Chapter 1457

Move to Liaodong

Chapter 1457 Return to Liaodong
Bai Kesi did not talk about the overall integration, but only talked about the split between the army and the people, which may be a relatively easy arrangement for Dongjiang Town to accept.Although Dongjiang Town must surrender the command of the army and the administrative and judicial power of the military station in the process, at least in name, the establishment of Dongjiang Town can continue to be preserved.Of course, Shen Zhixiang also understood that what the Haihan people did was not out of kindness, but to use the banner of Dongjiang Town to complete their plan of contacting the top officials of the Ming court.

It is precisely because of this that Shen Zhixiang's uneasy mood for the past few days finally calmed down.He was very worried about whether Haihan would be dissatisfied with the unsatisfactory performance of the Phi Dao Army on the battlefield, but since Haihan is willing to continue to push the troops and civilians of Dongjiang Town to move back to Liaodong according to the pre-agreed agreement, and also sent a The fact that a high-ranking official at the executive committee level presided over this matter is enough to show the importance Haihan attaches to this cooperation.Being able to have the opportunity to return to the mainland of Liaodong, Shen Zhixiang believes that most of the military and civilians in Dongjiang Town will not care so much about whether it is the general military mansion or the Haihan people who have the final say in the future.

Shen Zhixiang really didn't have much to say about the resettlement plan proposed by Baiks. Haihan has a wealth of experience in immigration, and he is far more thorough in details than Dongjiang Town, which is governed by the military.According to Haihan's arrangement, if the maritime transport capacities of the two sides in the Yellow Sea are added together, then this task of population migration will be completed within one month.Before that, he probably had to go back to Phi Island and inform Shen Shikui of the results of the consultation in detail, and he would organize the preparation work locally, while Shen Zhixiang was responsible for accepting resettlement of immigrants in Liaodong.

Bai Kesi was very satisfied with Shen Zhixiang's 100% cooperation. Since Shen Zhixiang didn't raise any objections, the plan prepared by Haihan can be used as the blueprint for the next migration, which can save a lot of unnecessary trouble.The negotiation process, which was originally thought to be somewhat tortuous, went smoothly unexpectedly.

At the request of Haihan, Shen Zhixiang temporarily handed over the command to his adjutant, and then brought several personal soldiers back to Pidao to report the news.In order to make him go and return quickly, Haihan also specially dispatched a fast sailboat as a mission-limited means of transportation, responsible for Shen Zhixiang's pick-up and drop-off.

Almost at the same time, Sha Xi, who is based in Lushun, also received a notice from the front line, asking him to arrange manpower as soon as possible to go to the northwest of Lushun to demarcate the area for Dongjiang Town.Because it was worried that Dongjiang Town would resist Haihan's plan, almost no preparations were made locally, and even the demarcation of the boundary was not implemented until the negotiation and finalization of the plan.

Shaxi didn't delay at all after getting the news, and immediately sent someone over.He is so concerned about moving people from Phi Island, mainly because of the labor force.Since the other party is willing to accept Haihan's resettlement plan, then Shaxi will of course have to get close to the water, try to dig a group of people from the military subordinates in Dongjiang Town to Lushun to serve as cheap labor, so as to solve the urgent need of the serious shortage of local labor.Of course, as for things like setting up a camp, we can only wait for the people from Dongjiang Town to come and do it ourselves. Shaxi doesn't have so many idle people to work for them.

During this period, on the northern battlefield, there were still sporadic battles between the Houjin Army and the Haihan Army.In this way, both sides are testing each other's reactions to see if there are any opportunities to take advantage of.

The Haihan Army didn't mind pushing the control area a little further north if they had the chance, and it would be a good choice to take down Jinzhou City together.However, the headquarters is not very interested in capturing Jinzhou City. After all, there is an isolated city in the local area and there are several miles of plains between the isthmus of Jinzhou and the isthmus. It is difficult to ensure the stability of logistics channels, and Haihan is indeed unable to distinguish too much at the moment. More troops should be stationed in this city, which is of little strategic significance to Haihan.

According to the meaning of the front-line command, the best situation is to seize the opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the Houjin army again, and take the elimination of the enemy's living strength as the main purpose of the operation.As for sieging cities and looting land, Haihan now only has the ability to win battles, but he has no spare strength to defend the land. Taking this land in Liaodong is already the limit of what Haihan can do at present.Unless a large number of Ming troops are introduced into Liaodong, it will be impossible to hold a larger area, and the military obviously does not intend to let Ming troops other than Dongjiang Town enter Liaodong.

However, Hou Jin was not so clear about Haihan's real purpose. They only knew that Haihan continued to go north after occupying the Jinzhou Isthmus, which was a very dangerous signal.The Jinzhou Isthmus has been lost, and for Houjin, it is already in a situation where he can no longer retreat. Even if he knows that his military strength is not as good as Haihan, he can only defend Jinzhou City.As for counterattacking the Golden State Isthmus and trying to regain this moat defense line, Azige thought about it, but he no longer had the courage to gamble with the garrison of Golden State City.

Based on such a situation, the Jin army had no way to retreat, and the attack could not go out. The countermeasures that could be made were extremely limited, and they could only slow down the next offensive that the Haihan army might launch with constant harassment warfare.Haihan is no stranger to this type of fighting. Last year, the two sides had a tug-of-war near Lushun for a period of time. During the period, it was estimated that there were nearly a hundred battles, large and small, which was enough for Haihan to understand the post-Jin army. Some housekeeping tricks too.

In order to pursue the effect of the raid, Houjin's sporadic offensives basically used cavalry as the main force. Although the maneuverability was guaranteed, the protection power could not be taken into account. During the battle, it was very disadvantageous in front of the Haihan army equipped with rifles.A team of [-] or [-] cavalry cavalrymen went out to battle. If they encountered the Haihan Army during the operation, only about half of the remaining people would return to Jinzhou City alive.After a few more times, the Houjin army in the city will inevitably have a fear of war. Even the cavalry team assigned to fight will often deliberately march around the defense area of ​​Haihan after leaving the city, avoiding as much as possible with the garrison. There was a head-on clash between the Haihan army in the field.

There are one or two battles on the scale of more than [-] people on both sides almost every day, but Hou Jin has always maintained a restrained attitude and has no plans to further expand the scale of the battle.Even if Haihan sometimes took the initiative to provoke, Houjin would immediately withdraw his troops and return to the camp, shrinking the troops in the city, and made up his mind to fight a tug-of-war with Haihan.

Of course, Haihan didn't want to spend a lot of ammunition to fight a meaningless siege battle, so the two sides maintained a strange tacit understanding in your coming and going, and never let the incident occur in the area north of the Golden State Isthmus. expansion of the war.

It was the end of March 1636 when Shen Zhixiang returned to Pidao. Shen Shikui had already received a return from the messenger and knew the progress of the coalition's war in Liaodong. However, it was not until Shen Zhixiang came back that he had the opportunity to ask in detail about the location of the Pidao army. performance on the battlefield.

Shen Zhixiang wouldn't hide his uncle, so he picked out the important ones, and told them all about his improper command and the ineffectiveness of the troops in combat.He was not worried that Shen Shikui would reprimand him for this, because Shen Shikui had no children, he had long been regarded as the blood descendant of the Shen family, and these industries in Dongjiang Town would be handed over to him sooner or later.Whether the performance is good or bad in this battle will not affect his status in Dongjiang Town.

After hearing this, Shen Shikui didn't get angry, but calmed down and analyzed with Shen Zhixiang the mistakes in the process and the points of the Haihan Army's combat methods that are worth learning from.Although Shen Zhixiang was transferred from a businessman to the army, he has read a lot of military books in the army. In addition, after taking charge of Dongjiang Town, he led the army to fight with the Houjin army for many years, and he has very rich combat experience. There are many details that could be improved.

After the uncle and nephew met, they spent half a day reviewing the details of the Golden State Battle, and discussed in detail the gains and losses of the Phi Island Army in the battle.Shen Zhixiang tried to turn the topic to immigration several times, but Shen Shikui brought him back to the original topic.

It wasn't until dinner time that Shen Shikui took the initiative to ask, "Do you know why I should ask the Phi Dao Army's performance on the battlefield this time?"

Shen Zhixiang also had some guesses in his heart, so he tentatively replied: "I think my uncle thinks that Haihan's attitude towards Dongjiang Town in the future is closely related to the performance of the Phi Dao Army on the battlefield?"

Shen Shikui nodded and said, "Yes, but it's not entirely true. Have you ever thought about what the Haihan people would think if the Phi Dao Army's performance on the battlefield was amazing?"

Shen Zhixiang said: "That is naturally more attention to my Dongjiang Town, and there may be more battles in Liaodong in the future that will also involve the Pi Island Army. Maybe they have been reluctant to let go of the artillery, and they can also be expected to distribute some more to us."

Shen Shikui smiled and said: "You think things are too simple. If the Phi Dao army can really reach that level, I'm afraid that they won't wait for Haihan's praise, and they will be jealous first."

Shen Zhixiang raised his brows when he heard the words, and seemed to have thought of why Shen Shikui had such thoughts.

"Although Dongjiang Town has nominally formed an alliance with Haihan, the Haihan people want an army that they can completely control. If the Pi Island Army makes the Haihan people feel threatened, then they will probably cut off the army. Help, incorporate the Pidao Army instead of letting the Pidao army exist alone in Liaodong." Shen Shikui expressed his thoughts in a hurry: "I heard a word from Haihan before. There are many troops that play a role similar to ours, and it is not only in the Ming Dynasty. What the Haihan people need is not an army that can fight like them, but a partner who can play an auxiliary role in the war. "

Shen Zhixiang thought for a while and said, "According to what my uncle said, even if my Phi Dao army did not make any mistakes on the battlefield and performed perfectly, it is still very likely that I will be transferred to be an auxiliary army after that battle?"

Shen Shikui nodded and said: "Although this may make you feel uncomfortable, it is likely to be the case. Give you a fighting chance to show your strength, and then no matter what the result is, they will try to arrange your troops to execute it. Some logistical tasks."

Shen Zhixiang couldn't help being a little disappointed. He originally thought that as long as the Phi Dao Army performed well enough on the battlefield, he might be able to win the favor of General Haihan, and even bring more benefits to Dongjiang Town.But at this time, listening to Shen Shikui's analysis of the inside story, it seems that the situation is indeed what he said, which is a great blow to his enthusiasm.

Shen Shikui observed his words, and could roughly guess what Shen Zhixiang was thinking, so he comforted him: "You don't have to be disappointed, if they want to use troops in Liaodong in the future, you will definitely be their target. After all, there are not many bright generals who are familiar with Liaodong. There are even fewer people they can trust. There will still be opportunities for performance in the future. As long as the Haihan people are not blind, they will naturally discover your talents.”

After Shen Zhixiang heard this comfort, his face slightly improved.Since he went to Zhoushan, Zhejiang and saw the military strength of Haihan the previous year, he wanted to switch to Haihan's account, but it would be very sad if the generals of Haihan did not look down on his ability at all.After the battle in the Jinzhou Isthmus, he had been brooding, because he felt that his performance was not good enough, and the disappointment of Generals such as Qian Tiandun and Haihan led to the deployment order that he received later, and the Phi Dao Army slowly left the battlefield.

Shen Shikui went on to say: "If the old man is not mistaken, the Haihan people should have made a decision to move Dongjiang Town back to Liaodong, but I don't know where they plan to put the more than 1 people on the island?"

Shen Zhixiang said: "Uncle has a good idea. The Haihan people have already demarcated a piece of land [-] miles northwest of Lushun, which is specially used to resettle the people of Dongjiang Town. This place can only allow people to live, and the army needs to allocate a separate station, which should be in the area of ​​the Golden State Isthmus Defense Line.”

Shen Shikui said: "Haihan people are very good. In this case, even if I have other thoughts in Dongjiang Town, I have to worry about my relatives and family members, and I definitely don't dare to act rashly in this environment. Have you questioned this request?"

Shen Zhixiang shook his head and said: "The initiative in this matter is not in our hands, even if you question it, it may not be useful, and this time Haihan has come to an executive committee to deal with the matter. If I refute his face, move back to Liaodong. I'm afraid there will be more twists and turns."

"There is an executive committee member? Haihan people really look down on me in Dongjiang Town!" Shen Shikui also had a certain understanding of Haihan's political system, and he couldn't hide the surprised look on his face.His thoughts were similar to when Shen Zhixiang saw Baixie, that is, since Haihan attaches so much importance to this matter, he must not allow Dongjiang Town to raise too many questions about the resettlement plan, especially the key point of the separate resettlement of military and civilians. If Dongjiang Town is here If you don't agree, then probably all the negotiations will have to be restarted from scratch.The Haihan people can afford time, but Dongjiang Town can't. Shen Shikui, like his nephew, hopes to make this happen as soon as possible at any cost.

(End of this chapter)