1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1086 Field Team

Feng Fei decided not to intervene in Haihan's plan to recruit refugees, but he couldn't be indifferent to the fact that Haihan people settled down in Zhifu Bay. The first investigation report issued by Weihaiwei is still on his desk. The other guards in Terengganu will only need to report back.Immediately Feng Fei wrote an official document explaining the origin and intention of the "Unknown Fleet", but he did not express his attitude.

Feng Fei's decision was not unanimously approved by his subordinates. For example, Luo Biao, a hundred households, believed that the Haihan armed forces settled in Zhifu Bay, which was really a big threat to the nearby Qishan Thousand Households. The Haihan people were trying to recruit refugees. The banner of the Communist Party of China is active everywhere, but who knows if their real purpose is to organize and instigate another armed rebellion?You must know that the most serious trouble in Shandong last time was not bandits and bandits, but the well-equipped and well-trained Ming army. bigger.However, Haihan has money and some have weapons, and the degree of danger is quite high. The Qishan Qianhu Office should try to maintain comprehensive monitoring of it.

Of course Luo Biao's opinion was not adopted by Feng Fei. What Feng Fei considered was not only the benefits that the Haihan people stuffed into his hands, but more importantly, the "background" that the Haihan people were so powerful that he could hardly imagine. Han's actions were supported by certain big figures, or even directly instructed by them, so he jumped out to play the role of a stumbling block, which was asking for trouble.Haihan people can't do anything here, and they can pat their ass and leave. It's not so easy for him to get away.

So the final decision Feng Fei made was not to support or oppose the Haihan people's plan to recruit refugees in Terengganu, but to pretend to be deaf and dumb as much as possible. The role is ready.

Almost at the same time, in the Haihan headquarters on Zhifu Island, Hao Wanqing also explained to several other people the process of the previous meeting with Feng Fei, a thousand household in Qishan Institute.It was beyond everyone's expectations to be able to complete the negotiations with local officials so smoothly.

"This thousand households are easy to deal with!" Qian Tiandun sighed, "Show him your muscles, and you'll be done with some money. If the officials of Ming Dynasty are so honest, then it will be easy for us to take over the world in the future."

Wang Tom was more cautious, and confirmed to Hao Wanqing: "This Feng Qianhu doesn't seem like the kind of person who is easy to change his mind?"

Hao Wanqing said: "I think he is very afraid of us, not out of hostility, but a sense of fear. Although it remains to be seen, I personally think it is unlikely that he will change his mind."

"Since this is the case, let's start implementing propaganda methods as soon as possible!" Harugong patted his chest and said, "My troops are ready and can be dispatched at any time!"

Haihan’s plan to attract immigrants in the Jiaodong Peninsula was mainly promoted by sending people out to various villages and towns to post notices and distribute leaflets in the early stage, and the people went to Zhifu Bay to join the refugee camp built by Haihan.Although the efficiency of this method is limited, considering that Haihan is not familiar with the local conditions, it is difficult and risky to organize immigrants locally, so this choice by the headquarters can be regarded as the relatively safest method.

Dengzhou Prefecture has seven counties under its jurisdiction, namely, Ninghai Prefecture, Wendeng County, Huang County, Fushan County, Qixia County, Zhaoyuan County, and Laiyang County. The seat of Dengzhou Prefecture is located in Penglai.Among them, the closest to Haihan Camp is Fushan County, which is thirty miles southwest of Zhifu Bay.

There is also a Jia River between the county seat of Fushan County and Zhifu Bay. Although this river more than half a mile wide cannot stop the Haihan people with a large number of boats, the refugees who have nothing to do want to cross this river to go to Zhifu Bay is not an easy task.Therefore, the immigration recruitment plan for Fushan County should be divided into two parts: the east bank of the Jiahe River and the west bank. Immigrants located on the west bank of the Jiahe River probably need a ferry provided by Haihan to go to Zhifu Island through this natural moat.

The geographical conditions of Fushan County are also beneficial to the immigration plan. The terrain of this area is mainly plains, which is conducive to the activities of highly mobile cavalry. The difficulty of migrating immigrants on foot is much less than that of inland mountainous areas.

When Haihan was formulating the action plan for this stage, he had already assigned the task to Harukon's cavalry battalion.Taking into account the familiarity with the local area, the cavalry battalion was specially equipped with some soldiers from Shandong to assist in operations.

Considering security reasons, the command headquarters uses the establishment of cavalry companies as the basis for dividing units, so each action team is roughly composed of fifty cavalry and ten temporary personnel, including infantry, security department and People from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, in addition, there are about a hundred war horses as their mounts and material transportation tools.Although there were four cavalry companies under Harukon's cavalry battalion, not all of them were dispatched, and one cavalry company was still retained as a mobile force to stay on Zhifu Island.The other three cavalry companies were deployed to both sides of the Jiahe River, one team on the east bank and two teams on the west bank, for a five-day mobile propaganda.

Sun Zhen was one of the personnel who was temporarily assigned to the cavalry battalion as a guide. Although he was born in Dengzhou, his hometown was not in Fushan County. However, the number of soldiers from Dengzhou in the Haihan Army was limited, so they were also very difficult when assigning tasks. There will be no subdivision of place of origin into a certain county.

According to the arrangement of the headquarters, Sun Zhen's unit first boarded the ship on the west coast of Zhifu Island, crossed the Jiahe estuary by sea, and dropped them directly to the west bank of the Jiahe.The voyage was not long, and the time it took for the horse team to get on and off the boat was almost the same as the time spent on the way, it only took more than an hour to arrive.

After deciding on the plan and candidates to go north during the National Founding Celebration, Sun Zhen had already begun to receive riding training with other soldiers from Shandong when he returned to Zhejiang, but it was too short and his proficiency was far inferior to that of real cavalry.Moreover, their temporary staff will not be assigned to fixed war horses during the training period, so their familiarity with horses is quite limited, which also limits their ability to display on horseback to a certain extent.

"Help me hold the reins... This guy is going around in circles and doesn't want me to go up!" The horse Sun Zhen got today was obviously very unwilling to cooperate. He couldn't get on the horse's back after going around for a long time, so he could only ask for help For Wang Jinmin who was watching his own jokes.

Wang Jinmin smiled and grabbed the reins for him: "Your posture is not riding a horse, it's like an old man riding a donkey!"

Only now did Sun Zhen get on the horse's back with the saddle, cursing and cursing: "I'm afraid I didn't practice it well when I practiced it! It looks like a master of stealing and slipping!"

"Hold on the rein, don't fall off!" Wang Jinmin handed the rein to Sun Zhen who was on the horse's back, and got on his own horse, and he did it in one go, not at all like Sun Zhen getting on the horse.

After the two men were locked up in Zhoushan for going out to fight, they set out to Shandong with the large army, and then they were separated together by accident when they assigned the field team.Although the scope of field operations at the current stage is limited to Fukuyama County, for them, it is no different from setting foot on their hometown, and they are extremely excited.

The destination of the team they were in was Fushan County, which was only more than ten miles away from the seaside. They just needed to go south along the west bank of the Jiahe River, and there was no need to worry about getting lost on the way.The only problem to be solved is probably how to successfully complete the propaganda work after arriving in the local area.

Traveling southward for about two miles from the coast, the outpost found a village with about [-] houses scattered with earthen walls, but the soldiers searched these houses separately and found that they were all empty.Judging by the thickness of the dust on the furnishings in the house, no one has lived in this place for about half a year.

"It's so clean!" Sun Zhen walked around the village and didn't find a living person, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

"These places were the scope of the rebels' activities at the beginning, and the people must have fled to other places." Wang Jinmin was not surprised by this situation. In the pre-war preparation meeting, senior military officers also mentioned this kind of situation. possibility.

During the Denglai Rebellion, in order to collect food, grass and wealth from the people, the rebels also sent many troops to loot around the territory of Dengzhou Prefecture.Compared with some Dazhuangzi, which built walls and organized militia armed forces, those ordinary villages without any defensive facilities at all became the first choice for the rebels to attack.It is difficult for the people in these villages to find other ways to protect themselves besides fleeing their homes.The fact that the owners of these houses have not been able to return to their homes after the end of the war for so long also reflects the delay in post-war reconstruction in these areas from the side.

Although the village here has been deserted, the soldiers with a little luck still posted disaster relief notices on the big trees at the entrance of the village.As for whether refugees can see it, and whether the people who see this notice are literate, it can only be left to chance.

After a short rest in the abandoned village, the horse team continued to march south along the bank of the Jiahe River. During the period, they saw some people sporadically, but from a distance, Haihan's horse team escaped faster than rabbits. Zhan Luan was so messed up that no one dared to trust him anymore.Haihan didn't deliberately let the horse chase after him, so these people were allowed to go.

About five miles away from Fushan County, the cavalry team finally found an inhabited Zhuangzi, and saw smoke rising from it from a distance.But when the horse team approached Zhuangzi, they found that it was actually a fortified settlement. A two-foot-wide moat was dug around Zhuangzi, and water from the Jiahe River was introduced for protection. The entrance to Zhuangzi was a closed suspension bridge. Coupled with the one-foot-high wall and the conspicuous crenels on the top of the wall, this place has a certain degree of defense.Even if the army wants to launch an attack on this place, if there is no heavy weapon such as artillery, it may not be able to take it down in a short time.At this time, there were no people in the fields outside Zhuangzi. Obviously, the other party had discovered the whereabouts of the horse team and recruited all the people into Zhuangzi to take refuge in advance.

"This Zhuangzi has cultivated well. If I had lived in this kind of place, I wouldn't have had to flee!" Sun Zhen couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he saw the situation in front of him.The village where he lived in the past was forced to flee to a foreign land because of the lack of protection, and the rebels easily invaded and carried out robbery and killing.And this kind of Zhuangzi is obviously much stronger in defense. After the war,

As a soldier of local origin, Wang Jinmin quickly received the order to step forward and shout.So he rode his horse forward and shouted loudly when he reached the outside of Zhuangzi: "Fellows, we are not bandits, we are a caravan passing by here, please speak out to those in charge!"

After a while, someone poked his head out from the wall and responded loudly: "Where did the caravan come from these days! Yangjiazhuang has no food or money, only knives, bows and sticks. I advise you to leave, so as not to hurt your friendship!"

Obviously, the people in Zhuangzi did not believe in the origin of the cavalry outside and were ready for armed resistance.And Wang Jinmin actually felt that the cavalry he was in was really not like a caravan. How could there be such a caravan that was all young and had no goods at once in the wild?

But it was impossible for Wang Jinmin to give up trying at this point, and continued to shout loudly: "My fellow, we have no ill intentions towards Yangjiazhuang. Could you let me enter the village alone and have a few words with the owner of the Guizhuang."

However, Wang Jinmin's Shandong accent didn't play any practical role. The people in Zhuangzi were obviously extremely vigilant, and they didn't even want to give this group of suspicious foreigners a chance, so they mercilessly rejected Wang Jinmin's request.

Wang Jinmin had no choice but to make a last effort: "I have a letter. Since Guizhuang does not want to open the door, I can only throw stones to deliver the letter. Please be careful not to be hurt by the people in the village." .”

Wang Jinmin got off his horse and found a stone of suitable weight. He took a few leaflets of notices to attract immigrants from his rucksack, tied them to the stone with hemp rope, and threw them into the village.

This closed door made everyone in the cavalry team feel a little frustrated. Although they also expected to encounter some difficulties in their actions before they set off, it was unavoidable to actually face such a situation.Considering the need to maintain Hai Han's image, they can't actively take any tough measures at this stage.This is really a bit useless for the Haihan Army, which is known for its tyrannical force and tyrannical force across the southeast coast.

Wang Jinmin returned to the team with an ugly expression on his face.The Cavalry Battalion has always regarded itself as the elite of the Haihan Army. It was unexpected that the first overseas mission would be such a thankless job.Although in the end, the information on recruiting immigrants was put into Yangjiazhuang, but this method of contact could not be regarded as a successful mission.

"Okay, don't make a sad face. It's a big deal. There is more than one Zhuangzi in Fushan County. Let's find another one!" It was to comfort Wang Jinmin.

(End of this chapter)