Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 279
It was the first time that Liao sailors left the port at night and in such a tense state, and sailed away from the coast in twos and threes without forming a formation.When these ships entered the deep water, they found a fleet of ships rushing towards them from the darkness.

Tao Lin's main forces are large ships with more than a thousand materials, loaded with heavy ballistas and trebuchets, and their attack power is much stronger than that of small fast ships.The ships of the Liao Kingdom were all in twos and threes, and some of them were simply single. Tao Lin's three large fleets could form an absolute advantage every time, surrounding the Liao Kingdom ships and fighting each other.

At dawn, the Xingshan Army's sea was covered with black smoke, and the shore was covered with stranded and beached ships. The water was full of burning wreckage, floating corpses and struggling sailors. There were more than 500 ships moored here. There are less than [-] large and medium-sized Liao ships that can still float on the water.

The reason why these sea-going ships were spared was because the sailors on these ships did not have time to rush back to the ship to anchor and set sail, and they hid in places where the Taolin fire ship could not be set ablaze.But the timid Liao people never dared to go to sea again, and could only watch the Song people burn these boats or pull them behind their boats with cables.

Yeluyi, who had rushed back from Qianzhou overnight, stamped his feet on the shore.It took him a long time to ask, "Where is Qi Deyu?"

It took a long time before someone reported: "After the attack last night, we all deployed to board the ship to meet the enemy. It is probably more ominous than good."

Yeluyi first sighed heavily: "It's a pity that I didn't listen to Qi Deyu's words at the beginning. Now it's all over!"

He was heartbroken because it wasn't just a fleet problem.In order to cross the sea and invade the south, they had already loaded tens of thousands of loads of food and supplies on board, and now they have also destroyed them.

In fact, Qi Deyu is currently on Tao Lin's boat.Last night he used the excuse of meeting the enemy, and after boarding the ship, he hung up the light signal and commanded a sea ship to go straight into the deep sea, rushing into the encirclement of the Song ship.This was almost an all-night battle, the only boarding battle ever fought.As a result, most of the Liao sailors were captured, and Qi Deyu also met Tao Lin who sent him into Liao.

After the Song people dealt with the last few intact Liao ships on the sea, they began to unscrupulously salvage the Liao sailors who fell into the water under the complicated eyes of the Liao people on the shore.

This is not Tao Lin showing kindness, but sending these Liao sailors to Beihai Island, which is a rare human resource.

Because the imperial court is weak, Tao Lin's fleet has always been a "pirate". It is estimated that even if such a victory is won, the imperial court will only give some rewards in secret because they are afraid that the Liao Kingdom will know the inside story.So if you want to make a fortune, you still have to rely on yourself.In the eyes of the sea merchants and those on Tamna Island, the Liao sailors thumping in the water are piles of copper coins, how could they let them go?

Seeing those Song people who called themselves pirates brazenly pick up the sailors and soldiers who fell into the water, and then walk away, Yeluyi burst into tears—when did the invincible Great Khitan suffer such humiliation?But he could only watch helplessly, unable to do anything, because he already understood that the sea is the world of Song people.After being ashamed and annoyed, he was secretly glad: fortunately, [-] soldiers and their horses were not allowed to board the ship, otherwise the losses suffered would have been even more appalling.

The "pirates" led by Tao Lin ignored the fatigue of more than ten hours of fierce fighting, and worked until dark before returning to the voyage. All the ships were full of prisoners.Although they were beaten to death just now, as long as these Liao people were fished aboard, the "pirates" still took good care of the captives, at least there was no shortage of food and drink--they are still expected to be strong laborers in the future, why? Could be starving?

A few days later, news of the annihilation of the Liao State Navy reached Bianliang.Although the Song court still did not recognize its relationship with the "pirates", so there was no big celebration, but in private, many officials who knew the inside story still had a carnival for several days.

This news was also reported to Li Buqi who returned to Guangzhou later.A stone fell to the ground in Li Buqi's heart, but at the same time he found that the situation in Song Dynasty was very good, and the affairs of Guangnan and Jiaozhi had been arranged by himself. Dangerous.

Nong Zhigao was hunted down by Di Qing, there is no doubt about Di Qing's ability.

The development of production in Guangnan is handled by Wang Han and Xiao Gu.Li Buqi's guarantor kept the two from being dismissed from office. The performance appraisal in the past few years must have been excellent. Although the possibility of further promotion is unlikely, there is still a chance to retire in this position and return home.Naturally, the two of them didn't have to raise their whips, hoping to manage Guangdong and Guangxi into a treasure land and leave a name for themselves in history.

Things in Guangdong and Guangxi accounted for half of them.Now all the Dongman who were close to Jiaozhi went to Jiaozhi to catch slaves, and many Dongman who were not close to Jiaozhi were hired by the government to farm on the ground, and they made money, so there were fewer conflicts with the Han people.Li Buqi also guaranteed that Su Yan knew Yongzhou and was in charge of Guangxi's barbaric affairs.Su Yan is an old friend of Manren, with him, Li Buqi's plan against Dongman will be pushed forward quietly but firmly.

Now encouraged by Li Buqi's series of victories over Jiaozhi, the court's vision of bringing the great granary of the Red River Delta under the control of the Song Dynasty has gradually become active.The imperial court agreed with Li Buqi's motion, and ordered the establishment of "Annan Army" on the territory of Zhenyuan Village and Weiyuan Village, and appointed Xiao Gu, the former magistrate of Panyu County, as the Zhijun. The emperor's descendants helped him to the throne, and at the same time continued to pursue Li Dezheng.

After Li Dezheng escaped from Shenglong Mansion, his sons withdrew from the northern front and were chased by the Guangxi Shanman coalition forces.Although Li Dezheng returned to the Thang Long Mansion, the Thang Long Mansion had been robbed by Li Buqi and was left as an empty shell. In the south, Zhancheng attacked and occupied the land that was originally robbed by Jiaozhi. With Xiao Gu staring at him, coupled with internal strife, the small imperial court was already in turmoil, and there was nothing to worry about.Instead, Li Buqi wanted to imply that Xiao Gu didn't want to destroy the Li family in a flash, but wanted to keep them as a pretext for war.

In order to strengthen the strength of Annan's army, Li Buqi announced to the captives Di Qing had captured from Nong Zhigao that as long as they were willing to go to Jiaozhi to farm, they would be given fields in Jiaozhi five years later, cultivated for generations, and they could also serve the Jiaozhi people.Although these captives have been engaged in relatively safe and easy work such as leveling fields, they are always held in custody, hoping to be free.In addition, they already have more or less enmity with the Cochin people, so it is natural for them to enlist the Cochin people.So Li Buqi asked them to swear loyalty to the Song Dynasty and sent them to the Annan Army as servants in the fields.

This is 8000 people. When they reach Cochin, they will catch some Cochin women, and they will have a bunch of children in two years, which is tens of thousands.At the same time, the Jiaozhi people continued to be plundered to Guangdong, Guangxi and Qiongzhou, and then the Song people were attracted to the Red River Delta to farm on preferential terms. The population composition of the Red River Delta would soon undergo a huge change, paving the way for the Song Dynasty to annex Jiaozhi.

The imperial court now also has enough strength to attract Song people to Jiaozhi.Because of the completion of Zhenyuan Village, the Song Army gained a firm foothold on the coast, and the Cochin Army was unable to launch a large-scale counterattack, and the Cochin slaves were continuously transported to Guangdong and Guangxi.Slaves can be used without loss, so large tracts of farmland with water conservancy facilities are being reclaimed.The previously constructed farmlands have shown great benefits to people. This time when Li Buqi auctioned off the treasures recovered from Jiaozhi, he also auctioned some of the newly completed farmlands, and what he got back was real money.

Now there is no visible threat to Song Dynasty, and Guangnan has enough money and food and an overwhelming military advantage over Jiaozhi.Some people can pick peaches without any scruples, and they can also fight against differences without any scruples.

It is estimated that someone will rush to drive him away soon. At this time, in order to finish the matter of Guangnan and Jiaozhi, I can only hide my strength and bide my time.Fortunately, Li Buqi has arranged suitable people for the work of Guangnan and Jiaozhi. As long as Li Buqi can stabilize the emperor and occupy the position of the transshipment envoy of Guangdong and Guangxi, and ensure that the two provinces will not change, then the people in the south That's how things started and ended.

So the officials in Guangnan soon saw that Li Buqi had pushed all the work to his subordinates, and he spent all day wandering around, visiting the orchard to see the newly planted lemon trees, and the Institute of Navigation to see the newly developed Boats with sloping sails and Arabian prows... so much fun.

(End of this chapter)