Win the Ding 1617

Zheng Sen, who had obtained Li Shouhan's permission, did not delay, and immediately prepared to leave for Taiwan in order to turn his idea into reality as soon as possible.

"You don't have to, let your eldest sister and brother-in-law accompany you and escort you to Taiwan with the iron beggar!" Li Shouhan's tone was very flat, but Zheng Zhilong couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.It turned out that Li Huamei and Shi Lang really had other plans for gathering the fleet at the mouth of the Pearl River!

"Let Damu and this guy surnamed Wu go to Taiwan to suppress the rebellion. The whole army knows that Wu and my Zheng family have a little bit of trouble. These two people will definitely not conspire together. They will only monitor and guard against each other. My this The admiral of the navy in Guangzhou has become a hostage invisibly, without any reliable ships in his hands, just a bare-handed commander!"

"Damu, I originally planned to let your brother-in-law and eldest sister take the fleet to Taiwan to quell the chaos with you, but after hearing your idea just now, I changed my mind. This time the fleet escorted you and the iron beggar to Taiwan, it is for you Let the local people who are loyal to our Southern Guangdong Army feel at ease, and let those who are half-hearted be timid. The positions on these ships that were originally intended to transport troops should be used to transport the supplies you need!"

The order fell like a mountain.The system of the Southern Guangdong Army determines that its execution and mobilization capabilities are extremely strong.Backed by a solid material foundation, within a few days, large and small docks and warehouses along the Pearl River had piled up a large amount of materials needed for counter-insurgency.

"Damu, after I escorted you to Taiwan this time, I have another order from my father-in-law. I want to go to the west along the route of Sanbaogong back then. First, I want to show off my China's heavenly power, and frighten the demon clowns everywhere. , but also to survey the business routes, and now there are more and more merchants from various countries in Thailand and the West. Why can't I go if he can come?"

"Three times, my father said that this trip to the sea is a honeymoon trip for my eldest sister and her brother-in-law!" From behind Shi Lang, a bright young man jumped out, telling the truth.

"Hua Chen. You! See, I'm not big enough to beat you!" After all, Li Huamei is a newlywed, her skin is a little tender, and when the fifth younger brother told her off, her cheeks turned red immediately, as if she was about to hit her.On the contrary, Shi Lang and Zheng Sen tried to dissuade him for the purpose of returning to Shanghai for his brother-in-law.

The few people watched with great interest for a while. The coolies on the pier pushed and pulled the heavy supplies from the warehouse to the gunboats and Near the berth of the cargo ship, the cranes and pulley blocks erected on the shore were used to hoist those extremely heavy gunpowder barrels and other objects onto the ship.

"Damu, there are 25 large and small gunboats here. Fuchuan is a multiple of that, and there are nearly forty large and small gunboats gathering on the waters of the Minjiang Estuary in Fuzhou, Xiamen, and Jinmen. Order in the name of Shuai to inform them to assemble off the coast of Taiwan and join us!"

Li Huamei's words were simple and powerful, like the circular firing of artillery on a gunboat.

A few days later, a huge fleet covering the sky and the sun suddenly appeared on the waters off Taiwan, which not only frightened the fishermen fishing along the coast.Even the sentinel ships that went out to patrol the sea were frightened a lot!

The ships of the Nanyue Army Navy, which can't be seen at the end, seem to emerge abruptly from below the sea level!It is extremely domineering and laid on the sea of ​​Taiwan.The frightened seabirds screamed sharply and called their friends to lead them to flee quickly.

The rising sun in the east cast its bright rays on the white sails of the gunboat, reflecting bright and dazzling red light.The gunboat headed by Ao Mei effortlessly set off waves and valleys on the sea.The huge hull rolled over, and quickly crushed the fine white foamy waves, turning them into nectar and flying jade, while the rows of gun ports on the side of the ship were densely packed, showing its awe-inspiring inviolability.There is also the iron-blooded military flag of the Southern Guangdong Army flying high on the bow of the ship, and the continuous golden light makes the patrol ship cheer loudly.

"Quick! Turn the bow of the ship! Turn the rudder! Go back and report! My lord has sent a brigade of reinforcements!" The captain on the sentinel boat woke up first, shouted, and ordered his subordinates to quickly turn the bow of the ship.Go back and report this good news to the civil and military officials who stayed behind in Taiwan.

On the chicken cage pier, as Zheng Sen expected, Taiwanese civil and military officials were very knowledgeable and organized a grand welcome.Countless people stood on both sides of the road in costumes and held flowers, shouting slogans to welcome the Princess of the Princess, General Shi Lang, and General Zheng Sen to lead troops to Taiwan to quell the chaos.Li Huamei, Shi Lang, and Zheng Sen couldn't help being very helpful. Although these things were obviously organized by humans, which leader didn't like this tone.Especially those like Li Huamei and Zheng Sen who were almost born with a golden spoon in their mouths.And Li Huachen, the son of Li Shouhan, who followed the eldest sister, eldest brother-in-law, and second brother-in-law to experience sea training, blushed even more excitedly.

However, riding his horse through the welcome crowd, he kept clasping his fists and bowed to the surrounding folks, enjoying the warm cheers and greetings from the crowd, but Zheng Sen also found that there was a group of welcome crowds that were different. Although they are dressed in Hanfu, their dark skin, tattooed temples and forehead, and flat nose cannot conceal the appearance of naturalized Dongfan. Moreover, their faces are melancholy but firm, and their slogans are also different. I saw four big characters written on a piece of white cloth dripping with blood and claws: Kill all Dongfan!

Zheng Sen couldn't help being a little curious, your uncle, aren't you the original Dongfan, what does it mean to put up such a slogan?So Zheng Sen decided to call their leader to inquire, and soon, a tall man came in front of Zheng Sen and others.

He looked up and down at the naturalized Dongfan in front of him, but saw that he was dressed in a green cloth robe, and he looked very capable, but his face was so weathered that it was difficult to conceal the worry and anger.Seeing this person, Li Huamei and Shi Lang couldn't help but exchanged glances, "This person is a hero!"

After saluting, Zheng Sen said straight to the point: "I was ordered by my lord to put down the rebellion. As long as they are good citizens who are willing to abide by the law, I will protect them all, so you don't have to do this. Under the lord's rule, there are no Dongfan Han people, only those who abide by the law and those who don't." The difference." What Zheng Sen didn't expect was that instead of comforting the man in front of him, these comforting words made him angry: "General, don't compare me with those beasts who drink blood! Shanye, I have never read any books before, but the villain knows that General Li Shouhan is good to us, so we are willing to work and pay taxes for the general. We are willing to fight for the general, we have a conscience. And now those rebellious Dongfan, all of them are Beasts, people who kill generals and rob generals of money, this kind of bastard is worse than wild deer in my eyes. Wild deer skin can be sold and meat can be eaten, and their fat fields are too dirty."

These words were impassioned, but Zheng Sen was not someone who could be easily fooled by a few rhetoric.

So Zheng Sen said: "Okay, you are indeed a good citizen under the lord's rule. Don't worry, if the rebellion is put down in the future, your whole family will be rewarded, wife and children. Everyone will have a share."

Hearing Zheng Sen's words, the man felt as if he had been struck by lightning. After a long while, he suddenly knelt on the ground and cried with his head in his arms. Zheng Sen didn't persuade him, but looked at the man crying calmly.After crying for a long time, the man solemnly said to Zheng Sen: "General, the villain's wife and children have already been loyal to the general. Although they didn't help much, they all died on the battlefield. I dare not Please give me something from the general. I just want to ask the general to give me a gun, and I will not be a human being until I destroy Dongfan."

Zheng Sen walked up to the man with a still expressionless face, then patted him on the shoulder and said: "Where is a firecracker enough? This general is going to integrate the scattered volunteer teams in Taiwan to form the Taiwan Volunteer Team. In the future Siege the city and break the stronghold. You are indispensable. However, the army is fierce and the battle is dangerous, and the discipline of the lord is not merciful. If you are afraid of death and greedy for life, I don’t want any of them.”

The man didn't speak after listening, but pulled out a dagger.Then he scratched his wrist and swore: "God is above, I, Sediq Bale, swear to the sky, if I take a step back, I will let me take care of animals in my next life."

Zheng Sen nodded, and then said: "Speaking of which, you have given me a little inspiration. This rebel is indeed like a wild beast. If you don't control it well, it will definitely hurt people. By the way, what do you do with wild beasts?"

The man was stunned and said, "What can we do with the beast? Kill it. At most, if you need it sometimes, put it in a cage first."

Zheng Sen smiled slightly and said, "That's right, the beast should be kept in a cage. Just in time, I have prepared an extra-large cage."

Zheng Sen pointed to the man's feet and said: "When you came here, the road you walked and the fortress you passed were the cages I tailored for those rebels. With the protection of roads and fortresses, good people can live and work in peace and contentment. The quasi-law and order area, and other places, are non-law and order areas. But the non-law and order area is trapped in a cage, and even if they want to harm good people, they are helpless. But if good people fall into the non-law and order area, it is also very dangerous, so I will give you One task, organize people to go to the non-security area to promote more, and make sure the good people move as soon as possible, otherwise if there is a fight, it will be destroyed."

After saying this, Zheng Sen pointed at the white cloth banner held high by Sediq's fellow commune, "I just said that, in my eyes, there are only those who abide by the law and those who don't, and there is no difference between Dong Fan and Han people. So, your slogan can be changed."

"Change it to kill all the thieves!" Li Huachen blinked his eyes and shouted in a voice that was changing his voice.He has been doted on by his two brothers-in-law and eldest sister along the way, so naturally he would not be stage fright on such an occasion.

"Yes, according to what the fifth brother said, kill all the thieves!"

Seediq was very happy when he heard the words, so he immediately went down to prepare, but he and Zheng Sen didn't know that what they did was very famous in later generations. Although it was notorious, someone summarized Zheng Sen's policies based on Zheng Sen's explanation For the cage policy, even the scholars who defend Li Shouhan are secretive about it, but nothing will affect Zheng Sen's implementation of this policy at this moment.

After staying in Taiwan for a few days to replenish food, vegetables, meat and fresh water, Li Huamei and Shi Lang said goodbye to Zheng Sen, led the huge fleet and set sail away, taking Li Huachen to start his journey of life.

Backed by the huge material base brought by the fleet, Zheng Sen can naturally use it freely.Soon, the whole of Taiwan was boiling. Under the organization of Zheng Sen, a large number of migrant workers stepped up the construction of fort roads, and some even dug a large number of trenches and planted bamboo nails in the trenches.Then all important traffic points have set up checkpoints, and everyone who wants to pass must have a good citizen certificate issued by the government.There are two ways to obtain a good citizen certificate. One is in the public security area. The yamen first registers for everyone and then issues a good citizen certificate. Only those who hold a good citizen certificate can walk in the public security area. salt to strengthen material control and prevent smuggling.The slogan and implementation standard of the various passes and checkpoints is a simple sentence, "Don't let a grain of rice, an inch of cloth, or a grain of salt flow into the hands of thieves!"

Of course, it doesn't mean that any material cannot be imported into the hands of those rebellious Dongfan tribes. Zheng Sen is still very tolerant and considerate of the economic development needs of the entire Taiwan, and kindly allows two kinds of materials, spirits and tobacco, to be exempted. Restricted entry to non-law and order areas.These spirits and tobacco were exchanged for special products such as buckskin raw gold in the hands of those rebel tribes.

The other type is refugees from quasi-security areas and non-security areas.According to Li Shouhan's regulations, they should be disarmed first, and then resettled in a unified manner. After a period of inspection, the government will gradually apply for these people's certificates of good citizenship and register their household registration, and then give them food and salt by dictation like everyone else.

This kind of investigation.During the execution process, it was transformed into the simplest and cruelest method by grassroots officials: you say you are a good citizen, good!Go grass!Cut off the head of a strong man of the rebel tribe and return!Prove yourself.Then we'll send you an account post at the conference!

After receiving the good citizen certificate, according to the principle of ten households and one guarantee, Baojia will be compiled, mutual supervision and reporting will be encouraged, and soldiers will be recruited in proportion to Baojia.However, due to the high enthusiasm of the people to join the army, in fact, the problem that often arises is that the number of recruits cannot meet the requirements of the people to join the army.

Under the leadership of Sediq and other naturalized Dongfan presidents and patriarchs, a large number of Dongfan young and middle-aged men became auxiliary volunteers with white turbans on their heads and yellow armbands on their arms.They will become the main force against those rebels who are good at fighting in mountains and jungles.

Watching teams of auxiliary volunteers walk past the quartermaster, receiving knives, clothes, spears, bows and arrows and other weapons in turn, and leaving buckets on the registration book in front of the quartermaster to receive rice tickets and military pay, Wu Liuqi couldn't help laughing heartily.

"The thieves rely on the dangers of the mountains and the miasma and poisonous insects. Now our army also has an army that is familiar with the terrain. Let's see what the thieves should do!"

Wu Liuqi's [-]st Mixed Brigade has been stationed in Taiwan for more than a month, and during this time.There were also dozens of battles, large and small.The First Mixed Brigade, which is good at raids and surprise attacks, was very annoyed to find out that although they invented the tactic called "carving and suppressing" with the help of Fanmin, who was keen on the government, they were still in the midst of mountains, forests, roads, streams, and dense jungles. With help, the effect is not so satisfactory.

The so-called engraving and suppression.It was after accurately grasping the location of the rebel tribes and clearing the road conditions, they quickly and decisively dispatched troops without shelter from the wind and rain, running long-distance raids day and night, as if a big eagle soaring in the sky descended from the sky to catch its prey.Hence the name.

(This is actually exactly the same as the flying team tactics that Siye used in Guangxi and Xiangxi to deal with those senior bandit families whose history can be traced back to the Ming and Qing dynasties. It's just that Siye's predecessors are even better. Once If you find the traces of the bandits, you will be chasing them relentlessly, and you will see the dead if you live.)

Regarding this, Zheng Sen was very calm. He comforted Wu Liuqi and said that although Dongfan was trapped in the cage, he was not that hungry, so they could hide in the corner of the cage and fight.But soon, they will jump out by themselves. At that time, it is not you looking for them, but they have to come to you!

According to the division of labor that the two received from Li Shouhan, Zheng Sen was in control of the overall work, but he focused on government affairs and did not interfere with Wu Liuqi's military command. That is to say, Wu Liuqi had the final say on specific military operations!

"Jun Ma! Don't worry! Look!" Wu Liuqi tapped the thick books in his hand a few times with his fingers, "Now let's not talk about anything else, the Volunteer Team alone has 2 battalions with nearly 5 people. Another [-] to [-] civilians can use it. Your cage warfare method has been formed, as long as you are a human, you must eat salt and food!"

Wu Liuqi's words made Zheng Sen very comfortable, and the iron beggar didn't look so annoying anymore in his eyes.This three-point military, three-point appeasement, and four-point economic strategy was also summed up by Zheng Zhilong and his son after a long time of secret discussions.According to Zheng Zhilong's understanding of these Dongfan natives in Taiwan, there is no need to go into the mountains to encircle and suppress them. He only needs to block the main traffic routes and strangle the trade with the rebel tribes to force the tribes in the mountains to submit.

Don't look at those Fanmin, they were extremely brave when they came out, but they really cut off the salt and grain trade, not to mention them, even the descendants of Temujin who almost became the lord of the earth, once the trade route in the Central Plains is cut off, there will be no more The source of salt, grain and tea, they will also be furious.Compared with the grasslands with several salt ponds, it seems that there are very few salt-producing areas in the mountainous areas. Even in places like Sichuan, it seems that you can’t produce salt from the well salt without some skills. At least not the salt.Of course, if you are not afraid of death, you can taste the taste of mineral salt.

Accepting Wu Liuqi's praise very proudly, Zheng Sen waved his hand again, pretending to be humble and said to Wu Liuqi: "General Wu's praise is ridiculous. In addition to the above, I also prepared a plan for these thieves." A snack! Guaranteed to make these thieves feel refreshed after eating it, and one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas were born!"

Um?Could it be that the second son-in-law, the lord, has any more wicked tricks?Wu Liuqi was a little curious.

Soon, his curiosity was satisfied.

Dozens of armor commanders and team officers who were selected to serve as training instructors in the volunteer team to supervise the distribution of rations and operations, made a big speech in front of the team of Seediq.

"After the thieves are suppressed, their hunting grounds will be assigned to the meritorious tribes! The officials will not take any money! The mountains, forests and fields will be shared by the officials and the common people!" (To be continued...)