The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1473 The Discovered Camp
Xuan Shijing went to the village to remind them. After the reminder, the men, women and children in the whole village started to act at Da Zhuang's order. They all put on their backs, took their tools and left the village. It is necessary to store enough firewood. If there is no firewood, even if there is food, they will not be able to eat. The soldiers in the village also brought tools and went out of the city to cut wood to make rolling logs and arrows for defending the city.

In addition to cutting down trees, boulders were hoarded to strengthen the walls and gates of the village.

There was a lively scene in the stockade, and after Xuan Shijing informed, he brought people back to the camp. There is no need to worry about the stockade, which itself has a solid barrier defense, but the naval camp needs to be strengthened Therefore, the soldiers in the navy camp were not idle, they put all the supplies on the boat, and then they also brought tools, went up the mountain to cut wood, and then transported the giant wood to the stockade to strengthen the camp, make some traps and Things like rejecting horses are placed at the gate of the camp.

It may not be very effective, but it is better than nothing, and it is still useful when facing a large-scale attack.

After a few days, the defense of the navy camp was almost done. The soldiers once again resumed the life of going up the mountain to collect spices and processing them. After processing, they packed them in sacks and sent them directly to the ship.

Now the merchant ship of the Xuan family has been filled with spices. Under the order of Xuan Shijing, the merchant ship of the Xuan family left Ryukyu Island first and returned to Quanzhou. After supplying in Quanzhou, it will go north along the way, in Luoyang and Chang'an , Hand over all these spices to the chamber of commerce for processing.

Xuan Shijing can't estimate how much this boat of spices can earn. After all, this trip to Ryukyu Island, the spices brought back were collected by the soldiers, and Xuan Shijing didn't intend to treat these soldiers badly. , After they went back, the Xuan family's chamber of commerce had also finished processing the spices, and then they would just distribute copper coins to these soldiers. After this trip, it was almost a no-cost business, and the Xuan family made a lot of spices for nothing.

Spices are very precious in Datang, and they are not in large quantities. They are all brought over by merchants from the Western Regions. Therefore, spices are also a monopoly industry for those merchants from the Western Regions to Datang. Merchants can't refute the price, so spices are something that ordinary people can't afford.

What also made Xuan Shijing quite happy was that some precious stones were collected in the stockade. Although most of them were not of good quality, when there were too many gems, there were always some top-quality gems mixed in.

The village doesn't need luxury items like gems, what they want more is things that can help them live. Therefore, the people from the Xuanjia Chamber of Commerce exchanged some simple daily necessities for these beautiful stones collected in the village.

Although they knew that this "stone" might be of some value, if it was not needed, it would be worthless. They also could not imagine what kind of brilliance these stones would show when they were transported to Chang'an in the future and carved by skilled craftsmen.

Jade cannot be cut and made into a tool. Without good craftsmen to carve and decorate them, they are just good-looking stones.

Five days later, the scouts from Liu Renyuan's team in the south began to communicate with the camp. On the fourth day, they had already entered Wang Xiwei's territory and set up camp in an inconspicuous place. After they settled down, Liu Renyuan dispatched The scout came back to report.

As for the method of combat, the scouts didn't say anything about how to attack Wang Xiwei. Liu Renyuan wrote a letter to Xuan Shijing. He was afraid that something might happen in the middle of the letter, so he just reported the news and didn't say how to fight the battle.

And Xuan Shijing also believed in Liu Renyuan, after all, he had spent much more time in the army than Xuan Shijing, and his experience in combat was not comparable to Xuan Shijing's.

Xuan Shijing always likes to be opportunistic when fighting, and he is not as generous and astute as Liu Renyuan. Therefore, Xuan Shijing is not as good as Liu Renyuan in terms of experience, and experience is something that needs to be accumulated over time and has the opportunity to accumulate.

Xuan Shijing has already had the opportunity to accumulate, and the rest is just the precipitation of time. As long as he does not get out of touch with the army and the war, Xuan Shijing will not fall behind.

Liu Renyuan chose to set up camp in a remote and invisible place on Wang Xiwei's site, in order to prevent Wang Xiwei from discovering the traces of the Tang Army Navy so quickly, but as time goes by, no matter how hidden it is, after all, it is in the On other people's territory, they will always be discovered.

When Wang Xiwei discovered Tang Jun's camp, he found that the camp was empty, and there were only about 500 people in the camp.

The news was reported to Wang Xiwei by the scouts.

In Wang Xiwei's camp, scouts entered the hall.

"Report to the leader, my subordinates have detected an unknown force on our territory. There are about 500 people in the camp under the banner of 'Liu'. The camp is very hidden." The scout said: "Just watch the weapons The equipment is very good, the armor is all iron armor, and the weapons are all good long knives and spears, they don’t look like people from our island.”

Sailors would not wear such heavy armor when fighting on a ship, because if they accidentally fell into the water while fighting on a ship, wearing such a heavy armor, even if they could swim, they would not be saved, and they would just wait to sink to the bottom. Clubbing.

But when they arrived on the island, there were armors on board. Xuan Shijing and Liu Renyuan asked the soldiers of the navy to put on thick armor with good protection. Fighting people on the island is not as good as on the sea.

Hearing this, Wang Xiwei narrowed his eyes.

"Not from our island? Are there outsiders here?" Wang Xiwei said.

Wang Xiwei is over 50 years old this year. He has a full face and a beard. He looks very burly. There is a Xuanhua ax next to his seat. At first glance, it makes people feel very important. Only With Wang Xiwei's figure, he must be able to swing the large Xuanhua axe.

Generally speaking, the flags in the army are usually the surname of the commander, and the Liu character flag is displayed, which shows that the opposing commander's surname is Liu.

Wang Xiwei had never heard of anyone surnamed Liu on this island. He had more than 500 well-equipped soldiers under his command. Although it was nothing compared to his [-] troops, their equipment was impressive. Excited, Wang Xiwei wanted to know where their armor and equipment came from.

If all of his [-] soldiers could be equipped with such armor and weapons, he would no longer need to be afraid of Zhu Town in the north and the alliance of Yang Fu and Cheng Yong on this island.

Military strength is one thing, but armor and weapons are another. If the armor is strong enough and the weapons are sharp enough, it will not be a problem to fight one against two or even three.

(End of this chapter)