In the wilderness, a little boy was staggering forward with a little girl on his back.
"Brother, are you tired? Put me down and have a rest." The little girl obediently lay on the little boy's back.
"No, it's too easy to be discovered here. Wait until you get into the woods to rest." The little boy is Zhu Zhu, and the little girl is the little girl he saved.
Originally, they wanted to sneak back to the stockade, but the stockade was surrounded by cavalry. A fight ensued. They were so frightened that they hid in the pit and did not dare to come out.
It wasn't until dark that he crept out and ran toward the mountains. Only by hiding in the woods would he be safe, and then go back after the battle.
An hour later, they finally entered the mountain.
Zhuzi's original village was in the mountains, and he was extremely familiar with the mountains.
First I found a few yams and then some berries, washed them in the stream and handed them to the little girl.
"Brother, you eat first. You are exhausted today and Guoguo is not hungry." Although her stomach growled, she swallowed hard and insisted on giving the food to the little boy.
"These are enough for two people, but it's a pity that I don't dare to light a fire. I can only eat them raw. Otherwise, I roast the yams, which are delicious. My sister especially likes them."
Zhuzi broke off a section of the peeled and washed snow-white yam and gave it to Guoguo. Guoguo started to nibble on it immediately. She was also starving and hadn't eaten anything all day and night.
The two of them had just finished chewing a yam when Zhuzhu suddenly pricked up his ears, then quickly broke up the berries and the remaining yam and stuffed them into his pockets.
Pull Guoguo up and climb to a big tree.
Just after hiding, a group of cavalry quickly passed by under the tree and climbed over a small hill.
The pillar was on the tree and there seemed to be a lot of firelight behind the mountain. It seemed to be a camp.
Zhu Zhu frowned, so many cavalry were heading towards the stronghold, and he didn't know if the stronghold could be defended.
No, I have to go take a look.
"Guoguo, you stay in the tree and don't come down. I'm going to see what's going on on the other side of the mountain."
"Brother, I'm scared. Please don't go, okay?" Guoguo was very scared when she heard that Zhuzhu was going to peek behind the mountain.
"Don't be afraid. The wild beasts can't come here. There's still enough food for tomorrow. Just stay here and don't move. I have to go see the situation. These thieves are heading towards the stockade. I want to tell Mr. Wang the situation.
Flag them and prepare early."
Although Guo Guo was very reluctant to leave Zhu Zhu, she understood from Zhu Zhu's words that she could not be selfish. The safety of the village was more important, and her family was also in the village.
"Brother, you must be careful," Guoguo said softly with tears in her eyes.
"Well, I will be careful. You wait for me for a day. If I don't come back, you can walk along the foot of the mountain to the stockade. When you get to the west of the stockade, hide in the bushes and wait until dark before crawling towards the stockade.
Tell Mr. Wang about the situation here." After saying that, he wiped the tears from Guoguo's face with his sleeve, slid down the trunk of the tree, and disappeared into the trees.
At noon the next day, five hundred new fire guns were ready.
Each team received ten improved muskets with great joy.
The sounds of test firings on the school grounds kept coming and going. Yang Fan bought enough gunpowder and lead bullets to shoot as long as you could bear the fatigue. Yang Fan just wanted them to get familiar with them as soon as possible.
Looking at the lively training scene, Yang Fan was very happy. He turned to Mo Table and said: "We have brought a lot of sharp guns this time. We will give them to hundreds of households and strong men, and some ammunition. They can also come to the school to practice shooting.
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"Zhang Tou, if you do a good job, each of you will be rewarded with a lot of money." Yang Fan said happily. The carpenters were all beaming with joy. Ever since they became refugees, it had been a long time since they had done any work, let alone a generous reward.
Yang Fan felt that the fifty thousand dollars was well spent.
Look at the demolished official hall and there are still a lot of materials left.
Yang Fan then asked them to make another 500 vertical wooden shields.
The shield is required to be made into a pentagonal shape with a bracket. It is triangular above the height of the shoulder, which is convenient for covering the head and placing the musket for shooting. The bracket can be stored close to the shield and pulled back when in use to support the shield. This design is mainly to free the hands.
You can hide behind the shield to operate other weapons.
Each team consisted of thirty people, with ten shield soldiers at the front, ten musketeers in the middle, and ten spearmen at the end. The spearmen had a five-meter-long spear head, which was half a meter longer than Jiannu's lance.
After reorganization, each battalion has fifteen squads as independent combat units. The Zuozi Battalion and the Right Battalion were reorganized into a total of 30 independent squads.
There were several blacksmiths in the village, and Yang Fan asked them to make some hand-held handles for the fire blunderbuss, so that the unmodified magic gun could be easily held with one hand and easier to level.
The method they adopted is also very simple. There is an iron ring on the red-hot handle, which can just fit into the firecracker, beat it tightly and wrap it tightly on the firecracker. After cooling, it is firmly fixed on the firecracker.
This greatly improves the ability to hold the gun with one hand. Hold the iron handle with one hand, hold the wooden pole under your arm, and hold the gun as flat as possible.
Yang Fan estimated that there were more than just this group of Jiannu slaves and bandits in the mountains, and there should be some more. When they gathered together, they would probably attack Luan Shitan Baihu House again.
Yang Fan secretly mobilized Zhang Gaida to lead a thousand men from Qianzi Camp and Houzi Camp to hide in the mountains ten miles upstream and wait for orders. When the time came, they would use the red smoke of Baihu Station as a signal and immediately attack the enemy from behind.
After dark the next day, Zhuzi did not come back.
Guoguo cried sadly. She felt scared, so lonely and helpless. But remembering Zhuzhu's instructions, she got down from the tree and ran along the bushes at the foot of the mountain towards the village.
Yang Fan was worried about the enemy's sneak attack at night, so he had been sleeping on the south city gate tower. He was studying ways to cut off the barrel of the gun to make more muskets.
If cut in half with a hacksaw, the length of the rifle is reduced to one meter. It can be used as a carbine for cavalry. It can hold five rounds.
If the barrel of the gun is cut into three parts, one foot long, and a wooden handle is installed, it can be made into a hand gun. It can hold three rounds.
Suddenly there was a noise outside. Yang Fan raised his head and saw soldiers running on the city wall outside the window, shouting something.
Yang Fan put on his clothes and came out and asked, "What's the noise about?"
"Sir, a little girl ran over. Wang Zongqi said she was a child from the village who went out to dig wild vegetables. I don't know where she hid when the bandits rushed over. She luckily escaped."
"If you can't open the city gate, put down the hanging basket and pull her up."
Guoguo climbed into the hanging basket awkwardly and cried loudly, "General Wang Qi, General Wang Qi. Brother Zhuzi asked me to tell you that there are many horse thieves coming to the mountains again. He went to peek at the horse thieves' camp and did not come back."
Yang Fan didn't expect that these two children would actually discover the horse bandit's camp. He was very surprised.
"Get some water and dry food for the child," Yang Fan said. "Send it to me and ask the two general flag officers and regimental training officers to come too. We have something to do."