Chapter 729: Self-directed and self-acted
So, in broad daylight, Lang Lang Qian...... In front of them was the camp site that the scouts had explored, and the soldiers and men were busy, driving piles, digging ditches, and nearly 2,000 soldiers and more than 500 people were very busy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Come, I'm here to practice my hands, I've been riding horses for the past few days, and my whole body is crispy." Li Yang also rolled up his cuffs, snatched the hoe from a soldier's hand, and helped dig a drainage ditch together.
And some of the newly returned soldiers of the Flower Noodles Battalion and the soldiers of the slave camp next to them were curious to see that this supreme commander was also doing these dirty manual work with their group of mud legs, and they couldn't help but have more and more good feelings for this high-ranking island owner.
The "bell" made a muffled metallic sound as Li Yang dug down with another hoe.
"What's being dug up?" Li Yang said to himself, and then bent down to play in the soil.
"Huh" Li Yang held up something and shouted curiously. Then he wiped the mud on it vigorously, and suddenly revealed a yellow luster.
Originally, everyone was secretly paying attention to Li Yang, and Li Yang made such a big move at this time, and everyone's eyes were focused on him in an instant. Li Yang simply put the object into the placket and wiped it vigorously. Soon the thing shed its surface of the sludge and revealed its true colors. Yes, it's that piece of dog's head gold.
"What a big piece of gold?" "Wow, the owner of the island can also dig up gold." "This ...... My grandmother told me that there was this kind of gold buried in the ground, and someone really dug it up. ”
"Island owner, this is a dog's head gold!" Wang Hu appeared at the right time, stepped forward and said, "It's amazing, such a big piece of natural dog's head gold, a gift from God, a gift from God!" ”
Li Yang weighed the gold nugget, lifted it up vigorously, and shouted, "Brothers, look what I have dug up!" ”
Everyone was boiling, and they squeezed over one by one to see what was going on, but they didn't dare to get too close and collide with the island owner, and immediately formed a big circle with Li Yang as the center.
"This is the auspicious fortune that God has given us to Miyakojima! This is a gift from heaven! The Ryukyus will belong to our army! Li Yang shouted excitedly.
The crowd was also set on fire, and if you think about it, if a person who has nothing to do and runs to work and exercise, and goes down with a few hoes and digs up a gold nugget much bigger than your fist, that's not a miracle.
The soldiers who had entered the Ryukyu Kingdom with a stomach full of morale were not released for a long time, and this time it was completely cathartic.
"The island lord is mighty! The Miyako Army is mighty! Miyakojima is mighty! Win! Win! Everyone shouted rhythmically.
"You can take a look at this rare treasure." Li Yang understands the curiosity of human beings very well, and this can be regarded as a benefit to the soldiers, you can't get it but you can see it.
Immediately two of his companions walked through the crowd with the piece of dog's head gold, and the soldiers automatically gave way to each passing one, and they all stared at the nugget with wide eyes, trying to imprint it into their minds completely, and it would be the capital they would boast to their children and grandchildren years later.
Soon the gold nuggets were passed on for a week and returned to Li Yang's hands, and Li Yang announced loudly: "Kill cattle and sheep tonight!" I wish you all a great start! ”
Naturally, the soldiers burst into shouts of joy again.
On the bonfires lit between the tents, cauldrons were erected and broth was boiled, and because they were marching in an enemy country, they could not enjoy the treatment of eating large pieces of meat, but they could eat broth and minced meat, and all the soldiers were satisfied.
Between eating and drinking, the soldiers all talked in a low voice about the discovery of the dog's head gold today, and the officers did not come to reprimand them, and all the soldiers had mysterious smiles, they must have thought that God was already blessing them.
And Li Yang was sitting around with the soldiers of the cavalry team at this time. I saw him pick up a bowl of water and say, "The cavalry soldiers are all good!" If you win this time, you should be the first to take the lead, you should not drink alcohol tonight, I will replace wine with water, I salute everyone. ”
All the knights stood up in unison and said, "Serve the island master." After saying that, he drank all the wine in the bowl.
The cavalry team is all served by the oldest Dakang soldiers in the army, and their loyalty is undoubted, and it is impossible for them to tell what happened today, but Li Yang really feels that the credit they have made this time is indeed comparable to the destruction of the city and the village, so the statement that he was the first to take the lead just now is not false.
"I hope that everyone will work together to strengthen the foundation of overseas Dakang people." Li Yang said that maybe these people don't have a clear sense of the country, but they all know their identity as Dakang people, and this sentence of encouragement can also be listened to. The morale of the army has been better replenished after the release, and the army is now able to face any challenge.
It took a day and a half for the demoralized Miyakojima team to arrive at Nanshan Castle, and as Li Yang expected, the biggest reason why they did not encounter the enemy army during such a long march was that all the nearby enemies had already retreated into Nanshan Castle.
Looking at the closed city gate in the distance, Li raised his eyebrows and frowned tightly: Wang Ba, who was retracted into his shell, was really hard to swallow. Now, if we can't capture Nanshan Castle as soon as possible and get the first fulcrum after entering the Ryukyu Kingdom, it will inevitably affect the development of follow-up operations and headaches.
It's not a way to be in a hurry, at least Nanshan City is surrounded by a flat river, which is a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and Li Yang is not afraid of trouble, carrying more than a dozen small cannons of more than a catty, talking about it is better than nothing.
If the cannon casting technology is passed, and a cannon of the same level as the Tiger Squat Cannon can be created, it will definitely not be a problem to knock on this city gate.
It was already late, and it was unrealistic to attack the city today, so Li Yang sent a few teams of men and horses out to cut down trees and prepare to make some temporary siege equipment, and discuss the battle plan tomorrow.
Several people discussed in the tent for a long time, and finally felt that it was more appropriate to use artillery to test the city first, if the city was rashly attacked, the equipment would be rudimentary, and casualties would be inevitable.
Li Yang cares very much about this group of soldiers, the two battalions of the Second Army have undergone nearly a year of professional training and have been tested by blood and fire, they can be regarded as elite, even the slave army is also trained hard, the iron army that is not afraid of death, such a force is too pity to lose in the siege.
The frequent blowing of horns at night provoked the soldiers on both sides to not sleep soundly, especially Li Yang sent a few elite platoons, which secretly touched the city, and shot several sentries of Nanshan City with arrows at the city, so that everyone in the sentry at the head of the city was in danger, and they only dared to sneak away against the edge of the inner wall when patrolling.