Li Dan and Yan Siqi's fame, as long as they are a little concerned about the affairs of the world, there is no one who does not know, so Wang Yining was relieved, and said at the moment: "I see, we have too many people here, more than 1,700 people died of cold and starvation last month, and the lower officials take people to collect corpses everywhere every day, the more they collect their hearts, the cooler they are, it is good to be taken away by them, we can save a lot here." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Mao Wenlong snorted and said: "How can there be such a cheap thing, Wang Tongju, you think that all they take away is Ding Zhuang, although Ding Zhuang eats a lot, but he can do things, he can be selected as a soldier and an auxiliary soldier, Ding Zhuang is taken away, the old and weak are left to us, there are no people who can use them, and there are more mouths to eat, wouldn't it be a loss to die." I owe Zhang Han a favor, Wang Tongju knows about this matter, it is not good to refuse them in person, you can deal with this matter, the Ding Zhuang they took away must have a small family, and if you want to leave, the whole family will take it away. ”

Wang Yining bowed down and said: "The marshal is right in this matter, leave this matter to the lower officials." ”

Wang Yining said that he left in a hurry, Wang Wenlong knew his temper, and he must have negotiated with someone from Yusheng.

Mao Chenglu flashed out and said, "Father-in-law, this nerd scholar is really pedantic and in the way, why don't you find a way to kill him?" ”

Mao Wenlong sighed: "I can't do it for the time being, he is Governor Yuan's person, and he sent him to monitor us, the court has not explicitly sent a prison army now, we can't make trouble ourselves, if we kill him, the eunuchs, Jinyi guards, civil officials, are all here." At that time, it was much more uncomfortable to shrink back than it is now. ”

Mao Chenglu looked unhappy, stomped his feet and said, "Alas, this thing is ......"

……

There are many people who are also unhappy, and Li Shouxin and others are just very unhappy.

Not long after Cheng Fang left, Deng Laitong sentenced Wang Yining to run over to find them, and demanded that when He Yusheng recruited people, he must recruit people with small families, otherwise he would not be able to take a strong man away.

This is another Dongjiang side to tear up the agreement, of course Li Shouxin was not happy, ran to the general army yamen to ask to see, this time even Mao Chenglu did not see, only a guerrilla general named Mao Yongshi ran out to play a round, Li Shouxin and others whether they were angry or ridiculed, this Mao Yongshi is spit on his face, no matter how he says it, he is not angry, as the saying goes, he does not hit the smiling face person, this Mao Yongshi looks like this, Li Shouxin and others have nothing to do with him.

The rest of the senior generals of the Dongjiang Army either went out on patrol or fell ill, or avoided it, and Li Shouxin and others jumped to their feet, but there was nothing they could do.

Mao Wenlong had already taken Mao Chenglu and others to inspect the islands, and asked when he would come back, of course, no one said clearly.

"I can't delay it anymore," Nie Lei, the military and political officer, said: "When the ship arrives, we haven't picked one of us, can we let it go?" ”

Liu Hong, the commander of the regiment, also said: "Although this matter is unreasonable in Dongjiang Town, but think about it, they also have their reasons. We may have more than a few thousand strong men, and it doesn't seem appropriate to take them all away and leave all the old and weak for others. ”

Nie Lei nodded and said, "That's the reason." Besides, we recruited Ding Zhuang to fight, and the women, children, old and young are Ding Zhuang's family, so if we take them away, we don't have to worry about morale. In addition, Taiwan has established a foundation, but there is also a shortage of manpower, these so-called old and weak I ran to see in the past two days, the old people are no more than 50, and the young ones are rarely infants. ”

Nie Lei sighed and said, "Liaomin is too miserable. ”

Everyone was speechless, everyone knew what Nie Lei said, and knew what the reason was.

On the way to escape, hundreds of miles in short distances, thousands of miles in long distances, there are pursuers, there are rain, snow, wind and frost, and there is no surplus wealth, no surplus food, there is a harsh natural environment, there are diseases, wild beasts, and hunger, under such conditions, these refugees who can successfully escape, except for a very few people, most of them are very strong in physical condition and extremely resistant!

Li Shouxin clapped his hand and said: "The matter is urgent, we have to report to the lord now, and after getting a reply for at least a month, I can't wait, and after a while, Nie Jun and the political army will go to Mao Yongshi and Wang Yining, and say that we and Yusheng have agreed to their conditions." ”

At this time, Wen Zhongfa sneered and said, "Today's things, we will have a reward in the future." ”

"Yes!" Everyone said: "Sooner or later, this game will be won!" ”

……

"It's the New Year." On the barren island, several officers and soldiers of Dongjiang Town, carrying firecrackers, walked to the outside of the barracks, where the crowd gathered, and lit the fuse with incense sticks against the howling wind.

The sound of crackling firecrackers rang out, even on this lonely island, even if the dying people who were still struggling to flee a few months ago, tortured by the pursuers and starvation, at this moment, there are still many people with smiles on their faces, only a few people who lost their loved ones a while ago still have an indifferent look on their faces, and only after time has slowly washed away, these people will return to the normal trajectory of life.

Phi Island is very large, but very desolate and lonely, there is no forest, the land can rarely grow crops, it was originally a place for fishermen to fish along the estuary of the river in Liaodong to rest and hide from the wind and dry nets, Mao Wenlong came here for more than two years, Dongjiang Town started from scratch, most of the islands in this area of dozens of miles have been developed, simple military camps, decent yamen, as well as school fields, warehouses, in the middle of the island there are also about the emperor temple and Yuewang Temple, there are only a few scholars on the island, and the military town is located, so the temple of these two gods was built early, And the Confucian Temple and the Palace of Confucius and other buildings that will be found in the Ming City will not be seen here.

There was no cemetery on the island, and all those who died on the island were thrown into the sea, and this was the only way to avoid the plague.

In the sound of firecrackers, the crowd on the seaside surged, people with empty hands, the heart felt particularly sad, the New Year's ancestor worship was originally very grand, even if they were hungry, the offerings to the dead ancestors must not be sloppy, in the New Year, go to relatives and friends, the first thing is to see whether the offerings on the table of the hall are rich, and now at this time, people can only empty hands, and even the offering table and the god card is not, there are families who have recently lost their relatives, it is even more sad, they can not even find the grave, can only lie on the beach and kowtow, crying, really sad to the bones.

"Alas, the sound is inaudible. What the hell is this...... It's fucking cold, too! Lu Da wiped his face, and there were vaguely visible tears in the corners of his eyes.

Huang Yu'an's face was frozen and blue, this time is the coldest time in Liaodong, the average temperature is below minus 20 degrees, and the sea surface is full of large pieces of ice, you can imagine how cold the weather is. This Phi Island is unsheltered, only an empty wilderness, the officers of Dongjiang Town still have houses and fire pits to escape the cold, ordinary people can only live in caves, a hole is crowded with many people, it is difficult to turn over, people can only use this method of using body temperature to warm each other, fighting for a glimmer of life.

People's faces and hands are smeared with animal oil, Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, there are not too many wild beasts on the island, but there are on the land, the meat is all taken by Neiding and the officers, ordinary soldiers and auxiliaries are difficult to eat meat, there is a lot of fat, this thing is useless, a large piece of plate oil is used by the people to cut and melt, and then smeared a thick layer on the face and hands, if not so, there will be a large area of frostbite, even so, chilblains and the like are inevitable.

He Yusheng's people have long been prepared, this is also the lesson learned by Cheng Fang and others after suffering losses, Huang Yu'an and Lu Da and others are wearing rabbit fur or wool leather jackets, thick gloves on their hands, and hairy boots on their feet, and their hats have also been changed to thick hats, which can be said to be fully armed.

Even so, it is also called Lu Da and Huang Yu'an They have suffered a lot, to talk about the temperature, Datong is also low, and the temperature on the grassland is not higher than that of Liaodong, but this is an island, the wind is very strong, and the people who blow are cold, and even if it is on the grassland, everyone is in the military platform fort, unlike when they are active on this island, there is no shelter, it is cold to the bones.

After listening to Lu Da's words, Huang Yu'an said: "Let's wear such a thick dress, don't call it cold, let the Liao people hear it later, what do people think." ”

Lu Da nodded and said, "Yes, too." ”

At this time, Zhang Chunniu came over, nodded to Lu Da and the others, and said, "You can start." ”

A group of Dongjiang officers walked over in the distance, Zhang Chunniu glanced at it, and said: "Everyone should be in good spirits, don't let people watch the jokes between us and Yusheng." ”

Lu Da nodded, turned to the company of recruits sitting cross-legged behind him, and said loudly: "All stand up, look left and right, and form a column!" ”

Roars came and went, and the more than 3,000 people recruited were now only a little more than half, divided into a dozen or so companies.

The soldiers have not yet been selected, and the only ship is the one that brought Li Shouxin and them over, fortunately, there are a lot of supplies, and they are not worried about the interruption for a while, as for more ships, they will have to wait for them to send the news to Tianjin.

Since they would not be able to leave for a while, Li Shouxin and other officers decided to conduct initial recruit training for the recruited recruits on Phi Island, and the situation would not be very good when they arrived in Taiwan, and every day was precious.

On Phi Island, and Yusheng training has also become a landscape, not many people began to see it, Dongjiang Town also had a holiday in the past few days of the New Year, almost every day there are many officers and soldiers from Dongjiang Town to come to see the excitement.

"Which side is left? Didn't the fuck teach you? ”

Lu Da picked up the rattan and pumped it on the body of a Liao Min, the man was trembling when he was beaten, and quickly twisted his face to the other side.

"Align, don't care about the distance, just align with the people on your left and right!"

Now the training is the simplest queue, which has been practiced for several days, and the other is that the column walks, and every day a dozen or so companies are divided into columns, and queue training is carried out constantly in the open field.

Fortunately, the place here in Phi Dao is big enough to toss with Yusheng's people.

In the ice and snow, it is the New Year, and Yusheng is training like this, which has also attracted a lot of attention, and when he sees someone, he can't tell the left and right, and from time to time he bumps into each other, and even many people are tripped when he turns, and the idlers and people in Dongjiang Town who are watching around erupt into bursts of laughter from time to time.