1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 577 The Root Cause of Attitude Transformation

Before the two of them were dry in cold sweat, what Tom Wang said next made their hearts beat wildly, secretly calling for luck.

Wang Tom said: "Since the two adults have treated each other frankly, let me tell the truth. Originally, we thought that if the two adults were confused by these bad guys and caused no distinction between the enemy and us, then we would do it at that time." , we probably don't have the extra energy to protect the safety of the two adults, and there may be some accidents that everyone doesn't want to see. However, in the report to the court afterwards, we will truthfully write how the two adults did it for The heroic deeds of protecting the safety of the people of Danzhou and fighting bravely against the remnants of pirates, the imperial court should also give some rewards to the two lords..."

Danger!It is too dangerous!

Yan Mingjun secretly sighed in his heart, if it wasn't for Li Jin's insistence today, he might have really followed Huang Zixing to the dark, and if things failed, he probably wouldn't even know how he died.Not only did the Haihan people arrange the means to hunt and kill the assassins, they even arranged the death of themselves and Li Jin properly!Huang Zixing and his gang will all be branded as the remnants of pirates, and the Haihan people killed them with confidence, and by the way, they can reasonably remove the two stumbling blocks of themselves and Li Jin, making it impossible for the Ming court to hold them accountable. I can admit it with my eyes closed.

As for the Guangdong government receiving the obituary, it may take several months to select the next alternate official, and this is enough for the Haihan people to further consolidate their ruling foundation in Danzhou.Even if Haihan is willing to let Daming send alternate magistrates again, the treatment these people can get after they arrive in Danzhou will probably only be worse than Yan Mingjun and Li Jin.

Looking at the relaxed faces of the Haihan people in front of him, Yan Mingjun suddenly felt that they might not have worried about someone causing trouble in Danzhou, but were waiting for such an opportunity to openly deal with the dissatisfaction hidden among the people. The stability factor makes a big cleaning.They had known about Huang Zixing's gang's plot for a long time, but they had been standing still, just waiting for more people to expose themselves.As for himself and Li Jin being involved in this matter, Haihan people have no scruples at all, it is nothing more than taking two extra lives when they do it.

The two listened to Wang Tom's introduction with ashen faces, and they had no restless thoughts in their hearts except that they were lucky.If there is a chance to do it all over again, Yan Mingjun probably wouldn't meet that moldy star surnamed Huang even if he was killed.

Zhang Xin took over the conversation and said: "The two adults understand the righteousness and take the initiative to expose the actions of these criminals. We will also write this clearly in the report to the court afterwards."

Yan Mingjun thought that your procedure is wrong. I am the magistrate of Danzhou sitting here. Even if I have to report to the court afterwards, I will write the report. Why are you in charge again?But he murmured in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask directly, so he could only nod his head repeatedly.

Zhang Xin went on to say, "Then Huang Zixing has been trying to drag the two adults into the water, so he must be sending you news through some kind of channel, right?"

Yan Mingjun hesitated and said, "This..."

"Master Yan, we all know what you know, and we also know what you don't know. So if you want to hide the situation from us now, it will actually be detrimental to your own safety in the end." Seeing him, Lin Nan showed a smile on his face. With a look of hesitation, he said a few words of "consolation".

Under the half-persuasion and half-threat attack, Yan Mingjun, who had never encountered such a battle, did not persist for too long under Haihan's tricks of inducing a confession, and finally vomited everything he knew.

Lin Nan and Wang Tom questioned Li Jin and Yan Mingjun respectively, while Li Qingyang and Wang Baisuo made transcripts and cross-examined.It took a full two hours until several people thought that there was nothing missing, and then people sent Yan Mingjun and Li Jin back.

"The situation they explained is basically consistent with what we found in our investigation." Tom Wang rubbed his sore neck and said to Zhang Xinjie: "At present, Huang Zixing mainly keeps in touch with Yan Mingjun by sending people to pass on messages. The people who spread the word are all disguised as vegetable vendors entering and leaving the backyard of the state government. Although they have certain anti-reconnaissance methods, these situations are also under the control of the Ministry of Security. They have already set the time and means of attack, but they have not I didn't inform Yan Mingjun of the specific arrangements, probably because I was afraid of leaking the news in advance."

Zhang Xinying said: "With you guys here, I feel relieved, the 100 catties will be handed over to you."

"Don't worry! I will stay with you when the time comes." Tom Wang patted the pistol in the quick-draw holster on the side of his thigh and said: "My MK23 is already hungry and thirsty!"

Zhang Xin nodded and said: "However, speaking of it, these two Ming officials were really lucky. If it wasn't for Li Jin's change of attitude, this Yan Mingjun might really have to go all the way to the dark. After this incident, They probably won't have the thought of going against us anymore."

Tom Wang pointed to Yu Tiezhu who had been standing beside him and said, "The lieutenant deserves the credit. These days, he has worked hard on Li Jin."

When Li Jin first arrived in Danzhou, he encountered setbacks one after another at the Baimajing Wharf and the Danzhou military camp, and only a few of his men were severely injured. It would be a lie to say that he had no resentment in his heart.However, Li Jin is also a relatively pure soldier. Although he is upset, he will not look down on the strength of the Haihan militia, especially after seeing the militia's combat power at sea on the way to Danzhou by boat, he is very concerned about the Haihan militia. The group is even more interested.

Although the militia stationed in Danzhou City is located in the city, but because the area is too small, the training of the militia has always been arranged outside the city.And in order to deter Xiaoxiao, the training of the militia has always been conducted in public, allowing local people to watch in an orderly manner nearby.Li Jin had nothing to do after taking office, so he naturally went to watch the excitement—of course, the main purpose was to further inquire about the true strength of the Haihan militia.

I don't know if I don't look at it, but I was startled when I saw it. Li Jin himself was also a general leading the army, and he could immediately see the similarities and differences between the Haihan militia and the Ming army.The basic training content of the Haihan Militia is marching in formation. This set of things is no stranger to Li Jin, because the Ming army not only has to practice these things, but also the formation evolution of the drill is far more advanced than the square formation of the Haihan Militia. complex.

But Li Jin only watched the training for half a day, and he was basically sure that the formation tactics of the Haihan militia were better than that of the Ming army. Because their firecrackers are more advanced, and their reloading and firing speeds are much faster than those of the Ming army, with the same number of musketeers, the combat effectiveness of the Haihan militia can almost reach three to four times that of the Ming army.

And according to the results of the live ammunition drills of the Haihan Militia, the range of the firecrackers it is equipped with is about a third longer than that of the weapons of the Ming army. With such a huge advantage, the Haihan Militia does not need to conduct complicated drills. As long as the basic formation is maintained, it is enough to keep firing bullets in the direction of the enemy.Under this kind of intensive firepower, Li Jin thinks that he must invest at least ten times as many troops, and fight to the death without retreating, so that he can hope to push through the effective range of Haihan firecrackers with lead bullets-this is of course only The Haihan militia came to the conclusion on the premise that they did not use artillery fire. After Li Jin saw the amazing effect of the militia using shotgun-loaded artillery to bombard a target [-] feet away, he thought that even with ten times the strength, it would probably It's also hard to get across that hellish range.

However, after watching the bayonet fighting training of the Haihan militia, Li Jin also felt desperate for melee combat.The Haihan militia can arm all musketeers into spearmen in a very short time in close combat. The five-foot-long gun body and the two-foot-long sharp bayonet are enough to exert great lethality in close combat.Moreover, the well-trained Haihan militia soldiers will quickly fight the target in groups of three. Li Jin knew after watching for a while that the fighting movements of these soldiers were all guided by masters, and every move was aimed at the vital point. The coordination was also very orderly, even if he faced such three iron spears, it would be difficult for him to resist the opponent's continuous poking and killing moves.

If the Haihan militia only had a group of musketeers, then Li Jin would not be particularly afraid. After all, if there are not enough guns, you can use them to make up for them. The Ming army also has a lot of guns.However, the number of artillery pieces of the Haihan Militia is obviously more. In a small place like Danzhou, there are actually twelve field artillery pieces. Although they are all small-caliber artillery pieces, Li Jin was impressed by the accuracy of their shooting targets during the drill. Secretly stunned.In addition, the Haihan people already had a small-scale cavalry. Although the so-called cavalry stationed in Danzhou only had about twenty horses, the appearance of this high-level army was enough to make Li Jin shudder. In addition to the cavalry saber, the cavalry also has a short and thick firecracker that can fire shotguns, which is enough for them to gain an advantage in close-range confrontation.

Li Jin came to the conclusion after watching the drill for three days. If the Ming army wants to defeat the Haihan militia on the frontal battlefield, it probably can only use a large number of cavalry and a large force with an absolute superiority to surround the opponent until the opponent is exhausted. Until the ammunition and food are exhausted.Li Jin himself knew that this theoretical way of winning was unlikely to be realized, especially on Qiongzhou Island where the Haihan people had already gained a clear advantage. Even the militiamen can't deal with it.

In the south of Qiongzhou Island, it is said that it has completely become a paradise for the Haihan people, and the strength of the Haihan militia is far stronger than that in the north. Even in Annan, which is across the sea, there are still over a thousand Haihan people stationed all year round. Regiment, which shows the adequacy of its troops.Before Li Jin came to Danzhou, he also imagined whether Daming could use military means to regain Qiongzhou Island, but after seeing the strength of the Haihan militia, he had to admit that his previous idea was too simple. For the Han people, the price that Ming must pay is probably not much easier than that on the northern battlefield.

Li Jin had been watching for a few days while mixing among the people outside the training ground, and he had been noticed by the military people long ago.After Yu Tiezhu asked his superiors for instructions, he simply invited Li to enter the venue to watch.Although Li Jin was a little surprised by this sudden treatment, he still chose to accept it in order to better understand the situation of the Haihan militia.And in the next few days, whenever the Haihan militia was out for training, Li Jin would definitely be there to watch, and Yu Tiezhu would take the trouble to explain all kinds of doubts to him.

Yu Tiezhu is not worried that the strengths of the Haihan Militia will be stolen by Li Jin. What he can see now is only the training results, and the supporting measures hidden behind it, such as weapon design and production, training plan formulation, and logistics supply Support, command and combat systems, etc., are not things that can be learned with just a few glances.With Daming's strength, even if he knew how to do it, it would be very difficult to replicate exactly the Haihan militia.

On the contrary, the more Li Jin learned, the more he realized the gap in strength between the two armies, and the unyielding energy he had when he first came to Danzhou became more and more weakened.Of course, the awareness that Yu Tiezhu instilled in him during this period was not limited to the military. Among the civil servants of Ming Dynasty who persuaded Haihan to surrender, the army accounted for the majority. Naturally, Yu Tiezhu would not let go of brainwashing Li Jin. Chance.

While Yan Mingjun was contemplating Danzhou's return to the Ming dynasty in the mansion, Li Jin was being brainwashed by Yu Tie Zhu on the playground of the Haihan militia. After going back and forth, the ideas of the two sides naturally changed in different ways.Yan Mingjun believed that the assassination of Huang Zixing and his gang could save Danzhou, but Li Jin could tell at a glance that this matter would never succeed. Even if one or two Haihan leaders could be killed, the consequences of this matter would not It will far exceed Yan Mingjun's expectations. As for the goal of recovering Danzhou and even Qiongzhou Island, Li Jin thinks that Yan Mingjun is simply thinking too much.

Fortunately, Yan Mingjun finally listened to Li Jin's advice and chose to protect himself. Otherwise, Li Jin may still have hope to save his life when the Dongchuang incident happens, but Yan Mingjun will inevitably "sacrifice" unfortunately because of his courageous killing of the thief.And the two people's informants were not worthless, at least the preparation progress that Huang Zixing reported to Yan Mingjun was information that the Ministry of Security could not obtain.After obtaining this useful information, the deployment of the Ministry of Security and the military against the rebels can be more targeted.

In the next few days, Danzhou, which seemed to be calm and peaceful, was undercurrents surging. Groups of people with different purposes, disguised as different identities, sneaked into Danzhou City.Yan Mingjun knew that there would be a bloody storm in Danzhou in the near future, so he simply didn't even leave the house.On the contrary, Li Jin still went his own way, going to the Haihan militia from time to time to discuss military affairs with Yu Tiezhu and others.

(End of this chapter)