Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 32

Before I knew it, another few months had passed.The time is already the 17th year of Chongzhen, after today, tomorrow will be the 18th year of Chongzhen.A lot of things happened in the past few months. Not long after the Tazi green battalion invaded Laohugou, the change of obedience order came again, so a large number of unyielding people who swore to defend China's clothes came to join the security group.Many of them are educated and literate scholars.So, taking advantage of the people's violent resistance to the Tartars, who shaved their hair and changed clothes, Qiu Tianxing hastily established his own team for the great cause of resisting the Tartars.

Now Tang Wang Zhu Yujian, supported by Fujian Zheng Zhilong and others, proclaimed himself emperor in Fuzhou, named Longwu, and carried the banner of Jiangnan's resistance against Tartars.Because of the blockage of news, Tang Wang Zhu Yujian supervised the country for 40 days, and Lu Wang Zhu Yihai also supervised the country in Shaoxing, the occupied area.Because the two regimes competed with each other for the orthodox position, not only did they fail to cooperate sincerely, but they dragged each other's legs and consumed the anti-Tartar forces.Qiu Tianxing didn't like contact with these bureaucrats, so he neither responded remotely nor used their year names, because Qiu Tianxing wanted to use his own efforts to resist the Tartars.Therefore, he decided to still use the reign name of Chongzhen.

Since the defeat of the Yingshan Green Camp, Laohugou has enjoyed a few months of peace.Relying on the protection of Laohugou, the villagers seem to feel that it is still a peaceful and prosperous time, but the outside world is a hellish scene.

After shaving their hair and obeying orders, the Chinese Han people resisted the tyranny of the Tartars one after another. As a result, they did not get the guidance of the Nanming court. They fought on their own, and were wiped out one by one, with tens of millions of sacrifices. This struggle lasted for 37 years. as long as.

Every day, there are Han people from the outside world who are unwilling to endure the tyranny of the Tartars and seek refuge in Laohugou.As a result, the number of people in Laohugou increased, and now it has reached [-].With such a large population, there is no room for living in Tiger Ditch.Today, the relocated houses are densely packed around the ten-mile radius of Laohugou.

When there are too many people, Qiu Tianxing's first worry is not to fight against the Manchu Tartars, but to solve the problem of feeding the people below.Most of them came here in a hurry, and their wealth and property were left in the old houses under the rule of the Tartars.After they fled, it was natural that these properties were confiscated by the Tartars and their scoundrels.It can be said that they all leave the house without leaving the house, and the only thing they have is their body and a fighting spirit in their bodies.In order to win over these people, and also in order to increase the strength of the security team, Qiu Tianxing would not refuse anyone who came, regardless of whether the opponent was a strong man or an old, weak, sick and disabled, he would treat them equally.Now, here comes the problem.

"My lord, now we have less than [-] dans of food in reserve, but the population under our control has reached [-], and each person's share is less than [-] catties. It's spring plowing after the Chinese New Year, so Some food, let alone surplus food, I’m afraid there’s not even enough food for planting, how can we sow seeds?”

On New Year's Eve, Qiu Tianxing was still eating at Zhang's hometown.Everyone didn't say anything to celebrate the New Year, but still talked about business affairs.

Hearing what Zhang Lao said, Qiu Tianxing put on a bitter face, and drank the tea in the bowl in one gulp.Because of the shortage of food, Qiu Tianxing had issued a prohibition order some time ago.

Seeing that Qiu Tianxing didn't reply, Zhang Lao said boldly.

"Why don't we cut down the army? There isn't much war right now, so we can cut down half of the army. This way we can save a lot of food."

"No, not only can't we cut down the army, but we have to expand it. Right now, the security regiment of 3000 people is really too small. If the Tartar soldiers come, they will definitely not be able to resist it."

"We still need to expand the army! We have already expanded it once before." Hearing Qiu Tianxing's words, Mr. Zhang immediately yelled.His anxious white beard was about to stick up.

But Qiu Tianxing is also very helpless, it is impossible not to expand the army.According to the news from insiders, Mr. Fan Qian of Yingshan Green Camp finally got his wish after half a year of activities, and he may be transferred to him in the next year. If it is his son, then it is inevitable for him to fight this Yingshan Green Camp.Therefore, military expansion is inevitable now.

Seeing that Qiu Tianxing had made up his mind, Mr. Zhang stopped insisting.He just kept asking.

"What about the food problem after the military expansion? In less than a month, we will be short of food?"

Knowing that this issue is the most life-and-death matter at present, Qiu Tianxing thought for a long time and said.

"It takes a thousand days to raise soldiers. Now, in the past six months, the three thousand security regiments have been trained. But if you don't see blood, you will always be recruits. Let them disperse for a walk. I think it would be good to go to Runing Mansion in Henan. We are here In De'an Prefecture in Hubei, even if the Tartars pay attention, it is not so easy to cross the border to attack us. At least the lawsuit between De'an Prefecture and Runing Prefecture will take a long time."

Hearing what Qiu Tianxing said, Mr. Zhang nodded and agreed to Qiu Tianxing's suggestion.

So, just three days after the Spring Festival, the security corps took action, canceled the militia's holiday, gathered troops one after another, scattered in a squadron of 50 people, and sneaked into Runing Mansion, Henan.A wave of killing local tyrants and tartars is about to spread throughout Runing Mansion.

(End of this chapter)