Jiang Wan looked around, and a group of Nanhai Guard officers gathered in front of him: "Just now, news came from Yan'an Prefecture. In Zhanggongtan, about fifteen miles away from the prefecture, hundreds of refugees are suspected of gathering to cause trouble.
Of the remaining officials, only one came back, and the rest are alive and dead!"
He looked at everyone: "Yan'an government begs us to send troops to suppress these refugees!"
"Do you want the whole army to be dispatched?" Feng Wanli was the only Qianhu who followed Jiang Wan on the expedition: "My lord, please stay in Fucheng. I will be willing to lead the army there!"
"We are looking down upon hundreds of refugees if we come out in droves!" Jiang Wan shook her head: "It's enough to go to one hundred households. If there are any changes within fifteen miles, our team will be able to support them in time!"
"I have hundreds of firearms households willing to go!" Xu Caining's eyes lit up and he stood up.
"No!" Jiang Wan glanced at her and decisively rejected the opponent: "I have told you many times that the firearms battalion is not allowed to act alone at any time. If the firearms battalion wants to exert its combat power, it can only act with the group!
"
The light in Xu Caining's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he retreated unhappy.
"I will personally take a hundred soldiers and horses there. Just send two people from your firearms battalion to me, and the rest will stay at home to look after the house!" Jiang Wan looked around: "While I am away, everything in the military will be...
Seal thousands of households and decide!”
Half an hour later, more than a hundred soldiers and horses came out of Nanhaiwei's camp neatly. This was the first time Nanhaiwei had been dispatched in an organized manner since they stationed in Yan'an Prefecture. Along the way, many people looked at them sideways.
, discussing what they were going to do.
Led by the guide sent by the government, the group of people rushed all the way to Zhanggongtan where the accident occurred. Before the people and horses reached the boundary, everyone saw black smoke rising in the sky in the distance.
Zhanggongtan is not a river beach, but a town. At this moment, the town is in chaos. The refugees have undoubtedly rushed into the town and are looting and setting fire to the town.
"Hundreds of people?"
Jiang Wan asked the guide sent by the government with a somewhat ugly expression. The number of people stationed around the town alone was probably no less than a thousand, and including those who looted and set fire to the town, the number would have to be doubled at least.
times.
"Sir, why don't you send someone back to ask for help!" The guide was also an official. When he saw the situation in front of him, his face turned pale: "There are so many mobs, and our troops may not be enough to suppress them!"
"You don't want to save your colleagues?" Jiang Wanzai gave him a cold look, "We are just reinforcements, so why ask for reinforcements? By the time the reinforcements arrive, the refugees will have already run away!"
He looked at the terrain around him: "Where did these refugees come from? Behind this town is a river, and there are official roads on both sides. It is impossible that these troublemakers are all local people!"
"Sir, they are coming towards us, you should not care about where they come from, just deal with them first!"
The guide looked forward with a pale face. The crowd in the distance was thick and dark. Apparently someone had discovered their team and was shouting something loudly, inciting the crowd to come this way.
"Line up and set up defenses!"
Jiang Wan looked at the slowly moving crowd in the distance and gave a gentle order. The soldiers behind him started to move one after another, and soon formed a small square formation on the official road.
According to their usual drills, more than ten musketeers were surrounded by their colleagues holding long guns in the middle of the queue. Following Jiang Wan's order, the musketeers had already started loading ammunition.
"They are not local people!"
Jiang Wan looked at the refugees who were getting closer and closer, and shook her head slightly. These refugees were women, young and old, all unkempt, even carrying tattered quilts on their backs, and holding rice bowls in their hands. It was obvious at a glance that they had been on the road.
It's been a long time.
"That's right, sir, they are all from the counties and villages below, or even refugees from other places!" The official looked at the small team around him, and then at the large group of black figures slowly approaching in the distance, and almost felt like he was
She burst into tears: "Now everyone knows that only Fucheng has food and can survive. As long as there are no escapes, those who want to live now are coming to Fucheng!"
There was a cry in the officer's mouth: "Sir, why don't we retreat first? These refugees can't be killed. I don't know how many more will follow. They are like locusts, killing one group after another.
Everywhere you go, there is really no life!”
There were still almost two hundred steps away, and Jiang Wan could already clearly see the faces of many refugees. Most of the people in the front were women and children. Occasionally there were a few young men among them, who were also shouting and inciting loudly.
They hid in the crowd and did not rush to the front.
In the hands of these women and children, the weapons that seemed to be the most lethal were sharp branches and branches. They approached their team in silence. In their eyes, they seemed to be the swords and guns in the hands of these officers and soldiers.
There is no difference between the branches in their hands.
"What will happen to your colleagues if they fall into their hands?" Jiang Wan lowered her head and continued to ask about official duties.
"What else can I do? They are all dead in all probability!" The official was a little distracted: "I knew it, I knew it, these damn refugees have no law at all. They are all dead. The big family in the town
, and everything is finished..."
"The front team changes to the back team!" Jiang Wan pretended to be too much and waved her hand: "Keep the formation and retreat slowly!"
The official wiped the sweat from his forehead and ran towards the back of the team as if he was being amnesty. Jiang Wan looked at the refugees slowly approaching and slowly turned his horse's head.
The officers and soldiers of Nanhaiwei began to retreat slowly. When the refugees in the distance saw the officers and soldiers beginning to retreat, they suddenly burst into cheers. They did not speed up and rushed forward, but cheered on the spot.
It seems that in their eyes, being able to force the officers and soldiers back is a victory.
After gradually leaving the battlefield, Jiang Wan's group of troops ran back towards Yan'an Prefecture at a speed far faster than when they came.
Jiang Wan was riding a horse with a tense face. The refugees behind him and the towns invaded and plundered by the refugees were no longer his concern at the moment.
Now he just wants to return to Yan'an Mansion immediately, rush into the government office, find out the prefect named Song Gun, and ask him why things have reached such a critical point, and he, the prefect, can still be here leisurely.
I can sit comfortably in the city.
And why, Nanhaiwei was not informed of this matter until now.
The entire Yan'an Prefecture is now only fifteen kilometers away from the city. These fifteen kilometers are already dominated by refugees, and it is unknown how many refugees are still coming to this city.