Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 205 Shimane Castle

"Captain, why don't you let the general pretend to be a caravan and investigate around, and make a conclusion after the investigation." Seeing that no one spoke, Liu Rengui spoke first.

"Captain, I thought that we must first understand the purpose of this expedition, and then divide and execute it sequentially." Pei Xingjian also followed this time and was appointed by Feng Daiwen as secretary.

"The general thinks that since the soldiers on the island are so unbearable, why not attack directly, anyway, no matter what the purpose is, we must fight." Xi Junmai said.

"What do you think of General Zhishili?" Feng Daiwen asked again.

"That's what the governor ordered. The last general is a rough man, and he will do everything according to his orders." Holding his fists together, he said.

Feng Daiwen didn't say whether they were right or wrong, let them understand for themselves, and after questioning for a while, he said: "Our purpose is twofold, the first is to capture the prisoners, and the second is to explore Yinshan.

So starting tomorrow, Xi Junmai, Feng Daihuo, and Liu Rengui will be divided into four teams, with 3000 people in each team. Don't put up banners, scatters along the camp to investigate, and find that all villages are arrested, and no one can be leaked. Don't be alarmed; the others stay and build the camp. "

"The last general obeys orders!" Several people led the order to go down to select candidates.

"Brother Feng, the enemy is so weak, why didn't they rush down at once, but instead advanced slowly, we are not familiar with it, so is it too time-consuming?" Yuchi Baolin asked after the crowd dispersed.

"Because I don't want to startle the enemy. If they know that it is Datang's attack, they will definitely unite. This will increase unnecessary casualties, and arresting some people first will not only help them understand the enemy's situation, but also increase a lot of labor and build camps." Feng Daiwen is very excited. Explained patiently.

"Oh, so it turns out, Brother Feng is really amazing!" Yuchi Baolin said in admiration.

"Haha, there, there are so many brothers who came out there and made great achievements. I always have to think about them a little more, and try my best to bring them back completely." I have to say that it is very cool to have a girl admire, Feng Daiwen said with a laugh.

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The next day, the fully armed soldiers set off after eating and taking dry food. Since they had binoculars, they could save a lot of trouble. The spies in front only needed to find a mountain top, and they could see at a glance where there were no mountains blocking them for a radius of ten miles.

The people of Datang knew some carpentry. After all, if there were some repairs at home, there was no need to hire someone. It always cost money to hire someone.

The rattan armored soldiers are all Lingnan soldiers, very used to tropical jungles, and were sent out to clear the surrounding forests, no matter if they were poisonous snakes or beasts, they were all killed, and the people behind could cut down trees with confidence.

To build a settlement, it would be impossible to have fewer trees, and now there are not so many craftsmen to burn bricks and tiles, so building a dock is the most important thing.

The huge trees were dragged into the sea, built into a pontoon bridge, connected to the ships, and began to unload the supplies on board.

Stone quarrying started on the hill closest to the sea, and the quarried boulders were placed on logs, transported to the sea, and slowly piled up. All the pure stones were used to pave a road connecting the sea to the bottom of the mountain.

Trees are easy to cut. With a special thick-backed machete, one can be knocked down without much effort. Thousands of people cut trees, and after half a day of logging, the logs pile up like a mountain, leaving hundreds of people to continue cutting, and others will help the most difficult ones. quarrying.

Quarrying requires large and small steel fibers to be inserted into the stone and hammered vigorously to finally get a huge boulder. Fortunately, Feng Daiwen had thought about it a long time ago. After all, he has experience in building wharfs in western Liaoning, and many steel fibers have been built. Enough for tens of thousands of people.

For several days in a row, the camp has become decent. Although there are only dozens of wooden houses, the pier has extended tens of meters to the sea. Small boats can already dock directly, and the largest boats have to extend at least [-] meters to dock directly at the pier.

Every day the expeditionary troops sent prisoners back, and after interrogation, they were thrown directly to the quarry to do hard work.

On the seventh day, all four teams returned to the camp. Only a few unlucky ones were slightly injured and fell down. The weather is neither hot nor cold, and many poisonous insects and snakes have begun to hibernate. It can be said that it is the best time for jungle marching.

This time the troops were dispatched for seven days, not only did they capture [-] captives, but within a radius of several tens of miles, it could be said that no chickens or dogs were left behind, just like a ghost town.

"Captain, the Shimane Castle has been thoroughly investigated. It only occupies a few miles, and the city walls are only about ten feet high. If you want to attack, it can be said that it will be effortless." Liu Rengui said excitedly when he returned for a few days without getting a battle. , I can't wait to take people to attack immediately.

"Hehe, Zhengzheng is hard work, but I'm afraid you have to go back to Datang, first to deliver food and supplies, and craftsmen, and second, to bring back the news." Feng Daiwen poured a cup of tea to Liu Rengui and said.

"Hey, thank you, Commander, the general still likes the sea, and I'll be heading back tomorrow." Liu Rengui thanked him as he took the tea gratefully.

After all, Feng Daiwen used him heavily from the very beginning, although this was also because Li Shimin hadn't realized how powerful the navy was in Feng Daiwen's hands. Now the navy chief Zhang Liang has more than 2 people under him, who have been stationed in Quanzhou and have to farm to support themselves.

Although the Lingnan ship is larger than Zhang Liang’s, it has been transporting goods to Li Shimin’s image. For fishing in Liaoxi, it is normal for the cargo ship to be larger, and because the ship is usually only equipped with eight ox crossbows, it is not like Zhang Li Shimin really didn't pay attention to the bright warships with so many weapons.

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Liu Rengui returned to Datang without mentioning it, and found Shimane Castle, Feng Daiwen did not hesitate, the soldiers rested for a day, and then ordered Feng Daihuo and Xi Junmai to set off first, and began to rush over to monitor.

Feng Daiwen left 500 soldiers to watch over the captives' labor, and took all the rest of them to Shimane Castle.

In the second year of Zhenguan, Feng Daiwen led more than 2 soldiers to surround Shimane Castle, and craftsmen began to lead civilians to make siege ladders.

At this moment in Shimane Castle, the lord of the city was shocked by Ma Yazi and called his staff to discuss countermeasures.

"Have you found out how many people are outside? Is it the real Tang army?" Ma Yazi asked with a pale face.

"Yes, they are people from the Tang Dynasty. According to reports, there are 3 to [-] people. They say that if they don't surrender, they will all be beheaded." A civil servant said with chattering teeth.

"Don't worry, the city lord. They only have a maximum of 3 soldiers. We still have more than 3 soldiers. We are organizing the tribesmen. There must be no problem in defense. The Tang Dynasty came from afar, so there must be no extra food. As long as we persist for a while, they will naturally I just retreated." A man wearing armor and looking like a general analyzed Ma Yazi carefully.

The words are good, the analysis is also in place, very correct, Ma Yazi immediately relaxed a lot, and said to the general: "I will leave everything to General Watanabe Mayu."

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