Zhou Qingfeng retreated to Haizhou at the end of February 1617. Haizhou dug trenches and built barracks with the help of combat engineers. A relatively complete defense system was built. After finishing these things, he let Xu Bing take charge here as the commander-in-chief. He mobilized two battalions of Gao Daniu and Li Yanxi, as well as five thousand reserve militia.
The infantry battalion of the Martial Gate was stationed in Jinzhou, keeping an eye on the possibility of Kennu attacking from Dandong. This battalion could not be moved. Zhou Qingfeng took away one of his cavalry companies, Han Shi's cavalry battalion, and Chai Jie's firearms battalion.
Among them, the firearms battalion was specially created to promote the status of women. In an era where female babies were drowned and women's status was extremely low, an army made up entirely of women was a very strong example. Since the formation of this army, countless stubborn feudal apologists felt as if their parents had died. They were even angrier than when they saw the 'revolutionary army' using a large number of female cadres.
Before the founding of the country, the Chinese were repeatedly invaded by foreign enemies and went through a cruel civil war. The original feudal system was swept away. The extremely humiliating modern history made the Chinese extremely disgusted with any kind of feudal dregs. Compared to other countries in the world, China's revolution was the most thorough. Of course, in recent years, the dregs had surfaced, and many decadent ideas had resurfaced.
Zhou Qingfeng did not have such a broken world for him to freely express himself. He could only watch as the aristocrats were destroyed physically. He was determined to break the old world. The first was to change the patriarchal mentality of society and fully rescue half of the society's labor force and intelligence.
The war at the end of the Ming determined the fate of the Chinese for the next four hundred years. In history, we lost very, very badly. The price was the entire nation struggling in the abyss for a whole four hundred years. People would not laugh at the Manchurian Qing that had already disappeared. They would only laugh at the Chinese who crawled out of the abyss covered in scars.
Look at what happened to the Indians, the Mayans, and the Aztecs. Look at the trash in Africa that had nothing better to do. Look at the Asian, African, and Latin American countries that were praised by the West for being full of primitive ecology. The miserable state of the losers was still vivid in their minds.
"This battle mission is very important. The enemy has an absolute advantage in numbers. In order to disrupt the enemy's attack, I decided to attack the heart of the enemy. I was going to lead an organized group of female soldiers to attack. He wanted those officials to tremble at the sound of gunfire, to let those stubborn gentry die under the bayonet, to let those ignorant and conservative people see a completely different world.
I knew that women were physically unsuited for high-intensity combat. But I believe that you are not ordinary female soldiers. You bear the heavy responsibility of reviving an ancient nation. This heavy responsibility is on your shoulders, and you will need to pay with your lives to carry it forward.
All I can do is share this great and glorious mission with you. Come with me, let's go fight! "
A few days before Commissioner Yang Gao held the send-off assembly, Zhou Qingfeng also held a much smaller, but far-reaching, swearing-in assembly in Lushun. The most eye-catching part of the meeting was the Firearm Battalion, which consisted of only five hundred men. It was a unit made up entirely of female soldiers.
Because there were too few young women with qualified physiques, most of the adult women in the hundreds of thousands of population were only about 1.4 meters tall, and almost all of them were malnourished. Their living conditions were worse than men's, and their social status was lower.
In order to give full play to the abilities of half of the population, Zhou Qingfeng tried his best to gather five hundred female soldiers. Because spring steel couldn't be produced at present, flintlock guns were still an extravagant hope. However, after Zhao Ze produced the hydraulic drilling machine, he still provided five hundred matchlock guns to Zhou Qingfeng.
These female soldiers had been desperately eating and training in the past six months, growing taller and gaining weight. Their average age was only sixteen years old, and there was still the possibility of further growth. Many female soldiers really grew five or six centimeters taller and gained more than ten kilograms in the past six months. Many female soldiers were so thin that they could be blown away by a gust of wind. Now, their faces were radiant and their skin was rosy.
The female soldiers of the 'Revolutionary Army' were known as the personal guards of the Imperial Guard. Many of them showed an extremely loyal side when they joined the army. When Zhou Qingfeng ordered them to kill and set fire, they didn't even frown. They were the ones who worked the hardest on the training ground. If it wasn't for the rules of the training program, they would have trained themselves to death. People who had been reborn could have strong combat power.
This time, Zhou Qingfeng said he wanted to attack the heart of the enemy to show his strength to the world. These female soldiers were more fanatical than the male soldiers. They were so excited that they were willing to sacrifice their lives for their ideals.
Before the end of winter, the 'Revolutionary Army' had confirmed from many channels that the Ming Army would attack Haigai and Gai Prefectures at the beginning of spring. The Ming Army was like a sieve now. Once there was a little news, it would fly everywhere. It was hard for Zhou Qingfeng not to know about it. The idiot Yang Gao actually sent a letter of surrender to the 'Revolutionary Army' before he sent his troops.
The letter of surrender listed the strength of the Ming Army in detail, the generals, the plan of attack, and even the date. The intention of Yang Gao writing this letter of surrender was to show off his strength. He wanted to tell Zhou Qingfeng that he was very powerful and he had a lot of underlings. You can't beat them. Quickly surrender!
Zhou Qingfeng had already prepared for this situation. You fight your battles, and I'll fight mine. You dare to attack my Haigai and Gai Prefectures? I'll attack your Tianjin, press into Tongzhou, and look at the capital like a tiger. I'll see if you're angry or not. No matter how many soldiers you have, they'll still come back from Shanhai Pass obediently to rescue the King. At that time, the fat ones will drag the thin ones, and the thin ones will drag the thin ones to death. Are you afraid?
After the mobilization, everyone boarded the ship!
The shipyard of the 'Revolutionary Army' hadn't been able to start building big ships, but Xu Bing had already collected forty to fifty ships with more than a thousand tons of materials. They had the ability to transport two thousand people and their equipment across the sea at one time.
The attack plan was divided into two parts. The restraining plan was completed by Li Shuwei. He would take two thousand militias across the sea to Dengzhou in the name of doing business and completely eliminate the Denglai Navy of the Ming Army. Although the Denglai Navy had long been broken, they still couldn't be left aside. After taking down Denglai, they would be wary of any Ming Army coming from the direction of Shandong.
The main attack plan was personally led by Zhou Qingfeng. The total number of soldiers and auxiliary troops was only about one thousand and eight hundred. The military force was extremely capable. Later on, there would be another five thousand militias auxiliary troops following. After the main force boarded the ship, it sailed to Tianjin. After floating on the sea for two days, it appeared safely in the open sea of Tianjin Port.
Wang Kai's Department of Commerce and Trade bought a dock in Tianjin and installed a large number of cargo lifting equipment. Wang Kunpeng's Department of Security had a large amount of funds to infiltrate everywhere in Tianjin Wei. There were specialized personnel responsible for receiving Zhou Qingfeng. When the ship arrived in Tianjin, the Tianjin Navy didn't react at all. No one thought that Zhou Qingfeng would be so daring as to directly bring troops to attack.
In such a dusky and foggy morning, a huge fleet of ships was about to approach the shore silently. Zhou Qingfeng stood at the bow of the ship and looked in the direction of Tianjin Wei City. The sea had changed into mulberry fields in four hundred years. The coastline of this place was completely different from the future. The guide from the Department of Security who was responsible for guiding the route pointed to a mound of soil on the coast and said, "Young Marshal, that's Da Gu Kou."
Zhou Qingfeng looked up at a large mound of soil on the shore of the estuary of the Hai River and asked, "Are there people up there?"
The guide smiled. "There are people, but they are all our people. The weather is still very cold right now. It's so early in the morning, so the soldiers of the City Defense Institute won't come out. "
Tianjin Wei City was about 50 kilometers away from the coastline. The Hai River's channel was narrow and curved. There was no way for Zhou Qingfeng's fleet to enter easily. Therefore, the plan to attack Tianjin this time was to dock at the port and then go straight to Da Gu Kou. After occupying this coastal fortress, they would advance inland.
In later years, when the Western powers attacked the Manchurian Qing from the sea, they would attack Da Gu Kou every time. This also proved the importance of the fort at Da Gu Kou. After the 'Revolutionary Army' attacked, they also targeted this place as a landing point.
When the first ship docked, Ye Na led Zhou Qingfeng's personal troops to attack the fort at Da Gu Kou to ensure control of that vital point. The more than 20 cranes installed on the dock were specially prepared for this landing operation. A large number of people and horses disembarked from the gangway. The staff officer of the attack force controlled the entire battle process according to the plan prepared in advance.
Qiao Xuenan stood on the shore and trembled nervously. He held a progress chart in his hand and constantly compared it to the entire army's disembarkation process. When to arrange for that army to disembark, this was all planned out. But the ships sailed at sea in an order. When they arrived at the dock, they might not necessarily follow the order. Moreover, communication was not convenient at the moment. The people on the dock were shouting and the horses neighing. Chaos was inevitable.
The staff officer was responsible for adjusting and correcting this chaos. They controlled the troops to quickly assemble. They all had guides hired by the Ministry of State Security to guide them to their respective targets. The first thing the attack force did after disembarking was to control the entire Tianjin Port and delay the news as much as possible.
The Tianjin Shipping Yamen near the port was controlled at the first instance. The soldiers of the City Defense Institute had no idea what was going on. They were given a full meal, but instead they worked for the 'Revolutionary Army'. It was like doing odd jobs for the rich merchants like Wang Kai on normal days. Today's meal was a lot of oil, so they worked harder.
Wang Kai panted heavily and appeared in front of Zhou Qingfeng with a head full of sweat. Two hours before the attack force arrived, a small boat docked to deliver the news of the capture of Tianjin to him. Only now did he know why there was a series of work to organize and control the hard labor soldiers at the dock. There was even a plan to prepare meals and appease the natives.
"Young Marshal, Wang Kai, the Chief of the Trade and Commerce Section, reporting for duty." Wang Kai's short and fat body straightened his back in front of Zhou Qingfeng. This appearance was extremely comical. But when he saw other people present themselves like this, he naturally did the same. The feeling of straightening his back was really good. It was even better when the army came ashore. It made people extremely excited.
"Wang Kai, you did a good job in Tianjin. This is what you should do." Zhou Qingfeng brought his personal army and staff officer ashore and set up a temporary headquarters. He patted Wang Kai's shoulder and smiled. "Have you prepared the list of names I asked you to prepare?"
"I'm ready." Wang Kai's heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably. He took out a thin booklet from his pocket and solemnly handed it to Zhou Qingfeng.
Zhou Qingfeng took it and casually flipped through it. A copy of this list of names had been handed to him a few days ago. After flipping through it again, he returned it to Wang Kai and said with a smile, "The life and death of the several hundred people on this list will be decided by you, Chief Wang.
For those who are extremely angry with the people and are extremely corrupt, arrest them, confiscate their homes, try them, and execute them. For those who haven't done too much wrong and can be roped in and used, give them preferential treatment and comfort. For those who are famous and have a good reputation but are unwilling to cooperate, put them under house arrest. "
Tianjin had more officials and gentry than the entire Liaodong Peninsula. This was an important town in the north, economically rich and populous, and the intertwined forces were extremely deep. It was not appropriate to eradicate them all, but it was even more inappropriate to blindly condone them. Kill a group, scare a group, suppress a group, this was a policy that had been formulated long ago.
As for who among these people was good and who was bad, far away in Liaodong, Zhou Qingfeng did not know. The history books also did not record this content. In addition to the Ministry of State Security's Wang Kunpeng's investigation, the only thing controlling these people's fates were the various reports written by that damned fatty Wang Kai on a daily basis.
Those who could be written on the list by Wang Kai were not ordinary people. Normally, he would not even have enough time to flatter them. Today, as he held the list in his hand, he was so happy that his fat face was trembling. It turned out that money was nothing, the feeling of power was really good. All the monsters and demons, now it's your turn to kneel at my feet and call me 'Laoye'.
The news that Zhou Qingfeng had captured Dagukou arrived a day later. The various officials and gentry staying in Tianjin all thought this was a joke. When this joke reached the capital, Flat Hair flapped his wings and flew into Guo Jiao's boudoir with a whoosh. He cried out, "Eldest Miss, quickly get up. That brat Zhou Qingfeng has come to make trouble! "
Guo Jiao was lying on the bed, snoring loudly. When she heard the news, she turned over and sat up with a whoosh. She smiled happily and said, "I've waited for him for more than half a year. That brat finally came. Did he cause a big trouble as soon as he came, causing the whole city to be in an uproar and out of control? "
Flat Hair nodded and said, "Yes, he caused too much trouble this time, the kind that pierced through the sky."
Guo Jiao clapped her hands and laughed happily. "I knew this guy was a troublemaker. No matter where he goes, he won't let people live in peace. Tell me quickly, did he beat up some rich merchant with a strong background? "
Flat Hair shook his head …
"Did he beat up the nobles and nobles of the capital?"
Flat Hair shook his head again …
"He couldn't have beaten up the princes and nobles of the imperial court, could he?"
Flat Hair still shook his head …
Guo Jiao became confused and asked, "Then what kind of trouble did he cause?"
"That brat brought troops here."
"What troops?"
"The kind that leads troops to war. Yesterday, he captured Tianjin Dagukou, and it is said that he will soon take Tianjin Garrison. At this time, all the people in the court and the people in the capital are in a panic. The whole of North Zhili is like a bomb. Everyone is scared silly by him. "
Guo Jiao suddenly fell into a daze. After a while, she jumped off the bed and shouted frantically, "I asked him to come to the capital to cause trouble. I asked him to come alone. I didn't ask him to bring troops here. " A second later, she leaned down with extreme fear and lowered her voice. "Flat Hair, don't tell my father about this. If my father knows that I asked Zhou to come, he will beat me to death. "
Hmm … Guo Buyi's coughing had already reached outside the door.
It's over. This is self-inflicted!
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