Chapter 914 Post-war Inventory

It has been more than a year since Shibazhi was driven to Miyako Island. Naturally, he can no longer obtain various supplies as conveniently as he used to in the Fujian Strait. There are not many pigs, cattle and sheep on the island. Even Zheng Zhilong himself usually

He was reluctant to kill people to eat, so he kept them for emergencies. However, Shibazhi had already decided to surrender to the Haihan people the next day. Keeping these supplies was just for nothing for the Haihan people. It would be better to leave them before he left.

Eat to your heart's content first. When you become a prisoner of war of the Haihan people tomorrow, you don't know when you will be able to eat meat.

What makes the pirates a bit regretful is that they were too hasty when they withdrew from Penghu and Taiwan and could not transport much wine. The wine they brought here had been consumed long ago. Now they only have slightly sour rice wine and rice wine for the meal.

Topping up with fruit wine would not be enough.

During the dinner, someone quietly came to Zheng Zhilong and reported to him that a small leader had left the camp with a group of people and was missing. Zheng Zhilong did not have much reaction after learning about it, and just said calmly, let them go.

There is no intention to pursue any investigation.

Zheng Zhilong made the decision to surrender to the Haihan people. Not everyone in Shibazhi was willing to accept this decision. There were still many people who hoped to fight Haihan to the end, but most people chose to surrender to save their lives.

Under this situation, even if a very small number of main combatants jump out, it will not help. Choosing to leave on the eve of surrender is their only way to express their attitude at the last moment. Even if the Eighteen Zhizhi led by Zheng Zhilong surrender, they will still

I won't give in just yet.

But Zheng Zhilong knew that this kind of struggle was futile. He went to the Haihan Camp to negotiate with Wang Tom in the morning, and for the first time he saw the true appearance of the Haihan Civilian Army at close range. In the past, Zheng Zhilong believed that Shibazhi had been defeated repeatedly.

The main reason why the Haihan Militia's troops were inferior to his own was that the performance gap between the weapons and equipment between the two sides was too large. However, after visiting the Haihan Army Camp and the daily drills of the Haihan Army, he discovered that he had been very wrong in the past.

, the military appearance and discipline of this Haihan militia are far beyond comparison with the armed forces he has encountered in the past. Whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Western Fangui, the condition of its armed forces is far inferior to that of the Haihan armed forces who call themselves militia. In comparison,

The Haihan militia is more like a professional army, while the Ming army is like an amateur civilian militia.

Zheng Zhilong has led troops for many years, so he naturally knows how difficult it is to train such a high level of military appearance and discipline. He has experienced it more than once personally how an army with these qualities will perform on the battlefield. Moreover, the Haihan people

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, dozens of large and small artillery were lined up at the entrance of the camp. This formation alone had already made Zheng Zhilong feel cold before the negotiation. Such a well-trained and experienced professional team

The army, coupled with weapons and equipment with powerful firepower, is indeed not something that today's Shibazhi can compete with.

Under this situation, Zheng Zhilong will only regard those die-hards who hope to rely on small groups of armed forces to continue to resist Haihan as seeking death. Everyone has their own destiny, and he can save most people from Haihan.

He has done all he can to be benevolent and righteous. Since these people are bent on death, Zheng Zhilong no longer wants to bother to save them. When the time comes, the Haihan militia will take action to teach them how to behave.

The next day, the Shiba Shiba Yu Party, which had been compressed to the south of Miyako Island, organized by various leaders, left their strongholds to gather together, and then headed for the scheduled surrender site. Although after the battle in the previous few days, the Shiba Shiba Yu Party had already

Many people were captured and killed in the battle, but the number of people who organized and surrendered collectively this time still exceeded 3,000. Of course, these people were not all combatants, and most of them were just women, children, and the elderly. The real Shibazhi

At least half of the combat-effective components were left in the Fujian Strait during last year's battle and failed to evacuate to Miyako Island. Even if Zheng Zhilong does not surrender, the remaining strength cannot withstand Taichang Haihan.

It's time.

The landing site was a large open field on the southern plain of the island. After harvesting a season of rice this summer, this area was left empty and uncultivated, covering an area of ​​four to five hundred acres. The Haihan Army was dispatched yesterday

Some armed personnel have been deployed here, and today several artillery pieces have been added, and they are all placed in very conspicuous places to ensure that those who come here to surrender can see their presence, and to prevent some personnel from wanting to do anything when the time comes.

A little action.

The 1st Battalion of the Haihan Militia has participated in many overseas combats and large-scale operations. It has rich experience in handling large numbers of prisoners of war during the war. Before this, it had prepared various chains, ropes, cable ties and other tools.

, and the functions of different areas have been divided in advance. After the people from Shibazhi arrived here, they were first divided into young and old, old, weak, women and children, and allowed to enter the designated range to wait for the next step.

The two areas are also separated by two roadblocks and barbed wire, with a distance of several feet. The reason for this is that there are not enough female soldiers in the Haihan Army to search the surrendered women and children one by one. In order to avoid

Shibazhi used women and children to carry weapons into the prisoner-of-war camp, and isolated them from the area where young prisoners were temporarily detained. They would deal with them later. This arrangement also allowed the prisoners to see their families in real time.

situation to prevent them from having some excessive reactions because they are worried about the personal safety of their family members.

Haihan's way of dealing with young and strong prisoners was not so friendly. Everyone had to line up to be searched first, and then entered the waiting area, where there was another team of soldiers responsible for chain shackles on the prisoners, and every ten people were strung together.

teams to limit their ability to move. Small bosses and leaders at all levels are held separately, and a dedicated person escorts them to the next location. These young and strong prisoners will be loaded onto ships later and then transported to different prison sentences thousands of miles away.

.The old, weak, women and children will be separated and sent to various overseas colonies in Haihan for resettlement after their identities are identified.

Although the identities of people like Shibazhi are not very clean, most of them are Han Chinese. For Haihan's overseas colonies, especially in Nanyang, these people still have a certain value, at least compared to those from Nanyang and even more.

Slaves shipped from the distant Middle East and Black Africa are much easier to use, and are more in line with the Executive Committee's idea of ​​establishing a colony with Han as the main body. However, because these people have a special background, they may need to change their status to become naturalized in the future.

The inspection time is longer and the assessment conditions are more stringent. Perhaps some of them will not have the opportunity to obtain Haihan citizenship in their lifetime.

Because of their special status, Zheng Zhilong and his son were not processed together with the others. Instead, they were taken alone to a large tent not far away to meet Wang Tom. The father and son walked into the tent one after another, and then walked into the tent.

He knelt down on the ground in front of Tom Wang to show his submission.

"Get up and talk." Wang Tom didn't intend to embarrass the father and son. Although Haihan and Shibazhi were in a hostile relationship, and Zheng Zhilong had been one of Haihan's top targets for a long time, this relationship

It has become a thing of the past. After Shibazhi chose to surrender, Zheng Zhilong is now just a prisoner.

Compared to Zheng Zhilong, whom he had met yesterday, Wang Tom was more interested in the child Zheng Fusong following him. Regarding this person's various achievements in history and the evaluation of later generations, Wang Tom had already learned a lot from Ning Qi.

Just his status as a "national hero" is enough for people to treat him differently.

"Take a seat." Perhaps out of concern for Zheng Fusong, Wang Tom actually generously brought two chairs up to them and asked them to sit and answer.

"Is this your son Zheng Fusong?" Wang Tom asked, staring at the little guy. He noticed that the kid's eyes did not avoid him, and he probably didn't realize his identity at all.

"It's Quanzi. I hope General Wang will take more care of him in the future." Zheng Zhilong responded quickly: "I still have something to present. I hope the General can take a look at it."

After Zheng Zhilong finished speaking, he took out an envelope from his arms and presented it to the guard next to him with both hands. Wang Tom took it and opened it. Inside was a thick stack of bearer banknotes issued by Haihan Bank, all worth one thousand taels.

Zhang, judging from the thickness, there are about a hundred pieces, which is not a small sum.

"What do you mean?" Wang Tom gently shook the envelope in his hand: "bribe me?"

"I don't dare!" Zheng Zhilong responded: "The dog is young and ignorant. I hope General Wang can use this money to hire a few servants to take care of his daily life, hire better teachers to teach him, and study more."

Useful."

"I don't see that you are a loving father." Wang Tom smiled noncommittally. In the original history, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and his son turned against each other because of whether to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. In the end, Zheng Chenggong, who was unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, left Taiwan with his troops to establish his own business.

, and Zheng Zhilong, who chose to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, has been depressed because of the existence of this "traitor", and in the end he actually lost his head because of it. If Zheng Zhilong knew his ending, he would have strangled this cheating kid to death long ago.

Already.

"This money will be confiscated." Wang Tom handed the envelope to the guard next to him, and then said to Zheng Zhilong: "You don't have to worry about your son suffering in the future. Since we promised to raise him, we will keep our word.

, we have our own arrangements for his life and study, and you don’t need to spend any extra money."

"Fusong, why don't you thank General Wang quickly?" Although Zheng Zhilong was not sure of Wang Tom's intentions, it seemed that he had no ill intentions towards his son. Who would end up sending the one hundred thousand taels of silver was the second priority. As long as he could

Paving a way for Zheng Fusong to live a good life would be the best use of everything.

Zheng Fusong slipped down from the chair and kowtowed to Tom Wang again. Tom Wang thought that I had made a lot of money today. This national hero actually kowtowed to himself twice. The next time he goes back to Port Victory,

This experience can be used to brag about.

At that moment, Wang Tom ordered people to take Zheng and his son into custody separately. At this time, Zheng Fusong realized that the father and son were about to say goodbye, so he couldn't help crying. Wang Tom couldn't bear to see it, so he stepped forward and touched Zheng Fusong.

He raised his head and comforted him: "Don't cry, there will be many opportunities to see your father in the future."

While receiving the prisoners, Haihan also sent troops to start an inventory of the Shibazhi base camp area in the southern part of Miyako Island. Although Zheng Zhilong promised to hand over Shibazhi's assets to Haihan, Wang Tom would not really believe it.

He is so honest, and even if Zheng Zhilong doesn't cause trouble, so many of his subordinates may not do what he says and hand over all their money.

In addition, some armed personnel who are unwilling to surrender and are still hiding on the island also need to be divided up to hunt and suppress them. Although these people are unlikely to affect the current direction of the war, not getting rid of them all is a hidden danger after all. What the Executive Committee wants

The result was the complete destruction of the Eighteen Zhizhi, leaving no chance for the other parties to make a comeback.

As for Miyakojima, Haihan currently has no intention of occupying it as his own. The island has no unique natural resources, and its geographical location is not particularly important. At most, it is used as an island colony.

for construction and use. However, Haihan has expanded too fast in the past year or so. Currently, there are still a large number of labor gaps in various colonies from Fujian to Zhejiang. There are also many vacancies for grassroots cadres that need to be filled.

For the time being, we don’t have the energy to open up some new colonies that have little strategic significance.

The plan of the Executive Committee is to return it to the Ryukyu Kingdom as a favor first. Of course, this return is not unconditional, and it will also make trade requests to the Ryukyu Kingdom. At present, the Ryukyu Kingdom is in the second Sho clan period.

During the reign of the seventh-generation ruler, King Shoning, he was invaded by the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma Domain of Japan and became a vassal state. He sent 8,000 koku of grain to the Satsuma Domain every year. The current ruler of the Ryukyu Kingdom is Sho Nei, who ascended the throne in 1621.

King Toyo, but for an island country with a weak national power like Ryukyu, whether Kaihan returns Miyako Island or not, it actually doesn’t have much impact.

The follow-up operations on Miyako Island lasted far longer than the war. The Haihan Army with limited strength had to attack Miyako Island, which covers an area of ​​more than 150 square kilometers, and the adjacent Shimoji Island, Irabu Island, Kurima Island, and Ike Island.

Cleaning up islands such as Jianjima and Ogamijima is indeed a time-consuming and labor-intensive operation. The prisoners on the islands, most of the indigenous people, and a large amount of supplies need to be transported back to Haihan's own place by ship. They will then be handed over to Ryukyu.

In China, it is probably just a bare island.

The wealth that Haihan seized on Miyako Island was far less than what he gained in Penghu last year. The main reason was that Shibazhi's livelihood became increasingly difficult after he retreated to Miyako Island, and he had to spend a lot of his savings to buy various supplies.

, consumed a lot in one year. By the time the Haihan militia invaded the island in large numbers, Shibazhi had actually reached the end of its strength. Even if it did not encounter foreign enemies, it had already begun to show its decline, and it might not die naturally in a short period of time.

, but in order to seek resources, it is almost inevitable that they will split into multiple small-scale armed groups and fight on their own.
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