Shen Heming's pirate stronghold on Fujiang Island was divided into two villages: water and land. Lin Fu led the army and defeated the water village in the afternoon. A flash point occurred in the valley between the water village and the Lu village, and finally the retreating Lu village was defeated.
There were no more than 300 remaining bandits.
Mount Naru is not dangerous either. Once the Lu stronghold is captured, the remnants of the banditry will not be able to retreat to Mount Naru and will have to hold on to the danger----
Faced with such a desperate situation, the bandit leader Shen Heming was willing to accept the recruitment.
However, Lin Fu put forward the harsh condition of "letting the Huaidong Military Division handle it". Of course Shen Heming refused to accept it, and expelled the surrender envoy, intending to make a final struggle.
Lin Fu was not surprised by Shen Heming's reaction. He said to Li Ji, the Crown Prince of Danluo, who boarded the ship to report: "Shen Heming is stained with the blood of Danluo people and the Jeju garrison, so he is not qualified to enjoy the treatment. Since he
If he refuses to surrender, then take his head..." Li Ji, the crown prince of Danluo, and Ma Pohou should be prepared to attack the stronghold and not pin their hopes on surrendering.
Lin Fu was determined to fight a war of annihilation, and Li Ji, the crown prince of Danluo King, said nothing. The king's army would also attack Seogwipo City in the future. This time, it would be a good idea to use Fujiang Village to practice their skills. With the assistance of the military commander, he went
Arrange preparations for attacking the stronghold.
On Kuga Island, across the sea from Fukue Island, there is also a group of more powerful pirates.
The leader of this group of pirates, Chi Zhou, is from Guangnan County. He worked as a pirate in Nanyang in his early years and offended the royal family of Jiaozhi. He could not survive in Nanyang and took his subordinates to the East China Sea. Chi Zhou used Kuga Island as his base and controlled the south of Kuga.
Several of the islands have a history of twelve years and can be regarded as veteran pirates.
Chi Zhou was warned in advance and saw the Huaidong Army coming in force, so he did not dare to join forces with Shen Heming. At this time, he retreated to the island and waited to see the situation.
In addition, there are spies from other pirate forces on nearby islands or sentry ships in the distant sea, watching the situation here.
If Fujiang Island is completely crippled and faced with the powerful Huaidong navy coming across the sea, these pirates have no will to unite to resist, and they will have to consider whether to withdraw from this sea area and go south to find a new living space.
The weather was thin and overcast, and the white snow reflected the faint light in the night, making the surrounding area as bright as a moonlit night. The oppressive aura of death filled Fukue Island.
Even if a battle like the attack on Fujiang Village did not require Lin Fu's personal command, he did not lie down to rest at night. He repeatedly studied and assessed the situation in Haidong by the light of the oil lamp.
After dawn, the Guards Battalion began to transport the components of the Scorpion Crossbow ashore and assemble the Scorpion Crossbow on the slope east of Fujiang Luzhai.
The Scorpion Crossbow can only be regarded as a small sling crossbow, and the stone projectiles it can fire are limited to thirty kilograms, but it has enough destructive power against relatively weak village walls.
In Chongzhou, the scorpion crossbow has been produced in components, and the wearing parts are all made of iron. A scorpion crossbow weighs only more than a thousand kilograms and is made into components. It is more convenient to transport it on a warship, and it is easier to repair damage if it is damaged.
When twelve scorpion crossbows were set up on the slope east of Fujiang Village, and the calibration test of sixty stone bullets was just completed, less than half of the stone bullets hit the village, and the fighting will of the remaining bandits in the village collapsed.
, picked out a white flag to ask for surrender.
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When he heard the news, Lin Fu walked out of the cabin with a saber and stood on the deck with the saber in hand. In the morning light, he could see the gate of Fujiang Village at the western foot of Mount Naliu.
Come out as a sign of surrender.
Lin Fu watched in silence for a moment and asked Li Ji, the crown prince of Danluo Prince, to send someone to accept the surrender.
Lin Fu took a nap before noon and got up at noon. The battle on Fujiang Island was completely over. Lin Jingzhong and others came to ask for instructions on how to place the surrendered prisoners of war.
A total of more than 300 remnant bandits finally surrendered, in addition to 300 to 400 people plundered from various places.
These Dingkou are mainly women, some are Koreans, some are Fusang, some are Liuqiu, and some are even plundered from Nanyang, and many are plundered from the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Jiangdong.
The men were plundered and either coerced into gangs or used as coolies. The plundered women were often given to the leader as a reward to win over his subordinates; even worse, they were used as camp prostitutes for the enjoyment of the lowest level pirates.
Used.
Fujiang Island was also seized by Shen Heming from other pirate forces three years ago. Some of his subordinates were personally recruited, some came from annexing other pirate forces, and some were coerced into joining the gang. The composition is very complicated. There are also some people
He was born on Fukue Island, his father was a pirate and his mother was a plundered woman.
The pirate forces in the Haidong region between Kyushu, Gaozhou, and Jeju are almost in this situation.
"The big bosses headed by Shen Heming and their families will all be sentenced to exile and sent to Chongzhou to be taken over by Changsun Geng." Lin Fu looked at the prisoner of war roster, outlined the dozen or so big bosses headed by Shen Heming with a red pen, and then ordered
Arrangements for other prisoners of war: "For other prisoners of war, those who are already married and have children will be encouraged to make peace but not to separate. For those who have multiple wives, only one of them will be allowed to stay and they will be allowed to stay on Fukue Island. Depending on the reform situation, after two or three years,
Give them the status of free citizens. Women who are determined to clear the line with the surrendered bandits and have children will be sent to Danluo Island with their children and the women who serve as camp prostitutes for temporary resettlement. They will be sent to Danluo Island after a ship arrives.
Return to Chongzhou for resettlement. The remaining people will be handed over to Dan Guoluo for acceptance... Do you think there is anything wrong with this treatment?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Ji, the crown prince of Prince Danluo, said.
The Danluo Kingdom is restricted by the Dingkou, and its national strength is weak. In the future, wars will be frequent, and the restriction of lack of population will become more obvious. With Lin Fu's arrangement, the Danluo Kingdom can get almost two hundred men, which is a huge amount of labor wealth.
Lin Fu smiled, and he pulled the Danluo King's army out to charge into the battle. The Danluo King's army had dozens of casualties yesterday, so he had to give them the spoils at this time.
It sounds cruel, but population is indeed the most important war resource.
Lin Fu said: "The army will stay here for a few more days. The work should be done carefully and not rough."
Lin Jingzhong, Li Ji, Ma Pohou and others turned around and left the cabin when Ge Cunxin came in and reported: "A ship has just arrived from the north coast of Kyushu Island. It is the envoy sent by the Saga clan. The people we sent to contact are also on the ship.
Request to meet with the adults..."
"It's easy to deal with people who can steer according to the wind. Please come on board." Lin Fu waited for Saga to get into the boat, stood up and asked Ge Cunxin to bring people on board.
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Goryeo was most deeply influenced by the Central Plains. There were many domestic royal families and nobles with Han surnames and people who studied Han calligraphy. Fuso, with Kyushu, Honshu and other islands as its main body, had long regarded the Central Plains regime as its suzerain in name, but was less culturally affected than Goryeo.
Much smaller.
On the other hand, the two vassal states of Tsukushi in the northeast of Kyushu Island and Osumi in the south had close maritime trade relations with the Central Plains due to their geographical convenience, and there were many people in the territory who could speak Central Plains Mandarin.
Yamashita Keigo was a retainer of the Saga family. He was about thirty years old and had a clear face. According to the etiquette of the Central Plains, he bowed to Lin Fu, knelt down in the cabin, opened the gift box he brought, and said: "Heavenly Envoy, help
Our country has wiped out the pirates and regained its homeland. The Saga family master is extremely grateful. The Saga family master prepared a small gift and ordered five to be presented to the envoy. When the envoy returns to the court, the Saga family master has special tribute treasures, please bring them back to the envoy...
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Lin Fu looked at the dozens of large sparkling pearls in the long box-shaped gift box. Unexpectedly, the Saga family was unable to fight the pirates, but instead rushed over to regain their homeland. If Fujiang Island was easily returned to the Saga family, he would waste no time.
Why are you so energetic?
"The pirates of Fukue Island were encouraged by the Koreans to attack Danluo Island. Where are the Saga family? The pirates of Fukue Island extorted passing merchant ships and extorted money from passing merchant ships at a ratio of three out of ten. Where are the Saga family? The pirates are entrenched in Fukue.
Island, plundering and raping women, where is the Saga family?" Lin Fu stared at Yamashita Keigo's face and asked him three questions in a row.
"Compared to the superior state of Tianzhao, Zhuzi is a weak state. It cannot suppress the bandits alone. This is a last resort. We need to be considerate by our superiors!" Yamashita Jingwu said with neither arrogance nor condescension.
Lin Fu smiled slightly. Although Tsukushi was a small country, it could tolerate pirates building their nests at their doorstep. Being weak was just one factor. From the pirate trade, the Saga clan could obtain some scarce supplies at a cheap price, and even shared profits with the pirates, using their family
The pirate forces at the door to plunder and attack hostile vassals are factors that cannot be ignored.
"So that's the case. I can understand the Saga family's difficulties," Lin Fu said. "I will request the imperial court to station an elite force on Fujiang Island to ensure that Fujiang Island will no longer fall into the hands of pirates. I will also help
The Saga family will surely not refuse the remnants of pirates who raided the house, right?"
With Lin Fu staring at him, Yamashita Jingwu's expression was also uncertain.
The Saga clan could barely tolerate the incompetent pirates nesting at their doorstep, but the nature of the Huaidong Military Division's garrison directly at their doorstep was completely different.
Different from the weak state mentality of Danluo Kingdom, the vassal lords of Kyushu and Honshu Islands, those who are slightly ambitious, all want to unify the Fuso Islands.
Although the Saga clan is the weakest among the four feudal lords of Kyushu, the head of the Saga clan still has the ambition to unify Kyushu Island.
The Goto Islands, including Fukue Island, are very close to the main island of Kyushu and can be seen across the sea. It is not wrong to say that they are on the side of a bed.
But then again, the pirates led by Shen Heming have been entrenched in Fujiang Island for three or four years, and they only have six to seven hundred soldiers. The Saga family has not yet been able to regain Fujiang Island from the pirates, so how determined can they be to seize the opportunity from the Huaidong Army?
Lieutenant General Fukue Island wants to go back?
To put it bluntly, I just sent a retainer over to test out the details here so that I could bargain.
"How dare you bother the king's troops to leave their hometown and station here far away?" Yamashita Keigo said persistently, "Although building a small country is not a success, after the envoy returns to the country, he will do everything possible to defend Fukue Island. Please rest assured, envoy,
Fujiang Island will never again fall into the hands of bandits and harm the business people..."
"It's easy for me to rest assured," Lin Fu said, "There are still many groups of pirates in the Jiuga Islands. If the Saga family can destroy one of them, I will immediately lead the water camp army back to Danluo Island without saying a word.
, return Fukue Island to the Saga family!"
"Uh!" Yamashita Keigo was stunned for a while, not knowing how to respond.
In this world, people always rely on strength to speak. Without strength, no matter how good the rhetoric skills of a debater are, they will only be more suitable for serving women.
"I have given up literature and joined the martial arts for a long time. I have learned nothing about twists and turns. If I have anything to say, I will make it clear to you here." Lin Fu frowned and said loudly, "Copper is cheap in Kyushu Island and iron is precious, but copper in the Central Plains is precious."
Tie Jian, opening up the trade route, using sea ships to transport goods and services, and exchanging what is needed is a matter of great benefit. It will be beneficial to the Central Plains and to the vassal states on Kyushu Island. The Saga family must understand the truth, otherwise they would not secretly
We traded money and goods with pirates and exchanged goods. If pirates hadn't threatened the safety of the trade routes, why would the imperial court need me to come all the way across the sea? The Saga family may no longer respect the imperial court. I think Kyushu or the Honshu Islands,
Not all of the dozens of vassal states would imitate the Saga clan and be so stingy that they would not lend a small island to the royal master to stay temporarily..."
"Your Majesty, please calm down," Yamashita Jingwu said, "The Saga family master does not dare to bother Master Wang, and has no other thoughts."
"Humph," Lin Fu became more and more angry as he spoke. He held the case on the table with his hands and almost stood up. His eyes were like lightning as he stared at King Jing at the foot of the mountain. He said coldly, "The Central Plains is thousands of miles wide. Is it possible that the Saga family
Do you think the imperial court will covet Kyushu’s Chitu Island?”
"How long does the envoy want to use Fukue Island to garrison troops?" Yamashita Keigo asked.
"The sea pirates are in peace, and the road to trade is smooth and worry-free. Naturally, Master Wang will not waste military resources and station overseas!" Lin Fu said, "In addition, the She family rebels used maritime trade to transport goods and sell them in Fusang.
It is also hated by the imperial court that it benefits the Central Plains and will not withdraw its troops until it is stopped!"
At this moment, someone came in and reported: "Kuga Island sent someone here to ask for an interview with you!"
Lin Fu said to Yamashita Keigo: "When Yamashita returns, the head of the Saga family will have to think clearly, and we won't have any guests!" He signaled Yamashita Keigo to be sent away, and asked people to invite people from Kuga Island in.
Kuga Island and the islands south of Kuga Island are occupied by another pirate force headed by Chi Zhou. When Yamashita Keigo heard that Chi Zhou from Kuga Island sent someone to meet Lin Fu, he hesitated and speculated in his heart.