Qu County, Council Hall.

Han Xin stood in front of the sand table wearing a suit of armor, and beside him was the Great Qin general who was also wearing armor. In the sand table of Nuoda, the area where the black dragon flag is located represents Daqin, the cyan flag represents the Ryukyus, and the white flag represents the Fuso forces.

All the generals of the Qin army were surrounded by the sand table, and Han Xin began to briefly introduce them to the current forces. The war on the sea is not as good as on land, and it can even be said that the Qin army is not good at naval warfare. Compared with naval battles, the Qin army preferred to fight on horseback.

Han Xin pointed to the cyan flag area that represented the Ryukyu forces and said, "The main race in the Ryukyu Islands is the Ryukyu tribe, and although their various toasts are not convinced by each other, it is their own internal strife. Once our Great Qin attacks the Ryukyus, then there is no doubt that they will inevitably be twisted into a rope. ”

"The Ryukyu Islands attack hundreds of islands, large and small, each of which has one or more toasts to rule. Although there are many internal disputes, they are generally united. ”

"If you want to take the Ryukyus at the lowest cost, there is only one way, and that is to be fast. Communication between their islands is not well developed, and we must take them down with lightning speed. ”

"Shuri, Okinawa, Miyako, Yaeyama." Han Xin pointed to the model of the islands on the sand table and said, "These four islands are the four largest in the Ryukyus, and they are also managed by the four largest Tusi tribes in the Ryukyus. ”

"Shuri, this is the largest Tosi Satsuma in the Ryukyus, and there are more than 100,000 people in this ethnic group, this should be the most difficult bone to gnaw on this trip."

"Okinawa, this is the Tusi of the Oshima tribe, and their ethnic group is slightly smaller than the Satsuma Domain, but there are at least fifty or sixty thousand people."

"Miyako, this is the management of the Ghost Realm Department, and their number is not large, only twenty or thirty thousand people, but the people of the Ghost Realm Department are good at raising poisonous insects, and we may not be able to take advantage of the mountain and forest battles."

"Yaeyama, this is the territory of the Eira Clan, and the number of tribes is about seventy or eighty thousand. It is said that they are the Yin Shang nobles who fled during our Yin Shang period. I think the Eira Department can talk and fight at the same time. ”

"Since we want to fight, we must start a war on multiple fronts at the same time, and capture the four major islands at the same time with lightning speed. As long as we conquer these four islands, then the rest of the small islands of the Ryukyus and those small toasts will not be a cause for concern. Han Xin said confidently.

The more troops Han Xin ordered, the better, and the more people he bringed, the more confident Han Xin became.

The location of the Ryukyus is peculiar, and it is not just a bridgehead for Li Chen to occupy Fuso. It is also a bridge connecting Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia, and at some point in its previous life, it was even called Wanguojinliang.

The location of the Ryukyus is too important, and as long as Great Qin wants to open a large-scale maritime trade, then the location of this transit point must be occupied. The occupation of the Ryukyus was of only temporary military significance for the attack on Fuso. However, if it is for the economy of Daqin, it is indeed of great significance.

When Great Qin developed to the limit, there were only two choices, one was to directly rely on iron horses to occupy the vast Eurasian continent like Meng Yuan in the history of the previous life, and the second was to open the sea and completely start the Great Exploration Age of Great Qin.

As a person in a past life, I have memories of my past life. Meng Yuan's method is not advisable, forcibly occupying too much territory will inevitably be a big step to the egg. As the saying goes, it is easy to fight the world, but it is difficult to defend the world. All you need to lay down a piece of land is a sharp sword, and a fast horse is enough. However, in order to govern a piece of land, it is necessary to develop economically, culturally, agriculturally, commercially, and so on. The government needs to be managed, and the economy needs businessmen. After the occupied chassis is large enough, if these follow-up things can't keep up, then the collapse of the Mengyuan century is just around the corner.

Ryukyu and Fuso, these two places are already Li Chen's last goals at this stage, and after taking these two places, Li Chen will open a great maritime era belonging to Great Qin. The Ryukyus served as a bridgehead for the Great Qin Dynasty to open the Age of Discovery, while Fuso was an overseas military base.

"Fighting at the same time, isn't our strength a little stretched." Li You looked at the sand table and asked with some hesitation.

Li You's words are not a problem, you must know that the Qin army only has a strength of 100,000 people. The Ryukyu Islands are conservatively estimated to have a population of more than 500,000, and this indigenous people are all soldiers. This kind of naval warfare was not originally what the Qin army was good at, and it had extremely high requirements for command and micro-manipulation on the battlefield.

Han Xin looked at the sand table, and then said with a straight face: "Let's use the Ryukyus to sharpen the knife now, if we can't even take the Ryukyus, how can we take Fuso." The population of Fuso is more than twice that of the Ryukyus. ”

"This battle is not only to be fought hard, but also to win beautifully. Sharpen the knife, sharpen the knife, if you can't even sharpen the knife, how can you kill people. ”

"Vice Marshal Han is right, what bullshit Ryukyu is, it's just a group of natives. If you want me to say that if you send an army of 100,000 against them, you will be exalting them. Yingbu, the bastard, yelled with a big grin.

Indeed, most of the generals of the Qin army were like Yingbu, and Wang Li looked down on indigenous peoples like the Ryukyus. That is, Li You is cautious, so he thinks about it more.

However, in Li Chen's heart, he just regarded the attack on Ryukyu as a sharpening of knives. The Ryukyus are still basically in the indigenous period, and both sides are not on the same level in terms of military discipline, soldier quality, or weaponry. If you want to talk about the advantage of the Ryukyus, then it is their familiarity with the terrain. Yes, there is also the fact that they are more familiar with water than Qin Bing. The attack on Ryukyu was a sharpening of the sword, sharpening the sword of the Great Qin Navy, and then going to deal with Fuso.

In order to make the attack on the Ryukyus a success, Li Chen dispatched three 100-meter-long sail battleships, the "Xianyang", "Guanzhong", and "Yuecheng". Each of these three battleships was equipped with hundreds of guns, and these guns were basically the most advanced large-caliber guns in Daqin.

In addition, in recent years, all kinds of new military warships built by the Quxian Shipyard have also taken this opportunity to launch to accept the test of actual combat. In addition, there are hundreds of old-fashioned Fuchuan warships in Daqin.

With such a configuration, on the sea of this era, Li Chen really doesn't know how to lose. Not to mention, the opponents are still those natives on the Ryukyus who are not as good as the stream.

Although Daqin's navy is a little immature in terms of soldiers, it has definitely reached the peak of this era in terms of weapons and equipment.

(End of chapter)