With the rank of the Haisha Gang, it is not strong enough to make Haihan jealous of it to the extent that he pursues and kills them all night regardless of his own risks, and the coalition fleet has basically controlled the main port and terminal of Liuheng Island, and it is unlikely that he will have a chance to leave safely if he has not escaped now. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Therefore, the command only ordered the participating troops to rest in several ports in the south, and then continue to pursue the remnants of the bandits on the island the next day. As for the bitter Sanlin Gang, the command believed that it had more or less the intention of taking advantage of this to invite merit, and it was impossible to accept the results of the Sanlin Gang after dark, so in addition to verbal comfort and encouragement to the Lin brothers, there was no substantive expression for the time being.

Since the offensive launched by the coalition forces this time was without warning, many foreign maritime merchants and their entourages in the harbor of the Haisha Gang could not evacuate in time, and they became prisoners after the coalition troops landed. For the identification and disposal of this part of the people, it is really a troublesome matter.

Among these people were not only smugglers who traveled between Ningbo and Liuheng Island, but also foreign merchants from various countries in the Far East, as well as members of other pirate rings in the Zhoushan Islands. The soldiers even found a few people with public offices among them, but they were all ordinary public officials with no rank, and for the time being, no Ming officials were directly involved.

These people came to the island for different purposes, some came to help the big men above handle the pick-up, posting and other affairs, some were invited to come here to play, and some simply came to the Haisha Gang Casino to have a good time.

For prisoners with complex identities, it is very troublesome to see which ones should be detained, which ones need to be detained, which ones must be silenced, and which ones must be released. Moreover, these people often involve more networks, which may affect the subsequent direction of the coalition army's actions in Zhejiang, so several high-ranking officials in the command headquarters did not dare to make their own decisions, or call Ma Ling, Xu Ke, Lin Xing, and other leading party members who are familiar with the local situation together to ask them for advice on how to deal with it.

Being able to be summoned by the coalition command again gave a little comfort to the few leading parties who were in a depressed mood after watching the battle, and made them realize that they still had a certain value. However, the opinions of these people are not consistent with the opinions of the command to solicit them.

"Several generals, since your army has a plan to gain a foothold in the East China Sea and sweep away the surrounding waters, then it must be liquidated one by one, and these people cannot be let go!" Lin Xing suggested viciously: "Those who can set foot on Liuheng Island have nothing innocent to say, when they are all detained, those who should be killed will be killed, and those who should be closed will be killed!"

Lin Xing's words left no room for anything, and he even circled himself without knowing it. He now wished that the Haihan people would kill the pirates of the Zhoushan Islands, so that they could clear the sea area and obtain a relatively safe trading environment, and secondly, they would have fewer competitors, lest others join in to grab this sought-after position of the Belt and Road Party.

That's not true. Ma Ling shook his head and said: "I heard that the Haihan army has captured several Ming dukes, although these people have a low status, but if they are detained, they may affect Haihan's reputation in Zhejiang, and the government may also have a bad feeling towards Haihan because of this, so it is better to appease them as soon as possible and release them." ”

Ma Ling's attitude is not only for the rights and interests of these unlucky guys, but also for his own safety. If the Haihan people are allowed to unscrupulously detain or even exterminate all these public men, then Ta Ma Ling will be used in the future, and the end will also be very worrying.

"Let go of these people, I'm afraid that the news will leak out and affect the follow-up operations. Xu Ke immediately objected to Ma Ling's statement: "These six horizontal islands are just the first stop of this operation, and the fewer insiders who are released, the better!"

Xu Ke's roots are not in Ningbo, and after this is over, he will most likely be arranged to return to Fujian to do things. If he takes 10,000 steps back, even if Xu Xinsu asks him to continue to stay in Zhejiang, he will definitely move to the area controlled by the Haihan people, and he no longer needs to worry about security. Therefore, for Ma Ling's disguised attitude of self-preservation, Xu Ke did not intend to save him any face, so he directly refuted it.

Lin Xing saw that Xu Ke's attitude seemed to be the same as his own, and hurriedly added: "If Ma Qianhu has no way to shut these people's mouths, it's best not to rush to intercede for them, if you put people back, the news will also leak, can Ma Qianhu bear this responsibility?"

Ma Lingxin said that this pot Lao Tzu can't be carried, so he didn't respond to his question at the moment, but turned to another thing: "But I heard that many of these public servants are doing things for their bosses, and they deduct people from small things and detain all related goods, but it is a very offensive thing." ”

Qian Tiandun said at this time: "Ma Qianhu, do you think that our approach of sealing up all the seizures in Shipu City is wrong?"

Ma Qianhu was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly responded: "I don't have this intention, I just think that it should be dealt with separately." The pirates in the East China Sea can be suppressed, but the officials of the Ningbo Prefecture can never say that they can be changed, and there may be a time to deal with them in the future, and the general should take a long-term view. ”

After Ma Ling finished speaking, he immediately regretted it, wouldn't his wording give people a handle, and it was easy for people to attack him for mocking Haihan's short-sightedness.

Sure enough, Xu Ke sneered and said, "What does Ma Qianhu mean, do you want to say that General Qian is short-sighted?"

"Don't sow discord with the surname Xu, you just talk about things in the next place, and you don't have the meaning you said!" Ma Ling hurriedly defended himself: "I'm just worried that after Haihan settles in Zhejiang, he will encounter resistance because of these things when dealing with the local government." ”

Qian Tiandun said: "You don't have to argue, we have already made arrangements for this matter, and we originally planned to wait for the matter of Liuheng Island to be dealt with and settle it together, but since this is the case, then I will talk about it first." ”

Haihan's arrangement still took the usual simple, crude and unreasonable route, and made up a story of pirates attacking Shipu City. The cause of this incident was that the Sea Sand Gang of Liuhengdao initiated and gathered some other East China Sea pirates, colluded with the deputy Qianhu of the Shipu Guard, launched a sneak attack, and attacked the city of Shiura. All the goods that remained in the city of Shipu were all looted by the Haisha Gang, except for some of them that were destroyed in the war. When the Haihan fleet, which happened to be escorting the merchant fleet passing through Shipu Harbor, learned of this, they assisted Qianhu Maling to launch a counterattack against the Haisha Gang on Liuheng Island, and killed this group of daring pirates. However, due to the delay of the sale by a few days, most of the goods stolen by the Haisha Gang have already been resold through the smuggling market on Liuheng Island, and it is difficult to recover.

The deputy Qianhu of the Shipu Guard has died in the battle of Haihan's attack on Shipu Port, and there is no proof of death, and all the people in the Shipu Guard who are not of the same heart as Ma Ling are also imprisoned. And the Haisha Gang on Liuheng Island was basically wiped out without even understanding what was happening, except for a few people such as Gomez, even those who experienced this war did not know the reason for Haihan's sudden attack. Ma Ling can say whatever he wants, and no one will come out to confront him anyway.

Naturally, there are still many details in this set of statements that cannot be justified, and it is probably difficult for the fishermen of Shipu Port and the pirates of the Sanlin Gang to keep secrets, but the command of the coalition forces is not worried that the Ningbo government will turn against the Haihan because of some folk rumors, and who would be willing to take the initiative to provoke a fleet that can capture Liuheng Island and exterminate the Haisha Gang in one day? Qian Tiandun and the others did not expect the Ningbo government to be able to endure such a breath, but as long as they hesitated for a while, the coalition fleet would be able to sweep away the armed gangs in the Zhoushan Islands. At that time, the Ningbo government will probably not think about how to retaliate against Haihan, but how to win over the relationship between the two sides, so as not to be turned upside down by the area ruled by this gang of evil generals.

After Qian Tiandun briefly explained the arrangement, not only Ma Ling was dumbfounded, but even Lin Xing and Xu Ke were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths. It's not that they haven't imagined how the Haihan will deal with the negative impact after the war, but they really can't imagine that the Haihan people can shirk the responsibility in this way.

Lin Xing was lucky in his heart, if he hadn't insisted on taking the initiative to visit the Haihan people in Shipu Port after getting the news, most of the Sanlin Gang would have been unlucky, just like this Haisha Gang, they were inexplicably copied from their nests, not to mention, and they had to carry a big black cauldron attacking Shipu Port afterwards. Although their own men and horses suffered a lot of casualties in the fight with the Haisha Gang, and even if the Sanlin Gang exists in the future, they will become puppets in the hands of the Haihan people, but thinking about it, it is worth paying this level of price because of this big thick leg of the Haihan, this Zhoushan Islands is such a large sea area, the Haihan people must find some people who are familiar with the local situation to help them manage.

Lin Xing knew that the Haihan people had established a complete ruling institution on Hainan Island, and had appointed a large number of naturalized people to become "officials" in the Haihan system, and with the merits he had made here, he might be able to enter this system in the future, and it was not just a delusion to be promoted to become rich.

Ma Ling was amazed, and a trace of coolness floated in his heart, if he hadn't taken the opportunity to surrender and chose to join the camp of Haihan, then sitting in his seat at this time would probably be a certain hundred households under his command, and the traitor who colluded with pirates and attacked Shipu City was likely to have to be played by himself. Of course, the person who plays this role must be an unlucky ghost who has died so hard that he can no longer open his mouth to defend himself. The Haihan people don't care who acts as the leading party, they just see who is more comfortable with it.

"In the middle of this process, Ma Qianhu had better write a report and submit it to your boss as soon as possible. Qian Tiandun instructed unhurriedly: "Don't be busy asking for merit in the report, just say that you are ready to make meritorious service for your crimes, cooperate with Haihan, and continue to pursue the pirates of the East China Sea who participated in this matter." ”

"Yes, yes, follow the general's orders!" Ma Qianhu replied as he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. Qian Tiandun said it simply, but if he wanted to compile an official report to coax his boss, how to grasp the scale, Ma Ling had to spend time and energy to conceive it well. If this thing is done well, perhaps a bad thing can be turned into a good thing, and in the future, we can use it to earn some military merits, and maybe there will be a chance to move up again; if we do not do it well, we must make a plan to run away as soon as possible, so as not to be liquidated by our superiors.

With this tone set by Qian Tiandun, when the leading party thought about how to deal with the people and property on the island, their thinking was much clearer. The Haisha Gang gathered lawbreakers to attack Shipu Port and Shipu Health Station, which can be described as a heinous crime, and the relevant personnel involved in the case must be severely punished. Pirates who died in the daytime battle could have their heads cut off and let Ma Ling return to repay the merits, and as for the living captives, Qian Tiandun planned to break them up and transport them to several developing construction sites and mines in Taiwan in batches to fill the local labor needs.

Foreign maritime merchants who are not directly related to the Haisha Gang can be temporarily detained after verifying their identities and finding out that they have no bad deeds, but in order to control the flow of military intelligence information, they will be restricted from leaving Hong Kong in the near future. It may be necessary to wait until Haihan's operation in the Zhoushan Islands is over before they can be released from Liuheng Island. However, it is not difficult to appease these daring smugglers, just tell them that when they are released, they will have the opportunity to buy a batch of cheap and high-quality Haihan goods, and these people will not have too many complaints.

As for the public officials of the Ming government who were detained, the final disposition was to continue to detain them, and then release them back to Ningbo after Ma Ling's report was submitted. The purpose of this was to allow Ma Ling to turn the official narrative into an established fact, while Xu Ke and Lin Xing would also mobilize their respective social connections, helping to promote the Haihan narrative in the meantime. In this way, even if the detained officials returned to Ningbo and told what they had seen and heard, it would be difficult to change the people's preconceived views on the war in the East China Sea.

Of course, in this propaganda process, highlighting Haihan's tall image is the main focus. Jealousy and hatred, eliminating harm for the people, and assisting the government to protect the territory and the people, such a public image must be established in the people of Ningbo as soon as possible, so as to lay a good foundation for the subsequent operation of maritime trade here.

And these relevant rules do not need to be conceived by the leading party themselves, and there are special propagandists on Haihan's side who will tell them how to behave. These propaganda methods and techniques have been used in Hainan and Guangdong for several years, and the propaganda departments have long had a relatively mature operational plan, which can be directly applied to Zhejiang. These professional measures made Lin Xing and the others couldn't help but admire the well-prepared Haihan people, and Ma Ling was even more ashamed of his previous advice to Qian Tiandun to have a long-term vision, since they had even taken these things into consideration, it means that they have been planning for this for a long time, and this vision is much more long-term than their own. (To be continued.) )