Chapter 1072 A sharp knife inserted in the abdomen of Fusang
Ever since, Zidao Manjiu discovered that after the surrender, no one from the Tang Dynasty paid attention to him. At first, he even shouted that he was the heir of the Zidao family and the governor of the Zidao family, asking for negotiations and so on.
But after being whipped a few times, he shut up obediently, because he saw those soldiers of the Tang Dynasty pointing their bayonets at him, with ferocious looks. He had no doubt at all that if he said more, the bayonets would
He would stab himself in the chest without mercy.
He didn't want to surrender, and he said a few words too much, and then died under the bayonet. Even if he was going to die, he should die on the battlefield like his father and brother, holding a samurai sword and wearing armor.
, instead of surrendering and dying under the bayonet.
He still has not forgotten his most important mission: to survive and preserve the bloodline of the Zidao family. The Zidao family must not cut off the bloodline in himself!
For this reason, no matter how much humiliation and torture he suffers, he will still struggle to survive!
Well, when he thought like this, he forgot for a while. In fact, although the Zidao family is a small family, there are many children in the family, and there are more than a dozen direct children. Even if half of them die, at least half will still be left.
, as for the collaterals, there are even more.
Even if all members of the Kojima clan on Tanegashima are dead, they still have a few direct descendants on Kyushu Island!
But you can’t blame him. In such a tense moment, it’s normal and reasonable for people to forget some things!
With such determination, he endured the humiliation and endured several heavy whippings without saying a word. Anyone who saw this would probably have to shout: "Iron-blooded man!"
After the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty dispersed, Zidao Manjiu had to think about his future path. There was probably no need to negotiate.
But in this case, they don't know if they will kill all of them. In this era, killing prisoners is not a psychological burden in any region.
However, he soon no longer worried that they would kill prisoners, because they were escorted that day, and then picked up tools and started working at the small port where they had tried to escape north by sea.
What they are doing is, of course, building docks and port facilities. At the same time, they will also build forts and a bastion in the port.
After Feng Qirong saw the terrain of Tanegashima, he thought it would be better to build a port and defensive fortress here!
Because to be honest, there are no natural ports or defensive fortresses with relatively good conditions in the entire Tanegashima Island. It’s almost the same wherever you choose. It’s better to just build a fortress and port in the northern part of the island!
Why, because across the strait is Kyushu Island!
Building a military fortress here and stationing a fleet would be like putting a sharp knife on Fuso's soft belly!
With this place, the Tang Navy could completely blockade the Osumi Strait and even the entire southwestern sea area of Fuso. If extended, it could generally declare control of the entire Fuso Sea area.
Feng Qirong didn't know what the navy's top brass thought, nor what the empire's top brass' final policy was regarding Fuso, but it didn't matter. He just needed to consider the problem from a military perspective now.
The purpose of occupying the Osumi Islands was to obtain a supply port base and control the entire Fuso Sea. Tanegashima was only a small island in the Osumi Islands. Feng Qirong finally chose a specific destination.
Feng Qirong, who landed ashore, looked at the nearly a thousand captives working hard to build ports and fortresses under the threat of bayonets and whips and the temptation of food. He couldn't help but sigh: Although the captives are the most industrious nation,
!
He originally thought that the Chinese people like him were already diligent enough, but even if the professional engineering troops from the army came over, it would be impossible to complete so many projects in just a few days. But these prisoners of war
But they did it.
If Zidao Manjiu heard this, he would probably yell and be paralyzed. You were not forcing me with bayonets and whips. This move was a little slower, and the whip came down immediately. Can't it be faster? It's almost here.
More than a dozen people died from exhaustion.
Although Zidao Manjiu was a decent person before, he could still afford to take things up and put them down, and he worked hard. But even so, he still received one whip in the past two days, and others received more whips.
many.
As for those who were deliberately lazy, they would not be whipped, because those soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would often kill them with a bayonet.
As the bayonets went in and out, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty didn't bother to take another look. In the end, the prisoners of war took the corpse away and threw it into the sea. Otherwise, it would be bad for the corpse to stink in this hot day.
Nearly a thousand prisoners worked hard, and soon a simple wooden dock was temporarily built. Then the ships of the Ryukyu Squadron docked in turn, and then a second temporary wooden dock was built.
However, after the two temporary docks were built, the prisoners of war who built the docks changed their jobs and began to build permanent docks made of civil engineering, sand and gravel.
Compared with the rapid progress on the dock side, the construction of the bastion is slightly slower, because the bastion is a specialized fortress with relatively high design requirements. Although it is not large in scale, hundreds of people are dedicated to building the bastion.
Don't expect to build the bastion anytime soon.
But fortunately, this is a small village originally. There are still some houses, but there are too few houses, and they are all the houses of local indigenous villagers. Although some of them have been requisitioned, it is impossible to requisition all of them, so nearly all of them who appear here
There were five to six hundred Datang Marine Corps soldiers and nearly a thousand prisoners, many of whom lived in tents.
Feng Qirong and the sailors in the fleet are naturally still on the ship!
Nowadays, except for the warships that take turns patrolling in the port, his fleet has basically entered this small port to berth. After all, they are all in place, and they cannot stay in the open sea. It is better to enter the port and avoid the port.
However, although the ship has entered the port and berthed, it is still in a foreign country after all. Across the strait dozens of kilometers away is Kyushu Island. Even if the Kanfu family and Shimazu family there have no information, they have not known each other for so many days.
After all, they probably got the news that the Tang Navy had occupied the Osumi Islands. No matter what their reaction was, Feng Qirong felt that it was better to be careful.
Although the ship is anchored in the port, the necessary sailors will still stay on the ship, and they can set sail and go to sea at any time. As for the port, there is also a frigate of the Tang Dynasty Navy and several small boats on duty day and night.
Monitor and prevent any enemy from attacking the port after breaking into the Osumi Islands.
Feng Qirong's guess was correct. The Fuso people on Kyushu Island had indeed received news one after another, because the distance was too close. The northern part of Tanegashima Island was only a few dozen kilometers away from the Osumi Peninsula, and this sea area was still the Osumi Strait.
It has always been an important maritime route.
Nowadays, Tanegashima across the Osumi Strait has been occupied by the Tang Dynasty navy, and it is still building ports and fortresses with great fanfare. At the same time, it is said that the ruling family of Tanegashima, the Kojima clan, has been overthrown, causing many people, especially Ganfu
The 600 gun ashigaru, which the clan and some pirates were extremely afraid of, were all destroyed overnight.
This news naturally attracted their attention!
Many people are wondering, although the Tang Dynasty navy occasionally comes to Fuso waters, they have never heard of the daimyo landing to attack Fuso. Why did they land this time?
This actually makes many famous people along the coast feel in danger!
That was the Navy of the Tang Dynasty, which was so powerful that they could not fight against it. Although some coastal daimyo fought on land and sea, their maritime power still remained in the era of small sampans, and it was not the same as the real navy.
The navy is not actually a concept.
Even for some powerful daimyo, their maritime power is still within the traditional category and is not the same concept as the modern navy. It is actually very difficult to confront the Tang Navy head-on, even against a Ryukyu squadron.
Although the Tang Navy captured Tanegashima and Yakushima and wiped out all the natives and pirates on the islands, news also spread that the reason why the Tang Navy attacked Tanegashima was because the Zijima clan not only colluded with the pirates
, and he turned into a pirate and robbed merchant ships, causing Tang Dynasty merchants to lose a lot of money.
This time, the Tang Dynasty Navy came specifically to exterminate pirates, and the Tanegashima and Zijima clans were just the first ones!
This news is true!
Feng Qirong's large-scale military operation cannot be concealed at all. Even if his fleet does not forget foreign affairs, the route from Ryukyu to the western coast of Fuso is very busy. There are many merchant ships coming and going, and the merchants have obtained relevant information in Ryukyu.
After hearing the news, when you come to Fusang, you will naturally tell it.
So now many people know that this time the Tang Dynasty Navy is really going to attack the pirates. If you don't want to die, run away quickly. So, almost overnight, it became active in the Osumi Islands and even the entire southwest Fuso waters.
All the pirates ran away quickly.
They know that this place is not safe, and the Korean waters are not safe either, so they simply go directly to the deep waters of Fuso. The Bungo Channel, Senuchi Sea and other waters are their targets.
Those pirates can run away without any scruples, but the coastal lords who also participate in maritime plunder or provide stolen goods cannot run away. They can run away, but their territory cannot follow them.
Let’s go!
After hearing that the Tang Dynasty Navy was going to go to war against pirates, many of the famous people involved in piracy affairs were leisurely and relaxed, for fear that they would become the next sub-island!
Among these extremely worried families, the Ganfu family is one, and the most worried one!
Because of their geographical advantages, the Ganfu family had been involved in the great cause of piracy very early. Not only did they sell stolen goods, they themselves organized small fleets to rob merchant ships, which was quite famous.
Now that the Tang Navy is coming, what should they do?
Run? You can’t run, the family property is all here, why don’t you run away!
If you don't run, then you are resisting, but how to resist?
Although the Ganfu clan is stronger than the Zidao clan, this power is nothing compared to the Tang Empire. When the Tang navy comes to attack, it will be damned if they can stop it.
Unable to run away and lacking the confidence to resist on their own, they quickly set their sights on the Shimazu clan!