Chapter 1481 War Machine

If it weren't for the safety of these southern businessmen, Takahashi Minami might actually order his troops to fight the opponents here. But today's visit mission has been basically completed, and he doesn't want to cause any extra trouble, so

It was still necessary to decisively order a retreat to ensure the personal safety of the distinguished guests. As for the enemy troops that were rushing in from Jinzhou City, other troops were responsible for intercepting them.

Although He Li and others still felt that they had more to say, they had been warned many times before setting off from Jijiabao. They also knew that they must obey the military's arrangements on the battlefield. They did not dare to object to Gao Qiaonan's instructions at the moment and hurriedly returned home.

After getting into the car, they were escorted by the Haihan Army and retreated to the south.

The post-Jin army that came out of Jinzhou City was much larger than the cavalry that rushed in before, with at least a thousand people. However, Haihan had noticed its movements very early, so it was impossible to carry out a surprise attack.

It worked. When they discovered that several small units of the Haihan Army had assembled on the way, their intention to intercept and kill the convoy suddenly faded away. It was obvious that Haihan had understood their intentions and had no intention of doing so.

Then risk the safety of important people.

Under such circumstances, neither side was willing to commit troops to fight to the death, so the ensuing battle was more like a symbolic routine. The two sides maintained a relatively safe distance. After the confrontation for more than an hour, the weapon range was obviously at a disadvantage.

Later, the Jin army had to take the initiative to evacuate the battlefield.

"They are very careful now!" Takahashi Minami, who has been supervising the battle at the front line and has not left, commented after seeing the enemy's movements: "If it had been left last winter, there would have been a fight before stopping.

, it seems that he is also afraid of being beaten."

Since Haihan attacked Lushun last winter, there have been no less than a hundred battles and armed conflicts between the two sides. Most of the time, Haihan won the final victory. Although the Jin Army has never found an effective

The tactics used to deal with the Haihan Army, but after so many losses, it is not that there is no improvement. At least I know the circumstances under which a head-on confrontation with the Haihan Army cannot be carried out - for example, the opponent is already prepared for battle and has laid out a plan.

The military formation was waiting for him to attack upward.

If the opponent has to fight head-on while the opponent is well prepared, the weapons and equipment disadvantages of the Houjin Army will be highlighted, and even if it has a large number of cavalry, it cannot completely save this disadvantage. At most, it can only retreat quickly when leaving the battlefield.

Just a few. What's more, the number of terrifying musketeers like Haihan is also increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye. If you encounter this kind of special cavalry with an extremely long attack range in the wild, you can only ask for good luck.

Therefore, although the Hou Jin Army was approaching with great force, when they found that their opponents were ready to fight, and there were even faintly visible Haihan cavalry in units of a hundred cavalry in the distance, heading towards the flanks of their advance route, they made a decisive choice after weighing the pros and cons.

Retreat and give up this attack. This decisiveness that is not willing to fight makes Takahashi Minami a little disappointed. He really feels that the enemy is gradually adapting to his own tactics through constant confrontations, and he wants to cause another large-scale attack on them.

Killing is not as easy as before.

Of course, this situation is not entirely beneficial to Haihan. The enemy has become more cautious and will no longer easily launch large-scale offensives. The defensive pressure faced by the Haihan Army will also be relatively reduced. This is for

This is actually good news for the Haihan Army, which has limited troops and difficult supplies. But of course military generals are eager to fight every day, so that they can accumulate a lot of military merits in a short period of time and lay a solid foundation for future promotions.

The businessmen who evacuated the battlefield first did not have the same regrets as Takahashi Minami. They just subconsciously believed that the military arranged for their group of people to retreat because they could not provide sufficient security during the battle. Since the military has

If you think the current environment is unsafe, then of course your life is still at stake.

The convoy withdrew all the way south into Sujiabao, which, like Jijiabao to the east, was a large construction site in the process of being renovated. Hundreds of migrant workers were renovating the original Sujiabao under the command of the foreman.

Demolish it, and then use the dismantled bricks and stones to build a new bastion designed by Haihan. This scene is exactly the same as what the merchants saw in Jijiabao before. If Liu Shang hadn't explained it next to him, they might have thought that they

In a daze, I returned to Jijiabao where I started.

Liu Shang introduced to everyone: "There will be five armed fortresses like this, three large and two small, on the entire defense line, and each fort will be protected by heavy artillery. For a period of time in the future, this will be the area controlled by our country.

It’s the dividing line with the Jin-ruled area.”

The original fortresses built on the isthmus defense line were two large and three small. However, after the Haihan Army broke through this defense line, they believed that this arrangement was not stable enough, so they changed it to three large and two small. After completion, each fort will deploy several artillery pieces.

, to ensure that there is sufficient firepower to deal with large groups of enemy forces that may appear.

Someone asked: "With such a defense line that is several miles long, your country must have a lot of troops stationed here for a long time, right?"

How could Liu Shang not understand the meaning of these words? He immediately responded with a smile: "How many troops will be stationed here is already a military secret. Even if I knew it, I would not say it casually. Even if you are curious about this,

Don't ask around, it will be bad if you are misunderstood."

The man knew he had made a mistake and quickly apologized to Liu Shang. Liu Shang waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, you are all from Taiping, and you must be full of curiosity about war. There are many things like marching and fighting, troop mobilization, and material supply.

It's important to be careful. A few words of information may leak important military secrets. The matter is so important that you have to be careful. Don't be surprised."

Everyone dared not even say so. They had just seen the Haihan Army's decisive killing on the battlefield, and naturally they understood that this army was not just an ordinary army. It would only be more powerful than the rumors said. Even if they were daring, they did not want to be defeated.

The short but powerful General Haihan was used as a spy to inquire about the military situation.

After wandering around the battlefield for most of the day, they just ate some dry food in the carriage. At this time, after the group of people had some time to relax, their stomachs finally began to growl. However, due to the limitation of material supply capacity, the food on the front line

Of course, it is not as rich as the rear. What they can eat is only the level of officers' meals during wartime. A meal with two meat and two vegetables is already the best. But the quality of the ingredients is actually pretty good, and the rice is all produced in

In Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, flour, vegetables and fruits are purchased in Shandong, which is no worse than what merchants eat in places such as Lushun Fort in the rear.

However, the merchants did not pay attention to food. Although they were wealthy, since they often traveled around, they did not care too much about the inconvenience of life in a short period of time. What's more, they were in the Haihan Army at this time, and they were far more powerful.

Food is more important for them to focus on.

The deployment and mobilization of Haihan's army did not deliberately avoid them, so they can see with their own eyes how Haihan's war machine operates. However, in order to avoid suspicion, Liu Shang will not provide them with much in this regard.

It is explained in detail, so how much you can understand depends on your personal understanding.

Even if these people don't know how to march and fight, whether the military discipline of an army is strict, whether the morale is high, whether the coordination and cooperation of various departments are smooth, the principle is actually very similar to how they lead and command a business team. And the business scale can be done

At their level, they can organize fleets to engage in trade activities thousands of miles away. Naturally, their vision and courage are not too bad. If they stay in the military for a longer time, they will naturally be able to see that there is no need for others to explain.

The young master came. Of course, if there were any military secrets involved, after Liu Shang's previous reminder, they would naturally not be stupid enough to ask Haihan's people for advice. They could just keep it in mind if they saw what they saw.

Do extraneous things.

The military did not specifically restrict the scope of businessmen's activities. Under Qian Tiandun's instruction, Gao Qiaonan even specially greeted the garrison officers in Sujiabao and asked them to provide these southern businessmen with some operational conveniences, as long as

Not the arsenal, archives, communications office, headquarters and other confidential departments, these people can freely move around and visit other places in the camp. The purpose of the military is to have them take the initiative to act as Haihan's advocates after returning to the south.

, to promote the power of the Haihan Army to the outside world.

Of course, when He Li was in the south, he also saw the local guard army. Zhejiang Dusi Sixteen Guards and thirty-eight thousand households. Although he did not have contact with all of them, he did know the Guanhai Guards, Dinghai Guards, and Changguo Guards of Ningbo Prefecture.

He is quite familiar with it, especially the Shipu Port under the jurisdiction of Changguo Wei Shipu Qianhu. He has been there more than ten or eight times. That place was the first port that Haihan captured after entering Zhejiang, although there is no Zhoushan Dinghai Port now.

Well-known, but the local Shipu Office has close contacts with Haihan. Therefore, in Taizhou and Ningbo, a considerable part of the cargo transactions with Haihan are completed in Shipu Port.

It was also for this reason that He Li got acquainted with Ma Ling of Shipu Suo Qianhu. After Haihan settled in, the local guard army soon became an empty shell. Ma Ling told him bluntly at the wine table

He does not need to be on strict guard when dealing with the Haihan people, because their purpose is to conduct trade rather than invade. Whether buying and selling goods or recruiting immigrants, they are all very reasonable business activities. There is really no need to maintain a high degree of hostility towards the Haihan people.

Of course, Ma Ling did not tell He Li how Haihan used force to forcibly seize control of Shipu Port.

So before going north, He Li couldn't help but have an illusion in his mind, that is, the Haihan Army looked very powerful. Part of the reason was actually the Ming Army's intentional concession. After all, as long as he could establish a relationship with Haihan and do business, he could basically do business.

It is certain to make money, and the generals and officers at various guards will naturally not let go of such a cheap opportunity to make money.

As for Haihan's war with the Jin people in Liaodong, He Li didn't really believe that Haihan would do such a crazy thing until he witnessed the situation here. He couldn't understand that Haihan people would open up a place so far away from the mainland.

If the reason for the battlefield was just to occupy the land, then it would not be an exaggeration to say that it might be relatively easy to snatch it directly from the Ming Dynasty. As for the legendary achievements of Haihan in the north, he had always been somewhat dubious until he saw it in person.

After seeing the situation here, he was convinced that Haihan had indeed grabbed a large foothold in Liaodong from Hou Jin.

Compared with the Ming troops at the Zhejiang Coastal Guard Station who wished they could switch jobs and become maritime merchants, He Li had to admit that the Haihan troops he saw in Liaodong could be called real armies. With such an army guarding them, He Li had no doubts about the future of this place.

He already had strong confidence in the security situation. He even thought that if Haihan sent thousands more troops to Liaodong, he might be able to push all the way north to the Jin people's Shengjing City.

However, what He Li didn't know was that almost all of Haihan's troops stationed here were elite troops in the military, including special operations battalions, cavalry battalions, Marines, and sniper squads. Any one of these teams would be at sea.

The Han army has a great reputation, and its combat effectiveness is far superior to that of the Hou Jin army with primitive and backward equipment, so it can seize the existing territory from the Hou Jin army at a very small cost. If it were an ordinary army to perform this

This mission may not be so easy. Even if more troops are sent from the south, their purpose will not be to continue to attack Houjin, but to guard this place and gradually replace the several elite troops stationed here.

.The situation he expected to emerge is unlikely to be realized, at least in the short term.

After dinner, no one had the intention to go into the tent to sleep so early. Since the Haihan military had given them freedom of movement, of course they had to make full use of it. However, there were many forbidden areas in the military, and they walked a few times.

There were snags everywhere, and in the end we had no choice but to go to the construction site to watch the progress of the construction, which had already started at midnight.

For the strange-looking fortress built by Haihan, everyone did not understand the design idea, but since the Haihan people insisted on demolishing the original fortress, it must be that this new type of fortress has its own advantages. If nothing else,

Just by looking at the number of fortifications that were beginning to take shape, we knew that this fortress deployed a lot of heavy firepower weapons. It was obvious that Haihan had spent a lot of money on this line of defense.

He Li, who knew the Haihan people better, thought more deeply. Since Haihan invested a lot of money to build a defense line here, he must be reassured that he would continue to operate in Liaodong for a long time. Based on the past practices of the Haihan people, they must try to reduce the cost of investment.

Recover and realize profits as soon as possible. It seems that part of this profit point will probably fall on them, southern businessmen.

Whether Haihan was making money to continue fighting, or starting a war to make more money, He Li was a little confused now.
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