Chapter 219: White Lotus Sect
The soldiers stopped the old woman and her granddaughter, Wang Yu drank the soldiers, looked at the old woman and granddaughter in front of him, and saw that the old woman was in rags, with gray hair, bent waist, and a cane in her hand, and every step was very difficult, but the old woman's eyes were not as gray as ordinary old men, but clear and black. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info looked at the little girl next to her, about eight to ten years old, also ragged, sallow face, but a pair of eyes were big and bright.
The old woman bent over: "The old man dares to ask the prince, and the son and grandson of the old man don't know whether they are dead or alive?" If they are still alive, when will they return? ”
After asking about the situation, Wang Yu learned that the old woman's son and grandson were both boatmen on the canal, and later the Qing army expanded the sailors, and the son and grandson were arrested to serve as soldiers. Because of the lack of food in the family, the daughter-in-law died soon after, leaving only the two grandparents to rely on each other. Later, they heard the news that most of the Qing army sailors were alive and only taken prisoners, so they came to inquire, hoping to see their relatives go home.
"Lord Wang, please let the husband of the people's daughter go home!"
"Lord Wang, please let the father of the folk girl go home!"
"Lord Wang, I haven't seen my son for a long time, and I hope that the prince will be gracious!"
"Lord Wang, there are only mothers-in-law and orphans left in the women's family, and I hope the prince will be gracious!"
"Lord Wang, the little girl's brother was arrested to serve as a soldier, and the daughter was left to take care of her parents, and I hope that the prince will be gracious!"
All the people knelt down and kowtowed to Wang Yu to ask for their husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers to return home and their families to be reunited.
These people are the families of canal boatmen and dock workers, and although some of them are the families of the soldiers or gang members, most of them are innocent people. At present, their relatives are being held in prisoner-of-war camps, and there are no adult men in the family, so you can imagine how they will survive with these women and children, old and weak.
Wang Yu raised his voice and shouted: "Fellow villagers, don't worry! We are arranging for you to see your loved ones soon! Your family members have been soldiers for the Tartar puppet dynasty, and now the Tartars have been defeated, and they are in our hands. However, there are still many real and fake Tartars among the captives, and we still need to go through the screening. Those real and fake Tartars, we will send them to overseas wilderness to serve hard labor and labor reform them! And your family, after we have screened them, we will either integrate them into the railroad soldiers, or restore their status as dock workers and boatmen, and then you will be able to see your family! ”
The number of refugees was too large, and it was impossible for tens of thousands of people to hear Wang Yu's voice alone, so his own soldiers and some officers passed on separately.
An old man with gray hair asked, "But my lord, how are we going to live now?" ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, you can rest assured! In the camp, we will make sure you have enough food every day! You can live here for a while! When your family makes arrangements, we will also arrange a livelihood for you! Wang Yu said.
As for arranging a way out for these women and children, Wang Yu already had a plan in mind, for example, arranging for them to go to textile factories and garment factories in Shanghai, or to set up canneries, food factories, and hospitals on both sides of the canal and along the future Tianjin-Pudong Railway, and arrange some jobs that women can also fill.
Bags of food were unloaded on the arriving ships, and the food was moved into the camp.
A large cauldron was set up in the camp, in which steaming multigrain rice porridge was boiled, and steamed buns were steamed in steamers. Smelling the aroma of porridge and steamed buns, the refugees, who were originally emotionally unstable, temporarily settled down.
The pair of grandparents who had first come up to question Wang Yu had disappeared at some point, and when they came to an abandoned and dilapidated house by the canal, the old woman took off the disguise on her face and revealed a cold and beautiful face, which was obviously a young woman in her early twenties. The little girl also took off the disguise on her face, and was a very delicate and cute little beauty embryo.
"Our Lady, do we still help the Ming Dynasty to regain its sight?" The little girl asked.
It turned out that the two ancestors and grandchildren were disguised as the leader of the White Lotus Sect and the holy daughter of the White Lotus Sect, and the previous White Lotus Sect also cooperated with the Heaven and Earth Society to discuss the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. But now that the Qing court is about to perish, the White Lotus Sect cannot change the tradition of rebelling against professional households, and is ready to part ways with the Heaven and Earth Society.
The sect leader sneered: "Back then, our sect and the Ming sect joined forces to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, if there was no us, would Zhu Chongba be able to sit on the throne?" can only hate Zhu Chongba, the old thief, who turned his face and didn't recognize people! Before, it was the Tartars who entered the customs and oppressed the people, and we had no choice but to cooperate with Minggou. Now that the Tartar is about to die, you say that we still need to cooperate with Minggou? ”
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Hundreds of miles away, Jining City.
At that time, Weishan Lake was much larger than now, and Jining City was by the lake.
On the lake, a huge fleet appeared, slowly heading in the direction of Jining. The first four smemoky river steam gunboats split the waves, and the bow of the ship was facing the direction of Jining, leaving a white wake at the stern. Behind the inland river steam gunboats, followed by the huge sails and manpower of the inland river division fleet, they slaughtered towards Jining.
To the north of Jining City, a cavalry of the Ming army appeared, and Wang [Fu] Chen led the cavalry to cut off the retreat of the Qing army defending the city.
The main force of the Ming army took large and small boats, entered Weishan Lake from the canal, and landed under the city of Jining. After the Ming army came ashore, they immediately arranged their attack positions. At this time, the number of Qing troops in Jining City was not much, because the main force of the Qing army was annihilated in Lianghuai, the Qing army in Shandong was already surviving, the Ming army came all the way, and almost all the cities took the initiative to open the door and surrender.
However, Tang Bin, a Qing court official in Jining City, was a hardcore traitor who was determined to do things for the Qing court, and this physicist who was later scolded by Zou Rong as a tame slave was a vicious dog of the court such as cynicism.
Tang Bin in real history, obtained Wenzheng, this nickname is very familiar to everyone, Zeng Guofan at the end of the Qing Dynasty also obtained the nickname of Wenzheng, throughout the entire Qing Dynasty, a total of only eight civil officials obtained this nickname, Tang Bin is one of them.
Lu Liuliang, who is also a physicist, is a Han Chinese scholar who swears to defend the interests of his own nation.
Although Tang Bin had the determination to defend Jining to the death, there were only more than 1,000 green battalion Qing troops in the city, and Tang Bin recruited more than 5,000 local people, and there were only 6,000 people in total who could be used to defend the city. And they faced more than 70,000 Qiongzhou troops armed to the teeth, including 50,000 land divisions and 20,000 water divisions, not including auxiliary soldiers and people.
"Back then, Hao Zhao guarded Chencang, but with only 3,000 people, he blocked Zhuge Liang's tens of thousands of troops! Now that I have 6,000 men, I will make the blood of the Ming Dogs flow like a river under the city! Tang Bin said with an oath.