1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2376
Turning war refugees from the country into immigrants and sending them to the areas under Haihan's rule for resettlement, using them as cheap labor for colonial activities, and then gradually turning them into nationals of the country, this kind of population introduction plan is also familiar to Haihan. There have been similar successful operations in Annan, Daming, North Korea and other places.

In the implementation process, in addition to civil affairs and shipping, the participation of the military and intelligence agencies is also essential.The information provided by the intelligence agencies is an important reference for the operational leaders to make various decisions.

In this operation, although he has obtained a lot of information about the situation in Shandong from various private channels in the early stage, Chen Yixin has always hoped that the intelligence department can provide a more detailed report so that he can make a more accurate report on the trend of the situation. judgment.

And Hao Wanqing's performance did not disappoint him. He actually led the team himself and ventured into the area affected by the war to collect intelligence.The information that Hao Wanqing found at such a high risk was naturally more detailed and credible than the information that Jiang Sheng obtained through word of mouth.

After noticing the influx of refugees in war-torn areas, Hao Wanqing of course also thought of taking advantage of the chaos to recruit the refugee population for Haihan, but he did not expect Chen Yixin to move so quickly. Everything has been arranged.

While speaking, the leading officer of the Special Operations Regiment who had just rushed over from North Korea also arrived.Considering the situation in Shandong, Qian Tiandun specially appointed Sun Zhen, a local captain and battalion commander, as the commander.

Sun Zhen also worked with Chen Yixin when he was stationed in Shandong, so he is not an outsider.Moreover, he himself is from Dengzhou, and he understands the local situation better than Hao Wanqing, a Shandong native who traveled through later generations, so Sun Zhen can also provide a lot of valuable advice on the next action plan.

After Chen Yixin briefly introduced the current situation, he asked Sun Zhen to talk about his own views.Sun Zhen is a straightforward person, and he didn't shirk it. After a little thought, he expressed his thoughts: "Actually, I think that the number of refugees flooding into Fushan County will not be as many as the general expected. There are two reasons. One is that Fushan County The surrounding area is almost surrounded by mountains, which is a big problem for refugees who lack supplies, especially those who come from hundreds of miles away and are not familiar with the local environment. Many people will give up and find another escape route.”

"The second reason is that I believe that the Ming court will learn the lessons of the Denglai Rebellion, and will use more containment measures in the Denglai area, and even use coercive means such as road closures to reduce the number of people flocking to Fushan County. The size of the refugees, in order to avoid another large number of refugees being taken in by our country.”

Hao Wanqing said: "The situation you mentioned does exist in theory, but the government's capabilities and material reserves in the Denglai area may not be able to cope with such a wave of refugees."

Chen Yixin said: "It is one thing to be able to cope with the influx of refugees, but another to let people into Fushan County. We have to guard against the situation Sun Zhen mentioned!"

Hao Wanqing's face changed slightly and he said, "You mean the government would rather let the refugees starve to death than let us pick up the leak?"

Chen Yixin said: "The Terengganu government has warned us several times last year that they want to take back the mining rights of the Fushan Copper Mine. You should also know about this?"

Hao Wanqing nodded and said: "That prefect Chen has been coveting the Fushan Copper Mine for a long time, but he has never found the point, and has not found a chance to do so."

Chen Yixin said: "If it wasn't for the Qing army going south in a big way this time, maybe he would have played tricks with us. I think he should be able to predict what kind of consequences a large number of refugees will flow into Fushan County. It's not out of the question to come out and stop us from taking refugees."

When Haihan settled on Zhifu Island, he used the banner of helping refugees, bought people's hearts and expanded his control area, gradually gaining a firm foothold in Fushan County.And the refugees who were taken in in Fushan County at the beginning were basically transformed into Haihan nationals, and many of them returned here with new identities, but the object of service has become Haihan, just like the current Sun Zhen Same.

Of course, the Dengzhou government did not turn a blind eye to this process. They also tried expulsion methods when Haihan was not gaining a stable foothold, but suffered a few times due to the gap in force.Later, Haihan marched into Liaodong, occupied Jinzhou, negotiated cooperation terms with the imperial court, and the two countries signed an alliance. Naturally, the Dengzhou government could no longer openly use force against the Haihan people in Fushan County.

However, the so-called cooperation between Haihan and Daming was based on the threat of the Qing Dynasty. Daming did not intend to let Haihan do whatever he wanted in his own territory. As long as he seized the opportunity, the government would continue to try to weaken Haihan's influence.

Haihan's mining and smelting of copper in Dengzhou has already made the government very dissatisfied. If a large number of war refugees who flooded into Dengzhou are taken in, it seems to help the government solve the problem, but so many people are controlled by Haihan. All of them may turn into the peasant army that the government fears most.Moreover, a large number of refugees attached to Haihan will inevitably increase Haihan's local influence, and the government should not be willing to sit back and watch this situation happen.In particular, the civil and military officials in Dengzhou have not dealt with Hai Han in recent years. No matter what Hai Han's real purpose of saving the refugees is, they probably will not let Hai Han do what he wants.

"Then according to this, on the one hand, we have to put our minds on resettling the refugees, and on the other hand, we have to beware of the Dengzhou government making trouble with us." Hao Wanqing said helplessly: "If the Dengzhou government is determined to give us If you make a trip, you have to fight with them first!"

Chen Yixin didn't show much worry about the possibility mentioned by Hao Wanqing: "Since Dengzhou City has recruited veterans and civilian husbands from Fushan County some time ago, it can be seen that there are not many troops stationed there, so there should be no big waves. Later, we can also send some people to the front lines of Zhaoyuan and Laixi to guide refugees to Fushan County for refuge."

Sun Zhen immediately took the initiative to invite Ying and said: "If the general trusts the humble officer, he can entrust this task to the humble officer. Tomorrow, the troops can send a company to each of these two places to guide the refugees, and by the way, they can also scout and enter Dengzhou The scale of the refugees allowed Fukuyama County to deal with it calmly."

Both Zhaoyuan and Laixi counties are about [-] miles away from Fushan County. It is not far, but it is definitely not close. For the Haihan Army whose combat method relies heavily on logistics, the distance on land The area controlled by our side is so far away that it is already considered a relatively dangerous area.

Chen Yixin said: "It may be difficult to gather so many horses in a hurry... Let's postpone it for another day and try to prepare as much as possible!"

If these elite troops are allowed to rush two hundred miles away to perform tasks on two legs, it will not only cause great consumption of their physical strength, but also because of their limited load-bearing capacity, the rations and combat supplies they can carry are also difficult. Support multi-day operations.The special operations group didn't bring many horses across the sea. If Chen Yixin wanted to solve the problem of their lack of mobility, he had to find more horses and horses locally for them to use.

Of course, they dared to adopt such a method of action, mainly because most of the garrison troops on the Shandong Peninsula were transferred to the west to fight against the Qing army. Even if the Dengzhou government wanted to do something against the Haihan army, they were currently unable to do anything.

If the refugees want to go to Fushan County from west to east after entering Dengzhou, there are roughly three main routes: north, south and middle. The north route is to go to Dengzhou City along the coast of Laizhou Bay, and then continue along the coastline to the southeast after arriving in Dengzhou City. You can reach Fushan County by traveling a hundred miles; the middle line first arrives at Zhaoyuan County, and then walks eastward from the official road between the southern foot of Tiangu Mountain and Qixia County. Since the road has to cross a large area of ​​foothills, this is also a relatively difficult route. The south line is to go to Laixi first, turn to the northeast through Laiyang, and follow the Jiahe River through the eighty-mile-deep valley plain to reach the southern part of Fushan County.

On the first two routes, Zhaoyuan County is the only way to go. If Haihan sets up an agency to guide refugees in Zhaoyuan County, then the refugees will no longer need to go to Dengzhou City, so the number of refugees intercepted by the Dengzhou government will also be greatly reduced.

Because the southern route is inland, there are only two small counties on the way. It is estimated that there will be relatively few refugees taking this route, but in fact, among the three routes to Fushan County, this is actually the smoothest and most convenient one. route.But basically, as long as you grasp the two locations of Zhaoyuan and Laixi, you can control at least [-]% of the refugees entering Dengzhou.

And Sun Zhen was able to make a judgment on the situation so quickly and propose a feasible plan, naturally because he was born in Denglei and was familiar with the local geographical environment.

Hao Wanqing said: "Gong Shiqi also brought a group of people to carry out activities in Laizhou. They will return to Dengzhou later, and the planned station is Zhaoyuan. When your troops arrive in Zhaoyuan, Gong Shiqi should take the initiative Let’s meet up, and he can help out then.”

Sun Zhen replied: "In that case, I will personally lead the team to Zhaoyuan to meet Master Gong. For the troops of my troops in Fushan County, I will also ask General Chen to take command."

Chen Yixin was the top person in charge of Haihan in Shandong at this time, and all the local armed forces obeyed his command, so he readily agreed to Sun Zhen's entrustment.

After Sun Zhen finished the meeting in Majiazhuang, he immediately rode back to Zhifu Island and summoned his officers at all levels to deploy tasks.Although Chen Yixin gave him an extra day to prepare, but for this army that just rushed over from North Korea, it was still a bit hasty.Arranging personnel, deploying materials, and formulating marching routes, there are a lot of things that need to be dealt with in more than a day.

Compared with others, Sun Zhen, who was born locally, has a more positive attitude towards the situation in Shandong.He has personally experienced the Denglai Rebellion, and he is well aware of the sufferings of the common people in the troubled times, and he himself was rescued by Haihan before he regained his life. Naturally, he regarded Haihan's assistance to Shandong refugees as a means of saving his life. lift.Now that Shandong is in war again, he believes that only Haihan Kingdom can really save innocent people.

"Everyone, our next task is to guide more refugees to enter Fushan County smoothly and get the assistance provided by our country. Whether it is the Qing army, the Ming army, or some bandits and bandits, who dares To obstruct us in this process is our enemy."

Sun Zhen paused for a moment, seeing that there was no objection from the crowd, he continued: "Killing the enemy is meritorious, but saving people is also meritorious. Both General Qian and General Chen have assured me that we will protect the refugees in Dengzhou, and we will also discuss Reward for meritorious deeds. But let me put it bluntly, if there are any violations of military discipline during the operation, such as slaughtering people, killing good men and pretending to be meritorious, they will be severely punished!"

Chen Yixin was not idle either. He found his father-in-law Ma Dongqiang and asked him to gather the local chariots and horses as soon as possible and hand them over to the Haihan Army for unified command and deployment.As for the need to expropriate private persons, rent it if you can, and buy it at the market price if you can’t.

The most urgent task is to gather the horses and horses needed by the two companies that are about to set off within a day.Fukuyama must not be able to gather hundreds of war horses locally, but it shouldn't be a big problem to gather the pack horses used as mounts everywhere.There are as many as seven or eight chariot and horse dealers, large and small, in Fushan County. The chariots and horses provided by these commercial organizations alone should be enough for about [-]% of the needs of this operation, and the rest will be requisitioned on the spot Private carriage.

In addition to the big local families like the Ma family, those rich and official families who fled to Fushan County the fastest to escape the war have also become the targets of forced requisition.The local people know how powerful the Haihan Army is, so even if they are unwilling, they will not show any resistance, but outsiders are obviously not used to this tough attitude, and some people want to reveal their identities in exchange for special treatment, but it is inevitable He hit a snag in front of Hai Hanbing.

Regardless of whether they are willing to cooperate or not, in short, the Haihan Army collected all the local chariots and horses together within one day, and dispatched them uniformly from the headquarters in Majiazhuang.On the same day, [-] horses and about [-] carriages of different standards were delivered to the first battalion of the Special Operations Regiment.

People in Fushan County have now realized that the general's son-in-law of the Ma family is not just going back to Fushan County this time to visit relatives, but to come back to do a big job.Although it has not been officially announced at this time, it is clear that the entire Fukuyama County has entered a state of military control, and all supplies are gradually taken over by the army. The price of food on the market is almost soaring at a rate of one every half an hour.

However, such an increase did not last long. Before dark that day, all shops selling food and daily necessities in Fujiang County were also closed at the request of the army, and all stocks were sealed after being counted and recorded. , People's rations began to enter the rationing system.

(End of this chapter)