's take them back to Daming." ”

After persuasion here, more than 2,000 soldiers over there were already lined up, and more than 200 war horses, also led by soldiers from the special operations battalion, gathered on both sides of the team.

Cao Wenzhao began to arrange tasks according to the map, and the soldiers responsible for ambushing outside the cities and castles were all soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, while the soldiers of the special operations battalion were led by local soldiers selected from the Dongjiang Army to move civilians to various villages.

It stands to reason that the officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, who are more familiar with this place, should have moved civilians, but there are more than 200 miles in radius of Gaizhou Weifang, and there are hundreds of villages, and the physical strength of these Dongjiang Army officers and soldiers is not as good as that of the soldiers of the special operations battalion.

After the task was assigned, 100 people were left to garrison the port, and the other more than 2,000 soldiers began to scatter and set off, Cao Wenzhao and Wang Fu took 1,000 people to ambush outside the city of Gaizhou, Lu Shiju took 1,000 people to scatter outside the city to ambush outside the garrison of Jialaniulu, and Li Ji and Qian Liang took the soldiers of the special combat battalion to disperse to various villages and began to relocate civilians.

Qian Liang is a native of Dajin, Fujian, the coldest time is at most a thin ice, even snow is rare, Liaodong This cold weather is really the first time he has encountered it, it's really cold!

He led a small group of soldiers of the special operations battalion, led the horses, and under the leadership of a local soldier of the Gaizhou Guard, he walked tremblingly along the country road for nearly an hour, and finally arrived at a village.

There were about thirty or forty households in this village, and there might be about two hundred people, but at this moment, there was no one outside, and if it weren't for the chimneys on the roofs everywhere that still came out of the chimneys from time to time, Qian Liang would have thought that there was no one here at all.

The Dongjiang sergeant who led the way was called Xiaoshun, he was a civilian in the vicinity, but the people in their entire village either died or fled to Phi Island, at this time their village no longer existed, and the reason why he came to lead the way this time was because his family had some distant relatives in several villages around here, and it was easier to have acquaintances to lead the way to gain the trust of the people here after all.

The group quietly entered the village, and walked straight to a low bungalow, which was wrapped in thick cotton cloth in order to prevent freezing, but did not make too much noise.

The reason why they are so careful is that they don't want to cause unnecessary trouble, because according to the rules of Jiannu, each village will arrange one or two households to watch it, and if those Eight Banners Zhushen find out in advance, it will not be good to run out and make trouble.

Soon, a group of more than ten people came to the outside of the bungalow, and the foot soldier Xiaoshun directly stepped forward and knocked on the door lightly: "Third brother, third brother, open the door." ”

After knocking for a while, there was finally movement inside, and a man's voice asked carefully, "Who are you, you are not from our village, right?" ”

The foot soldier Xiaoshun hurriedly explained: "Third brother, Xiaoshun from my cousin's family in the neighboring village." ”

"Xiaoshun, didn't you escape a long time ago, why did you come back again!" The man said anxiously, and quickly opened the door, but when he looked up, he almost closed the door again, because at this moment there were more than a dozen people standing quietly outside the door, and they were all leading their horses.

Xiaoshun hurriedly stepped forward and whispered against the door: "Third brother, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, they are not Jiannu, they are the Dongjiang Army under Mao Shuai." ”

When the man heard this, he whispered: "Dongjiang Army, you guys have a mission?" ”

Xiao Shun nodded again and again: "Yes, we are here to save you." ”

The man looked out of the door in confusion, and then said in surprise: "Save us, there are only a dozen people!" ”

Xiao Shun shook his head with a smile and said, "How can there be only a dozen people, we have thousands of people, and they are all scattered." ”

The man was still a little surprised: "Is it useful to have a few thousand people?" I heard that there are tens of thousands of Jiannu Eight Banners Army. ”

Xiaoshun said confidently: "Third brother, don't worry, the Jiannu Eight Banners Army all went to attack the capital, and the rest are some Zhushen soldiers, not so powerful." ”

When the man's eyes lit up when he heard this, he immediately invited, "Why don't you come into the house and say, it's strange cold outside." ”

Xiaoshun glanced back at Qian Liang, meaning to let him decide.

At this time, not all civilians in Liaodong have their hearts towards the Ming Dynasty, and some people have thrown themselves into the arms of Jiannu in order to live a better life, so they must also distinguish when saving people, so as not to fall into the evil deeds of others.

Xiaoshun is a leader, he doesn't dare to make a conclusion, he can only let Qian Liang, who leads the team, discern it.

Qian Liang stepped forward and took a closer look at the man, he was in his thirties, very thin, and the cotton clothes on his body were patched, and he didn't know how many years he had been wearing, and at this time he was shivering from the cold wind outside.

He judged that this person should be fine, if he took refuge in Jiannu, he would definitely not look like this.

He nodded, handed the reins in his hand to the team leader behind, and at the same time advised: "You wait outside for a while, I'll go in to understand the situation, and I'll act later." ”

After that, he followed Xiaoshun into the small bungalow in front of him.

When he went in, he was stunned, this bungalow was a room, the inside was the same as the outside, the wall could see adobe bricks, even the lime and sand had not been brushed, the whole room except for the stove was the bed, there was almost no other furniture, and a woman in her thirties was holding a child in the bed.

The man said with some embarrassment: "Her mother and daughter don't have enough cotton clothes to wear, it's too cold this day, and it can be warmer by lying on the kang." ”

When Qian Liang heard this, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Are the other villagers similar?" ”

The man nodded and said, "Yes, it's all about the same, so everyone doesn't go out on this day, and they don't wear enough clothes, so they have to get sick from the cold when they go out." ”

Qian Liang was puzzled: "Then what should I do, this place is more than 20 miles away from the fishing port, so I have to walk for an hour." ”

The man thought anxiously for a while, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "Why don't you dismantle the door panel, let the two of them sit on the door panel with the quilt, and I will pull them away, anyway, there is either ice or snow on the ground at this time, and it should not be difficult to pull." ”

He really didn't want to live under Jiannu anymore, and now that he had the opportunity, even if he climbed, he had to crawl and escape!

It's a way to dismantle the door panel, but there are not enough horses, there are thirty or forty families here, and more than ten horses are not enough to pull it.

Qian Liang thought for a while and asked, "Do you have cows, horses, carriages or anything here, we only brought thirteen horses, not enough to pull." ”

When the man heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Your horse can help us pull people, that's great, we originally had cows, horses and carriages, but they were all robbed by Jiannu, and they are all in the Zhushen family at this time, why don't I call everyone and kill all the people of the Zhushen family and the dogs under his hands, and snatch the cows, horses and carriages back?" ”

When Qian Liang heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, they went to kill Zhu Shen, so what are they doing, he hurriedly shook his head and said: "You don't have to worry about killing Zhu Shen, let's just go, you said they still have dog legs, are those people also ordinary people?" I really want to kill them together! ”

The man gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, they were originally idle scoundrels in our village, and as soon as this Jiannu came, they wagked their tails like dogs and stuck to them, helping the Zhushen family bully us all day long, which is simply bad." ”

When Qian Liang heard this, he nodded, and said coldly: "Where do they live, you can help me point it out, and I will take someone to clean them up first." ”

When the man heard this, he pointed in one direction and said, "It's the big courtyard not far from there, they and the Zhushen family live in it, it's easy to recognize, our village is just such a big courtyard, or did Jiannu force us to build it." ”

Qian Liang nodded and said lightly: "Okay, Xiaoshun, you accompany your third brother to wait here for a while, and I'll come when I go." ”