sweeping the world

Chapter 528
I don't know who said that only by conquering the sea can true hegemony be opened.

More than 70.00% of the earth is ocean, and less than 30.00% is land.The sea divides the land into six main continents, and there are as many islands as there are stars.

The largest island is only a little smaller than the mainland. That island has the world's largest reserves of iron ore, and it is not far from the East Asian mainland. Later generations call it Australia.

A smaller island closest to the East Asian mainland is rich in copper mines, but the Philippines is not the largest copper deposit in Asia. The largest copper deposit is in the Indonesian archipelago.

Asia is the largest continent among the seven continents. Apart from the land of the continental plate, the area of ​​the islands in the ocean is not small.The relatively elite parts of Asia, such as some precious resources, are actually mostly located in the archipelago.

If Liu Yan wants to conquer the World Island, after fully recovering the old land of the Han family, Liu Yan will enter the ocean next step and obtain the resources on each big island, which will be a correct start.

"This strait is the middle zone between Yangzhou land and Yizhou (Taiwan-Taiwan)." Fu Wei pointed to the distance with his finger, and said to Yu Fangzhi: "That is Yizhou."

Yu Fangzhi is Yu Yi's eldest son, and he is in charge of leading the Yu clan's invasion of Linyi.

The number of ships that the Yu clan obtained from the Han Dynasty was not too many, and only 46 ships were suitable for sea navigation. The largest can carry more than 58 people, and the smallest is only [-] people.

"Yizhou?" Yu Fangzhi seems to be short-sighted?He squinted his eyes and looked for a long time, but only saw a very blurred horizon: "Is it Yizhou that Sun Wu sent troops to invade?"

It is difficult to know exactly when Yizhou was discovered by the Central Plains Dynasty.During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan heard that there were tens of thousands of families in Yizhou, and they could replenish the strength of the people and expand the army by taking them captive.Therefore, in the spring of the second year of Huanglong (230), Sun Quan sent generals Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi to lead more than [-] officers and soldiers to "float the sea to seek Yizhou and Chanzhou".

For details about the records of Yizhou, see "Three Kingdoms. Wu Zhi. Sun Quan Biography".At that time, Sun Quan's army was stationed in Yizhou for a year, and then returned to the mainland because the soldiers were not acclimatized.See "Linhai Soil Chronicles" for details.This is the earliest record of the Central Plains dynasty's rule and garrison in the history of Yizhou.

The Han Dynasty also had troops stationed in Yizhou, which could be regarded as a subsidiary product of going south to destroy the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.At that time, the Han fleet continued to harass the coast of Yangzhou, and Yizhou was one of the transit places. Several other islands, such as Jinyimen, Mazu, and Penghu also had ports.

"It is Yizhou that Sun Wu once sent troops to occupy." Fu Wei was the commander of the Han army's invasion of the Southwest Peninsula this time, so he naturally wanted to know the details: "There are indeed many people in Yizhou. Ear piercing, women don't piercing their ears, and every tribe has the custom of tattooing."

There are some other things that Fu Wei did not mention. The aborigines in Yizhou are not considered docile. Each tribe has a fixed headhunting activity every year, hunting each other, and beheading the most heads to show off their bravery and show off.

After the Han army landed in Yizhou, they encountered many aborigines, only a handful of them were mild, and most of them attacked without any communication. The Han army who landed had to clean up, but they only opened up a safe area near the harbor. For the hinterland of the island and some mountains and dense forests, it has not gone deep.

"It is very similar to the living customs of Zhuyue and Zhuman." Yu Fangzhi grew up in the south and is no stranger to Zhuyue and Zhuman: "Zhuyue and Zhuman are uncivilized and difficult to communicate with."

As the Han army advanced south, the more they fought against the Yue and the barbarians. The Yue and the barbarians may not be good at fighting, but they were very difficult to deal with in the mountains and forests. The Han army encountered the same troubles as the Qin Empire's southern invasion. , We are not afraid that the Yue or the barbarians will fight head-on. What is depressing is that the Yue and the barbarians will sneak attacks.

"We will land in Yizhou." Fu Wei asked with a smile, "Are you interested in seeing what the people of Yizhou look like?"

Yu Fangzhi shook his head directly. He is not completely unfamiliar with Zhuyue or Zhuman like the northerners. Furthermore, if he has that skill, he might as well study the climate and environment of the southwest peninsula.

At present, the Han army's garrison in Yizhou is less than 3000 people, and they are divided into six places to garrison. In addition to the ports of the three islands, the other three are several natural harbors on the main island of Yizhou.

Fu Wei led his army to invade the Southwest Peninsula this time, and the subsidiary task was to leave 5000 people in Yizhou.

The garrisons of Yizhou and its affiliated islands will gradually expand to the hinterland of Yizhou and clean up the area close to the mainland to the greatest extent. Unworthy.

Probably in the afternoon, the fleet with a total of more than [-] ships approached the land in the north of Yizhou. Looking at Yizhou from the sea, what I saw was a primitive landscape, most of which kept the scenery of the virgin forest, which led to the opening of the port area. very conspicuous.

"This area was named Tainan by the king." Fu Wei had just stepped on the land, and the six-day sea voyage left him with the illusion of shaking even standing on the land: "This port is Established on a natural bay, the bay can anchor more than 1 large ships, and can provide [-] ships at a time."

Yu Fangzhi's situation is similar to that of Fu Wei's, but his body is a little unstable when his feet are on the land.He had just seen the vastness of the port on the boat, which corresponds to the desolation. Simply put, there are too few artificial traces, and there seem to be too few houses that can live in.

"There is no shortage of buildings for the general school, and the soldiers who landed have to set up tents." Fu Wei stopped, stood up and waited for the port chief to approach, and after saluting each other, he asked, "Have you received the central document?"

The chief officer was called Huang Ai, and he said "naturally", looking at the fleet that was about to fill the bay, he asked, "Should the five thousand soldiers land immediately, or?"

"It must be landed immediately, and the ship has to turn back to Yangzhou to transport the soldiers again." Fu Wei patted his thigh and said politely: "If the resting place is ready, please send someone to lead the way."

Huang Ai immediately smiled and said, "It's just like this when I landed on a long-distance voyage."

Fu Wei rolled his eyes, and would have squatted down if he hadn't cared about his image.

The fleet will rest in Yizhou for two days, not because they are worried that most people will not be able to bear it. The Han army preparing to invade the southwest peninsula is not a pure navy. Many people can only swim and cannot stand the turbulent sea for too long.

The real situation is that even the soldiers of the Inland River Navy will not be much better when they serve at sea, all because although inland river navigation and sea navigation are both on the water surface, they are actually two concepts.

"Are the soldiers stationed in the Central Plains or southern soldiers?" Huang Ai led the way personally, and chatted a lot on the way: "The soldiers in the Central Plains are not very suitable for the southern climate, and the phenomenon of acclimatization is a serious test."

Didn't the Han Dynasty destroy the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty?It was only in several major battles that the Jin army was killed and injured more seriously, and the rest were mostly prisoners.After the surrender of the Jiankang imperial court, the navy of the regular Jin army surrendered in an all-round way. The central decision was to recruit the sailors of the Jin army, which would be used for the invasion of the southwest peninsula.

"The acclimatization is very serious?" Fu Wei said in surprise, "Didn't you already work hard on the diet?"

"I can accept it for the time being, but I'm afraid it will take a long time..." Huang Ai kept smiling wryly: "Diet is useful, but the weather plus homesickness... It's not just diet that can change."

Or climate and environmental reasons.

For example, people in the Central Plains have lived in the north where the air is relatively dry for a long time. After coming to the south, they are not used to the air with high humidity.

Furthermore, the ecological environment of each place is different, as if people on Earth go to Zentraedi, even if there is air to breathe, they have no resistance to some bacteria that are not adapted to their body functions.

Thought is even more of a big problem. Nostalgia and nostalgia will put a huge burden on the brain nerves. It doesn’t matter if the time is short. After a long time, the body is obviously not sick, but under the constant hint of the state of mind, it will also get sick.

"The batch of soldiers is still being reorganized." Fu Wei was really worried by Huang Ai's words: "You should report the relevant situation to the central center as soon as possible. If Jie Shiwei is still in Yizhou, he will be signed .”

Yu Fangzhi rolled his eyes when he heard that, the people in the Central Plains would be dissatisfied with the climate, so wouldn't the people in the South not?Or is it that the non-combat casualties of the veteran soldiers of the Han army need to be eliminated, and the non-combat casualties of the surrendered soldiers can be ignored?

Huang Ai walked into the room very directly, and it was not difficult to start writing after being familiar with the layout: "Immediately, Ai will write immediately."

The houses built by the Yizhou garrison are different from those in the Central Plains. There are no adobe walls, and the structure is either wood or bamboo.

Since there was no threat on the sea, the Yizhou garrison did not set up too many fortifications on the coastline, but only built the necessary watchtowers.

The main threat to the Yizhou garrison is the hinterland. The aborigines are too elusive, so the garrison has to clean up the plants around the garrison. While building the fence, they must also set up guard posts along the line.

"It can't be like my hometown. There are too many snakes, ants, and insects here." Huang Ai said why the first floor should be separated from the ground: "We can't learn from those aborigines who live on top of trees or in caves." It is a very correct decision to learn from Zhuyue and Zhuman on the mainland to build a house."

Fu Wei said that he felt weird and was a little impressed. After being reminded by Huang Ai, he remembered that the barbarians in Lingnan built houses like this!
"There are just snakes and bugs here, but there are dragons over there in Jiangzhou." The dragons Yu Fangzhi mentioned are not real dragons, but some small crocodiles in southern China, such as the alligator in "Zhou Chu's Three Pests".He asked slightly curiously, "Why didn't you sprinkle lime or sulfur around the house?"

"Experience, experience!" Huang Ai said bitterly, "It's not that I'm not familiar with the South, and I'm even more unfamiliar with Yizhou. I have already sent a fleet back to the mainland to get lime, and went to the Wa Islands to collect sulfur."

Lime anti-snakes and ants are no strangers to Chinese Miao people, and sulfur has a corresponding effect only after communicating with the Wa Islands.

"Wo Lie Dao?" Yu Fangzhi was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "Indeed, there is a lot of sulfur in the Wa Lie Dao."

There is nothing to make a fuss about. The Japanese Islands are a multi-volcanic area, not only have amazing reserves of gold and silver, but also there is no shortage of sulfur because of the existence of Iwo Jima.

The most prosperous period for the trading of raw materials between the Central Plains Dynasty and the Japanese Islands was during the Song Dynasty. At that time, the materials for manufacturing gunpowder in the Song Dynasty relied on the import of Japanese materials.

"It's not just sulfur, people can also get it from the Japanese Islands." Fu Wei was already lying on the wooden floor, and said casually: "The gang of half-civilized dwarves are used to deal with completely uncivilized barbarians. Flexible."

"..." Huang Ai was completely stunned for a while, and after realizing it, he slapped his thigh excitedly: "Why didn't someone think of it!"

The countries of the Wa Islands now have one count as a vassal state of Han, and they all obey the call of the suzerain. Several countries have contributed nearly [-] troops to fight against Murong Xianbei on the Liaodong Goguryeo battlefield.

If you want to say what is the biggest impression of the people of the Han Dynasty on the countries of the Wa Islands, the first impression is shortness, the second is abnormal obedience, and the next is probably the flexibility of the mountains and forests.

"It's absolutely possible to ask for the servants to come over!" Huang Ai thinks this idea is simply too good: "I don't feel sorry for how many servants die!"

Yu Fangzhi was stunned at first. He had the impression that the small court of the Jin Dynasty in the Middle East treated the vassal states as if they were serving their ancestors. Why did the Han state not take the vassal states seriously at all, and even tried every means to abuse them?
In fact, the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not have a real vassal state, but anyone who went to worship in the name of a country was really very cherished.This is because they want to preserve the last face of the Kingdom of Heaven.

"Well, that's right!" Fu Wei continued to say casually: "If a certain army leads an army to conquer Funan, it should also go to the table and ask the center to bring some servants over."

Yu Fangzhi suddenly discovered that being a vassal state of the Han Dynasty was really bad luck for eight lifetimes, not to mention a general who was only a lieutenant, and a dignified general also had the same mentality. He didn't take the vassal state seriously, and wanted to draw people from the vassal state to fill it with his life whenever he felt that something was dangerous.

Thinking about it that way, Yu Fangzhi was also extremely tempted. After all, it is better to kill others than his own, so he asked, "Can I do the same?"

Huang Ai had already written the official document, and urged Fu Wei to sign it quickly, and responded to Yu Fangzhi nonchalantly, saying: "Of course there is no problem with the military's dispatching, but the private... is not clear."

That's right, including the Yu clan, the various families who want to participate in the invasion of the Southwest Peninsula, their invasion is just a civil behavior.

This time, there are not too few families who followed the Han fleet to the south. Each family has as many as the Yu clan dispatched thousands of people, and the few are dozens of people who hitchhike a boat to test it out. , To step on a new round of spontaneous pioneering history with two big feet.

(End of this chapter)