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Chapter 1491 Rebels
In any era, as long as those who usher in a new era take the first step, there is no turning back.

He may give up halfway and give up because he is against the entire old era, but he will never turn back, because responsibility and the general trend will push him forward.

Liu Ruguo is a lucky person who found what he should do in this land far away from his hometown.

It's just a rough road ahead.

The news of Liu Ruguo's shortage of supplies was spreading everywhere outside the mountain. From time to time, people in several mountain passes brought him grain, salt, linen and even woolen cloth with horses on their backs.

Is Liu Ruguo short of supplies?
He is really lacking, but what he lacks is not these.

The Ming army stationed in Sheffield organizes people to go into the mountains every month to transport food. He has a lot of food; cloth and woolen fabrics are not too much, but they are enough.

At Dongshankou in the mountainous area close to Sheffield, Liu Ruguo led people busy building reservoirs in the north, building canals along the east and west sides of the south bank, and even set up a town called Anmin Town at the confluence of the rivers.

It was the time when the Beiyang cavalry escorted the people to escort the grain and grass to Anmin Town, and there were teams like this every month.

The food transportation team starts from Sheffield, usually led by two Beiyang Banner troops, leading [-] Muye soldiers, guarding more than [-] civilians and minyongs along the way, and escorting more than [-] carriages. Return to Sheffield the next day.

"I need farm tools for digging mines, war horses, armor, government-made weapons and firearms."

Liu Ruguo looked at the escorting grain cart with a sad face, and said to the Beiyang Banner Army who was escorting the grain: "Please also report to Qiqian households for me, I can buy it."

The general of the Ming army stationed in the east, surnamed Qi, was originally a cavalry under Ying Ming's command. He made great contributions during the war in the Kingdom of Alan. Now he has attracted more than a thousand troops to station in Sheffield, which is the second line of defense against the enemy in the north.

It is really difficult for Liu Ruguo. Since Ailan led several disciples to raise troops, he has commanded troops at most close to 8000, but just like Yunjuan Yunshu, there may be [-] people before the war, and only three are left after the battle. Thousands.

When the next battle begins, there will be another 7000 people, and after the first battle, there will be [-] left.

There are always new faces who come, but most of the people left after the war are old faces.

Seriously, not many people died in battle, whether he hit Drake or Drake hit him, neither side would die much.

The most capable old feudal troops in England and Scotland were wiped out in the battle, and the reorganized troops did not have such a strong desire to fight, and they usually broke up after being unable to withstand three attacks.

Of course, the same is true for many of Liu Ruguo's troops. Basically, no matter how many troops he has on his books, the five centurions under Liu Ruguo's men can really play a role.

Others let alone fight, as long as the enemy's cannon fires on the battlefield, the trees will fall and the monkeys will disperse and run away without a trace.

He suffered because he didn't have a decent cannon.

And can't pick up the enemy's cannon.

Although Liu Ruguo fought many victories, he always relied on his five teams of men and horses, and the rest were subordinates who followed the common people, with limited armor and very weak combat effectiveness.

Not only were they unable to bring effective blows to the enemy during the attack, but even in pursuit, they were unable to expand the results of the battle.

In the battle with Drake, the five teams often tear open the gap, and the large troops follow. Then tear the gap, and the enemy army will be defeated from the overhanging part.

In this way, there is almost no one who can directly annihilate the enemy army, and naturally there is no way to clean up the battlefield, and it is impossible to really reduce Drake's combat effectiveness.

Liu Ruguo had no choice but to take in the people who followed him. He had no choice but to take part in one battle after another. Now that Anmin Town was established, he tried his best to weed out the old and the weak and expand the fifth battalion. However, the armaments were not enough. up.

Liu Ruguo's words made the Banner Army who was escorting the grain also face difficulties: "Master Liu, it's useless to tell Qi Qianhu about your matter. He can't be the master, and he hasn't got all the troops of the Qianhu Department yet."

"Besides, armaments can't be sold. You can only write a letter to General Ying. As long as you ask the general to prepare a guard, you don't need to buy armaments and armaments. As long as the London government can approve them, they will be delivered."

The Beiyang Banner Army active in England and Ireland, even if they don't have any official positions, almost all of them can "reach the sky" in this land.

Ying Ming is like the local emperor here. Everyone in these Northern Banner Army is Ying Ming's old subordinates, and at the latest they followed Ying Ming when he was working on Qianhu, and they were all confidantes.

Liu Ruguo's affairs are difficult to handle.

From the perspective of the Beiyang Banner Army, they did their best. Liu Ruguo never asked for food, and they never bought food. They just came to deliver food.

Whether it is Qi Qianhu stationed in Sheffield or thousands of households stationed elsewhere, they all admire Liu Ruguo, so they can help as much as they can.

But the military law is there, and the ordnance cannot be given. Sending dozens of ammunition to the people who ask the people for support is already the limit of what they can do.

Because Liu Ruguo is not a regular army.

In fact, it's not a big deal if it's not a regular army. The Muye soldiers recruited by Li Yuxi are not regular army either. All the tens of thousands of Muye soldiers walking in England today are mercenaries.

Come, Li Yuxi will give An Jiayin; if you are here, Li Yuxi will pay the army; if you die, Li Yuxi will give you a pension.

However, Li Yuxi relied on the official document of Yang Zhaolong, the magistrate of Muye County, to allow him to recruit troops.

Now Li Yuxi has nothing to do with these Muye soldiers other than paying for them.

As for this, Li Yuxi is willing to pay nearly 20 taels of military salary a year. To put it bluntly, in Li Yuxi's eyes, this is a trip of ten smoke boats.

Using ten smoke boats for a trip, in exchange for nearly a thousand ships entering and shutting down in Puli Harbor every year for replenishment without paying taxes, he earns no matter what.

Although England can only digest half of these pastoral smoke, and the rest still has to pay taxes when it goes to France and Daming Port in Spain, but he also earns a lot of money.

What's more, the tobacco market in England is a piece of land that can be cultivated deeply for Li Yuxi. There are at most 20 people in his place who have the habit of smoking, which is less than one tenth.

For this reason, Li Yuxi is willing to invest all the money he earns, and his goal is just one sentence.

You don't even smoke, do you deserve to be an Englishman?

But Liu Ruguo is different. He doesn't have any official documents from the Ming Dynasty approving him to recruit soldiers, and his troops don't have military pay. He almost robs nobles and merchants wherever he goes in a war, rolls up the people and continues to go, until now. Only then did Anmin calm down.

What's more, the most important thing is whether he once joined hands with Alan Wang Zhu Xiaoen to fight against the enemy, or now he should send an order to transfer him to the north of London House to resist the enemy, Liu Ruguo never told the government to give me a plan.

The Beiyang Banner Army who came here really didn't want to provoke Liu Ruguo with this - according to the traditional concept, Liu Ruguo's people are a rebel army at best, and a gang of thieves at worst.

It's not that the regular army of Ming Dynasty doesn't want him, but that he has never expressed the idea of ​​joining the regular army of Ming Dynasty.

Who dares to sell him the cannon?
　good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)