Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

How could civilians bear such casualties, and suddenly a large number of civilians would rather jump into the river than stay in the captives and wait for death.

Overnight, thousands of people

fled to the island where Wang Pu was, this was an unexpected change, when the night the river wind and cold air infiltrated people, only a small number of soldiers on patrol and alert on the side of the Shenjia battalion, and so on found abnormality, blew the whistle, the whole army heard the drum and was alarmed, lined up on guard, a toss down but did not see the enemy attack for a long time, only the sound of splashing water in the distance, occasionally faintly heard the sound of howling.

"It's not like an enemy attack, and in this climate, I would never choose a night attack. Wang Pu muttered in disbelief, swimming in the water on this biting cold night, this is a crazy way of playing if you don't succeed, if you fail to hit with one blow, break through the enemy village, the soldiers will soon be frozen into popsicles outside with wet pestles.

"Could it be a ploy to make a noise so that we can't sleep? Lin Changxing speculated with a pair of panda eyes.

"Ready, ready, put. "Wang Pu's habit is to fire first when he is undecided, and now that he has no beloved rifled cannon, he has to make up the number with a platoon of guns.

The firelight effect at night has a strong visual impact, as if adding magical style special effects, which is much more exaggerated than the previous realistic style.

Sure enough, after a few rounds of platoons, there was a lot of mourning in front of him, and it can be seen that the casualties are considerable, Wang Pu smiled triumphantly: "Hahaha, dare to come and attack your father, and when I saw the king of Hades, I begged him to write a dead word to give to you, and read it as a father." "

"Don't fight, don't fight, we are the people of the Ming Dynasty and our own family. Finally, someone shouted loudly, and the words immediately reminded the people around them that the officers and soldiers could not see clearly at night before they could distinguish between the enemy and me, and they desperately let go of their guns, and hurriedly followed the call.

"Damn, it's my own people, ceasefire. Wang Pu was startled when he heard the voice coming, fortunately Huang Dahu was not here, otherwise he would have been imprisoned if he had indiscriminately killed innocents.

"My lord, be careful. Lin Changxing hurriedly reminded from the side, and then leaned into Wang Pu's ear and whispered: "Even if it is really the people of the Ming Dynasty, we can't take it in, if there are too many people, we are afraid that there will not be enough food and grass, and there will not be enough firewood." "

Hearing this, Wang Pu sighed in his heart, indeed according to the current situation, the captives are planning to besiege the Shenjia camp for a long time, if the number of Ming people who fled to the island exceeds 1,000, and the food can only last for half a year after taking them in, and there is a danger of annihilation of the whole army after the time limit, the safest way is to pretend to be confused, only to say that it is the enemy's trick and wait for dawn to send someone to check, in such a cold night and soaked, how can those people not be frozen to death, and then cry a few more times, and make a repentant and sad look will pass the test smoothly, and the court will be able to barely cope with the errand, and there will be no trouble。

Wang Pu couldn't

make up his mind for a while, looked left and right, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a soldier in the distance squinting at him, looking at each other, the little soldier hurriedly retracted his gaze, although it was only for a moment, but Wang Pu was very sensitive to the kind of eyes full of doubt and distrust, this would not be wrong, I couldn't help but be terrified, no one in this world is a fool, although these soldiers have a humble status, but they also have joys, sorrows, and sorrows, if they just don't dare to take risks, they let a thousand or even thousands of people be frozen to death, then how will these soldiers talk in private, I am afraid that there is no good thing to say about Wang Pu。

In addition to luck, it only relies on strict selection and training of soldiers, generous treatment to maintain morale, management and training methods that lead the times, and weapons that lead the times, but these can actually be copied by people with intentions, don't underestimate the people of the world, the principle of the rifled flintlock pistol is not very complicated, Luo Qingpu is not the only talent in the world, Wang Pu has only one core technology that others can't copy: crucible oxygenation steelmaking method. Because the refining of oxygen requires electricity, the people of this era do not understand the principle of electromagnetism, and the craftsman who operates the generator of Yanmenwei cannot understand the principle at all, and is in awe of it as if it were a fairy spell, so naturally he cannot steal this technique and leak it.

But this is not insurmountable, as long as the other party has enough financial resources and spares no expense, he can invest millions of taels of silver to create thousands of rifled firearms.

Chongzhen is still a faint king who specializes in pit his own people, there are captives in front of him, there are faint kings in the back, there are pig teammates on the left and right, and there are endless rogues who make trouble everywhere, if you want to survive in this dangerous and troubled world, you also need an enemy who can't copy, the core advantage that can't be reached, throughout history, there is an army with the mission of saving the people to be truly invincible, every soldier in this army can see death as home, brave. What Wang Pu wants to copycat is this kind of army with ideals, beliefs, and a sense of mission.

Easier said than done, this kind of army can only be tempered on the battlefield, forged by fire, Wang Pu jumped repeatedly between reason and instinct at this time, although the fear of defeat and death was very strong, the instinctive thought was not to care about the life or death of others, it was important to save yourself first. But after weighing the pros and cons, reason unconsciously prevailed, for no other reason than too much ambition. In the past ten days, he inexplicably felt that the atmosphere of the Shenjia Battalion had undergone some subtle changes, as if a puppet doll suddenly had a soul, this feeling was indescribable, very weird, could it be the military spirit, that legendary thing.

Wang Pu was just a civilian in the later life, and he had no experience in leading soldiers, so he was not sure whether this was a military soul or not, and now he could only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor and take the risk of doing an experiment. This idea continued to sprout and became an obsession, which made him desperate to make up his mind.

"Pass my general order to collect our army's tents, dry clothes, and firewood, and send them to them. Wang Pu made a difficult choice, he knew that this decision was very unwise, because it was probably Huang Taiji's desperate plan, deliberately driving the refugees to the island and forcing Wang Pu to take them in, so as to consume the food of the Shenjia camp.

"There is no way to go on like this, send people downstream to collect the warships that passed by a few days ago, form a temporary naval army, and open up the waterway, so that these people can be transported out. Wang Pu recalled that he had the emperor's secret edict in his hand, and he could temporarily requisition supplies from various states and counties along the way.

"My lord, this river leads to the Bohai Sea. Liu Yishan carefully studied the map and reminded him.

"Ahh Wang Pu was very desperate when he heard this.

"Don't worry too much, don't we have another sea boat to use, and there is a team of thirty people on that boat, all of whom are carefully selected swimmers, and when they arrive, the waterway will be open. Liu Yishan comforted on the side.

"Far water does not quench the thirst of the near, and the sea ships will have to wait for the southeast wind to come over, probably around May, and at least five months to wait. "Wang Pu really has no confidence that he can resist the captives for five months, even if the grain and grass are barely enough to eat, but there are more than 100,000 people on the other side, even if the captives are there to let the musketeers of the Shenjia battalion shoot them one by one, the gunpowder and lead bullet are far from enough, not to mention that the firecrackers have killed the Ming people who have been forcibly conscripted in the past few days, but the real captives have not been injured.

Several powerful people in Jizhou City were stunned when they learned that the Gu family had surrendered to the captivity, among which the Liu family and the Gu family were more in-laws, Liu Yinlan suddenly fell into a panic, the eldest brother was an official in Nanzhi, and he had a bright future, if he was implicated because of this, wouldn't he be wronged and sad. And the captivity is a big crime to destroy the door, if the court is angry and raises a big prison, it will not only ruin the future, but also the Liu family, a century-old big family, will be wiped out, and there will be no return.

"What the hell is Gu Weizhong going to do, he was blinded by lard and did such a bastard thing. Liu Yinlan was anxious, but he just said these words repeatedly in his mouth.

"Master, Young Master Di is back. The butler replied.

Hearing this, Liu Yinlan hurriedly walked to the door, and met a black-faced and long-bodied son, who was born handsome and strong, and had extraordinary instruments, this is Liu Longdi, the eldest young master of the second room of the Liu family. I saw him coming in quickly, he didn't even breathe, and he almost collided with the uncle, and hurriedly said, "Uncle, you." "

"Did you see Gu Weizhong's house, how did he reply, he said it word for word. Liu Yinlan grabbed his nephew's hand and asked.

"Back to Uncle,

Uncle Gu is already dead, and the Gu family is not mourning, so not many people know about it, I took the silver out and secretly stuffed it to the porter, so I heard about it. Now the third sister of Jindan is in charge, and there is a brother-in-law who came out of nowhere, it is really wrong, I discussed a few words with them, all of them are polite words, there is no truth to the heart, I also noticed that Brother Hui next to him has a bad face, I thought he was sad that his grandfather died, and said a few words to him, but I saw that he looked panicked, and frequently looked at the third brother-in-law, and it could be seen that he was coerced. "

"Jin Dan's husband, what is this? We don't know why the concubine is out of the cabinet, let's not talk about this, you look carefully, it is really possible to be coerced, and there is a certain certainty. Liu Yinlan asked.

"Well, ten percent sure, at least ninety percent, Brother Hui is only twelve this year, and he doesn't know how to fake, who he is afraid of can't hide on his face. Liu Longdi replied fixedly.

"That's right, I just said that Gu Weizhong will not be confused to this point, something must have happened, Jin Dan's girl is bad coercion, his husband is very suspicious, nine times out of ten it is a ghost inserted into the Gu family, we must save ourselves." Liu Yinlan muttered.

"Then how does the uncle want to save himself, is it too late to break off friendship with the Gu family at this time. Liu Longdi wondered.

"No, no, whether the friendship between the Gu family and the captives is deep or shallow, we don't know for the time being, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to break off relations with them rashly, and it's not appropriate to go against the captives openly. We want the court to know that the Gu family was coerced, not out of sincerity. Liu Yinlan said in a deep voice.

"How can the imperial court believe us, besides, even if we are coerced, but the captives are not fake after all, we still have to be convicted, the beheaded beheaded, the exiled exile, and still can't escape. Liu Longdi said with frustration that he was very pessimistic about the current situation.

"There is still a way to live, to make meritorious contributions. "

"How. "

"On that day, the captives broke into the city, and we and the Gu family picked out a son-in-law and sent him on a boat to escape from the city. Liu Yinlan recalled.

"Yes, Brother Wei is the most favored in the Gu family, he

is both a son-in-law and a square person, I want to come to Uncle Gu to favor him so much, he will inherit the family business in the future. Liu Longdi said with a hint of jealousy flashing in his expression, as a concubine, he was bullied at home since he was a child, and he had a kind of unspeakable and inexplicable resentment towards his sister-in-law.

"You order a group of slaves to escape from the city tonight, find a supplement, that child is sensible, maybe he can think of a way to save himself, if he has a way, you will do your best to help, if you can't come up with any useful way, then you immediately go south to find your father, let him come out to the court to report the Gu family, and lose the car to protect the handsome is also a last resort." Liu Yinlan sighed deeply and said, although it is excusable to betray the Gu family in order to protect himself, it will also stain the lintel from now on, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the circle of wealthy families.

"In the vast sea of people, where to find it. Liu Longdi asked with a blank expression.

"The Gu family has a house in Tianjin Wei, and there are a

lot of idlers such as monks and Taoists, it can be seen that there are a large number of Gu family's field shops around Tianjin Wei, hum, I thought I didn't know, who to pretend to be poor. You go to Tianjin Wei, he must be there. Liu Yinlan sneered.

It is said that Huang Taiji personally went out to surround the Shenjia battalion, thinking that his son would really come out, and he would be regarded as a strong opponent by the chieftain, Wang Wei was relieved and even more heartbroken, such an excellent son was about to die. Thinking of the time when the army was about to leave, Wang Pu was pessimistic and said that this trip would be full of disasters, which was really a prophecy.

In addition to grief and remorse, Wang Wei wrote more than 30 letters and sent them to relatives and colleagues in various places, hoping that someone would rescue Wang Pu.

He also personally went to ask the princes of the

Donglin Party who had always taken care of Wang Pu, but unfortunately people took tea and cooled, Wang Pu must not be spared this time, no one wants to anger the emperor for a dead man, all the princes in the court are human spirits, and the emperor's temperament has been thoroughly understood for seven or eight points in the past two years, and the emperor must not be expected to admit his mistake, so Wang Pu can't save it, whoever dares to save it is slapping the emperor's mouth.