Chapter 328: Capture of Jeju Island
The water monkey and others stayed in the capital for half a month.
I was reunited with my family for three days and trained in the lodge for ten days.
For the remaining two days, Jia Cong gathered them together.
Together with Wangcai, Zhang Dakui, Li Biao, Qingwen and others, he formulated a detailed plan to attack Jeju Island.
Afterwards, the water monkeys led the people back to the island.
Returning with them were Wangcai's caravan and Zhang Dakui leading a hundred guards.
This time, Ja Cong had them carry a thousand shells for the capture of Jeju Island and a possible battle with the Goryeo Navy.
Zhang Dakui led a hundred personal soldiers and the Marine Corps of the Water Battalion, which was responsible for capturing Jeju Island and solving the armed forces on the island, and not allowing other armed forces to exist on the island.
After the capture of Jeju Island, Jang Dakyu was responsible for forming a marine corps to protect the security of the island.
Half of the naval fleet led by the water monkeys will stay on Jeju Island and form a new North Sea Fleet to protect the waters of Jeju Island.
Wangchai is in charge of the administration of Jeju Island, logistics and the next relocation plan.
In view of the fact that Wangcai has a lot of affairs, he also manages two fleets and caravans, and transfers two stewards from the government to be Wangcai's deputies, so that they can assist Wangcai and do a good job.
These two stewards are both sons of Ning Guofu's family, and they have been slaves in the Jia family for several lifetimes.
Loyalty can be guaranteed, ability is not bad, and letting them go out to do things is also giving them a chance.
Jia Cong could not leave Beijing easily, and could not go to inspect in person, so he could only install more cronies who were loyal to him and controlled the authority on the island.
In the future, Jeju Island will be composed of three forces.
The first is the North Sea Fleet, which is formed by the water monkeys, which is responsible for protecting the waters of Jeju Island.
The second is Jang Dakyu's Marine Corps, which is responsible for patrolling the island and guarding Jeju Island.
The third is the administrative organization on the island headed by Wangcai, as well as the logistics supply organization.
The three parties restrain each other and supervise each other, and will never let one party dominate again, so as to avoid them from having undeserved thoughts.
If there is a major incident, the three of them can negotiate to solve it.
After the water monkey and the others returned to the island, they immediately held a pre-war meeting to mobilize all the troops who could fight and prepare to send troops to Jeju Island.
After years of development, there are now more than 8,000 people on the island.
Compared with the original seven or eight hundred, it has increased more than tenfold.
Most of these people were some pirate members of the annex, some were recruited, and some were robbed merchant ship guards, who chose to join them in order to survive.
Most of these people are young and strong, and they have been adrift at sea all year round, and with a little training they are qualified navy.
There are nearly 100 large and small warships on the island, more than 4,000 naval troops, and 1,000 marines, all of which are selected elites.
There were also about 3,000 people, belonging to the logistics personnel, including sailors and escorts of the two fleets, as well as some shipbuilders and ship-repairers, blacksmiths, etc., all of whom were managed by Wangcai.
Considering that the fleet would be split in two, another thousand people were selected and joined the naval forces.
Everything was ready, and three days later, the army set out for Jeju Island.
Nearly 100 warships, large and small, as well as Wangcai's cargo ships, formed a huge fleet, and sailed in the direction of Jeju Island.
Located in the southern part of Jeolla-do, Jeju Island is an oval-shaped island about the size of a county, with a high mountain in the middle of the island and plains on all sides.
Jeju Island is strategically located quite well, almost 2,000 miles from Chongmyeongsha and a little further from the Dengju Peninsula, but much closer to Japan, just over 400 miles from Kyushu Island and 1,000 miles from the Ryukyu Islands to the south.
The fleet sailed for two days and finally saw the destination of the trip, Jeju Island.
The water monkey took out a clairvoyant mirror and looked towards the island, but the distance was too far to see very clearly, and he immediately ordered to move forward at full speed.
Some distance away from Jeju Island, everyone saw a mountain like a crown.
This is the famous Seongsan Sunrise Peak on Jeju Island.
"Commander, Commander Zhang, that's Jeju Island in front of you."
When Wangcai and Zhang Dakui heard this, they hurriedly looked ahead.
I saw a mountain peak near the sea, it is composed of large and small volcanic stones, and even the "beach" is made of a large number of extremely small volcanic stones, grinding into black sand and gravel, and the unique seaside scenery makes them amazed.
Zhang Dakui said: "Commander of the water, if there are naval forces and warships on this island, I will hand it over to you, leaving half of the navy on standby on the warships to prevent anyone from escaping, and the others will land and fight with me." ”
The water monkey said: "Commander Zhang, don't worry, I will personally stay on the ship, and I will not let any ship leave Jeju Island, and leak the news on the island, so that we have enough time to run Jeju Island."
It's up to you to seize control of the island, and we don't know how many people there are, so you have to be more careful. ”
Zhang Dakui said with a smile: "Listen to your introduction, there are at most 10,000 people on this island, and it would be good to have a thousand defenders, just such a few people, I can sweep with 200 personal soldiers, and there are nearly 1,000 marines, and more than 2,000 naval soldiers, this trip is absolutely foolproof." ”
Wangcai said: "Commander Zhang, Commander Shui, although you are all very sure, but don't take it too lightly, for the sake of the great plan of the grandfather of the country, you need to be cautious, and you must not be negligent." ”
The two nodded in agreement, this was the first time that the two of them carried out Jia Cong's task alone, and it was definitely not easy to fail.
In the past, he just let the water monkey develop and grow on his own, and did not give him a very clear task, which is the first time to carry out the task.
Zhang Dakui has also been following Jia Cong's side as the chief instructor, and this is also the first time he has gone out on a mission and is in charge alone.
Approaching the island, the fleet split into two and sailed around Jeju Island, one left and one right.
One is to look for docks, and the other is to find hidden ships to prevent someone from sending news out and leaking the situation on the island.
Although, on their side, they have a powerful fleet and armed forces, and are not afraid of any provocations. But it is still very beneficial to have more time to develop and trouble to come later.
Two fleets, converging at the pier to the northeast.
Looking at the dozen or so small boats scattered on the dock, everyone was relieved.
Subsequently, a forced landing was made.
Zhang Dakui led a thousand marines and more than 2,000 navy troops to kill the island with great momentum.
There were only 500 Goryeo soldiers stationed on Jeju Island.
Seeing thousands of troops coming, these soldiers simply laid down their arms and surrendered.
As a result, Zhang Dakui, who was ready to kill, had nowhere to go.
Subsequently, all the people on the island were gathered and announced to them the occupation of Jeju Island and the ownership of Jeju Island, and from then on, Jeju Island was surnamed Jia.
In front of thousands of soldiers, no one dared to make a mistake, silently acknowledging the new leader.
According to some statistics, there are 12,000 people on Jeju Island, most of whom are the remnants of Tamna, some are exiled criminals, and then the 500 Goryeo soldiers.
Wangcai led people to recount and implement the population of the island.
Divide all kinds of people into groups, gather those exiled criminals individually, and let them reclaim land on Jeju Island.
In the western part of Jeju Island, there is a pasture left over from the Yuan Dynasty, which has long been abandoned.
Wangcai arranged some people to reorganize the pasture.
When Jeju Island is stable, I will go to the Khalkha side of Mongolia, move some herdsmen over, and bring some cattle, sheep and horses over to take charge of grazing here.
In doing so, it also prevents the island from being completely native, and prevents them from uniting to make trouble.
This time, Wangcai transferred two-thirds of the logistics personnel from the Shuiying side, totaling more than 2,000 people.
Coupled with 1,000 marines and 3,000 naval soldiers who remained, it is equivalent to 6,000 of their own men, and most of them are military, which is enough to deter the people of Jeju Island.
Wangcai has never managed so many people, so he specifically asked Jia Cong for advice before he came.
Let him gather the original management personnel, use them for the time being, let them manage their own people, and then slowly insert their own people, and finally replace them.
Of course, if you do it well, you can keep it.
According to Jia Cong's method, Wangcai used a month to properly handle the affairs on Jeju Island.
Some people maintain pastures, some people cultivate farmland, some people go out to sea to fish, and the whole island is in good order and is on the right track.
Suddenly, there were more than 6,000 people, and the food on Jeju Island was somewhat stretched.
Wangcai decided to send a fleet to pull a batch of grain back to the water camp.
The fleet of the water monkeys has also been split.
The water monkey led more than 3,000 navies and stayed on Jeju Island to form the North Sea Fleet and be responsible for defending the waters of Jeju Island.
Liu Erhu led the remaining 2,000 navies to return to Shuiying, formed the South China Sea Fleet, and continued to grow and develop.
Wangcai also sent his deputy to lead the fleet and followed Liu Erhu's fleet back to the water camp, preparing to transport a batch of grain.
Zhang Dakui divided 1,000 marines into 10 hundred-man squads to patrol the island.
One of the 100-member squads is stationed at the dock to guard the safety of the dock.
The water monkeys were also on the seashore, chose a suitable location and set up the camp of the North Sea Fleet.
Two forts were set up on the seashore and two large-caliber long-range guns were installed, which can be regarded as shore defense artillery, which Jia Cong specially asked them to bring when they left the capital.
More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the development of Jeju Island has entered the regular stage, and all work has developed steadily.
Jeju Island is calm again, as if nothing had happened.
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Jia Cong received a letter from Wangcai and knew that Jeju Island had arrived.
I am also quite satisfied with the performance of the three people.
In the letter, he gave a detailed explanation of the situation on Jeju Island and told Jia Cong some of his thoughts.
Now that Jeju Island has been obtained, he has no shortage of money and resources, so it is the right thing to let him develop as soon as possible, and then move some important workshops to Jeju Island.
Jia Cong thought about it and wrote a letter.
The letter was addressed to Zhang Hu, asking him to transfer 5,000 to 10,000 herdsmen from the tribe to Jeju Island.
At the same time, a batch of cattle, sheep and horses were sent to Jeju Island for grazing.
He also asked him to send 2,000 cavalry to Jeju Island to serve his life.
And let him contact Amin, and use the barbarian side to pass by the people and cattle on his territory, and let Amin ensure that these people can pass through smoothly.
After writing the letter, I put the letter in an envelope and sealed the envelope.
Summoned two guards, handed them the letter, and asked them to hurry up and send the letter to Zhang Hu.
The two took the letter, and Jia Cong gave each of them two grenades for self-defense on the road.
The two left Ningguo Mansion and hurried to Liaodong.
Zhang Hu received Jia Cong's letter, looked at the contents, found Wang Shun, and handed him the letter.
"Your Excellency has sent a letter, so take a look at it for yourself."
Wang Shun took the letter and read it, and sighed in his heart.
This master of himself is really restless, he actually went overseas to establish a base, isn't it enough to have himself and others here?
returned the letter to Zhang Hu and said: "Since it is an adult's request, we must try our best to meet it, we have no shortage of herdsmen, there are five or six hundred thousand on our side alone, and there is no problem in relocating tens of thousands of people in the past."
Two thousand cavalry is not a big deal, just do what the adults order, and we will select the people later, make preparations, and the affairs of Amin's side will be run by yourself.
He's a great sweat now, and I don't know if he'll be able to talk as well as he used to. ”
Zhang Hu said: "It's not a big deal, it's just a way, I guess it shouldn't be a big problem, I'll go see him tomorrow and see how he copes." ”
After some discussion, the two began to sift through the herdsmen and cavalry.
The next day, Zhang Hu left for Hetuala.
After finding Guqi, Guqi took him to Amin's palace.
"Zhang Hu, I've seen the Great Khan."
When Amin saw Zhang Hu coming, he laughed and said, "General Zhang doesn't need to be polite, I haven't thanked you for your help, I don't know why I came here today?" ”
Zhang Hu said: "The Great Khan is polite, our grandfather has found an island overseas, and plans to relocate some herdsmen from us, and wants to pass by the Great Khan's territory, I don't know what the Great Khan wants?" ”
Amin was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect this to happen.
Jia Cong is going to establish a stronghold outside and leave a way back for himself.
It's a good precaution.
Passing through his own territory, this is not a big deal, and it has no effect on himself, but he can be a favor.
"Since it is Ning Guogong's matter, Ben Khan will naturally support it vigorously, there is no problem with this matter at all, you are ready, set a date, and let Guqi help you arrange it."