1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 914 Post-War Inventory
It has been more than a year since Shibazhi was driven to Miyako Island. Naturally, it is no longer possible to obtain various supplies as conveniently as in the Fujian Strait. There are not many pigs, cattle and sheep on the island. Reluctant to kill and eat, keep it in case you only need it from time to time.But at this time Shibazhi had already decided to surrender to the Haihan people the next day, and these supplies were only reserved for the Haihan people in vain, so he might as well have a good meal before leaving.When I become a prisoner of the Haihan people tomorrow, I don't know when I will be able to eat meat.

What makes the pirates a little regretful is that when they withdrew from Penghu and Taiwan too hastily, they failed to transport much wine, and the good wine brought here has long been exhausted. It's not enough to enjoy fruit wine.

During the banquet, someone quietly came to Zheng Zhilong's side and reported to him that a small leader led a group of people and left the camp without a trace.Zheng Zhilong didn't react too much after learning about it, he just said calmly and let them go, without any intention of pursuing it.

Zheng Zhilong made the decision to surrender to the Haihan people. Not everyone in Shibazhi was willing to accept and obey this decision. There are still many people who hope to be tough with Haihan to the end, but at this moment when most people choose to surrender to save their lives Under such circumstances, even if a very small number of main combat factions jump out, it will not help the matter.And choosing to leave on the eve of surrender is also the only way for them to express their attitude at the last moment. Even if the Shibazhi led by Zheng Zhilong surrendered, they still would not admit defeat.

But Zheng Zhilong knew that this kind of struggle was futile. He went to the Haihan camp to negotiate with Wang Tom in the morning, and it was the first time he saw the true face of the Haihan militia at close range.In the past, Zheng Zhilong believed that Shibazhi was repeatedly defeated by the Haihan militia, which was not as strong as his own. , but found that he was really wrong in the past. The military capacity and discipline of this Haihan militia were far from what he had encountered in the past. Whether it was Daming or Western Fangui, the state of their armed forces was far inferior to this self-proclaimed militia. Haihan is armed.In contrast, Haihan's militia is more like a professional army, while the Ming's official army is like an amateur civilian armed force.

Zheng Zhilong has led troops for many years, so he naturally knows how difficult it is to train such a high level of military appearance and discipline, and he has experienced more than once how an army with these qualities will perform on the battlefield.Moreover, the Haihan people did not know whether it was intentional or unintentional, they fired dozens of large and small artillery pieces at the gate of the camp. This formation alone had already made Zheng Zhilong half-hearted before the negotiation.Such a well-trained and experienced professional army, coupled with powerful weapons and equipment, is indeed not something that today's Shibazhi can compete with.

Under such circumstances, Zheng Zhilong would only regard those diehards who hoped to rely on a small group of armed forces to continue to resist Haihan as seeking their own death.Everyone has their own destiny, and if he can save most of them from Haihan, he has done his best.Since these people are determined to die, Zheng Zhilong doesn't want to bother to save them anymore, and the Haihan militia will come to teach them to be human.

The next day, under the organization of various leaders, the Eighteen Zhiyu Party, which had been compressed to the south of Miyako Island, left the stronghold and gathered together, and then marched towards the scheduled landing site.Although many people in Shibazhi were captured and killed in the battle after the war in the past few days, more than 3000 people were organized to surrender collectively this time.Of course, these people are not all combatants, more than half of them are just women, children, old and young.At least half of Shibazhi's truly combat-effective components were left in the Fujian Strait during last year's battle, and failed to withdraw to Miyako Island.Even if Zheng Zhilong doesn't surrender, with this little strength left, he won't be able to withstand Hai Han for too long.

The landing site was a large open field on the southern plain of the island.After harvesting a season of rice this summer, this area has been empty without cultivation, with an area of ​​four to five hundred mu.The Haihan army sent some armed personnel to deploy here yesterday, and today they added several artillery pieces, and they were all placed in very conspicuous places to ensure that those who come here to surrender can see their existence and avoid Some personnel still want to make some small moves when the situation is imminent.

The first battalion of the Haihan Militia has participated in many overseas operations and large-scale operations. It has rich experience in handling a large number of prisoners of war in the course of the war. Before that, it has prepared various chains, ropes, cable ties and other tools. , and pre-divided the functions of different areas.After Shibazhi's crowd arrived here, they first divided them into young and strong, old and weak, women and children, and let them enter the designated area to wait for the next step.

The two areas are also separated by two roadblocks and barbed wire, with a distance of several feet in the middle.The reason for this is that there are not enough female soldiers in the Haihan Army to search the women and children who surrendered one by one. In order to prevent Shibazhi from using women and children to carry weapons into the prisoner-of-war camp, they were separated from the area where young and strong prisoners were temporarily detained. Isolate and deal with it slowly later.And this arrangement also allows the captives to see the situation of their family members in real time, preventing them from overreacting because they are worried about the personal safety of their family members.

Haihan’s way of dealing with young and strong captives is not so friendly. Everyone has to line up to be searched first, and then enter the waiting area, where another team of soldiers is responsible for putting chain shackles on the captives. Every ten people are strung together. team to limit its ability to act.The small bosses and leaders at all levels are detained separately, and they are escorted to the next location by special personnel.These young and strong prisoners will be loaded on a ship later, and then transported to different prisons thousands of miles away.The elderly, weak, women and children will be separated and sent to various overseas colonies in Haihan after their identities are identified.

Although the identities of Shibazhi people are not very clean, most of them are Han Chinese. For Haihan's overseas colonies, especially in Nanyang, these people still have a certain value, at least compared with those from Nanyang or even more. The slaves transported from the distant Middle East and black Africa are much more convenient, and they are more in line with the Executive Committee's vision of establishing a colony with Han Chinese as the main body.However, because of their special backgrounds, if they want to change their identities to become naturalized in the future, it may take a longer inspection time and the assessment conditions are more stringent. Perhaps some of them will never obtain Haihan nationality in their entire lives. Chance.

Because of their special identities, Zheng Zhilong and his son were not dealt with together with others, but were taken alone to meet Tom Wang in a large tent not far from here.The father and son walked slowly into the tent, one behind the other, and then knelt down on the ground in front of Wang Tom to show their submission.

"Get up and talk." Wang Tom didn't intend to embarrass the father and son. Although Haihan and Shibazhi had a hostile relationship, Zheng Zhilong had been one of Haihan's top targets for a long time, but this relationship It has become a past tense. After Shibazhi chose to surrender, Zheng Zhilong is now just a prisoner.

Compared with Zheng Zhilong who had met yesterday, Tom Wang was more interested in the kid Zheng Fusong who followed him.Regarding this person's various achievements in history and the evaluation of later generations, Tom Wang has already made up a lot from Ning Qi. The status of "national hero" alone is enough to make people treat him differently.

"Look at the seat." Perhaps out of care for Zheng Fusong, Tom Wang graciously brought two chairs up and asked them to sit and talk.

"This is your son Zheng Fusong?" Tom Wang asked, staring at the little guy.He noticed that the child's eyes did not avoid him, and he probably didn't realize his identity at all.

"It's the dog, I hope General Wang will take care of it in the future." Zheng Zhilong quickly responded: "I have some things to present, I hope the general can take a look at it."

After Zheng Zhilong finished speaking, he took out an envelope from his arms and presented it to the guard next to him with both hands.Wang Tom took it over and opened it, but inside was a thick stack of bearer bank notes issued by Haihan Bank, all of which were 1000 taels. It seemed that there were as many as a hundred notes in thickness, which was not a small sum.

"What do you mean?" Tom Wang gently shook the envelope in his hand: "Bribe me?"

"I don't dare!" Zheng Zhilong replied: "The dog is young and ignorant, I hope General Wang can use this money to hire some servants to take care of his daily life, hire a better teacher to teach him, and read more books. useful."

"I can't tell you are a loving father." Tom Wang smiled noncommittally.In the original history, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and his son turned against each other because of whether to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. In the end, Zheng Chenggong, who was unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, took his troops away to Taiwan to establish his own family. Zheng Zhilong, who chose to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, has always been depressed because of the existence of this "rebellious son". , In the end, he lost his head because of it.If Zheng Zhilong knew his end, he would have strangled this crap kid to death long ago.

"The money will be confiscated." Tom Wang handed the envelope to the guard next to him, and then said to Zheng Zhilong, "You don't have to worry about your son suffering in the future. Since we promised to raise him up, we will do what we say. , We have our own arrangements for his life and study, and you don't need to spend extra money."

"Fu Song, why don't you thank General Wang quickly?" Although Zheng Zhilong was not sure about Tom Wang's intentions, it seemed that he did not have any malice towards his son.To whom the 10 taels of silver will be sent to in the end is the next thing. As long as it can pave a way for Zheng Fusong to live well, it can be regarded as the best use of everything.

Zheng Fusong slipped down from the chair and kowtowed to Tom Wang again.Wang Tom thought that I made a lot of money today, and this national hero actually kowtowed to himself twice. When I go back to Victory Port next time, I can brag about this experience.

At that moment, Wang Tom ordered people to take Zheng's father and son into custody separately. At this time, Zheng Fusong realized that the father and son were about to say goodbye, so he couldn't help crying.Wang Tom couldn't bear it, stepped forward and touched the top of Zheng Fusong's head, and comforted him: "Don't cry, there will be many opportunities to see your father in the future."

While receiving the captives, Haihan also sent troops to start an inventory of the Shibashiba base camp area in the south of Miyako Island.Although Zheng Zhilong promised to hand over Shibazhi's assets to Haihan, Tom Wang wouldn't really believe that he was so honest. Besides, even if Zheng Zhilong didn't do anything, so many people under him might not do what he said. Hand over all your money.

In addition, some armed personnel who are unwilling to surrender and are still hiding on the island also need to divide their forces to search and encircle.Although it is impossible for these people to affect the current trend of the war, it is a hidden danger after all to eliminate them all.The result that the executive committee wants is the complete destruction of Shibazhi, leaving no chance for the rest of the party to make a comeback.

As for the place of Miyako Island, Haihan currently has no intention of occupying it as his own.This island has no unique natural resources, and its geographical location is not particularly important. At most, it is used as an island colony.However, Haihan has expanded too fast in the past year or so. At present, there are still a large number of labor gaps in the colonies from Fujian to Zhejiang. Open up some new colonies with little strategic significance.

The Executive Committee's plan is to return it to the Ryukyu Kingdom as a favor.Of course, this kind of repayment is not unconditional, and a trade request will be made to the Ryukyu country at that time.At present, the Kingdom of Ryukyu is in the period of the second Shang Dynasty. During the reign of the seventh-generation ruler, King Shang Ning, he was invaded by the Shimadzu clan of the Satsuma clan of Japan and became a vassal state. He sent 8000 shi of grain to the Satsuma clan every year.The current ruler of the Ryukyu Kingdom is King Shangfeng who ascended the throne in 1621, but for an island country with a weak national power like Ryukyu, whether Haihan returns Miyako Island or not does not actually have much impact.

The follow-up operations on Miyako Island lasted far longer than the war. The Haihan Army with limited forces had to attack Miyako Island with an area of ​​more than 150 square kilometers and the adjacent Shimoji Island, Irabu Island, Laijian Island, and Pond. It is really time-consuming and labor-intensive to clean up islands such as Jiandao and Dashen Island.The captives on the island, most of the aborigines, and a large amount of supplies all need to be transported back to Haihan's own place by ship.At that time, what will be returned to the Ryukyu Kingdom will probably be just a bare island.

The wealth that Haihan seized on Miyako Island was far less than what he gained in Penghu last year. The main reason was that after Shibazhi retreated to Miyako Island, his livelihood became increasingly difficult, and he had to spend a lot of savings to buy various supplies. , The consumption is huge in one year.By the time the Haihan militia invaded the island, Shibazhi had already reached the end of its force. Even if it did not encounter foreign enemies, it had already begun to show its decline. It might not die naturally in a short period of time, but in order to seek resources, it split into It is almost inevitable that multiple small armed groups will fight independently.

(End of this chapter)