The next strategic direction of the Taiping Army is being discussed in Tianjing City.
At this time, Dong Shuheng was also discussing with Peng Yulin their next strategy for the Taiping Army.
"Xueqin, I think the current deployment is good. Lishui blocks the road from Tianjing to the south and east, and there is enough space away from Tianjing City, so it will not bring such a great sense of oppression to the Taiping Army."
"When Xiang Rong set up the Jiangnan Camp in Xiaolingwei, it was a failure. He couldn't defeat the Taiping Army. Is the camp located in front of someone's house just to disgust them? The Jiangnan Camp originally wanted to besiege the Taiping Army.
, as a result, I was surrounded and eliminated by others first."
"Yes, President, but I don't know if we should regain Zhenjiang first, and then press against the Taiping Army from the east, south, and north. Try to drive them away from Tianjing City as soon as possible?"
"There's no need to rush! Let's do this for now. You have to be on defense and don't let down your guard. Let's see how the Taiping Army moves first. I think there will be news soon."
After chatting with Peng Yulin for a while about the arrangements for the Jiangnan Military Region, Dong Shuheng began to look at the map again.
Further south from Changzhou is Huzhou, to the southwest is Ningguofu, to the south of Huzhou is Hangzhou, and to the east is Jiaxing.
To the south of Ningguo Mansion is Huizhou, and to the southwest is Jingdezhen.
This area produces porcelain, tea, silk, and grain. It can be used as a raw material supply and export product production area in the future.
However, most of these areas are still under the control of the Taiping Army.
Dong Shuheng placed his finger on Huzhou, and the fruit was almost ripe.
Soon, Niu Jie was called over by Li Cunxun.
"Niu Jie, you go back and prepare to go back to the General Staff Headquarters for transfer orders. You go to Huzhou Magistrate Li to report and form a garrison regiment in Huzhou. After that, you go to the General Training Department to find Minister Ma, and he will give a new
The reorganized garrison is handed over to you."
"For the security company, let Wang Yan be promoted to the commander of the security company, and Pan Qiliang be the deputy commander. Niu Jie, I hope you can do a good job and maintain the tradition of the security company. Don't let people say that you were promoted because you were close to me.
Get up. I know you are capable, but others will only believe their own eyes."
"Yes, President, Niu Jie will definitely live up to your expectations." Niu Jie stood at attention and saluted, his eyes slightly red.
He knew that the president usually always gave their guards a little extra time, and would think of them first when there were good promotion opportunities. The president treated his guards like brothers, and now he suddenly had to go out and lead his own troops. Niu Jie felt empty in his heart.
A nagging feeling and full of expectation.
"Niu Jie, because Huzhou is not yet under our jurisdiction, you cannot use the name of our Huaihai Navy or wear the military uniforms of our Huaihai Navy after you go there. Prefect Li is his own person and can be trusted. As for other officials in Huzhou, you don't want to
If there is any intersection, Magistrate Li will give you the title of Huzhou regiment training. You can recruit some local young people to join the army. The number of troops does not need to be limited to the establishment of our Huaihai Navy, but you must remember to recruit according to our Huaihai Navy
Select recruits according to the standards of recruits."
Niu Jie's garrison company was Dong Shuheng's nail in Zhejiang. Dong Shuheng's favorite thing to do was to "eat from the bowl and look into the pot." Now that all of Jiangsu has fallen into his pot, he began to put his eyes on
Arrive in Zhejiang.
Liu Lichuan took Dong Shuheng's money and belongings and disappeared to nowhere. This man was very tolerant. At first, Dong Shuheng persuaded him not to start an uprising in Shanghai, but he readily agreed. This shows that this man has unique vision.
Several months have passed, and this person does not know where he will place the uprising. But Dong Shuheng guesses that he is more likely to start the uprising in Zhejiang.
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On the Heilongjiang River, a group of gunboats flew across the river with full sails. Bao Youzhi stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the dark green river and the beautiful yellow and green pictures in the mountains and forests beside the river. He felt deeply intoxicated without realizing it.
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The river surface of Heilongjiang is open and the water is abundant. In late autumn, the deciduous forest along the river has begun to wither and fall, but the coniferous forest is still green and dense. Standing on the gunboat, you can see the swarms of migratory salmon in the water, and the militiamen fishing on Temple Street.
The fishing team has caught a large number of this fish in the river, salted and dried it as a food reserve for the base in the winter.
Looking at the fish in the water, Bao Youzhi suddenly felt how wise the president's decision was.
This is indeed a treasure land. Apart from being a little cold in winter, everything else is good. Even if you don't farm here, you can live a good life just by fishing and hunting.
Of course, local hunters have a very difficult life because they do not have good equipment. If they have shotguns and fishing boats, they can live very comfortably.
As for the cold, Bao Youzhi thinks this can be easily solved, as long as the cat is in the house in winter.
Nowadays, the newly built houses on Temple Street are all made of solid wood frames, with thick earth in the middle. There are earthen kangs in the rooms. In winter, as long as the kang is burned, the room will be as warm as spring.
There is endless wood to cut here, and a large amount of firewood is stored around each house at the base of Temple Street. The captured Russian troops are now responsible for cutting wood. This is the busiest and most difficult job. In order to prevent escape,
Huai Haijun tied them together with shackles.
Bao Youzhi does not need to take care of the construction of the base. These things will be done by the farm managers who have already arrived.
The building materials brought by the previous fleets transporting militiamen were given priority to build fortifications. Permanent fortifications were built along the mountain roads along Temple Street deep inland, relying on the mountains.
Just five days ago, a group of Russian soldiers from the northern stronghold launched a surprise attack on Temple Street.
The number of this group of Russian soldiers was not large, less than 500. The Huaihai Marine Corps relied on the trenches to repel three attacks by these Russians.
After leaving more than 200 corpses behind, these Russians retreated decisively. The Huaihai Navy did not pursue them. After all, there were dense mountains and forests further north and they could easily be ambushed.
There was no damage to the Huaihai navy, but the Russians in the prisoner camp heard the gunfire and launched a riot under the leadership of the officers. However, it was quickly suppressed by the militia, but dozens of prisoners died. For this reason, all the prisoners in the camp were
All Russian officers were shot, leaving only ordinary soldiers.
After this incident, the Temple Street base accelerated the construction of fortifications and even suspended some people's livelihood facilities. It was originally planned to open up a piece of land in Temple Street and leave it for cultivation in the coming year. Now it has been temporarily abandoned.
However, the fishing fleet has been retained and is still expanding. The small shipyard in Temple Street has become more complete after adding some equipment, and is now working hard to build fishing boats.
Because the base found that there seemed to be endless fish in Heilongjiang, and they were big and fat. With such good conditions, everyone would not be short of food even if they stopped farming for the time being.
Recently, many local hunters have come out of the woods to exchange prey and furs for some living supplies with Huai Haijun.
The salt produced in Huaihai Haijun is snow-white and crystal clear, and is crushed into powder. It is very convenient to use, especially when grilling meat. You can pinch it with your hands and sprinkle it evenly on the meat.
Huai Haijun also has a mixed seasoning - salt and pepper, which contains not only salt but also various spices, but the price is much more expensive, and only the leaders of those tribes can afford it.
Huai Haijun's cotton is strong and durable, and is particularly comfortable to wear. In winter, it can be worn as a shirt under fur.
Huai Haijun also sells cotton-padded clothes. Cotton is sandwiched in the middle of cotton clothes, which is much lighter than fur when worn on the body.
Huai Haijun's transactions with hunters were much more fair than the Russians, that is, they were fairer than the merchants of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, more and more hunters came to the Temple Street base where Huai Haijun was stationed.
Some lone hunters don’t have much supplies to exchange for goods. Don’t worry, Huai Haijun is recruiting a large number of workers! As long as you help Huai Haijun do a day’s work, they will give you the corresponding supplies, and Huai Haijun will also take care of your food and accommodation.
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The life of a hunter in the mountains and forests is actually very difficult. They often have to wait until the next meal. Moreover, if they encounter a Russian expedition team, they will be hunted or captured as slaves.
Many lone hunters were unwilling to leave after experiencing life in the Huaihai Navy. Some of them were recruited into special operations teams. Under the leadership of these hunters, the Huaihai Navy's exploration distance was greatly increased.
They even reached a Russian stronghold in the north. After destroying the Russian troops in this stronghold, they burned the camp.
Except for the special forces, the Huaihai Navy in the Far East is basically in a defensive state. Construction is their first priority.
Of course, Bao Youzhi, who was in charge of the navy, was not included in this list. When Liu Dahai left, he asked Bao Youzhi to explore the upper reaches of Heilongjiang.
Unlike the lower reaches, which are basically nomadic tribes, the population in the middle reaches is much larger. After passing the Sanjiangkou area where the Heilongjiang and Ussuri Rivers meet, Bao Youzhi can already see small villages along the river.
In the 22nd year of Kangxi's reign, the Qing government decided to establish farming in the Heilongjiang Basin, mainly to resist the southern invasion of Tsarist Russia. These Chinese residents who have lived in the Heilongjiang Basin for generations are the descendants of the original farming people, and many of them are Han people who were originally distributed.
descendants.
But later the Heilongjiang general's residence was moved from Jiangdong to the south. The Qing government gradually relaxed its jurisdiction here. There were basically no troops stationed in the area. It was harassed by the Russians several times, and the locals organized their own militia for defense.
The current Jiangdong area of Heilongjiang is called Jiangdong Sixty-four Villages. In fact, there are not that many villages, according to the information obtained by Huai Haijun.
There are now 16 Manchu villages with 400 households and 3,286 people in Jiangdong 64 villages, 14 Han villages with 540 households and 5,400 people, and 14 Daur villages with 280 households and 1,960 people, totaling 44 villages with 1,220 households.
10,646 people. These people are just a small town in the south. But in the Heilongjiang Basin, they are already a rare large-scale settlement.
Bao Youzhi's fleet caused a panic in the villages near the river. Because Bao Youzhi's gunboats were the same as those of the Russians, the villagers in these villages thought that the Russians were coming to rob them again.
When Bao Youzhi and others landed on the shore, they explained for a while, which made the local residents feel relieved this time. The locals found that although these Huai Haijun men were wearing strange clothes, they knew at a glance that they were from the Qing Dynasty.
Bao Youzhi made an appointment with the clan leaders in the villages. They landed in several Han villages, and the living habits of the Han people were still preserved. At least there were no problems in communication.