Chapter 1072: A sharp knife stuck in Fusang's abdomen
So, Zidao Manjiu found that after surrendering, no one from the Tang Dynasty paid attention to him, and at first he shouted that he was the heir of the Zidao clan, the governor of the Zidao clan, asking for negotiations and the like, but after receiving a few whips, he obediently shut up, because he saw that those Tang soldiers were already pointing bayonets at him, with a fierce and vicious look, he did not doubt at all that even if he said one more word, the bayonet would be mercilessly stabbed in his chest.
He didn't want to surrender all, and because he said a few words, and then died under the bayonet, even if he was going to die, he should die on the battlefield with a katana and armor in the same way as his father and brother, and not die under the bayonet after surrendering.
He still hasn't forgotten his most important mission: to live, to preserve the bloodline of the Zidao family, and the Zidao family must not cut off the bloodline in himself!
For this reason, no matter how much shame and torture he suffers, he has to struggle to live!
Well, thinking so, he forgot for a while, in fact, although the Zidao clan is a small family, there are many children in the family, and there are more than a dozen descendants in the lineage, even if half of them die, at least more than half are left, and there are even more of the side lines.
Even if the clansmen of the Zijima clan on Tanegashima Island are all dead, they still have a few descendants on Kyushu Island!
But he can't be blamed, at such a tense moment, it's normal for people to forget something, and it's reasonable!
With such determination, he endured humiliation and burden, even if he was beaten with a few big whips, he didn't say a word, but whenever anyone saw it, I was afraid that they would have to shout: "Iron-blooded man!" ”
After the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty dispersed, Zidao Mitsuhisa had to think about how to go in the future, and the negotiations were probably not negotiable.
But in this case, they don't know if they will kill all of their own people, and killing prisoners is not a psychological burden in this era, no matter in any region.
However, he soon did not worry that they would kill the prisoners, for that day they had been escorted up, and then they had tried to go out to sea to get their tools and get to work.
Naturally, we will build docks and port facilities, and we will also build forts and a fortress in the harbor.
After Feng Qirong saw the topography of Tanegashima, he felt that it was better to build a port and a defensive fortress here!
Because the whole Tanegashima Island is honestly not in good conditions of natural harbors or defensive forts, it is almost the same to choose there, it is better to simply choose to build a fortress and harbor in the north of the island!
Why, because across the strait is the island of Kyushu!
Building a military fortress here and stationing a fleet would be tantamount to putting a sharp knife against Fuso's soft belly!
With this place, the Datang Navy can completely block the Osumi Strait, and even the entire southwestern sea area of Fuso, and if it is extended, it can generally claim control over the entire Fuso sea area.
Feng Qirong didn't know what the top brass of the navy was thinking, and he didn't know what kind of final policy the top brass of the empire was towards Fusang, but it didn't matter, he only needed to start from a military point of view now, and then consider the problem.
The occupation of the Osumi Islands was originally to obtain a supply port base, so as to control the entire Fuso Sea Area, and Tanegashima was only a small island in the Osumi Islands, and he Feng Qirong finally chose a specific destination.
Feng Qirong, who went ashore, watched the nearly 1,000 captives working, struggling to build ports and fortresses under the threat of bayonets and leather whips, and the temptation of food, and couldn't help but sigh: Although the captives are the most industrious people!
He originally thought that he, the Chinese people, was already diligent enough, but even if the professional engineering troops in the army came over, it was impossible to complete so many projects in just a few days, but these prisoners of war did it.
If Zijima heard it for a long time, it is estimated that he would scold and be paralyzed, and it was not that you forced it with bayonets and leather whips, this action was a little slower, and it was immediately whipped down, can this not be fast, this is almost so tired that more than a dozen people died.
Although Zijima was a decent person before, he could afford to put it down, and this work can be regarded as hard-working, but even so, he has been whipped in the past two days, and others have been whipped more.
As for those who are deliberately lazy, they will not be whipped, because those Tang soldiers will often go down with a bayonet.
As soon as the bayonets went in and out, those Tang soldiers didn't bother to take another look, and in the end, it still didn't work, and the prisoners of war pulled the corpses away by themselves, and then threw them into the sea, otherwise it would be bad if the corpses stinked on this hot day.
Nearly 1,000 captives worked hard, and soon a simple wooden dock was temporarily erected, then the ships of the Ryukyu detachment took turns to dock, and then a second temporary wooden pier.
However, with the two temporary docks, the prisoners of war who built the docks changed jobs, and they began to build permanent docks made of earth, wood, and gravel.
Compared with the rapid progress of the wharf, the construction of the fortress is a little slower, because the fortress is a special fortress, and the design requirements are relatively high, although the scale is not large, but the hundreds of people who are divided into building the fortress for a while and a half do not expect to build the fortress.
But fortunately, this was originally a small village, and there were still some houses, but there were too few houses, and they were all houses of local indigenous villagers, although some of them were requisitioned, but it was impossible to requisition them all, so nearly five or six hundred Tang Marines and nearly a thousand prisoners appeared here, many of whom lived in tents.
Feng Qirong and the sailors in the fleet are naturally still on the ship!
Now, except for the warships that take turns cruising in the port, the other ships of his fleet have basically entered this small port and anchored, after all, they are all in place, and they can't always float in the open sea, so it is good to enter the port to avoid the port.
However, although the ship entered the port and berthed, after all, it was in a foreign country, on the other side of the strait dozens of kilometers away, it was Kyushu Island, and even if the Liver Fu clan and the Shimazu clan over there were no longer news, but after so many days, it was estimated that they had also received the news that the Tang Navy had occupied the Osumi Islands, no matter what their reaction was in the future, but Feng Qirong felt that it was better to be careful.
Although the ships are anchored in the harbor, the necessary sailors will still stay on the ship, and they can set sail at any time to go to sea to fight, as for the port, there is also a frigate of the Tang Navy and several small boats on duty day and night to monitor and prevent any enemy from intruding into the Osumi Islands and attacking the port.
And Feng Qirong's guess was right, the Fuso people on Kyushu Island did get the news one after another, because the distance is too close, the northern part of Tanegashima is only a few dozen kilometers away from the Osumi Peninsula, and this sea area is still the Osumi Strait, which has always been an important sea route.
Now Tanegashima across the Osumi Strait has been occupied by the Tang Navy, and the port and fortress are being built with great fanfare, and at the same time, it is said that the ruling family of Tanegashima has been wiped out, so that many people, especially the 600 guns and cannons that the Liver Fu clan and some pirates are extremely afraid of, have been wiped out overnight.
Naturally, this news caught their attention!
Many people are wondering, although the Tang Navy occasionally comes to the Fusang sea area, but they have not heard of the daimyo who will land to attack Fusang, why did they land this time.
This also puts many coastal daimyo in danger!
That's the Tang Navy, it's so strong that it's not something they can fight against at all, don't look at some coastal daimyo when they fight their own wars, they also go hand in hand with land and sea, but their sea power is still in the era of small sampans, and the real navy is actually not the same concept.
Even if it is some powerful daimyo, their sea power is still in the traditional category, and it is not the same concept as the modern navy, and it is actually very difficult to confront the Tang Navy head-on, even if it is just against a Ryukyu fleet.
Although the Tang Navy captured Tanegashima and Yakushima and swept away the natives and pirates on the islands, there was also news that the reason why the Tang Navy attacked Tanegashima was because the Zidao clan not only colluded with pirates, but also incarnated themselves as pirates to plunder merchant ships, causing a lot of losses to the Tang merchants.
This time, the Datang Navy is specially here to exterminate pirates, and Tanegashima and Zijima are just the first ones!
This news is true!
Feng Qirong couldn't hide such a big military operation at all, even if his fleet didn't forget to say it, but now the route from Ryukyu to the western coast of Fuso is very busy, and there are many merchant ships coming and going.
So now many people know that this time the Datang Navy is really going to use a knife against pirates, and those who don't want to die should run away, so almost overnight, the pirates who were active in the Osumi Islands and even the entire southwestern waters of Fuso ran away.
They knew that this place was not safe, and the waters of North Korea were not safe, so they simply went directly to the deep waters of Fuso, and the waters such as the Bungo Waterway and the Seinchi Sea were their targets.
Those pirates can run away without any scruples, but the coastal daimyo who also participate in the sea raids or provide stolen goods can't run away, they can run, but the territory can't follow them for a long time!
After hearing that the Datang Navy was going to fight against pirates, many of the daimyo involved in pirate affairs were leisurely, for fear that they would become the next sub-island!
Among these worried families, the liver Fu family is one, and it is the most worried one!
Because of their geographical advantages, the Liver Fu clan participated in the great cause of piracy very early, not only to sell stolen goods, but also to organize small fleets to plunder merchant ships, which can be said to be famous.
Now that the Datang Navy is coming, what should they do?
Run? I can't run, my family business is here, run a fart!
If you don't run, then it's resistance, but how to resist?
Although their Liver Fu Clan is stronger than the Zidao Clan, this kind of strength is not worth mentioning compared to the Tang Empire, and when the Tang Navy comes to the door, they can stop it.
Unable to run and not confident to resist on their own, they soon set their sights on the Shimazu clan!