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"Fathers and fellow villagers, you don't have to be afraid, we are the Ming King, and we are here to save you. But we have too few men, so you can wait here for now, and then you will go down the mountain when our army arrives. Xia Yunshan said.

The old man at the head said, "Girl, isn't your army different from the officers and soldiers?" Zuo Liangyu back then, wasn't he also the master of the Ming Dynasty? Why do they rob the common people? There is also the Green Battalion Qing Army, they were originally also Ming Army! When they were on the side of the Ming army, they surrendered to the Qing army, aren't we ordinary people as unlucky? ”

Xia Yunshan replied: "That was the former Ming army, and now our Qiongzhou army is completely different!" If you don't believe it, you can go south and ask the people there. ”

On the morning of the next day, on the edge of the official road leading from Yuezhou to Wuchang, the morning glow showed a pink dawn in the sky, looking from the air to the northeast of Wujian Mountain, from Pingchuan under the mountain range to the east bank of the Yangtze River, all of which were full of people like ants. The crowd was unkempt and ragged. These are the people who fled, the villages near Wuchang were destroyed by the Qing army, the young and middle-aged men were captured, and the remaining women and children, the old and weak, refused to let go, and the Qing army came from time to time and captured the half-grown boys.

Not only that, but there are also some women who have fallen into bad luck.

It stands to reason that most of the beauties were born in the families of high-ranking officials and nobles, and some were born in medium-sized families, and it is impossible for tenants and long-term workers to produce beautiful women in these poor families, in addition to tenants and long-term workers, they cannot afford to marry beautiful daughters-in-law, and there is also malnutrition, even some girls who inherited their father's good looks will not look good because of malnutrition.

For example, some poor families can't survive anymore, so they sell their daughters to large families to become maids, and as a result, when the daughters who become maids grow up, they are often much better looking than their parents, just because of nutrition.

No matter how beautiful a woman is, she is skinny and skinny, and her face is yellow and thin, she will not look good.

Therefore, there are no good-looking women in these villages, and there are a few girls who were born in a peasant rich peasant family and have a decent appearance, who have long fled to Wuchang with their parents, and the rest did not escape, and those who were harmed by the Qing army were poor peasants.

But after staying in the barracks where even mosquitoes are males for a long time, the sow has also become a sable.

As a result, some women were harmed by the Qing soldiers, and the Qing soldiers came out to grab food, catch strong men, and met some women who could be seen, so they went on desperately, they thought that anyway, if these Diao people were kept, they would also become people from the Ming Kingdom, and the scourge would be pulled down anyway. So the Qing army, which had corrupted military discipline, began to plague women.

The villages living on the side of the mountains are better, the common people drag their families and mouths, and drill into the mountains and forests, it is difficult for the Qing army to find them, and the Qing army is also afraid of being scouted by the Ming army in the mountains and forests and ambushed at night, so they dare not rashly enter the mountains and forests. But in the villages of the plains, they were unlucky, and there was nowhere to run.

No, the people in the north fled to the south one after another, and the Qing army was in hot pursuit.

"Catch them!" A Qing army commander shouted.

The Qing army put the general smirk and said, "Catch the man and bring it back!" Grab the woman, brethren let go and have fun! These Diao people still want to run to Minggou's side! ”

The people fleeing in front ran desperately, but they could outrun the Qing soldiers behind! The common people dragged their families with their mouths, and they still carried bottles and cans in their hands, those were their furniture, and they were really reluctant to throw them away. There are also women holding children, and some half-old children supporting the gray-haired old people, how can the team of women, children, old and weak outrun those wolf-like Qing soldiers!

An old man who ran at the back was chased by the Qing soldiers, this man was unclothed, his hair was completely white, and his face was wrinkled like an axe and a chisel. This old man, who looks like he is in his seventies, is actually only in his fifties, and his empty eyes reflect the despair of life. Maybe he was so tired from running that he couldn't run, so he simply stopped.

"Throw thieves and disrupt the people, and there is no mercy for killing!" The Qing army general shouted.

A Qing soldier pulled out the sword at his waist, only to see the knife flash, and a white-haired head flew into the sky.

More old people, women and children were caught up. The old man was caught up by the Qing army and slashed directly with a knife. Even young children, even babies in swaddling clothes, the Qing army did not let go.

A Qing soldier caught up with a little boy of about five years old, pressed the little boy to the ground, grabbed two legs, one of which was trampled by the Qing soldier with his foot, grabbed the other leg of the little boy with both hands, and pulled it on the shoulder, only to hear a heart-rending scream, and the poor little boy was torn in half on the spot!

"Mother, mother!" A little girl, about five or six years old, cried and hugged the leg of a Qing soldier because her mother was carried on the shoulders by the Qing soldiers, and she wanted to save her mother with her young arms.

"This little girl is quite peugeot!" The soldier lowered his head and lifted the little girl up.

From time to time, ordinary people were chased by the Qing soldiers, the old ones were killed, those who were too young to work were also killed by the Qing soldiers, and the women were captured by the Qing soldiers. The half-grown child, the old man who can still do things, was also tied up by the Qing soldiers as a strong man, ready to be sent to Wuchang. And those women will also be sent to Wuchang in the end.

"Women are also useful when defending the city! When the time comes, use them to block the dog's firearms! Isn't Ming Dog a firearm sharp? Women belong to the yin and can break firearms! A Qing army general said.

The women who were caught were all crushed by the Qing soldiers, and a group of Qing soldiers came up and prepared to commit violence. The five or six-year-old girl just now was also among them, and the little girl's clothes had all been torn by the Qing soldiers, revealing her delicate skin. After all, it is a child, and despite malnutrition, the skin is still white and tender.

"Bang" A gunshot sounded, and a bullet from nowhere pierced the head of the Qing army.

Immediately followed by another crisp gunshot, a Qing army commander looked at his exploding chest in disbelief, and slowly fell backwards on his back.

The sound of "bang, bang, bang" rifled guns continued to sound, and with each shot, a Qing soldier was shot, and a stream of blood spurted out of his head and body, and he fell unwillingly in a pool of blood.

A Qing soldier turned his head to look at the white smoke rising from the grove more than a hundred paces away, and he shouted: "Brothers, Minggou's firearms are not loaded so fast!" Let's rush up and kill the Bright Dog! ”

Groups of Qing soldiers roared wildly, brandishing swords, guns, bows and arrows, and rushed towards the woods where Xia Yunshan and the others were hiding. (To be continued.) )