Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 366

A few people communicated for a while and then it was over.Liu Zhong was dull and reticent, so he ordered Zhao Zhixiu to leave after a few words, Zhao Zhixiu wanted to say more, but Liu Zhong waved his hand, and two black soldiers stepped forward to set him up. Throwing Zhao on the ground made the governor's aides really embarrassed.

Luo Tiansheng was dumbfounded, but when he wanted to stop it, it was too late.After seeing Zhao Zhixiu getting up from the ground with a face full of shame and anger, Luo Tiansheng swallowed back the words that had come to his lips, and today's matter may not be good.This Zhao Zhixiu represents the face of the governor, which officials at all levels are not polite to him when he goes out to handle errands?I was greatly humiliated by people from the East Coast today, how can I have anything good to say when I go back?I'm afraid the first thing to do after returning home is to urge the governor to send out all the soldiers, and several ways will come to wipe out the armed forces of the people on the east coast.

This matter is troublesome!Luo Tiansheng took a peek at Liu Zhong who was going back to train the soldiers nonchalantly, sighed secretly, and then decided to send someone to report today's events in detail to Mo Ming who is still far away in Ninghai Prefecture.

Mo Ming finally received the news two days later, when the messenger sent by Luo Tiansheng stammered and explained the ins and outs of the matter, Mo Ming was silent at first, and then said after a long time: "I am responsible for this matter, no wonder Liu Zhong I have been neglecting to formulate a diplomatic rule against Ming Dynasty before, forget it, it is useless to say these now. You go back and inform Liu Zhong, let him strengthen his guard and guard the camp. If there is a Ming army coming to attack, immediately fly Come to report. Also, Luo Tiansheng did a good job this time, and there will be a reward when he goes back." After finishing speaking, Mo Ming took out a few yuan from his pocket and handed it to the messenger as a reward.

The envoy nodded and left with a thousand thanks.

At this time, under the efforts of more than [-] demolition troops, most of the city wall of Ninghai City had been destroyed.The city walls in Jiaodong area are different from other places, because the coastal area is mountainous, so quarrying is extremely convenient, which contributes to the high quality of the city walls along the Jiaodong coast.For example, the city wall of Ninghai Prefecture in front of me, the lower part of the city wall is even entirely made of stones, the center of the upper part is rammed earth, the outer layer is covered with bricks, and the end is extremely strong.

This caused a lot of trouble for the people on the east bank who were demolishing the city wall. As a last resort, Mo Ming ordered to dig the foot of the wall while laying gunpowder barrels, and blasted down a section of the city wall, which opened up the situation a little.It’s just that it’s too inefficient for more than 2000 people to demolish a city wall. In addition, many of these looted Ming people are from the city of Ninghai Prefecture. If you let them demolish their homes with their own hands, how can this be so efficient?What's more, every night recently, there are always people who abscond in twos and threes, even if the system of grouping and sitting is implemented, it cannot be stopped.

Faced with such a situation, Mo Ming had long thought of quitting.Especially after Luo Tiansheng sent someone to report that Zeng Hualong had noticed the actions of the people from the east bank here today, he was even more determined to retreat.However, before retreating, the city wall of Ninghai Prefecture had to be completely destroyed.In the future, these people will all vote for the Tatars. Wouldn't it be troublesome for the Tartars to leave a big city with complete defense facilities so close to Yantai Fortress to the Tartars?At that time, the Tartars will use Ninghai Prefecture as their base and organize a large army to attack Yantai Fortress, so the people on the east coast will be stupid.

The order to retreat was quickly issued.More than 2000 Ming people who were busy were collected by soldiers on the east bank. Sometimes Mo Ming wondered if what he saw was unreal. The obedience of these Ming people was too good, and the will to resist was too low. some.There are more than [-] of them, and they have only [-] soldiers, but they can drive them to destroy their homes. What kind of obedience and numbness is this.

In the previous life, Mo Ming once saw an article, saying that Jiannu had "southern strategy" several times during the Chongzhen period. The first time the Ming people encountered this situation, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked and resisted desperately; the second time the strength of resistance was slightly lower. This gives people a feeling that there is no way to bring back the sky by killing thieves; after the next two times, the Ming Dynasty almost gradually became numb, and often tens of thousands of troops could not advance in front of hundreds of Tartars, as if they were waiting for the Tartars to finish robbing them. Send them away again.It can be seen from this that the Tazi's raids had a profound impact on the Ming Dynasty. It destroyed many people's belief in resistance on the spiritual level, and bloody people died in the several Tatar raids. , the rest are ordinary people who are willing to be obedient citizens, and this is probably one of the reasons why the North quickly surrendered after the Tartars entered the customs.

But this situation is also suitable for the East Coast people.They originally arrested obedient citizens, and it would be very troublesome to capture those thorns who do not want to surrender. When these obedient civilians arrive on the east bank, they only need to bury their heads and live their own lives.People on the East Coast don’t have any hope of reshaping their three views and personalities anyway. The focus of their work is on the next generation, and only the new generation of East Coast talents born in the East Coast are their key education targets.

On August 8, Mo Ming returned to Yantai Fortress with his troops and more than 12 Ming people, and began to deal with the possible Ming attacking troops.Although this is unlikely, it must be prevented before it happens.

After the arrival of these two thousand Ming people, together with some refugees who came over recently, the total population of the entire camp suddenly exceeded 6000 people (including more than 1200 soldiers), which has greatly exceeded the capacity of the camp.

"The houses are only enough for 500 people, but now there are 900 people. Although we can temporarily build a batch of wooden houses, it is not appropriate to keep so many people here. I suggest transporting 1500-2000 people to Heishui Hong Kong or Rishiri Island, where they can build while waiting to board the ship to Australia in autumn and winter.” Xiao Xi, commander of the 102nd Company of the Army, suggested to Mo Ming.

At present, the area of ​​the camp on Zhifu Island is small, and there are not enough houses, drinking water, or some logistics supplies. Coupled with the possible outbreak of fighting, it is the right way to send a group of people to the rear in advance.There is also a need for a lot of manpower for construction. For example, a big city like Heishui Port has only 1600 residents, and Rishiri Island has only more than 500 people. Both places urgently need a lot of manpower to invest in construction.

"Alright." Mo Ming nodded in agreement, "Anyway, there are still a steady stream of refugees coming over. There will never be a shortage of manpower on Zhifu Island. It is indeed reasonable to transport a group of people to the rear. This matter should be done sooner rather than later. , Start selecting people to go to the rear today, try to use the family as a unit, the number is as you said, 1500 people, and send them all to Heishui Port. There are various materials, especially timber resources, everyone work hard, It can still be settled before the coldest time comes."

"Okay, I'll go pick it out now." Xiao Xi put on his military cap, and then walked directly out the door.

"You don't have to go, I'll take care of this." Mo Ming stopped Xiao Xi and said, "I haven't been back to Heishui Port for a while, and I don't know how the construction is going there now, I have to go back and see Look. You stay here and take charge of the overall situation here, and watch out for that governor of Dunley, I'm afraid he won't want to hold a meeting and attack us, although he doesn't have any troops at hand."

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Zeng Hualong returned to his residence with a look of displeasure on his face. Everything he did in the past few days was really not going well.Seven days ago, his staff member Zhao Zhixiu came back from Zhifu Island and explained clearly how arrogant and lawless the gang of barbarians on the east coast were. Zeng Hualong was annoyed when he heard it.These foreign barbarians are really getting more and more presumptuous. In the past, Franji people invaded Haojingao, and later there were red-haired barbarians harassing the coastal areas of Fujian. Now the newcomers from the east coast are going too far. A walled city was built on the shore of Zhifu Island.

Moreover, seeing his behavior is rude and rude, and there are many ugly black ghost slave soldiers under his command, he is really a tyrannical bandit.This time, some well-known country gentry in Deng, Lai, and Qing prefectures in their own scripts sent donations to them to restore the increasingly decaying military affairs in Denglai—at least to establish a fighting army near Dengzhou.But who would have thought that these squires would be polite when reciting poems and painting on weekdays, but when it was their turn to get real money, they would push back and forth, which is really annoying!But I still have nothing to do with them, these people are deeply connected, many of them can get to the capital, and I, a fourth-rank coast defense governor, really can't deal with them.If it is forced, then both sides will be hurt, and the gentleness will be swept away, which will not look good.

But if there is no money, this Dengzhou has no invincible soldiers, what should we do?Now the intruders have gathered a large army in Dengzhou to confront the troops of Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides. If the Ming army fails, the consequences will be unimaginable.The army of thieves is galloping across Henan, and Shandong is only a short distance away. Without soldiers at hand, there is no sense of security.Not to mention that there are barbarians from the east bank building cities and reclamation in this elbow and armpit, their ambitions will never be small; there are also large groups of bandits in the Jiaomi area, running rampant in the countryside, poisoning the living people, if I can't wipe them out one by one, It doesn't matter if the governor of Denglai doesn't do it.

But now there are only five or six hundred soldiers in this city, which is not enough to defend the city, how can we go to conquer bandits and barbarians?The defense of Denglai was ruined, and the Dengzhou camp, Wendeng camp, and Jiaozhou camp were so dilapidated that it really made people feel sad.Thinking of this, Zeng Hualong couldn't help sighing, forget it, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, let's take it slowly.I haven't been here for a long time, so it's better to keep quiet, first to rectify the defense of this Dengzhou city, and then plan other things.Let's let the bandits and the barbarians of the east coast be at ease for a while, anyway, now that Daming is full of wars, it's normal to have some bandits, as long as they don't try to occupy the big city, let's stay with them first.The days will be long, just wait and see!

(End of this chapter)