Chapter 2516

When these young people arrived in Hong Kong, Youqiong Lianfa took the initiative to take over the reception work. The local food, accommodation and transportation were all of a high quality, and there were dedicated personnel to serve them throughout the process. When they arrived in Kaohsiung, they were even more favored by local officials.

Li Dou's warm hospitality, direct stay at his private manor, and personal arrangements for them to visit and inspect, can be said to be a treatment that far exceeds their status.

With such experience, these young people will naturally have certain expectations for what they will expect after arriving in Zhejiang, and the reception work at Zhoushan Dinghai Port obviously has a relatively obvious gap with this.

Fortunately, they have been taught strictly since childhood, so they will not show dissatisfaction because of this. But why there is such a gap is a question worth exploring for them.

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe this is how visiting public servants are treated equally." Ha Jianyi questioned Bai Letong's view.

Objectively speaking, although they did not receive a warm reception after disembarking from the ship, the official reception process was like this. Putting aside the special status of being a second generation, it is indeed unlikely that ordinary officials at their level would receive special treatment in a foreign place.

They have neither high nor low positions, and they have not come with any special mission, so they cannot blame the reception staff for being business-like. And the courtesy they received in Hong Kong and Kaohsiung before was not because of their positions, but because they valued their specialness.

Just identity and background.

"There is another possibility. They didn't expect us to stay in Dinghai Port for one night, so they didn't let Dinghai Port prepare a special reception." Tao Hongfang added.

In his opinion, Ha Jianyi's statement is not consistent with the actual situation. If the local officials in Zhoushan knew their true identities, I am afraid they would not be so calm about their arrival. The more likely situation is that the officials here are just

Treating their arrival as an ordinary business trip, and just staying in Dinghaiport for one night, naturally there is no need to make any special arrangements.

But no matter what, a night's rest in the guest house is more comfortable than staying on a rickety boat. Although everyone is not very satisfied with the environment here, no one wants to take the initiative to go back to the boat to spend the night.

Ning Zijing suggested that everyone go to the business district to have a look, but Ha Jianyi reminded them that the military base has a curfew system. If they stay outside late, they may be turned away, which will make them more likely to get into trouble.

There was trouble. After everyone weighed it up, it seemed that there was no need to have fun here, so they gave up the plan of going to the business district to visit the night market. They had a good night's rest first and then went to visit the local market tomorrow.

So the four of them took their entourage to the dining hall of the guest house to have dinner. Unsurprisingly, they found that the guests here were mostly military officers who were traveling south and north through Zhoushan, and they also learned some about the current situation in the northern region from the conversations of these officers.

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Haihan's two major rivals for many years, the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, both surrendered to Haihan last year. However, out of the need for a smooth transition, Haihan did not kill them all, but retained their status as a vassal state.

, that is to say, in theory, these two countries still exist, but the territory and influence they control are greatly reduced than before, and they can no longer compete head-on with Haihan.

But the surrender of Chongzhen and Shunzhi does not mean that Haihan will be able to take over the territory they ruled in the past smoothly. In inland areas far away from the coastline, there are still many places that are not willing to submit to the rule of the new masters. Some hope to maintain the status quo. , and some want to take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble. For Haihan, these areas are unstable factors that require the use of force. Therefore, Haihan's garrison in the northern region is still very busy.

However, due to well-known reasons, the Haihan Army's combat method relies heavily on logistical supplies. Therefore, it is still difficult for Haihan to go deep into the inland, so it has to rely on the armed forces of the former Ming or Qing Dynasties in many areas to complete its tasks. Although these newly recruited troops have the intention to perform meritorious services, most of them do not have the corresponding strength, and the combat results are not ideal.

In the direction of Liaodong, Chen Yixin's tribe has firmly controlled the Liaodong Peninsula, the lower reaches of the Yalu River, and the surrounding areas of Shenyang. However, there are still many Jurchen tribes who are unwilling to surrender to Haihan and are engaged in resistance activities in the Songnen Plain and even further north. .

These places are thousands of miles away from Shenyang. Not to mention shipping, they may not even have decent official roads. The Haihan Army will face many practical difficulties if it wants to launch a large-scale expedition to these areas. Moreover, these nomads only gather during wartime. To encircle and suppress these highly mobile armed organizations on the vast plains, the existing cavalry strength of the Haihan Army alone is far from enough.

There is another problem that the Haihan generals cannot ignore. That is that a considerable proportion of the soldiers in the Haihan army are from the south. It is difficult to adapt to the extremely cold weather in the Northeast. As soon as the cold season begins, the combat capabilities of the troops will be reduced. will be greatly reduced, so that generals will not dare to easily launch proactive combat operations in winter.

Sitting at the table next to Tao Hongfang and others, several officers were talking about the situation they had previously been stationed in Liaodong.

Then I heard one of the officers with a rough voice say: "...At the end of February, I took more than 3,000 troops that had just been reorganized and fought all the way to Chagan Lake. I wanted to capture several tribes there, but the other party advanced. So they withdrew to the north, leaving us in vain, almost running out of food and grass, and almost unable to make it back."

Another black-faced officer said: "You must have listened to the advice of your subordinates and went there with the idea of ​​rushing in at a high speed to seize the enemy's food and fodder for your own use, but this method no longer works in the north."

The gruff-voiced officer responded: "Why is that?"

"We've learned a lot about our experience!" the black-faced officer explained: "If we follow Marshal Chen's request, we will naturally proceed one step at a time, advance slowly, and fight steadily. But the Qing army that surrendered is more accustomed to attacking quickly and occupying a place after it has been conquered. Use the forage and troops to strengthen yourself, and then attack the next target in the same way to achieve a snowball attack."

"This combat method is easy to use when attacking the territory of the Ming Dynasty, because the population of the Ming Dynasty is relatively concentrated, and conquering a territory can often capture a large number of people and wealth. But it is more difficult for these surrendered soldiers to use this tactic to defeat their colleagues. They simply don’t engage with our main force. When we attack, they run away. But now we can’t occupy places far away from Shenyang. They will come back as soon as we withdraw our troops. Such repeated consumption will instead destroy our own food and grass supplies. Be tight first. If you want to attack and steal the opponent's food and fodder, the chance of missing the target is much greater than the chance of making a meritorious deed!"
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