Chapter 31 Development of Military Reclamation Target Honshu

Hearing Chen Yufeng say that he had a way to solve the problem of immigration, Ouyang He smiled and said, "Mr. Chen! Don't sell this! Let's talk about it! ”

Zhang Zhimu also looked at Chen Yufeng with a smile.

Chen Yufeng smiled proudly and said, "You all know that we are very picky about recruiting troops now, right?" ”

"That's right," Ouyang He clapped his hands and said, "Oops! Are you saying that we can recruit more soldiers, let them garrison in various places, and then let them go home to marry and settle down in the garrison? Ouyang He understood what Chen Yufeng meant.

Zhang Zhimu Yile, he knew that in his previous life, the construction corps of Xinjiang, that is, the army's on-the-spot professional became the construction corps. Although it is a bit immoral to fight all his life and be thrown to the frontier to farm, there is no way to do it.

Ouyang He said: "This method is good, but the cost is too high. It's too expensive to build an army! ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Don't forget, the emperor still has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, and we will take them all over and reorganize them into border guards in the future." Besides, as long as there is our army stationed, the immigrants will be at ease in the past. You can open up a large reclamation area. ”

Zhang Zhimu also said: "For the time being, the cost is higher, but in the long run, military reclamation will also bring great benefits." Besides, the border guards don't have to be trained like the field army. ”

"Then our next step is to recruit more soldiers from Henan, Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian in the name of recruitment." Ouyang He said, "However, this matter must be kept secret, and it can only be known to Liu Yun and the people who are responsible for forming a new army." ”

"There must also be a backbone team in these armies, and they still have to participate in the war if something happens." Chen Yufeng said, "In the future, the military reclamation contingent will be paid a higher salary, and if their living conditions are improved, it will naturally be easier for them to marry a daughter-in-law and take root." In the future, the station will be equipped with a school, hospital, and shopping mall, which will be attractive to soldiers and women whose homes are in the countryside. If they take the lead in taking root in one place, they can attract a lot of immigrants to come there. ”

"In my opinion, we recruit 40,000 or 50,000 people in an army," Zhang Zhimu said, "and the soldiers of an army can bring 100,000 immigrants to the station, and even some prisoners can come over." Such a large area can be controlled. ”

"I have to discuss this matter with Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu is unhappy if he spends too much money!" Ouyang He knew that without Lu Chengxiang's support, these things would not be easy to do.

"Don't underestimate Mr. Lu," Zhang Zhimu said, "Mr. Lu is very rich now, and he has always told me that the silver is coming back like flowing water every day." We are not short of money. Let's talk about Fujian, in the past few years, our income has more than doubled, and we can earn more than 30 million taels of silver every year. And that's not even counting the money we sell our goods. ”

"Huh! With money and guns, we are not afraid of anything! Chen Yufeng said confidently.

Regarding the matter of immigration, Zhang Zhimu specially convened a meeting attended by the main leaders of the kiln gang, at which Zhang Zhimu told everyone his thoughts and won everyone's support. Just as Zhang Zhimu said, Lu Chengxiang said that there is no need to worry about silver. This also reassures everyone.

After the meeting, Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, Ouyang He, and Liu Yun studied the number of troops that needed to be recruited. It was decided to recruit two armies for the Western Regions first, plus the original Northwest Frontier Army, which should be enough. As for the affairs of Australia and North America, we will talk about it as needed at that time, and with the backing of several field armies now, it will not be difficult to form a new army.

This matter is settled.

Ginger set them to the north, and after a battle with the Cossacks, they did not meet decent resistance.

However, the telegram from Mu Yi and them made Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He a little angry.

Mu Yi, Zheng Zhilong, and Wu Sangui finished settling the matter of Kyushu Island, just like Shikoku Island attacked. The Japanese on Shikoku Island were also unconvinced, and they were killed by Wu Sangui and their soldiers in the past. As a result, it didn't take long to occupy Shikoku Island. However, the number of prisoners was only more than 200,000, and the infuriating thing is that this time the Japanese burned down all the grain depots and granaries on Shikoku Island. Hearing the news, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He were very angry.

Muyi and they also sent back a situation, that is, most of the Japanese on Shikoku Island had fled, otherwise they would not have captured only more than 200,000 people, they had already paid attention to catching prisoners, but still did not catch more people, it seems that the Japanese were concentrated on Honshu Island.

Ouyang He thought for a moment and said to Chen Yufeng: "The Japanese on Shikoku Island, except for the young and strong prisoners, must be sent to Honshu by boat, and the old ** people in Kyushu will also be sent to Honshu Island. When these women and children are all gone, they will attack Honshu Island in a few days. ”

"Little Japan is really vicious, they know that without food, these Japanese will fight with our people, otherwise they will starve to death. If we feed them, we don't have to do anything else. Chen Yufeng said, "I understand what you mean, it is to let the Japanese, old and young, go to Honshu, and then we will attack when we go inland, otherwise we will take care of their food if we capture them when we attack." Leave such a burden to Tokugawa Ietsuna! ”

"Huh! Little Japan, on your soil, we are not afraid to play this! Ouyang He said.

After Mu Yi received the telegram, he said to Zheng Zhilong and Wu Sangui: "It seems that Mr. Ouyang can see clearly, and the countermeasures are good!" ”

Wu Sangui nodded and said, "Hmm! Mr. Ouyang is indeed clever. If it were me, I would have killed them all, and we would not have so much food to take care of them. The grain depot was burned by the Japanese, and they should blame the Japanese. However, it would be better to drive them across the sea, I think the Japanese can ignore their food. ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "Don't say it, the Japanese can do anything." But it is not easy for us to send hundreds of thousands of people across the sea. It was necessary to clear some landing places in the state of the navy before they could be sent there. ”

Muyi and they transported captured Japanese women and children from Kyushu and Shikoku to Kyushu, respectively. Kyushu was transported to Honshu through the Seto Strait, and Shikoku was transported to Honshu via the Kii Suido.

At first, these Japanese were very uncooperative, crying and not getting on the boat, because they were afraid of being thrown into the sea, because there were already many old people and children who were thrown into the sea by the Japanese themselves. The Japanese would rather them die than let them become prisoners. The second is that the kiln soldiers who were detained in the past were quite kind, and they could get some food and drink when they made a fuss, which also made them feel that the kiln soldiers were easy to deal with.

When Wu Sangui heard this, he smiled, "Hehe! Let my brothers do this, Commander Mu! ”

Mu Yi knew that Wu Sangui's brothers had been fighting with the Manchus all year round, and the Manchus were very cruel to the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they were absolutely not soft on their revenge against the Manchus, and they had developed a cold heart.

Mu Yi knew that the matter of transporting the Japanese really had to be done as soon as possible, and the Yaogang Command Center had sent a telegram hoping to speed up the war process on the Japanese side, which showed that there were major arrangements on the Yaogang side, otherwise they would not be asked to do so, Mu Yi also smiled and said: "This matter has to be handed over to you." The family asked us to hurry, and we really didn't have time to delay. ”

After Wu Sangui ordered the mobilization of troops to assist the navy in transporting the Japanese, he came back and said to Mu Yi: "The family has reported that the Mongols in the north have almost finished fighting. Are we going to turn back and deal with those Xiyi people! ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "We can't rush our side to deal with the Xiyi people, just transfer a few naval warships back." Those Xiyi people look very strong, it depends on who they are compared to, we don't need a single army to defeat them all. With my understanding of Zhang Dongjia, he will definitely have greater intentions! Let's hurry up and go about our own business, maybe we can catch the excitement! ”

Wu Sangui rubbed his hands and said, "Yes, yes! If Commander Mu has such troubles in the future, you can leave it to me, as long as you can destroy all the little Japanese sons as soon as possible. Maybe we'll be able to catch the battle! ”

"Huh!" Mu Yi smiled and asked, "Old Wu, isn't the battle in front of you a battle?" ”

"Hey, hey!" Wu Sangui smiled, "Is it also a war to fight these little Japanese people?" I feel like beating a yellow sheep. ”

"Yes! Don't look at the honest appearance of these people now, if they slow down, they will be vicious. We don't want to be soft, this time we must completely give them roots. Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to be careless, he knew the Japanese very well, "I have always thought it is strange why the Japanese on Honshu Island did not come to support the Japanese on Kyushu and Shikoku Island. ”

"He doesn't have a ship, and if he does, he's afraid of our navy." Mu Yi judged.

"The coastline is so long, we can't even see it!" Zheng Zhilong said, "I hope they are afraid, but they have no way out, and it is useless to be afraid!" ”

When Mu Yi, Zheng Zhilong, and Wu Sangui were studying this matter, Wu Sangui's soldiers were busy.

The Yaogang Navy and the Marine Corps soldiers of the Navy who were guarding the Japanese were pushing and pulling to persuade the Japanese women and children to get on the boat, but the Japanese were crying and just couldn't get on. At this time, Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Horse ran over with smoke and dust. When they came to the Japanese, they were not polite, took off their muskets, and rushed at the Japanese who were crying and pushing, and they were firing live shotguns. The shotgun immediately killed and wounded many Japanese. There were no dead or wounded, and the Japanese rolled and wailed all over the ground, which immediately quieted the Japanese. Soon the Japanese, who found out that they were in a bad situation, plopped and fell to their knees.

At this time, the kiln officer who was in charge of the Japanese asked the interpreter to use a loudspeaker to inform the Japanese: "Obey the order immediately and get on the ship, or you will be executed immediately!" ”

In this way, the Japanese were much more sensible, trembling and obeying orders to get on the ship.

Not only Kyushu Island, but also Shikoku Island almost did the same. The process of transporting people is much faster.

However, there was another problem with transporting people, that is, there were too few complete docks in Honshu, and the big ships could not get close to the docks, so they had to use small boats to send the Japanese to the shore of Honshu in shallow water.

As a large number of Japanese girls were sent to Honshu Island, the situation was reported to Tokugawa Ietsuna. Originally, Tokugawa Ietsuna wanted to create difficulties for the occupation army of Yaogang by burning grain, but he didn't expect Yaogang to see through this and use this strategy against himself. They knew that food was the most scarce in wartime, and that hundreds of thousands of hungry people came to Honshu at once, and the threat to them was even greater. The frenzied Tokugawa Ietsuna gave an order not to allow the hungry people to advance north.

However, the major armies could only block the main intersections, and the soldiers of the daimyo army were all from poor backgrounds, so they could not stop the hungry people from advancing north. There was no way, so Tokugawa Ietsuna mobilized his army to the south to participate in the interception of the hungry people.

The Yaogang Navy used all the ships, as well as many captured Japanese ships, and spent several days transporting them day and night, and finally the old and young women were finally delivered to the island of Honshu.

However, when they learned that Tokugawa Ietsuna had ordered to stop the hungry people from advancing northward and wanted to starve them to death in the south of Honshu, they had to admire Tokugawa Ietsuna's heart was dark enough.

Mu Yi looked at the map and said, "I see! If the hungry stay in the south of Honshu, we will go to the north of Honshu! ”

Zheng Zhilong also got up and came to the map, looked at the map and asked, "What does Commander Mu mean that we can land from the north of Honshu Island and then fight from the north to the south?" ”

Mu Yi nodded and said, "Since the family asks us to deal with the Japanese as soon as possible, then we don't want to push steadily from south to north." Now, Tokugawa Ietsuna must have thought that after we occupied Kyushu and Shikoku, we would advance from the south to the north. We can do the opposite. ”

Wu Sangui came over and pointed to Edo (Tokyo) and said: "If we attack here directly and take their lair, they will definitely be in turmoil, so we can divide our troops from here and sweep them!" ”

"Hmmm! It's a great place! Zheng Zhilong pinched his fingers and said, "We want to have two 5,000-ton ships, four steam ships, two ships of the Fu boat, and four steel-hulled ships. After we have captured a landing point, we can send soldiers two more times. This would speed up the course of the war. ”

After Mu Yi and the three of them made up their minds, they ordered the staff officers to formulate a detailed plan, and at the same time reported the idea to the command center. The command center replied very clearly, the matter of the Japanese front line is up to you to decide.

After Wu Sangui saw the return call from Yaogang, he said: "I was worried that with the telegram, the command in front would be constrained by the family, but now it seems that I am too worried!" ”

Mu Yi and the others began to prepare nervously, and the three main generals also went to the army to supervise.

On this day, the three of them had just returned to the headquarters to communicate the preparations, and suddenly the staff officer came to report, "We caught a ship, and the people on board said that Tokugawa Ietsuna sent an envoy!" ”

Mu Yi, Zheng Zhilong, and Wu Sangui glanced at each other. Wu Sangui asked, "Can Tokugawa Ietsuna surrender?" ”

Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said, "No!" They must be playing some trick! ”

"No matter what they were doing, we did what we planned. However, we should also invite guests to come over and hear what they have to say! Mu Yi said, "Go and invite the guests in!" ”

When the three Japanese with their hair buns entered the headquarters, Mu Yi, Zheng Zhilong, and Wu Sangui almost lost their joy. The three guys are all too short, originally the Japanese are small people, and the ones who came this time are even shorter.

Wu Sangui attached to Zheng Zhilong's ear and said: "It seems that this Tokugawa family is very good at it, and with such a person to save clothes and fabrics, he may not eat much!" ”

Without waiting for Zheng Zhilong to reply, the three envoys gave a salute, and one of them said in Chinese: "We are the envoys of General Tokugawa Ietsuna, meet the general!" ”

Mu Yi was not too polite and asked, "Last time in Tsushima, I told your envoy our request, did General Tokugawa have any reply?" ”

The envoy didn't expect Mu Yi to suddenly ask about this, and he was a little nervous, but he quickly calmed down and said: "We, General Tokugawa Ietsuna, can't agree to your request, even if the general agrees, the entire Japanese people will not agree." ”

"Oh! So what are you doing here? Mu Yi was a little angry.

"We, Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna, want to end the war and stop bloodshed!" The messenger said.

"At the beginning, you Japanese killed half of them in Korea, why didn't you agree to their request?"

"That's what Hideyoshi Toyoda did, and our Tokugawa family has never waged war against the outside world." The envoy's humble and arrogant answer made Mu Yidu feel that he had to admire this envoy.

"The war was started by you Japanese, and for us, it is you Japanese who we want to take revenge." Mu Yi was also unambiguous, "You can bear the crimes you have committed!" ”

"General! We, the Tokugawa shogun, are sincere in ending the war with you, so please see the conditions and we can consider them. ”

"What you are talking about is nonsense, last time we already told our conditions to your envoy, if you don't agree, why are you pestering?" Mu Yi said angrily, "Someone! Drop-off! ”

"Don't! The general is angry! The envoy hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Our general has brought favorable conditions this time, as long as you don't land on Honshu Island, the Kyushu and Shikoku Islands you occupy now can be handed over to you, and we can also sign a contract!" Just let us surrender completely, our generals really can't do it! ”

Wu Sangui couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted: "Go back and tell your general, he can't do it, and we'll help him do it." If you don't surrender again, you Japanese will be extinct! ”

When the messenger saw it, he couldn't say anything, so he turned his heart sideways, gritted his teeth, and said, "Hmph! We Japanese are all dead, and we will not surrender to you cowards! You won by virtue of the superiority of firearms, and one day, when we have such firearms, we will ask you for these things! ”

Mu Yi shouted: "Send off!" I'm telling you, just by saying this, we won't leave you a chance! Go back and tell Tokugawa Ietsuna that we will launch a full-scale attack on Honshu in no time. Wait! Mu Yi also arranged a maze array for Tokugawa Ietsuna.

After a week of preparation, the Yaogang Naval Army set off with a full load of the army. They deliberately stayed away from the coast on this voyage, and they were going to hit Tokugawa Ietsuna by surprise.

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