Chapter 290: Expedition
Liujin Island
As the sun rises in mid-sky, the island is bustling with activity, and the sounds of logging are everywhere. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Hundreds of boats lined up on the coast, except for the general, who had ready-made dwellings, the soldiers who were logging and drinking, and the people who were in charge of cooking and drinking set up shelves on the coast.
Soldiers are collecting oysters and shells on the beach of the coast, and a warship is trawling in the sea not far away.
The sun shone on the water, with golden reflections, and white seagulls flew in flocks.
The king of Chengde County, Zhong Qinbo, Pei Ziyun was climbing the mountain under the escort of the soldiers, and the king of Chengde County smiled brightly, stopping from time to time to look at the distant scenery.
In the distance, the petrel and seagulls, the wildflowers dotted on the side of the road, and the blue sea, were in a very comfortable mood, so they smiled: "The south is hotter than the capital, spring comes early, and you see that the island is all green." β
Pei Ziyun also stopped, looked down at the top of the mountain, and the smoke was faint under the mountain, so he smiled: "What's even more gratifying is that although the houses and villages on the island have been changed, they have not been destroyed." β
The defenders of Liujin Island surrendered without a fight, so that in the end, these buildings were not destroyed, and there were more, a few more wells, presumably built by the defenders.
Just thinking about it, the talisman was a little shaken, Pei Ziyun remained silent, and listened to the King of Chengde ask curiously: "I heard that this was originally a real industry?"
"Real people intend to operate on this island?" Zhong Qinbo looked at it and shook his head: "This place is barren, I'm afraid it is difficult to reclaim, and even if it can be cultivated, there is not much." β
This kind of island reclamation and construction until the harvest income can be obtained, it is purely an incoming and outgoing expenditure, which is not small, and the potential is small.
"Yes, the island is only a township, and there are many mountainous areas, which is difficult to develop, but if it is cultivated and intensively cultivated, it may be self-sufficient, and it can also make some income by supplying food and fresh water to the passing ships. Pei Ziyun said with a smile, in fact, he had checked, there were still small plains, and the land that had been humus by thousands of years of grass and guano was very fertile, and the canals were built to plant rice and sugarcane.
Rice is self-sufficient in grain, sugarcane can be squeezed for sugar, although there are many mountains but relatively gentle, although it cannot be developed into farmland but can be grazing, there is still a lot to be done in general, as for the development costs, their own gold is very large.
But there is no need to say more, please enter the village, pointed: "This is my former residence, please the county king and uncle, under this grievance." β
Zhong Qinbo looked at the village and the courtyard again, and reluctantly nodded.
After some placement, Pei Ziyun had a chance to stay away, and when he opened the talisman, He Qingqing appeared in the aura of the talisman, and just then he appeared, he said: "Young master, we have traveled ten miles to the southeast of the overseas. β
"Well, I will command the ship to fetch you at once. Pei Ziyun said that in order to avoid a sneak attack, there are two warships patrolling the sea near Liujin Island.
"Yes, young master!"
Pei Ziyun came out, looked at the guards who followed, and ordered: "Someone from the sea has come to reward him, and ten miles to the southeast, send someone to greet him." β
A group of soldiers who followed led the order.
Zhongqinbo and the king of Chengde are still on patrol, the king of Chengde is young, it is difficult to get the island, he is no longer serious, and he looks curious.
After half an hour, He Qingqing was led over: "Young master!"
"What's the situation now?" Pei Ziyun asked.
"Young master, last time the warning, the people on the island were evacuated, and there was no loss of personnel, this time we received the order of the son, we returned, but we did not bring the people, we have six ships, full of cattle, sheep, vegetables and fruits, all purchased in the coastal port. β
"Okay, Qingqing, you have worked hard. Pei Ziyun bowed: "When the army moves, you will slowly move people back, I took a look, except for the farmland is a little barren, the cattle and sheep on the original island have been slaughtered, and the others are basically intact, and there are even more buildings." β
"You and Ren Wei will lead the people to restore the farmland, buy some cattle and sheep to graze on the island - now there are few people, the grass is luxuriant, and there are no wolves, tigers and eagles, you can directly stock, let them graze, and the whole island is a natural pasture. β
Listening to the young master's praise, He Qingqing smiled and said, "It's not hard to do things for the young master." β
Pei Ziyun looked at it, He Qingqing hadn't seen him for a long time, and he was much more charming, and gradually became a little more colorful, is this a cultivation technique?
It seems that there are three layers, Pei Ziyun's heart moved, his eyes were slightly off, he broke away from He Qingqing's body, and said seriously: "Now you hand over all the pigs and sheep you brought to the military quartermasters, and try your best to help the army logistics." β
Seeing that He Qingqing was a little reluctant, Pei Ziyun smiled and said: "All the purchased pigs and sheep have been slaughtered, and the soldiers will be fed, I am the actual commander of the army, and I will not lose money." β
He Qingqing was a little nervous, with questions: "Young master, you are in charge of the military, and you have shown this island to people, will someone gossip and it will be unfavorable to you?"
Pei Ziyun didn't care, squinted his eyes: "If I win a big victory, and I am not a person in the officialdom, I can't be rewarded, if I don't profit from it, I'm afraid I will be jealous." β
"Don't worry, this island is just going to be shown to them - if you win, you will officially give me the island as a fief!"
"Although I don't actually need to reward it, this is the name of communication with the mainland, and I can do a lot of things with it, and I don't have to be sneaky. β
Day 3: The sun is shining
Before the meal arrived, hundreds of cauldrons on the beach were boiling and cooking, and the thick smoke was rising, and there was a fragrance in the distance, and the smell of meat was constantly wafting with the wind, which was the result of the slaughter of pigs and sheep transported by six boats.
There is no shortage of food in the army, but there is a shortage of meat, and this is a rare opportunity to fight the tooth.
In the past three days, more than 10 military camps have been set up on the island, and many soldiers have been practicing on the island, and the sun is shining, the fragrance is wafting, and they are all hungry, and their Adam's apple is squirming and swallowing saliva.
The barracks also have a fragrance wafting through, which makes people have a great appetite, but people come and go in a hurry, revolving around a simple sand table, and the king of Chengde County sits and watches, and seems to find it very interesting.
Zhong Qinbo looked at it from the side, his eyes were solemn, and the simple sand table was a model according to the map, with labels constantly inserted on it.
The number of generals around the sand table discussed, with the promulgation of the strategy of attacking and defending, the battle situation in the surrounding counties became fierce, and one person made a summary of the report: "Zhenren, Chenglin County, Dongping County, all sent troops to entangle with the thieves and soldiers, and dragged the several armies. β
Pei Ziyun listened, his eyes were solemn, and he stretched out his hand to plant the flag on the sand table.
As soon as the words fell, there were footsteps to the big tent and announced: "Report, real person, Dong'an Mansion sent troops, and Captain Chen Bin annihilated a 500 army of thieves." β
"The soldiers of Huyuan County were frustrated, most of the losses were lost, the captain Feng Yue was wounded, and the thief army took the opportunity to attack the city, but Huyuan County was not captured by the thief army. "One will be closer, the flag will be planted, and the small sand table will be clearly divided into one acre and three points of land in Yingzhou.
Zhong Qinbo looked at the attack and defense in the sand table, and smiled: "Jibei Hou is having a hard time. β
The number of generals looked at the situation in front of them, and when they heard this, they were all thoughtful.
The king of Chengde looked at it, a little itchy, and a little incomprehensible, and stood up and asked seriously: "Uncle Zhongqin, I still don't understand it, please explain." β
Zhong Qinbo's eyes were staring at the sand table, and he suddenly heard the question of the king of Chengde County, this voice was very immature, but Zhong Qinbo did not dare to slack off, the king of Chengde County was favored by the emperor, and he was the nominal chief official, and explained at the moment: "The king of the county, you see, the real foundation of the Marquis of Jibei is only 10,000 soldiers, and he has attacked the city again and again, and gathered the old department to supplement the van soldiers, and it has become 60,000 at once." β
"But the formation of an iron curtain in the counties of the imperial court curbed its development, and on this basis, the captains were allowed to fight, first, to maintain morale, and the soldiers were most taboo to defend to the death, and second, to constantly interfere with and contain the enemy and thieves. β
"Although there are victories and defeats, it doesn't matter, what matters is that although there are 50,000 thieves, most of them are pinned down in various places and cannot move, and the soldiers in the state city are only 10,000, there is no accident, and the overall situation will be won. β
The king of Chengde County understood it and smiled: "I understand, it is to fight more and bully people." β
Listening to the slightly naΓ―ve words of the king of Chengde, the generals wanted to laugh, but no one dared, but Pei Ziyun was very excited: "The words of the king of the county are targeted, and the essence of the art of war is this." β
He also instructed: "Huyuan County was frustrated, Captain Feng Yue was dismissed, and he also led the original soldiers to continue to serve, and made meritorious contributions, and the counties behind him moved 1,000 troops to supplement Huyuan County." β
"Yes!" Someone immediately recorded and polished it, ready to send it out.
A senior general frowned: "I heard that Jibei Hou recruited 50,000 new recruits, but he didn't appear on the battlefield, presumably he is still training because of his lack of combat strength, I think it must be a quick battle, and I can't give Jibei Hou a chance to buffer and breathe - now I have annihilated the water division first." β
"If you annihilate the sailor, you can catch a turtle in an urn. β
Hearing this, Pei Ziyun saw that this was a swarthy general's proposal, and this person was the Governor of the Water Division.
After pondering for a moment, Pei Ziyun shook his head: "Yingzhou Navy Division, I know, the headquarters of 6,000 people, are all elite, and now the army is expanded to 10,000, the old and the new are different, but our army wants to take it, and the loss is not small, and the Yingzhou Navy has annihilated the pirates, has experience in naval warfare, but our army does not, once the battle, the victory or defeat is not certain, in case our side is defeated, it will be difficult to grasp the dominance of the entire battlefield." β
"Oh?" the general understood, Pei Ziyun refused to take risks, but wanted to take every step of the way, leaving no flaws.
"Meng Yao!"
"The last general!" Meng Yao, the general who spoke just now, responded, his dark face was happy, knowing that what he said just now was in Pei Ziyun's eyes.
Pei Ziyun held a small flag. Inserted a coast in Yingzhou: "We attacked Qibei County, the main force of our army landed with 20,000, and the rest happened to be your sailors." β
"I still say this, if our army does not attack automatically, Chen Ping is not the descendant of the Marquis of Jibei, and it is impossible for the Marquis of Jibei to take the initiative to fight at the risk of the destruction of the whole army. β
"Therefore, your sailor, you don't have to fight a decisive battle with the Yingzhou sailor, as long as you confront each other, from time to time there will be a small entanglement, so that it can't move, if you rush into a fiasco, I will use the sword of the Son of Heaven to behead you, understand?"
When Meng Yao heard Pei Ziyun's order, he grinned and said, "The last general understands." β
Pei Ziyun threw the baton in his hand to the side, made a "bang" sound, and his eyes swept over everyone: "If you still have any questions, you can say it at this time." β
All the generals have gone through the battle, and after explanation, they have a clear understanding of the tactical intentions, and they all respond: "Real people, we have already understood." β
"Well, since there are no doubts, and the soldiers have regained their morale and strength after three days of repair, then set out immediately. β
"Yes!"