Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Turbulent Seas
A.D. 1075, Xining 5th year, May 26. The Haiwei Army of the Eighth Town of the Great Song Dynasty set out from the port of Keelung and sailed northeast to conquer the Tiansun Kingdom. Although this kingdom is pitifully small, and the Great Song Dynasty has a bit of a taste of bullying the small, it is also a beginning.
originally thought that he would be able to reach the Kingdom of Heavenly Sun smoothly, but unexpectedly, he was suddenly hit by a strong hurricane on the way. This hurricane blew from the southeast, and the strong wind blew for twelve days in a row, which made Zhao Ji and the soldiers of the Eighth Town Haiwei suffer a lot, and the original journey of three or four days finally deviated from the course, and it took half a month to reach the Kingdom of Tiansun.
Without being there, it is impossible to depict or comprehend the hardships endured by the Eighth Town Guard. The huge waves as high as dozens of meters hit the fleet again and again, and the original water thieves, and now the soldiers of the Coast Guard, trapped their bodies with ropes, carrying dozens of pounds of equipment, and advanced on the deck step by step, together to control the sea ships not to deviate from the course, at least not to be overturned by the huge waves. Some soldiers did not control their bodies properly, did not grasp the ropes, and were swept away by the hurricane.
The most terrible thing was the dark night, in order to prevent the expeditionary force from being blown away by the hurricane, the oil lamps made of white glass on the top of the ships could not be extinguished for a moment. In order to guard these white glazed oil lamps for navigation, the soldiers were not allowed to take turns to guard the top warehouse. To get to the top compartment, you had to climb up from the deck, and on the way up, many soldiers were swept away by the hurricane.
Fortunately, the shipbuilding technology of the Song Dynasty was quite good, and the warships were built large and sturdy, and they were not scattered by the huge waves. Zhao Ji thought about the reasons for the failure of the Yuan Dynasty in later generations to conquer Japan. Kublai Khan did not choose a general who knew naval warfare, and the commander of the conquest of Japan was a Mongolian nobleman, not a Southern Song general who knew naval warfare. The commander did not understand the marine climate and did not understand the use of troops in naval warfare, and finally let a bunch of river boats that could not resist the storm at sea bury all the sea.
And the soldiers of the Eighth Town Coast Guard were originally water thieves, who had been bumpy on the sea all year round, licking life on the edge of the knife, coupled with long-term training at sea, such a hurricane should have experienced. In addition, the warships of the Coast Guard are all large warships suitable for long-distance voyages, and the commanders are also thieves. I'm not afraid of such hurricanes. However, the loss of more than 200 soldiers still made Zhao Ji's heart ache.
Heartache must also be heartache after arriving in Tiansun Kingdom, Zhao Ji had already collapsed at that time. The hurricane caused every sea ship to move forward in a bumpy and swaying up and down, left and right, and Zhao Ji and his iron arm guard all vomited, their intestines were about to vomit, and their heads were completely dizzy. Fortunately, the Eighth Town Sea Guard, who has been running around the sea all day long, the original water thieves, have long adapted to such bumps. Otherwise, if the Tiansun Kingdom is not destroyed, these 30,000 will really die before they can get out of the school.
Zhao Ji was irritable in his heart, he had never suffered like this in his two lives. For more than ten days in a row, I ate and vomited, vomited and ate. Sometimes I can't eat at all, and I don't dare to drink more water, for fear of stomach trouble, and I don't know how to take off my pants when the time comes. The majestic Zhao Xuan, the high-spirited iron arm guard, and finally had a gray face, and sat in the cabin weakly and weakly. You can only sit, you can't lie down, and you have to tie ropes to fix your body, otherwise if the boat shakes, it will have to roll around like a ball. Zhao Ji has already suffered a loss, and he doesn't know how many bags he has been hit on his head.
After the wind calmed down, Zhao Ji took Bai Bo** to the imperial warehouse and beat the commander fiercely. But Zhao Ji's body was weak, and after more than a dozen punches weakly, he couldn't move!
The white wave who was beaten laughed instead of anger: "Holy Lord, what's wrong?" Was made like this by such a small wind and waves? ”
"You sea thief, you're going to murder me! It's still a little wind and waves, my intestines are about to vomit out, and you are still laughing? See if I don't beat you to death! Zhao Ji waved his fist weakly.
"Hahahaha! It's good that the saint adapts to it, and on the sea, there are a lot of such small winds and waves! Bai Bolang usually has a good relationship with Zhao Ji, and his personality is like this, so he laughs even more.
"Still laughing, is this still a small wind and waves? If you don't get it right, I haven't destroyed the Tiansun Kingdom first, and I will die on this ** sea. You're a sea thief, it's not a good day, and this kind of weather has brought me out? Zhao Ji scolded angrily.
"Holy Lord, June is approaching, the weather is going to get hot, and hurricanes like this often occur at sea. On the sea, such a small hurricane is said to exist, and it is impossible to calculate at all. If there is a big hurricane, the last general will eat the bear's heart and leopard gall, and he will not dare to bring the saint out. Besides, the saint is wise and powerful, and with the blessing of God, even if it is a big hurricane, he can't do anything to the saint! "The white waves slapped the horses' ass.
"Fuck your mother's wisdom and martial arts, fuck me off. I've got a good night's sleep, it's really killing me! Zhao Ji laughed and scolded, then lay down on the dragon bed, and fell asleep after a while.
The Eighth Town of the Great Song Dynasty finally reached the Tiansun Kingdom, and Zhao Ji thought that he could take down a town and then take a good rest. But as a result, Zhao Ji's head was bigger, and his eyeballs fell off, what is the situation? Got to the Savage World?
"Sea thief, come to me. What's going on? How is this a barren mountain? What about the Kingdom of the Heavenly Sun? Don't you have to buy wood here? Aren't there maritime merchants who trade here? What about people? Zhao Ji was a little depressed.
"Holy Lord, don't worry, the route is off. Ryukyu Island was named after Zhu Kuan, a cavalry commander of the Sui Dynasty, when he was ordered by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty to go to sea to search for foreign customs, so sometimes, we also call King Tiansun the Kingdom of Ryukyu. Ryukyu Island, there are 55 large and small islands, the main island is Sanshan Island, and the royal city of the Tiansun Kingdom, Pearl City, is on Sanshan Island. The other islands are the territory of the Tusi of the Tiansun Kingdom. White Wave said with a hippie smile.
After a short time, the Coast Guard fleet adjusted its course and stopped more than ten miles outside Miyama Island, the main island of the Ryukyus. There is no way, there is no deep-water port in the Tiansun Kingdom, and Zhao Ji's dragon boat and most of the big war ships can't get through.
Zhao Ji took the telescope and looked at the small port on Sanshan Island from a distance. There were a few more large boats docked there, and the others were mostly small fishing boats.
There are 30,000 coast guards, more than 1,200 large and small warships, and more than 1,300 troop carriers and grain carriers, adding up to 2,500 ships. The fleet is divided into the sea off Sanshan Island, and there are tens of thousands of sails, like a dark cloud. However, after staying for a long time, I didn't see anyone from Tiansun Kingdom coming to say hello.
"Damn, just ignore the existence of my army." Bai Bolang scolded himself on the side.
"What about war? What's whining? Without waiting for them to come, give the order to go down and land. Zhao Ji commanded.
Most of the warships lowered their sails and lowered the small boats such as centipedes and flat sand from the big ships into the sea. The 30,000 Coast Guards, except for a few soldiers guarding the warships, all took small boats and began the landing operation. Countless small boats rowed towards Sanshan Island. But there was still no response from the port.
"Damn, it's a new state again." Bai Bolang remembered the battle of the expedition and said with a grin.
The unhindered landing was so easy. In just one hour, 30,000 troops landed. Zhao Ji stood on the port, and there was no one.
"It's not normal, what's wrong?" Zhao Ji shook his head and said.
"Holy Lord, don't care, go and fight their royal city, and then talk about it." Bai Bo had already arranged for people to guard the port.
With an army of 30,000, the whole army advanced to Pearl City, the royal city of the Tiansun Kingdom. After an hour's trek, the army finally arrived at the so-called Pearl City, the capital of the Tiansun Kingdom. However, Zhao Ji was stunned again? Is this a city?
Pearl City, which covers an area of only five miles in a radius, is a small village, and it is not as good as a Li family horse farm within a radius of ten miles. Also, the total area of the entire Ryukyu Islands is less than 5,000 square kilometers, and this Sanshan Island is only 1,200 square kilometers.
At this time, Pearl City was surrounded by a group of natives wearing animal skins and carrying javelins and wooden shields, this group of natives looked like about 20,000 people, all over the mountains. As soon as the Coast Guard arrived, they reacted. Immediately, several thousand people came over and confronted the army of the Sea Guard.
Zhao Ji didn't want to figure out anything, so he immediately ordered the Haiwei Army to strangle forward. The bazooka soldiers in the back row began to install the bazooka vehicles, the sword and shield soldiers in the front row pushed forward, and the crossbowmen in the middle had already shot a ** arrow feather into the natives. Under the strong bow and crossbow, only two feathers of arrows were blown, and the natives fell to the ground. At this time, the bazooka cars in the back row had been ignited, and the dense rockets were fired at the natives, and the natives were all killed by the rockets before they could rush to the sea guards, and all the three thousand natives who confronted each other were nailed to the ground by the rockets, and the fur on the corpses began to burn, becoming a fire.
"Hahaha." Zhao Ji laughed. It is no wonder that the armed forces of more than 200 Spani people in later generations were able to conquer the Inca Empire in the Americas with an army of 80,000. Military technology is not a class and simply cannot be compensated for by the number of people. The more people there are, the more people are slaughtered.
Zhao Ji laughed heartily, not because he was in a good mood for slaughtering these natives, but because he thought that the Great Song Dynasty was going to fight the natives in the future. Isn't it land and mineral resources that are robbed of war? Fighting the soil pays less, and benefits more. A few hundred people can win, but the land and minerals are more primitive. Didn't the Western Europeans rise after they developed the Americas by fighting the natives of the Americas? Thinking of this, it was even more determined that Zhao Ji would send troops to Nanyang to develop the best in Southeast Asia.
An Englishman once said: We drink tea with a teacup in our left hand and a musket in our right hand to conquer the world. The problem of adapting to water and soil can be solved as long as you drink tea often. Adaptation is no longer a problem, and conquering Southeast Asia will not be a problem either.
In the 10th century, agriculture in Western Europe began to develop greatly, and the land of Europe, which was once only nomadic herding, was developed. At this time, the shortage of land began to be revealed, and the countries of Western Europe had a war for hegemony over land. The unification of Western Europe was a religious unity, and the papacy did not want to see God's people kill each other, which led to the centuries-long Crusades. However, they failed, and Western Europe became even darker. It wasn't until I learned a lot of advanced technology from the Arabs and learned the four great inventions of China. Thus, Western Europeans had the ability to conquer the seas. The Western Europeans who ate shit luck actually discovered the Americas, and the development of a continent nourished their civilization and allowed the rapid rise of Western European civilization.
Western Europeans say that they were able to create industrial civilization because they attached importance to the development of industry and commerce, had the courage gene, and had the Christianity of foreign expansion. It's pure flaunting of their shit luck. If there were no Americas on the earth, they would probably have to nest in Western Europe and kill each other in a place the size of a palm in Western Europe after the failure of the Crusades. The development of industry and commerce is based on the development of agriculture, and how can agriculture be developed without land?
Now, what Zhao Ji wants to do is to develop Huguang, Liuqiu, Southeast Asia, Australia, and so on, and then unify China and develop Northeast China after the strength is strong. Through continuous agricultural development, the development of agriculture will be promoted, and then the development of industry and commerce will be stimulated.
When the natives saw that their companions had not yet come near the enemy, they were horriously killed. For a time, the people's hearts were in turmoil, and the natives shouted and fled in all directions. The Navy's chase, and the strong bows and crossbows were simply beyond the natives' comprehension of the range of the bows and arrows, and no matter how fast they fled, the whistling feathers of the arrows quickly pierced their backs, and arrows burst out of their chests.
Seeing their companions dead in front of them, the natives were so frightened that they lay on the ground like wild beasts and did not dare to move, trembling all over. The Coast Guard did not attack the fallen people, and this phenomenon was quickly discovered by the natives, so they all lay on the ground. The Coast Guards, on the other hand, reluctantly began to roam the mountains to capture prisoners.
After the end of this massacre war, Zhao Ji finally saw the figure of a civilized person.
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