Out of hatred and jealousy of Wang Junlin, Yuan Taizuo sent a lot of spies to Fanyang County of the Great Sui, and the intelligence sent by the spies recently showed that Wang Junlin had a large caravan under his command, and these 4,000 sailors were only trained by a pirate recruited by Wang Junlin, and the 20,000 sailors of Fanyang County had not been touched at all.

Although I don't know the specific purpose of Wang Junlin, Yuan Taizuo can also guess some of them, in short, they are extremely unfavorable to Goguryeo.

And once Wang Junlin formed an alliance with Baekje and Silla, and Goguryeo could not defeat them, or even expel them, then Goguryeo's hegemony on the Korean Peninsula would be immediately lost, and even the pirates who listened to Yuan Taezuo's words in the past would no longer obey him.

To tell the truth, Goguryeo is surrounded by the sea on three sides, the traditional shipbuilding and fishing industry is extremely developed, and the surrounding archipelago terrain is easy to hide pirates. With Annam-gun as the most, it is necessary to guard against not only pirates, but also Baekje.

Therefore, Goguryeo also attaches far more importance to the sailors than the Great Sui, and Yuan Taizuo has always thought that his own sailors are stronger than the Sui State, but after Wang Junlin defeated 15,000 of them with 4,000 people this time, he began to doubt his previous judgment and lost confidence for a long time.

In total, the Goguryeo naval army was actually able to gather one or two hundred thousand people, but except for the naval divisions controlled by the imperial court, the other naval armies were too scattered and not concentrated enough, and they were controlled by the counties below, and their combat power was too weak.

Moreover, the naval divisions controlled by the county were mainly aimed at guarding against sea bandits, and there was a lack of strong ships and large ships, and those with 500 stone were considered large ships. And the spies reported that Wang Junlin brought the sailors to Dami Island and Bailing Island, and the smallest warships had 1,000 stones.

All along, Goguryeo's strategic focus was on land, and while the east had been thinking about annexing Baekje and Silla, and the west was guarding against the Great Sui and Khitans, it would find a way to start expanding its territory at the slightest opportunity, and finally the defense line of the sea on both sides would consider the naval army.

In the past year, Goguryeo has invested about 5 million taels of silver in military spending, but the water camp is actually less than 100 percent, that is, not even 500,000 taels of silver.

The counties and counties each paid for their own small sailors, but the 30,000 sailors directly under Goguryeo used 400,000 taels of silver for their food, armor, and equipment, and only 100,000 taels of silver were left to build warships.

The navy needed a large number of warships and little silver, so they could only build cheap warships that could carry more soldiers per unit capacity.

Don't look at Wang Junlin's sailors on Dami Island, Bailing Island and Snake Island, there are as many as 6,000 people, and there are nearly 200 warships of more than 1,000 stones, which can be said to be extremely fast in expansion and construction, but how many resources and how much silver have been invested in it, not only the Goguryeo people are shocked to say it, even the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang and a group of monarchs and ministers will feel unbelievable.

It has only been eight or nine months since last winter, and the investment in the Yanchang shipyard has reached an eye-popping level, as much as one million taels of silver.

But the effect is extremely obvious, the Snake Island Shipyard, at this time, has been able to build three ships of 5,000 stones, or ten ships of 2,000 stones, which is more than ten times higher than the previous shipbuilding workshop of the Fanyang County Naval Division and the quality of the ship, not to mention the long-range crossbows, catapults and other sharp weapons installed on the ship, as well as the sophisticated armor and sharp weapons in the hands of the officers and soldiers of the Sailor Division, and the military salary of the officers and soldiers of the 6,000 Sailor Division is one and a half times higher than that of the Fanyang County Sailor.

In short, Wang Jun

Lin defeated 15,000 Goguryeo men with 4,000 sailors, not so much because of their amazing combat strength, but because of the war won with silver.

The reason why Wang Junlin invested so much resources and money in the sailor, in addition to preparing for the possible fiasco of Yang Guang's expedition to Goguryeo in the next step, there is another important reason - with a strong sailor escort and security guarantee, the sea caravan formed by Wang Junlin and Yang Kongcian will be able to make up for the huge profit harvest brought by the sailor in the future, which will completely make up for the silver and resources thrown on the sailor.

For the time being, Wang Junlin could not accurately estimate how much benefit the maritime trade route would bring after it was formally formed, but based on his and Nie Xiaoyu's inference, it would definitely not be less.

Therefore, ultimately ensuring the smooth operation of this maritime trade route is the most fundamental driving force for Wang Junlin to develop the naval army.

Wang Junlin occupied Dami Island and Bailing Island, in fact, the intention of deterrence was even more obvious. Once Wang Junlin takes these two islands as the core and transit point, straightens out the maritime trade routes from Pham Yang County to the three Korean countries and the Wa Kingdom, and expands the scale of maritime trade, Wang Junlin will be able to continuously obtain huge profits from them.

"The sailors of the king's landing were large and sturdy, and it was said that they were faster than galloping horses at sea. Even if we gather all the naval armies under the jurisdiction of all our counties and counties, we can have an advantage in numbers, but the gap between the warships is too big to win, so what can we do? After another day of discussion, Yuan Taizuo still did not find a way to defeat Wang Junlin at sea.

"Wang Junlin's sailors are big and strong on the sea, which is also his benefit. However, in order to increase the speed of the ship, Wang Junlin built a ridge on the bottom of the ship, so as to break the waves, the draft was very deep, and it was impossible to fight in the shoals and land river ports. "Yuan Gai Suwen has also racked his brains recently to think about how to defeat Wang Junlin, who is worthy of being the most famous hero in the history of the Korean Peninsula, and soon found a way to defeat Wang Junlin's water master.

"You can't go to sea, you're always at a disadvantage." Yuan Taizuo thought for a moment about the kind of combat method that his son said, which is similar to fighting by the city on land, although it can recover some disadvantages, but it is too limited, and the initiative is not on their side.

"The child has always suspected that Li Chengkun and their fiasco, in addition to the fact that the gap between the warship and Wang Junlin's sailor is too big, that is, Wang Junlin has already found out our sneak attack plan in advance, and has been prepared for a long time, and even set a trap a long time ago, waiting for General Li Chengkun to drill." Yuangai Suwen said again in deep thought.

Yuan Taizuo nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, my father has also thought of this, and he has already asked people to check the secret agent arranged by Wang Junlin in our Goguryeo, and the next secrecy work should be much better." ”

Yuangai Suwen continued: "If we can do a good job of secrecy and prevent Wang Junlin from finding out about our plans in advance, there is another way to win Wang Junlin and recapture the two islands. ”

Yuan Taizuo knew since he was a child that this son had an extraordinary mind and a good strategy, and when he heard it at this time, his spirits perked up, and he said urgently: "What way?" ”

Yuangai Suwen said: "From Annan County to Dami Island and Bailing Island, it is only two hundred miles of waterway. If enough ships are mobilized, in addition to 10,000 sailors, and 10,000 army troops are carried to go to sea when the wind is good, it will only take half a day to arrive, and Wang Junlin does not have many sailors on Dami Island and Bailing Island, and it is absolutely impossible to gather troops on the ships to prepare for battle all the time, I don't believe that on this vast sea, we can't even find a gap for half a day. ”

Speaking of this, Yuangai Suwen paused for a moment and continued: "In short, we must avoid naval battles with the other party, but instead find an opportunity to transport the troops on land to the two islands of Dami and Bailing, so that Wang Junlin will not only lose the advantage of the warship, but also the advantage of the powerful long-range weapons on the warship. I don't believe that our 10,000 elite soldiers on land can't defeat the opponent's 4,000 sailors on the island! ”

After pondering for a while, Yuan Taizuo said: "Yes, the method that my son said is the most effective method at the moment, and I will now send an order to mobilize warships from all over the country, and send another 10,000 elite army troops to practice boating." ”

"Father, the key is to do a good job of secrecy, if our plan is known to Wang Junlin in advance, our 10,000 elite army may not even have a chance to go to the island, and they will be buried on the sea by Wang Junlin's sailors......" Yuangai Suwen has obviously seen the problem of the fiasco some time ago, and knows where the key is.

"From now on, I will order all counties and counties to stop all fishermen from going to sea, no maritime ships can go to sea, and all people in the country who are suspected of being Sui are caught first. I don't believe that our plan can be found out by King's Landing. Yuan Taizuo gritted his teeth hatefully and said.

"Father, we are bordered by the sea on both sides of the Goguryeo Sea, and we have been plagued by pirates for many years, and there are many water armies in the counties and counties, and there are also many generals who know how to fight in the water war. Yuangai Suwen continued, "If you want to know that you can mobilize this Cui Chengjun to lead the navy, then we have a better chance of winning!" ”

"Choi Sung-jun! I've heard of this person, I heard that he is a dutiful son, because his mother was once insulted by pirates, and he hated pirates to the core, so he has been studying how to exterminate pirates, and this person is indeed available. Yuan Taizuo thought for a moment and nodded, it can be regarded as finalizing the commander of the water division for the next war.

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After Yuan Taizuo listened to his son Yuan Gai Suwen's plan, under his full promotion, Goguryeo first vigorously carried out a counter-espionage secrecy activity for more than a month, and arrested many people, those Great Sui merchants who did business in Goguryeo fell into bad luck, Goguryeo did not listen to any explanation from them at all, and still arrested them after accepting their bribes, but they were not killed immediately, but they were temporarily locked up.

At the same time, a large number of fishermen and maritime merchants on the southern coastline of Goguryeo are very resentful, they all rely on the sea for food, Yuan Taizuo directly announced the ban on the sea for two months, the loss of the maritime merchants is unknown, the fishermen have no livelihood for two months, how can they not resent Yuan Taizuo.

Yuan Taizuo didn't care about the feelings of these fishermen and maritime merchants, and after feeling that his plan would not be leaked again, he began to implement it.

Regardless of the heavy rain, those post horsemen in black armor galloped out of Annan County one after another, and with Yuan Taizuo's order, they began to mobilize ships and select 10,000 elite troops.

At the same time, the order given to Cui Shengjun, the general of the Chengyang County Water Division, was also sent to him.

And on the day Cui Shengjun received the order, a girl with a delicate face and strange silver earrings on her ears and an old man who looked like a fairy wind and bones came to the city of Chengyang County.

The two spoke fluent Goguryeo vernacular and had all sorts of things on them that proved that they were Goguryeo, so no one would suspect that they were not Goguryeo.

PS: I'm sorry, it's still two changes today, and at least three changes will be restored from tomorrow, but this is a chapter of more than 3,000 words————

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