The news of the fall of Dengzhou City and the fall of Governor Sun Yuanhua into the hands of the rebels spread quickly in all directions, and immediately shook the entire Denglai and all parts of Shandong.

People can't believe that Dengzhou Mansion is such a strong city, the city has sufficient food and salary, sufficient troops, and weapons are piled up, in the eyes of others, even if it is not good, it is not a problem to persist for a year and a half, if it is done well, it is not necessarily impossible to persist for two or three years, but Dengzhou City was under the personal control of Governor Sun Yuanhua, and it was not even able to hold out for a month, so it was taken down by the rebels.

So some people didn't believe it at first, but when the news was repeatedly confirmed, they also had to believe the news, and for a while, the whole Shandong was in chaos.

It turns out that all kinds of White Lotus Sects and other chaotic demon cults in Shandong are very frequent, Chongzhen also gathered people to rebel in the second year, and was suppressed by the official army with great difficulty, after hearing about the Denglai chaos, these hidden demons in various places once again began to take advantage of the situation to make waves, so that the whole Shandong fell into chaos.

Of course, the news also reached Liu Wei's ears as quickly as possible, Liu Wei's head was a little big when he heard it, and sure enough, he guessed that Dengzhou City really didn't last long before it was conquered by the rebels, so the rebels would immediately plunder in the next step.

Ninghai Prefecture is less than 200 miles east of Dengzhou City, although it cannot be said that there is a flat river along the way, but there is no dangerous pass to stop them, and there are quite a lot of cavalry among the rebels, as long as they want, they can almost raise their legs to reach Ninghai Prefecture's side.

The Ninghai Prefecture Governance Office is in Muping County, and the county seat is only ten miles away from his Xishan Village, and he can sneak to Xishan Village within a walk, and Xishan Village and Yangma Island have hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, which is a great attraction for the rebels, and this kind of thing cannot be hidden.

Therefore, no one can guess when the rebels will come outside Xishan Village, as long as the rebels come, there will not be too few, so whether Xishan Village can hold on has become a question.

At present, there are only two elite infantry platoons in Xishan Village, but only half of them use wolf tooth rifles, and the other half use Nan Japanese rifles, and there are not many spare barrels and spare parts, and there is only one repair personnel.

Fortunately, during this time, Li Futong and the other two second lieutenants, plus some non-commissioned officers and a few midship-taking officers, were still quite diligent, preparing all the knives and guns stored in the village, and using simple round rod machines and circular saws, they made a large number of bows and arrows and crossbow arrows.

At the same time, they took in a large number of refugees here, selected young and strong men from them, and trained them to become the villagers of Xishan Village, which could be used as auxiliaries.

In a short period of intensive training, these villagers have mastered some basic knowledge of formation combat and have basic combat capabilities, but this is limited to letting them defend the city, if they are taken out to fight with the rebels in the field, it is estimated that as soon as there are many enemies, they will panic.

At present, Xishan Village has also trained three or four hundred people, divided into two companies, each led by Li Futong and another second lieutenant officer, and used as an auxiliary for the infantry platoon under their command.

Before the sea froze, the boats that finally came here to transport food and refugees finally sent them two new twelve-pounder guns, which allowed Liu Wei to have four twelve-pounder howitzers on hand, and two of them were placed in Xishan Village and Yangma Island Tuweizi, so that this place has a certain amount of heavy firepower support capability.

But in Liu Wei's eyes, this kind of armament is still too weak, don't look at their current force, look at Ninghai Prefecture, even if the garrison of Ninghai Prefecture comes, they are not afraid at all, in the entire territory of Muping County, Ninghai Prefecture, there is no one like Zhuangbao Village with such strong force.

Once a large number of rebels attack, then whether Xishan Village can be saved, I really dare not say, for this reason Liu Wei was so anxious that he could only quickly find a way to continue to absorb some of the refugees who were thrown in, and train them into new villagers, even if these people have not had time to give enough training and cannot be of great use, but when necessary, they can still maintain the order of the refugees in the village and Tuweizi, so as not to cause chaos inside.

Sure enough, just after the fall of Dengzhou Mansion, a large number of refugees began to pour into Ninghai Prefecture from Dengzhou Mansion, these refugees were originally villagers from the villages around Dengzhou City.

Almost all the villages within dozens of miles around Dengzhou City were attacked, and many villagers wanted money anyway, no land, and no family business that they couldn't give up.

And Muping County is naturally also a choice, many refugees flocked to the direction of Muping County, by the middle of January, many refugees have entered the territory of Muping County, and gathered outside Muping County.

The government of Ninghai Prefecture will definitely not dare to open its doors to accept these refugees, and the townships and villages will also dare not accept these refugees, let alone provide relief, not to mention that they do not have enough food, and even if they do, they will not dare to take it out to help these refugees at this time.

Who can guarantee that among these refugees, there are no rebels or some strong people hiding among the refugees, and if they are allowed to enter the city or village, who can guarantee that once the rebels attack, they will no longer make trouble in the city or in the village?

Therefore, although these refugees braved the cold and fled to the territory of Muping County, they still did not get any relief, but soon someone heard that in a Xishan village near the sea in the north of the city, there was a Liu Dashan person, who had been giving porridge outside the village to help the hungry.

So these refugees immediately flocked to Xishan Village, hoping to find a bite to eat in Xishan Village, and continue to live, if Liu Dashan people in Xishan Village can be kind and take them in, they can get a shelter from the wind and rain, and they no longer have to be displaced in such cold and freezing weather.

The temperature in the first month of the month is still very low, and there is a heavy snowfall, the temperature has been low to the point of dripping into ice, among these refugees, many people do not even have cotton clothes, just casually as long as the cloth can be wrapped around the body, all as much as possible wrapped on the body, in order to keep some temperature, some people wear shoes, but some people even lose their shoes, just staggering on the frozen road with bare feet.

Many people's toes have been frozen black and purple, and they can't keep it, and many people have no food in their stomachs, and they can't provide enough heat to their bodies.

This kind of situation can be said to abound on the land in Denglai and other places, every moment there are people lying on the side of the road, but no one cares at all, as long as someone falls, many refugees will immediately rush up, struggle to snatch the only warm clothes on their bodies, immediately wrap themselves around, and then leave the body of the red fruit, and continue to stagger towards the front of their own destination.

Several horses stood on a mound more than thirty miles west of Xishan Village, and several men on horseback looked very strong, with a single knife with a black scabbard at their waists, a shield on their buttocks, and a horse pistol in their hands.

But they were not wearing military uniforms, but some civilian clothes, wearing a strange cotton hat on their heads, the brims on both sides were pulled down, just to protect their ears, and a furry thing, hanging horizontally on the left and right at the two cap ears, just to protect the nose, the whole face, only the eyes and mouth were exposed, and the mouth was constantly spewing hot gas, forming hoarfrost on the fur of the nose, but it looked very warm.

These people silently watched the road leading from Dengzhou to Guò, and the road was full of refugees who had deserted from the army.

A refugee staggered along the road, struggling to move forward step by step, his waist was bent, as if he could no longer support his body, but he also dragged a boy of about ten years old in his hand, who was also very thin, and staggered forward like him.

But everyone can see that the two of them can't hold on anymore, especially the adult, the eyes in both eyes have begun to drift away, and they can't focus, just with their last breath, with instinct, they pulled the young man and struggled forward step by step.

Suddenly, the refugee staggered, fell to the ground, struggled for a long time, but could not get up again, the boy cried and threw himself beside him, knelt on the ground and cried loudly, begging the passers-by to give him a bite to eat, to save his father, but everyone looked indifferently at the refugee lying on the ground, although there was a trace of pity in someone's eyes, but no one stopped, even to give them a bite to eat.

After the refugee fell, he struggled, and gradually stopped moving, although he still had a breath, but he didn't even have the strength to speak, so he stiffly pulled the young man's hand with one hand, his eyes showed a trace of unwillingness, a trace of reluctance, and strong grief, but he couldn't say a word, just looked at the young man quietly.

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