Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 275 Tamra Kingdom
At one watch, a fleet of ten small boats, carrying a hundred soldiers, gradually approached Tamna Island.

"Is this here?" Lin Rui asked, pointing to a fjord in the distance.

Meng Yuanwai nodded, "This is here. This place is called Dongpu, and the small island outside is called Niu Island. It can just block the wind and waves and is very suitable for mooring large ships."

"How far is it from their country after landing?"

"It's far away! This is the easternmost point, and Tamra City, their capital, is the northernmost point. The distance is about [-] miles, but from here to the west, there are grasslands, which are very suitable for marching."

"All the fishing boats you mentioned are here?"

"Yes, right here!"

According to Meng Yuanwai's introduction, the king of Tamna forbade his subjects to go fishing privately, so he concentrated all the fishing boats on the island in Dongpu, and had special personnel to manage them.

Lin Rui's task tonight is to destroy these fishing boats and prevent the fishermen on the island from escaping.

Of course, in addition to the fishing boats, there are more than a dozen boats moored in the bay outside Tamra City in the north, which are also Lin Rui's target tonight.

The fleet sailed into the fjord, getting closer and closer to the shore, and Meng Wai became more and more familiar with it. He pointed to the front and said, "You can see the fishing boat when you turn the corner ahead."

The fleet circled a reef, and immediately saw a very narrow bay, densely packed with small boats, at least two hundred, mostly offshore fishing boats of about [-] stone, about two hundred steps away from them.

Lin Rui waved his hand, and the fleet stopped moving forward. Lin Rui said to one of his generals, "Let's do it!"

With a wave of the general's hand, more than fifty soldiers rowed their oars, and five small boats sailed towards the bay.

Lin Rui took another 50 people ashore, and their goal was a few stone houses on the distant shore, where there were more than a dozen guarding soldiers and officials managing ships.

One of the stone houses was brightly lit, and laughter could be heard from inside. Looking from the window, a dozen short soldiers were gathering to drink, and they could not see any weapons around them. Fifty soldiers quickly surrounded the stone house.

Lin Rui gave an order, "Kill!"

Several soldiers kicked open the gate, and the soldiers of the Song Army rushed in. There were screams inside, and it fell silent after a while. More than a dozen soldiers fell into a pool of blood.

The soldiers searched several other stone houses, and soon, a middle-aged man was caught. He was small, shaved, and wearing a very short official uniform. He looked like a monkey.

This person is the officer in charge of the ships. He was trembling with fright and murmured. He didn't know what he was talking about. Yuan Meng said in a low voice: "He said that you can take all the ships away, just beg him to be spared." Life!"

Lin Rui snorted, "Ask him, are there any other fishing boats besides here?"

Member Meng asked again, and then said to Lin Rui: "He said that there are 250 fishing boats in total, and all of them are concentrated here, and there are no other places?"

"Ask him again, what kind of official is he?"

Meng Yuanwai asked the official again, and said to Lin Rui: "He said that he is a ship order and is in charge of the ships of the whole island. He is just a small official and has a wife and children to support at home."

Lin Rui nodded, "Take him away!"

Soldiers tied up the official and carried him away like a chicken.

At this time, low-pitched explosions continued to be heard in the water bay. Soldiers used fire thorns to blow up the ship. Although the power was not great, several porcelain fire thorns tied together were enough to blow a hole in the bottom of the ship.

Not long after, the fishing boats began to sink rapidly, and after half an hour, all the boats disappeared from the water.

Lin Rui led his men and continued to drive north along the shore.
It was getting brighter, and a mighty fleet appeared on the sea about [-] miles away from Tamna Island, and the fleet was sailing towards the easternmost Udo Island.

On the deck, Zhao Zongshi was interrogating the captured ship management officer. In the one-night operation last night, Lin Rui led his men to destroy all the ships on Tamna Island, making it impossible for the islanders to escape.

From the mouth of this official, everyone got more detailed information, including the morale of the army, the situation of the Japanese samurai on the island, the situation of the ministers, the situation of the king, as well as the population distribution of Tamra, the industry, and the relationship with Goryeo. All important information could not be provided by Yuanwai Meng.

For example, Fan Ning is most concerned about the relationship between Tamna and Goryeo. Tamna pays tribute to Goryo around January every year. There are basically no other connections. The reason why Goryeo invaded Tamna was because Tamna stopped To pay tribute to Goryeo.

From this, Fan Ning can be sure that Goryeo does not have the ability and strong desire to annex Tamna at present. As long as no one from Tamna flees to Goryeo and the news is effectively blocked, Goryeo will not find out that Tamna Island has been destroyed for at least one year. It was captured by the Song Dynasty.

Song Jun is not worried about fighting Goryeo, but they need time.

The fleet finally sailed into the Udo Fjord, and then split into two. Hundreds of large ships continued to circle northwards to the north of Tamna Island, continuing to block the sea.

Lin Rui led [-] troops to land in Dongpu. He ordered general Yang Xuxiu to be the vanguard and led [-] soldiers to attack Tamluo City.

The task of this vanguard is to draw the army of Danguo City out of the city.

The situation in Tamra City was different from what Meng Yuanwai knew. There were no civilians in the city, and it was completely a military city. In addition to [-] soldiers stationed there, there were also [-] Japanese pirates.

Fan Ning's ship was moored on the outer sea of ​​Tamra City, and the black spots of the city could be seen faintly. At this moment, Xu Qing stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Young officer, do you think the army of Tamra Kingdom will be fooled?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "It's too loud, like hitting a tortoise's shell with a sledgehammer, the tortoise's head will definitely retract. In fact, last night the army sneaked into Tamra City, I think it was a better choice."

"Since the siege is inevitable!"

Xu Qing smiled and said, "Does it mean I have a chance to show my skills?"

Fan Ning looked back at him, and said lightly: "You take care of yourself!"

Xu Qing clasped his fists in salute, and then ran to the port side. Soon, the big ship put down a small sampan, and two soldiers drove Xu Qing to the shore.

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Just as Fan Ning judged, the mighty momentum of the Song army shocked the Tamra army. In fact, after dozens of ships on the wharf outside Tamna sank overnight, King Gao Bo realized that something was wrong. Bring back all the troops stationed outside the city into the city.

But Gao Bo never thought that it would be the Song army attacking, he thought it was Gao Li sending troops to kill him.

But even if it was the Goryeo army, he was also terrified in his heart, and urgently ordered the army to defend Tamra City to the death.

Tamra City is actually a castle, built on a high ground, the city is very small, covering an area of ​​no more than tens of acres, with deep trenches dug around, and only a suspension bridge connected to the outside world, the city wall is tall and strong, and soldiers are standing on it.

The Goryeo army invaded Tamna more than ten years ago, and it was because they could not capture this castle that they negotiated peace with the other party.

At this time, the [-] forwards of the Song Army had already arrived and assembled two miles away. They did not wear the armor of the Song Army, but clothed in commoner clothes, holding various simple weapons such as wooden sticks, iron forks, and long knives. Like a bunch of vicious pirates.

Tamna people are generally short in stature and lack in military strength. Although they have [-] soldiers, their fighting will is very weak. Facing [-] ferocious pirates, they still dare not go out of the city to fight.

Standing on the top of the wall, Gao Bo watched this pirate army of hundreds of people, he was very puzzled, this group of people didn't look like a Korean army, and they didn't look like Japanese pirates in their costumes, who were they?

He is tall and thin and not tall, but he looks very strong. Although he is vicious, lustful, and licentious, he is also very cunning. His intuition tells him that there is something wrong with this pirate army. Why don't they plunder the population and ordinary people? But they want to attack Tamra City wholeheartedly?This is not the style of pirates at all.

No matter how provocative the bandit army was, Gao Bo just stood still. At this moment, a soldier ran to report in a low voice: "There are countless large ships on the sea!"

Gao Bo was taken aback, he immediately realized that the hundreds of robbers who were provoking must be a trap, and he immediately ordered: "No matter how provocative the enemy is, you are not allowed to fight!"

From the provocation at noon to the afternoon, the soldiers in Tamra City refused to come out to fight. Lin Rui had no choice but to order: "The whole army goes out!"

The [-] Song soldiers ambushing ten miles south of the city came out of the woods, and the low-pitched horn blew, "Woo--", the horn sounded throughout the field.

Five thousand soldiers lined up and marched towards Tamra City. Their armor was neat and their spears were like forests. Amid the sound of war drums, the army marched in an orderly manner to the north, especially murderous.

Looking at the thousands of troops who came to kill under pressure, the soldiers on the top of the city trembled with fear. In their eyes, this was simply a heavenly soldier descending from heaven, but Gao Bo suddenly understood that this was the Song army, and only the soldiers of the Song Dynasty The army will be so strong.

"Your Majesty, let's surrender!" A general suggested tremblingly.

But as soon as he finished speaking, a bright long knife pierced the general's chest from behind. The general screamed and fell to the ground dead. In front of him, his name is Hirano Hideki, the second son of Nagasaki lord Hirano Kichi. He led [-] Japanese samurai to station in Tamra country. He nominally supported Gao Bo, but in fact he also wanted to seek Tamra Island and conquer Tamra. The island serves as a springboard for the western front to invade Korea.

The Japanese in Nagasaki have always used Tsushima Island as a springboard and often invaded Koryo’s Busan area. For this reason, Koryo has stationed tens of thousands of troops on the front line of Busan. The established strategy of the forces, capturing Tamna Island has become the most important part of this strategy.

Encouraging Gao Bo to kill his father and brother, supporting his licentious life, supporting his militarism, supporting his brutal rule, and supporting him to kill all the ministers, everything Hirano Kichi did was to let Tamra Kingdom itself go to destruction.

According to the plan, in three years at most, the Tamra Kingdom will collapse completely. At that time, the Nagasaki army will take control of Tamra Island. However, Kichi Hirano never dreamed that the Song Dynasty would take the lead and send troops to pick him up. fruit.

Hideo Hirano's eyes were red, and he yelled: "You must defend the castle, and you must not surrender. The fall of the castle is your death!"

Gao Bo's face was pale, so he had to yell loudly to order the army to go all out to defend the city.

The [-] troops formed a formation one mile away. Lin Rui looked at the trench with a width of ten feet, and then at the strong and towering city wall. Lin Rui also nodded. This strong castle is really difficult to capture.

(End of this chapter)