"Who are you? What are you doing?"
In the backyard of Wendeng County's government office, the county magistrate and dozens of wealthy merchants looked at the soldiers of the Weihai Guards 'First Thousand-Household Bureau who suddenly barged in with a dumbfounded expression.
Immediately after, he flew into a rage out of humiliation and cursed. Being pointed at by a soldier who was usually like a servant, he only felt extremely embarrassed and angry. He was so angry that he stomped his feet.
" Do you know who we are?"
"You guys are dead!"
" Damned lowlifes!!"
“.....”
The dozens of squires were also confused by the situation, and all of them stomped their feet and cursed.
The general flag leader listened to the curses of the county officials and the wealthy merchants in Wendeng County and sneered,"Let them wake up and understand their situation!”
The soldiers below laughed and walked forward. They slapped the county magistrate who was jumping the most happily.
"Pa!"
The Weihai Wei soldiers had meat to eat every day, and they were all extremely strong. Coupled with their daily training, how strong were they?
How could a pampered official withstand the merciless slaps of these soldiers?!
With just one slap, the magistrate was slapped into a pig's head. His eyes rolled back on the spot and he fainted.
The soldiers threw him to the ground like a dead pig and ignored him.
When the squires and county officials who had eaten and drunk their fill saw this scene, they woke up one after another. They were frightened and their faces were pale.
A smile appeared on the general flag's face as he said with a smile,""Congratulations, you've all been captured!!”
" Captives?!!"
The rich merchants looked at each other, unable to understand how they had been captured for no reason.
"You guys…You guys are from Weihai Wei!"
A wealthy merchant looked at the entire flag and the weapons and equipment of the fifty people. He immediately reacted and shouted.
"What? Weihai Wei?"
"You mean? Weihaiwei is attacking?"
"And the county city has been breached?”
"What happened? How did the city suddenly fall?"
"I'm finished, I'm finished, I'm definitely finished! Weihai Wei is extremely unfriendly to us rich merchants. Although they aren't as cruel as the intruders, they aren't any better!!”
“.....”
A country squire suddenly opened his mouth and screamed, causing all the country squire merchants to fall silent.
They had heard about Weihai Wei's situation.
Less than ten percent of the rich merchants and squires survived!
After all, anyone who had the slightest resentment would be beheaded and their entire family would be raided!
But now, in the entire Ming Dynasty, how many rich merchants and country bumpkins didn't have blood on their hands?!
None of the people present were innocent!
He was definitely dead!
When they thought about how they had built such a huge family business and how they had ended up with their families destroyed, all the wealthy businessmen and officials present were in despair.
They all wanted to resist, but they were immediately slapped unconscious by the soldiers who were staring at them.
For a moment, miserable howls sounded endlessly, incomparably mournful.
The general looked at the previously arrogant and arrogant people with disdain. Now, they were so frightened that their faces had turned pale and their buttocks were flowing. Without saying anything, he waved his hand and imprisoned all of them.
They were all handed over to the second and third guards who had caught up.
The thousand men of the Thousand Households headed straight for the defense line of Huanglei River and Tangquan Town. Together with the accompanying farmers, they worked overtime to build a defense line to defend against the Ming army from Dengzhou Prefecture on the Ninghai Prefecture side.
Wendeng County was easily taken down. The Chengshan Guards in the northeast and the Jinghai Guards in the southeast were also taken down. Under the sudden attack of the Weihai Guards, who were full of morale, the guards of the two guard stations were all panic-stricken and scared out of their wits. They did not last long before they collapsed.
Along the way, they easily took down Wendeng County, Chengshan, and Jinghai.
The Weihai Army had taken down three cities in one day!
Then, the First Guards rushed to Huanglei River and Tangquan Town and began to frantically build their own defensive facilities to defend against the enemies from the west.
Weihai Wei Lord's Mansion.
"My lord, the first guard has sent a letter. The first thousand-household army has taken down Wendeng County without bloodshed. The 2nd Chiliocosm easily took down the Chengshan Guards, and the 3rd Chiliocosm easily took down the Jinghai Guards!”
"Wendeng, Chengshan, and Jinghai have been taken down by us!”
"The First Guard has handed over the follow-up defense clean-up work of the three places to the Second and Third Guards. They have already rushed to the front line of Tangquan Town on the Huanglei River and have begun to set up a defense line with all their strength to defend against the Ming army from Dengzhou Prefecture's main force!”
Chief of Staff Li Qian reported excitedly to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng was overjoyed when he heard that." Good! He's unstoppable and has taken down three cities in a row. As expected of our army's number one guard!"”
"How are the casualties of the First Guard?" he asked emotionally.”
"Less than a hundred people died, and only eight of them died!”The smile on Li Qian's face instantly vanished.
Lin Feng nodded and did not say anything. It was normal for there to be casualties in a siege with cold weapons, even if it was a sneak attack.
It was impossible to defeat the enemy without any casualties!
Compared to taking down three cities and achieving their strategic goal, less than a hundred casualties was a small price to pay.
Even if the First Guard suffered more than a thousand casualties, Lin Feng would be willing to pay the price of half of the casualties to take down these three places!
It wasn't that he was cold-blooded, but that war was like this!
Contending for hegemony was not a game, but a path of kings paved with mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
"Immediately mobilize the construction team, government officials, and farmers to the three places. Get the population, land, and mining resources of the three places as soon as possible!”
"Clean up what needs to be cleaned up immediately. I need to completely control the Jiaodong region in the shortest time possible!”
"Build the cement roads in the three places as soon as possible and connect them to the traffic network of Weihai Wei!”
Lin Feng immediately ordered calmly. This was because he was fighting for time.
The sooner he controlled the three regions, the more stable the rear would be. Not only would he not need to expend a large amount of manpower and resources, but he would also be able to replenish them.
More importantly, he could mobilize the second and third guards to support the front line.
As for development?
Before they could repel the Dengzhou Prefecture's attack, they would not be able to develop steadily.
This was war. For the sponsors of a force, once a war started, they were destined to invest most of their resources into the war.
What Lin Feng could do was to try his best to resist the enemy outside the border so as not to disturb the production and construction work in the rear.
"The navy has to be mobilized as well. Mobilize the Weihai Squadron to patrol the front line to prevent the Dengzhou Prefecture's warships from ambushing!”Lin Feng suddenly remembered that the Dengzhou Prefecture had a navy. Although their combat strength was very weak, once they entered their own sea area, it would also cause a huge blow to his territory.
After all, Weihai Wei's development had mostly relied on maritime trade.
If the sea was not calm, the sea trade would definitely suffer a huge blow.
Without the gold and silver from the south, Weihai would not have been able to develop so quickly!
After all, Weihai Wei was only so big, and its resources were limited. At most, it could maintain a self-sufficient level. However, once it lost external resources, many industries would suffer a heavy blow!
Although it wouldn't go bankrupt, the scale would definitely drop.
After all, without such a large amount of raw materials, no matter how many people there were, they couldn't produce it, right?
Weihaiwei's current industry was almost entirely man-made, and it was all produced by human tactics. But that was still an industry, wasn't it?
The industrial chain of every industry was huge. Losing one of the links would affect the entire industry.
It was never too much to overestimate caution!
Chief of Staff Li Qian also realized this problem. His expression turned serious and he nodded heavily."The General Staff will make a plan and get the navy to move out! At the same time, the Chengshan Squadron and the Jinghai Squadron can't stay idle either. They need to patrol our sea too! "After all, we now occupy Jiaodong and are surrounded by the sea on three sides. We definitely can't underestimate the enemies on the sea!”
"I suggest that the three great fleets of the navy conduct a clean-up operation to clean up all the pirates on the voyage. After all, maritime trade accounts for a large portion of our territory's economy. The safety of the shipping routes cannot be overstated!”
Lin Feng nodded." Your idea is very good. Let's do it this way. The General Staff will immediately formulate a coastal defense and route clearing plan!”
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