Chapter 643: It Turned Out to Be a Tiger (Part II)
"How many soldiers were killed or wounded?" Wang Ju asked.
"There were more than 3,000 casualties, and the number of households on the islands together may be as small as 200,000 or as large as 300,000, which is much more than expected by Shaobao." Yao Xiong replied.
This casualty also includes non-combat casualties, some die of illness, not necessarily malaria, all kinds of strange diseases, including various diseases caused by water and soil adaptation, and some are bitten to death by poison. Only three or four hundred people actually died of malaria.
However, in this line, under Wang Ju's repeated advice, the prevention work should be done well, otherwise most of them would be native soldiers in the south, and more soldiers would die of malaria.
But half of them were killed or wounded in the fighting.
Even if Wang Ju spent countless money, almost everyone was equipped with excellent chain mail and excellent knives and bows.
The main reason is that there are too many indigenous people living on the islands on the other side, in fact, the area is not large, mainly Luzon and several small islands around it, and there are several large islands in the south, but it has nothing to do with Yanda's line. Together, its area is not as large as Fujian Road, that is, this population density is almost similar to that of Guangnan, and it is denser than Guangnan West Road.
Fortunately, as Wang Ju said, the civilization is relatively backward, there are no sophisticated weapons, and there is no strong and unified country, but it is divided into hundreds of large and small tribes. Otherwise, the casualties will be even greater.
But Yao Xiong didn't blame Wang Ju.
The island is too complicated, as an island is a big island, but in terms of area, it is not too large, but in such a big place, there are countless tribes, each with different languages and different customs. A wide variety of terrain. However as a place of survival. Yao Xiong had to admit that it was a good place, with a lot of rivers, plenty of rain, and many tropical fruit trees, just the heat. If it can adapt to the weather here and then develop it, it is estimated that this area will be able to support millions of families.
In fact, I would like to thank Wang Ju for letting Kang Huaishen and Sha Huibao take Ding Zhuang among the migrating people very early. Pioneer and fight here, at least be familiar with the situation in the coastal area, otherwise you will go up blindly, and the mortality rate will be higher.
Wang Ju's face also changed, and he thought to himself, fortunately, he didn't hit the idea of the main channel in the first place.
So he asked, "How is it going on in Dongliang?" ”
"It's relatively smooth, and for this reason, General Yan has had a headache several times."
After all, it is not easy to cooperate in that environment and in that situation.
Besides, Yanda still wants to live more people......
Wang Ju smiled. Said: "Go to Yongzhou." ”
The group rode to Yongzhou.
A year has passed, and under the joint promotion of Wang Ju and Tao Bi. The city of Yongzhou has slightly recovered a little bit of vitality, but now Yongzhou has also begun to be under martial law.
Jiaozhi begged for the land of five states, the Song Dynasty gave it, and the big thing went to work, this is Wang Ju's hard work, so there is the story of ten elephants. But the Song Dynasty didn't give it, maybe Jiaozhi used it as an excuse and sent troops again.
Tao Bi also breathed a sigh of relief: "It came at the right time." ”
After all, the main army was all sent to the other side for training, and the troops left on the Quang Nam West Road were insufficient.
Wang Ju said: "Tao Gong, you can go to the book." ”
"Really on the book?"
"I promised General Yan, otherwise, these people can't be settled."
"It really can't be put in Quang Nam ......," Tao Bi said. Originally, the various tribes in Guangnan were unruly, and Wang Juzheng was trying to strengthen the integration, if this group of Kunlun slaves who hated the Song Dynasty were left, the Guangnan West Road would be more complicated.
"That's ...... just that"
"Tao Gong, are there still few people who impeach me, I don't care about you, this is called lice too much, so I am not afraid of itching."
"Then I'll write it."
Tao Bi crouched on the public case, in front of Wang Ju, wrote an "impeachment" note, saying that Wang Ju got a group of Kunlun slaves from nowhere, and now Wang Ju knows that the Kunlun slaves mentioned by the ancients are not necessarily black Africans, and all the dark-skinned people in the South China Sea or southern Tianzhu are all called Kunlun slaves in ancient China.
Wang Ju used this group of Kunlun slaves to pave roads and build bridges, build Guanzhai, and build water conservancy.
Although this group of Kunlun slaves is lazy by nature, especially this one is lazy, Wang Ju has also deliberately observed that it is indeed very different from the Han people, and the diligence is not as good as those closed and backward barbarians. If you are lazy and want them to work, leather whips and bamboo canes are indispensable. Therefore, Tao Bi impeached Wang Ju, although they were lazy, but they did not ask the court for any salary, but Wang Ju sent people to beat and scold him at every turn. Coarse linen clothes, which were given little food and only enough clothing to cover their bodies, allowed them to come out of the sun and work until the sun went down. The weather in Quang Nam is long, and in just a few months, three adults have died, which is really unbearable.
Therefore, Tao Bi hoped that the imperial court would come forward and forgive these Kunlun slaves to show the virtue of heaven.
It's not long, that's about it, and a few more allusions were inserted in the middle, and then it ended, Tao Bi said: "Zi'an, is this feasible?" ”
"So be it."
Tao Bi's impeachment recital only plays the role of a fuse.
Once Yan Da returns with the army, there will be more people escorted over at that time, and the "Holy Mother" in the court will rush to the top at that time.
That is, it is still early for the real fermentation.
Wang Ju handed the piece back to Tao Bi, and then said, "Let's start." ”
Before that pirate's plan can be carried out, he has to find a way to get back more of the people who have been captive.
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At the border of CCCC, Luzhou used to be Menzhou, Menzhou used to be Qiyuan State, Qiyuan State used to be Guangyuan State, and Guangyuan State used to be Silang State.
Guangyuan Prefecture originally belonged to the Song Dynasty, but the center of gravity of the Song Dynasty was not in the south, so Nong Zhigao became the king independently. After the Song Dynasty pacified Nong Zhigao, Jiaozhi took the opportunity to ask the Song Dynasty for Guangyuan Prefecture. Long live friendship, then give ......
This giving, on the contrary, caused Jiaozhi to be even more greedy. In the next 1,000 years, this mistake will continue to be made......
The southern area of Qiyuan Prefecture and Menzhou is Langzhou, but later Lang Son Province in Vietnam is in the territory of Menzhou, not in the territory of Lang Chau now, Langzhou refers to the mountainous area south of Lang Chau, there are various tribes, even Jiaozhi is only half-bound governance. The terrain is somewhat complicated. Moreover, the local people of all ethnic groups are more fierce. To the east of Langzhou is Sumao Prefecture. On the north side of Sumao Prefecture is a hundred thousand mountains. The northeast corner is the southwestern border of Qinzhou in the Song Dynasty. But to the east of it, there is also a narrow piece of land, the Yong'an Prefecture of Jiaozhi, which is also the Luzhou of the Tang Dynasty. Because of its proximity to the seashore, the people are densely populated, and it is also a relatively wealthy state in Cochin.
Below Langzhou is the Bac Giang Prefecture of Cochin, because the Li royal family was originally the Bac Giang clan, so it was changed to Tiandeokfu. On the right side of Langzhou, to the south of Guangyuan Prefecture in Qiyuan Prefecture is Fuliang Mansion in Jiaozhi. Guo Kui's army went south on the road on the east side of Fuliang Prefecture, followed by Dingyuan Prefecture, Xia Nong Prefecture, and Nongshi Prefecture. As for Silang Prefecture, don't ask, although it is nominally the territory of the Jiaozhi people, but it is mostly in the vast mountainous area, between the Song Dynasty, Dali and the three kingdoms of Jiaozhi, everyone's control ability is very weak.
Therefore, it is difficult for the six southern states to set up a decent line of defense, especially Sumao Prefecture and Langzhou have come out of nowhere, and even if there are sufficient financial resources and manpower, there is no way to build a strong defense line. For Cochin, of course. It is even more like a fish in the throat, extremely uncomfortable.
Wang Ju asked his subordinates to build some fortresses on several main roads. Jiaozhi also built some villages.
Between Langzhou and Tiandefu, there is the newly built Mokou Village in the Song Dynasty, as well as the Gaoling Village in Jiaozhi.
It cannot be used as a strong defense, but it can play a role in slowing down the enemy's attack.
Both sides were heavily guarded at the beginning.
Wang Ju put the main force in foreign combat training, and Jiaozhi on the bank of the Fuliang River also made Guo Kui kill miserably, and he had to recover his vitality, and he had to spend time to send news to the people who had been captured.
Wang Ju let his subordinates trade, and was killed by some unruly brute leaders, two stewards, six or seven retinues, four officials, seven officials, and one interpreter, and the goods were robbed six times. Wang Ju has been holding back and not making a move, but he has publicized the matter widely.
He didn't do it to confuse him, but to do it later, looking for a legitimate reason.
But because Wang Ju sent a lot of people to hype, he was quickly known by the Jiaozhi people, so many people thought that Wang Ju was a normal Song Dynasty minister, who was indeed benevolent to the people, but soft to the outside.
That's why Li Changjie played that time.
Even Li Changjie was negligent, and it was someone else.
The officers and soldiers of Gaoling Village gradually slackened a little.
But this is indeed a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the stockade is set up in the middle of the two mountains, condescending, surrounded by vast mountainous areas, although not high, but many peaks are relatively steep, and the jungle is dense, it is difficult to pass.
However, the two villages control the important trade road leading from Tiande Mansion to the Song Realm, and it is usually very lively.
The sun is slowly rising over the horizon and a new day is about to begin.
A group of merchants pulled the goods, entered the village, drank tea in the teahouse at the entrance of the village, and then looked at the gate of the village.
Another group of vendors pulled more than 20 carts with donkey horses and slowly drove towards the gate of the village.
The Jiaozhi soldiers at the gate came to the spirit, and like the Song Dynasty, these GIs also liked extortion, and the larger the caravan, the more oil and water.
The convoy was pulling something, it looked very heavy, and it was uphill, and the donkeys were pulling very hard, so some of the dozens of traders shouted and whipped the donkeys or horses to make them pull the cart hard, and some people pushed behind the cart.
Several people in the teahouse watched the convoy slowly approach the gate of the village, nodded to each other, then stood up, paid for the tea, and came to their truck.
The main goods in the truck are ayaluo and medicinal herbs, common goods of the Song Dynasty.
However, there is a crack in the handle of these trucks, but in order to prevent slipping, there are towels twisted outside, which no one can imagine.
Several people removed their towels, put their hands on the handlebars, and looked out of the doorway.
The mighty caravan outside also arrived at the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city gate walked over to check the goods as usual. The men jerked the handle of the car back, pulling out a thing that was hollow inside, and each of them hid a knife, just to hide, the knife was deliberately made into a slender shape. But it can still kill.
Each of them drew his sword and threw himself at the city.
And something happened outside the city gate, and when these soldiers walked to the front of the convoy, the roof of the car was suddenly pushed open from the inside, and one by one the heavily armed soldiers rushed out of it, carrying weapons and slashing at these cross-toed soldiers, and another person held a large trumpet, put it to his mouth and blew it violently, and the loud sound of the horn immediately came out into the distance.
The original few people on the edge of the teahouse rushed to the city at this time, rushed into the city tower at the city head, waved their knives, and slashed at the Jiaozhi soldiers who were caught off guard on the city tower. A fierce battle began at the gates of the city, but there must be no loss on the tower, otherwise the enemy would lift the drawbridge, and it would be difficult for the army behind to attack the city.
Seeing the change, one soldier after another fell in a pool of blood, and the merchants inside and outside the city immediately became chaotic, some of them cried wolf-like howls, and even their goods were gone, and some pushed the wagons and fled quickly to both sides.
The guards in the village were also alarmed, and they quickly killed them one by one.
There were quite a few Song troops in ambush, and there were more than 80 people outside, as well as those hiding in the car.
However, there were more Jiaozhi soldiers in the village, more than 400 people.
As they reacted, the situation began to be unfavorable to the Song army, and seeing that one by one their comrades were killed by the Jiaozhi people, a black line in the distance rushed towards Gaoling Village at a speed like the wind. (To be continued......)