Seeing everyone happily playing with the sharp weapons in their hands, Lu Zeyang secretly rejoiced: You will know the advantages and disadvantages of this thing when you use it: it is easy to use, but it cannot be used to make ammunition - this flash cap, when the British smugglers entered the country,
Sold each to the Taiping Army for one tael of silver.
It is the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the military leaders are not as rich as the Taiping Army. It is still okay to sell one tael of silver for one or twenty. Lu Zeyang thought.
After some false pats on the shoulders and fists, and the brothers flying around, Lu Zeyang finally came out of the city. Sun Yuanhua knew that he was the owner of Luzhuang and had made great contributions to Laizhou, so he specially invited him to come over and praise him.
After talking for a while, he said that as long as he could use his strength, he would definitely ask for credit for them. Then the two people talked about the specific contact and contact matters in the future. Lu Zeyang also discussed the situation he had mastered with Sun Yuanhua in general, especially when it came to
The rebels' future movements are likely to turn towards Qixia and Pingdu. Sun Yuanhua said that he also had such expectations and had already reported to the court to request that the troops be divided to intercept them.
Lu Zeyang was a little disappointed. He also thought that he had mastered a huge intelligence clue, and was ready to sell Sun Yuanhua to him, but he didn't expect that Sun Yuanhua's ability to grasp and analyze intelligence was not low.
Although Sun Yuanhua's own safety is still in danger, he still attaches great importance to firearms. He hopes that he can convey to the owner of the deer village that it would be best if he can transport more Australian bird guns. In addition to Zhang Tao, there will be demand for the troops from all over the Shandong Province.
.This business can be done.
Lu Zeyang agreed one by one. Early the next morning, Zhang Tao's troops took over the defense of Nanguan Pass. Lu Zeyang withdrew his troops in a mighty manner. When they left, the team swelled by five to six hundred troops.
They were prisoners and local people who were willing to follow. Nanguan Guanxiangpai Jia Fan Twelve did not hesitate to lead his family into a small cart and followed.
Lu Zeyang's entry into the horse passed through the rebel positions without any surprises. The rebel generals outside Nanguan Pass were already familiar with him and knew that this guy's men were very difficult to mess with, and if Laizhou could not be defeated, he might turn his hand.
They also wanted to be "officers and soldiers", so it was a good idea to have a good relationship with Mr. Lu. So when they saw them pass, they all greeted them with smiles.
Lu Zeyang led the team slowly towards Zhaoyuan. His team was flying a big "Qi Mu" flag, and no one dared to provoke anyone on the ground in Dongsan Prefecture.
Zhaoyuan and Longkou Bay are very close to each other. Out of careful consideration, the northward detachment currently only occupies part of the coastal area of Zhaoyuan and has built several forts, forming a situation that echoes that of Qimu Island.
These so-called forts are large villages and towns surrounded by a ditch and protected by a few simple bastions or even gun towers. They are defended by locally organized rural brave companies. In terms of combat effectiveness and protective measures alone, they can only deal with bandits or stragglers, but the rebels
He was wary of the "Qi Mu Island" flag and simply did not dare to mobilize a large number of troops to attack - once something like this happened, retaliation would come quickly and severely. After annihilating a group of rebels who tried to take action, they had already
No one dared to launch hostile actions against these fortresses flying the "Qi Mu" flag.
Zhaoyuan County is located in the west of the Jiaodong Hills, with complex and broken terrain, and interlaced hills and valleys. The terrain in the northeast is high and steep, mainly composed of granite and granite gneiss. The ridges are jagged and majestic. The mountains extend from northeast to southwest, with sloping slopes.
It runs through the county. The hills are below 400 meters above sea level, with gentle undulations, presenting a wavy denudation plain scene of shallow hills and wide valleys. This place has never been a prosperous place. In addition to being rich in mineral resources, the agricultural products are mainly fruits and grains - Longkou vermicelli.
The main production area is here, and vermicelli has always been a product of cereals. Until the 21st century, the county's imports of more than 1,000 square kilometers were only 560,000.
Entrances to this time and space are even rarer and it is a barren and desolate land. Therefore, the rebels' footprints rarely touch this place. The damage here is relatively small. Zhu Mingxia and Lu Wenyuan also had this consideration in deciding to occupy Zhaoyuan.
——Qimu Island is too small as a base and can only transport refugees. Expanding territory outside the island can easily make one's own goals bigger. Qimu Island is only a few dozen miles away from Huang County and is at sea from the important coastal defense town.
The state is very close. Maintaining a strong base here can easily attract attention. It is better to stay in the hilly area of Zhaoyuan for peace of mind, and there is gold in Zhaoyuan - of course, this development is a thing later.
The place Lu Zeyang is going to is the Xinzhuang area in Zhaoyuan, which is backed by the Bohai Bay and echoes the Qimu Island in Longkou. The main fort of the northbound detachment in Zhaoyuan is built in Xinzhuang. With this main fort as the core, it spreads out
Seven or eight Zhibao villages control more than dozens of square kilometers of land.
The managers and militia commanders of these forts are soldiers from the northward detachment. Zhu Mingxia felt that the regular armed forces sent to Zhaoyuan were too diluted. Although Zhaoyuan had thousands of rural warriors in its accounts, in the event of an emergency, these rural warriors would
It was not of great use, and reinforcements had to be mobilized from Longkou, so Lu Zeyang's troops were transferred to Zhaoyuan - which also had a veteran in charge.
This place is now the reservoir for the northbound detachment. All refugees who cannot be evacuated in time during the summer break will be sent to the Zhaoyuan area for "hoarding". Since most ships have stopped sailing, there are currently only a few special transport boats.
They travel between Shandong and Jeju Island, transporting refugees on a small scale. These ships are sufficiently armed to protect their own safety.
"I wonder if Zhaoyuan's vermicelli is delicious." Mr. Lu Yuanlao was riding on his horse, thinking about this question.
Huang Ande took Zhu Si and Cao Qing outside Huangxian City. Huang Ande and his group of brothers in the city hid for a while after the fall of Dengzhou and then took advantage of the chaos. They stayed on Qimu Island for half a month.
Later he was incorporated into the reconnaissance team.
Huang Ande not only received a military medal, it also meant that he was one step closer to the rank of lieutenant.
In the early days, serving as a reconnaissance team was a matter of putting your head in your pants. Scouting on foot was extremely dangerous - almost all the rebels were rangers, and if they were discovered, they would be killed - the rebels saw suspicious men entering
They are killed directly. The risk of reconnaissance on horseback is smaller: their weapons are good and the horses are well-bred, but the casualties of the scouts in such a cat-and-mouse game are not small. One of Huang Ande's brothers is doing the reconnaissance.
Killed in action - he died before he could see the beautiful scenery of Lingao that Huang Ande boasted about.
As the situation developed and a tacit agreement of "not attacking each other" was established between the rebels and Lu Wenyuan, the scouts' actions gradually became less dangerous.
But today they are not on a reconnaissance mission. They are here to do business. They all wear armbands as a sign of safe passage. Huang County is now almost the base camp of the rebels, and the roads are full of small groups of rebel activities.
If you don't have this agreed armband, you may be killed or captured on the road.
The so-called business is to gain access through trading with the rebels - the rebels often kidnap entire villages, men, women and children. Except for some young men who are used as cannon fodder, women and children are often reduced to commodities. In the rebellion,
Buying and selling among soldiers and generals. Not only in Huang County, but also in Dengzhou and Laizhou cities.
A sizable "market" has been formed a few miles outside Huang County.
This was originally a large stockade, a lively and prosperous place. Since the stockade was destroyed by the rebels, there are only many broken walls and ruins left. Because there are trenches outside the stockade, the rebels used this place as an entry point.
The captured people were directly sent here to be imprisoned and then sold for a price.
Thousands of people were crammed into this ruin with no roof. There was a well in the village, and drinking water was barely enough, but the food depended entirely on the mood of the guards and their own supply. In good times,
You can throw in some dark and hard buns made of unknown materials, and sometimes you won't get any food for a few days.
If you are lucky, you may be bought and used for sexual pleasure in ten and a half months, or you may be transferred to the young men's corps as cannon fodder. If you are unlucky, you may have to suffer slowly in this living hell.
Thousands of people were crowded together, exposed to the sun and rain, and eating and drinking were not normal. The epidemic soon spread, especially after the third month of the lunar calendar, hundreds of corpses were dragged outside every day, but the rebels didn't care.
Because new refugees are constantly being sent from everywhere - there is never a worry about running out of supplies. Some soldiers will get tired of buying women and send them back here to sell them and buy fresh "goods".
In addition to the entrance, there was also a large amount of property plundered from plundering. Although countless goods were obtained from plundering, soldiers moved around and could not carry bulky property. They all wanted to exchange it for gold and silver jewelry and other soft items.
A large amount of goods are sold here, and the prices are astonishingly low.
Lu Wenyuan discovered that there were such "markets" in Huang County, Laizhou and other places, and then he came up with the idea of doing business with the rebels.
Kong Youde also discovered Lu Wenyuan's strong interest in the entrance. The rebels were suffering from food difficulties and urgently needed to replenish food. The owner of the deer farm seemed to have plenty of food. Since he couldn't be robbed, doing business with him was a suitable choice. Therefore,
He was specially sent in to propose that the import be exchanged for food. The two parties hit it off and immediately reached a verbal agreement.
According to this agreement, Lu Wenyuan sends several "housekeepers" to Huang County every week to "see the goods." The price for adult men and women is 500 grams of grain, 250 grams for young children, and 150 grams for the elderly. This "grain" can
It can be any grain or potato without shelling, or it can also be "paper-wrapped grain bricks". If the owner of the deer farm chooses "potatoes" to pay for it, the price will double - after all, potatoes are fresh goods, so there are
A moisture content problem.
The conditions are very harsh, but for Kong Youde, this is the top priority to solve the food problem. The army is unstable without food, and nothing can be done without food. If the captured refugees can be exchanged for food, it will open up a new food source.