Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 320
Since ancient times, the number one enemy of the Korean Peninsula has always been Japan. Not only did Japan invade the peninsula in the Tang Dynasty and the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but also Japanese pirates harassed the coastal areas of the peninsula for a long time. Busan on the Korean Peninsula has always been a Japanese pirate. Land on the key areas of the invasion.

Both Silla and Goryeo have gathered heavy troops in the Busan area to resist the invasion of Japanese pirates.

However, the situation has undergone some changes in the past two years. Especially at the beginning of last year, the navy of the Song Dynasty wiped out all the troops of the Hirano family in Kunzhou. After the Fujiwara clan and Kunzhou reached an agreement, Nagasaki was included in the Fujiwara family's pocket. Seeing the threat of the Hirano family, the Koryo coastal areas felt relieved, and their eyes turned to Danzhou again.

Since the Silla era, Tamna has always been a vassal state of the peninsula regime. Goryeo has long wanted to annex Tamna, but Japan is also eyeing Tamna, making it inconvenient for them to do so for a while.

It's just that Goryeo never imagined in her dreams that the Song Dynasty broke out with a sword and directly took away the Tamra Kingdom.

But it was not that the Song Dynasty occupied Tamna Island, and Goryeo could accept the fact that Tamna Island belonged to the Song Dynasty, and they were unwilling to let it go.

On the one hand, Koryo used the Liao Kingdom to put pressure on Da Song, making Da Song feel scruples about Tamna Island. On the other hand, it assembled troops and prepared to sneak attack on Tamna Island and take back this large overseas island.

Koryo does not have an official port, but Koryo also has some good natural ports, especially in Busan, where broken islands form many natural fjords, allowing ships to moor in them without being affected by the waves.

At night, twenty Wanshi warships moored quietly beside a deserted island about [-] miles off the coast of Busan. Soon, a hundred small boats were lowered from the big ship, and a thousand soldiers descended to the island along the ladder. On the small boat, each soldier carried a large skin bag filled with kerosene on his back.

According to the accounts of several spies, Fan Ning has determined that the gathering place of the Goryeo army ships is in a harbor, outside is an island, and inside is nearly [-] mu of sea, which is an extremely good harbor.

The general of the Song Army who led the attack on the enemy ship tonight was Liu Ying, the commander of the army. Liu Ying was born in the Yangtze River Navy and served as an official commander. take seriously.

With a wave of Liu Ying's hand, a hundred small boats sailed towards the bay thirty miles away like a long snake.

To enter the bay where the ships are moored, you need to pass through a waterway about ten miles long. The narrowest part of this waterway is less than one mile. The Koryo army built a sentry tower at the narrowest point to monitor the waterway. Light a beacon to warn.

This was mainly to guard against Japanese pirate attacks, but because Hiranoyoshi’s Nagasaki navy was wiped out, the Japanese pirates active in this area suddenly disappeared, the pressure on the Koryo army was greatly reduced, and the garrison of the sentry tower also changed from the original 50 people. reduced to ten.

The five small boats of the Song Army first landed in the middle of the island, which is about two miles away from the sentry tower. This island is a deserted island, densely covered with forests, and there are tens of thousands of seabirds inhabiting the forest. Liu Ying is afraid of disturbing the island. He led fifty soldiers to rush along the beach.

A quarter of an hour later, they saw the sentry tower a hundred paces away. The sentry tower was two feet high and was built with stones from the island. It was divided into upper and lower floors. , the lower floor is the barracks for soldiers, and there is a firewood pile on the roof, which can be lit at any time as a warning.

However, at five o'clock, there will be heavy fog on the sea, and the fog will not clear until dawn. This period of time is the blind spot of the sentry tower, but just to be on the safe side, Fan Ning decided to pull down the watchtower.

Not long after, Liu Ying showed up under the sentry tower with his men. It was not until the third watch, and the soldiers in the watchtower were already asleep. The lights inside were dark, and the gate was closed.

With a light wave of Liu Ying's hand, an agile soldier quickly climbed up the uneven stone wall like a gecko. He looked in along a viewing port on the second floor for a while, and then climbed to the third floor took a look.

The soldier immediately climbed down and whispered to Liu Ying: "There are two people on the second floor, sitting on the ground and dozing off, and there is no one on the roof."

Liu Ying thought for a while and then asked, "How to get to the roof from the second floor?"

"There is a simple bamboo ladder built against the wall."

Liu Ying nodded and said: "Climb up to the third floor and put two ropes down, and then pull out the bamboo ladder. If you can't pull it out, just stay there, and no one is allowed to climb up."

"Understandable!"

The soldier carried two coils of rope on his back and climbed up the wall again, directly up to the third floor, and quickly dropped two ropes from above.

"on!"

After Liu Ying gave an order, several soldiers climbed up with a strong crossbow on their backs and climbed up the rope. They clung to the observation opening on the second floor and pointed their crossbows at the two sleeping soldiers.

Outside the gate, dozens of soldiers were ready, and several soldiers were holding a bumper, waiting for the signal.

"what!"

Suddenly there were two rapid and shrill screams on the second floor, and the soldiers rushed up with a low cry, holding the bumper, only to hear 'bang! 'With a muffled sound, the gate was knocked open, and the soldiers swung their knives and entered.

Before the fifth watch, the sea began to fog up. Fan Ning stood at the bow of the boat and stared at the thick fog. He saw that the fog was getting thicker and thicker. Within a quarter of an hour, the sea was covered with white fog, and no one could be seen twenty steps away. .

"Is it the same in Danzhou?" Fan Ning asked an official over his shoulder.

The official shook his head, "The wind in Danzhou is relatively strong, and the fog can't get up. There are too many islands here, and the wind is relatively small, so the fog is easy to get up."

"Every day?" Fanning asked again.

"No, it's mainly in spring and autumn, and basically not in summer and winter. It's probably around five o'clock that there is fog, and it clears up at dawn."

"This is a good opportunity for a sneak attack."

"Exactly, I heard from a businessman that this time used to be the most nervous time for the Busan garrison, lest pirates would attack."

"Not anymore?" Fanning asked with a smile.

"It seems to have relaxed a lot since last year."

A smile appeared on the corner of Fan Ning's mouth. It seemed that he had done a good deed for Goryeo by annihilating the Nagasaki Navy.

The fog in the fjord is thicker than that on the sea surface. Under the cover of the dense fog, a hundred small boats passed through the waterway and entered the fjord without a sound. One after another, they were moored densely on the shore, almost all of which were five hundred stone cargo ships, at least two or three hundred.

Liu Ying waved his hand, and the ships of the Song army began to disperse. The small boats leaned against the big ones, and the soldiers quickly sprayed kerosene on the boats.

At this time, someone on the boat suddenly shouted, and the soldiers on the boat were alarmed.

Liu Ying immediately ordered: "Light it up!"

One by one torches were thrown onto the enemy ship, and the fire began to spread rapidly, and soon it grew into a long piece, with thick smoke billowing and flames raging.

People on the boat kept yelling and fled to the shore, and the alarm bells on the shore rang loudly. More than 1 troops stationed on the shore were awakened, and they rushed out of the barracks one after another, looking at the distant fire in horror.

The Song army fleet has retreated, but has not left the bay. They are waiting vigilantly for other Korean ships to withdraw from the flames.

At this time, a soldier shouted: "There are ships coming from the north!"

Liu Ying also saw dozens of ships approaching from the north. These were dozens of Korean ships parked in another place. The Song army didn't notice them in the thick fog, but they retreated from the shore in a hurry, but happened to meet Song army ships moored in the bay.

"Keep lighting the fire!"

Soldiers threw clay pots filled with kerosene in the small boats onto the Goryeo ship. The pots shattered and the kerosene overflowed, and the soldiers then threw the torches onto the big ship.

In just a moment, all the more than [-] Korean ships that escaped caught fire. The soldiers and boatmen on board were terrified and jumped into the sea to escape.

The ships of the Song Army continued to retreat, and about half an hour later, the entire fjord was covered in flames. After confirming that there were no more fish slipping through the net, Liu Ying led the ships of the Song Army to leave the fjord silently and headed for the open sea .

The fire did not go out until the afternoon. More than 360 Korean ships moored in the fjord were all burned down, causing more than [-] casualties.

This sneak attack severely damaged Goryeo's vitality, and it was not able to fully recover until many years later. It was also the fire that made Goryeo realize that Song Jun had discovered her plan. The idea of ​​taking back Tamna Island.

Ten days later, Fan Ning's fleet left Tamna Island and continued to sail toward the mouth of the Yangtze River thousands of miles away.

(End of this chapter)