Huang Ande simply laid out the task: the leader's determination, the enemy's situation and the specific implementation plan. According to the markings on the map, there is a considerable refugee settlement in this area, with about forty or fifty shacks within a radius of five square kilometers. It is estimated that
There are no less than a hundred people living in this area.
It is simply an impossible task for ten people to capture a hundred people in such a large area with complex terrain. But they have two advantages. First, Huang Ande knows the specific location of each shack and the best route to get there; second, every
The distance between the shacks is at least two to three hundred meters, and there are many hills, woods and wormwood in between. As long as you move quickly and remain quiet, you can arrest them one by one.
The team then discussed the action route and decided to set up a temporary detention point in a relatively central and hidden location in the action area. After capturing many people, they would escort them back together to avoid wasting time and energy by running back and forth. They also repeatedly checked the contact information and action signals.
, until you make sure everyone understands it.
"Okay, let's go!"
The arrest operation lasted for two days, and Huang Ande successfully completed the task. More than 100 refugees were arrested, production materials and a batch of food were seized.
Wang Ruigang took care of sending all the people and belongings to Bairen City. The captured refugees, with their frightened and dazed eyes open, were bundled into ten columns and taken away. As for the small fields they had cultivated, they were
If it is too scattered and the roads are inconvenient, it will be abandoned and abandoned.
Wu De instructed Fu Bu'er to farm the land confiscated from Fu Yousan's family as tenants first so as not to abandon it, and the harvest was distributed according to the public, four and six people.
Outside Bopu Port, Qiongzhou Strait.
"Is this a blog shop?" There was surprise in his words.
The person who asked the question was about forty years old, and his face was dark and chapped, which was obviously the result of being exposed to the sea breeze for many years. His eyes were very sharp. He was standing on the deck of a two-masted fishing boat that is common in the Qiongzhou Strait, staring into the distance.
The port of Bobu.
"Yes, sir." The person next to him replied quietly and respectfully.
"You forgot again!" the middle-aged man called "Sir" scolded dissatisfiedly.
"Yes, yes, sir."
"Is there anyone you can call Mr. Fisherman?" The middle-aged man was very dissatisfied that his subordinates couldn't get around. "Call me Master." He molded a bamboo tube from under the basket containing fish and shrimp, opened it, and slid out a bamboo tube.
This is a black artifact. This was one of the rarest things in China at that time - a monocular telescope made in the Netherlands. It was bought from the Portuguese in Macau. Only a few generals from the coast of Guangdong and Fujian took advantage of the light from the tower near the water.
With this rare thing, you must know that this thing was just invented in Europe less than 20 years ago.
The middle-aged man put the telescope in front of his eyes, closed one eye according to the method taught by the red-haired man, and slowly twitched the lens tube. His vision gradually became clearer, and he immediately trembled: he saw the people on the Lingaojiao embankment.
fort.
Of course, this fort was not built by the Ming Dynasty's army. The middle-aged man knew this very well. He looked carefully and found that the style of this fort was different from ordinary forts. It was somewhat similar to the "Western French pier" advocated by Master Sun Yuanhua.
Very similar. It seems that this rumor is indeed true!
This man with a telescope in his hand is exactly the person mentioned every day by the military headquarters of the Cross-Travel Group and the intelligence department: Tang Yunwen, the commander of the Ming Dynasty Qiongya Land Road in Guangdong and the commander of the Baisha Shuizhai Coastal Defense General Office.
From this long title, we can know that this person is the highest garrison commander of the Ming Dynasty on Hainan Island. He controls all the Ming Dynasty's land and water garrison on Hainan Island. The first battle between the Cross-Travel Group and the Ming Dynasty government will most likely be with the Ming Dynasty.
His men started fighting.
It was not too late for Tang Yunwen to know about the arrival of the Time Travel Group. On the dth, the beacon tower reported to him: The beacon tower in Lingao warned that there was a pirate invasion. This was nothing new: pirate invasions were common in this area, and troops were stationed there.
He was unable to take countermeasures one by one, and the strategy he adopted was nothing more than "hold the camp and wait for the thieves to leave". Therefore, he did not pay much attention to it. More than ten days later, he received a letter of help from Lingao County Government.
He claimed that an "overseas giant canal" had landed in Lingao and was currently building a camp in Lingao. He had the intention of "not being able to leave" and asked him to send troops to expel it as soon as possible.
Based on his responsibilities, such a distress letter should naturally send someone to conduct an on-site investigation before deciding whether to send troops. However, the situation Tang Yunwen faced made it impossible for him to send troops easily.
Tang Yunwen has a great reputation. In theory, all the land and water garrison companies and recruitment and guard stations in Hainan Island are under his command. In fact, there are only more than 2,000 main troops that can be mobilized at any time. Mainly the navy is stationed in Haikou.
Qianhusuo's Baisha Water Village. In fact, the "Baisha Water Village Coastal Defense Counselor" is his real authority. These are the only men and horses that can be used to fight the war.
As for the garrison troops stationed all over the island, they have no role except to be used to "fu Li".
The naval force of less than 3,000 people also dispatched a considerable number of troops to be stationed in Huichang, Changning, Yangjiao and other places across the island to conduct maritime patrols. But what they had to face was unprecedented coastal defense pressure. Guangdong Ocean in the late Ming Dynasty
The surface is filled with all kinds of pirates, big and small, including professional pirates, merchants and thieves, and coastal fishermen as guests. Westerners also appear from time to time to add to the fun, and the Portuguese, Spanish, British and Dutch trade on the side.
While robbing, I was waiting for an opportunity to find a foothold here.
It is said that if there are many fleas, there will be no itching, and if there are many debts, there will be no worries. Tang Yunwen has become completely numb in the face of the coastal defense situation with smoke everywhere and fires everywhere. No matter how Wu Mingjin wrote and begged, or how serious the situation was - Tang Yunwen would not accept it.
Moved.
His gesture was to send two patrol boats to check out Bo Pu - originally this was a coastal defense system. The maritime patrol on Qiongzhou West Road had to go to Lingao Ocean every four days, but in recent years, money and food have been extremely difficult.
, the military pay has never been fully paid - it can barely be maintained without a war. However, the navy costs a lot, and the ships need to be repaired and replaced; even if there is no war, the average ship needs to be replenished. The cost of a ship is more than dozens of
The lives of hundreds of soldiers were much more expensive. Not only did Tang Yunwen not get a new ship for many years, but the public funds for annual ship repairs were often deducted. In order to ensure that there would be a ship available in case of war, he had to minimize his daily life.
The number of trips to sea increased, and the result was that the patrol system was completely a mere formality.
Tang Yunwen can only hope that the appearance of his patrol boat can scare away the pirates - if the other party is powerful and does not take his two ships seriously, there is nothing he can do. Just as he has been helpless over the years, Zhu Cai Lao, Zhong Lingxiu, and recently
Liu Xiang was helpless.
After the patrol boat came back, Mr. Qian, who was leading the team, seemed to be frightened. His face turned pale and he said incoherently that a "big iron ship as high as a city wall" had arrived in Bobu Bay. Not to mention the battle between the officers and soldiers.
Even the largest red-haired man's "plywood boat" on the sea in this area looks like a small sampan compared with it.
Tang Yunwen didn't believe it, so he questioned him again and again. His subordinates pointed out curses to the sky, and after giving an extremely positive reply, he sent his trusted generals to visit. The trusted generals, who were also pale-faced, came back and said that the news was true. This surprised him greatly - the other party
With such a large ship, wouldn't it be invincible on the Guangdong ocean? This group of overseas visitors is obviously not the red-haired people or Francons that he is already quite familiar with. Nor are they simply here to rob -
―What kind of wealth is there in Lingao that is worthy of them driving such a huge ship to rob?
Tang Yunwen was caught in a dilemma. According to his responsibilities, no matter what this group of people planned to do in Ming Dynasty, it was a big mistake to camp privately and camp on the shore. He should immediately send troops to Lingao to general this
A group of overseas visitors were driven away. But when it came to sending out troops, let alone who would pay for the food and salary expenses for this journey? It was useless to count on the Guangdong vassal treasury. Since the end of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian had transferred more than 300,000 silver accumulated in the Guangdong vassal treasury to the capital.
After it was used for large-scale construction, the feudal treasury was impoverished; as for Qiongzhou Prefecture, it would definitely not be able to come up with the money and food, let alone Lingao.
If you don't have money, you can't fight. Even if you have money to fight, he has no guarantee of winning. How to deal with such a tall iron ship? Based on his past experience in dealing with large Western ships, the opponent's ships are tall and the cannons have a long range. Regardless of long jump,
Even the Ming army cannot take advantage of the artillery battle. Most of them use fire attack ships as the main means of combat, which can often achieve good results. Now the opponent is an iron ship that is invulnerable to water and fire. What should we do?
In desperation, we had to ask our staff if they had any countermeasures. The staff were all talking about it. Some people said that they would send warriors to use climbing locks to board the ship at night, while others suggested that dozens of extra large "Hunjianglong" (original mines) should be made and sent out.
The boat sneaks into the harbor and casts...
One of the staff said, "Everyone has given you strategies to defeat the enemy. I just want to ask: Where is the food? Where is the pay?"
The signing room suddenly became quiet. All the staff looked at each other. This is the key issue.
"Today's countermeasures are to fight." The speaker's surname was Jiang, his first name was Ling, he was born in Juren, and he was an old bastard in the officialdom.
Jiang Ruoling's suggestion is: sending troops is absolutely necessary, money and food are of course one aspect - the opponent has huge ships, and his strength must be very important. If you send troops rashly, you will most likely be defeated.
It is difficult to explain whether a war has been won or lost. As long as there is no war, there is no question of losing a war.
As for pirate landings and robberies, they happen almost every day along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian, and are not a big deal at all. As long as Lingao County does not fall, regardless of whether there are large iron ships or not, it is just an ordinary pirate landing and robberies.
Anyway, this method of concealing the truth from Xi Ni has been used for more than a day or two. After talking about it, everyone still felt that this strategy was the most appropriate, so Tang Yunwen simply pretended to be deaf and dumb and turned a blind eye.