The leader Ma Shi was hacked to death by Huang Mengjia with a stick, and the Luo Tiantong tribesmen, who had lost their leader, had no idea. They were faced with the same choice as the other villages in Houmiling www.biquge.info salt and iron on one side, and bayonets shining with cold light on the other, and they could either accept the rule of the Han Chinese or die under the bayonets.

The instinct to survive made the Luotiantong people choose salt and iron tools, and another Shengli tribe fell.

Such skirmishes have been repeated within a radius of 200 miles south of Lingao County. Although Sheng Li, who did not even have iron weapons, was very brave, their primitive weapons and separate combat mode made them no match for the special combat team trained by the modern army, and even if they did not use Qionghai-style rifles and only charged with bayonets, no one could block the attack of the special combat team.

Mu Tianyan's excerpt to the imperial court and Xie Wenjun's letter to his father were sent to the capital by Xia Nan by flying clippers through Tianjin, and Xie Sanbin was delivered to Xie Sanbin in the Economic Nanfu.

In this month, Huang Mengjia swept hundreds of Li villages, large and small. According to the previous plan, these Li villages were reorganized into villages according to the number of people, every 500 households were a village, each household must produce a man, issued a hook knife or spear, and the instructors sent by Lingao were responsible for organizing drills during the agricultural slack, and the prototype of an ancient version of the militia began to slowly take shape.

As for the rest of the villagers, they were asked to abandon the previous mode of herding dogs (concentrated hunting) for a living, and were given seeds and farming tools to grow mountain lanning rice on the spot. After obtaining iron farming tools and seeds, under the threat of bayonets and the temptation of salt, the Shengli began to try a new way of survival. Although the yield of Shanlan rice is very low, it is still much stronger than the original hunting of Shengli, and at least it can obtain stable and sufficient food.

The reason why the Shengli were allowed to plant Shanlan rice in the mountains, rather than in the more fertile, flat areas, was because these future fertile fields were reserved for Shandong refugees. When it comes to farming, the Han people are much stronger than the Li people after all, and good steel should be used on the blade.

The official document for counterinsurgency was soon forwarded to Lingao by the governor's yamen. With this "letter of introduction", the Qiongzhou battalion will be able to send troops to Shandong to intervene in the open.

The members of the Provisional Staff Office were called together to draw up a battle plan and a plan for dealing with unexpected situations for the dispatch of troops to Shandong.

Unlike the previous times, Wang Qinian, who has repeatedly made contributions, was also designated by Xia Nan to participate. Through the battle of the Central Left Institute, Xia Nan saw the huge role of intelligence in the war, even if Wang Qinian's means of obtaining intelligence were still quite primitive, but still played a key role. From undercover Liu Xiang to breaking into Zheng Zhilong's group, several actions allowed Wang Qinian to accumulate experience and obtain the first batch of subordinates - in addition to the pirate Liang Dong, several pirates who were bought in the original Liu Xiang Group and several subordinates of the Zheng family's Anping old mansion were absorbed because of their clever minds.

A very simple-looking 1:500 huge sand table was placed in the center of the South Park Chamber, and Sima De and the others carefully looked at this sand table.

This sand table is made by Lin Weiye, a senior military fan, he is a native of Yantai, Shandong, and is more familiar with the terrain along the coast of Shandong.

Lam made a cameo appearance as a docent, explaining the terrain to the temporary staff officers.

"In view of the limited area of our possible activities, this sand table is limited to the area of Dengzhou and Laizhou. And the rebels have been compressed to the Dengzhou area, so this area is enough for us to deduce. Lin Weiye pointed at the sand table with a wooden stick, "You see, this city by water is Dengzhou." According to Mr. Sun, the north gate of the city is close to the water city, and the water city is the place where the water division is stationed, facing the sea in the north, crossing the mountains in the northwest, and the river in the southeast. Theoretically, if the rebels can't hold on, they can flee directly from the water city to the sea. ”

Sima De looked at the location of "Dengzhou" and asked: "If according to the Imperial Court Mansion, then the rebels have been compressed to the area of Dengzhou, then the battlefield of the land battle is outside Dengzhou City?" Are we going to send the main force of the land division? Where should the sailors be stationed if they want to intercept the fleeing rebels? ”

Xia Nan recalled and said: "The main battlefield of the land war must be outside Dengzhou City, and the main force of the Qiongzhou Battalion Army must go, and we didn't really go to fight soy sauce to prevent Dongjiang Town." As for where the fleet is stationed...... We once went to Shandong to dig coal, and I remember that there was an island about ten miles north of Dengzhou, which was not small, with a radius of about 100 li, enough to garrison a fleet, and could intercept the rebel fleet going to sea in the best position......

Lin Weiye is a native of Yantai, so he naturally knows this place, so he picked up the conversation: "It's called Changdao, and it will be the only island county in Shandong in the future." It is 200 miles away from Lushun and about 14 miles away from Dengzhou Water City. ”

Xia Nan high-fived and said: "Yes, it's called Long Island, the fleet is stationed in this place, and the rebel fleet is difficult to fly." Whether it was landing from Lushun or returning to Dongjiang Town, the rebels had to make a detour to Long Island, which was the only way to go. ”

Sima De asked: "The imperial court only drew out our sailors, and the land division also went out with the ship, are there some divisions that are unknown?" ”

"It's okay. As long as there is a name, I will have more people, and I don't need the court to allocate money and make up arrears, Zhu Dadian still doesn't laugh off his big teeth? Besides, with Xie Xun's internal response, the army can also go ashore openly, and after the rebels are destroyed, the army can help transfer local refugees. ”

Sima De nodded: "Then go along with the waterway." The land division landed directly from Laizhou and joined up with the counterinsurgency army, and the naval division was stationed there directly after arriving on Long Island, waiting for an opportunity to ambush the rebel fleet. ”

Murong Longcheng pointed to the location of Dengzhou City and said: "The ambush fleet still has to prepare in advance, once the rebels escape, there will always be dozens of ships, large and small, if our fleet will only wait for the rabbit, there is always a process from discovering the enemy situation to anchoring and pursuing, and the results of the battle will inevitably be discounted......

Xia Nan pointed at Wang Qinian and said, "So I called Wang Qinian here to give him a new task." Find a way to find out the movements of the rebels and warn them in advance, so that the fleet is ready to intercept in advance, and the rebels can't run a few ships even if they want to. ”

Wang Qinian still had an expressionless face that had not changed for thousands of years, and he replied succinctly: "The time is very short, and the situation in Dengzhou is also complicated, I can't guarantee that I can get into Dengzhou City in time, but I will do my best." ”