After the Qian inspection was negotiated, he didn't dare to delay in Xishan Village, and rushed back to the city at noon, and reported the conditions proposed by Liu Wei to Zhao Zhizhou, who presided over the city.

Zhao Zhizhou was very unhappy with these conditions proposed by Liu Different at first, and reprimanded Qian Patrol on the spot, but Qian Patrol explained well, and said that Liu Wei said that as long as he agreed to his conditions, he could ensure that the north gate was not lost, and he also met some Xiangyong and Jiading in Xishan Village, these people are indeed all fierce, and they are obviously some heroes, although Liu Different's conditions are a bit excessive, but at the moment, after all, guarding the county is the most important thing.

So although Zhao Zhizhou was reluctant, but now that the crisis is imminent, and he is also in need of people, if he does not agree to Liu's different conditions because of these trivial things at this time, and Liu Zhizhi refuses to send people into the city to help defend it, once the county is lost, then it will be too late to say anything.

After Zhao Zhizhou pondered for a while, he finally had to pinch his nose and admit it, and after seeing who Liu He sent first, it was not too late to make another decision, if the Xiangyong sent by Liu Different was also some rabble, then he couldn't say anything and handed over the north gate to them, wouldn't that be like suicide.

After Zhao Zhizhou nodded and agreed, Qian Inspector hurriedly went out of the city again, hurried back to Xishan Village, and reported the matter to Liu Wei, so Li San led more than 200 subordinates and followed Qian Inspector to the county seat.

Zhao Zhizhou and some officials in the city and some gentry with heads and faces were a little curious about the Xiangyong sent by Liu Wei this time, so when they heard that the group training of Xishan Village had arrived at the north gate, they rushed to the north gate together, wanting to see what kind of state these group exercises in Xishan Village were blowing by Liu Wei.

When they saw the Xishan Village group training team waiting to enter the city outside the north gate, they couldn't help but gasp, only to see that most of the more than 200 Xishan Village group training were young and strong people who were not very old, and their faces were ruddy and their bodies were strong.

And judging from their actions, it is obvious that these people have undergone very strict training, where to stop, each is as stable as Mount Tai, more than two hundred people gathered together, actually make people feel like a mountain, faintly exuding a murderous aura, and the team is filled with a smell of slaughter.

More than two hundred people were gathered together, and the queue was neat and quiet, and no one could be heard except for a few mules and horses with artillery and ammunition carts.

Looking at the equipment of these people, although they are wearing civilian clothes, and some of their clothes look tattered, but these people's clothes are very clean, even if they are tattered, they are also washed clean, and at the same time they are wearing very thick, with a leather hat or cotton hat on their heads, covering their bodies tightly, at least very warm.

Unlike some of the other squires who sent those villagers, not to mention that most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, even wearing very thin clothes, standing there with their necks shrunk one by one, shivering in the cold wind, each looking obscene, even if they were holding knives and guns, people couldn't help but despise them at a glance.

However, these regiments in Xishan Village practiced the township bravery, but they were all in high spirits, and after people watched it, they couldn't help but secretly shout in their hearts, such a vote of the township brave, not to mention the township courage in other places can not be compared, even if it is the hundreds of genuine officers and soldiers in the city, compared with them, they have all become scum, and there is no comparison.

Take a look at the equipment of these people, among them there are a hundred and dozens of people, all carrying a black and shiny "bird gun" on their shoulders, and these bird guns have a strange style, which is very different from the bird guns equipped by the official army, and it seems that the style of the place where they are held is very different from the dog-legged grip used by the Ming official army.

What's even more peculiar is that none of these firecrackers seem to have fireropes wrapped around their bodies, and I really can't figure out how they can light the bird's guns without fireropes.

Each of these musketeers has a belt around his waist, and there are two leather boxes on the left and right sides of the belt, I don't know what they contain, but it is estimated that they are loaded with ammunition for birds. In addition to these, they also carried a short sword with a leather sheath on the belt around their waists, and they didn't know what this short sword was for, could it be that in case they couldn't use it in close combat with the enemy, they would pull out such a short sword and fight the enemy? Then these short swords are also relatively speaking, a little shorter, if people hold knives and guns, they will definitely suffer.

But so many firecrackers still surprised everyone, and in their cognition, the firecrackers did not expect them to fight the enemy in close quarters, now they are defending the city, they just need to lie on the city wall and fight with birds, it will become, if it is really the rebels who want to attack the city wall, it is estimated that these firecrackers will not be able to count on it at that time.

As for the remaining dozens of villagers, a small number of them carried some bows and crossbows on their backs, each of them was equipped with a single knife, and the rest were armed with spears, which also looked quite imposing.

What surprised them the most was that this group of people from Xishan Village actually brought a small Hongyi cannon with an extremely delicate style.

This cannon doesn't look big, and the barrel is not too long, but it is very well made, with a well-made gun carriage, which is hung behind a car, and it seems that the operation should be very light, such a cannon, I can't see how heavy, but it is generally not too heavy, even with the strange style of the front car, it is only dragged by two horses, it should not be too heavy.

When did Liu Yuanwai in Xishan Village get such a sophisticated Xiaohongyi cannon? At this moment, Zhao Zhizhou's gang was a little stunned.

Although they all knew that Liu Yuanwai was very rich and ruthless, and it was said that he had the ability to reach the sky, they never thought that he would have such a strong means behind him.

Just from these his subordinates and these equipment standing under the city, it can be seen that this Liu Yuanwai is probably not as simple as an ordinary businessman who has made a fortune, which businessman may secretly buy so many guns?

Therefore, Zhao Zhizhou's heart was still in a very excited state just now, but after thinking of this, he suddenly felt a chill all over his body.

Who is this Liu Yuanwai? What is the purpose of him secretly raising so many soldiers?

Just when someone proposed to open the city gate and bring in these regimental exercises from Xishan Village, Zhao Zhizhou suddenly raised his hand to stop them, turned to the two subordinates behind him who usually walked around with Liu Wei and asked him: "You are most familiar with Liu Wei on weekdays, so this official asks you, is there any connection between Liu Wei and the rebels?" Could he be a spy set up by the rebels? ”

One of them also understood Zhao Zhizhou's concern, and immediately shook his head and said, "My lord! Although it is true that Liu Yuan has raised a lot of private soldiers, if he wants to say that he is a spy of the rebels, he thinks that he will never be!

This Liu Yuanwai came back here the winter before last, and when he saw him, he still had some southern accents in his accent, and there was absolutely no accent from Liaodong.

And the soldiers and ruffians on the other side of Liaodong are all poor men, where can they be so rich? What's more, after he came, he purchased land here, but at the beginning of last year, when the Kong Li rebels were still serving under Lord Sun, how could he send such a spy here in advance?

In addition, he heard that in the past six months, before the sea froze last year, many ships came to Yangma Island and unloaded a lot of grain, if he was a spy of the rebels, there was a shortage of grain on the Dongjiang side, so why didn't he send the grain to the Dongjiang side? It doesn't make sense!

And after he arrived here, he didn't do anything too extraordinary, after the winter last year, a large number of hungry people gathered here, but this Liu Yuanwai has been giving porridge and giving relief, who will take so much food to feed these hungry people? The rebels killed people, how could they take so much food to give to these people?

In addition, I am afraid that the adults have also heard that this Liu Yuanwai has bought a large number of young women in the past few months, and before the freeze, he has been constantly transporting them away.

Therefore, he thought that Liu Yuanwai should not have any collusion with the rebels, and he was so rich, the rebels might also covet his Xishan Village, and when the rebels came, they would definitely not be able to spare him.

In such a chaotic situation now, this Liu Yuanwai must also find a way to protect himself, he estimates that the road in the south will be very wide, otherwise he will not be able to get so many Franc machine birds!

If he is a rebel man, since he can get so many birds, why not hand them over to the rebels, not to mention Kong Li and other thieves, this time they launched a mutiny, we all know the general situation, this incident happened suddenly, it was definitely not a situation set up in advance, it was just an accident.

Therefore, I think that my lord can rest assured, at least this Liu Yuanwai will definitely not be from the rebel side! Even if he raised a lot of private soldiers, but now the rich gentry families, in the village forts outside the city, who doesn't raise some village warriors, but he has raised a little more.

But for such a long time, this Liu Yuanwai did not even let these private soldiers under him do anything too out of line, and at this time, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of food to accommodate the refugees who fled from Dengzhou.

was accused of thinking that no matter what, even if this Liu Yuanwai was not clean in private, but at least he was not a bad person, this time he probably also understood that if the county town was lost, it would probably not be good for him, so he would promise to send so many villagers to come here to help.

If the adults doubt him at this time, then he and the others can go back, then for us, I am afraid that there will be so many fewer strong soldiers! ”

After this person said that, several other officials who were familiar with Liu Wei also nodded yes, and they didn't say that Liu Wei was definitely fine, but they could basically guarantee that Liu Wei was at least not all the way with the rebels.

(Forget it, that's it for this month's pass, now book the brethren's monthly pass for the next month!) Success? ）