Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 53
Looking at the ragged people not far away, they just watched eagerly, a little afraid to come over.

One of the soldiers who helped him quickly took out a few steamed buns and said with a gentle smile: "Come on, come on, it's important to fill your stomach first, don't starve the child to death."

The second half of the sentence dispelled all the worries of a mother. She put the two young children aside, and then walked over alone with the courage, while others watched quietly.

Perhaps seeing that it was No.1, the soldier was very enthusiastic. He took out five steaming steamed buns from the steamer, wrapped them in a piece of paper, and handed them carefully to the mother.

She looked at her dirty hands, wiped them vigorously, and then took them carefully.

After receiving the steamed buns, she didn't speak, but knelt on the ground with a thump, about to kowtow.

The soldier hurried forward, pulled her up and said, "No, no, our general said that as soldiers, it is our dereliction of duty to let the people we protect suffer from hunger."

"Starting today, we will work hard to ensure that everyone in the city is fed and clothed warmly."

The mother who was lifted up looked moved, and bowed again to salute, and then retreated to the side of the two children, leading the two children away from the crowd immediately.

Seeing that the food could really be obtained without any danger, everyone no longer hesitated and almost rushed forward.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, everyone has..." As if expected, the soldiers in charge immediately put down what they were doing and began to control the order.

The distribution of food on the first day caused some confusion, but it was contained in time, and the next few days improved a lot.

While helping the refugees in the city, Tangning was also doing another important thing, which was to ask Song Yunshu to check the household registration as soon as possible, and register all the people in the city.

Including their gender, name, age, address, occupation, family situation, etc., try to be as clear as possible.

Registering and making books is something that the forces in power often do. Coupled with the goodwill shown by the new army in the city these days, the people's rejection is very small, and things are proceeding in an orderly manner.

During the registration process, once an unoccupied house was found, or a collapsed house that needed to be repaired, Tangning would immediately arrange for relevant personnel to deal with it.

Either spend money to hire people, or directly ask soldiers to help, just to let all the homeless people in the city have a resting place.

If there are not enough houses after the personnel check is completed, he is also ready to build some shanty towns.

From this, it can be seen that Tangning didn't think about it, but had a plan in advance.

The new army did not close three doors and open one door like the rebels did, but opened all four doors without any blockade.

The situation here has already been spread.

The rebel leaders headed by Jiang Shiying are naturally resentful.

The new army first stabbed them in Chenghai County. Before they could settle accounts with those guys, they actually stretched their hands behind their sides and took Huanggang City. It is really abominable.

However, the progress of the rebel army has not been smooth these days. They failed to attack Haiyang, Chenghai, and Chaozhou Fucheng successively, and lost a lot of troops.

Faced with this situation, the leaders of the rebel army, including Jiang Shiying, were a little hesitant to deploy troops to take revenge on the new army.

Another more important reason for hesitation is the combat effectiveness displayed by the new army.

The defeated army who fled back from the disastrous defeat in Chenghai County almost described the new army as heavenly soldiers and generals.

At that time, they saw that the new army immediately retreated to Honglian Mountain and did not take any further action, so Jiang Shiying and the others temporarily endured it.

But this time, the new army took down Huanggang City, which was protected by a fortified city, without any effort, which made them even more annoyed and shocked the new army's combat effectiveness even more.

Because of this, in the face of two humiliations, Jiang Shiying and his leaders still couldn't make up their minds.

Right now, it is also divided into two factions, one faction insists on sending a large army to retaliate immediately, and the other faction suggests to wait and see for a while.

After a few days of quarreling with no results, Jiang Shiying finally made the decision, and decided to send someone to test out what the new army was going to do, and whether it was determined to stand on the government's side and fight against the rebels.

The reason why there is still some hope for the new army is because the new army has never made it public that it will wear the same pants as the government, let alone vote in Chenghai County.

They called themselves the New Army, a privately formed army, which blatantly violated the Ming Dynasty's regulations, so it is not yet possible to equate them with the official army.

This can be regarded as a step down for the rebels, and it is also a fear of the strength of the new army.

If it was replaced by another less powerful force, no matter it was for face or for something, they would not be able to endure it until now.

Fortunately, the envoy sent to Huanggang City brought back good news, and the two sides reached an agreement soon.

With Huanggang City as the boundary, the rebel army is not allowed to appear in this area. In the future, the rebel army should not be embarrassing when they encounter personnel related to the new army.

The new army promised not to take the initiative to attack the rebels, nor to assist the government to encircle and suppress the rebels.

The rebels will not blame the past, and the two sides will not offend the river.

The conclusion of this agreement not only shows that the rebels do not intend to retaliate, but also do not want Huanggang City.

One of the important reasons why Huanggang City can be put down is that Huanggang City is not that important to the rebels.

Because the main function of Huanggang City is to guard against the sea and prevent the enemy from landing from the sea, it is used as an outpost blocking position.

It is precisely because of this that after the Japanese plague was quelled, the status of Huanggang City declined, and a certain degree of desertion appeared.

However, Jiang Shiying's rebels entered Chaozhou directly from Zhangzhou, Fujian, by land. Huanggang City played a very small role and was captured immediately.

Although the existence of Huanggang City poses a certain threat to the rear of the rebel army, the threat is not great. This is also an important reason why the rebel leader can bear it.

Of course, in order to thank the volunteers for their tolerance and generosity, Tangning gave Jiang Shiying her gun, a Type [-] pistol, as a gift.

After trying out the P38 pistol, Jiang Shiying immediately communicated the content of the agreement to the entire army, and the conflict between the two sides came to an end.

Jiang Shiying temporarily let go of a big stone in his heart, but Liu Gong, the magistrate of Chenghai County, became worried. He never expected that Tangning would make a sudden move.

Although Huanggang City was under the jurisdiction of Raoping County and Tangning acquired it from the rebels, it was still the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

If Tangning is willing to hand it over, then let it go. If she is not willing to hand it over, and occupying the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it will be tantamount to rebellion.

In order to clarify the situation, Liu Gong naturally wanted to send someone to verify it.

In the end, the news that Yang Chengde brought back basically confirmed that Tangning wanted to manage Huanggang City as his own territory, and it was obviously unlikely to hand it over.

More importantly, Tangning once again declined to assist the officers and soldiers in encircling and suppressing the rebels, showing a very self-reliant attitude.

Faced with such a situation, Liu Gong was even more embarrassed. He wanted to pretend not to see it. After all, Tang Ning had gone to Huanggang City and was not under his jurisdiction.

However, from time to time, the new army sent personnel to Chenghai County for various trades, and even posted recruitment notices in Chenghai County. How could he pretend to be deaf and dumb?

(End of this chapter)