The news that the "Kun Bandits" were camping on the beach soon spread to various nearby villages. Obviously, the more than 200 heavily armed men and horses dragging cannons were not here for tourism. It was not yet dark, and the surrounding villages within more than ten miles
Envoys were sent out by chance, bringing wine, dried meat, chickens and ducks to visit.
"I still wanted to ask them to come, but I sent them to the door myself. Tell them to come in!" Xi Yazhou was originally tasked with the task of the executive committee asking him to appease the villages along the way and get them to surrender.
A radio station has been installed in the headquarters tent, and the laptop is turned on. It is Xi Yazhou's beloved war game, but it has now been transformed into a combat simulation command system. Outside the tent, two soldiers are riding on a two-person pedal generator.
pedaling.
Xi Yazhou was sitting on a folding canvas chair in front of the tent of the headquarters. Behind him were two flag poles and spears, flying his favorite red and yellow pennants - this was regarded as his personal command flag. As for the flag of the crossing army
, they are still arguing about it till now. Watching these old men wearing their best clothes hunched over and walking in step by step from the entrance of the camp, I still enjoy this sense of power.
Xi Yazhou explained to these elders through three translators that in addition to Lingao dialect, there are also people who speak military dialect and Qiongzhou dialect. They are just passing through here and will leave early tomorrow morning. As for the things they sent, they will travel through
The army refused to accept any of them. Unexpectedly, this statement made these old men cry bitterly. They all knelt on the ground and begged, wishing they could hug his thigh.
"What's going on?" Xi Yazhou was confused.
Xiong Buyou, who served as the translator, couldn't figure out why Qiu Wubu's declaration would get such a result. After asking nicely for a long time, he found out that these elders thought they were not satisfied with what was sent and wanted to ask for more.
Everyone is crying and complaining that the village is so poor that people are starving to death and so on.
"Okay, then just accept all the wine." Xi Yazhou couldn't help but feel the pity of the common people, "If you don't want dried meat, chickens and ducks, ask them to bring more fresh vegetables, eggs and duck eggs."
Hearing Xi Yazhou's instructions, these people all got up as if they were granted amnesty by the emperor. Then each village jointly donated 50 taels of silver to "Chief Xi". Xi Yazhou resolutely refused again. So he got another offer.
Xiong Buyou translated some words of praise such as "The general is honest and self-cleaned" and "The chief is really honest and dedicated to his duties." He was too lazy to translate them again.
Xi Yazhou looked serious, and in accordance with the spirit of the executive committee, he announced: All villages will send people to Bairen City to report before the 30th day of the first month of the second year of Chongzhen to discuss the important matter of "preventing bandits and preventing theft". If they fail to go after the deadline, they will
They will all be treated as "trafficking bandits".
"Everyone knows what happened to Goujiazhuang for colluding with pirates." Xi Yayasu said with a fierce look in his eyes, "When I came to Lingao, I was deeply aware that the people's livelihood here was in decline and bandits were rampant. Now I formed a team to practice, in order to 'eliminate the strong'.
Help the weak, protect the environment and the people, and ensure peace for the imperial court. If anyone does not cooperate with our actions, he will be in trouble with the people of Lingao, and he will be in trouble with the imperial court. He will be rebellious and rebellious.
Party! Kill everyone if you get it." He slashed his hand down fiercely, "I'll tell the villagers who didn't come today."
The people kneeling below are almost confused. Aren't these "thieves" themselves pirates? Why are they making trouble "for the sake of the court"? Confusion is confusion. The story of the bloodbath of Goujiazhuang has been re-created by countless people and has become a legend.
Horrible legend, who dares to say "no", but just obey, and secretly glad that this village has the sense to take the initiative.
Xi Yazhou also asked them to send a liaison officer from each village to accompany the army, and also asked for a few guides who were familiar with the local mountain roads. Then he asked them to withdraw.
"Have all the villages sent people?" Xi Yazhou asked Xiong Buyou, who marked the villages reporting to the camp on a map.
"Everyone within a radius of ten miles has come, and three within a radius of fifteen miles have come."
Xi Yazhou was full of confidence, "When we finish the Baitu, there will be more villages."
"Why did you ask them to go to Bairen City?" Xiong Buyou was a little curious.
"Collecting soldiers and collecting food," Xi Yazhou looked at the topographic map on the table, "We have no opponents in Lingao County. The next step is to use the human and material resources here. General Manager Ma wants to capture the county seat and become the county himself.
Order, but Chairman Wen wants to encircle the cities from the countryside, use force to coerce the villages, and establish our own administrative network. The county seat does not matter at all."
"I don't think the county seat has anything to do with it. It's just a county government office. It can't be occupied anytime and anywhere."
"Yes, the common people are the foundation."
"Report, Navy Commander Chen is here!"
Starting tomorrow, the troops will march into the mountains. The navy's support fleet can only supply the army after arriving at Baitu. After coordination between Xi Yazhou and fleet commander Chen Haiyang, the two sides decided to move forward separately tomorrow. The army will arrive at 3 p.m.
Advance to the outskirts of Baitu Village, and then persuade the people in the village to surrender. If the attempt to surrender fails, Xi Yazhou will launch three red rockets, and the "Fubo" will begin bombarding Baitu Port. If the surrender is successful, Xi Yazhou will launch a green rocket.
Rockets - Since the firecracker craftsman was recruited, although it is still unable to make flares, model rockets can still be made.
Everyone also agreed on the contact signals and handling plans under various circumstances. It was around six o'clock in the evening before Chen Haiyang returned to the Fubo in a rowing boat. He declined Xi Yazhou's invitation to stay for dinner, and took the food allocated to the navy with him.
The vegetables and eggs were returned to the ship. Xi Yazhou was confident that there were more delicious food on the Fubo. He was worried about this, especially when he saw the guard bringing him a large bowl of hot rice.
When the dough is on.
Dinner is Cao Cao No. 3 and Cao Cao No. 4. The former is rice noodles, and the latter is rice noodles. Boil them thoroughly in a large pot, and put a whole package of compound seasonings on the shelf: there is salt, dried green onion, and pepper--but unfortunately there is no chili.
Otherwise, it would be better if it had some oil and spicy sauce - there are also many glazed clay pots containing fish sauce. The pots have rattan jackets to prevent them from being damaged by collision when moving. There are various kinds of things sent by the people nearby.
Planting vegetables and poultry eggs also enriches the content of the soup.
The cooked food tasted quite good, but there was no oil or water. Xi Yazhou once again saw the good appetite of farmers in this time and space: a soldier ate almost three kilograms of rice and noodles in one go.
The officers added sliced luncheon meat to their soup. The fine tradition of hard work and simplicity showed its power here again. A 125g can of luncheon meat was shared by two people. The person in charge of cutting it had to be very careful not to cut it.
Cut too much and cut too little. Finally, even the grease on the inner wall of the can was washed away with hot soup.
"I didn't expect luncheon meat to be delicious!" Dongmen Chuiyu took a sip of rice noodle soup. After adding luncheon meat, the soup seemed to become richer. The luncheon meat also added a variety of spices to the soup, making it more delicious.
Soup noodles simply with seasonings are much more delicious. It seems that there is no big problem with Cao Cao No. 3 and No. 4. The disadvantage is that there is no fat. If there is no luncheon meat, the seasoning packets alone are still too bland.
He wrote down his feelings about the rations in his notebook, and then walked out of the tent to relax a little, but he felt a little hot in his heart - but he kicked something, and it rolled a long way away with a clang. When he looked closely, it turned out to be a piece of luncheon meat.
empty cans.
"What a waste, who did this!" Dongmen Chuiyu lamented. Tin-plated tinplate is something that the industrial sector has not yet been able to produce. When cooking in the canteen every day, not to mention cans, even vacuum aluminum foil.
Bags and plastic bags were carefully washed and collected and returned to the Planning Commission warehouse. He searched around and found all the cans. He quickly ran to the headquarters to report to Xi Yazhou, so that night all the officers
They all received an order: finished cans must be washed and recycled.
Ying Yu, commander of the artillery teaching company, was marching in the mountains. Sweat had soaked his uniform. Is this still winter? He stopped, took a sip of salt water from the water bottle, and looked at the winding mountain road.
The dense forest obscured the marching column. The mountain was not steep, but it was rugged and difficult to walk. But Ying Yu could imagine his subordinates: an artillery platoon of the Army Artillery Training Team and three 12-pound mountain howitzers. The guns were disassembled and carried on horses.
Carrying the march. According to the standard organization of 12-pound howitzers, each gun is carried by three horses. The first one carries the gun body, the second one carries the gun frame and wheels, and the third one carries two ammunition boxes. One
The ammunition box contains 8 shells: 2 grenades and 6 solid shells. The 2 ammunition boxes only contain 16 rounds. Under normal conditions, the base number of a gun is 48 shells. However, all the horses and donkeys in the hands of the time traveler can still go into battle.
Not enough. Even if only three artillery pieces were dispatched, most of the horses in the farm would have been used. Wu Nanhai also wanted Ying Yu to ensure that all the horses would come back safely. For this reason, he did not hesitate to send Yang Guogui into the expedition team.
Take care of the horses, but he can march by boat instead of on foot.
Several artillerymen passed by Ying Yu. Like the infantry, they all carried full equipment and rifles. The only one who did not carry a rifle was a 15-year-old child. He was an artillery student at the Military and Political School. He was as thin as a monkey.
, Yingyu looked at his appearance and gave him permission not to carry a rifle.
"When will we have cavalry artillery that is all mules and horses?" Ying Yu sighed.
There are a dozen porters behind the artillery platoon, all carrying the artillery's equipment and supplies. These are the "liaison officers" sent by each village yesterday. Xi Yazhou is prepared to call upon them if additional manpower and material resources are needed.
Send these people back to the village to contact and make arrangements. Ying Yu said that they had nothing to do anyway, so they might as well help me carry some equipment to reduce the burden on the horses. There were too many odds and ends for the artillery.
Bei Wei led a reconnaissance team and several guides out for a few kilometers to conduct an interception search to eliminate possible ambushes and observation posts. According to the guides, Baitu Village rarely communicated with surrounding villages. They all directly sailed out for trade.
They had enough to eat, and even the wood for shipbuilding was transported from the sea. They lacked nothing, and their lives were quite comfortable. It was rare for them to come out of the mountains to go to the market, and foreign silver was often used when buying things. Some people have seen many people.
Large foreign ships have visited Baitu.
Due to the intrusion of local bandits, Baitu Village set up a wooden stronghold on the key road leading to the village and sent people to defend it. As for the heroes at sea, they did not come to intrude - they often repaired and bought ships in Baitu.