Chapter 577 The root cause of attitude change

Before the two men could break out in a cold sweat, what Tom Wang said next made their hearts beat wildly and they secretly said they were lucky.

Wang Tom said: "Since the two adults have been frank with each other, let me tell the truth. Originally, we thought that if the two adults were deceived by these bad people and the enemy could not distinguish between us, then we would take action.

, we probably don’t have the extra energy to protect the safety of the two adults, and there may be some accidents that no one wants to see. However, in the report to the court afterwards, we will truthfully write down how the two adults acted for

For the heroic deeds of protecting the people of Danzhou, fighting bravely against the remnants of pirates and unfortunately dying, the court should also award some rewards to the two adults..."

Danger! It’s too dangerous!

Yan Mingjun secretly sighed in his heart, if Li Jin hadn't insisted today, he might have followed Huang Zixing into the dark side. Not to mention the failure, he probably wouldn't even know how he died. Not only did the Haihan people arrange it well,

In order to hunt down the assassins, they even made arrangements for the deaths of himself and Li Jin! Huang Zixing and his gang will all be branded as remnants of pirates, and the Haihan people will kill them with confidence, and at the same time, they can kill themselves and Li Jin.

These two unsightly stumbling blocks were properly removed, leaving the Ming court unable to hold them accountable and could only admit their fault with their eyes closed.

As for the Guangdong government receiving the obituary notice and selecting the next alternate officials, it will probably take several months, and this is enough for the Haihan people to further consolidate their rule base in Danzhou. Even if Haihan is willing to let the Ming Dynasty once again

If alternate local officials are sent out, the treatment these people will receive after arriving in Danzhou will probably be worse than that of Yan Mingjun and Li Jin.

Seeing the relaxed faces of the Haihan people in front of him, Yan Mingjun suddenly felt that they might not have been worried about anyone causing trouble in Danzhou, but were waiting for such an opportunity to openly deal with those unscrupulous people lurking among the people.

The stability factor was doing a big cleanup. They had known about the plot of Huang Zixing and his gang for a long time, but they had been standing still, just waiting for more people to be exposed. And being involved with Li Jin in this matter, for the Haihan people

There is no scruple at all, it’s just about gaining two extra lives when doing it.

The two of them listened to Wang Tom's briefing with despairing expressions. They had no restless thoughts other than secretly sighing for luck. If there was a chance to do it again, Yan Mingjun would probably not even meet the man named Huang.

Bad luck.

Zhang Xin took over the conversation and said: "The two gentlemen understand the righteousness and take the initiative to expose the behavior of these lawless people. We will also write this down in the report to the court afterwards."

Lord Yan Ming thought to himself that your procedure is wrong. I, the magistrate of Danzhou, am sitting here. Even if I have to report to the court afterwards, I will be the one to write the report. How can you be responsible again? But he muttered in his heart but did not dare to say it.

Asked directly, all he could do was nod his head in agreement.

Zhang Xin continued: "Then Huang Zixing has been trying to drag you two adults into trouble. I guess he is also constantly passing on news to you through some channels, 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 hide the situation from us now, in the end, it will actually be detrimental to your own safety." Lin Nan saw his face exposed.

Hesitantly, he said a few words of "consolation".

Under the attack of half persuasion and half intimidation, Yan Mingjun, who had never encountered such a battle before, did not persist for too long under Haihan's trick to induce a confession, and finally vomited everything he knew about the situation.

Lin Nan and Wang Tom asked Li Jin and Yan Mingjun questions respectively, while Li Qingyang and Wang Baisuo took notes. They also conducted cross-examination during the process. It took a full two hours until several people thought that nothing was missing.

Have someone send Yan Mingjun and Li Jin back.

"The situation they explained is basically consistent with our investigation." Wang Tom rubbed his sore neck and explained to Zhang Xin: "Currently, Huang Zixing mainly keeps in touch with Yan Mingjun by sending people to pass oral messages, and

The people who delivered the message were all disguised as vegetable vendors and went in and out of the backyard of the state government. Although they had certain counter-reconnaissance methods, these situations were also under the control of the Ministry of Security. They had already set the time and means to take action, but they did not

I didn’t inform Yan Mingjun of the specific arrangements, probably because I was afraid that the news would leak out in advance.”

Zhang Xin responded: "With you here, I feel relieved. I can leave these more than 100 kilograms to you."

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

Zhang Xin nodded and said: "But speaking of it, these two Ming officials were really lucky. If Li Jin hadn't changed his attitude, Yan Mingjun would have really gone all the way. After this incident,

They will probably never have the thought of going against us again."

Wang Tom pointed at Yu Tiezhu, who had been standing next to him, and said, "The credit goes to the lieutenant. He has been working hard on Li Jin these days."

When Li Jin first arrived in Danzhou, he encountered obstacles one after another at Baimajing Wharf and Danzhou Military Camp. The only few subordinates were severely injured. It would be a lie to say that he had no resentment in his heart. But Li Jin

He is also a relatively pure soldier. Although he feels unhappy, he does not look down on the strength of the Haihan Militia. Especially after seeing the militia's maritime combat power display on the way to Danzhou by boat, he is interested in the Haihan Militia.

It's even bigger.

Although the militia group stationed in Danzhou City is stationed in the city, because the area is too small, the training of the militia group has always been arranged outside the city. In addition, in order to deter the young people, the training of the militia group has always been conducted in public, allowing local

People were watching 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 find out the true strength of the Haihan Militia.

If you don’t know it, you will be shocked when you see it. Li Jin himself is also a general who leads troops. At a glance, you can immediately see the similarities and differences between the Haihan Militia and the Ming Dynasty army. The basic training content of the Haihan Militia is to march in formation. This

Li Jin was no stranger to tricks, because the Ming army not only had to practice these things, but the formation evolution they practiced was far more complicated than the square formation of the Haihan militia.

But Li Jin only watched the training for half a day, and he was basically sure that the Haihan Militia's formation marching tactics were better than the Ming army. The reason was very simple. The proportion of Haihan Militia equipped with firecrackers was much higher than that of the Ming army, and

Because their muskets 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 that the Haihan militia can exert can be almost three to four times that of the Ming army.

According to the results of the live-fire drills of the Haihan Militia, the range of the fire cannons it is equipped with is almost one-third farther than the weapons of the Ming Dynasty army. With such a huge advantage, the Haihan Militia does not need to conduct complicated drills.

To change the formation, it is enough to maintain the basic formation and keep firing bullets in the direction of the enemy. Under such intensive firepower, Li Jin thinks that at least ten times the troops must be invested, and

Only by fighting to the death can one hope to cross the effective range of the Haihan muskets with lead bullets - this is of course only a conclusion drawn on the premise that the Haihan militia did not use artillery fire. Li Jin had seen the militia use shotguns loaded with shotguns.

After seeing the astonishing effect of the artillery bombardment on the target thirty feet away, he believed that even with ten times the force, it would probably be difficult to overcome this hellish range.

However, after watching the bayonet fighting training of the Haihan Militia, Li Jin also felt desperate for close combat. The Haihan Militia could arm all the musketeers into spearmen in a very short time during close combat, with a gun body of more than five feet.

Coupled with a two-foot-long sharp bayonet, it is 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 this after watching it for a while.

The soldier's fighting movements were all directed by experts, and each move was aimed at the vital point. The cooperation of the three of them was also very orderly. Even if he faced such three iron guns, it would be difficult for him to withstand the opponent's continuous attacks.

Stab and kill action.

If the Haihan Militia only had a group of musketeers, then Li Jin would not be particularly afraid. After all, if there were not enough guns, he could still make up for it with artillery. The Ming army also had a lot of artillery. But the Haihan Militia obviously had more artillery than Danzhou.

Such a small place is actually equipped with twelve field artillery pieces. Although they are all small-caliber cannons, Li Jin was secretly stunned by their accuracy in shooting targets during the drill. In addition, the Haihan people actually

There is already a small-scale cavalry. Although the so-called cavalry stationed in Danzhou only has about twenty horses, the appearance of such advanced arms is enough to scare Li Jin. What's more, the weapons of these cavalry are besides lances and sabers.

In addition, there is actually a short and thick firecracker that can fire shotguns, which is enough to give them an advantage in close combat.

Li Jin came to the conclusion after watching the three-day drill. If the Ming army wanted to defeat the Haihan militia on the frontal battlefield, it would probably have to surround the opponent with a large force equipped with a large number of cavalry and with an absolute advantage in strength, until the opponent was exhausted.

Li Jin himself knew that this theoretical method of victory was unlikely to be realized, especially on Qiongzhou Island where the Haihan people had already gained a clear advantage, and the Ming Dynasty was no longer able to mobilize more than a thousand armed forces.

, it is estimated that not even the militia soldiers in Danzhou can deal with it.

In the southern part of Qiongzhou Island, it is said that it has completely become the paradise of the Haihan people, and the strength of the Haihan militia is much stronger than in the north. Even in Annan, across the sea, there are still more than a thousand Haihan people stationed all year round.

regiment, which shows the abundance of its military strength. Before coming to Danzhou, Li Jin also imagined whether the Ming Dynasty could use military means to regain Qiongzhou Island, but after seeing the strength of the Haihan militia, he had to admit that his previous ideas were too

It's too simple. To defeat these Haihan people, the price the Ming Dynasty had to pay would probably not be much easier than on the northern battlefield.

Li Jin had been watching among the people outside the training ground for several days, and had long been noticed by the military. After Yu Tiezhu asked his superiors for instructions, he generously invited Li to come in and watch. Although Li Jin was not interested in this

This sudden treatment was a bit surprising, but in order to better understand the situation of the Haihan Militia, he chose to accept it. In the following days, whenever the Haihan Militia went out for training, Li Jin would be there to watch. Yu Tie

Zhu would also take the trouble to explain to him any questions he had.

Yu Tiezhu is not worried that the strengths of the Haihan Militia will be stolen by Li Jin. What can be seen now is only the training results, and the supporting measures hidden behind them, such as weapon design and production, training plan formulation, and logistics supply

The support, command and combat system, etc. are not things that can be learned after just a few glances. With the strength of the Ming Dynasty, even if it knew how to do it, it would be difficult to copy the Haihan Militia exactly.

On the contrary, the more Li Jin learned, the clearer he became about the gap in strength between the two armies, and the unwillingness to admit defeat that he had when he first came to Danzhou became less and less. Of course, during this period, Li Jin

The consciousness that Tiezhu instilled in him was not limited to the military aspect. Among the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty who persuaded Haihan to surrender, the majority were soldiers. Naturally, Tiezhu would not miss the opportunity to brainwash Li Jin.

While Yan Mingjun was envisioning the future of Danzhou after returning to the Ming Dynasty in his mansion, Li Jin was brainwashed by Tiezhu on the playground of the Haihan Militia. After this back and forth, the ideas of both parties naturally changed.

Yan Mingjun believed that the assassination operation by Huang Zixing and his gang could save Danzhou, but Li Jin could see at a glance that there was no chance of success. Even if one or two Haihan leaders could be killed, the consequences would be

It will far exceed Yan Mingjun's expectations. As for the goal of regaining Danzhou and even Qiongzhou Island, Li Jin thinks that Yan Mingjun is simply overthinking.

Fortunately, Yan Mingjun finally listened to Li Jin's advice and chose to protect himself. Otherwise, when the incident happened, Li Jin might still have hope to save his life, but Yan Mingjun would inevitably "sacrifice" because of his bravery to kill the thief. And these two informants

It is not completely worthless. At least the preparation progress reported by Huang Zixing to Yan Mingjun was information that the Ministry of Security could not obtain. After obtaining this useful information, the deployment made by the Ministry of Security and the military against the rebels was also

It can be more targeted.

In the next few days, the seemingly calm Danzhou was undercurrent. Groups of people with different purposes and disguised as different identities sneaked into the city of Danzhou. Yan Mingjun knew that Danzhou would be in danger in the near future.

There was a bloody storm and he didn't even leave the house. However, Li Jin still went his own way and went to the Haihan Militia from time to time to discuss military matters with Yu Tiezhu and others.
Chapter completed!