Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 993 North Korea ([-])

A group of light cavalry rode across the dusty official road, and several peasants carrying hoes looked at each other in dismay, and then sighed in unison: "The soldiers of the Eastern Dynasty are probably going to fight again."

This place is Fushan County. There are not many counties in the entire Dengzhou Prefecture that are directly under the jurisdiction of the people on the east coast. Weigai County), if Yantai is included, the total population of the area has exceeded 35, and the most populous of them is Fushan County with a population of more than [-].

As early as 1650, Fushan County had an annual output of 1.1 tons of wheat, [-] tons of soybeans, and [-] tons of alfalfa. the best.This is actually due to the key support policy of the government of the Blackwater Pioneering Team. They loaned the cattle and sheep on the Jeju Island pastures to farmers in Fushan County at low interest rates through the Northwest Reclamation Bank (the total number is about [-]). Landlords and gentry forces were swept away by people from all walks of life. The whole county was under military control, the land was measured and divided according to head, and then the three-crop rotation system was vigorously promoted. The county's agriculture developed suddenly, which is amazing. Overjoyed.

After the success in Fushan County (the county had only 6 to [-] residents at the time), Shao Shude set his sights on Wendeng County, which had a population of [-] to [-] at that time.He used wounded and retired veterans, thousands of Bingtuanbao students sent from the local area, and a few cadres trained by the Anti-Qing Military and Political Academy, and with the cooperation of the officers and soldiers of the volunteer team, he began to replicate everything he had done before in Wendeng County.

Generally speaking, since the land reform in Wendeng County has been carried out for one and a half years, since the power of landlords and gentry has hardly existed, and the population of the county is also very small (some of them are even migrant households), the resistance to reform is quite small, so almost All adults were assigned land, and there was a large amount of remaining wasteland that was set aside as "commons" for future distribution when the population increased.

After the farmers in Wendeng County had private land that could be passed on to their families, their enthusiasm for labor was greatly mobilized. In addition, Shao Shude tried every means to raise cattle, sheep and other livestock for them (distributed to farmers through loans from the Northwest Reclamation Bank) hands), so East Coaster rule was quickly established in the county.The cadres on the east bank go to the countryside no longer have to worry about being beaten like they were in Ningbo. On the contrary, once suspicious outsiders come to the county, some people will often go to the government to inform and receive rewards. From top to bottom I dare not say that the management is average, but the ruling foundation is indeed quite solid.

For example, these farmers in Fushan County who are carrying hoes are a little uneasy about the possible war, but in the end they still don't want the Eastern Dynasty to be defeated, because God knows that once the Tartars occupy here, these will have been sent to the What about the land in the hands of everyone?Whether it was taken back by the descendants of the original owner, or simply surrounded by the Manchurian uncle, no matter which one they could not afford.Since they were allotted to the land, they have been taking care of it from dawn to dusk, caring more about taking care of their own mother-in-law than taking care of their mother-in-law. If this is taken back, no one will be able to accept it. Not to mention anything else, the child at home will not be able to feed.

"Should something happen in Laizhou Mansion again this time?" Someone speculated, "Since the Tartars in Laizhou Mansion suffered a disastrous defeat in Jiaozhou Fort more than two years ago (there is a propaganda team promoting various victories), they have never There has never been a large army, so this team of military masters should have gone to Yantai to report to Governor Shao, and there may have been a war with Marshal Mao."

"My brother-in-law is eating food under the command of Dong Zongzhen (Dong Xueli) in Dengzhou City. I heard that the whole army has been mobilized a few days ago. The big soldiers are eating three meals a day. There are enough steamed buns and pickles, and they can chew some when they are cold. Salted fish and dried meat are said to be rewarded by the masters of the Eastern Dynasty." A wrinkled farmer said worriedly, "Everyone has spread the word, I am afraid that the army will be mobilized, otherwise Mr. Dong would not be willing to let the brothers eat it. Well, this is to urge everyone to fight."

"It seems that a fight is really going to happen!" Several farmers looked at each other and finally came to this conclusion.

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"It seems that we are really going to fight!" On the wharf of Yantai Port, which was tens of miles away from the peasants who speculated that the war was coming, Huang Yi, who hurried from Ningbo Mansion, looked at the officers and soldiers in bright armor on the wharf. After that, he immediately made his own judgment.

The daily drills in the wharf barracks are the third division of the newly-built army transferred from the southern theater a few days ago, the division commander Sun Shouzheng, with a total strength of about 2500 people.This troop is the poorest among the ten servant divisions in terms of number of troops and quality, so this time they are transferred to participate in the battle of conquering the dynasty that is likely to break out, so there is a sense of tempering them.

Huang Yi, who is in charge of trade and commerce in the Heishui area, did not delay much at the pier. Surrounded by a large group of entourages, he soon crossed a wide gravel road and entered the Heishui Security Command on Zhifu Island. Inside the building—there was an important meeting in the afternoon, which was related to the upcoming military operations, and Huang Yi had to attend.

Zhifu Island has become obviously busy in recent days. The staff members of the headquarters have been running in and out, contacting various troops, checking various stocks, and distributing various supplies. They are extremely busy.In the gunpowder configuration workshops and weapon production workshops on Yangma Island and Kongtong Island, hundreds of workers also began to work overtime, trying their best to start producing various military materials; On the edge of the Jiahe wharf, a medium-sized mechanical flour mill also began to work at full capacity. The wheat collected from Fushan County was transported to the wharf along the river by small boats, and then it was milled into flour and The bran will be packed in a unified bag and then transported to Yantai Port, where it will be registered by the Security Command.

All signs indicate that war is imminent, and the spearhead is likely to be directed at North Korea.

When Huang Yi was eating at the cafeteria of the security headquarters at noon, she also ran into Liang Xiangjian, a member of the Standing Committee who came from Heishui County for a meeting.Liang Xiangjian, a big mouth, told Huang Yi that the war was about to start. For this reason, they sent [-] Shandan soldiers from the three counties of Heishui, Dabo, and Miaojie. Knowing how to ride a horse should be able to play a great role in this battle.

In addition, he also specifically revealed to Huang Yi that the total force for this expedition is likely to be between 1 and 1.5, mainly servants, and the main force on the east coast will basically not move.Because Shao Shude believes that relying on those servants alone is enough to teach the weak North Korea how to behave, and there is really no need to transfer the elite troops with stronger combat effectiveness, which will only cause the Qing court to breed some ideas that should not be there.

Hearing this, Huang Yi nodded silently. After finishing the meal, he and Liang Xiangjian rushed to the meeting room of the security headquarters before one o'clock in the afternoon, and the meeting was officially held next.

The afternoon meeting of the Standing Committee was held very smoothly, and Wei Boqiu, Mao Desheng, and Liang Xiangjian (Liu Haiyang asked for leave) who attended the meeting had no objections in principle to the motion to attack North Korea.Except for Wei Boqiu who expressed some doubts about the timing of launching this war, everyone expressed their support for launching a small-scale counterfeit and punishing operation against North Korea and gaining some political and economic benefits from it.Huang Yi and Tang Mengxu (Chang Kaisheng and Captain Lan Guo, who replaced Yang Mingyang, had not yet come on leave) were not members of the Standing Committee, but they also attended the meeting. The mobilization of three servant divisions and a small number of troops directly under the East Bank (more than 1 people) to attack North Korea was decided, and the next step was for the staff of the Operations Section of the headquarters to formulate and improve the plan.

In fact, according to the organizational principles, Shao Shude, who has full powers, can still make a decision on this kind of military operations. However, considering his lack of confidence in his military capabilities, he thinks it is better to listen to the suggestions of the audience.After an afternoon meeting, several people at the meeting agreed in principle to the resolution of conquering the court, so Shao Shude approved the combat application submitted by Mao Desheng, namely: mobilize the first division, the second division, the The three divisions have a total of 1.05 soldiers, plus 2000 soldiers from the Fifth Battalion of the Volunteer Team transferred back from the South, 1500 Shandan soldiers sent from Sakhalin Island, a battalion of the Black Eight Banners Chongbu, and about 1 soldiers. The army totaled nearly 2.5 people.

From the composition of these troops, it can be seen that Shao Shude never dared to move the main force of various troops in Shandong. After all, these people mainly defended the more than [-] Qing troops in Qingzhou Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture.These Qing troops have practiced for a long time, and their combat power is still pretty good. Although they are currently stationed at various points (to prevent the hedgehogs from gathering at the front line, the east bank army landed from the side and cut off the supply line), but if they learn that the main force on the east bank is originally transferred, It took them a month or two to easily assemble and then attack Denglai. This was obviously what Shao Shude didn't want to see, so he only mobilized so many soldiers and left the main force in Shandong.

However, the combat power of these 1.5 soldiers is not enough. At least it is not difficult for the North Koreans to occupy North Korea. It may be difficult to occupy North Korea, but the victory of several battles forced North Korea to take the initiative to seek peace and then agreed Some of the conditions put forward by the people on the east coast are also possible.After all, the current army of the Joseon Kingdom is far inferior to that of 1636, when it was abused by Hou Jin (most of them were able to fight and died), in terms of quantity and quality. That seems to be the case.As long as the people on the east bank treat it carefully, they will not make any major mistakes, and the Jeolla, Chungcheong, and Gyeongsang areas in the south are more than enough. The rest, of course, is waiting for the North Koreans to come to ask for peace. The matter is as simple as that.

On June 1653, 6, nearly 16 troops assembled in Yantai Port, and the battle was imminent.

(End of this chapter)