On the one hand, the problem of food shortage, and on the other hand, the training of these immigrants with medium-intensity drills, so that they can adapt to the military camp life of the Qiongzhou battalion more quickly after the reclamation is over. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info even if Lan Lin and Zhu Jinhu don't apply, sooner or later they will be officially incorporated into the troops of the Qiongzhou battalion.

But the two didn't know this, and after they made a bet, with the idea of joining the army to change their fate, they pestered the guards to ask to officially join the Qiongzhou battalion. The soldier repeatedly explained that it was only a matter of time before he became a soldier, but the two did not believe it, and the matter went to Huang Hansheng, the general person in charge of training.

Huang Hansheng looked at the two of them funny, one was strong and the other was stubborn, they all looked like they were soldiers, as long as they practiced well, they might not be able to succeed. He reassured: "The two of you are willing to join the Qiongzhou battalion, and I welcome it very much. However, there is a plan for when Tunding will be recruited, and you can't be incorporated into the veteran army alone, first, you can't keep up with the training of veterans, and secondly, it will also destroy the balance of the veteran company, so it is better for you to wait for the reclamation to be completed, and form a recruit company with other Tunding, start from scratch, step by step, as long as you work hard, it is the day when gold will always shine. ”

The officials all said so, and the two had no choice but to give up and go back to continue the reclamation. However, Zhu Jinhu was careful, he saw that the officers of the Qiongzhou battalion were not as good as those officers and soldiers or rebels in Shandong, there was no arrogance, as long as you didn't commit crimes, they were all very talkative, and such an army was very different from other officers and soldiers who often beat and scolded and punished soldiers, not to mention that they would not deduct food and wages. Joining the Qiongzhou Battalion, through hard work, to become a human being, may really be a goal worth striving for.

More than half a month later, the samurai of the Satsuma Domain and the fleet of Batavia arrived at Lingao as agreed.

Mitsuhisa Shimazu brought with him two thousand samurai, more than half of whom were ronins he recruited from Kyushu. Most of these ronins were ruined by the various repressive measures of the shogunate, and they lost their lords, and they were unwilling to change their courts, and they returned to serve other daimyo as samurai, and their lives were very poor. Now the Satsuma clan responded to Xia Nan's call to engage in "transnational labor export", and went abroad to rob, and there was no need to swear allegiance to any daimyo, which just gave these people the opportunity to improve their lives, and after the news was sent, the ronin of the entire Kyushu gathered in Kagoshima, and Shimazu Mitsuhisa still picked among these people, and selected the best of the best, and only then screened out more than 1,000 people. Combined with the Satsuma Domain's own trusted samurai, there was just enough to make up about 2,000 people.

The fleet of the Dutch Indian Company is not as good as it used to be, with only six armed merchant ships, led by an old acquaintance, Putmans, a far cry from the strength of the last time war was declared. After the defeat at Liuluo Bay, the Dayuan Merchant House was expelled and closed, the Far East's trading base shrank further, and the company's council and shareholders were unwilling to allocate funds to strengthen the Far East's fleet, resulting in only six old armed merchant ships to participate in the war. But Xia Nan didn't care about this, he just needed the name of the Dutch. Besides, after Zheng Zhilong's death, even if these six old armed merchant ships were not able to compete with the Ming sailors, as long as they did not land and fight, this fleet would still be able to rampage along the coast of Fujian.

Mitsuhisa Shimazu and Putmans were invited to a meeting of the Provisional Staff Office in the Council Chamber, and they were able to see a pattern of pre-war deployment that had never been seen before.

A partial map of the southeast coast was hung on the wall, and Sima De, as the head of the temporary staff office, stood at the map, pointing his finger at the area around Kinmen in Fujian, "Red hair...... Mr. Pu's fleet was responsible for attacking the area of Kinmen and Penghu, first of all, to clear all the nearby naval warships, and then blockade the port of Zhongzuosuo to ensure that the pieces were not allowed to go to sea! ”

It took a moment for Putmans to react that the so-called "Mr. Pu" was talking about himself. After listening to Sima De's deployment arrangement, he couldn't help but ask: "After Zheng Yiguan's death, although there are no decent sailors near Fujian, it is very inconvenient to run long-distance to replenish, and I am afraid it will be a little difficult to blockade the port!" Why not change the location of the attack to Guangzhou? Anyway, it's a play, so it's better to change to a more convenient stage. ”

Sima De retorted: "Mr. Pu, today is different from the past, this time you have our support, and supplies are not a problem. If you feel that it is difficult to replenish the supply in Kinmen and Penghu, you can directly rest and replenish on Nanao Island, and we can transport fresh water and food here as a sea grain platform. As for the choice of location, why not choose Guangzhou, hum, the imperial court will inevitably order the Qiongzhou Battalion Water Division to fight, let us fight you, and then we won't win, nor will we lose, what do you say? ”

Putmans was stunned for a moment, as if this was the truth, he chose to do a show at the door of the Qiongzhou camp, and if he didn't do it, he would smash it.

He gave up this idea, carefully checked the distance between Nan'ao Island and Kinmen on the map, nodded his head, and expressed his approval: "This distance can build a safe supply line." Of course, it would be better if your ships could send us supplies, and we could implement an uninterrupted port blockade for a month or so. ”

Sima De glanced at Xia Nan, saw the affirmative meaning in his eyes, and replied, "This is not impossible. As long as the blockade causes enough panic, the Qiongzhou battalion can be responsible for transporting fresh water and food. ”

The Dutch were arranged, and the next thing was to arrange the Japanese.

Sima De's finger moved to the coast of Zhejiang: "As for the samurai of Shimazu Mitsuhisa, they can choose to land at any location in Taizhou, Ningbo, and Shaoxing. Jiangnan is the granary of the capital, and these places are the anointed places of Jiangnan, as long as there is chaos in these places and affects the food supply of the capital, the emperor's square inch will definitely be in chaos. ”

Mitsuhisa Shimazu said: "Excuse me, do we insist on one place, or do we grab one place and then change it......"

Sima De replied: "If you stay in one place all the time, it is easy to attract the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers. Let's take a few places in turn. Only in this way can the tense atmosphere of wolf smoke in Jiangnan be created and make Chongzhen nervous. ”

He pointed to the map and said, "You can go to Taizhou first, and then change to Ningbo, Shaoxing and other places." These two places are separated from Taizhou by land by two to three hundred miles, and it takes three days to walk by land, and even if the officers and men assemble, they will not be able to catch up with our speed by water, and they can only run for their lives. ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa nodded: "Got it." However, our ship is slow, can you provide a boat to help us transport troops? ”

"That's not a problem." "We can provide troop carriers. ”