Hundreds of years later, the various cults circulating in the jungles of the islands of Java, no matter what kind of religion they wear, but in the images they describe as the last days and the devil, the demon is without exception described as a white-faced scholar, with three locks of beard, holding a thick iron rod in his hand, trampling on the bones of countless people under his feet, and holding half of the people who screamed from himself in the other hand, watching his body being torn vigorously by sharp teeth in the demon's mouth, and a wisp of blood dripping down the corner of the demon's mouth.

The demonic images depicted by these cults come from their inner historical memories. Combining the images of Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi that they have recorded from generation to generation, the appearance of the white-faced scholar is naturally none other than Zheng Sen, and the iron rod is Wu Liuqi's usual weapon, just like Master Guan's Qinglong Yanyue Knife. As for the countless corpses piled up at the feet of the two, naturally there is a painful memory for these cultists.

"Without them, how could we have gone to such deep mountains and old forests that do not see the light of day all year round to spread the teachings?" A priest spat hatefully at the statue representing the demon, but looked out in fear, lest anyone find out.

After clarifying the battle plan, Zheng Sen ordered people to take the notices printed by the Guogong Mansion to all towns, villages and towns, markets, and transportation arteries to post them, and ordered all kinds of armed forces to register with the government within the time limit, and to complete the inventory of the men, horses, horses, fire, and other materials in their possession, and hand them over one by one. Otherwise, you do so at your own risk.

Before starting a large-scale military operation, Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi had to choose between military and influence, and if they wanted to fight, they had to fight with influence. Immediate results are obtained.

So, on the one hand, all kinds of armed forces and gangs, the Tusi and the Sultans saw the notice of registering and handing over their weapons and horses within a time limit, and they were crackling in everyone's stomachs with all kinds of abacus, and on the other hand, the staff office under Zheng Sen's command was deducing the plan of the encirclement battle again and again. on how to be able in different directions. At the same time, tens of thousands of horses and horses were encircled and annihilated from different garrisons to the selected targets. It is necessary to make thoughtful and meticulous organizational preparations.

First, it is necessary to do a good job of reconnaissance. Li Shouhan often said that when he was teaching in the martial arts hall, he often said, "The five elements are uncertain, and you will lose cleanly." "The so-called five elements are intelligence information such as enemy situation and our situation. As Li Shouhan's fast son-in-law, Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi naturally will not ignore this, and will not rashly throw their troops into those deep mountains and dense forests to become the target of others' ambushes!

A large number of scouts of the 1st Mixed Brigade took off their armor and uniforms, changed into Tang shirts and trousers, picked up the burden of merchants, and followed the intelligence personnel of Long Shengxing, the Commercial Investigation Office, and other institutions stationed in the Java area for a long time to conduct reconnaissance in various areas controlled by various armed forces.

Months of rebellion have left Java in great chaos. On the surface, everything was under the control of the Nanyue Army. However, in most areas, troops below the size of the Nanyue Army could not go far away from the county seat and large towns. As for the main points of transportation, they are even more intermittent and paralyzed from time to time, and the connections between various places have fallen into a state of basic severance, and it is extremely difficult for people to come and go and transport materials.

These are all sorts of armed groups. The religious militia combined with the rebellious sultans and the kings of the land, and had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. And that's not counting the hundreds of thousands of people who were coerced and lured by them with their doctrines, ethnicity, bloodline, and other concepts, as well as force! These guys are entrenched in various parts of Kalimantan and Java, fighting each other, slaughtering each other's people and believers. For a time, there was a bloody storm in all parts of Java.

In view of this situation, the means proposed by Zheng Sen is actually to mobilize an absolutely superior armed force in the shortest possible time. At the same time, at the same time, the rebel forces in the same area (there is no way, if you don't listen to the greetings, do not register on time, and hand over the weapons and personnel, then you can only enjoy unforeseen treatment). Repeated clearances are carried out in the encirclement in the form of separate attacks and grate searches, so as to ensure that the clearance is clean and then transferred to another area for clearance. In order to achieve the effect of total victory, to avoid the situation that wildfires are not burned and the spring breeze blows again.

This trick looks familiar, right? That's right, this is the iron-walled encirclement and grate sweeping tactics that were hated by rabbits in military history, and Okamura Ningji adopted such a means to destroy almost the entire Jizhong base area, so that the Taihang Mountain base area and the Jinchaji base area that relied on the food, cloth, and soldiers provided by the Jizhong base area were all worthy of words. In the adjacent base areas of southern Hebei, even cadres at the level of brigade commanders were starved and malnourished. And such tactics were used by Yang Yong and others to suppress bandits in Guizhou. However, the fundamental difference between Rabbit and Okamura Ninji is that the devil is for plunder, and his methods are achieved through a series of inhumane massacres. The rabbit is completely different, and the purpose is the two words on the military flag, "Liberation!" ”

However, in order to achieve such an effect, it is necessary to first achieve a precondition for establishing an ironclad blockade in areas feared by the rebels, which is the key to the success or failure of this law and order war. In order to establish this blockade line that is hundreds or even thousands of miles long, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of the various situations within the encirclement.

"After entering the bandit area, it is necessary to clearly investigate the distribution and direction of roads, rivers, mountains, forests, and passes, and clearly understand the troops, weapons, garrisons, activity patterns, religious beliefs, and internal structure of each group of rebels. In particular, it is necessary to pay attention to the collection of the names, places of origin, appearance, figures, characteristics, habits, education, resumes, hobbies, and other circumstances of the bandit leaders. ”

These are the tasks of the scouts who pretend to be merchants and go deep into the bandit area to reconnoitre!

Many scouts with the mentality that the wind and the water would be cold and the strong man would never return, and gradually approached several areas on the island of Java where the larger bandit leaders were entrenched. In order to make the identity of these merchants even more suspicious, many people carried various quantities of gun@powder and lead bullets, daggers, arrowheads, etc., in the picks under the cloth oil and salt. Impersonate the kind of smugglers who smuggle and sell weapons between the two sides of the fire.

However, these scouts probably don't have Yuri's idea of daring to sell truckloads of "umbrellas" to the Sahara, and they don't know that there is a famous saying in this world that when there is a river of blood in the streets, the time when business is prosperous. On the one hand, it is true that the killing of war has caused great damage. But at the same time, some trades, such as human weapons, are thriving and bring enormous wealth to those involved. Therefore, regardless of ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, don't feel dazzled when you see a merchant on the battlefield, and no one does the so-called loss-making business. But the U-turn business rushed to do it.

Therefore, when these scouts of the Nanyue Army carried the merchants through the checkpoints of these Tuwang militia territory, they basically did not have to worry about strict searches and personal safety, but often had to worry about buying and selling too much. These Tuwang militia leaders and religious leaders, don't look at the usual morality, but they are all experts in doing these immoral and damaging business. As soon as he saw that the things that the investigator was carrying were all good goods, he immediately sent money and women to various connections, and at the same time hyped up the materials in his jurisdiction. In the final analysis, the aim is to collect as many weapons as possible and prepare to hand them over on time. I plan to use these weapons in my hand to get more chips in front of Zheng Sen, so as to fight for more benefits for myself and the group forces behind me. Those who plan to resist stubbornly are even more vigorously collecting all kinds of military supplies regardless of the cost, and some even reach the point of madness.

After a few days of fighting, the Nanyue Army had a preliminary understanding of the distribution and composition of various rebel forces on the island of Java. One faction is a green military flag with stars, moons and scimitars painted on the flag. He claimed to be a warrior of Muhammad because of history. They were the first to rebel, and they coerced the most people and occupied the largest territory. Compared to them, the Calvinist militias were far different in number and territory. However, due to religious beliefs, Calvinist militias were able to obtain firearms and fire@powder supplies more easily. Moreover, the mastery of these firearms in the army was much better than that of the Muhammad warriors, who were led by the Sultan of the land and composed of their soldiers and horses.

There are many powerful families, covering a vast area, and the family is well-armed and elite. The two factions fought an even situation on the island of Java. What's worse is that. Calvinist militia flaunted the banner of assisting officers and soldiers in maintaining local order, which was undoubtedly even more deceptive. And those Muhammad warriors with the green banner of the stars and moon, because they themselves were in a situation where the king and the sultan were in their own hands and did not buy each other, after several battles, they were beaten by the Calvinists' militia and fled.

In this way, the spies who carried the burden of the merchant undoubtedly became extremely important figures in the eyes of various factions. Not only can they buy urgently needed items from them, but some people even spend a lot of money to find out the situation of the officials and the rest of the various factions along the way.

"It's okay! As long as you have enough money, don't say it's news, it's to order a large amount of arms and weapons, and we can think of a way to get it for you! ”

In the face of the Sultan's inquiry, Mai Ping, the chief of the spies, slapped his chest and tried to make a face on his face that he forgot about his righteousness.

"It doesn't matter if you don't have money, all kinds of jewelry, jade, gold, silver, ivory, leopard skin, rare birds and beasts, let's take them all!"

"Then, I want to buy five hundred barrels of gunpowder, as well as the medicines and gauze that you Han people use to treat external injuries! The more the merrier! Can you do it? "Sitting on a throne full of gold and silver, Yusupu Sultan is full of fat and has cultivated a fat body, but his brain is still one of the clear among these rebel leaders, at least he knows how to plan some medicine for his elite soldiers.

"Gunpowder can be obtained, but not so much. Two hundred barrels at most. You have to go to the border to meet you, or we won't be able to guarantee that we won't be robbed by others on the road. "Before Mai Ping followed Wu Liuqi in eastern Guangdong, he was also a country ranger who wandered in the green buildings of the casino, which is good, but the ugly thing is that he is also a country gangster. It is because of this experience that he has a better grasp of human nature than others.

If you say that the Sultan's demands are all right, it is easy to arouse suspicion, but it is better to put forward some difficulties and problems, and to the extent that you are able to achieve them, so that it is easier to win the trust of others. Sure enough, Yu Supu listened to Mai Ping's words and nodded, expressing his appreciation for him.

"As for the medicines that His Highness said, that's easier to do!" For drugs used to treat trauma. At present, the Nanyue Army has not included them in the embargoed list, but the purchase of large quantities is also a problem. In particular, at a time when both sides are planning military operations on the outside and on the inside, it is not surprising that some people on the market are purchasing military drugs in large quantities.

"Good! With this promise of yours, I will naturally be our good friend! Feel relieved. It won't be less than your payment! Even if we don't have the money to pay for the things you want, we still have these! ”

The scepter in Sultan Yusupu's hand waved, and the warriors in front of the tent dodged a hole, revealing a passage, and at the end of the passage, there was an extremely wide field, surrounded by a fence, surrounded by soldiers under Yusupu with swords in hand. The thick wooden fence was full of people!

"These slaves are the infidels we captured! If you will take it. I'll sell them to you for a bargain!" ”

In front of the scepter of the Sultan of Yusup, the scarred, starved and hopeless Christians who had lost their basic meaning of manhood looked at all this with empty eyes. It seems that everything has nothing to do with them.

"I'll Pu you Eminem!" Mai Ping scolded in his heart! Although he himself thought that he was not a good person, and he did not do much stealing before joining the army, and after joining the army, he also followed Wang Jin, Wu Biao and others to sell the population plundered by other bandits in eastern Guangdong to Chen Tianhua at that time to exchange for various needed things, but such a large-scale capture of people for slave business. This was the first time he had seen it. Moreover, they didn't even look for a reason to use it as a fig leaf. Just one sentence, "You're a heretic!" "That's enough!

As everyone knows, among the two factions of Muhammad and Jehovah, if you are a heathen, you are born with original sin. Whether it is under the banner of the Crusaders, or the green flag with stars and moons painted on it. As soon as the other party's town was broken, it was immediately a terrible looting and massacre, and then thousands of the city's population were sold into slavery. Muhammad's warriors sometimes even sold Christian captives to slavers who also wore Crusaders on their chests, and similarly, the Crusaders did not break through the cities controlled by Muhammad's warriors. Then simply turn around and sack Constantinople. Or even sell the child crusaders en masse with the sacred purpose of recovering the Holy Land!

"How many people are there? No, how many slaves? ”

"There are more than 10,000 heretics who believe in the evil god of Jesus, and I don't know how many, but every day people die, and every day new captives are thrown in! I keep these people only to waste the food that Allah has given us and to pollute the ground under our feet. It's better to replace them with swords in the hands of the warriors! ”

"Good! Two hundred barrels of gunpowder, I want to sell it to you by all means! However, even if these people are the deposit you gave me, I want you to send someone to send me to the border!" Maupin struggled to control the most vicious curses in his heart, and his face was extremely greedy.

"Good!"

After the business was negotiated, Yu Supu had to show his generosity, wealth and enthusiasm in front of his new friends, so an extremely lavish banquet was arranged.

"My friend, you are my most honored guest! Thank you for sending me what I need at this time, you are an angel sent by Allah. Go ahead! What food would you like to eat in my land, at this feast? ”

On a whim, a scout who came with Mai Ping asked aloud, "I want to eat monkey brains, do you?" ”

Yu Supu glanced at him with a smile, called the minister beside him and whispered a few words, and in the blink of an eye, in front of the scout were more than a dozen squeaky monkeys with baring teeth. The scout's face was as white as paper.

This kind of scene is not only encountered by Mai Ping's team. The spies who were sent to reconnoiter and sentry were all confronted with a similar scene. As long as you can provide the situation and attitude of the officials, as well as the needs of these armed forces under various banners, then whether it is money, precious stones, timber, or population, you will all agree. As for wine and meat, it is natural that singing and dancing against beautiful women is commonplace.

Of course, courtesy must be demanded by others, and these people's demands are also very direct, they want weapons, steel, salt, cloth, in short, as long as it is an important material they need, no matter what means you use to get it, they will laugh at it. In this way, hundreds of scout teams smoothly but slowly passed through the cities and towns of Java, surprised by the suffering of the common people, surprised by the enemy's attitude towards the merchants, and at the same time, the ultimate goal, profit, but also beyond their imagination.

Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi had already explained very clearly when they sent them out to investigate, "The capital is from the government, and all the profits belong to you, which is the public's reward for your hard work in advance!" Although everyone has the idea of taking the opportunity to make a big profit, they are also stunned in the face of the income that a needle can be exchanged for a fat buffalo. (To be continued......)