Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 279 Making a Plan
It was getting brighter, and the situation on the peninsula could be seen at a glance. There were endless forests on the peninsula, mainly pine and birch.

The Song Dynasty expedition team landed here two years ago, and they know the situation in this sea area very well.

There is a section of natural deep-water coast that is more than ten miles long, and the Wanshi ship can berth directly on the shore.

Di Qing gave an order, and more than a dozen large ships loaded with navy sailed slowly towards the shore.

The three Wanshi warships docked first, and a commander shouted: "Don't rush to get off the ship, use the crossbow to open the way!"

The soldiers were equipped with crossbows with a killing distance of 240 steps. More than [-] soldiers on three large ships raised their crossbows and shot towards the bushes a hundred steps away from the shore.

The soldiers of the Song Dynasty had learned a bloody lesson. They also landed here two years ago. As soon as they landed, the natives hiding in the bushes attacked them. They were caught off guard, and more than a dozen crew members died here.

There was a sound of clappers, and a volley of crossbows fired, and the powerful arrows swished into the bushes. There was a scream in the bushes, and then hundreds of figures rushed out of the bushes in a panic, rushing to the depths of the dense forest.

The temporary danger was relieved, the big ship boarded the ship, and the soldiers began to disembark in line with their shields and spears.

The shore is covered with bushes half a person's height, and there is still a mile away from the forest. The first thousand soldiers who got off the boat held shields and spears and marched towards the forest in a square formation, followed by five hundred crossbowmen. .

The [-] natives hiding in the forest suddenly rushed out from the forest with shouts, and rushed to the Song army desperately.

They screamed sharply, wore animal skins, and held spears in their hands. They came very fiercely.

Their spears were obtained by exchanging fur and seafood with the Japanese people. Most of them were poorly made, far inferior to the standard sharp spears of the Song Army.

But this desperate and fierce style of play still made the Song army feel dizzy.

Five hundred crossbowmen immediately stepped forward and raised their crossbows to shoot at the natives like rain. Seven or eighty people were shot down in an instant. The rest of the natives were not frightened. In front of the soldiers.

The [-] Song troops in the Northern Expedition were selected from among the [-] navy troops. After three years of training, all of them were good at fighting and cooperated with each other tacitly.

A thousand soldiers shouted and rushed forward, counting them against one man. Although the opponent was very flexible, most of them were short and their strength and physique were far apart. In less than a cup of tea, Song Jun poked and knocked over two of them. More than a hundred people.

The rest of the natives saw that the Song army was extremely ferocious, far from being easy to deal with with the crew of last time, they were immediately terrified, and the remaining dozens of people turned around and fled into the forest, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.

Soon, more troops landed one after another, and Di Qing immediately ordered [-] soldiers to eradicate all the bushes along the bay, and cut down trees and dug soil to build the camp wall.

This vast bay is undoubtedly a rare natural bay. Zhao Zongshi discussed with Di Qing and Fan Ning and decided to establish the first development base of the Song Dynasty here.

After nearly ten days of construction, a board-style barracks covering an area of ​​about [-] mu appeared in the open space. A sentry post was built every fifty steps on the outer wall of the barracks, and large tents stood upright inside the barracks.

Soldiers began to transfer from the ship to the shore, and a large amount of supplies were also carried ashore.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhao Zongshi, Di Qing and Fan Ning were discussing the next action plan.

In the past two days, hundreds of scouts have gone north to investigate the situation. Coupled with some early intelligence, they have basically figured out the activities of the local natives on the island.

There was a map on a large table. The map was drawn by Fan Ning, and it was basically drawn accurately. The southern peninsula and central mountainous area were dominated by forests, and there were endless pine forests and birch forests for hundreds of miles. In the north, there is a prairie hundreds of miles wide and thousands of miles long.

Di Qing pointed to the map and introduced them to the two: "At present, there are three tribes in Kunzhou, each of which has its own territory, and they don't communicate with each other at ordinary times. The tribe is the largest, and then there is a tribe in the northwest and northeast, and the three tribes are distributed in a font.

So far, we have been dealing with the peninsula tribes, including the boating natives we met at sea, and they also came to support the peninsula tribes. "

Zhao Zongshi pondered and asked: "Is it possible to reach some kind of contract with them, allowing them to live within a certain range without affecting our horse farm?"

"It's unlikely!"

Di Qing shook his head, "At least the tribes in the southern peninsula are absolutely impossible. They are very fierce, and they have a deep enmity with us, and there is no room for relaxation. As for the two tribes in the north, we still don't know what their attitude is."

At this time, Fan Ning said slowly: "We can use the method of division to send scouts out, capture a few natives in the north, and then give them food and cloth to ease their hostility. We will focus on dealing with the tribes on the peninsula. Make sure to kill them all."

"What about the two tribes in the north? Does Fan Yushi have any ideas?" Zhao Zongshi asked.

Fan Ning has always been on the northern part of Honshu Island on the map, "I consider letting them move to the northern part of Japan. I don't agree to put them in Kunzhou, it will become a hidden danger in the future."

"But they may not be willing to move south!" Zhao Zongshi sighed.

Fan Ning sneered, "If they don't move, they have to move, otherwise the peninsula tribe will be their fate."

Zhao Zongshi felt a little unwell, so he went back to rest first. Only Di Qing and Fan Ning were left in the large tent of the Chinese army. At this time, Lin Rui and several soldiers walked in with a pair of clay trays. The mud plate made of the topography of the southern peninsula is slightly different from the actual topography, but the difference is not significant.

It is densely covered with pine needles, which can be regarded as a forest, and a red flag is planted by the bay, which is his current camp. In addition, there is a black flag in a place not far from the sea to the west of the forest, which should be the old lair of the natives. .

Seeing this clay plate, Fan Ning immediately understood Di Qing's intentions. He also wanted to deal with the natives on the peninsula first, and then the natives in the northwest and northeast.

Di Qing smiled and said: "This is the general distribution of the natives of the peninsula. I would like to hear Fan Yushi's suggestion."

Fan Ning thought for a while and said, "The advantage of the natives is that they are familiar with the environment, they know the terrain well, and they are very flexible in combat. They are better at scattered and flexible combat. They will definitely use the forest as a cover to compete with us. I suggest that we fight as a whole. Step closer, so that the opponent's flexible tactics can be cracked."

Di Qing was quite interested, and asked again: "Then what should I do?"

Fan Ning drew a horizontal line on the northernmost part of the peninsula, and said coldly: "Divide the 500 troops into five, 500 guard the camp, 3000 take the boat, and divide the remaining [-] into three armies. Simultaneously press south from the northern part of the peninsula, and finally drive them into the sea!"

"Do you think the natives will come to attack the camp?" Di Qing saw Fan Ning's intentions.

Fan Ning nodded, "We found that they have a strong desire to take the initiative to attack. They hate our ships when they dock. Now that we have built a barracks, they must be even more intolerable. I believe they have the greatest possibility of attacking the barracks."

Lin Rui suddenly said from the side: "Although the plan is very good, there is still a loophole. Don't blame Fan Yushi!"

"General Lin, please tell me, where is the loophole?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

Lin Rui pointed to the west side of the peninsula, "We have seen with our own eyes that the natives are good at making canoes. When the road to the north is blocked, they are likely to take a boat to the sea and go around behind us from the sea."

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said: "This is actually the purpose of leaving [-] troops on the ship. Once we decide to take action, our fleet must leave the bay and go south. It is at least a few hundred miles away from Kunzhou, and then leave three Ten warships, carrying [-] soldiers, ten of them are cruising in the sea to the east of Kunzhou, and [-] are to sit in the sea to the west of Kunzhou. Once the opponent’s canoe goes into the sea, we can launch an attack. Drive them south, and force them to land in Japan."

Di Qing nodded and said, "I think I can give it a try!"

Lin Rui also thought this plan was good, and said with a smile: "This plan can indeed be tried first. Even if it fails, it will definitely not cause heavy losses!"

The three of them discussed the details for a while before deciding on a final action plan.

(End of this chapter)