Chapter 577: Ryukyu Development
Looking at the fire burning in the indigenous camp, Sun Yue's heart that had been hanging began to relax, and the team of tens of thousands of people was still growing, which was a huge pressure on the Dinghai camp with only more than 500 people, although it was said that Sun Yue had obviously carried out rotation, but these soldiers, their mentality, was inevitably affected.
In the beginning, with the courage of the moment, it can be supported, but after a long time, it will always collapse.
If you defend for a long time, you will lose, this sentence is not wrong at all, even if it is an indigenous, it is the same, the arrival of the warship gave the defenders a shot in the arm, and successfully defeated the natives with the help of a wave of rocket attacks, and then, a large number of injured natives will not have room for counterattack, which means that his task of opening up settlements has been completely completed.
Clean up the mess, of course, not outside, the remnants of the aborigines who were exploded, I don't know how much was lost, but the explosion of continuous gunpowder arrows, the rumbling sound, even far away here, can be heard clearly.
Sun Yue is one of the few who understands the power of thermal weapons, otherwise, he would not have equipped the longbow team with gunpowder arrows, but the gunpowder arrows of the longbow team and the crossbow arrows are two completely different concepts.
Compared with gunpowder arrows, less than a catty, crossbow arrows are 10 times, or even 20 times.
Perhaps, other weapons, under the premise of greatly increasing the weight, the effect is not obvious, gunpowder is obviously different, in many times in the test, it is clearly shown, the more gunpowder, the greater the power.
The ship did not land, on this warship, there were almost more than 300 people, but these people were on the ship, the deterrent power was very strong, once they got off the ship, the combat effectiveness was not high, the natives did not have any boats, and they were not worried about being besieged, they were in Taipei Bend, and they were not far away.
Of course, there was still a simple exchange, and through small boats and some messengers, the two sides established a channel of communication, and when they knew that there was no problem with food here in the settlement, the warships also asked for something to be sent over.
Fresh water, food, these foods, of course, are not the kind of canned and dehydrated foods of the Dinghai Navy, in fact, these foods that can meet the needs of daily life, if you come to eat them for a long time, it is not a very comfortable thing.
Although the settlement was under siege, some of the indigenous food was seized, especially the fresh food that had been hunted and gathered before, which could improve the situation.
There were only a few hundred people left and right, nothing, Sun Yue sent a few small boats to transport them back and forth to meet the needs of reinforcements, and then waited quietly.
According to the reinforcements, they are the vanguard troops, and if they arrive early, they will probably be a day or two faster than the main army behind, as long as they wait patiently, the reinforcements will arrive.
The natives received a terrible blow, this time, but suffered a big loss, not to mention more than 30,000 people, were completely annihilated, and the simple dead and wounded accounted for almost half, plus the previous losses, counted, almost 20,000, forever fell on this piece of land.
The natives of the Ryukyus, not unlimited,
When the backup troops arrived, the whole settlement was considered to have resumed its original function, more than 2,000 people, stationed in 5 buildings, it was possible, and then began to expand outward, and the Dinghai Navy's move to develop the Ryukyus finally entered the real, fully developed stage, the strong Dinghai Navy, began to pursue the natives, and laid the foundation for the Dinghai Navy to fully occupy the Taipei Basin, which is only two or three hundred square kilometers of the basin, and will be an important base for the Ryukyus in the future.
Almost all of this work is done by Zhou Chong.
A very barren land, and it seems that there is not much benefit, but in Zhou Chong's view, it is a new world.
On the ship that came, he muttered more or less, in the end, thousands of miles away on the sea, is there really such a huge land that can do everything?
It is impossible to have an answer to this question without arriving in person and not seeing, but now, such a land is in front of you.
Just one basin is more than all the land that can be used by the Dinghai Navy, and outside this basin, there is even more land that can be used.
Here, it will be a starting point, a starting point for him to keep painting and calligraphy, and most importantly, when he came, Zhao Xin also briefly put forward a few main points.
Maybe for other Shangguan, Zhou Zhong can ignore it, but Zhao Xin does not belong to it, Zhao Xin is the founder of the Ding Navy, a simple island, actually let Zhao Xin in a short period of time, has gained a huge change, I thought that it is not easy to find the same island, the expansion of the Ding Navy is not easy, but thousands of miles away this Ryukyu meets all the conditions.
As the person in charge of the port area, Zhou Zhong is very familiar with the port, from the very beginning of the port construction to the port expansion, he is involved in every step of the process, very familiar.
The port is the lifeblood of the island, and everything else can be ignored, but without the port, to be exact, the port that can dock large ships, it will be difficult for him to get outside support.
The current development of the Dinghai Navy has been in accordance with Zhao Xin's requirements, and has taken a completely different path from the entire Northern Song Dynasty, in a certain industry, as long as it goes deeper, it can be quickly copied and grown, such as steel, cement, and shipbuilding.
Now, they only have one new ship, and that is a warship, but in the future, when the canal is successfully excavated, when the shipyard of the Dinghai Navy, with the support of strong funds, begins to burst out with terrible power, the ships of the Dinghai Navy will be many and large.
Taipei Bay, this place is more suitable, although it is not the most important port in Taiwan in later generations, but it has very good natural conditions, this era, it is slightly difficult to develop, but now, Zhao Xin is not a large-scale modern port, just a port that can dock large sailing ships, and is large enough.
The early forces led by Sun Yue did quite well here in Taipei, not only did they build five buildings, so that after the subsequent more than 2,000 people landed, they would not sleep in tents, and the construction of the port was also carried out, but it was not enough.
In addition to more than 2,000 reinforcements, Zhou Zhong knew that the key role of the support troops was to support, and it was impossible to obtain other support, but he still carried a professional team of less than 100 people.
After the warship defeated the natives, there was an army of more than 2,000 people, which could basically protect the safety of the settlement, and even Sun Ji, who was about to move, was ready to take the initiative.
Zhou Zhong was noncommittal about Sun Ji's idea, and in the early stage of the Ryukyus, war was certainly a relatively important aspect, but construction was equally important.
Zhou Chong's idea was to take 100 professionals as the main body, and then draw 200 people from the settlements, which are not professional soldiers, and can serve as an important supplement.
For the development of a huge island, even if it is only such a little bit of Taipei Bay, it is not something that 300 people can do, it requires a lot of labor, and it is definitely not possible to obtain it from the army.
Then the target can only be hit in other directions, Zhou Zhong asked Sun Yue, some of the process of fighting, unexpectedly found that there were about more than 300 indigenous prisoners, were sent to Quanzhou.
This is in one direction, the construction of the island, requires a lot of labor, and in the early stage, professional things, naturally have professional personnel in charge, some of the labor that must be carried out, in fact, anyone can do it.
Quanzhou is different from the Dinghai Navy, he is closer to the Ryukyus, saving almost two-thirds of the voyage, that is, if the Dinghai Navy takes 1 month to go back and forth, Quanzhou, if it goes well, it only takes 10 days.
The more than 300 captives in Quanzhou, as well as the materials and personnel of the secret warehouse, by the way, can recruit some people here in Quanzhou, as long as the total labor force exceeds 1,000 people, there are more things he can perform.
Of course, Sun Ji can also sweep the natives, and it has been investigated before, and the natives camp closest to them will definitely be rewarded as long as they attack.
It is also possible to add some from the side.
Zhou Zhong negotiated with Sun Ji, and finally reached a balance, Sun Ji's army was kept at about 2,000 people, and in the middle, the 2,000 people brought over, as well as the 300 people here in the settlement, would be selected to form a team of 300 people to manage the prisoners.
At present, there are 300 prisoners in Quanzhou, and in the subsequent battle, after the defeated natives, basically no prisoners were captured, and even later, after the arrival of reinforcements, began to clean up the battlefield.
However, the gunpowder weapon is too sharp, basically in the coverage area, there are few escapes, as long as the injury, the toxicity of the gunpowder plus the open wound, for the natives, is fatal, even if they do not die on the spot, after that, it is difficult to live.
Those who can run, all run away, those who can't run, two or three days later, are also dying in the same place, for these seriously injured and dying, the Ding Navy has no good way, maybe it can be saved here in the Ding Navy, but for the military doctor, there is basically no way.
The fleet will go to Quanzhou to collect and deliver some urgently needed supplies here, the population will increase by three or four times, and the consumption in all aspects will also increase, and if it is not delivered in advance, I am afraid that it will put a huge pressure on the navy.
Sun Ji was not idle, in itself, he was ready to lead the troops to clear up some of the natives, and now, with the name again, to capture some prisoners, it would be even more like a fish in water, leaving 1,000 troops to guard the settlement, and the remaining 1,000 people began to sweep.
But when he arrived at the first stockade, the building was already empty, the first stockade, most of the men, died in the battle, the first 2000, and the follow-up battle, as the head snake here, the later requester, when attacking, always have to take the lead.
After being attacked by gunpowder, they were also in the center, and basically very few people went back, a village of more than 10,000 people, almost 20,000 people, lost almost 5,000 men at once, basically, only the old, weak, sick and disabled remained.
It was very dangerous for them to be in a backward era, and they were too close to the murderous stranger, and the old village owner gave the remaining more than 10,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people to other villages.
For this sortie, Sun Ji was slightly disappointed, but did not stop the action, Sun Ji himself is the king of soldiers, as a royal weapon, he not only has first-class personal quality, but also the command is also very good.
Different from before, they are all young and middle-aged, the whole cottage, more than 10,000 people are old, weak, sick and disabled, the migration of these people, it will definitely not be no clues, Sun Ji plus a few nights without collection, busy for a few days, and finally found a trace of a cottage, this cottage is slightly smaller than the previous cottage, but there are a lot of people.
The cottage of about 10,000 people itself, about 10,000 people before the cottage came, of course, it was crowded, this is still mainly children and women, and the old ones are basically not collected, except for a few, the rest are left to fend for themselves in the mountains and forests.
The camp of 20,000 people, at best, five or six thousand young and middle-aged people, under the premise of being defenseless, was determined to occupy the strategic point of the navy, and then the bow and arrow and foot armor charged, the first confrontation, the gate of the fortress was breached, and then, it was a killing.
Sun Ji deliberately controlled, and in the end, almost 15,000 people were captured, of which only about 1,800 were men in their prime, 7,000 were women in their prime, and the rest were old people and children.
After catching so many people at once, Sun Ji was also very helpless, after thinking about it, he left almost 5,000 prime years, whether they were men or women, they were all young and in good health, and the rest were left behind.
The future development of the settlement is certainly unlimited, and this can be seen from the development of the Dinghai Navy, not to mention the capture of more than 10,000 people, even if it is 100,000, it will be enough to eat.
But now, the settlement of the Dinghai Navy is less than 3,000 people in total, and it is not possible to get too many prisoners at once.
Not to mention, some people are not in good health, these natives are ignorant, but once they are used, the Ding Navy does not want them, and the prisoners who have been trained with great difficulty will be killed like this, which is not in the interests of the Ding Navy.
The arrival of 5,000 captives gave a wing to the settlement, and many measures could be rolled out, and the arrival of a large number of people, although they did not understand anything, but the murderous nature of the strangers, so that they did not dare to come nonsense, and worked according to the order, a little tired, but they would not run out of food, and even meat for a better one, and gradually, they were appointed, and a large number of people appeared, first of all, a large number of buildings, and then a port, and the development of the Ryukyus also appeared from scratch.