1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1094 Different Attitudes
The three counted the results of the battle just now. They captured more than 140 bandit soldiers and prisoners, wounded and killed more than [-] people, and seized various weapons.Of course, in the eyes of the Haihan army, most of these weapons are scrap copper and rotten iron, which can only be used to make agricultural tools, and do not have much economic value.However, the leader of the Wanjia Army was not among the people captured and killed. Presumably, they jumped out of the chaos, and the intelligence information provided by these people is of little value, which is very useful for judging the enemy's next move. Not much help.

"There are still an unknown number of local people in the slums outside Fushan County, so the vigilance must not be relaxed. God knows if these guys will do other things." Amakusa Shiro concluded: "In addition, the immigrants who have been recruited should be recruited as soon as possible. Send it away, so as not to cause extra trouble. The local people must know that we have sufficient capabilities to protect them."

Liu Xianying said: "The Wanjia army entrenched here will definitely affect the progress of our recruitment of immigrants. I think we still need to try to drive them out of this area."

"According to the confessions of these captives, the Wanjia Army is the top snake in Fushan County, and they should not give up their territory easily." Sun Zhen raised his finger and pointed in the direction of Fushan County: "According to those prisoners of war, the chief of the Wanjia Army and the military advisers are all It’s coming, I think we should take action as soon as possible, hit the snake seven inches, and kill them directly!”

"The risk is too high and the movement is too great. It is not suitable to take this kind of encirclement and suppression action at the moment." Amakusa Shiro disagreed with Sun Zhen's proposal: "It is estimated that there are still two to 3000 people living in the slums outside the county seat. Which of them are Ordinary people, it is difficult for us to distinguish which ones are bandits. Besides, our troops are limited. If we disperse into poor areas to clear up bandits, the risk of being assassinated will be very high. Most importantly, our current task It is to ensure the safety of this immigration transfer point, not to take the initiative to deal with bandit armed forces."

"But if this group of people is not eliminated, they will definitely hinder our next move to attract immigrants." Liu Xian also had objections to Amakusa Shiro's emphasis.

Amakusa Shiro was silent for a moment before saying: "Let's report to the headquarters first, and the chief will decide what to do."

Since there will be disputes no matter what the choice is, the only way for everyone to carry out the order unconditionally is for the command to make a decision.As for this suggestion, Liu Xian and Sun Zhen naturally have no other objections.

Fortunately, after this battle, the refugees recruited from the local area have seen the strength of the Haihan Army with their own eyes, and their emotions have stabilized, and they have more confidence in the choice of immigration.After all, in this troubled world, the life of the common people is as cheap as grass, and being able to hug a real thick leg is the effective guarantee for a stable life in the future.The previous propaganda of the Haihan people has been verified one by one. They have people, money, food, and boats. It seems that they really have the ability to send immigrants to the south for resettlement. This is better than lingering in the slums outside Fushan County. up.

At noon, several sailboats full of immigrants began to turn their bows and headed for the lower reaches of the Jia River.In order to ensure the water safety of this transfer point, Amakusa Shiro let the exploration-class warship stay and did not leave with the other three ships.The waterway from the lower reaches of the Jiahe River to the mouth of the sea has been cleaned up, and there should be no more threats to the safety of navigation in the short term.

Almost at the same time as the Haihan immigrant boat left the river bank and headed for the sea, the messenger sent by Huang Qu to Qishan Qianhu finally returned to Fushan County.Zhang Pucheng and Huang Qu were also a little surprised by the news brought back from Qishan. Feng Fei, a thousand households of Qishan, said that Haihan was just an ordinary caravan from the south and had no malicious intentions. If Haihan people wanted to help people in Fushan County , the county can cooperate as appropriate.As for Huang Qu's request to increase the number of troops to strengthen the city defense, it was no surprise that Feng Fei rejected it in the name of insufficient troops.

"Master Huang, do you think Master Feng doesn't want to send troops, or do you think Haihan will not attack Fushan County?" Zhang Pucheng was also a little bit guilty after receiving such a reply, so he could only ask Huang Qu for advice.

Huang Qu said with a gloomy face: "I think it's not that simple! Fushan County is also the defense area of ​​Qishan Qianhu. If Mr. Feng is so perfunctory, I'm afraid he is taking advantage of the Haihan people!"

Zhang Pucheng was startled and said: "You mean Master Feng and the Haihan people are in the same boat? This...how could this be..."

Huang Qu explained: "Master Zhang, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Haihan's armed forces have many violations at a glance, but Master Feng just whitewashed them, saying that they are just ordinary businessmen. According to my opinion, there are only two kinds. Possibly, one is that Master Feng has never been in contact with the Haihan people at all, so he doesn’t know the true face of this group of people; the other is that Master Feng took advantage of the other party and deliberately pretended to be deaf and dumb to cover his actions.”

Zhang Pucheng said: "If the Haihan people attack the county, Master Feng will not be able to escape the responsibility of losing the land!"

"Perhaps the Haihan people made some kind of promise, making him sure that Fushan County will be fine." Huang Qu has limited information, and can only guess Feng Fei's thoughts, but it is already six or seven points close to the truth.But apart from scolding his mother secretly in his heart, he still has nothing to do with Feng Fei, who is a bit higher in rank.

"Why don't I revise a book and ask Dengzhou City for help!" Zhang Pucheng was unwilling to be in the current passive state and tried to find other solutions to the problem.

"Master Zhang, the soldiers of Dengzhou City... It's easy to ask God to send God away! It's better to be cautious." Hearing this, Huang Qu quickly dissuaded Zhang Pucheng and said, "How much benefit can this Fushan County get? Moving reinforcements from Dengzhou , maybe it will harm the people of this city!"

It is not unreasonable for Huang Qu to be so nervous. The troops originally stationed in Dengzhou City were completely lost during the Denglai Rebellion, and the local garrison was replenished later. Come out, these troops have no foundation in Dengzhou, and naturally they don't have much local sentiment at all. To put it bluntly, they want to take advantage of the period of stationing here to scrape a little bit of oil and water from the local area.

However, the valuable things in Dengzhou City have been robbed by the rebels long ago, and there is nothing to do in the local area, so the soldiers will naturally turn their attention to the surrounding areas.It is impossible to enter the mountains to suppress bandits, the risk is high and the return is low, and it is not cost-effective for foreign troops to garrison.However, in the name of suppressing bandits, it is a very cost-effective method to collect food and taxes from the localities and even enlist in the army.

Fushan County is more than a hundred miles away from Dengzhou City. Generally speaking, the troops stationed in Dengzhou City are unlikely to take the initiative to come here to fight the autumn wind. Oh my god, secondly, this place is under the jurisdiction of Qishan Qianhusuo. If you want to get food here, you will definitely have conflicts with the garrison of the local guards, and the food will indeed be ugly.But if the Fushan county government asks Dengzhou for help, the nature will be different. The Dengzhou garrison can enter Fushan county in a dignified manner under the banner of rescue, regardless of the feelings of Qishan Qianhusuo.Of course, the amount of materials and money that Fukuyama County needs to bear and donate at that time must also be commensurate with this rescue operation.

Can Fushan County squeeze out funds to ask Dengzhou for reinforcements?The answer is obviously no. This point is not only clear to Mr. Huang Qu, but Zhang Pucheng, who is in charge of the county’s money and food as the county magistrate, is even more clear. It’s just that he didn’t realize the risks involved in doing so before. After Huang Qu reminded him, he came to his senses. come over.

"Master Huang is right. It's because I didn't think carefully and was abrupt!" Zhang Pucheng thought about it carefully, and broke out in a cold sweat.If this incident really brought the Dengzhou garrison here, even a thousand people would be enough to completely reduce Fushan County to abject poverty.

Although the Wan Family Army is hateful, they will not take action against Fushan County for the time being. As for the Haihan people, they have not found such evil intentions so far.But if the Dengzhou garrison came, don't expect those soldiers from other places to have any scruples.The actions of the Northeast soldiers led by Kong Youde in Denglai and Denglai have fully proved that these soldiers from other places will not have any lower limits. When the time comes to make a clear robbery in Fushan County, the county government can only do so. Knock out the tooth and swallow it in the stomach.

However, Zhang Pucheng did not give up his efforts. The two armed forces outside the city were stronger than the Ming army defending the city. Under such circumstances, it was impossible to sleep peacefully. A solution had to be found to resolve the crisis.

Zhang Pucheng paced back and forth for a long time, and finally said again: "How about this, try to get in touch with that group of Haihan people, find out their real intentions, and see if there is any possibility of reconciliation."

Huang Qu said: "The Haihan people did not have a direct conflict with us, and there is no talk of reconciliation. Master Zhang, do you want to follow the agreement reached with the Wanjia Army and negotiate with the Haihan people?"

Zhang Pucheng nodded and said: "That's right, this officer has exactly that intention. I think the Wanjia army is just a reckless bandit, and there is still room for communication. The Haihan people know how to post the notice of Anmin, and their financial resources are so amazing. There should be someone behind the scenes." He was commanded by others. Moreover, Mr. Feng from Qishan Qianhu Institute also endorsed it, presumably there should be some reasons for this, so we have to try it.”

Huang Qu made sense when he heard it. In the current situation, he couldn't think of a better way except to use the dead horse as a living horse doctor, so Zhang Pucheng began to discuss the messenger and negotiate conditions.

The Wanjiajun outside the city finally waited for a relatively reliable source of news—Gan Qiang, who escaped from the battlefield, finally sneaked back to the Wanjiajun outside the county after making a big circle around the outside. secret stronghold.But before he had time to say anything after meeting Wan Meng and Pu Xueguang, he collapsed due to exhaustion.

Gan Qiang’s injury was neither serious nor minor. Although the lead bullet he ate was blocked by the armor, the impact still hurt his lungs. He coughed up blood, and even a fluent sentence was difficult. Can't say enough.Wan Meng couldn't bear to reprimand him for his ineffectiveness after seeing it, so he could only call the doctor to diagnose and treat his injuries.And Pu Xueguang is not good at attacking Gan Qiang. After all, Gan Qiang is Wan Meng's confidant, and it depends on the owner to beat a dog.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Gan Qiang took a dose of medicine, and the injury eased a little. Then he was able to tell Wan Meng and Pu Xueguang what he saw and heard during the battle with Haihan, and his description undoubtedly gave them another chance Take a hit.

"Short-fire gun? Could it be a three-eyed gun?" Wan Meng was still puzzled by Gan Qiang's description.

Gan Qiang shook his head and said: "It's not a three-eyed blunderbuss. This subordinate is not more than ten feet away from that person, and he can see very clearly. The short blunderbuss is only one foot long, but it can be fired in succession with a single barrel. This subordinate was hit in the chest. It was almost knocked off the horse, the power is really amazing."

"That is to say, each of these Haihan riders is equipped with at least two firecrackers, one long and one short, and they can fire consecutively..." Pu Xueguang frowned as he spoke. Gan Qiang is a veteran in the battlefield, it is impossible It was wrong to read a place very close to the enemy, and the information he provided should have extremely high credibility.But the equipment of the Haihan people is a bit too evil. Everyone has horses and firecrackers. They come and go like the wind, and the firepower is powerful. How can we fight this battle?
"Military division, do you think it's because the weapons are powerful, or did they use magic?" Wan Meng still remembered Pu Xueguang's previous answer, and tried to get a more accurate answer from him.

Pu Xueguang pondered for a long time before saying: "This kind of firecracker is so powerful, but it was never heard of before, and the Ming army didn't equip it. I'm afraid it's not a good way to get it. I still think it has something to do with sorcery. It's just that the Haihan people have such powerful methods. , if we want to fight against him again, we must try to force his edge."

"Besides suppressing the mountain artillery, does the military division have other good strategies to defeat the enemy?" Wan Meng asked hopefully.Although Zhenshan artillery is powerful, its mobility is too poor, and the gunners of the Wanjia army are monks halfway, not professional artillery. Wanmeng still has a lot of strength in itself.If you want artillery to defeat cavalry in an open area, it is actually better to pull the team back to the mountains earlier and use the terrain to deal with the opponent.It's just that Wan Meng suffered such a big loss and lost nearly [-] people. This tone really made Wan Meng unable to swallow it. He still hoped to find a suitable method to get this place back.

But Pu Xueguang only had so much stuff in his stomach, and besides the fact that his own side might have a slight advantage in terms of military strength, he was lagging behind the opponent in all other aspects. It was really difficult for him to think of a way to defeat the opponent on the frontal battlefield.

Pu Xueguang thought about it for a long time but couldn't make up his mind, so he could only resort to the "dragging formula": "Now we are short of manpower, to be on the safe side, we should observe the situation first, and make plans when the reinforcements and the Zhenshan Cannon arrive!"

Wan Meng exclaimed angrily, "So what if the people around here continue to join the Haihan people?"

Pu Xueguang said: "The Haihan people promote immigrants, we do the opposite, arrange people to spread the word, saying that the Haihan people are to recruit living people to practice magic, and anyone who goes to Zhifu Island will not be able to come back alive. gone."

"Can this work?" Wan Meng didn't really believe in the effect of this method.

"Whether it works or not, you have to try it to know." Pu Xueguang persuaded with a smile, and cursed his mother secretly in his heart, what can I do?I am also very desperate to meet such an opponent!

(End of this chapter)