There were more than a thousand people in Dongzhou Village sneaking into Hanchuan, and more than a hundred people fled back before Jiang Ang, but they returned to Dongzhou Village one after another, and Hu You had already led his troops to take over.
No one dared to criticize Hu Dangzhou, Tian Rusheng and others behind his back despite being panicked.
However, after Zhang Cong returned to Dongzhou Village, he secretly spread the news that Hu Danzhou and others were determined to occupy Qianchapu. Jiang Ang even argued with Hu Danzhou several times over this matter. This was indeed a fact.
The villagers who returned basically acquiesced.
In fact, this has subtly placed the responsibility for the tragic defeat of Panlong Village on Hu Dangzhou and others.
It's just that Jiang Ang had not returned at that time, Ma Zhanjiang and dozens of villagers who had fled back were all thinking of clinging to Chishan Village. Dongzhou Village was leaderless, and the old, weak, women and children were full of worries about being abandoned, so not many people had any thoughts to resent.
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Even if Zhang Cong secretly spreads that Chishan Village only wants to take away the young men of Dongzhou Village as consumables, he will definitely abandon the old, weak, sick and disabled. The villagers who have been tortured by God and become indifferent have more than luck in their hearts.
In addition to their expectations, no one thought of standing up to confront or fiercely oppose.
Jiang Ang's return gave the people of Dongzhou Village a backbone, and after seeing the hope of continuing to struggle to survive in Bailu Lake, the previously suppressed resentment and anger suddenly grew and exploded.
Hearing that Jiang Ang wanted to drive Hu You and the Chishan Village troops out of the Nanzhai Gate, and that some thoughtful people were taking the lead in agitating, thousands of men, women, and children gnashed their teeth and yelled and cursed, beating their chests and stomping their feet to drive the Chishan Village troops out.
Hu You's face was ashen and his teeth were clenching.
"My eldest son, please bear with the calm for a while and take a step back to open up the world!" Mr. Zhou warned Hu You in a frightened low voice not to get angry.
In the current situation, unless they make an immediate decision and kill Dongzhou Village with blood flowing into rivers, otherwise they can only give in and compromise——
If he doesn't make either choice, just remain in a stalemate and watch thousands of men, women, and children in Dongzhou Village continue to make passionate noises, Jiang Ang will be able to organize more people and besiege them to advance and retreat near Juyi Hall.
No.
At that time, whether they would live or die was really a matter of Jiang Ang's words. It was impossible for them to even send people back to Chishan Village to ask for help.
And Jiang Ang has a rough temperament. Although he has reached this point, he is definitely not a fool, but if he gets angry, he will not hesitate to fight Chishanzhai to the death.
At this point, Master Zhou felt that he still couldn't provoke Jiang Ang.
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Hu You was almost furious after listening to Jiang Angyu's bossy words, but he was able to suppress the anger in his chest and said in a loud voice:
"Who is to blame for the fall of Panlong Village? General Tiansheng has a clear mirror and can make his own judgment. What I Chishan Village said does not count, and what you Jiang Ang said does not count - since Jiang Ang you have returned to Dongzhou Village
, then let’s step aside for now and wait for you to deal with the matters in Dongzhou Village before we discuss anything else!”
Jiang Ang also suspected that Hu Dangzhou was stubborn and entrenched in Qianchapu and refused to retreat. It was really possible that Sun Yanzhou had colluded with the Chihu people and instructed Hu Dangzhou to do this.
Sun Yanzhou did not expect to send men to Nancai to rescue them, but actually agreed to Hu Danzhou's annexation of Dongzhou Village to make up for the losses of Panlong Village's defeat. He was full of resentment towards Sun Yanzhou in his heart.
However, behind Sun Yanzhou was the entire Dongjing coalition, which was not something Jiang Ang could disobey at this time. At this time, in addition to slandering him, he showed his face to Hu You, waved his hand, pointed in the direction of Nanzhai Gate, and said in a loud voice:
"please!"
Although they had controlled Ma Zhanjiang and several of his direct lineage leaders at this time, they had not yet fully controlled the troops under Ma Zhanjiang's command.
And the hundreds of troops he had gathered through Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and other close brothers in the village beforehand didn't even have a few pairs of armor, so they were still not qualified to fight head-on with the troops in Chishan Village.
Besides, Chishan Village is still powerful, but Dongzhou Village is in shambles at this time. He simply detained Hu You, or reluctantly surrounded and killed him. By then, even if Tiansheng General Sun Yanzhou didn't stand up, he would just sit back and seize Hu You.
Seeing Hu Danzhou's crazy revenge, Dongzhou Village couldn't resist it.
Jiang Ang acted like a bachelor at this time, mainly to force Hu You to give in. Naturally, he wanted to give up as soon as he was satisfied.
However, Ma Zhanjiang, who was tied to the flagpole, struggled fiercely, trying to protect Hu You.
Hu You, however, did not look at Ma Zhanjiang and retreated to Juyi Hall first.
After a stick of incense, Hu You led the 200 troops of Chishan Village who had tidied up, and withdrew from Nanzhai Gate. They temporarily stopped in the beach outside Nanzhai Gate, waiting for Jiang Ang to finish handling the internal affairs of Dongzhou Village before getting out of the way.
Passage, let them go to Beizhaimen Pier and leave by boat.
The troops of Chishan Village temporarily retreated behind the gate of Nanzhai, and Jiang Ang completely controlled Dongzhou Village. On one side, he organized more than a hundred troops who had returned from Panlong Village into two separate teams, led by Zhao Shan and Liu Fujin.
The original troops of Ma Zhanjiang and his troops, as well as the troops that Mazhanjiang subsequently recruited from the stronghold and recruited from the stronghold, were mixed into the troops of Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and others.
As a result, Dongzhou Village pulled out the frame of 500 troops again, which gave Jiang Ang a little confidence. Then he opened the passage and allowed Hu You to lead his troops to evacuate from Beizhaimen Pier.
However, after Hu You led the troops from Chishan Village and left, Jiang Ang's heart was still filled with worries.
He was not worried about Sun Yanzhou being questioned.
He has no crime to ask.
To occupy the east of the Han River and not retreat was because Hu Dangpan was stubborn and even had Sun Yanzhou's instructions behind it. If Sun Yanzhou wanted to convince the public, it was impossible for him to take the blame. Therefore, Jiang Ang had no choice but to send people to the sky.
On the Holy Island, he went to Sun Yanzhou to report that he escaped from Nancai and returned to Dongzhou Village. He had no worries about Tiansheng General Sun Yanzhou.
He is not afraid of what Hu Danzhou will do to Dongzhou Village.
Hu You failed to eat Dongzhou Village at the first time and ran away in despair. In terms of sentiment and logic, Hu Dangzhou could no longer have any undue thoughts about Dongzhou Village.
The Dongjing Alliance Army is composed of thirty-six forces. Sun Yanzhou, the general of Tiansheng, cannot cover the sky with one hand, so how can Hu Dangzhou act without any scruples?
Jiang Ang is worried about how Dongzhou Village will survive the next few days.
Thirty-six brands jointly formed the Dongjing Alliance, and Dongzhou Village ranked at the bottom. This was related to Jiang Ang's temperament that he preferred to charge into battle and had no intention of running a power. However, at the peak of Dongzhou Village's scale, there were nearly eight people in the village.
Thousands of people, including 2,400 to 500 young men, plus a similar number of young women, this ratio is already quite high.
This was also caused by the war, upheaval and displacement. Quite a few old, weak, women and children did not survive.
There are only 30 to 50 acres of land on Dongzhou Island that can be cultivated.
In the past, Jiang Ang would keep half of the young and strong men. With the help of the old, weak, women and children, he would build nets and boats in Bailu Lake to catch fish, turtles, crabs and shrimps for food. He would also recruit half of the young and strong men into the camp. Every time he captured something, he would
They transported part of the food back to Dongzhou Village to make up for the shortage of food rations, so they could barely survive.
Therefore, Jiang Ang said that Ma Zhanjiang was corrupt and had no military resources, and did not deliver enough food, fodder, ordnance to the soldiers and horses on the expedition. He was simply framing and slandering Ma Zhanjiang, and wanted to make Ma Zhanjiang take the blame for part of the collapse of Panlong Village.
However, Jiang Ang was still not ruthless enough and did not immediately eliminate Ma Zhanjiang and several direct line leaders. Instead, he imprisoned them first and had no idea how to deal with them for the time being.
Dongzhou Village could barely survive in the past, and most of the villagers were so hungry that they looked sallow and thin.
After the disastrous defeat of Panlong Village, the number of young men in Dongzhou Village dropped by half. At this time, half of them were incorporated into the army. On the one hand, the number of young men involved in catching fish and crabs was greatly reduced. On the other hand, the number of young men in Dongzhou Village was greatly reduced.
The number of men and horses is not as large as before, and the possible seizures will also be greatly reduced. However, there are no less old, weak, women and children who need to be fed.
This means that the food gap is even larger than before, and hundreds of thousands of old, weak, women and children may not be able to survive this spring famine.
Jiang Ang people are not stupid, but they don't have many solutions to the problem of eating with so many mouths.
The only thing he could think of was to send someone to Tiansheng Island to ask for help.
However, in this case, if Tiansheng General Sun Yanzhou wants to mobilize him to charge into the battle, he has no reason to refuse; Dongzhou Village will also lose the opportunity to recuperate, and it is not known how many young men will be filled in the subsequent war.
This can only further weaken the strength of Dongzhou Village.
"Brothers, we all have to make up our minds as to where Dongzhou Village will go next!"
After Hu You led his troops to withdraw, Jiang Ang immediately summoned Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong, Zhao Shan, Liu Fujin and others who were officially the leaders of Dongzhou Village to discuss the matter.
Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and others all looked at each other.
In the past, they were all at the bottom of the clan or township. Some of them were forced to make a living and led some of the townships to become bandits. Or, to avoid war, they led some of the townships to live on each other and move south in embarrassment. The upper-class gentry in the clans
Landowners either became targets of plunder by the coalition forces, or fled with their families to large cities such as Jingzhou, Xiangyang, and Jiangxia.
This also determines that it is okay for Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and others to help lead more than a hundred people, but when they encounter higher-level problems, they are even more blind than Jiang Ang.
Zhao Shan and Liu Fujin also remained silent for the time being.
On the way back to Dongzhou Village, Zhao Shan made suggestions. It can be said that he was in the Jianghu in his early years and spent more than ten years in the Forbidden Army, so he had rich experience in the Jianghu camp.
When the perfect plan was presented, it was obviously unreasonable...
