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Chapter 227 Nanyang Disaster, Night Attack Preparations

Li Dingguo had seen a lot of bizarre scenes in these troubled times, but it was the first time for him to see many women left behind in the camp in a hurry.

Without even asking, he guessed that this was probably done by that old pervert Luo Rucai.

These women are distributed in various camps, ranging from dozens to hundreds.

It was a hot day, and many people had few pieces of clothing left on them. Their whole bodies exuded an unpleasant stench, and most of them were so hungry that they were emaciated.

Even so, the cavalry soldiers who arrived were still agitated.

Fortunately, the rebels had strict discipline, and these women looked really pitiful, and nothing uncontrollable happened.

After asking about the situation, Li Dingguo said loudly: "Don't panic, we Yibu rebels never bully women.

I am busy with military duties and cannot help you.However, our commander-in-chief's army will arrive soon, and everyone will be saved by then. "

After saying these words, Li Dingguo left in a hurry with two battalions of cavalry guards.

His mission is to detect the movements of Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's army, not to save people...
After the Cavalry Guard left, the women in the camp couldn't help but start talking again.

"Didn't the government say that these Yi tribe rebels are just like Li Chuang and Luo bandits? How come they look like good people?"

"I don't know if he's a good person or not, but he's definitely better than those lustful and hungry ghosts in Luo's bandit camp."

Someone else said pessimistically: "So what if they are good people? We were kidnapped by the bandits and humiliated. Even if we go back, we will be drowned in spittle."

Someone else said: "The man in the family is gone, most of the children are gone, and the neighbors are probably dead as well. Who will tell us?"

"You're right, it's good if we can save one life - several corpses have been carried out from the camp every day in the past few days, and it's not like you haven't seen them."

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There are actually not many women who have the strength and mood to chat. Most of them are older women from the lower class.

They have long been tempered by suffering to have a tough nerve, and they know that the world is dangerous, so they are not depressed because of what they have experienced in the past few days.

But as far as the entire camp is concerned, like Xiao Huan, there are more women lying numb due to sudden changes in their lives and being unable to think about it for a moment - most of them are young women, or women who originally lived a decent life at home.

Because she was hungry, Ge Sanniang didn't chat for long and went back to lie down next to Xiao Huan.

She is 28 years old, only five years older than Xiao Huan, and looks ordinary.

She got married and had a baby when she was a teenager, but later due to famine and war, both the man and the baby died.

She lived in Nanyang City. Because she was good at weaving and had a quick mind, she was able to sell herself to the Xiao family as a servant.

She glanced at Xiao Huan, who was still looking blank next to her, and sighed: "Miss, you have to think about it, your parents are dead, and only you are left in the Xiao family. If you die too, the Xiao family will be the only one left." Completely cut off the blood and incense. If you go down, you won’t be able to see your parents.”

Xiao Huan's eyes moved again, but he remained silent.

Ge Sanniang was so hungry that her stomach ached, so she was too lazy to talk and fell asleep with half-closed eyes.

When the sun turned west, another group of soldiers finally came to the camp.

Just like what the general named Li Dingguo said, although the soldiers of the Kueibu rebel army looked strange, they did not just come up and drag any women to do things like animals. Instead, they quickly set up a pot and cooked porridge.

The fragrance of millet porridge made more women "alive" and spontaneously gathered at the place where the porridge was cooked.

Ge Sanniang got up and wanted to pull Xiao Huan over, but she couldn't do it because she was too hungry and had no strength.

In desperation, she could only go over and wait to see if she could bring a bowl to Xiao Huan.

"Everyone queue up to receive the porridge. Don't fight or mess around. If you don't obey, don't blame us for being rude!"

Seeing the women gathering, a man who looked like an officer started to drink.

Women are more likely to obey than men, and they will line up obediently when told.

Except for a very few of them with outstanding looks, most of them were taken to the camp and left alone.Only occasionally one or two gangsters with some conscience and some power would give them some leftovers.

Even so, many women went hungry for days.

Driven by the instinct of survival, more and more women gathered.

There were also some women who could not move, and were carried over one by one by the Huabu rebels who were searching the camp.

This is how Xiao Huan was carried here.

Two quarters of an hour later, the women finally had millet porridge.

After Ge Sanniang finished drinking, she ran over to feed Xiao Huan.

Whether it was because he was too hungry or because he had figured it out, Xiao Huan did not refuse to eat and drank the whole bowl of millet porridge.

After the women finished eating, a military and political officer began to speak.

"It's getting late today, so let's rest in the camp first. There are 500 people in each camp. Those who can move will help those who can't move, and the camp will be tidied up, especially hygiene.

If there is a dead person somewhere, you must report it in time and we will deal with it..."

Ge Sanniang listened to the military and political officer's speech and felt that it was quite kind, so she whispered to Xiao Huan: "It seems that these Yibu rebels are really good people. We have escaped."

Xiao Huan didn't respond.

Ge Sanniang took a look and found that she had fallen asleep.

This made Ge Sanniang feel relieved - as long as people can eat and sleep, it won't be a big deal.

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Guards camp.Handsome account.

Liu Sheng asked: "Can the number of women in Luo Rucai's camp be counted?"

The person in charge of handling this matter was Chen Heng, a military and political officer of the Nanyang Guard Regiment. This was the first time he reported something to Liu Sheng alone, and he was quite nervous and excited.

"Reporting back to the Commander-in-Chief, the statistics have been calculated. There are 570 people in total."

"So many?" Liu Sheng was surprised.

Chen Hengdao: "Based on the reaction of those women, many women have died in the past few days. The general estimates that the Luo thieves may have robbed tens of thousands of women and brought them to the camp to rape and humiliate them."

Since Liu Sheng traveled through time, he has seen a lot of troubled times, but when he learned about this incident, he couldn't help but slapped the table, "This Luo Rucai will definitely die a good death in the future!"

In fact, in troubled times, it is a common phenomenon for bandits, officers and soldiers to kidnap and rape women. In troubled times, people are worse than dogs, and women in troubled times are even worse.

Just kidnapping tens of thousands of women at once is rare even in troubled times.

Probably only the many massacres of the city after the Qing captives went south can be compared with this kind of thing.Because the massacre was inevitably accompanied by the rape and humiliation of women.

Due to successive years of famine in Nanyang, there are not many people in Fucheng anymore. Even including the people in the suburbs, it is estimated that there are only 10,000+ people.

During the Yangzhou Massacre, 80 people were killed in the city (it is estimated that many people fled from the countryside to take refuge in the city).It is conceivable that tens of thousands of women were raped and humiliated during this process!
As for this time, it was a blessing that Li Zicheng and Luo Ru did not commit a massacre in Nanyang, otherwise Liu Sheng would really not mind getting rid of these two guys first.

After coming back to his senses, Liu Sheng said to Chen Heng: "After returning home, do a good job in ideological work for the soldiers, and then let the security regiment strengthen patrols at night. Don't let a few sperm get into the head and ruin the reputation of our Yibu Rebel Army."

"I will understand at the end!"

After Chen Heng left, Liu Sheng frowned and thought about the problem of refugees in Nanyang Fucheng.

According to the feedback from the scouts, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai should have taken away tens of thousands of young men and almost all the money and food in Nanyang City.

Li and Luo captured Nanyang on the afternoon of June [-]th and held it for seven or eight days. They must have killed many people in the process.

Nowadays, Nanyang City is estimated to be dominated by the elderly, weak, and children. It is hard to say how many tens of thousands there are.

These people were not considered a good labor force, but they needed food relief. They were considered a burden, but Liu Sheng was not ready to give up.

This summer is not only drought in Henan, but also in Xiangyang Prefecture and Fengyang Prefecture. As for other places, Liu Sheng does not know, but it is estimated that it will not be much better. After all, it is in the most serious decades of the Little Ice Age.

Liu Sheng was not afraid of the continuous famine.

He has North America to back him up, and at worst he will continue to immigrate to North America on a large scale.In other words, it is just a good opportunity to immigrate to North America.

As for the territory he occupies in Daming, he can only farm in places with sufficient water resources.

If some young refugees are left to work with the prisoners of war to overhaul the water conservancy system, even if there is still a drought next year, the area under his jurisdiction will get better year by year.

Because the Little Ice Age did not mean that it did not rain all year round, but that the rain was abnormal.If the water conservancy system is repaired and floods are drained and droughts are relieved, the people in most areas can still live their lives.

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The sound of horse hooves approaching the camp brought Liu Sheng back to his senses.

Not long after, someone said outside the tent: "Commander, General Li Dingguo has something to report!"

"Come in!"

Li Dingguo came in covered in dust and sweat, and said with a military salute: "See you, Marshal!"

Liu Sheng returned the greeting and asked, "Where did they set up camp?"

The task he gave Li Dingguo was to keep an eye on the movements of Li and Luo. It was dark now, and Li and Luo would inevitably camp to rest - there were many recruits and many people in their ranks, so it was impossible to march at night.

Li Dingguo said: "The camp is set up on the north side of Zheshan Mountain."

"Is there any chance of a night attack?"

Night raids were rare tactics in ancient times, but they were not unheard of.

First of all, only elites can carry out night attacks - elites eat well on weekdays, and there are very few soldiers with night blindness; elites have high combat effectiveness individually and in small groups, and can maintain organization during night attacks.

In addition, the enemy must give him a chance - he can only attack at night when the enemy's camp is easy to break into.If the enemy camp is well-defended and has strong combat capabilities, a night attack can easily outweigh the gains.

Li Dingguo said: "It's hard to tell where Li Zicheng's camp is. He has always been cautious and has strict military discipline. He also has more than [-] cavalry who can adapt to changes. It is not easy to attack his camp at night.

However, most of Luo Rucai's tribe was a mob, their military discipline was very poor, and there were so many people.

If the knights attack the camp with cavalry guards, they might cause the camp to roar and cause the entire army to collapse! "

Liu Sheng thought of the bad things Luo Rucai had done, and wanted to teach this guy a lesson.

So he said: "Then attack Luo Rucai's department at night! But we should be on guard against Li Zicheng.

You will lead the three battalions of Cavalry Guards in a night attack. Commander Shen will be responsible for leading the remaining two battalions of Cavalry Guards and the First Battalion of Cavalry (belonging to the [-]nd Brigade Headquarters) to provide support to prevent you from being intercepted by Li Zicheng's cavalry when you come out. "

"As it should."

Then, Liu Sheng sent someone to call Shen Wandeng and several cavalry battalion commanders over to discuss the specific action plan for the night attack.

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