Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 282 Taiwan County (please subscribe!)

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Taiwan.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Taiwan was called "Island Barbarians";
The Qin Dynasty called Taiwan "Yingzhou";
During the Three Kingdoms period, Taiwan was called "Yizhou";
From the Sui Dynasty to the present (in fact, until the Yuan Dynasty), Taiwan was called "Liuqiu".

During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Taiwan belonged to Yangzhou in Kyushu.

The recorded history of Taiwan can be traced back to 230 AD.

During the Three Kingdoms period, King Wu Sun Quan sent generals Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi to lead a fleet of more than 30 soldiers and more than [-] ships to Taiwan. This was the beginning of the development of Taiwan by the residents of mainland China using advanced cultural knowledge.

Shen Ying, the prefect of Danyang in the Eastern Wu Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, recorded in detail the production and living conditions of Taiwan at that time in Linhai Tuzhi, which is the earliest description of Taiwan in the world.

Contacts between the mainland and Taiwan began to increase in the Sui Dynasty.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty sent Zhu Kuan, Chen Leng and others to Taiwan three times.

From the end of the Tang Dynasty to the beginning of the Song Dynasty in the [-]th and [-]th centuries, Han people began to settle in Penghu.

Today, Taiwan is the fourth county in Liangshan after Jeju County (Jeju Island), Lelang County, and Zhenfan County.

What?

The huge Taiwan is Li Yan's if it is said to belong to Li Yan?

To be honest, Li Yan didn't expect it to be so smooth.

Speaking of which, this matter originated from something that Hu Cheng reported to Li Yan after he returned from selling glass and soap in Fuzhou: "When we came back, we encountered a rare strong wind, and several boats were blown to Liuqiu. They came back by themselves, otherwise there would be no small loss."

After the description by Hu Cheng and others, Li Yan immediately understood that the so-called Liuqiu was Taiwan, and then thought of the importance of Taiwan.

Some people may not understand, what is so important about Taiwan?

Taiwan faces the mainland across the Taiwan Strait to the west.

If Li Yan occupied Taiwan, with the powerful navy of Shuibo Liangshan, Li Yan could attack the southeast coastal areas of the Song Dynasty at will, including the future capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin'an Mansion (later Hangzhou).

Therefore, if Li Yan goes to war with Song State in the future, the garrison on Taiwan can be used as a surprise soldier, a surprise soldier who can directly cut into Song State's heart.

At that time, Li Yan can still attack Song State from north to south.

When the Kingdom of Jin attacked the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou took refuge at sea. If the opponent was Li Yan from Taiwan, he might be able to behead and capture Zhao Gou in one fell swoop.

In short, if Li Yan had Taiwan, then the Liangshan army's strategic room for maneuver would be greatly increased if they went to war with Song.

Of course, at present, Taiwan's greater role is not military, but economic.

If Li Yan wants to develop the economy, he must engage in foreign trade, because this is the most profitable.

But Li Yan's territory is too far away, only adjacent to Korea and Japan, and Korea and Japan have not traded with Li Yan on a large scale.

Therefore, Li Yan must trade with others.

But it was too far to go to other places from Li Yan's territory, including going to the Song Dynasty-it would take more than a month to go back and forth, at least.

But if Li Yan has Taiwan, it will be different. Leaving aside, the trade between Li Yan and Song Dynasty will be countless times closer at once. In the future, Li Yan will even be able to trade with other places in Southeast Asia.

Of course, if that time really came, Li Yan would have to occupy Hainan Island, because it would be more convenient.

But that's all for later. At present, Li Yan's biggest trade partner is the wealthy Song State.

And as long as there is Taiwan, Li Yan can trade with Song at will - if it is fast, trade once every five or seven days.

Thinking of Taiwan's benefits, Li Yan immediately dispatched troops.

Not long after, the Fourth Step Army, the Seventh Step Army, the Eighth Step Army, the Eleventh Step Army, the Twelfth Step Army (commander Li Zong, deputy commander Xie Zhen), and the Step Thirteenth Army (commander Shi Xiu, deputy commander Xie Bao. ) waited for the [-] infantry to arrive at Yangkou Port.

The [-]th Step Army and the [-]th Step Army are newly established mountain armies. These two armies are basically composed of excellent hunters who are good at mountain combat, reconnaissance, road exploration, climbing mountains, setting fires, and sneak attacks. For the two armies, Li Yan ordered to select people from the entire Liangshan Army, and even selected some from the captives. When selecting the leader, Li Yan even went through the information of all the generals, and finally selected his adopted son Li Zong And Shi Xiu, who is bold, careful and loyal.

By the way, in order not to affect the deployment of troops in Goryeo, Li Yan set up the [-]th Army, led by Luan Yanyu, the deputy leader Li Yan's adopted son Li Hu, the [-]th Army, led by Deng Yuanjue, and the deputy leader Li Yan. Adopted son Li Meng, these two infantry armies were all composed of Han soldiers. As soon as they were established, they were transferred to Korea to replace the seventh and eighth infantry armies. In addition, Yang Xiong was transferred to the first infantry army as the deputy commander. Sister-in-law Gu entered the secret special camp and became Shi Qian's deputy, while Zou Yuan and Zou Run's nephew took the position of Lu Fang and Guo Sheng and became Hu Yanqing and Ou Peng's deputy.

In addition to the infantry, Li Yan also dispatched Ma Yijun and Ma Wujun, plus Li Yan's personal guards, a total of [-] horse troops.

The Fifth Ma Army is the newly established Ma Army by Li Yan—the leader Hua Rong, the deputy leader Sun Li, and Li Yan’s adopted son Li Chou. One of the battalions of the Fifth Ma Army was drawn from the First Army of Ma. The skeleton of the Fifth Army, the officers of the Fifth Army of the Horse all come from this battalion. Among the other four battalions of the Horse Army, one battalion is a well-reformed former official army horse army selected from the captives of the officers and soldiers, and the other battalion is taken from the captives of Goryeo. The well-reformed original Koryo horse army was selected, and the remaining two battalions were carefully selected by Hua Rong, Sun Li, and Li Chou from the [-] horse army reserve. The flesh and blood of Wujun Ma.

As for the battalion that Ma Yijun lacked, the Ma army was also selected from the captives of the official army, the prisoners of the Koryo army, and the reserve of the Liangshan horse army. For the deputy leader that Ma Yijun lacked, Li Yan did not have a suitable candidate for the time being, so Li Yan Ma Yijun was not compensated.

As for the navy, Li Yan mobilized a total of 1 people in the second navy—later, after obtaining fifty large ships with a load of [-] shi from the Song Dynasty, Li Jun's manpower was really not enough, so Li Yan asked the soldiers to go out again. Recruited five thousand sailors for Li Jun, that is to say, now Li Jun has brought half of the sailors and most of the boats in Liangshan. He hasn't rested for almost two years. In the past two years, he has been running on the sea. It is no exaggeration to say that Li Jun is the biggest hero behind the scenes of Shuibo Liangshan.

Total: In order to capture Taiwan, the Liangshan Army dispatched a total of 500 troops.

But the result of doing so is that Li Yan is completely superfluous.

It is not to say that there is no resistance force on the land of Taiwan.

But there is no unified resistance here, only some private armed forces, the largest of which is not in Taiwan, but in Penghu, but even in Penghu, there are only less than 3000 armed forces, and they are not the opponents of Liangshan Army at all. There was no need for other troops to take action. Only Ou Peng's amphibious army wiped out the largest armed force on Penghu.

Later, Li Yan slowly figured it out.

Dare to feel, Taiwan is just a barren land now.

Hmm... It's actually not appropriate to describe it as a barren land.

It still has some aborigines on it.

These aborigines belong to the dwarf blacks of the Negrito region race and the Langqiao people of the Ryukyu race (they are the ancestors of the Gaoshan people), and belong to the Malay race.

But this group of people is really too small, there are only more than 1 people in total, and there are not even 2000 people who can take up weapons, and they have no rules at all, they only fight bravely on their own, and they only have simple armed soldiers and leather armor Hua Rong's Ma Wujun slaughtered most of them with just one salvo, and another round of charge killed them seven or eight times. After two more charges, except for some who ran away, others who dared All weapons were slaughtered.

In addition, there are some Han people on the island. They are mainly Hokkien and Hakka people. They first lived in Penghu. Later, there were more and more Han people in Penghu. After the Han people opened up Penghu, they began to develop into Taiwan. At present, [-] to [-] Han Chinese have landed on the island of Taiwan.

Plus more than [-] people on Penghu.

There are only 5 people in Taiwan as a whole.

Because the population is so small that the Northern Song Dynasty was not in the mood to take care of it at all.

(It was not until the middle of the twelfth century, several decades later, that the Southern Song Dynasty placed Penghu under the jurisdiction of Jinjiang County, Fujian Road (later Jinjiang, Fujian Province), and sent troops to defend it. Contacts between the mainland and Taiwan became increasingly frequent.)
The whole of Taiwan has a population of less than 15. How could it be the opponent of the Liangshan Army, which dispatched nearly [-] troops?

Therefore, Li Yan took Taiwan without much effort, um... In fact, rather than occupying it, it is better to say that Li Yanbai picked up a county, because Li Yan really took Taiwan without much effort.

After occupying Taiwan, Li Yan changed its name from "Liuqiu" to "Taiwan", and established Taiwan County. Academy level.

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(End of this chapter)