The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 140
After Tubu Kush killed the 200 miners, he came back and continued to transfer people, planning to take this method many times to quietly kill more than [-] ahas here.

People who have just carried out massacres are always unusual. The miners have already sensed the strangeness, and they have become vigilant and secretly guard against Jiannu.

Thirty more men were tricked out, and several miners escaped when the savages again attacked in the back.

After all, it is a cold weapon, and the efficiency of killing people is limited. The fleeing miners shouted loudly all the way, "Jiannu is killing people, everyone run away!  …"

The miners who stayed to work in the Xishan mine were forced to start a riot. They held up baskets and swayed iron picks to attack those crazy bastards. Unfortunately, the slaves were prepared, and the miners suffered heavy casualties.

Just when the workers in the Xishan mine were suppressed by Jiannu's bows and arrows at the mouth of the mine, there was nothing they could do.

More than 100 people led by Wu Si, Qin Zhuang, and Lu Zhongming came from the east. They all had weapons, two walking bows and two cavalry bows. Wu Si and Qin Zhuang also put on the captured iron armor.

Tubu Kush did not expect to be caught off guard by two flanking attacks, and was beaten to death by a dozen miners who rushed forward screaming and fearless.

He suddenly found that the red-eyed miners were not easy to deal with, so he fled decisively into the mountains. When the miners were chasing them, a few Jiannus turned around and shot arrows, and many fell down. Finally, five Jiannus and three bannermen disappeared. mountain forest.

When Huang Sheng rushed here with his men and horses, there was almost a misunderstanding. The miners had no mental preparation for the Ming army to attack here. When they found a well-equipped army, they thought that the Jiannu army had returned, and immediately fled into the mountains.

Fortunately, Huang Sheng brought along Lu Ping and Gu Yicang as guides, and everyone shouted in unison to clear up the misunderstanding. Unfortunately, dozens of fast-footed people ran away without a trace.

Huang Sheng's team came to the scene of the Jiannu massacre and found the corpses of innocent miners. Everyone was filled with righteous indignation. They expressed that they would go deep into the mountains and attack several other mines.

Master Huang was of course good-natured, and everyone disregarded fatigue and divided into two groups to act. The slaves and traitors who managed the mines in the mountains seemed to have heard the news and fled.

When we returned to Shitou Village, the sun was already in the west, because there were dozens of injured miners who needed to be taken care of, and some tools and food that the miners were reluctant to throw away. A batch of cattle and horses seized in the mining area could not carry so many Everyone carried things on their shoulders, so they came back much slower.

There are still many materials in the stone village that have not been transported away. Huang Sheng is unwilling to leave them behind, and he can't destroy them, because the pig iron mined and refined by Jiannu this year is about 90 million catties.

It is not easy for the backward Jiannu to produce these things. Taking these raw materials away means that Jiannu will lose a lot of armor and weapons. Of course, we must do our best to not only transport the materials away, but also the iron boards used by the blacksmith to forge the iron. To build slaves.

The rest of these things are not worth mentioning in later generations, but five or six hundred tons of steel raw materials, twenty trucks with a load of [-] tons, were transported away at one time, but in the Ming Dynasty, it was a difficult task to use human and animal power. transport tasks.

Huang Sheng informed everyone to scientifically allocate labor, take turns to rest, change people for horses, and do not change cattle for transportation.

The sailors on the warships have long been rotated to help move things. Now there are more than 600 young and strong laborers rushing to transport supplies, more than 400 war horses and draft horses, and less than [-] cattle. The horse-drawn carts and ox carts seized outside the military vehicles were only three hundred or so.

Taking the method of resting people, cattle and horses, and not resting the car will of course improve work efficiency, and it can also allow hard-working people to sit down and eat a delicious meal of pilaf.

The Jian slaves in Shitouzhai Dunbao raised many pigs. Huang Mingli had arranged for a few Han people who had been butchers to put down more than [-] pigs. The soldiers and civilians had fresh pork for dinner to improve their meals.

As the sun went down, Huang Sheng returned to the warship "Guangning" after a tiring day. He Xiang and the others were already waiting for him. He didn't even have time to take a break and rushed to visit a dozen or so wounded.

A musketeer named Yi Facai was the most seriously injured. He stepped on the ground and fell while covering the roof. He was unlucky and hit the millstone, breaking several ribs and breaking his leg.

The medical girl Li Guixiang had already dealt with it, and she told Huang Sheng that the soldier should not die, but it was very possible that he would become crippled.

Huang Sheng is quite familiar with this kid. He was one of the Ahhas rescued in the sneak attack on Wanghaidun last year. He is 16 years old this year. Because of his excellent character and learning, and his shooting talent, he is already the corps leader of the musketeers.

"My lord, I'm afraid that the younger one will not be able to serve the lord loyally in the future, and the younger one will become a burden to the lord..." The young man who had been gritting his teeth just now burst into tears when he saw his beloved Patriarch.

"Nonsense, if you take good care of yourself, you won't necessarily be lame. What's more, even if you walk with some crutches, so what? This is a sign of honor, and this is the glorious memory you left behind for your country."

All the wounded were listening to the adults' teachings, and at this moment they suddenly felt that the wound didn't hurt so much anymore.

There was also a heavy infantry soldier named Qian Meng who was seriously injured. He was smashed with a mace by a Jiannu who suddenly jumped out. Fortunately, the all-steel armor was strong. This soldier was not killed on the spot, and his shoulder bones were smashed up.

Li Guixiang grafted his bone, and this arm of Kong Wu's powerful heavy infantry was almost useless after he recovered, and he couldn't use his strength at all.

Huang Sheng visited each of the wounded and comforted them to take good care of their wounds. It doesn’t matter if they can’t be soldiers on the battlefield. The Huang family still needs many soldiers in the back office. Anyway, they won’t leave any warriors who fought for the country behind. There is a good home for honorably wounded soldiers.

After hearing the Patriarch's promise, the mood of the wounded soldiers immediately stabilized a lot. Several soldiers who were worried about their injuries all gritted their teeth and endured the severe pain while receiving treatment without saying a word, but now they couldn't cry.

Huang Sheng also went to see the rescued Han wounded, and loudly told the medical soldiers who were nursing and treating them to try their best not to let a compatriot die, and of course he received countless words of gratitude from the heart.

As night fell, more than 500 fires were lit from Shitouzhai to the seaside. In this way, it was as if there were bright street lights. People and vehicles still kept coming and going at night, and the transportation was not smooth.

This is when Huang Sheng discovered that Jiannu hoarded a mountain of wood for fire. He arranged for the blacksmiths to make use of it, and piled up a pile of wood every thirty or fifty steps. Every ten Han people with less physical strength were responsible for adding firewood and fire. , the effect is really good.

In the afternoon of the next day, all the materials were transported to the beachhead. Although the Huang family had eight warships and ten horse boats, such a large amount of materials could not be transported away without three or four trips.

Huang Sheng couldn't ask for money or his life, so he sent all the warships and horse boats to carry the goods home in a foolish way.

I brought soldiers and Han people to guard things on the beachhead. If Jiannu came, wouldn't it be artificial death?Therefore, the eight warships had to be left to ensure safety, and only ten horse boats could be arranged to run back and forth for transportation.

In unavoidable circumstances, the only way to move step by step.

Huang Sheng was very familiar with the landforms here. About five nautical miles away from the beachhead, there was a small island called Immortal Island. Although it was less than one nautical mile away from the mainland, it was only a little bigger than Huangjiashan Island.

But as long as the materials are transported to the island for temporary storage, Jiannu should only be disappointed.

When my own fleet delivers the goods back once and then comes back, there are still six ships at home that can also come to participate in the transportation, and the three trips will definitely return the particles to the warehouse.

Another trip can completely transport people, cattle and horses away, after all, the Huang family now has fourteen horse boats.

The establishment of a temporary transshipment site on Xianren Island is not afraid of being discovered by Jiannu. They can't find a boat to transport troops in a short time.

My own lookout post is always monitoring the enemy's situation ten miles away, and I use a telescope with a focal length nearly forty times to observe carefully. It is impossible not to find a large group of Jiannu cavalry approaching.

If the assembled Jiannu were bold and dared to cross the sea to attack, it would be useless for them to come as many rafts, and of course it would be easy for their own warships to fight these landlubbers.

Huang Sheng ordered the cavalry to shrink to the beachhead for defense within five miles, and the ten horse boats he brought began to use the method of ants to move houses to transport supplies to Xianren Island day and night.

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