Chapter 395: The Battle of Trade Routes
Tianjin Wei, the Xintian clinic in the British Concession has ceased business because of Tian Buzi's "injury". A large number www.biquge.info of Europeans who had come to seek medical treatment and who planned to study medicine with Tian Buzi were gathering to complain, and through the newspapers they had learned that the assassination was carried out by the barbaric and backward Manchu regime.
After the conscious guidance of the traversals, the image of the Manchu barbarism and ignorance has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even the coolies in the Weila rickshaw in Tianjin knew that since ancient times in China there has been a tradition of the two countries not fighting each other, and only the Qing court still engaged in this despicable act of assassinating diplomats at the end of the 19th century.
"I see that the qi in the Forbidden City is about the same, as the saying goes, the dog jumps off the wall when he is in a hurry, and this will be full of people who are so anxious to assassinate the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, tsk, I'm afraid this Dragon Court will not sit for long." Someone whispered in a corner of the teahouse.
"Shhhh His fellow tablemates were in a cold sweat at Jean's remarks.
"Look at you, cowardly! This is Tianjin Wei, and Lord Zhongtang has never blocked the mouth of this crowd. Besides, I, a master who feeds the whole family and does not go hungry, what can they do to me? Take me to jail? I'm hiding in the concession to see if they can come and get me!? If I don't buy a ticket to Liaodong, do they have the ability to chase me there!? The man was not deterred by the counsel of his companions.
"Hehe, knowing that you have a way in Liaodong, you are amazing! Anyway, what did the imperial court take to Liaodong to get people, this Beiyang sailor has let the Wuyi serve it, and now there is not even an ironclad ship to go to sea! Said the companion who was drinking tea together.
"I don't like to hear what you say, do you think that if this Manchu can still make a few ironclad ships, it will be unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty? The Great Song Dynasty is the master who dares to block the door of the Japanese family, and even if the Manchurians can make up another Beiyang sailor, it will be in vain! Can't even beat the Japanese people, can they still deal with the Great Song Navy who beat the Japanese to the point of shouting Dad? The man took a sip of tea and said.
"Tsk, this Great Song Dynasty's navy is very tight! Seeing that you know a lot about the affairs of Liaodong, may I ask you something? The companion at the table with the man asked.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I know everything." The man didn't shirk either.
"The imperial court has already strictly checked the people who go to the customs from all over the country, and many merchants who deal in northern goods can't get the slip out of the customs. Once the imperial court cuts off the road to Jinzhou in the north, will the price of this northern goods rise? The companion asked the man.
"Cut off the road north to the Golden State? What are you daydreaming about? You really think that the Great Song Dynasty only has a navy, right? You wouldn't think that the Great Song Army was all mud, right? Earlier, Mao Zi also wanted to come as much as you, but as a result, more than 6,000 soldiers and horses carrying foreign guns and cannons were planted outside the pass! The man said.
"Well, I've heard this happen, Da Song repelled Maozi's attack." The companion chimed in.
"Repulsion? Who are you listening to nonsense, Mao Zi has thousands of dead and wounded, and the rest have all been arrested to repair the dock! How can anyone retreat? The man said.
"All planted?" Companion asked.
"That's not it, now there are more than 2,000 blonde hairs and blue-eyed hairs in Liaodong reclamation and repair docks, can I still slander you?" The man said.
"So the imperial court is blocking the road to Jinzhou in the north?" Companion asked.
"It is categorically intercepted, even if General Sheng Jing's headquarters patrols day and night, the key to this is that there is no more useful naval army in this Manchurian army." The man said.
"Why is it related to the water army again? I'm talking about the land route from the north to Golden State! The companion was confused by the man.
"Hehe, you don't know, there is a river called Yalu River in the north and North Korea, and now this waterway is controlled by the Japanese people, and the northern goods can go south from the Yalu River into the sea to Dalian Bay. As for the Uyi, hmph, I am afraid that the ship with the unicorn flag has gone around. "That person doesn't have any deep connection with the Travelers, as long as you can see the newspaper called "Observation" published by the Travelers in the British Concession.
"Thank you Brother Tai for your advice, so the price of this northern product will not fluctuate too much in the short term." The companion looked at the man with admiration in his eyes.
The northern goods trade is already the fastest transaction through the crowd, how could they let the Manchu people cut off their own financial routes? Those merchants who deal in large quantities of northern goods can get preferential tax rebates when exporting northern goods as long as they import grain, cloth and other goods on the public purchase list to the Liaodong Peninsula.
To some extent, the northern goods have already crossed the strategic resources of the public, and they will deal a heavy blow to any behavior that damages this trade. Even the people and horses of the green forest entrenched in the north know that they can only ask for some tolls for those merchants who deal in northern goods, and they must not rob goods and hurt people.
In fact, the person who bragged at the teahouse did not tell the truth about the situation in Northeast China, and the only people who took the waterway from the Yalu River were bulk goods like timber. Those ginseng and deer antler furs still took the previous route from the land to Dalian Bay, and the cavalry troops led by Zhang Zuolin have been arrogantly patrolling these routes, and the northern merchants are too lazy to go around a big circle and take the waterway.
At first, Yiketanga also sent cavalry and cavalry from the 101st Regiment of the 506th Regiment of the Great Song Cavalry to the hard steel in the field, but Zhang Zuolin was too lazy to play the broken game of chasing me with the Manchurians in the field.
As long as the Manchu cavalry and the 506th Regiment played harassment tactics, Zhang Zuolin concentrated his forces to attack the Manchu strongholds. Playing harassment with me? Lao Tzu got an A+ in this class, so you turtles should take a break!
Raiding, well, to put it mildly, is a trick that is fatal against cavalry that needs a lot of supplies to sustain the battle. It was impossible for the war horses used to fight to maintain their physical strength by grazing, and without a stronghold, it would not be long before the wandering Manchu cavalry was forced to withdraw from the guerrilla zone.
Bring all the men and horses and the 506 regiment to fight head-on? The king of the Northeast has learned to call for air support, and now there is no need for the emergence of advanced aircraft such as "battlefield poison milk" and "Black Hawk" in the 21 st century, even if the "Rising Star" series of planes come and go in a circle, and it is not something that these Manchu Qing soldiers outside the customs can bear.
To do this, all you need to do is to have a person of your own with a radio station by the side of the king of the northeast, and the field airfield has been repaired to the indigenous air force near Gaizhou City in the later generations, which can make the Manchu cavalry suspicious.
Despite their impressive bomb loads, these aircraft provide reconnaissance over a wide area, which is lethal for cavalry who rely on mobility to feed. These planes flew flags of different colors to inform the 506th Regiment of cavalry on the ground of the number and location of the Manchu cavalry.
If the king of the Northeast can fight, he will fight, and if he can't fight, let the plane drop a few bombs to delay time. Iktanga organized many attacks against the 506th Regiment in vain, but in this kind of attrition and retrition, he kept attrition and wasted supplies, and finally was even bypassed by the King of the Northeast and bombed the tower of Fengtian City with mortars.
After that, Iktanga did not dare to send people to harass the trade routes of the Great Song Dynasty, and he could only concentrate his forces to defend the main strongholds and towns.