1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1133
"Actually, we don't need to do it ourselves..." Wang Jinmin shook the wanted notice rolled up in his hand lightly and said, "As long as you are included in the list of wanted rewards, those who want your head will probably be out of the way. If you have any restless thoughts, you'd better think about the consequences first."

It seems that there is a chance to choose, but in fact there is no choice. The consequence of not cooperating is probably a dead end. Obviously, Gan Sheng will not take this road as one of the alternatives.And now that the Haihan people have caught him, even if he wants to escape during this period, he still has to consider the consequences of being added to the luxury package of the most wanted warrant.These Haihan people often offered rewards with hundreds of taels of silver. Gan Sheng thought that his life might not be worth that much money. If he became a wanted man, he might be the first to want to chop off his head The person who received the reward was his younger brother Gan Qiang.

Although the situation is difficult, Gan Sheng will not give up the chance of survival.He knelt on the ground, looked up at Sun and Wang, and said tremblingly: "As long as I can survive, the villain is willing to do anything!"

Now Gan Sheng has figured it out, working for the Haihan people may still have a chance of surviving, but working for Gan Qiang, the chance of surviving is very slim. Although they are called brothers, they have no family bond.In today's troubled times, the truth is to save your own life first.

After confirming the opponent's plan, it would not be difficult for Sun Zhen and Wang Jinmin to organize a wave of countermeasures. They let the distraught Gan Sheng return to Guxian Town first, and continue to act according to Gan Qiang's arrangement.At the same time, send people back to Zhifu Bay to apply for reinforcements from the headquarters. After all, the current staffing of this squad is not suitable for fighting in the mountains, and it is safer to prepare more manpower when the opponent's strength is not known.Recently, the troops of the Special Operations Battalion have nothing to do, so they can come here to exercise their hands and feet.

On September [-], the first batch of cargo ships headed for Phi Island set sail from Zhifu Bay.This fleet is composed of three Haihan cargo sailing ships and a warship belonging to Dongjiang Town that accompanied Shen Zhixiang to Shandong. The ship carried about [-] tons of food that had just arrived from Zhejiang, as well as other medicines and daily necessities. .For Phi Island, which is in short supply of food and supplies, it can be said to be a life-saving straw in a desperate situation. Shen Zhixiang can even imagine that the Ming army on the island will burst into outrage after seeing the goods brought back this time. what a cheer.

Shen Zhixiang has seen Haihan's strength with his own eyes on Zhifu Island this time, and he has already firmly believed in the promise of Wang Tom and others.For Dongjiang Town, in the current predicament, it is really a blessing from God to have a cooperation partner like Haihan who actively approached him, and there is really no room for nitpicking.And Haihan's request seemed reasonable, even in Shen Zhixiang's opinion, it was a bit of a solicitation. He actually wanted to help Dongjiang Town share the refugees on Phi Island, which was what Dongjiang Town could only wish for.

To evacuate and send away the Liaodong refugees on the island in batches, and exchange them for Haihan's support in food, supplies and even armaments, this kind of transaction is worth a lot to Dongjiang Town, and its resurgence seems to be just around the corner.Moreover, Haihan seems to be very interested in helping Dongjiang Town regain Liaodong. Shen Zhixiang believes that the plan of jointly dispatching troops is feasible, and now Shen Shikui only needs to nod.The people of Haihan thought very carefully, and even deduced for Shen Zhixiang how to persuade Shen Shikui to agree to the plan after returning home, and deliberated on the details so that the cooperation between the two parties would not be stuck at the level of Shen Shikui.The road has been paved, and the outcome will depend on Shen Zhixiang's execution ability.

However, if Shen Zhixiang departs from Zhifu Bay one day later, he may temporarily change his itinerary and stay in Dengzhou for a few more days.Because on the second day after he set off, one of the teams who went out to inquire about the news sent someone back to report that he had found signs of activity near Guxian Town, one of the bandit leaders of the Wanjia Army who is currently on the wanted list. And obtained some valuable information from the captured gang members, the team commander Sun Zhen applied to send additional reinforcements to the area to carry out subsequent encirclement and arrest operations.

During his stay on Zhifu Island, Shen Zhixiang also visited Haihan's hard labor camp, and learned about the identities of these prisoners of war captured from the local area and how they were captured.He is very interested in the mysterious combat power of the Haihan army, and has always wanted to observe the combat operations of the Haihan army at close range, but when he was there, the weather was calm, and there was no movement even at the Qishan Thousand Households. If the Han Dynasty took foreign military actions during this period, then Shen Zhixiang would definitely ask to go out with the army.

Gao Qiaonan straightened his military cap very carefully before entering the headquarters, and then stepped in.Although the messenger didn't mention the reason for Qian Tiandun's urgent meeting, Gao Qiaonan judged based on his years of experience following Qian Tiandun, and knew that he probably had a mission to lead the team to the battle.

This is of course a good thing for Takahashi South and the Special Warfare Battalion. Apart from the first few days when they came here, they still had some work to do. After fighting the Wanjia Army, the Special Warfare Battalion was idle for most of the time.Although the training did not completely stop during this period, Takahashi Nan was not a person who could be idle. Seeing that his navy counterparts had gone to Liaodong for a long time and came back, he had never caught any fish. What a decent errand, the only field mission is to send people to cooperate with the cavalry battalion to carry out reconnaissance missions in the surrounding areas of Fushan County, but this kind of mission only has one company at a time, and it is not very important for maintaining the overall combat effectiveness of the special warfare battalion. big help.

After entering the headquarters, he saw Qian Tiandun, Wang Tom, Chen Yixin, several senior military officials, and the head of the intelligence agency, Hao Wanqing, all present. Gao Qiaonan knew that his premonition was correct. Let these high-ranking officials put down their respective affairs and get together to discuss plans.

As he wished, Qian Tiandun immediately informed him concisely of what the reconnaissance team found in Guxian Town, and appointed him as the field commander to lead the first and fourth companies of the Special War Battalion to the place to arrest the remnants of the Wanjia Army .

Qian Tiandun ordered: "Gan Qiang has only the courage of a man. He can live or die, as long as he is caught. But if Pu Xueguang is there, try to catch him alive. He controls the whereabouts of the supplies and wealth hidden by the Wanjia Army in the mountains. Things are valuable to us and cannot be lost to the people in vain.”

Wang Tom also added: "Before the official operation, in order to avoid alarming the enemy, your troops will be transported from the sea to the coast near Guxian Town. You will be stationed there temporarily. After our informants confirm the information, we will attack Cishan to arrest the enemy." target."

Takahashi Nan asked: "What about the enemy's strength?"

Hao Wanqing took the lead and answered this question: "The information that the informant can provide us is very vague at present, and the other party is also gathering troops in the nearby area, so it is difficult to deduce a more accurate number for the time being, but according to the information confessed by the previous prisoners of war, Based on the extent of our attack on the Wanjia Army, it can be inferred that the opponent can gather no more than 500 troops in the short term."

The combat personnel of the special warfare battalion has always been an enhanced version. There are about [-] people in the two enhanced companies. It shouldn't be a problem to deal with bandit armies with comparable strength.When Gao Qiaonan heard this conclusion, he already had a bottom line in his heart.

Hao Wanqing went on to say: "There is currently no Ming army stationed there, but during the operation, it is still necessary to avoid disturbing the people as much as possible, and not to give up pretexts such as Haihan invasion. Now the official attitude of Dengzhou to us is still uncertain, and we will act in a low-key manner for the time being. Wait until the first winter and then settle accounts with those people slowly."

Haihan's current situation in Dengzhou is indeed a bit delicate. On the one hand, the government believes that Haihan's presence will help improve the local security situation, solve part of the relief problem that should have been borne by the government, and even organize the people to resume production and reorganize the local economy.On the other hand, the military insists that Haihan's presence is tantamount to invading Daming, and that his behavior is not fundamentally different from the local banditry in Dengzhou, and that all the goodwill he has shown to the government at this stage is just Haihan's disguise. After gaining a firm foothold, it will be difficult to deport them from the country.

Although in terms of military strength, Haihan does not need to be afraid of the local garrison, but if the Ming army takes open actions to confront Haihan, it will inevitably affect Haihan's various activities in this area.The headquarters is well aware that economic losses are secondary. If the implementation of major policies is delayed because of this, it is the last thing the executive committee wants to see. The army offered an excuse to do it.When the infrastructure project is completed next year, the relationship between various departments is straightened out, and Zhifu Island begins to operate as Haihan's main stronghold in this area, then we will be free to deal with those who try to fight against Haihan.Of course, there is no need to wait until next year for people like the remnants of the Wan Family Army, the sooner they get rid of them, the better.

After Gao Qiaonan received the order, he immediately returned to the camp to summon his subordinates. In the afternoon, he took a boat from the No. [-] port on the west coast of Zhifu Island to the coast near Guxian Town, and joined the team led by Sun Zhensuo who was stationed there.

Although reinforcements were mobilized, it was not so easy to capture the bandit leader Gan Qiang.Judging from Gan Sheng's confession, it should be impossible to lure Gan Qiang out of the mountain without showing any traces. The most feasible way is to follow the opponent's train of thought and let the small team pretend to be fooled and follow Gan Sheng into the mountain. To step on the opponent's trap, wait for the opponent to launch first, and then the main force behind will launch a counterattack.

But there is a problem that is not easy to solve, that is, the Haihan army is not familiar with the geographical conditions of Cishan, and it is difficult to conduct on-the-spot reconnaissance in this area in advance in order to avoid alerting the enemy.Moreover, where Gan Qiang will finally set the ambush location has not yet been determined, so this will also be a great test for the on-the-spot response ability of the special warfare battalion.However, the two accompanying intelligence officers from the Ministry of Security pretended to be merchants and checked into Gan Sheng's inn on the same day to monitor him.

On the afternoon of September 24, Gan Qiang finally sent someone to send a message to the inn, asking Gan Sheng to lead the Haihan army to a place called Chenjiagou in Cishan.After Gan Sheng and the courier agreed on an approximate time, the courier went back to the mountain to reply.Gan Sheng hurried to the wing where Haihan's intelligence officers lived, and told them the news he had just obtained.

Before the sun set, Gao Qiaonan stationed by the sea received the news from Guxian Town, and then called the officers to hold a battle preparation meeting and agreed on a rough action plan.The two local guides selected from among the migrants before departure from Zhifu Bay played a role at this time. According to what they said, Gao Qiaonan pre-determined the approximate location of Chenjiagou, which also had some influence on the next day's actions. a more definite plan.The troops pulled out their camp overnight, and first went around and stationed near Cishan, west of Guxian Town.

The next day, Gan Sheng met Sun Zhen and others outside Guxian Town as scheduled, and took them into the mountains to find Gan Qiang.Gan Sheng didn't know Haihan's battle plan, and seeing that there was still only Sun Zhen's team, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Gan Sheng's anxiety and insecurity were all written on his face, Sun Zhen naturally saw it, and immediately comforted him: "You don't have to worry about the lack of people, we have other arrangements, as long as Gan Qiang shows up this time, we won't let you go." There will be another chance to escape!"

"Yes, yes, the villain is worrying too much!" Gan Sheng felt a little relieved.

Chenjiagou is only six or seven miles away from Guxian Town. After riding for a while, everyone began to enter the mountainous area.After the official road was gone, they could only walk along the path stepped by the mountain people in and out of the mountain. The cavalry was also stretched, stretching for a hundred meters in front and back.As the mountain gradually became steeper, some road sections were difficult to pass, and the soldiers had to dismount and lead the reins to move forward.

Although he knew he hadn't reached the opponent's encirclement yet, the increasingly dangerous terrain had already raised Sun Zhen's vigilance. Wang Jinmin caught up and smiled wryly: "It seems that today's job is not easy!"

"Are you afraid?" Sun Zhen asked back.

Wang Jinmin sighed: "I'm fine, but if there is any damage to these war horses, the head of my family will be furious again after returning."

"If you run out of horses, you can buy them again! There are many horses in Shandong, it's not like you don't know." Sun Zhen didn't have a clear understanding of the value of these war horses, but he talked to Wang Jinmin without saying a word, so as to ease the tension at the moment mood.

"More than a mile further ahead is Chenjiagou."

After Sun Zhen received the guide's report, he ordered all the staff to enter a state of combat readiness.Although I know that the reinforcements are not far away from me, but the task of my team is to lure the enemy to show up. I have to face the enemy's first wave of offensive and hold the enemy until the reinforcements arrive. The risks are still quite high.

(End of this chapter)