Chapter 329 Deciding to Send Troops

Li Jifeng knew that the Haihan people were always cautious in their actions, especially in handling relations with the Ming Dynasty. It would not be easy to get the Haihan people to provide military assistance to Lijiazhuang, so he went to visit the Lijiazhuang Office in person. Unfortunately, it was a pity.

Schneider has been transferred back to Port Victory, and the person in charge in Guangzhou now does not have enough weight in the executive committee. Neither He Xi nor the newly arrived Malik have the right to make decisions on such major matters, so they can only transmit information through the radio.

Return to base camp and leave it to the executive committee to make a decision.

"Let's talk about it, after all, people are begging us now!" Tao Donglai looked around at the executive committee members present and said in a deep voice: "Can we help with this, and if so, how can we help?

Let’s all add up together!”

"We must help. The Li family is now the spokesperson for our interests in Ming Dynasty. If their roots are dug down, it will cause a lot of losses to us. Besides, the shareholders of 'Qiong Lianfa' are now

We have just joined the team, and they will see our reaction to the Li family's request for help and remember it in their hearts." Schneider was the first to express his attitude: "As for how to help, I think we still need to listen to professionals.

My opinion, as a layman, I won’t talk nonsense.”

From a purely profit perspective, Schneider's words are indeed correct. Although there are many more export channels for Haihan products than half a year ago, "Furuifeng" is still recognized as a Haihan brand in the Ming Dynasty business circle.

Han spokesperson, as long as Haihan is allowed to sell goods, "Fu Ruifeng" will be the first merchant to get the goods, and even many rare things that are not seen on the market, that is, "Fu Ruifeng" will

It has a unique source of goods. In the half year since it established a business relationship with "Furuifeng", the gross profit earned by Chuanchuan Group from the goods sold through this channel has exceeded 200,000 taels of silver.

In addition, the materials purchased by the Crossing Group in the mainland, the immigrants introduced, and the strongholds set up were all due to the contribution of "Fu Ruifeng". Without the assistance of the Ming Dynasty's leading party, the Crossing Group would have

The layout in the mainland cannot be so smooth. Although the Ministry of Commerce has taken the lead in setting up the "Qiong Lianfa" organization to develop more leading parties, the executive committee does not pay enough attention to the veteran "Fu Ruifeng".

It did not decrease because of this, but instead set up "Golden Shield Security" to help the Li family expand their business scope - of course, the main purpose of establishing this organization was to prepare for the Cross-Travel Group's military layout in the mainland.

Many things that the Time Travel Group cannot do in its own name are almost all handed over to "Furuifeng". Although now there is a larger shell of "Qiong Lianfa" to borrow, but "Furuifeng"

Existence is still an indispensable force for the Cross-Travel Group. When it comes to the choice of "helping or not", no one on the executive committee will have a negative opinion on this, because no department can be completely isolated from the supply of materials and manpower from the outside world.

——This is also the current status of the Time Travel Group.

Sure enough, after Schneider finished speaking, no one jumped out to question his opinion. No matter from the perspective of justice or self-interest, it is impossible for the Cross-Travel Group to stand by and watch the Li family's difficulties.

Bai Kesi said: "I also agree with Mr. Shi's opinion. We must help, but how to help and to what extent we can help must be carefully considered. What is the situation of the civil unrest in Guangzhou?

The message is not very clear. Teacher Ning, do you have any relevant information?"

Ning Qi nodded and responded: "After receiving the notice from Mr. Tao, I went to check the database and found that the trouble in Guangzhou Prefecture was not just as simple as what was said in the message. The root of the matter had to be revealed a few years ago.

rise……"

In the third year of the Ming Dynasty, that is, 1623, four years before the time travelers came to this world, banditry broke out in Conghua County, Guangzhou Prefecture. The main force was the lower class people who made a living by burning charcoal. The leader was Lai Ding.

Ji, Liao Dabi, Zhang Weichong and others, numbering in the thousands, were active in Conghua, Zengcheng, Longmen, Qingyuan and other counties in Guangzhou Prefecture, as well as Shaozhou Prefecture and Huizhou Prefecture. This banditry lasted for many years in Guangdong, and historical records continued until Chongzhen.

It took five years to gradually calm down.

In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, most areas of Guangzhou Prefecture suffered from famine. Unscrupulous rice traders took the opportunity to raise rice prices. As a result, the increase in rice prices triggered civil uprisings in Boluo County, Huizhou Prefecture and Guangzhou Prefecture. Although the government suppressed them promptly

Although the civil uprisings in these two places were over, there were still a large number of bankrupt and hungry people who chose to join the gangs in Guangdong in order to survive. After that, it was the period from the sixth year of the Apocalypse to this year mentioned in the call from Guangzhou that due to natural disasters and man-made disasters

The banditry intensified due to the reasons.

According to historical records, in the next few years, Guangdong will continue to suffer droughts, floods, earthquakes, plagues and pirate attacks. The frequent occurrence of various disasters will further intensify civil unrest. If according to historical data

Based on the Guangzhou cables, it can be inferred that the bandit forces that have caused chaos near Guangzhou recently and have threatened Lijiazhuang should be dominated by the "Charcoal Burning Party" that began to emerge in the past two years.

In fact, the government has no good way to deal with these bandit forces, otherwise they will not be allowed to do evil in Guangdong for many years. The Li family has obviously realized this, so they did not place their hopes on the government, but kept silent

Please contact the Guangzhou Liaison Office directly for help.

"Four years ago? Are these bandits considered veterans? If thousands of people attacked Lijiazhuang, it would be difficult to defend it with just the number of people in their militia." After listening to the historical background introduced by Ning Qi, Bai Kesi said to Li

I also have a better understanding of my current situation.

"Is it now certain that the bandits will attack Lijiazhuang?" Yan Chujie finally expressed his opinion: "If this is certain, then we can no longer waste time discussing how to rescue the Li family, but must take action immediately!

"

"It's so far from Victory Port to Guangzhou, so it will take some time to mobilize manpower and purchase materials, right? Besides, the local situation is unknown, so it's hard to make a conclusion on how many manpower we need to send. Shouldn't we be more cautious at this time?" Gu

Kai had always disagreed with the military's attitude of always beating and killing, and immediately questioned Yan Chujie's statement.

"When we slowly mobilize manpower, prepare supplies, and then cross the sea to Guangzhou by boat, it will take seven or eight days, right? Do you think it will take seven or eight days for thousands of bandits to besiege a village? We are here

It's okay to hold a meeting slowly to study, but can the Li family afford to wait? Will those bandits sit down and wait for us to discuss the results before taking action? The Li family came to us because they hope that we can help in times of crisis, not to replace the people of Lijiazhuang.

Collect the corpses!" Yan Chujie refuted Gu Kai's statement mercilessly, barely uttering the words "talking on paper".

Gu Kai was a little embarrassed when he was snatched away by Yan Chujie, but it was not his strength to argue with Yan Chujie in this regard. He moved his lips a few times and finally chose to shut up.

"Okay, Lao Yan, don't get angry in a hurry. Aren't we just discussing solutions now?" Tao Donglai hurriedly stood up to smooth things over and gave Gu Kai a wink, signaling him to stop arguing with Yan Chujie. Every time

When the Executive Committee is preparing to take military action against foreign countries, there will always be voices of opposition. Meng He used to be from the Ministry of Information Industry. After this reelection, Meng He was squeezed out of the new Executive Committee. This peaceful

The candidate with a more communist tone became Gu Kai, who was transferred back from Heitu Port.

Although there is no partisanship in the Executive Committee, whenever this happens, it will still be vaguely divided into two factions: "main war" and "main peace". However, since the victory in the Annan Battle, at this time

The voice of "Main War" is obviously much louder. In addition to Mr. Yuan who has clearly taken sides, Ning Qi, who often questioned the military's practices, now often sits on the fence. Only Gu Kai is still a little "ignorant of current affairs"

Adhere to the attitude of using non-violent means to solve problems.

What Yan Chujie said was not a matter of will. Now even if the Executive Committee immediately passes the military assistance proposal, organizes troops, prepares supplies, and fleets, it will still take at least two days to set off from Victory Port. Even if the journey goes smoothly,

, it was almost a week before we arrived at our destination. If the local bandits really wanted to attack Lijiazhuang, they might have done it long ago.

"What do the military mean?" Tao Donglai seemed to be knowingly asking to help Yan Chujie set the pace.

"Be prepared with both hands." Yan Chujie made a scissors gesture: "First, the base camp will immediately mobilize militia troops to form an expeditionary force and set off as soon as possible. Second, organize a resistance force nearby in Guangzhou and go to Panyu to assist Lijiazhuang in defending against bandits.

"

"The only armed forces near Guangzhou are..." Ning Qi heard this and roughly understood what Yan Chujie meant.

The armed forces of the Crossing Group near Guangzhou originally consisted of a small number of militiamen from the Guangzhou Garrison Office, but have recently expanded to a platoon. Next is the Li's Militia Group, which was trained in Guangzhou and currently has a strength of about two companies. In addition,

, and there are more than 100 members of the Fourth Company of the Shengli Port Independent Battalion who were recently sent to the Pearl River Estuary to establish a stronghold on Dawanshan Island - this is probably the resistance force that Yan Chujie mentioned.

In terms of combat capabilities alone, the militiamen of the Fourth Company are definitely stronger than the Li's Militia. This is not just because the Fourth Company, with all its members equipped with flintlock rifles, is better than the Fourth Company, which still uses matchlocks as its main weapon and only a small number of elites.

The number of Li Jia Min Regiment issued with flintlock rifles exceeds that of a large number. More importantly, all the members of the Fourth Company participated in the Annan Battle. They are an armed force with real combat experience. The combat experience is similar to the nature of the Li Jia Min Regiment as a village protection team.

There is still a huge difference between the amateur militiamen. If it is a battlefield duel, the four companies of the Li's Militia Group should have no pressure on the establishment of the two companies.

If the Fourth Company is transferred to Lijiazhuang to participate in the defense, then the chances of repelling the bandits will be much greater. After all, on the Annan battlefield, the Fourth Company has a record of repelling enemies several times their own. The combat effectiveness of these bandits cannot be better than that of South Vietnam.

How much stronger can the army be? The most important thing is that the arrival of these Haihan regular troops can completely serve as branches, organize a more hierarchical and disciplined defense force in the local area, and command the Li family militia to cooperate in operations.

"The Fourth Company went to the Pearl River Estuary to perform a garrison mission this time. The weapons and ammunition are very well equipped and can fully support their needs to complete several small-scale operations locally. The voyage from Dawanshan Island to Panyu on the Pearl River is sixty

It is many nautical miles away and can be reached by boat on the same day. The distance is also very short and it is completely within the time limit." Yan Chujie went on to give other reasons that could prove the feasibility of this plan.

"The Discovery is also docked at Dawanshan Island. If the fourth company needs to be mobilized, the transportation capacity is not a problem." Yue Zhiyun of the Ministry of Shipping also added. Although the navy has now formed a separate force, because the navy's transportation capacity is too poor, overseas

Operations often require the cooperation of the Maritime Department, so the Maritime Department also has a clear understanding of the status of the only warship on the list.

"What about the defense of Dawanshan Island? We still have hundreds of migrant workers on the island. Even if the base camp mobilizes troops for reinforcements, there will be a gap of several days." Ning Qi was a little confused.

asked worriedly.

"This brings us to the benefits of establishing grassroots militia organizations!" Yan Chujie immediately took over the conversation: "Half of the personnel selected to participate in the construction of Dawanshan Island this time have received more than three trainings in Victory Port.

Militia training. The purpose of our military was originally to allow these personnel stationed on the island to become an auxiliary force for the troops stationed on the island if necessary, but now it seems that they can be used in advance. After the fourth company sets off, it can temporarily put the defense

Leave it to these militiamen, it will only take a few days anyway, and everything will be fine once the reinforcements from the base camp arrive."

"What about the weapons they used?" Ning Qi continued to ask.

"Weapons have already been shipped on a ship. This is not something your Ministry of Civil Affairs handles. Why are you asking me?" Yan Chujie took the opportunity to laugh at Ning Qi.

When Ning Qi thought about it, he seemed to have some impression. Among the military supplies that were originally shipped, it seemed that there was indeed "militia weapons". However, at the time, he thought they were weapons for the militia troops stationed on the island. But now that he thinks about it, it is wrong.

The weapons are all loaded on the Discovery, and the cargo labeled "militia weapons" shipped on the cargo ship should be what Yan Chujie mentioned.

Of course, these grassroots militiamen do not have any high-end weapons, and they do not even have large-scale equipment for matchlocks. The standard weapons are iron-tipped spears one foot long and two feet long, paired with a small number of swords and shields. However, the militiamen who have undergone military training are equipped with such weapons.

, it is definitely enough to deal with the mob that lacks long-range weapons and heavy weapons. In fact, as long as it is not a naval battle, the military believes that it may be enough to deal with pirates in nearby waters.

"The other materials needed by the Fourth Company to fight in Panyu..."

"It's only forty miles from Guangzhou City to Panyu. If you need anything, just say hello and the Li family will buy it and send it over. We don't need to worry too much about it." Before Ning Qi could finish asking, Yan Chujie immediately rushed to answer.

answered his question.

Ning Qi made a helpless expression and said, "Okay, I don't have any other questions for the time being."

"With all due respect, I think everyone has overlooked one thing." Gu Kai, who had been silent for a long time, couldn't help but speak again: "When we send troops to fight in Panyu, do we need to consider the feelings of the local officials of the Ming Dynasty? First of all, let me state that,

The feeling I mentioned has nothing to do with respect. The key is that if Ming Dynasty knew that we openly sent armed forces to fight in areas near Guangzhou, would they regard our existence as a threat?"

"The possibility you mentioned does exist, but we don't actually need to make this operation public." Tao Donglai took the initiative to take the question raised by Gu Kai: "The existence of private group training is semi-legal in Ming Dynasty.

, even if the weapons and equipment are a bit over the standard, as long as they don't take the initiative to cause chaos, the local government will usually turn a blind eye. When we enter Panyu to fight, we just don't need to use the banner of the Haihan Militia. Our people will not be permanently stationed there.

, Besides, the local government knew that there was a banditry in that place and had no time to hide. How could it send people to the local area at this juncture to check whether the equipment of the militia exceeded the standard."

"Let's vote, after all, time is very tight." Seeing that the others had no intention of continuing to ask questions, Yan Chujie immediately urged.

The result of the vote was also expected. The Executive Committee successfully passed the proposal for armed support to Lijiazhuang and authorized the Military Commission to direct this military operation. Other relevant departments must also fully cooperate.
To be continued...