Kai Fu Han

Chapter 547 Ryukyu
"It seems you really went to Yingtian Mansion."

"I can still lie to you. At that time, there were more than 30 imperial troops gathered in Yingtian. It sounded false to me. Of course I had to go and have a look." Liu Xinyuan replied.

"You want to assassinate the Zhao Jun coach." Liu Xinqi once again exposed Liu Xinyuan's lies. Liu Xinyuan was the originator of the Xinghan League's assassination tactics.

"Hehe, if you have the chance, you might as well do it." Liu Xinyuan said with a smile, not feeling anything wrong at all.

"You, as the commander of an army, commanding tens of thousands of elites, are still so adventurous." Liu Xinqi couldn't help it, it was his nature.

"No way, the benefits are too considerable." Liu Xinyuan replied. It seems that he can't do anything to himself, and he probably doesn't want to do anything.

"I have a big task here next, and I need someone with an adventurous spirit to do it. I think you are very suitable." Liu Xinqi said.

Seeing Liu Xinqi's rare use of seductive language, Liu Xinyuan immediately became vigilant.

"You talk about it first."

"Come, follow me to the alliance headquarters." Liu Xinqi invited.

"Okay, you go first, I'll make arrangements here, it will take half an hour at most." The fourth brigade has just returned to Penglai, and it really needs the coach to decide on some general tasks first.

"I'm waiting for you." Liu Xinqi stood without moving.

Liu Xinyuan became even more suspicious. It was probably not a good job.

"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible."

……

At Unitary Time on the 22nd, it is early summer. At this time, the sun is still high in the sky.

The weather has entered summer, making people uncomfortable with the heat.

After Liu Xinqi returned to the alliance headquarters, they quickly drank a large bowl of cold water, which finally relieved some of the heat in their hearts.

Although with a warrior's physique, this little heat will not cause any damage to the body, but the body's feeling will not diminish at all.

"It's very cool in your room." Liu Xinyuan praised.

"Then you should cherish it more. The location of the subsequent mission will be very hot." After Liu Xinqi said this, he asked his subordinates to get the map.

The map is spread out on a large table in the middle of the office.

It is a map of the East China Sea.

The East China Sea coastline occupies only a small portion of the map.

"Is this? You want me to go to sea?" Liu Xinyuan asked.

Cui Wu has been working hard in the Japanese country recently, and other brigade commanders have also heard about it. They, who are just recovering lost territories, are still envious of this achievement of opening up and expanding territory.

"Yes, look here." Liu Xinqi pointed to a large island in the lower right corner of the map.

"Liuqiu?"

"There is a very large island in this area. There are many small islands around and to the north of the island. There are people living on them. The First Fleet has sent a ship to explore. There is already communication between this big island and the mainland. Some people on the island will say They are Chinese, but overall there are still more native savages." Liu Xinqi introduced.

Liuqiu is an island country in the Eastern Sea mentioned by Wei Zheng, a historian of the Tang Dynasty, and others in "Sui Shu·Liuqiu Kingdom" and "Sui Shu·Chen Leng Biography".

Later historians have continued to dispute this Ryukyu country.

Mainly hold three views:
1. Liuqiu refers to today’s Taiwan; 2. Liuqiu refers to today’s Ryukyu Islands;

3. Generally refers to a series of islands in the Eastern Sea of ​​China, such as the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan.

Later Liu Xinqi read some posts about the history of Taiwan Island, but he couldn't tell whether they were true or false.

However, these are not important to the current Xinghan Alliance. Regardless of whether Liuqiu refers to the Ryukyu Islands or Taiwan Island, Liu Xinqi has decided that this island will be called Liuqiu from now on.

With the current capabilities of the Xinghan League, the aborigines on the island are no longer worth mentioning, and they only need to push all the way.

For northerners, the very deadly southern jungle miasma (the hot and humid air in tropical or subtropical mountain forests is poisonous gas generated by the decay of animals and plants in tropical primeval forests). The main reason is that no one effectively handles the dead bodies of animals. Coupled with the fact that the tropical temperature is too high, which creates favorable conditions for the occurrence of miasma), Xinghan League already has two five-star doctors, so miasma cannot pose a threat at all.

Paying attention to hygiene, mosquito nets, long sleeves and long trousers, not drinking raw water, and some conditioning Chinese medicine, the soldiers who went south to expand the soil could quickly adapt to the hot and humid environment of the tropics.

"It's too far. It's twice as far as the sea distance from Penglai to Hangzhou." Liu Xinyuan looked at the location of Liuqiu Island on the map and gestured with his hand.

"It's far away, but this island can be said to be ownerless now. Nan Zhao has no sovereignty over this island. If we occupy this island, it will be equivalent to building a super huge island in the hinterland of Nan Zhao. The transfer station will be very advantageous in both trade and war in the future." Liu Xinqi explained: "Moreover, the island is very rich in resources, with high reserves of gold and silver mines, iron ores, and coal mines, and there are many wild species. Deer herds, rice can be harvested three times a year, and it is especially suitable for growing sugar cane.”

Liu Xinyuan knew sugar cane and could make sugar.

Snow-white sugar is as valuable as the same weight of silver.

"How big is it?"

"The big island is eight hundred miles long from north to south, and the widest from east to west is three hundred miles." Liu Xinqi replied: "There are many small islands around it, and many of them have fresh water on which they can survive."

It's really big, even bigger than Jingdong East Road

"Okay, I'm going, how can the alliance cooperate with me?" Liu Xinyuan is the commander of the Army's Fourth Field Brigade. His soldiers are all from the Army. It is impossible to swim across, and other services must cooperate.

"Let the people from the staff department explain the strategic plan to you in detail."

The development of Liuqiu Island is very important, and the most important thing is its geographical location.

With Liuqiu Island, the trade of the Xinghan League can use it as a transit point to expand southward to the state capitals on the northern mainland of the South China Sea, and continue southward to Mayi (Philippines) and Li Chao (Vietnam). , you can also enter Dali along the Nanding River, or even go all the way south to contact the South China Sea countries further south.

People from the staff quickly came in, led by a colonel.

"General Liu, I will be responsible for leading the team to cooperate with you in this Liuqiu strategy."

"Hello."

After the colonel staff briefly introduced himself, he directly began to explain the Liuqiu strategy formulated by the staff department.

Occupying Liuqiu is not going south directly by boat, grabbing a beach and landing, and then setting up a village, advancing, and building a city..., but "building roads" first.

"We first took a boat to Hizen Country, recruited a large number of Japanese people in Hirado, and established a Japanese servant army with no less than 1 people."

This servant army is very important. In the future, this servant army will be responsible for the dirty and tiring work. The field army must always maintain its best combat effectiveness.

After recruiting servants and simple training, the fleet will go south along the island chain of the Liuqiu Islands.

All the islands that can be seen along the way will be occupied, even if it is only a palm-sized place, a monument must be erected on board to show sovereignty.

Troops will be left to guard the larger islands with fresh water on the way, and the indigenous people on the islands will be organized to build ports and cities.

Finally landed on the north side of Liuqiu Island.

(End of this chapter)