Ji Shengtian had difficulty escaping all the way. As soon as he reached Wenchang, he heard the bad news.
A peasant uprising broke out in his hometown, and tens of thousands of peasants rushed into his house, killing all his family members and looting all the belongings he had accumulated over decades.
Ji Shengtian vomited blood on the spot and fell ill.
When the soldiers who followed him heard the news, all their thoughts changed.
Originally, Ji Shengtian was rich and powerful, so he worked hard to survive, so he was naturally loyal. But now Ji Shengtian has been robbed of all his money, and there are followers behind him...
If you continue to follow him, you may be in trouble.
That night, a few treacherous guys quietly broke into Ji Shengtian's camp.
When the third battalion caught up with them the next day, the enemies had already thrown away their weapons and surrendered obediently.
Guo Zichang was depressed, but it was impossible to kill prisoners, so he had to turn into a battlefield cleaner. Then he set off south, pacifying the eastern part of Hainan along the way.
At the foot of Qiongzhou City, with the arrival of Murong Fu, the siege officially began.
Huang Qi performed his final craziness here, and even went into battle himself to boost morale.
But he was just a civil servant, and he really lacked the necessary understanding of the battlefield. His madness could not be exchanged for combat effectiveness, but instead sent himself to hell.
He stood on the city wall waving his sword and shouting loudly, but in the eyes of the Wehrmacht soldiers, his virtue was like that of a stupid roe deer.
On a battlefield where bullets are raining, why don't you find a place to hide, and why do you stand in front of a large crowd and dance, for fear that the bullets can't find you?
So three snipers targeted him at the same time.
Three bullets also entered his body from three directions.
Huang Qi's madness came to an abrupt end. In front of everyone, he spurted blood and fell from the city wall into the moat.
This incident also caused a lawsuit after the war.
The three sniper teams all said that they were the ones who killed Huang Qi. Even if Huang Qi's body was used for identification, it was impossible to determine which bullet was the original fatal wound.
In the end, Murong Fu personally made a decision and gave the three sniper teams the same third-class merit, and the dispute was resolved.
As soon as Huang Qi died, the defenders in the city were in chaos.
Although there were still some landowners and the gentry worked hard to maintain it, it was no longer useful.
The 1st Marine Division made rafts out of felled trees, threw them into the moat, and charged at them with bows and arrows from the top of the city.
The moat of Qiongzhou Prefecture is very narrow, only more than thirty meters. Therefore, the First Marine Division can press to the river and use firepower to suppress it in all directions.
Mortar shells even wiped out enemies on the city wall one after another.
In the end, no one in the defenders wanted to go to the city.
At noon, the First Marine Division successfully broke through the city and successively captured various sections of the city wall.
The defenders surrendered one after another, all losing their fighting spirit.
Murong Fu stood on the city wall and issued strict orders.
"The whole city was searched and exterminated. None of the landowners and gentry were left behind. They were punished on the spot. All their property was confiscated and their family members were also imprisoned."
It wasn't that Murong Fu was cruel, but that the central government's decision-making required this.
If these feudal remnants are not properly cleaned up at this opportunity, they will definitely cause trouble and destruction overtly and covertly when new policies are implemented in the future.
Since these obstacles can be eliminated through war, why leave them until later?
Furthermore, Hainan was not recovered after these people laid down their weapons, but was conquered by the National Defense Forces with their strong strength.
These people are all war criminals, so it is justifiable to deal with them.
Although the empire is enlightened, it is not without its tricks.
In order to adapt to the development of the times, we will never be polite when we need to be ruthless.
The new mayor of Qiongzhou, Chen Zhenhui, immediately arrived with a capable force. The first thing he did was to redistribute the confiscated land according to people's household registration.
Saying a thousand means ten thousand. For thousands of years, land has been ranked first in the minds of Chinese people.
Especially after the loss, their desire for land reached an unbearable level.
As soon as the new regime came, it confiscated the land of the landlords and gentry and distributed it to the general public. It quickly won the hearts of the people and gained unprecedented support.
People of all ethnic groups in Hainan, who had embraced a new life, immediately became the strongest supporters of the new regime.
With their help, the 1st Marine Division was unstoppable and rushed towards all parts of the island. There was no enemy at all.
Lingao County.
Wen Desi, who had escaped and returned, was still surrounded by some anxious landowners and gentry.
Seeing that the army was defeated and there was no place to stand in Hainan, everyone decided to cross the sea to Guangxi and defect to the Can Ming regime.
Wen Desi felt that it was necessary to boost military morale.
"You sages, please do not be discouraged. Today we set off from Lingao. When we arrive in Guangxi, we will definitely be able to open a new chapter in the Ming Dynasty and reshape the orthodoxy of human relations."
A bunch of losers quickly followed and shouted.
"Lingao Qiming!"
"Lingao Qiming!"
Wen Desi was very satisfied with the scene, as if he had seen his glorious achievements in turning the tide of disaster in the future.
"Get aboard! Let's go!"
Thousands of remnants of the old era boarded the ships one after another and reluctantly sailed away from the coast, heading towards the unknown Guangxi.
They were both anxious and longing, not knowing what was waiting for them in Guangxi.
As a result, they had only gone thirty or fifty miles when they were completely overwhelmed by the overwhelming shells.
The warships of the South China Sea Fleet have already set up a dragnet. Ships from Hainan Island are allowed to enter but not leave for a short period of time.
A large group of them wanted to escape, but in front of Galen's battleship, they lit a lamp in the toilet - looking for shit (death).
The majestic and high-spirited Wen Desi had become food for fishes in the South China Sea before he could see the day when he would reach enlightenment.
The Can Ming monarchs, ministers, civil and military officials in Guangxi did not know that they had lost a colleague with lofty ideals. They now felt the despair of Mount Tai.
The two main forces of the Seventh Front Army of the Southern Strategic Cluster have all moved into place.
The First Division has already entered the border area of Yongzhou Prefecture in Hunan, eyeing the whole state with covetous eyes.
As long as Quanzhou is captured, with the help of the Xiang River and the convenience of Lingqu, we can go straight to Guilin.
The small imperial court of the Can Ming Dynasty has begun to face the front line of the National Defense Force.
The newly formed 15th Division in Guangzhou marched into the Gaozhou Prefecture and Luoding Prefecture areas, surprising Wuzhou three times a day.
The sight of hundreds of thousands of troops swarming in made Can Ming unable to breathe.
But the situation they faced was even worse.
"Your Majesty, I am reporting that the Annan people are pushing too far and demanding too much. I have tried my best to persuade you, but Mo Jingyu has turned a deaf ear to it. Now they have reached Tianzhou. Our court is likely to be attacked by Annan and the rebels. What should we do next?
Your Majesty, please make up your mind."
Cao Ye, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, was mentally and physically exhausted, and realized that what he gained through his support was not glory and wealth.
Why is this small court so close to overturning?
He was unbearable, and Yongli was even more unbearable. He was already frightened to the point of despair.
"Well... in my opinion, it's better... it's better to move the capital!"