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Chapter 76 I need to issue an IOU to borrow food?
After speaking, Liu Sheng hung up a prepared map of the Tianmu Mountain area so that everyone present could see it.

On this map, Fangshan Liujiazhai, as well as the surrounding Dashuipingzhai, Mopanzhai, Xizoumaling and other important places with military significance are conspicuously marked.

At the same time, red lines were used to frame the twenty-mile area around Liujiazhai, and the locations of each village were marked.

It can be seen that the actual combat training area includes Huilongji to the west and to the southwest bank of Boshan Lake to the northeast.Go east to reach the westernmost edge of Hongshi Lake, and go north to Shanggang.

Except for a few mountainous areas in the west, Tianmu Mountain basically includes all the other mountainous areas, and even includes some plain areas in the southeast.

There are dozens of marked villages.

Liu Sheng pointed at the map with a thin bamboo stick and said: "This actual combat training will be carried out in three directions. I will lead 40 pro-troops and one standing army guard to take charge of the west.

Hong Niangzi led 130 standing troops to take charge of the south, and Peng Youyi led 130 standing troops to take charge of the east.

The actual combat drill lasted about 20 days, which ended in early September, when the autumn harvest was about to begin. "

The red lady looked at the map to figure it out, and felt that Liu Sheng was very careful in dividing the mission areas.

The west side has the most villages and most of them are copycats, so it can be said to be the most difficult to defeat.

But with Liu Sheng personally leading the troops to participate, there would be no problems.

Although there are not as many villages in the south as in the west, there are still quite a few, and most of them are large villages with a large population. The landlords are also quite powerful, and it takes an experienced general like her to control them.

Although the east side is also a mountainous area, it has the fewest villages and relatively weak landowners, which is suitable for Peng Youyi, a sentry officer who has just been promoted.

Only in the north, there were not many villages in the first place, most of them were bandits' dens. They were plowed through twice by the Huabu rebels, and there was no need to go there anymore.

After completing the military deployment, Liu Sheng said: "If you have no problem, then we can send troops this afternoon. After all, camping outside at night is also part of our actual combat training."

The red lady said: "I have no problem, but I need to remind you that the Hua Department is still in short supply of people, especially women.

Therefore, when we attack the homes of the evil gentry and local tyrants, we should try to kill as few people as possible and send more guilty people to work in North America. "

Peng Youyi knew that these words were mainly to remind him, so he nodded, "I understand."

After the military meeting, Red Lady and Peng Youyi did not leave in a hurry, but led the soldiers.

During the past period, most of the craftsmen in Liujiazhai and the craftsmen camp in North America had a group of young men making armor.

The North American side mainly consists of leather armor, shields, and military uniforms, plus some other miscellaneous items needed by soldiers.After all, North America has the most craftsmen and ordinary people.

It is worth mentioning that the military uniforms cut and sewn by women in the Huabu are basically gray-green, with only the uniforms of corps commanders, chiefs, and captains being more conspicuous blue.

However, most of the armor is still mainly light red because it was captured from officers and soldiers and patrol archers.

Armor was scarce, so it was impossible to throw away previously captured armor just because the colors were inconsistent.

As for the leather armor currently made by Huabu, it is not painted, and it looks like a tribal warrior.

There is a papermaking workshop in Liujiazhai. There are two to three hundred young and strong workers busy every day, but they do not make paper, but focus on making paper armor.

Because there are many bamboo forests on Tianmu Mountain, it is very suitable for making paper nails.It's quick to build and cheap.

Paper armor is mainly designed to protect against bows, arrows and knife cuts. It also has a certain amount of defense against fire guns as long as the distance is not too close.It's just that it can't resist the fire cannons within twenty steps, as well as the stabs from swords and spears.

Of course, paper nails also have a big disadvantage, which is their low durability.A set of paper armor basically goes through two or three battles before it can no longer be used.

If it rains, it may be scrapped in a few days.

However, there is a severe drought in Henan now, and the chance of encountering rainy days is very small, so the paper armor can be used for temporary purposes.

The most important thing is that the mental state of a soldier is completely different whether he is wearing armor or not.

Even soldiers wearing paper armor are much braver than soldiers without armor.

As for weapons, they were mainly spears and crossbows, with very few swords made.

Because swords are made of scrap metal and are slow to make, there are only a few elite soldiers in the army who are good at fighting and courageous enough to be trained as sword players.

Among the standing armies, there are the most pikemen, followed by crossbowmen, and then archers and swordsmen.

Some of the pikemen did not use long spears, but wolf mills made of good bamboo.This weapon is said to have been made by Qi Jiguang. It is a type of weapon used in the Yuanyang Formation and is more than five meters long.The front end is equipped with the spearhead, but the bamboo branches at the back are left, which is very disgusting in battle.

Although Liu Sheng, Hong Niangzi and others do not know the Mandarin Duck Formation, it does not prevent them from equipping the army with such weapons.

You don't need to be too particular about fighting. The soldiers using Wolf Mill just need to be coordinated with the spearmen and sword players.

Although the weapons and equipment of the standing army were relatively simple, they were already much stronger than those of the local official army in Runan at this time.

Especially after receiving a batch of paper armor in Liujiazhai this time, the armor-wearing rate of the three to four hundred standing troops who will participate in actual combat training has reached as high as [-]% to [-]%.

Among them, the sword players all wear leather armor or cloth armor with iron plates inside, the spear players all wear cloth armor or paper armor, and even the archers and crossbowmen also wear leather armor or paper armor to a small extent.

Most of the guards and warriors relied on by the gentry and landlords could not compare with the rebels in terms of equipment, and they were also incomparable in terms of training and military skills.

As for morale, it just depends on the person - if the squire and landlord have enough appeal, strong enough control over the villagers, and a decent reputation, the morale of the villagers will be relatively high because they are defending their homes.

However, if the squire and landlord are immoral and do many evil things instead of doing good things, then the morale of the villagers will be very low, and they may even be incited by the rebels to rebel and become the internal collaborators for the rebels to attack the village.

As for the role of squire and landlord, most of them are destined to have done things to oppress the people.

Therefore, although each of the actual combat training teams sent by Liu Sheng only had more than 100 people, they were able to attack the villages and forts in the Tianmu Mountain area with overwhelming force!

As the rebels continued to win, the evil gentry and bullies were put on trial one by one, and the carts of money and grain confiscated were sent to Dashui Pingzhai and Liujiazhai.

The prisoners were also sent to Liujiazhai one after another, where they were temporarily detained until Liu Sheng came back and sent to North America as hard labor.

The poor people in each village were first afraid of the rebels. But when the rebels publicly tried the evil gentry and bullies, burned the IOUs, and divided the property, land, and part of the money and food of the evil gentry and bullies, the people cheered and even supported the rebels.

A small number of people, like Luo Zonghuan and others in Gangyao Village, even defected to the rebels with their families!

If those country gentry and landlords who have no bad reputation or have a bad reputation are willing to borrow food honestly, the rebel army will not attack them.

But if you resist stubbornly, you will also not be able to escape the outcome of having your house broken down and your home raided, and you will be killed and captured.

Of course, facing the rebel front, very few gentry and landowners chose to resist stubbornly, and most of them donated money and food in tears.

As for "borrowing" - they didn't think the rebels could pay it back at all, and naturally they didn't think it was a borrowing.

Moreover, even if the rebels succeed in a few years and the grain is really returned, will the price of grain in a normal year be the same as that in a disaster year?

Not to mention, when the rebels borrowed food, they had to get an IOU written in black and white, in duplicate, and it had to be signed with a thumbprint.

If this IOU is signed, wouldn't it mean leaving evidence to support the rebels (thieves)?
Therefore, many squire and landlords understand this and would rather donate food than borrow it...
Gao Lao Zhuang.

Four miles southeast of Jianshan Lake, there is also a Gaoda Temple to the west.

Because they have the same name as the place where Zhu Bajie married his wife in Journey to the West, Gaolaozhuang and Gaoda Temple are also quite famous in villages and towns.

Gaolaozhuang has a population of more than a thousand. It is a large village. It has recruited 200 local warriors and can recruit more than [-] young people.

But facing the rebel army led by Hong Niangzi, the largest landlord in Gaolaozhuang, Gao Dequan did not dare to resist.

A few years ago, he heard the news that rebels were out in Tianmu Mountain and raided various villages. He even sent people to inquire about it. All those with a bad reputation and those who resisted the rebels had their families destroyed.

There is no village or castle that can stop the rebels from attacking.

At first, he still didn't believe it, but when he saw the bandit army in front of him today, he immediately believed it.

Look, [-]% to [-]% of the soldiers were wearing armor. When they came over, the team was more organized than the official army and full of murderous intent.

How could the hundreds of young men in Gaolaozhuang resist such an army of thieves?

So he made a choice that was true to his heart, which was so decisive.

However, after getting scared, he was confused when he heard that the "rebels" had to pay an IOU if they wanted to borrow food.

When he came back to his senses, he showed a flattering look to the red lady and said: "General, consider these thousand stones of food as a gift from me to the rebels, and don't pay the IOU, okay?"

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