In the end, the two sides negotiated the terms, and at 3 p.m. Chengmai County quietly surrendered without any ceremony. General Zhou Qian led a dozen soldiers to descend from the city in advance, and the Fubo Army arranged for the ships to take them there. He sent him away. Seeing that the general had left and that they had received money, the remaining five hundred soldiers had no intention of resisting, saying that they would leave everything to the arrangements of the county.
At that moment, five hundred soldiers marched out of the city and surrendered. Then a specialized prisoner manager announced four major prisoner policies: prisoners must obey orders; those with injuries and illnesses should be treated; no one is allowed to hide weapons; personal legal rights Property will be preserved.
Then they were searched one by one. To the surprise of the officers and soldiers, the money, dry food and personal belongings each brought with them were returned to them after just looking at them. The only things taken away were knives and the like.
The officers and soldiers were cleared out of the city, and Fubo's army immediately entered Chengmai County. According to the prior agreement, Song Zonghui would come forward to handle everything - Liu Jingxuan refused to come forward in person - and Wei Aiwen didn't care. According to the recommendations in the Civil Affairs Guidance Manual, the local Gentlemen are much more useful than officials such as county magistrates. They are more familiar with local conditions and have energy for activity, so they can be exploited.
Because the personnel for the Chengmai office had not yet been selected, Wei Aiwen was temporarily in charge of civil affairs. He arranged for soldiers to take over the guarding of Chengmai's city gates and key points in the city, and ordered all Lian Yong in the city to assemble and turn in their weapons. Only then did they count and confiscate the armored weapons and equipment abandoned by the officers and soldiers in the city. Among them, there were actually many ladders and hundreds of strange balls that looked like some kind of leather. When they were opened, they were all filled with black powder. Who knew? I didn't know what it was. Later, when I interrogated the prisoners, I found out that it was a "floating dragon" - a mine.
"The firearms of the Ming Dynasty are so creative!" Wei Aiwen exclaimed after seeing it. He asked him to select a few pieces of firearms, weapons and offensive and defensive equipment in good condition to be individually purchased and saved - these are to be sent to the newly established weapons. Went to the bureau.
After cleaning up the supplies, the Song Zonghui dispatched the Lian Yong gathered from each village as agreed. However, Wei Aiwen did not collect their weapons, because these weapons did not pose much of a deterrent to the Fubo Army, but the collection left the villages with less defense. The ability of bandits. Therefore, the Civil Affairs Guidance Manual recommends that the landlord armed forces in each village be retained to maintain basic social order before the government cadres fail to go to the countryside.
The soldiers and civilians were busy until dark, and finally cleared away all the materials left by the officers and soldiers in the city. They also arrested a number of officers and soldiers who put on civilian clothes and tried to hide in the city. They were very rude to them and were stripped one by one immediately. They were naked, bundled up and escorted out. Song Zonghui was secretly frightened, wondering if this Australian used stripping people naked in public as a form of punishment? He couldn't help but feel a chill all over his body.
After finishing their work, the Fubo Army actually withdrew from the county as agreed. This made the whole city breathe a sigh of relief. Although no one from the Kun bandits patrolled the city on horseback, and no rioters who violated discipline were killed in the street, everyone The thieves and soldiers who entered the city really did not commit any crimes. Not only did they not enter people's houses to rob or rape at will, they even cleaned the streets after carrying and cleaning up the armor materials abandoned by the officers and soldiers on the streets. For a time, the gentry and the common people were very angry with this group. "Kun Thief" has a completely different look and feel.
That night, a small secret banquet was held at Song Zonghui's house. At the banquet, Song Zonghui and local leading figures, including the county magistrate's master and Wei Aiwen exchanged cups and cups, and the atmosphere was very lively.
At that time, Song Zonghui presented a gift list on behalf of the gentry and common people in the county, including 500 shi of white rice, 500 taels of silver, 300 pieces of cotton cloth, 30 pieces of various silks and satins, and 20 jars each of locally produced rice wine and shochu. In addition,
There are thirty pigs and fifty sheep. "It is used to reward the noble soldiers for their service to the three armies."
When the Song Zonghui presented the gift list and said this, several gentry present sighed again: Why do the officers and soldiers need to ask for so much after entering the city? They also talked nonsense about the officers and soldiers robbing the county treasury and blackmailing the Jin gentry. They described the officers and soldiers as heinous and heinous.
Mai County and themselves were looted by the officers and soldiers and were so impoverished that they were on the verge of hanging themselves.
Wei Aiwen expressed his gratitude very politely. This thing is certainly good, but it is not enough to fill the teeth of the Planning Institute, let alone the huge appetite of the Executive Committee. Of course, there was a lot of spoils in the Battle of Chengmai, and tens of thousands of people were captured.
Free labor, but the consumption is also staggering. Since Chengmai is already a piece of fat in his mouth, he naturally has to take good care of it, squeeze out more, no, contribute more manpower and material resources to supply the entire Chinese New Order. So he is not concerned about the number.
Let's argue about the merits - as long as the ruling power is established in Chengmai, at least the benefits in food will be far more than this.
He proposed to set up a "remedial bureau" in Chengmai. Everyone was speechless for a while. Yes, generally speaking, after local wars and chaos, the government always came forward and appointed some powerful and famous local gentry to form a remedial bureau.
A team like this handles the aftermath. It is nothing more than burying corpses, relieving the poor, recruiting exiles, setting up farmers and businesses, appeasing local areas, etc. They do not have a big name, but they have broad powers and handle many things, which is more complicated than government yamen.
Much faster and more effective.
This "Chief Wei" suddenly proposed to deal with the aftermath. Everyone felt that his intentions were bad, but they had no way to refute it, and they did not dare to refute it.
The aftermath bureau followed Wei Aiwen's proposal: the county magistrate Liu Jingxuan should still serve as the general office, and three or four highly respected gentry in the county would be selected to take charge of specific affairs and serve as sitting directors and committee members. As for the Australians, they also had to occupy a position among them.
"We are not from Chengmai, so we can just be annual deacons." Wei Aiwen pretended to be generous.
All the people looked miserable. Who didn't know that the so-called "year-old deacon" of the Australians was the real person in charge of power. And once the aftermath bureau was established, it was equivalent to creating a "second yamen" in the county. The so-called aftermath
, encompasses everything, and can intervene in almost everything. It won’t be long before a dove comes to occupy the magpie’s nest and take away the power of the county government.
Wei Aiwen did not allow them to sigh and beg, and waved his hand carelessly: "This matter is settled."
The Jin gentry and the county magistrate had nothing to do. It was originally a matter of people fighting for their own good, so they had no choice but to agree. Fortunately, there were many examples of this kind of semi-official and semi-citizen yamen at the time, and it could not be regarded as exceeding the regulations. Afterwards, it was discussed that Magistrate Liu would be appointed as usual.
He served as the general office of the Chengmai Rehabilitation Bureau, appointed Song Zonghui as the sitting director, and selected four or five wealthy and powerful gentry from the county who were usually enthusiastic about public welfare to serve as committee members. As for this so-called "deacon", of course, it should be reserved for the Australians.
In less than 24 hours, everyone changed the word "kun thief" to "Australian". People like Song Zonghui immediately started to cater to Wei Aiwen with "the leader is long and the leader is short".
Wei Aiwen arranged the matter properly and immediately sent a message to the executive committee, asking them to select personnel to form a working group to Chengmai as soon as possible and take control of the county affairs as soon as possible.
The news that He Ming led the entire army to defeat the 22,000-strong Guerrilla Division led by the Guangdong General Military Officer of the Ming Army at the foot of Chengmai County reached Lingao at noon that day. The Executive Committee and the Senate were originally there
Waiting for this news, although there was no suspense about the outcome from the beginning, and the battle had been going very smoothly in the past few days, everyone was still very nervous.
Shortly after 10 o'clock in the morning on July 11, drums were suddenly beaten simultaneously at all the city gates in Lingao, and then the ships parked in the county, Bairencheng, Bopu, Nanbao, Gaoshanling and Maxiao harbor fired three cannons at the same time.
The whole city was shaken. Immediately, soldiers and civilians everywhere knew that the entire army had been wiped out in Chengmai on the morning of the 11th, and more than 10,000 people had been captured. The general, Rubin, and the military supervisor, Zhao Ruyi, escaped alone.
Li Yunxing was the first person to know the news of the great victory. He received the call report from He Ming on the radio. However, this was only a verbal notification and would not be announced until the official message arrived. At ten o'clock in the morning, the official announcement was made
The field army telegram of the Chengmai victory finally arrived.
The Senate and the Executive Committee learned that at 0900 on July 11, our field army had defeated the entire division of the incoming Ming army He Rubin. Most of the enemy troops had been wiped out.
Field Army Headquarters He Dongmen Wei
"Quick, forward the full text and send the telegram!" Li Yun excitedly opened the office door and personally delivered the telegram to Shaozong.
Shaozong took one look and hurriedly went to report the room in person. Within a few minutes, the message was spread to all departments and foreign stations with radio stations.
Ding Ding had already sent a clerk to wait at the telecommunications office. After copying the telegram from Shao Zong, he immediately rushed to the newspaper office.
After Shaozong sent the telegram, he immediately arrived at the telecommunications on-duty computer room: "Quick, send a group text message immediately!"
A few minutes later, all the elders received news of the Chengmai victory. As soon as the text message was sent, he heard sporadic gunshots and cheers outside.
"Damn, this is a waste of bullets!"
By noon, as the first batch of calls still smelling of ink was sent out, the envoys who came all the way from Chengmai also arrived in Lingao, and then a special plenary meeting was held in the Senate, where the envoys reported the entire battle
Process. Everyone was very happy when they heard that all the enemies had been wiped out. However, some of the major generals and officials such as He Rubin escaped, and some were unwilling to do so. According to some people's ideas, they were preparing to drag these high-ranking officials to Lingao to be executed in public.
, to show the majesty of "all intruders will be punished".
"Since He Rubin and Zhao Ruyi have not been caught, it is better to hang this old dog Lu Yizhong in public!" After the Guangzhou Station was forced to evacuate, Guo Yi, Pei Lixiu and others participated in the Senate as if they were being interrogated as thieves.
Seven or eight hearings. Everyone already hated Lu Yizhong deeply and wanted to kill him.
"Hanging is too light! You should be quartered!"
"The law, everyone must respect the law!" Ma Jia hurriedly came out to object, "We should organize public trials and conduct large-scale trials of war crimes so that the people are fully aware of the seriousness of the law, instead of engaging in bloody punishments!"
"Humph, I think we should follow the example of the British who used to deal with the Scots, disembowel them and execute them! Then cut off their heads and limbs and hang them at the gates of Lingao City as a warning!" The hippopotamus spoke in an unusual tone, " I'll do the surgery on the living body."
"It's too bloody, it's too bloody!" The person who said this was actually Dugu Proposal, which made everyone shocked. Dugu Proposal has become obscure since he was "removed from all positions". But Dugu used to be Known for his cruel remarks towards the indigenous people, it was surprising to everyone that he actually said the words "too bloody" at this time.
"I think we should use a pump to inflate their anus until their intestines explode!" His creativity was indeed extraordinary.
Hippo disagreed: "This is unnecessary, it's better to follow the British approach to dealing with Scottish separatists!"
Someone said: "It looks like they cut off their genitals and hung them on the bridge or something..."
There is also the retro trend: several historical talents working in the Great Library requested to build a Jingguan outside Lingao County to demonstrate the illustrious martial arts of the Australian and Song Dynasty regime.
"It's so disgusting!" Du Wen objected with all his strength, "It's okay if you kill a few people. This kind of inhumane and cruel feudal dross must not resurface!"
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The Senate was full of people. After a heated discussion on how to deal with the living and the dead, the focus of everyone's discussion turned to the arrangement of affairs after the victory. Taking advantage of the remaining power after the victory, it was already possible to occupy the whole of Hainan in one fell swoop. The matter at hand is over. However, the senators also have many different views on the specific construction and governance directions. Before the victory meeting is over, the Senate has already started a debate.
Ma Qianzhu was not in the mood to participate in such an empty debate. Before the meeting was over, he returned to the office of the Central Government Affairs Council and asked Hou Wenyong to invite Wu De and other executive committee members and the undersecretaries of departments that had not yet elected executive committee members to come to the meeting.
"After the notification, you can go to the various departments of the Government Affairs Council and inform them that the chief officials of each department should come together to attend the enlarged meeting. No absences are allowed!" After Ma Qianzhu paid attention,
Half an hour later, the Executive Committee, the Undersecretary of Affairs and the chief officials of various departments arrived one after another. They were not as happy and cheerful as ordinary senators, thinking about how to kill people, issue medals, and even hold triumphal ceremonies, build triumphal arches, etc. The Undersecretary for Committee and Peace Affairs has a deep understanding of the entire administrative organization and knows that the regime has some problems and shortcomings. Although the situation is excellent, many internal problems must be solved as soon as possible.
"We have won a big victory this time." Wen Desi, who presided over the meeting, said, "Xiao Cheng has always said that we can't afford to fight the war. Now that the war is over, we will transition from a wartime state to a peaceful state tomorrow. The next step in policy implementation Let’s talk about how to handle it.”
The first is the issue of how to deal with prisoners. More than 10,000 prisoners have not yet been classified. According to the preliminary report from Dongmen Chuiyu, about 70 or 80 of them have been identified as officers. Some of the officers should be wearing soldiers' uniforms in an attempt to hide.
, these people have not been identified yet.
The general policy had been formulated long ago. Officers asked their family members to redeem their bodies. Those who could not redeem their bodies were to stay in Lingao and undergo labor reform.
As for soldiers, most senators believe that soldiers in this time and space have very strong bad habits. Most of them are indolent and indolent. They are accustomed to killing, looting, and committing adultery. They have no faith. They are purely for food and pay, so they cannot be absorbed into the army.
"Even Qi Jiguang knows when training new recruits, he must choose dull and honest people from the countryside, not bachelors from the market. This kind of soldier is especially unusable."
However, some people take pla's transformation of "liberation fighters" as an example, believing that ordinary soldiers under this old army system can still be transformed into qualified army soldiers.
Moreover, once the operation to suppress the entire Hainan begins, a large number of troops will have to be deployed to garrison everywhere. The original six battalions are obviously not enough. Absorbing and transforming three to four thousand people from prisoners can effectively solve the problem of insufficient soldiers.
question.
However, this proposal was not approved by most people. They considered it a very risky thing to immediately recruit these people into the army without long-term transformation.
Wu De said: "Yes, they have no sense of nationality. They fight for whoever gives them food and pay. Whether they are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng or Jianlu. With the generous treatment of our army, it goes without saying that they are
I am extremely happy. Such people are very dangerous. To put it bluntly, the soldiers of gmd are better than them - at least people know that being a puppet army is a dishonorable thing. And at the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the soldiers who took refuge in the Jianlu
Have you ever thought about it this way?"
"There should be some, there are still quite a few people in the Green Camp who later became traitors."
"But compared to the majority, it is still a very small number." Wu De said, "Now we are not transforming a few people or dozens of people, but thousands of people. So many people have to transform their lives in a short period of time.
Thought, it is still impossible to do it with our current abilities."
Skade said: "I think we can use them as immigrants sent to Southeast Asia by the Colonial and Trade Department, give them some supplies and weapons, and send them to Southeast Asia to establish forts to develop local resources. We will provide them with the amount of supplies they pay every year.
Supplies. Let them turn Southeast Asia into a land of blood and fire."
"This is not good. These soldiers are usually controlled by the military's harsh punishments. If you send them to Southeast Asia, doesn't that mean the horses have been bridleed?" Wu De continued to object.
"They can do whatever they like in Southeast Asia. They kill people, set fires, and rob women. If they can beat them, it will be a problem. If they can't beat them, they will be exterminated by the locals. It doesn't matter..."
"How can we build a fort after the locals have been wiped out?" Wu De said. "Besides, if they were so chaotic, how could they open up wasteland and collect supplies? They would just rob them. In the end, we got the most.
The good result is that there is a group of Han bandits in Southeast Asia. Does this count as colonization? There is no one to control these officers and soldiers. I am afraid that they will start fighting each other as soon as they arrive there. If we send other people to manage the forts, we may end up fighting each other first.
They started fighting. When colonizing and reclaiming wasteland, the first thing is to unite. It is difficult for such unruly people to be of any use."