Chapter 1091 Kicked to the iron plate

The Haihan cavalry did not wait too long. The fleet with the red and blue flags appeared on the river downstream in time before they used up the last food. After Liu Xian confirmed this information through the telescope, he finally sent it.

He breathed a sigh of relief. What he was worried about was not just the food problem. There were only fifty or sixty people in the cavalry at the moment. On the one hand, they had to look after the hundreds of refugees on the riverbank. On the other hand, they had to be wary of the bandit armed forces in the direction of Fushan County and the troops stationed in the city.

The Ming army was really short of manpower.

Although there is another cavalry company operating in the area west of Jiahe, its target area is different from the team led by Liu Xian, and it cannot be contacted at the moment. Otherwise, if they can coordinate operations here, the pressure can be reduced.

Much smaller.

The fleet that came to the upper reaches of the Jiahe River today was composed of an expedition-class warship and three passenger and cargo ships. In addition to transporting a lot of food and living supplies, there was also a company that came with the ship.

Army, in conjunction with the cavalry company's operations outside Fushan County.

"Fellow folks, don't be nervous. There are brothers from the Haihan Militia on this boat. They are here to protect everyone and board the boat safely. After you get on the boat, someone will distribute dry food to you."

Sun Zhen foresaw that the arrival of these ships might cause some panic among the people, so he specially arranged propaganda personnel to vaccinate the people before the ships docked, so as to prevent them from causing chaos after seeing the Haihan Army with live ammunition.

Because of the different organization methods, the infantry company has several times more people than the cavalry company. Therefore, after this group of infantry arrives, a temporary base with a better defense mechanism can be established by the Jiahe River, so that Haihan's sailing ship can sail along the river.

The Jiahe River went upstream, packing the immigrants collected near Fushan County and transporting them back to Zhifu Island.

The appearance of these ships actually gave the anxious people reassurance. Most of the information they had learned before was from the oral propaganda of this cavalry team, and their understanding of Haihan's strength was limited to this.

Most people have doubts about the existence of the Zhifu Island immigration base described by the Haihan Horse Team. The road to obtaining survival opportunities through immigration is just a dead horse trying to take a chance on luck. But

The appearance of this fleet at least proves that the Haihan Horse Fleet does have a certain level of strength. Large sea-going ships like this are basically hard to see in Dengzhou Prefecture. However, the other party dispatched four ships at once, which proves that it

The so-called maritime migration strategy is not just bragging.

The reinforcements coming here were the Fourth Company of the Special Operations Battalion. Company Commander Amakusa Shiro did not wait for the boat to stop, but he jumped off the side of the boat and landed lightly on the river bank, allowing Liu Xian, Sun Zhen and others to see it.

They all applauded secretly.

"Captain Amakusa, you have worked hard all the way!" Liu Xian hurriedly greeted him and saluted him. Judging from the voyage, this fleet could arrive here in the middle of the morning, which obviously means that it has already arrived from Zhifu before dawn.

Departed from the other side of the island.

Amakusa Shiro returned the gift, and then cut to the chase, asking Liu Xian to talk about the local situation and the work that required the cooperation of the Fourth Special Operations Company. The order he received was to try his best to ensure the safety of the immigration recruitment site in Fushan County, and

Cooperate with the cavalry company to complete local immigration recruitment tasks.

The arrival of these sailing ships was quickly discovered by the Ming army in Fushan County and the Wanjia army outside the city. Huang Qu on the city tower was also quite surprised by the appearance of these ships: "This group of people are actually still here."

There are big ships! It seems that the cross-sea immigration mentioned in this notice is not entirely a boast."

Zhang Pucheng said: "If they really transport the people to the south for resettlement, that's fine. I'm afraid these people will coerce the people and do the same thing as the Wanjia Army!"

Huang Qu was worried that the magistrate would get excited and raise the issue of troops again, so he quickly advised: "Sir Zhang, no matter what the true intentions of these Haihan people are, let's wait until the news comes back from Qishan Qianhu Station."

Zhifu Bay and Zhifu Island are both under the jurisdiction of Qishan Qianhu. If the Haihan people really settled there, then the responsibility of guarding the territory should naturally be borne by Qishan Qianhu, regardless of whether they want to send troops or adopt other countermeasures.

, Logically speaking, Qishan must have acted first. Huang Qu didn’t want to take his men out of the city to be the first to show off. No matter what the Haihan people are doing outside the city now, in short, he must first defend the county seat and not lose it. Then, let’s talk about it.

Even if he has a headache, it should be the Wanjiajun outside the city who gets the headache first.

Huang Qu's judgment was indeed correct. The Haihan fleet came up the Jiahe River. The news reached Wanmeng and Pu Xueguang outside the city, which really gave them a headache. Their original plan was to use the Haihan cavalry to escort the immigrants.

If we start the attack on the way to the seaside, the number of the other party will be limited. They will definitely lose sight of one thing and find it difficult to resist. However, they did not expect that the Haihan people would not take the usual route and sent a boat to the upper reaches of the Jiahe River. It seemed that they planned to take these immigrants directly from the boat.

It was transported by waterway.

Although Wan Jiajun has some influence in Fushan County, due to the general environment, he does not have many ships under his command, because the coast of the Jiaodong Peninsula is full of Ming military garrison posts. Even if there are ships, it is difficult to get any benefits along the coast. The first two

During the war in 2001, people along the coast fled violently. Now there are only a few ferries on the Jiahe River. It is obviously beyond the power to deal with the large sailing ships of the Haihan people.

"Military advisor, the Haihan people sent a ship over, how should we respond now?" Wanmeng himself was too lazy to use his brain, so this question was naturally thrown to Pu Xueguang.

Pu Xueguang gritted his teeth and said: "In that case, I can't help but give them some color! Let's call the team now!"

Wanmeng was obviously much more interested in fighting than using his brain. He immediately stood up and said: "Okay! Come on, assemble the team and prepare to go to war!"

Pu Xueguang remembered something and quickly stopped him: "Wait a minute!"

Wan Meng said: "Why did the military advisor regret so quickly?"

"It's not that I regret it, but I suddenly remembered something." Pu Xueguang said: "I have already sent some people to defect to Haihan. In my opinion, I should send another group of people over at this time to connect with the previous group.

When we start from the outside, let them start together, and by combining the inside and outside, we should have better results."

"You are still a brilliant military strategist!" Wan Meng heard that it made sense and immediately praised him.

So the two of them picked more than a dozen of their subordinates, pretended to be poor people, put swords, daggers and other sharp weapons among their belongings such as blankets and clothes, and headed towards the Haihan Station by the river in pieces.

There are more than 20 manpower. Both Wan Meng and Pu Xueguang believe that as long as the timing is right, these manpower are enough to create chaos.

"Ten people in a row, no jumping in line, get on the boat in order!"

The soldiers responsible for maintaining order held iron horns and stood on the side of the ship and shouted loudly to the people on the shore. Because they started to organize the queue in advance, after the ships docked, they quickly boarded the gangplank and unloaded the supplies.

, and began to arrange for people to board the ship.

The infantry company brought by Shiro Amakusa is responsible for dividing these people into groups of about a hundred people in order to control the situation in the event of an emergency. Liu Xian's cavalry team is divided into three teams to extend the existing cordon further outward.

expansion.

After these fifty or sixty cavalry were spread out in the wilderness, the control range was quite large, which made Wan Meng and Pu Xueguang hesitate a little when they saw this scene from a distance - they now only have a total of twenty cavalry, and their maneuverability is obviously not as good as

The opponent, and the men and horses he mobilized from the mountainous area are estimated to arrive in the afternoon. But he can't just watch the opponent take people away so smoothly, and he has to shoot the arrow when it is on the string.

However, Wanmeng was more cautious and did not take action personally. Instead, he handed over this task to his subordinate Gan Qiang. This Gan Qiang was originally a horse thief active in Denglai and Denglai states. During the Denglai Rebellion,

Wanmeng took refuge in Wanmeng. Because of his excellent horsemanship skills, Wanmeng handed over his few "cavalry" to Gan Qiang's command. Today, when he rushed to Fushan County in a hurry, Wanmeng only took Gan Qiang with him.

The famous leader is by his side, but there is also a group of riders on the other side, so it can be regarded as a fairly well-matched confrontation - at least that's what Wan Meng thinks so far.

Gan Qiang did not feel that he was weaker than his opponent just because the opponent had more horses than him. He was not the kind of ordinary person who was forced to leave the grass. He was definitely a professional in the banditry industry. He even fought with Kong Youde's rebels.

He fought in the wild and led a group of "cavalry" under him to wipe out a group of Ming troops. This special record was also the main reason why he was reused by Wan Meng.

Gan Qiang did not try to be brave and lead the battle. Instead, he asked the assembled infantry to go in front, and he led the cavalry to follow closely. If the opponent took the initiative to attack, the infantry in front would form a spear formation to resist, and he would lead the cavalry to circle from behind.

Come out to attack the opponent's flank. Using this tactic, you may be able to make up for your own disadvantage in the number of riders.

If the opponent does not attack, then he can use the infantry in front as a shield and push forward steadily in this formation. After the two sides begin to engage in battle, his accomplices ambushing in the opponent's camp will launch a pincer attack from both front and rear, which should be able to control the situation.

Although the opponent has more riders, Gan Qiang believes that his team's winning rate is higher. As long as he can hold down his position and deal with the opponent carefully when fighting, it is not an impossible task to defeat the opponent.

"It's finally here!"

The main defense direction of the cavalry was towards Fushan County. Liu Xian naturally quickly noticed the sudden appearance of this armed group. From the telescope, it can be seen that the weapons and equipment of this team are not uniform, including long guns, hunting forks,

There were long weapons such as knives and halberds, and there were also people holding swords, bows and other weapons. Behind them, there were more than 20 cavalry. It seemed that they were the cavalry in this team. Only from

Judging from the equipment and military formation, Liu Xian judged that this team was not the Ming army, but the Wanjia army that was said to be overwhelming the local government.

Liu Xian made a rough count and found that the opponent should only have more than a hundred and less than two hundred people. If he wanted to fight with this small number of people in the wild, his own cavalry company should be enough to deal with the opponent, not to mention that there are special forces behind him.

A company from the battle camp served as his back-up. However, out of caution, he immediately reported the situation to the infantry units at the rear.

"Boarding is temporarily suspended, and everyone is under martial law. The first and second platoons go to the southwest to set up defenses, and the third and fourth platoons stay behind to keep an eye on these immigrants! If there are any abnormal situations, they can be dealt with as appropriate. Let the propaganda officer calm them down in advance and we will hear from you later.

Don't mess with the gunfire." Shiro Amakusa reacted very quickly after receiving the news and immediately made adjustments to the deployment. He personally led two platoons to the outskirts of the camp and set up a gun formation on the spot. Although this tactic

The special operations battalion is not good at it, but in the current environment it is undoubtedly the most reliable means of engagement.

"Everyone listens to the order, suspend boarding, sit down on the spot, and do not move around at will!" Soon the propaganda officer began to use the tin trumpet to direct the people on the shore: "There are bandits attacking outside, and our army has sent troops to meet them. If

Anyone who disobeys the instructions will be treated as an accomplice of the bandits!"

When these people heard that bandits were coming, they naturally knew that the bandits must be the most rampant Wanjiajun nearby. There was an uproar at the moment, and some people started shouting, as if it was the end of the world. They were forced to live among the poor outside Fushan County.

The main reason why Ou is lingering is that Wan Jiajun makes them unable to return home. The reason why they have to seek refuge with Haihan and leave here is to completely get rid of this threat. Now they are about to leave here, but they are haunted by the lingering Wan Jiajun.

When I came up, I inevitably had some emotional fluctuations.

Fortunately, there were two platoons of soldiers here to help maintain order. With the propaganda officer's constant preaching and the shining bayonets, most of the people still sat down on the ground as arranged. There were a few stabbings or wanting to

The bandit undercover who was testing the limits was almost instantly held at gunpoint by several guns, and he immediately did not dare to do anything again.

"Check the weapons and prepare to fight!" Liu Xian took out the cavalry's standard double-barrel flintlock rifle from the saddle bag and checked the ammunition loading.

In fact, the cavalry rarely has time to reload and reload during the battle, so the rifle has only two firing opportunities. However, Harugong also obtained a five-shot flash cap runner for his men.

Pistol, this kind of gun also has strong accuracy and lethality at a distance of twenty meters, which can effectively make up for the shortcomings of rifles in terms of shooting frequency. Harugong also tried to get the Ministry of National Defense to use the pistol, which is still in the development and improvement stage.

The latest seven-shot rifle is equipped with cavalry units, but due to its production capacity and cost, this application cannot be realized in a short time.

If the bullets of the rifle and pistol are all used up, then the last weapon can only be used, the cavalry sword. But Liu Xian believes that the opponent's formation should be able to collapse before that. In the end, even if cold weapons need to be used, it will probably be harvested.

It’s the stage of human heads.

Liu Xian also hoped to take this opportunity to successfully fight the first battle of the cavalry battalion on the Jiaodong Peninsula, so that the opponent who took the initiative to play the role of a stumbling block would know that they were firmly on the iron plate this time.
Chapter completed!