772 Coastal states
After receiving the telegram, Gu Jin immediately revised the sailing plan, and called back to the Pride and said: The fleet led by the Nicole will change its destination, and plan to go directly to Dongshan Island to join you---- according to historical records, it has always been Chen Shangchuan's sea base, and after you arrive there, you must immediately collect the immigrants and wait for us to arrive.
Then, the Nicole will load a group of refugees and go directly to Zixia Island, leaving the rest of the ships to carry out the transportation mission from Dongshan Island to Wanshan Island.
Prior to this, the Pride received a telegram from the Nicole on 22 June, and the Pride had already completed its business in Macao and set sail for two days in the south.
On the morning of the 25th, the Pride returned to the East Beach Pier on Xiaowanshan Island, unloaded the supplies purchased from Macao, and sailed back to the Macao South Pier.
Behind him, the four heads of the four Chinese businessmen and the two brothers Xue Laixiang and Huang Zhiyan stood neatly.
Obviously, Dai Xiaoshan had already communicated with these people, and everyone came together, intending to discuss the details of the refugee transportation with them.
The meeting was held in the crew cafeteria of the Pride, and the Zhong Liang family, as direct contacts with Chen Shangchuan, brought the current situation in the prefectures of Qinlian Lei Gao, and the rest of the people present were all gloomy except for Dai Li and the others.
Zhong Liang and the two family members said that the current situation is very crisis, the Tatar Qing is strong, and they are coming in separate ways, among which the front of the Qing army led by Beile Shangshan and Zhao Butai, the general of Zhengnan, has gone straight to the coastal states from the southeast of Yunnan, and the Qing army slaughtered and burned along the way, and the Ming army and people were shocked when they heard about it, and the people were panicked.
Compared with the four worried family members, Dai Li and the others are very calm, because they know this history and know that the situation is not as serious as the two family members said.
Of course, this is by no means a deliberate exaggeration by the two family members in front of the Australians, but because of their closed news and false rumors---- the Qing army at this time took advantage of the power of Kunming's great victory, and it is also true that because of Yongli's "Western Hunting Burma Border", the remnants of the Ming soldiers and civilians in the coastal states of Qinlian Leigao lost confidence, and everyone was panicked like a frightened bird.
In the past few days, the daily telegram exchanges between the two ships and three places have not omitted this period of history---- and the Red Mansion has constantly informed everyone of the relevant historical materials consulted from the computer reference room in the form of telegrams, so at this time, Li Dai and others knew very well in their hearts that the real situation was indeed not as serious as rumored.
Especially about the movements of the Qing army.
Li Dai and the others now know that the rumored theory that Baylor Shangshan and Zhao Butai led the army south is actually a rumor.
Of course, the reason for these rumors, in addition to the slow and chaotic spread of information in this era, does not rule out the fact that the Qing court deliberately set up a momentum.
Shang Shan and Zhao Butai, two Qing army generals, became famous in the battle to Yunnan and Guizhou, a while ago, the "real Manchurian" soldiers led by the two passed all the way, first in Qianxi to break Li Dingguo's elephant array, and finally forced the remnant of the pillar to withdraw from the city of Kunming.
Then he broke another famous general of the Southern Ming Dynasty in Yulong Pass - Bai Wenxuan, the king of Gongchang, and then pursued the Yongli Emperor all the way to the city, Ke Yongchang, and Tengyue, and led the army deep into South Burma and returned.
Next, the two and Wu Sangui fought with Li Dingguo in Mopan Mountain, although there was a draw and a slight loss, but it was obvious that the remnants of the Ming army and people could not stand such consumption, so in the end they forced Li to give up western Yunnan and flee to Menggong to avoid its edge.
However, according to historical records, it was also the Battle of Mopanshan that caused the Qing army to suffer heavy losses, which affected morale, resulting in the blocking of its offensive, and to this day, the two sides have actually entered a temporary stalemate.
So the Qing army had to start to make up for repairs on the spot, no longer entering Burma to continue to pursue the Yongli Emperor, but turning around and seizing the remnants of the city of Chizhou County in the Yunnan Territory to repair.
And at this time, Shang Shan and Zhao Butai had already returned to Beijing, as for those "real Manchurian soldiers", that is---- the genuine Manchurian Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, they were all stationed in Guiyang, Duyun, Kunming, Yongchang, Tengyue and other important cities, and those troops who attacked the city and plundered the land to collect materials were just some green battalions from Huguang, Bashu.
Obviously, compared with the "real Manchurian" soldiers, these green battalion soldiers who were incorporated from the army of Zhang Xianzhong, the king of Chuang, and the remnant Ming army, are not strong in combat effectiveness, but there is no doubt that for those who have completely despaired and have no will to resist the remnants of Mingzhou County and the defenseless people, the Manchu green battalion soldiers are still a strong existence, although they are not very good at fighting seriously, but taking advantage of the momentum of the great victory to seize the state and occupy the county, and by the way, the ability to rob and plunder the common people is very strong.
According to the military system of the Qing Dynasty, the Green Battalion belonged to the local army, because it was not a Manchurian lineage, and this group of people was a "miscellaneous army" with worse treatment than the "Eight Banners of the Han Army".
Therefore, whenever there is a war, the green battalion soldiers often have to take the opportunity to plunder the people's property as compensation, so compared with those "regular armies", the miscellaneous green battalions are more ferocious and greedy to the people, and the military discipline is also more corrupt.
Obviously, the imperial court is also well aware of this, but in order to stabilize the overall situation, it often turns a blind eye.
Since there is the connivance of the imperial court, the green battalion soldiers have intensified, and even more often kill the good and take the risk, and the imperial court often does not examine it in order to calm down the people, so it gives people the impression that these green battalions are quite combative.
Now, this group of green battalion soldiers rushed over all the way to burn and plunder.
This pitied the remnants of the Ming soldiers and civilians in the prefectures of Qinlian Leigao, because the Son of Heaven "hunted in the west" and suddenly lost his horns, and the people's hearts were actually scattered, and all the prefectures and counties were terrified, and they could not organize decent resistance at all.
Whenever the Qing army approached, the soldiers and civilians just scattered in panic, in this situation, Chen Shangchuan, who commanded the coastal states, was helpless for a while, and seeing that he could not support the situation, Chen Shangchuan had to play the idea of retreating to the island.
However, it turned out that Chen Shangchuan was not a straw bag either, and the situation of the Qing army, especially the reality of the Green Battalion, was quickly discovered by him, and after about a year, General Chen finally began to organize a counterattack.
Sure enough, the green camp robbed the people very fiercely, but if they really met those who dared to fight, the end would of course be defeat.
Therefore, although the Qing Dynasty was indeed powerful in general form, when it came to this remote coastal state, Chen Shangchuan and the Qing Dynasty would continue to fight for twenty years in the history of the Old World, and during this time, the Qing court did not have full control over this area, especially during the implementation of the sea relocation order.
In the history of the Old World, the major state cities of the coastal states were in the hands of the imperial court, but their remote states and counties, coastal islands and other places were still beyond the reach of the whip.
Later, after Chen Shangchuan recovered some of the lost territory, he recuperated in the local area, did business everywhere, and his strength was quickly restored, and the imperial court faced the three feudatories in the south, and Chen Shangchuan also in order to survive, and at the same time with Wu Sangui in the west and Zheng Chenggong in the east had secret or explicit dealings, he not only openly accepted the title of the Zheng family, but also secretly maintained trade with Yunnan---- until the rebellion of the three feudatories, Chen also accepted the title of Wu.
All in all, in the Old World, in the coastal states, the chaos of the stalemate did not end until the rebellion of the three feudatories was quelled.
At that time, Chen Shangchuan really faced the situation of being unable to support himself, and finally had to flee to the Quang Nam Kingdom of Annam, and took refuge in the Ruan lord of the Later Li Dynasty to defend the southern border for the lord of Annam.
Of course, this is the history of the old world, and at this moment, Li Dai and the others both believe that now that we are here, the time for Chen Shangchuan's counterattack will be advanced, and it is impossible for us to let this "anti-Qing righteous man" (Huotang Club people's language) take his subordinates with his subordinates to cheapen the lord of Annam.
Of course, Li Dai and the others also know that the current situation is indeed a bit complicated and crisis, but it is not unsolvable, obviously these two cannot directly say to everyone here, we know history, those Qing troops are actually a group of green battalion soldiers who can only rob the common people, there is no need to worry about Yunyun, we can only come up with another set of rhetoric to guide Chen's behavior.