Just when everyone felt that something was wrong, the county magistrate who was a scholar pretending to be a robber suddenly spoke, and everyone was shocked as soon as he spoke.
Zhang Huangyan, County Magistrate Zhang Da, said loudly: "Folks, I have good news for you. The Ming Dynasty is back!"
What does it mean that the Ming Dynasty is back? Still leaving?
One to two hundred fellow villagers from Juehua Island with darkly tanned faces were all stunned and stared at Zhang Huangyan blankly.
Zhang Huangyan is a "people-friendly official", so he tried his best to pretend to be people-friendly and said kindly: "I am the new magistrate of Juehua County, Zhang Huangyan!"
The magistrate of Juehua County...the elders of Juehua Island were still stunned, not stunned, but petrified!
Not only is the Ming Dynasty back, it looks like it’s not going to leave anymore! A county was also established on Juehua Island, and even the county magistrate was appointed... What should we do? Are the peaceful days coming to an end? If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have stayed on the island. I should have gone to Ningyuan City and moved westward with the Wu family!
Zhang Huangyan looked at everyone like a wooden man, just standing there stupidly, not knowing how to cheer - the Ming Dynasty is back, such good news, aren't you happy? Are you worried that the Ming Dynasty's governance on Juehua Island will not last long?
Thinking of this, Zhang Huangyan decided to give everyone another surprise.
"Folks, you can rest assured that since Ming Dynasty has come back, he will not leave again. The imperial court not only established Juehua County, but also established the Governor-General Liaodong Military Affairs Yamen and the Liaodong Governor Yamen! They will also be moved to Juehua County in the future of!"
It's over, it's over... The people of Juehua Island were so scared that their legs were weak. The Ming Dynasty actually set up the Governor's Liaodong Military Affairs Office and the Governor's Office, and moved them to Juehua Island - was this because they were afraid that the Qing Dynasty would be too lazy to attack Juehua Island, so they set up two hateful targets? Is there any way for everyone to survive now?
Zhang Huangyan saw that the people were so moved that they were about to cry, so he decided to add some more ingredients, raised his voice, and said loudly: "Since I have come to Juehua Island, I will stay with you and advance and retreat together. Even if he is shattered to pieces, he will not let Donglu take Juehua Island back!"
ah! They were all going to be smashed to pieces... The people of Juehua Island were frightened and cried!
They are finished! Juehua Island will once again become the front line of the bloody battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. When the sea freezes in the winter, the Qing troops will arrive, and then everyone will have no choice but to die.
"Woooooooo..."
The people cried bitterly, but Zhang Huangyan was a little relieved. The people were obviously moved by him as a good county magistrate who lived and died with the people!
"Don't cry, don't cry..." Zhang Huangyan consoled him, "I know that you have been suffering for a long time, but your hard days are over! Now the Ming Dynasty's crown prince is nurturing the army, politics has been refreshed, and everyone is united in virtue. , there is already a ZTE atmosphere, so we will never give up Juehua Island, a stronghold for counterattacking Liaodong, you can rest assured!"
Can you rest assured? Are you ready to die? The people's cries became louder, making Zhang Huangyan confused.
What does it mean? Although you are one of the few good county magistrates in the world, you don’t have to be so moved!
"Okay, okay, don't cry! Don't even cry...I'm so rude if you cry again!" Yu Daren shouted at this time. He had stayed at the grassroots level for a long time, and he was still... Working on the front line, of course you know why a bunch of ordinary people are crying like tears.
He comforted him with a straight face: "Why are you crying? With me and your Lord Zhang here, can Juehua Island be lost? And it's only April, and there are still six of his N's on the frozen sea Yue, if you have the energy to cry, you should stay and help the court build the city wall! Once the city wall is repaired, you will have a way to survive!
I don't want your hard work to be in vain. Even if you are well fed, each person will be given three liters of white flour a day... Anyone who dares not to work will be treated as a prisoner! "
Yu Daren was a military attache. He wore a helmet and had a beard. He looked quite ferocious. Now when he got angry, he shocked a group of people who were crying and crying, and no one cried anymore.
Seeing that the people had stopped crying, Yu Daren said in a calm voice: "All the great men will have their braids cut off! Whoever doesn't, then have their heads cut off!"
I also need to cut my braids! The people of Juehua Island feel so miserable! Braids are proof of the obedient people of the Qing Dynasty! If it is cut, there will be no way to survive when the Qing Dynasty comes back! But if I don't cut it, my head will be gone soon...
Yu Daren did not allow them to delay. At that time, soldiers with daggers stepped forward and cut off the braids on the backs of all the men's heads.
Seeing that the people were very cooperative, Yu Daren nodded with satisfaction and took out a handful of beaten silver coins - this was the "half two coins" issued by the Salt Merchant Bank. Because it was beaten into a circle, it was also called "silver yuan." ". This kind of half-tael silver yuan has just been put into production, and the output is not large. All of them are given to the new army to "try out", that is, they are used for military pay.
The "divisions" in Zhu Cihong's new army to overcome difficulties have expanded to six divisions and fifteen regiments. Counting heavy equipment, the total number is close to 100,000. About half of them had joined the army before Zhu Cihong suppressed Shi Kefa. They all divided the land in Southern Zhili and were Zhu Cixi's core strength. Through them, Zhu Cixiang could not only firmly control the divisions and armies, but also the guard armies - there were seven Denglai guards, five Runing guards, one Anqing guard, and one Jianyang guard (Taiping Prefecture). , Hukou 1st Guards, Fengyang 8th Guards 1st Division and other units, there are a total of 23 associations and one battalion of the new guards that can be dispatched. Among them, the middle and senior officers were all from Zhu Cixiang's "Yancong Group".
In order to pay the 100,000-strong New Army divisions, the more than 1,000 backbone guards, and the 20,000 naval officers and soldiers, Zhu Cixiang's court now spends more than 500,000 taels per month. silver. Divided into half a tael of silver dollars, that’s nearly 1.1 million! Of course, Salt Merchant Bank does not have such output, and its current monthly output is only tens of thousands.
Yu Daren weighed the silver coins in his hand and asked with a smile: "There are several silver coins here. They were just made by the Salt Merchant Bank. One weighs half a tael. Can any of you tell me if there are any Tartars on Laozi Island?" Wherever there is a ship that can go to the western coast of Liaoning, whoever gets the money will go to it!"
The area of Juehua Island is not small, about 123 square kilometers, and the terrain is quite complex. Most of the land is covered by hills and woods. If there is no one to lead the way, Yu Daren's few men will not be able to search them all in three to five days.
In addition, there are fishermen and fishing boats on Juehua Island, and they must be controlled as soon as possible to prevent anyone from tipping off the Qing army on the western shore of Liaoning. Juehua Island is only a dozen miles away from the coast of western Liaoning by sea. Large groups of Qing troops cannot get through, but there is still the possibility of small groups sneaking across.
So Yu Daren wanted to block Juehua Island, so as to gain some time to build a simple bastion close to the coast. Buildings like bastions can actually be complex or simple, and do not necessarily have to be very tall. superior.
In fact, the bastion just changes the castle from a convex polygon to a concave polygon, so that no matter attacking any point of the castle, the attacker will be exposed to more than one fort face, and the defender can use crossfire to carry out multiple strikes, thus greatly Increase the difficulty of attacking.
In addition, in order to effectively resist shelling, the walls of the bastion will also be built into an inclined surface to increase the probability of deflecting cannonballs and the thickness of the wall (with the same amount of work, inclined walls are thicker than flat walls). At the same time, the height of the bastion wall is generally lower than that of the traditional city wall to reduce the probability of being hit by artillery shells. Although a low city wall is harder to defend than a tall city wall, the cross firepower brought by the concave polygonal city wall can make up for this shortcoming.
Therefore, as long as the defenders have sufficient firepower and their willpower is not too weak, a simple bastion made of earthen wood and sandbags will be difficult to break through. Unless the attacking side has sufficient knowledge of mathematics and engineering, they can find the blind spot of the bastion and deploy artillery.
