1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1973
It's not that Li Lu didn't realize that Yan Mingjun was carrying private goods during his explanation, but he didn't have much dislike for it. The journey southwards started from Zhoushan, and the Haihan people would always have arrangements like this in their various visits and inspections. I have long been used to this.Moreover, Li Lue really wanted to study how Haihan officials integrated propaganda into it in the process of receiving him. This way, when they return to China, they have to let their own officials learn a lot, so that they can be like Haihan in the future. This is how to promote the country's prestige to the outside world.

However, he also had to admit that the officials selected by Haihan to accompany him were indeed very capable, not only eloquent, but also rich in knowledge in the professional field.For example, Mr. Yan, who is said to have once served as a local magistrate, is not only familiar with the customs of Danzhou, but also has profound cultural attainments. Many famous literati in Dongpo Academy have cherished the memories of Su Dongpo for hundreds of years. For the works, Yan Mingjun was able to describe the author and creation background one by one, which gave Li Wei a lot of insight.

"Danzhou local academies will organize new students to visit here every autumn when they enroll, so that students can understand that they have the opportunity to study here today because of Mr. Dongpo's charitable deeds hundreds of years ago. And the country's strong support for cultural and educational undertakings."

Yan Mingjun still spared no effort to publicize the official education measures to Li Min. He was very clear that his task was to let Li Luo form an understanding of Danzhou, that is, the prosperity of local culture and education came from the official development plan.With the prosperity of Haihan, Danzhou's cultural and educational industries can flourish accordingly.

After touting the achievements of the Executive Committee, Yan Mingjun changed the subject and introduced to Li Min the "Picture of Po Xian Li Clogs" painted by Southern Song Dynasty painter Qian Xuan.In this painting, Su Dongpo is wearing a bamboo hat, clogs, and rolled-up trousers, walking on a country road in the rain, which looks quite lifelike.While chatting and laughing, Yan Mingjun turned the topic to the comparison of painting styles between the Song Dynasty and contemporary times, saying that he would introduce several local calligraphers and painters to Li Luo in the past few days, as if treating him as a junior who came here to study .

Li Luo didn't think there was anything wrong with this, so he agreed.He knew that if these literati and celebrities were not introduced by insiders, most of them would not be able to enter as a foreigner. One of the purposes of his coming here was to have in-depth exchanges with celebrities in Danzhou cultural circles.

Li Wei came here with a lot of fun, and returned with a lot of fun. He is very satisfied with the visit to Dongpo Academy. He has been to many places under the Haihan rule recently, and it is true that Danzhou, which has a strong cultural atmosphere, is the most suitable for him. .Li Lu even thought that when planning the itinerary, he should have come to Danzhou first, and then visited those few industrial areas with a relatively boring environment. The itinerary might be more relaxing and enjoyable.

Having said that, if Li Luo really set his first stop at Danzhou, he might have left Xue Zheng and his gang far behind. When they get rid of all the stops along the way and slowly come to Danzhou, Li Luo estimates that It's time to end the trip in Danzhou and go to the next one.Maybe after Xue Zheng and Li Wei missed it, there would be no chance to launch an attack during the investigation.

However, the Ministry of Security will not consider this theoretical possibility. As the investigation progresses, various clues are pieced together bit by bit, but the case does not quickly become clear because of this. , There is still a layer of fog in front of the investigators, making it difficult for them to sort out the context of the case.

Zhang Qianzhi has already discovered that Xue Zheng and his group are more difficult to deal with than he thought before. The information they confessed has been greatly reduced in credibility due to the fact that they have repeatedly retracted their confessions. No, even if death is used as a threat, the Ministry of Security is temporarily unable to confirm whether the confessions of these people are true or false.

The autopsy reports on the nine dead in Yangyue Village have come out, and Zhang Qianzhi was also slightly surprised by the results. Except for four of them who died under the rifles of the Haihan Army, the fatal injuries of the other five were not Haihan's. Most of the injuries caused by the weapons of the Han army were caused by cold weapons. One of them was fatally injured by a lead bullet pierced into the heart from the back, but no matching firecracker was found at the scene. The weapons were also disposed of by Xue Zheng and others before surrendering.

After Zhang Qianzhi read the autopsy report, he confirmed one thing. Before Xue Zheng and others surrendered, there was a firefight among them.The few people who survived naturally denied this, but it didn't matter whether they admitted it or not. Zhang Qianzhi believed that at this juncture, there would still be an internal conflict, which just confirmed his previous inference that this group of people was probably not from the same camp.There are differences of opinion at the critical moment of life and death, and they cannot communicate well, which is why such a strange situation occurs.

But it is still quite troublesome to discover the true identity of these people.Zhang Qianzhi has ordered to record the appearance and figure of this group of people and send them back to Sanya, where they can check whether these people have settled in Sanya before that.

Zhang Qianzhi had a faint intuition in his heart, he thought that these people could follow at almost the same time that the son of Joseon departed from Sanya, obviously they had been waiting in Sanya in advance.And if they all rushed to Sanya from other places temporarily, their actions would probably not be so calm. It is very likely that some of them are permanently stationed in Sanya themselves—or it is more appropriate to say that they are lurking.

During the investigation of the previous case, Zhang Qianzhi's intuition had already played an important role. It was precisely because he insisted that the gang would rush to Danzhou to plan a new attack after the failure of Changhua, and that they would launch a new attack in Danzhou later. A large-scale plan to lure snakes out of the cave was launched, and Xue Zheng and his gang were led to the countryside outside the city to arrest them.At this time, his intuition popped up again. He just wanted to find a few missing persons who were most likely foreign temporary residents in Sanya, a place with a large population flow. This task was no more difficult than what he had assigned earlier. How much easier is the capture scheme.

Of course, Zhang Qianzhi is not just guessing. The so-called intuition is a judgment based on the various information currently available, but this time even if the intuition is wrong, there will be no serious consequences. The investigation work in Sanya was just a waste of time.But if Zhang Qianzhi's conclusion can be confirmed through investigation, then maybe we can follow the clues to find out where these people came from.

At this time, in Jinzhou, Liaodong, thousands of miles away from Danzhou, some strange things also happened.

The confrontation between the Haihan army and the Qing army on the northern line of the Jinzhou Isthmus has lasted for about a year and a half. During this period, because the Qing army knew that it was too inferior in terms of weapons and shifted the focus of the war to North Korea, it did not continue. Take the initiative to launch an offensive.Since the Haihan Army launched the Battle of Manila at the beginning of the year, almost all the main ace troops were transferred back to the South China Sea, so they did not launch an offensive against the Qing army.

Due to different reasons, the two sides tacitly chose a truce on the Jinzhou Peninsula, so that no large-scale war broke out on this front in the near future.Of course, minor armed conflicts have never stopped during this period, but both sides are actively controlling such military training conflicts to prevent them from turning into wars between the two armies.

Seeing a few heavy snowfalls, and the Golden State front is about to enter a long winter break, Sha Xi also felt a lot more relaxed.After several main teams were transferred from Golden State last year, he has always been uneasy.Fortunately, this year, in order to relieve the siege of North Korea, several ace troops that had just finished fighting in the South China Sea were hastily transferred to the north.Although it is stationed in North Korea, it is not too far away from Jinzhou. If there is a real situation, there must be time to launch support, which makes Sha Xi feel a little relieved.

Sha Xi is good at civil affairs management, which is also the main reason why the executive committee transferred him to Jinzhou to be in charge. He is not an expert in military affairs, so after all the senior generals in the army left Jinzhou, he still A special report was made to ask Chen Yixin to be temporarily transferred from Shandong to Liaodong, so as to avoid the lack of senior generals in Liaodong.

However, as long as the winter break period is entered, the Qing army north of the defense line will generally choose to die down and retreat to the fortress defense line they built. They will not be dispatched again until the spring begins, and continue to compete with Haihan's rangers.And this period of time is also a relatively relaxed day for Sha Xi, so he doesn't have to worry about any troubles caused by the enemies in the north during this period.

Sha Xi has already made a plan, taking advantage of the relatively quiet time, hurry up and organize the people to complete some infrastructure projects that have been delayed for a long time.For example, the segmental connection project of the official road from Lushunkou to the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line, the second phase project of the military wharf in Dalian Bay, the water supply and drainage project of Nanguanling Military Camp, etc.

In addition, this year's winter recruitment in the Jinzhou area has been licensed by Fort Victory, and it can recruit young people of the right age for the people of Dongjiang Town who have migrated to the area under the Haihan rule. People who have served in the Ming army can also sign up on their own.And this is just a public statement. In fact, this measure was introduced to rationally and legally swallow up the military power of Dongjiang Town, and turn the former soldiers of the Ming Army into fighters serving Haihan.

Of course, according to Haihan's standards, they definitely won't take over the whole thing. Soldiers in Dongjiang Town still have to take the initiative to sign up first, and only after being screened will they get the opportunity to change their identities.As for whether these former Ming soldiers will choose to change camps, Sha Xi is very optimistic, because the treatment of the Haihan Army is much higher than that of the Ming Army, and the rewards for military achievements are generous. There have been many Ming soldiers from Dongjiang Town for a long time. I'm trying to find a way to switch to the Haihan Army.

These Ming troops fought against Houjin in Liaodong for many years, and they were very familiar with the geographical environment and the enemy's situation, and they were exactly the troops Haihan could use.According to the military's estimate, at least [-] to [-] suitable personnel can be selected from Dongjiang Town. At that time, these personnel will be retrained. After learning Haihan's military technology, they will continue to fight in the Liaodong area The Qing army fought.

The purpose of this kind of conscription is not only to strengthen Haihan's local military strength, but also to reassure the soldiers and civilians in the former Dongjiang Town, and through this way let them truly integrate into Haihan's rule.

In fact, the Dongjiang Zhenming Army has long been cooperating with the Haihan Army. In the Liaodong War in the past two years, Dongjiang Zhenming Army basically participated in large and small battles.Until now, among the cavalry responsible for patrolling the area north of the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line, there are still a considerable number of Ming troops from the former Dongjiang Town.Of course, since they were actually serving Haihan, most of their weapons and equipment were replaced, and many of them used rifles and sabers made by Haihan.After they officially changed their identities, they could even change out their military uniforms.

Sha Xi had already made a plan. He was going to work in the Nanguanling military camp in a few days, and send a batch of pigs, cattle and sheep bought from Shandong a few days ago to the army for a tooth-beating sacrifice.However, at this time, news came back from the front that made Sha Xi somewhat unhappy.

A group of soldiers patrolling the northern side of the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line was ambushed by the Qing army. Only five of the fifteen cavalrymen survived, and those who failed to escape from the battlefield were basically in danger.

In fact, such a confrontation is not a big deal. In the state of confrontation between the two armies, even if the Haihan army has a certain advantage in weapons and equipment, it is inevitable that the opponent will seize some opportunities to launch attacks after a long time. There have been patrols in the past. An example of a cavalry squad being attacked by enemy troops.

But this time the situation was a little different. According to the soldiers who fled back, the Qing army who launched the attack did not use the usual bows and crossbows, but muskets.There were more than two or three, or three or five, and it was very likely that they were formed musketeers—the patrol team that was attacked only heard a short burst of gunfire, and was knocked down by the intensive shooting from the nearby forest for seven days. eight people.The rest of the people didn't dare to stay at all, and hurriedly urged the horse to leave the dangerous area.

In fact, the Qing army has always had muskets. The rebels who fled to Liaodong and joined Houjin during the Denglai Rebellion held hostage craftsmen who could make guns, so the corresponding manufacturing technology has long since flowed into the Qing Dynasty.However, the firearms that the Qing Dynasty could manufacture were quite primitive, and there was no large-scale formation of organized troops at all. The threats they could cause in actual combat were extremely limited, and the Haihan Army had never been afraid of this method of the Qing Army.

However, according to the information sent back from the front line, the weapons used by the Qing army in this battle should not be traditional matchlock guns, but some kind of standard flintlock guns.The soldiers who fled brought back the bodies of two comrades-in-arms, and the military doctor had taken out the bullets in the bodies and confirmed this.

This is not a trivial matter for Haihan, because it most likely means that the Qing Dynasty has mastered the production technology of a certain kind of flintlock gun, achieved mass production quietly, and also trained a gun with an unknown organization. The musketeers were thrown into the battlefield when Haihan was unprepared.

Chen Yixin originally planned to go back to Majiazhuang, Shandong Province to live for a while after winter, but of course he couldn't leave as soon as this incident came out, so he rushed from Lushun to the front line overnight.He had to verify the news as soon as possible, and if it was true, he had to report it as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)