Chapter 1808 Guanglu Island Refugee Camp

The more than 400 Han refugees sent by Ximang this time were captured yesterday near Zhuanghe Town, about 80 nautical miles away from Guanglu Island. They basically brought back an entire village.

The Portuguese who landed at that time also had a small-scale battle with the Manchu armed forces in the town after their whereabouts were exposed. The Portuguese easily defeated their opponents with zero losses, so Simang seemed particularly relaxed after arriving on Guanglu Island.

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In addition to the group of Han refugees sent to Haihan, the Portuguese also looted several large local Manchu landlords. According to the agreement between the two parties, this part of the harvest did not need to be shared with Haihan.

Into the pockets of the Portuguese.

Simang has roughly calculated the gains from these days of operations. Although it is not enough to cover the military expenses of the northward expedition, it is still a considerable amount of income. Moreover, Haihan has not limited the operation period. As long as the Portuguese promise not to

Just attack the Han people, which means that the Portuguese fleet can continue its armed operations on the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula and seize property from the Qing-controlled areas in a simple and crude way.

As for why Haihan reached such a deal with him, Xi Mang also understood clearly that Haihan needed a large number of people to fill the new colonial ports in Jinzhou, Liaodong and North Korea, and relying on traditional methods was obviously unable to meet such needs.

The Han people are temporarily unable to divide their troops to do such rough work, so they will give themselves an advantage. Once the situation in the Liaodong war changes in favor of the Haihan people, the Haihan people may take back this job and do it themselves, so Ximang wants to take advantage of the opportunity.

During this period of time, the war situation was at a stalemate, so I made a few more deals in Liaodong.

Of course, for the sake of efficiency, the Portuguese would not have much patience when dealing with the local Han people in Liaodong. Although Haihan asked Portugal not to use force against the Han people, when the Portuguese encountered armed resistance after landing, who would

There was still time to distinguish whether the enemy was Han or Manchu, and during this period some Han people who tried to resist would be killed. Some injured Han people would also be captured by Portugal and sent to Haihan territory. This time they died on the way.

The Han refugees who died were those injured during the previous arrests. However, this kind of loss of personnel was within the normal range. Liu Shang knew it well and would not deliberately inquire about the real cause of death of these refugees.

If Liu Shang had not sent away hundreds of refugees early in the morning according to Liu Shang's arrangements, the barracks on the island would not be able to house the newly arrived refugees. Liu Shang now has some manpower under his command, so it is time to accept the refugees.

There is no need for him to personally deal with it, he only needs to give orders. It is much easier than before when all the work had to be done personally. Moreover, in the past, dealing with the Portuguese was mostly done by officials from the military and diplomatic departments.

, Liu Shang’s authority is now sufficient to handle such high-level errands.

Although he said that there was no reception banquet, Liu Shang actually invited Xi Mang to have dinner with him. The conditions on the island are indeed limited, but since it is close to the sea, the seafood can be filled anyway. And Liu Shang is very fond of

The content of the dinner was not a big one. Instead, Simang asked several Portuguese cooks from the ship to prepare several home-style dishes using ingredients and seasonings on the island.

"There is a saying in our country that wine is the son of the earth and the sun. It can invigorate the spirit and inspire wisdom!" Simang did not come empty-handed. He specially asked people to take two bottles of wine from Portugal from the ship and invited Liu during dinner.

Shang shared a drink: "Seafood should be paired with white wine, and meat should be paired with red wine, so I brought a bottle of each to invite Mr. Liu to taste our country's fine wine!"

In fact, Liu Shang was not good at drinking. Although he poured two glasses of wine in front of him, he only tasted it briefly and would not drink like Xi Mang. The purpose of inviting Xi Mang to dine was not only for diplomatic etiquette, but also for the sake of diplomatic etiquette.

I also want to take this opportunity to learn more about the battle situation on the front line from Ximang.

Liu Shang is neither a diplomat nor a military attache, but he knows very well that changes in the situation in Liaodong, including the Korean Peninsula, will be closely related to his work here. The Haihan Army, or the coalition forces including the Portuguese, are on the front line

Every battle may have the potential to become propaganda material. And the development and changes in international relations in the entire region are important objects that the propaganda department he is responsible for needs to pay attention to and make use of at any time.

In principle, the military's battle reports are not completely open to the propaganda department. Generally, some battle cases are purposefully selected and handed over to Liu Shang's department for processing. The press releases related to the Liaodong war published in Haihan domestic newspapers are basically

Liu Shang did the preliminary review and compilation, and then sent it back to China for publication.

As for the versions performed by storytellers in teahouses and restaurants, the materials are basically provided by the propaganda department, and then written and processed by the storytellers themselves. Liu Shang was discovered by officials from the teahouse because he was good at making up stories.

, has his own way of processing real combat cases into gripping stories, and the limited information provided by the military, whether in timeliness or detail, cannot meet Liu Shang's needs. Of course he understands that the military has the obligation to keep military secrets

, this kind of thing cannot be forced, but since he now has the opportunity to learn about the battle situation on the front line from other channels, he does not want to miss it.

But Liu Shang wanted to find out about the battle situation on the Korean front here in Ximang, but he was looking for the wrong person. The Portuguese fleet had not sailed into the Yalu River since the expedition to Jianghua Island, and he did not know that the allied fleet led by Wang Tom and Xu Yuzhuo was in the upper reaches of the Yalu River.

The progress of the battle. What Ximang knew was that the coalition fleet established a temporary stronghold on the upper reaches of the Yalu River and formed a confrontation with the Qing army.

Of course, based on Liu Shang's understanding of the military, more information can be inferred from this. For example, the navy's current battle with the Qing army in the upper reaches of the Yalu River is not very intense, otherwise the Portuguese would not be allowed to be so leisurely along the Liaodong coastline.

We are engaged in guerrilla warfare; but it seems that the Haihan Army will not be able to escape from the Yalu River for a while. Otherwise, the Portuguese would not be entrusted with the task of plundering the Han people. At the very least, if this task is entrusted to the Fujian Navy, it should be able to save

By eliminating a lot of communication troubles, it is possible that more Han people will be encouraged to flee on their own initiative.

In fact, it is not that Wang Tom has not considered Liu Shang's idea, but the Fujian Navy has already penetrated into the upper reaches of the Yalu River. If it wants to arrange a defense change with the Portuguese fleet, it will take another two or three days to complete the defense handover. Moreover, the Portuguese fleet

People were transferred to serve as sentries in the Yalu River, and the Fujian Navy was transferred outside to carry out lucrative tasks. Afterwards, the Portuguese would definitely feel resentful about this arrangement. So Wang Tom simply made the mistake and handed over the task of raiding and harassing the enemy.

Xi Mang's fleet was hired to implement it. Although the actual effect of disrupting social order in the Qing-controlled areas may not be as good as that of the Fujian Navy, at least the two allies would not have much objection to this arrangement, and the average daily population of hundreds of people

The harvest can be considered satisfactory.

Of course, these military arrangements will not have any explanation to the outside world. Liu Shang could not understand the mystery for a while. He could only understand it as a special deployment for other purposes by the military boss. Fortunately, about the Portuguese fleet

Xi Mang did not deliberately hide anything about the recent progress of the operation. Perhaps he was drunk, or perhaps he originally planned to brag about himself in front of Haihan officials. He introduced to Liu Shang in detail how he commanded

The troops clashed left and right along the 500-mile-long Liaodong coastline, causing chaos in the local military and political affairs.

Simang was not entirely bragging. In the few short days since the Portuguese fleet launched its attack, they had already attacked more than ten villages and towns in the Qing-occupied area on the east coast of Liaoning, killing and wounding hundreds of Manchus and taking many captives back.

They killed more than 2,000 Han refugees and grabbed money and food. The results were quite fruitful. During this period, the Portuguese only suffered minor battle losses of five killed and twelve wounded. In Simang's opinion, compared to the gains gained during the operation,

, this loss is almost negligible.

"If your country could have allowed our fleet to enter the northern seas for coordinated operations a year or two earlier, maybe the Qing Dynasty would not even have the idea of ​​heading south from the Korean Peninsula."

Simang drank most of the two bottles of wine on the table by himself. His face was red at the moment, but he was still conscious. However, when he analyzed the current situation, he began to speak arrogantly: "With the strength of our fleet,

, it is completely possible to block the Yalu River all year round and completely cut off the Qing army's idea of ​​invading North Korea. When your army advances from Jinzhou to the northeast, and our army advances from the Yalu River to the northwest, I believe that the entire Liaodong Peninsula will soon be captured, and the sword will be pointed at Shenyang

city!"

Although Liu Shang was a civil servant, he was not illiterate in the military. He couldn't help shaking his head and objecting: "General Ximang's words are wrong. If your fleet wants to block the Yalu River all year round, it must have a logistics base in the Yalu River Basin.

But North Korea may not be willing to cooperate, and Jinzhou is too far away. Is it possible to keep the fleet running just by looting supplies from the Qing Dynasty?"

Ximang was stunned for a moment, and felt that what Liu Shang said made sense, so he threw out another plan: "Then I can also follow your country's approach and lead the fleet to go outside the capital of North Korea first, forcing them to also cooperate with our country.

Form an alliance and this will solve the problem!"

Liu Shang smiled and said nothing. One of the main reasons why the North Koreans are willing to form an alliance with Haihan is that Haihan is also a Han regime, so there is not much resistance to North Korea. The most typical example is that a non-Han regime wants to force North Korea to surrender.

An example is the current Qing Dynasty. Even if North Korea knew it was defeated, it was still unwilling to easily bow its head and form an alliance with it. If the Portuguese wanted to follow Haihan's original approach, it would be difficult to achieve the same results.

Of course, the Portuguese can also copy the routines they used to open up shipping routes and build colonies in other areas on the earth, but this area already has a colonial powerhouse like Haihan, and Portugal wants to independently operate a trading port of its own.

Or a colony, it is basically impossible, and we can only rely on Haihan to open up sea routes and commercial relations.

When the two were chatting in a lively manner, one of Liu Shang's subordinates came in in a panic and reported a piece of news. After hearing this, Liu Shang did not even bother to eat, and complained to Ximang: "Something happened in the refugee camp.

There seems to be a conflict between the refugees, I have to go and take a look, excuse me!"

After hearing this, Ximang put down the wine glass in his hand and stood up: "Then let's go together. If anything happens, I still have hundreds of people here who can be dispatched at any time."

The temporary camp currently housing refugees on the island is the military camp of Qian Shang Kexi. After Haihan took over the place, it was simply renovated. The current reception capacity is about a thousand people. When Liu Shang landed on the island yesterday,

The number of refugees has actually exceeded the reception capacity, so Liu Shang is eager to arrange for some refugees to be transported back to Jinzhou for resettlement.

The security of this temporary refugee camp on the island is maintained by the army company stationed on the island, but in a place like this that lacks formal social organization, it is very common for refugees to fight over living conditions or other reasons. And the Portuguese

Villages and towns are often used as units to "pack up" people to bring them back. It is also common for these refugees to huddle together for warmth in a strange environment. Once a fight breaks out, it can easily turn into a large-scale group fight. So Liu Shangyi heard about the refugee camp

There was a commotion, so I had no intention of chatting with Simon anymore.

When Liu Shang arrived at the refugee camp, the garrison had already intervened on the scene, isolated the barracks where the situation occurred from the outside world, and ordered all the refugees in the camp to return to their houses immediately, otherwise they would cause rebellion. The situation was basically under control

Live, the only thing left is to find out what happened and deal with the relevant people.

The officer commanding the quelling the chaos at the scene saw Liu Shang arriving and briefly explained the situation to him. In fact, the situation was very simple. It was a refugee family that had just arrived on the island today and another family that had been on the island for three days because of food distribution.

A quarrel broke out over the issue, and a group fight broke out. Although the participants were basically bare-handed and without any lethal weapons, several people were beaten to bloody heads and suffered broken hands and legs. Fortunately, the garrison arrived in time to break up the fight.

The two groups separated, and no lives were lost in the end.

In fact, this kind of thing happens almost every day in refugee camps. It's just a matter of the size of the fight. Liu Shang didn't have any special reaction after hearing this. He just said lightly: "I still have the strength to fight, but it seems I'm still too full."

Yes! Starting tomorrow, the food supply for everyone participating in the fight will be halved! Also, arrange for them to do the most tiring work. Since they are full of energy, put it to good use!"

Simang responded from the side: "Isn't Mr. Liu prepared to punish the perpetrators severely?"

Liu Shang shook his head and said: "These refugees have just arrived and their hearts are unstable. If they are dealt with too harshly, it may affect other people's confidence in Haihan. Punishment must be punished, but the methods must be paid attention to. We need their labor force and use them."

Using physical labor to change their mentality is how I deal with it.”
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