Chapter 1100 Everyone gets what they need

Zhang Pucheng received Huang Qu's reminder and quickly realized the subtleties of the current situation in Fushan County. Those ideas just now were too unrealistic. Now he should consider how to maintain a peaceful and stable relationship with the Haihan people. In the future, he will have a difficult time.

Whether the black gauze hat on the people can be stabilized depends to a certain extent on whether the Haihan people can stay calm and not cause trouble. Judging from the strength they have shown in dealing with Wanjiajun, the local government will definitely not be able to deal with it with force.

Its implementation has been restricted, and all the Fushan County Government can do is try its best to communicate with the Haihan people and negotiate good terms. Although Zhang Pucheng regrets the previous agreement with Wanjiajun, in the face of new external threats, what can he do

We can only copy the previous handling methods to ensure the peace of the areas under our control.

However, at this juncture, Zhang Pucheng and Huang Qu did not dare to go out of the city to meet the Haihan people in person. They sent the messengers who had been to the Haihan camp last time to express to the Haihan people the Fushan County Government's "responsibility for the fight that took place outside the county today."

"Concerned attitude", let's take a look at the Haihan people's tone of voice.

At this time, the Haihan Army was also busy gathering prisoners of war and cleaning the battlefield. Although this battle did not last long, the number of prisoners captured was several times that of the previous day's battle. The local garrison and those stranded here had not yet

The number of refugees transported away was not as large as the number of bandits captured in this battle. Before the war, the Zhifu Island Command did not expect that there would be such a large number of prisoners in this battle. Now even the shackles transported here are not enough.

If used, some prisoners of war can only be temporarily imprisoned with barbed wire.

"There are so many prisoners of war that we may not be able to transport them all in one trip!" Harugong jumped off his horse and handed the reins to his subordinates, and said excitedly to Chen Yixin.

This was the first time Harugong personally went to the battlefield to lead a battle after time travel. Although the time was short, the results were indeed quite fruitful, and the process went smoothly beyond his expectations. The two cavalry companies he commanded shuttled back and forth on the battlefield.

, cut and shattered the enemy's formation, and blocked most of the bandits trying to escape from the battlefield. The mobility of the cavalry was fully demonstrated in this battle, and it can be called a textbook battle.

Chen Yixin also responded with joy on his face: "Now we can add a wave of labor force to Zhifu Island... By the way, the bandit leader Wan Meng has been captured!"

"Captured alive?" Harugong didn't know that Wan Meng was the person he personally ordered to arrest on the battlefield, and he was quite excited when he heard the news.

"He's alive, but he fell off his horse and broke one of his legs." Chen Yixin said, "I'm just waiting for you to come back and interrogate him together!"

After finally catching the bandit leader of the Wanjia Army, naturally he will not be executed easily. The information Haihan needs to collect most urgently at present is about the main population centers in Fushan County and the remnants of the Wanjia Army hidden in the mountains.

Power. This Wanjiajun has been a local bully in Fushan County for several years. He may know the situation in the county better than the local government, and he should be able to get a lot of useful information from his mouth.

However, before they had time to interrogate Wanmeng, the envoy from Fushan County had already arrived outside the Haihan camp to ask for a meeting. It happened that Harugong also wanted to use the results of this victory to impress the local government, so he brought the envoy to the camp.

Let him see Wanmeng who was held in solitary confinement.

"We hope to have a meeting with Zhang Zhixian as soon as possible to discuss how to rescue and resettle the large number of refugees in Fushan County." Harugong expressed Haihan's attitude to the envoy: "If necessary, we can annihilate Wanjia.

The merits of the military and bandit gangs will be handed over to Zhang Zhixian to report their merits to Dengzhou Prefecture."

The envoy's eyes lit up when he heard this. He came to inquire about Haihan's story. One of his tasks was to persuade the Haihan people to hand over the captured bandit leader to the local government for disposal. Whether dead or alive, this was a big deal for the Fushan County government.

It was no small feat. Now that Harugong took the initiative to mention this matter, it saved him a lot of saliva. However, the other party asked for an interview with Zhang Pucheng, which required further negotiation on the details.

"Tomorrow morning, outside the east gate of the county?" Zhang Pucheng was also very excited after hearing the report. This kind of credit cannot be obtained at any time. A stubborn disease like Wan Jiajun who has existed in Dengzhou Prefecture for several years can

Being eliminated by one dynasty, the success of quelling the rebellion is enough to be reported to the Shandong Chengxuan Envoy Department, and the superiors may use this to report their merits to the court, and the benefits are immeasurable.

"Tomorrow I will go out of the city to meet the Haihan people. Mr. Huang will stay in the city and plunder the formation for me on the top of the city!" Zhang Pucheng quickly made a decision and thought it was worth taking the risk.

Huang Qu didn't raise any objections this time. Although he didn't quite believe how well-intentioned the Haihan people were, since the other party took the initiative to meet and negotiate, there was no reason to refuse such a request. If Wan Jiajun could really be used as an excuse to go up

He also believes that the weight of this credit can at least be reported to the Shandong Dusi. It is basically a certainty to get a reward, and maybe he will be promoted because of it. After all, there are many soldiers in the Denglai Prefecture of the Jiaodong Peninsula.

There are vacant positions, and now as long as you have military merit, you have a good chance of getting promoted.

"In that case, I will gather the soldiers in the city tomorrow to escort Mr. Zhang at the east gate." Huang Qu also immediately expressed his support. Anyway, he and Zhang Pucheng are now trapped in Fushan County, tied to a rope.

A grasshopper hanging on will be both prosperous and destitute. Instead of hanging on like this, it would be better to talk to the Haihan people, maybe they can use their efforts to gain fame.

Harugong scheduled the meeting until the next day, mainly because the side here was completely overwhelmed with handling prisoners of war and cleaning the battlefield. After the battle, he contacted Zhifu Island through the radio and asked them to send more boats to the upper reaches of the river.

Shipping prisoners of war.

According to preliminary statistics, more than 1,100 prisoners of war were captured in this battle, and more than 170 enemies were killed. A large number of weapons, including several native cannons, were seized. However, Haihan failed to continue in this battle.

Maintaining a record of zero casualties, two of Harugong's cavalry troops were killed, six were injured, and several horses were injured. On the contrary, the infantry and artillery responsible for the firepower output on the frontal battlefield did not suffer any battle losses, and only one person died because of

The rifle exploded and suffered minor injuries.

Although Harugong felt sorry for the casualties suffered by the cavalry in this battle, he still accepted it calmly. After all, a small amount of cavalry was used to accumulate ten times as many infantry as his own. If he could keep the casualties in single digits, it was considered a success.

Quite good. And this kind of record also benefited from the advanced weapons equipped by the cavalry, which allowed the soldiers to take a preemptive strike during the battle and cause damage to the enemy while maintaining a certain safe distance. The dead and injured cavalry also

Almost all of them happened when the saber was used to engage the enemy in close combat after the bullets were fired. On the one hand, this proved the necessity for the cavalry to equip muskets. On the other hand, it also exposed the shortcomings of the cavalry's combat skills in using cold weapons.

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Harugong believes that this is mainly due to lack of combat experience. Compared with veterans of the navy and special operations battalions who have performed many missions overseas, although the cavalry unit has been established for several years and daily training has never been relaxed, actual combat

There is indeed a lack of experience. Many cavalry soldiers officially set foot on the battlefield for the first time after coming to Shandong. The strength they can display will be more or less compromised. If they want to improve, they can only hope to be trained and trained in actual combat.

Summary after the war.

Haihan chose Zhifu Island in Dengzhou as his base. One of the purposes was to prepare for crossing the Bohai Bay to the north to establish a base on the Liaodong Peninsula. The enemies he would face then were Manchus outside the Pass who were good at fighting on horseback.

People, if the quality of the cavalry is not good enough, they will suffer a lot when they go to Liaodong later. Harugong comes from the world hundreds of years later, and he knows that one of the important reasons why the Ming Dynasty army cannot defeat the Qing Dynasty is that the cavalry skills are not as good as the people.

, so we have always attached great importance to the cultivation of the combat capabilities of our troops, and we have tried our best to provide the best conditions in terms of war horses, weapons and equipment, and training methods. The only thing we lack now is indeed combat experience.

However, the cavalry tactics that Harugong learned and mastered were almost all based on the equipment of muskets. In fact, he did not know much about the techniques of real cold weapon combat, and the skills he could teach to his subordinates were relatively limited. And the South

It is difficult to find military attachés from the Ming Dynasty who are skilled in cavalry combat to assist in teaching. Therefore, although the cavalry battalion has been established for several years, the soldiers' cold weapon combat skills are significantly slower to improve than in other fields. Harugong can only hope for the moment.

Practical combat can allow some of them to realize some combat skills.

Before these prisoners of war were transported back to Zhifu Island, Chen Yixin and Harugong certainly would not let them just idle. After searching and preliminary identification of the prisoners of war, the Haihan Army took the prisoners of war in batches to the existing

At the construction site, let them do some rough work such as leveling the ground, excavating earth, and transporting sand and gravel to prepare for further expansion of the camp. Unfortunately, there are not enough labor tools in the Haihan camp, so there is no way

To make full use of the labor force of prisoners of war, only about half of them can be used.

The refugees who had already boarded the ship before the war had to return to the shore because the limited transportation capacity had to be used to first send the more dangerous prisoners of war back to Zhifu Island, while the ordinary people could only stay here to wait for Haihan.

The immigration boat was sent later. However, the refugees had no complaints about this arrangement. Most of them watched the previous battles on the boat and by the river, and witnessed how the local local overlord Wan Jiajun

It collapsed in an instant, and he was naturally convinced by the combat effectiveness displayed by the Haihan Army. The arrival of a large number of prisoners of war replaced the physical labor that originally needed to be done by the refugees, so it seems that there is no problem in staying for another day and a half.

Before nightfall that day, more than 500 prisoners of war were transported from the river bank stronghold. The remaining prisoners of war and refugees had to wait for the fleet that would arrive the next day. However, all the captured leaders of the Wanjia Army stayed here.

This will be used as an exchange condition in the subsequent negotiations with the local government.

The next day, Harugong led a company of cavalry and slowly rode out of the camp, heading towards the east gate of the county. In the agreement made the day before, he did not mention whether he could bring armed followers, nor did he.

He planned to risk his life by asking Da to make fun of him. Although the local government had not shown any obvious hostility, there was not much contact between the two parties. There was no guarantee that the Ming officials in the county would have good intentions for him, and there might be people in the slums outside the city.

There are also remnants of the bandits hanging around among them. As long as you bring a company of cavalry, you can basically guarantee your safety.

There was originally a market outside the east gate of the county. In the past, people who lived by the sea would transport their catch from Jiahe River to the market in the county for sale. Over time, the buying and selling of various local commodities spontaneously gathered here.

Fushan County is a relatively lively place. However, during the Denglai Rebellion, a large number of refugees from all over the county flocked to the county to escape the war, and the originally bustling market here quickly turned into a refugee camp. Most of the businessmen with some property

He decisively sold his goods and left here to flee south. Various shops were soon taken over by the refugees and turned into a noisy dormitory.

After Harugong's cavalry company arrived here, they quickly cleared out a former teahouse, kicked out a few refugees living here, and then simply tidied up the house, leaving only a set of tables and chairs, and the rest.

All the junk stuff was thrown out.

When Harugong and his party arrived, Zhang Pucheng and Huang Qu also saw it on the top of the city. When things came to a close, Zhang Pucheng was still a little nervous, and specifically told Huang Qu: "If the Haihan people are not good-hearted, take me down."

If you threaten Kaicheng, Mr. Huang must not be fooled!"

Huang Qu nodded and said: "The situation will not deteriorate to this point, Mr. Zhang, don't worry."

He comforted Zhang Pucheng, but he couldn't help but think in his heart that if the situation mentioned by Zhang Pucheng really happened, then of course it would be better to surrender in Kaicheng, at least to save his life. Otherwise, with the small number of defenders in the city, they would not be able to stop them.

After breaking the city, the Haihan people would inevitably be angry, and they might just drag him out and behead him, which would be too unfair.

Zhang Pucheng bravely climbed down from the city tower and let the defenders open the city gate. It was different from the pomp and circumstance set up by Haihan. He only led four personal followers, plus the two bearers carrying the sedan chair, and went out of the city to meet him.

The Haihan people met. It's not that Zhang Pucheng didn't want to put on a show, it's just that the county government garrison in the city only had dozens of people. If he took a few more people out of the city, the city's defense would become even weaker. However, there were several local people when he left the city.

After hearing the news, the squire and landlord came to see him off, which gave Zhang Pucheng some psychological comfort. At least the local leading figures expressed their support for him to go out of the city to negotiate with Haihanhe. Public opinion was still on his side.

Of course, Zhang Pucheng also knew the purpose of these people, which was simply hoping that he could deal with the Haihan people outside the city and prevent Fushan County from falling into war.
Chapter completed!