Erlude simply assigned the task! According to the markings on the map, there is a fairly large refugee settlement in this area. There are about forty or fifty shacks within a radius of five square kilometers. [Read the latest chapter] It is estimated that here There will be 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, Ande Huang knows the specific location of each shack and the best route to get there; secondly, the distance between each shack is at least two to three hundred meters, and there are many hills and woods in between. Stay away from the mugwort, and as long as you move quickly and remain quiet, you can catch 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. The contact information and action signals were repeatedly checked until everyone was sure they understood everything.
"Okay, come out!"
The arrest operation lasted for two days, and Huang Ande successfully completed the task. More than 100 refugees were arrested, and production materials and a batch of grain were seized.
Wang Ruigang took care of sending all the people and things to Bairen City. The captured refugees, with frightened and dazed eyes open, were bundled into ten columns and taken away. As for the small fields they had cultivated, they were abandoned because they were too scattered and the roads were inconvenient.
Dude instructed Fu Buer 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. "This is a blog shop?" Jiang said with surprise.
The person who asked the question was about forty years old, and his face was dark and cracked, obviously the result of years of being exposed to the sea breeze. A pair of eyes that are very lively. He stood on the deck of a two-masted fishing boat common in the Qiongzhou Strait, staring at Bopu Port in the distance.
"Yes, ma'am." The person next to her replied quietly and respectfully.
"You forgot again!" the middle-aged man called "Sir" scolded dissatisfiedly.
"Yes, yes, sir
"Is there anyone named Master Tammin? The middle-aged man is very dissatisfied that his subordinates can't get around." The man who called me the master molded a bamboo tube from under the basket of fish and shrimp, opened it, and slid out a black The utensils come. This was one of the rarest items in China at the time, a Dutch-made monocular telescope. I bought it from the Portuguese in Macau. Only a few generals from the coast of Guangdong and Fujian had this rare thing because they had the light of the tower near the water. You must know that this thing has only just been discovered in Europe for less than a year.
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 telescope tube. His field of vision gradually became clearer, and he immediately trembled: he saw the corner of Lingao. Fort on the embankment.
This fort was certainly 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-style fort" advocated by Master Sun Yuanhua. It seems that this rumor is indeed true. Come on!
This man with a telescope in his hand is exactly the person mentioned every day by the military and intelligence departments of the Crossing Group: Tang Yunwen, the general commander of the Baisha Shuizhai Coastal Defense General Office in the Ming Dynasty, Qiongya 6th Road, Guangdong and other places.
From this long title, we know that this person is the highest garrison commander of the Ming Dynasty on Hainan Island, and all the Ming Dynasty Shuilu garrison on Hainan Island is under his control. The first battle between the Cross-Travel Group and the Ming government will most likely be with his subordinates.
It was not too late for Tang Yunwen to know about the arrival of the Time Travel Group. . On the same day, Feng Ning reported to him: The beacon tower in Lingao warned that there was a pirate invasion. This is nothing new: pirate invasions are common in this area, and the garrison is unable to take countermeasures one by one. The strategy adopted is nothing more than "hold the fortress and wait for the thieves to leave". Therefore, it did not attract much attention from him. More than ten days later, he received a letter asking for help from the Lingao County government, claiming that there was a "giant overseas canal". He had climbed to Lingao and was currently building a camp in Lingao. He wanted to "stay there forever" and asked other troops to drive him away.
Based on his responsibilities, such a distress letter should naturally send someone to conduct an on-site investigation before deciding whether to send troops. But the situation Tang Yunwen faced made it impossible for him to send troops easily.
Tang Yunwen had a great reputation. In theory, all Hainan Island's Shuilu Garrison Company Recruitment and Guard Stations were under his command. In reality, there were only more than 2,000 main troops that could be mobilized for combat at any time. Mainly navy. Stationed in Baisha Shuizhai, Qianhusuo, Haikou. In fact, "Commander of Coastal Defense of Baisha Water Fortress" is his real authority.
These are the only men and horses that can be used for fighting.
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 still has to send a considerable number of troops to station at Dao Huichang, Changniu, Yangjiao and other places to conduct sea patrols... but it is an unprecedented pressure on coastal defense. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the oceans of Guangdong were filled with pirates of all kinds, large and small, including professional pirates, merchants and thieves, and some ordinary people along the coast. Westerners also appeared from time to time to add to the fun. The Portuguese, Spanish, British and Dutch robbed while trading, waiting for the opportunity to find a foothold here.
It is said that if there are many fleas, there will be no itching; if there are many debts, there will be no worries. Tang Yunwen was completely numb to the coastal defense situation with smoke and fire everywhere. No matter how Wu Mingjin wrote and begged, Tang Yunwen was not moved by how serious the situation was.
His gesture was to send two patrol boats to Bopu to check. Originally, this was a coastal defense system. The maritime patrol on Qiongzhou West Road had to go to Lingao Ocean every four days. However, in recent years, money and food have been extremely difficult, and military pay It has never been enough to survive without fighting. However, the navy spends a lot of money. Ships need to be repaired and replaced. Even if there is no war, casualty ships need to be replenished. The cost of a ship is much more than the lives of dozens or hundreds of soldiers. 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 ships available in case of war, he had to minimize the number of sailings on weekdays. As a result, the patrol system was completely ineffective. form.
Tang Yunwen could only hope that the appearance of his patrol boat would scare off the pirates. If the other party was powerful and did not take his two ships into consideration, there was nothing he could do. Just as he had been helpless with Zhu Cai Lao and Zhong Lingxiu over the years, he had been helpless with Liu Xiang recently.
After the patrol boat came back, Mr. Qian, who was leading the team, seemed to be frightened, and said incoherently with a pale face that a "big iron ship as high as a city wall" had arrived in Bobu Bay. Not to mention the warships of the army, even the largest red-haired man's "plywood boat" on the sea in this area looks like a small intellectual board compared with it.
Tang Yunwen didn't believe it, so he questioned him repeatedly, and his subordinates pointed out curses to the sky. After giving an extremely affirmative answer, he sent his trusted generals to visit. The confidant with the same pale face came back and said that Jiang Xi was indeed true. This surprised him. If the other party had such a large ship, wouldn't it be invincible on the Guangdong ocean? This group of overseas visitors were obviously not the red-haired people or Francons that he was already quite familiar with. It's not just to rob Lingao. Is there any property 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 already very inappropriate to camp privately like this and still camp on the shore. I should immediately cut off my troops and go to Lingao to drive away this group of overseas visitors. But when it comes to sending out troops, let alone asking, who will pay for the food and salary expenses along the way? It's useless to count on the Guangdong vassal's treasury. Ever since Wei Zhongxian transferred more than 300,000 silver accumulated in the Guangdong vassal treasury to the capital for large-scale construction at the end of the Apocalypse, the vassal's treasury has been impoverished. As for Qiongzhou Prefecture, it will definitely not be able to afford this money and food. Yes, there is no need to count on Lingao.
You can't fight a war without money. Even if he had money to fight, he had no chance 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 were tall and the cannons had a long range. No matter how long they used, the Ming army could not take advantage of them. Most of them used fire attack on ships as the main means of combat, which often achieved good results. Now the opponent is an iron ship that is invulnerable to water and fire. What should we do?
In desperation, I had to ask my staff if they had any countermeasures? The staff talked a lot. Some people said that they would send warriors to use climbing locks to board the ship at night, while others suggested making dozens of extra large "Hongjiang Dragon" primitive mines and sending small boats to sneak into the harbor to release them."
To put it bluntly, one of the staff members said: "Everyone has given you strategies to defeat the enemy, but I would like 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 question.
"Today's countermeasures are to fight against the worst. The person who spoke was named Jiang. He was born in Juren and was an old bastard from Anchang.
Jiang Ruoling's suggestion is: sending troops is absolutely necessary. Of course, money and food are on the one hand, and the opponent has huge ships, and the strength must be very important. If you send troops hastily, you will lose the battle 10 times out of 10.
It is difficult to explain that you have lost a battle. As long as there is no war, there is no problem of losing the war.
As for pirates boarding and robbing, it happens almost every day along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian, and it is not a big deal at all. As long as Lingao County does not fall, regardless of whether there is a large iron ship or not, it will be an ordinary pirate landing and robbery.
Anyway, this method of hiding things from others has been used for more than a day or two. After much discussion, everyone still felt that this was the most appropriate countermeasure, so Tang Yunwen simply pretended to be deaf and mute and turned a blind eye. ! ~!
