Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 403 Rear ([-])

April 1644, 7, sunny.

The sea breeze suddenly picked up outside Dabo Port, and the mist was vast, which made Pei Qin, a man from Gansu, tremble when he saw it.It has been more than ten years since the rebellion, and I have followed "Cao Cao" (Luo Rucai) to fight in the north and south of the river, but when have I seen such a vast and boundless sea.It was also when I came to this place that I knew there was a sky beyond the sky; it was only after I met the people from the east coast that I realized that there were people beyond the people.

"Grandma is a bear, these people from Yucheng are really difficult to serve, it's against the sky." A slightly irritable voice came from behind, Pei Qin turned around and saw that it was his old partner Gao Cuihuan.

Both Pei Qin and Gao Cuihuan were civil and military officials of Xiajin County, Gaotang Prefecture, Dongchang Prefecture, appointed by the original Dashun. In May, the gentry in the city rebelled and surrounded the government office, trying to capture and kill the "pseudo-shun officials".At this critical moment, Gao Cuihuan, who heard the news, immediately put on his armor and "entered the office with weapons", and "fleeed out of the west gate" with Pei Qin, who was "proficient in riding and shooting" according to historical records, and a few entourages.The armed landlords who rebelled in the city did not dare to intercept them because of their power and power, and let them go away.

Mo Ming, a communist in his bones, admired this kind of warrior who disregarded life and death in a critical moment, and after obtaining the consent of the two, he immediately appointed them as officers of the newly formed No. The deputy captain and Gao Cuihuan served as the captain of the 1th Squadron.

新组建的挺身队第1大队下辖第3-10八个中队，共约2000人。其兵源组成为：原挺身队3、4中队近600人；新近投靠的李振纲部骑兵300人；陆陆续续投来的大顺地方官吏所将兵丁约500人、明降兵百余人；伤愈、病愈复出的大顺官兵200人；新近征募的原军夫队明籍、朝鲜籍士兵三百余人。

Mo Ming ordered these soldiers to be dispersed, and then reorganized into 8 squadrons, which were No. 3-10 Squadrons (the No. 1 Squadron was stationed in Tacheng, and the No. 2 Squadron was stationed in Gushan).These 8 squadrons formed the 1st Brigade, and the captain of the brigade was temporarily represented by the combat staff officer Sergeant Junior. For this reason, Mo Ming also promoted him to a temporary second lieutenant in order to manage the troops.Interim Second Lieutenant Junior will lead the unit until the arrival of the official officer selected from the mainland, and then return to his duties as an operational staff officer.

At present, this force is being dispersed in the Sakhalin area for training.Due to the complex composition of its soldiers, there are natives of Sakhalin Island, Japanese samurai, officers and soldiers of the Shun Army, and newly recruited soldiers from the Ming Dynasty and North Korea. There are many obstacles, so it is necessary to concentrate on training.In addition, the people on the east bank broke them up and reorganized them, so almost all the squadrons have generals who don't know soldiers, and soldiers who don't know generals. It's a ghost that such troops can have combat effectiveness!

Dabo Port is a key area recently developed by people on the east coast. A large number of refugees from the Ming Dynasty (about 8500 people) were relocated here to burn wasteland and farm land, and fell wood to build houses, build docks, cities, and forts. In short, they were very busy. .With so many people here, it is naturally impossible for the people on the east coast not to send troops to garrison them. Therefore, Dabo Port has become the station of the 1rd, 3th, and 4th Squadrons of the 5st Battalion of the Volunteer Squadron.The 750 officers and soldiers of these three squadrons were pulled here a few days ago, and the people on the east bank asked everyone to have a haircut, take a bath, and then change into new military uniforms.

It's okay to take a bath, but some people don't want to have the "short hair" of the people on the east coast.People on the east coast are not reluctant, and those who don’t want to get a haircut can quit the military and become ordinary people (commandary haircuts have been suspended for ordinary people, and those who voluntarily get a haircut will be rewarded).Most of these people had nowhere to go to seek refuge with the people from the east coast, and it was not a big deal for them to get a haircut, so only a few dozens of people from the three squadrons were cleared.After dozens of local civilians were recruited to make up for the vacancies, the 750 officers and soldiers of the three squadrons uniformly put on new khaki cloth uniforms, and then began normal training near Dabo Port.

The instructors for the training are mainly composed of non-commissioned officers from the 102nd and 104th companies of the Army, and a small number are drawn from the Eight Banners warriors.However, it is very difficult to transform a group of medieval troops into a modern army. Mo Ming didn't expect them to reach this level. In short, it can be whatever they can be, as long as they can compare with the green camp troops of the Qing court. It is enough to be able to play, and there are no other requirements.These soldiers take turns to train during the day, and study language and politics at night.Of course, they also have to undertake the task of defending the area, but the newly established Dabo Police Station is responsible for local security.The director of the Dabo police station is concurrently held by Bogdan, but he usually sits in Heishuigang on weekdays. A confidant he sent to the Dabo police station serves as the deputy director and actually presides over the work of the police station.

Hearing Gao Cuihuan's complaints, Pei Qin laughed and expressed his understanding. In fact, he has also been tortured by these people recently.The cause of the incident still lies in the more than 5000 so-called "refugees" that Guo Sheng gave to the people on the east bank.Previously, the officials and gentry of these two counties expelled and killed the officials appointed by Dashun. In a rage, Guo Sheng broke down the cities of the two counties, selected 4000 strong and strong people, and then drove them to the seaside of Binzhou.About 1000 people were dispersed along the way, and there were more than [-] left when they reached the seaside of Laizhou Bay.

As I said before, these people can barely survive in their hometowns, so they are naturally unwilling to leave their hometowns. Coupled with the instigation and instigation of some gentry and literati who were also captured, these people's resistance is quite serious.Pei Qin, who was in charge of guarding this place, saw that the situation was not good, so they made a decisive decision and sent all the gentry and literati among them to the Blackwater Coal Mine to dig coal. After mobilizing the heavily armed troops, they were finally shocked temporarily. These "refugees" who are ready to move.Then he asked his superiors to allocate more food, fish and other materials here, increasing everyone's food supply, and the matter slowly calmed down.

There are about 8500 refugees here, of which only 5000 are from Yucheng and Shanghe counties, and most of the remaining 3000 are refugees from Denglai two prefectures.These real refugees from the two states of Denglei are still grateful to the people on the east coast. After all, the people on the east coast pulled them and their families back from the death line, and they were also the first immigrants to cut their hair short and respond to the policies of the people on the east coast.Now seeing this group of newcomers acting like this, I was immediately annoyed. I often taunted these people on weekdays, and later it evolved into fighting, which annoyed the police station in charge of security.Until later, the scale of the fighting became larger and larger, and the largest one even developed to hundreds of people fighting each other. All work was seriously affected, so the local garrison also joined the ranks of suppression. The Blackwater Coal Mine calmed down the situation.But even so, the verbal insults between the two parties still happen from time to time on weekdays, which makes everyone upset.

"How is the training of the troops?" Pei Qin asked.The three squadrons are here for collective training, and there will be a monthly competition. The squadron ranked last will be responsible for cleaning the camp toilets, guarding the camp, chopping firewood, doing laundry, and cooking. After all, I don't want to be the last one.

"It's a mess." Gao Cuihuan sat down on the ground depressed, and said, "The boys under us were all scattered and sent elsewhere. Now I have a group of people on hand. Ah, no one understood what I said for a long time, I was really mad! Especially the dozen or so North Koreans, who were so stupid that they couldn't do a straight spear stab for a long time, they really hanged themselves with a rope Forget it, what's the use of keeping them alive!"

Pei Qin sighed.That Marshal Mo obviously can't trust people like himself. Most of the new Dashun officers and soldiers who came to serve in the army were broken up from the original organizational system, and then mixed with some sand.Not only that, every time the military salary is paid, the staff officer sent by them will distribute it to each person one by one according to the roster; and they also repeatedly asked the soldiers if they were maliciously oppressed by the officers and if they had any practical difficulties. need to be resolved and so on.Coupled with the continuous daily ideological and political studies (mainly black materials from the Qing nobles and Ming court gentry), Pei Qin also felt that if this continues, this army will break away from Dashun and Ming sooner or later. Thus becoming a force firmly controlled by the people on the east coast.

But to be honest, Pei Qin is also very interested in the political studies conducted by the people on the east bank. He even felt deafened when he heard them talk about the cause and process of the Ming peasant uprising when he first participated.When he rebelled before, he just vaguely felt that the world was wrong. There were too many corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry. They hoarded food and did not give the people a way to survive.However, he is not very clear about why the people have no food to eat, why the taxes are getting heavier day by day, how the gentry transfer their obligations to the people, why the court can't provide money for disaster relief, etc. After studying these days, the Gradually, after I had a rough impression, I realized that the world of Daming was really rotten, and it had reached the point where it had to be broken and rebuilt.

However, the instructors who gave them political lessons also severely criticized the nature of the bandits who did not engage in production and disrupted the order of social production everywhere, as well as the huge harm this behavior caused to the rural society and the damage to the Ming court. What a fatal impact, etc. These courses greatly shocked Pei Qin, whose eyes were originally limited to a corner in front of him.It was only at this time that he gradually began to learn to analyze everything from an overall perspective, instead of relying on instinct as before.

(End of this chapter)