Chapter 419: The Japanese are coming
"Report! Lord Lieutenant, our fleet to a country was ambushed, and the two thousand foot soldiers of the fierce bull commander were completely destroyed......"
"What?" When Xu Wu heard the news of the report, he stood up.
This time, the army sent to one country was accepted by one country on its own initiative, so it sent two thousand infantry soldiers to receive it.
In the original plan, they would not have eaten the next country so quickly, because one country was too close to the Uno Islands, and once a war broke out with one country, one country would definitely send news to the Uno Islands.
Therefore, during the battle of Xu, Yan, Qing, and Yang in the autumn, Xu Wu and the fierce bull commander did not expand to the south, and took the initiative to shrink the defense line and stick to Tsushima Island.
It was not until the end of the war in the interior, especially in Liaodong, that people were sent to explore the south again, to find out the information, and to find out the news of the Unu Islands.
Half a month later, a country took the initiative to send officials to Tsushima Island, asking for a country to be included in the Han Dynasty.
At that time, both Xu Wu and the fierce bull were excited.
It would be nice to be able to eat a country without war, and with an island as a springboard, it would be more convenient for them to explore the entire Uno Islands.
So 2,000 people and dozens of boats were sent.
I didn't expect to see such a result ten days later.
Xu Wu is not stupid, thinking of the abnormal performance of a country, his eyes suddenly burst out with a hint of coldness.
"What a country, what a group of Japanese slaves, the lord is really right, you really can't be benevolent to them, you must be careful and not careless with them." Xu Wu understood that he was overwhelmed by the successive victories, and was confused by the great achievements that he had achieved without a little effort.
A nation has never thought of surrendering, they are luring it.
"Not good! The Fierce Bull Marshal is in danger. Xu Wu thought of something, and hurriedly said to his subordinates: "Order the army to go to sea and immediately rush to Tsushima Island with me." ”
Soon Xu Wu gathered 6,000 naval troops, and then carried 10,000 foot soldiers (the original Donghao surrendered troops) to Tsushima Island.
Tsushima Island was about a hundred miles from the coast of the peninsula, and Xu Wu finally rushed over after a day of traveling by clipper.
By the time they arrived, the docks on Tsushima Island had already been destroyed, with countless corpses strewn across the docks and flags falling to the ground, apparently a great battle had just taken place here.
Fortunately, the newly built castle on Tsushima Island still stands there, and the Han flag fluttering on the city wall is still there.
"This official Xu Wu, is the fierce bull general still there?" When he arrived at the city, Xu Wu asked the city.
On the dead city wall, countless soldiers suddenly came out, with spears in their hands and bows and crossbows.
The figure of the fierce bull marshal also appeared at the head of the city, and when he saw Xu Wu appear, he hurriedly said: "Open the city gate and greet Xu Duwei." ”
Xu Wu entered the city and asked, "General Fierce Bull, what happened?" Why is the dock so messy? ”
The fierce bull commander said: "The Japanese attacked, they took our army's troop carrier, under the banner of our army, suddenly attacked the dock, fortunately, I had been prepared, and the Japanese did a fight on the dock, but the Japanese were too fierce, although they killed countless people, but they could not suppress the momentum of the Japanese people, so they had to retreat to the city, fortunately, you came, the Japanese people estimated that they had discovered, so they retreated." ”
"What a bold Japanese man, he actually attacked Tsushima Island." Xu Wu scolded angrily.
The fierce bull commander also said indignantly: "General Xu, the Japanese have killed 2,000 soldiers of our army, seized our ships, and tried to attack Tsushima Island, we must teach them a lesson." ”
The two soldiers of the second are his subordinates, their original Donghao people, so no one is more angry than the fierce bull.
Xu Wudao: "This is natural, since the Japanese people took the initiative to attack with a preemptive strike, then we have nothing to hide, this time I brought 6,000 sailors and soldiers, and 10,000 foot soldiers, in order to level an island, kill the Japanese Nu Islands, and avenge the sacrifices of our army." ”
"Then Captain Xu, I am willing to ask for battle to attack, this revenge will not be avenged!" The Bull Marshal also asked to play.
Xu Wu originally wanted to let the Fierce Bull sit on Tsushima Island, because Tsushima Island was too important to them, but the fierce bull marshal's words were earnest, his eyes were red and swollen, and he agreed softly.
One country is fifty miles from Tsushima.
A country consists of 22 islands, of which only five can be inhabited.
The largest island is an island, which is actually more valuable than Tsushima Island, because it is not only in the middle of the Tsushima Strait, but also close to Kyushu Island, which has a lot of arable land, accounting for half of the entire island.
You must know that although Tsushima Island is large, there is little arable land, and there are only a few of them, and most of them rely on fishing for seafood to survive, and this can only be the grain and grass in the interior.
Yes, Xu Wu and Mengniu and others did not put too many soldiers and horses on Tsushima Island, because the logistics supply was too large, and under the premise that other counties needed to develop and stabilize, the resources for Xu Wu and Mengniu were pitiful.
Therefore, the importance of one island is self-evident.
The Shuibu army slaughtered an island, and soon Xu Wu and other warships arrived near an island, and then the warships were divided into two groups and surrounded the north and south.
One of the islands was quiet, and there was no movement in the face of the arrival of Xu Wu and other armies, and when the advance troops put down their boats and pedaled the island to survey and came back, to the surprise of Xu Wu and others, there was no one on the island.
"Kick the island! Dig three feet into the ground for me and find the widows! ”
Seeing that it was not too late, the sea breeze was gradually rising, and it was impossible for the warship to float on the sea, Xu Wu ordered the warship to sail into the harbor of an island.
The seaport of a country is narrow and dilapidated, which makes the Donglai navy complain for a while.
After waiting for the island, Xu Wu and Mengniu sent several troops to search.
"Report to General Xu and General Meng, there are indeed no Japanese people on the island, as if they have just left."
Xu Wu fell into deep thought, the Japanese people of a country ran away, where could they run?
Why flee without a fight?
The fierce bull commander said: "Will the Japanese people of General Xu's country retreat to the big island!" ”
"I can't rule it out!" Xu Wu could only think of a reason for it, and Xu Wu could only think that a country had provoked him, so he took the initiative to retreat, but he didn't dare to take it lightly, so he sent people to search the surrounding twenty-one islands the next day to ensure that there was not a single widow on each island.
For three days, the Donglai Navy searched carefully and carefully on the surrounding islands, but still failed to find the shadow of the Japanese people.
"General Xu, it seems that the Japanese people of one island have all withdrawn to that Kyushu island." The fierce bull jumped and looked at the sea to the south, and when the weather was good, the shadow of Kyushu Island could be seen at the highest point of the island.
This Kyushu Island is still known from the information sent by Xu Ding, otherwise everyone would not know the name of Wajima Island in the opposite strait.
Xu Wudao: "Since the Japanese people have taken the initiative to retreat, then we will start to build a wall and build a city, and first consolidate an island." ”
"General Xu, aren't we going to attack Kyushu Island?" Coming with the general trend, Xu Wu did not send troops to directly attack the Kyushu Continent, Xu Wu could bear it, but he couldn't bear it.