Chapter 75: Harassment of Qiongshan
The target of breaking the stronghold must be very cautious. [No pop-up novel website] First of all, it must have a bad reputation among the people, and secondly, it must be very powerful in the local area. Only in this way can we not only knock down the mountain and shake the tiger, but also prevent the people from being too afraid and having the same hatred and hatred.
It was not difficult to choose the target. Since Lingao was initially stabilized, the intelligence department began to collect intelligence from neighboring Danzhou and Chengmai prefectures and counties for future use in taking over power and fighting wars. The Crossing Group has a fairly comprehensive grasp of the situation in these states and counties.
Finally, You Laohu and Yu Zhiqian identified a few local tycoons, all of whom were typical local tycoons in the fish and meat village who colluded with the government. And they are mainly clan landlords. Killing a family can cause a powerful clan to completely lose control of the local area. This is more important than simply eliminating a group of local tyrants.
In the next week, Yu Zhiqian led an armed march in Chengmai County, breached two villages, and intimidated many villages to send food and missions. A large amount of money, food and population were obtained. The majority of captured prisoners were sent to Lingao by militiamen for dispersal and resettlement. He took more than a hundred men and dozens of captured local tyrants and their minions to Chengmai County. Ding Zhuang continued to help dig trenches and build earthen fortresses under the city.
Originally, Youhuhu was just preparing to bluff, but now that there are many people and plenty of food, and seeing that there are not many elite soldiers in Chengmai County, a small battle was fought under the city. Although there were not many casualties, the brave people of the village were about to collapse under the Mini rifle. The morale of both the senators and the indigenous soldiers was greatly increased.
With the help of 12 pounds of mountain melons, Mini rifles and explosives, Yu Zhiqian and others suffered no casualties, which was a difficult operation for ordinary rogues and even the Ming army. The infantry suffered nine casualties, while the militiamen had one killed and eleven wounded. If it weren't for the time and effort required to pack and inventory supplies, we could have broken down a few more villages.
Every time Yu Zhiqian breaks the stronghold, he always lets a few people go and asks them to go to Fucheng to ask for help. You Laohu has already set up lurking posts outside the city gates of Chengmai. Anyone who tries to enter the city to ask for help will be hanged at the city gate. In the trees outside, no one went to the county town again.
The captured local tyrants and scoundrels were hanged in batches on the big trees on both sides of the Chengmai-Qiongshan official road. For a time, the whole county of Chengmai was shaken. The gentry and merchants in the county were very frightened and fled from the east and west gates at night. Yu Zhiqian informed the secret sentry outside the city gate not to capture them and allowed them to escape.
You Huhu and Yu Zhiqian discussed it. Now that they have food on hand, someone might as well set up a stockade under Chengmai City as an advance base. So he sent someone back to ask for instructions. Seeing that they were making a huge noise, He Ming sent an infantry company and several groups of students from the teaching team to reinforce.
Youhuhu drove the civilians to build the earth fort around Chengmai in a serious manner. He also sent people to repair the docks and dredge the port at the seaside. Mei Wan also simply sent an engineering team to give guidance on the project and use the labor force to build the road. .
The commotion outside Chengmai City was very loud, and on the official road from Qiongshan to Haikou Qianhusuo to Chengmai, the special reconnaissance team led by Ye Mengyan was also active. He led a team of thirty people to sneak all the way to Qiongshan County, setting up several reconnaissance posts along the way, and placing the early warning line all the way to Qianhusuo City in Haikou. Then he took the troops along the Nandu River to Jiazi Coal Mine.
Tang Menglong had long been informed that the Ming army might soon launch a campaign against Lingao.
Jiazi Coal Mine is the property of the Hai family, and the government should not touch it. Moreover, Jiazi Coal Mine is located in an inland area with inconvenient transportation. It is difficult for the government and the army to take military action. But the potential danger of coal mine attacks is always there. The instructions given by the Government Affairs Council to Tang Menglong were to stop all coal transportation, stop the operation of Haijia Terminal, and only keep local personnel behind. Lin Baiguang was responsible for the specific work. In terms of mining, production scale will be temporarily reduced, and military training of miners and coal mine fortification projects will be stepped up.
When Ye Mengyan arrived at the Jiazi Coal Mine, the entire coal mine's production had completely stopped. Only the coal washing plant and the briquette plant continued to process the stored coal. The miners have all been armed and are practicing assassination in the open space. Tang Menglong built several new bunkers at the docks and mining areas. Five or six soldiers can be arranged to guard each bunker. There are also many bamboo tubes of explosives used for blasting in the bunkers.
"He Ming has obtained the authorization from the Executive Committee: If necessary, you can take people to withdraw from here. You can withdraw now." Ye Mengyan said, "You only have one platoon here, with more than thirty Minnie rifles. , if the enemy army comes to attack, it will definitely not be able to withstand it."
"Why did the officers and soldiers come to attack this coal mine?" Tang Menglong said carelessly, "You have also walked on the mountain roads along the way. You said that the officers and soldiers would be serious and not do anything, not attack Lingao, and eat enough to support themselves on such a road. Are you going to fight? Besides, this coal mine can be considered the Hai family’s property after all.”
"This is just in case." Ye Mengyan said, "Anyway, my words have reached you. If you want to retreat, you can retreat as soon as possible. The official army has not arrived in Hainan yet. It will be easier to support your army to retreat now."
Tang Menglong thought for a moment: "I still won't evacuate. There are hundreds of people here, both men and women. It is very inconvenient to evacuate. If you are intercepted by the army along the way, you will suffer a lot of losses. Besides, there are a lot of equipment and infrastructure here. It also cost a lot of money. Once we withdraw, the villagers and bandits in the mountains will take the opportunity to rob and steal. It will be a huge investment to rebuild after the enemy is defeated."
Tang Menglong decided not to withdraw, and Ye Mengyan no longer forced it. He left the explosives and some grenades he brought with him to Tang Menglong, and also left a small team of special reconnaissance members at Jiazi Coal Mine to assist in the defense.
Ye Mengyan took the remaining people and sneaked back to the Haikou area from the mountainous area. His second mission was to harass the local government and garrison in Qiongshan. The special reconnaissance team has a small number of people and is well equipped, but without heavy weapons, it is impossible to directly siege the city like Youhuhu did. Ye Mengyan knew that there was no value in just sniping a few passing post soldiers and the like, so he simply led his team to Daying Mountain outside Qiongshan County.
"If a cannon is installed on this commanding height, Qiongshan County will not surrender immediately?" Ye Mengyan put down the telescope and muttered to himself. He was wearing a civilian version of the U.S. military's jungle camouflage BDU during the Vietnam War. There is a vz68 submachine gun slung on his shoulder. Not wearing a helmet. Behind him were twelve young men carefully selected from his own team. They were all dressed the same as him, except that they used inconvenient semi-automatics. These special detectives sat quietly in the forest eating dry food and drinking water.
The entire Qiongshan County is at his feet. It is a pattern of mountains and rivers. A big river flows through the south gate and the east gate. Outside the west gate is a manually dug trench, but there is nothing outside the north gate. The north gate of Qiongshan County is the same as most counties in Hainan. The north gate is not open. , although there is a city tower and gate, the inside of the city gate has long been blocked by bricks.
It can be seen that the fortification of this city is very poor. Even according to the standards of the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century, it cannot be said to be very good, it can only be regarded as passing. Ye Mengyan saw that the three city gates were not closed, and he was unsuspecting. He had been sneaking all the way. Except for a small group of soldiers stationed at Qianhusuo City in Haikou more than ten miles outside the city, there were no other guards along the way. Investigation and alert measures - can this also be called a "war state"? It's like child's play. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but have extreme contempt for the Ming officials.
"Captain, we sneaked all the way to Qiongshan, what are we going to do next?" a team member asked him.
"The superiors want us to carry out a raid. I don't think this place can withstand the raid. We can probably take down Qiongshan County as soon as we rush down." Ye Mengyan smiled, "Things are quite difficult to handle."
"I see that the streets outside the city are very busy. Let's set a fire and burn the Qiongshan Pass." One of the team members said, "Once the fire is burned, I'm afraid that old guy Wang Zunde will have to force the officers and soldiers to cross the sea."
Ye Mengyan chuckled: "This is a bad idea. What will you do after everything is burned down?" He thought, this is actually a good idea, and it will definitely shock Wang Zunde. But in this case, the Planning Yuan, the Government Administration Yuan and the Senate will not spare him - even though their motives are different.
"The fire is burning in Guanxiang. After we fight it, we still have to rescue the victims." Ye Mengyan said, "Everyone thinks of another way."
At noon that day, Ye Mengyan led the special reconnaissance team down from Daying Mountain. He decided to choose Dongmen Street outside the east gate of Qiongshan County as the location for the demonstration. There are many pedestrians and shops here, which can cause the greatest sensation.
At present, he left a cover group using automatic rifles on the high ground outside the market. Once a large group of enemies rushed out of the city, he would use automatic rifles to block and fire. He led seven or eight people to the entrance of Dongmen Guanxiang Street. Although it was outside the city, it was guarded by a wooden fence. Now the wooden fence was open and only two people were guarding it.
When Ye Mengyan and others appeared, dressed in colorful clothes and covered with debris, Minzhuang's first reaction was not fear or nervousness, but curiosity. One man with a spear even took a few steps to get a better look. When he saw their short life clearly, Minzhuang seemed to suddenly understand. He dropped his spear in despair and ran towards the city gate, shouting at the top of his voice:
"The thief is coming, the thief is coming"
Ye Mengyan waved the submachine gun in his hand, and the team members rushed in. The two team members quickly took control of Muzhakou. He led his men and rushed straight to the gate of the county town along the street.
Today is not a market day, there are not many people on the street. Seeing a group of strange people suddenly pouring in, everyone was stunned for a moment.
Several civilians at the gate of the county town seemed to have reacted. Seeing that there were few of them, they rushed out of the city gate hole with swords and spears at a shout to fight. A team member following Ye Mengyan immediately threw out two grenades.
The grenade exploded in the city gate, and suddenly smoke filled the air, followed by screams and groans. The street immediately became chaotic, and pedestrians hurried to hide in the shops and alleys on both sides. Ye Mengyan knew that he could not stay for a long time because of his small number, so he quickly posted two notices of Fubo Army on the fence at the gate of the city. He put up the notice and was not in a hurry to leave. He shouted to the people on the street outside the east gate, saying that they were members of the Fubo Army. They came just to warn the government and would not kill the people. He asked everyone not to be afraid. At the shops on both sides of the street, everyone held their breath and listened to their words, but no one dared to speak. Ye Mengyan and his team immediately turned around and withdrew. At this time, the -D rifles rang out one after another. There were several people on the tower holding bows and arrows who wanted to shoot arrows. As soon as they opened their bows, they were all killed by the rifles of the cover team.
After Ye Mengyan's team exited Dongmenwai Street and walked a few miles, he ordered everyone to ambush at a turning point of the post road. Sure enough, within a few minutes, more than a hundred people and villagers, led by a man on horseback and carrying a spear, came after him. Soon it was close to fifty meters.
Ye Mengyan took a picture of the special shooter in the team: "Hit the horseman"
As soon as the gunshot sounded, the leader of the horse fell off his horse, and the Xiang Yong beside him suddenly became confused. The soldiers of the small team passed by with a row of grenades, and the dense crowd was immediately blown down. Those who were not killed or injured immediately turned around and ran towards the county seat. Ye Mengyan arranged for the team members who were ambushing in the rear to immediately throw another row of grenades, killing and injuring many people. The enemy was so defeated that they fled for their lives regardless of whether there was a road or not.
Ye Mengyan fought a beautiful ambush and knew that the enemy would not dare to come out to pursue him again, so he immediately asked someone to retrieve the leader's horse. The team members asked him to mount the horse, and he shook his head:
"I can't ride a horse..."
In his heart, he thought that if he took the horse with him, he would not be able to continue the raid, but he was reluctant to abandon the horse - it was a rare Mongolian horse in the local area, and it was much more powerful than the short fruit horse.
It's enough to do this once in Qiongshan County, so we might as well return to Chengmai to rest for a few days before coming back. Thinking of this, he ordered:
"Bring the horse with you, let's go back to Chengmai first."
The team members quickly cleaned up the battlefield. Ye Mengyan asked the leader to cut off his head and hang it on a tree by the roadside. Someone picked up a beautiful dagger from the leader's body and gave it to Ye Mengyan immediately.
"Captain, this thing is very beautiful, just keep it." The team member said.
Ye Mengyan took a look at the dagger. The dark green leather scabbard was inlaid with fine gold and silver filigree patterns. The style was simple, and it was obviously not an ordinary thing.
"Everything seized must be returned to the public, and this dagger must be turned in." Ye Mengyan was not interested in this so-called "magic weapon" of cold weapons, he just thought it looked good. He casually threw the dagger into his backpack and told everyone to pack up and retreat immediately.
In order to prevent the officers and soldiers from Haikou Qianhu Station from intercepting them on the way, they left the main road and took a detour. Within a few hours, they retreated to You Huhu's camp under Chengmai County.
You Laohu's camp has now been renovated into a large-scale camp. In his hands were seven to eight hundred men and women. Under the supervision of the militia, these people were led by members of the construction engineering team to build camps and level roads every day.
You Laohu hosted a banquet for Ye Mengyan in his headquarters.
His so-called headquarters was a temporary shack. The interior is very comfortable, with all kinds of seats available, and even the bed is a large mahogany bed. These items were obviously robbed from Sixiang during the raids on big business.
You Laohu was very excited after hearing about Ye Mengyan's riot in the Guanxiang of Qiongshan East City - he was originally a man who was afraid of chaos in the world, so he was fascinated by such a dramatic and lively scene.
"Xiaoye, you've got the limelight now." You Laohu patted his thigh, "We're much more boring here. We stick our butts out all day long to build roads and stockades in a shabby county town." As he said this, he asked the company chief to give Ye Mengyan's team prepared meals, and then prepared some food to entertain Ye Mengyan.
A sumptuous meal was quickly placed on the table, including a large plate of ribs. The pork ribs are bright red and yellow, smell fragrant, crispy on the outside and fragrant on the inside, with a delicious and mellow taste.
"This is made by the cook that Lao Yu captured. The skill is very good." You Laohu finished one piece at lightning speed, then picked up another one and started to chew on it.
Yu Zhiqian said with a smile: "It stands to reason that what we do is against discipline..."
"Discipline?" You Laohu originally wanted to say "discipline", but when he thought that saying this might cause people to tug at his pigtails, he changed his mind and said, "Anyway, I was a chef when I was sent to Lingao, and I am a chef when I stay here. I just Just use it for a while." He then pointed to the ribs, "These ribs are marinated in honey and are crispy in the mouth. They are a bit like Cantonese barbecued pork, but not the same. Anyway, the aftertaste is endless. When I go back, I have to ask the life secretary to follow the cook. study."
In addition to the ribs, there are several plates of fresh vegetables and other dishes. Just no wine.
"The food is very good. Where does the supply come from?" Ye Mengyan was surprised - the logistics department would never send fresh vegetables and raw meat as supplies.
"Lao Yu can get enough chicken, duck, fish, and oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar from the big business." You Laohu shook his head, "Actually, there is a lot of wine, but you can't drink it." He smacked his mouth with regret, "Vegetables and grains All of them were collected from various villages. Ever since we broke down a few villages and killed a group of people, the villages in Chengmai have been scared to death. Even if they ask the rich men to sacrifice their wives, they are willing to do so."
"This meat has not been quarantined..."
"If you don't eat it, you will fall down." You Laohu started to eat the fourth rib. Seeing that he was about to scoop up all the ribs, Ye Mengyan quickly joined the gluttonous ranks.
The three people were eating and drinking when the messenger came to report: The representative of the Planning Institute is here.
"Now our good days are over." You Laohu shook his head, "Please invite him in quickly."
The fact that Yu Zhiqian went to Chengmai to acquire a big business naturally attracted the attention of the Planning Institute. In order to bring the seized materials and manpower into orbit as soon as possible, Wu De dispatched a special search team led by a representative from the Planning Institute.
"The final result of using the spoils on the spot is a mess," he said very seriously when giving the order to the representatives of the Planning Institute. "Now You Huhu's detachment is attacking local tyrants under Chengmai City and has gained a lot of property, food and people. You have to go there to register the spoils of war. Some grain and non-staple food items can be allocated locally to the detachment, but the procedures must be sound." a! ~!
