Chapter 275: Beacon Fire Repeatedly
Namhae Island is a large island in the south of Silla with an area of more than 300 square kilometers, with Namhae-gun and Namhae-seong. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Because of the excellent hydrology and geographical location of the harbor in the north of the island, it has always been the station of the naval division in the southern part of Silla, but now it has become the station of the Yellow Sea Fleet disguised as pirates.
After the officers and men of the Yellow Sea Fleet who came ashore broke through Nanhai City, they swept the entire island in just two hours, and those who dared to resist were immediately cut off and hung on the city gate for public display.
When he set sail from the town of Duri, His Royal Highness King Yan promised that forty percent of the property obtained from the plundering of Silla would be handed over to the Metropolitan Protectorate, and the rest would be owned by the officers and men of the fleet.
As for military discipline? Li Yu said with a smile: "Why do you need military discipline to rob other countries?" ”
I told the Yellow Sea Fleet unmistakably that I only needed forty percent of my belongings, as well as Silla young men and women, and the men were naturally sent to the South Seas to open up wasteland and farm. You must know that in the tropical rainforests of the islands where there is no trace of civilization in the South Seas, it is easy to be bitten by mosquitoes and suffer from terrible tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, and it is a labor-intensive reclamation.
As for the young Silla women, they were naturally given concubines to single Chinese men in the colonies to solve the problem of more men and fewer women in the colonies. Mainly in the Hokkaido colony, the local pioneer men were criminals who were exiled from the Tang Dynasty, except for a few female prisoners, most of them were sturdy and single men.
On the day they captured Nanhai Island, the 5,000 officers and men of the Yellow Sea Fleet, who were unrestrained, swept the whole island and robbed it all over the ground, except for useless old men and ugly women, and the whole island fell into a state of mourning.
At dawn the next day, on the dock of Nanhai Island, there were strings of young men from Silla who were loaded with ropes and loaded onto the transport ship, and their heads were depressed.
As for some of the young Silla women who were taken aboard the ship, they were all picked up by the soldiers and left for the men of the colony to enjoy.
The Yellow Sea Fleet repaired on the island for three days, and by the way, the city of Namhae was heightened and reinforced, and it was used as the base of the fleet on the southern coast of Silla.
During this period, Wang Aoke gathered his generals and colonels to discuss a plan to attack the southern coast of Silla.
It was decided to attack Geoje Island in the east of Namhae Island first, leave troops to garrison it as an outpost of Namhae Island, and then go back and sweep Hadong-gun and Guseong-gun in the north of Namhae Island, from west to east, turning the entire southern coast of Silla upside down, and realizing His Highness's plan to bleed Silla to him.
During the rest and recuperation of the fleet, in addition to the 50 warships and more than 1,000 troops of the Yellow Sea Fleet stationed at the rear base on Wando, the other 50 warships and 2,000 troops rushed to Nanhai Island to participate in the next military operation.
After the rest was completed, Wang Aoke led the main force of 4,000 men and 90 warships to conquer Geoje Island in only one day, leaving 3,000 soldiers and 60 warships to be guarded by Yu Lingzhen, the deputy commander of the fleet.
Returning to Nanhai Island, Wang Aoke immediately launched a larger-scale raid on the southern coast of Silla.
In three days, Lianke Silla Hadong County Suncheon, Time, Songpyeong, and on the fourth day, he went north along the Cicajin River to conquer Hedong City, the seat of Hedong County, plundered for two days, and marched away before the Silla reinforcements arrived.
In the next half month, the cities not far from the coast under the rule of Hedong County and Gucheng County were destroyed.
When the Tang army approached Gucheng, the county seat of Gucheng, Jin Hewenxun, who was hiding in the city, fled out of the city and fled to Kangcheng at night. As a result, the defenders of Gucheng were leaderless in the case of few generals and few soldiers, and they were defeated in the face of the menacing Tang army.
The Tang army entered the city and plundered for five days, taking countless belongings, 50,000 stone of grain and grass, and young men and women who were strung away in a string.
During this period, Yu Ling, who was stationed on Geoje Island, led 2,000 soldiers under his command to plunder the five cities of Nghe An County, and the soldiers were adjacent to the Gimhae Fortress, seeing that the Gimhae Fortress was tall and the defenders were numerous, they retreated without a fight, but the countryside outside the Gimhae Fortress was swept away by Yu Ling.
In just half a month, the two southern counties of Silla were lost, more than a dozen cities in three counties and one capital were destroyed, countless property, grain and grass were plundered by pirates, and 30,000 young men and women were taken captive.
The whole country of Silla was shaken, and Kim Famin was furious in the court, asking the ministers, where did this group of pirates come from?
"My Majesty, this group of pirates is cloaked in hair, and they have not yet found out where they came from."
"What's the use of waiting?" Jin Famin blew his beard and glared, so angry that he asked, "Where is Jin Hewen, who commands the Southern Water Division?" ”
"My lord, he pleaded guilty outside the palace." The first minister said cautiously.
Jin Famin waved his hand angrily and said: "With more than 200 warships, they didn't fight in one battle, Gucheng fled without a fight, and came back with the face, and when they were caught, they were cut down outside the palace gate." ”
"This ......" Qunchen, you look at me, I look at you, and I was taken aback by the king's murderous behavior at every turn.
After the guard got the order, he immediately went out of the palace gate, and directly clasped his hands with Jin Hewen, who was kneeling outside the palace gate to plead guilty, raised his head and pressed it down, and the other guard drew his knife and prepared to cut.
Jin Hewen was dumbfounded, struggled hard and shouted: "The king spares his life, the big horn is too to save me......"
The two guards held Jin Hewen down to death, and the knife bearer beheaded the unwilling Jin Hewen with a single click.
In the main hall, Jin Yuxin, who was too big, naturally heard the brother's plea for help, how unbearable it was, and the king was angry again, so he had to humble the dead brother in his heart.
After beheading Jin Hewen, Jin Famin's heart was a little happier, and his eyes swept over the ministers and said: "The southern counties have been eroded to this point, all because of Jin Hewen's incompetence, and all my southern sailors have been lost. At present, we still have two naval divisions in the east and west of Silla, and 700 warships can fight. The western naval division had to deal with the Tang army, so it could not be mobilized, and only the eastern 400 warships and 8,000 naval divisions could be used. Who can lead the sailors to exterminate this group of pirates? ”
Jin Yuxin was uneasy when he heard this, and said: "King, this group of pirates has hundreds of large and small warships, including 100 ships of the Tang Army's sailors that the minister saw a few years ago, which shows that this group of pirates is not trivial. Although the pirate is wearing a left hat, judging from the ship he is driving, it is really possible that Anton Tang Army is pretending. ”
"The Tang Army's sailors are brave and good at fighting, and the ships are strong and large, which are not comparable to our warships. This group of pirates was really pretending to be the Tang army as expected, and the king must not be in a hurry to send sailors to fight. Nine years ago, in the Battle of Baijiangkou, more than 40,000 Japanese troops and 1,000 warships were beaten by 170 warships and 7,000 sailors of the Tang Army. My country cannot but learn from this. ”
"Damn, do you want to let this group of pirates pretending to be in the Tang Army continue to ravage our coast?"
"Not really, my lord. Judging from the reports of the counties, this group of pirates had no more than 4,000 men at a time, and only a few hundred men at a time, and few of them went 20 miles inland. It can be seen that their strength on land is not very strong, so they dare not go deep inland. In accordance with the views of the ministers, the people in the countryside of the southern coastal counties were temporarily moved to 20 miles inland, and the policy of clearing the wilderness was implemented. Heavy troops stuck to the coastal towns, mobilized 30,000 elite soldiers from the north to the south, and sought opportunities along the coast to annihilate the pirates who landed. After these battles, the strength of the pirates will inevitably decline, and it will be effortless to send sailors to recover the South China Sea and Geoje County. ”