Chapter 644: The Dilemma of Qiumei Island
"The climate and geographical conditions here are really good, and it can become an important grain producing area for us overseas in the future," Zhen Qian stood on a hillside, under which was a huge plain, and the streams on the surrounding mountains converged on the plain, forming shining lakes dotted on the plain like pearls.
"Such a good piece of plain is wasted in the hands of the Japanese people!" Zhen Jiu sneered.
"Let's go!" Zhen Qian walked down the hill, he had rested in Tanegashima for two days, replenished some ammunition and weapons, left the wounded soldiers to recuperate, and prepared to set sail for Qiumei Island today, "In the next stage, we will transport more Tang people to come here to reclaim the land, and with our own agricultural foundation, we can be regarded as truly gaining a foot......hold overseas." ”
Wang Tianxing was silent, Zhen Jiu was silent, and everyone around Zhen Qian was silent at this time.
Why do these people want to leave Datang, except for a few people, most people live at the bottom of Datang, get up every day before dawn, and go to bed very late, but what can be exchanged for it, no food, no clothes, no tiles, no needles, in exchange for scolding and vicious language, it is Zhen Qian who brings hope to his people and has a land of their own.
But these are not picked up, the appearance of the Wufeng Islands has made many Japanese people start to be vigilant, the reason why they have not yet taken action to strangle is not because they are merciful, but because they do not have time.
This ambush at the mouth of the strait was actually a clear signal that the Japanese were preparing to attack the Wufeng Islands.
It's just that they underestimated Zhen Qian's strength, and it was precisely because they underestimated Zhen Qian that Zhen Qian was able to escape by luck, and at the same time, it also sounded the alarm for Zhen Qian again.
Only by being more powerful can you interrupt the claws of the Five Peaks Islands!
Some people are born with fine clothes and food, but some people are born as cattle and horses and work hard all their lives. There are also some people who are surprisingly lucky, they can bump into shit luck when they go out, go out to pick up money, and there are always good things around them. But some people will kick dog shit when they go out, and they can choke on saliva, it seems that there are many such people, and Zhen Shi is one of them.
A month ago, when Zhen Shi confidently landed on this land, he thought that this war would not last long, but he didn't know if he was unlucky, and after landing on land by mistake, he found that some people were dancing on the beach.
It turned out that these people were the indigenous leaders of Qiumei Island, if it was only the indigenous leaders of Qiumei Island, it would be fine, but this time Zhen Shi appeared at the wrong time, at the wrong time and place.
When Zhen Shi appeared, it was not long after the war between the natives on Qiumei Island stopped, and the two sides of the war held a grand ceremony to sacrifice ghosts and gods for this truce, and also invited many surrounding natives as witnesses, Zhen Shi happened to appear during the sea sacrifice ceremony, and the natives thought that this was Zhen Shi's contempt and majesty trampling on themselves, and wanted to arrest these people as sacrifices, but as soon as the two sides made a move, Zhen Shi did not understand what was going on, so he slaughtered the indigenous leaders of several large tribes, which caused the hostility of the entire Qiumei Island and even the natives of the surrounding islands, a small war immediately escalated into a big war to occupy the entire Ryukyu Islands!
Zhen Shi was depressed, he didn't want to expand the war, but he was just preparing to occupy a part of Qiumei Island first, which was only less than one-fifth of the entire Qiumei Island, as a springboard between Wufeng Islands and Keelung Harbor, and conduct some trade with the local natives, and after gaining a foothold, he was slowly annexing the entire Qiumei Island.
The plan is thorough, the wishes are beautiful, the reality is cruel, God played a big joke on Zhen Shi.
Whenever Zhen Shi remembered the scene of his first day of landing, he couldn't wait to hit the stone with his head, so hard! The grief was extreme, and his heart was even more bitter than eating the yellow lotus, especially before leaving, Zhen Qianqian told him that now was not the time to fully occupy the Ryukyu Islands, and he wanted to bury his head in the sand and cry.
But the world doesn't believe in tears, and Zhen Shi must face wave after wave of indigenous attacks and harassment.
These indigenous brains are tendons, not only admitting death, but also not afraid of death, which makes Zhen Shi very headache. If the natives rushed up, Zhen Shi was confident that he would use the deep ditch fortress to kill all the natives, but after a group of these natives died, they didn't show up during the day, and changed to constant harassment at night, making it almost impossible for Zhen Shi to move an inch.
Zhen Thirty-one appeared in front of Zhen Shi with two dark circles under his eyes, and said with a gloomy expression: "Old Shi, if this battle continues, the soldiers under him will be dragged down by the natives, this can't work, let's find a way!" ”
"What can we do, we are not familiar with the terrain here, and we can't find a place for the natives to hide?"
Zhen Shi looked a little depressed, this is no longer a matter of strength, the natives' weapons are not vulnerable at all, but they occupy the terrain advantage and hide in the forest on the island, even if they spill all the more than a thousand soldiers they brought, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, unless the number of people increases tenfold, forming a crushing momentum, and completely forcing the natives out of the forest.
The current situation on Qiumei Island was also the situation that Zhen Qian was most worried about at the beginning, once the natives hid in the forest, unless they had an absolute numerical superiority, they would not be able to exterminate the natives in a short period of time.
"Old ten, why don't we divide the troops first!"
Zhen Thirty-eyed eyes turned around and said: "We can go to Keelung Port first, there is only a stockade left here, and a small number of soldiers will be stationed here to defend, and after we have gained a foothold in Keelung Port, we will go back and clean up the natives on Qiumei Island?" ”
Zhen Shi was a little hesitant, he was indeed a little tempted by Zhen Thirty-one's suggestion, after all, the natives around Keelung Harbor had reached an agreement with Zhen Thirty-one, and the battle on Qiumei Island could not end in a short period of time, so there was no need to continue to entangle with the natives here.
Choice!
The difficult choice, Zhen Shi felt bitter in his heart, he thought that Qiumei Island would not become an obstacle to his progress at all, but the reality cruelly shattered his illusions, with more than a thousand soldiers, he wanted to conquer more than 30,000 or forty natives on Qiumei Island in the shortest possible time, which was not realistic at all.
Even as an ordinary Tang person, Zhen Shi has his own pride, he may not know that this pride comes from the strength of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the rapid development of the Wufeng Islands over the years, if with the current strength of the Wufeng Islands at sea, as long as it is not a war with a country, any group of pirates at sea is not the opponent of the Wufeng Islands, Zhen Shi has not had such a frustration for a long time.
Zhen Shi is unwilling to leave Qiumei Island like this, even if he doesn't fail now, but the plan can't be achieved, it is also a failure!
(End of chapter)