Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 545 Going to the Country and Leaving Home (Part [-])

"In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli, Teng Zijing was relegated to Baling County..." A middle-aged man in his early thirties and wearing a thick shirt shook his head and chanted.At this time, he was standing in front of Yueyang Tower, which was rebuilt a few years ago, looking at the misty Dongting Lake outside the building, feeling filled with emotion for a moment.It's a pity that the people around him are not rough people who don't understand elegance. Some of them are soldiers of the East Coast Army, some are officers of the Volunteer Army, some are lieutenant generals of the Dashun Army, and the only master who looks like a down-and-out scholar I was working hard to count the supplies in the distance, and I didn't have time to come here to flatter the shopkeeper Huang Da, a pirate from the east coast.

The name of Huang Da's shopkeeper is Huang Yi, and he is an out-and-out traveler. Before time travel, he was a junior high school student, only 16 years old.I have been in various yamen in the local area, and I am not satisfied with the high level or the low level.Coupled with his young master's temper, he is very unpopular.This time he didn't know which nerve was wrong. He taught music and singing well in Bingtuanbao, and he insisted on going to the Far East to seek death. formalities, kicked it to the Far East.

When he arrived in the Far East, this guy finally calmed down honestly, and he has always kept his eyebrows low and pleasing to the eye in front of people like Marshal Mo, without any emotional disputes.After he took the initiative to ask Ying to be the liaison with the Dashun regime, Mo Ming also allocated some people for him in a face-saving manner, and set up a trading company, specializing in commercial trade with Dashun.And this so-called commercial trade is actually very simple, that is, the people on the east coast "sell" weapons and equipment to Dashun (it can be said to be half sold and half given away), and Dashun collects weapons and equipment in its own control area and the Qing army's control area. Some things needed by the east coast, such as medicinal materials, food, gold and silver, tea, silk, porcelain and even antique calligraphy and paintings.As for the population, because it is far away from the control area on the east coast, it is not easy to transfer, so it has no choice but to give up.

Of course, not trading population on a large scale does not mean that there is no population trading.For example, at the wharf in Baling County at this time, there were a group of disheveled people.Most of these people are women and children, only a few are half-grown teenagers, and as for adult men, there are even a few of them.They are basically orphans of martyrs who have served in Li Chuang's army for many years, and their origins are also quite mixed, but most of them are from Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, and Henan.As the Qing army mobilized heavy troops from the north to station in Wuchang, the next major military strike against Dashun was about to begin. Keeping these old and weak women and children by their side would simply push them into the pit of fire.

In the past year since entering Hunan, many people have died due to malnutrition, lack of medical treatment, acclimatization and other reasons.In the process of transitioning to battle in peacetime, due to the priority of providing supplies to combat troops, these people will die in large numbers. For example, when Shaanxi retreated in history, tens of thousands of women and children were frozen to death in a heavy snowstorm.Therefore, handing these people over to the people on the east coast might have left them a way out.In this way, the Shun army can concentrate all its energy on fighting the Qing army, and these old and weak women and children who were often captured and killed by the Qing army because the Shun army was defeated and retreated in a hurry during the war can also be saved from death, which is good for everyone.Of course, sending these people to the east bank control area must be voluntary, and they can't be packaged and sent to the east bank people like selling piglets, otherwise it may affect the morale of the troops.

Therefore, under such a background, with the acquiescence of Li Zicheng, Gao Yigong, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang and others began to count the women and children who were willing to go to the east bank control area in the army.They boasted that the East Coast control area was like a fairyland, and they were very tempted by a group of old and young women and children who usually didn't have enough to eat, didn't wear warm clothes, and their lives were threatened from time to time.Soon, after several months of mobilization, the first batch of more than a thousand old and weak women and children were counted out. They will board the boat to the east coast today and bid farewell to Dashun.

Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect.At the time of parting, many people were naturally reluctant to part. After all, no matter how bad Dashun was, it was the last support of their group.We have come together for so many years. There are fears and uneasiness during the war with the Ming army in Henan, cheers when they entered the city of Xi’an, and ecstasy after entering Beijing. Of course, everyone’s heart is filled with repeated defeats by the Qing army. , Desperate loss of running away.Especially those teenagers and half-children, it can be said that their childhood and youth were spent in such an environment, and now they are extremely reluctant to part with their friends, uncles and aunts who have been with them for many years of.

But the world is so cruel, if you want to live, you have to go.With the current situation in Dashun, it is very difficult to take care of Zhou Quan's tens of thousands of women and children, and it is a relief for everyone to leave.In fact, they are considered lucky. Compared with the large number of innocent women and children who died when Dashun swept across the north, the women and children who were forced by Dashun to die in front of the Ming army in vain, they are really very lucky. , because at least they survived.

Huang Yi shook her head and finished singing Fan Zhongyan's "The Story of Yueyang Tower", and then drank a pot of tea in a pretentious manner. Then she calmly walked to the pier and looked at the few soldiers of the East Coast Army who came with the boat on the pier He was instructing the soldiers of the Shun Army to unload their weapons, and then he looked at the old and weak Shun Army women and children squatting quietly on the grass with unkempt faces. After thinking for a while, he took out a handful of candies made of cocoa powder from his arms. , distributed to some of the children closest to him.

The child was bare-bottomed, with two lines of snot flowing from his nose, and his face and hands were dirty. He was probably very hungry, and he grabbed candy and stuffed it into his mouth.Perhaps it was because he had never eaten such a good thing, the child narrowed his eyes with joy, and looked at Huang Yi eagerly after eating.

Huang Yi suddenly felt a little sore in her nose. Thinking about her dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction all day long, she also had opinions on this and dissatisfied with that, and she was like a dick all day long.I thought I had done a lot of great things, but in the end it was all shit. It would be more meaningful to save some poor children like now.Why do you need so much money?Isn't it enough to enjoy the splurge?Is it interesting to spend the whole day camping with dogs?In the end, it was not empty!

From now on, it is important to do more meaningful things, save more children, teach them to read and write, they have the right to receive education, and what awaits them should be a beautiful and prosperous life, not a journey of death in the ditch.Now the major European countries have begun to pay more attention to knowledge and education. The living standards of citizens in some regions such as France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands have far surpassed that of Ming Dynasty. Their children can also learn knowledge or crafts to lay a solid foundation for future life. Base.On the other hand, in Ming Dynasty, there were wars almost everywhere in the country, the population dropped sharply, and the standard of living dropped sharply. Children were either eaten by extremely hungry adults, or killed by those murderous troops for fun, or struggled to survive in the cold and hungry. , In short, it is impossible to live in peace.Thinking of this, Huang Yi suddenly felt sad again. In this world, this group of children in front of him needs him to save. There are thousands of children who need him to save, but can he save them?

Forget it, how can I change this matter?I just need to do a good job in front of my eyes and live up to my own conscience. When the sky falls, there will be a tall man to support it.Marshal Mo is such a powerful person, he can't save the world, well, he seems to have adopted dozens of children as foster sons and daughters, and he can learn from him himself.Huang Yi made up her mind, then shook her head to shake all these negative emotions out of her mind, and returned to the appearance of the "tough" shopkeeper Huang just now.

I saw him waving his folding fan in the winter, walking to Guo Sheng who was receiving the ordnance by the pier, and said with a smile: "Is Shuai Guo still satisfied? This is the third batch of ordnance, but it cleared up our military inventory." Ah. Look at this bow and this arrow. You must have high-quality ox horns and tendons. The savings of the Korean Lee family on Jeju Island for many years have been exhausted here. Look at this firecracker and this saber. They are also of extraordinary quality. And this armor, it can block the lead of a Tartar bird's blunderbuss at sixty paces, and its heavy arrows at thirty paces, and its power is extraordinary."

"Treasurer Huang's words are true. Everyone knows my love for Dong'an Ordnance." Guo Sheng chuckled, a heavy flintlock gun was very flexible under his big fan-like hands. Pulled out the 41-year-style steel bayonet from his waist, skillfully twisted and clicked it in the sleeve under the barrel, then stabbed twice in the void, and said with satisfaction: "A few days ago Cihou (Liu Fangliang) led an army of [-] The siege of Jingzhou relied more on the ordnance sent by your army. Yellow cannons broke through the city, and iron men in breastplates, gauntlets, and helmets broke through. It was a joy to kill Zheng Siwei's old tortoise in the first battle!"

A few months ago, Li Guo and Gao Yigong, who had just arrived in Hubei by detour from Shaanxi and Gansu, besieged Jingzhou City with tens of thousands of people. Unfortunately, due to the lack of heavy weapons, they failed.Now relying on the cannon in yellow clothes to break through the tortoise shell-like city wall of Jingzhou, Zheng Siwei was also decapitated, and finally vented his anger!Moreover, since the extremely light yet super-protective armor sent by the Huangyi Army, the casualty rate of experienced veteran officers has also plummeted, effectively guaranteeing the combat effectiveness of the Shun Army's various departments.

"Hehe, as long as the general likes it." Huang Yi also laughed a few times, and then said: "I heard that King Chuang has broken Changsha City, and He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi of Nanming have gone far to Hengyang. It's really congratulations! But the general If you have time, you might as well try to persuade King Chuang, now that the Qing court is powerful, Dashun and Ming are weak, why not join forces to fight against the Tartars? Don’t do what the loved ones hurt the enemies and the enemies are happy!"

"Treasurer Huang doesn't know anything." Guo Sheng waved his hand, and then said in a low voice, "Your Majesty has suffered a recurrence of his injury since he conquered Changsha, and is currently recuperating in the city. Generals Li, Gao, and Liu are in charge of the army now, everyone. The war with the Ming court has already ceased, and now there are heavy troops gathered in Jingzhou, Yuezhou, and Lizhou, and they want to fight Na Kong Youde, at this time, we will definitely not start troubles with the Ming court again."

"Then I'm relieved." Huang Yi touched his stubble-covered chin, and then said with a smile: "This time I brought 12 engineers and technicians, all of whom are experienced people. Cihou and Bohou want to repair the bus. Mausoleum, Linxiang, Pingjiang, Lizhou, Yiyang, Liuyang and other county walls, if you have any unresolved matters, you can consult the more than ten technicians here."

In fact, Liu Fangliang, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others are quite interested in the bastion technology vigorously promoted by the East Coast people.Therefore, planning to build some medium-sized bastions with a mixed structure of masonry and civil engineering in some important locations, and then equipped with artillery funded by people from the upper east bank, should be able to greatly delay the offensive of the Qing army.And that's why the people from the east bank sent these twelve engineers here. To put it bluntly, they were here to guide the Shun army to build bastions and place artillery emplacements.

The human resources in the Dashun control area are still far more than those on the east coast. It is not difficult to obtain masonry and wood. If you hurry up, build a town in the outskirts of the two important cities of Yuezhou and Lizhou. A medium-sized bastion with thousands of soldiers and horses is not a problem.At that time, if the Qing army came to besiege Yuezhou and Lizhou cities, the bastions outside the city would definitely make them feel like a thorn in their backs, and they would not be able to attack the city with all their strength.

After handing over the weapons, Huang Yi didn't talk to Guo Sheng any more. The two sides agreed on a time to meet next time, and then said goodbye to each other.Huang Yi led more than 1000 Shunjun soldiers, young and old, slowly left the wharf of Baling County in four gunboats, and went downstream along the river.

(End of this chapter)