In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 233 I just want to take care of my old nest
Since Wuyuan County only arrived here during the Mid-Autumn Festival in the seventh year, more than [-] people from twelve provinces who came to work in the fields are still living in tents, and the production teams have only repaired the fort walls.

Over the winter, more than 6 people basically did no work, but the men in each production team were drilled to death by their respective households.

It was February, and the snow on the ground had not completely melted, and the Yellow River had not yet thawed. Spring was coming. Just as Mrs. Lu was preparing to organize the guards to open up wasteland for farming, the sentry sent to monitor the Ming army in Ningxia discovered Hui Hui. There was a sudden movement, and when they learned that Hui Hui had a total of [-] troops and were attacking Wuyuan, it really frightened Mrs. Lu and all the ladies.

At this moment, the temporary county seat is located.

Madam Lu looked at everyone and said solemnly: "Everyone, the people who went to report the naturalization have returned. A group of Ming troops have also invaded in the south. The fourth princess and the chief assistant asked us to hold on for a few days until the solution is completed. The Ming army will come to rescue us again, so I'm afraid Yuan Shui won't be able to relieve the nearby fire, and we have to rely on ourselves."

"what?"

"The Ming army actually came to Hetao. Could it be that your Majesty and the others were defeated?"

"This is how to do?"

Everyone who was already a little worried was shocked, and even the commander and the twelve Qianhu couldn't sit still.

"Don't make wild guesses. The king has not been defeated. This group of Ming troops just want to make a sneak attack. They only have more than [-] people. The fourth princess and the chief assistant will be able to deal with them soon. The most urgent task is to think about how to deal with the invasion. Bar!"

Mrs. Lu said quickly.

Everyone was relieved when they heard that there were only 1 Ming troops coming. They had been really scared just now.

"How else can we deal with it? The opponent has a full force of [-] troops, all of which are cavalry. Although we have nearly [-] men in total, all with weapons, Commander Huang must know best how much combat power those men have. , I think it’s best to just run away to the mountains to the north and hide for a while before Hui Hui comes.”

The person who spoke was the county governor, a scholar under thirty, surnamed Zhou.

"Governor Zhou, it's freezing cold today. If we lose all our supplies and livestock, even if we escape into the mountains, we'll probably freeze to death!"

"Yes, even if you are in the castle, you have to burn charcoal to keep warm every day. If you go to the mountains, you might as well stay in the castle."

Almost all the ladies did not agree with his bad idea. They were the weakest people and could not survive in the mountains. This man asked them to hide in the mountains, which meant that they would die.

"Hmph, guarding the castle is easy to say. What can we do to guard it? Each of our production teams only has about 2 people, half of whom are unarmed women. The castle wall is only that high, but the opponent has [-] people. Once the castle is breached, no one will be able to escape."

Governor Zhou snorted coldly. He was already very dissatisfied with this group of women occupying government affairs. Now that he saw that they were dictating military affairs and opposing his proposals, he became even more disgusted.

In my heart, I wish those Hui Hui would snatch them all away this time.

If he hadn't been alone and couldn't ride a horse, he would have sneaked back to the Ming Dynasty. The governor of Laoshizi would do whatever he liked.

It sounds like he is a county guard, but not only does he not have a maid to serve him, he lives in a tent, and even eats rough food. He has had enough of this kind of life for a long time.

Mrs. Lu paid no attention to their quarrel, but looked at Commander Huang aside: "Commander Huang, you are the highest military officer in Wuyuan County. It is wartime now, and we all have to listen to you. In your opinion, how should we resist Hui Hui?"

After Mrs. Lu finished speaking, the other ladies all looked at Commander Huang and the other twelve Qianhu, with a hint of expectation in their eyes.

Only the county governor Zhou He frowned when he saw that Mrs. Lu actually said that everyone must listen to these vulgar soldiers, and he became even more dissatisfied with the Chinese system.

In peacetime, these women have the final say, but in wartime, these military men have the final say. Where are the real scholars like them?

But Commander Huang chuckled: "Ladies, you finally remembered us. Haha, don't you usually think that we are idle and intrusive all day long? Why, don't you think so now?"

"Hmph, do you understand how important we are now? Without us swordsmen, no matter how beautiful you build your house or grow the food well, it will be of no use to you. Aren't you benefiting your enemies in vain?"

"that is…"

The twelve thousand households also stood up one after another and vented their grievances. It was obvious that this winter, they had all been controlled and intimidated by the wives of their respective guards.

"Commander Huang, dear Qianhu, we are facing a formidable enemy. Now is not the time to care about these things. If there are any conflicts, we can discuss them later and resolve them slowly. The top priority is to work together to overcome the difficulties."

Mrs. Lu frowned and waited until they had finished venting before she spoke. She also knew that due to her being in Wuyuan County, hundreds of households in various places had indeed been suppressed to a certain extent, and those concocted by those ladies were almost The servant is captain.

Compared with Zhou He, who was born as a scholar, Commander Zhou and his family, who were born into the camp, have a much higher sense of belonging to the country of China, and they also cherish the current life very much. Seeing Mrs. Lu say this, he also I don't dare to complain any more.

Commander Huang stood up directly and said: "Lu Shangshu, Huang County Sheriff, we will definitely not win. If the Yellow River is not frozen, we can still directly guard the entrance to the west. But now that the Yellow River is frozen, the opponent can completely bypass it from the south on the ice." , as for losing all the belongings and escaping to the mountains is even more nonsense, so we can only stick to the castle and wait for reinforcements." "Huh, Commander Huang, didn't you hear clearly what I just said? A production There are only about 200 men in the team, and how can we defend an earthen wall one and a half feet high?"

Zhou He snorted coldly, if they weren't all grasshoppers on a rope now, he wouldn't care about the life and death of these idiots and bitches. Knowing that he couldn't win, he still didn't want to run into the mountains and still wanted to defend. It was simply stupid. Extremely.

"I didn't say that I wanted to defend all the castles. I evacuated all the guards to a castle and only defended one castle. Although it was a bit crowded, it was still barely enough to accommodate. There was still enough time. As long as all the guards worked together, I believe there will be no problem if we persist until reinforcements come to rescue us.”

Huang rolled his eyes before explaining.

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this. Yes, 500 people can't defend a castle, but 5000 people are different. They can hold on for a few days.

"Okay, let's do it. Without further ado, everyone go back and get ready. If the horses and plows can't be put down, don't let them go. Let's go back and grab them."

Mrs. Lu also breathed a heavy sigh of relief, stood up and said, feeling relieved at last.

No one wasted any time, and all the twelve thousand households hurried back to their garrison with their twelve wives.

Mrs. Lu and Zhou He each took dozens of guard clerks and went to the nearest two garrison guards to take shelter.

Due to limited time and the inability to obtain earth to build a city in winter, let alone a county city, even the acropolis of each guard was still a wasteland, and the castles of each production team had only just finished building the earth walls.

However, this earth wall used to survive the winter has now saved everyone's life. Otherwise, without those earth walls, on this open plain, facing 6 menacing cavalry, [-] People are scattered everywhere and cannot be stopped no matter what.

The speed of the return of [-] soldiers was indeed very fast. Almost a dozen guardsmen had just withdrawn the people of each production team into a castle and then reached the corner of the Yellow River.

"Chief, those Han people have all hid in the castle."

"Hmph, the Han people are all virtuous and can only be shy. Are there any signs of the Mongols in the east and south moving out?"

The leader of Huihui snorted coldly, and then asked at the sentry post. He was obviously very afraid of the Mongolian cavalry. If he had not learned from the Ming army that almost all the Chinese cavalry had gone to the Ming Dynasty, he would never have come to take revenge.

"Back to the leader, the Mongols in the east and south are gathering troops, but they all went east and did not come to Wuyuan." The sentry replied quickly.

"Uncle Matt, the Han people have hid in the castle. How about we take the opportunity to attack those Mongolian tribes?"

A young Huihui leader heard that the Mongolian tribes to the east and south were empty and immediately suggested.

Other Huihui leaders also agreed.

"Let's see if the Han castles are easy to fight first. If not, it won't be too late to attack the Mongolian tribes."

The leader Huihui waved his hands.

Everyone nodded, and then the [-]-strong army rushed directly to the nearest small castle.

The perimeter of the production team's castle is only about one mile, it is square, and the wall height is only one and a half feet. In addition, there is a moat dug out from the outside during the soil extraction. It is impossible to attack without siege equipment.

Hui Hui rode around the castle and saw that the walls were covered with men holding weapons. Hui Hui's leader immediately gave up the idea of ​​attacking the castle and took the men away to kill eastward along the river, preparing to attack the east side first. Mongol.

When more than 20 Mongolian tribes in the east saw that Hui Hui did not fight the Han people, but came directly towards them, they were also frightened and panicked, and they all asked for help from Gui Hui.

While the Han people could hide in the castle, the Mongols had no place to hide and could only carry it on.

So Zhang Han and Zhang Xiuying decided to deal with the Ming army first, and then go to rescue Wuyuan. But now that they saw Huihui bypassing Wuyuan County and heading towards Yunzhong County, they had to change their strategy and deal with Huihui first.

After all, Yunzhong is too close to naturalization, and Huihui is full of cavalry. They are fast and have twice the strength of the Ming army. If they are left alone, more than 20 tribes in Yunzhong will have to be killed by them.

Although there was only time to assemble more than 1 cavalry, nearly half of whom were Mongolian girls, Zhang Xiuying had to ask Habel to take these [-] cavalry, chariot battalions, and infantry battalions to rush to the rescue.

However, Cao Bianjiao and Sun Chuanting brought 1 troops, but they did not care about the tribes along the way. They came directly under the leadership of a caravan manager to become naturalized. Apparently, they only wanted to take away the old nest of Hua Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)