I traveled through time, starting with two acres of land and a dog

After returning to Wuying, Du Chenyu immediately asked his father about the resettlement of refugees. His father said, "At present, a porridge shed has been set up at the Baizhang base to provide food for the refugees every day. More than ten people can be received every day. Shen Shiyu is in charge. He divides the refugees who are willing to go into the mountains into groups of 20, selects strong men as guards, takes care of the old and the young, and sends people to escort them to Lianghui. Then Hu Laosi sends people to continue escorting. More than 60 people have been sent in the past few days, and they are mainly resettled in the Xiguan area."

He asked Peng Huiyu to join in the resettlement of refugees in the next few days. Their team members must not only learn military affairs, but also learn local construction. It is a skill that every person in charge must master to command the army on horseback and manage the people on foot.

Du Chenyu saw the newly arrived refugees at the base. There were mostly women and children. Almost all of them wore linen clothes. The cuffs and trouser legs were torn with holes as if they had been scratched by a cat. Most of them were unkempt and skinny. Only a few elderly people and women wore torn straw sandals. A woman was walking behind with two children. The eldest was a boy about ten years old, and the second was a girl about 7 or 8 years old. They were all wearing straw sandals, and the children were also wearing adult torn clothes.

"Sister, you must be hungry, here is a pancake for you." He took out a white flour and sugar pancake from his pocket, which was his daily snack, and handed it to the little girl. She looked at him timidly, wanting to take it but not daring to. "Big brother, you and sister can eat together. It's like home here. His father will give you a house and food." He handed the pancake to the little boy, who subconsciously took it.

"Niu Wazi, hurry up and thank the young master," his mother said from behind, holding the bag on her back, supporting her knee with her left hand, and panting.

"Thank you, young master," the little boy held the pancake with both hands, bent down to say thank you, and then gave the pancake to his sister, "Little sister, you eat it, I'm not hungry," the little girl took it and took a light bite.

"It's delicious and sweet. Mom and brother, you can try it." She tasted it and then took it to her mother.

"Thank you, young master. I thank you on behalf of my children," she said as she bowed.

"Auntie, you're welcome. It's nothing. You'll be served food when you arrive at the base. Why did you come out with your children?" Du Chenyu asked.

"Oh, it's hard to put it into words. The child's father was dragged away to fight in the war last year. He said he wanted to overthrow Yuan Shikai and start a republican revolution. As a result, he hasn't come back until now. During the New Year, an uncle from the same hometown brought a letter saying that he was no longer with us. Woo... woo... my poor child. There was a severe drought last year, and the child's aunt even said that our two thatched huts belonged to them. They drove us, an orphan and a widow, out, and we had no choice but to wander around," he said while sobbing, with tears rolling down his face.

Du Chenyu just remembered that last year, 1913, was the time of the Second Revolution. Mr. Song Jiaoren was assassinated in the summer, which triggered the Prime Minister to launch the Second Revolution. In July 1913, Sichuan responded to the Second Revolution launched by Sun Yat-sen and established an anti-Yuan army. Xiong Kewu was elected commander-in-chief. The army was defeated in August, but the warlords' infighting did not stop. It seems that this lady's husband died in the Second Revolution.

"Mom, don't cry. I'll tell you first, we'll be given houses and food when we get here." As he said this, he stretched out his little hand to wipe away her tears.

"Brother Jianqin, please help this lady carry her bag and hurry to the base to have a bowl of porridge and take a rest," he said.

"No, no, let's walk slowly," the old lady waved her hand and refused.

"Auntie, it's okay. It's just a piece of cake. Let me help you," Lei Jianqin said as he took the bag from her hand and put it on his shoulders.

He walked and talked along the way. He knew that they came all the way up from the bottom of Changchi, and walked to Gaochengbao, where they heard that someone was giving out porridge. The porridge was given to them and introduced that someone in Baizhang County would pick them up and provide them with food, so they were guided all the way to Baizhang, where they rested for a night and had a full meal. Then the person who picked them up also prepared dry food. They walked along the river all the way, and they did not starve along the way. There was food provided. They walked for half a month and finally arrived here.

It seems that Hu Laowu has set up refugee reception points at various important roads so that he can attract more people. It will not be a problem for this mountain to support several times the population.

However, he found that most of the wandering refugees were weak and thin. His original plan to select some strong men from them to join the team seemed to be too difficult as their physical fitness was not up to standard. He could only train them slowly and recruit them as militiamen to start training.

Every day, the refugees were gathered and dispersed to various places, and local guards and militia were sent to help build thatched huts, distribute barren mountain land, and distribute food, seeds and farm tools.

March was spent gathering refugees and doing spring ploughing. On April 3, Du Chenyu and I convened a meeting in Wuying with the heads of various localities and captains of military teams.

My father presided over the meeting. He first listened to the spring plowing and militia reserve formation in various places, especially whether Tang Chunlai and Wu Han's troops in Banqiao would accept reorganization, and the reorganization method, in order to improve combat effectiveness.

"I am willing to accept the reorganization. Currently, my unit has about 40 people and is ready to go behind for a combat capability inspection," Tang Chunlai was the first to speak.

"I am also willing to reorganize and join the county joint defense brigade. There is no one to lead the team now. Since I have joined the revolutionary association, I will obey the organization's arrangements," Wu Han also expressed his opinion.

My father had sought opinions from both of them in advance and explained the pros and cons to them. At present, our territory is expanding, and we should separate the administration and military as much as possible. We should also concentrate our efforts on expanding the team. They have almost recovered all the guns of the landlords in the jurisdiction by purchasing, mortgaging, and forcibly taking them, so it is a general trend to reorganize these two teams.

"Since Commander Tang and Mayor Wu are of noble character and are willing to reorganize the troops under their command, our revolutionary association must also make the best use of their talents. Now I announce the reorganization of the troops and the personnel arrangements in various places," my father announced.

According to the Revolutionary Council:

Team 7 was formed with Tang Chunlai as the captain and Li Haoran as the deputy; Team 8 was formed with Peng Huiyu and Zhao Zhengyong as the deputy; Team 9 was formed with Liu Qingfeng as the captain and Zhang Yusheng as the deputy. Each team still has 3 sub-teams and 38 people. In the future, team leaders and deputy captains will be assigned separately, and most of the sub-team leaders will come from the guard team.

The 1-3,4, 6,7-9, 1-2 squads are the 3st, 2nd and 3rd squadrons, with the squadron leaders Hu Haisheng and the instructor Huang Kunyang, stationed in Wuying-Lianghui Township; the nd squadron leader Xue Chen is also the instructor, and the deputy leader Tang Chunlai is stationed in Banqiao and Lijiahe areas; the rd squadron leader Peng Huiyu, the instructor is Shi Zongwei, and the deputy team leader Zhou Kui is stationed in the former Xiguan area. The personnel are selected from the captured soldiers, Tangjia and Wu Tuanding, and the reserve team.

An artillery training team was formed and Zhang Yang was in charge. He was a member of the first batch of students from the civil and military schools and was good at arithmetic, so he was put in charge of the artillery. After all, they only had one mortar, which could only be used for training.

A women's training team is being formed to provide reserve talent for special services, medical teams, and expatriate commercial personnel. Tang Weiwei will temporarily serve as the acting team leader.

In addition, Tang Chunlai concurrently served as Banqiao regiment commander, responsible for the command and training of all reserve teams in Banqiao and Lijiahe; Feng Ping was responsible for administrative affairs in the Banqiao and Lijiahe areas. Wu Han was responsible for administrative affairs in Wuying and Maliushuba. Liu Hua was responsible for administrative affairs in the former Xiguanbao area. He Cunyi, Wuying deputy regiment commander, was responsible for the training and command of the reserve teams in Wuying, Maliushuba and Xiguan.

More than 400 regular troops and all young men of militia reserve age have joined

Du Zongyi was the battalion commander in charge of all military and civil affairs. All units were established in early May and formed combat effectiveness in June. This reorganization initially straightened out the organization, with squads (classes), platoons (platoons), companies (companies), and battalions (battalions). In fact, they only had a battalion of troops, and each company had only one light machine gun, so the firepower was far behind that of the regular army.

"Report..." The sound of horse hooves stopped, and a messenger holding a red flag on his back reported at the door.

"Come in," Du Chenyu replied, apparently something urgent had happened.

"Report to the chairman, Master Chenyu, our arms team was attacked in Nanzheng," he said, handing him a small cloth bag with three feathers inserted in it.