As soon as the grenade exploded on the side of the north gate wall, Yang Shu, the magistrate of the county, was rushing to a place about 200 meters away from the city gate with more than 20 people, only to see the captain of the guard immediately shouting: "My lord, come into the house and hide!" Others, follow me to stop the enemy! ”

The gun in the hand of the captain of the guard is a replica of the Hanyang-made, 1888 commission rifle produced by Hanyang Ordnance, and the effective range is about 150 meters, so the captain of the guard feels that the 200-meter block is not safe, and it should be closer. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Just when the captain of the guard led the people to charge forward, two Mengshan soldiers had already climbed on the city wall, and when they saw the enemy in the city charging towards the city gate with guns, they immediately shouted: "Platoon commander, there are enemy reinforcements in the city, you come up quickly!" ”

After the two guys finished speaking, they lay down on the ground and condescendingly aimed at the Qing army with their guns.

"Bang-" The soldier fired a shot earnestly, but it flew away.

"Bang-ah-" Another soldier, trying to hold his breath, struck a Qing soldier in the shoulder, and was seriously wounded.

"Concealment, defense in place!" The captain of the escort saw that the bandits' marksmanship was too powerful, and he could hit people for 200 meters, so he immediately changed his mind.

It's just that the concealment of the captain of the guard completely ruined Yang Shu's dream of breaking out of the city. The attack on the north gate was not just a squad or a platoon, but a company, a company with two mortars and a heavy machine gun.

On top of that, they were hidden a little earlier, that is, farther away from the city gates. Therefore, when most of the soldiers of Lou Mingplatoon arrived at the city wall, they would naturally send a group of soldiers down to the city gate and open the city gate at a certain risk.

"Chong, ......" soldiers poured into Mengyin City like a tide.

As for the few houses where the captain of the guard was hidden, they did not form an effective resistance at all, and they were quickly disintegrated under the cover of the rifles and grenades of the Mengshan army. And Yang Shu, who was a little behind, saw this situation, how dare he hide and hide, and immediately ran out obediently and surrendered.

Yang Shu also knew that although it was difficult to gain freedom by surrendering to the Mengshan Army, it was better than losing his life. If you throw your soldiers in Mengyin City, it will be a hundred times.

After the attack was launched, the time for the city gates to be breached did not take ten minutes in total, except for Lou Ming, who was not very lucky, there were no dead people in the other gates.

The Mengshan army arrived outside Mengyin at 9 o'clock in the morning, prepared to attack the city at 10 o'clock, and at 11 o'clock the notice of the people and the loudspeaker shouted throughout the city:

"Meng Shanjun opened a market in the county square, selling Jiangnan milled rice, refined flour, pork, beef, refined salt, cloth, foreign fire and other daily necessities, and at the same time buying utensils, supplies, books, old things and other items, the price is fair, and the children are not deceived!"

"Refined salt for sale?" Some people were very moved to hear it.

"Brother Bing, how much is the refined salt of Mengshan Army?"

"30 Wen a catty!" Said the soldier who posted the notice.

"Really, it's only 30 wen a catty?" The people of Mengyin were very surprised, Mao, the salt they ate before was almost 80 wen a catty, and Mengshan Jun only sold it for 30 wen a catty, which is really cheap!

So, some people took the risk to go out and on the streets, carrying a few small dollars to buy. Don't dare to take too much money, who knows if Mengshan Army will rob himself? Although I have heard that the bandits in the village do not rob the poor, the official said that the bandits in the village are very vicious. Ay...... In this world, I really don't know who to listen to.

However, when they successfully bought the salt that they were most scarce, and it was refined salt that they had never seen before, their perception of Mengshanjun changed, and these people who were uniformly dressed in colorful clothes had a good attitude, and asked very politely: "Guest officer, what do you want to buy?" Guest, this is the table salt you bought, please go slowly, welcome to visit next time! ”

Mao, which merchant has such a good attitude?

As a result, the news that Mengshanjun was rich in goods, cheap in price, and undeceived quickly spread in the streets, and citizens began to flock to the square, hoping to buy what they urgently needed.

Some large households saw that cloth, fine flour, polished rice, foreign fire, etc. were also quite cheap, so they put forward a huge amount of purchase requirements, and Mengshan Army still did not come to the base, and also opened a large reception room. Nima, it's really sleepy to come across the pillow. Xu Lie can transfer thousands of tons and tens of thousands of tons of materials from the future generations at any time, are you still afraid that you will accumulate Juqi?

Moreover, the price sold in Mengyin County is far higher than the price that Xu Lie gave to Lu Xiang and others, and of course, it may be much lower than the price sold by Lu Xiang and others.

The huge amount of daily necessities sales is just Xu Lie's first move to occupy Mengyin, which can be regarded as a little sweetness for the people of Mengyin.

When the day passed, and the purchasing power of the citizens was almost released, Xu Lie's soldiers began to push towards the townships, and at the same time launched a second notice in the townships:

"The Mengshan Army summoned a large number of people to build roads, dig ditches, and build houses, and all healthy people who are over 15 years old and under 60 years old can go to the county seat to register. All hired personnel, in addition to three meals a day, remuneration for women 5 pounds of noodles per day, men per day 6 pounds of noodles, at the same time, Mengshan Army recruits young soldiers, recruits 1 taels of silver per month, 2 taels of silver per month after auxiliary, 3 taels of silver per month for regular soldiers, combat subsidies are additional, including three meals a day, please go to the county seat to sign up! ”

"Mao, could it be fake?" Some people doubt that there is no such good thing in the world.

"Fake, you didn't see the big seal on this notice?" Someone retorted.

"Folks, it's definitely not fake. Yesterday, the Mengshan army entered the county seat, and the people in the county town had already made a fortune, because the refined salt they bought was only 30 wen a catty, and other kinds of materials were also very cheap. Mengshan Army, there is a strong supply of materials, as long as you are willing to join, you will have no worries about food and clothing from now on! "The soldier in charge of posting the notice is naturally a guy who has been selected to speak well.

"That'...... What, is there still refined salt sold in the county today? Someone asked timidly.

"Yes, not only refined salt, but also cloth, foreign fire, rice and noodles, all of which are needed by everyone, and they are also very cheap." The soldier immediately put up an advertisement.

As a result, with the spread of the notice, the people in various towns and villages flocked to the county seat. Of course, at this time they didn't drag their families with them, they just went to see.

However, as long as they went to see it, their hearts were swept away by the new things in the county. Those people who were already helping the Mengshan Army clean up the ditch in the county seat were holding a bowl of fragrant braised pork and a few big white flour steamed buns at noon, and that scene immediately made more villagers swallow countless saliva.

"No, I want to eat meat—" cried out countless villagers in their hearts.