Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 521 Thunderbolt Attack
Although the Ryukyu government garrison has been passively defending these years, they have done a solid job and have a thorough understanding of the aborigines on the Ryukyu Island.

According to the classification given to them by the garrison, there are three branches of the aborigines on Ryukyu Island. One is called the Gaoshan Fan, which lives in the mountains in the central and western regions and basically does not come out. The other is called the Pingyuan Fan, which is distributed in the western coastal plain. Collecting all kinds of food and hunting in the forest for a living, they are extremely hostile to the Han people, and they are the natives who harass and kill the immigrants.

There is also a group called Yufan, who make a living by fishing and collecting pearl oysters and corals. They have been in contact with Han fishermen on the Penghu Islands for a long time, and they are considered acquainted. They mainly live in the southern coast.

"In fact, these aborigines have a small population. There are about 6000 to [-] people each. They are naked all the year round, with a piece of animal skin wrapped around their crotch. They are good at running and very fast. They mainly use stone spears and poisonous arrows. They like to use sneak attacks. People are hard to defend against."

"Do you know where their lair is?" Fanning asked again.

Zhou Mi pointed to a red dot on the map and said, "I heard that they have three lairs, but we only found one. It's here, about 100 miles away from Liuqiu County, and we discovered it by accident."

"What does the old nest look like, a cottage or something?"

Zhou Mi shook his head, "It's not a cottage, it's built on a high place in the dense forest, about a few feet above the flat ground, and the wall was built with wood. We don't know what's going on inside."

"The general said just now that they use stone spears?" Fan Ning asked after a moment of thought.

Zhou Mi understood what Fan Ning meant, he smiled and said: "These natives are not as backward as you think, they can also use iron, but there is too little pig iron, and knives are very precious to them, so they can only use stone. Spears, but they should get some ironware from the carp silver mine, including axes, iron brazing, etc., there are probably hundreds of pieces.”

"Then how does the Ryukyu Mansion distinguish between the Yufan and the Yuanfan? Once there is a fight, how will they know which ones are the enemies?"

"They are of different races, and their appearances are obviously different. Yufan looks like Han people, taller, and their skin is not too dark. It is said that they have been intermarried with Han people for hundreds of years. They are mainly Han fishermen. Gaoshan Fan is actually related to Yufan. It’s about the same, it’s a bit more majestic, and it’s said that Pingyuan Fan migrated from the Luzon area, it’s black and small, but it’s very flexible and easy to identify.”

"Then when you come to receive the supplies, will the natives take the opportunity to attack?" Fan Ning asked again with a smile.

"of course!"

Zhou Mi sneered: "Every time our supplies arrive, they are equally excited, so every time the food supplies arrive, there will be a contest between the two sides. This is also our only chance to shoot them. They are too deep and enter our defense circle. "

Fan Ning thought for a while and said, "I'll bring two thousand soldiers, and simply fight a beautiful encirclement battle, using grain as bait to attract them, and then cut off their retreat from behind."

"It is not enough to use food, but to use ironware. They are so eager for ironware. Knowing that it is a trap, they will take the risk and try it repeatedly."

"Then use iron!" Fanning said immediately.

There are three fires for the new official, and Fan Ning's first fire is to burn the plains natives who seriously threaten the safety of the Ryukyu Prefecture.

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As night fell, all kinds of food materials piled up outside the south gate of Liuqiu County. Among them, a pile of iron farm tools that looked like a hill gave off a faint metallic luster under the light of the fire, which was particularly eye-catching.

The gates of the city were lit with torches, illuminating the surrounding tens of feet like daylight. Soldiers and young and strong men were busy carrying food into the city. More than 100 soldiers with large shields were guarding the surrounding area with extreme caution.

The Song army had fought with the local aborigines for many years, and they knew each other very well. The soldiers of the Song army knew that there must be aborigines hiding nearby, and the number of them was at least a hundred.

And just a hundred steps away from the soldiers of the Song Army, hundreds of indigenous people holding bows, arrows and spears are quietly approaching in the woods. They are indeed short in stature, they look like children of eleven or twelve years old, but everyone is like an ape Just as agile.

As soon as an indigenous leader raised his hand, the people behind stopped. All the indigenous people greedily stared at the pile of iron farm tools a hundred steps away. They hadn't seen so much pig iron for a long time.

Of course, just as Song Jun understands them, they also understand Song Jun. Song Jun can only defend, not counterattack. As long as they run a hundred steps away, they will be safe.

The native leader issued an order, and hundreds of people screamed and rushed towards the iron farm tools.

At this time, the soldiers of the Song Army who were on guard suddenly felt that something was wrong. They saw countless poisonous arrows shooting from the darkness. They retreated quickly and raised their shields to meet them. Bow and crossbow.

Hundreds of people rushed forward, throwing themselves at the ironware recklessly, firing arrows from the city wall like locusts, aiming at the little black shadows rushing towards them one by one.

More than a hundred of the little black aborigines fell down in an instant, but the rest of the aborigines still rushed to the farm tools, each picked up a few iron farm tools and turned around and ran wildly.

There was a loud drumbeat on the top of the city, and two thousand Song soldiers rushed out from the city. This time they did not stop within a hundred steps, and chased and killed the aborigines behind.

Holding iron farm tools weighing dozens of kilograms, the speed of the aborigines decreased significantly, and they were not as agile as before. They were constantly chased and killed by the Song army. Be merciful, and never leave alive.

Not long after, the loss of more than half of the aborigines, the leader found that the situation was wrong, and the Song army, who had never dared to chase a hundred paces, actually chased for several miles. He kept shouting, and the remaining more than 100 aboriginals had to leave their iron tools and fled in panic. .

But at this moment, facing a river in front, two thousand Song soldiers had ambushed here. These were the two thousand soldiers brought by Fan Ning. They circled behind the little black aborigines and cut off the retreat of these aborigines.

At this time, screams and shouts came quickly from a distance, and two thousand Song soldiers raised their crossbow arrows together and aimed at Xihe. After a while, countless small black figures rushed out of the woods and jumped into the stream. The river, the river is more than ten feet wide, so shallow that it can only submerge people's knees.

There was a sound of clappers, and thousands of arrows were fired in the woods. Two thousand crossbows shot at the aborigines who were crossing the river at the same time. brook.

After only one round of shooting, the entire army of more than 150 aborigines was wiped out, all of them were shot to death in the creek, and their leader was also shot with seven arrows and died on a big rock.

Song troops from both sides appeared one after another and stood on both sides of the river. Dozens of soldiers jumped into the river and killed the surviving aborigines. So far, more than 350 aborigines were wiped out, and no one escaped. The soldier let out a bad breath.

Fan Ning also appeared in the team, and he said carefully to the general: "General Zhou can lead a thousand soldiers back, and organize the civilians to quickly move the supplies into the city. The army will guard against death, and will not give the aborigines any chance to attack our rear."

"Follow the order!"

Zhou Mi turned around and was about to leave when Fan Ning said again: "Leave the dry food and give it to other soldiers!"

Their mission this time is not only to defeat the sneak attack of the aborigines, but also take advantage of the situation to destroy an old lair of the aborigines. The known lair is more than a hundred miles away. Fanning plans to destroy this stronghold in three days. They carried dry food for three days, and of course, several ships followed them south along the coast, ready to replenish their food at any time.

Three thousand troops set off overnight, advancing rapidly through the forest, to kill the target hundreds of miles away.
At noon the next day, the [-] troops finally saw their target. They saw a large earthen stockade built of wood on a high ground several feet above the ground in the dense forest. The sentinels on the stockade had spotted it before They, they also quickly entered a state of war.

The gate of the village was closed, and the top of the village was full of dark-skinned indigenous dwarfs. There were more than [-] people densely packed. They held spears, bows and arrows, and stared at the soldiers of the Song Army who killed the gate with hatred.

At this time, the soldiers found a thick and strong tree with a history of at least hundreds of years. The tree was more than [-] feet high, with a straight trunk and a crown like a cover. Fan Ning and several generals were sent to the top of the tree.

From the top of the tree, you can almost look down on this indigenous village, and you can see that the village has become a mess, with countless densely packed black spots running around. It is a low shack made of wood and wood, but there is a wooden building in the middle, about two feet high, which is probably the place where their chiefs live.

Fan Ning said to the two generals: "The best way to deal with this kind of wooden village is to attack with fire. If the village is set on fire, anyone who escapes will be killed!"

(End of this chapter)