Chapter Seventy-Four: Landing on Jeju Island
Dou Jiande's Dajiang Liu Heimin led the army to attack Shandong, along the way the Sui army was frightened, did not dare to fight with him, which made Liu Heimin very proud and complacent in his heart, thinking that the Sui army was already a frightened bird, not to be afraid, they saw their army coming, not only will not resist, but also will escape, now it must be on the way to escape, in order to prevent the Sui army from escaping, Liu Heimin then left the army, personally commanded 20,000 cavalry to pursue south, want to intercept them before the Sui army escaped. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Dou Jiande is generous, he treats his subordinates very leniently, he stipulates that the army in the battle to get something belongs to the Taoist, and the soldiers who did not participate in the battle are also rewarded, which makes the Xia army in the combat operations are very brave, everyone is vying for the first, not afraid of death, he and Luo Yi at war, originally won less and lost more, but he ordered that the soldiers who were killed or injured in the battle will be doubled by the army, and after the defeat of Zhuo County, the warehouse will be opened to release grain, So with the strong support of the sergeants and the people, although Luo Yi's Yanyun troops were strong, they were still not Dou Jiande's opponents, and they were finally defeated and died.
Liu Heimin's army came to Licheng, but found that this was already an empty city, the Sui army had long been gone, it was said that he escaped from the sea by boat, which made him very angry, and immediately led the troops to the seaside, but found that the surrounding ships, no matter how big or small, had all been requisitioned by the Sui army, and did not leave him any boat, and on the high place, he could indeed see that there was a Sui army's flag on the island opposite the sea, but his cavalry was not a naval army, so he could only look at the ocean and sigh.
Qin Qiong led people to Bird Island, which was later called Changshan Island, with a small area, but there were quite a few islands, and it was enough for the Sui army to settle.
And after they rested here for a while, Qin Qiong left Luo Shixin and 20,000 soldiers behind, and took Luo Cheng and 10,000 elite soldiers to Jeju Island by boat.
Their food is mainly left by Zhang Xutuo before, most of these grains were loaded with the ship when the sailors who came to Hu'er withdrew from Liaodong, the number is not very large, for 30,000 people, it is only enough for them to eat for three months, so they must settle down as soon as possible, and then solve the problem of food, otherwise the army will have no food, then this army will naturally collapse.
The Tamna Kingdom on Jeju Island is only a small country, with a population of less than 10,000, mainly Baekje and Silla people, and there are also some Han Chinese, most of whom have fled the war and drifted here before, and the number is not very large.
When the king of Tamna received the news, he found that hundreds of warships were heading towards his land, and he was immediately frightened, he didn't know whose navy this was, but with such a powerful army, except for Goguryeo and Baekje, only the Great Sui was left, but before he heard that the Great Sui was in the midst of civil strife, how could he have time to take care of such a small island as him at this time? Could it be that these people are the rebel army of the Great Sui?
The first thing the king of Tamna thought of was to escape, but although they were an island country with a well-developed fishing industry, they did not have large ships, and the small boats were less resistant to wind and waves, and the speed of sailing on the sea was definitely not as fast as the other party's big ships, so if he wanted to escape, it was estimated that he would soon be caught up by the other party's ships.
Since you can't escape, this island is so big, just hide, and then send a message for help to the Baekje Kingdom, and wait until they lead the army to come to the rescue.
He then had the beacon fire on the island lit and lit three beacon fires to alert Baekje and let them know that they were attacked.
Jeju Island is only a little more than 100 kilometers away from the Korean Peninsula, and as long as there is no strong wind, the smoke of the beacons on the island can be seen, but the country of Tamna has never been invaded before, so they have not been used for help.
Seeing the three-burn beacon fire rising on the island, Qin Qiong frowned, this was a signal for the enemy to ask for help, he was worried that Baekje would send troops to rescue Tamna, although Liu Zhi had analyzed the current situation on the peninsula for him before, but he still couldn't put his mind at ease.
"Advance at an accelerated pace, prepare for a beach landing, and after the landing of each army, according to the predetermined plan, attack in a group of 1,000 men and according to the predetermined route.
The number of defenders on the island did not exceed five hundred, so there was basically no threat to the Sui army, so Qin Qiong ordered the 10,000 troops to be divided into ten thousand troops, and after landing on the island, they advanced in all directions, occupying and searching the entire island.
Soon, the Sui army has already landed, the Tamluo army saw that the Sui army was strong, and really did not have the courage to come to the beach to block it, which made the landing of the Sui army not receive the slightest impact, when the Tang army attacked Goguryeo in history, because the landing of the naval army was not smooth, so the losses were heavy, and this was a failure, and in World War II, in order to confuse the attention of the German army, divert the attention of the German army, so that they could not concentrate on the defense, the Allies adopted a variety of deception methods, so that the German army distracted their defensive forces, But even so, the Allies still paid a heavy price in the Normandy landings.
The Sui army soon landed on Jeju Island, ten teams of Sui troops marched towards the island, the area of this island is not small, but the population is a little too small, its area is much larger than Hong Kong in later generations, but the population of the island is only 10,000 people, it stands to reason that there are not many mountains on the island, the land is enough, the saline-alkali land is not much, the rainfall is also sufficient, and the area of land suitable for cultivation is a lot, but why agriculture cannot develop, the population is so small, Liu Zhi is very puzzled.
He also followed the Sui army to the shore, but he was leisurely in the back, and he was not in a hurry, the battle situation on the island must have been, and the king of Tamna must have fled, but because the coastline of the entire island has been blocked by the Sui army's sailors, he has not received any news so far, or found that someone escaped from the island by boat, so he must still be hiding somewhere on the island.
Qin Qiong was worried about Liu Zhi's safety, because in his eyes, Liu Zhi was just a weak scholar, so he left a hundred soldiers by his side to protect Liu Zhi's safety, while he himself led the army forward and prepared to take over control of the island.
Liu Zhi found a village in Tamna, there is a cultivated land outside the village, the area is not large, it is planted with rice, the rice has been harvested at this time, only a rice stump is left, the strange thing is that he did not find any livestock, the buffalo or cattle used to plough the field did not see a single one, and went to the village to take a look, and found that they even lacked farming tools, did not see the iron plough used to plow the field, but there were hoes, but the number was very small.
He seemed to think of something in his heart, it turned out that he ignored it, this is just an island, and there is no iron ore on the island, so the little pig iron is used to forge weapons, and other countries also don't want iron tools to flow into the country of Tamna, so the restrictions on them are more severe, which makes the island's agriculture underdeveloped, not even large livestock for farming, and because it is the relationship between the islands, so the people don't need to farm to feed themselves, they can also go out to sea to fish, So agriculture hasn't developed much. (To be continued.) )