Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 402 Chaos (Thirteen)

Zamparini kicked the stones under his feet a little bored. Today is July 7th, and the last batch of obedient troops also disappeared on the distant horizon yesterday.They may have retreated back to the place called Shaanxi, or they may have attacked other Ming cities. In short, it seems that they will not return to this desolate coast.When they withdrew, they also left more than 4 soldiers who were injured or sick in previous battles and could not follow the main force to their side, and announced that they would be restrained by Mo Ming, the defense envoy of Ninghai.In addition to these people, there were about three or four hundred soldiers of the Ming army who surrendered with their families, and they were unwilling to leave Shandong to follow Guo Sheng to fight in Henan and Shaanxi.Guo Sheng was not reluctant, and threw them all to the people on the east bank.

Poor Ming soldiers don't know whose hands they fell into.Zamparini looked at them with gloating eyes. These people think that Shaanxi is far enough away, so do they know that there is an east coast farther than Shaanxi on this earth?I really want to see their faces at that time.

The returned five steam engine sailboats loaded more than 4000 Ming people and left the coast again yesterday, and their destination is rumored to be Dabo.In the river valley between the mountains in the northwest of Dabo, the land is very fertile, and there are a lot of bison, moose, and reindeer.Maybe the higher-ups took a fancy to this fertile black soil area, and planned to place all the refugees they collected there, burn wasteland and farm land, graze cattle and sheep, catch fish and shrimp, and turn this valley into a solid rear for the people on the east coast.

There are two to three thousand refugees from the Ming Dynasty on the coast, and they are all "payments" that Guo Sheng used to pay for the batch of arms.It can be seen that these people did not come here "voluntarily". Perhaps the general of the Shun Army, Guo Sheng, used the same method as the people on the East Bank, that is, forcing them to leave their residences and go to a new place to cultivate.Every night these days, there will be a large number of Ming people fleeing in the dark. They endured severe pain, climbed over the barbed wire fence full of barbs, and fled in a hurry amidst the heart-piercing barking of wolf dogs.

In fact Zamparini did not understand the behavior of these people.In his view, the Shandong area is currently short of food as a whole, and it is difficult for them to get food even if they escape.Unless those rich landlords are willing to share precious food with them, which is obviously impossible.He didn't understand what these people had to lose, was it freedom?They are starving to death, do they still care about the so-called freedom?The people on the east bank have high-yielding corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other grains, and organized a large number of irrigation ditches dug by hand. Everyone can grow crops near Yantai with peace of mind.What's more, everyone usually has plenty of fish to supplement nutrition, so he couldn't figure out why these people would escape.

But it is gratifying that some people escaped, but others escaped.In addition to a few well-informed and poor refugees, there were also some Shunguo officials who were wanted by the local landlords. to seek refuge—although most of their weapons appear to be missing.

Zamparini doesn't think they've lost the honor they deserve as a soldier, because when you're up against an enemy of your class who's vastly outnumbered, everything becomes difficult.They encountered a local rebellion, fought, and were forced to retreat, as simple as that.

Zamparini had also heard about the arrangements for these people.This is not a secret. The superior officers have already disclosed a lot of information to the grassroots officers like Zamparini during the chat.In fact, Chief Mo is going to reorganize these people. At present, there are more than 600 scattered troops from Dashun who have fled to Yantai. Most of these people have horses, and they seem to have many years of combat experience.Therefore, they have a certain fighting capacity, and their will is quite firm.Regarding the situation that the Yantai Fortress may face in the next year, the people on the east bank have a sober estimate from top to bottom, that is, they must be prepared to be besieged by several times or even ten times the Qing army.

In such a situation, these cavalry don't actually have much use for them.Therefore, the superiors seem to be planning to use their own advantage of commanding the sea to open up a second battlefield, and put these highly mobile cavalry into the enemy's weak area to attack, so as to reduce the pressure on the frontal battlefield.For example, Zamparini vaguely heard that the group of arrogant staff once made a bold "Military Parade in Shenyang" plan.Although I don't know its specific content, just hearing the name is already shocking!Having been in Shandong for a long time, Zamparini naturally knew that Shenyang was the capital of the Qing Dynasty, so he took hundreds of cavalry to parade near the capital of the Qing Dynasty?No, it's not realistic!This is crazy!

On the landing field, the passwords sounded one after another. It was the military team led by Corporal Jin Wugui.Sure enough, Guo Sheng brought five thousand shi of grain, but how to put it, he played a trick when delivering the grain.That is to say, he did not deliver all the default wheat or rice, but a mixture of miscellaneous grains, such as wheat, rice, corn, black beans and so on.Zamparini was fortunate enough to see these grains, most of which were not new crops harvested this year, but old grains.There are even many bags containing grains with the logo of a certain palace on them, and the grains inside already have a faint musty smell, but it is this kind of grain that is about to rot, and these princes who should be respected are not willing to give it away. It is distributed to its own subjects.

It's not as good as those dirty and corrupt churches, Zamparini secretly despised them.

"What are you still doing here? Go and organize those refugees to move food." A thunderous voice rang in his ears, and Zamparini looked up, and it turned out to be Gao Shan, the deputy company commander of the company.Gao Shan is tall and thick, and has a very good relationship with Zamparini in private. He used to be the platoon leader of the grenadier platoon, but he didn't know what kind of shit luck he had to become the deputy company commander during the expansion of the army.It is said that this guy was originally from Dezhou, Shandong, and his occupation was a monk. Later, he was taken to the east bank for some reason.Although I heard that monks in Ming Dynasty can’t eat meat, Gao Shan’s first hobby is to eat beef, La Plata veal, South African yellow beef, and New China hump beef. There is nothing he doesn’t eat, so Zampa Rini doubted his devotion to God very much.

"Deputy Gao Lian, there are no boats. Where will the food be shipped? Could it be by land? I heard that two officials from the Qing Dynasty who came to surrender the local area have already arrived in Dezhou. The armed forces are scrambling to negotiate with them about surrender. Officials from the original Ming Dynasty in other regions are also watching the situation after expelling the officials of the Shun Kingdom, and are ready to surrender at any time. Under such circumstances, you let us transport by land? This is too difficult It’s time for someone.” Zamparini said with a playful smile.

"Stop talking nonsense." Gao Shan smiled and patted his fan-like palm on Zamparini's shoulder, and said, "Look in the bay, what is that?"

"Hey, is there really a ship coming? Ah, it must be the troops who went to North Korea to 'borrow food'. They are back?! Yes, they have been gone for a month, and they should come back. Those North Koreans are too weak to fight. There is no way to cause them any trouble at all, and it is estimated that their gains from this operation should not be small." Zamparini murmured as he looked at several large sailing ships approaching from a distance on the sea.The bright red naval ensigns on the masts of these sailing ships should be unmistakable.

"It goes without saying, act quickly, don't dawdle." Gao Shan warned, and then took a few pieces of beef jerky from Zamparini's pocket.

Six ships including the "Baobab Tree" and the flute-shaped ship "Humpback Bull" lined up in the open sea, and lowered their bow and stern anchors.Soon, a large number of small boats were put down from these ships, and with the efforts of the sailors, they rowed towards the shore.Seeing this scene, Zamparini stopped dawdling, and took the soldiers under his command to drive the "refugees" to load supplies, and then boarded the ship.The refugees seemed to know that they would have to travel thousands of miles as soon as they got on the boat, and they were quite resistant and unwilling to cooperate.However, the arms could not hold back the thighs after all. After seeing the shining bayonets on the barrels of the soldiers, they finally chose to obey. Loading on dinghies off the coast.

Mao Desheng walked on the muddy beach with one foot deep and one foot shallow. After seeing the appearance of these refugees, he frowned slightly.This guy Guo Sheng did not know where he brought people from. Although these Ming people were also disheveled and malnourished, they were better than the refugees from the Deng, Lai, and Qing prefectures.It seems that the living conditions of Shandong people along the canal are not as bad as imagined, after all, it is a prosperous area.According to the nature of Chinese people relocating to the land, if they can survive in their hometown, they will never leave their hometown. Most of these Shandong people from Yanzhou and Jinan are doing it this time, which is understandable.

It's just that it's best not to engage in this kind of collective relocation in the future. If the common people resist too much, the work efficiency will not be too high.Although they will gradually change after they divide the land, cows, houses, and wives in the mainland, it is not very appropriate after all.If the Manchu Qing government could seize the opportunity and use the power of public opinion in its hands to criticize the "pirate" style of the people on the east coast, it will inevitably cause the image of the people on the east coast to plummet in the northern coastal areas in the future.In fact, the East Coast people don’t have a positive image anymore, because the right to speak is always in the hands of the gentry, and the East Coast people have a standard hostile relationship with them—at least in the Denglai area.And the common people blindly follow these literati and gentry, they say what they say, and they never even question it, so the life of the people on the east coast in the northern coastal area will not be too easy in the future.

However, relying solely on collecting refugees is too inefficient.Moreover, the entire territory of Shandong will be easily appeased by the Manchu Qing in the next one or two months. The Qing court sent the traitor Shi Tingzhu, Zhenglan Banner Gushan Erzhen Bahana and others to lead the army. It is very likely that there will be no way to recruit refugees again.Shit, it seems that we still have to take this opportunity to kidnap more people, image and so on, let's talk about it later!

(End of this chapter)