Although the Ryukyu garrison has been a passive defense over the years, they have done a solid job and have a very thorough understanding of the natives of the Ryukyu Island.

According to the classification given to them by the garrison, there are three indigenous people on Ryukyu Island, one is called Takayama Fan, who lives in the mountains of the central and western regions, and basically does not come out, and the other group is called Pingyuanfan, which is distributed in the western coastal plains, collecting all kinds of food and hunting in the forests for a living, they are extremely hostile to the Han people, and they are the natives who harass and kill immigrants.

There is also a group called Yufan, which makes a living by fishing and collecting pearl shell corals, and they have been in contact with the Han fishermen on the Penghu Islands for a long time, and they are considered to be familiar, mainly living on the southern coast, they are very friendly to the Han people, and it is easier to submit.

"These natives are actually not very populous, each with about five or six thousand people, who are naked all the year round, wrapped in a piece of animal skin around their crotch, are very good at running, very fast, mainly use stone spears and poisoned arrows, and like to use sneak attacks, which makes people unguardable."

"Do you know where their lair is?" Fanning asked again.

Zhou Mi pointed to a red dot on the map and said, "I heard that they have three old nests, but we only found one, right here, about a hundred miles away from Ryukyu County, and we also found it by accident." ”

"What does the nest look like, a cottage or something?"

Zhou Mi shook his head, "It's not a cottage, it's built on a high place in the dense forest, about a few zhang high from the flat ground, and the wall is built with wood, and we don't know what's going on inside." ”

"The general just said they used stone spears?" Fanning asked again with a deep sigh.

Zhou Mi understood what Fanning meant, and he smiled and said: "These natives are not as backward as Jun thinks, they also use iron tools, but there is too little pig iron, and knives are very precious to them, so they can only use stone spears, but they should get some iron tools, and the ones they get from the carp silver mine, including axes, iron drills, etc., are about a few hundred." ”

"Then how does the Ryukyu Prefecture distinguish between Yufan and Pingyuanfan, and once a fight starts, how do you know which ones are the enemies?"

"They are of different races, the difference in appearance is obvious, Yufan is like Han people, taller, and the skin is not dark, it is said that they have been intermarrying with Han people for hundreds of years, mainly Han fishermen, Gaoshan Fan is actually similar to Yufan, and it is more majestic, and Pingyuan Fan is said to have migrated from Luzon, and it is black and small, but it is very flexible and easy to identify."

"Then you come to meet the supplies, will the natives take the opportunity to attack?" Fanning asked with another smile.

"Of course!"

Zhou Mi sneered: "Every time our supplies arrive, they are just as excited, so every time the food supplies arrive, there will be a contest between the two sides, and this is also the only chance for us to shoot them, they are too deep and enter our defensive circle." ”

Fanning thought for a moment and said, "I brought two thousand soldiers, and I simply fought a beautiful battle of annihilation, using grain as bait to lure them in, and then cut off their retreat from behind. ”

"You can't use food, you have to use iron, they are desperate for iron, they know that it is a trap, they will take risks, and they will try again and again."

"Then use iron!" Fanning immediately asserted.

The first fire of Fanning's tenure was to burn to the natives of the plains, which seriously threatened the security of the Ryukyu Prefecture.

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At the beginning of night, all kinds of food and materials are piled up outside the southern gate of Ryukyu Prefecture, and a pile of iron farming tools like a hill glows with a faint metallic luster under the firelight, which is particularly eye-catching.

The gates of the city were lit with torches, illuminating the surrounding area as if it were daylight, soldiers and young men were busy carrying food into the city, and more than a hundred soldiers with large shields were on guard around them, extremely cautious.

The Song army and the local natives have been fighting for many years, and they know each other very well, and the Song soldiers know that there must be natives hidden nearby, and the number is at least more than 100.

And just a hundred paces away from the Song army's vigilant soldiers, hundreds of natives with bows, arrows and spears were quietly approaching in the woods, they were indeed short in stature, they looked like eleven or twelve-year-old children, but everyone was as agile as apes.

As soon as one of the indigenous leaders raised his hand, the people behind them stopped, and the eyes of all the natives were greedily staring at the pile of iron farming tools a hundred paces away, they had not seen so much pig iron for a long time.

Of course, just as the Song army knew them, they also knew the Song army, the Song army would only defend, not counterattack, as long as they ran a hundred steps away, then they would be safe.

The native leader gave the order, and hundreds of people screamed and rushed towards the iron farming implements.

At this time, the vigilant Song soldiers suddenly felt that something was wrong, and they saw countless poisonous arrows shooting from the darkness, and they quickly retreated while raising their shields to meet them, and the thousand Song soldiers who were ambushed on the city wall also raised their bows and crossbows.

Hundreds of people rushed to the city, desperately rushing at the iron tools, and the arrows were fired at the city wall like flying locusts, shooting at the small black shadows that rushed wildly.

More than a hundred people fell in an instant, but the remaining natives still rushed to the farm tools, each picked up a few iron farm tools and turned around and ran wildly.

Drums sounded loudly at the head of the city, and two thousand Song troops rushed out of the city, and this time they did not stop within a hundred paces, and pursued behind the natives.

Holding dozens of pounds of iron farming tools, the speed of the natives was significantly reduced, and they were not as agile as before, they were constantly chased and killed by the Song army, and the Song army's resentment for several years was vented on these natives, and they were ruthless and never left alive.

In a short time, the loss of the natives had been more than half, and the leader found that the situation was wrong, and the Song army, who had never dared to chase a hundred paces, actually chased out for several miles, and he shouted repeatedly, and the remaining more than 100 natives had to drop their iron weapons and flee in panic.

And at this moment, facing a stream and river in front, two thousand Song troops were already ambushed here, these were the two thousand soldiers brought by Fanning, and they went around behind the little black natives and cut off the retreat of these natives.

At this time, the screams and shouts in the distance came quickly, and the two thousand Song troops raised their crossbow arrows together, aiming at the river, and in just a moment, countless small black shadows suddenly rushed out of the woods and jumped into the river, the river was more than ten zhang wide, very shallow, and only drowned people's knees.

I only heard the sound of a bang, and a thousand arrows were fired in the woods, and two thousand crossbow arrows were fired at the same time at the natives who were crossing the river, and more than a hundred natives were caught off guard and were shot down by the crossbow arrows, and the blood immediately stained the stream red.

After just one round of shooting, more than 150 natives were wiped out, all of them were shot in the creek, and their leader was also killed by seven arrows and died on a large rock.

The Song army on both sides appeared one after another, standing on both sides of the river, and dozens of soldiers jumped into the river and killed the natives who did not die.

Fanning also appeared in the ranks, and he said to the main general: "General Zhou can lead a thousand soldiers back, organize the people to quickly move supplies into the city, and the army will be strictly guarded, and the natives will not be given any chance to sneak attack our rear." ”

"Obey!"

Zhou Mi turned around and was just about to leave, Fanning said again: "Leave the dry food for the other soldiers!" ”

In this operation, they not only had to break the sneak attack of the natives, but also to take advantage of the situation to destroy an old nest of the natives, the nest is currently known to be more than a hundred miles away, Fanning is ready to destroy this stronghold in three days, each soldier also carries three days' dry rations, and of course, several ships are also following them south along the coast, ready to replenish their food.

Three thousand troops set out overnight, marched rapidly through the forest, and slaughtered targets a hundred miles away........

At noon the next day, the 3,000 troops finally saw the target, only to see that in the dense forest, on a high ground several feet above the flat ground, a large earthen fortress had been built with wood, and the sentries on the stockade had discovered them before, and they had quickly entered a state of war.

The gate of the village closed, and above the village stood dark-skinned indigenous dwarfs, densely packed with more than 2,000 people, armed with spears and bows and arrows, staring hatefully at the Song soldiers who had killed them.

At this time, the soldiers found a thick and sturdy tree that was at least hundreds of years old, the big tree was more than 20 zhang high, the trunk was straight, and the crown was like a canopy.

On the end of the tree, almost can overlook this indigenous village, only to see that the village has been in a mess, countless dense small black dots are running, the whole village covers an area of about 50 acres, which are low shacks built with branches and wood, there is a wooden building in the middle, about two zhang high, it is estimated that it is the place where their chief lives.

Fanning said to the two generals: "The best way to deal with this kind of wooden village is to attack it with fire, and if you burn the village, you will be killed if you escape!" ”