The map placed in the main hall of Wang Junlin's ship can be said to be the most accurate maritime map in the world. It not only accurately outlines the coastline from Fanyang County to the north in the Sui Dynasty, but also accurately outlines the coastline of Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and Japan.
The geography and all the islands in this sea area are plotted, and even all the large and small ports in these four countries, all the shipping routes in this sea area, and the largest ships corresponding to the routes are also marked on the map.
Before Nie Xiaoyu taught the art of star-finding, there were actually some navigators who mastered superficial star-finding skills, but were unable to calculate and identify longitude and latitude. Therefore, no one or country's nautical charts were more accurate and complete than those of Wang Junlin's navy.
And with the existence of a group of pilot talents such as Du Haiwa who was personally trained by Nie Xiaoyu, even when sailing in rainy weather, there is almost no possibility of getting lost on a familiar route.
Driven by Wang Junlin, especially with the inhuman presence of Nie Xiaoyu, the navigation technology of Wang Junlin's navy can be said to be far ahead of the times.
"Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla and Japan all had naval forces, but because Japan was purely an island country, Japan had the stronger navy. Goguryeo wanted to annex Baekje and Silla, and even captured Liaodong in the Sui Dynasty.
Therefore, the infantry and cavalry are not weak in strength, but the naval force is average, mainly concentrated in the southwest of Goguryeo and Annan counties. In fact, it is also to deal with pirates."
"Although their navy is not less than 20,000, according to the information sent by the spies, Yuan Taizuo mobilized no less than 10,000 navy to concentrate in Annan County. What we have to do now is divided into two parts. First, we must attack the opponent's navy
When the enemy came to attack, we defeated them and caused heavy losses to the enemy. Then our navy followed and pursued them, completely defeating the enemy. Secondly, we destroyed Goguryeo's large naval port in Annan County, so that Baengnyeong Island and Dae Mi
The two islands will be protected from the threat of Goguryeo for one or two years. With the buffer of one or two years, we will carefully manage the two islands, which will naturally be impregnable. And when the time comes, we will be the only ones qualified to fight them, and we will no longer be afraid of them..."
Wang Junlin analyzed the map to Liu Yidong and Luo Chunlai.
"Sir, I think that I can use the contempt of the Goguryeo people to lure the Goguryeo army to the island, then destroy all their ships, and then slowly annihilate them!" Liu Yidong pondered for a while.
, express your opinion first.
Wang Junlin nodded, shook his head, and said: "Although this strategy is safe, it takes too long. After all, we have fewer troops than the opponent, and our warships and tactics are superior. We give up the advantage of water warfare to fight on land."
, it’s a bit of putting the cart before the horse, but if we can trap the opponent to death on the island and grind them to death, we can minimize our losses."
Luo Chunlai saw that what Liu Yidong said was denied by the prefect, and he felt a little happy, and then said: "Sir, I think that although Goguryeo is weak, it still has nearly two million people, and it is a country with a relatively unified political power.
Don't underestimate us, we are under their noses again, this battle cannot be delayed for too long, we must fight to a quick conclusion."
Wang Junlin nodded and said: "What Chunlai said is reasonable. This battle cannot be delayed for too long."
After a pause, Wang Junlin turned to Zhang Tiangang and said: "Send a message to Xiaoyu through the white-bellied sea eagle, so that the two thousand navy on Snake Island can be ready for war at any time."
Zhang Tiangang promised to do the matter himself, and Wang Junlin took Luo Chunlai and Liu Yidong to continue discussing tactics.
When Wang Junlin and two captains of Guoyi were discussing the tactics, they received a report from a nearby sentinel ship. Baekje actually sent an envoy to see the leaders of the naval forces occupying Daomi Island and Baengnyeong Island.
Wang Junlin knew that after he returned Yuan Gaisuwen to Yuan Taizuo, it would be difficult to keep his control of the two islands secret. Presumably Yuan Taizuo had already sent people to Luoyang by now, one to spread the news, and the other to find
Wang Junlin's political opponents impeached Wang Junlin over this matter.
Therefore, Wang Junlin was also fully prepared before coming to occupy these two islands. First, the secret memorial he sent to Luoyang to Emperor Yang Guang had already reached Yang Guang's hands.
His reason for persuading Yang Guang was very simple. He sent people to recruit several groups of pirates in the waters around Fanyang County. As for the fact that Navy Lieutenant General Dou Shihai said that the pirates were annihilated and he was killed as Dou Shihai rebelled, this naturally became a lie.
Before Wang Jun came to Fanyang County, no less than five thousand pirates invaded Fanyang County and once captured a county seat. Yang Guang knew about this.
In addition, Wang Junlin told Yang Guang that he would use these pirates to occupy the two islands of Goguryeo and bring peace to the country.
Your Majesty is ready to attack Goguryeo next.
As for the thousands of pirates who occupied the two islands, although Yang Guang was happy about this, he would never think that such a small number of people and being far away overseas would threaten his rule.
Therefore, Wang Junlin, in the name of the prefect of Fanyang County in the Sui Dynasty, sent people to Baekje and Silla to inform Baekje and Silla that he wanted to occupy these two islands, which made the two countries extremely happy.
They had tried their best to draw the Sui Dynasty into the situation on the Korean Peninsula to deal with the increasingly powerful Goguryeo, but they had not succeeded. They did not want Wang Junlin, a poisonous general who was rumored even in Baeksilla and Baekje, to be the commander of Fanyang County.
In less than a year, the prefect had already reached out to this place.
The sentry ship reported that the Baekje envoys led three ships to pay homage to the generals who occupied the two islands. Apparently they did not know that Wang Junlin came here in person.
Baekje is obviously considering forming an alliance with the troops stationed on these two islands to jointly deal with Goguryeo. This has been expected by Wang Junlin.
In fact, the internal opinions of Baekje and Silla were not unified. The main reason was that the monarchs and ministers of the two countries were worried that the Sui Dynasty's hands would penetrate into their two countries, leading to the fear of attracting wolves into the house and raising tigers.
The final opinion was that the troops stationed on the two islands could form a good relationship and support each other, but it was not appropriate to conduct a substantial alliance of troops.
Of course, if Wang Junlin severely damages Goguryeo in one fell swoop, the monarchs and ministers of these two countries may change their minds.
The people from the Baekje Kingdom were a military general and a civil servant, and their attitude was initially rather arrogant. After all, they received the news that the two islands were occupied by pirates recruited from Fanyang County in the Sui Dynasty. However, after seeing the navy's powerful lineup of hundreds of warships,
But he was shocked. When he found out that the famous Duke An of Qin in the Sui Dynasty and the prefect of Dongyang County were also here, his attitude suddenly became extremely respectful.
Wang Junlin talked with the two men for a while, and after understanding the intentions of the Baekje monarchs and ministers, he told them that the Goguryeo navy would attack soon and left them to watch the battle.
Baekje Kingdom was obviously a little scared after being bullied by Goguryeo in recent years. After hearing that the Goguryeo Navy had ten thousand people to attack, the two people looked frightened. If it weren't for the lineup of four thousand naval battleships brought by Wang Junlin,
It is indeed powerful, and Wang Junlin's reputation is prominent enough. Otherwise, the two of them might have immediately evacuated with their people.