Liuqiu Island, later known as Taiwan, was 300 miles away from the mainland, and because of its unique geographical location, the island was rich in fruits, fishing rice, and typhoons.......

At the same time, the strategic significance of Taiwan Island is also very important, and controlling the island is equivalent to controlling the coastal defense line to a large extent, so the significance of occupying the island is extraordinary, and it is also the reason why Chen Fei insisted on attacking it.

Standing on the deck, you can indeed vaguely see the outline of the land in front of you, and the newly developed compass also accurately points out the direction, referring to the map, it should indeed be Ryuqiu Island.

Counting the days, the fleet has only sailed for thirteen days since its departure, and now it is only half a day's distance from Liuqiu Island, which is much faster than the original plan.

"Pass the order down, prepare for battle, the fleet will not land on the island first, the fleet will circle the island and fire cannons to demonstrate!" Chen Fei gave the order.

Soon, the heralds on the fleet gave the order in the language of the flag. The fleet adjusts its formation and prepares to circle the island.

It's the end of March, the climate near the island is just right, neither cold nor hot, and it's not the season when typhoons are prevalent, the wind and waves near the island are calm, the weather is very good, the view is clear and open, and there should be no problem sailing around the island.

"It's expected to take two or three days, so let the painter hurry, and I need a complete coastline map when the boat stops."

"Yes!"

On the deck, several painters hurried to draw a map of the coastline, and Chen Fei also picked up a telescope to observe the geographical location of the island, trying to find a good landing spot.

As soon as the ship approached Liuqiu Island, it encountered three fishing boats, probably never seen such a large fleet, and the fishermen on the fishing boats were all frightened, and only after reacting did they think about rowing back desperately.

But how could Chen Fei give them a chance to slip away?

Two horseboats sped out and intercepted three fishing boats. Horse boats are not used to carry horses, because of their fast speed and flexible steering characteristics, they are called "horse boats".

With the combined action of the manpower long oars and propellers, the two horse boats soon approached the fishing boats. Several fishermen on the fishing boat rowed desperately, but no matter how they rowed, there were only four or five people on a boat, how could they fight a horse boat with sails and oars, and more than 100 people working together? What's more, the ship was also equipped with cannons, and two cannons were fired, and the shells fell into the water less than ten meters of the fishing boat, and after the explosion, the huge current almost overturned the three fishing boats.

Faced with such a fast and terrifying enemy, the fishermen on these three fishing boats surrendered decisively.

Soon, the fishing boat was hooked and dragged back to the fleet by the horseboats, and then the ladder rope was lowered and several people were detained on board.

As soon as they arrived on the boat, these fishermen had their own way of showing their submission. The two sides did not understand the language, so they could not communicate for the time being, so they were escorted to Chen Fei's ship, and Chen Fei ordered to recruit soldiers from the south, mainly from southern Fujian, to translate the words of these begging people.

It didn't take long for several soldiers from southern Fujian to come to the front, and fortunately, they understood the language of the fishermen and could act as interpreters.

Chen Fei roughly asked about the situation on the island, including who is the leader and what is the strength of the troops? How many people live on the island, etc.

After all, more than thirty years have passed since the last Sui Dynasty landed in Liuqiu, and many things have changed, and the previous information can only be used as a reference, and it is not feasible.

These fishermen are also honest and answer whatever they ask.

Chen Fei roughly understood that there were about 30,000 people on the island, and the number of troops was pitiful, only more than 5,000 people, and the island was divided into two tribes, which looked at each other unpleasantly, and small frictions between the tribes often occurred, but there were no large-scale wars. Because the two sides together can only go into battle with more than 5,000 people, it is really not enough to see if they really want to fight.

After understanding the situation, Chen Fei convened the generals for a short meeting. Everyone expressed their ease of attacking such a small place.

That's just over 30,000 people combined? The army is only 5,000 people? This Nima is not as numerous as the army on our ship! And the people of the island rarely use iron tools, because iron tools are very easy to rust and difficult to forge.

In other words, they are facing an almost primitive group of natives, and there is nothing to panic about! Powerful people like Xue Yantuo, Western Turks, and Arabs are not opponents of the Tang army, let alone these small natives?

During the three days of circumnavigating the island, the people on Liuqiu Island have also discovered this "uninvited guest". More than 30 years ago, a powerful country sent soldiers to forcibly land on the island three times, and captured more than 1,000 of them, which brought a huge shadow to their hearts, and this time, they are here again! And it looks much stronger than the army of more than thirty years ago! They have never seen a fleet of this size!

What frightened them most was the strange, loud roar from the ships, only to see the flash of fire, and then ..... Then a three-foot-high rock in front of them was completely shattered!

Yes, that's right! That rock shattered completely! And they didn't even see how the rock was broken!

Soon, the cannonballs of the Tang army fell on the side of a few onlookers on the shore, only to hear a "boom", the fire was everywhere, shining so brightly that people couldn't open their eyes, and when they could see clearly in front of them, several onlookers suddenly let out a tragic cry.

In front of them, several charred corpses were scattered, and panic quickly spread among the crowd of onlookers, and soon, the emotions of the people on the island collapsed.

They had never seen such a tragic scene, nor had they seen such a divine weapon, and they still did not understand what the stone, those companions, had been shattered by!

Before the Tang army could wait for the island, panic was already spreading on the island. The term "punishment of the gods" is widely circulated on the island, and they believe that the huge ships and the magical powers that can break people's bones are brought by the gods, and they will be punished by the gods.

The Tang army, which was still sailing on the sea, naturally did not know that the people on the island had regarded them as gods, and after going around the island, that is, on the third day, the Tang army landed at the west coast of the island, and the well-equipped Tang army landed on Liuqiu Island.

In the face of nearly 10,000 Tang soldiers, the little people on the island did not have much courage to resist at all. The men of the two tribes also joined together and sent an army of only 5,000 men, and when the Tang army penetrated deep into the island, they took advantage of the jungle and launched an ambush war.

It is a pity that the equipment, morale, as well as the tactical gap doomed the locals to defeat.

They carried weapons made of stone, wood, and even rattan, and very few used iron or bronze tools. And the Tang army's Mingguang armor, just the armor they are wearing is not something they can break with the weapons in their hands, plus the Tang army is very good at war cooperation, three or four people are in a small formation, offensive and defensive, almost crushing, crushing the enemy's army.

Subsequently, in less than five days, all the people who dared to resist on the island were bloodbathed, and both tribes announced their surrender, and Liuqiu Island was captured so smoothly!

(End of chapter)