Chapter 2376
Turning the country's war refugees into immigrants and sending them to areas under Haihan's control for resettlement, using them as cheap labor for colonial activities, and then gradually transforming them into nationals of the country, this kind of population introduction plan is considered familiar to Haihan. In the past, Similar successful operations have been carried out in Annan, Daming, North Korea and other places.
In the implementation process, in addition to civil affairs and shipping, the participation of the military and intelligence agencies is also essential. The information provided by the intelligence department is an important reference for operational leaders to make various decisions.
During this operation, although he had obtained a lot of information about the war situation in Shandong from various private channels in the early stage, Chen Yixin still hoped that the intelligence department could provide more detailed reports so that he could make more accurate decisions about the direction of the situation. research and judgment.
And Hao Wanqing's performance did not disappoint him. He even personally led the team and ventured into war-affected areas to collect intelligence. The information Hao Wanqing found out by taking such a huge risk was naturally more detailed and credible than the information Jiang Sheng got through word of mouth.
After noticing the wave of refugees in the war-torn areas, Hao Wanqing naturally thought of using this chaos to recruit refugees for Haihan. However, he did not expect that Chen Yixin would act so quickly. Before he could return to Fushan County, he Everything has been arranged.
While he was talking, the leading officer of the special operations group who had just arrived from North Korea also arrived. Qian Tiandun considered the situation in Shandong, so he specially sent Sun Zhen, a local captain and battalion commander, to serve as the commander.
Sun Zhen also worked with Chen Yixin when he was stationed in Shandong, so he was not considered an outsider. Moreover, he himself is from Dengzhou, and he understands the local situation better than Hao Wanqing, a Shandong native who traveled through time in later generations. Therefore, Sun Zhen can also provide many valuable opinions on the next action plan.
After Chen Yixin briefly introduced the current situation, he asked Sun Zhen to express his own views. Sun Zhen was a straight-tempered person, so he did not shirk it. After thinking for a while, he expressed his thoughts: "Actually, I feel that the number of refugees pouring into Fushan County will not be as large as the general expected. There are two reasons. First, Fushan County It is almost surrounded by mountainous areas, which is a big problem for refugees who lack material supplies, especially those refugees who come from hundreds of miles away and are not familiar with the local environment. Seeing the mountains stretching for dozens of miles ahead, I am afraid that Many people will give up and find another escape route.”
"The second reason is that I believe that the Ming Dynasty will learn from the lessons of the Denglai Rebellion, and will use more containment measures in the Denglai area, and will even use coercive means such as road closures to reduce the influx of people to Fushan County. scale of refugees to avoid being recruited in large numbers by our country again.”
Hao Wanqing said: "The situation you mentioned does exist in theory, but the capabilities and material reserves of the Denglai district government may not be able to cope with such a flow of refugees."
Chen Yixin said: "Whether we can cope with the refugee flow is one thing, whether we can let people into Fushan County is another. We must guard against the situation Sun Zhen mentioned!"
Hao Wanqing's face changed slightly and he said: "You mean the government would rather let the refugees starve to death than let us pick them up?"
Chen Yixin said: "Dengzhou Prefecture has warned us several times last year that it wants to take back the mining rights of Fushan Copper Mine. You should also know about this, right?"
Hao Wanqing nodded and said: "That Magistrate Chen has been coveting the Fushan Copper Mine for a long time, but he has never been able to get it and has not found the opportunity to do it."
Chen Yixin said: "If the Qing army hadn't marched south this time, maybe he would have played some tricks with us. I think he should have been able to predict the consequences of a large number of refugees flowing into Fushan County. It’s not impossible to stop us from accepting refugees.”
When Haihan first settled on Zhifu Island, he used the banner of relieving refugees to expand his control area while buying people's hearts, and gradually established a firm foothold in Fushan County. The refugees who were originally hosted in Fushan County were basically converted into Haihan nationals. Many of them returned here with new identities, but the targets of their service became Haihan, just like Sun Zhen now. Same.
Of course, the Dengzhou officials did not turn a blind eye to this process. They had also tried expulsion methods when Haihan was not yet stable, but they suffered several losses due to the gap in force. Later, Haihan marched into Liaodong, occupied Jinzhou, and negotiated terms of cooperation with the court. The two countries concluded an alliance. Naturally, the Dengzhou government could no longer openly use force against the Haihan people in Fushan County.
However, the so-called cooperation between Haihan and the Ming Dynasty was based on the threat of the Manchus. The Ming Dynasty had no intention of letting Haihan do whatever he wanted in his own country. As long as they took the opportunity, the government would continue to try to weaken Haihan's influence.
Haihan's mining and smelting of copper in Dengzhou has already made the government very dissatisfied. If we take in a large number of war refugees who poured into Dengzhou, this will seem to help the government solve the problem, but with such a large population under the control of Haihan, it can also be controlled at any time. They may all turn into the peasant army that the government fears most. Moreover, a large number of refugees attaching themselves to Haihan will inevitably greatly increase Haihan's influence in the local area, and the government should not be willing to sit back and watch such a situation arise. In particular, the civil and military officials in Dengzhou have not been getting along well with Haihan in recent years. No matter what Haihan's real purpose is in rescuing refugees, they probably will not let Haihan get his way.
"That way, on the one hand, we have to put in efforts to resettle the refugees, and on the other hand, we have to be wary of Dengzhou Prefecture making trouble with us." Hao Wanqing said helplessly: "Then if Dengzhou Prefecture is determined to help us, I have to fight them first!”
Chen Yixin showed little concern about the possibility mentioned by Hao Wanqing: "Since Dengzhou City has been recruiting veterans and civilians to Fushan County some time ago, it can be seen that there are not many troops stationed there, so it should not cause too much trouble. Later, we can also send some personnel to the front lines of Zhaoyuan and Laixi to guide refugees to Fushan County.”
Sun Zhen immediately took the initiative to ask for help and said: "General, if you can trust me, I can hand over this task to me. Tomorrow, the army can send a company to each of these two places to guide the refugees, and by the way, they can also conduct reconnaissance into Dengzhou." The large number of refugees allows Fushan County to handle it calmly.”
Zhaoyuan and Laixi counties are both about 200 miles away from Fushan County. It is not far, but it is definitely not close. For the Haihan Army, whose combat method relies heavily on logistics, the distance on land is Our control area is so far away, it is actually a relatively dangerous area. Chen Yixin said: "It may be difficult to gather so many horses in a hurry... Let's postpone it for another day and try to be more prepared!"
If these elite troops are allowed to rush two hundred miles away on two legs to perform tasks, not only will it cause a great drain on their physical strength, but also due to their limited load-bearing capacity, it will be difficult to carry the rations and combat materials they can carry. Supports multi-day operations. The special battle group did not bring many horses when they crossed the sea. In order to solve the problem of their lack of mobility, Chen Yixin had to find more horses and horses locally for them to use.
Of course, they dare to take such action mainly because most of the garrison troops in Shandong Peninsula have been transferred to the west to fight the Qing army. Even if the Dengzhou government wants to do something against the Haihan army, it is currently unable to do anything.
If the refugees want to go from west to east to Fushan County after entering Dengzhou, there are roughly three main routes: north, south, and middle. The north route first goes along the coast of Laizhou Bay to Dengzhou City. After arriving in Dengzhou City, it continues along the coastline in the southeast direction. It can reach Fushan County after a hundred miles; the middle line first goes to Zhaoyuan County, and goes eastward from the official road between the southern foot of Tiangu Mountain and Qixia County. Since the road has to pass through a large area of mountain foothills, this is also a relatively difficult route. The southern route first goes to Laixi, then turns to the northeast via Laiyang, and then follows the Jiahe River through the valley plain with a depth of 80 miles to reach the southern part of Fushan County.
On the first two routes, Zhaoyuan County is the only way to go. If Haihan sets up an organization to guide refugees in Zhaoyuan County, then the refugees will no longer need to go to Dengzhou City. This will increase the number of refugees intercepted by the Dengzhou government. will also be greatly reduced.
As the southern route is located inland, there are only two small counties on the way. It is expected that there will be relatively few refugees taking this route. However, among the three routes to Fushan County, this is actually the smoothest and easiest to walk. route. But basically as long as we grasp the two locations of Zhaoyuan and Laixi, we can control at least 80% of the refugees entering Dengzhou.
Sun Zhen was able to judge the situation so quickly and put forward feasible plans, naturally because he was born in Denglai and was familiar with the local geographical environment.
Hao Wanqing said: "Gong Shiqi also led a group of people to operate in Laizhou. They will return to Dengzhou later, and their scheduled stay is Zhaoyuan. When your troops arrive in Zhaoyuan, Gong Shiqi should take the initiative Come and meet me, he can also be of some help when the time comes.”
Sun Zhen responded: "In that case, I will personally lead the team to Zhaoyuan to meet Master Gong. I also ask General Chen to take command of the troops left in Fushan County."
Chen Yixin was the top person in charge of Haihan in Shandong at this time. All the local armed forces obeyed his dispatch and command, and he immediately agreed to Sun Zhen's entrustment.
After Sun Zhen finished the meeting in Majiazhuang, he immediately rode back to Zhifu Island and summoned his officers at all levels to deploy the mission. Although Chen Yixin gave him an extra day to prepare, for this unit that had just arrived from North Korea, it was still a bit hasty. Arranging personnel, allocating supplies, and formulating marching routes, there were a lot of things that they needed to handle in more than a day.
Compared with others, Sun Zhen, who was born locally, has a more positive attitude towards the situation in Shandong. He himself had personally experienced the Denglai Rebellion and was well aware of the sufferings of the common people in troubled times. He himself was rescued by Haihan before he regained his life. Naturally, he regarded Haihan's assistance to Shandong refugees as a life-saving measure. Lift. Now that Shandong is plunged into war again, he believes that only the country of Haihan can truly save innocent people.
"Everyone, our next task is to guide more refugees to enter Fushan County smoothly and get the assistance provided by our country. Whether it is the Qing army, the Ming army, or bandits, who dares Those who hinder us in this process are our enemies.”
Sun Zhen paused for a moment, and seeing that no one had any objections, he continued: "Killing the enemy is a meritorious service, and rescuing people is equally meritorious. Both General Qian and General Chen have assured me that we will protect the safety of the refugees in Dengzhou, and we will also discuss it." Merits will be rewarded. But I have to say something ugly before. If there are any violations of military discipline such as massacre of people, killing good people and taking merit, they will be severely punished. ”
Chen Yixin was not idle either. He found his father-in-law Ma Dongqiang and asked him to gather the local chariots and horses as soon as possible and hand them over to the unified command and deployment of the Haihan Army. As for the situation where a private person needs to be requisitioned, he can rent it if he can. If he can't rent it, he will be forced to buy it at the market price. The cost will be paid by the Ma family in advance, and then the reimbursement process will be slowly followed.
The top priority was to gather the chariots and horses needed for the two companies about to set off within one day. Fukuyama definitely can't get hundreds of war horses together, but as pack horses for mounts, it shouldn't be a big problem to get them from here and there. There are seven or eight large and small carriage and horse shops in Fushan County. The carriages and horses provided by these commercial institutions alone should be enough for about 80% of the requirements for this operation. The remaining part will be requisitioned on the spot. Private carriage and horse.
In addition to the local wealthy families like the Ma family, those wealthy households and government officials who fled to Fushan County as quickly as possible to escape the war also became the targets of the forced requisition of carriages and horses. The locals know how powerful the Haihan Army is, and even if they are unwilling to do so, they will not show any resistance. However, outsiders are obviously not used to this tough attitude. Some people want to reveal their identity in exchange for special treatment, but they are all unavoidable. Hit a wall in front of Hai Hanbing.
Regardless of whether they are willing to cooperate or not, in short, the Haihan Army gathered all the local chariots and horses together within one day and dispatched them uniformly from the headquarters in Majiazhuang. On the same day, 400 horses and about 50 carriages of different standards were delivered to the 1st Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment.
People in Fushan County have now realized that the general son-in-law of the Ma family is not just returning to Fushan County to visit relatives, but is coming back to do something big. Although it has not been officially announced at this time, it is obvious that the entire Fushan County has entered a state of military control. All material supplies are gradually being taken over by the army. The price of food on the market is soaring at a rate of almost every half an hour.
But this increase did not last long. Before dark that day, all shops selling food and daily necessities in Fujiang County were closed at the request of the army. All inventory materials were sealed after being counted and recorded. , people's food rations began to enter the rationing system.
(End of chapter)