Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 517 Net ([-])

On May 1645, 5, Jeju Prefecture, Jeju Island.In the open field outside the city, two thousand soldiers in different costumes raised their swords and guns, straightened their chests as much as possible, and looked ahead.After more than half a year of supervision and training by the military officer advisory group dispatched from the East Bank, these soldiers from Zhai Cong'e, Wang Jiazhong, and Qin Shangxing's three divisions are much more presentable than when they first came to the island.At least in the case of being able to eat and clothe warmly, and occasionally receive a salary, the mental outlook of these people has changed greatly, at least like a soldier, rather than a serf who is dawdling.

Marshal Mo, the famous Yellow Army in the north, rode on a tall Andalusian horse. Surrounded by officers, he slowly passed the queue of 2000 people with a military salute, and turned back to the roads where he was standing respectfully in the distance. The ranks of the military leaders.Zhai Cong'er stepped forward to take the reins of the horse respectfully, and Wang Jiazhong and Qin Shangxing also stood aside slightly bowing their upper bodies, with obsequious smiles on their faces.

"It's not bad, at least when I go to fight those North Koreans later, I shouldn't be ashamed of myself." Mo Ming glanced at the leaders of the vassal armed forces and said casually.

"Back to Commander, although the boys are not as good as my Heavenly Soldiers on the East Coast, they will never be ambiguous when they fight those North Koreans. When the time comes, Commander, just watch us, and it's no problem to go all the way to Wang Jing. "Zhai Cong'e, as the closest of the three to the Dong'an people, immediately stepped forward to pat his chest to reassure the ticket, and Wang and Qin also nodded in agreement behind them.

"Don't talk to me!" Mo Ming nodded Zhai Cong'er's head with a horsewhip in the air, and said with a smile: "Just because of the two thousand crooked melons and dates put together by the three of you, you want to hit Wang Jing? Bragging? Mother, there is a limit! Besides, if you want to go to Wangjing (that is, Hanyang City), you can go on your own, and the soldiers and horses of my east bank headquarters can only go around the Nakdong River, and don’t want to go too far.”

"Hehe, Commander was just joking. Of course, we are the only ones to look forward to. Commander, if you go east, we will naturally not go west. Commander, if you want to fight Busan, the children will definitely not go to Ulsan." Wang Jiazhong stood aside Finally found a chance to speak, and immediately stepped forward and said jokingly.He has the weakest army among the three Jeju tribes, only [-] soldiers, and the local Koreans are not very obedient. On weekdays, Duoduo relies on the support of Zhou Zuoding, a volunteer team stationed at the racecourse at the southern foot of Halla Mountain, so he has been following Dongdong closely. Shore people's footsteps.

"This trip to fight North Korea is only for two." Mo Ming stuffed the whip into Wang Jiazhong's arms, and Wang Jiazhong immediately took it flattered.

"The first is to punish the North Koreans." Mo Ming continued, "The Li Dynasty sent troops into the customs to help the Qing Dynasty many times in the war, helping the king to commit crimes and working for the tiger. They are the ones who are said to be evil. It is really abominable. If you don't punish them , how do you know that it won't get worse in the future!"

Since the Koreans were conquered by Hou Jin, whether they were voluntary or not, the fact is that they have been sending troops to help the Qing army in combat since the end of Ming Dynasty, and even sent more than 1 gunners at most.This time the Qing army entered the pass to seize the world. Because the people on the east coast were harassing Liaodong and the north coast endlessly, Dorgon once again ordered North Korea to send troops to help in the war.Among them, 5000 gunners were transferred to Guannei to suppress the anti-Qing forces in the Ming Dynasty, and the main force of [-] cavalry were stationed in Liaodong and Liaoxi, and were under the control of the local Eight Banners generals to prevent accidents.

Although there are many reasons for the North Koreans to act like this, Mo Ming naturally would not listen to them. He only knew that the North Koreans had sent troops to join the Qing army to fight, so they were the enemy, and they were the targets of the East Bank army!Now that the northern coast of Daming was beaten badly by the people from the east coast, it is estimated that the Qing army is already heavily assembled and ready to fight, and the people from the east coast will naturally not touch this bad luck again.But instead of fighting northern China, go and fight North Korea, the dog leg of the Manchu Qing, then there is no problem at all.The North Koreans are loosely armed and weak in combat power. Isn't it an excellent target for bullying?

"Secondly, it is to plunder some women's property, which I think you all like." Mo Ming openly stated what they are going to do, "Remember, you take the property yourself, just follow the rules Just hand over a copy to me on the East Bank. As for women and children, they must meet the required number. If you can’t catch enough in Busan, you can find a way by yourself. In short, as long as the number is enough, I don’t care about the rest.”

Sakhalin Island and the Heilongjiang River Basin are now beginning large-scale reclamation and development, and the shortage of women has always been a very difficult problem.For example, the 2000 Henan soldiers who were placed in the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk region of Sakhalin Island, and the [-] soldiers from the Qing army Xu Dingguo who were placed in Temple Street and Henggunzhai were basically all strong and strong, and there was no way without women. Rooted locally.But now the ratio of male to female in the population collected by the people on the east coast from the Ming Dynasty is already very disparate, and there is no surplus to be resettled in Sakhalin Island or Heilongjiang, so they can only find a way on the spot.

Mo Ming looked around on the map, and only North Korea could figure out a solution.Japan has a unified central government, and its armed forces have not degraded significantly, so it is not a good target for looting; North Korea, which is separated from Japan by a sea, is different. Its military equipment is abolished, and its civil and military activities are completely unable to resist the east coast. An all-out blow from the army.

The army on the east coast has also rested in the Yantai area for a while, and the ships have basically been maintained and can sail again.Therefore, after listening to the opinions of his staff and subordinate officers, he finally made the decision to land in the Busan area of ​​North Korea.As for why they didn’t land near Hanyang City, the capital of North Korea, the main reason is that this battle was not aimed at destroying North Korea—in fact, it is unlikely, and it is not cost-effective—but to plunder rich women and train them to stand up. The soldiers of the army, as for the high-sounding words of punishing North Korea, it was entirely a pretext.

For this combat operation, the east bank mobilized two companies of the Army, two battalions of the Eight Banners New Army, a reinforced artillery company, all cavalry brigades, all scout teams, and all second and third brigades of the Standing Squad, totaling about 7700 soldiers At the same time, 5000 soldiers from Zhai, Wang, and Qin from the three tribes of Jeju were conscripted. Thousands of North Korean masters and a large number of livestock were enlisted on Jeju Island to act as a logistics force and carry out material transfer work, so as to fully guarantee the battle of the frontline troops.

In order to support this operation, the people on the east bank also mobilized most of the ships currently in hand, namely 8 steam engine sailboats, 2 flute transport ships, 2 armed transport ships, 2 escort gunboats, 1 fast cruiser, Eight medium-sized fishing boats with a gross tonnage of more than 8 tons are used to transfer materials and personnel.As for the two inland river steam gunboats, they had already brought some muskets, cannons, armor, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers from the Shun Army to the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. They would try their best to search for Li Zicheng's troops in that area.

And just now, a large-scale east coast fleet has brought two companies of the army, all the reinforced artillery companies, two battalions of the Eight Banners New Army, some soldiers and a large amount of supplies to the vicinity of the mouth of the Nakdong River. We will look for opportunities to land there, and then we will not deploy troops, but try our best to stabilize the beachhead and wait for the arrival of follow-up troops and supplies.It was also the first time for people on the east coast to organize such a large-scale landing operation, so everything was being explored, and mistakes were inevitable.Fortunately, their opponents are quite weak, and it is difficult to pose any threat to the more than [-] soldiers on the east bank who landed earlier.And after all tens of thousands of soldiers have landed, with the strength of the Koreans, it will be even more difficult to shake the army on the east bank.

Following Mo Ming to Jeju Island are four steam engine sailboats of the Navy, which will carry the two thousand three-part soldiers (led by Zhai Cong'er) and the marching team from Halla Mountain Ranch in Jeju Prefecture. Zhou Zuoding Department - they will also participate in this operation to get some exercise.Now on the simple pier in Jeju Province, the sailors have begun to lift a large number of pack animals and other livestock into the cabin with the assistance of the Korean master.These Korean masters and livestock will be transported to the mainland of the peninsula on the other side to serve as soldiers for the people on the east bank, and this is also a rare thing for the descendants of these exiles.Because based on their previous identities and conditions, I am afraid that it will be very difficult for them to have the opportunity to return to the Korean Peninsula in their entire lives.

Mo Ming didn't stay on the island for long.On the third day, he took a boat and boarded the landing site of the army on the east coast at the mouth of the Nakdong River.Mao Desheng, the commander of the 104th Company of the Army who arrived here earlier, reported to Mo Ming that the North Koreans had discovered their arrival, but so far they have not responded.

After listening to the report, Mo Ming waved his hand and asked Mao Desheng to continue to organize the defense at the front line, and urged Zhai Cong'e's 2000 people, who were newly landed, to open up a new landing field.Then he recruited the logistics staff and asked the logistics staff to find someone to unload a large number of heavy cash boxes from the cabin.Inside the box are newly minted silver dollars, which are the military pay in May advanced in advance to boost the morale of the army.

It is said that due to the army on the east coast attacking the city and plundering land along the coast of Daming, countless gold and silver goods have been looted over the years.Among them, a considerable number of jewellery, jade calligraphy and paintings are difficult to estimate, and they have been shipped back to the mainland for processing.Of course, there are things that are easy to value, such as silk, tea, porcelain and fur. These have basically been converted from the Japanese through the Shandan trade, and replaced with a large amount of sulfur, food, and settlement expenses for recruited samurai.

Leaving aside the above-mentioned things, the amount of gold and silver directly robbed is already extremely appalling.In the past few years, it has been robbed, and the small underground vaults in Heishui Port have been piled up all over the floor, conservatively estimated to be more than 30 taels.With the increasing size of the army in the Heishui area, their salaries are also increasing, and it has reached more than [-] yuan per month (black soldiers have no military salary, only a small bonus; the salary of the navy is paid by the country) , It is inconvenient to transship from the mainland.Therefore, the Executive Committee and the State Administration of Precious Metals specially authorized Mo Ming to set up a mint in the Far East Dabo Port, which was temporarily managed by the Far East Branch of the Northwest Reclamation Bank, and several sets of machinery and equipment were transported to the local mint. Silver dollars to pay salaries.

After the military salary in May was paid in advance, everyone's morale was really boosted, and soon a landing field was opened on the west bank of the Nakdong River, waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops.

(End of this chapter)